Chapter 5 - The Full Moon Pt. 2
Syn crouched down in a corned of the dark cave the pack had decided to inhabit for the night and she growled as a couple of younger Lycans looked at her. They looked away pretty fast.
"Syn?" She heard Lucian call, but she didn't move.
Syn didn't want these Lycans anywhere near her at the moment. She could feel her fledgling's heart racing, her pain as Rita gazed out into the night sky.
"Syn?" She heard Lucian repeat, but he was closer this time. "Syn?"
She felt him close his hand around her shoulder and she looked up at him, ready to rip somebody's face off.
"Hurts doesn't it?" Lucian asked and Syn nodded. "That's the exact way I felt when you first changed. You have a strong bond with her, as do I with you."
Syn pulled him closer to her and got close to his ear.
"I so hate you for this!" Syn hissed to him and her body convulsed and her eyes changed to their cobalt blue and black.
She let him go and groaned as the change took place. She took a sideways glance at him and saw him convulsing, as well.
'You have a strong bond with her, as do I with you.' She remembered him saying and she found his head and grabbed it, making him squeeze back as the two changed painfully.
Once the change was over, most of the pack was looking at the two and Syn growled viciously at them. Pierce took this as his chance to pick a fight with some real competition.
Pierce transformed and came forward, growling. Syn got up from the floor, as did Lucian, and the female Lycan bared her stained yellow fangs.
Syn stepped forward and Pierce lashed out at her, making the female step back and bark at him.
Lucian grunted and stepped in front of Syn, facing Pierce. He growled and Pierce backed up, sensing the anger coming from the Lycan leader.
With Rita. . .
Rita lay on the ground in the Forbidden Forest, different parts of her body still healing from the painful experience.
'How does she handle it?' Rita asked herself.
--Very carefully, kid.-- She heard in her head. --You're lucky I'm not closer to you. I'm ready to rip you apart for putting me through that pain again. I haven't felt it that bad since I first changed.--
--I'm sorry, Syn! How come you felt it, too?-- Rita asked.
--We have such a strong bond that I change with you on your first time. Lucian changed with me, because he has that bond with me.-- Syn replied, panting.
--From what I've heard about him, you two would make a good couple.-- Rita said with a wolf smirk.
--Very funny, Ritsy.-- Syn grunted, knowing it wouldn't happen.
--Whatever, Syndrome.-- Rita said and Syn grunted again.
Hermione. . .
"She's out in the forest, right now, probably already changed into a full fledged Lycan." Hermione whispered as Harry and Ron listened.
"Are you sure, 'Mione?" Ron asked, taking a side glance at Harry.
"Yes! Didn't you see how awful she looked during Transfiguration? Or that bite mark on her shoulder when we were on the train?" Hermione asked and the two nodded. "Put it together! She's a Lycan, a werewolf, like Professor Lupin, only a bit worse."
"Why is she worse than Lupin?" Harry asked and Ron nodded.
"Because she was bitten by a Lycan elder, the most powerful of their kind. Being bitten by an elder, or a powerful Lycan, gives you more power than you would get from being bitten by a fledgling to one of those." Hermione explained and Harry and Ron nodded. "Lycans are deathly allergic to silver and those Vampires have silver nitrate bullets."
"How do you know this?" Ron asked and she looked at him.
"I picked one of the remainders of the bullets out of a tree after their target practice. The silver is in liquid form so if the Lycans are shot with it, the silver goes straight into the bloodstream. No way to get it out unless you had magic or advanced medical equipment." Hermione explained and Harry nodded.
"I hope Rita isn't shot, she's our friend." Harry said and they all nodded.
"Wait, who is this Lycan elder, that bit her, in the first place?" Ron asked.
"Syn. She was a victim of the cruelty of the Vampires. Her sire, Lucian, is the oldest and most powerful of their kind and will stop at nothing to make sure she is protected. In some of the history books, it had them down as potential mates, but they never found any offspring." Hermione said and she glanced around the room before continuing. "I think it's possible, but not that possible at the same time. Lucian was in love with the Vampire daughter of the most powerful Vampire around, Viktor. Viktor killed his daughter because she loved a Lycan and was carrying Lucian's child. He feared a blending of the species."
Hermione took a long look at the two in front of her and noticed their blank looks.
"What about Syn?" Ron asked.
"I'm getting to that." Hermione said, looking irritated. "Syn was never known to have a mate and had even disappeared off the feeding circuit for a while. She had a pretty long fast, too. About a century and a half's worth."
"That's a long time to go without eating." Ron said, opened mouth by the comment.
"Yes, and she should be pretty hungry by now. Unless, she had someone bring her food to her." Hermione suggested and she shrugged.
"What if they do have kids somewhere out there?" Harry asked.
"If they do, I think it would be Rita, seeing as how Syn went out of her way to bit her. Rita's transformating genes could have been blocked somehow to keep her from transforming." Hermione stated.
"That makes sense, but why do that?" Ron said.
"To keep one of the most powerful Lycans ever from rearing her head and baring her fangs." Hermione said and Harry and Ron nodded again, getting up from the couch they were sitting on. "Now all we have to do is keep the Vampires from hurting her, or Syn and Lucian will rip off more than a few faces."