I'll Be Seeing You
Originally, I wanted this to be an OC story, but I thought about it and decided that a reader insert would be much more of a challenge, so I've decided to take it on.
Ah…where to begin? First off, I'm really not this obsessed Harry Potter fan, I just recently got into the series, and I fell in love with Snape, he's such a wonderful character. So if I get anything wrong, I'm sorry -_-'
The story begins near the end of the Prisoner of Azkaban, assuming that Harry and the gang still had a few weeks before the end of school.
Enjoy!
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Harry watched in fear as his godfather and Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher battled in their animal forms, Sirius seemed done for, blood leaking from his open wounds. Lupin stalked forward, to finish off harry in one blow. But at that moment a howl was heard deeper in the Dark Forest. Lupin raised his head in interest, then another howl was heard from the same source. He looked back at the injured Sirius, then ran off towards the sound, mouth salivating. Sirius changed back into his human form and staggered after him. Harry breathed raggedly, still in shock from almost being bitten from a werewolf but still chased after the other two men.
After all, Sirius was the closest thing he had to family and he wouldn't let that go.
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You felt the wind thrust into your face, heart racing and blood rushing through your veins. Your breath came out in even and rather loud cycles, but the pulse in your ears drowned out the huffing of your lungs. With every passing second, you began to pant harder, the taste of ice forming in your mouth. The night was freezing, probably because the dementors were close by, but you knew that you were just too fast for them. The full moon shined brightly above you, wolves usually came out during this time of the year and you came to the edge of the Dark Forest in hopes to find another wolf. You just happened to be passing by when you heard strange screams and howls coming from near the wizard school. Normally, you would never go near those humans but you needed to find a wolf pack. It was difficult surviving in the forest alone.
You burned to go faster, you knew that you heard it.
Yes, you definitely heard it. There was no mistaking that sound.
You could never mistake the sound of one of your own kind.
A howl came again to reach your ears; you knew that you were close.
The wet ground of the Dark Forest seemed to push more blood through your body. Your slim body weaved its way through the trees, your paws just barely touching
the ground. White fur blew back with your speed, and your violet eyes focusing on the obstacles in front of you.
Your ears twitched, wishing that another howl would come to lead you in the right direction. You bared white teeth in frustration.
Where?
Where?
Flitting from side to side, you howled in desperation, hoping that the wolf would answer your call.
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Hermione quickly snapped around in fear.
"What was that?"
Ron turned also, a look of absolute fear on his face, very close to bursting into tears. Severus snapped around at the same time, his thin lips slightly parted and black eyes scanning for any danger.
Hermione spoke again, "Wait, if Lupin is over there, then who's howling?"
She saw Harry slip away after Sirius but quickly turned when another howl bellowed through the air. All three moved back slowly as a rustling sound was heard in front of them.
Severus pushed Ron and Hermione behind him and whispered harshly, "Don't make a sound."
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Your keen eyes caught a sight of a clearing, a form standing in the middle of it. You rushed head long into it, speeding even faster now.
Yet, something seemed wrong to you, something just didn't smell right…
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The wizards and witch saw a blur of white race towards them. Ron clutched onto the witch and she buried her face into his shoulder. The Potions Master tensed visibly and drew his wand out towards the darkness.
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Finally when you were in the clearing, your eyes searched the area for another creature like you, you sniffed for their scent.
Your heart dropped when you saw three wizards (one of which was trembling furiously) staring straight at you.
The shaky one had red hair and freckles. He smelled strongly of blood, dog and rat.
The girl had brown hair and eyes, you could see that she was a clever one. She smelled of dirt and…dead ferrets?
When your gaze landed on the oldest of the humans, something inside of you moved.
Time itself stopped.
Curiosity stirred inside you.
He had long black hair and matching eyes. His scent was warm unlike the others, it was dark and musky. You couldn't tell the exact ingredients.
Yet, you quickly pushed the thoughts from your mind when you noticed that the older one had something in his hand.
A wand.
He wanted to attack you!
It only took you a second to gather the information, and you quickly dropped yourself close to the ground, ready to attack if needed. Your white fangs glowed in to moonlight, your white fur stood on its end and your lavender eyes focused on your target. A deep growl vibrated in your throat, loud enough for the humans to hear and warning them not to attack.
The red one held onto the girl, trying to protect her from you.
Maybe they're from the same pack. Mates, possibly?
The boy spoke up again, "All that howling must have called that wolf here!"
"Silence, Weasley! If you anger it, you will give it a reason to attack!", said the dark haired one. He had a silky voice, it was surprisingly calm for their situation.
Anger me? They seem to be harmless. They could have been the ones making the howling sounds...
The humans spoke in a language you could understand, but you decided not to speak to them and keep you thoughts to yourself.
Seeing as they did not want trouble, you straightened out your back and hid your teeth as anger disappeared from your eyes.
"W-What? It won't to attack us?", said the boy.
"I don't think it wants to, Ron...It might have just been looking for Lupin.", said the girl, still shaking. All three looked into your eyes, searching for your emotions.
Moments of silence passed, you were just about to turn around and leave when the girl moved.
Slowly, she removed herself from the boy and began to move towards you, you moved back in response.
"Are you looking for a wolf?", she said. "Can you understand me?"
You decided that it would be best to not respond.
Silence.
Her clothes were dirty and ripped, she seemed to have gotten into a fight with another human. Her eyes moved sharply, catching and studying your movements. Your sensitive ears caught her hard breathing, and the dead leaves crunching under her feet.
"Please, maybe you can help us. Our friend is in danger, a werewolf is after him. Please, could you help us?"
The girl was now only a few feet from you, her eyes silently begging for assistance.
"Please?"
Then she reached out her hand towards you, as if wanting to touch you.
Immediately, you hunched over and bared your teeth.
You DID NOT liked to be touched. Especially by humans.
"Hermione!", yelled the boy.
Frightened, she quickly moved back a few steps. Then the man came and stepped in front of the girl, his arms trying to block her.
Yet, for some reason, some special reason, you felt no threat from this human. He was different. His eyes had a tint of fear in them, but they had so much more bravery. He had thin lips, which were parted, ready to send out a spell.
It was your turn to move back, no longer in your attacking position.
All three of them looked in amazement, silently grateful that you did not attack.
A deeper growl reached their ears, but this time it was not yours.
Everyone turned to see a werewolf on his hind legs, drooling and yellow eyes set upon the humans.
"Another?", the boy yelled out.
"It's Lupin!", yelled the girl.
You glared at the half human, werewolves only wanted to create those of their own kind, poisoning both the human and animal world. Werewolves were never happy neither as human or creature.
As the creature stalked forward, the humans backed away again.
I cannot believe that I am going to get into this...
You turned your fangs towards the half creature and blocked it from reaching the humans. As you began to move forward, it mirrored your actions. After several seconds of low growling and barking, the werewolf made its move and lunged towards you. And it hit its target. Both of you went rolling towards the dirty ground. A heap of snarls, whimpers, claws and teeth fought its way around the clearing. You never let the thing get close enough to the humans, you kept smashing him into the ground with bites. Quite a few times he clawed at your face, leaving deep flesh wounds and coloring your white fur. When you thought that you were just about to give him the last hit, he bit your hind leg and sent you to the ground.
You could only watch as the got closer and closer to the wizards, hunger in his dim eyes. All of them looked as if they were going to make a run for it.
But you leaped at him once last time and bit his neck, it sent him into a fit of pain filled howls. Finally he ran away into the darkness, now he knew that this was your territory, even if it wasn't.
The only sound that could be heard was the wind blowing in the trees, and your panting. You shook off your fur as if you had just jumped into water and licked up the blood on your paws quitely.
It seemed that all of you enjoyed a moment of silence after such action.
"T-Thank you." said the girl, barely above a whisper.
You turned towards the wizards, bowed your head lightly and limped into another part of the darkness.
You only turned back once, to gaze into those dark eyes once last time before he disappeared into thin air with the children.
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