St.cornerstone
March 10th 1971
Remus Lupin aged 11 sat up slowly on the stone cold floor groaning from the pain radiating off of the new scars he had inflicted on himself just moments before. Full moons were dreadful to Remus especially since he got caught up in them ever since he was five years old the small mousey haired boy tried to stretch the pain away till he felt numb roughly scratching and rubbing his torso with his hands until a tall slim lady entered the room her soft long ginger hair dangling beside her shoulders which were straightened as she held a tray of ointments and medicines over to remus, she had a kind smile placed on her lips a sort of sympathy in her eyes as she looked at him,
"Hello there young remus" sister Mary was the kindest woman remus had ever met although he hadn't met a lot of them he and the boys were barley allowed out of st.cornerstone without a sister with them at all times even then the sisters of the church didn't like wandering outside of the church remus didn't understand why but he didn't mind, more time in his room the better,
"Hi." Remus felt small yet comfortable when she was around, his own mother left him at the children's home when he was 5 after his father had been killed by the same wherewolf that had bit him, the small boy didn't know all the details but he didn't want to know he was angry at his mother and his father is dead that's all that matters right now,
Sister Mary carefully rubbed the ointment over the boys scars and fed him his usual medicine before walking him back to his room in the big building making sure none of the other boys saw him.
Once they got back to the room sister Mary took out something big behind her, it looked like a brief case but alas it was not she opened the case to reveal a record player with a small vinyl on it, remus had always wanted one but there must be a catch,
"Is it yours?" Mary nodded smiling placing the needle on the thin lines watching it begin to play 'liza jane' by David Bowie he smiled but also grimaced at the song it wasn't his favourite he'd heard but it was nice to hear it,
"What's that face for? This is Bowie's first ever single you know!" Remus laughed politely but listened to it play for a while as the lady stayed in the room to look over him,
"Do I have to stay in here all day?" Sister Mary looked at him for a second then lowering her head "no young remus you don't not today you've a visitor waiting just outside but I said he weren't to enter until I had sorted you out" a weird silence filled the room as the song played,
You know this little girl is so good for me, yeah
(Oh, little Liza)
You know this little girl's is half of me
(Oh, little Liza)
Little Liza Jane
Little Liza Jane
Little Liza Jane
Little Liza Jane
Oh yeah, I love her
Little Liza Jane
Well, I'm coming back to me love
'Cause she's driving insane.
As the song ended remus shifted in his seat getting ready for the visitor he never had any visitors, who could it possibly be? He wracked his brain for an answer but none came, sister Mary shut the case again but left it on the side where remus could easily knick it or break it remus wasn't the best kid in the home though well spoken like the rest he was rather a trouble maker liked to pick fights with the younger boys and tease the older ones, abbess was sure to tell the visitor all of this before allowing them to see him, abbess was the mother of the children's home almost like a leader to the rest of the nuns always had a sour face and walked, sat even ran with a straight back everyone hated her no one even knew her real name or her hair colour though everyone assumed it to be grey because she's old remus thought even if it was grey it was brunette once or maybe blonde but not red never red she didn't have the look for red hair.
*KNOCK KNOCK*
The door opened and revealed Mary and the visitor standing at the entrance, remus felt a wave of magical energy form in the room the visitor had long grey hair with a long grey beard his eyes sparkled as he gently smiled at remus, the boy trusted this man it was clear he had a kind soul it stood out amongst the load of nasty souls in the church it was similar to the vibe he gets off sister Mary so of course he trusted this man though just met, he shyed away a bit but allowed the man to enter his room, his room was the only one without two beds as he wasn't allowed a roommate worried they might get suspicious and figure out he was a werewolf but that didn't bother remus he liked it that way.
The man sat on the chair beside his desk and smiled "hello remus" the man knew his name that in some cases would be a bad thing but it brought a sense of joy to remus maybe it was a very old relative or someone that had known his father from the wizarding world but why would he be here visiting six years later? He scooched closer to the man a light smile on his own lips, "are you aware of wizards remus? About your father?" Remus listened carefully nodding at the question "good, well I might as well get straight to the point then" he laughed lightly but remus really did hope he'd just say it he was aware of hogwarts always had been not something abbess kept from him and this was the moment, the moment this man would ask him to join hogwarts,
"we have a place for you at my wizarding school remus called hogwarts, I am headmaster professor dumbledore-"
dumbledore sounded like such a cool name to remus, he wasn't particularly fond of his own name who names a kid 'remus lupin' it's torture through and through but remus lived with it maybe at this new school he'd get a nickname and friends.
"We are aware of your condition remus and procedures and safety nets are being placed as we speak so you will be safe lupin I will make sure of it" the man never dropped his smile not once even when talking about his werewolf problem which made him seem more sane and normal rather than a monster he knew he was, remus nodded along and eventually smiled himself up at the old man.
Dumbledore went on to explain how he would send second hand school books to st.cornerstone by owl post under the school budget so he ought not to worry about school uniform, books and equipment, remus was truly grateful for the opportunity that had come upon him and couldn't wait 7 months to start his new adventure outside of the children's home although he would miss sister Mary she was the only person that would miss him she was the only one keeping him from leaving so fast.
Dumbledore left the grounds unseen by anyone else remus could not suppress his happiness the other boys would soon enough ask what was going on but he'd simply answer with "going on holiday" and leave it at that, remus ate a load that day he was not going to miss these meals at all they were rank and smelt like rat goop ew, the boy then decided he's ate, drank, spoke to whom he wanted and there was nothing else he wanted to do so he were to sleep the rest of the summer away that was the plan.
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Notes: this is the first chapter hope it was well written any mistakes please notify me thank you x