A Marauders First Year

Chapter 2 - From Platform 9 3/4 to Hogwarts

A/N this is the second part to my fanfic and I do hope you are enjoying it right now :)

Chapter 2

As Remus walked through the barrier and onto platform 9 ¾ it finally sunk in. He was going to Hogwarts and his lycanthropy wasn't going to stop him.

He looked around at the busy platform; at families hugging and kissing their children and saying goodbye. On his right he saw a boy with messy black hair be crushed by his mother's tight embrace whilst his father laughed behind him. Smiling to himself Remus looked to his left and amongst all the families a girl with fiery red hair caught his eye. He guessed she was a muggle born by the way her and her parents were looking at the platform in awe. A girl with blond hair, that he assumed was the red heads sister, kept glaring at her and giving her dirty looks. Why? Remus had no idea.

Looking at all the children on the platform gave Remus hope that he would be able to make friends but I wasn't easy to make friends when you were a werewolf.

Flashback

"Off to bed then" said Hope Lupin kissing her son's cheek and ushering him upstairs. "I'll come and tuck you in after I clean up downstairs"

"Okay mum" said Remus hugging his mother and walking up the stairs. He walked into his brightly coloured room and changed into his pyjamas before climbing into his bed and waiting for his mother.

"You in bed?" Came his mother's voice from downstairs.

"Yh!" Said Remus.

"Okay, I'm coming" his mother said. He heard her coming up the stairs, open the door and walk to his bed. She knelt down by the head of his bed and brushed his sandy hair back.

"I love you very much" she whispered kissing the top of his head.

"I love you too mum" whispered Remus, replying to his mother and pulling the covers up to his chin.

"Your father loves you too" she whispered again stroking his cheek "Goodnight Remus"

"Goodnight mum" he said closing his eyes, sleep getting the better of him. He didn't hear his mother leave his room and go into her own as he had drifted into peaceful sleep.

The two Lupins in the house didn't know about the werewolf hiding in the forest near their house. They didn't know the werewolf was Fenrir Greyback. They didn't know the werewolf was looking at the window of Remus's room, a look of pure evil on his face.

Remus was sleeping peacefully when he heard his window being opened and somebody entering his bedroom. He sleepily opened his eyes and sat up in his bed only to see a complete stranger towering above him. The man that towered over him wore old battered clothes and had a large scar that ran down his face from his right eyebrow to the tip of his mouth. He had a dirty and unshaved face and greasy brown hair that fell slickly behind him. His dark black eyes sent shivers down Remus's spine.

"Who are you" whispered Remus his voice trembling as he remembered his parents talking about dangerous people who wanted to hurt them.

"Ask your father he knows" replied Greyback smiling, exposing his sharp teeth to the boy. As silently as he had entered the room he pounced on Remus, sinking his sharp teeth into Remus's tender skin. Pain like nothing he had felt before overtook Remus, letting a scream escape him before he blacked out.

End flashback

A weight on his shoulder caused Remus to return to reality. He looked behind him to see that his father had rested his hand on his shoulder.

"Everything's going to be okay son. Remember if anything write to me or mum" he said turning his son so he could rest both of his hands on his shoulders. "Your mum and I love you so much, remember that. And I'm sorry. It's all my fault you have to deal with your lycanthropy, my fault" he whispered before pulling his son into a tight embrace.