Ch 9
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The noises from the other room had Hermione's nerves on end. Hearing each new scream and growl made her jump. There was a loud crash and the sound of breaking wood. Then a loud thumping. Hermione bolted up out of her chair, wand in hand. Stepping to the open doorway, she peered into the hallway. A defening crack caused her to release a short, sharp scream. The door behind which Lupin had locked himself exploded in a shower of splinters beneath his unceasing impact. A huge wolf emerged in the hallway. Lupin's once grey eyes were now glowing in a menacing yellow. Fixing his stare onermione, he growled and took a step towards her.
'Oh no. Something's wrong.' The realization made Hermione pale. Slowly she backed up in to the room. Lupin charged her just as she slammed the door. Slidding the bolt home she locked it and then proceeded to pile every piece of furniture she could in front of it. The loud pounding started again as Lupin threw himself into the door over and over. Terror gripped Hermione. Seeing the door holding for now, she turned and ran to her small pack. Pulling out a book she flipped wildly back and forth through it's old pages. 'Wolfsbane as a healing herb. Wolfsbane as a poison. Wolfsbane potion....Here it is.'
"Wolfsbane Potion is a farely new development in the area of lycanthropy. When it is drunk on the nights preceeding a full moon, the werewolf will retain his human mind once the transformation is completed. The potion works to supress the wolf instinct in the man, allowing some measure of saftey to be attained. However this potion can be rendered useless very easily. There is an extremely foul taste in the potion. Sugar and other efforts to erase or lessen it, cause the potion to become useless. There are also certain other potions that will counter act the Wolfsbane Potion to varying degrees. The most dangerous potion, when taken at the same time as Wolfsbane, is the Sterlingus Potion. Werewolves are highly alergic to silver, it acts like a type of acid once it enters their body. The effects, if caught early enough can be stopped with the Sterlingus Potion. The Sterlingus Potion, being stronger then the Wolfsbane, completely nulls the effect of the latter. Beware never to give Sterlingus if Wolfsbane is being administered as well."
'Bloody Hell.' It was then that Hermione realized the pounding had stopped. Looking at the door she waited, willinging to resume. When it didn't her stomach dropped. Turning around, away from the door she faced the window. Two yellow eyes stared at her. Suddenly the glass exploded into the room as the large wolf jumped in. A piece of the glass caught Hermione across the face, cutting open her cheek. The smell of blood reached the werewolf instantly. Hermione watched as the he raised up onto two legs, his claws clicking menacingly. The werewolf took a step towards Hermione, then another. Hermione backed away until she felt her back hit the pile of furniture against the door. Her only exit. Horror crossed Hermione's face. The werewolf crouched, ready to pounce. Before she realized it, Herminone pulled out her wand, pointed it at Lupin and screamed out a spell.
"EXPELLIAMUS!! STUPEFY!!!" The disarming spell caught Lupin in the chest and threw him off his feet. The other spell passed barely over him, grazing his left shoulder as he fell, stunning him for a moment. It was the moment Hermione needed. She darted past the werewolf and jumped through the window. When she hit the ground she rolled then was back on her feet and running. Snow was falling heavily and made her running hard. Behind her she heard a soft thud and the footsteps, still behind her quite a bit. She ran on and on. "Lumos" she gasped and her wand sent out a small light. She was in the forest outside of the shrieking shack. Turning sharply to her left, she darted between a stand of narrow trees. The sound of her persuer was no longer screaming in her ears, only her heartbeat now. Suddenly she stopped. Realizing she didn't know where she was.
The snow and the darkness combined to make everything look bleak and featurless. Hermione stiffled a panickd moan and looked around her for somewhere to hide. In the distance she heard a howl. Shuddering she stumbled through the snow. Everything went grey as she tripped over a hidden root. Her head hit dully on the trunk of a tree. Gasping and fighting down the lump in her throat, Hermione struggled to sit up. The wave of nausea and dizzyness forced her back down into the snow. Everything swirled in her vision. The light from her wand made the tree's look like ghosts as her vision darkened. The last thing she heard was another howl. Closer this time.
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Okay...consider this my Authors Note. In many and most werewolf legends, the werewolf changes for the days of the full moon. There are three of them, not just one. Most other fics only have Lupin change for one night. I don't know if this story is going to follow the one or three night transformation. I make this up as I go. I have to drag out the inevitable some how dont I? LOL anyway...this chapter was the second part of the other. Note the titles Even the Best Laid Plans...and...Still Seem To Falter. FFN wouldn't let me do the ...thing so it looks a bit confusing..just to clear that up. I'm working on the next chapter as we speak. More soon to come.
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The noises from the other room had Hermione's nerves on end. Hearing each new scream and growl made her jump. There was a loud crash and the sound of breaking wood. Then a loud thumping. Hermione bolted up out of her chair, wand in hand. Stepping to the open doorway, she peered into the hallway. A defening crack caused her to release a short, sharp scream. The door behind which Lupin had locked himself exploded in a shower of splinters beneath his unceasing impact. A huge wolf emerged in the hallway. Lupin's once grey eyes were now glowing in a menacing yellow. Fixing his stare onermione, he growled and took a step towards her.
'Oh no. Something's wrong.' The realization made Hermione pale. Slowly she backed up in to the room. Lupin charged her just as she slammed the door. Slidding the bolt home she locked it and then proceeded to pile every piece of furniture she could in front of it. The loud pounding started again as Lupin threw himself into the door over and over. Terror gripped Hermione. Seeing the door holding for now, she turned and ran to her small pack. Pulling out a book she flipped wildly back and forth through it's old pages. 'Wolfsbane as a healing herb. Wolfsbane as a poison. Wolfsbane potion....Here it is.'
"Wolfsbane Potion is a farely new development in the area of lycanthropy. When it is drunk on the nights preceeding a full moon, the werewolf will retain his human mind once the transformation is completed. The potion works to supress the wolf instinct in the man, allowing some measure of saftey to be attained. However this potion can be rendered useless very easily. There is an extremely foul taste in the potion. Sugar and other efforts to erase or lessen it, cause the potion to become useless. There are also certain other potions that will counter act the Wolfsbane Potion to varying degrees. The most dangerous potion, when taken at the same time as Wolfsbane, is the Sterlingus Potion. Werewolves are highly alergic to silver, it acts like a type of acid once it enters their body. The effects, if caught early enough can be stopped with the Sterlingus Potion. The Sterlingus Potion, being stronger then the Wolfsbane, completely nulls the effect of the latter. Beware never to give Sterlingus if Wolfsbane is being administered as well."
'Bloody Hell.' It was then that Hermione realized the pounding had stopped. Looking at the door she waited, willinging to resume. When it didn't her stomach dropped. Turning around, away from the door she faced the window. Two yellow eyes stared at her. Suddenly the glass exploded into the room as the large wolf jumped in. A piece of the glass caught Hermione across the face, cutting open her cheek. The smell of blood reached the werewolf instantly. Hermione watched as the he raised up onto two legs, his claws clicking menacingly. The werewolf took a step towards Hermione, then another. Hermione backed away until she felt her back hit the pile of furniture against the door. Her only exit. Horror crossed Hermione's face. The werewolf crouched, ready to pounce. Before she realized it, Herminone pulled out her wand, pointed it at Lupin and screamed out a spell.
"EXPELLIAMUS!! STUPEFY!!!" The disarming spell caught Lupin in the chest and threw him off his feet. The other spell passed barely over him, grazing his left shoulder as he fell, stunning him for a moment. It was the moment Hermione needed. She darted past the werewolf and jumped through the window. When she hit the ground she rolled then was back on her feet and running. Snow was falling heavily and made her running hard. Behind her she heard a soft thud and the footsteps, still behind her quite a bit. She ran on and on. "Lumos" she gasped and her wand sent out a small light. She was in the forest outside of the shrieking shack. Turning sharply to her left, she darted between a stand of narrow trees. The sound of her persuer was no longer screaming in her ears, only her heartbeat now. Suddenly she stopped. Realizing she didn't know where she was.
The snow and the darkness combined to make everything look bleak and featurless. Hermione stiffled a panickd moan and looked around her for somewhere to hide. In the distance she heard a howl. Shuddering she stumbled through the snow. Everything went grey as she tripped over a hidden root. Her head hit dully on the trunk of a tree. Gasping and fighting down the lump in her throat, Hermione struggled to sit up. The wave of nausea and dizzyness forced her back down into the snow. Everything swirled in her vision. The light from her wand made the tree's look like ghosts as her vision darkened. The last thing she heard was another howl. Closer this time.
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Okay...consider this my Authors Note. In many and most werewolf legends, the werewolf changes for the days of the full moon. There are three of them, not just one. Most other fics only have Lupin change for one night. I don't know if this story is going to follow the one or three night transformation. I make this up as I go. I have to drag out the inevitable some how dont I? LOL anyway...this chapter was the second part of the other. Note the titles Even the Best Laid Plans...and...Still Seem To Falter. FFN wouldn't let me do the ...thing so it looks a bit confusing..just to clear that up. I'm working on the next chapter as we speak. More soon to come.