There was a bark of laughter from the group, and the man who had spoken stepped up to her. "Good girl." He grinned, before looking over the top of her head to the figure directly opposite him, who had caught Luna's wand. This figure also unclasped her cloak, letting it fall to the ground where it, again, disappeared in smoke. This revealed a woman, only a little taller than Luna. She had dark brown hair with flashes of white at the tips, cropped short so that the ends just brushed her chin. Her face was a slim oval, a thin, smiling mouth and large almond shaped eyes, which seemed to flash silver. She was skinny and lean, with long pointed fingers and boney shoulders. She to, bore the mark of one who has been living outdoors for too long.

She wore a white sleeveless top, and while most of it was made of thin cotton, the part around her shoulders seemed to have been made of torn pieces of net. She wore denim trousers, torn off just above the knee, and a filthy purple scarf was wrapped around her narrow waist. On her hands were a pair of shredded black fingerless gloves, and like her male counterpart wore high, sturdy black boots. She grinned wolfishly, showing small, pointed white teeth. In either hand she held a wand; Luna's and her own. Her own she now raised, and flicked it in a small circle. Instantly, thin ropes flew out of the end, coiling around Luna's arms and legs, causing her to stagger, but the woman darted forward before she had time to fall, and gripped a hold on her upper arm. She pushed the two wands into the scarf around her waist. Luna tried to shrug her off, but the woman simply laughed, not letting go.

Suddenly there was a noise next to them, and Luna turned to see her father, desperately struggling against his bindings, attempting to reach out for his daughter. The man who had spoken rolled his eyes and pointed his wand at Xenophilius; "Oh for fucks sake, why are they always this bloody difficult... STUPIFY!" Xenophilius was thrown backwards, eyes closed now, unmoving. Luna screamed, and tried to kick out at the woman holding her, desperate to reach her father, desperate to get free. The woman lifted her off the ground, and covered her mouth with one hand, holding the struggling girl against her chest with surprising strength. Luna continued to writhe until one of the other figures there stepped forward. He too undid his cloak and discarded of it, revealing none other than Fenrir Greyback. Despite the cold, he wore no shirt or shoes, simply a pair of leather trousers and a woollen trench coat. Luna shrank back in fear as he approached, wrapped on hand around her neck and lifted her bodily from the ground, so that she was hanging helplessly above him.

He laughed as she struggled for breath, and looked up at her. "Right, you. You're gonna be a good girl, got it. You're gonna shut up, and behave, or it'll be the worst for you and old dad over there." He grinned at her, showing long, cracked yellow teeth. Just as she started to choke, he threw her back to the woman, who, grabbed hold of her shoulder to stop her from falling. "Ahh let her be Greyback. Not like either of them are going anywhere now is it?" She laughed silently now, throwing her head back.

The first man stepped forward, and took hold of Luna's other arm. "Shut it you two, be polite to our... guests." The group laughed again. "Right, Greyback, get that old lump over there, if we leave 'im 'ere, he'll never find his way back." He gestured to the man Luna had stunned. "And you Foxy, me old girl, sort out 'er old man will you. We need to get moving." The three figures who had taken to part in the proceedings disappereated, and the woman left Luna to move over to Xenophilius. She took a long, shining dagger from the scarf, and held it above him. For one horrible, fleeting second, Luna thought she meant to kill him, but she simply cut the bindings from his wrists. She turned around, and gave a quick salute to the men, before she also disappereated. The man holding Luna's arm, looked at Greyback, who now hand the bald man thrown over one shoulder. They nodded to each other, before the man wrapped one long arm around Luna's shoulders and disappereated, taking her with him.


Yay, new chapter! Enjoy. I'll update soon, please review, I love you, Az x