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✨Start you can tell she is a princess montage✨
Remus was 17 years old living with his adopted dad and younger brother. He worked full time at a cafe to help pay for his dad’s medical issues. The checkup and walking accessoires had become a part of daily life. Everyday he worked at the cafe he thought about going to school and learning something but he knew this wasn't going to happen. All the schools in the area were private and full of snobs.
Remus' younger brother seemed to have an obsession with one school. Hogwarts school for princes, the school was the definition of over-privileged teenage boys who spend their time playing lacrosse. Every year the school chooses ‘ a commoner’ as the news referred to them as, to join the school. All the kids that got chosen were selected by Walburga Black, she was the step-siter from 2 different parents of the old king, before the accident. She seemed like your average bitch who looked down on people lower then herself.
Remus opened the door to see his younger brother Max watching the TV with high intensity then he noticed what was on. The choosing ceremony for the commoner was on. Remus promised that when Max was older he would enter him in the competition.
“ Hey bud, I brought you a donut from the cafe” Remus called out softly.
“ Thanks, but I'm busy. I can't wait to see who gets chosen!”
Remus smiled softly, then Max jumped up and placed a crown on his head and pulled him down to the floor. Remus heard a walking stick hit the floor and he turned around.
“ Hey Lyall, do you feel better today. Oh and I brought you some snacks so eat something.”
“ Remus how many times, I'm your caregiver so stop looking after me.” Lyall sighed.
The Ceremony was going on as usual. All the princes walked out in front of the camera with their friends and family then walked towards the entrance of the school. Thats when the Black and Potter family came out. Ever since he was 11, he had watched the choosing ceremony. And every year without a doubt he saw Sirius Black, He was the son of Walburga Black and he seemed to hate his family apart from his younger brother Regulus.
“ Oh, these two families always come out last because the mom chooses the name.”
Max was now restless sitting on the floor bursting with excitement. The 3 of them were sitting waiting and then a voice came from the TV.
“ Hello everyone welcome to the scholarship choosing ceremony. I Walburga Black am choosing the name”. The woman smiled to herself as if people cared that she was the one that the people wanted to hear about.
“ Sirius, come now and spin the box”. She motioned roughly and demandingly . Sirius obliged walking forwards and spinning the box. When Walburga believed the spinning was done she shoved her son out of the way and opened the box pulling out a slip.
“ The commoner chosen for the scholarship is” a loud drumroll started then finished quickly as Walburga scowled at the band.
“ Remus Lupin”. An eruption of cheers and clapping came from the TV. But Remus stood starstruck. Was his name really just called out? How could it have been that he didn't enter the competition? Max screamed and hugged him.
“ How did I get chosen, I never entered.”
“ I entered you like 10 times a day so you would be chosen. You're so smart Remus and you deserve to have an education and make some friends.” Max said sweetly. How did Max expected Remus to be angry at him when he smiled like that.
“ Did you know about this Lyall?”
“ I did and you deserve it, you work so hard all day everyday and you deserve something for yourself.”
Remus was about to tell him he really shouldn't have but he heard a knock at the door. He got up to answer it and saw a buff man at the door.
“ Hello Remus Lupin, my name is Hagrid and i'm here to escort you to Hogwarts. I have a horse and carriage waiting so pack quickly”. The tall man stood there with a suit on and a very big head of hair to accompany it.
“ O-ok” he kisseed Max on the forehead and walked quickly to his room, his head trunking back every few seconds to make sure this was actually happening. He grabbed everything, all his old grandpa jumper as Max called them and his books.
Remus hugged Lyall and Max as he made his way out of their small apartment. Once he made it outside he realised that Hagrid had not been kidding, there was actually a horse and carriage outside. The ride to Hogwarts was awkward to say the least. There was a jug ( Remus wasn't sure if that was what it was called) of tea and when he tried to pour a cup he missed the cup and split it all over himself.
When Remus arrived large groups of boys were standing at the entrance pushing each other just to see who it was. When he got out of the car many of the boy's faces dropped, clearly upset that he didn't live up to the chav povo boy they were expecting. Remus jumped out of the carriage, hitting his head on the way out which made some of the boys laugh.
Remus wasn't a bad looking boy, he was about 6,3 and had sandy blonde hair. Though he did have a few insecurities. His entire body was covered in freckles, some people would question why he saw that as an insecurity but he didn't even know what to say. The worst insecurity was his face. When he was a baby he had been in a card crash and the glass had scratched his face to the point where he still had scars 16 years later. But compared to the boys at Hogwarts he may as well be voted least attractive boy in the history of forever.
As Remus walked further towards the entrance boys cleared the way, staring at him as though he were famous. Remsu kept walking and eventually made it inside. As soon as he got inside a big black dog ran up to him and jumped onto him pushing Remus to the ground. The dog licked his face enthusiastically. He heard a voice call out.
“ No bad Padfoot, leave the new boy alone”
He then felt the dog being yanked off him and he sat himself up, only to come face to face with Sirius Black aka his crush for like 5 years.
“ Sorry about him, he’s usually very reserved. You must be Remus Lupin. I'm Sirius Black and these are my best mates James and Peter.”
Remus felt himself blush, Sirius Black was talking to him.
“ Hi im Remus, shit sorry you already new that. And its okay your dog seems cute anyways.”
Sirius smiled at him as he laughed.
“ Do you want us to take you to your new and by the way your roaming with us because I asked for you to be with us. I love my mates but sometimes I need something new after having to deal with these 2 for 5 years.”
Remus chuckled, still unable to process that he was talking to Sirius Black.
“ yea sure that would be good, and I need to know. Is it true that you guys have little pixies to help with everything or that it's just a rumour?”
“ I don't wanna lie, we do have pixies but I'm not sure how that got out because the pixies don't let you tell. Don’t worry, after we've got you all settled in we'll take you to your locker where you'll meet your pixie.”
Remus laughed. Sirius had to be joking, there was no way in hell he would get a pixie. Sirius looked at him confused. Then Remus realised he had not been joking. They made it to the dorm rooms eventually, on the walk there he had found out that James potter seemed to like talking alot and often got distracted while he was mid talking. Remus didn't mind that though because it meant that he never got bored of the conversation.
Once he got to the dorm room he noticed it had 4 beds, which all had red curtains hanging from them. This made Remus feel better because at least he would have some privacy. Sirius walked over to an empty bed which was in the middle of the 4 beds and put Remus’ stuff down. Remus didn't know Sirius was holding his stuff. On the left side of the room Remus noticed an empty bookshelf, he walked over and looked at it. It looked the perfect size for all his books. Once he was done putting his books into the shelf and putting his clothes in a closet, all 4 of the boys left. Sirius was telling him about the school and all the cool things in it and all the sports you could. Sirius seemed to like Lacrosse a lot, Remus didn't really know what Lacrosse was so he just nodded acting like he knew.
Remus made it to his locker and when he opened it a little pixie ( he presumed ) flew out hitting him in the face. It started apologising and Remus told it to shut up and that he was fine so he could look at his locker. As he was looking at his locker and the 3 other boys were standing around him, 3 boys walked past. The boy in the middle looked around 5,7 or 5,8 and had 2 boys next to him who were at least 6 feet each. Once the middle boy noticed the group of them he turned around and began walking towards him. Remus noticed how James stood up rights and ran a hand through his hair.
“ Hello brother”, the shorter one said with a fake smile.
“ I see you’ve already taken the new boy under your wing, you know what mother will think”.
It looked to Remus like he was warning Sirius but when he looked at Sirius his eyes were mid roll and he muttered out.
“ Why should I care what she thinks anyway”
That made the younger boy mad and he walked away his friends following behind him.
“ Sorry about him, he is my younger brother Regulus. He has a habit to act tough but once you get to know him he is kind.”
Remus smiled. The day went by quickly and he soon found himself in the headmistresses office. The lady was called Minerva McGonagall, she seemed like a kind but stern woman. She explained the rules and told him about the classes he would attend. She also informed him that she would be privately tutoring him so he could catch up with the other student. He nodded, thanked her then walked back to his dorm. Remus’ pixie seemed to match his personality and Remus found out her name was Aubrette.
Remus jumped into bed, closing the curtains and he began to read. It was comforting to have one thing that he was used to. Soon he saw the curtains move out of view and he saw Sirius head pop through smiling.
“ Hey mate, I couldn't sleep and I noticed your light was on so I thought i’d pop in and check on you.”
“ oh okay thanks, Im fine i just like to read and I usually had all day to do that because I didn't go to high school.”
“ You didn't go to high school before this, why?”
“ Well I come from a poor family, I live with my uncle because both of my parents died in a car crash that I was in as well hence the scars on my face. My uncle has knee problems so he can't really work or earn money and all the schools in my area are private. So I dropped out to earn money and I work well I guess used to work at a cafe.”
“ My life was the complete opposite, I grew up rich as fuck and was a spoiled brat till i came to hate my parents because they suck and only care about themselves. The only hard thing i've done in my life is help raise reggie. My dad’s a drunk so he's not much help and after the kind and queen died my mother took it upon herself to act like she was queen so my and our family butler raised Regulus.”
“ I’m sorry that your family is like that. I'm poor but at least I have a close family. That makes it better.”
The two of them kept talking until they fell asleep. Remus fell asleep after Sirius and looked at the boy. Remus thought that Sirius was very pretty. He had long black hair that reached his shoulders, his jawline was sharp and Remus thought it must be a family trait because his brother and mother seemed to have a similar sharp look. Remus fell asleep facing away from the boy so when he woke up in the moring he wouldn't be scared.