Remus Lupin

I am going to tell you my story and what it was like for me in Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. I dreamed of going to Hogwarts since I was a little boy at the age of five and acted like a stick was my wand and said spells. I had the best childhood and will always remember it. I lived in a very small house with my mother, father, and brother. We were what you would call one of the poorest purebloods around. Our limit of money never did bother me that much until I went back to school and that's where people would shake their heads at me. My family, the Lupins, and the Weasley's where really close because we knew how the other felt. There was one thing in my childhood that I hated and wished would pass away like time, but it never did and never will. When I was really young, about two years before I started Hogwarts I was attacked by a werewolf outside my house. I was so stupid for going outside during a full moon, but I thought that it would never happen to me, but it did. The werewolf came out from no where and started attacking me. I screamed and screamed and it felt like an eternity before anyone ever came outside to get me! My brother, Romulus, was the first one outside and scared away the werewolf. He yelled for our parents and they finally came out. I looked at my hands and arms and they were all scratched up, bleeding quite badly! Right then I knew that my life was going to be changed forever, and I had a feeling that I would not be able to attend Hogwarts, the one place I always wanted to go to, because of my condition. They took me to the hospital and a short doctor came in and told me about my condition and what I would have to go through for the rest of my life. I felt like telling him I already knew everything that came with the package, but I decided it best to go ahead and listen to him talk on and on about what being a werewolf was going to do to me in my future. I laid in that bed for hours thinking about what people would think of me and if my parents would ever talk to me again, of course they did! I went home a week later and was able to go on with my regular events. The first time I transformed was very painful. I was unable to control myself and the full moon from then on always acted as a phantom. You probably know who I am by now, but if you don't my name is Remus Lupin.

I'm going to give a brief depiction of what my first through forth year was like at Hogwarts. During the first year I met Sirius Black, James Potter, and Peter Pettigrew. It took a long time for me to come acquainted with them because we came from different backgrounds. At first site I thought they were spoiled rich kids who thought they could over come the school. And then one unexpected day they came up to me and started talking and we started hanging out every day after that! They were great friends and helped me trough all my transfigurations. They even became illegal Animagi during our fifth year; with a lot of work may I add, just to keep me company during my werewolf state. I felt terrible after they finally found out how to do it because I was afraid that if they ever got in trouble then something extremely bad would happen to them. My second year was pretty much the same. I transformed once a month and made from 'Average' to 'Outstanding' on all my tests in school. My third year was a little different then the previous ones, but it was mostly the same. For the duration of my forth year I did a little bit better in school. I was able to make more 'Outstanding' grades and not think as much about my transfigurations, which was very hard for me because I felt like everyone knew my secret.