Chapter 18
The Bite
Fred and George were in a sour mood even now, a month and a half since the game. They were apparently still doing detentions for Snape. It seemed like a good idea to them, to toss dung bombs into the fire during potions. Shayna wondered if he'd keep giving it to them, even if they did behave. "There will be 12 points extra credit available if you successfully make one does of wolveton. Mr. Weasley's were good enough to peel that vat of bat wings over there if you do decided to take this opportunity." he told them all
Cho was fuming until after the second task. Apparently being the most important thing to Cedric Diggaroy made up for the points. (Many Slytherins enjoyed the second task. "Notice how Potter is the only one with a male hostage ... uh huh" Amber laughed) So Chang had her guy, while Shayna's old interest wouldn't be in the same room with her. And so she was left with her potions extra-credit.
The dorm was empty except for her. The other girls were by the fire playing exploding snaps. Things had been utterly peaceful since the match, she was getting enough sleep, her grades were growing up. And she had just finished her first full day at the Midnite Inn with out screwing anything up. However Warren didn't stay as sweet as he'd been at the dance.
Shayna put the last ingredient of the wolveton into the vial and slipped in her pocket, so she'd be sure to have for tomorrow. She propped open her potions book and read to the walls. "In the attempt to cure Where-wolf patients three potions emerged. Wolvesbane the first was a failure, all it has the ability to do is subdue the wolf so that he will not be dangerous. Wolveton came next which can reverse the transformation. However it must be taken after the patient becomes the wolf, and is only affective for the first 20 years of their illness. Finally Rogkain was invented which can prevent the development of where-wolf if taken 1 hour after the bite. It has no affect on the wolf after this time."
Suddenly the dorm room door slammed open. Michelle ran up to Shayna talking a mile a minuet in a guilty sort of hysteria. "I know we shouldn't have ... but I was just so sick of listening to her ... you know it was really her idea in the first place ... and then it jumped, and I ran, but she couldn't and ... and ... and ..."
Shayna put her hands on Michelle's shoulders "Breath child" she said dramatically She took a deep troubled breath. "Now what's wrong?"
"O.k." she said It was obvious she was afraid to tell Shayna, which was not at all like her. "Samantha Krum, she challenged me to a Witches duel at the edge of the forbidden forest. I didn't want to look like I was scared of her, and she was being so mean. So I agreed. Anyways we were just down there fighting, and I hit her with a jelly-leg curse. And then something big came out of the forest. I ran, but Krum's legs were still jelly so she couldn't. And the thing attacked her!"
Shayna was very serious now. "You didn't see what attacked her?" Michelle shook her head. Shayna grabbed her wand and followed Michelle out of the castle. By the time they passed the whomping willow the girls had broke into a run. Then they saw her. Annoying Little Samantha Krum was quiet for the first time that Shayna could remember. She was lying helpless by the forest floor.
She knelt down next to her, and checked her pulse. She was still alive. "Lumos" she held up her wand and examined the Ravenclaw. Her skin was cold in places and warm in others, her eye's wouldn't open. The bottom of her robes was tattered and bloody. If she hadn't have just been studying it, the thought would have never come to her. "Michelle, get the games keeper" Shayna lifted the girls leg, and bite marks confirmed her suspicion, a where-wolf.
"Wha's all this?" asked the giant shaggy Hagrid "The two girls were out here. Yes they shouldn't have, that's not the issue" she added seeing him open his mouth "you've got to take her up to the Hospital Wing fast she's got a where-wolf bite."
Shayna straitened up and turned to the forest. "An just where do ya think yer goin?" Hagrid demanded
"To find that wolf"
"Like hell you are!" he growled
"You've got two choices Hagrid" Shayna yelled "Try and stop me or get her some help. The only problem is she's got a little less then twenty minuets left." The Gamekeeper sighed heavily and picked up Samantha, and started to the castle, Michelle at his heels. Shayna bolted into the Forbidden Forest, she'd never been there before, and she was pretty sure she'd end up dead. But if there was a wolf in there she had to do something. but as she made her way through the trees she became very frightened. Why had being alone in the forest sounded like a good idea?
Almost immediately she stopped hearing movement in a nearby bush. She froze, and then decided she was hearing things. She was about to continue walking when it lept at her. Shayna only just got away. She raised her wand at the beast "STUPIFY!"
The Wolf fell to ground with a soft thud. Shayna sat down and pulled it's head onto her lap. She hadn't even knocked it out. "You are one strong animal." she told it It growled at her through deep brown eyes, but she paid no attention. She reached into her pocket and uncorked the vial. So much for extra credit. It oozed slowly into the wolf's snout, which was sill stained with Sammi's blood.
The air was very cold, but the wind couldn't move through the thickness of the trees. Shayna scratched the wolf behind the ears hoping to stop the growling, as they waited. The moisture from the soil was seeping through her robes.She looked down in her lap. The wolf was gone, in it's place was a boy with dark hair that was in need of a trim. "Warren!" Shayna gasped, pushing him out of her lap She was going to stand up but he lept at her again, quickly placing a hand over her mouth.
"What now Shayna? You gonna scream?" If she was afraid of being in the forest alone then it was a mmircle she wasn't dead from fright now. "Screaming, you see, is what most people do when they see a wolf. The old lady who found me out last time screamed louder then a banshee. She's the reason I lost my job in Diagon Alley. This is probably exactly what you wanted isn't it Shayna. You can tell Madame Bootlet, and be rid of me!"
Shayna shook her head, but Warren didn't seem to believe her. "No body trusts a wolf. No matter how hard they work, or how nice they seem, never trust them. Always act like we want to go out of their mind every time there was a full moon. Like we enjoy killing people or worse turning them into us. You're just like them Riddle. You don't trust me do you. Are you scared Shayna? Scared of the Big Bad Wolf!"
Shayna jumped back and to her feet. "I'm not scared!" she lied "And I didn't trust you before I knew you were a where-wolf, so you can't use that." Warren glared at her as though she smelled foul. He tried to stand up, collapsed almost immediately. "Oh Warren!" She said trying to help him "The wolfton took allot out of you. You'll have to come up to the castle, Madame Promfery won't ask questions, she never does."
"I'll do no such thing!" he insisted idly as Shayna threw his arm over her shoulder "That headmaster up there'll have the Ministry there fast then you can say Azkaban."
"No he won't' Shayna assured him "Dumbledore is cool, you won't have to worry about him. But let's just keep you away from Severus. He didn't seem to like where-wolves too much last year."
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Both Samantha and Warren lie in white beds in the Hospital Wing. Michelle and Shayna sat at the ends of either bed. Krum had received the antidote in time and she was going to be fine. As soon as she was well, she and Michelle would be mopping the floors of the Great Hall and kitchen every night for the next 3 weeks.
"Well when I was 11 I got my letter from Hogwarts just like you all did." Warren was explaining "But my mother didn't have enough money for supplies and what not. So I left home to get a job. I thought I could pay my own way and it'd be one less mouth for her to feed. I would work for one year to save up enough, and just graduate a year late. I started out by per sitting, I loved animals, but I wasn't making enough so I went to work as a gardener.
"That's when I got bit. There was a wolf sitting behind a Grapnart plant. Being the genius of a first year that I was I tried to feed him some of my dinner. He bit my hand instead. .... I'll never be able to forgive myself, one stupid move and I'll never be able to live normally. No matter how hard I try I'll never be able to out run it."
"Mother stopped writing me when I told her. Can't really blame her. I haven't been able to hold a job for long since. I just realized the truth, this is how it's always gonna be. I have to feed myself in between jobs, so saving money is outta the question. I'll never get to go to Hogwarts ..... I always hated those kids that didn't have to grow up right away. Who got to stay innocent while Mommy and Daddy took care of everything for them. It's just not fair, they'll never have to work for anything. They'll never know what it feels like."
Shayna nodded and then under her breath said "They don't have to constantly look over their shoulder, or know what it's like to always be running."
Fred and George were in a sour mood even now, a month and a half since the game. They were apparently still doing detentions for Snape. It seemed like a good idea to them, to toss dung bombs into the fire during potions. Shayna wondered if he'd keep giving it to them, even if they did behave. "There will be 12 points extra credit available if you successfully make one does of wolveton. Mr. Weasley's were good enough to peel that vat of bat wings over there if you do decided to take this opportunity." he told them all
Cho was fuming until after the second task. Apparently being the most important thing to Cedric Diggaroy made up for the points. (Many Slytherins enjoyed the second task. "Notice how Potter is the only one with a male hostage ... uh huh" Amber laughed) So Chang had her guy, while Shayna's old interest wouldn't be in the same room with her. And so she was left with her potions extra-credit.
The dorm was empty except for her. The other girls were by the fire playing exploding snaps. Things had been utterly peaceful since the match, she was getting enough sleep, her grades were growing up. And she had just finished her first full day at the Midnite Inn with out screwing anything up. However Warren didn't stay as sweet as he'd been at the dance.
Shayna put the last ingredient of the wolveton into the vial and slipped in her pocket, so she'd be sure to have for tomorrow. She propped open her potions book and read to the walls. "In the attempt to cure Where-wolf patients three potions emerged. Wolvesbane the first was a failure, all it has the ability to do is subdue the wolf so that he will not be dangerous. Wolveton came next which can reverse the transformation. However it must be taken after the patient becomes the wolf, and is only affective for the first 20 years of their illness. Finally Rogkain was invented which can prevent the development of where-wolf if taken 1 hour after the bite. It has no affect on the wolf after this time."
Suddenly the dorm room door slammed open. Michelle ran up to Shayna talking a mile a minuet in a guilty sort of hysteria. "I know we shouldn't have ... but I was just so sick of listening to her ... you know it was really her idea in the first place ... and then it jumped, and I ran, but she couldn't and ... and ... and ..."
Shayna put her hands on Michelle's shoulders "Breath child" she said dramatically She took a deep troubled breath. "Now what's wrong?"
"O.k." she said It was obvious she was afraid to tell Shayna, which was not at all like her. "Samantha Krum, she challenged me to a Witches duel at the edge of the forbidden forest. I didn't want to look like I was scared of her, and she was being so mean. So I agreed. Anyways we were just down there fighting, and I hit her with a jelly-leg curse. And then something big came out of the forest. I ran, but Krum's legs were still jelly so she couldn't. And the thing attacked her!"
Shayna was very serious now. "You didn't see what attacked her?" Michelle shook her head. Shayna grabbed her wand and followed Michelle out of the castle. By the time they passed the whomping willow the girls had broke into a run. Then they saw her. Annoying Little Samantha Krum was quiet for the first time that Shayna could remember. She was lying helpless by the forest floor.
She knelt down next to her, and checked her pulse. She was still alive. "Lumos" she held up her wand and examined the Ravenclaw. Her skin was cold in places and warm in others, her eye's wouldn't open. The bottom of her robes was tattered and bloody. If she hadn't have just been studying it, the thought would have never come to her. "Michelle, get the games keeper" Shayna lifted the girls leg, and bite marks confirmed her suspicion, a where-wolf.
"Wha's all this?" asked the giant shaggy Hagrid "The two girls were out here. Yes they shouldn't have, that's not the issue" she added seeing him open his mouth "you've got to take her up to the Hospital Wing fast she's got a where-wolf bite."
Shayna straitened up and turned to the forest. "An just where do ya think yer goin?" Hagrid demanded
"To find that wolf"
"Like hell you are!" he growled
"You've got two choices Hagrid" Shayna yelled "Try and stop me or get her some help. The only problem is she's got a little less then twenty minuets left." The Gamekeeper sighed heavily and picked up Samantha, and started to the castle, Michelle at his heels. Shayna bolted into the Forbidden Forest, she'd never been there before, and she was pretty sure she'd end up dead. But if there was a wolf in there she had to do something. but as she made her way through the trees she became very frightened. Why had being alone in the forest sounded like a good idea?
Almost immediately she stopped hearing movement in a nearby bush. She froze, and then decided she was hearing things. She was about to continue walking when it lept at her. Shayna only just got away. She raised her wand at the beast "STUPIFY!"
The Wolf fell to ground with a soft thud. Shayna sat down and pulled it's head onto her lap. She hadn't even knocked it out. "You are one strong animal." she told it It growled at her through deep brown eyes, but she paid no attention. She reached into her pocket and uncorked the vial. So much for extra credit. It oozed slowly into the wolf's snout, which was sill stained with Sammi's blood.
The air was very cold, but the wind couldn't move through the thickness of the trees. Shayna scratched the wolf behind the ears hoping to stop the growling, as they waited. The moisture from the soil was seeping through her robes.She looked down in her lap. The wolf was gone, in it's place was a boy with dark hair that was in need of a trim. "Warren!" Shayna gasped, pushing him out of her lap She was going to stand up but he lept at her again, quickly placing a hand over her mouth.
"What now Shayna? You gonna scream?" If she was afraid of being in the forest alone then it was a mmircle she wasn't dead from fright now. "Screaming, you see, is what most people do when they see a wolf. The old lady who found me out last time screamed louder then a banshee. She's the reason I lost my job in Diagon Alley. This is probably exactly what you wanted isn't it Shayna. You can tell Madame Bootlet, and be rid of me!"
Shayna shook her head, but Warren didn't seem to believe her. "No body trusts a wolf. No matter how hard they work, or how nice they seem, never trust them. Always act like we want to go out of their mind every time there was a full moon. Like we enjoy killing people or worse turning them into us. You're just like them Riddle. You don't trust me do you. Are you scared Shayna? Scared of the Big Bad Wolf!"
Shayna jumped back and to her feet. "I'm not scared!" she lied "And I didn't trust you before I knew you were a where-wolf, so you can't use that." Warren glared at her as though she smelled foul. He tried to stand up, collapsed almost immediately. "Oh Warren!" She said trying to help him "The wolfton took allot out of you. You'll have to come up to the castle, Madame Promfery won't ask questions, she never does."
"I'll do no such thing!" he insisted idly as Shayna threw his arm over her shoulder "That headmaster up there'll have the Ministry there fast then you can say Azkaban."
"No he won't' Shayna assured him "Dumbledore is cool, you won't have to worry about him. But let's just keep you away from Severus. He didn't seem to like where-wolves too much last year."
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Both Samantha and Warren lie in white beds in the Hospital Wing. Michelle and Shayna sat at the ends of either bed. Krum had received the antidote in time and she was going to be fine. As soon as she was well, she and Michelle would be mopping the floors of the Great Hall and kitchen every night for the next 3 weeks.
"Well when I was 11 I got my letter from Hogwarts just like you all did." Warren was explaining "But my mother didn't have enough money for supplies and what not. So I left home to get a job. I thought I could pay my own way and it'd be one less mouth for her to feed. I would work for one year to save up enough, and just graduate a year late. I started out by per sitting, I loved animals, but I wasn't making enough so I went to work as a gardener.
"That's when I got bit. There was a wolf sitting behind a Grapnart plant. Being the genius of a first year that I was I tried to feed him some of my dinner. He bit my hand instead. .... I'll never be able to forgive myself, one stupid move and I'll never be able to live normally. No matter how hard I try I'll never be able to out run it."
"Mother stopped writing me when I told her. Can't really blame her. I haven't been able to hold a job for long since. I just realized the truth, this is how it's always gonna be. I have to feed myself in between jobs, so saving money is outta the question. I'll never get to go to Hogwarts ..... I always hated those kids that didn't have to grow up right away. Who got to stay innocent while Mommy and Daddy took care of everything for them. It's just not fair, they'll never have to work for anything. They'll never know what it feels like."
Shayna nodded and then under her breath said "They don't have to constantly look over their shoulder, or know what it's like to always be running."
