Every wolf needs a moon

By Talia-Rose

Disclaimer: I don't own anything to do with Harry Potter so don't sue me. This story is set during the Marauders time at Hogwarts. Please don't kill me for breaking Remus' heart! I had to do it but don't worry, there is a sequel to this story. And I am so sorry that it's been ages since I updated but I've been really busy with work and with university. Law is soooooo bloody hard. Anyway, this, I'm afraid, is the end for now. I have started a sequal but it may be a while before that gets on here. I want to get it at least half finished before posting it up. Terribly sorry. Thank you to everyone who's read this and enjoyed it from the beginning,I do hope you'll enjoy this...

Epilogue

Locked away in the Shrieking Shack, Sonya Delcot was dressing herself in the last human clothes she would ever wear – a pair of black pants and a white shirt. She finished lacing up her shirt and turned around at the sound of a young child crying. "Shhh Cassie, everything is going to be all right." She pacified the year old girl.

"Mama." Cassie gurgled, waving her hands in the air.

"It's almost time isn't it my dearest?" Sonya cooed, crouching down beside the basket to run her fingers over her daughters' head. "Your uncle Albus and Aunty Minerva should be here soon to take you away."

Cassie made another noise and grabbed a lock of blond hair that had escaped from the ribbon her mother was using as a hair tie. Smiling sadly, Sonya stood up again and quickly hurried over to her bed to make sure that she had all of Cassie's things packed and ready to go when they got there. Glancing back at her daughter, she blinked back tears when she thought about what she was about to do. Ever since she'd stopped breast-feeding Cassie, the dark side of her gift had plagued her and Dumbledore had agreed to raise her daughter because she wouldn't be able resist it for much longer.

At least her daughter would be raised by wise people who would be able to deal with her many… peculiarities… like her Lycanthropy. Edita Sliskovitch had agreed to help Dumbledore and McGonagall raise the young Cassandra-Selene Nisha Delcot because she knew that Sonya didn't want the Family to have anything to do with the upbringing of her daughter. In fact, Sonya had made sure that her entire fortune and estate had been made over to Cassandra-Selene with Albus Dumbledore, Minerva McGonagall and Edita Sliskovitch named as her legal guardians. Alexander had said nothing at this and he hadn't even asked who the father was or why Sonya was doing it.

But all she cared about was her daughter and if she could have had things any other way, she wouldn't have chosen to leave. The only bright point was that the trio had until Cassie turned eight to train her in preparation of the gift. After all, the gift didn't manifest itself in a person until they turned eight. Sonya couldn't help but wonder what her daughters' first animal would be. She had her suspicions that it would be a wolf considering the fact that Cassie had inherited the werewolf gene.

There was a knock on the door and Sonya went over to open it. Professor Dumbledore, Professor McGonagall and Professor Sliskovitch were standing there dressed in warm clothes. Letting them in, she walked back over to Cassie and lifted the child out of it. Hugging her close, Sonya let a tear fall from her brimming eyes and it landed on Cassie's head, dampening the black curls that she had inherited from her father.

"One day my dearest Cassandra-Selene Nisha Delcot, you will be a stunning beauty. I just hope that you'll be smarter than me and never fall in love. Promise mummy that you'll never forget that I love you and that I would lay my life down to save you." She murmured, holding her daughter close.

"Are you ready Sonya?" Minerva walked over to her and placed a hand on her shoulder. "Edita is ready to take Cassandra-Selene back to your Romanian estate. She and her husband are going to look after her during the year and Professor Dumbledore and I will take care of her during the summer."

Dumbledore nodded, "Your daughter will be in the best hands and she will be taught and trained by the best."

She smiled faintly and nodded, "You'll make sure that she knows her mother loves her won't you? And you'll make sure that she never ends up like me. I don't want her to follow in my footsteps."

"Don't worry dear cousin, I'll make sure that Cassie is raised in the most un-Delcot way possible. I don't see why you won't let us change her last name to Black after her father. Is this everything?" Edita picked up the trunk of Cassie's things and the carrier basket.

"Yes. I sent everything else back to the house in Romania. Wait, there is something else." Sonya handed her daughter to Professor McGonagall and reached behind her neck to undo the chain that held her wolf pendant secure. Taking it off, she did the clasp back up and placed it around Cassie's neck before kissing the young girl on her forehead gently. "May the spirit of the wolf guide you my dear Cassandra-Selene."

The transfiguration professor looked enchanted by the clear blue eyes that were staring up at her from the face of innocence and she glared at Dumbledore and Sliskovitch. "You can't make me give her up."

Sonya laughed and turned away so that they wouldn't see the tears that were running down her cheeks. "She's a beautiful little darling. Please promise me that she'll be raised to fight the good fight and to help rid the world of evil?"

"She won't be raised like any other child my dear Sonya." Albus walked over to her and placed an arm reassuringly on her shoulder.

Standing together, Edita and Minerva took the portakey that had been provided to get them to the estate in Romania that Sonya had inherited from her parents. Once they were gone, Sonya dropped to her knees and covered her face with her hands, sobbing.

"That was even harder than leaving them at the end of school. You'll look after her won't you Professor Dumbledore? She'll never be picked on because she's a werewolf and she'll never be alienated from society because of who she is?"

"I can't assure you of those two things but we will do our best to raise her just as you want her to be. She will be provided with the best teachers and she will be taught how to survive and how to fight from a young age. Cassandra-Selene will be her mothers daughter."

"Merlin only knows, I hope she'll be smarter and possessed of more wisdom than I. Please don't ever let her fall in love because love destroys you."

He shook his head, "It is better to have loved and lost than to have never loved at all Sonya. I hope that you will remember that while you are running wild even if you forget everything else. Just promise me that you will not forget everything completely. Consider it, a promise in return for a promise."

Taking his offered hand, Sonya allowed him to lead her out of the shack and towards the Forbidden Forest. She stilled for a moment, remembering the numerous times she had come here with Remus and his friends. "Tell Hagrid that he only has Teran and Rybe until Cassie is old enough for them. And tell him that if he's ever looking for me, a nice fresh roasted chicken and dark chocolate would probably do the trick."

Albus Dumbledore smiled at her and gave her a warm hug. "I shall tell him that though I fear that he will spend many years searching the forest for you."

"Indeed. That would be just like him." She detached herself from the older wizard and started slowly towards the forest.

Her mind flashed and Sonya closed her eyes, letting her gift take over.

The moon shone overhead, her glittering light illuminating the silvery lake surrounded by trees. Beside her ran another wolf, his strong scent filling her mind. He was her companion and he always would be. They were the first gifted Delcots.

Watching, Dumbledore shuddered when the storm overhead let out a loud rumble of thunder. Closing his eyes to the glare of the lightning, he opened them again to see a waif-like silver and tan wolf standing not far away with glittering eyes observing him. At the next rumble of thunder, the wolf that had once been Sonya Delcot turned tail and ran into the forest.

"Something tells me that we're going to meet again one day Sonya Delcot. You will never give up your humanity completely and one day, something will call you back." He smiled and turned to walk back to Hogwarts castle.