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Chapter Four: More Arguing

"You don't understand, Headmaster, that's the representative that we've been waiting for the last two days." McGonagall said, in a clearly frustrated voice.

Dumbledore immediately paled, even more then he already was anyway, and said in a slightly higher pitch voice, "are you sure, Minerva?"

"Yes, Dumbledore!" McGonagall nearly yelled, happy to finally get through to them.

"Please McGonagall, that's supposed to be Royalty, this here is just a mutt." Mr. Filch chimed in again.

'Hey! I am not a mutt! I'm a pure-blooded Snow Wolf!' I growled. Now rethinking my earlier decision not to bite him when I had the chance.

"Mister Filch, release Her at once. Now! Let me prove it to you, then." McGonagall said, clearly irritated to the point of wanting to get this whole thing over with. I agree with her on that one.

"Do as she says, Mister Filch. What if you are in fact wrong and that is the Heir of the A-Ni you have strangely laying, docile on the end of a muzzle and leash, hmmm?" Dumbledore asked, looking at Mister Filch with now knowing eyes.

"Good point sir. 'Ere you go McGonagall, but it ain't my fault if she snaps at you." Mister Filch said, finally handing the leash over to McGonagall.

"Thank you, Mister Filch. You may leave us now. Now!" she snapped, when he didn't immediately leave.

"Yes ma'am, sorry ma'am!" Filch practically yelped, before limp running away with his tail between his legs.

While this was going on, I calmly walked up to McGonagall and sat down nest to her, wagging my tail slightly t let her know I was happy with her yelling at that filth, Filch.

"Well come on, change already wolf. Prove Minerva right." Dumbledore demanded in a very rude tone.

Of course, I immediately started growling at him, understandably.

"Dumbledore perhaps it would be best if me and the Heir went to my office so I can get her settled in and we can all talk about this in your office tomorrow morning, ok?" McGonagall requested, calmly waiting for Dumbledore's answer while lightly tapping me on the head to get me to stop growling at him. She's probably right about the growling not helping.

"Fine." Dumbledore snapped, before swooping away from us, back towards his office.

'Good riddance, those stupid men. Thank you McGonagall.' I said, realizing that she must understand me somehow.

"Your Welcome Heir. You know if I knew your name it would be helpful, and you really shouldn't insult my boss like that." She said with a smile as she started leading us away from Dumbledore's office towards what I'm guessing is hers.

'My name is Grace, and I wouldn't insult them if they weren't so rude to me.' I said, trying not to cut my mouth on the chains of the muzzle that was already digging into my muzzle.

"Well once we get into my office I'll explain to you how I can understand you, ok?" McGonagall said, while looking down and smiling at me.

After a couple of seconds of silence she looked down at me again and asked what was wrong.

When I still didn't respond, she stopped walking and dropped down next to me when she finally realized that I wasn't responding because the my mouth had finally started bleeding from the muzzles chains.

"Oh gods, that must hurt. Why didn't you say something earlier?!" She asked while removing the muzzle and healing my mouth with her wand.

'I didn't want to complain after you helped me.' I said while dropping my head in shame. I knew it was a stupid reason but it was the way I was raised, not that I would tell her that.

"Well that's just ludicrous Grace! Please, we'll be spending a lot of time together in the next year. You need to learn to trust me and talk to me from now on, alright?" she asked, giving me this real stern look, making me want to roll to my back and submit, but I didn't, just barely.

Instead I just responded with a simple 'Yes ma'am.' Before licking her hand briefly in thanks.

"Right, well we need to find you a place to sleep, just for tonight. Then tomorrow we'll introduce you to the school along with the other schools that should be arriving in the afternoon. Then we'll find you a more permanent placement, alright?" she asked, as she stood up and began directing me towards her office again.

'Ok, ma'am.' I responded, unable to stop the formality I was using due to the woman's protection and care she had already shown me.

"We're here, Grace." McGonagall pointed out as we stopped in front of a door, but, instead of going through it, she opened the door next to it and directed me through it.

"This is my extra bedroom, I use it whenever I have to stay late in the school for grading. You can sleep in here tonight and there should be some clothes in the closet." She spoke, while slowly backing away towards the door.

She took the make-shift leash off of me before smiling again and saying, "Goodnight, Grace. I hope you do well in that stupid tournament, once it starts."

'Thank you, ma'am.' I said, while nosing around the room.

"Why do you keep calling me ma'am? Your making me feel old. McGonagall is fine." She stated, giving me the same stern look from before.

I sighed before explaining, 'I can't help it. I grew up around my Alpha, seeing him everyday. I can't help but show deference to those who I see as stronger then me. You protected me from Dumbledore and Filch, and then helped me when I was hurt. Once I get used to my new surroundings I'll go back to my same, I'm-an-Alpha-self.' I then hopped up onto the bed and yawned.

"Oh, well then I guess I should take that as a compliment, yes? Well goodnight, Grace, and I hope you and your Alpha self well get along well here at Hogwarts." She stated, before leaving the room and closing the door.

'Goodnight, McGonagall.' I softly said to myself, before drifting off to sleep, still in my wolf form.