Harry Potter The Werewolf Of Hogwarts
By: Morrigan Raven
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A/N: AU. Voldemort was defeated the night he tried to kill Harry. Lily survived the attack but James didn't. The horcruxes were found and destroyed along with his wraith.
This is my entry for Harmony Hollow Fest. I had wanted to write a story with a werewolf Harry and another one kind of like Cyrano de Bergerac so I choose to combine them, the Cyrano part will come in later chapters though its not exactly like that.
There will be angst and some violence in this chapter. Rating just to be sure. And character's deaths. No Dumbledore bashing, he is barely in the story ?.
Sorry for grammar/spelling mistakes.
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Chapter 1: It's Hard To Make The Good Things Last
Severus Snape had heard a prophecy predicting his master The Dark Lord Voldemort's defeat, so he went to inform him. What Snape never expected, was for his master to assume that the son of James and Lily Potter would be the one to bring his end. Shortly after Snape learned that the dark lord planned to kill the Potters. Snape knew he had to try his best to stop him, for Snape loved Lily Potter nee Evans. First he had thought about begging his master to spare the muggle-born witch but he knew he could not trust Voldemort to not kill the witch, specially when she wouldn't simply stand aside and let her son be killed.
When the Potters were betrayed by their close friend Peter Pettigrew and he revealed where they were hiding, Lord Voldemort lead Peter Pettigrew with him along with Lucius Malfoy to kill the Potters. Snape tried his best to follow close behind without arousing suspicion but unfortunately his caution prevented him from saving the life of James Potter and he barely made it in time to save Lily and her son.
Before anyone could react, Snape casted the killing curse on The Dark Lord, his body seemed to explode and a dark shadow flew out of his body creating a hole on the roof of little Harry's room. Snape, taking advantage Peter Pettigrew's stunned reaction, he bound him and stunned him. He had hoped to reason with his friend Lucius but the dark wizard took his chance and hit Snape with a "Bombarda" to the chest. Before loosing consciousness, Snape managed to immobilize the wizard he had considered his friend, while Lily Potter got to her wand and knocked him out.
Lily made sure baby Harry was safe before calling for her husband, hoping against hope that he was still alive, sadly she got no answer. Trying to not give into despair, she picked little Harry, she knelt down next to Severus, covering her son's face trying to shield him from the awful sight. She checked the he man that had been her childhood friend, his injuries were more severe that she could treat, specially when she wasn't in her right mind. A loud crack sound made her stand up, alert and her wand at the ready.
"No! James!" the familiar voice of Sirius came from down the stairs. "Lily! Harry!"
"In here Sirius" the distraught mother found Sirius half way downstairs.
"Are you hurt!? Is Harry!? What happened here!?" Sirius asked while he checked his friend and the baby for any sign of them being injured.
"Peter betrayed us! They killed James!" Lilly could feel herself falling apart and passed her baby son to Sirius. "Severus killed Voldemort. Lucius Malfoy and Peter are both unconscious and Severus was injured" she finished as her legs failed her and she fell to her knees. "I can't help him!"
"What!? Snive… Snape!?" Sirius exclaimed, patting little Harry's back who was crying silently. Sirius passed the baby back to his mother and made his way into Harry's room. In there he found back robes covered in what he assumed were ashes, it was all that was left of the once terrifying Lord Voldemort. He noticed the still unconscious forms of Lucius and Peter and he threw another stunning spell just incase. A rasping breath caught his attention. He followed the sound and found a barely conscious Severus Snape.
"Are they alright?" Snape asked, spitting blood.
Sirius winced noticing the injuries in the dark wizard. He wondered if he should cast any healing spells on him, he didn't know that many and the ones he did know would not be enough. "They're fine. Lily just wanted to get Harry to safety… She asked me to check on you"
"He is not gone, he made horcruxes" tears poured out of Snape's eyes. From his robes he pulled a vial containing a silvery white liquid.
"Memories!? Yours!?" Sirius asked as he took the vial. Snape nodded at him, his breathing slowing down.
Snape had known that, one way or another, he wouldn't survive past this night and had prepared accordingly. He had learned everything he could about who Lord Voldemort used to be and could only assume what his horcruxes might be, but he believed to be a start in the right direction. He had also made plans to prevent Voldemort's Death Eaters to get free, he just hoped it was enough.
"I'm sorry" and with that Severus Snape exhaled his last breath.
Sirius sighed sadly, he had hated Severus Snape, but he could appreciate the sacrifice he had made to save Lily, it was no secret that Snape loved Lily, in his own way. For a brief moment Sirius wondered if Snape had been late on purpose as to not save James too but quickly dismissed the idea. It was clear Snape had come to save them or die trying. He turned to the still unconscious wizards and threw them yet another stunning spell. With feeling so much sorrow at the lost of his best friend, Sirius had some difficulties casting his patronus, but when he managed he send it too Dumbledore asking for help.
He walked out of the room and went in search for Lily. He found her kneeling down next to the body of the man that had been his brother in everything but blood. Her shoulders were shaking as she cried, she held baby Harry close to her chest as she rocked him back and forth. Sirius kneel down next to them and pulled her and baby Harry to his chest, he rubbed circles on her back making shushing noises.
"Dada!" Little Harry extended his little hand towards where his father's lifeless body laid and with that Sirius broke down too. That was the scene Dumbledore found when he arrived along with some of his most trusted aurors.
Shortly after that, Sirius took his place as Lord Black. Using his title as Head Of House Black, he casted Bellatrix Lestrange out of the Black Family, he was about to do the same to Narcissa Malfoy but she offered to help with the Dark Lord's horcruxes, she confessed she believed his husband had been entrusted with one in the form of a diary, she hadn't known what it was, she just felt the malevolence coming from the dark object, she also provided information about her sister having stored a very dark object in her vault at Gringotts. Sirius accepted to keep her in the family as well as her son Draco and then welcomed back Andromeda Tonks to the Black family. He took the Black Manor and insisted for Lily and Harry to come and live with him and Lily had felt so lost without James that she agreed. Remus visited from time to time but was reluctant to stay long, feeling he could endanger them with his 'furry little problem' even if both, Sirius and Lily assured him they had not problem with it and they trusted him completely.
In the following months, Sirius and a group of aurors, Amelia Bones amongst them, set to hunt down the Death Eaters Snape had listed for them, many had tried to claim that they had been under the Imperius Curse, but it was proven the Dark Mark could only be taken willingly. This allowed the Wizengamot to question them under the Veritaserum and all their crimes were exposed. Many of members of pure blooded families that had joined Voldemort's cause were now sentenced, depending on their crimes, to life in Azakaban or to death. Peter Pettigrew and Lucius Malfoy were amongst the ones sentenced to death. Bellatrix Lestrange, her husband and her brother in law were captured when they tried to attack the Longbottoms and were sentenced to death.
Sirius spend the next few years hunting down for the rest of the horcruxes. With the information Severus Snape left them combined with what Dumbledore himself knew about Voldemort, formerly known as Tom Marvolo Riddle, finding them and destroying them hadn't being so difficult, specially with a group of the best aurors and unspeakables to help with the cause. What had proven a little more difficult was finding Voldemort's wraith but once that was done, disposing of him had been easy.
Lily had gotten a job at St. Mungo Hospital as a healer, while Remus finally agreed to live with them, Sirius had managed to convince him to be their steward. Lily usually left little Harry in the hospital daycare while she worked and she visited him whenever she had some free time. She had begun to think it was time for her and Harry to go and live by themselves, specially now that Sirius and Amelia Bones were about to formalize their relationship. Thought whenever Amelia visited the Black Manor, she would bring her niece Susan along with her so she would play with Harry, the two kids, despite Harry's shyness, were becoming quick friends. Lily sometimes felt that Amelia was wary and maybe even jealous of her relationship with Sirius.
Remus was in a similar situation than Lily, except he felt Ms. Bones was wary of him because his Lycanthropy, for whenever the witch visited and he was present, she cautioned little Susan to remain close to her side. He and Lily tried to reason with Sirius, that if he were to formalize his relationship with Amelia, then it was proper for the both of them to move on their own. Sirius would argue that the manor was quite large and there was room enough for everyone. Then, frustrated, Sirius would argue with Amelia and they would start an on again and off again sort of relationship.
Years passed like this, and during one of those on again periods of Sirius and Amelia's relationship, Lily took Harry, who now was a little more than eight years old, and moved to a cottage she and James had owned. It was on the outskirts of a Wizarding little town. Sirius had gone after them and tried to convince her to comeback to the manor to no avail. Later she came to regret not going back with him.
It was during a night with a full moon when Fenrir Greyback found them. Lily and Harry had gone to the little town to have dinner with some of the locals they had befriended and on the way back to their home, the werewolf jumped in front of them.
"Run Harry!" Lily pushed Harry behind her and pulled her wand, pointing it at the werewolf.
The werewolf snarled, its maw dripping with drool, fixating his gaze on the boy he made to run at him, but Lily had casted "Confringo!"
The werewolf managed to jump out of the way of the blasting curse at the last moment. Lily continue to cast combination of the blasting curse and exploding charms but the werewolf was too fast and grew closer every time it dodged one of her spells. She then tried the banishing charm but the werewolf dodged that too. She kept trying to strike the werewolf with her spells, she was growing desperate, she thought she could hear people shouting and the werewolf seemed to hear them too for he grew more frantic with its attacks. Greyback had gotten too close and was just a leap away from getting her, and leap it did.
"Mom!" Harry pushed Lily out of the way making her miss her target as she tried to hit the werewolf with a bombarda, the spell hit a tree instead and the werewolf got its prey. The werewolf bit into Harry's forearm, tearing the flesh apart while its front paws teared at Harry's chest, Harry could only scream in agonizing pain.
"Depulso!" Casted Lily against the werewolf, not wanting to risk hurting Harry. The spell hit its mark, pushing the werewolf off her son. The werewolf got ready to attack again, but the screams of the approaching wizards and witches caused it to pause. It howled and then ran into the woods, away from the approaching crowd.
Lily rushed to Harry's side. She casted whatever healing spell she could think off but she knew it would not be enough, thankfully the crowd had finally reached them, amongst them, the apothecary who helped her pick Harry and rushed to his store where they treated Harry's injuries. They poured essence of dittany infused with powered silver over Harry's wounds and managed to save his life. Harry had mercifully fallen unconscious, Lily considered taking Harry to St. Mungo but ended up deciding against it, knowing the discrimination they had for werewolves victims. Instead, she send her patronus to inform Sirius about the attack.
Sirius had been on a date with Amelia Bones when Lily's doe Patronus reached him, her panicked voice informing him of Harry being badly hurt and being taken to the apothecary's house. With a "Harry!" Sirius apparated away without waiting long enough to say anything to Amelia. Sirius arrived at the outskirts of the little town near Harry and Lily's home, knowing the town well, he rushed towards the apothecary's where he could see a crowd gathering. He called for Lily who came to meet him. He had a moment of pure horror at the distraught look on her face and expected to be told his godson was dead.
"Oh, Sirius! It was Greyback! He bit Harry! We have done all we could, there's nothing more to do but wait" Lily sobbed burying her face in his chest.
"Harry is strong! He will make it!" Sirius wrapped his arms around her trying to comfort her, knowing his godson's life was forever changed.
It was several days that Harry spent fighting for his life and when he finally woke up. Sirius and Lily decided for Remus to tell Harry about him being a werewolf now. Remus explained to him how his life would change now. The need/crave to eat almost raw meat, having to take the wolfsbane potion to make the transformation a little easier and keep his mind. He told him about his own experiences after being turn. Harry tried to remain positive but after the first full moon that changed. He became depressed and tried to push people away fearing that they might end up being hurt by him. Sirius, Lily and Remus tried to change this by bringing Nymphadora Tonks, Sirius's niece who preferred to go by as Tonks, Neville Longbottom, Harry's godbrother and sometimes Draco Black, he had preferred to use his mother's maiden name with Sirius approval.
When Amelia found out about Harry's condition and that he and Lily had gone back to live with Sirius, she opposed, she told Sirius that neither she nor her niece would go anywhere near a young werewolf. Sirius tried to argue that Harry took every precautions possible to not endanger anyone, and that Sirius himself, in his animagus form, helped Harry during that difficult night, just like he sometime helped Remus. But Amelia wouldn't hear it, she gave Sirius an ultimatum, either he told Lily and her werewolf son to leave or she and Susan would leave and their relationship will be over for good.
Lily was to unsure of what to do and how to help Harry, his first transformation had seen him locking himself in one of the Black Manor's dungeons, he had even tried to shackle himself to a wall but Remus had explained that would end up hurting him more, Harry hadn't cared, he had said he preferred to be hurt himself than hurting one of them. She knew Harry needed his godfather and his uncle Remus to help him during those nights but she didn't want to ruin Sirius life. She proposed to look into the Potter's properties and find something similar to the Black Manor or adjust something in one of them. Harry still felt to unsure of his control as a werewolf even with the wolfsbane and insisted on staying on the cell in the dungeons. Remus had advised to let him do that until he felt sure of he could be around others without placing them at risk. But Sirius made his choice and he choose his godson, definitely ending his relationship with Amelia Bones. Harry had felt very guilty and that added to his misery, but Sirius told him he loved him more than anything and he was happy with his choice.
Harry started being trained in occlumensy, Remus had told him it would help him with his 'furry little problem' for it would help him keep a clear mind and have a better control of his emotions. It was almost a year of being a werewolf that Harry spent part of the night running around the forest surrounding the old Black Manor along with Remus and Padfoot, Sirius's animagus form. This brought some unwanted attention from Amelia, who visited with a group of aurors whenever there was a werewolf attack. They were always able to proof Harry's innocence but Amelia wouldn't let it be. Some attacks weren't even close to the manor but she still visited. One time she even brought a dementor when a werewolf attack did happened close to the manor again they probed that Harry was innocent, they even probed it had been Greyback.
Life went like that for years, until Harry turned eleven. Dumbledore pay them a visit and insisted Harry went to Hogwarts. Dumbledore promised to help him just like he had helped Remus, he even offered Lily the job of Potion's Professor since Slughorn was retiring and Sirius the job of DADA's Professor, so they could be near Harry and help him. It had taking some convincing but eventually Harry decided to give if a try.
And on September 1st, Harry was on the train towards Hogwarts, for his family thought it was an opportunity for him to make friends. But they didn't count with Susan Bones making sure everyone knew that Harry was a werewolf and claiming he could be dangerous. Harry had tried to introduce himself only to have the other children avoid him or completely ignore him. It was because of that Harry found himself alone in one compartment when he heard the croaking of a toad. He searched around until he found it and pick it up "Trevor?"
At the same time the door to the compartment opened letting a girl with brown eyes and bushy brown hair in "Have you seen a toad?"
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A/N: That's all for now, I will try to update soon. I know I still have some WIP and believe me, I've been trying to update since before Hermione's birthday but I keep getting distracted or having some health issues.
I'm not really trying to bash Susan and Amelia Bones but I sort of need them to play as antagonist. I can tell you at the start of the next chapter why they hate werewolves or you can wait until is revealed as the fic progress, is not canon it just something I set for this fic.
Hope you liked it and again sorry for my grammar/spelling mistakes.
