The Hounds of Midnight Book One

Chapter 1

"NOOO!"

Molly Weasley screamed as she watched Fenrir Greyback bite down into her sons arm snapping it in half with a sickening crack.

Blood poured from the wound as Fenrir went in for the kill only to become distracted as a red spider patronus appeared beside him.

"GO TO THE FOREST. YOUR SERVICES ARE NEEDED."

The spider hissed before it disappeared into thin air.

Greyback growled lowly as blood dripped from his large fangs before he shook his head and ran out of the castle with one last howl scratching Fred's chest with three deep claw marks.

Once the large wolf disappeared into the darkness of the night, Molly rushed over to where Fred lay in a pool of his own blood.

She pulled back his shirt and gasped at the sight of the bloody bite that now was marking his shoulder.

Letting out a sob, she heard the sound of footsteps before George let out a scream as he saw his brother in such grave shape.

Molly and George clung to each other tightly as the battle raged heavily around them.

Together they shielded Fred from further harm in a corner as they fired off counter spells together as the night wore on.

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Bill Weasley raced through the woods as dark spells flew in the air around him.

For once he was thankful for his werewolf speed and agility because none of the Death Eaters keep pace with him.

He huffed and slowed down once he saw that they had turned back and stopped their search for him as he dropped down onto the ground in a small clearing.

Listening to the sounds of war around him he let out a low whine when he thought of his family and wondered if they were all safe.

A sudden noise sounded from behind the trees to his right as he quickly turned and drew his wand getting low in a defensive positon.

Edging closer to the location of the noise he stopped in his tracks at the sight before him.

A group of Death Eater's stood in a large circle just as he saw Fenrir Greyback throw a bloodied body down into the middle.

Bill growled instinctively as he instantly felt protective over the smaller figure sprawled out on the ground.

He heard a gurgling cough before a voice he knew all too well sounded from the body.

"Kill me. Fucking kill me already."

Draco gritted out as blood poured from his wounds.

The Death Eater's laughed as one hooded figure stepped forward and spoke loudly so they all could hear him.

"Draco Malfoy, you are being condemned to death for betraying the Dark Lord and being responsible as a part of his death.

Fenrir has offered to do the deed for us and let me tell you it will neither be quick or painless.

I do hope that you feel every bit of pain as he tears you apart and are left to die.

Fenrir my friend, you may have at it.

Good riddance Malfoy."

The hooded figure said as they all cackled with laugher while Fenrir moved so he towered over Draco's body getting ready for the kill.

In a split second decision, all of Bill Weasley's rational sense went out the window as he crashed through the trees and pounced on Greyback who roared with surprise as Bill changed into a large brown wolf and ripped into his shoulder.

The two fought back and forth countering each other as Bill realized that they were evenly matched.

It only took a moment of hesitation for Greyback to launch himself at Bill effectively knocking him aside as his vision blurred when his head met the ground.

Bill yelped in pain as his vision started to clear and could only watch in horror as Greyback sunk his fangs deep into Draco's shoulder making the boy scream in pain.

Knowing that he was probably going to regret what he was about to do, Bill flew through the air and ripped Greyback off of Draco before quickly sinking his teeth into the massive wolves throat and ripping it out with a loud gurgle.

Greyback fell off to the side as blood poured from his dead body while Bill rushed over to Draco and hoped that the boy was still alive.

He sighed in relief when he heard Draco's weak heartbeat in his battered chest and realized that he had to get him back to the castle so he could be treated before he bled out completely.

Shaking his head hard he wondered just how much shit he had just brought upon himself as he lifted the blonde boy onto his back and raced off to the castle where he found Harry and Hermione catching their breath on the now destroyed steps.

Hermione jumped when she saw the large wolf approach but Harry gripped her arm tightly and gestured to the wolf with familiar blue eyes.

"It's okay Mione. It's just Bill. Who's that you've brought with you?"

Hermione jumped up and let out a shrill scream as she lifted the bodies head up coming to see that it was none other than Draco Malfoy who was bleeding profusely on the eldest Weasley's dark fur.

"Oh Holy Merlin! It's Malfoy! What on earth were you thinking saving a prat like that?!"

She screamed but was quieted when Harry shook his head and met Bill's eyes before giving him a single nod and stepping aside as the wolf padded its way into the crumbling castle.

Bill made his way into the Dining Hall as he took in the sight of the hundreds of bodies, some alive and most dead that littered the stone floor on makeshift stretchers.

Healers and Mediwitches dashed around the room trying to prepare the survivors for transport over to St. Mungo's.

Taking a deep breath he let out a huff as he changed back into his human form and carried the now lifeless looking body of Draco over to a healer who signaled him to put him on a stretcher.

"Is he alive or dead?"

The Healer questioned as he looked over Draco's injuries.

Bill was about to answer when the Healer froze as his hands reached the bloodied bite mark that was now marring Draco's pale shoulder.

He watched as the Healer took a deep breath before meeting Bill's eyes.

"He's been bitten."

He stated as Bill almost wanted to roll his eyes at the Healer for stating the obvious.

Giving a shake of his head, the Healer called for backup as several witches and wizards picked up Draco and moved him off to the side of the room where a small group of other survivors lay.

Turning to the eldest Weasley, he gave him a grim look as he explained Draco's fate.

"He is going to be transported to a locked down ward at St. Mungo's with the other survivors who had suffered at Greyback's hand and will be treated for his injuries until he is well enough to be released and register with the Department of Magical Creatures.

I suggest that you come to St. Mungo's in a few days and check up on him.

He will be released back into your care when he's fully healed."

The Healer said as Bill's eyes widened before he rolled them dramatically as he took in the information that Draco would now be under his care since his parents were killed in a Death Eater raid that the Order performed several weeks ago.

Giving a nod to the Healer he strode off intending to leave the room but stopped dead in his tracks as he spotted a group of familiar red heads leaning over a stretcher that held one of the survivors that was bitten.

Quickly he made his way over to them as Molly let out a cry of relief before she and Arthur took him into their arms.

"We thought you were dead…"

Molly sobbed as Arthur somberly patted him on the back.

There was a minute of silence before they all turned and he saw that it was Fred that lay on the stretcher with a bloody broken arm that had a bite mark embedded into his flesh and three deep claw scratches going across his midsection.

Closing his eyes tightly he tried to quell his emotions as he tried to come to terms with the fact that not only was the youngest Malfoy now under his care, but also his own brother would be too.

He listened to the sounds of Molly and Ginny sobbing as Arthur and Ron held them close while George stared off into the distance with a blank expression.

He could only imagine how Fred's twin was taking the news that not only was his brother still alive but that he would be completely different once he went through the Changing.

He heard Ron clear his throat and opened his eyes to see that he held Ginny tightly to his chest with his eyes narrowed straight at him.

"This is worse than him being dead. Now he's going to become a fucking monster just like you."

The youngest Weasley gritted out making them all stunned and shocked.

Bill felt his chest tighten at his younger brother's harsh words but knew that he was right no matter how hard he tried to deny it.

Both Fred and Draco would've been better off dead than what they were about to go through.

With that last thought in his mind he turned and raced out of the room and out into the pouring rain that had begun to fall over the battlefield that had now been turned into a graveyard.

Taking one last look at the castle that still had smoke billowing out of its towers, he closed his eyes and let out an earth shattering howl before changing into his wolf form and racing off into the forest vowing to come back for both Fred and Draco as they adjusted to their new lives as werewolves.