A/N: This chapter has been Beta by nickyn! Just read the A/N to see if it has or has not been beta. There are still mistakes, but nowhere near as many as before.

Chapter 19

Draco stood next to Kane in the middle of the woods. Kane had pointed out the path they would be running. Draco took a deep breath, his ribs hurt like mad and his chest was heaving. He wasn't sure he could walk, let alone run half a mile.

"Remember boy, no magic from your wand or potions. Whatever you use to aid yourself must be in the woods. Also, I need to tell you that we will be fighting. If you even get close to me, which I doubt, we will engage in combat. Do you understand?" Kane asked Draco who looked at the werewolf. 'Great, now I got to fight too!' and rolling his eyes saying, "Yes I get it; in simpler terms it's a challenge to see if I can multitask. That's why you gave me this stick isn't it"

"Yes, good, ready? Get set… Go!" Kane transformed into the large black werewolf, and took off so fast Draco spun in a circle. Draco looked around.

"Oh yeah I am so not going to out run him." He looked down at his stick and saw the ruder riddles wrapped around his stick and got an idea. Quickly tying each end of the plant to two trees (He made a sling shot) in the path Kane was running. He grabbed his stick, and readied himself. Pulling the vine as far as it could go; he put it on his back and picked up his feet.

Draco was flung through the air and down the path. As he came up on the black werewolf he pointed his stick straight out. Kane must have heard him wising though the air, because he turned and the end of Draco's stick hit Kane in the chest. Draco's hand landed on Kane's head, as he fell backward. This allowed Draco to do a handstand on Kane's head and a flip on to the ground behind Kane. The finish line was only two steps away and Draco had made it.

"Ha! I win wolf man!" Draco stood triumphantly on the other side of the finish line. Kane had landed on the ground with an 'oof.' He moved around and looked Draco squarely in the eyes. "Yes, you did…. But can you tell me how you did that with out magic"

Draco smiled and leaned down. "I can do better, I will show you!" Using his stick, which he was now calling a staff, he leaned on it, walking back up the path. He was in a lot of pain, but was damned if he was going to let Kane show him up.

(Kane)
Kane walked beside Draco. He glanced over to see the boy was in dire pain. Instead of complaining, he just leaned on his staff and kept going. Kane sighed inwardly about what he was about to do. He stepped in front of Draco and looked down into his face.

"What?" Draco asked a little suspiciously at the man standing before him. Kane reached out a hand out and gently poked Draco in the chest. The pain was unbearable; Draco grabbed his rib cage area and bent over. He dropped his staff as his knees gave in. Kane picked Draco up like a small child. "Hey!" Draco called out.

"You know you're an idiot. You could have been severely hurt running around with wounds like those." He sat Draco on the ground and started to gather up wood. "I am going to make you a pain killer with those sliver dust flowers. It's going to take a while, so relax. You have done more than you should have as is." Kane said simply as he began to make the pain medicine. "How any bones did you break there Draco?"

"All my rib bones back and front, but it's not that bad. I have an inner cast on, so they can't move around anymore." Draco was thankful for the break and decided not to argue with Kane. Kane shook his head and looked at him.

"You must be crazy, taking on the challenge now. You should have waited until you were healed. An inner cast may keep your bones in place, but if you push yourself, they will not heal right. It could also do a lot of damage to your system." Kane stared in the sliver flower. "So, how'd you break them? You fall off the top of a building or something?" Draco laughed; he was beginning to like his brethren's father.

"Well…"

(ON the other side of the woods, where Kane and Draco started)

Harry and Hermione had run into the others on the edge of the woods. As a group, they picked up Draco's trail leading them to a big opening in the woods. Both Sam and Mark had said they smelled Draco's scent very strongly next to a tree.

"It's Papa!" Mark screamed all of the sudden. Everyone looked at him wide-eyed. "Sam, it's Papa!" Sam walked over to where his brother was standing and sniffed the air.

"It…it can't be…" He sniffed again. "But it is! The werewolf that took Brother is our father!" He looked at Mark who was acting like a five year old would when mommy came home from work. "But it doesn't make sense. What would father even be doing here? And why would he attack brother?"

"He's come to get us!" Mark yelled happily. Sam smacked Mark in the back of the head.

"Quit it! I am trying to think here." Sam looked around. After deciding where his father had taken Draco, he was back on the path. The others followed him closely.

"Sam if I may ask, who is your father?" Elwood's soft voice asked from behind everyone. Sam stopped and looked down at the ground. Mark however became excited again dancing around them all.

"Papa is the head of the pack! He's strong and fast and soooooooooooooooo smart!" He giggled as he said this. Hermione thought Mark was acting like a kid, which he was.

Sam turned on his heel and yelled at the top of his lungs, "MARK! KNOCK IT OFF!" Mark hid behind Elwood with a whimper. As Sam got a hold of himself, he went to his brother's side. "I'm sorry I yelled at you Mark. You didn't mean to upset me, I know." He hugged his bother, who smiled. As Hermione watched them, she began to realize that Mark had special needs. That would in fact cause him to be weak.

"Sam is…" Hermione look down at her feet. "Is your brother…? What I mean is..." She didn't know how to ask Sam why Mark was so childish.

"My brother was born with part of his brain undeveloped." Sam said softly as he let go of Mark and led him to the front of the group. "Our father, Kane, let us stay until we were eight years old. Then he told us we were too weak and had to leave the pack." They began to walk, Mark getting on all fours and leading the way, following the sent. "Mark is physically strong, but he will never be able to think past a five year old's mindset. If he's lucky maybe a six year old. I on the other hand am not physically strong, but I am extremely smart. Apart, my brother and I would have died, but together we are a force to be reckoned with." He looked back at Hermione. "That's what you wanted to know, right?"

"Yes… I am so sorry for bringing it..." Sam cut her off.

"It's okay Hermione, I have answered that question more than I can say. Most people just assume Mark is stupid, which isn't true! He is smart; he just needs help taking care of himself." Sam clenched his fists tightly. Hermione could see Sam had been fighting this battle so long and it had been so hard.

"Of course he is, Sam, but right now your other brother needs you." Elwood placed a gentle and friendly hand on Sam shoulder. "Come on now, let's go find him." Sam nodded his head walking after his brother Mark.

After awhile the group came to the edge of a lake. "Wow that waterfall is… There are no words to describe it," Hermione said softly. Though she was still worried about Draco, the sight of the lake was breathtaking.

"Brother's scent ends here." Mark said as he looked at Sam.

"He must have gone in or..." Sam looked at the prints. "He vaulted across"

"Well I may not be able to smell like you two, but I've got a trick or two," Elwood said and walked to the edge of the lake. He waved his hand and a white light sparked out of his hand. The lights shifted, as the lake began to glow. Then Hermione saw Draco on the rocks near them. "This is a time loop, he's not really there." Elwood said as if he knew Hermione was going to call out to him. The group watched the time loop and Hermione almost fainted. Harry caught her as she shuddered.

"We have got to find him! He could have been killed!" She screamed when the loop disappeared.

"ONWARD!" Mark yelled as he hopped from rock to rock.

"MARK WAIT UP FOR EVERYONE!" Sam called after his brother, taking to the rocks to make sure he didn't go far.

Elwood handed Harry and Hermione long sticks. "I don't know about you but I can't jump that far, I going to take a page out of Draco's book here." He vaulted across.

"Come on Harry!" Hermione called, as the group passed Harry who was looking into the cave.

"What about the dragon?" He asked as he joined the others. Elwood was the only one to hear him.

"Don't worry, that dragon isn't here anymore!" With that, they were off into the woods to pick up Draco's trail.