Hey all. Here is the next chapter.
I did change it and make it so Remus and Elizabeth don't know each other and I fixed the second chapter. I only thing I did was take out the Remus stuff so you all don't have to read it if you want to.
So here is the next chapter.
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1977 – 17
It was my final year at Hogwarts and I was excited. I was the co-captain of the Gryffindor Quidditch team, along with James Potter. I wasn't popular but I had Lily, my best friend. She was in my year and in my house. I was doing well in most of my classes and I was going to prove the world wrong and get a job after school. My werewolf-ness couldn't stop me. I had already written letters to all the professional Quidditch teams to come see me play. I wanted, no needed, to get on a team and prove to my parents, to the world, and more importantly to myself, that I could do it.
The first week of school had pasted and I was summoned to Professor Dumbledore's office. I get there and see Remus Lupin standing there. He was a boy in my year and house, but I didn't talk to him… or really anyone but Lily. I didn't need to. I wasn't here to make friends, I was here to get an education and get a spot on a Quidditch team. I look at him and raise my eye brow in confusion. He shakes his head and I sit in the chair next to him. "Any idea why we are here?" I ask.
"Nope, maybe it has something to do with grades?" He suggests.
"No, I'm not a top student. I know it isn't something to do with Quidditch because you don't play and James would be here with me." I say and cross my arms and lean back.
He nods and looks forwards. I didn't have anything to say to him and he didn't have anything to say to me. We didn't talk to each other, I hate small talk, and I was comfortable in silence. Out of the corner of my eye, I could see that he was getting antsy and I could tell he didn't like silence. As he opened his mouth to start the small talk, the door opened again and Professor Dumbledore walked in. "Hello you two. I bet you are wondering why I called you here."
"Of course not. Why would I wonder that?" I say sarcastically.
Professor Dumbledore chuckles and sits at his desk. He pulls out the Daily Prophet and hands it to me. "Read."
"Minster of Magic declares Werewolf Marriage Law going into effect later this year. The minster of magic has informed the world that werewolves should be 'domestic' and how they can become 'domestic' is to have a werewolf mate. Werewolf attacks have been on the raise for a while now and the new law is a way to end these attacks. The Head of the Creature Caretakers Committee said at a press conference, "Werewolves are known to be less violent when mated. Once we have all the werewolves mated, the werewolf attacks will soon end." The law states that werewolves 17 and over have three months to pick a mate. If they have chosen not to do this, the ministry will pick one for them. If any werewolf chooses not to follow this law, they will be sentence to a prison sentence in Azkaban. The mates have to get married by the end of the year to not end up in Azkaban. Check back next week for an interview with the Minster of Magic about this new law." I read out loud and look at Dumbledore. "I have to get married! To a werewolf!" I yell. I stand up and throw the paper at him. "I won't! I can't be married and play Quidditch!" Dumbledore goes to say something, but I keep talking. "Don't even say that I can't play professionally because I don't care. I will do it! I have written letters to all the teams. One of them are bound to not care and hire me!"
"Are you done my dear?" Dumbledore asks.
I take a deep breath and sit down. "Yes…"
He looks at us and frowns. "I am sorry you two. We have to comply with this law or there will be time in Azkaban for you. I believe you can still play Quidditch if you find a team who will let you on the team. This law is only making you get married not procreate or anything."
I frown at him. "So who am I suppose to marry? I don't know any male werewolves." Dumbledore looks at Remus and then back at me. I frown and look at Remus. He was staring at the ground and his face was as white as a sheet. I forgot he was here for a minute. "So you're a werewolf too."
He nods and looks at me. "Yeah. I have been since I was six…"
"Five for me." I say and shrug. I turn back to Dumbledore. "So what you are suggesting is that Remus and I get engaged and then married?"
"It's better than getting a mate you don't know. You could get paired with anyone, at any age. It could even be Greyback." Dumbledore says and shrugs.
I stand up. "I WILL NEVER MARRY GREYBACK, MUCH LESS TALK TO HIM! I WOULD RATHER END UP IN AZKABAN!" I yell.
"Dear girl, calm down. I was just saying it could be worse." Dumbledore says.
I sit down and cross my arms. "Fine."
"Okay, so we get engaged and then married." Remus says softly.
I look over at him. "It could be worse. At lease you are cute." I say and stand up. I look at Dumbledore. "You are going to excuse Remus and me from our classes today and we are able to go anywhere we want. Right?" I demanded.
Dumbledore nods. "You can have all day to yourselves. I will make sure no one bothers you."
I nod and leave his office. I hear Remus trailing me. I go down to the kitchen and tickle the pear. Remus and I go into the kitchen and sit down. A small elf comes to us. "Hello Miss Collette and Mr. Lupin. Would you like a plate of breakfast?"
"That would be great Dipper." I tell the elf and she pops off. I look at Remus and smile softly. "I come here all the time."
"We come here all the time at night. James and Sirius need their midnight snacks." Remus says and smiles softly. I nod and lay my head on the table. "I'm sorry…"
I lift my head and look at him. "Why are you sorry? Did you go to the Ministry and demand that this law be created?" I ask and he shakes his head. "Of course you didn't, so don't be sorry. I just hate that we are going to be outed to the whole school. I mean I didn't even tell Lily. She is going to hate me."
"She knows about me and doesn't hate me." Remus says softly.
I look up at him. "How did she find out?"
"James. He said that he felt bad about keeping this secret from his girlfriend and I told him it was fine… after he paid me in a hundred candy bars." He says and smirks.
I chuckle softly. "So the… um… Marauders know about you?"
He nods. "They actually became illegal animagi to help me." He informs me.
"Oh… wow…. That is amazing." I say and smile, amazed at what his friends would do for him. "That is very tough. How long did it take them?"
"Three years." He says and chuckles. "I thought they would abandon me if they found out, or they would tell Dumbledore to kick me out."
I nod. "I understand that feeling. Before Dumbledore came and told me that I was accepted here, I had applied at so many other schools and no one wanted me. I was an outcast. My parents pitied me. My sister didn't know anything different, but soon pitied me too. I was locked in the basement on the nights and I would tear myself apart…" I say and space out. I thought back to the days after the full moons, when I would sit there while my mom healed me and tried to tell me that I was not a monster and that even if I wasn't locked up, that I wouldn't hurt them. That was a lie. I was a monster and I would kill my family if I had the chance.
I feel a hand on me and look at him. "Hey you aren't alone. I mean we are supposed to be getting engaged soon. You can come to me for anything." He says and looks at me with calming eyes.
I smile softly and nod. "You can come to me too. Now we just have to tell our friends…"
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