Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter. If you recognize any characters they are not mine. The ones you do not recognize came from my head, however I am still not making any money off them. If you are under 18 you should not be reading.

"Text when someone is speaking."

'Text when someone is thinking'

Warnings: Fighting, language, blood.

Sorry about that cliffhanger last time! I am glad that so many of you are loving this story though thank you! Sorry it took a while, but work has been crazy this past week.

moyata malŭk vŭlk = My small wolf

Previously

Chapter 25

Edge of the Village

Harry had half run, and half been dragged the last 15 minutes as they ran towards the safety of the pack. He had tried to look over his shoulder for Hermione and Maccus, but he never caught a glimpse of either of them.

Finally, seeing the edges of the outer most buildings, Derek sighed in relief, yet did not slow his run. He called over his shoulder to Harry, "We need to get to our Alpha as soon as possible to tell him of the attack!"

Harry once again glanced over his shoulder hoping to see Hermione, but his curly haired friend was nowhere in sight. His voice out of breath as he managed to get out, "Wha.. what about Hermione and Mac..Maccus?"

Shaking his head as he ran through the narrow spaces between the houses as they made their way towards the cave, Derek didn't bother looking back at Harry as he spoke loudly so that he could hear. "Maccus will protect Hermione, but you are the one they are after and priority number one."

As the cave came into view, Harry saw Remus and Sirius standing out front with their Beta. Too out of breath to speak he knew that Derek would relay the message.

Sure enough, Derek made his way directly to Ludmil, "Beta! Maccus and I followed Harry and Hermione on their walk when others began running towards us in attack. Maccus stayed back to allow me to get Harry back to the pack. They should be right behind us."

Both Ludmil and Remus' head swung towards the direction that Derek and Harry had come from to look for Hermione's form. Ludmil looked back to Derek after seeing no one else, "VHERE IS HERMIONE?"

Derek paled as he heard the anger in in his Beta's voice, "She is with Maccus, Beta. He was her guard, so she stayed with him."

At that moment, Fenrir came out from the mouth of the cave, his stern Alpha face on. "Why are you yelling about the Pup's location Ludmil?"

Ludmil turned to his Alpha, reeling in his emotions as he gave the report on what he knew. "Derek has reported rogue volves advancing on our home. Dey came across dem in the voods. Maccus and Derek vollowed Harry and Hermione on a valk vhen dey came across the others. Maccus stayed behind so Derek could get Harry back here, Hermione is vith Maccus in the voods still."

Fenrir looked at the group as he clenched his fists. He had thought that they had until the next full moon at least. Remus and Sirius were staring at the woods, looking for any sign of Remus' Cub. Looking back to Ludmil, "Gather the fighters and head to the woods to back up Maccus and retrieve the Pup. She has no business out there and could hinder our fighters if she is captured."

Fenrir stood tall before letting out a deafening roar from his gut letting everyone in the pack know to prepare for an attack.

In a moment, Harry and all of the children were taken deep into the bowels of the cave with their caregivers while their fighters took their posts. Some fighters surrounded the entrance to the cave while a few others ran into the cave to cover the hidden back entrance just in case they needed to take the young ones out the back.

The remaining fighters surrounded Ludmil and Fenrir, waiting for their orders.

Ludmil looked at them and then to Derek, "I have been invormed that ve are possibly under attack. Dere is a group advancing on our location and ve have two pack members currently unaccounted vor, and the sun is setting. It vill be very dark soon. Vour brother Maccus, and the other, Remus' Cub, Hermione. Dey are the two missing. Keep vour eyes out vor dem. If dey vere attacked, dey could be injured. Derek lead us to the location, NOW."

After Ludmil finished with a growl, he took off running with Fenrir and Derek at his side. Remus and Sirius both directly behind him as Derek shouted, "TO THE STREAM! ONE MILE SOUTH OF THE MAZE PATH."

Remus couldn't help the panic and anger that was flowing through him at the moment, he had been so distant with Hermione after the full moon. Mostly, it was due to his own embarrassment, but he had been hurt that she didn't want to be solely his Cub any longer. Right now, none of that mattered though, she was possibly in danger.

Derek said Maccus had stayed behind to ensure that he was able to get Harry to safety, but he really only needed a minute or so head start. He arrived at least 5 minutes ago and there was no sign of Maccus or Hermione.

He looked over seeing the serious expression on Sirius' face as he ran full speed next to him. His eyes scanning the woods in search of danger, and Hermione. Looking back towards the woods when they arrived at the clearing that Derek said they had been in earlier.

Fenrir, Ludmil, Remus, and Sirius' eyes immediately found the charred remains of two tree trunks that looked like they had been hit with a powerful spell. It looked as if there had been a small battle, but there was no one in the clearing.

Fenrir faced the wolves and spoke in a low growl, "Keep your eyes open for anything that is moving. First person to find the Pup, give her to her father or Uncle as soon as you can." Looking to Remus and Sirius, "Then you run her back to the cave. I don't care what you are doing, you protect the Pup."

A silence fell over the group as there was a loud splashing sound downstream as if someone was fighting in the water. The group silently ran through the woods towards the splashing.

Deep in the Woods - Hermione and Maccus

Hermione was trying to keep up with Maccus as he walked quickly towards the approaching others with his large hand gripping her upper arm. Every so often though, her feet would stumble as her shorter legs tangled together in her haste.

Maccus just glared down at her as he pulled on her arm harder, "Keep up bitch, you are making us take too long."

Growling threateningly back at him since she was still unable to speak. Hermione knew that her arm was going to be bruised, but paid her arm no mind as she saw the first of the men come into sight. She had to blink a few times, it was getting harder to see at distances, and as she looked around, she noticed that the sun was almost down.

Looking over her shoulder, she wondered how long it would be until Harry and Derek got back to the pack and brought reinforcements. 'If Derek was on their side that is.'

Looking back to the four men standing in front of them, Hermione put on a blank expression as they stared at her. She wasn't about to show any of them that she was nervous at the moment.

A short thick man that stood in the center of the others looked at her in disappointment, his salt and pepper hair falling greasily into his eyes. "What is this Maccus? This is not Harry Potter. For starters, this is a female. I know you're not the brightest wolf, but Harry is a male, and this is a female. He will not be happy that you messed up and grabbed the wrong kid!"

Hermione cringed seeing the man's rotting teeth as he spoke. The others grinned perversely at her, and their nasty, yellowed teeth were not much better.

Maccus gripped her arm tighter causing her to gasp silently in pain, as she turned her attention back to him as she listened to them, "I know she isn't Harry Potter, Draven! She is however Harry Potter's cousin and best friend! Surely you know he came after her to the wolf pack, Harry will come after her again. Then you can kill him! I really don't care what happens to the bitch. You go through your packs females pretty fast, I am sure you can use a new one?"

Hermione's eyes widened and she tried pulling her arm from Maccus once more as Draven growled, causing his men to believe that he approved of Maccus' suggestion. One tried to move forward to grab at her a tall, greasy, stringy haired man who if he weighed about eighty pounds less would look eerily similar to her old potions professor.

To Hermione's supposed luck Draven was not in a mood for thoughts of pleasure at the moment and grabbed the man's forearm and breaking it. "We are not here for little girls you idiot. We are here for Harry Potter, not his best friend, or his cousin. Harry. Bloody. Potter."

Hermione bristled at the 'little girl' jab towards herself, but it wasn't like she could say anything in her own defense at the moment since Maccus never release the silencing spell he had placed on her. Draven turned his attention back to Maccus, "How hard is that for you to understand Maccus?"

Maccus' hand must have gotten tired because he released her arm and grabbed the back of her neck with the other hand. "Draven, I know who we were looking for. I wasn't in charge of protecting him today, I had the girl when you decided to show up. How can that be my fault?"

Draven just raised both of his hands showing that he didn't know and most likely didn't care.

Maccus growled in irritation at what was happening, "Well are you going to take the girl?"

Draven looked Hermione's crunched over body up and down for a moment before shaking his head, "No. My wolves need to be on their toes. Having a female will only cause them to lose focus and fight amongst themselves for her attentions." He had drawn out the last word making Hermione understand what kind of attentions that he was referring too.

Suddenly Hermione was thrown to the ground hard striking her head on a rock as she heard a loud angry growl come from Maccus, "AND WHAT EXACTLY SHOULD I DO WITH HER THEN?"

Her head was spinning a bit as she tried to steady herself, where was Derek and Harry? Did they realize that they weren't following them yet? Did they tell the others? Hermione knew that things were going to get worse here in a moment.

Suddenly Hermione's worries came true and her heart stopped while her blood ran cold in her body as she heard Draven's response to Maccus, "I don't care. Let her go, mate her, kill her. She is your prisoner right now, but she is not coming with us. I don't think you want her getting back to the pack either, not if you want a chance to get Potter and save your hide."

There was nothing but the sound of the running creek to her left as she waited for any response from Maccus. What was he going to do with her? She couldn't even speak to bargain with him for her life. Still pressing her hand to her bleeding head as she tried to look up at Maccus in the darkness.

Maccus stared at the girl sitting on the ground holding her head. He knew he couldn't take her back, she would tell everyone of his betrayal. He knew he had to make her go away, and look like they had been attacked and he just couldn't save her. Looking at the gash on her forehead before his eyes wandered to the creek getting an idea. Reaching down he grabbed her by her monstrous, leaf riddled hair, before walking to the creek, dragging her along the hard ground as she cried out silently.

Pulling her up by her hair to make her eye level to him, "I am sorry about this. I could have mated you. You would have been mine and not that flying idiot Krum's; but there is no time for that. Besides, I would have probably needed to keep you silenced as a mute for the rest of our lives. You never did shut up."

Hermione growled as he insulted Viktor, not even caring that he had insulted her as well. She dropped her hands from trying to protect her scalp and attacked him, leaving long gashes on his face and neck from her nails.

Maccus roared and raised his other hand striking her hard across the face before walking thigh deep into the creek seemingly unaffected by the cold and plunged Hermione's head and body into the frigid water.

Hermione let a silenced scream out into the icy water as she flailed her arms around trying to grab at Maccus to pull herself up.

She managed to pull herself up briefly gasping for air after causing him so much pain by crushing his family jewels through his pants with her hand. However, as she tried to swim away he rearranged his grip on her to hold both of her hands firmly behind her back as he plunged her head back under the surface of the water.

Hermione's chest felt like it was going to explode and she gasped for air but only cold water forced its way down into her lungs.

After a moment, the pain started to fade as she grew tired and stopped fighting him. Her arms and legs failed her and began to float in the water letting the current of the creek dictated where they went.

Letting her eyes close as she started thinking about her father and Viktor, what would they think when they found her? She hoped that the others would help them.

Fenrir's Group

As they made their way up the river Ludmil scented that the group was still in the same general area, but a new scent drifted down towards them in the water. Blood. Not just any blood though, his son's mate and his soldier Maccus' blood.

Growling lowly deep in his throat as he kept silent as they continued following the blood trail, the group splitting into two. One on each side of the creek.

Suddenly as they turned around a bend the trees gave way to a sight that he was not expecting. Maccus standing in what appeared to be waist deep water holding his arms under the water. His face was bleeding profusely as if he had been hit with a cutting hex.

It was too dark for Ludmil to see what Maccus was doing, but he looked like he was struggling with something underneath the surface. Remus must have seen something from the other side of the creek that he could not, because he took off running at full speed followed by Sirius and four of his wolves and their Alpha without waiting for Ludmil's command.

Ludmil signaled for his side to rush forward as well after seeing his Alpha rushing in.

Remus hadn't waited for any command once he saw a small female or child sized foot floating in the water beside Maccus. He knew it was Hermione, who else would it have been?

Remus ran into the freezing water as Maccus looked up growling prepared to attack whomever was approaching him at the moment. However, Remus saw Maccus' face fall in fear as he looked behind him backing away from Hermione in the creek, but he didn't care as he reached under the water pulling Hermione's body up to the surface of the water.

Fenrir grabbed Maccus and ripped him out of the water by his neck, dragging his bloodied, freezing form to Ludmil. Growling into Maccus' face as he saw Remus pulling Hermione's small pale form from the water, "You had better explain yourself."

Ludmil's eyes were pure molten gold as he watched Remus trying to revive Hermione. Growling fiercely as he grabbed a handful of Maccus' hair as he jerked his head to look in his direction, "You better pray she doesn't die."

Maccus knew that he was found out and gave up struggling. There was no talking his way out of this one. "Why? It isn't like I am going to live."

Ludmil just gave a feral grin as he leaned in, "Vou are very correct Maccus. Vou betrayed vour pack, and vou attempted to take the life of my son's mate. Vou vill die. However, vhether she lives or dies, vill determine how quickly vour suffering vill end."

Ludmil glanced back to the others, he ordered, "Take him to the cave. He is not to leave." Looking back at Hermione, laying there unresponsive, he then diverted his gaze to Remus, watching as the man that he had a tough time seeing eye to eye with, frantically pulled his wand out and cast an invigorate on his lifeless daughter before he continued trying to give her muggle CPR. He knew no pain would be enough for him, "Wait."

Looking at Maccus before kicking his leg in backwards breaking his knee, Maccus screamed out in pain, "Ve vill start vith that. Do not let the healers tend to him until I arrive."

Ludmil looked over seeing his other men holding two strangers, "Sorry Alpha and Beta, there were others but they got away."

Fenrir waved them off not really looking at them, his focus was on the prone figure of Hermione lying in the dirt "We will deal with them later, take them to the cave."

Ludmil leaned down across from Remus, his eyes scanning the frozen pale form of Hermione. "Has da vater expelled from her lungs?"

Remus looked up from his nearly dead daughter to Ludmil in a panic, "No, nothing is working! I can't lose her."

Ludmil nodded and pulled out his knife, "Battle triage ven." Remus looked in horror as Ludmil reached down and tore Hermione's shirt in half with the knife. Leaving only her light blue bra covering her chest. Ludmil looked up and scanned his men, "Ian! Vou alvays carry fire whisky vith vou. Hand it over now!"

Ian stepped forward handing the full flask of fire whiskey over to Ludmil as he watched his Beta pour the contents over Hermione's chest and the knife.

Remus looked panicked as Fenrir held him back from his Cub, "Let Ludmil work Remus. He knows how to work on injured soldier in the worst of situations."

Ludmil lined the knife up between two of Hermione's ribs while holding her still with his other hand before thrusting the knife into her causing her to spasm as clear fluid ran out of the new wound and Hermione began to cough.

As Hermione's eyes shot open Remus leaned forward and pulled her into a hug. "You're going to be alright Hermione. We'll get you to the healer as soon as possible."

Hermione continued to cough up water and a bit of blood while she struggled to breath. Looking up she saw Ludmil staring down at her with a bloodied knife in one hand and something that she had never seen on his face, a relieved look.

Taking one hand off Remus' back she reached down and held Ludmil's hand.

He looked down confused at her small hand over his for a moment before looked back up at her and giving her a small smile, "Vou vill be okay bottle Ninna. I saw vat vou did to Maccus. I am very proud of vou."

Hermione smiled and then grimaced as Remus picked her up bridal style, "She needs the healer. We will figure everything else out later."

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