Charming

Flash Back to 10 years before

“Come on Rem, come outside it will be fun”
“Reina not tonight”

“And why not” I had demanded
“Oh come on you’ve heard the stories about the full moon”

“Aww is Remus scared of the fairy tales?”
“I am not” he stated

“Then come out to the woods”
He looked at his bed before looking back at me; I was already half way out the window. I turned to face him “Come on!”

Sighing “ok” and climbed out the window after me.


Walking further and further into the woods I knew where I was heading. At least I did during the day.

“Reina, we’ve been out for ages let’s go back now”
Looking at him I knew he was right but I was stubborn “No I know where I am going, the cave is just up there”

“Cave, you want to take me to a cave!?”
“Well there was an animal I found earlier, I want to go back and check on it”

Sighing, I knew he was right but he would never say anything. He would just sigh and carry on. I was always the more dominate one and Remus always followed my lead even if I was wrong. Well not after tonight.

After walking for a while longer, I realise I am not going to find it in the dark “Ok Remus you were right, let’s head back”.
We were almost out of the forest, or at least we thought anyway. Little did we know a “wolf” had attacked and murdered two people in the village that night and was heading back into hiding away from the villagers. Heading back to hiding, heading our way!

Remus was happier now we were almost home, chatting away. To be honest I can’t remember what it was about I don’t think I was listening to be honest.
That is when I saw it, staring at me. I stopped walking suddenly.
“Reina, what is it?” he said
“L..l..look” I managed to stumble out.

“Reina, get behind me” he said, but I was in so much shock. This creature, it was horrible. It was something out of a horror movie. But it wasn’t. This creature was looking at me with hunger in its eyes. Its big yellow eyes, although its eyes were the least of my worries it’s fangs and claws were my worry.

“Reina get behind me” he whispered. But I was frozen and that when “it” pounced.
Before I knew what happened I was thrown to the floor and everything was black.


I remember my head hurting, well that was the nice way to describe it. The horrible way is it felt like a heard of elephants had been tap dancing on my head.

I remember the pain when my eyes tried to open, squinting to see where I was I couldn’t see much but white.

“She’s awake” I heard someone say
“Oh thank god” I heard my mother cry.

“Sweetheart, it’s ok we’re here”
“Where’s Remus” I asked

My mother started sobbing, I managed to get my eyes open and looked to the bed next to mine. He was lying there under these white sheets. Paler than he had ever been with scratches and bite marks all over him. He was alive but with a terrible consequence because I had wanted to find a damn animal I had seen during the day.

Little did I know just how bad it would be for him. And it was my entire fault.

Of course when I told my parents I had made him go out I didn’t understand why they were so angry with me. My mother had started screaming at me and my father ignored me. After a while they both just left me in the hospital room and went home.

I didn’t understand it, the wolf didn’t kill Remus, so he should be alright shouldn’t he?

That night I couldn’t sleep, I sat on the edge of his bed I gently stroked his face. Crying my tears running down my face falling onto him. Could he feel this? Hell had he even woken up?

I decided to go find some food, I was starving I couldn’t bare eating any food earlier. I was walking towards the hospital canteen, and that’s when I heard two nurses speaking to each other about what had happened.

“Yeah so when it finished them it went back to the woods where the Lupins were, and well from what Mr Rogers said. It went for the little girl but the boy pushed his sister to the side to protect her. Taking the bite instead” the first lady said.
“Oh god how horrible, imagine how they must feel. Especially her, she must feel really guilty knowing she should be the werewolf but instead he is because he tried to protect her”

I couldn’t stop crying now, a werewolf? It can’t be. Not Remus, not because of me.

I ran back to our room tears streaming down my face, I shut the door straight behind me. Not hiding my sobs anymore. Falling to the floor I curled up in a ball crying.

I felt someone’s hand on my back rubbing.
“Come on Reina” he said “It will be ok”

I sat up sharp “HOW CAN IT BE, YOU’RE A MONSTER AND IT’S ALL MY FAULT”
Looking at me blankly, not sure on what to do.
“It could be worse, we could both be dead”. I knew he was right but it didn’t stop the guilt.

Sobbing I fell into his arms crying more, I knew he was too but he was trying to hide it from me. Trying totecttect me as always.

I looked up at him “How can you ever forgive me?”
Smiling “there is nothing to forgive, you haven’t done anything wrong. I chose to go out with you; I chose to push you out the way. It’s something I shall live with”

“But..”
“But nothing, if I hadn’t come with you. You would most likely be….”. He looked away at that point and we both knew what the answer was.

“But if I hadn’t bullied you into going….”
“Well I should have stood up to you, anyway no point worrying now. Anyway might be pretty cool to be a werewolf” He said jokingly.

But we both even at that age knew that that was far from the truth.