Look what happens when you feel guilty about not updating in forever. You write what's probably the longest chapter you've write in the shortest amount of time ever. Anyway enjoy!
As Remus had predicted after the full moon and a couple days of rest, Hermione was running around with Harry and Draco climbing trees and making messes.
Remus walked back into the cave after having gone outside with a letter in his hand. Thanks to some safe updating papers that the goblins at Gringotts were so gracious to give them, Hermione was adopted into their family.
"Gringotts sent us an owl. Is adopting strays going to be our new things now?"
Fenrir looked at Remus with mock confusion, "I have no idea what your talking about"
"You know at this rate we're going to have to find a new cave."
Fenrir frowned, "We might need to find a new cave anyway with this rogue wolf running around"
Remus nodded, "I can start going on scouting missions if you want," he suggested
"No," Fenrir denied, "I want you to stay with the pups. I'll go scouting for new places when I go hunting"
Hermione had taken to spending all her time outside quickly. After Harry and Draco taught her which trees were their favorite climbing trees,she was playing hide and seek like the best of them. Hermione knew that Harry and Draco were really good at finding her, she knew now because they used their sense of smell, she made sure to hide in a patch of smelly flowers.
As she was hiding, Hermione heard voices near her. She slowly peaked her head out and saw three men walking towards the cave. She focused her hearing to see what they were saying.
"We should be reaching them any moment now"
"I still think this is a lost cause, we found the golem that set off the trap"
"Something had to set off the trap and besides there's no way the golem left that shirt in the tree."
The third pushed his way to the front of the group, "Why don't you guys discuss this later when there's no chance of you alerting them."
Hermione hid back in the flowers. She weighed her options strange men were heading straight for her home, but she might lose the game if she went to tell Remus and Fenrir.
The men started talking again catching her attention, "So are we taking them dead or alive?"
"Preferably dead, but we're not authorized to use lethal force unless attacked"
That set Hermione into motion, as quietly as she could she snuck away and made her way back to the cave.
When she reached the cave she burst in (as much as you could burst into a place without doors), "There's strange men coming to the cave!" she yelled causes Remus and Fenrir to jump up.
"Where did you see them?" Fenrir asked
Hermione pointed towards where she came from, "I was hiding in a flower patch and I heard them walk by"
"Are you guys playing hide and seek?"
"Yeah, Harry's it"
"Da-dang it," Fenrir cursed mindful of Hermione, "I need you to stay here with Remus, Remus I need you to get everything ready. I'm going to go find Harry and Draco"
Fenrir ran out of the cave as soon as he got an answer from the two.
Three aurors were walking through a forest searching for a werewolf which one of them found stupid.
"Why are we even doing this in the day time. They'll be human"
"Because fighting a transformed werewolf is a suicide mission and they'll probably still be down and out form the full moon"
"The full moon was three weeks ago"
"It takes time for them to recover. They used to hold werewolves it cells to study them and they were always weak"
"It seemed like they never recovered"
The auror stopped that line of questioning, "Why are we searching through this random forest?"
"We used to search these caves often when He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named was first defeated. There's a cave further ahead, if there are any werewolves in this forest that's where they'll be"
"Doesn't that cave system have two entrances?"
"It does, that's why you and Rogers will go through the front, while I head around back"
Draco and Harry were busy looking for Hermione. She was always the best hider when they played in the park and the couldn't find her with all of the extra hiding places. They had check what the felt like was every tree and their next plan of action was to check the ground.
"I don't think we're going to find her, Draco"
Draco frowned he would not accept defeat, "We just need to check the ground"
Harry climbed down, Draco following, and came face to face with two strangers.
"What are you two doing out here?" one of them asked getting down to their level.
Draco stood in front of Harry, "Playing," Draco grabbed Harry's hand and took a step back, "We're not supposed to talk to strangers"
"We're not strangers, we're au- police officers. We just want to ask you a few questions"
Draco had grown up around aurors, they worked with his dad and he didn't recognize these two, Draco took off running, pulling Harry behind him. Draco looked back and saw that they weren't following, but slowed down and let Harry in front of him just incase.
Harry stopped at a tree and hurriedly climbed up it with Draco following behind.
"We have to find Hermione" Harry said as they tried to catch their breath.
"No," Draco disagreed, "We need to get back home. Fenrir and Remus can help us"
Harry reluctantly agreed and started towards the cave making sure to not make too much noise.
Fenrir had to hurry, there were aurors near his home, a threat to his pack, and he had no idea where Harry and Draco were. If past games were any clue they would be in the trees, which made his job a whole lot harder.
Fenrir paused as he heard voices ahead of him. He hid in some nearby bushes and listened carefully.
"Do you think those kids have anything to do with the werewolf?"
"Probably"
"Are we going to follow them?"
"No, they'll run into Pyre"
"What if their not going to the cave?"
"We'll follow them, but we don't have to chase them keep your distance"
Fenrir's heart stopped, aurors had found Harry and Draco. He had to find them and get back to the cave to warn Remus and Hermione.
Remus and Hermione were packing up all of the packs belongings. Remus and Fenrir had planned for this sort of things long ago. They, of course, thought that they would have a cave in mind to go to and didn't have kids when they made the plan.
They needed to get everything packed up and ready to go while Fenrir looked for the boys and distracted the aurors. When they got everything packed and the boys got back they would have to leave through the back entrance and get as far as possible, to their first safe spot, before apparating to the safe spot. After Fenrir was able to get to them, they had to get out of the country as soon as possible, since they had aurors actively looking for them.
Draco and Harry ran into the cave, "There's aurors in the forest," Draco yelled "and we can't find Hermione"
"I'm right here"
"Hermione!" Harry exclaimed tackling her into a hug.
Draco joined into the hug, "We thought the aurors had got you"
"I saw them when I was hiding"
Remus smiled at their little reunion, he really didn't want to interrupt them.
"You guys, you have to help me pack up all of our stuff" They were almost half way down and with two extra people they should be done soon.
Remus was shrinking everything that the pups gave to him and putting the shrunken stuff into a backpack. He paused in his actions when he heard a twig snap, it was probably nothing, but he was on edge with aurors so near. He slowly edged his way to the mouth of the cave trying his best to make sure he couldn't be seen from the outside. Outside were two aurors wands at the ready, Remus quickly made his way back to the kids, grabbing one of the backpacks as he hurried back.
"Okay, I need you guys to listen carefully. I need you guys to get to the safe spot and me and Fenrir will meet you there," Remus held out a backpack, trying to see who would take it.
Draco grabbed the backpack putting it, " Draco your in charge. Make sure everyone stays safe." Draco nodded with all the seriousness of a five year old, "Go through the back"
Draco ran out with Harry and Hermione following. They had just disappeared into an offshoot of the cave before the aurors ran in.
"Incarcerous" Remus dropped as the spell hit.
"Where are the kids?"
"There are none. It's just me"
The auror stunned him, "Look around for the kids," he told the other one.
When they got to the end of the tunnel Draco threw the backpack through the whole before helping Hermione get through. After Hermione was on the other side they heard someone yell at them.
"Stop right there!" It was one of the aurors from earlier.
"Hurry up, Harry" Draco said
As soon as Harry was through, Draco climbed through. The auror stuck his arm through the while intending to grab Draco by the back of the shirt. Luckily, Draco didn't have a shirt on and the auror grasped air.
Draco grabbed the backpack and slung it back on as soon as he landed, "Run!"
This time Draco stayed in the back as they ran towards the safe spot.
Remus sat against the wall where the aurors laid him when a third auror walked in holding Fenrir over his shoulder. Remus's eyes widened as Fenrir was sat next to him. If they were both captured nobody was with the kids and there was no telling if they would be able to meet up with them anytime soon.
