~Midnight~
Remus was sitting in the living room gazing at the view of New York wondering how he was gonna find his daughter. He had been up for hours after Sirius, Severus and him went out to get Chinese food.

'I guess Chinese doesn't sit well in a werewolf's stomach' he chuckled a little. He got up and walked over to the desk and look at the moon.

'It's going to be new moon soon' he thought. During the new moon was when his powers worked the best since it was the farthest from the dreaded Full moon.

"Remus how are you?" Turning around Remus faced a tall man half dressed and looked like his black hair had come face to face with a tornado of bed sheets from turning so much.

"I'm fine Sirius."

"No you're not. I can tell. Stop ignoring the problem Remus. Don't let anyone cover up your voice; now tell me what's wrong. Is it Katie?" Sirius could tell he hit Remus hard; he was holding on to the desk for support and looked like he had to gain the courage to explain himself.

Stumbling on his words Remus finally said "I'm worried about what Katie might be."

"What do you mean Remus? She'll be a young woman, your daughter, yours and Sara's. Nothing else. Mostly likely she'll be a Gryffindor like us. What's there to worry about? Chances are New York hasn't been so hard on her that she's a total gangsta and she'll be put in Slytherin."

"No, no Sirius. I mean what are the chances that she too will be a werewolf. How can I face her by knowing I did that to her?"

"Well Sara wasn't a werewolf and I mean Dumbledore will probably know, right? And if she's anything like you or Sara she'll be understanding. Plus Harry needs someone else who is the offspring of a Marauder. There has got to be someone else in this situation I know there has to."

"There isn't."

"What? There are more werewolves on the planet then just you."

"But the Ministry has a restriction on mating. You know the Ministry keeps taps on werewolves' right?" Sirius nodded and urged him to continue.

"Well the Ministry let me look at some of their tabs and most of the werewolves' commit suicide within a year or two of being bitten. As far as I know I'm the only werewolf who has lived to be so old and hasn't committed suicide. With that in mind those few who do live the Ministry usually shoots or exploits them so much that they can't marry. Dumbledore was protecting me so they wouldn't do anything but Fudge has been trying to get a case on me. If he finds out I had a daughter God knows what he could use against me. I mean I don't want to hurt her in anyway. I'll be reappearing after what fourteen years of her life."

"Fuck what Fudge has to say Remus that's only him, Dumbledore and myself know better. And you weren't gone that long from her life. You were taking care of her when James and Lily.." Sirius let the words drawl out till it faded.

"It's an estimate and yea just about I have been gone that long."

"What happened after I was thrown in Azkaban? What happened to you?"

"It was.difficult. I was taking care of Katie she was going to turn one in December and then you I mean Peter betrayed James and lily. It was like an unforgiving curse had ripped through my heart and tore it in two. The Ministry came and told me that I had to tell them everything in court. Then they asked what I did on the full moon. I told them how Lily took Katie with her and I was left alone to transform."

"Then in the morning I would come back or one of you would drop her back off with me. When I was brought to court thinking I was going to explain everything about the Marauders, but I didn't." Remus seemed to struggle with words but continued anyway.

"It was a court date set to take Katie away from me, since I was an unfit parent they claimed. Because I am a werewolf and they thought it wasn't in her best interest to keep her with me. And I agreed to let them take her since there was nothing I could do. SO I had her one last night. I remember looking at her in my arms looking content while she was falling into a dreamless sleep. I let my fingers run over her face so that I could remember what she looked like when she left. I gave her, her mother's necklace the jade circle; I only have a few pictures of her as a baby other then the one Albus sent me."

"Oh my god Remus I'm so sorry what you've been put through. Look I'm sure she'll be fine. I think both of you need each other. God knows what's going on in her mind. I'm sure you'll both have a lot to catch up on when you finally see her.
~*Meanwhile at Katie's house*~

"What the hell is wrong with you? I can't believe you at times! I'm so fucking sick of your shit Kate! You have no fucking sense in you at times! I want you to get the hell out of this house forever! I'm calling your social worker I don't want you back. Get out!" Throwing the young girl out on the street she slammed the door and left the girl alone.

Katie slowly made her way to the back of the apartment building and climbed the escape ladder. It entered her room so she quietly climbed in and pulled out a bag and filled it with clothes, shoes, a few books that she had, and other few possessions that she had gotten over the years. Around her neck sat a jade necklace that had always been around her neck for as long as she could remember.

Feeling that she had gathered everything she could without having her foster 'mother' hear her then slowly walked down the escape ladder and out onto the street.

"Katie? Is that you?" the young man was around nineteen looked at the huddled mass of a girl sitting near a street corner.

"Katie girl get up. People are gonna think your trying to work the streets now get up." Showing that she wasn't going to get up he bent down and picked her up. She was colder then ice and her lips showed a little tint of blue. It may be July but the nights and the wind can be very harsh no matter what the temperature.

Walked with her in his arms he called a taxi to take his friend back to his apartment.
'Hmm the smell of juniper and a light smell of roses it smells so good.' Thought Kate. She suddenly awoke remembering that she wasn't on the streets anymore and was lying on a couch covered with a dark olive green blanket. She looked around and saw a small living room which lead into the kitchen was the smells of bacon and eggs was to good to pass up.

"So sleeping beauty has finally awoken. How are you doing? And what were you doing on the streets?"

"Oh god it's only you Cyprus. I was scared for a second there. You know that bitch I have to call a foster mother well she threw me out of her house. I guess I was outside for to long huh?"

"Just about there girl. You have to watch out for yourself some more. You can stay with me for a bit if you want. I know it ain't a pretty site but there's no chance I'll throw you out on the streets like she did."

"Thanks a bunch Cyprus." She sat down at a bar stool in the kitchen and looked at her ebony skinned friend who lovely let her in.

Not many people had been so kind to her as a child. After being put in foster care she went to many different countries to find a home. She stayed in England for a while but left just after she turned one and stayed with a French couple till she was around three. But the couple had, had a child after they took her into their care so she was quickly gone when they found they could have a child together after all. From there she went to Russia for less then a year and after that she went to the States and stayed there. She was still jumped home to home since at around six she had trouble being around electrical objects. After that she could control picking objects up and bending forks and spoons. But no one would she promised she knew that she could end up cut up into little pieces for the 'better of science'. Plus she had her lupus to worry about.

~*Author's Note*~ Lupus is a skin thing where the person had a butterfly rash on their face there are other forms but this is the one I'll be using in my story. Lupus is derived form the Latin term Lupine meaning werewolf people thought that if you had lupus you were a werewolf so they often kept the people away from others.

"Hey Kate you want some eggs and bacon?"

"Sure thanks a lot for everything, Cyprus I don't know what I could have done without your friendship though out the years."

"Your welcome Kate but I think you should get some rest also when your done you can sleep in the room down the hall on the left, ok?"

"Sure I think I will to. Hey can I use your bathroom?"

"Yea sure. You know where it is."

Kate made her way away from the table and went to use the bathroom. After she left Cyprus was still in the kitchen cooking. All of a sudden his left arm was in a terrible amount of pain. He slowly looked at it and looked down near his elbow, 'oh god no not now..' was he could think about. 'Not now.'
~~*Sorry I thought a cliffy would work here. How will Remus find her? What will happen at school? Oh the possibilities. Thanks for putting up with the boring beginning but I had to start off somewhere. It'll get better trust me. I'll try and update like every 2 days or so but don't kill me if I don't.

Special thanks to Frodo girl for my first review!*~~

~~*Beryl Cade*~~