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Chapter 4 - Over the moon
Remus Lupin was four when he got his bite; the combination of a full moon, a rabid wolf and a young boy was sure not to end well. It didn't. But worse than the horrible problem that Remus turned into a fully fledged werewolf every month, was the fact that he was forever doomed to be an outcast, those who knew him would only know him as a danger, someone and something, to be avoided.
The solution to this problem could almost be considered easy, but a lie is always found out, it is just a temporary convenience, it doesn't last forever. Remus thought that maybe if he was careful enough, his lie would last long enough. We know he was wrong, for the friends he made ended up being the best sort, but he didn't know that, as a young child he was convinced that being different was being a loner, in a way, he was right.
When Remus was eleven, he got his Hogwarts letter, he was over the moon, so happy that he almost forgot the full moon was approaching, nothing could contain his glee. The only way to pop his bubble was to well and truly pop it; no letting down slowly was possible. His parents wouldn't let him go. As far as I know he tried to commit suicide, I might be wrong though, I often am.
September the first came and September the first went, so did Remus's last hopes. Not only would he end up being an outcast, he'd end up being a dumb outcast. His life, as far as he was concerned, could get no worse. Around about September the third an owl was sent to Remus's house asking his parents where he might be.
"Dear Professor Dumbledore,
I am not sure you are aware of young Remus's circumstances; when he was very young, to young to know any better, he was bitten by a werewolf and unfortunately, as you know, there is no known cure. Due to the above reasons we do not think it a good idea for him to come to Hogwarts, he might be a danger to the other students.
Regards, Janet Lupin"
Even though his parents had outlawed his entry to Hogwarts, after the letter came, hope arrived and blossomed as he patiently waited for the headmasters reply, it was short in coming.
"My Dear Janet,
I am indeed fully aware of Remus's condition, and I am certain we can work something out, I hope to see you here for a meeting tomorrow.
Hope for the future Albus Dumbledore"
Indeed, Remus Lupin had high hopes for the future, but I think it's save to say; they were only hopes, and what actually happened was quite different to young Remus's dreams.
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Lily sighed.
Again.
She had almost lost count of how many times she had sighed.
She sighed.
Again.
The constant thought that had not taken leave of her mind for the last twenty-four hours again danced in front of her eyes; when could she go?
Lily was not used to this, this being locked up in a white room for a day; she didn't like it one bit and to put it oh so lightly, was pretty pissed off about it. Not that she was about to say that to Dumbledore, or any of the other members of staff, she sure didn't want to get in anyone's way, unless they got in hers.
She sighed.
Again.
So many times! Was sighing some sort of disease she had? Maybe that was why they were keeping her locked up inside this white room; maybe they thought she was going to infect the students! Maybe. . .
She sighed.
Again.
No matter how sick she was, if she was sick at all, she knew when deranged thoughts suddenly swam into her mind, and knew also that she had to kick them out as soon as possible. She didn't want to go mad! Bad thought, bad, bad thought, not going to go mad! Not going to! Bad thought! Bad thought! Talking to ones self is the first sign of madness! Bad thought! GOING MAD!!
It was the white room that had done it she decided; if you put someone in a white room with padded walls you were really asking for it. Did this room have padded walls? She'd have to check.
Just as she was about to get up and fall on a wall (ooh I'm a poet and I didn't appreciate it! Umm, or something. . .) the door opened and a very anxious looking Aurora rushed into the room, pulling Lily into a crushing hug before releasing her and peering into her face.
"What are you doing Rory? I'm perfectly fine you know! Why am I in here? 'Cose if this is the oh so famous Hogwarts I'm not so sure I'll be staying, see I really don't think that I belong in a place like this, so, um, why am I here again?" As Lily spoke some other people walked into the room, she barely registered they were there, until Dumbledore spoke.
"Lily, we need to know more about what you saw, it may be very important" she looked up at the white bearded Dumbledore; even when he was being kind and gentle and his eyes twinkling madly, there was a sort of aura about him that demanded respect from everyone inhabiting the space area around him.
"Umm. . ." he interrupted her before she could say anything else.
"It's important that we know Lily, you might have had a premonition, you might have the sight. If that is so you will have to do extra lessons with the divination teacher, usually students do not start divination until third year, you might be the exception." she choked silently, a confused expression clouding her startling features.
"What vision?"
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When Remus arrived at Hogwarts he couldn't help staring at the magnificent castle that by far exceeded his expectations. He couldn't help gulping; the castle seemed so huge, he could never learn where to go! He'd get hopelessly lost! Maybe he could make a map? He'd think about it, maybe if he made some friends they could help him? Maybe. . .
"Well Remus? You still sure you want to go? You don't have to darling, we'll understand - " she got no further as Remus shook his head violently and proceeded to tell her everything he knew about Hogwarts, about the fantastic feasts, the decorations they had at Christmas, the alluring forbidden forest, the hidden corridors that just had to exist, the horrible Slytherins to torture (Remus was sure that he would not be put in Slytherin, he was counting on Ravenclaw) and everything else, rumour, truth or just complete fantasy, it didn't matter.
His mother smiled understandingly and his father chuckled at the animated description Remus was doing about dragons being illegally bred in the Slytherin dungeons. They traded meaningful glances before bursting out in laughter as Remus told them that he wished there were weredragons and he one of them.
Happily Remus jumped out of the coaches that had bought him to Hogwarts, he was almost bouncing with joy, jumping excitedly on the balls of his feet, he was only eleven after all.
"We need to go up to the headmasters office, then he'll sort you and send you off to your dormitory" Remus nodded enthusiastically before running in front about five meters and then scooting back and then forward again, urging his parents to hurry up, be faster, so he could arrive at the castle as quickly as possible.
Ever since his bite, Remus had been almost completely cut off from people his own age, the only times he had seen other children had been on his birthdays and on huge family events that he really did have to attend, but even on these his parents had tried to stop him going; not wanting the family to know that their darling Remus became a fanged predator every month.
Due to the fact that for thirty days in a row month after month he had almost nothing to do, no games to play, no gossip to discuss, no friends to play with, no nothing, he read. Remus was a naturally fast reader and a naturally intelligent person, he had collected as much knowledge as possible with the resources he had, hopefully it would be enough.
Remus was determined to learn as much as he could in case Dumbledore changed his mind, if he couldn't be normal, if they would judge him by his 'illness' then he could try and show them that he could be a merit to the school, that the 'problem' wasn't all there was too him, failing that, he'd at least be competent.
He'd been given a chance, no way in hell was he gonna wast it.
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Chaos. Utter chaos. Failing that, a better word might be pandemonium, confusion, anarchy, even turmoil would fit, whatever you chose it was not pretty, not pretty at all. Hmm, she was defiantly going mad, they must agree, they were all shooting her 'are-you-ok-in-the-head?' looks.
She sighed.
Everything stopped. Huh? They were all looking at her confusedly, each face showed a different emotion, it was quite amusing really. She yawned. Everybody kept on looking at her. She frowned at them.
"Go on, don't mind me, keep on running around like headless chickens, I really don't mind" she smiled at them 'take the hint take the hint take the hint take the hint' playing over and over in her mind. They didn't take it.
"We are not running around like headless chickens!? How can you say that?" an indignant Aurora glared at her in a very annoyed and annoying fashion. She shrugged.
"Well it's very easy really, I open my mouth like this you see, luckily for me us humans have these things called vocal chords, but anyway I form my mouth like this, and I spe - "
"Ok! I get it!" Lily yawned again.
"Good. Now, go away" yawn.
"What did you just say Lily?" another yawn from the younger red heads direction.
"Um, go away?" yawn. Was the yawning thing replacing the sighs? Should she be happy or sad? Hmm, happy or sad, happy or sad, happy or sa. . .
"She's asleep!?" Aurora looked enraged at the nerve of the red head. "ASLEEP!?!" the twinkle in the old headmasters eyes returned full volume.
"Indeed, it would seem so Aurora" the eldest Evans blushed at the smile the headmaster had on his face. Stuttering she came to a halt and rolled her eyes.
"Why doesn't she remember Professor Dumbledore?" All trace of any twinkle disappeared and he looked from Aurora to Lily. He felt a strange emotion stir deep inside him when he was the somewhat pathetic sleeping form of Lily. He shook his head, love was not completely unfamiliar for him; he loved all of his students, but he could tell that there was something special about Lily. (And NO he DOES NOT. . . EEEWWWWWW! You people have sick minds! You can read my fic but PLEASE stay away from me! EEEWWWW! That is just so wrong! EEEWWWWWW EEWWWWWW EEWWWWW!!!!!)
"She told me a bit of what she saw Professor, should I tell you?" Dumbledore nodded towards her, signalling his agreement, Aurora nodded grimly and began.
"Well, she didn't say much I have to admit, not as much as I would have liked, but here's what she did say, these are her words exactly: Everyone was sitting down at the table, but, they were all different people than they are now, some people at the Gryffindor table were cheering, they were saying 'we got potter' over and over again, but, the boy wasn't Potter, well, at least not James Potter, he had green eyes, just like yours. . . and mine. . ." she drifted off, her mind filling with possibilities.
"Thankyou Aurora, I think you had best get back to the dormitory's now, you do have classes tomorrow, we'll discuss this later" He smiled at her and she nodded before boldly asking about her sister.
"What about Lily?" Dumbledore smiled gently at her.
"She can stay her the night and in the morning If you want to come and collect her then that would be great, you can take her to the great hall and so forth, give her a brief summary of the thousands of passageways. . ." she grinned at him, nodded and exited.
"Brief?" she couldn't help mutter as she walked towards the fat lady "I wish!"
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Ta Da! New chappie! **Victory dance** hmm well, I've decided (as I'm sure you can see) that I'm gonna keep the whole 'I-can-see-the-future-thing' so there! **Pokes out tongues and hides behind closest object** well anyway. . . Um, that's about all really, so, um, what else is there? If you have any complicated questions DO NOT send them to my e-mail, because I'm not even sure if it even exists anymore (don't tell anyone!), so yeah! Cool! See ya folks!
Imaginable ~^.^~
P dot S . . . like my new smiley? Hehe. Smileyyyyyyyyy. . . (just in case you weren't sure I'm feeling pretty hyped up at the moment. Hehe. Hyypppppeddddd upppppppppp. . .)
Chapter 4 - Over the moon
Remus Lupin was four when he got his bite; the combination of a full moon, a rabid wolf and a young boy was sure not to end well. It didn't. But worse than the horrible problem that Remus turned into a fully fledged werewolf every month, was the fact that he was forever doomed to be an outcast, those who knew him would only know him as a danger, someone and something, to be avoided.
The solution to this problem could almost be considered easy, but a lie is always found out, it is just a temporary convenience, it doesn't last forever. Remus thought that maybe if he was careful enough, his lie would last long enough. We know he was wrong, for the friends he made ended up being the best sort, but he didn't know that, as a young child he was convinced that being different was being a loner, in a way, he was right.
When Remus was eleven, he got his Hogwarts letter, he was over the moon, so happy that he almost forgot the full moon was approaching, nothing could contain his glee. The only way to pop his bubble was to well and truly pop it; no letting down slowly was possible. His parents wouldn't let him go. As far as I know he tried to commit suicide, I might be wrong though, I often am.
September the first came and September the first went, so did Remus's last hopes. Not only would he end up being an outcast, he'd end up being a dumb outcast. His life, as far as he was concerned, could get no worse. Around about September the third an owl was sent to Remus's house asking his parents where he might be.
"Dear Professor Dumbledore,
I am not sure you are aware of young Remus's circumstances; when he was very young, to young to know any better, he was bitten by a werewolf and unfortunately, as you know, there is no known cure. Due to the above reasons we do not think it a good idea for him to come to Hogwarts, he might be a danger to the other students.
Regards, Janet Lupin"
Even though his parents had outlawed his entry to Hogwarts, after the letter came, hope arrived and blossomed as he patiently waited for the headmasters reply, it was short in coming.
"My Dear Janet,
I am indeed fully aware of Remus's condition, and I am certain we can work something out, I hope to see you here for a meeting tomorrow.
Hope for the future Albus Dumbledore"
Indeed, Remus Lupin had high hopes for the future, but I think it's save to say; they were only hopes, and what actually happened was quite different to young Remus's dreams.
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Lily sighed.
Again.
She had almost lost count of how many times she had sighed.
She sighed.
Again.
The constant thought that had not taken leave of her mind for the last twenty-four hours again danced in front of her eyes; when could she go?
Lily was not used to this, this being locked up in a white room for a day; she didn't like it one bit and to put it oh so lightly, was pretty pissed off about it. Not that she was about to say that to Dumbledore, or any of the other members of staff, she sure didn't want to get in anyone's way, unless they got in hers.
She sighed.
Again.
So many times! Was sighing some sort of disease she had? Maybe that was why they were keeping her locked up inside this white room; maybe they thought she was going to infect the students! Maybe. . .
She sighed.
Again.
No matter how sick she was, if she was sick at all, she knew when deranged thoughts suddenly swam into her mind, and knew also that she had to kick them out as soon as possible. She didn't want to go mad! Bad thought, bad, bad thought, not going to go mad! Not going to! Bad thought! Bad thought! Talking to ones self is the first sign of madness! Bad thought! GOING MAD!!
It was the white room that had done it she decided; if you put someone in a white room with padded walls you were really asking for it. Did this room have padded walls? She'd have to check.
Just as she was about to get up and fall on a wall (ooh I'm a poet and I didn't appreciate it! Umm, or something. . .) the door opened and a very anxious looking Aurora rushed into the room, pulling Lily into a crushing hug before releasing her and peering into her face.
"What are you doing Rory? I'm perfectly fine you know! Why am I in here? 'Cose if this is the oh so famous Hogwarts I'm not so sure I'll be staying, see I really don't think that I belong in a place like this, so, um, why am I here again?" As Lily spoke some other people walked into the room, she barely registered they were there, until Dumbledore spoke.
"Lily, we need to know more about what you saw, it may be very important" she looked up at the white bearded Dumbledore; even when he was being kind and gentle and his eyes twinkling madly, there was a sort of aura about him that demanded respect from everyone inhabiting the space area around him.
"Umm. . ." he interrupted her before she could say anything else.
"It's important that we know Lily, you might have had a premonition, you might have the sight. If that is so you will have to do extra lessons with the divination teacher, usually students do not start divination until third year, you might be the exception." she choked silently, a confused expression clouding her startling features.
"What vision?"
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When Remus arrived at Hogwarts he couldn't help staring at the magnificent castle that by far exceeded his expectations. He couldn't help gulping; the castle seemed so huge, he could never learn where to go! He'd get hopelessly lost! Maybe he could make a map? He'd think about it, maybe if he made some friends they could help him? Maybe. . .
"Well Remus? You still sure you want to go? You don't have to darling, we'll understand - " she got no further as Remus shook his head violently and proceeded to tell her everything he knew about Hogwarts, about the fantastic feasts, the decorations they had at Christmas, the alluring forbidden forest, the hidden corridors that just had to exist, the horrible Slytherins to torture (Remus was sure that he would not be put in Slytherin, he was counting on Ravenclaw) and everything else, rumour, truth or just complete fantasy, it didn't matter.
His mother smiled understandingly and his father chuckled at the animated description Remus was doing about dragons being illegally bred in the Slytherin dungeons. They traded meaningful glances before bursting out in laughter as Remus told them that he wished there were weredragons and he one of them.
Happily Remus jumped out of the coaches that had bought him to Hogwarts, he was almost bouncing with joy, jumping excitedly on the balls of his feet, he was only eleven after all.
"We need to go up to the headmasters office, then he'll sort you and send you off to your dormitory" Remus nodded enthusiastically before running in front about five meters and then scooting back and then forward again, urging his parents to hurry up, be faster, so he could arrive at the castle as quickly as possible.
Ever since his bite, Remus had been almost completely cut off from people his own age, the only times he had seen other children had been on his birthdays and on huge family events that he really did have to attend, but even on these his parents had tried to stop him going; not wanting the family to know that their darling Remus became a fanged predator every month.
Due to the fact that for thirty days in a row month after month he had almost nothing to do, no games to play, no gossip to discuss, no friends to play with, no nothing, he read. Remus was a naturally fast reader and a naturally intelligent person, he had collected as much knowledge as possible with the resources he had, hopefully it would be enough.
Remus was determined to learn as much as he could in case Dumbledore changed his mind, if he couldn't be normal, if they would judge him by his 'illness' then he could try and show them that he could be a merit to the school, that the 'problem' wasn't all there was too him, failing that, he'd at least be competent.
He'd been given a chance, no way in hell was he gonna wast it.
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Chaos. Utter chaos. Failing that, a better word might be pandemonium, confusion, anarchy, even turmoil would fit, whatever you chose it was not pretty, not pretty at all. Hmm, she was defiantly going mad, they must agree, they were all shooting her 'are-you-ok-in-the-head?' looks.
She sighed.
Everything stopped. Huh? They were all looking at her confusedly, each face showed a different emotion, it was quite amusing really. She yawned. Everybody kept on looking at her. She frowned at them.
"Go on, don't mind me, keep on running around like headless chickens, I really don't mind" she smiled at them 'take the hint take the hint take the hint take the hint' playing over and over in her mind. They didn't take it.
"We are not running around like headless chickens!? How can you say that?" an indignant Aurora glared at her in a very annoyed and annoying fashion. She shrugged.
"Well it's very easy really, I open my mouth like this you see, luckily for me us humans have these things called vocal chords, but anyway I form my mouth like this, and I spe - "
"Ok! I get it!" Lily yawned again.
"Good. Now, go away" yawn.
"What did you just say Lily?" another yawn from the younger red heads direction.
"Um, go away?" yawn. Was the yawning thing replacing the sighs? Should she be happy or sad? Hmm, happy or sad, happy or sad, happy or sa. . .
"She's asleep!?" Aurora looked enraged at the nerve of the red head. "ASLEEP!?!" the twinkle in the old headmasters eyes returned full volume.
"Indeed, it would seem so Aurora" the eldest Evans blushed at the smile the headmaster had on his face. Stuttering she came to a halt and rolled her eyes.
"Why doesn't she remember Professor Dumbledore?" All trace of any twinkle disappeared and he looked from Aurora to Lily. He felt a strange emotion stir deep inside him when he was the somewhat pathetic sleeping form of Lily. He shook his head, love was not completely unfamiliar for him; he loved all of his students, but he could tell that there was something special about Lily. (And NO he DOES NOT. . . EEEWWWWWW! You people have sick minds! You can read my fic but PLEASE stay away from me! EEEWWWW! That is just so wrong! EEEWWWWWW EEWWWWWW EEWWWWW!!!!!)
"She told me a bit of what she saw Professor, should I tell you?" Dumbledore nodded towards her, signalling his agreement, Aurora nodded grimly and began.
"Well, she didn't say much I have to admit, not as much as I would have liked, but here's what she did say, these are her words exactly: Everyone was sitting down at the table, but, they were all different people than they are now, some people at the Gryffindor table were cheering, they were saying 'we got potter' over and over again, but, the boy wasn't Potter, well, at least not James Potter, he had green eyes, just like yours. . . and mine. . ." she drifted off, her mind filling with possibilities.
"Thankyou Aurora, I think you had best get back to the dormitory's now, you do have classes tomorrow, we'll discuss this later" He smiled at her and she nodded before boldly asking about her sister.
"What about Lily?" Dumbledore smiled gently at her.
"She can stay her the night and in the morning If you want to come and collect her then that would be great, you can take her to the great hall and so forth, give her a brief summary of the thousands of passageways. . ." she grinned at him, nodded and exited.
"Brief?" she couldn't help mutter as she walked towards the fat lady "I wish!"
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Ta Da! New chappie! **Victory dance** hmm well, I've decided (as I'm sure you can see) that I'm gonna keep the whole 'I-can-see-the-future-thing' so there! **Pokes out tongues and hides behind closest object** well anyway. . . Um, that's about all really, so, um, what else is there? If you have any complicated questions DO NOT send them to my e-mail, because I'm not even sure if it even exists anymore (don't tell anyone!), so yeah! Cool! See ya folks!
Imaginable ~^.^~
P dot S . . . like my new smiley? Hehe. Smileyyyyyyyyy. . . (just in case you weren't sure I'm feeling pretty hyped up at the moment. Hehe. Hyypppppeddddd upppppppppp. . .)