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Sorry I made James so mean don't worry……he'll get nicer. Also I'm sorry that the first chapter was SO boring. It will get more exciting I promise.

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Chp. 2: …People to see.

Remus looked out the window above his small bed. His parents had taken their family to a small cabin they had rented in the woods of Germany, where they decided to go on vacation that year. They had been saving all year to come here and so far, Remus had to admit he wasn't very impressed. The best part of the trip had been when his father had taken him fishing in the Mozo River, just the two of them. Charlie was three and had an addiction to pulling Remus' hair, so he was more than happy to get out of the house for the day. Remus looked out of the window at the full moon, then at the fireflies dancing to the sounds of the night. He listened to his parents' steady breathing as he slowly reached for the glass jar he had put under his bed earlier in the day. He slowly got out of bed and tiptoed to the front door. Opening it slowly, he walked towards the clump of bushes he had seen the fireflies dancing around. He walked quietly, careful not to step on dry leaves.

He heard a snap behind him. His heart racing, he turned around and saw a shadow moving stealthily between the trees. He felt ill and tried not to breathe as the shadow crept closer. Suddenly it jumped, knocking Remus to the hard damp ground as the jar flew from his hand and shattered. He could feel the monster's warm breath on his face and as Remus turned his head away, he saw a light turn on in the cabin as two people ran out the front door. He looked back into the monster's yellow eyes for a moment before it lowered its head and bit his shoulder. Pain coursed though his veins and he screamed. He heard a gunshot and the weight of the monster was lifted off him as the trees and moon above him faded away into darkness.

"You reckon we should wake him? We're almost there…"

"Don't bother. He was pretty rude to you earlier. Besides it's his fault he fell asleep."

"Look at him. He looks like he hasn't had a good meal in ages. You gotta admit, if you looked like that, you'd fall asleep too."

"Well, I wouldn't have been rude. "

"You weren't exactly Mr. Sunshine you know. "

"Oh buzz off Sirius. Wake him if you want to. Personally I prefer him asleep. "

They packed away their Exploding Snap and changed into their school robes as the train sped along the country side. Sirius was about to wake up Remus when the sickly looking boy suddenly screamed.

Sirius jumped back in alarm, hitting his head on one of the shelves that held their bags of clothing for the trip.

"What did you do to him, Sirius? " James shouted, looking equally bewildered.

"I didn't do anything! I didn't even touch him!" Sirius replied loudly, rubbing the throbbing bump on the side of his head.

Remus jolted awake, sweating and looking absolutely terrified. Realizing were he was, he slumped exhausted back onto the seat. It had been five years since he had been bitten, and yet he continued to have the dream regularly. He saw the two boys looking at him bewildered.

"Um…sorry…I think…" he said sleepily.

"Sorry! We nearly wet ourselves trying to wake you up and that's all you have to say? "

James looked particularly angry and Remus was quite sure this boy didn't like him very much and apparently screaming in his sleep didn't help their relationship.

"It's ok...you just surprised us is all." Sirius said rubbing the sore spot on his head.

"We'll be there soon you should change. "

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Remus stumbled off the train into the crowd of students between a line of carriages and a vast murky lake. After nearly bumping into a fifth year Hufflepuff, he spotted Sirius and James among a group of other first years. Wandering over, he stopped next to a small mousey faced boy who was, along with the other first years, listening to a thin little man with a bad leg and only one arm.

"Now we're going to sail across the lake to castle. Don't play around or you'll fall in. The squid is not very happy today." The mousey haired boy looked incredibly nervous, and when hearing this, he shivered slightly. " Only four to a boat and don't touch the water." The man started limping over to a cluster of small boats by the waters edge.

As the group of first years started to follow him, the boy with mousey hair tried to strike up a conversation with Remus.

"Are you…um…at all…nervous about this?" he asked worriedly.

Remus looked at him, and remembered how nervous he had been an hour earlier, before he had meet Sirius and James. This was a chance to make a friend.

"To tell you the truth, I'm positively terrified." Remus lied quickly.

"Me too. I'm Peter Pettigrew by the way." he said, looking relieved and holding out his hand.

"Remus Lupin" Remus said, shaking Peter's hand. He could tell already that Peter desperately wanted to make a friend, just like him.

The two clambered into a boat at the end of the fleet and were quite surprised when James and Sirius joined them moments later. James muttered something about everywhere else being full as they introduced themselves to Peter and the boats started moving. Looking across the lake, Remus saw a magnificent castle with many turrets and towers sitting on a mountain. It sparkled against the dark night sky and reflected on the smooth water. They passed under a curtain of ivy and found themselves in a dark tunnel under the mountain. They reached a small harbor and slowly crawled out of the little boats.

After they climbed up the slippery stone steps (Peter fell once or twice) they reached a heavy oak door. The little man with the one arm knocked on the door. There was silence and then the door slowly opened.

A very small man beckoned the children to follow him has he pranced down the hallway.

Remus stepped inside. He was finally here at Hogwarts, the place he had dreamed about going to for five long years. He could barely believe it.

As the first years surged into the entrance hall, a greasy haired boy bumped into James, knocking him down.

"What the freak did you do that for! " James said angrily as Sirius and Remus helped him up.

"You were in my way." the boy said coldly.

Remus knew at once that this boy was trouble and when he looked at James, he wasn't surprised to see that James was thinking somewhere along those lines too. As the greasy haired boy glided away, James shot him a look of complete and utter loathing.

"Hurry now you're already late." the small man said happily.

The group entered the great hall and stood awkwardly between two tables as a woman in green robes got out a list of names and started reading them aloud. Next to her was a very tattered and dirty old hat.

"Black, Andromeda." A girl with curly brown hair skipped up happily.

Remus looked at Sirius curiously.

"My cousin." He said in a bored voice. "She'll probably be in Slytherin. My whole family has been in there. I think I'm going to be in Gryffindor, just to spite them."

The hat opened a tear near the brim and screeched, "HUFFLEPUFF!"

Sirius looked incredibly surprised as his cousin skipped merrily over the Hufflepuff table.

"Well that's a first! Good for her, Mum always said she was kinda odd." He said with a shrug. "And Bellatrix isn't very happy with this either."

He pointed over to the Slytherin table where his other cousin was sitting. She looked incredibly annoyed and when one of her friends leaned over to whisper something in her ear, the friend received a cold glare in return.

"Black, Sirius."

Flashing his new friend a smile, Sirius strutted towards the stool and sat down determinedly. The hat considered for a moment and then-

"GRYFFINDOR!"

Remus noticed Bellatrix looking even more annoyed as Sirius walked quickly over to the table on the far left.

"Evans, Lily."

A small girl with flaming red hair and green eyes walked nervously up to the stool and sat down. Remus heard James gasp quietly and say "Who is she? "as she was proclaimed a Gryffindor.

"Lupin, Remus."

Remus stepped forward, his heart pounding in his ears as he sat down and the hall was shut off from his view.

"Ah yes the one with the dark secret." the hat whispered. "Now where should I put you? Hmm, the urge to make real friends, defiantly not a bad mind…Ravenclaw would be more than happy to have you, but not always the most loyal lot. Yes I know where to put you; here you'll be happy,"

"GRYFFINDOR!"

His knees weak and shaking, Remus stumbled over to the Gryffindor table and sat meekly next to Sirius, trying to catch his breath.

"Pettigrew, Peter."

"There goes Pete." Sirius said, twisting in his seat for a better view.

Peter walked up slowly and sat down. Once the hat was placed upon his head, he sat there for almost two minutes before the hat proclaimed him a Gryffindor. Remus applauded with the rest of the table as Peter sat down and looked like he wanted to sink though the floor and never be seen again.

"Potter, James."

James sat upon the stool looking completely confident as the hat was lowered over his eyes. The hat didn't waste time and promptly announced him a Gryffindor.

He joined his friends at the Gryffindor table with a smirk on his face as "Robertson, Jessica." became a Ravenclaw.

"It said I most definitely belonged in Gryffindor." he said proudly.

"Stop being such a git James, we all got in." Sirius said, poking him in the ribs as "Searing, Jessi." was sorted into Gryffindor.

"Snape, Severus."

"Theres that creep who knocked me down." James said with a scowl.

The pale, greasy haired boy from earlier had the hat on his head for two seconds before it screamed "SLYTHERIN!"

"No surprise there." James grumbled as "Soliday, Kathleen." and "Stone, Emily" were sorted into Ravenclaw.

As soon as "Tonks, Ted." was sorted into Ravenclaw, a tall man with a crooked nose stood up and clapped his hands for silence.

"Welcome to Hogwarts new students," he said with a smile, "and welcome back for those returning. Now before we start on our feast, I have a few announcements. I am pleased to welcome Professor Flitwick, our new charms teacher."

The little man who had led them into the hall earlier stood up on his chair and bowed several times as he was greeted with applause.

"Next, some of the older students noticed earlier that we have a very unusual new tree on the grounds. It is incredibly rare and has quite a nasty temper I'm afraid. All of you are cautioned not to go near it, lest you be severely injured. " Remus saw the man look at him for a moment before turning away.

Remus looked down at his plate. The tree was here not because it was rare, but to keep students away; away from the monster that would be around it on the full moon. He was the monster.

"Now, let the feast begin."

The plates in front of him filled with food and students started eagerly piling heaps of it onto their plates. Remus pushed the dark thought into a small corner of his mind and forgot about them as he joined the others. Halfway into the meal, Remus growled softly with pleasure and Sirius turned to him looking alarmed.

"What was that for?" he asked Remus, sounding hurt.

"Wha?" Remus had his mouth full of mashed potatoes.

"You growled at me."

Remus blushed furiously and swallowed the potatoes.

"Oh um…sorry I…just really got into this meal. I never get this much at home."

"If you say so…"

Sirius couldn't figure it out. There was something odd about Remus. Sure, he probably didn't get this much food, considering the state of his robes, but why did he have those scars on his arms? And why did he growl? Sirius shook his head and went back to his meal.

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"I think I'm going to like this place." James said sleepily as they trudged up to their dormitory.

"I don't think I'll ever eat again." Peter said looking slightly ill.

As they entered their room, they saw their things had already been brought up and collapsed wearily on their beds. Remus' bed was next to the large glass window with Sirius' next to him, then James, followed by Peter.

James fell asleep immediately, laying with his mouth open and snoring slightly. Peter put on his pajamas and closed the curtains of his four poster bed.

"G' night." Sirius said yawning as he too fell asleep.

Remus lay in the darkness, listening to the breathing of his new friends and the crickets chirping outside his window. He finally had friends, real friends who wouldn't throw Gobstones at him, or egg his house. He was happy for now. A thought struck him; he would never tell his friends his secret, and if they ever found out, he would leave this wonderful place, so they would not be afraid of him and try to set him on fire or something like that. Dealing with Muggles was bad enough; he couldn't imagine what wizards could do. Curling into a ball, he soon fell asleep with hopes that he would have a good dream tonight; after all, it had been the best day of his life…

Sorry for the sappy ending. Please Review because I'm a new writer.