Chapter 1 – the Moon

My heart is running wild even though I'm laying still. I can feel the wet and sticky spot I have created on the wooden floor.

My head hurts and I can't remember.

I can't remember the day.

I can't remember the name.

I can't remember the feeling.

Somebody asked me : "Why ?" But I can't answer.

They thought they could kill but they couldn't.

I'm too much money to them to be killed.

The night was silent and the shack near the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry was shining in the darkness. The moon was rising and the victim of it was being lead to the shack.

The moon was full and it has just begun its journey through the sky when cries of a boy shattered the air.

The boy cried and cried again and again until it finally was ready. There no longer was a boy but a wolf. The most feared thing during the full moon. Feared through all magical world. The nightmare of all little bundles and babys in wizardry houses.

The werewolf.
Red-headed girl lay still on the wooden floor where she had dragged herself before fainting. Her hairs were sprawled around and the rags covering her body where stained with blood.

Slowly she began to stir and move a little. Her eyes opened and the green emerald shone in a way that would have frozen a heart. The eyes weren't the eyes they used to be. Long gone was the colour and life of those eyes. No longer were they alive but on a mission.

The girl got up and balanced herself with the wall. She faced the floor and could feel the shack move under her touch. Horror ran through her eyes and for one second they flickered something one could have called panic. But the flick was gone now and the head rose up. Proudly the girl hold her head high up in the air to meet the soon coming danger.

She heard the footsteps behind the door. She heard the growls and the shrieks of the other animals. But the door wasn't locked and so the animals burst in. Girl's face was empty and sudden smile lighted it for a while.

"Come", the girl said with a voice so sweet an weird that the wolf stopped. The yellow eyes of the wolf enlarged and without noticing its pack the wolf ran to the girl.

The howls of the pack where heard somewhere far away alerting the old man.
Man in the tower in his own office stirred and a pure shock washed his face. His mouth couldn't find the voice and so it just gaped like a fish's mouth on a dry land.

Getting the grip of himself the man moved and practically flew through the door and down the stairs. He ran through the school corridors in a hurry comparing its predecessor.

"OWW!" he shouted and rubbed the arm that got hit. "Minerva, what in the Merlin's name are you doing here ?! It's almost midnight!"

"Albus! Di-did you hear ? The cries ? The howls ?" the woman called Minerva swallowed. "They came from the shack, didn't they ?"

The man looked at the woman before locking his gaze with her and saying: " Yes."

The woman sniffed and wiped her eyes.

"Let's go, shall we ?"

The man and the woman strolled outside and came across with the whomping willow. A tree that would hit one when one came too near.

The man grabbed a stick which lay nearby and hit the tree with it. The tree froze and the pair of adults walked inside.

Once they reached the shack they heard the voices.

The deep silence struck them harder than a storm. They both swallowed and entered the shack.

And then they were face to face with the wolf carrying a girl in its back. The wolf howled but the girl said something to it and it calmed down. Carefully the wolf offered the girl to the strangers in its area and let them get a hold of the girl.

The wolf howled sadly and softly it licked the girl's face, then turned around and walked to the darkness of the house.

The adults stared at each other and then , quickly, they paced back to the School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
"POPPY! Poppy! Come down here right now ! Poppy!" Minerva shouted when she and Albus reached the hospital wing. "POPPY! Drag your lazy ass here right now ! Or I will come and - !"

"GOSH, MINERVA! Please don't shout so loud, my ears are ringing! "a young mediwitch came out of the room at the back of the hospital wing. "And please, try not to wake up my PATIENTS!"

"Poppy, I'm sorry for the disturbance, but we have found a young girl from the grounds and I fear that she's badly injured", Albus said and looked directly to Poppy. "She was in the shack."

Poppy , who had already started checking on the girl, stopped and looked up to Albus.

"Is she . . . ?" Poppy asked fear in her eyes.

"No", Albus said. "But I fear that that would be the least of our worries. She IS very badly injured."

"Oh, yes! OH MY MERLIN!"and Poppy was back at work.

Albus and Minerva stayed at the background until early morning when Poppy finally ended the girl's treatment.

"Now, she should be stable and if it is for her luck , she will recover. Otherwise I fear that I've already done all I can. She has lost lots of blood and the injuries she has are not from the easiest type. She needs to be placed under my care for at least a month , if she lives , and after that she might be given permission to move", Poppy sighed heavily. "Albus, I have never seen more badly injured girl in my life and when I don't know how she got these injuries, I can't . . . It's horrible, such a young life. "

"Yes, it is. But Minerva, do you recognise this girl ? I'm afraid that I'm not aware of her and she surely is at least eleven years old and if you don't know her either, then it's clear that she's a muggle. And that could cause certain problems , as you know."

"No, Albus. I don't think I've ever seen a girl with such a bright red hear. I'm afraid that she really is muggle as you mentioned", Minerva said with a sad smile thanking Merlin that it wasn't one of her Gryffindors.

"Yes, then we need to take few precautions. Poppy, will you ?" Albus asked gently and after he got an approving nod as a response he left the hospital wing with Minerva.

A/N: I'd like to point out that my writing style may not be what your use to but bear with or tell why it isn't a good one. Now, the rest of the story will be out as soon as I have done the rest of the spell-check. Please leave Reviews!

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