Thank you for the stellar reviews GhostOfTheRobot. Good deduction skills. This is the only story I have prewritten before posting. I wrote the shell of the story in one day. It was insane really, I wrote for like 12 hours straight. I've been working on it for a few months now. I hope you enjoy it. Don't worry about the lack of reviews. I can't not write and it's icing to have a wonderful review from some one like you. Thanks you made my day -Puppy

Run Hard, Fly High Love Deep Chapter 3

"Who are you, you shouldn't be here," spoke two voices in her head. The first phrase was distant feeling and the second was a clear human voice, concerned but sad. The emotion fell over her like a wave and it nearly made her cry. She rushed to him and nuzzled against him. The human voice repeated itself but quieter as the wolf's contentment was over powering it. Emma curled up against the wolf with her head lying on his neck. The slept that way, contented until dawn. Emma woke up first and noticed the changed figure beside her. She slipped away, unnoticed and returned to her dormitory. His human half probably wouldn't understand the calling she felt. But now she knew why Lupin had always set her on edge.

Remus was soon pacing outside the door to Dumbledore's office. He was completely exhausted but after last night this couldn't wait. Finally the door opened and a Dumbledore stood before him. He stepped back and allowed Remus to enter and take a much needed seat.

"I had not expected you to be up and around today Remus," Dumbledore said as he too sat. "Nothing serious I hope."

"Possibly ," he corrected himself. "I was not alone last night." He couldn't look Dumbledore in the eye but his concern was shown in his voice. He couldn't help feeling ashamed at his vulnerability but didn't want to dance around the truth.

"You were discovered?" Dumbledore asked.

"Well, yes and no you see it wasn't a person it was a wolf."

"Your condition has been known to attract them," Dumbledore offered.

"Inside the school," Lupin said with a smile. "No, I think it was an Animagus. Possibly a student." Lupin's stumbled on these words. He still held guilt over his school days when he allowed his friends to become Animagus and betrayed the Headmasters trust. Dumbledore thought for a moment and smiled. "You know whom it is don't you?" Remus asked in a kind but accusatory way.

"I have an idea and I will speak with her."

"Her?" Lupin asked, confused. He thought for a moment, connecting what he knew. "White." It was almost as if he were spitting out a curse. Dumbledore had to chuckle.

"Yes, Miss White is a very talented witch."

"I knew she was acting odd. The first moment I saw her she practically jumped out of her chair and she always watches me, as if she knows something." Lupin stopped and smiled. "I could have sworn I heard her growl at me once," he said with a chuckle

"That is very likely, she shows her Animagus traits openly. Minerva has expressed her concerns with this."

"Do you want me to speak with her professor?" Remus asked. Dumbledore smiled at the young teacher.

"No," he answered. "I will request she leaves your office out of her night time roaming." ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

Emma stopped carefully at the corner and peered around it. Oliver slid up next to her. "Where are we going?" he whispered, his warm breath sent a shiver down through her. She had to push into the hallway or they weren't going anywhere. She checked the map again; Katie had made a quick sketch before they left. She darted across the hall and opened a door. It was the trophy room. He followed behind as she raced along to the Quidditch cases. There it was, "1970". "Whoa! That looks just like you with dark hair." Emma looked at the picture Wood was pointing at and smiled.

"That's my mom." She reached out wishing she could at least touch the picture and even more wishing she could touch her mother.

"She won the cup," Wood said in admiration. "Lara Ravenhawk, Seeker For Slytherin?!" He looked at her questioningly, and a tiny bit of disgust but she was still too entranced in the picture to notice. A silver haired boy in Quidditch robes ran into the picture and picked her up. They were twirling, the snitch was still held tightly in Lara's hand and she held it high. "That's. . ." Oliver started.

"Lucius Malfoy," she answered for him. "My father."

"Malfoy is your dad," Wood said not successfully hiding his disgust.

"No biological father," she corrected as she turned to face him. "Severus was more my dad really," she said carefully.

"Snape!" Wood shouted and then quickly looked around to see if anyone had heard. "Snape raised you."

"Well. . . no. See it's complicated," she tried to explain. She hoped he would leave it at that he stood patiently waiting. "My mother was with Lucius Malfoy during school but she didn't know all of the death-eater stuff. Anyways, Snape was a close friend the whole time, trying to warn her about her. A few years after they graduated from school my mother got pregnant, with me, and Lucius had grown tired of her. Voldemort," Wood cringed, "wanted to use my mother's baby for an experiment. Snape warned her and she ran away to America. He confessed his love and we lived happily ever after," she said with a pained smile. "Or reasonably." She had never told this story before but it came out surprisingly easy, almost too easy for Wood's tastes.

"So where is your mother?" he asked. He caught the slight flinch but she didn't lose her smile.

"She's gone. I'll tell you about it later," she promised. "Now come on I don't want to get caught." She gently tugged him along. Now Wood wasn't exactly a people person, he was more of a Quidditch person really, but he knew when people were hiding things and she wasn't even good at it.

Lupin was sitting in his office late that night grading paper when he saw a flash of white out of the corner of his eye. Out on the lawn was a large white animal. The glass was imperfect but he knew what or who it was. He grabbed his cloak and rushed out. Not looking where he was going he nearly ran into Professor Snape. They both took a step back.

"Severius," Remus greeted him neutrally.

"Lupin," Snape replied. "Out for an evening stroll."

"I'm not a student any more Severius," Remus said with cheek. "You can't get me expelled for wandering the halls at night." Snape merely sneered and moved on. Remus was half temped to tell him what a little troublemaker his daughter was but that would be unfair to her. And telling Snape that he spent the night curled up with his 15-year-old daughter might just be cruel, even if it was innocent. He clasped his cloak together and headed outside.

Emma bounced around inside Hagrid's cabin. He had enchanted a ball for her to play with. Maybe it was just her wolf side coming out but it was bloody fun! She finally had it trapped, gently, under her paws when a voice startled her.

"Why Hagrid I didn't know you allowed student to be out of bed after hours?" Emma turned find Lupin in the open door to the hut looking at Hagrid with a not so innocent smile.

"Student " Hagrid stammered. "There's no student here." She didn't realize his searching gazed was an attempt to see if Harry had snuck in under the invisibility cloak. Emma looked around for an escape route but Lupin was blocking the only door.

"Miss White," Lupin called with a scornful tone. She turned back to them with a wine and her head down. "I believe you owe Hagrid an explanation and apology."

"Miss. . ." Hagrid looked at her for a second before his expression changed to disapproval. "Emma!" She stood up transformed before them, her head still down.

"I'm sorry Hagrid," she apologized sincerely. "I didn't think I was harming anything. My mom used to let me wander the forest at night. I thought with you there it would be alright." Hagrid looked from Lupin to Emma and back again. To tell the truth he wasn't really mad, he always thought there was something not quite normal about the wolf.

"Well I'm afraid you'll have to be punished still," Lupin resigned with a sigh. Hagrid looked at him with remorse. "What do you think Hagrid? A few detentions ought to straighten her out?" Hagrid tried to hide his smile.

"I um. . . yes I reckon that's for the best Professor Lupin," he answered with a poor imitation of sternness. Emma couldn't help but grin.

"Emma please transform and start back towards the castle, I'll escort you to your dorm momentarily." Emma's expression dropped, Hagrid was going to show her the unicorns today. Well actually he was going to check on the unicorns and bring her along but with the way he talked to her it was like an extended lesson. She begrudgingly transformed and slunk back towards the castle, slow enough so Lupin could catch her.

The teachers watcher her quietly until she was out of earshot. Hagrid spoke first. "Honestly Remus I didn't know who she was."

"It's alright Hagrid she fooled me too. Talk to Dumbledore though, I don't think anyone knows she's an Animagus and with you she won't be in any danger. Just be careful," he warned in whispering tone. As a wolf she might still be able to hear him. "We all know what is hunting her."

"Of course. Any luck in that department."

"No still checking but don't worry, well find something."

They all watched her closely the next few weeks Oliver especially. However, she seemed the same happy bubbly person he had known. It was on the month anniversary of her arrival that a letter came. She had never gotten a letter that he knew. She sat pale and stiff, looking at the messy scrawl that held her name. Wood said her name but she didn't seem to hear him. She picked it up and tried to step over the bench but she tripped and landed on the floor.

"I'm fine," she murmured as he tried to help her up. She excused herself and ran from the hall. Several people snickered thinking it a howler.

Wood wasn't far behind but as he reached the dungeons she was suddenly gone. He stopped in the corridor listening, she wasn't that fast she couldn't have gotten far. Professor McGonagall appeared beside him suddenly. "Where did she go?"

"I lost her." He cursed himself for not keeping up. They split up, opened all the doors that they passed. It was Wood who heard the scream first and he ran in that direction. There was a second scream that changed eerily into a howl. It was a low mournful tone that made Wood's heart break to hear. He stopped in front of the last classroom and opened the door. Standing in the middle of the room was a large white wolf. Wood was awe struck.