The team appeared just outside the Three Broomsticks all with their wands out and ready for anything. What they were not expecting were three students to be coming out of the back Honeydukes at that precise moment. "James?" Harry whispered looking at his son and his friends who were all dressed in their black school robes. Harry knew at that moment letting his son keep the map was a bad idea. He knew the kids had taken it from his desk but he did not think James would do something like this.
"Dad?" James exclaimed "I uh we're not here, just an elusion you see." he waved his arms around like an idiot.
"Yeah Uncle Harry ooooo we're ghosts." Fred said doing a very poor impression of a ghost.
"Did we lose the invisibility cloak?" Ben asked.
"No we're wearing it aren't we?" James looked up and saw the material was not above them "Whoops."
"We're still not here." Fred said still pretending to be a ghost.
"Come off it you Fred, your uncle is smarter than that. I tried to talk them out of it Mr. Potter honest I did!" Joey said.
"You are such a whimp. Mr. Potter is the greatest escape artist in the history of Hogwarts. Well besides your dad Fred. We saw his file in the cabinet remember? That's how we found out how to do half the stuff we do." Ben said rolling his eyes.
"Ben you are getting us into more trouble by opening your big trap." James hissed.
"Oh sorry." Ben said realizing what he was doing.
"I'll talk to you boys later, but right now I need you back up at the castle and in your dormitory." Harry said "James we're going to have to have a talk this summer about the Marauders Map."
"Yes sir." James sighed.
Harry took a deep breath "Which tunnel did you use?"
"The one eyed witch." The boys answered.
"I need a team to make sure my son and his friends get back to the castle and alert the headmistress that we're here."
"I'll go." Teddy said walking over and placing a hand on James' shoulder "That way we can have a nice little chat."
"Alliah, Jones, Hopper, you go with Teddy and secure the castle. Alert all the heads of house and have them alert the prefects." Harry said.
"Dad I'm really sorry." James said looking at his father.
"We'll talk about it later James." Harry said, "I'm disappointed in your choice. I know you are just trying to have some fun, but…" he cut himself off with a sigh "we'll talk later."
"Mr. Potter, there's a werewolf close by. I can feel it." Joey said looking at him.
"Get them inside now." Harry ordered.
"Dad we can help." James said.
"James, go. Now." Harry said looking at his son with both pride and disappointment. He was proud that he wanted to stay, but disappointed that he was out here to begin with.
"Come on James." Teddy said steering him toward the shack.
"But Ted we can help!" James cried.
"James you're in enough trouble as it is. Don't make it worse for yourself." Jones whispered to the boy.
"Yeah cheer up pal, at least you don't have to find this werewolf." Hopper laughed slapping James on the back.
"He's close." Joey whispered.
"What?" the aurors turned looking at the boy.
"The man you're looking for, he's close. Werewolves can smell each other and I can smell him. He's hiding, waiting." Joey said staring into the woods.
"Joey, where is he?" Harry asked looking at his son's best mate.
"Over there in the trees." Joey pointed beginning to look nervous.
"I want those kids back inside the safety of the castle gates faster than you can say Quidditch or so help me every single one of you will be out of a job." Harry growled. The aurors with the boys grabbed their shoulders and apparated to the castle gates and waited for a professor to come and let them in. "Now then let's go get this monster before I do something stupid."
"Mate calm down." Ron urged, "James isn't hurt."
"No, but his best mate was bitten as a child and will have to live with this for the rest of his life. I will not live with that on my shoulders any longer." Harry snapped walking off his wand at the ready.
"Come on team let's go after him before our fearless leader gets himself killed." Ron sighed walking after Harry.
Back at the castle gates Hagrid came down looking from the aurors to the four boys with them "James? Fred? Ben? Joey? What're you doin outside the castle gates at this hour?" he boomed.
"Being eleven year old boys Hagrid." Teddy said.
"That's no excuse! Could have gotten yerselves killed!" Hagrid exclaimed opening the gates.
"We didn't mean any harm Hagrid." James said looking at his father's friend.
"James there is a werewolf on the loose and all you can say is ya meant no harm?"
"Hagrid!" Teddy shouted "They've beaten themselves up enough about this." Teddy let go of James and the other aurors let go of the other boys. James took the opportunity to gesture to the other boys to go back to the village.
"Ummm where did they go?" Alliah asked realizing the boys were gone.
"What?" Teddy and Hagrid turned.
"James is dead when dad gets a hold of him." Teddy groaned pulling his wand out "Go alert the heads of houses and tell them what's going on. Leave the boys out of it for right now. They are in enough trouble already without adding suspension or expulsion to the list." he said before apparating back to the village in hopes of blocking James from getting anywhere near the fight. When he got there he saw all the aurors nursing wounds "What happened?" he asked Seamus.
"Harry went after Greyback. We went with him and were ambushed. He's been recruiting." Seamus groaned holding his shoulder.
"You need a healer." Teddy said.
"No, if I call for a healer Lavender will come. I'm fine there are others worse than I." Seamus pointed to some of the aurors.
"We need back-up." Dean said coming out from the woods "We're getting our asses handed to us."
Teddy cursed under his breath running into the Three Broomsticks "Rosmerta I need to use your floo."
"Right there Teddy."
Teddy threw some powder into the fire and stuck his head in "MUM!"
"Teddy what's wrong?" Ginny asked running into the study.
"Mum where's Aunt Hermione?"
"Right here Teddy. What's wrong?" Hermione asked.
"We need back-up. Lots of it. Greyback's been recruiting. We're in need of medical asisstance too." Teddy said.
"I'm on my way." Abby said walking into the study.
"You are staying there." Teddy ordered.
"Theodore Lupin I am a big girl and I do not take orders from you." Abby glared.
"Abigail you are not coming and that's final!" Teddy snapped. "Aunt Hermione get that help as soon as you can." he pulled his head out of the fire before his girlfriend could protest.
"Alright I'll call my team and get them over there." Hermione said watching Ginny grab a cloak "What are you doing?"
"Going to help my husband, brother, and son." Ginny said "You are too. I'm tired of sitting on the sidelines Hermione. I want to fight."
"What about the kids?" Hermione asked not arguing. She wanted to go too.
"Percy can watch them. They're still here so that's all settled."
"I'm going too. Teddy can't boss me around like that." Abby said "I'll go grab my medical bag and meet you girls there."
"Be careful." Ginny instructed.
"I will. I promise." Abby smiled walking from the house.
"Alright let's go before I change my mind." Hermione said stepping into the floo "Three Broomsticks." she disappeared behind the green flames.
"Here we go." Ginny said stepping in as well disappearing from sight as Hermione had. The two women ran out of the pub and saw the devestation in front of them.
"Ginny? Hermione?" Dean cried.
"Dean what's going on?" Ginny asked running over him.
"We went after Greyback and we were ambushed."
"Where's Harry?"
"Still in there." Dean said pointing to the woods where spells could be seen flying.
"Harry." Ginny breathed taking off towards the woods.
"Ginny? Ginny where are you going?" Hermione yelled. Ginny said nothing just continued into the woods. Hermione groaned and took off after her. She could only guess that their men were in there, she only hoped they did not find them dead.
"Daddy!" Abby cried when she apparated into the viallge bringing several healers with her.
"Abby? What are you doing here?" Dean asked.
"Taking care of you." Abby said pointing her wand at her father's broken arm.
"Thanks love. Now stay low and remember everything I taught you." Dean smiled kissing her forehead.
"Where are you going?" Abby yelled.
"Back into the fight." Dean winked before disappearing into the fight.
Abby smiled proudly after her father before running into Teddy "Abby?"
"Theodore." Abby looked him over "Well you don't look to horrible. A few scratches. I'm sure you'll live."
"What are you doing here?"
"Helping people." Abby said looking one of the older aurors over.
"I gathered. Why are you here?" Teddy asked again "I thought I told you to stay home."
"And I said I was a big girl and could look after myself." Abby said putting ointment on the man.
"Go home Abigail before you get hurt." Teddy demanded.
"I will not be bossed around like a five year old Ted!" Abby snapped standing up "Why don't you want me here?"
"Because!" Teddy cried.
"Because why? Because I'm a woman?"
"You guys fighting is stupid right now!" Darcy called over her shoulder running past.
"Darcy what are you doing here?" Seamus asked looking at his daughter.
"Shut up dad and let me look at your shoulder." Darcy said.
Teddy turned back to Abby "Go home Abby."
"NO!" Abby yelled.
"GO HOME!" Teddy yelled back.
"WHY? WHY DO YOU WANT ME TO GO HOME SO BAD?"Abby screamed.
"I CAN'T LOSE YOU!" Teddy exploded.
Abby looked at him confused "What?"
"I can't lose you Abs. My mum died in a war because she didn't stay home like my father asked her to." Teddy said.
Abby looked at him softly leaning on her tiptoes she kissed him softly "I'm not going anywhere. Go fight and come back to me."
"Get ready men they're coming this way!" one of Hermione's men called.
"Ted! Abby!" Arty ran over "Abby, you and Darce need to get somewhere safe."
"Arty, Darcy and I are not hiding." Abby said "You two go fight. We know how to use our wands." Abby smiled.
"Come on Arty."
In the woods Ginny and Hermione found Ron nursing a bad shoulder wound "Ron!"
"Hermione?" Ron looked at his wife "What are you doing here?"
"We came to help." Hermione said looking at her husband "Ronald this looks bad."
"Just a scrape love."
"Ron where's Harry?" Ginny asked.
"Last time I saw him he was dueling Greyback."
"WHAT?" both women exploded.
"He'll be fine." Ron assured them "Come on the traitorous bastards are moving towards the village."
Ginny looked at them before tearing off farther into the woods "Harry!" she called her wand out shooting spells at anything that moved. "Harry!" she called again. She tripped over something and looked down screaming.
A/N: Cliffhanger! haha I'm so evil LOL So umm hi there! I did not die! My laptop died and all my files are still on their so my chapters for this have been erased from my memory for the time being. I was able to find these two chapters though hiding in my email yay! I promise to update soon!