Author note: Yeah I know it took me a month or so to get this out, but I
had my winter break and winter break is when I do slave labor for my mom.
Then I went out of state for 2 weeks and wasn't near a computer. Now that
I'm back at school though I should be able to write. In other news: NAME
CHANGE! I was never really happy with the name "Call of the Wild" While
it is a name that you could see on an xfiles eps like this, there is
already a very famous lupin fic by the name of "Call of the Wild" by the
wolfie twins. I had named this fic before I read that fic and out of
respect for their very very well written fic I have decided to change the
name. After much wondering on my part and my good friend Ms. Snape, I've
come to the decision to name this fic "Instinct". Huzzah.
Oh and everyone go read Ms. Snape's fics! They are "The Staff of Ornkey" "The Deatheater Rebellion"(Sequel to SoO) "Simperverident"(Snape romance) "Flight of the Bumblebee"(Dumbledore getting his Hogwarts letter) and some none Harry Potter American Civil War historical fictions that are very good! Omg. Windows Word 2002 edition has "Dumbledore" and "Hogwarts" in the spell check! I dunno if it was someone in this lab who added them (Cause these comps are a week old) or what but THAT IS REALLY COOL!
Erin: New Salem is somewhere near the town of Salem though I'm not quite sure since I have never visited there. I personally go to Crabhill and Funk University of Magic in East Texas. Its near the town of Nacogdoches. If I ever do a sequel to this fic, then Remus and Sirius will probably visit there.
Kay Potter 13: Its not that Remus has developed a fancy for any particular girl (Since they don't even know who the wolf is yet) just that his wolf instincts are telling him to mate. Rather embarrassing…more will be discussed in this chapter. Remus: ::sad cute look, lower lip pouting out trembling a bit, big anime tears brimming in eyes:: Kris: AWW you made remus sad.
Jazz: Mulder will start inquiring about Muggles this chapter.
Sarah & Heather: Hmm…Sirius eventually will find muggle candy, but not in this story. Perhaps in its sequel. Damn…I'm gonna have to write a sequel.
DarkOwl: Read fics done by Dr. Megalomania. She's the one who put the y/y lemon idea in my head.
Agent99: Thanks for the compliments, In actuality, I like agent Dogget, more than I like Mulder to be exact. Dogget is like how Scully was back in the beginning of the series, a non beliver searching for something rational out of all of this yet cant explain it all. I LIKE Dogget. But the writing for the show sucks now. As does the whole alien baby plot. I stopped watching half way through the "Search for Mulder" season simply because the episodes were crappy. If anything killed the show more than David Duchovney's departure, it was the down hill curve of the writing style. I'm really not sad that they canceled the show. Were they to have canceled it back 5th season, I would have been devastated…but now? No. I'm actually kinda glad they did. They brought it down before they went too far into camp. Wow…I just wrote a whole lot of crap. Jeez I need food.
Ok now that I have written an entire page of author notes (Sorry!) I will go ahead and actually write the story (Silly me)
Chapter 6: Small Town Gossip
It was only 10:30 AM but already agent Scully could feel the dull throb of a headache in her head. The day started at 6am. Mulder's plan was to get out of The Watch-House tavern and inn before the "annoying brits" (as Mulder put it) woke up and asked to tag along.
The plan was successful, to a point. At 6 they had snuck out to the car and gone back to the meadow from the previous full moon. From there they began checking out all of the little farm houses or cottages near by, for Mulder, in his previous investigations, hadn't thought to ask or take notes about what women lived in the residence. Many farmers were annoyed that the agents hadn't solved the case and left yet; Scully had a good feeling that Mulder had not left a good impression on the agrarians the first time.
After checking the houses of 2 widowers to disease, one Alzheimer patient, and two fit, healthy non lupine house wives they came to the front door of the Jackson residence only to see Sirius Black and Remus Lupin leaving. Scully, trough years of working with Mulder knew he was severely perturbed with the foreigner's encroachment on his investigation. Scully simply smiled and when Lupin offered to aid them she nodded and accepted graciously on behalf of her on her partner. I'll get hell from Mulder on this later...oh well, we need the help.
This was true. Like most typical New England towns, Ithaca was not opening up and sharing secrets with the agents. Scully felt that Lupin and black would be able to help greatly with the investigation, not to mention the fact Lupin's more personal interests and abilities might aid further. After all, who better to find a wolf than a wolf?
Lupin was still a great enigma in Scully's mind. She knew that lycanthropy was a real disease, but not in the form Lupin had it. All medical journals chalk it up to hormonal imbalances causing rapid hair growth and mental illness, yet before her eyes she had seen a vicious beast turn into a human and a very timid, mild human at that. The last person she would have thought to be a...monster.
The next stop on their investigation was a quaint antique shop run by the formidable Mrs. Selma Madder. Upon first entering the shop Scully could tell that Mrs. Madder was not a pushover. She was tall and large framed, with a broad face and hard eyes. She looked upon the two agents with a wary face, but smiled when she saw Lupin with them.
Her whole countenance changed to that of a sweet old lady. "Remus Lupin, my dear boy! It's so nice to see you up and about. You were so under the weather last week, and then I hear from Sirius here that you had to be taken to a hospital in Boston! Bless my old heart I was worried! I must have said 100 Hail Mary's for you!"
Remus smiled, "Why thank you Mrs. Madder, but you shouldn't have been that worried about me. I wasn't that bad off, just a little more under the weather than normal."
Mrs. Madder tutt-ed in a motherly way "you should take better care of yourself! Now, who are your friends?" She gestured to Mulder and Scully.
"I'm Special Agent Fox Mulder and this is my partner Dana Scully, we're with the FBI." Mulder interjected, quickly flashing his badge. "We're investigating the livestock disturbances from last week."
"Oh..." Mrs. Madder frowned, taking on the hard exterior look again, "I don't know anything about that other than they started about 5 months ago."
Black chuckled and looked up from his in-depth investigation of a gumball machine, "Ah, Selma, I hardly buy that you know nothing about something as interesting as the so called 'werewolves'."
"Ok, ok, normally I would be your woman, I know I'm the town busy-body, but I really am clueless on this one. I've been under the weather too. Arthritis has finally caught up with me." She sighed and set about straitening an antique silver tea service on its tray. Scully blinked at Lupin. The man had taken note of Mrs. Madder's busywork and smiled slightly.
"Actually, Selma," He began, "We were wondering if you could tell us who moved to town around the same time as the disturbances began, aside from Sirius and myself."
Mrs. Madder got a pensive look and sat down on a stool behind the cash register. "Well....I remember Delores Bachman got that new nurse around the time you two showed up...You've met her I think Remus, when Delores came to that dinner at the church a month or so ago? She's about your age, sweet girl. Helps Delores around the house and I haven't heard Delores complain about her."
"Is that all?" Mulder asked, mentally memorizing the name Delores Bachman.
"Ahh no, I remember Dawn Taylor saying something at bridge club...what was it...ah yes, she had a family move into the house next to hers out by the old crossroads, not far from the Tavern. Mother and Daughter, she said, moved here from somewhere out west. Dawn says they're really quiet, stay to themselves. The girl rarely leaves the house and according to Dawn's kids, isn't in school since Dawn's Michael is about the same age as the girl. Sickly looking girl doesn't hang out with the neighbor hood kids. I think Dawn said their last name was...Kitty? No...That's not it...Knitter? No... Kintner? Yes, that's it. Kintner." She looked thoughtful again, "That's all that I've heard moving in during the past 5 months. I hope I was a help."
"That should be enough to help us," Scully said, "Thank you for your help Mrs. Madder."
"Ah it's no problem. If Remus is helping you with your investigation then it must be for a good cause. I imagine you'll want to get on with your investigation so I'll let you go, but Remus, you be sure to come by the church more often! Even Father McKinney is worried about you!"
Remus smiled and nodded, "I'll make sure I make it to mass on Sunday then, can't have the good father worrying about me."
The group bid farewell to Mrs. Madder and left the Antique Shop, heading to the car where Lupin pointed out where Mrs. Delores Bachman lived on the map as well as where the Kintner's would live. It was decided (by Lupin, much to Mulder's annoyance) that Mrs. Bachman's nurse, a woman by the name of Linda Fullner, would be the best person to interview next.
"I think it's the Kintner girl." Black interjected, blowing a rather large bubble with the aid of a well chewed gumball.
"You can't just come to conclusions like that with out any real factual base, Padfoot, you know that." Lupin said, getting into the back seat of Mulder's rental car. "Dawn Taylor has been known to exaggerate the truth, like when she told everyone at the church that I have AIDS."
"Well, that turned out being helpful in the end didn't it?" Black said, getting comfortable and purposefully stepping on the bottom of Mulder's seatbelt so it would tighten as Mulder drove, "That's how we explained you're being sick all the time."
"She told everyone that I got AIDS from YOU, Padfoot..."
Black made a disgusted little sound at that, "No offence though Moony...but my bread isn't buttered..." Scully couldn't help but laugh a little. There was something about being around Lupin and Black that would make anyone smile, they were just so easy going with each other, like brothers.
"Well it made it hell for me to explain to the entire catholic church of Ithaca, Maine that I am not gay." Lupin explained to Scully, "I told them I contracted AIDS through a bad blood transfer when I was a child."
Scully nodded, Mulder drove, Black blew bubbles, and Lupin thought.
Oh and everyone go read Ms. Snape's fics! They are "The Staff of Ornkey" "The Deatheater Rebellion"(Sequel to SoO) "Simperverident"(Snape romance) "Flight of the Bumblebee"(Dumbledore getting his Hogwarts letter) and some none Harry Potter American Civil War historical fictions that are very good! Omg. Windows Word 2002 edition has "Dumbledore" and "Hogwarts" in the spell check! I dunno if it was someone in this lab who added them (Cause these comps are a week old) or what but THAT IS REALLY COOL!
Erin: New Salem is somewhere near the town of Salem though I'm not quite sure since I have never visited there. I personally go to Crabhill and Funk University of Magic in East Texas. Its near the town of Nacogdoches. If I ever do a sequel to this fic, then Remus and Sirius will probably visit there.
Kay Potter 13: Its not that Remus has developed a fancy for any particular girl (Since they don't even know who the wolf is yet) just that his wolf instincts are telling him to mate. Rather embarrassing…more will be discussed in this chapter. Remus: ::sad cute look, lower lip pouting out trembling a bit, big anime tears brimming in eyes:: Kris: AWW you made remus sad.
Jazz: Mulder will start inquiring about Muggles this chapter.
Sarah & Heather: Hmm…Sirius eventually will find muggle candy, but not in this story. Perhaps in its sequel. Damn…I'm gonna have to write a sequel.
DarkOwl: Read fics done by Dr. Megalomania. She's the one who put the y/y lemon idea in my head.
Agent99: Thanks for the compliments, In actuality, I like agent Dogget, more than I like Mulder to be exact. Dogget is like how Scully was back in the beginning of the series, a non beliver searching for something rational out of all of this yet cant explain it all. I LIKE Dogget. But the writing for the show sucks now. As does the whole alien baby plot. I stopped watching half way through the "Search for Mulder" season simply because the episodes were crappy. If anything killed the show more than David Duchovney's departure, it was the down hill curve of the writing style. I'm really not sad that they canceled the show. Were they to have canceled it back 5th season, I would have been devastated…but now? No. I'm actually kinda glad they did. They brought it down before they went too far into camp. Wow…I just wrote a whole lot of crap. Jeez I need food.
Ok now that I have written an entire page of author notes (Sorry!) I will go ahead and actually write the story (Silly me)
Chapter 6: Small Town Gossip
It was only 10:30 AM but already agent Scully could feel the dull throb of a headache in her head. The day started at 6am. Mulder's plan was to get out of The Watch-House tavern and inn before the "annoying brits" (as Mulder put it) woke up and asked to tag along.
The plan was successful, to a point. At 6 they had snuck out to the car and gone back to the meadow from the previous full moon. From there they began checking out all of the little farm houses or cottages near by, for Mulder, in his previous investigations, hadn't thought to ask or take notes about what women lived in the residence. Many farmers were annoyed that the agents hadn't solved the case and left yet; Scully had a good feeling that Mulder had not left a good impression on the agrarians the first time.
After checking the houses of 2 widowers to disease, one Alzheimer patient, and two fit, healthy non lupine house wives they came to the front door of the Jackson residence only to see Sirius Black and Remus Lupin leaving. Scully, trough years of working with Mulder knew he was severely perturbed with the foreigner's encroachment on his investigation. Scully simply smiled and when Lupin offered to aid them she nodded and accepted graciously on behalf of her on her partner. I'll get hell from Mulder on this later...oh well, we need the help.
This was true. Like most typical New England towns, Ithaca was not opening up and sharing secrets with the agents. Scully felt that Lupin and black would be able to help greatly with the investigation, not to mention the fact Lupin's more personal interests and abilities might aid further. After all, who better to find a wolf than a wolf?
Lupin was still a great enigma in Scully's mind. She knew that lycanthropy was a real disease, but not in the form Lupin had it. All medical journals chalk it up to hormonal imbalances causing rapid hair growth and mental illness, yet before her eyes she had seen a vicious beast turn into a human and a very timid, mild human at that. The last person she would have thought to be a...monster.
The next stop on their investigation was a quaint antique shop run by the formidable Mrs. Selma Madder. Upon first entering the shop Scully could tell that Mrs. Madder was not a pushover. She was tall and large framed, with a broad face and hard eyes. She looked upon the two agents with a wary face, but smiled when she saw Lupin with them.
Her whole countenance changed to that of a sweet old lady. "Remus Lupin, my dear boy! It's so nice to see you up and about. You were so under the weather last week, and then I hear from Sirius here that you had to be taken to a hospital in Boston! Bless my old heart I was worried! I must have said 100 Hail Mary's for you!"
Remus smiled, "Why thank you Mrs. Madder, but you shouldn't have been that worried about me. I wasn't that bad off, just a little more under the weather than normal."
Mrs. Madder tutt-ed in a motherly way "you should take better care of yourself! Now, who are your friends?" She gestured to Mulder and Scully.
"I'm Special Agent Fox Mulder and this is my partner Dana Scully, we're with the FBI." Mulder interjected, quickly flashing his badge. "We're investigating the livestock disturbances from last week."
"Oh..." Mrs. Madder frowned, taking on the hard exterior look again, "I don't know anything about that other than they started about 5 months ago."
Black chuckled and looked up from his in-depth investigation of a gumball machine, "Ah, Selma, I hardly buy that you know nothing about something as interesting as the so called 'werewolves'."
"Ok, ok, normally I would be your woman, I know I'm the town busy-body, but I really am clueless on this one. I've been under the weather too. Arthritis has finally caught up with me." She sighed and set about straitening an antique silver tea service on its tray. Scully blinked at Lupin. The man had taken note of Mrs. Madder's busywork and smiled slightly.
"Actually, Selma," He began, "We were wondering if you could tell us who moved to town around the same time as the disturbances began, aside from Sirius and myself."
Mrs. Madder got a pensive look and sat down on a stool behind the cash register. "Well....I remember Delores Bachman got that new nurse around the time you two showed up...You've met her I think Remus, when Delores came to that dinner at the church a month or so ago? She's about your age, sweet girl. Helps Delores around the house and I haven't heard Delores complain about her."
"Is that all?" Mulder asked, mentally memorizing the name Delores Bachman.
"Ahh no, I remember Dawn Taylor saying something at bridge club...what was it...ah yes, she had a family move into the house next to hers out by the old crossroads, not far from the Tavern. Mother and Daughter, she said, moved here from somewhere out west. Dawn says they're really quiet, stay to themselves. The girl rarely leaves the house and according to Dawn's kids, isn't in school since Dawn's Michael is about the same age as the girl. Sickly looking girl doesn't hang out with the neighbor hood kids. I think Dawn said their last name was...Kitty? No...That's not it...Knitter? No... Kintner? Yes, that's it. Kintner." She looked thoughtful again, "That's all that I've heard moving in during the past 5 months. I hope I was a help."
"That should be enough to help us," Scully said, "Thank you for your help Mrs. Madder."
"Ah it's no problem. If Remus is helping you with your investigation then it must be for a good cause. I imagine you'll want to get on with your investigation so I'll let you go, but Remus, you be sure to come by the church more often! Even Father McKinney is worried about you!"
Remus smiled and nodded, "I'll make sure I make it to mass on Sunday then, can't have the good father worrying about me."
The group bid farewell to Mrs. Madder and left the Antique Shop, heading to the car where Lupin pointed out where Mrs. Delores Bachman lived on the map as well as where the Kintner's would live. It was decided (by Lupin, much to Mulder's annoyance) that Mrs. Bachman's nurse, a woman by the name of Linda Fullner, would be the best person to interview next.
"I think it's the Kintner girl." Black interjected, blowing a rather large bubble with the aid of a well chewed gumball.
"You can't just come to conclusions like that with out any real factual base, Padfoot, you know that." Lupin said, getting into the back seat of Mulder's rental car. "Dawn Taylor has been known to exaggerate the truth, like when she told everyone at the church that I have AIDS."
"Well, that turned out being helpful in the end didn't it?" Black said, getting comfortable and purposefully stepping on the bottom of Mulder's seatbelt so it would tighten as Mulder drove, "That's how we explained you're being sick all the time."
"She told everyone that I got AIDS from YOU, Padfoot..."
Black made a disgusted little sound at that, "No offence though Moony...but my bread isn't buttered..." Scully couldn't help but laugh a little. There was something about being around Lupin and Black that would make anyone smile, they were just so easy going with each other, like brothers.
"Well it made it hell for me to explain to the entire catholic church of Ithaca, Maine that I am not gay." Lupin explained to Scully, "I told them I contracted AIDS through a bad blood transfer when I was a child."
Scully nodded, Mulder drove, Black blew bubbles, and Lupin thought.