"Woah!" Morticia grabbed her grandfather. Harry rushed forward to stand between the two men, facing Vlad. He was ready to defend Remus, to the death if need be.

"Unhand me, Morticia." Vlad's eyes never left Remus. He killed every werewolf he met, even hunted down ones he heard about. He would not stop now.

"No! You will leave Professor Lupin alone!" Her eyes darted to Remus, who was ready to defend himself, even if he had no idea what was going on.

"What's going on?" He asked, though no one answered.

"Professor? I made a mistake having you here. You will come home with me at once."

"I most certainly will not!"

"Do not argue with me." He pulled himself up to his full height and glared down at her. How dare she go against his wishes!

"What is going on?" Remus asked again.

Harry glanced back at him. "I don't know..." He turned his attention back to Vlad and Morticia, staying in front of Remus.

Morticia glared back at her grandfather. "You will leave him alone." She knew how her grandfather hated werewolves and why. However, Remus was a good man. He did not deserve to die. She would not stand by and let anything happen to him.

"I will not allow you to be around that THING! I should bleed him dry where he stands." He moved toward Remus, showing his teeth.

She shoved him back. "NO!"

"Do not interfere." He looked at her coolly.

She kept her ground before Harry. She would not let him through if she had to die to keep him from them. "You will have to bleed me dry, too."

"Would someone please tell me what the hell is going on?" Remus demanded.

"You would defend such a creature. The same creature that took my beloved daughter, your mother?"

"It wasn't Professor Lupin. You can't judge by one. Where would that put our kind? Where has it?" Her teeth came out and her eyes changed to match his. Harry took a step back toward Remus. He was not sure it would be wise to be too close to the vampires.

"He will turn and then it does not matter. They are all the same. Animals." His eyes flashed again.

"He has the wolfsbane."

"It matters not." Vlad placed little faith in magic as a solution. Too many ways existed for it to go wrong.

"Then fight me if you want him." She knew she could not win, but she would try. She like and respected Remus far too much to let her grandfather destroy him.

"You know I will not." He knew he was much stronger than her. He would not fight her unless he had not choice. She could not protect the creature forever. He would bide his time.

"Then leave him alone!" She growled. She straightened and watched him as his eyes returned to normal, his teeth also sliding back behind his lip. He continued to glare at Lupin.

"What is going on?" Remus asked yet again. Harry shrugged, still not knowing.

Morticia sighed. She did not want to talk about it. However, Remus had the right to know. "My mother and father were killed by a werewolf."

Harry's eyes grew wide. To die such a death was horrible. Nonetheless, Remus was not like that, had not been the one. "But Remus..."

"I know that!" She snapped in her grandfather's direction.

Vlad, hearing Severus coming from his work room, straightened his appearance and posture. Severus, upon walking in, handed Remus his potion. "Here is your Wolfsbane." He then looked around in his cool, uppity way. "What are all of you doing in my dungeon?" He scowled deeper as he realized just who they were.

"It is not just yours," Morticia informed him in an equally snobbish tone. If he held no respect for her, she would show very little to him.

Remus spoke amongst their remarks. "Thank you, Sev." He went unheard, as he was becoming accustomed to at the time.

"This is my classroom, Miss Tepes, and I do not care who your grandfather is, you will not take such an attitude with me."

Vlad's ears perked up. "You should, professor." Severus eyed him with his usual displeased, I'm right glare.

Morticia rolled her eyes. I was showing him around the castle, which is under Dumbledore's command, not yours." She ignored his sour look and turned to Remus. "I'm truly sorry about all this, professor." She gave him much more respect, friendship in a way.

"Well, I would say you are through here." Severus looked from Harry to Vlad to Morticia. No one said anything to him, yet.

Remus nodded and smiled at Morticia in an apologetic way. "It's alright, Morticia. For what it's worth, I'm sorry for your parents. Werewolves are merciless when they desire." She smiled and nodded. "I will see you in class in the morning, both of you." He glanced at Harry.

"Yeah, see you, Lupin." Harry left the room. Vlad gave Remus one last look before following Harry.

Morticia started to follow when an idea, poorly thought out at that, popped into her head. "Oh, professor, about that idea you had for a potion using me as a donor. You should really put that by my grandfather first." She smirked and left the room, or tried rather.

"What?" Severus cried in outrage. How dare she accuse him of such a thing! He could find much higher quality ingredients.

Vlad shoved her back into the room fully as he stalked back in. She hid her smirk. "What did I just here?" He demanded, eyes on the verge of changing. He looked ready to kill.

Remus moved in front of Severus on instinct. He could fight the vampire better than a human. Harry, who had followed Vlad back in, was not sure what to do. Severus was not going to back down. "Get out of my way, Lupin. I don't need the likes of you defending me." He pushed Remus out of the way. "Your granddaughter is being untruthful."

"Am I?" Morticia asked wryly.

"You are," he said in a seething manner. "I have never asked such a thing of you." He was getting very upset.

"You call my blood a liar?" Vlad demanded in outrage. One thing he had always despised was dishonesty. He had passed that to his granddaughter, or so he thought.

"Have you not?" Morticia asked in mock shock, ignoring her grandfather's question. She shrugged. "My mistake." Her lack of remorse was blatant. She had wanted Vlad to think Snape had asked, wanted him to scare the git. Of course, Severus had to be an ass and not get frightened. Damn Slytherin.. She fumed to herself.

"You lied?" Vlad looked at her in shock. How dare she! She was raised better than that.

She shrugged again. Let him be upset. Only he would be pissed when she lied and not overly when she speared a man on his sword. He was certain to find something else to be upset about if not her lying. He was too easily offended. "So? He's an ass. Look at the way he just treated Professor Lupin." Okay, Morticia, that was probably not the best defense. She mused to herself.

"You disappoint me, Morticia." He frowned at her then turned away, taking Harry's arm. "You will finish my tour." Harry went wide eyed but followed along.

Morticia rolled her eyes. Her grandfather was such a drama queen, so to speak. "He's so dramatic," she dryly voiced her thoughts.

"Miss Tepes, you will be serving a month of detention." Severus scowled at her. "Ten house points, as well."

"Great. Whoop di do. Not like I have anything else to do in this place." She waved it off as not a big deal. To her, it was not. She could not care less about house points and detentions.

"I have a new batch of slugs that need raised before I can dry them. You will care for them."

She sighed. She was not fond of many slimy things, least of all slugs. "Alright." However, she would not give him the satisfaction of that knowledge.

"You will start tomorrow. Report here after classes."

"Yes, professor."

"You may go find you grandfather." He dismissed her, turning to other things.

"Thank you, professor," she forced out tightly. She turned and left the room, barely refraining from slamming the door. She muttered to herself about 'greasy asses that need taught respect and manners' as she stalked down the corridor.