Starting A/N: There are some things in this story which I will can take credit for as my own, however as it is a fanfiction many things are not.

Chapter 1: A Wolf At The Door

It was a rather uninspiring day halfway through the first semester when she first arrived. Beaten and battered, a far from little, she-wolf stumbled through the main gates of Hogwarts and into the arms of an exuberant, and extremely sympathetic, Hagrid. Hagrid carried the she-wolf at a half-run to the castle and up to the hospital wing where he unceremoniously burst in -nearly knocking the door off it's hinges- and placed the bedraggled creature on one of the beds, whereupon Madame Pomfrey threw a miniature fit, yelling about how she couldn't have 'dirty creatures' lying about in the hospital wing as it was unsanitary. Shortly after the headmaster arrived and coaxed Madame Pomfrey into running a bath for the poor thing and pointing out that whether she was a vet or not the thing clearly needed some kind of medical care.

"Fine," She conceded as she marched out of the hospital wing's bathroom with the water running into the tub behind her. "But I refuse to let it sleep here. I'll mend it up, even let it get clean in the wing's bathroom, but it will not sleep here!" Albus smiled graciously at the woman and turned to Hagrid,

"That sounds fair, wouldn't you agree?"

"Yes Sir. Thank ya." Hagrid said nodding vigorously.

"I believe," Albus said turning to regard Madame Pomfrey, his eyes dancing merrily. "That it is Poppy who deserves your thanks and not I."

"Oh, yes...er... of course. Thank ya Ma'am Pomfrey I er... appreciate it." Hagrid said. She nodded curtly to him,

"Tell me when your done bathing her, and I'll be out to see to her wounds." She said before turning and walking into her office.

"But er," Hagrid mumbled almost to himself. "It's a she-wolf." Albus smiled and patted Hagrid on the arm,

"I don't think she will care either way if a man or a woman washes her so long as she is clean." He said kindly. Hagrid looked at the wolf and sighed before picking it up and taking it to the bath, mumbling apologies along the way.

When the bath was finally over and Madame Pomfrey finished healing her wounds as best she could Hagrid made to move her.

"Where are you going?" Madame Pomfrey asked, placing her hands on her hips and glaring at Hagrid.

"I was, er... gonna take 'er to my 'ouse. Ya know, ta recuperate and all." Hagrid said confusedly. At some point during the healing process the she-wolf had woken up and given Madame Pomfrey one of the saddest, most pitiable looks she'd ever seen in her life, so strong in fact that Madame Pomfrey had changed her mind on the spot and decided to let her stay until she had fully healed.

"Not at all, if she needs a place to recuperate it will be right here along with my other patience." She said in such a matter of fact tone that Hagrid dared not question her, instead he lifted the woman off the floor in a hug and poured mountains of thanks upon her.

"No, it's no problem really, but go now. She needs her rest." Madame Pomfrey said once she finally managed to dislodge herself from the half-giant's arms. Hagrid smiled again at the woman and left.


It only took a few days before the she-wolf, dubbed Kira by the schools population, was not only up on her feet but known throughout the castle. Despite Hagrid's best attempts to keep her in his hut and Madame Pomfrey's best efforts at keeping her in the hospital wing she simply could not be made to stay put, one way or another she would find a way out and roam about the castle or grounds until she got hungry and returned for food. It was on one such afternoon, about a week after she had arrived, that she happened upon one Professor Remus John Lupin returning from the library. She paused looking at him, her head tilted to one side, and he too paused when he spotted her, he had heard about the great she-wolf wondering around from his students but seeing her now he couldn't help but admit he was a bit taken-aback by her. He crouched down and extended his hand to her and she approached, sniffing it and looking into his eyes. In that moment he saw her humanity, and she his wolf. He stumbled backwards, scrambling quickly to his feet and pointing his wand at her.

"Show yourself." He commanded. She sat and looked at him for a moment, tilting her head. Remus scowled down at the wolf,

'I can't.' The words seemed to echo between them, heard but not spoken. Remus' brows knitted together as the she-wolf's sorrowful eyes bore into his, pleading with him.

"Why?" He asked, not looking away from her.

"Ah, I see you've found out our guest's secret too have you?" The voice made Remus jump and turn quickly to find Albus Dumbledore looking at him with twinkling eyes. Remus breathed a sigh of relief and lowered his wand.

"What do you mean?" He asked with confusion. Dumbledore smiled kindly at him and turned so he was facing both the she-wolf and Remus.

"Why don't you both come to my office and I'll see if I can't explain it to you." He said.

When they arrived at Dumbledore's office, Dumbledore offered them a seat and a particularly dangerous looking piece of candy and turned to regard Remus, who was scratching behind Kira's ears and down her back, much to the canines pleasure.

"I'm not quite sure where to start," The old man said, pausing for a moment to consider it.

"But I suppose we can begin with an old wive's tale. You see back in the 1920's when animagi became popular it was not uncommon for witches to tell their children -be they teens or adults- that if they spent too much time in their animal form they might not be able to transform back, and though they didn't realize it, their story held some truth to it. As a matter of fact you had a first hand view of such a transformation when you saw Peter Pettigrew, true," Albus said as Remus opened his mouth to object. "He was not a pure rat, however he certainly appeared more rat-like then human didn't he?"

"Well yes Sir but if she is stuck in that form, why don't we just use a reversal spell like I used on Peter?" He asked, he had stopped stroking the wolf in light of this news and she huffed angrily and moved to sit beside Dumbledore who seemed more than happy to oblige her wish for a scratch behind the ear.

"Ah," Dumbledore said, nodding as if he had expected that question to arise. "You were ever lucky when you did that, had Peter's transformation become complete it is likely that he would have died from the spell. You see Remus as an animagi stays in its form they not only begin to think like the animals they are but they slowly lose track of their humanity. In some people this is quicker than others, Fenrir Greyback is a good example, while in others it is slower, like Peter Pettigrew. You see Remus in order for her to be able to achieve her human form again she must first reconnect with her humanity, and even then she may never be able to return to her true form."


Remus sighed as he walked out of Dumbledore's office with Kira hot on his heels, he looked down at the she-wolf who wagged her tail and barked merrily at him and shook his head.

"You can't come with me." He said flatly, her ears flattened against her head and she growled, sending him an indignant look that clearly said 'and how do you plan on stopping me?'

"Listen you-" He started.

"Oh now really Kira, are you going to let him talk to you like that? You know a purebred like you shouldn't be mingling with mutts like him." The malicious voice of Severus Snape said, mocking Remus as he walked down the hall towards them.

"Hello Severus, perhaps -since you seem so fond of her- you could take her in." Remus said in an overly-cordial tone. Snape grimaced and looked down at the wolf,

"Oh but I wouldn't want to deprive you of her. After all you two seem so fond of one another." Snape said with a smirk.

"Not at all Severus, it's like you said, she's too good for a mutt like me." Remus replied, unable to hide a smirk of his own. Snape scowled,

"Well then why don't we let her decide?" He said moving to walk up the staircase, but in their distraction they hadn't noticed Kira move between them so that she had the tail-ends of both of their robes in her mouth, preventing either from escaping. She wagged her tail again at the two men glowering at her and offered up a muffled bark before turning and dragging them both off down the hall...


Ending A/N: Several Things To Note Here: 1-This story will be featuring my perpetually recycled but completely original character, Kya Fringe, as the leading female roll for this fanfiction. If you haven't already go and check out my profile to get a character description as well as a photo or two. 2- On the note of Kya's Character description her marksmanship in this FF mainly pertains to archery, throwing knives, and hunting rifles. 3- Want to see a picture of how I think of Remus? Check out these links as I think they give a good idea of what my Remus looks like: /28mmfft and /2dlfnv8 4- I'm going to try and name each chapter after a song I like, 10 points to the reader who can guess the band who wrote/sins 'A Wolf At the Door.'