A Biography of a Monster: As Told By Rita Skeeter
"I was devastated," Terrence told me. He was at work during the bite. "He was a great kid, and then Grey back had to go and bite him. I was a little angry." Every full moon, they had to hide Lupin in their basement. They had a still door and many breaking charms on it.
"One time, I saw him start to transform," says Alyssa Vancorp, Lupin's old babysitter, "I forgot to put him in that dungeon thingy. So, I just pushed him down the stairs and slammed the door shut. It was pretty scary. I quit after the paid me 20 galleons for my trouble." That was just one of the scary incidents that had happened. As I looked through Lupin's room, I found a tattered diary. I opened it up. Here is one of the passages that was truly mesmerizing:
Dear Diary,
I turned into a werewolf again today. This time, Alyssa forgot to put me in the dungeon. I could feel turning into a werewolf strongly. I was watching in the mirror, I had never seen what I looked like. I watched my eyebrows become bushier, and I soon started growing facial hair just like Papa. My nail were getting bigger and dirty (that was so disgusting), and I was starting to forget who I was. I quickly called Alyssa and ran to the door of the dungeons. My clothing were starting to tear. Alyssa opened the door and pushed me in. Then, my memory goes blank. That' s what I remember, up until Mother opened the door and repaired my clothing. Why did this happen to me?
Till the next full moon,
Remus
Lupin was ten when he wrote that. Three days later, on his eleventh birthday, he got a letter; a letter excepting him into Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.