The year passed quickly and Kim graduated from Hogwarts only to go immediately into training. She was going to become and auror, just like her mom. She had many of the same powers as her mom many of the same aspirations.

Kim now lived in a small one-bedroom apartment (is what they called it) it was constructed by magic and was very sturdy. She had a living room and her bedroom and bath were upstairs. She even had a makeshift kitchen. Not full size, as she always ate with the family.

Her house was comfortable and she decorated it herself so it was everything she'd ever wanted. It wasn't completely perfect as it was still pretty run down, but for her, it was home.

A knock on the door of her house that had been constructed in the Weasley's backyard startled her as she studied her potions notes. She set her papers aside and went to the door and opened it to see her Aunt Molly standing beside a man who looked very worn. Worn, yet strangely familiar and very handsome. His light brown hair fell around his face and the gray in his eyes matched the gray streaks of hair that shimmered in the soft light.

"Kimberly, this is Remus Lupin." Said her aunt with a smile and patting the man on the shoulder. "He was good friends with your mom and dad. He wanted to stop in and say hello. I have to go get dinner started." Kim smiled and shook his hand.

So she did know him. She led the way into her living room. The walls were a light lavender splatter painted with a bright pink. There was a large chandelier in the center of the room with quite a few candles that lit the room. There were pink candles held up in black brackets on the walls and many more pink candles placed in black holders on the tables. She had a large lavender sofa. The exact shade of the walls and one black reclining chair on the right of the sofa. She had a pink beanbag and a black beanbag on the other side and a small black table in front of the couch that was covered in notes and books form her Auror studies. The floors were wooden with a black rug that had pink and lavender polka dots on it under the table.

Remus looked around smiling. "Did you decorate yourself?" he asked when he spotter the feet on the legs of the table.

"Yes. I did. If you think this is interesting you should see my bed. It has feet too." She said smiling back. "Would you like something to drink?"

"Nah, I'm fine thank you. Your Aunt just stuffed me full of tea and cakes."

"Right, well you're lucky that I don't really have a kitchen or you'd be eating more." She said truthfully. "Take a seat."

He sat on the end of the couch and she walked around and sat on the other. "Sorry, I've just been studying for my potions test in Auror training. Notes everywhere." She said gathering up some of the notes.

"Don't worry about it." He said laughing. "It just shows me how much you care about your studies." A short pause filled the room as she piled the rest of the papers neatly. "Like your Mother." Kim looked up and met his tired eyes. A shy smile began to spread across her face.

"We were at Hogwarts together, you and I. Did you know that? Two years."

"Yea, I know. I'm sorry if I didn't talk to you much. Those last two years are big ones. But I came here today to well, tell you something." He paused. "I suppose that there is no stalling this. But you of course remember Lilly and James Potter?"

Kim nodded. "I used to sit for Harry whenever they had something to do in The Order."

"Well they never got a chance to tell you, but you're Harry's Godmother. They at first wanted your mother to be his godmother, but she knew that Voldemort was on her tail. She expected to get caught at anytime. She told them you would be a safer bet. They agreed. Then on her way home that night they caught up with your mother. I know that you know that she was killed by a death eater, but she fought, they killed each other, she didn't die because she was weaker. She killed him as his curse hit her. I don't know why Dumbledore didn't want you to know earlier, and I don't know why he sent me to tell you. I'm sorry if I caused you to be upset." He was looking straight at Kim the whole time. She hadn't looked away either. She didn't seem to be crying but she didn't say anything for a while.

Finally she smiled. "Thank you." She said softly.

"Dumbledore did say though, that you had something for me." He said after another long silence.

Kim looked up in surprise. She thought for a while and when she realized what he was talking about she said "oh" and began to dig through her potions notes. "Well it's not done I only have to find the last ingredient. I don't know if I ever will. I need something that preserves thought which should help you keep your mind- where is it?" she stopped and stood up. He stood as well out of respect. "Excuse me, I think it's in my bag in my room. I'll be right back" she ran up the stairs and disappeared around the corner. Remus heard more rustling from above as he sat confused. "I have it!" he heard her yell from the stairs as she ran down. He stood again as she entered. "Like I said," she said as she slowed down and walked up to him, "I haven't finished it. I've been working for years. I can't for the life of me think of the last-"Lacewings! That's it! They can't be boiled they have to be raw! Why didn't I think of it before?! Man, sometimes the obvious just stares you in the face till you get it doesn't it?"

"I'm sorry, but what is this?" Remus asked politely.

"Well," she laughed slightly and motioned for him to take his seat again as she did, "when we were at school together, I well... I quite fancied you. I know laugh all you want. I was young, but anyway so I watched you and your buddies. I noticed that every full moon you guys would sneak out. Then after about two months I noticed that you in particular would be gone before sunset. So I followed Sirius and James and Peter one month." She saw his eyes widen in worry. "Don't worry. I already had an idea of what was going on. And I was right; I only followed them to the front doors. I mean what if you came after me? I then saw them change. I knew. I didn't tell anyone of course. I started noticing how tired you were especially in the days following the full moon. So, being the geek I am, I started looking up potions trying to find one that could help. And I realized that if there were one you'd be using it. So, I studied up on the subject. I asked a lot of questions in potions. I wanted to perfect this potion and give it to you before you left. Since then it's been my passion. I still wanted to give it to you. I knew I'd see you when my mom took me to the Order meetings. Even though I had to stay outside. Of course I was excellent in my potions class after that. But even so, I tried so much to perfect it. It's taken years. Of course I've never tested it...But I'm confident. All I need to do is just change it to the raw lacewings. But anyway, what it does- or should do I might say, is it stops your mind from transforming and should take away some of the pain. After- well after everything happened and I didn't see you anymore it became an obsession, of course I'd stopped liking you since you left Hogwarts." She paused and let in a small giggle. "I don't know why, but ever since I started it I had to finish. After I left Hogwarts I told Dumbledore I was working on it. So I guess, I mean this is the only thing I can think of that I'd have for you. Unless I have something that even I don't know of. You know how Dumbledore is sometimes.... And I'm blabbering..." She looked up and met his tired eyes. He was smiling and he seemed to be searching for something to say. She looked away from his eyes in embarrassment

Remus stared. Wow. He thought. All this for me? Her eyes met his again and he could have sworn that there was something different about them. He wasn't sure, something had happened in the course of him blinking. "I'm sorry, but- well... this is going to sound really weird, but did your eyes just change color?" he asked totally forgetting about the recipe for the potion he now had in his hand.

"What?" she asked sounding somewhat surprised. And shying away from his gaze.

"I'm sorry...It's just I thought-"

"No, It's not you. They probably did. I'm still learning to control them. You see I'm a metamorphmagus, and sometimes my emotions take charge of my eyes. Just my eyes. Everything else I can control. I don't understand it. Momma always said that it's because I get to excited and I let my emotions run away with me...What color are they now?"

"Blue." He said smiling. "I've never seen eyes that blue."

"Well it's not my natural color. Here..." she close here eyes in what seemed to be a long blink and when they were opened again her eyes were a dark chocolaty brown once more. "Well, One week and one day till the full moon. So, starting tomorrow you're going to have to take some of that potion everyday. Just once a day for the week preceding the full moon. It's not going to be hard considering I have all the ingredients, everything should be prepared by tomorrow, you know boiled for the right amount of time. I'll have to go out and get some more pixie grass. Your lucky you came this month, I was getting ready to test it. Well not on an actual werewolf, but theoretically if I made it and made it correctly and took it myself for the right amount of time it should have well the reverse effect on me. Meaning that for that one night I would be turned into a werewolf. But it won't be like permanent or anything just for that one month do you know what I'm saying? So far that hasn't been happening, but I've been stewing the batwings for almost a week. Are you going to be around tomorrow? If not I can give the ingredients to you and you can make it."

"I can stop by tomorrow. I've never been skilled in the arts of potion making."

"God, you sound like professor Snape," she said laughing.

"Snape? Severus Snape?"

"Yea, he's really good with potions. Not the best with people, He was in your year. Came to teach in my fourth year. Slytherin. I hear he's the head of house now."

"He teaches at Hogwarts? Why on earth would Dumbledore let him teach?"

"Er, well he's really good. At potions at least. He got sick of me asking questions and he had a stick up his ass all the time, but I don't see a reason why he wouldn't be able to teach..."

"No, you don't understand, He was a- well never mind. Dumbledore has his reasons I presume." He said acting as if the subject did not matter anymore.

"No, Remus, he was a what? Why wouldn't Dumbledore trust him?"

"It's nothing." He said standing. "Look, I'd better be going. It's getting late."

Kim stood in annoyance. "No, he was a what?"

"Look it's over now. It doesn't matter."

"No. It matters, my cousins are at Hogwarts, and if they're in danger I want to know. Why wouldn't Dumbledore trust professor Snape?"

"Look, Kim, if Dumbledore trusts him, obviously nothing is going to happen." He said as he walked to the door. "Besides It's over. Everything is quiet and has been for six years almost..." his hand was on the doorknob.

"Wait..." Kim said doing the math in her head as she stood facing him.. "Six years? You mean since Voldemort disappeared?"

"Great. Looks like you're going to figure it out anyway." He said his hand still on the door but with his back to it. "I didn't say a thing. I mean if you tell anyone, I mean anyone, Dumbledore obviously wont want rumors spreading because if word gets out that a death eater is teaching he's done for."

"Snape's a death eater?"

"Well, he was. And Dumbledore knew, then again..." he said removing his hand from the door.

"What?!" Kim asked excitedly.

"Well, even before he disappeared Snape had joined the order, as a spy. I guess Dumbledore knew that he could trust him."

"But Voldemort can read minds can't he? He can tell when people are lying? Right?" she asked worriedly. "If he can read minds he would know that Snape was spying on him."

"Well, I don't know. If Dumbledore didn't trust Snape he wouldn't have been in the Order. I wouldn't worry about it." He said his hand went to her shoulder to comfort her. There was a long silence as they both processed their own thoughts. "Look, Thanks for the potion, I'll be back tomorrow to pick it up. I'll see you then. As for now. I have to get back to the Leakey Cauldron before Tom stops making dinner."

"Well, why don't you eat here? I'm sure Aunt Molly wouldn't mind. She loves having company for supper. Especially you. Besides, Uncle Arthur will be home soon. You can say hello to him."

He let out a soft chuckle. "Alright. But only if Fred and George stay away from my food. I've heard talk from Mrs. Weasley that they like to put beetles in other peoples food."

"I'll guard it myself." She said. "Now, in the meantime lets chat bit shall we?" she asked leading him back to the sofa.

"Sure" he said smiling.

Just as he sat down the door burst open and a small red haired boy ran through. "Kimmi! Kimmi!" he called. "Kimmi look what I caught!" He was holding something in both his hands for her to see.

She picked him up and set him on her lap as she giggled. She peaked over his shoulder and saw he was holding a large slimy toad. "Ron!!!" She yelled trying to sound disappointed. "Ron! You can't go around touching those things they're dirty. She pulled her wand from her robes and levitated the frog out the window. Lupin was laughing. "Now hold out your hands." He did so and with a slight tap on each his hands were slime and germ free. "Now Ron, I love you and all, but not when you have slimy frogs in your hands." He giggled as he looked up at her showing his freckled cheeks. "But you know when I love you most?"

"When?" "When I'm tickling you!!!!!" she said and she started to tickle him.

The room was filled with giggles and shrieks as Kim had Ron on his back wiggling for freedom. "Hold his arms!" she called to Lupin who then took his arms and pulled him from her grasp. "Hey!" Kim said reaching for her small cousin. "Traitor!"

"No, I am just here to help people in need." Lupin said holding Ron on his lap.

"Yea, Kimberly. He's helping my needs." Ron shot back.

"Well you know what I do? I tickle small children!" she said reaching for him and ticking him, this time kneeling on Remus's legs so that he couldn't move. Ron was trying to squirm free and tickle Kim at the same time Remus was laughing as he got some of the tickling. Remus reached up and pushed Kim hard onto her side so that she fell on the couch and took Ron with her. Then he held Kim down.

"Run for it Ron!"

Ron wriggled free and started out of the room.

"Tell your mom that Mr. Lupin is staying for dinner!" Kim called as he turned into the hallway.

"Okay!" Ron called back.

"And no more frogs!" She said still lying in Lupin's grasp as the door shut.

She looked up at Remus and they both laughed. Suddenly he realized how he was holding her and scrambled up in embarrassment.

Meanwhile Kim, still laughing sat up slowly. When he saw that she didn't notice, or at least pretended not to notice what had just happened, he couldn't help but laugh again. When the laughter had almost subsided he spoke. "Kim?"

"Yea?" "When we were at Hogwarts- when you followed us that one night and watched us. What did you see?" he asked softly.

"Well, I- It was so long ago." she paused to remember. "Well, I saw James and Sirius, with handfuls of food and Peter scampering along behind them out of the portrait hole. Followed and saw them disappear under James' old cloak. I followed their footsteps under mine. It was my grandma's, you know on my mom's side. And she already had one, so she gave it to me. So I followed them out to the front doors. When they got to the willow they took off the cloak and transformed. I was amazed! I of course knew that they weren't registered, but it's not an easy thing to do. I stood there mouth wide on the top step right in front of the doors. Then they vanished behind the willow. Minutes later I saw them come up again. With you, as a Werewolf. There I watched you guys run around. Play fighting with each other on the grounds. You all seemed so happy, so...free. Then you guys all went into the forest. I don't know why I did it, but I sat there waiting for you guys to come back. I fell asleep. Sitting with my back against one of those stone gargoyles, under my cloak. I woke up at sunrise when you guys all came back to the doors. You guys woke me you when you bumped my foot with the door. So I squeezed in the door right before it closed and I followed you to the hospital wing. I sat outside while you were in there. Then I ran to the library and got a book and came back just as you came out to go back to the Gryffindor tower. I had already taken off my cloak as I didn't need it bin the library It was in my bag by then. I had brought the bag because I had a lantern and some other stuff I might have needed in case I had to follow them into the forest to find out what I needed. So I was putting it in my bag when I saw the door open and you were coming out. Then you saw me and called my name, and asked what I was doing out at this time of the morning. And I-"

"You sad you were at the library." He said remembering. "I thought it was weird that you didn't ask me what I was doing. Then I walked with you back up to the tower and you went up to your dormitory. I remember." He said laughing. "I don't know why I didn't think of it when I saw the books you were carrying. I remember one was on potions and one was on magical creatures."

"That is when I first started the potion."

"Well, thank you again. This really means a lot to me." He said smiling.

They talked on filling the time with nervous laughs and shy smiles, as they became better friends. Then Ron came in again to announce that dinner was ready and they all went out to the table where Kim actually did guard Remus' food from the twins who tried to sabotage it. Remus then left with the promise of returning tomorrow for the potion. Kim said goodnight to the family and went to prepare most of the potion so shed be ready for the ingredients that wouldn't be ready until tomorrow.

After most of what she could do that night was done she went up to her bedroom and sat on the bed with a sigh. She looked over at the picture of her mom and her on the nightstand. Her mom smiled and waved then turned and kissed Kim's eleven-year-old cheek. Her brown hair mixing with Kim's auburn hair. As she stared a tear began to form in her eye and she looked away to keep herself from crying again. But once more as it has happened many times before nothing could keep the emotions from spilling out in a storm of tears. She laid back on her pillow and let the tears flow. And just as if triggered by her tears, the sky let loose in a rainstorm with the droplets falling fiercely but still managing to sound gentle upon her window. She closed her eyes and whirled as she so often did into a vault of memories that sped by pulling more and more tears from her eyes as they came and left so quickly. Finally she couldn't stand it any longer and she was walking alone on a London street wiping the tears away from her cheeks in anger. In the rain the pavement shined like silver. The lights were misty from her tear-filled eyes. She walked alone in the night and in the rain with nothing to protect her from the cold but her everyday clothes. Her cloak sweeping along behind her and her footsteps clicking on the cement she walked without a destination and without the pain of her memories. For just a fraction of time she could run from her tears. She didn't have to listen to the memories that played endlessly in her mind. The years that taunted her so into wishing she could return to them and only could do so in her dreams. This is why she did not sleep when she was like this. She feared waking up in the morning without the life shed been dreaming about; she was terrified of having to let go of her mother again. Eventually she found herself back in her room soaked to the bone and preparing a glass of a dreamless sleep potion and before long she was in her bed alone in the dark. She longed for anyone to hold close so she clinged to her dog and her stuffed animals.