Bugger, I forgot the disclaimers and such at the beginning of the last chapter. Well better late then never.

All HP characters are the brain child of J.K Rowling who is an extraordinary writer and who thankfully does not take offense to those of us who like to mess with her world.

Warning: This will become eventual slash so if you gots a problem with that then read ne further!

This story does not follow onto the Order of the Phoenix arc as I wrote well before that and it is only at my sisters badgering that I have posted this and if all goes well any other stories I may write.

Reviews would be lovely as no one outside my family has ever read anything I have written (and by my family I mean my younger sister as she won't saying anything bad about my stories 'cause, ya know, I beat her up and stuff)

Cheers and hopefully enjoy

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Calisto stepped back and looked down at the dog who almost looked like he was grinning, if such a thing was possible for a canine. It padded carefully into the house and Calisto kicked the door shut causing the dog to jump. It peered curiously at her and then back at Remus.

"It's alright Padfoot, she knows."

Her father reassured him.

Then with a shifting noise like rough fabric rubbing together and finishing with a slight pop, the dog turned into a man. Sirius Black to precise.

Calisto mentally kicked herself, of course it was him. She had only made her father tell her the story a million times, Sirius Blacks animagnus form was a big black dog. Cali remembered how her father had chuckled and said that Sirius had probably made himself look as grim like as possible on purpose. At the time Cali had just been annoyed that he had never told her the tail before and had only ever mentioned that he had gone to school with Sirius not that he was one of those friends that had once made life bearable for him at school. Remus had to gently remind her that up until a year ago Sirius had been a convicted murderer in his mind.

Calisto watched closely now, Sirius didn't look like the brash, confident and impulsive man that Remus had described. In fact he looked nervous and unsure of himself. But when Remus smiled broadly and embraced him Calisto saw the tension leave his shoulders as he hugged him back. What Calisto noticed most was the look on Sirius' face, he looked like there was no other place he'd rather be. He even inhaled deeply, taking in her fathers' scent while a wistful smile played on his lips.

"Hmm, something else papa failed to mention"

Calisto thought because as she looked around she could see a similar look on his face too.

The two men broke apart and just stared at each other for a moment. Calisto hated to interrupt but she couldn't let them stare at each other all day. She softly cleared her throat and the two men jumped looking guilty for some reason.

"Oh Calisto, this is Sirius, Sirius meet Calisto."

Cali smiled at him and held out her hand. He took it somewhat hesitantly and tried to muster up a lob sided grin. They then both took a moment to study each other. Sirius immediately gave the appearance of someone who had no business being that thin. His dark hair had been inexpertly cropped short and his threadbare robes were in worse condition then her fathers. It was his eyes however that caught her attention the most. A deep penetrating blue, they held such pain and darkness it was almost impossible to hold their gaze, especially for those who had never experienced the harsher side of life. Calisto, however, knew a little about pain though it was nothing compared to what he would have gone through. She could feel him gazing at her just as avidly, she was aware of what he would see. Looking at her father was like looking at an older male version of herself. They had the same tawny coloured hair (hers without the gray), the same straight nose and full lips, and the same waifish figure. Even the slight curves that Cali had developed really didn't show much but then she was only fifteen. When she returned her gaze to Sirius' eyes she could see an added sadness there and she wondered what the cause of it could be. They broke contact after what seemed like eternity but had only been a few seconds and an uncomfortable silence followed.

"Cali, why don't you go outside and play on your broom"

Calisto's eyes lit up, despite the obvious dismissal.

"I'm not grounded any more?"

She asked hopefully

That same disappointed look came over his face again.

"Shit, I should have just run"

Cali thought dejectedly, that one look was worth a thousand lectures

Then he smiled slightly

"No you're not grounded"

Calisto grinned broadly and sprinted down the hall stopping briefly to retrieve her broom from the cupboard under the stairs. Although she had wanted to stay and meet Sirius properly she knew when not to test her father and she had been practically crawling out of her skin these last few weeks. He hadn't even let her out to do chores like de-knoming or weeding the garden. Of course that would hardly be a punishment as she liked to get out and do those things which was another common thread between the two Lupins, there mutual love of the outdoors. She ran outside and mounted her broom before she had even made it out of the door. She breathed in deeply and closed her eyes loving the feeling of the wind whipping through her hair for the first time in three weeks. Yeah, she could wait to solve the mystery that was Sirius Black, right now her father probably needed some time alone with him.

AN: Yahhh! I have a review! Oh I got all excited and it's just one. Sorry but I'm new at this and it gave me an incredible happy. Thankyou Rena I'm thrilled that someone else actually read this. Hehehe cool. Sorry I'll stop now, yay!