A/N hello! Okay i know it's not a week yet, but i've decided to update anyway, aren't i nice? Umm.. just a few notes, i dont think this chapter is as good as the last... and i know its a little slow, but dont worry, there's only a few more chapters until he goes to hogwarts

I suppose i should answer my reviewers... hehe! I got reviews!!! Yayayayayayayay!!! (dances around)

GringottsVault711 - you were my only first reviewer lol why thankee for your kind comments :) and i dont know when Remus actually met James and Sirius and (yuk) Peter.. but in this story he isn't friends with them yet...note the 'yet'.. dw they come in soon :D

Disclaimer - if i owned Harry Potter than i would be a millionaire by now, but since i just spent all my money on icecream, i guess that kind proves i dont... i dont think i'd be able to eat that much icecream...

Chapter 2 - A letter

After 3 hours of starcharts and moon cycles, Remus lay down his Astrology text book and fell back onto his bed. Yawning, he slowly sat back up again and piled up his books. He dumped them on his desk - almost covering the entire surface - and glared at the door, in the hope that the glare would somehow fly all the way down the stares and reach his father.

"I cannot live in a two metre by one metre room for the rest of my life." He grumbled, walking over to the door and banging on it. After 10 minutes of non stop banging, the door opened a fraction, and something flew through. Remus could hear the stomps of his father fading away. "Well fine." He muttered, sitting down on his bed again and investigating the container that now lay on the ground.

"If he'd thrown that 2 centemetres to the left it would've flown out the window." He remarked, opening it. It turned out to be two pieces of buttered bread, and a bottle of water. "Well at least i wont starve." He sighed, and began to eat his lunch.

As he was halfway through eating the second piece of bread, something small and feathery flew through the window and dropped on his head. "Must you do that?" Remus asked, sounding bemused. (hehe i love that word) Captain hooted and looked very proud of himself, before holding out his leg to reveal the parchment that was tied to it. Suddenly excited, Remus pulled the parchment off and opened it.

Dear Mr Lupin,

We have noted your application to our Owl Pen Paling System, and are pleased to notify you that it was a success! We have matched you with another applicant, a 14 yr old girl by the name of Miandre Sturluson who is currently living in Australia.

To start writing to your pen pal, all you need to do is start writing! Your owl has been briefed on the journey and with our help will make it to Australia safe, we guarantee this or you get your money back!!! Or at least full compensating for the damage, and possibly a new owl.

TaTa,

Young Magical Weekly.

It was signed with large, flourishy letters written in hideously fluoro green ink. Remus sat staring at it for a while, then jumped as a crack of thunder broke the silence. He stood up and walked a metre to the window and stared out of it. The sky was dark and cloudy, and it had started raining again. He leaned on the window sill as lightning lit up the sky, illuminating the street with a strange, ethereal glow. Remus stared out sadly. A lone tear slid down his face, glistening in the brief light.

There was a bang from downstairs, and a small figure stomped outside, and shook his fist at the sky. Remus watched as his father stumbled drunkenly out into the storm.

His father.

His tormenter.

It hadn't always been like this though, he hadn't always been locked in a tiny attic room. He had lived a relatively normal life before... when his mother was alive...

Remus swallowed painfully and slammed the window shut, trying to resist the torrent of sorrow that threatened to overflow. He sat down on his bed and took a deep shuddery breath.

After a while he calmed down, and sat listening to the light patter of the rain on the roof. He pushed the aching misery deep down inside him, and unclasped the charm that he was wearing around his neck, holding it tightly. It was a tiny silver wolf, a present from his mother. She had given it to him to protect him, to protect him from a fate worse than death. Remus looked at it, feeling numb.

I must fight the despair away, I cant let it control me. He thought, clenching his had into a fist around the charm. Feeling left out, Captain fluttered over to him and fell on his lap, chirruping softly. Remus stroked his feathers, suddenly noticing that the storm had died down a little.

"You're real, Captain." He told the tiny owl. "You're real, alive, you exist, you're something other than the despair. And if i'm to fight it than i'll need you're help." Captain nodded as if in agreement, giving Remus a small nip on his finger. Frowning, Remus remembered the letter. He looked at Captain thoughtfully. "Captain, I have an idea. It might work, i dont know." He stood up, and sat down at his desk, pulling a clean piece of parchment from a draw and dipping his quill in a jar of ink. Captain flew over and perched on the desk, hooting curiously. "You see, my feathery friend, i have you, and you can fly. I have a window, that you can fly out of, and i have a lot of spare parchment and ink that needs to be used." He turned his attention back to the owl and winked. "I also have the name of a particular person in Australia who i'm sure is dying to hear from me." Captain dipped his claws into the ink and then proceeded to drip it everywhere. Remus sighed and snatched him up, setting him down on the other side of the desk, out of reach of the ink. "What i'm trying to say is, I think i'll give this pen paling thing a go. Some contact with the outside world would do me good, dont you think?" Captain didn't reply, he had taken to zooming around Remus's head. Scowling, Remus picked up his quill and began to write.

Dear Miandre,

Hello, my name is Remus Lupin and I live in a 2 metre by 1 metre attic room at the top of my fathers house. I'm currently on holidays, but in a few weeks i will start my 3rd year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, which is the big magic school over here, i suppose you've probably heard of it. Umm, i dont really know what to say... err, what's is like over there in Australia? Well, it's storming here, though that's odd because it's summer... but we've been having some very weird weather here lately so...

Anyway... that's all i can think of right now, please write back.

From R. L.

"There, what do you think?" He said, admiring his handywork. Captain didn't say anything, because he'd fallen in the jar of ink.

A/N there we go!!! Over a thousand word too! but Remus cries.. awww.. poor ickly Remus.. (hugs Remus) hehe.. and since i've decided to learn japanese, i shall leave you with this. Please review! Arigatou!