Hello everyone, this is my submission for the Ancient Runes assignment in the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft & Wizardry (Challenges & Assignments) Forum. Slight AU. Thank you to HP Slash Luv for betaing this. I do not own anything in regards to Harry Potter; the rights belong to J.K. Rowling. I will be posting teasers and answering questions on my Tumblr account (sunset-whispers). All I have left to say is sit back, relax and enjoy reading.
Task: Write about a brave sacrifice.
Extra Prompts (optional) that were used: (Character) Fenrir Greyback, (Setting) During a war.
Character: Fenrir Greyback
Rating: K
Word Count - 622
The Battle raged on in the castle; students, teachers and werewolves were facing off against the Death Eaters.
Fenrir Greyback had assembled the pack of werewolves that were helping against the Death Eaters. He went from one fight to the next, helping any student or adult that seemed to be outmatched before moving on. He'd noticed Remus in the Great Hall facing off against Dolohov. He knew the younger werewolf who was once pallid and sickly looking, but was now leanly muscled, had an inner strength and would be able to win the fight. After all, Remus had one thing that Fenrir had never truly had when he had been young: love and a family to fight for.
Their relationship had always been one of awkwardness, but when Fenrir had chosen a side and joined the Order, Remus and he had dealt with the issues between them so that they were on a civil enough footing that they soon became friends.
It had taken some time but Fenrir had been the one to teach Remus how to be one with his wolf so that he didn't have to keep taking the Wolfsbane Potions before every full moon. Because of this Remus had become more muscular, leanly so and he was happier with himself, which affected his relationship with Tonks for the better.
As Fenrir walked down the marble steps in the Entrance Hall, he noticed Tonks, her hair an angry red to match her mood, enter through the entrance to the castle, the large oak doors blown apart earlier in the fight. She was looking around for Remus, her wand ready in her hand.
As he watched the young witch, out of the corner of his blue eyes, he noticed Bellatrix come out of the shadows, almost as if she had appeared from thin air. He didn't know how long she had been lurking, but when he saw the sadistically gleeful smile on her wicked face, he knew she had seen her niece and would go after her.
Fenrir knew the moment she raised her twelve and three quarter walnut and dragon heartstring wand at Tonks what the curse would be that she would cast. He couldn't let Remus go through the pain of losing his mate, nor could he let young Teddy grow up without his mother, it wasn't right or fair. Knowing what he was about to do, giving his life to save another's, he felt oddly calm with the knowledge that his sacrifice was worth it.
Fenrir wasn't proud of everything that he had done in his life; he'd made mistakes which he couldn't take back. For once, he would do something that was good, that would show he wasn't just the savage beast he'd been seen as. Shifting quickly, he bounded down the stairs, leaping in front of Tonks just as the green bolt of light raced towards her. He howled in pain as he took the curse before collapsing onto the floor, dead.
Fenrir's sacrifice meant that Tonks lived.
Years later, when Teddy was old enough to understand and ask questions, he asked his parents why his middle name was Fenrir.
Remus looked at his son, smiling at how the young boy's hair changed colour the same way as his mother's did. Yet, his eyes had the same specks of amber Remus'.
"Your middle name is Fenrir after my friend who died in the Second Wizarding War. He died saving your mum and I think you would have gotten along well. He cared about us even if I don't think he would have ever admitted it. I think he saw us as family; his death was a brave one because he was protecting those he cared about."
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