Meeting

[Pearl Nacreous]

"There isn't wrong with eating while your a wolf, Why just the last moon Me and Zander ate a stag. Unless of course the cow wasn't yours to eat...then maybe i can understand why you felt bad." said Pearl rationally. "Oh, so you've never played? I guess you never could...Well some Emotions smell very good! like happiness! it smells a little differently for everyone, but mostly we agree it's something sweet! Anger is almost like a burning spice smell, the other negative emotions smell almost the same, bitterness is like the same spice smell of anger, only as if it was burning. They all vary in degrees of how it's felt. Sadness or regret..." her gaze drifted toward Zander briefly "Smells like rain...or fresh water." she said trying to think of other emotions.

[Remus Lupin]

"That's just it. It was a neighbor's cow, and he was very angry about it. They didn't actually know it was me, but they knew my dad was involved because they heard the noises during the full moons... Because of that we had to move to a very quiet area, we were in the mountains and no one lived for miles near us. I didn't even have any friends until I came here. But it's nice meeting other werewolves. I never knew what other ones were like before, except Greyback. He's always threatening to take me away and make me join him... he scares me. What does fear smell like?" It disturbed him to think that Greyback might be able to smell his fear and know what he was feeling.

[Zander Smith]

Zander, meanwhile, took Dragos into another corner to talk with him. "So, you know Karl, do you? Why don't you tell me a little about yourself?"

[Pearl Nacreous]

"Fear smells almost acidic...and I'm afraid it's the scent most of us learn first. Usually it's the scent that is most overpowering, it's like an open bottle of vinegar." she said wrinkling her nose in distaste. "Other emotions sometimes are harder to define what they are...because all emotions aren't so plain, We feel as much as anyone else...so Even though Karl over there is relaxed, right now he smells Nervous, it's that smell that smells like a moth ball." she said smiling. she whispered to Remus and said "I think he likes Chloe." and she giggled.

[Remus Lupin]

Remus sniffed the air and caught the moth ball smell. "Yeah, OK, I smell that," he said brightly. He glanced first at Karl, then at Chloe. "I can't blame him... Chloe's so pretty. And so are you, and Skye." He blushed deeply. "Um, I mean, I just didn't know there were girl werewolves, or that they'd be so pretty." He began to sniff around the room, trying to notice the other smells. "I think... I think Chloe smells like rosemary, but she's covering her true scent. I can't quite make it out. maybe it's the vanilla? Skye... Skye smells like strawberries and cream. Karl... he smells like mothballs and damp earth." He made a face. "How am I doing?"

[Pearl Nacreous]

"Your doing very well! i'm happy!" she said feeling elated that Remus hadn't succeedded in surpressing his wolf entirely. "Can you smell it?" she asked smiling.

[Remus Lupin]

He sniffed. "Mmmmm, yeah. It smells like sugar cookies fresh from the oven!" he said, smiling. "Your regular scent... that's the lavendar. And Zander has a strong, musky scent." He smiled proudly. "I'm glad I met all of you. I don't feel so alone anymore."

[Pearl Nacreous]

"You've done very well! Everyone's scent is almost an extension of how their personality is. We all grew in very natural places...most of the pack that is, so many of us have very natural scents. You grew with learning and with pages of books. Other's will always recognize you as a wolf that hasn't lived with a pack, but you aren't to be ashamed of that, Your scent is wonderful." she said patting Remus on the shoulder.

[dragos]

Dragos nodded and made a sort of half-smile at Karl before turning to the werewolf who had just approached him. "Oh, hi. Yeah, we've been friends for a little while. I usually don't interact with many other werewolves when I'm still in human form. Well, actually I don't interact with much of anybody at any time..." He said.

[Zander Smith]

Zander nodded. "OK. Well, I can understand that a little... I was even in the pack and I hardly talked to anyone. But I found I couldn't stay that way. So, thanks for coming. I'm Zander. I definitely can use you in this counter attack--I just need to see that yuo can work well with the others. Did Karl tell you what's going on?"

[dragos]

"Vaguely." Dragos replied. "Something about an attack and that was about it. I've been kind of oblivious to the whole war that's been going on lately." He shrugged.

[Zander Smith]

"OK. Well, Greyback is taking his pack to launch an attack on Diagon Alley. There's another half of the pack that is supposed to attack Hogsmeade, but that's being led by David, and he's with us. He's going to bring them to Diagon Alley and help us launch a counterstrike. There're more of them than us, so we really can use any help we can get. So tell you what? Why don't I introduce you to everyone so you can get to know the rest of the group?" Zander motioned around the room, where the others were all looking at him expectantly.

[Remus Lupin]

Remus nodded at her. "I like being... being here with all of you... but I don't want to be part of the pack, not really. I like living with humans, and going to school and being with my friends... I even had a girlfriend, but she broke up with me." He looked sad. "She said it was for my own good..."

[dragos]

Dragos nodded in response, looking around at all the rest of the people there. "That'd be great." He smiled, "And I may not know much about this whole battle thing, but I'll admit, I am pretty strong. So whenever you need me, just tell me what to do and I'll get it done."

[Zander Smith]

"OK" Zander said. He started to walk slowly around the room. "Karl you know. Next to him is Skye, she was a member of Greyback's pack, but now she's joining with us. You met Chloe at the door, this is her house. She has been independent for a while." He walked a little further and over to David. "David was also with Greyback's pack, but he's switching sides, too. Um, finally, over here we have Pearl, she's my girlfriend, and the little one is Remus. He goes to Hogwarts." He turned and faces Dragos again. "So tell me, who was the one who turned you? Do you know?"

[dragos]

Dragos smiled and nodded to each of the the other werewolves Zander introduced to him and then turned back to Zander, thoughtfully. "Actually, I'm not really sure who it was. I don't give it much thought. I figure it was just one who was feeling particularly rampant at the time. I was attacked in my third year at Hogwarts, during my first trip to Hogsmeade. It was out by the shrieking shack. All of a sudden I just felt something jump on me and start slashing and biting me. A week later, I woke up in the Hospital Wing and found out what had happened." He replied, remembering the event like it was yesterday.