A Biography of a Monster: As Told By Rita Skeeter
Jessica and Terrence were happy with Remus. He didn't cry much and he showed signs of being able to do magic. Terrence worked at the ministry and was barely home, and Jessica owned a small bookstore just down the street for muggles. She was muggle born and figured out that you'd make more money this way.
After a long tiring day at work, Terrence came home to a talking Remus. He decided that he would tell his wife about what happened at work.
"Oh, he was nervous all right," Jessica said giving his leg a tight squeeze, "but he didn't know that I already knew." That's right, Jessica knew that he got a promotion. He was going to be in the office that controls werewolves, called Regulation Office of Werewolves. Many werewolves worked there themselves; he had to be careful.
"One of my colleagues, Kingsley Shacklebolt, was training to be an Auror. He did this as a side job. Great man, Shacklebolt, great man," Terrence told me when I asked about his work. Then came the day with Greyback.
"Well, we were eating lunch, if you know what I mean," Shacklebolt told us when we asked his version. "Then Greyback came in, and he was...in a right state. He had just bitten three kids, and said he did it on purpose. Terrence, bless his soul, muttered 'idiot' under his breath. Greyback must've heard him cause I saw him look up at him."
"Well, after I mumbled 'idiot' Greyback started asking me about my family. Like, do I have children, how old, do I live with my wife, that kind of thing. I didn't realize he heard me at all, I thought he was being friendly for a change," Terrence told me with a shudder. That night, Jessica let Remus out to play. It was the full moon. Remus, only 5 at the time, was playing in the sandpit in the backyard. He heard rustling behind the trees, but never payed attention.
"Next thing I know, I wake up in St. Mungo's. Mum was crying and Dad was pale," Lupin told me straining his memory for details.
"I heard a scream, and then a howl. I quickly ran out to see that my baby was okay," Jessica wailed, tears were streaming down her cheeks. "He had a bitemark on his leg, and I could see a werewolf running away in the distance. Instantly, before Remus turned into a werewolf, I bound him with ropes so he wouldn't harm anyone. I sent an owl to Terrence at work, and left for St. Mungo's. I transfigured him into a dog at put him in a kennel so that the muggles wouldn't notice. I went into St. Mungo's, and they told me. He would be stuck as a werewolf, forever."