I adore Professor Lupin. He's the friendliest out of the Marauders (James and Sirius had a good sense of humour, but they were rather mean to Peter and Snape at times), and he was such a good teacher to Harry.

This short story is pure gold.

Dear Island Hopper:

It's a pleasing, well-conceived notion, but I have to ask: If Lupin really loomed this large in Harry's early life, how come Harry didn't recognize him when he showed up at Hogwarts?

Sincerely,
Qoheleth

nice

This was wonderful; you really kept me absorbed the entire time I read it. Great job! Love it.

Thanks for sharing-

Awesome story! Love how Harry has an alley here!

I LOVED IT! It was so sweet!

That was a sweet story. Very good work!

o that is so cute

That was so good! :D That was one of the best preHogwarts Harry stories I have ever read.

MilyMB

Oh my gosh that was the sweetest thing ever...at least at the end. And perfectly angsty at the beginning and middle! lovely! definitely the best pre-hogwarts oneshots ive read!

*squees* Lupin! Yay! This is such a cute story, and it's very nice to se a pre-Hogwarts Harry. *thumbs up*

Aw...that's so sweet! x3

...Sweet...haha...xD

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~Blue

I loved it, absolutely loved it. Pre-Hogwarts!Harry was a very good choice of a story to explore, and I loved how you wrote it out. Your writing style and ideas are very good, and the story was very true to the books. I love how you worked Lupin in there (as a teacher, or something, great!). Harry is very in character, and so is Lupin, and your examples of the Dursleys were very IC, too.

The Harry-Lupin interaction reminded me (very vaguely, however) of Lyra and Mrs Coulter from Philip Pullman's trilogy.

But anyway, I really enjoyed how you did this-just an average day, but not quite so. Keep writing! You're very skilled.

-The Captain

Wow. I loved that. Remus was great.