~Hello everyone, I'm just dropping by to say thank you and that I'm sorry if the chapters are short between school and setting ideas in motion while I have them I'm trying to work as much as I can with this story and my others so to those of you wondering about my other story it maybe put on the side burner for the time being until things settle down, once again thank you for staying around!~

Chapter 4, Settling in.

*Lumos*

When Remus opened his eyes he was alone in the bed not realizing he'd fallen asleep he looked around the room and seen the door ajar and the sound of water drifted down the hall, he got to his feet and dressed himself before fallowing the sound of water that turned into the sound of Maggie laughing fallowed by Dora's laugh as the sound of splashing and water spilling onto the floor met him, he peeked in and smiled seeing Dora sitting in the old claw foot tub that was filled with water and about a inch of bubbles as Maggie sat in her lap laughing and piling bubbles on her head.

He smiled and shook his head going down the stairs glancing out the window as the clouds gathered in the sky over the overgrown garden, he looked about the kitchen and was surprised to find it completely stocked unlike it was the day before a trickling laugh made him turn around and he felt the blood rush to his face as he was met by the sight of Dora in nothing but a towel her hair put up in a wet pink pony tail holding Maggie who was in a cute kids towel made to look like a puppy.

"I went into London and did a bit of shopping before you woke up, thought it would be a good idea to have food in the house for you both."

She paused as Maggie cupped her hand over Dora's ear whispering something that made her laugh and shake her head before setting her down.

"No little one I don't eat the same things you and your brother do."

She smiled and Maggie giggle lightly touching her fangs before going to Remus showing off the towel while Dora slipped back upstairs and after awhile came down in a bright yellow top, jeans and bare feet her hair now dry and wavy from the pony tail and in her hand was a shopping bag that made Maggie's smile widen as she hurried over trying to see into the bag.

"Easy now Maggie, why don't you go put this on then come back down so breakfast will be done."

Maggie took the bag and hurried up stairs making Dora smile as she went to Remus' side wrinkling her nose at the smell of the fried eggs and sausages.

"I think I'll stick to my diet thank you."

She jumped up onto the counter watching him, he glanced at her with a raised eyebrow.

"Can you not eat food or you just chose not to."

She looked at him and shrugs.

"I can but only certain things, extremely rare stakes, and I mean rare like raw, maybe something sweet here and there but blood is my main nutritional source."

He smiled taking the egg from the pan and putting it on a plate while she got down from the counter and rummaged in the fridge for a moment before taking out a pink cup and straw that he had the feeling he didn't want to know the contents of as he shook his head setting the two plates from the counter on the table as she sat at the table with plate containing a handful of strawberries making her laugh as he raised his eyebrow.

"An exception I make to my diet."

He shook his head placing a kiss to her temple before looking at the door way where Maggie was standing in a little white dress and a mint green head band in her hair, Dora smiled seeing the outfit and Remus looked from his sister to Dora.

"Your spoiling her."

Both girls laughed as Dora lifted the girl into her lap letting her have one of the strawberries.

"Not really, I got you a few new outfits to as well as a few of my own."

The way she said she'd picked up a few outfits of her own made him look at her while she set Maggie in her own chair and got up with her cup and rinsed it out in the sink before going to Remus' side and laughing as he pulled her down into his lap an arm around her waist laughing as she made an attempt to try the fried eggs only to grimace and shake her head returning to her strawberries.

As the day went on he finished cleaning dust from other rooms and when he looked out into the garden he found Dora wrapped in her cloak helping Maggie pull weeds and tending the few flowers that were left, he smiled going into the garden lending a hand and pulling away dead vines and branches from the large oak tree when Maggie slips past him and through the bushes to the base of the tree upon looking Remus could see an old swing hanging from a branch, he glanced beside him as Dora came to his side looking at the swing.

"I thought that fell down years ago, my dad put it up when I was about three."

She smiled and grabbed his hand pulling him around the bushes then through a gap in them so they could clearly see Maggie sitting on the swing that now had ivy vines winding around the ropes holding it on the tree branch the old wood seat was weather beaten and worn but held the little girls weight easily as she swung her legs.

"I wonder.."

Before he could spare a side look Dora had vanished from his side and as he looked up blinking as the sun penetrated through the jade leaves he seen her cloak high up in the tree before her laugh filled the air and she came back down landing by his side clumsily nearly falling over had he not grabbed her hand to steady her.

"Welcome back to earth."

He smiled as she rolled her eyes but leaned into his side watching as Maggie swung, he glanced down at her seeing she was pulling the cloak tighter around herself as the wind rustled the leaves making the sun land in places on the cloak.

"Maybe we should go inside for the afternoon."

Dora looked up at him and after a moment she slipped her hand out from under the cloak and into a small patch if sun, almost at once it looked as if steam were rolling from her fingers and they turned red as if a rash was spreading down her palm, he quickly moved her hand so it was covered by his though he was a bit surprised when she reached up and kissed his cheek before vanishing nearly making him fall over before Maggie's squeal of laughter filled the air as she returned to his side holding the girl close under the cloak before fallowing him inside.

After being set down Maggie went to the other room and returned with a letter in her hand as Dora took off her cloak and kneeled to her hight.

"What did you find?"

Maggie handed her the letter.

"It's for Remy."

Dora smiled and straitened up handing Remus the letter before fallowing Maggie into the other room where after a minute the radio was turned on and after the static faded music drifted into the room, he smiled opening the letter reading it over his smile fading slightly as he seen the request for him to present himself and Dora to the queen of vampires, he sighed and looked at the second paper and seen it was from Lilly he removed it and sat at the table looking it over.

"Remus, I know you're not the type to break a girl's heart but you should be careful to keep the talk of being to dangerous for Dora to a minimum, if she has taken you as her mate then it's a life long commitment she's made and if there are little things she's changed that you may not see, little things like changing her sleeping pattern from day to night/early morning or keeping small stores of blood around and leaving the house to feed less and less often then she's made her choice to stay with you, leaving her of breaking her heart could very well be the end of her because most vampires are like us, they mate for life, try to keep that in mind over the next few days okay? -Lilly"

He looked at the letter then after a moment looked over top of it into the other room as the radio was turned up and the news man's voice echoed into the kitchen.

"In later news there have been reported disappearances across the London area the last found body was of 16 year old Mary Jenkins who had been reported missing from her part time work at a local cinema, Mary was found just outside of London in the country side with no noted injuries apart from gashes in her skin, the search for the other girls is still on going and the families and officers are asking the public that if they have any idea's about possible wear abouts of the three still missing girls please report it in as soon as possible, the still missing girls are Elisa Clearwood 13, Jane Aaron 15, and Erin Andrews 17."

The radio turned off with a click that was a bit to loud and made him think the nob had been snapped off to keep it off and after a minute the sound of shattering glass and Maggie's screams made him jump to his feet and hurry into the room in time to see Maggie screaming from the floor by the stairs where she was being held down by a large man with deep black hair and a sick smile on his cracked lips, snarls from across the room made him glance away to see Dora was being held back by a women with platinum blonde hair and the same stormy grey eyes as her own as she fought against the women snarls ripped from her chest like a wild animal and she had gotten her arm free long enough to claw the women in the side forcing her to let go before she went to the male and tried to get him off of Maggie only to be hit hard in the chest and sent flying into the wall hard enough to dent it and make her slump to the floor a small trail of blood leaking from the corner of her mouth.

Before he could stop himself he had attacked the male getting him away from Maggie long enough for her to scramble away and hide somewhere else in the house no more than a moment after Maggie had gotten away a sickeningly sweet voice came from the wall where Dora had landed and as he was pinned down by the male vampire he could see the women who had been at the gate the night they arrived was kneeling by Dora with a fist full of her hair with a sick smile on red pouty lips.

"Not so strong now are you Nymphie, you haven't fed properly in the past few days your getting weak, Cissy go find that little brat she will make for a pleasant snack."

A cackle sent a shudder through him as it echoed off the walls and Dora leered at the women holding her and the blonde women bowed and slipped out of his sight.

"If I-I'm weak why did you need Narcissa and him to come with you, filthy hag."

With that she spit into the women's face and as soon as the hand released her hair she tackled her pinning her to the floor but her grip on the women's throat wasn't very strong as the women cackled again and kicked Dora in the stomach sending her sprawling on the floor coughing and holding her side, Remus struggled against the male but was held down by an iron grasp as the women went to Dora and with the heel of her boot sent her across the floor again but this time she didn't move more then shaking and raising her head only to have the women grab a fist full of her hair again making her give a muffled yelp as she was flung across the room stopping at his side and before she could move the man had both them pinned at the throats while Bellatrix made her way over her heels clicking teasingly on the floor as she looked down at them, Remus could see the place on her neck where there was flesh missing leaving a nasty scar.

She looked away from them as the blonde women came back but there was no sign Maggie was with her and he caught a faint whisper from the blonde to Bellatrix.

"She's no longer in the house Bella, is this worth it? We will have both kingdoms after us for thi-"

But she stopped talking as Bellatrix turned a cold leer on her with a growl.

"What does it matter Cissy?! Our sister has betrayed both of us and this rat is the one thing standing in our way to returning the favor all these years later!"

With that the man let go of Dora who was grabbed again by Bellatrix but this time her long black nails cut into the skin of her throat a wild gleam in her dark grey eyes as the younger women struggled to get free, he fought against the male holding him down trying to get away but the hold was to tight and the man snickered watching him struggle like a trapped rat, the door to a closet under the stairs opened a crack making Bellatrix turn her attention from Dora to the door and a horrified look came over Dora's face before it went whiter than Remus thought possible as she seen Maggie emerge from what he could only guess was a secret tunnel with Andromeda behind her.

A fleeting look of horror came over Bellatirx's face as she dropped Dora letting her land harshly on her backside holding her neck, there was a low hiss and in a second the man pinning Remus down was gone along with Bellatrix and Narcissa as soon as he realized he was able to move he got up and went to Dora's side fallowed by Maggie as he carefully moved her hand from the five half moon cuts in her skin that were healing over into pale scars as he watched, he was about to ask if she was alright when she leaned over his arm and her body was raked with a fierce shudder as she was sick out of the corner of his eye he could see the pool of red form behind him making Maggie move away and Andromeda to step to her daughters side as she coughed the last of the blood splattering onto the fabric of her mother's dress her eyes drooping and thretning to close.

"Remus I need you to listen carefully, take her up to a bed and lay her down but don't let her fall asleep, keep her awake and talking if you can do you understand."

Remus' head buzzed with millions of questions but he nodded and lifted Dora carefully into his arms and took her up to their room laying her on the bed brushing her hair from her face, his hand was shaking as he watched her fight to keep her eyes open.

"R-Remus..."

He looked into her eyes his throat tight as he tried to speak and keep his tone steady.

"Yes Dora?"

She moved her hand so it was over his on her forehead and with very little strength lifted his hand away.

"To hot."

He tried to smile but he had the feeling it came out as a worried half smile as he lightly held her hand watching as she swallowed thickly looking at the door as her mother came into the room with Maggie trailing behind her, in Andromeda's hand was a small red vial though Remus wasn't sure if the vile was red or it's contents were as she went to Dora's other side and unstoppered the vial and lightly put it to her daughter's lips, Dora gave a weak moan trying to turn away but her mother stopped her squeezing her jaw forcing her mouth open and making her take half the contents of the vial, Dora shuddered swallowing the liquid in her mouth before looking at her mother opening her mouth to make an attempt at arguing but her eyes finally closed by her mouth as her chest stopped it's rise and fall, Remus slept panic set into his chest as he held her hand looking worriedly at her only looking away when Andromeda put a light hand on his shoulder.

"She's fine she's only resting, she'll wake up in the morning, there was damage inside her body that's why she got sick like that it was most likely some damage to her ribs and side, any internal damage like broken ribs or a sharp blow to the stomach will make our kind spit up any blood we've taken in over the past few days and there was a lot less then there should have been in her system no wonder she wasn't able to fight very well."

He looked back at Dora who seemed to be regaining a bit of her color from the transparent skin she gained from the fight, he looked up at Andromeda who was looking at the vial in her hand before with a gentle smile handed it to him.

"Give her the rest of this if she is still in pain when she wakes up also when she wakes be careful to keep your appendages away from her lips and not to cut your self she'll need to feed as soon as possible and no blood substitutes like what she had stored around she needs blood from the vain so send her out as soon as possible."

He felt his throat become dry as he looked back at Dora who had moved in her sleep and gave a small yawn in her sleep showing off her small fangs before she rolled over and held his hand close nuzzling his arm before her breathing stopped, just looking at her he had no doubt why it was hard to forget she was dangerous in her own way under her cute and sweet face.

"Right, send her out as soon as possible."

Andromeda removed her hand from his shoulder and went to the door pausing to look over her shoulder.

"And Remus, remember she really does care for you and Maggie if she didn't she wouldn't have bothered fighting at all try to keep that in mind tomorrow night."

He turned to look at her confused but she was already gone and the door was soft shut behind her, he sighed and looked back at the bed as Maggie climbed up onto the foot of the bed and looked worriedly from Dora to him.

"It'll be okay Maggie, it's getting late why don't you go get ready for bed?"

Maggie got down from the bed and looked back at him with large hopeful eyes and he smiled.

"Go get ready and I'll be there in a minute, pick out a story."

Maggie smiled and hurried to her room while he turned his attention to Dora who had slipped into a deep sleep now as he took his hand carefully from her hold and brushing back her bangs to place a kiss to her forehead before he fallowed after Maggie to her room where he read her the story she chose until she was asleep, he smiled softly and kissed her head before tucking her in and returning to the other room sitting in a chair beside the bed where Dora had curled up close to the edge, he sat beside her holding her hand looking her over seeing small things he hadn't before, a faint scar bellow her right eye, the slight tinge of brown that made her hair the magenta pink it was, her skin was darker than her mother's skin or Bellatrix's it seemed to have the slightest tan soaked into it's milky complexion.

He wasn't sure when he'd fallen asleep but he was woken by the feel of cool fingers running lightly over his cheek and sometimes through his hair he opened his eyes and was met with soft grey pools reflecting the pearly morning lit room back to him, she smiled sweetly her hand pausing on his cheek.

"I'm sorry did I wake you?"

He smiled turning his head to kiss her palm.

"No, but I'm glad your awake."

She gave a small laugh sitting up and stretching as he realized he'd moved onto the bed beside her, she smirked and moved so she was lighting sitting on his stomach her hands on his chest as she leaned close to him so their lips were inches apart, he wanted to tell her what her mother had said about needing to go out and feed but his mind was clouded as her scent washed over him and her breath was warm on his lips, she pressed their lips together giving a purr before her lips moved to his neck there was something in the back of his hazy mind he was told to remember but it was lost in the haze as he held her body close to his.

There was a sharp sting in his neck before the spot went numb and after a moment if began to burn like acid was flowing from every vain in his body to that point and it was spreading now nearly all the vains in his body burnt as if acid filled them, he wanted to scream but his throat was dry and all that came out was a strangled moan, his hands fumbled for a moment before they found her shoulders and with all the force he could muster he pushed her away making her blink confused as his hand moved to his neck as the pain ebbed away while her hand went to her lips removing a bit of the blood that stained her coral pink lips and it took her a moment to understand as she looked at the deep red elixir on her fingertips.

She looked at him mortified her eyes taking in his hand on his neck where she had bitten him and panic filled her eyes as the breathes she drew became quick and fearful, she shook her head red tears dripping down her cheeks as she inched away from him until in a flash she was against the wall her hand over her mouth he fallowed her with his eyes before getting to his feet and stepping around the bed to her watching as she sank to the floor her hand clamped tightly over her lips as she refused to look at him, he took his hand from his neck and seen it had healed almost as soon as she'd let go of him before he knelt down before her reaching out to move her hand but she shrank away and cringed as if he were about to hit her making him freeze.

"Dora, please I'm not upset look at me please."

But she shook her head removing her hand to cover her ears the tears moving faster down her cheeks and splashing onto her shirt.

"No! I bit you now you think I'm a monster! You'll leave me alone and..."

She wasn't able to finish as the tears now flowed as if flood gates had been opened and all that came from her lips were small sobs and whimpers, his heart shattered as he watched her sob and before she could react he quickly gathered her in his arms and held her close despite her meek attempts at pushing him away the more she struggled the closer he held her ignoring the feeling of her nails digging into his side but before long they turned into her hands clutching his shirt and refusing to let go as she sobbed.

"I-I'm sorry!"

Her watery apologies came between hicks and sobs as she clung to him and he held her rubbing her back.

"It's alright, I'm not mad or upset nor do I think your a monster, how can I think that of someone so beautiful? If anyone is a monster it's me, you don't turn into a 4 foot tall wolf every month."

She looked up at him her grey eyes washed over slightly with red as her fingers clung to his shirt and the red tears slowed on her cheeks.

"Y-your not a monster Remus, you don't take the lives of humans just to live."

He cut her off by kissing her forehead.

"My point being this, your not a monster and I'm not going to leave just because you bit me, your mother warned me you'd do it if I wasn't careful so if anyone's to blame it's me."

She blinked the last of the tears from his eyes looking up at him before he seen something cross her cheeks he had never seen and that was a faint pink flush rise to her skin making him blink surprised but it was short lived as her lips lightly touched his palm and her fangs brush the skin but he quickly removed his hand making her look up shocked.

"Sorry love but not me, you need to go feed and no substitutes according to your mom."

She looked ready to argue but after glancing at the pale scar on his neck from earlier she nodded and stood as he let her up before getting up himself, she placed a swift kiss to his cheek before she was gone.

He sighed looking about the room before out the now open window catching a glimpse of pink disappearing into the trees in the pale dawn, he smiled softly as he went down stairs and looked over the old books on the shelf in the grand room before selecting one and sitting on the couch and starting to read, after a few hours the sound of the window being shut upstairs made him look up in time to see something move quickly down the stairs before his vision went black his eyes covered by cool hands, he reached up to remove them thinking it was Dora playing around until the owner of the hands spoke their breath ghosting over his ear and cheek making him shudder.

"Don't move or you'll never see light again."

*Nox*