MWPP: Through Moony's Eyes
Disclaimer: I am not J.K. Rowling, these are not my characters or places.
1st year
The sandy haired, sickly, boy looked up at the crimson Hogwarts Express train, then back at his parents with his chestnut eyes. He anticipated going to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry but he didn't realize that it would be so hard to say goodbye to his parents.
"Bye Mum. Bye Dad. I'll send you a letter when I get there," said the little boy of eleven. He could feel tears coming but held them back. His mum and dad were the only ones who accepted his condition. He was a werewolf and that usually didn't sit too well with people.
"Bye Remus," said his mum and dad in unison.
"Be safe," His mother added, before she flooded with tears. Remus nodded. The train whistled and started to pull away. Remus retreated into the train, his shabby robes trailing behind him. His eyes scanned the different compartments, looking for one that was empty. He eventually found one and sat inside. Remus opened his copy of Hogwart's: A History and turned to the last page which had been added this year. The page was about a tree called The Whomping Willow that had been planted this year.
"I'm going to be sick of this tree," muttered Remus. And he had a right to, for this tree was where Remus was to go for his transformation on the full moon, and anything that reminded of what he truly was made him miserable. All of a sudden the compartment door opened to reveal a red-haired, green-eyed girl.
"Do you mind if I sit here?" the girl asked. "I couldn't find anywhere else that is quiet,"she continued.
"Yeah, sure, that's fine," Remus answered. The girl smiled, and sat her books down on the seat.
"My name's Lily Evans by the way,"she hastily said, sitting down across from Remus.
"That's a beautiful name, I'm Remus Lupin," Remus replied.
"Pleasure to meet you Remus. Are you a first year too?" she asked out of curiosity.
"Yeah. You too?" Remus asked and Lily nodded. Lily looked curiously at the book Remus was reading.
"What are you reading?" Lily inquired.
"Oh, Hogwarts's: A History," Remus replied.
"It's very interesting isn't it? Although I don't know why they planted the Whomping Willow. Do you?"
"Yes to the first question and," Remus hesitated, he knew why the Whomping Willow was planted, it was because of him. But he couldn't tell her that, at least not yet. First lie of the year, he thought before replying, "no I..uh...don't know."
"Hm," she muttered. "Well anyways, I'm extremely hungry, want to get something from the trolley?" Lily asked.
"Yeah sure!" Remus quickly replied. He was hungry too, yesterday night was the full moon so he didn't get much to eat today. Soon their compartment was scattered with candy wrappers and empty containers. Lily and Remus were now in deep conversation about the upcoming school term.
"So what house do you plan on being in?" asked Remus.
"Well I'm not sure, I'm muggle born so I don't know where they put muggle born children."
"It doesn't matter what your parents are. It matters how you are. Do you even know about the different houses?" Lily shook her head. "There's Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw, and Slytherin. This thing called the Sorting Hat decides what house you are in. People in Gryffindor are courageous, people in Hufflepuff are loyal, people in Ravenclaw are really smart, and people in Slytherin have great ambition. Your house is sort of like your family for seven years,"
"Oh ok, I think I get it. I want to be in Gryffindor, Ravenclaw, or Slytherin." Lily said. Remus eyed her when she said the word Slytherin.
"No actually you probably won't want to be in Slytherin, they're pureblood freaks who think that the best wizards are the ones who have pureblood. There isn't one bad wizard who didn't come from Slytherin. But I agree with you with the other two houses, Gryffindor or Ravenclaw are the houses I want to be in."
"So what about you Remus? You a pureblood?"
"Nah, I'm a half blood, my dad's a muggle and my mum's a witch."
"Oh ok, so you know about muggle things right?"
"Yeah I do. Like toasters and radios and stuff? Yeah I know what they are."
"Oh good. My parents were shocked when I got my letter, they thought it was a hoax or something. And my sister, Petunia, was really jealous," Lily said remembering the look on her parents faces.
"My parents were shocked too," Remus said remembering how even he thought he wasn't going to be able to go to Hogwarts.
"But isn't your mom a witch?"
"Well yeah. They, um, just thought I wouldn't be accepted that's all," Remus said, tripping over his words.
"I read my books as soon as I got them, and I can't wait to take Charms. The man who sold me my wand said I'll be good in charms," Lily said excitedly.
"Defense Against the Dark Arts is what I'm looking forward to." The train screeched like it did when the were leaving Platform 9 3/4 signaling that they had arrived at the Hogsmead station. Remus and Lily stood up and out the train. Before a crowd separated them Lily shouted, "Hope we're in the same house!". She scuttled off before Remus could yell back.
"Same here!"