HP Life after Hogwarts
Chapter 20
Remus Revenge
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Call this my Halloween series of chapters enjoy
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(Tuesday eve the night before the full moon)
"William you have to quit stalling and tell Grams no about dinner tomorrow night. I have somewhere that I have to be and you bloody well know it!" Rory glared at Wills.
"It's a royal summons to a state dinner with the PM and his wife. What was I supposed to say to her? No Grams we have to decline because you have to go werewolf hunting that evening, so please tell the PM and his wife that we'll have to reschedule!?" Wills stalked out of the bathroom. "Sorry to disappoint you Katherine Aurora, but I am not telling my Grams something that could very well cause her to have her first heart attack! We're going and that's the end of it!"
Rory stalked after him. "No!! You were supposed to say sorry Grams can we please reschedule for another date, because you had plans with me!!"
"Plans!? I don't call hunting the meanest deadliest man-eating werewolf on the planet and his just as nasty minion's plans! I call it insanity baiting the thing that has murdered and mutilated hundreds no thousands of innocents!!" Wills turned on his heel to glare murderously at her. "We are going to the dinner end of story!!"
"No it's not the end of it! It's my choice of career! Call it my four years of service defending my people!!" Rory shot that zinger at him.
"OH NO, KATHERINE AURORA LILY ELIZABETH!! THAT'S NOT GOING TO WORK!! YOU ARE NOT GOING TO THROW MY HAVING TO JOIN THE ARMED FORCES BACK IN MY FACE!! THIS IS NOT THE SAME THING AND YOU BLOODY WELL KNOW IT!!"
"YOU'RE AN ASS WILLIAM!! A MALE CHAUVINIST ASS WHO THINKS FEMALES BELONG AT HOME, HIGH TEA, BRUNCHES, ON YOUR ARM FOR SOCIAL FUNCTIONS, RIBBON CUTTINGS, POLO MATCHES, OR SHOULD FOLLOW YOUR EVERY WHIM!!" Rory gave him donkey ears and a tail.
"I AM NOT GOING TO FIT INTO THE OFFICIAL ROYAL MOLD!! IT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN!! I HAPPEN TO BE DAMN GOOD AT WHAT I DO AND AM NOT GOING TO QUIT WHAT I LOVE JUST TO HUMOR YOU, SO GET USED TO IT!!" Rory vanished in a brilliant flash of magenta and gold light and thunder boomed outside the windows.
"I AM NOT AN ASS NOR AM I A CHAUVINIST!! I JUST WANT TO KEEP THE WOMAN THAT I LOVE, WHO MEANS MORE THAN ANYTHING IN THIS UNIVERSE TOO ME SAFE! IS THAT SUCH A CRIME!!" Will focused his anger into righting himself again.
A wet furious Henry stalked into the room in his robe. "You're toasted about Rory's job I get it!!" He snarled at him. "She could feel the same way about your four year stint in the Armed Forces, but is she throwing a royal tantrum about it!? No!! Why you ask?! Because she knows that you have to do this!! Did it ever once occur in that thickheaded skull of yours that she's doing this because she wants this world to be a safe place for her future children, nieces, nephews, and cousins!! No because you're too bullheaded to think passed your need to protect her at all costs!! She is not Mum!! It is not the same situation and nothing is going to happen to her!!"
"What the hell is going on between you and my big sister?!" Harry appeared in the room also wet in his robe and furious.
"That is between Aurora and me!"
"I don't think so when it involves Hermione leaving to go see to Rory because she's beyond upset at you!!" Harry's eyes blazed with temper. "We sent the girls, the twins, and the cousins away to Avalon for their safety! Meaning that for the first time in many months I have Hermione all to myself!! That was until you had to go rounds with my sister again!!"
"I don't want her going hunting tomorrow night, so I had Grams arrange a State Dinner to make sure that she won't be able to join you and the others! She however wishes for me to change those dinner plans and it is not going to happen!"
"I'VE GOT NEWSFLASH FOR YOU WILLIAM, WHERE DO YOU THINK SHE WENT!" Harry roared at him.
"ROMI WENT TO HOGWARTS!? I'M GOING TO WIPE THE FLOOR WITH YOU WILLS!!" Henry saw red.
"STAND IN LINE BOYS! I GET FIRST SHOT AT THE GIT THAT'S CAUSING MY BABY GIRL GRIEF!" James stalked into the room and grabbed Wills by his neck. "GIVE ME ONE GOOD REASON THAT I SHOULDN'T BREAK YOUR SORRY ASS!"
"I don't want to lose her like I lost my mother!! I have nightmares of her getting ripped apart by one of them!!" Wills stared into James eyes and blinked back hot angry tears. "I don't care how good she is!! Harry is just as good and he got hurt tangling with some of them before they were even full werewolves! I don't want to take the risk of what would happen if she got double teamed by two werewolves on the kill!!" Wills ignored the tears falling down his cheeks. "Call me selfish, but I would risk her being toasted at me for a few weeks over the other any day!!"
James let him go. "Junior is a hotshot, who tends to go pell-mell into situations, and that tends to get him hurt."
"Hey, I learned my lesson and it's hard to concentrate when your scar is giving you a migraine!"
James ignored him and focused on Wills. "Rory is the opposite. She goes into situations with a clear head, even when she's in a temper, and never takes unnecessary risks. Her quick thinking saved the lives of four critically injured wizards guarding Draco's manor that night and she took out three in the process."
"She's also the reason we have enough information to bury this thing six feet under, because she captured his right hand that night." Harry was very proud of his sis.
"William what on earth did you do to Rory!?" Di appeared in the room.
"Made a mess of things…" Wills sat down on the divan and buried his face in his hands.
"No you let your fear override your better judgment, but it's natural for you to want to be overprotective of her." Di sat down next to him. "She isn't going to let you lock her away in a tower and what happened to me isn't going to happen to her."
"I CAN'T LOSE HER MUM! IT TORE ME IN HALF SEEING HER BLIND AND THIS SITUATION SCARES THE HELL OUT OF ME!" Wills let his raw emotions out for all to see. "I WILL NOT GO THROUGH THAT AGAIN! IT WOULD DESTROY ME!!"
"Nothing is going to happen to her. And I will prove it to you." Harry decided to ease his fears by using the fire to show him that nothing was going to happen to Rory. "Show me the fate of Greyback and his followers."
The fire in the fireplace changed to the color of turquoise and gold and showed them a scene. Rory was with Kane and Lotus systematically taking out Greyback's followers as were other members of the family. Then it changed to Remus shooting Greyback in the heart with five silver tipped arrows, but no one was injured at least in what the fire was showing them.
"Show me more…what will happen if the two of them go to dinner instead." Harry growled.
The fire flared to a brilliant blue-green. The scene was not a pleasant one emergency buses were all around what looked to be a crash of some kind…Wills pride and joy Aston Martin was smashed into an SUV…very much like what would have happened to Hermione's parents. They were taking two bodies out of the crushed car…Henry was consoling Dromi in his arms.
"I think that we've seen enough." Harry ended the peak into the future with a motion of his hand and the fire went back to normal.
"That looked beyond bad…" Henry's voice cracked. "I say you go with door number one and the hell with your fears."
Wills face had gone pale. "I agree on that one…"
"He doesn't have a choice." James had felt him blood run cold when he had seen the vision in the fire.
"I was so not expecting to see that…" Harry shuddered.
"William I believe you have a call to make to your Grandmother." Di didn't comment on the vision it was against the rules.
"Yeah, I'll do that as soon as that vision stops flashing before my eyes." Wills was so shaky that he didn't think standing was possible right now.
The mobile rang.
"I'll get it." Henry went to answer the phone. "Hello… Oh, Hi Grams. Why am I answering instead of, William? He's nursing a migraine right now…Don't worry Rory is taking good care of him, so is there a message? The PM canceled dinner do to a situation that has come up. I'll tell them. No I'm sure that they'll find something to do…Oh, you did…I can assure you Grams that everyone here is beyond safe. I know having a family full of hunters does have its advantages…Bea calls Rory what…well… it is an accurate comparison…I'll tell him…love you too Grams…sleep well…night." He was grinning when he hung up.
"It sounds like Elizabeth is more in the loop than you thought." Di smirked.
"I'll say. She agrees with Bea's comparing Rory to a famous fictional vampire slayer. She wants you to know that dinner is canceled, that she keeps tabs on all of us reading The Quibbler, and is relieved knowing that all of us are safe since we are surrounded by baddie hunters. She sends all of us her love and wishes Wills to know that it's a good thing having such a strong willed princess for a wife and to not let his fear override his better judgment. She also wishes everyone good hunting tomorrow night." Henry waited for Wills reaction.
"I just don't get what's so great about overcoming werewolves, vampires, and creatures like that." Wills looked up at James and Harry.
"It's like a Muggle homicide detective when they close a case and get the criminal. It's the feeling that you helped rid the world of the bad guys." Harry tried to explain.
"Mind you what we do makes that looks like cakewalk, but it's the same feeling nonetheless." James added.
"Wills it's simple. Fighting the bad guys makes them feel good inside and proud that they did something that matters." Di explained.
"It's not like all vampires and werewolves are cold blooded killers and we try or try our best to provide them with the cure to their diseases." Max who had been standing in the shadows made his presence known.
"Uncle Max how long have you been here?" Henry frowned as did Wills.
"Long enough," Max was dressed in Auror battle armor. "Dad found me in the Dark forest and requested that I come and have a chat with you."
"Sorry Uncle Max, but we beat you to it. How's Rory doing?" Harry arched a brow at him.
"She's ready to take her fury out on Greyback or any of his followers. You royally screwed up William. She wants nothing to do with you period. She went as far as to compare you to your late Uncle and Grandfather and added that they taught you well." Max didn't sugar coat the situation for him.
"Man Wills, she wants to disown you for being an ass." Henry whistled low under his breath. "Granted that comparing you to Uncle and Grandfather is low, but she's right you have been acting like them."
"William you really do need to learn the art of compromise. I have to go now, but for goodness sake fix what you bungled up." Diana vanished.
"She's on watch with Lotus and Kane." Max told them. "She's like James and Harry and can focus her fury into her work. That makes her a lethal opponent for anyone or anything that challenges her or gets in her way."
"Anything else?" Wills sensed there was more.
"Look kid I'm just the messenger. You know that you screwed up. It appears that you're okay with this now, but she threw these at me to give back to you." He took her rings out of a pouch on his belt.
Wills got up and took the rings from him. "Her rings…" He closed them in his hand and forced himself not to overreact.
"She really is beyond furious with you…" Harry felt for Wills, but he also knew that he'd been asking for it. "Mione kicks my ass out of our room, but this is way beyond that."
"No that's not necessarily true son. She's no doubt had the urge to throw her rings at you, but can't because they won't come off. Rory doesn't have that problem and neither does your mother." James corrected him.
"This has happened to you?" Wills felt like there was a light at the end of this dreary dark tunnel.
"She's mad right now, but trust me kid she'll cool down enough in a day or so and want them back where they belong." Max tried to cheer him up.
"You need to give her time to cool down or you could be an idiot and push this and end up spending a week in St. Mungo's." James gave him his choices.
Di popped in again. "Oh and before I forget she still loves you. She just doesn't need or want you near her right now." That said she vanished.
"Very well she can have her space for now." Wills growled softly. "I need some air."
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(Hogwarts Grounds)
Rory sat on the roof of Hagrid's and Olympe's cottage and stared off at the lake. "Lotus do yourself a favor, save yourself the headache, and don't marry Kane." She growled softly to her friend.
Lotus had patiently sat and listened to her vent her frustrations for over an hour. "Kane is my other half, as Wills is your own. Marrying your soul mate seals the bond between two souls forever."
"They are men Lotus. Alpha personalities who wish to rule the roost and to hell with what their better half wants. What they say goes and that's all that matters in their eyes." Rory seethed.
"Wills lost someone when he was a teenager to a tragic fate. Perhaps it's his fear of it happening again that's clouding his better judgment." Kane rejoined them.
"He's afraid that's going to happen to me?" Rory shot him a skeptic look.
"No not that specifically, but of you getting seriously injured or killed," Lotus leaned back in his arms.
"I'm not like Harry James. I'm meticulously careful in situations, because pain isn't something high on my list of pleasantries nor is bleeding." Rory sighed in frustration.
"Nor is it for Harry. His very appearance makes him an instant target for any of the Dark Lords former followers." Kane growled softly.
A dozen eerie howls pierced the crisp night air ending all conversation.
"They're getting restless." Rory looked down at the map in her lap she knew exactly where their prey was biding their time.
"The moon is nearly full the urge to hunt is roaring through their blood." Kane nodded.
"Yes, but where's Greyback?" Lotus frowned.
Rory had a bad feeling that something was wrong. "Show me Wills please."
The map complied. He was walking on the path towards the lake, but he wasn't alone there were four others nearby one of whom was Greyback.
"Oh goddess, what have I done!" Rory vanished praying that she was going to be in time.
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(The Sanctuary grounds)
Harry had suited up just in case and was shadowing Wills as Prince. His scar was on fire, so he knew that trouble was a foot.
Wills sensed that he was being watched, but chalked it up to it being some harmless nocturnal animal and continued towards the lake.
"Would ya look at who we've got here? It's the future Kingie and he's alone." Greyback sneered as he stepped out of the shadows with Aniston and Gryiffin the two most loyal members of his pack.
"They killed some of our own. It's only fittin' that we pay 'em back in kind." Aniston was nearly drooling at the thought of having royalty for dinner.
"He'll make a tasty snack." Gryiffin snarled.
Wills found himself faced with the possibility that he was going to die. "Sorry to disappoint you, but I don't plan to being anyone's meal tonight." He brandished his wand ready to do battle with the three of them. "AK anyone? I hear it's all the rage in killing monsters like you."
Greyback threw back his head and roared with merciless laughter. "You expect me to quiver in fear in front of an untrained spoiled pup like you!? Beg for mercy like the weakling you are and I may just make your end a swift one!"
The three of them all had their own wands pointed at him.
"Avada Kedavra!!" A beam of neon green light hit Aniston square in the chest sending him flying lifeless onto his back. "Wills don't just stand there run!!" Harry shouted from the shadows.
"POTTER!" Greyback who roared in fury was much faster than Wills and swiped him across his back with his claws.
"NO!! WILLS!!" Rory shot an arrow into Greyback's knee. "GET AWAY FROM MY HUSBAND YOU MONSTER!!"
Gryiffin zeroed in on her. "Avada…"
"NO!!" Harry sprang in front of his sister and took the curse meant for her full in the chest, before tackling Gryiffin to the ground, and impaling him in the chest with his weapon. "That's my sister you bastard!!" He rolled off Gryiffin to focus on Greyback, but he was gone, so he stowed his weapon.
Rory raced over to where Wills lay face down on the ground. "WILLIAM!?" She tore open the back of his sweatshirt and forced herself to focus on treating his wounds and not on losing it. "Oh goddess you're bleeding!"
Harry was more focused on what was happening physically to Wills, his eyes were glowing and his breathing was getting labored. "Rory give me the vaccine!"
"He's bleeding Harry that can wait!" Rory snarled not looking up from her task of stemming the blood seeping out of the wounds on his back.
"No it can't wait! Greyback clawed him and the moon might as well be full!" Harry dug the vaccine out of the Healer's bag.
"Harry your eyes…" Rory looked up at him and gasped. "They are glowing green."
Harry gave him the shot. "Easy big brother let the cure work its magic." He had a firm hold on his shoulders so he remained firmly pinned to the ground. "Mine is a side effect to my temper, his not so much, and so the reason for the vaccine."
"Was he?" Rory bit down on her lip in fright.
"Wolfing-out as he likes to say. I don't know, but I wasn't about to find out either. Greyback is the most powerful of his kind. There was no telling how fast a swipe from him can turn someone this close to a full moon." Harry dug some hot pink potion out of the bag and poured some into Wills mouth. "Be a good boy and swallow. It's for the pain. How bad is it Rory?"
"I've got the bleeding stopped, put antibiotic serum over them, and am sealing off the wounds now." The claw marks across his back sealed into angry three inch high welts. "How's he doing?" She placed cool salve on the welts and he flinched.
"Gritting his teeth in pain, but so far nothing else," Harry looked up at her. "Why? What do you need me to do?"
"I need for him to sit up so I can bandage his back properly." Rory blinked back tears, but continued to focus on the task.
Wills glared at Harry. "Sorry love, but I'm pinned at the moment."
"Sorry about that, but you were about to wolf-out on us." Harry let him sit up.
Wills, because his whole body ached, gingerly sat up. "What's the damage?" He winced in pain as Rory laid cool bandages across his back and then began wrapping his torso with another layer of bandages. "Rory speak to me what's the damage?"
Rory stared at the stark white bandages marred with a streak or two of blood from her hands and burst into tears.
"Greyback got you good in the back, but Rory patched you back up again. You're sitting up and moving, so that's a sign that he didn't do any major damage. Now let's get you two back to the main house." Harry packed up her Healer's bag, stowed it away, grabbed each of them by the arm, and ported them back to the Common Room.
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"What the hell happened?!" James took in their appearances and went to help his son, who looked beyond pissed off.
"Greyback!? Here?!" Max sprang to his feet.
"Was here, but he ran off with his tail between his legs. Rory got him in the knee after he took a swipe at Wills back. I believe Aniston and Gryiffin are lying lifeless by the Old Oak Tree." Harry picked up Wills, as if he were as light as a feather, and set him on the couch on his stomach. "Rory treated his injuries and we gave him the vaccine before he could wolf-out on us."
Rory was curled up in her father's arms bawling her eyes out on his shoulder.
"What about you? Did you get hit?" Max growled.
"I'm fine. It's Rory and Wills that need tending." Harry wasn't feeling any of the aftereffects of getting hit by AK at least not yet anyways.
"He took an AK in the chest that was meant for me…" She sobbed.
"Okay Junior. Let's see your chest and no arguments." James ordered.
Harry changed into his nightly dress of sweat pants minus the usual t-shirt and glared at his father. "See like I said I'm fine."
Henry broke into a string of swearwords as he walked in from the kitchen and took in the condition of Wills, Rory, and the enormous angry black and blue bruise blossoming across Harry's already bruised chest. "What the hell happened now?!"
"My stupidity happened…" Wills muttered into a pillow.
"Was he attacked by a werewolf?!" Henry forced himself to remain calm.
"Three actually, but I took down two and Rory wounded their leader," Harry glared at Max when he tried to get a closer look at his chest. "What is your problem I said I was fine!"
"You've probably cracked some ribs again, so no you are not fine. Now sit down before the adrenaline wears off and you fall down!" Max snarled at him.
"Harry!!" Hermione appeared with Lily and Dromi.
"James what happened?" Lily knelt next to Rory.
"Sit down and no arguments!" Hermione pointed to an ottoman.
"I was stupid. I went for a walk to clear my head and got triple teamed by Greyback and two of his minions." Wills grumbled.
"Harry took an AK in the chest meant for Rory, who gave Greyback a permanent limp." Henry finished the story all the while comforting Dromi in his arms.
"Accio Healer's bag." Hermione called her healing tools to her and now had the means to treat Harry.
"Oh no, please not again." Harry grimaced when she took out the bottle of Skele-fuse.
She poured a dose of it into an empty flask and handed it to him. "Down the hatch."
"They could just be bruised…" He gasped in pain when she touched his chest with her fingers.
"We'll see, but if not it's down the hatch." Hermione placed her palms on his chest and focused on his injured ribs. The Skele-fuse had more than worked its magic fortifying and strengthening his bones so they were only severely bruised. "You're right Wolfe; your ribs are just bruised." She took the flask back and capped it.
"I wasn't gonna let Rory be struck by AK, so I dove in front of her took the hit myself, tackled Gryiffin, and sent him to his maker." Harry winced as she gently rubbed healing salve across the welt and bruise on his chest.
"Wills got hurt…" Rory was still in shock.
"Yes honey, but you patched him up and he's going to be fine." Lily gave her a calming potion to drink.
"My fault that he got hurt…" She sniffled.
Wills forced himself to sit up, because her crying was tearing him in half inside. "Stop it Katherine Aurora. It was my fault for not thinking about the current dangers while walking at night. I knew that I was being watched, but ignored my instinct to go back to the main house. My mistake not yours end of discussion."
"Because of our row you could have been…" Rory couldn't bring herself to say the words.
"Hurt as he is now, but killed not even close. I was tailing him as Prince." Harry corrected her. "No one is ever dying again on my watch ever again."
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A few hours later Wills was tucked in bed with Rory cuddle up beside him.
"I hate it when we row." She lay on her side and looked into his endless blue eyes.
"You and I are stuck with each other forever, but there are rough patches in any relationship." He linked fingers with hers. "You my love are missing something on your finger." He brought her left hand up to his lips and kissed her ring finger.
"My rings…I was so furious with you that I threw them at Uncle Max…" She whimpered.
"You mean these." As if by magic Wills produced the rings in his palm. "They belong on this finger, because you are mine. I am never going to try to bully you ever again." He slipped the rings back on her finger and kissed it.
"You were just afraid and fear clouds ones better judgment." Rory was relieved to have her rings back on her finger where they belonged. "Tonight I had a taste of that fear." She shivered.
"I'm fine thanks to your healing touch, quick thinking, and expert aim." Wills pulled her close for a kiss. "How did you know that I was in danger? You were beyond pissed at me and blocking me out."
"I just knew, so I used the map to check on you, saw the situation, and reacted by leaving watch to save you." Rory didn't want to think about anymore.
"I'm fine now, so feel free to go back to work with my blessing." Wills was smiling now.
"But you need me to tend to you right now." Rory frowned.
"Rory, I'm on the mend now and you have a mission to see through to its conclusion." Wills kissed on the forehead.
"What about dinner with Grams and the PM?" Rory was confused.
"Canceled by the PM. He has to deal with official Government business that and they are both well apprised of your current choice of career." Wills tucked her head under his chin.
"They are?" Rory was finding it unnerving to think of the Queen or the PM reading up on what her activities were. "But how could they possibly…"
"She reads The Quibbler and they are both in the loop on the goings on in the Wizarding World. She's proud of you too." Wills frowned when she pulled out of his arms. "It's true. Give her a ring if you don't believe me."
"No I believe you, but it's like you don't want me to take care of you."
"Rory you told me…no screamed at me that your being an Auror meant something to you. Has that changed in the last few hours?"
"No it does mean a lot to me and I am proud of what I do, but…"
"But nothing," Wills cut her off. "I'm not going anywhere, you have a job to do that will ensure our future twins safety, and countless generations to come by ridding this world of Greyback and his followers. I didn't get why this meant so much to you before, but I do now and I support you on this one hundred percent." Wills stared into her emotionally distraught violet eyes.
"What good is protecting the future of our twins if I nearly caused their father to be mortally wounded?" Tears streamed down her cheeks.
"Sweetheart, I went off to think about how much of an ass I've been. You didn't do anything, but call me on it, so enough with the blaming yourself." He kisses away her tears.
"What if I freeze up because of what happened…all I can think of is Greyback slicing your back open and then…" She choked back a sob. "You're blood on my hands…"
"I'm fine because of your quick thinking and healing skills worked their magic and patched me up. We're going to Hogwarts tomorrow. I'm checking on the tweebs and you're going to slay some werewolves." Wills found himself hugged by Rory and was pleased as well as shocked when he didn't feel any pain from her touching his back.
"I'm sorry…I forgot…Did I hurt you?" Rory pulled out of his arms.
"No tigress, I didn't feel the slightest twinge, so what do you say we seal the deal properly." He pulled her back into his arms and kissed her.
"Um...are you sure…" She found herself kissed again.
"Oh yeah, positive."
That was the end of the discussion for the night.
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(Hogwarts the next evening the Gryffindor Table)
"He's so dreamy." Ami sighed as she gazed at Kane with Lotus chatting with Seamus and Remus at the head table.
"I know. Your sis is soooo lucky." Moria sighed.
"He's such a dream hunk." Bree absently stirred her dinner around her plate with her fork.
"He can guard the castle forever if he wants." Binks was also entranced by him.
"I don't think he's all that great." Alan grumbled.
"So what if he's Master Chen's grandson and a ninja." Bastion snarled.
"Yeah, big…he's a what?!" Sean choked on a piece of roll that he was trying to swallow.
Kane stealthfully appeared beside the boys and gave Sean a whack on the back that dislodged the roll and he was able to breathe again. "I'm a mystical shadow warrior or ninja as the Muggles like to say, but I've retired from that line of work to become an Auror/hit wizard."
"How did you?" The boys gawked at him.
"You were…" Alan was speechless.
"Way over…" Sean croaked.
"There and then…" Bastion frowned.
"It's a centuries old secret passed on from generation to generation, but one that can be taught if one is worthy to learn."
He now had the boy's complete attention which was exactly what he wanted.
"I only take the most disciplined of students, in mind as well as in their actions. Something that I hear you three are sorely lacking in." Kane frowned at the boys. "Still, you four would make excellent students." He smiled at the girls who all sighed dreamily and stared adoringly up at him.
"We can work on that." Bastion wanted to take lessons from him.
"We've learned our lesson." Alan and Sean nodded.
"Because you are little Doll's friends I will think about it. You will nonetheless have to prove to me that you've changed your ways. No more losing house points or detention. Then we shall see this summer if you are worthy or not." Kane left them to ponder those words.
"Well now mates, now that's a challenge worth its weight in gallons." Bastion grinned.
"I'll say. He'd be a wicked cool teacher." Sean agreed.
"Then we're agreed the three of us are going to be perfect students until school is out even if it means being bored out of our minds." Alan grinned.
The three boys shook on it.
"Now this is going to be interesting to watch not to mention fun." Bree grinned.
"You three couldn't be perfect students if you wanted to. It's a known fact that you love trouble too much." Binks arched a brow at them and nodded in agreement.
"I don't know girls miracles do happen on occasion." Ami smirked.
"They'll think that their under the Imperious Curse or something." Moria giggled.
"Hey! We are not that bad!" Bastion and Sean growled.
"Oh yes, you are and you love every minute of it!" Bree rolled her eyes at them.
"She's right and you know it." Ami thoughtfully munched on a tart.
"You three do know that he meant earning back the one hundred and fifty house points don't you." Binky chose a tart from the platter in front of her.
"Yeah well, we can do it." Alan growled.
"Well then let the games begin." Binks winked at him.
"That's a brilliant idea Binky us girls versus you boys to see who can earn more house points by the end of next term. Ami is a smashing Keeper and Binks is an excellent Seeker and fourth year Shelly Anders is a great Chaser." Bree got up from the table.
"Girls are you finished eating? We've got a short practice today." Dennis called over at them.
"Be right there Dennis." Moria called back.
"Later boys," The four of them headed off for practice, only to squeal in delight when Draco, Harry, and Wills picked them up one by one for a hug and then they were off again.
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"You girls have fun." Wills zeroed in on the boys. "They look miserable."
"Oh they are." Draco grinned. "They lost one hundred and fifty points off their house, got two months detention, and are grounded to the dorms."
"And no Quidditch," Harry added. "Not that Dennis and Euan mind having five pretty girls who can play an excellent game of Quidditch on their team."
Kane and Lotus walked over to them.
"You don't look like you tangled with Greyback." She arched a brow at Wills.
"My Rory patched me up good as new."
"So I see…" Kane noticed that Rory was missing and frowned. "Where is Rory?"
"I'm right here I was just chatting with the girls." Rory walked over and Wills pulled her into his arms. "We should keep watch around the pitch. Greyback could be a might bit cranky about getting shot in the knee with my arrow."
"Haden, Faron, Logan, Mac, and Talon are keeping a close eye on the kids, but it never hurts to be too prepared." Lotus was in the mood to end this tonight.
"I'll keep an eye on the boys." Wills set his chin on top of Rory's head.
"We'll keep an eye on the boys." Hermione joined them.
"I gave them a challenge, so you shouldn't have any problems with those three or the girls for that matter anymore." Kane grinned.
"Oh really and how did you manage to achieve that miracle?" Hermione arched a brow at him.
"I told them that I would consider teaching them this summer if they got their acts together and that includes the girls." Kane was proud of his little coup d'état.
"That's bloody brilliant mate." Draco was impressed.
"Pure genius," Harry agreed.
"Thank you for giving them all a goal to shoot for." Hermione hugged him.
"They have unlimited potential it would be a crime to waste it." Kane hugged her back.
"We'll have a summer workshop of sorts." Draco loved the idea and added to it.
"Yeah, that sounds like a plan that way we keep them on the right path." Harry found himself kissed by Hermione.
"That was my original idea; now let's rid this plain of some evildoers, so Lotus and I can focus on us for a few weeks." Kane pulled Lotus into his arms and kissed her.
"That would be nice. I was enjoying our time away very much." She kissed him back.
Draco was surprised when Ginny walked over and cuddled against him. "I dropped you off at Ron and Luna's an hour ago…not that I mind having you here."
"Hey, now just because we can't go hunting doesn't mean we can't be here for moral support." Ron was behind them with Thea and Luna. "This place still is home away from home for all of us."
"And that is what it always will be." Albus smiled at them. "Welcome home. Feel free to enjoy the family wing while the others complete their task of protecting this world for generations to come."
"Uncle Albus I know the boys are under restriction, but is it possible to spring them for a few hours?" Hermione asked softly.
"It so happens that they have a homework assignment that you could help them on, so yes they may receive your help for a few hours." Albus smiled.
"Thanks Uncle Albus." Hermione hugged him.
"I believe seeing the tail tale marks of surviving a werewolf attack are just what the boys need to know the threat was very real and that is why their punishment was harsh." Albus knew very well the two of them were going to have words with the boys.
"That's the plan." Wills grinned.
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Harry decided to stick by Remus instead of joining Draco and Logan. He just figured that Remus needed him more. "You don't have to do this you know." He knew exactly how his Uncle was feeling for Greyback was very much to Remus what Voldemort had been to him.
Remus loaded up his crossbow. "You of all people know better than that."
"Yeah, I do. But, I also know that this is gonna dredge up memories that you aren't prepared to face again."
"I have been reliving that night when I was a boy for weeks now, so no that reason won't be a problem for me." Remus wanted a conclusion to this chapter in his life and that was his arrows piercing Greyback's heart.
"I'm just repeating the same conversation that you had with me the eve before I faced my destiny or was it nemesis." Harry stared up at the cloudy sky.
"I realize that and my answer is the same as what you said to me. I can't hide from something that I was destined to do. There is too much at stake and it will end tonight."
"The castle is on lockdown, so now it's a waiting game." James walked over with Sirius.
"This weather must be pissing him off. No moon…no transformation." Sirius leaned against the scared trunk of an old oak tree.
"Trust me Uncle Sirius, the clouds will eventually clear and reveal the moon. I feel as if it's third year all over again." Harry recognized their hiding spot. "This is where Mione and I hid from Uncle Remus…" His fingers traced the scared trunk of the old tree and found the spot where Beaky had scared the tree with his hooves.
"Oh yes, who can forget when the clouds parted like the red sea triggering Moony's transformation." Sirius smirked.
"I have very little memory of that now let's focus on the task at hand." Remus wasn't up for a trip down memory lane.
"Easy there Moony no one meant any harm by it." James placed a reassuring hand on his shoulder.
"Look, I very nearly did something horrific to our kids that night, so it's not something that I wish to reminisce about!" Remus remembered in detail about that night and it made him even more determined to make Greyback pay.
"So what exactly is the bait that you're using to lure them in?" Harry changed the subject. He felt like jinxing himself for bringing up that event in their life again.
"It seems as though they've been trying to prey on unicorns, so with the help of the centaurs we have asked the unicorns to help us by grazing in three clearings in the forest. No harm will come to any of them because Uncle Albus and Merlin have erected a protective barrier around them." Remus was grateful for the change of subject.
"We're using Unicorn blood that was confiscated from some shady Dark magic users during a sting operation last week. It's been trailed along various paths in the forest to entice them into exploring those three clearings thereby entering our trap." Max joined them not happy that Harry was not where he was supposed to be. "What part of Draco and Logan did you not understand?"
"I'm sorry but I remembered that Dad not you is my boss, so any part of that other conversation completely slipped my mind." Harry loaded up his crossbow.
"You gave Moony your version of a heart-to-heart now go rejoin your post with your brother and cousin." James sided with Max.
Harry narrowed his eyes, now glowing an eerie shade of emerald green, at the two of them. "Yes sir," He snarled. :It's not like I haven't earned my right to be here or that this is a bunch on tripe, but I'll go join Draco and Logan as ordered! I guess taking down, Bellatrix, Malfoy, and then Voldemort with my bare hands and no help, didn't mean diddlyshit! I should have stayed home with my girls and Hermione and let you handle it and next time I will!: Harry snarled privately at his father.
:Logan is your partner and now so is Draco. Nothing has changed and no one is demoting you so cool it!: James snarled back. "Good hunting son. Try not to get hurt again; it's becoming a habit with you as of late."
Harry flashed him the universal greeting and vanished.
"Did you want him to be in a temper or are you just in a mood?!" Remus narrowed his eyes that were also glowing with leashed fury at James and Max.
"Can't have him thinking he's above everyone now can I."
"I think it was a smart move to give everyone a shot of vaccine, so we have that situation covered in case anyone gets hurt." Sirius eyed Remus warily, glowing eyes was stage one to a transformation.
"Relax Padfoot. It's an aftereffect and nothing more that's triggered by temper more so during a full moon." Remus sensed that Greyback was getting closer. "Game faces on boys he's on the prowl and he's brought company."
James looked down at the map. "Oh fucking hell the git we captured lied to us." The map was teeming with dots all of which were identified as werewolves.
"Looks like Rory, Mac, Logan, and Lotus are the first to get some action." Sirius looked down at the map.
"That git was only aware of what he was told." Remus was ready for his revenge on Greyback to play out.
"No matter we've got it covered." Max loaded his own weapon and the four of them waited for their prey to appear.
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Rory, Lotus, Kane, and Mac were stealthfully taking out the weremen hunting the unicorns or trying to in the clearing.
"That's two dozen so far." Rory removed the arrow from a nearly fully transformed wereman then used AK to make sure it was dead.
"These are the weaker of the pack." Kane did the same with his own quarry.
"They're out in force tonight." Lotus eyed the map in her hands. "He was going to try to take the castle."
"Greyback is insane so anything is possible." Rory reloaded her weapon.
"The real party by the looks of it is in the main clearing and where Harry's at." Mac growled.
"He will be focused on three targets Draco, Harry, and Remus." Kane climbed the tree and sat waiting for his next prey.
"Son of Bitch!" Mac swore. "That's a kid! No those are kids!"
"These are all teenagers if that." Lotus was not pleased.
"Then we will stun them all and then give them the vaccine." Rory took out her wand.
"No need for wands when I have this." Kane took out two copper colored metal spheres from a pouch on his belt and tossed them into the clearing at the feet of the wereboys.
"Let's just hope that they're just as curious as I was." Mac watched as the wereboys bent to touch the ball and in seconds all of them were instantly made unconscious.
Rory checked the map before racing out into the clearing so she could treat the boys. "It's okay your nightmare is nearly over." She gave them all the vaccine and the boys were slowly returning to normal.
Tonks came running out of the shadows with Kingsley on her heels. "Damn it Rory what if there had been more!" She hissed.
"Our side is clear and they needed the vaccine as soon as possible." Rory hissed back.
"We don't know that for certain there could have been more." Kings paced in front of her.
"The map doesn't lie. Now stop growling at me and help me get them out of the clearing." Rory recognized some of the faces as boys that had been missing for months in both the muggle and Wizarding Worlds.
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She was correct the fight was now going on full force at Harry, Logan, and Draco's clearing.
"How dare they patronize me like that?" He took out his tenth wereman; the moon had yet to make its appearance. "I stopped being a rookie at oh I don't know twelve!"
"You've scared the shit out of them twice in less than a week, so just grit your teeth and humor them." Logan was taking down his own share of wereman.
"He's right you know." Draco aimed and shot at his own quarry. "Mum said that he's been having nightmares about it."
"That's news to me." Harry was once again perched in his hiding spot in a tree.
"He doesn't wish for you to constantly have to pay for vanquishing the Dark Lord all the time. It kills him whenever you get hurt because of it." Draco reloaded his weapon.
"They all hate it." Logan nodded.
"I don't like it either, but then I'm used to it now." Harry muttered under his breath and then swore in fluent Parseltounge when their next quarry entered the clearing.
"Uh, guys are you seeing what's I'm seeing?" Draco hissed as six more entered the clearing two of whom barely resembled Crabbe and Goyle.
"They were reported as missing, but I assumed that they went into hiding with the other Dark wielders." Logan swore when six more former Slytherin's entered the clearing.
"New game plan boys we stun them." Harry jumped down from his perch. "Then we'll give them the cure and deal with them from there."
"What did he hope to gain by targeting my former housemates? I don't give a rat's ass about any of them, but this fate isn't something that I would wish on my worst enemy." Draco had mixed feelings about this.
"Stay here." Harry also had a stunning device and was about to use it.
"Not gonna happen we're a team." Logan growled.
"I know that, but I want you clear of this when it goes off." Harry waited until they were all in the clearing before throwing four of the copper spheres at their feet.
"Harry how's a blinding ball gonna help us any besides make them really cross?" Draco frowned.
"Wait for it…that's it get curious and trigger your surprise." Harry grinned when all four spheres went off rendering all twelve of them unconscious.
"I believe that answers your question mate." Logan didn't waste any time loading up a rifle with vaccine darts and shooting them at their sleeping quarry.
Draco did the same. "That's one-way of handling them." He shot Crabbe and Goyle.
Harry checked the map for anymore surprises, but their area was clear it was all now over in their father's corner. "Don't pout little brother I'll set you up with some gadgets of your own."
"It's not that big brother…" Draco was staring down at Crabbe and Goyle. "They didn't deserve this none of them did."
Merlin and Cam appeared in front of him. "No they didn't Grandson, but they wanted retribution and chose this path to do so."
"Others like the innocents saved by Katherine Aurora however did not." Cam was not pleased by what he had seen in the other clearing.
"We will take them all to the castle while the three of you complete your task." Merlin, Cam, and the Slytherin crew vanished.
"Let's go, there are three times the werewolves at the other clearing." Logan swore when he looked down at the map.
"Yeah, let's finish it." Draco and Harry snarled.
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"The Quaffle is in our hands now." James swore when the moon finally emerged from the clouds and the weremen transformed into full-blown werewolves. "This might get dicey."
Sirius was ready for a fight. "For them maybe, but not for us," He went about taking down werewolves.
"Just like old times." Max focused on taking down any that were in his sights.
"Where are you Fenrir you evil bastard." Remus scanned the clearing for him all the while defeating werewolves.
James was being circled by three of them, managing to take out two before the third swiped him good in the left arm. "Oh, now that's gonna cost you big!" He pivoted on his heel and got it in the heart with the spike weapon that Harry had created for just this task.
"Dad!!" Harry fired a barrage of AK's at six more that were about to pounce on both him and Sirius. "You're hurt!"
"It's nothing." James continued to fight.
"Nothing my ass that bastard took a chunk out of your arm!" Harry raced over to his father and gave him a shot of the vaccine.
"It will wait till this is over. Thanks for the other though I was too busy setting this all up and skipped my shot." James and Harry were now fighting back to back.
"You okay there Prongs?" Sirius saw that he was wounded.
"Yeah, dad it looks bad." Draco frowned.
They had all started using AK now instead of arrows, because there were just too many of them.
"Nah, it's just a scratch." James wasn't pleased when his daughter raced over and pulled him out of harms way, so she could treat his arm. "Rory it will wait."
"All of you focus on ending this while I treat Daddy's arm." Rory growled at the others.
"We've got this covered. You go back up Remus." Max ordered Harry.
"I'm on it." Harry nodded.
"I've got your back." Kane wasn't letting him go alone.
"We're merely going to be his back up. He needs to finish this himself." Harry and Kane sprinted off after Remus who was hunting Greyback and not the other way around.
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Greyback was no fool. He knew when to cut his losses and left his followers to their fate. His injured limb made it difficult for him to run, but he wasn't about to end his rein or his fun. He had tried to apparate, but then that was useless when transformed, so he made his escape on all four paws. That fool has no chance in hell of catching me. He snarled to himself, but he was very wrong.
Remus or shall we say Moony since he was in his Animagus wolf form easily kept pace with him. That's it you bastard run. It only makes the hunt more of a challenge.
Greyback had miscalculated his means of escape and raced into the heart of the dragon colony. It didn't matter the creatures were asleep so he could easily slip by them.
Gotcha you murdering bastard! Moony howled in victory as did Prince who padded up beside him and awoke several of the dragons.
Greyback went to turn tail and run, but his only exit was blocked by two wolves and a dragon. The three in question reverted to their true wizarding forms that being Remus, Kane, and Harry.
No!! It isn't possible!! He howled in outrage.
"Checkmate you murdering scum. I win." Remus shot five arrows at him all of which hit their mark. Fenrir Greyback was finally no more. "It's finished." He walked over to the lifeless form of him nemesis and used a spell to delete him out of existence.
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"We have awakened the dragons." Kane watched as Pendragon bounded out of one of the caves as did his mother and father to greet Harry.
"They're just happy to see Harry." Remus put away his wand and weapons.
:Hi there boy: Harry laughed when Pen puffed hot air in his face.
:You're back! Where have you been?!: Pen was happy to see him. :Who's this? Where's the princess?:
:I promise to visit more when the girls are older. Hermione is at the castle, but she'll visit you in the morning.: Harry playfully patted his snout.
:Hello young prince. I trust that everything is as it should be in our forest.: Brim greeted him.
:Yes Brim your home is yours again.: Harry nodded.
:That is good and it is good to see you again.: Priss brought her head down close to his own.
:It's good to see you as well. I haven't abandoned you, but I have my girls to look after, but when they're old enough I will gladly show them off.: Harry smiled at her.
:Aye your little ones. Charlie keeps us informed and we would like to see them when the time is right. I have another young one to look forward to and my son is like his father.: Priss was proud of her clan.
:Congratulations on that. Pen is doing well and growing like a weed.: Harry patted her enormous snout and received a playful puff of hot air in his face.
:The evil ones poisoned where we graze and our son was ill, but all is well Charlie and Albus made certain of that.: Brim growled.
:No one will chase us away from what is now our home.: Priss had Pen protectively under her wing.
:I understand your feelings and I assure you that your clan is safe.: Harry hadn't been aware that they had been poisoned and had the sudden urge to string up some Slytherin by their toes.
:It is late we shall see you in the morning and look forward to seeing the princess as well.: The Dragons went back to their lair. :Thank you for keeping our home safe for us.:
:The honor is all ours I assure you.: Harry went back over to Remus and Kane. "Let's go back and see if Dad is still snarling at Rory."
"Why? Did he get hurt?" Remus wasn't pleased.
"Yeah, but Rory was patching him up when we left." Harry took out the map and was pleased that all that was left was clean up and that another team had been sent in to do that. "I don't know about you but relaxing in the family wing sounds good right now." He put the map away.
"Yes let's go home." Remus was tired and wanted to hold his family in his arms.
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Chapter 21
Facing the past
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I do not claim any of JKR's characters only that I love being able to create my own kind of mischief with her beloved characters. I do not claim any other things that are owned by other companies that I may mention once and a while in the stories...Although the original characters and ideas are mine and I loved creating them. So please review if you wish but try not to flame me too badly.
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