Alpha Female

Chapter 4

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Recap:

When Fenir noticed she was unconscious he flipped her over onto his back and ran towards the others still fighting.

Hours had passed and Sirius was now unconscious beside a large tree in the distance, while Remus still battled the Werewolves. A long low Howl heard in the distance, and was coming closer, when Fenir ran into the clearing, holding Hermione.

Remus tried to make his way to her but the two large males were blocking his way while the others left, Remus didn't realize what was happening, why were they all leaving and then it hit him the moon was setting already he needed to get back to the Shack with Sirius.

Remus lifted Sirius onto his own back and dashed towards the Whomping willow.

.xXx. Morning after the Moon .xXx.

Hermione awoke to the smell of decaying flesh; she gingerly opened her eyes but closed quickly as a single beam of light shone in her eyes from a barred window high above her head.

Opening her eyes again she realized she was in a small dungeon, it was cold wet and dark and was uncharacteristically eerie. Looking around she found what seemed to make the place more eerie; there were dead and decomposing bodies still attached to the chains and shackles lining the walls.

The smell normally overwhelming was pure torture to her werewolf senses. She let out a long howl of pain and stood gingerly, but collapsed moments later. The pain in her bones and muscles was keeping her from moving anywhere.

' They must have beat me while I was unconscious.' Thought Hermione

The door of the dungeon opened to reveal two Death Eaters with malicious glints in their eyes; the skull like masks they wore obscured their faces.

They slowly made their way inside the dungeon and dragged Hermione up by the scruff attaching a muzzle and chain on Hermione Dragging her from the room unceremoniously.

Hermione began growling and snarling, baring her fangs at the two Death Eaters, both men flinched but regained their composure and laughed coldly when they realized she wasn't getting out of that muzzle.

" The Dark lord wishes to see you." Spat the tallest Death eater.

" And don't bother struggling, you are going no where my dear." The other snarled.

Hermione recognized the other Death Eaters voice, and when she seen the blonde hair protruding from the back of the mask it confirmed her thoughts, she pounced on the man's back knocking him to the ground snarling ferociously.

Remus was now sitting in the hospital wing with Sirius and Dumbledore having his wounds tended to.

Sirius retold the story of the previous night up until the point where he was knocked unconscious, after that Remus took up the story.

" Albus, Fenrir carried her away, there was nothing I could do. The others…."

" Think nothing of it Remus, we will find her." said Dumbledore.

" But Dumbledore there is no way we will be able to infiltrate any of Voldemorts strongholds with the werewolves inside. No offence but old Moony would be no help against so many." stated Sirius.

" None taken Padfoot."

" Well, before we start discussing plans for a rescue mission. We must have you two healed and ready to fight, if need be."

" Of course Dumbledore."

Dumbledore left the hospital wing in silence, leaving the matron to do her job. When he arrived at his office he immediately flooed Moody.

Moody arrived in Dumbledore's office looking older and more tired than ever. His graying hair was a stark contrast to his tanned weather beaten skin and cascaded past his shoulders like a lion's mane.

Dumbledore briefed Moody on the situation and agreed to pull some of the Order members together on a search party for the girl.

Other members from the Order were to keep their eyes and ears open for word of Hermione.

Hours later Kingsley Shacklebolt entered Order Headquarters with news of Hermione's disappearance.

" Dumbledore she was seen in a forest with Fenir and the other werewolves in a small forest on the outskirts of Wales."

" Was she walking or being carried." Asked Remus.

" Carried, why."

" No reason, its just Voldemort will try turn her."

" Why would Voldemort want Hermione, she is too inexperienced as a werewolf to be any use to him." Kingsley said.

" She is the Alpha of the pack." Said Sirius.

" Really, well that changes everything. We will send our best Order members to known hideouts belonging to Voldemort and search for her." Said Kingsley.

Back in Riddle Mansion.

Hermione was thrown into a large circular room, muzzle and chain still attached. A cold cruel laugh could be heard along with various growls throughout the room.

Turning towards the cruel laugh, Hermione realized it was Voldemort; he was seated on a silver high backed chair that overlooked the rest of the room. The only beings close to voldemort were the Death Eaters; none of the werewolves were brave enough to be near that chair.

Upon looking around the room she realized the walls were lined with Death Eaters and Werewolves alike dressed in black cloaks, their faces were covered by large hoods. Strangely, she seemed to sense the werewolves and know every one of the werewolves' names from the top of her head.

She turned her head sharply and was faced with the gleaming eyes of Fenrir Greyback he stared at her grinning evilly as Voldemort called upon her attention.

Voldemort stared down at Hermione in disgust, she was standing on all fours trying desperately to remain standing but the pain coursing through her body was too much, she would not last much longer.

" Well, look who we have here the great feared Alpha, a female feared by those who posses double her strength." He paused glaring at her through slits. "Join me." Voldemort hissed.

Hermione steadied herself on all fours and growled deeply, staring into the eyes of the Dark Lord with unwavering anger.

He lifted his arm, removed his wand from his robes, and pointed it at her.

Fenrir stared at her incredulously wondering why she would cross the Dark Lord and then challenge him to his face. Fenrir held a small amount of Admiration for his Alpha and his face showed it, she is young, strong and to stubborn to agree to the Lords demands.

As quickly as it had come, it had left, and his face returned to the stony expression in disinterest.

" We are both leaders, and together could destroy those who would destroy your kind without a second thought. So ill say it again Join me." He spat.

Hermione bared her teeth and took a step forward, never one to back down when faced with a challenge, and she was definitely not joining him.

He pointed the wand at her and hissed one word, " Crucio." Hermione fell to the ground twitching and howling in pain, the other werewolves began growling at Voldemort for hurting their Alpha.

Fenrir had stepped towards Voldemort along with other members of the pack; Lord or not her would not hurt their true leader.

The pain had stopped as quickly as it had come and Hermione was back on her feet within seconds, her blood was boiling with anger and she was glaring at Voldemort, teeth bared and ears flat on her head.

Voldemort called out to three of his werewolf followers to fight her.

" Fenir, Sheila, Brutus, fight her now." Voldemort hissed.

Hermione stepped towards them and growled in challenge, she would not go down without a fight. She was surprised however, when Fenir stepped forward and refused to fight her.

The other werewolves quickly followed his lead and refused to fight.

" We cannot my Lord, she is our Alpha." Growled Greyback.

" Yes my Lord, she could kill anyone of us without any difficulty." Said Robustus.

" Fine, I will deal with you later." He hissed.

Voldemort conjured a small battle arena around Hermione and placed seven of his bravest Death Eaters inside with the werewolf.

The Death Eaters entered the arena cautiously; watching Hermione's every move. Others were gathered around the edge eager to see how strong this Alpha really is.

" You may do what you wish inside this arena, but she is not to be killed." Voldemort hissed.

" My Lord…." growled Sheila.

" Enough we are testing your Filthy Alpha's strength."

Fenrir growled but said nothing.

Among the Death Eaters in the ring were Lucius Malfoy. ' Oh I'm going to have fun killing you.' Hermione thought.

She slowly circled the Death Eaters, sniffing the air around them, snapping and growling as she went.

" What is she doing already, Fight." Spat Voldemort.

" My Lord, she is singling out the weakest members of the group." Said Fenir " watch."

Everyone's attention turned back to the Wolf and Death Eaters in the ring, Hermione lunged at the larger one knocking it to the ground, she went straight for his jugular artery and ripped it from his throat, he was dead within seconds.

Leaving the dead body behind she began circling the group again, watching each ones reaction to her kill, and awaiting there first move towards her.

The breathing of her captives was becoming more rapid as they fought against the feral creature for their lives, and mainly their pride and respect within Voldemorts inner circle.

Hexes and curses were thrown at the wolf, but she was too quick for any of them to hit their targets, and soon there was only one Death Eater left in the arena among the scattered limbs and bleeding bodies.

Lucius Malfoy was the only one left standing; he and Hermione stood facing each other for a moment before he threw a crucio at her.

Hermione dogged the curse and stood on all fours, without notice she transformed back into her human body and cast a wandless ' Sectumsempra' on him before transforming back. The curse had hit him squarely in the chest knocking him to the ground with a howl of anguish.

She quickly made her way towards Malfoy, who was now lying in a pool of his own blood.

Jumping on his chest, she dug her claws deeply into his open gashes and ripped them back without any hesitation.

She lowered her muzzle to one of the long gashes across his chest and began dragging her rough tongue across them tasting his blood.

Others in the room looked on in awh and disgust as she slowly tore the flesh from his body, giving him a slow painful death.

Malfoy stared at her in shock and disgust, as the last of his will to live drained from her body.

The last thing the great and powerful Lucius Malfoy seen in life was a feral wolf standing over him with a victorious glint in her eye as she licked his blood from her muzzle.

An ecstatic howl of triumph sounded around the room and signaled his death.

Others in the room looked on in awh and disgust as she slowly tore the flesh from his body, giving him a slow painful death.

Voldemort looked pleased by her actions but was disappointed hi Death Eaters could not hold their own in front of only one werewolf, and it wasn't even full moon.

Fenir in particular seemed transfixed on her, not until a moment ago had he known her original identity. He held an amount of respect for her, the way she singled out her pray and slowly and maliciously tore the flesh from their bones watching the light leave his eyes. It was done with and a characteristic grace that only wolves held.

What shocked him most was their Alpha was Harry Potter's best friend. The same one who had helped him kill so many in the last battle, the little Know – it – all who had refused to kill anyone in the beginning was now just as ruthless a killer as he was.

Perhaps their reasons for killing were different but they had the same grace in killing that was only accomplished with years of practice.

It had been one year since Hermione was captured by Voldemort and was under strict supervision, nobody except Voldemort, Fenir and the pack were permitted near her.

Hermione put up a daily fight as she was dragged before Voldemort and brutally beaten repeatedly trying to convince her to join him.

He would have killed her a long time ago to make it quick and be rid of her, if he knew her pack would not kill him just as quickly.

Hermione rarely thought of Harry and the others back at Hogwarts, she knew they were fine without her. A year ago Hermione was staying in Hogwarts castle with her friends and Family that were still alive. She had long ago finished her schooling because of the war; in fact, she was 23 then and was soon to celebrate her 24. Her focus now, was her family, her pack.

Hermione had become more in touch with her wolf and learned to embrace it each full moon and let it control her body in exchange that she controls the mind like a conscience. After a whole year with her pack, they grew ever closer, and learned a lot about each other.

She knew sooner or later she would have to choose one of the males in her pack to be the Alpha male to help her lead the pack, especially if she were to bear cubs.

Her mate would have to be strong, quick and he would have to be one of the more experienced members of the pack.

The Door to her small dungeon opened and a member of her pack entered, it was Nali Brutus' mate. Hermione recognized her presence and placed her head back over her folded paws nursing to deep gash across her front leg.

Nali leaned down beside her and began cleaning the wound with a cloth and small bowl of water, muttering under her breath angrily. When the leg was fixed up Hermione spoke to her.

(AN: Bold is Hermione speaking telepathically with Nali, Nali speaks normally. Ok

" What is the matter Nali?" Hermione passed to Nali's mind.

" Nothing master." Said Nali quietly.

" Do not call me master, you choose to follow me I do not force you." Hermione growled

" Sorry."

" Call me Hermione it is my givin name, now tell me what is wrong." commanded Hermione.

" What is wrong, is you should not be here like this, you are so much more powerful than them yet they cage you like an animal." Growled Nali.

" Well that will not be for much longer, I will be leaving this place soon. I will take any of you who wish to come." Said Hermione then looked up at Nali " how long have I been here."

The thought had never crossed her mind, she had never asked. She could have been her for months and she never noticed, she was to busy with her pack to worry about such trivial things as time.

" One year exactly."

" Ok, never mind that now. I have a plan for tonight."

Nali looked taken aback but listened to Hermione's plans for tonight. Voldemort had come to trust the pack enough to bring their Alpha out on full moons instead of locked away attacking herself.

They had only one condition to bring her back when the moon set. Countless times Hermione tried to escape but Death Eaters were placed carefully around the forest, high in the trees as an extra precaution.

Hermione had stopped in the middle of her plans, and began sniffing the air. When she realized what the odd smell was a wolfish grin was plastered on her face as she stared at Nali.

" You never said you were expecting." Hermione growled sternly.

" I didn't know honestly, we were only together last full moon. How can you tell." Asked Nali shocked.

" They are Brutus', correct." Asked Hermione, ignoring Nali's question. It was more a statement than a question.

Hermione waited Patiently for her answer but she merely nodded. The initial shock sinking in, she was going to be a mother.

Hermione's face then turned grave as she stared at the young mother to be.

" We must leave sooner than I expected." Hermione spoke softly." Bring Brutus to me."

" Hermione what is the matter." Nali asked genuinely concerned for her leader.

" You know what is to happen after you first three months of pregnancy as a werewolf, don't you." Hermione asked.

" Yes but what has that got to do with Brutus." Suddenly comprehension dawned on her face and she felt ill. " Oh NO."

" Werewolves must be stuck in wolf from to bear and raise the cubs." Hermione growled. " You will need to be kept safe."

Nali simply nodded and left Hermione lying on the cold floor of the Dungeon, later Nali and Brutus returned and stood before her.

Brutus looked confused as he stared between his mate and his Alpha, surely, nothing was wrong.

Hermione stood and padded her way over to Brutus, after explaining the plan he was ready to pass word of the plan to others.

Before he left, Hermione called him back and told him to take great care of Nali.

" Any harm comes to her or the cubs you will not live." Hermione growled, she did not really mean it but thought it would shake him up somewhat.

Looking confused he stared between his mate and leader again and let her words wash over him, the only word that seemed to register in his mind was 'Cubs'.

Upon leaving the dungeon with Nali, lestrange swaggered towards them demanding to know what they were doing so he could report to their lord.

" The Dark Lord wishes to see you Brutus, you too Nali." Spat lestrange. " He wants to know why you are spending so much time down in the dungeons." He hissed.

" What we do with our Alpha is none of your concern." Nali was snarling.

" And I don't think this is such a safe place right now for you." Spat Brutus.

" And why is that." Lestrange shot back.

" You are standing with two pissed werewolves in a confined space mere hours from a full Moon." Snarled Brutus as he walked away watching Lestrange Gulp and scamper away.

Both werewolves stopped in their tracks when they heard fighting from above, there could not be a battle so soon and on a full moon. They were idiots.

The death Eaters would be able to hold off the order members for another hour before the moon rose.

Then their Alpha would lead them on to a better future or so she had promised, Nali could not help but voice her thoughts to her mate.

" Who will become the male Alpha, who do you think she will choose from the pack."

" I do not know, but for now my concern is to keep you and the cubs safe from harm this night."

Thoughts brushed aside Brutus lead his mate to safety leaving all humanity in him behind as he embraced his wolf, the true hunter and predator.

He would kill mercilessly to protect his pack; he would help the Alpha in her mission tonight.

He would be a ruthless killer, ripping the throats of anyone who dare cross him on this night and with the help of his sadistic brother, the all feared Fenrir Greyback none would be left alive. Or so he thought.

Any emotions he had left, the loving qualities he held only for his pack, were left back by his mate as he found the other's and prepared for battle.

It has been three months since anybody had seen Hermione, and members of the Order were beginning to lose hope.

Remus knew Hermione was still alive and very much strong, the other werewolves would die before they let their Alpha be harmed, but what he feared was not her safety but her sanity.

Would Hermione turn on the Order when they arrive, would she come back with them and leave the pack?, Unanswered questions coursed through his mind like an unyielding storm.

Tonight was a full moon and the order had planned one last attack, this time on the Riddle Manor.

Aurors and Order member's alike came to Riddle manor, they were being helped from the inside, Severus Snape was going to let them enter his Masters home.

The moon was now high in the sky. Not long ago had Remus' screams of pain and torture, been heard by those he considered family. The forest he lay in was now quiet, as if the animals around knew what dangers lurked in the shadows of the Full Moon.

They slowly made their way towards the Riddle Mansion were they would be met by hordes of Death Eaters, the werewolves should be a problem though especially if they still had Hermione hostage.

The Doors to the mansion flew open and Order members and Aurors alike cascaded through the huge doors, to begin the perils of battle.

Death Eaters were awaiting them in the small confines of the entrance hall.

The battle had begun.

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