Alpha Female
Chapter 11
AN: Chapter 11 finally I know…long time no see… I wanted to keep a short gap between posting chapters to give people a chance to review to the separate chapters instead of one review for both or for three.
Recap:
"When are we leaving?" Raphael asked from the back of the crowd.
"Tonight."
"What about Greyback, Brutus and the cubs." Geoffrey asked, voicing the question that was running through all their minds since they went missing.
Hermione turned to Geoffrey and snarled at him, he turned his eyes down to the ground and backed away whimpering. She turned back to the pack and seen their eyes on her, she spoke in a low dangerous voice barely above a whisper knowing they could hear every word perfectly.
"This pack is my first concern and always will be, when I know you are safe then I will turn my attention to Fenrir and the other's missing. I know exactly where they are, I know who has them and I will be leaving tomorrow night with the four who accompanied me tonight, until then Fenrir and Brutus are big boys and can take care of themselves." She barked at them and they scattered across the clearing.
They continued walking and found themselves outside the four story manner, there were no walls or gates surrounding the house just open fields and a wild forest near the back of the house.
The Manner was beautiful, it was made of pure white stone with large pillars near the entrance, it looked as if it hadn't been touched in centuries, but only Hermione knew it hadn't.
She stepped forward with attentive steps and pushed the double doors open; she looked around the room and marveled in the gasps sounding around her pack.
"Welcome to Ravenclaw Manner."
Stepping into the large entrance hall the pack followed behind her, Hermione ignored the looks of awe as she strode forward with confidence beckoning them to follow her. Calling on Binky as she went Hermione requested that all the silver in the manor be removed and placed in her vault, she wanted, anything with even a hint of silver to be replaced with steel. Hermione either didn't notice or refused to care about the cringe her pack made at the thought of the shinning menace while
Leading the large group forward. Giving them a quick tour of the house, she stressed to them that they remember their way since this was the only time she would be showing them to their rooms, and if they got lost in the manor it was their own fault.
After Hermione showed all the werewolves to their rooms, which covered two floors of the manor, she directed the whole pack, wolves included to a large room three times the size of the great hall at Hogwarts covered in what seemed to be an indoor forest, complete with trees, vines, small animals for prey and real weather to mimic the outdoors. Hermione proceeded to tell her pack, that this is where the wolves would be staying unless they left the manor to travel the grounds and that the other members of the pack could use the room, for times between moons if they wanted.
Leaving her pack to wander around the manor and amuse themselves for an hour or so she left for her study, she needed a plan before she just pranced into the Order Headquarters' unprepared. Hermione wanted to gather the four werewolves she would be bringing with her, she wanted to make sure they were the right choices and if she needed to replace any of them before their mission. It was already late in the evening and the pack was settling in to their new home, Hermione would be leaving the next evening to Grimauld Place to retrieve her mate and pack members. She had no idea what she was going to do with them when she arrived at the order but she promised herself it would be painful if any of them were injured. She knew she was taking a risk going there, and knew they would probably set a trap for her so that she would not be able to leave once she entered, so she had to be sure their was a way of escape.
Finally she arrived at the study, it was made from hard pine paneling the walls and floor, a deep blue couch in one corner with bronze furnishings to match the curtains, the walls were lined with ceiling high book cases that held vast amounts of ancient tombs that have long since been lost to the wizarding world. She planned out multiple strategies, but each was less likely of working than the last as time moved on, she was becoming aggressive as she threw several heavy ornaments across the room to the door making them shatter into tiny pieces. Calling on a house elf she requested that the Romulus, Langdon, Sheila and Corine, be sent for immediately.
Hermione was pacing in her study, slowly but surely wearing the floor thin, she was awaiting Romulus, Feringraw, Sheila, and Corine to make their way to her , so that they could be briefed on everything that was going to be happening tomorrow. Walking over to a small cabinet, Hermione whispered an incantation and the doors seemed to dissolve revealing a liquor cabinet, with all types of alcohol dating back to the time of the founders themselves, taking out a goblet Hermione poured herself a large helping and began drinking it greedily.
Normally she would never resort to alcohol, it dulled the senses and that was not something she could risk in her current position.
Finally not twenty minutes later the four werewolves stepped into the lavish room looking around appreciatively, they had finally gotten over the glamour of the manor and began treating the place like their home which they were informed to do.
They looked towards their Alpha who was standing leaning slightly against an oak desk with what smelled to be fire whiskey in a goblet. She had not said one thing since they entered she simply looked at them and motioned for them to sit in the seats before her.
"Tomorrow we will be leaving for the Order of the Phoenix Headquarters to get my mate and pack members back." Hermione said staring into the goblet in her hand.
"You will be using both your human and wolf forms for this mission, and since none of you can switch between forms, I have a potion that will help."
"Was that the one from Ravenclaw's vault?" Corine asked excitedly.
"Yes, I found reference to the potion in one of the tombs in Rowena's library, and she had also said that there was a sample of the potion in her vault." Hermione whispered.
"So what's the plan exactly?" Langdon's voice rumbled from the back of the room.
"Our success lies in one of you, namely a one Romulus Lupin." Hermione said looking at them all smirking evilly.
Break Break Break Break Break Break Break Break
Order headquarters was in riots, everyone was thinking up plans to get Harry out safe and sound, though they didn't think Remus would let them harm Harry since he was considered part of Remus' pack. The Headmaster had been called from Hogwarts after Harry was locked in with the five werewolves, the Order were hoping to get his advice, but there was nothing he could do unless they were in the room and there was no getting in without being attacked first.
Ginny was in tears at the thought of her boyfriend lying upstairs un armed with those monsters, she feared that he too would be turned. The whole time the commotion in the Order was going on none of them had turned a single thought to Hermione even though she was the reason all this had started in the first place.
The order's inner circle was gathered at the kitchen of Grimauld place, this consisted, of Albus Dumbledore, Minerva McGonnegal, Alaster Moody, Kingsley Shacklebolt, Sirius Black, Arthur, Molly and Ginny Weasley. They needed to think of a way to get Harry out and fast, after everything he had suffered through his life they couldn't bare the thought of him being turned into a werewolf. Sitting around the table the shouting and screaming voices of angry Order members rose outstandingly until Dumbledore let a shout out commanding silence.
His breathing was ragged as he glared around at all the order members, an immediate meeting had to be called because of the incident earlier. Dumbledore had known the Order had a plan to retrieve Hermione, but he had no idea that the plan had gone so far that now Harry was trapped in a room with five deadly werewolves with a full moon fast approaching. Tonight was the last night of the full moon, and with the werewolves roaming freely around the room there was no way they could get Harry out unharmed if they didn't do something immediately.
Thinking quickly Albus suggested sending someone in to persuade Remus to get Harry out to them, preferably someone comfortable with both human and werewolf forms, incase any of them changed while the order member was in the room. Sirius had been voted as best choice considering his close friendship with the werewolf in his earlier days. Grumbling Sirius consented to the dangerous mission recognizing that he was indeed the most qualified for the job, not that he was happy about it.
The next night Sirius was standing nervously outside the door to the werewolf room as he now called it, he was waiting apprehensively for the signal that he could enter the room from moody who was giving the room a quick search with his magical eye. Finally seeing the thumbs up from Moody he placed a silencing charm on the door and on his feet before opening the door slowly careful not to wake the sleeping werewolves.
Looking around the room he cast Mufiato to distract the werewolves from any noise he might accidentally make, his eyes quickly landed on Remus who was near the back of the room sleeping beside Harry who was still locked inside the cage. Sirius cast his eyes around the room looking at each of the sleeping werewolves trying to identify any sudden movements that might indicate they were actually awake. Seeing the regular rise and fall of the beast's chests indicating their unconscious state he silently moved forward cursing the order for making the room so big.
Finally he made it over to Remus and shook the man awake rather roughly careful not to make too much noise. When Remus looked up at him groggily Sirius scowled and motioned towards Harry's unconscious figure silently telling Remus to help get him out.
Remus stood up behind Sirius, taking no notice of his undressed state and raised a delicate eyebrow at the man before him, silently asking what he needed. Sirius pulled out his wand and began moving it in intricate movements over the lock but to no avail, it simply wouldn't budge.
Looking to the man behind him Sirius motioned for Remus to take a crack at the lock, Remus asked for Sirius's wand considering his was still somewhere in Order headquarters, and moved his wand over the lock in much the same way as Sirius did.
Remus' brow furrowed as he turned to face Sirius, his own screwed up in confusion, and Sirius simply urged him on making Remus cast another spell at the lock with similar results.
"He added extra wards to the cage." Remus stated.
"I can see that, can you break them?" Sirius asked apprehensively, looking over his shoulder at the still seemingly sleeping werewolves.
"I can try." He said monotonously.
"Well hurry." Sirius said turning to face the werewolf. "Where did you get that?" Sirius asked pointing to the fresh scar that covered the side of Remus's neck.
"Greyback." Remus said coldly.
The next night the five werewolves including the Alpha were crowded in the entrance hall waiting to depart on their mission. All heads turned as the Alpha spoke, they were becoming unnerved by the feral grin on her face, and she really could be quite terrifying sometimes. Handing them their potions and demanding they drink them now, they shared two phials between the four, since Hermione was keeping the last for Brutus.
Hermione was about to leave when Romulus called out to her from behind his voice was calm and steady but she could feel his unease rolling off him in waves.
"What will you have me do." Romulus asked stiffly from Corine's side.
"Do? Ill have you Do nothing, I just think a family reunion is called for. What do you think?" she asked them all smiling.
They all nodded their heads in agreement even Romulus, they were hardly going to confront their Alpha, that would be a suicide mission and they knew it.
Following quickly through the entrance hall and into a large clearing, they waited a small distance behind Hermione as she addressed Nali. Hermione quickly told her they would be back before the night ended, and that the whole pack was to stay near the manor tonight they were not to wonder far, this was still new territory and they could easily become lost.
Walking away Hermione and her team quickly transformed and moved gracefully through the trees back to the apparition point they had used the day before, transforming back they aparated to number 12 Grimauld Place London.
Upon arrival Hermione cast out her senses making sure there was no-one about to identify her and her pack or to see her enter headquarters. After a few moments she nodded her head apparently pleased there was no-one around as of yet and strode forward to the place between number 11 and 13.
The werewolves looked at the houses in confusion before mumbling something under her breath causing the ground to shake slightly as number twelve pushed its way into existence between eleven and thirteen. Corine had jumped slightly, since she had not been exposed to much magic since she was a muggle before being turned.
Hermione beckoned them forward quietly and opened the door using a simple 'Alohamora'. Hermione snorted at the lack of security measures they seemed to have over their Headquarters, really just because Voldemort was gone did not mean his Death Eaters were.
Motioning for them to transform after she had opened the door, they followed their Alpha's lead and padded their way quietly into the house, she closed the door carefully not to wake the dreadful portrait of Mrs. Black.
Silently they separated just a little to sniff out the hallway they were in, careful to pick up on any noises around the house. Sheila stiffened near a door to the basement hearing talking, Hermione looked over to her and motioned for her to come back realizing there must be an Order meeting on at this very moment. Slinking up the stairs they spread out their senses looking for anything to indicate Fenrir and Brutus's presence. Scouring the first floor they found nothing not even a stale scent, from the missing were's. Hermione knew they were here she could sense them quite clearly but she could also sense their pain that they seemed to be in and that angered her.
Growling angrily to no-one in particular Hermione was about to run upstairs and tear the rest of the house apart, not caring who found her. A soft whine from her pack brought her back to reality and she stopped growling and proceeded upstairs. Sniffing the area again she searched the second floor, finally coming to a large room at the end of the corridor she nudged the door open with her nose trotting in followed by her pack. Feringraw sat outside to keep watch incase anyone came along unexpectedly, and since he was the largest of the males that came with Hermione tonight he was obviously the most intimidating.
Hermione and Romulus were sniffing around the room looking for any sign of the missing werewolves. Corine and Sheila were standing at the other side of the room searching through every nook and cranny, Hermione had told them before that the Black house had many secret passageways, so the were's could be hidden anywhere.
A loud yelp from Corine was heard echoing around the room, Hermione turned to her quickly thinking the Order had found them but relaxed a little seeing there was no one there. Making her way over to the whining Corine, Hermione growled to make her stop and looked over her wounds.
Hermione noticed the large diagonal burn across her muzzle, and looked around for the source where Corine and Sheila were looking. When Hermione found the source she backed away carefully, it was a silver whip that had caught Corine's nose.
Hermione walked over to Corine and butted noses with her to say sorry; she then proceeded to lick her wound clean.
Quickly exiting the room, Feringraw moved over to Corine to inspect the damage, wincing slightly at the sight of the burn he followed the Alpha up another floor in the house.
They searched quickly and thoroughly, being in wolf form made it so much easier to sneak around the house unknown, she knew Remus was in pretty bad shape from the last time they met and wouldn't be wandering around the house.
'Probably tucked up in bed.' She thought coldly.
Remus had been fiddling with the locks and wards for nearly a half hour before he told Sirius there was only one left. Sirius breathed a sigh of Relief he wanted to get out of here as soon as possible, and he was going to make sure Harry and Remus came with him.
Sirius knew he was becoming distant with his werewolf friend, but he had never met any other werewolves apart from Remus, and when he did it was not a pleasant experience, but Remus did not deserve the treatment he was currently getting he was nothing like the others of his kind.
Finally the last lock fell; Remus stepped back quickly to avoid collision with the silver door as Sirius wrenched it open. Sirius dived at his chance to free Harry and scooped the unconscious boy into his arms. He turned to look at Remus who wore an un readable expression and motioned for him to follow him, but he didn't move. Sirius growled threateningly at Remus and tugged on the naked mans arm, but still he wouldn't move from his place.
Sirius sighed with frustration and whirled around intent on making it to the door before the other woke up, but when he looked at his only escape route he was frozen with shock that he nearly dropped Harry.
Fenrir Greyback stood in front of the door with a large smile on his human face; he was staring straight into Sirius eyes licking his lips hungrily.
Sirius gulped taking small attentive steps back, not wanting to provoke the large man standing before him, he was still moving backwards when he came in contact with a broad hard chest, stumbling he turned his head to see who was standing behind him and it was only Remus.
Looking at his face closely he noticed something different about his werewolf friend, his eyes were glowing amber, which was never a good sign with a werewolf.
Stumbling away clumsily from both Remus and Fenrir he fell to the ground with a loud thud, alerting all around the house to his distress. Moody was undoubtedly still outside the door and was probably alerting the Order at this very moment. Turning his head, determined to keep an eye on both of them, one of said werewolves was approaching very quickly, too quickly for Sirius's comfort. A loud banging was heard from outside the room it had started as a low thud but eventually began drowning out the noises from inside the room. With one last bang and a shut the wall was blasted through leaving a gaping hole in its place. Just before Remus descended on him he was blasted out of the way by Albus Dumbledore who had a look of plain furry on his face.
Sirius scrambled towards the Order who were standing amidst a pile of rubble from the large hole they had blown in the wall, carefully handing Harry over to a lesser Order member he grabbed for his wand which now lay strewn on the floor. Standing tall by the side of Albus Dumbledore, all wands raised at the three werewolves before them. Dumbledore looked at Remus and knocked him to the side banging his head, when the young man stood up the amber was gone from his eyes and he was looking around the room confusedly before standing on the side of the Order.
Someone in the group transfigured him a pair of Jeans to cover up his nudity at least partially.
The fight began, spells were thrown and claws were flying, Greyback and Brutus fought tooth and nail against the order members present. They would not be giving up that easily, the full moon was close they all knew it and when they transformed the order would be torn to shreds.
The two cubs were huddled in a corner away from everything they had been given express orders to not leave that spot unless Fenrir told them. Two order members fell bloodied to the ground, but none were killed the others had dragged them out of the line of fire before anything to bad could have happened to them.
They only had a few rooms left on the third floor before they could move on again; Hermione could already feel the pull of the moon drawing closer and closer. A loud thud echoed around the house, she looked up towards the ceiling realizing they must be keeping them on the top floor.
The thump was quickly followed with the sound of running feet at least seven of them were running up the stairs at full speed.
Quickly she motioned for her pack to follow her as they made their way upstairs, Hermione came to the top of the stairs first and ducked down ears low on her head to avoid being seen.
She indicated for the others to do the same as they watched the order, casting a series of spells at the door but none would make it budge. They then watched as the order turned their wands on the opposite wall and began throwing blasting hexes at it; Dumbledore seemed to be the most powerful and blasted right through the wall.
She whispered something to Romulus who nodded his head solemnly and awaited further instruction with the rest of the group. They were told to wait for the full moon's rising before showing themselves. Herself and Romulus were going to make their grand entrance in a few moments and waited for the spells to ease. She quickly scanned the room for the cubs, finding them in a corner huddled together, that's when she noticed the multiple scars healing slowly on little Amelia's body. If Hermione was angry before she was livid now, what had the Order done that could cause such marks.
Hermione snarled at the sight of the silver around the room and told her pack to be very cautious when they entered. Hermione and Romulus stood from the group, Hermione was larger than Romulus and far more intimidating when it came to fighting, and considering Romulus was still young he was around 28 in human years. They both stalked towards the fighting group the momentum of the fight was dieing rapidly. Taking that as her chance she and Romulus jumped over the Order's head and into the middle of the fight.
Everything stopped as Hermione growled at the order, they were shocked to see her, and at first they thought she would have come straight away but after the first night and she didn't come the order had come to the decision that she wouldn't, not even to save her pack members.
Hermione took up a defensive position in front of her pack Fenrir smirking silently behind her, she knew he sensed her from the moment she entered the house it was all apart of their bond as mates. Transforming she turned her back on the Order knowing full well they wouldn't hurt her, since they were expecting her to return to them.
She walked over to Fenrir, running a smooth hand across his shoulder causing a small shudder. She traced her hand over his back checking any and all injuries finally her hands landed on his chest where she traced a particularly deep scar near his abdomen, making Fenrir stiffen and Hermione smirk. After accessing the injuries on her mate, she looked her beta over searching for any and every new mark that marred his body.
Romulus stood in his wolf form still, in an offensive position ready to attack any that dared make a move towards his Alpha. He was waiting quietly for his Alpha to join him, when he heard a low growl coming from the corner of the room, turning slightly he seen Hermione with both cubs in her arms, Amelia littered with small scars and one large one across her side.
His eyes widened comically in wolf form at the sight of the scar and turned back to the order growling.
Placing the cubs on the ground Hermione turned to the Order her eyes glowing amber in anger, she growled something towards the cubs and they moved back into the corner they had been in not moments before. The order could see the hate blazing in her eyes, but they didn't want to give up, they would have Hermione back and then she would realize that she made a mistake running away and she would leave Fenrir and the pack.
"Hermione dear, its time you come home. Enough of this silly nonsense the Order needs you. Harry needs you." A voice said from the back of the crowd.
Hermione's head snapped towards the figure and she took a small step forward making the figure jump back in fright. "Not everything is about Harry Mrs. Weasley. His job is finished Voldemort is dead." Turning to the rest of the order.
"What gives you the right to decide where I should live, or who I choose as my family." Hermione spat at them.
"You don't belong with them, you belong with us and we won't stop until your back here with us." Sirius shouted.
"After what you done to my pack and my mate, what makes you think I'll even let you live." Hermione growled before turning to face Dumbledore. "And you allowed it, after everything you said about protection Dumbledore you slaughter half my pack in cold blood."
"We are doing what is necessary for your safety my dear and you will be staying if you want them to leave unscathed." Dumbledore said pointing towards Fenrir and Brutus.
"Too late, did you think I would not notice every single scar, scratch and bruise on their bodies?" Hermione growled standing less than a foot from Dumbledore's face that had his wand pointed at her chest. "Your wand is useless against me Dumbledore."
Hermione turned on her heal pulling something out of her cloak, it was a small phial and she handed it to Brutus who downed it without question. Turning back to the Order she whispered something before looking them all directly in the eye, "You have one chance left, if you were not previous friends I would not even grant you this, Leave us be."
"Hermione this isn't you, your letting the wolf controls you, and we know you're in there somewhere….." Ginny pleaded but was cut off by Remus.
"On the contrary Ginny this is Hermione, everyone suffers a change once bitten but she embraced her change, her wolf, it does not control her it's a part of her." Remus said loudly.
"Romulus." Was all Hermione said as she looked into Remus' eyes delighting in his shock?
Standing before the Order was a tall man in his late twenties, he stood tall, light brown hair covering his Amber eyes with a small gap, just enough so he could still see.
Remus looked at the man before him eyes widening as he stumbled back a few paces, eyes locked with the man in front of him. There was a scar on his neck much lie the one Remus had, they were ownership marks, from the Alpha.
"You do remember each other don't you?" Hermione asked sweetly from her place beside Fenrir.
"Romulus, I….I thought you were dead." Remus stuttered.
"Well obviously I'm not brother." Romulus spat, as most of the order gasped with realization.
"How long have you been hiding him." Remus spat towards Fenrir.
"Calm down pup, no need to over exert yourself. I wasn't hiding your brother I found him bleeding in the middle of the forest behind your family home the night I bit you, he has been with us ever since." Fenrir replied calmly.
"I was left to fend for myself Remus, naught but a child. Mother and Father were too preoccupied with taking care of you they never thought to look for me." He growled.
"You!" Remus spat pointing at Hermione. "You knew all this time and didn't tell me."
Hermione simply smirked at him there was no need for her to say anything to them they all knew it was true, every single word. Feeling the pull become stronger Hermione knew it was mere seconds before the transformation began for the others, her and Fenrir would be the last to change to make sure everyone changed without trouble.
A Howl from Brutus, Romulus and Remus as they began to shake jerked the order back to reality, and to the fact they were now locked in a house with what seemed six vicious werewolves.
Another howl from behind the order alerted Hermione to the others changes, it also alerted the order to the fact they were now surrounded.
Hermione walked over to the cubs picking them up again, they would be transforming into their werewolf forms tonight and then Amelia would be in her human form tomorrow, she didn't want them going through any more unnecessary pain. The change only took seconds before all ten werewolves cornered the Order.
Hermione walked forward, she was the only one still in human form she motioned for Corine and Sheila to grab the cubs, when she noticed Brutus about to protest. Hermione snarled at him shutting him up and allowing the cubs to be taken away from harm.
"As I said before I will leave without killing you, but I hear of you any of you near my pack I will kill you and believe me Tonks will look like a supermodel compared to what I will make you look like."
Raising her hands she silently and wandlessly accio'd all the wands in the room, so they could not attack the pack with her back turned. Seconds later all the Order's wands were in her hand.
"Oh and before I go" Hermione said lifting her empty, she brought it into the air and began closing her fist as if around someone's neck. Jerking her hand upwards the Order realized her hand had been around someone's neck Sirius's and he was now dangling from the air by an invisible force while pulling at his neck where Hermione's invisible grip held him.
Hermione threw him against the wall letting her hold on him go, but she was beside him within seconds her own hand wrapped tightly around his neck, nails elongating making deep scratches in his neck.
"Sirius if you or your scent touches off a member of my pack I will hunt you down and feed you your innards before I rip your throat out. Got it?" Hermione growled knocking him to the ground with a swipe of her clawed hands marring his face in the process.
Turning on her heal she transformed and watched the rest of her pack move quickly out of the room and down the stairs. Hermione stared at Remus who was shaking on his four paws for a few seconds before heading down after her pack. When she got downstairs Fenrir was once again standing in human form holding the door open as the werewolves ran outside.
Brushing past her mate she quickly followed them; she did not trust that the order would let her and her pack leave so willingly. Fenrir was quick to follow and they all ran to the large park facing grimauld where they had aparated to. Barking at them to transform they all did except the cubs, one by one they all aparated away the only ones left were Fenrir, Brutus, Eris, Amelia and Hermione.
Pulling out a portkey she instructed them all to grab hold, and for Brutus to hold Eris tightly while she held Amelia. Seeing the confusion on their faces that she was using a portkey instead of just aparating, Hermione frowned and just told them to hold on tight that she would explain when they got there. Landing softly on the hill overlooking the valley and the manor Hermione turned to look at the two werewolves who were both looking at her questioningly.
Looking at them she just smiled sheepishly shrugging her shoulders before transforming and making her way down the hill where the others were waiting for her.
When Fenrir and Brutus made it down the hill, Hermione transformed again and motioned for the others to take Amelia and Eris back to the pack. Fenrir's eyes bore into hers in an unasked question of where they were exactly. Seeing Brutus give her the same look before turning his eyes away Hermione rolled her eyes and began walking slowly while indicating for them to start asking questions.
"Where are we, I don't think I've been here before." Brutus said.
"You haven't."
"But that doesn't answer the question of where we are." Fenrir growled.
"Don't growl at me Fenrir, we are on a small island on the outskirts of the British Isles." Hermione said calmly.
"You moved the pack" Brutus stated.
"Yes, it wasn't safe where we were staying, one attack was enough for me thanks so I moved us here." Hermione stated.
"It's beautiful." Brutus said in awe as he caught sight of the whole valley.
"And it all belongs to us; The Island belongs to Fenrir and I through my relation to one of the Hogwarts founders."
That was all Hermione said before she and the other transformed, they ran through a dense forest, keeping close to the Alpha since she was the only one who knew where they were going.
After a long run, and nearly a half hour later they emerged from the forest into a large clearing, the whole pack seemed to be gathered around the clearing and they bounded over to greet the arrivals.
Greeting the Alpha's first they all then turned their attention to Brutus who looked the worst for wear. Pieces of his flesh looked as it was peeling from where he literally had his skin peeled off with the whip. Nali rushed to his side crying at finally having her mate back, she looked around the clearing eyes landing on Hermione and Fenrir who seemed to be having a heated discussion about something or other.
Seeing Hermione roll her eyes and walk over to Brutus, she sat him down on a large boulder and checked his wounds attentively. After about five minutes she called out for Binky, when the house elf popped into the clearing she squeaked at the sight of all the werewolves crowded around her.
"Get me my healing kit. Now." Hermione demanded causing the little elf to jump and pop away.
Shaking her head at the little creature's behavior, she began moving her wand over Brutus' body healing up as much of the damage as she could. Hermione noticed Nali staring at her with concern in her eyes; she hadn't seen her Beta look like that since she was locked in Voldemorts dungeons, a low whine escaped her mouth as she nudged Hermione's arm with her nose.
"What." Hermione demanded still fixing up his wounds.
(What happened with you and Fenrir, you seemed upset when you were talking to him.) Nali asked softly, Brutus couldn't understand her since he was still in human form, but Hermione as Alpha could understand them in human and wolf form.
"Nothing." She spat.
(Hermione I know you better than that.) Nali said scolding, making Hermione sigh.
"Damn Man refuses to be healed, battle scars he says." Hermione growled rolling her eyes.
Brutus tried to stifle a laugh that was exactly like his brother. He knew Fenrir liked to show off his scars the more the better he used to say, shows how powerful you are, shows you've won more battles. Shutting up at the snarl from his Alpha he watched her work as some of the deeper wounds began knitting themselves together.
Taking a quick look around noticed some of the wolves moving closer, she knew they killed and ate their weak and Hermione was not about to let that happen.
"Don't even think about it." she growled making the wolf closest to her whimper.
"Fenrir do something about the wolves before they decide to make our Beta a meal." Hermione said shooting Fenrir a frosty glare.
Seconds later Binky popped back into existence carrying a small pouch. Hermione took it off her and opened it up revealing shrunken potions. Pulling out two tiny phials she tapped them with her wand making them enlarge and then pushed them towards the werewolf.
"One's a healing potion, the other a pepper up." Hermione said before gathering her wand and the potions and moving away with Nali.
"Where are the cubs?" Hermione asked.
"Just over here, I left them with Corine and Sheila." Nali said pointing over to a quiet corner.
Hermione moved rapidly over to the four werewolves in the corner, kneeling down beside them she picked Eris up and opened the potions kit. Eris let out a little growl causing Hermione to growl back. She ran her wand over the cub quickly finding nothing physically wrong with her; she gave the cub a small amount of pepper up and handed her over to Nali.
"She just needs a good feed." Hermione said turning back to the others.
Looking over Corine she patched up her face after asking her to transform into a human before the potion wore off and she wouldn't be able to. She then handed her a healing draught and a pepper up and left her to go on her way with Sheila.
Finally alone with the cub she pulled her forward careful to not touch anything sensitive, she ran her wand over the cub cringing at the results, she had noticed earlier in the day how subdued the pup seemed to be and know she knew why the scan wasn't very good.
Fractured rib
Silver poisoning
Bruised abdomen
Open lacerations
The poor cub must be in horrible pain at the moment, so placing her down gently she gave the pup a small dose of numbing potion. She proceeded to wave her wand over the pup fixing her fractured rib and making the open cuts on her sides stitch themselves back together. Just as Hermione was about to move on she noticed the stitches dissolve leaving the would open again.
Sighing she conjured a bowl of water and a cloth, she would need to clean these wounds the old fashioned way and pray the pup lived. As a last bit of healing she gave the pup a healing draught clearing up all bruises and scratches marring her body except the gashes on her side.
Dipping the cloth into the water, she rang it out before pressing it gently against the pup's side earning a small yelp and a wriggle in pain from the cub. She proceeded to clean the pups wound with water and potions to flush the silver from her body.
It was going to be a long night, of that she was sure, the cub would need constant supervision to make sure she didn't make any sudden movements and at the moment she didn't trust anyone else with the job. So she prepared herself for a very fitful sleep.
Finished Finite, chapter 11 done lalala Enjoy and Review.