Once again: The plot of this story is based on JKR's Harry Potter series. Our plot weaves in 2 new characters: David Murray and Elizabeth Fawkes. While Lizzy is an addition, Dave replaces Seamus Finnigan. It also incorporates ideas borrowed from the White Wolf storyteller game system. Many new characters will appear in following chapters which are our characters based on the game system we played. Our plot weaves around the original plot of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone). We own only our own characters and our plot. All other characters and the original plot belong to JK Rowling. Please don't sue us! :) All gaming terms, references, settings and characters relating to Werewolf: The Apocalypse are owned by White Wolf (Martyn, Macha, Dave, and Lizzy are our own characters however), no copyright infringement is intended. BTW, we are not making a penny off this.
We also want to take this opportunity to acknowledge our good friend, Jason. He created Amadeus and the Werewolf chronicle from which our characters, Martyn and Macha, were based. Without his creative input, Martyn and Macha, and their subsequent development, would never have existed.
Kudos to our Beta Reader RemusisMine: aka JAX
Note to all our readers: If you read chapter 2 before the new year, please re-read it. When we originally uploaded it, for some strange reason, part of it was cut off. We've fixed the problem, the chapter's end should make a little more sense now. (If you started reading our story after Jan 1st, please disregard this.) Thanks!
The Lord, the Lady, and Luna
Chapter 21: Dark Happenings
That night, Dave left the school shortly before eleven, and settled down just inside the forest to wait for the others. It wasn't long before he saw Filch bringing Harry, Hermione, Neville, and Draco out to Hagrid's house, where Hagrid was already waiting with Fang. Soon, Hagrid led the four kids into the forest and Dave could hear him explaining that a unicorn has been injured somehow and they needed to find it. He sent Neville and Draco with Fang down one path, while he led Harry and Hermione down the other. Feeling that Harry and Hermione were fairly safe with Hagrid, Dave, in his larger than normal wolf form, decided to follow Neville and Draco. A few minutes later, he saw Draco jump up behind Neville who, in his fright, sent up red sparks. Dave, incensed by Draco's trick, gave a low rumbling growl which sent shivers down the boys' spines. Moments later, Hagrid came and collected the group, then sent Harry to go with Draco and Fang, while he went off with Neville and Hermione. Dave, happy to see Hermione was not going to have to put up with the insufferable twit Malfoy, followed Harry, hoping the feeling in his gut, which said that things had just turned for the worst, was just a bit of indigestion. As Dave followed Harry closely in the shadows just off the path, he encountered a centaur. Dave took his human form and greeted the centaur.
"Good evening," Dave said. The centaur looked a bit oddly at Dave and leaned down to sniff at him.
"Good evening," the centaur replied. "Forgive me, but what are you? You are no ordinary human."
"You're right," Dave said. "I'm not really a human. I am a Great Wolf. My name is Dyre Fury."
"I am called Firenze," the centaur replied. "What is it that brings you into the forest?"
"I have been instructed to protect Harry Potter," Dave replied. "I feel that there is something not right. Do you know anything that might be wrong?"
"Mars is bright tonight," was the centaur's cryptic reply.
"Yes, well, I heard your fellows say that already, earlier." Dave was interrupted by a yell from Draco, and a loud whine from Fang, followed by the sounds of the two of them dashing away. Firenze met Dave's eyes for a moment, then the two of them dashed in the direction they knew Harry was at. Dave took a second to shift into his large wolf form, so Firenze got to Harry a moment or so before Dave. The centaur leapt over Harry to charge at the thing that was turning from the unicorn towards the boy, but stopped when it fled. Dave saw this as a chance to possibly catch whatever evil this was that was killing the animal of Lizzy's totem and charged after it. It fled along the ground for a few moments, enabling Dave to catch up to it and rake a claw across its back. Shrieking in pain, it rose up among the trees, preventing Dave from being able to follow further. Grumbling to himself, he turned and went back to where Hagrid was just finishing his discussion with Firenze. As the others turned to leave, Dave nodded to Firenze. Then, still staying out of sight amongst the undergrowth, he followed Hagrid and the four students back to the castle.
Once everyone was inside, Hagrid went back to his house, while Harry, Hermione, Neville, and Draco all headed to their common rooms. Having shifted back into human form, Dave pulled out a pocket mirror and stepped into it. Up in his office, Dumbledore saw Dave's head appear out of nowhere and look cautiously around.
"Come in, David, it is quite safe," Dumbledore said, indicating that Dave should have a seat. "How did everything go?" Dave sat down and gave Dumbledore a detailed account of what happened out in the forest.
"What should I do now, sir?" Dave asked at the end of his story.
"Well, we shall certainly keep our eyes open," Dumbledore replied. "In the meantime, I think Harry's invisibility cloak should 'reappear', just in case."
"Yes, Professor," Dave said. "I'll make sure he gets it."
"Excellent," Dumbledore said, smiling. "You should probably head off to bed. Even those such as you with high stamina need their rest."
"Yes, sir," Dave replied and stepped into the large mirror which was now always in the office. Back up in his room, he got out Harry's invisibility cloak, wrote 'Just in case' on a slip of parchment, and pinned it to the garment. Once again, he walked into his mirror. In Harry's dorm, he peeked to see if anyone was awake. Harry and Ron weren't there yet, and the other occupants of the room were asleep; Neville audibly so. Dave pulled Harry's sheets back, deposited the cloak, and went back to his own room via the spirit realm.
Short, but there's more on the way...our bit of writer's block seems to be over. Please review.
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