Remus Lupin

JAMES POV

Sirius, Dina and I all flew out into the sky and flew very high so nobody could see us. I made sure to remind myself not to drop the broom below the clouds for I was the main rider.

We flew above the clouds looking at the pretty landscape that was below us. We did loops in the air at the insistence of Dina.

We flew around in the clouds for a while until we heard a scream. I flew the broom down to the edge of the clouds to try to see what was the problem. We were over a forest and running into the forest there was a boy who was being chased by a man with his wand out shooting curses.

"We've got to help that boy! He's going to die!" Dina said in horror.

" How can we? We don't know anything good but Accio. We can't use our wands!" Sirius said being, for once, serious.

" Then we'll just have to go after him with our own hands." I said bravely. A lot more bravely then I felt anyway.

I suddenly pointed the broom downward and we went after the man. We saw nothing at the beginning so we flew quicker, skimming the tops of the trees looking for the man or boy. We saw the boy panting by a tree. Apparently he had gotten away from the man for now. We flew down to the tree he was hiding behind. He jumped as he heard us land behind him and turned sharply. He relaxed a little as he realized we were only kids.

" Hi, um…you guys shouldn't be here. This man is trying to find me and curse me so it's not real safe. You should go for your own safety.

" That's why we're here. To help you get away from that man. He looked evil. Who was he? We have to report him!" I said seriously.

He fidgeted.

" I…um… don't know him! I accidentally set his store on fire by tripping over a lantern and now he's after me! Please help me!" the boy said desperately.

He looked so sad with his sandy-brown hair and blue eyes that we just had to take him with us no matter what.

" Come on with us. You might not fit. Do you have a broom?" I asked.

" No, but my father has one. It's in our shed." The boy said.

" Great! Can you go get it without being spotted? Then you can get out of here with us." Sirius said.

The boy nodded and ran out of the forest. About a minute later that man that was chasing the boy came up to us.

I shuddered and saw Dina do the same.

" Have you kids seen a sandy haired kid around here? He's in uh…trouble and I need to talk to him." The man said impatiently.

" No we will not tell you where he is! You're trying to hurt him! He didn't mean to set fire to your store." Sirius said fiercely.

The man stopped trying to smile and scowled. Then he laughed evilly.

" You kids really believe that story the brat told you? It's all lies! He is in bigger trouble than that and I'm no storeowner to him." He suddenly grabbed my shirt and pulled me upward.

" You brats better tell me where he is or I will personally use the boy against you. Not that he would do well!" the man said, laughing evilly.

We stared at him and then Dina said

" He went back into he forest to get away from you!"

He laughed and released me, my heart pounding so hard.

"Thanks brats!" he said and was off with a fresh war cry.

The boy came back with the broom and since we were so shaken up, I didn't say anything but " Get on it and ride with us back to my house."

He nodded and Sirius got on the other broom with the boy and they followed Dina and I to my house. The whole time we were riding I was thinking ' who was that man? Could he be related to this boy?' and other things like that. We landed in the back garage of Dina's house (which had a hole in the top of it) and we disengaged from the brooms.

" So who are you?"
I asked sort of rudely.

" I'm Remus Lupin and I'm going into my first year at Hogwarts after summer. Nice to meet you." the boy said, somehow very cheerful all the sudden.

We just sat there staring at the boy name Remus.

'How very weird. His attitude switched entirely.'

I thought.

I stared right at his eyes. They were so bright but they were darkened somehow and I didn't know why, but somehow I knew I was going to find out soon.