Wolf Princess Chapter 3

A howl spread through the forest, but this one wasn't from Moro.

A werewolf was roaming through the forest, but this wasn't just an ordinary werewolf that lived in the forest daily. This werewolf was, also, a human with his name being Remus Lupin.

Remus was moving fast past the trees and through the bushed covering the forest floor. He was greatly enjoying the wind moving through his fur along with the adrenaline rushing in his body. Remus was having such a good night he seemed to lose track of the time. Once he realized he was too far away from Hogwarts it was too late.

Exactly when the moon set, Remus began the transformation returning to being human. It happened without warning leaving him with no time to prepare for the pain.

Remus immediately stopped his run when the whole transformation began. His paws turned back into hands and feet. His fur retracted into his body while his ears returned to their normal size along with the muzzle changing into a human mouth and nose. His eyes went back to their regular while his body returned to its normal size.

Once the transformation was completed, Remus was on all fours panting. Each time this happened both sides of the transformation took a whole lot out of him. Remus took in a few deep breaths to get his strength back.

Remus took a pair of sweatpants he'd attached to his side. Usually he would never do this he was always in a secluded room, but whenever he went to run in the forest he always had a pair attached to one of his legs. This way he wouldn't have to return back to his quarters and walk through the hall snaked while trying to get to them.

Unfortunately, for Remus, he had a very long walk to take this time.

When Remus returned to his feet he took a quick look at his surroundings. Remus knew he was in a ton of trouble. He'd traveled too far from the school, this time. Remus didn't recognize the area he was in.

Shaking his head, Remus sighed, "I've really stepped into it this time."

Closing his eyes Remus used his werewolf senses attempting to figure out where he was. He could easily hear the rustle of the wind going through the trees along with other creatures inhabiting the forest around him.

Beyond all the other sounds within his hearing, Remus could catch something else. It was the gentle sound of water moving over the earth.

Remus smiled knowing this leader could lead him to the Black Lake. It was the largest source of water in the area so he figured the flow would lead straight to it. All he needed was to locate it so he'd easily be able to find his way back to the school.

Carrying this thought in mind, Remus headed straight for the river using his unique hearing to guide his way there so he wouldn't get lost even further than he already was.

As the sun had begun to rise I was still slumbering in the den along with my mother and two brothers. A while back a lone male wolf god came into our territory mating with my mother. Not long after this occurred my mother gave birth to two male cubs and I gained some brothers. These two were still growing, only a third of my mother's size, but as big as I. In order to fit them we found it necessary to extend the den a bit, but it turned out all right in the end.

The light from the sun broke through the ceiling of the den with some of the rays landing on my face. Eyes flickering I opened them. I sat up in my bed made of moss while yawning and stretching out my arms. Looking around the den I found the rest of my family still deep in slumber. It was still far too early for any of them to be up right now.

Instead of returning to sleep I decided to go out for a bit of a hunt. Taking up my dagger, bow, and arrows I left my cloak on the ground. With it being the warm season there was no need for the cloak just yet, but once fall and winter came I would definitely need it them.

Moving carefully around my family so I wouldn't step on or wake up any of them I got closer to the entrance. I thought I was successful in my task that is until I got only within a few feet.

"And just where are you going, Numa," questioned Moro.

I stopped walking and looked behind me. Moro was awake staring at me with her eyes. By the look of things I hadn't been as quiet as I'd originally thought.

"I'm just going to do some hunting, Mother," I said. "I won't be gone long."

Moro put head back down onto her paws closing her eyes. "Very well," she sighed. "Just be back before the sun sets if you're going to be gone the whole day."

"Don't worry, Mother," I said. "I will." But my mother had already returned back to her slumber.

Smiling I left the den going over to the spring and took in a drink of water before I went out. I then left the clearing and went into the forest. I moved very quietly on the ground not wanting to frighten any potential prey away warning them of my presence. I'd been wandering around for a while when I ended up spotting a doe not too far in front of me, Being as careful as possible I moved into a position where the doe wouldn't be able to catch sight of me. I kept my prey within my line of fire.

I took an arrow and arranged it on my bow. I brought it up aiming it right at the doe waiting for it to move into the right position. The doe had absolutely no idea what was going to happen to it. A few minutes later the doe placed itself into the perfect position. I pulled back my arm preparing to release the arrow.

Just then a twig snapped breaking my concentration and making me release the arrow way too early. Unfortunately, this completely messed up my aim.

The arrow sailed right past the doe's head landing in a tree a feet behind it. Startled the doe immediately went running into the trees.

Cursing I came out of my hiding place. I wanted to chase after the doe, but it had far too much of a head start. I knew I wouldn't be able to catch it now. Instead I went over to the tree my arrow was stuck in. I pulled it out placing it back with the others.

As I was doing this I heard another branch snap. This time the sound was much closer. Whatever disturbed my hunt was now heading my way. A thought came into my head. In place of the doe I could easily replace it with a different sort of catch.

I quickly moved out of sight. I placed my bow onto my back using both of my hands to climb up the tree as fast as I could. I only stopped when I reached a large brank which was big enough to hide my entire body from prying eyes.

I took my bow and replaced the arrow I had on it. After that all I needed to do was waiting patiently for my new prey to come into view. I knew where it was going to come out. It was a pot where some bushes and trees were grouped close together. I wouldn't be able to see what it was until it completely stepped through them. As soon as it came into view I was going to shoot it.

The bushes began to sway back and forth with whatever it was came into view. Right when this happened my body just froze my eyes widening in shock.

There, standing a few feet away stood a creature that was so similar to myself, but at the same time so different.

This creature was definitely male and much bigger than I was. His chest was visible and his arms were bare. They were clearly covered in muscles and so were his legs, even though they were covered in some kind of garment. This male had sandy hair with speckles of grey. This male looked young, but not nearly close to my own age.

This male was advancing under my tree. In response I pressed my body as close as I could to the bark of the branch making sure to not be seen by this guy. During this entire process I kept my eyes locked on him. He kept on walking completely unaware of my presence there. As he was walking I was quick to realize he was heading down in the direction of the river.

I thought hard on what I was going to do next. With each passing season I had known I was the only two-legged in the forest. Now actually seeing another two-legged in the forest caught my interest. I was trying to decide on whether to follow him or not. After thinking hard about the situation I came to the decision of keeping track of him.

He was now getting farther and farther away. Instead of jumping down from the tree to follow him down on the forest floor I remained within the shelter of the trees. I kept on jumping from branch to branch while following him at a safe distance. I made sure to stay clear of any light so my shadow wouldn't give any sort of hint I was there. Whenever he stopped I would stop and whenever he'd move I would follow. I wasn't about to let this strange creature out of my sight.

After a while Remus finally came to his destination. Pushing some pushes aside he spotted it. Below him was a good sized waterfall along with a river flowing steadily from it. Smiling Remus began to carefully make his way down to the water. Immediately he knelt splashing some water onto his face. He then cupped his hands together filling his palms with water. He was so thirsty that when he brought it too his mouth he drank it up in only a few short seconds.

Remus took another load of water into his hands and brought it up to his face. Before his lips had even touched the surface he noticed something strange. The water in his hand had stilled and inside of it an image was forming. It showed a few of the trees behind him, but that wasn't what caught his attention. Behind one of these trees he noticed something or someone was standing hidden and looking down at him from the top of the ravine. He was being watched. Remus was careful not to react. He continued to bring his hands up to his mouth drinking the water from them. Remus then carefully got back up onto his feet. He turned his head a bit to look behind and then started to move away.

At the top of the ravine I'd pressed myself against the rear of the tree. I'd done this before the male could turn around and find me there. I waiting until I heard him moving again before I came out from behind the tree. Making sure I wasn't seen I climbed quietly down the slope. Once reaching the bottom I ended up in some reeds which were close to the water.

I pushed some of the reeds aside so I could get a batter look at this stranger. Only I received a surprise when I didn't find him anywhere in the vicinity no matter where I looked.

Feeling as if it was safe to come out from the reeds I moved closer to the river. Once reaching the edge I took a small drink, but kept looking over my shoulder I didn't want a predator to sneak up on me. As soon as I finished I jumped on some stones standing in the water. Carefully I took them all one step at a time jumping across. With each leap I kept searching for any signs of the stranger, but there were none.

Inside of the waterfall a figure was watching my progress across the stones.

Remus had hidden inside the confines of the waterfall sensing some sort of danger. He now had his wand out holding it at the ready. The wand was originally tucked away in one of his pockets with Remus waiting for the correct time and pounced. He jumped straight through the raging water landing on a stone on the other side with his wand pointed directly at his stalker. The fog from the waterfall made it a bit difficult for him to see, but he could still make out a shape.

The figure kneeling on the stones was slowly rising up. Whoever it was they were just standing there looking at him. Remus could see this person was holding a bow along with some arrows in their hands, but wasn't carrying them in an offensive manner.

Looks like I've got you," said Remus, smiling, smug.

At that moment there was a shift in the wind causing the fog to move away and Remus was able to get a clear look at who had been following him.

There, standing in the water, was a beautiful young woman. She was shapely as a doe with skin the color of cream. She had long white blonde hair that was just flowing down her back. He could tell that mostly her hair was straight although part of it was a big long braid. She had lips the color of blood and was staring at him with apprehensive blue-grey eyes.

She was wearing a strange and exposing garment. It consisted of a bunch of small branches grouped together on the chest area covering most of her breasts along with deer-hide which covered the upper parts of her legs and lower body.

Slowly Remus stepped down from the rock he had been standing on and began to move toward her. He had lowered his wand to his side so that it wouldn't look like he was going to hurt her.

As soon as Remus tried to get closer he noticed a change in her body language. She was starting to become nervous beginning to move away from him. Remus didn't want to scare her so he tried to keep things calm. He stretched out a hand to her trying to show that he meant no harm. This had absolutely the opposite effect of what he wanted.

She had completely gotten the wrong impression of what Remus was trying to do. At his gesture she bolted from her spot on the rocks. She moved as fast as she could back across the stones.

"No," shouted Remus, "wait! Please!" He then ran through the water trying to follow her.

Unfortunately for Remus she had too much of a head start on him. By the time he reached the shore she was already way too far ahead of him. He made an effort to try and catch up, but his efforts were futile. He couldn't see her anywhere.

Remus had only gone a few feet into the trees when he gave up. He just sighed and headed back to the river. Right now he had to return to Hogwarts and inform Dumbledore of what had occurred here. If Remus had only looked closer to his surroundings then he may have found that the girl was still in the area.

I hadn't gone that far. As soon as I'd gotten a good distance away from the stranger I immediately climbed up a tree. I was quick about it so he wouldn't be able to see where I was. I watched the stranger as he stood there trying to find me, but then turned around returning to the river while I stayed where I was. Now I needed to think about my net movie. I needed to decide on whether to return to the den, keep hunting, or to keep tracking this guy. Before I could come to a decision on my own the choice was made for me.

Somewhere in the distance a howl echoed through the forest. I recognized it immediately as belonging to my mother. It was soon joined by the voices of my brothers. It sounded like I was gone too long for their liking.

Cupping my hands around my mouth I howled right back letting them know I was on my way back. On the way my thoughts kept going back to the stranger and at the same time my anger started to grow.

By the time I returned home my brothers were wrestling in front of the den while my mother was sitting there watching them. All three caught my scent and noticed me coming as soon as I came into sight.

Out of my two brothers Brokefang was the one who spotted me first. He smirked once he noticed I wasn't carrying any meat back home with me. "Not capable of hunting, Sister," he mocked. "You assured us you would be bringing something back while you were out."

"Perhaps she was just too lazy to hunt," commented White-fang.

Brokefang and White-fang burst out laughing. They did this all the time. I knew my brothers didn't mean anything by their comments. The two of them were only playing around with me.

Getting up from her position in front of the den Moro came toward me. She knew that if I had told them I was going to bring something back with me since I normally did. So she figured that something must've occurred to prevent me from actually bringing something home to the den.

"Was there much prey in the forest today, Numa," inquired Moro.

"Yes, Mother, there was," I said, turning m head away from here. I didn't wish for her to have any warning of what was going to come next.

"Then why didn't you bring anything back," persisted Moro, eyes narrowed.

"I saw something…interesting in the forest," I said, carefully, "and it drew my attention away from the hunt."

"Oh," said Moro, intrigued, "and what exactly was this?" She was curious of what my answer would be.

"Numa," insisted Moro, "what was it?"

Bringing my head up my mother had to step back when she saw the hard and cold expression in my eyes. "Why didn't you tell me there were others like me," I demanded, coldly.

Whatever my mother was expecting it certainly wasn't that.

Moro's eyes widened in shock when she heard those words come out of my mouth taking a few moments to regain her composure.

"Brokefang, White-fang," called Moro.

My brothers stopped with their wrestling and turned their attention over to our mother.

"Yes, Mother," said Brokefang.

"Since your sister didn't bring any meat back with her," said Moro, slowly, "I want you two to go out hunting. We need something to eat."

"All right, Mother," said Brokefang, turning to White-fang. "Come on, White-fang." With that Brokefang went running into the trees with White-fang following behind him.

This whole time Moro and I never took our eyes off of each other. Now that the two main distractions were gone we would be able to talk freely.

Once my brothers were out of sight Mother gestured toward the den, saying "Let's take this inside." She then turned around walking into the den. She settled down on some moss facing me.

Taking a seat, eyes hard, I said "Start explaining."

Sighing, Moro said "I was trying to keep you safe to protect you from the evil out there."

"I can understand that, Mother," I said, "but why didn't you tell me? I would've understood."

"I know that, Numa," said Moro, "but I have my reasons."

"Then tell me what they are," I demanded.

"You were happy here in the safety of the forest," said Moro, softly. "I didn't want to ruin your happiness. There were so many times I wanted to tell you, but I just couldn't bring myself to do so."

"So all this time," I said, slowly, "when you wanted me to stay away from the borders of the forest it was to keep me away from my own kind."

"Yes," said Moro, nodding.

There was now silence between the two of us. My mother was probably ashamed of her past actions while I was just too stunned to say anything at the moment. These new pieces of information changed everything for me. Now that I knew I wasn't alone I didn't really know what to do. This put on a huge impact on my life. I got up from my bend and headed for the entrance.

"Where are you going," asked Moro, sensing my unease.

I didn't stop my steps as I headed for the entrance. "I'm going out," I stated, "I need to clear my head."

Moro opened her mouth to speak, but I beat her to it before she could even voice out one word. I knew what she was going to say so I went to reassure her.

"I just need some time alone, Mother," I said, softly. "I'll be back soon." With that I left the den and went running into the trees.

Moro had followed me out and she stood there, watching me leave. There was a sad expression in her eyes as she did so. After so many years of peace in her family things were about to change and she was beginning to think they wouldn't be for the better.

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