The Dog and the Wolf

Chapter 1

It was a dark and gloomy night but Riley Maddox was used to it. It had been this way ever since her family was murdered by Lord Voldemort when she was 5 years old. Even when Voldemort was rumored to be destroyed, the werewolves guarding her still kept a vigilant watch over her. They kept their word to Voldemort that they would never attack her, he had told them he needed her alive. She had given up all hope long ago that she would ever get out of here and see whatever family she had left. She had uncles and aunts out there, and she wondered what had happened to little Harry. Riley was now 20 years old and Lord Voldemort had returned, she was there that awful night when he had Harry tied up to the grave stone of his father and used Harry to resurrect himself back to full power. She never really knew why he took her there to watch and she never did ask. What amazed her most was she saw her parents, Mark and Kaylee, come out from Voldemorts wand, along with Lily and James. She, like everyone else in that circle that night had no idea what was happening.

It was a few days after that night, a new werewolf turned up and Riley recognized him right away. It was Remus Lupin, good friend of her parents and Harry's parents. She went to say something but he stopped her with a look and then she realised she couldn't give it away; it would be dangerous to them both. The months had rolled on and Remus didn't leave, he managed to tell Riley he wasn't going without her but she had to wait, he was coming up with something.

"Ah speaking to our lovely guest over there are we wolf?" said the cold, snarling voice of Greyback.

"Just wondering if she herself was a wolf" Remus asked casually.

"I've seen you from somewhere before, didn't I turn you?" Greyback asked examining Remus.

"I can't remember who it was, honestly it was a long time ago" Remus replied starting to panic.

"Yes and your on Dumbledore's side and you're trying to free her. Well we can't have that now" Greyback yelled and then knocked Remus down to the ground. "Full Moon tomorrow night, looks like little Riley will join the werewolf ranks and this one here, will be the one to do it" he added smiling at Remus then at Riley. Riley didn't say a word, she started to panic, she didn't want to change she saw how much pain they all went thru; even if some did enjoy it she didn't want to join them. Whenever night time fell, she could see outside the bars of her little cell and look at the moon. She decided that tonight she'd look at the moon for as long as possible because as of tomorrow night if she didn't die, the moon would never be a source of wonder and joy, it will become a source of pain and sadness. She felt someone watching her intently and when she turned, she saw Remus looking at her with sorrow in his eyes. She tried to smile to tell him it was ok but all she managed was to make a sound between a sob and laugh. Riley didn't sleep and she noticed Remus didn't sleep either, she just watched the Moon disappear and give way to the sun.

"Ah today is your last day of being a real human, as of tonight you'll be a dark creature and never once trusted again" Greyback told her as he banged on the door of her little cell.

"You know Voldemort wont like it" Riley told him hoping he'd change his mind.

"Doesn't matter, it wont affect your powers, only this does" Greyback replied pointing his wand at her and muttering something. She felt like she was being tied up with invisible ropes and no matter how hard she tried, the only thing she could produce with her finger was a spiral of black. Riley was a power witch, even more powerful then Voldemort himself and his plan for her was to use her under the Imperious curse and destroy Harry Potter and the rest of the do-gooders, but for now her powers needed to be closed off so she couldn't escape and have them stored up for when she's ready and let them explode causing more mayhem then ever.

"And besides, we'll just tell him that this one did it and he wont harm us" Greyback continued. For once Riley was scared and she felt like a little kid, unable to do anything. She felt the same way she did when she couldn't do anything but watch her twin, her sister and her parent die right in front of her.

The night came and she watched the moon come out from behind the cloud, glowing like the tip of a wand or a candle. And then she heard it, the howling, the ear piercing howling of all the werewolves in the pack changing. She shrunk back into her cell hoping they would forget, but she knew she wasn't so lucky. She heard the door to her cell slowly open and saw them push the werewolf known as Remus into there but when she looked at him, he didn't have the wolf glint in his eyes, she could still see the sweet and gentle Remus which puzzled her. Riley heard him whine when he got closer to him and she gave a strangled sound as he bent down and sank his teeth into her not only causing blood the trickle down but also caused her to pass out. The other wolves took off outside and howled at the moon. Remus took there moment of lack of concentration to drag Riley out of her cell and away from the pack. And he succeeded; he managed to drag her away out of their hide out and to safe spot under a bridge. The night was still cold and he didn't have enough strength to drag her all the way back to head quarters so he moved her closer to the bushes where they wouldn't be seen easily and snuggled close to her, using his fur and his body to keep her as warm as possible. Remus didn't think he would sleep that night but after keeping a close eye out for any signs of a threat, he nodded off into an uneasy sleep. He eventually woke up when he heard Riley scream in shock to find a naked Remus next to her. She hadn't mean to scream, after all she was used to see the wolves naked when they turned back into humans, but it was the shock of being outside in the sun and the naked man next to her that caused the scream.

"Sorry, one second" Remus said as he scrambled over to the bushes and pulled out a bag that contained some new clothes, well they weren't new they were patched and frayed like the ones he had worn before he transformed last night.

"How did we get out?" Riley asked him looking around.

"Well when they were howling at the moon I dragged you out, sorry for the bite marks on your wrist" Remus told her.

"That's ok they can match the ones on my neck" Riley retorted but felt bad when she said it. "Sorry I didn't mean that. It's not your fault" she added when she saw the guilty look on Remus' face.

"Come on we better go where it's safer and not so exposed" Remus said and he got up.

"Where would that be exactly?" Riley asked him as she followed him.

"New head quarters for the Order of the Phoenix" Remus told her smiling slightly "I'm sure there's a few people who will be happy to see you alive" he added and they walked on in silence.