Romy Lupin-Black

3

'Are you a witch?' Black asks. I shake my head. 'Can we all sit down and talk?' The man with the wands asks. I take a step back.

'Hey, you can trust us! You can hold the wands if it helps.' He offers. He lays them into my palm. I clutch them so hard that my knuckles turn white.

'You can call me Remus.' He offers. I freeze, 'lupin?' I ask. He nods slowly. I briefly close my eyes. 'And I'm James.' The other dude calls.

'My name is Romy Rivera.' I carefully sit in a yellow armchair, the 3 men on the couch.
I don't know where to look, so I settle my eyes onto Remus. I believe that he is why I am here.

A few months ago, I found a basket with my mothers stuff. It contained a picture of mother and a man. His name had been written on the back. Remus John Lupin.......

He is looking at me with a mystified expression. I believe that he may be the reason for my lycantrophy. He seems to be like me, should I ask? Before I can think better of it I blurt out,' Are you a monster as well?'

The men look at me confused. 'What?' Remus asks hesitantly. 'You turn, every full moon..... you're a monster...' I clarify.

'I am NOT a monster! However I do turn,yes. Into a werewolf.' He looks at the ground.

I look at him confused. 'But a werewolf is a monster.'  'No, it is not!' Sirius says fiercely, ' a monster is someone who chooses to be one, who hurts the people around him for fun!' His eyes blaze a hint of anger in them.

I try to forget how mother would always look at me like that, before lashing out with a curse.
'Sorry, sorry!' I say quickly and swallow hard.

------------------Sirius Black--------------------
Romy shields her face with her hands. Just now I realize that I jumped up. I sit down ashamed of myself. I can't believe that I have the effect on a teenager that my mother had on me. My heart breaks a little bit at the thought of what she had to endure to scar her like that, figuratively and literally speaking, because that girl has as many scars as Remus!

'Why would you get the impression that Remus is monstrous?' James asks.

I take a deep breath, I very much despise any hate against Remus!

'Because I am one....' She whispers.
I look at Remus, Moonys however are trained onto Romy, watching her intently. 'You mean that you are a werewolf.' He says matter of factly. I look between them in confusion, did I miss some sort of confession from the girl?

Romy nods slowly, until her hands shoot up to cover her face. 'Please don't kill or torture me.' She whispers quietly. When she hides her face I can see a row of cuts, some fresh and bloody, some almost healed, on her upper right arm.

'What is that?' I ask carefully. 'What?' Romy looks at me confused. 'That' I indicate the direction of her arm. 'Oh, that....' She takes a deep breath, as if bracing herself for hardship.

'It's a form if punishment that mother invented. Whenever I did something to annoy her she would add a cut. And if there were 5 new cuts then she would use that curse. The crucio thing.' She whispers barely audible.

A tear traces her cheek. I have to swallow hard on order to keep down tears myself.
Remus however looks like he I about to throw her mother of a cliff, whilst James balled his hands into fists and is staring down the room plant as if it is his worst enemy.

'What is your mothers name, Romy?' Remus asks, his voice dangerously low. 'Emilyn Rivera.' Moony gasps. 'What about your father? Where was he?' James demands to know.

'My fathers name is Remus John Lupin.' Romy whispers, eyes fixed onto Moony.

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Hya, I'm proud of this chapter!!!
OK, going to bed now, it's like ten o'clock and I wanna read a little.
Byebye, sleep well:) also I thought Romy being Remus daughter was a huge surprise, then I realized it literally says #lupin'sdaughter........