A/N: Ok, this is Chapter eleven! **Squeals** Where'd all my reviews go? Ok,
so this one's back to Yelena's POV.
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I heard the sound of feet as I walked down the twisted stairway. I saw Elephant sitting by a wall and the wolf was still where he was. But the way he stared at Elephant, there had to be something wrong. I looked around and noticed something poking through the wolf's robes. A wand!
"Accio." I sneered as the wand came flying into my hand. The wolf's eyes widened and Elephant slipped through the cage and jumped into his lap. "You know what's coming, don't you." I smirked as the wolf began to tremble. I raised my wand high and said the one word that he feared the most. "Crucio!"
I glared down at him, the smile turning into a frown. "That's the last time I'll find you with a wand." I said, turning and leaving. Why, why, WHY do I have to keep him alive? I'm sure my lord wouldn't mind…no, actually, then he'd kill me. Once my lord has gotten all he has out of the wolf, I will kill him. And I will make sure it won't be painless, oh no. He'd suffer all right…
I kicked the couch back over the trapdoor and went into the kitchen to make some lunch.
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(Back to Elephant's POV.)
I lay in his lap until I was sure Yelena was gone. Even though the curse wasn't aimed at me, it still hurt me as Lupin was tortured. When I was sure it was safe, I transformed back to my human self, this time minus the whiskers, but the tail still remained. I ran to Lupin's side and grabbed his hand.
"Remus." I whispered. He slowly turned his head to face me, his eyes half opened. I couldn't even begin to imagine how much pain he had been through. "Are you alright?" I asked, looking into his eyes.
"Is it really you, Mandy?" I looked at him, my lower lip trembling as memories of the past came flooding back.
"If you don't want to have a relationship with me, that's fine."
"I'm Seventeen. I can take care of myself."
I shook the thoughts out of my head. "Yes." I said finally. "It's really me." A small smile appeared on his lips, but was gone all too quickly when the door burst open. Without thinking, I threw my body over Remus's, clutching his shoulders.
"What the hell…?" Yelena shouted. I felt her gaze rest upon me and I heard the sound that meant her wand was out.
"Elephant?" She asked, eyeing my tail. I turned to her, not letting go of Remus. "Leave him alone! He never did anything to you!" A smile appeared on Yelena's face. She laughed, her voice echoing on the walls. "He didn't do anything…but we'll need him later. I should've known there was something weird about you. You're not a cat…you never were!"
She raised her wand and pointed it at me. "Crucio!" She shouted. I screamed; it was the most painful thing imaginable. It was like my body was on fire, but I still didn't let go of Remus. And then the pain was gone. I lay there, gasping. Yelena was just about to perform the cruciatus curse on me again, but after years of being an auror, my reflexes were strong.
"ACCIO!" I shouted, and although I didn't have my wand, the wand in Yelena's flew into mine. "Stupefy!" I shouted. The spell hit Yelena in the stomach and she fell to the floor. Without waiting for a protest, I managed to create a portkey out of my hairclip. Remus and I grabbed onto it and disappeared.
We re-appeared in a forest. My legs gave way and I sank to the ground. Remus stared at me, his eyes wide and darting around. His heavy breathing was the only sound until he spoke. "But you're dead." He said blankly, staring at me.
"I-I…" I took a deep, shuddery breath and spoke. "My brother was bitten by a werewolf. But it should've been me. If I hadn't ran away…I would've gotten bitten. So I made a polyjuice potion-enough to last a few weeks- and gave it to some animal. I then killed it and put it in the school and…I ran away. But over the time, I invented something you might be familiar with. The Wolfsbane potion."
"And then I became an animagus and returned to Hogwarts, where Yelena took me as her pet. And that's it, I guess…"
When I looked back at Lupin, he had fallen asleep. I sighed, resting my head on his shoulder, and I was asleep soon after.
***
I heard the sound of feet as I walked down the twisted stairway. I saw Elephant sitting by a wall and the wolf was still where he was. But the way he stared at Elephant, there had to be something wrong. I looked around and noticed something poking through the wolf's robes. A wand!
"Accio." I sneered as the wand came flying into my hand. The wolf's eyes widened and Elephant slipped through the cage and jumped into his lap. "You know what's coming, don't you." I smirked as the wolf began to tremble. I raised my wand high and said the one word that he feared the most. "Crucio!"
I glared down at him, the smile turning into a frown. "That's the last time I'll find you with a wand." I said, turning and leaving. Why, why, WHY do I have to keep him alive? I'm sure my lord wouldn't mind…no, actually, then he'd kill me. Once my lord has gotten all he has out of the wolf, I will kill him. And I will make sure it won't be painless, oh no. He'd suffer all right…
I kicked the couch back over the trapdoor and went into the kitchen to make some lunch.
***
(Back to Elephant's POV.)
I lay in his lap until I was sure Yelena was gone. Even though the curse wasn't aimed at me, it still hurt me as Lupin was tortured. When I was sure it was safe, I transformed back to my human self, this time minus the whiskers, but the tail still remained. I ran to Lupin's side and grabbed his hand.
"Remus." I whispered. He slowly turned his head to face me, his eyes half opened. I couldn't even begin to imagine how much pain he had been through. "Are you alright?" I asked, looking into his eyes.
"Is it really you, Mandy?" I looked at him, my lower lip trembling as memories of the past came flooding back.
"If you don't want to have a relationship with me, that's fine."
"I'm Seventeen. I can take care of myself."
I shook the thoughts out of my head. "Yes." I said finally. "It's really me." A small smile appeared on his lips, but was gone all too quickly when the door burst open. Without thinking, I threw my body over Remus's, clutching his shoulders.
"What the hell…?" Yelena shouted. I felt her gaze rest upon me and I heard the sound that meant her wand was out.
"Elephant?" She asked, eyeing my tail. I turned to her, not letting go of Remus. "Leave him alone! He never did anything to you!" A smile appeared on Yelena's face. She laughed, her voice echoing on the walls. "He didn't do anything…but we'll need him later. I should've known there was something weird about you. You're not a cat…you never were!"
She raised her wand and pointed it at me. "Crucio!" She shouted. I screamed; it was the most painful thing imaginable. It was like my body was on fire, but I still didn't let go of Remus. And then the pain was gone. I lay there, gasping. Yelena was just about to perform the cruciatus curse on me again, but after years of being an auror, my reflexes were strong.
"ACCIO!" I shouted, and although I didn't have my wand, the wand in Yelena's flew into mine. "Stupefy!" I shouted. The spell hit Yelena in the stomach and she fell to the floor. Without waiting for a protest, I managed to create a portkey out of my hairclip. Remus and I grabbed onto it and disappeared.
We re-appeared in a forest. My legs gave way and I sank to the ground. Remus stared at me, his eyes wide and darting around. His heavy breathing was the only sound until he spoke. "But you're dead." He said blankly, staring at me.
"I-I…" I took a deep, shuddery breath and spoke. "My brother was bitten by a werewolf. But it should've been me. If I hadn't ran away…I would've gotten bitten. So I made a polyjuice potion-enough to last a few weeks- and gave it to some animal. I then killed it and put it in the school and…I ran away. But over the time, I invented something you might be familiar with. The Wolfsbane potion."
"And then I became an animagus and returned to Hogwarts, where Yelena took me as her pet. And that's it, I guess…"
When I looked back at Lupin, he had fallen asleep. I sighed, resting my head on his shoulder, and I was asleep soon after.
