Here it is... I had writer's block...........
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Chapter 3: Casualties.
Remus' cry was cut off as a hand clamped over his mouth, his eyes widened fearfully, but he soon recovered when he saw his attacker. Molly slowly removed her hand from his mouth and dragged him into the woods.
"Where are we going?" Remus asked as he glanced around at all the dark spots that monsters might be hiding in, unlike a muggle child with the same amount of levelheaded-ness, he knew for a fact that there was indeed such things as 'monsters'.
"We're just doing a lil bit of exploring." Molly explained. Remus nodded as he carefully walked only in the brighter areas of the somber forest.
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MacNab paused at the beginning of the trail, he had seen a flash of something from the corner of his eye. He slowly turned his head to get a better look, just in time to see the tail of something fairly large disappear into the woods. He pulled the bag of silver bullets out of his pocket and dashed off after it.
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"Molly! Wait up!" Remus called, Molly was having a lot easier of a time getting through the woods than he was, and he had the sneaking suspicion that Molly came into the woods to play quite often.
"You can take a break and catch up in a minute..." Molly said, heedless of the fact that not everyone could navigate the woods as easily as she could.
Grumbling, Remus sat down on the damp ground to tie his shoelaces which had come untied one of the many times he had tripped over briars and tree roots.
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MacNab was grumbling as well. The werewolf, if that was what he had seen, had managed to elude him. He sighed and pointed his wand up in the air, shooting off yellow sparks to signal he'd had enough hunting for one full moon. The moon was starting to sink and it was getting rather later, to top it all off he was dead tired. MacNab waited a few minutes, feeling slightly uneasy when an answering shower of green sparks didn't flash above the trees. Worried, he shot off some more sparks, thinking that maybe Artis just hadn't spotted them the first time. When he still didn't see any green sparks MacNab started picking his way back through the trees in the general direction of the two paths, he was hoping that perhaps Artis was still there waiting for him or something.
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Immediately after tying his shoes, Remus has jumped to his feet and quickly made his way in the direction Molly had gone. After not finding any sign of her Remus was starting to panic. He attempted to stop and think everything through, but he wasn't as familiar with the woods as Molly was and he wasn't quite sure which way would take him back home.
"Molly?" Remus called hesitantly. When he didn't get an answer in return he began to truly panic, he hadn't been out after dark by himself. His mother would worry about him.
"Molly??" This time he called a bit louder, but more tremulously than ever.
He walked forward in the direction he thought he had seen Molly go, alternatively calling out and lapsing into silence. He shook in the evening chill wishing he had his cloak. The trail, if you could call it that, was getting harder to see as the moon went down below the trees. Remus realized with a start just how late it was if the moon was starting to set.
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Mina Lupin had just about worried herself sick at this time. Earlier she had went to Remus' room and found it empty. She had searched the entire house for Remus and Molly, then gone outside and searched the yard only to find it empty as well. Currently she was sitting in the kitchen hoping that the two children would by some miracle have been playing some game and that perhaps they were just hiding. She frowned worriedly and glanced at the clock on the wall, a gift from a cousin who was greatly interested in muggle timekeepers, according to the clock it was getting rather later and nearing half past midnight.
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Molly MacNab had backtracked to where she left Remus when he didn't ever catch up with her. She returned to find the location empty. She groaned, she couldn't believe she had gone and lost him! Molly sighed and started searching, all this just to show him a bunch of flower she had discovered!
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Remus stopped walking as the bushes in front of him began to shake. "Molly?" He stared fearfully at the bushes when all that answered him was a low growl.
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MacNab still hadn't found a trace of Artis Lupin when he came across, to his great surprise, Molly.
"Wh- Molly?" MacNab said staring at her in utter bewilderment. "Wha' are ye doin' out here, lass?"
Molly scuffed her shoe in the dirt, refusing to look her father in the eye and looking very much like someone caught with their hand in a cookie jar. She muttered something quietly.
MacNab frowned, "Well I canna hear ye if ye talk so low. Speak up, lass!"
"I wanted ta show Remmy something, but I....." She mumbled the last few words.
MacNab gave her a glare that clearly said 'Speak up!'
"I.. Sorta lost him." She finished.
MacNab sighed, "So Remmy's out her'in the woods as well?" Molly nodded. Before he could reprimand her and start searching for Remus a frightened yell reached both of them.
"Was.... was... Was that Remmy?" Molly questioned her eyes wide and frightened.
MacNab nodded trying to figure out what to do, he couldn't very well take Molly with him, yet he couldn't send her home by herself.
"I wish I had my broom." Molly said sorrowfully, "Then maybe I could help find Remus fast."
"Acio Molly's broom!" MacNab said, rather quickly the girl's small broom zipped down from where it had landed in a tree and hovered in front of them, MacNab quickly charmed the brook so it could fly above the trees instead of just hovering a few feet above the ground. He wasn't to keen on the idea of Molly flying that high up, but between that and having her in the woods with the werewolf he figured flying was the lesser evil.
He picked her up and sat her on the broom. "Fly straigh' back ta Mina's place."
Molly nodded reluctantly and tentatively made the broom go higher.
MacNab was nearly out of breath when he finally found Remus, and wasn't at all pleased to see the boy backed into a tree by what seemed like a large wolf. MacNab slowly walked around behind Remus.
"Make no su'en movements." MacNab advised quietly. "On the coun' o' three I'm going ta pull ye back. Un'erstand, Remmy?"
Remus barely inclined his head in a nod, not daring to take his eyes off the werewolf before him.
"Righ' then." MacNab muttered. "One, Two-" He swore under his breath and quickly snatched Remus back as the werewolf lunged. Not however, quickly enough.
" Reductor!" MacNab bellowed, pointing his wand at the werewolf as it clamped down on Remus' arm. The werewolf quickly released it's grip as it was blasted backwards, it soon regained it's footing and prepared to make another attack. It paused for a moment and glanced through a break in the trees where the moon could be seen sinking below the horizon. It gave MacNab one last baleful look before turning tail and dashing off into the forest.
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Mina Lupin raced outside followed by Molly when MacNab emerged from the woods.
"Duncan! What happened to him?!" Mina questioned anxiously while taking Remus from MacNab's arms.
MacNab rubbed the back of his head, focusing on anything but Mina before finally staring resignedly into her eyes. "I'm sorry, Mina. Remmy got bit by a werewolf. I tried everythin' ta keep it from happenin'."
Mina Lupin stared at him in shock for a moment, surely this must be some sort of joke....
"Luckily the moon was goin' down" MacNab continued. "Maybe he didna get the effect of the bite?" He didn't sound as if he believed what he was saying, but any small hope at the moment was a good thing.
"M-... Maybe." Mina said, coming to grips with what was happening. "Where's Artis? We need to get him to St. Mungos......"
"Isna he here?" MacNab asked in surprise.
Mina shook her head, "I thought he was with you, you're the only to get back here besides Molly......."
"I'll go look for him." MacNab announced as Mina's words trailed off and the fear in her eyes doubled.
Mina nodded and ushered Molly inside. "I....... I'll make a fire call and let St. Mungos know we're coming."
About an hour later MacNab reappeared from the woods and informed Mina that he couldn't find a trace of Artis. Mina nodded jerkily at the news and MacNab offered to help her get to St. Mungos, she galdly accepted.
Later, at St. Mungos, the mediwizards confirmed that the werewolf bite did indeed have affect.
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Gah... I'm evil. *bangs head on the wall repeatedly* I'm evil, I'm evil, I'm evil. *sniffs* Poor Artis! He only had that one flaw! *bangs head on the wall again* Well as most of you have probably guessed... No more Artis. *sniffs* I couldn't even write that part in the story, but it has enough implied meaning. The next and last chapter should be up soon. MacNab uses the Reductor Curse, just so you know.
Thank you
Chuthulupenguin (Even though your review confuses me!)
And
Deirdre of the Sorrows ,Remus?, Sirius?(I'm evil! *sniff* )
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Chapter 3: Casualties.
Remus' cry was cut off as a hand clamped over his mouth, his eyes widened fearfully, but he soon recovered when he saw his attacker. Molly slowly removed her hand from his mouth and dragged him into the woods.
"Where are we going?" Remus asked as he glanced around at all the dark spots that monsters might be hiding in, unlike a muggle child with the same amount of levelheaded-ness, he knew for a fact that there was indeed such things as 'monsters'.
"We're just doing a lil bit of exploring." Molly explained. Remus nodded as he carefully walked only in the brighter areas of the somber forest.
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MacNab paused at the beginning of the trail, he had seen a flash of something from the corner of his eye. He slowly turned his head to get a better look, just in time to see the tail of something fairly large disappear into the woods. He pulled the bag of silver bullets out of his pocket and dashed off after it.
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"Molly! Wait up!" Remus called, Molly was having a lot easier of a time getting through the woods than he was, and he had the sneaking suspicion that Molly came into the woods to play quite often.
"You can take a break and catch up in a minute..." Molly said, heedless of the fact that not everyone could navigate the woods as easily as she could.
Grumbling, Remus sat down on the damp ground to tie his shoelaces which had come untied one of the many times he had tripped over briars and tree roots.
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MacNab was grumbling as well. The werewolf, if that was what he had seen, had managed to elude him. He sighed and pointed his wand up in the air, shooting off yellow sparks to signal he'd had enough hunting for one full moon. The moon was starting to sink and it was getting rather later, to top it all off he was dead tired. MacNab waited a few minutes, feeling slightly uneasy when an answering shower of green sparks didn't flash above the trees. Worried, he shot off some more sparks, thinking that maybe Artis just hadn't spotted them the first time. When he still didn't see any green sparks MacNab started picking his way back through the trees in the general direction of the two paths, he was hoping that perhaps Artis was still there waiting for him or something.
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Immediately after tying his shoes, Remus has jumped to his feet and quickly made his way in the direction Molly had gone. After not finding any sign of her Remus was starting to panic. He attempted to stop and think everything through, but he wasn't as familiar with the woods as Molly was and he wasn't quite sure which way would take him back home.
"Molly?" Remus called hesitantly. When he didn't get an answer in return he began to truly panic, he hadn't been out after dark by himself. His mother would worry about him.
"Molly??" This time he called a bit louder, but more tremulously than ever.
He walked forward in the direction he thought he had seen Molly go, alternatively calling out and lapsing into silence. He shook in the evening chill wishing he had his cloak. The trail, if you could call it that, was getting harder to see as the moon went down below the trees. Remus realized with a start just how late it was if the moon was starting to set.
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Mina Lupin had just about worried herself sick at this time. Earlier she had went to Remus' room and found it empty. She had searched the entire house for Remus and Molly, then gone outside and searched the yard only to find it empty as well. Currently she was sitting in the kitchen hoping that the two children would by some miracle have been playing some game and that perhaps they were just hiding. She frowned worriedly and glanced at the clock on the wall, a gift from a cousin who was greatly interested in muggle timekeepers, according to the clock it was getting rather later and nearing half past midnight.
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Molly MacNab had backtracked to where she left Remus when he didn't ever catch up with her. She returned to find the location empty. She groaned, she couldn't believe she had gone and lost him! Molly sighed and started searching, all this just to show him a bunch of flower she had discovered!
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Remus stopped walking as the bushes in front of him began to shake. "Molly?" He stared fearfully at the bushes when all that answered him was a low growl.
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MacNab still hadn't found a trace of Artis Lupin when he came across, to his great surprise, Molly.
"Wh- Molly?" MacNab said staring at her in utter bewilderment. "Wha' are ye doin' out here, lass?"
Molly scuffed her shoe in the dirt, refusing to look her father in the eye and looking very much like someone caught with their hand in a cookie jar. She muttered something quietly.
MacNab frowned, "Well I canna hear ye if ye talk so low. Speak up, lass!"
"I wanted ta show Remmy something, but I....." She mumbled the last few words.
MacNab gave her a glare that clearly said 'Speak up!'
"I.. Sorta lost him." She finished.
MacNab sighed, "So Remmy's out her'in the woods as well?" Molly nodded. Before he could reprimand her and start searching for Remus a frightened yell reached both of them.
"Was.... was... Was that Remmy?" Molly questioned her eyes wide and frightened.
MacNab nodded trying to figure out what to do, he couldn't very well take Molly with him, yet he couldn't send her home by herself.
"I wish I had my broom." Molly said sorrowfully, "Then maybe I could help find Remus fast."
"Acio Molly's broom!" MacNab said, rather quickly the girl's small broom zipped down from where it had landed in a tree and hovered in front of them, MacNab quickly charmed the brook so it could fly above the trees instead of just hovering a few feet above the ground. He wasn't to keen on the idea of Molly flying that high up, but between that and having her in the woods with the werewolf he figured flying was the lesser evil.
He picked her up and sat her on the broom. "Fly straigh' back ta Mina's place."
Molly nodded reluctantly and tentatively made the broom go higher.
MacNab was nearly out of breath when he finally found Remus, and wasn't at all pleased to see the boy backed into a tree by what seemed like a large wolf. MacNab slowly walked around behind Remus.
"Make no su'en movements." MacNab advised quietly. "On the coun' o' three I'm going ta pull ye back. Un'erstand, Remmy?"
Remus barely inclined his head in a nod, not daring to take his eyes off the werewolf before him.
"Righ' then." MacNab muttered. "One, Two-" He swore under his breath and quickly snatched Remus back as the werewolf lunged. Not however, quickly enough.
" Reductor!" MacNab bellowed, pointing his wand at the werewolf as it clamped down on Remus' arm. The werewolf quickly released it's grip as it was blasted backwards, it soon regained it's footing and prepared to make another attack. It paused for a moment and glanced through a break in the trees where the moon could be seen sinking below the horizon. It gave MacNab one last baleful look before turning tail and dashing off into the forest.
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Mina Lupin raced outside followed by Molly when MacNab emerged from the woods.
"Duncan! What happened to him?!" Mina questioned anxiously while taking Remus from MacNab's arms.
MacNab rubbed the back of his head, focusing on anything but Mina before finally staring resignedly into her eyes. "I'm sorry, Mina. Remmy got bit by a werewolf. I tried everythin' ta keep it from happenin'."
Mina Lupin stared at him in shock for a moment, surely this must be some sort of joke....
"Luckily the moon was goin' down" MacNab continued. "Maybe he didna get the effect of the bite?" He didn't sound as if he believed what he was saying, but any small hope at the moment was a good thing.
"M-... Maybe." Mina said, coming to grips with what was happening. "Where's Artis? We need to get him to St. Mungos......"
"Isna he here?" MacNab asked in surprise.
Mina shook her head, "I thought he was with you, you're the only to get back here besides Molly......."
"I'll go look for him." MacNab announced as Mina's words trailed off and the fear in her eyes doubled.
Mina nodded and ushered Molly inside. "I....... I'll make a fire call and let St. Mungos know we're coming."
About an hour later MacNab reappeared from the woods and informed Mina that he couldn't find a trace of Artis. Mina nodded jerkily at the news and MacNab offered to help her get to St. Mungos, she galdly accepted.
Later, at St. Mungos, the mediwizards confirmed that the werewolf bite did indeed have affect.
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Gah... I'm evil. *bangs head on the wall repeatedly* I'm evil, I'm evil, I'm evil. *sniffs* Poor Artis! He only had that one flaw! *bangs head on the wall again* Well as most of you have probably guessed... No more Artis. *sniffs* I couldn't even write that part in the story, but it has enough implied meaning. The next and last chapter should be up soon. MacNab uses the Reductor Curse, just so you know.
Thank you
Chuthulupenguin (Even though your review confuses me!)
And
Deirdre of the Sorrows ,Remus?, Sirius?(I'm evil! *sniff* )