Kaede got a letter from Remus. He was reporting an odd increase in men from Japan looking for her, so he suggested they stay at Hogwarts for the time being.

Worse case scenario, they would go on a trip overseas for a while with Harry and Orion. Best case, they leave and wouldn't return next year.

Though knowing his luck, the neighbors would blab about Kaede's presence. Since she was safe at Hogwarts nine months out of the year, that meant that they would simply have to travel the other two they got for summer holidays.

By the time she turned seventeen, she would be able to defend herself legally and they could claim that she had used a wandless spell to turn them to paste.

Of course if they were still after her at seventeen, they would have more to worry about than just her vectors. Werewolves were protective of their pack, and the idea that someone would come to take her away had them going into defense mode.

You don't mess with a protective pack. Not if you didn't want to be killed or worse, turned.

In Surrey...

Remus twitched. Yet another Japanese thug had come to find Kaede to take her back. Orion had been there for the second time, and, through the use of legilmency (not as smooth or unnoticeable like Kaede's but still useable) they had more information.

Apparently these people believe Kaede to be a 'Queen' Diclonius, meaning that she wasn't born sterile. These people feared that a Queen would grow to maturity and take over the human race.

What idiots.

Remus knew for a fact that the Diclonius gene was passed on not through the men like they assumed, but through the latent magic gene in most people.

For example, if a squib were to be infected by a vector and have a child, that child would automatically be turned into a Diclonius. However they would only be able to infect others with parents that had low enough magic levels to create a full magical.

The Japanese Ministry had done extensive testing on the gene, and found that nine times out of ten, it only affected the first generation magicals.

Every one thousand or so infected would create a 'queen' Diclonius, one that was strong enough to override whatever was causing the sterility issue and they would be able to carry a second generation Diclonius.

There was one small detail though. They had no idea what a Queen Diclonius had that made them that powerful, and the only possible lead they had was Kaede Lupin, who was currently too young to even have hit puberty.

If she was a queen, or the Queen bee like these people claimed, then perhaps she could help them unravel the mystery of this Diclonius virus.

The only reason Kaede considered it when Remus told her (he shared all news about her species with her, since she might have some insight they didn't) was because unlike the civilians (or what the British called muggles) the magicals found people like her fascinating and there was an actual demand for their skills that would make people happy.

If they had a Diclonius around, they could calm a feral werewolf down long enough to determine if it was possible to integrate the into a pack or simply dispose of it.

What Kaede didn't know was that she would soon have first-hand experience keeping a baby dragon calm and behaved.

Still...the fact that these muggles had narrowed down which house Kaede lived in worried Remus. Which was why he was glad he had long since mastered apparition, despite how Kaede felt about the art.

So he started making plans with Sirius to go abroad and visit the world. He knew Harry would enjoy it, and if nothing else the boy could visit any friends with Kaede over the summer and keep on the move to avoid these people.

Besides, Sirius had confirmed that some of these bastards actually killed the girls by forcing them to overexert their magic. No way in Helheim (Remus and Sirius were Marauders and so naturally worshiped Loki...doubly so for Remus since the werewolves also worshiped Fenrir) were they getting their claws on his daughter!

"Ugh. I can't believe we have to stay in this drafty castle all winter," said Kaede. She hated cold. Except when it came to snowball wars when she took vindictive pleasure in pounding Dudley's fat face into the snow banks with her vectors making and launching an entire barrage of snow balls.

There was a reason why Harry was always quick to join Kaede's team. He didn't want to get hit by the snow queen!

Hearing Malfoy laugh at them for not 'being wanted' during Christmas, Kaede made a point to target him before he left with several snow balls. His hair turned a pink brighter than her own.

Her evil cackle of revenge was almost as fun as listening to his outraged shout.

It wouldn't wear off until he came back from the holidays.

Kaede was the one who found the mirror first.

She saw herself, all grown up surrounded by others like her...and Harry was beside her. Sirius was free and Remus had come to terms with his condition.

But there was something else. In her arms was a child. A child with darker pink hair and green eyes instead of red. On his head were a pair of horns and she could see the vectors coming off him. Those eyes were identical to Harry's.

'Why would anyone have such a dangerous mirror in this room without a charm to lock the door? What are they hiding?' she wondered.

Her desire to know was strong enough to activate the charm that had been laced on the mirror. Her older self used her vectors to remove a blood red stone and put it into her bag. Kaede had a garnet about the same size, a present from Sirius who heard she liked the color red, and the vector removed that and replaced the rock she had just received.

Seeing the realization on her face, Lucy smiled and nodded. The garnet took on most of the rock's energy signature, so no one would know they had been switched.

Kaede left and made certain to tell Harry to avoid that area if he valued their friendship. She didn't want him near that mirror.

Kaede looked up red stones, and was about to give up when she went into the deeper part of the history section. Because of Binns, almost no one went in to pick up books from the older tomes.

Madam Pince blinked at the fact she was checking those out, but the fact Kaede took better care of her books than most other students kept her silent.

"Huh. Nicholas Flamel. Wasn't he in Fullmetal Alchemist?" said Kaede to herself, eating her snack.

The second she reached his greatest achievement, she stopped what she was doing.

"Dammit... I knew that a magical red rock sounded familiar..."

Kaede was a fan of Fullmetal Alchemist, mostly because she loved Edward Elric and his red coat.

And one of the most prominent things in the series was the philosopher's stone, the greatest alchemical catalyst in existence. A blood red stone. One like the object in her bag.

Why the hell was something this dangerous in the damn school?!

"What's up Kae-chan?" asked Harry.

"Can I borrow Hedwig?"

Hedwig was Harry's familiar, one that Sirius had gotten when they visited the Owl Emporium. Kaede had gotten more books. It was his birthday present.

"Sure."

It took Kaede a few minutes to write the letter asking for explanations and it was the recipient that made Harry laugh.

It was to the biggest Fullmetal Alchemist fan in the world and it was laced with enough magic so that Hedwig wouldn't be confused.

Before Christmas came, Kaede got a reply and her grin was not very comforting.

Flamel was pissed with Dumbledore now. And she knew it was him because he had corrected a few deliberate mistakes she had made in his personal history as a way to check.

Plus there was the fact she knew he had personally helped make the series she loved. The symbol on the letter was a big tip off.

"Dear Kaede Lupin

Thank you for informing me of what my once-apprentice has done. I refused his request to borrow the stone earlier this year, but it appears he went ahead and took the dummy I left in it's place anyway.

Rest assured that is not the real stone in your possession, but one that is flawed like the priest used in the first book. While it won't produce the elixir of life like the true one, it can still make base materials such as silver. As I sincerely doubt you have any interest in the stone itself, we can meet in France sometime during your summer break to return the stone.

Coincidentally congratulations on finding a way through my mail-wards. My wife was most put out that a girl managed to slip an owl past them so easily and on her first try. I must know how you knew that I helped create the series.

Sincerely,

Nick Flemming."

Kaede was quick to reply. She noticed Hedwig had an additional spell on her, presumably to allow her through the wards Nick mentioned.

"Mr. Flemming,

I honestly have no interest in the stone. The only reason I recognized it was because I am a huge fan of Edward Elric and they had a very accurate description of the stone in the series.

I'm sure my father won't have any issues with taking us to France. Circumstances have dictated that we avoid England during the summer months, and I'm sure you'll have many more questions when we finally meet up.

Sincerely,

Kaede 'Lucy' Lupin."

Kaede took one look at her Christmas present from her father, and her squeal of delight woke everyone who was still there.

Meaning Harry.

"Guess uncle Wolfie got her that coat she wanted..." mumbled Harry. He would have gone back to sleep, but Kaede immediately went to his room and pounced on him.

"OOF!"

Harry knew better than to say Kaede was heavy. Sirius had given him a long list of things not to say in front of women as a warning.

And to always check first before assuming a girl was pregnant. That had gotten the dog animagus more slaps than James had from Lily.

Harry put on his glasses and stared.

Remus hadn't gotten her the coat. He had gotten the entire ensemble down to the boots and pocket watch. Kaede had changed her hair color to sunny blond and her eyes to golden to match the outfit she was wearing. Her hair ribbons were a bright red color, so her horns were easily visible...if they weren't covered over by the ribbons themselves.

"Merry Christmas!"

Harry grinned. He ripped into his own presents, and seeing her face light up when he opened the one from Remus to reveal an exactly copy of Mustang's outfit, including the gloves.

For the first time in a while, Harry went without his own ribbons. The gloves were charmed with a spell to cause a minor blue bell fire whenever he snapped his fingers. Not enough to cause fire, but enough to startle people.

The minute he had the outfit on, he struck the famous pose and declared "When I become Minister all female aurors will be required to wear mini skirts!"

"That's fuhrer and it's officers."

"Yeah, but this will actually make sense to the pure bloods," grinned Harry.

"Point. Do I see chocolate?" said Kaede grinning.

The two dove into their presents and even found some new ones under a massive tree in the common room.

However one of them Kaede shredded with her vectors because they didn't know who it had come from, but it was definitely muggle in origin.

How those men found a way to deliver a tracking device to Hogwarts, she had no idea. However the device would have been fried by the magic in the air, and even then her vectors had turned it into so many pieces it would take hours to sort them out.

Fred and George looked at each other. They didn't know how but the two firsties were cheating. It had been a simple snow ball war between the two older lions and the ickle first year ravens.

Then something in the air shifted and suddenly they were on the losing end of Lucy and Harry. They had no idea what caused it, only that it seemed to be centered around Lucy.

It wasn't until Fred happened to see large hand prints in the snow where the Lucy had been in the general area of that he realized that she somehow had extra hands they couldn't see.

Later, the next day, the twins confronted them about the hands.

Lucy looked a bit panicked...then Fred felt a weird pressure in his head and she calmed down.

"What was that?"

Harry looked at his best friend.

"Well?"

"They're mostly curious, but they aren't hostile."

Harry nodded.

"Right. Do either of you know Occulmency?"

"Of course," said George.

"Standard practice for any true prankster."

Kaede reached above her head and slowly removed the bright red ribbon, revealing her horns. Fred and George blinked twice.

"Are those...horns?" said George.

Harry reached above Kaede's head and pinched one for them. Seeing that it was still solid, they realized that yes, she did have horns.

"Lucy is something called a Diclonius. We're not sure what they are exactly but they seem to have the ability to dominate werewolves to the point they're no longer a danger to humans around the full moon."

"Seriously?"

"So...are those horns real?"

"Very real. Care to see what they do?" asked Kaede mischievously.

These two reminded her of her dad and uncle. Pranksters, but still caring.

"You have weird hand things don't you?" asked Fred.

Kaede and Harry blinked. That was a yes.

"Four of them. How did you know?"

"You had these weird imprints in the snow when you never went near it. That's how I knew," shrugged Fred.

"So what now?"

"These hand things...they're invisible right?" said Fred grinning.

"They vibrate too fast for the human eye to see. So yes," said Harry.

"Care to help us prank the teachers? I mean these things can go through walls like a ghost right?" said George.

Kaede's evil grin was all they needed for that to be confirmed. Time to trap the castle.