It had been a month since the children were born. Kali had the same darkly good looks that Tom Riddle had. Grant was the spitting image of Rabastan, with beautiful hazel eyes. She settled comfortably into the role of mother. The only negative to the entire situation was her husband. He spent far too much time with the children, which was to say any time with them was too much. Bellatrix doted on Kali as if she were her own daughter. Rodolphus and Rabastan adored Grant. Rupert watched them when Athena was being taught by either Bellatrix or Rodolphus.

Today was the same as all the others. She woke up to feed the children, and had breakfast. She prepared herself for whatever her husband had planned for her. After her meal was finished, she realized that she, Nadia, and Rupert were the only ones home. Today would be the day. Her letters to Andromeda kept ending the same, "meet you soon."

"Father?" she called at the top of her lungs. Footsteps were hurried toward her. She looked up and saw that her father had his wand ready.

"Angel, are you okay?"

"Put that away, you'll scare your grandchildren."

"Sorry." Kali began to cry.

"See what you did." She reached into the silver crib and grabbed the crying infant. "Did grandpa scare you?" Athena simply rolled her eyes at her father. She soothed her daughter by lightly bouncing her till she calmed and slept. Putting her back into the crib she looked to Rupert and signaled to go into the other room.

"What's so urgent?"

"I need you to watch the twins today, possibly all day."

"Have you got a hot date with your cuddly husband?"

"Cute. No, going to see Andy."

"Are you sure this is wise?"

"It's now or never father."

"True, I know what you must do. That doesn't mean I have to like it."

"I don't want to do this. I don't want to risk orphaning my beautiful twins, but I must. If my husband is hell bent on hurting these people, then I have to try to help them. Mom would want me to."

"I hope that you have thought this through."

"Of course I have. I wouldn't be leaving my children unless there were no other options."

"You are so much like Maria."

"Please make sure that they are safe if I do not return. I love you father." Athena said laying all her anger at her father aside forever.

"And I you…" She walked back to the children, giving them both what she hoped would not be her last looks at them.

"I love you Kali. I love you Grant." She left the slumbering twins and walked to her room. She chose simple black jeans, black tank top, and her prized Pink Floyd hooded sweatshirt that her cousin Reese had bought for her sixteenth birthday. She walked over to her mirror; at a glance she couldn't recognize her own reflection. She looked more like her mother now. She pulled her wand and concentrated on reaching Andromeda's home. With a crack she appeared about a mile away from her chosen destination. Cursing her inability to do pinpoint apparition under her breath she merely walked on. As confidently as she could she knocked on the Tonks' front door. Hoping that whatever happens today will help defeat her husband. The door opened and an obviously pregnant woman answered the door, vivid pink hair almost blinding Athena.

"Who are you?"

"Maria Warner, friend of your mother's. May I enter?" she lied almost wincing at calling herself by her mother's name.

"Mom's not here right now. But perhaps I could help you in some way?" she said with a shred of loneliness in her voice.

"Yes. Maybe you can. Nymphadora I presume?"

"Tonks…" she said holding out her hand.

"Pleased to meet you, Andy has told me much about you."

"You know don't you?"

"About you and Remus, I do."

"I am so worried about him. I used to have my dad around to talk to, but you-know-who has been hunting muggle-borns."

"I've heard." Athena said gritting her teeth.

"Well my husband is off trying to get information, and I've not heard from him in weeks. I'm worried that he may already be dead."

"I can help."

"How…?"

"Well Greyback's pack isn't exactly hard to track. I'll go to them. See if Remus is with them. If he is, I'll bring him home to you."

"That's far too dangerous, I cannot allow that!"

"Don't worry about me. The stress isn't good for your baby. I'm going to bring him home."

"Please be careful Maria. I'll tell mom that you were here."

"I will."

"Watch your back Fenrir is an animal. Not just the werewolf, he is an animal."

"I know very well what he is capable of." Athena said recalling her first meeting with Fenrir. His mouth reeked of blood, and he glared at the twins, a glare that sent Voldemort to throw a curse at him. "Remus will be with you shortly, he won't miss out on your pregnancy or the birth."

"Thank you."

"No problem." Athena left the house and thanked the fact that even after having been cursed at by her husband, Fenrir was still loyal to him. "This is going to be easier than I thought." She said before apparating to where Greyback's pack was said to be hunting. She watched as the men in the clearing of the woods began to transform. "Shit! It's a full moon tonight. I totally spaced about that. I've got to get out of here, before any of them smell me." She back up slowly, straight into the werewolf form of Fenrir.

Before she could think of what to do next, she felt wind pass over her arm. The wind was followed shortly by immense and intense pain. She looked down at her now crimson arm. Beneath the blood and the remains of her favorite sweater, she could see the distinct marks of a werewolf talon. She grabbed her wand and began to run full speed, with Fenrir following closely behind her. Hoping that she wouldn't splinch, she concentrated on getting home. With a startling crack she arrived on the front lawn of her home. She was still full of adrenaline as she ran to her front door. She entered the manor, before passing out from the pain she managed to scream, "Father help me!"