Chapter Eight
"It is an outrage!" Ems curled his lip at the sound of flesh hitting wood. "We are not supposed to get involved with the humans war." He and Rai were meeting with the other Pack Leaders-Orion, Kayleb, and Mikah-to discuss Snape's plea for help.
"But Ems has been involved for all of his life!" Rai argued.
"Then why was he turned?" Kayleb asked. "If he was so important to them, why did you interfere and turn him?"
"He will make a wonderful replacement for me. It is not against any law for me to choose my replacement." Mikah and Kayleb growled softly.
"But it was still interfering."
"No it wasn't, not really anyway." Ems spoke up. "I had escaped from prison after being betrayed by the people who want me to help them. They made a big mistake in sending me away like they did Sirius, but it was an honest mistake. There was so much planted evidence against me that they did what they thought was best for themselves."
"Yet you still wish to protect them?" Orion asked.
"I want to avenge the deaths of thousands of innocent people, including my parents." Ems answered. "Protecting them is one of the things I would be doing by fighting him."
"I can see why you would want to have him as your heir." Orion commented to Rai. "He has a good heart and a sound mind. I do not see the problem if he were to help rid the world of a mad man."
"But Orion! He will get us all involved!" Mikah whined.
"Oh stop acting like a pup!" Ems growled. Mikah bared his teeth at him in response. "I will remove myself from the Pack and travel as a loner."
"No!" Rai snapped. "You will do no such thing. You need the Pack."
"Yes. But I feel that it is my duty to destroy him." Ems said sadly. "And it is. A prophecy was made about it many years ago..." Orion's ears perked. "I am the only one who has the power to defeat him."
"But.." Mikah whined.
"He is right." Orion said. "I support his involvement." Kayleb nodded his head slowly in agreement.
"Prophecy's are not to be messed with." Mikah sighed. He was outvoted, three to one. Unless he wanted to make himself look bad to others, he would have to agree as well. He had no argument now that a prophecy was mentioned.
"Very well. I agree too." And so ended the meeting. Ems and Rai transformed and whisked away back to their Pack.... and Snape.
'Are you sure you want to do this?' Rai asked as they neared their home.
'I have to.' Ems replied, slowing down. They rounded a bend together and froze. Their clearing was destroyed! Ashes of plants lay around, smoke still curling up from them. The bodies of their Pack mates were strewn about, some in their hybrid form.
'What did this?' Rai asked as he trotted over to the body of Alice. He sniffed her and recoiled with his nose wrinkled. 'She reeks of dark magic.'
'Deatheaters...' Ems said sadly. 'I can smell them. We should leave in case they decide to return. We'll go find Snape and make sure he's safe.'
'Right.' Rai said sadly as they loped off.
TBC
"It is an outrage!" Ems curled his lip at the sound of flesh hitting wood. "We are not supposed to get involved with the humans war." He and Rai were meeting with the other Pack Leaders-Orion, Kayleb, and Mikah-to discuss Snape's plea for help.
"But Ems has been involved for all of his life!" Rai argued.
"Then why was he turned?" Kayleb asked. "If he was so important to them, why did you interfere and turn him?"
"He will make a wonderful replacement for me. It is not against any law for me to choose my replacement." Mikah and Kayleb growled softly.
"But it was still interfering."
"No it wasn't, not really anyway." Ems spoke up. "I had escaped from prison after being betrayed by the people who want me to help them. They made a big mistake in sending me away like they did Sirius, but it was an honest mistake. There was so much planted evidence against me that they did what they thought was best for themselves."
"Yet you still wish to protect them?" Orion asked.
"I want to avenge the deaths of thousands of innocent people, including my parents." Ems answered. "Protecting them is one of the things I would be doing by fighting him."
"I can see why you would want to have him as your heir." Orion commented to Rai. "He has a good heart and a sound mind. I do not see the problem if he were to help rid the world of a mad man."
"But Orion! He will get us all involved!" Mikah whined.
"Oh stop acting like a pup!" Ems growled. Mikah bared his teeth at him in response. "I will remove myself from the Pack and travel as a loner."
"No!" Rai snapped. "You will do no such thing. You need the Pack."
"Yes. But I feel that it is my duty to destroy him." Ems said sadly. "And it is. A prophecy was made about it many years ago..." Orion's ears perked. "I am the only one who has the power to defeat him."
"But.." Mikah whined.
"He is right." Orion said. "I support his involvement." Kayleb nodded his head slowly in agreement.
"Prophecy's are not to be messed with." Mikah sighed. He was outvoted, three to one. Unless he wanted to make himself look bad to others, he would have to agree as well. He had no argument now that a prophecy was mentioned.
"Very well. I agree too." And so ended the meeting. Ems and Rai transformed and whisked away back to their Pack.... and Snape.
'Are you sure you want to do this?' Rai asked as they neared their home.
'I have to.' Ems replied, slowing down. They rounded a bend together and froze. Their clearing was destroyed! Ashes of plants lay around, smoke still curling up from them. The bodies of their Pack mates were strewn about, some in their hybrid form.
'What did this?' Rai asked as he trotted over to the body of Alice. He sniffed her and recoiled with his nose wrinkled. 'She reeks of dark magic.'
'Deatheaters...' Ems said sadly. 'I can smell them. We should leave in case they decide to return. We'll go find Snape and make sure he's safe.'
'Right.' Rai said sadly as they loped off.
TBC