A/n: OMG, this is a joint effort between us, Firevibe and Figment. This is our first HP fic, so be gentle~! Luv ya!

Title: A Dextris Tuis
Rating: PG-13, for later chapters
Fandom: Harry Potter
Authors: Firevibe and Figment
Summary: Remus and Ariel have a daughter, but she's torn between the two worlds, the world of her distant father and the world of her beloved mother.

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Remus sighed, softly, watching the rain on his luminescent window pane. He wondered where his beautiful, beloved Ariel was now, and what she would think if she could see their daughter now, a powerful witch attending Hogwarts. It was her sixth year at the magical school, and the first year they'd been together.

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Ariel pouted.
"But…but Daddy…I love Remus, with all my heart…" King Triton smashed the butt of his trident on the smooth surface of his pearly turquoise throne.
"I've told you, that child will not stay here! She is his kind, and has no place beneath the waves of my ocean! She will leave as soon as I can arrange it. You will see to her fins, (damn, I wish I hadn't gotten rid of Ursula…) and send her to her father, the…werewolf wizard…" Ariel sobbed, knowing her father would never back down. She turned and fled the throne room, heading straight for her grotto and her teenaged daughter.

Fidekilia sat on a shelf, mending a human trinket known as a clock. It was one of her many skills, and she loved mending things, and healing people. She was one of the most beautiful damsels to grace the sea floor, with her mother's firery titian hair and her father's slim build. She looked like any surface dweller, with a shapely bosom sure to catch the eye of any dashing young wizard. Her hips were a trait she had inherited from her father, shapely- but not anorexic-looking-but her fins were purely from her mother's kin, a deep crimson, traced with gold. As her mother slid into the grotto, she looked up, immediately sensing something was wrong. Her mother looked as if she'd been crying, her beautiful face bearing traces of pearly tears.
"Lia…I'm so very sorry.." Ariel faced her child, the fruit of her womb and her love for Remus Lupin. They'd met on a fateful night, when, in his werewolf form he had bitten another. Overcome by grief and shame, he decided to drown himself the following morning.. and Ariel had stopped him just in time, nursing his broken soul. It was only a matter of days before they had fallen deeply and hopelessly in love. And then, when he reluctantly returned to his home on a call from a mysterious Dumbledore, she realized she was carrying his unborn child.
Lia's eyes shifted into a deep, metallic blue and widened, "Sorry for what, mother?"
"You have to leave the ocean."

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Lia stepped out of the train uncertainly. This world was so small and suffocating. Her slim new legs didn't wobble a bit as she fell into place among the other students, who were chattering excitedly. They were in their own element here; she was not. She belonged to the sea, not on land with all these two-legged humans. She hated her mother, for falling into the arms of this mysterious wizard, and she hated this wizard-Remus- for abandoning her mother. And she hated her grandfather, King Triton, for exiling her from the only home she had ever known, and sending her to this wholly unfamiliar setting.

TBC!!!1!!!

A/n: Like, we so totally enjoyed writing this, and we hope you enjoy it! We're in the middle of writing the second chapter, and trust us, it'll be even better! (Remus'll be more of a character, promise! And Sirius'll come in! And Harry, and perhaps a love interest or two…J So, you HAVE to r/r, and tell us if you liked it, and then we'll write even more! Love ya! ~Firevibe & Figment