Torsten sighed in slight exhaustion as he made his way back up to the castle, passing a group of medics and magical coroners on their way to the rather large mess he left in the village. Tornadoes weren't particularly hard to conjure, but they were difficult to keep control of. He wings were safely hidden now. He was still angry and he couldn't get the sight of that little girl out of his mind. Torsten had been told everything about his past by the Old One, his parents, Voldemort and the Dursleys. He hated the humans for what he went through, blamed the wizards for leaving him at Privet Drive, but that didn't mean he didn't care about their young ones. Torsten sighed again. He looked up as he walked through the doors of the Great Hall. He was tired, sore and dirty and all he wanted was to wash and go to bed. When he saw the scene in front of him he came to a standstill. The wolves were in a circle, surrounding a group of wizards with a small man in a green bowler hat yelling at Dumbledore. Torsten shook his head and sighed. Here came another one of those long nights. Torsten stepped forward and howled loudly. Everyone stopped talking. He walked forward, growling, and when he reached Terje, promptly asked what was going on. "The Minister," replied Terje, forcing the answer through clenched teeth, "has decided that the one who caused the massacre in Hogsmead is too dangerous and must be immediately taken into custody. In other words, they are here to arrest you." Torsten looked at him, startled. Then turned to the Minister. The Minister drew himself up and said, "That's quite right. By my power as Minister for Magic, I hereby announce that the Wolf, Blade, is to be taken into the custody of the Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures - Beast, Beings and Spirits division." Torsten looked to Terje who nodded and said, "I have been asked to translate for the Wolf, Blade." Torsten immediately started while Terje translated. "It has come to the attention of Blade that the Minister for Magic is an idiotic, pompous windbag. He would also like to say that if the Minster for Magic would like to turn the entirety of the world's magical creatures on the wizards then he is more than welcome to try and arrest him. He also asked for you to note the word try." The Minister spluttered for a moment before shouting at the Wizards behind him to 'Arrest that Beast.' However before they could move a loud growl sounded from the entrance to the Hall. The Minister yelped at the sight of over twenty full-grown wolves stalking towards him. The leader trotted over to Torsten and nuzzled him.
My little Lightning Child, what have you got yourself into now? I came here because I heard of a battle in the village to make sure none of you are hurt and find this scene. What am I going to do with you? Hunter chuckled as Torsten put on an innocent face, But Mother it isn't my fault they want to arrest me, he replied.
I know my child, so if you would excuse me for a second. Terje, translate for me would you?
"Of course My Lady. The Lady would like to express her extreme displeasure at the Ministry for their attempt to capture her son, however much it would have failed. She would also like to inquire as to which idiot thought it would be smart to try this so close to one of the largest magical creature habitats in Britain." Hunter looked around at the wizards before snapping at them, at which point a student squeaked that the Minister ordered it. Hunter nodded to the student before swinging around and pouncing on the Minster. "The Lady would like me to tell you that if you ever come within thirty feet of her son or any member of her pack again she will not hesitate to rip out your heart and feed it to you." The Minster nodded quickly and Hunter got off him. Torsten watched as the Ministry officials scurried out of the room before half collapsing onto his mother, who had come to stand beside him again. She looked at him, startled before smiling and asking Terje to carry him upstairs. Terje complied and all of the wolves spent the night at the castle, guarding over their little Prince.
The next day the wolves went back to the forest at dawn. Due to the attack the day before, the wolves decided that a few members of the pack would stand guard over Hogsmeade. Torsten decided that he had been ignoring his human friends, especially his new one, Draco. They had been acquaintances up until a week ago when they started a tentative friendship. Terje and Draco got on well. Both were smart, curious and rather sarcastic at times. So, Torsten rounded up the members of his pack and the members of his 'human pack' (as he was calling them, and had the house-elves do up a large picnic for lunch. The unicorns, who had gone home before the attack the day before, had come to see no-one was hurt so all fourteen of them played and had fun for the entire day. All was peaceful. It lasted until the first task.
The wolves were watching as the three contestants battled the dragons for the eggs. Everything went smoothly and everyone slept soundly that night, until three in the morning when a large bang and roar woke everyone from their slumber. The wolves were immediately up and running outside where the bangs and roars continued. What they saw was madness. One of the dragons, a Hungarian Horntail that Krum had to face, had broken out and was rampaging across the Hogwarts grounds. A large stream of fire erupted from her mouth and she roared. The wolves understood. Krum had caused her to crush some of her eggs and she wanted revenge. Torsten looked to the rest of the wolves who stared expectantly back. He sighed and nodded. He was to try and calm her just because he had dealt with a dragon problem a few years back. Torsten focused and released his wings from their magical prison. He leapt into the air and flew towards the dragon while the rest of the change took place. He howled to get the attention of the enraged mother and listened patiently while she growled her misery. Things became complicated when she asked for the life of the one responsible as forfeit. No matter how much Torsten explained she wouldn't give up and so he had to resort to using threats. After she had calmed down Torsten got her to agree that as long as the wizards took her and her remaining eggs home right away she wouldn't kill anyone. Torsten nodded and the two made a blood pact that each would keep their end of the bargain.
When Torsten returned to the ground he found out the Terje had been translating for the Wizards, and he was immediately bombarded with questions. He answered them as best as he could until Dumbledore asked why the Dragon had backed down when threatened. Torsten sighed and started explaining while Terje once again translated. "Ancient wolves aren't just powerful by Human standards. We are at the top of the Animal Hierarchy. Every animal, magical or non-magical, follows our lead. It is rare that any species will try and fight on a different side of a war than us, and no wolves will ever. Animals will usually either join the side that we are on, or stay neutral if the don't like that side's ideals. Dragons, being powerful magical creatures in their own right, usually have enough courage to argue with us, but this Horntail seems to agree that bloodshed will do nothing for this situation, at least when the situation was properly explained." After that was done Torsten announced that he was off to bed and promptly turned his tail on them, heading back to the castle and his nice, warm bed. All he could think of as he walked back was how utterly anti-climactic that had been.
Would you not kill me if I begged for mercy? I'm sorry, I know that this was supposed to be up an age ago but my little cousin Nicki came to stay for a while and unfortunately I had to take her to the park and play with her everyday she was here. I'm also sorry for the ending. I know it was boring, but I ran out of ideas and I needed to get this up. So, reviews…
Persephone – Not entirely sure when. I'm fresh out of ideas for that part and I'd appreciate any you guys have.Aqua – I guess, but my mind just keeps coming up with new people to add. Dawn and Dusk's kids are joining soon.
Sweet as lemonz – Nah, I probably should have made it clearer, it was kinda foggy.
I-Y-T-Y – Well, the wolves are still very young. In the story about seven human years equals one wolf year. In wolf standards the wolves are only about two years old and the Ancient wolves will live for around thirty wolf years –two hundred and ten human years. The wolves are just children at the moment. They would be considered just old enough to take on an assignment like this and only because Cahira, who is older by about one and a half wolf years, is with them. I suppose I should have been clearer on how young they were.
Fireyhell – Eventually, but I'm not sure how yet.
Evergreen – Yay! Hello shiny person. It was a small-scale attack to test the defences, so mainly low ranking Death Eaters with some inner circle ones to watch over. I'm still stuck on the turning back thing, ideas would help.