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Author's Note: Er… I don't know if this ficcie is any good… I'm not sure if I' going to continue it unless I get some reviews, lol. XDD I want to finish up some old fictions of mine, and start one new one, so if this doesn't do good, I'm probably going to delete it or whatever.
Chapter One
"So you see Professor Dumbledore, this will be difficult for Remus."
"Of course it will Mrs. Lupin, but there should be no reason once so ever that young Remus shouldn't be educated with his fellow piers."
Remus was staring at the ground, feeling slightly embarrassed by this whole situation. He hadn't spoken a single word since stepping into the office, but then again he didn't need to; his mother did enough talking for everyone.
It had all started a few weeks ago when a letter had been delivered to their house stating the fact that Remus Lupin had been accepted to Hogwarts. Both his parents had been astounded at this fact, they discussed it over and over between each other, trying to find a way for their son to learn the wonderful art of magic, but in the end they could just see no way that a werewolf would be able to stay constantly with other wizards without being a danger to them. They had declined the invitation to Hogwarts, but the Headmaster, Dumbledore, wouldn't hear of it. He insisted that a solution could be found.
Indeed, he had explained the whole plan out, the Shrieking Shack, the new tree, but still his parents were skeptic.
"Do you want to come here?" Dumbledore asked, speaking to the child for the first time.
Remus looked up, his innocent eyes looking sad for a moment. Did he want to come? Yes, of course he did. Reading was his passion. It was the only time he could be safe. He could some other person in some other place doing some brave heroic deed that he could never accomplish in real life. But learning in a school with other people... it was a scary thought. If someone found out what he was...
"Don't be scared of rejection, Remus. You will find both friends and enemies here, I guarantee. If everyone in the world loved you, then you may be afraid, for I have never met a person that everyone liked."
Remus nodded, slowly, and whispered his answer in the faintest voice.
"I want to come here."
He never knew how much his life would change just by speaking those five words.
*~~~~~~~~*
Lupin stumbled onto the train, a wave of nervousness sweeping over him. His parents had left only moments before, leaving the young werewolf to fend for himself amongst the sea of students hopping onto the train.
He hurried back to compartment near the rear of the train, hoping for a little solitude. When he reached the compartment furthest back he found two boys his age joking around.
There was a larger boy with long black hair that fell to his shoulders, holding a boy with untidy dark hair in a headlock.
"Ergh... Sirius let me go already! I...can't...breath..."
The boy named Sirius collapsed in his seat, laughing.
"You owe me five sickles, James."
Remus turned around, deciding to find another place, but the young Sirius Black caught his movement.
"Wait! You can come in, you know. I swear I won't bite, I don't know about James here though, he can get pretty mean, that's when we put a muzzle on him and-"
James elbowed Sirius in the ribcage, who clutched his gut.
"Thank you," Remus answered quietly.
"I'm James Potter, and this is Sirius Black. But you can just call him idiot."
"Hey, I-"
Sirius received another jab in the ribs.
"Remus Lupin." Remus replied, with a small smile on his face.
"What year are you going into?" James asked, as Remus sat down in the seat next to him.
"First."
"Us too!" Sirius grinned. "Now I won't have to hang around with this blockhead all year!"
James turned to glare at his friend.
"Now, Remus, to be friends with me, you have must have one thing." Sirius smirked, leaning over James. "A great mind for pranks. So tell me, if you wanted to let off thirty dung bombs within ten seconds how would you do it?"
Remus felt an emotion suddenly that he had never witnessed before. True happiness.
Knowing that everything really was going to be okay, he leaned forward and began to explain a spell to Sirius Black.
Needless to say the Great Hall was in quite a bit of chaos by the time the entire school had entered.
*~~~~~~~~~*
The three boys, newly proclaimed Gryffindors, headed up their dorms, quite tired. They entered to find three other boys throwing their stuff down on four-poster beds.
"Remus, you take this bed." Sirius spoke, pointing to the bed next to the one he had picked. "James, you take this one."
The other three boys, who were already lounging around, stepped forward to introduce themselves.
"Hi, I'm Peter Pettigrew." a boy with a round-face said, grinning and holding out his hand.
"Zachary Livemai." A tall boy with golden colored hair spoke.
"Niko Zevoli."
"Hey, I'm Sirius Black, this is James Potter, and this is the infamous Remus Lupin." Sirius said grinning.
"Infamous?" Niko questioned, raising an eyebrow.
"You see this little guy here," Sirius spoke, pulling Remus closer to him. "Was responsible for the whole Dung bomb prank."
"Awesome!" Peter exclaimed, amazement flashing in his eyes.
And that was how the Marauders began.
*~~~~~~*
In fact, the Marauders, which consisted of the 'Infamous' Remus Lupin, Sirius Black, James Potter, and Peter Pettigrew would become known by the entire school in their first year. Most of the school admired the gang, except for the Slytherins (truth be told a lot of the Slytherins lusted after the four boys, but hid it behind hostility.) In any case, the little group was known, and their actions would be engraved in the legends of Hogwarts' students for years to come.
"So what are we going to do tonight?" Sirius asked stretching out on his bed, looking very comfortable.
"We could steal the robes of Lucius Malfoy and Severus Snape, those Slytherin idiots." James suggested.
"Let's! I would pay good money to see them forced to walk around in their knickers tomorrow!" Peter replied, getting excited.
"I can't tonight." Remus spoke, looking up from his books, insides squirming.
"Why Remy?" James asked, putting Remus's book in his bag.
"I have... detention tonight." Remus lied.
It was really a full moon tonight.
Sirius's brow furrowed.
"From who? For what?"
"Er... McGongall found out it was I that put that switched the potions in the potion room."
"But that wasn't you!" Sirius answered looking furious. "It was me. Why didn't you tell her that?"
"Like good old Remy would rat out on one of us?" Peter reasoned.
"Still..." Sirius hesitated.
"She would just give us both detention Sirius. No need for us to both stuck in there."
"If you're sure..."
"Can we carry on without you then Remy old pal? Wouldn't you love to see that after coming back from a detention? Snape wandering the halls looking for his clothes."
Remus grinned, feeling a pang of guilt for lying to his friends.
"Sure would."
*~~~~~~~~*
Remus re-entered the school after the transformation. He felt awful. The transformation had been dreadful this time. He had felt bad about lying to his friends so he had bitten himself more then usual.
Long scratches covered his torso everywhere. He tried to get the blood to stop dripping on the floor with little success.
He entered the Hospital Wing and was shocked to see-
"Severus?"
Severus Snape looked up from where he was propped up in a hospital bed.
"Lupin." Snape replied, glaring at the other boy.
"What are you doing here?" Remus asked, temporarily forgetting his pain.
"Your friends."
Remus was a little surprised by this.
"What happened?"
"They hexed me while they were breaking into the Slytherin dorm. Apparently I wasn't supposed to be there." Snape gave him a cold stare.
"Oh... Well I'm sorry."
Snape opened his mouth to reply, but Madam Pomfrey suddenly hurried forward.
"Lupin, you poor dear, come with me."
The nurse ushered Lupin behind a curtain, where Snape's eyes lingered for only a moment.
*~~~~~~~*
"I can't believe this year is over already." Peter spoke looking out the window of the train.
"I know." James sighed.
"We had some good laughs though didn't we? And there is always next year." Sirius grinned. "And... Come on Remus, would you put the book down for a minute?"
Remus looked up from his book and shrugged.
"That's our Remy." James smiled, tousling Remus's hair.
Remus stared at Sirius, and saw a spark of something in his eyes.
Was it...
No, it couldn't be.
But Remus could have sworn it looked like jealousy.
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