A/n : hey..i am back, sooner than expected isn't it ;), Anyway as usual, J.K Rowling owns every character, well…Remus's friends, Tommy and Jack belongs to me. but they are not nice, so I don't want them..

"Remus….just tell us" whined little Timmy as he tugged his shirt insistently

"Yeah, Remus, we are your best friends. You have been sick for the past month; you look tired all the time! What's going on" asked Jack stubbornly as he sat opposite to him

"I told you guys, it's nothing" Remus insisted, but refused to meet his friend's eyes

Remus was 9 years old and was sitting in his neighborhood playground with his best friends Timmy and Jack. They had been friends for almost all their life and they have been noticing his mysterious disappearances for the last few months

"Please just tell us what happened, we promise we won't tell anybody. We are worried about you Remus" Jack said looking concerned

Remus gulped nervously. His father had warned him about this, told him not to say a word to anyone else, but these were his best friends, what harm would happened if he told them?

"Please Remus…." Timmy pleaded with his puppy dog eyes and he felt his resolution melting

"Err…ok…but you can't tell anyone else." He warned warily

"We won't..." both jack and Timmy said in unison as they stared at him excitedly

He gulped again

"I...I...I was bitten by a werewolf" he said in a small voice, shuddering at the memory

There was as silence after the announcement, followed by a loud crash. Jack had fallen out of the chair beside Timmy, who stood up abruptly.

"WHAT, YOU ARE A WERWOLF" Said of the voice of Jack shrilly as face twisted to mask of fear and disgust

"Timmy, get away from him" Jack snarled again as he pulled his younger brother away from him.

Remus was shocked, hurt and confused. He didn't know what was happening. These are his friends, then why are they looking at him like they had seen a monster!

"Jack..what are you.." he began , trying to get near him

But Jack just jumped out of the way "get away from me, you Werewolf" he yelled as he scrambled back

Remus was paralyzed; his 2 best friends were acting as though he was a monster, they were afraid of him!

"Timmy, it's me. I am still Remus" he pleaded to his other friend

"No, you are not, you are a monster" Timmy whimpered as he hid behind his brother's back

The word from his lips killed him thousand times harder than anything he ever felt. He could actually feel the energy draining out of him

"When were you going to tell us, after you bitten us" Jack growled

"No..I would never." He tried to tell them, but his whole body seemed shutting down, he just couldn't get the words out

"Ha..You don't say! I bet you were just waiting for the next full moon, weren't you?, to turn us to things like you" Jack said in disgust as he grabbed Timmy hand and started to walk away

"Timmy…" he tried one last time but that was it, for a heartbroken 9 year old. All that he trusted in his whole life with his friends collapsed like a house of cards

They turned one last time. There was pure repulsion and hatred in their faces

"Don't ever come near us Remus and don't ever try to contact us" Jack threatened and disappeared into the house

Remus stood rooted to the spot for few seconds as slowly his brain registered what happened

"He is a werewolf" his brain shouted as the final blow hit him like a ton of bricks. He only remembers running as broken images and conversations plagued his mind. Not even at the day of incidence he had broken up like this, his father said everything would be alright, nothing would change except his monthly transformation but he was wrong. Everything changed…nothing would be the same anymore…

He ran inside his house and went straight up to his room crying, behind his mother saw him and followed him concernedly

"Remy…what is wrong…what happened" his mom asked as she came and cradled him in her arms

He didn't say anything at first but after a lot of coaxing from his mother he finally began to talk. His mom heard everything patiently and by the end of it, her eyes were moist but she never cried, she was one of the strongest people he ever knew.

"Don't cry Remus, they are not worth it" she said sadly as she stroked his hair

"But they are my best friends mom, how could they do this to me" he asked, with tears still running from his face.

"They are not your Friends Remus, they never were" his mother said sternly "if they were, nothing would have mattered, not even the fact that you are a werewolf"

"But.."

"no buts Remus, when you find real friends, they will never desert you, I promise" she said firmly

"NO..." he said suddenly as he sat up "I am never having any friends..They can't be trusted" he said with a voice filled with hatred and distrust.

But his mother just smiled "you don't choose your true friends Remus, they chooses you" she said affectionately

"Then, I won't be telling them, would I? I won't make the same mistake twice" he said stubbornly

"It won't make a difference to them, Trust me" she said with a knowing look

"Remus….get in here, I have great news" his father's voice boomed across the room

"Yeah, I am coming.." he called back as he put the book down and went to meet his father in the living room

"What is it, Dad" he asked curiously as he saw his father bouncing on his heels.

"You won't believe, who I saw this morning, Dumbledore! And he asked you meet him, he says he may be able to get you to Hogwarts" he said jumping in joy.

But Remus didn't exactly share his enthusiasm. Over the past few years he had been rejected from every schools and every private tutoring center and finally had decided for home schooling. So he wasn't going to hope the impossible that the best wizarding school was going to take him in. This Dumbledore must be humoring his father and most likely going to reject him with some lame excuse

"Dad, don't get your hopes up, I am happy being home schooled" he said calmly, more than his rejection, he hated to see his father's disappointment.

"What rubbish, when did you turned to such a pessimist?. Dumbledore is not like the others, he is a good man and he is the headmaster of Hogwarts. I didn't ask him because I didn't want him to put him in an tough spot, but this time, he was the one who asked for you. He promised me he would do something for you and I know he won't give false promises" he said with conviction

Remus heart gave a tiny flutter of hope, but he didn't dare to encourage it any further. Finally he sighed

"if you say so Dad, but I am still sending Mom for the home school course" he said as he turned to go back.

"Hey...i am not sending my wife for any course. You are going to school young man, like everyone else" his father laughed happily as he patted him in the back

Despite everything he smile….

A/n: again thanks for reading my story…pleeeeeese review..i am just dying to know what you think….also check out my other story, Chronicles of Ms Evans ...