Kaede was dreaming. This was an unusual thing for one reason.
Kaede didn't dream good dreams most nights. Remus had to keep her from the dreamless sleep because of the second voice in her head that she had vindictively named Lucy.
Remus knew about the second voice, because she told him. He just wasn't concerned because he knew the trick to keeping such voices in her head quiet.
You don't ignore the voices, because they get stronger over time. You don't fight for dominance because even then they'll still whisper and try to change you. You learn to either coexist like he had once Moony accepted Kaede as his alpha, or you came up with an even stronger voice that could counter it and turned the murderous one into the devil on your shoulder.
At least until you found a way to make the voice a non-issue.
For some strange reason Lucy happened to love Harry, and considered her father Remus an odd sort of pet. Kaede believed Lucy was the primary reason why she could dominate five different alphas without even raising her voice just by showing off her vectors.
Wolves could sense Lucy's murderous intent...though why Fenrir Greyback hadn't was baffling, since he was much more in tune with his inner wolf, or so he claimed.
Remus learned later that tests had come back positive for rabies. He hurriedly had the same ones done, and was relieved to find that Fenrir had bitten him before he had contracted that particular virus. Though it did explain a lot.
So Kaede dreamed of the night she had dominated the werewolves of Avalon.
Flashback...
Remus noted that every wolf in the clearing took note of his daughter's presence, and that she didn't have a mark on her. He spotted Greyback nearby and hoped that he wouldn't try anything. He was looking more feral than usual, but he had barely managed to skate by the usual inspection last year to remain alpha of the pack.
Kaede walked in front of him unconcerned, her horns for once not hidden by her magicked ears or ribbons. Aside from a hair tie to keep her long hair out of her face, her hair was unadorned and her bright red eyes shown clearly.
For the first time in a long time, Kaede wasn't hiding. She didn't need to hide among these people.
"Welcome and well met, Remus," said the Alpha of the lone all-female pack, the Daughters of Diana.
"Welcome and well met, Alpha Diana. This is my daughter Kaede."
"Welcome and well met, Alpha Diana," said Kaede with a Japanese bow. Some habits were hard to break.
Diana took a whiff of the girl's scent and looked confused.
"She's not a werewolf is she?"
"She dominated Moony before the moon was even full, and I had my nephew curled up next to me during and he wasn't bit once. Kaede has full control over my inner wolf," said Remus seriously.
Diana (it wasn't her real name, but every Alpha in the all-female pack answered to it) was stunned.
"She's not a wolf yet Moony answers to her as Alpha?"
"There's more. Back in Japan there is an entire race of muggleborns being born with the same distinct coloring and horns...and we suspect they might have the same luck. The normals have called them Diclonius."
"Remus, if this is true..."
"We might be able to push for rights again. I know. But more than that it would Kaede and girls like her hope that they can use their powers for something other than killing...the muggles in Japan haven't been reacting well to this new species I'm afraid."
"When do they ever? If she is your confirmed Alpha Greyback will challenge her. You know that, right?"
"He won't survive. I might have been able to save Kaede, but the others have developed some rather murderous tendencies around humans."
"Dad...the moon is rising," said Kaede quietly.
"We still have time," said Remus.
"Welcome and well met, Remus of the Marauder's Pack," said several of the other Alphas, barring the Greyback pack.
"Welcome and well met. This is my daughter Kaede," said Remus formally. Kaede bowed in respect, except for when they were met by the Greyback clan. Those she just glared at.
"She is not were. She has no place among us, unless you would risk her being turned," said one of the Alphas. Derrick, of the Hunter's Moon pack.
"She is something more. She can control Moony, and he has long accepted her as his new Alpha."
"A human being admitted as an alpha?" sneered Greyback. His pack laughed coldly.
Kaede turned her crimson gaze on him, and something inside Fenrir's mind reared back at the sheer bloodthirsty nature of it. However the virus inside him had taken firm hold, and he wanted a piece of the same brat he had bitten years ago.
"Fenrir Greyback of the Greyback Clan, I declare you diseased and therefor unworthy of being allowed in the packs of Avalon."
Fenrir sneered at her.
"A child can't challenge an alpha girlie."
"Not unless they are an alpha. And I am Remus Lupin's alpha, and Alpha of the Marauder's Pack."
Fenrir's sneer grew. He could turn the brat and be allowed to stay, despite his growing desire for blood.
All at once, the calm nature of the wolves shattered...not from the challenge, that had been expected. No, every werewolf in the area suddenly felt a prickling sensation at the back of their neck...something that only happened around true Alpha predators like dragons. Fenrir didn't even react to the sensation, nor did Remus, though he became that much more wary.
Kaede had unleashed her vectors, and every wolf that wasn't diseased took note.
Fenrir and Kaede got into the designated area for such challenges (rarely used but always present just in case) and waited for the change.
Remus was the only one not surprised when, as Fenrir Greyback got within the required four meters of his daughter's vector length (and they had measured as a joke once) he was absolutely shredded into chunks so fine that it would take a crack team armed with tweezers to even be able to collect it all.
Those who hadn't transformed stared in shock before the change came upon them.
Kaede kept at least one vector out as she raced alongside the wolves, and to her delight every alpha in the area submitted to her. Moony was the only one to keep pace with her though and she finally got to live out something she had been dying to do ever since she saw how big he was.
She got to ride on her father's back.
By the time morning came, the werewolves all looked at the damage dealt to Fenrir (whom many barely liked if not tolerated) and then at Kaede. Kaede helpfully shredded a nearby fir tree to splinters.
And if she happened to be in the area of a werewolf in Europe, it would come as little surprise to her that they submitted without even trying to challenge her.
Though Remus did take heart that Kaede at least listened to their reasoning before she decided to pull rank.
The Packs of Avalon now had a True Alpha among them, one who could overrule the orders of the pack mentality. Though for the most part Kaede would be used to solve debates among different packs.
And if a few werewolves went to Japan to adopt more of these 'Diclonius' to see if they could give these girls some hope for their powers, well no one said a word.
The Temple Guards were just glad that they had more volunteers to help control the growing issue of the muggles trying to kidnap and experiment on this emerging new species. Though the sterility was a growing issue among the girls, even if they could infect more muggleborns with the virus.
Kaede rather liked Hogwarts, though she did have some issues with it.
She missed her internet connection. She missed her dad. She hated some of the other students, particularly a blond ferret pest known as Malfoy.
(Remus sent her some prank spells when he heard about that. Sirius even delved deep into his twisted imagination and came up with some real zingers for her to use on him the next time he even dared utter the word 'mudblood' around her.)
But the biggest issue was the interaction between one girl named Granger and the idiot known as Ronald Weasly, who was unfortunately related to the amused duo of Fred and George.
The twins had been in awe of her father, especially when he told them that he was in fact Moony. And that Padfoot was living life down the street.
However the fact that her father was a Marauder was a closely kept secret among them, as the teachers definitely remembered them. To the twins it was the biggest prank of all, hiding the fact that Kaede was the adopted daughter of a Marauder.
Today was the flying lesson, and Harry was practically bouncing off the walls in excitement. Kaede was more restrained, but the idea of flying with nothing more than a broom was just as appealing to her as it was to her longtime friend.
The only issue was that their entire year was outside on brooms, including...Malfoy.
If it wasn't for the fact that Lucy was regularly being sated with the dead corpses of the Acromantula out in the forest (and cautiously respected by the centaurs, mostly because while she was bloodthirsty the unicorns still let her pet them) she would have ended him months ago.
Kaede was having fun...then it almost ended as Neville took off too fast and nearly crashed into the wall head-on.
Kaede sent her vectors and Harry channeled his magic into her to stabilize them so that they would allow Neville to bounce off the rather than go through like normal.
Strangely, when he did that she could feel them doubling in length. How weird.
Harry managed to get near Neville long enough to steady him and they all landed. Neville was very shaken by the near death experience and staunchly refused to go near a broom again.
However he ended up becoming one of the few people Kaede could stand to be around when he tentatively asked to sit with them later and they bonded over gardening.
Kaede liked flowers, Harry enjoyed gardening within reason, and Neville was quickly revealing himself to be a true green mage.
Sure he was a Gryffindor, but Neville was one of the quiet bravery types rather than the loud and raucous people like Ron. Someone whom Kaede had pegged as a coward from the get go. He was all talk, no real substance.
From Neville they also roped in one Hermione Granger.
Kaede was fine with her presence, but after a while it became clear that while the group was full of the outcasts, Hermione had a personality that simply caused people to avoid her on principle.
She was bossy, nosy and more importantly a harridan when she felt something was clearly wrong.
Never before had Kaede thank the gods (she was still Japanese, and a firm believer in the Shinto religion) that Hermione was English and hadn't been exposed to the Diclonius virus. The idea of this girl with vectors and a split personality gave Kaede nightmares.
On the plus side, they did learn that Hermione actually lived four blocks from where they did, so they could visit her. It wasn't like there was anyone more dangerous than Kaede with her vectors on 'shred'.
Besides, they had needed an excuse to ride their bikes without having to deal with the fat pig Dudley or his gang trying to harass them all the bloody time.
Not that he went near Kaede after she shredded his books one day after school. His parents believed him, but the teachers sure as hell didn't.
Kaede was behind the idiot known as Ron when he brazenly said that Hermione didn't have any friends loudly. Hermione slapped him and ran off crying.
Kaede was quick to follow her into the girl's bathroom.
"Hermione Granger, you come out this instant or I'm bringing Professor Sprout here," said Kaede firmly, putting her 'Queen' voice (Remus called it the 'Alpha voice', but Lucy called it Queen) into good use.
Hermione came out, eyes still wet from tears.
"Did you hear what the awful boy said?"
"I don't think Gryffindor is working out for you. Let's face it, it's the house of the jocks and the loudmouths. I think what you need is to transfer to Ravenclaw instead."
"Is it possible?"
"It's in the school charter. If the student cannot fit into their house they can request a transfer to another one within the first six months of schooling. You might be brave, but you'd fit in more with us bookworms than you do in the land of the jocks," said Kaede simply.
Hermione nodded. She would make the request after dinner.
"Until then, you're sitting with us. If Ron's going to be that much of an asshole, then you don't deserve to sit with the idiots. Neville's going to join us anyway...I heard rumors the twins have a prank for their house table today."
Hermione and Neville were next to Harry and Kaede feasting on candy. Kaede normally watched what she ate, but considering the holiday she pigged out. She did make sure to eat something healthy to balance out the sugar though.
In between casting the 'animal ear' spell for everyone in Ravenclaw (they were all sporting raven feathers as a joke) Kaede, Neville and Hermione were helping Harry forget that this was the night he had become an orphan.
Then their fun came crashing down when Quirrel rushed in with news of a troll.
There was some alarm when Ron Weasly spoke about Hermione being in a girl's bathroom...the same one the troll had wandered into for some reason.
Kaede theorized that it had smelled all the hormones that came off the girls and mistaken it for that of a female troll. Considering how old the pipes were and the fact it was mating season for the trolls, it wasn't that hard to believe.
The next morning Hermione and Neville changed houses...though Neville chose the Puffs instead because they had more interaction with the greenhouses.
His grandmother had initially been upset until she realized he wanted to be more like his mother than his father. Alice had been good with plants too.