Chapter 3
Remus
Remus’s biggest fear was his friends finding it out, his big secret. They wouldn’t like him anymore. Once they found out that they had befriended a werewolf. It was only a matter of time before they figured out that when he left it was once a month, on a full moon. Remus tripped on a tree root and stumbled. When he looked up he was face to face (well really face to stomach) with the largest man he had ever seen. A young face looked down at him and smiled, the large man spoke, startling Remus, “Hi there, m’ Hagrid, Rubeus Hagrid. Yeh better watch out there, lots of roots, been tryin’ ter get rid of them yeh see.” “oh yeah, I’ll be more careful next time” Remus said hurrying away. As Remus arrived to the hospital wing he heard voices arguing “Where will we put the boy?” a low voice asked “I guess we will just let him roam around in the forbidden forest for tonight, the tunnel to the house in Hogsmeade will be ready by next month but the whomping willow still hasn’t come in. I that told you we should have ordered it from France. Those Italians are just too darn slow.” said a voice that Remus classified as Dumbledore’s.
Remus knocked on the door and walked in to find Dumbledore sitting on one of the beds next to the defense against the dark arts teacher, Professor Maxwell Merrythought. When Remus walked in they both jumped up and Professor Merrythought walked quickly out of the room. Dumbledore smiled and walked toward Remus. “Ah, Remus, you will take your meal in here I believe and then Professor Merrythought will escort you to the forbidden forest where you will spend the night as a werewolf. By next month the passage through to the house in Hogsmeade will be finished and you will be able to go there for the duration of your transformations, but for now, you will be in the forbidden forest. It should be completely safe as long as no other students are in the forest.” Remus nodded and sat down on the bed. Dumbledore turned to leave but then smiled and handed Remus a chocolate frog. He then turned and left without another word. Remus began to eat his chocolate frog as he looked at the card inside. It was Cornelius Fudge, the new Minister of Magic. As Remus finished his chocolate frog, worry began to gnaw at him. Although he had transformed many times before, this time was different, he wouldn’t be in the padded room in St. Mungo’s, he would be set free in the forbidden forest.
Before long Madame Pomfrey came in and told him it was time. Professor Merrythought came in and cast a disillusionment charm on both of them. Walking to the forbidden forest was nerve-wracking because all Remus could think about was his transformation. Professor Merrythought stopped all of a sudden and reversed the disillusionment charm. “Well, this is the spot that I am to leave you. Are you alright?” Remus, who could not muster the courage to answer him, just nodded. Professor Merrythought walked away from Remus as the sun set. About a half of an hour passed before the sky grew dark and Remus’s transformation began.
The warm sun hit Remus’s face as he sat up. He was scratched, sore, and covered in blood from his transformation. There was something different about this blood though, it wasn’t his, terror-struck him as he looked around him, and saw the body of a second year student, barely breathing.