The Beast

AN: I hope you all enjoy this next one as well with everyone. I have a newly rewritten chapter for you guys! Hope you like it!

Chapter 1:

Hermione and the group stood at the top the court house steps they each looked down at the newly freed wizard, Hermione watched in disgust as the reported harassed what was left of the Malfoy family. Draco yelled at them harshly and stormed off his Mother and Aunt in toe, I wonder what got under his skin? Hermione thought as she walked down the steps with the group.

"Leeches" Ginny said with the same amount of disgust the Hermione felt at that same moment, they both heard Ron scoff at her comment and turned their attention toward the older red head. "Leeches that show us off to all the whole wizarding world." Ron chimed with a cocky smirk. Hermione rolled her eyes at him, Is that all he cares about is being famous? Hermione thought and shook her head at him. Ever since her run in with Rita Skeeter during their fourth year at Hogwarts, Hermione hated the press very since, what right did they have to poke and stick their noses where they didn't belong. They prayed on wizards and witches success and on their failures, they called this 'news'. To Hermione it was all gossip plan an simple.

"LOOK, ITS THE GOLDEN TRIO!" one of the reporters shouted and just like that it was as if pack of hungry wolves the descended upon them, like they were helpless sheep. The pops and flashes of lights on their camera's blinded Hermione and Ginny, Ron stood proudly smiling to each of them like an bloody idiot, "Mr. Weasley! Is it true that you are currently dating Lavender Brown?"

Ron laughed and smiled soaking up the attention, "Of course, but who knows. We always had an off again-on again sort of relationship, if you catch my meaning" he said wiggled his eyebrows suggestively at a cute female report, who blushed heavily under his shameless flirting. What a git! What did I ever see in him? Hermione shook her head at him again disappointed in his constant immature and flirtatious nature. "Ms. Granger how does it make you feel to see your two best friends in relationships and yet you are still single? Any comments?"

Hermione put on a fake smile for the reporters, "I'm happy for them" Hermione said convincingly to them and in truth she was very happy, mostly for Harry and Ginny they both found each have other in the darkest of times and still managed to make a good of things while a war was raging they made her feel hopeful. Hermione smiled and gazed over at Harry and Ginny, who wrapped his protective arm around her waist. "Truly" Hermione smiled and push her way passed them hurrying to the car as quickly and as calmly as possible as to not draw anymore attention to herself.

"Mr. Potter! Mr. Potter! Is it true that you just recently gotten engaged?!" the reporters shoved pen in his face. Harry ever the gentleman politely pushed the pen out of his face, "No comment" Harry muttered and tried to guide Ginny back to the parked car. However the reports flanked him and stuck another pin in his face, "Mr. Potter! How does your fiancée feel about your relationship with Miss. Weasley? It seems clear to me that you are more than just friends?" the reporter smirked at him. He saw Ginny roll her eyes at the stupid reported if you couldn't put two and two together by now you didn't deserve to be a reporter.

Harry bit the inside of his check in frustration these guys clearly can't hint, "Again no comment." Harry gently grabbed on to Ginny's hand and pushed through the crowd of press. "Oh Come on Mr. Potter! Just one statement! I'm sure your fiancée would love an explanation as to why you are parading around with Miss. Weasley like you are lovers!" the reporters hounded Harry relentlessly with more questions and details about their love life.

Ginny's resolve finally wavered and she turned to face the crowd, "NOW LISTEN HERE! WHEN SOMEONE SAYS NO COMMENT THEY MEAN NO FUCKING COMMENT! DON'T KEEP HOUNDING THEM AND PESTERING THEM FOR MORE INFROMATION! NOW LEAVE ME, MY FAMILY, MY FRIENDS AND MY FIANCEE ALONE!" Ginny screamed at them her face red with anger. The crowd took two steps back and began writing everything that she had said down, Ginny groaned and Harry pulled her back to his side.

Harry kissed her forehead, "It will be alright Gin'. It was silly of me to think that we could keep it to ourselves for as long as we did. We told the most important people that's what truly counts in my book" Harry said and kissed her cheek this time, lights from the camera's flashed in their eyes. "I love you, Harry James Potter" she whispered in his ear. Harry smiled and walked her to the car, where he planted a kiss on her lips, as more lights flashed. "I love you too, Ginevra Weasley" Harry said and opened the car door for her.

Ginny slid into the car gracefully beside her best friend and fiancée, "Well by this time tomorrow everyone in the Wizarding World will know I'm engaged." Ginny said with a sigh as Harry held her hand, Hermione nodded and smiled at them. "Yes and tomorrow they will try spin my words to make it sound like a resent your relationship as well as what ever Ron wants to call his thing with Lavender is. Gotta love the press." Hermione said sarcastically Ginny laughed at her and lay her head on Hermione's shoulder.

"We still love you Hermione." Ginny said to her and Harry nodded. Ron plopped in the front seat of the car grinning from ear to ear. "What are you smiling about?" Ginny asked him sitting up straight in her seat, "Nothing you would understand, but witches love a war hero." Ron said with a smirk looking over his shoulder at them. Harry and Hermione shook their heads at him, "What?" Ron asked them as his father got into the car. "You basically just told everyone you cheat on Lavender Brown on a regular basis." Harry said to him as the car sputtered to life.

Ron scoffed at his friend. "Lavender knows it's all just a game with the press, she knows I have true feelings for her." Ron said to them confidently, each of them rolled down their eyes at him. "Do tell Ronald, if I were to go tell Lavender that you were openly flirting with that slag of a reporter I think she would be very upset don't you, seeing as how you said the exact same thing to me in the Chamber of Secrets, but at the Victory day party, where did I find you balls deep inside that slag." Hermione said with a scoff as the car jerked down the cobble streets.

"For your information, Hermione. Lav' is not a slag she loves me at least she knows how to take care of a wizards needs unlike some witches." Ron said looking meaningfully at her. Hermione face grew red hot with embarrassment. "That was low Ron even for you!" Harry yelled at his best friend. "What how am I in the wrong come mate I never made any commitments to Hermione." Ron threw his hands up in frustration, Harry nodded honestly to him. "Hell yes you were in the wrong!" Ginny said to her brother, "If you didn't want to be in a relationship with Hermione you should have been a man and said something. Not go off and fucked Lavender Brown!" Ginny added in a huff her father eyed Ginny for her language.

"That's enough out of all of you!" Arthur shouted at the group as he entered the car, Hermione sighed and looked out the window of the car as they were lifted up in the air by the blue car. Harry glared at Ron who had turned back around in his seat. Harry reached up and popped him in the back of the hand. "Owww, what was that for?" Ron exclaimed rubbing his head where Harry had hit him.

"You know exactly what that was for you git" Harry said in anger as the two narrowed their eyes at the other.

The car ride home from then on was awkwardly quiet and filled with thick tension as Arthur pulled up to the house. Hermione was the first to get out of the car and storming past Molly Weasley the matriarch of the family, and had become like a second mother to Hermione. "Ron?" Molly asked her daughter who was hot on her best friends heels, "Of course who else would make her upset." Ginny said and winced as Hermione slammed the door to their room on the second floor. Ginny quickly followed up the steps of her home to her bedroom.

Arthur smiled as he made his way inside his warm home and took seat at the kitchen table, "Is lunch about ready dear?" He asked his lovely wife, Molly raised her eyebrow at him and put her hands on her hips. "Arthur Weasley! You get out there right now and stop those boys from killing each other!" She said pointing her wooden mixing spoon out the back door to where he could hear the two boys shouting at each other.

"Molly, love, they aren't going to kill each other. It is just a spat, they need to sort this out as men." Arthur said when the windows to the kitchen shattered glass all over the floor. Arthur hung his hand, "Right" he muttered and walked back into the back of the house.

Harry had Ron in a head-lock as he kneed his friend in the stomach. "YOU! ARE! THE! BIGGEST! GIT!" Harry yelled at him as he kneed him with each word. Ron grabbed Harry's knees and slammed him, down into the mud. "OH YEAH WELL YOU'RE AN ARSE HOLE!" Ron yelled back and pushed Harry's face into the mud. Harry fisted a huge mound of mud and threw it back into Ron's eye blinding him, Ron faltered backwards rubbing the mud out of his eyes. Harry kicked Ron's legs out from underneath him, "AHHHAAA!" Ron fell backwards into the mud.

"What the hell is going on out here?!" Arthur shouted at the two young men. "HE STARTED IT!" Harry and Ron said in unison pointing their fingers at the other. "Well I am ending it! Now you've had your fight, shake hands like gentlemen and drop it" Arthur gave each boy a warning. Harry and Ron both stood up and bright blue eye met fiery jade-green both glazed over with anger. "Shake hands, right now! Or there will be no lunch or dinner for the both of you!" Molly shouted at them as she waved her wooden spoon at the two young men.

Harry grabbed Ron's hand giving it a hard forceful shake, "I'll never go to bed hungry again" Harry muttered and walked toward the back door Ron following behind him. "Don't you two even think about coming into my clean house covered in all that mud!" Molly said stopping them at the back door, they groaned. "Don't moan and groan! You only have you're selves to blame for all of this mess. Clothes off and in the hamper now and get up stairs now and not one more agreements out of you both for the rest of the night. I am I clear?"

"Yes Mum" they both said as they stripped off their muddy clothes and hurried up the stairs. "Boys" Molly said and shook her head at the two of them as they climbed the steps to the second story.

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"Well here we are" Draco's Aunt Andromeda said to them as she let go of both their hands. Draco's stomach was all turned around, I hate side along aspirations. Draco had to take a moment to catch his breath while trying not to throw up at the same time, "Come along Draco we don't want to miss lunch" Narcissa called to him as she stood a ways away from him.

Draco look at the Mansion behind her, to was a modern three story stone home with a wraparound white cobble stone path that lead to the stone steps of the Mansion. "Mother, whose home is this?" Draco asked as they walked to the front entry way, his Aunt knocked three time. "It's our home now Draco that's all that matters." his mother told him as she walked up the stone steps her heels clicking with each step. Draco frown at her, "Alright, but who owns this Manor? It's not one of the house I remember being apart of our estate" Draco stated to her as the door way to swung open.

"That's because this is a part of my family's estate." A deep male voice said to them it was easily recognizable to Draco.

"God-father?" Severus Snape smirked at his God-Son who's mouth hung open in shook he leaning heavily on a black cane. "You'll catch flies with your mouth open like that, you know." Snape told him as he stepped to the side to let the ladies entered the estate first. Draco closed his mouth and followed his mother inside the home, "How are you today Severus?" Draco heard his mother ask with genuine concern in her voice, and kissed his cheek as Draco looked around at the front entry way of the home.

"I'm much better today thank you" Snape said to Narcissa with a small smile missed by Draco, who stood at the bottom of a double grand mahogany stair case gazing around the room. The steps of the stair case was laid with a cream colored marble. In between the two stair cases were stone statues of an older man and woman who had one of their hands starched out towards the other, Draco walked over to the out of place statues and saw a gold plaque on the base of statues that was in a different language.

Usque In Aeternum Semper

With Draco heighten senses, he could smell an unfamiliar famine sent wafted into his nose "It's Latin, it means 'Forever and Always'" a women said as she stepped out from the shadows, she was short in height and had long silky jet black hair just like Snape's and had the same dark eyes. "Who are you?" Draco asked eying her carefully, the woman who raised an eyebrow at his tone.

She crossed her thin arms over her chest, "I could ask you the same question, after all you are in my family's home." she said to him as she walked pasted him, Snape has a sister? Draco watched as the strange woman made her way over toward Severus and his mother. "Ah, Katerina there you are. Narcissa this is my sister Katerina. 'Rina this Lady Narcissa Malfoy and Draco her son, they will be staying with us for some time." Severus said giving them a rare smile.

"Oh Severus I wasn't aware that you had any siblings." Draco's Aunt Andromeda said to him. Severus nodded to the older woman, "Yes well I'm the family secret." Katerina said giving them all forced smile and laugh. Draco could smell resentment rolling off of her like a wave of expensive perfume. Snape sighed and eyed his sister harshly, Narcissa cleared her throat at the thickening tension in the room. "Well should we all get ready for lunch, I'm sure it ready by now." Narcissa said to them with the light smile to soften the mood.

"Ah, yes Libby!" Snape called out to the small house elf who came walking around the corner. "Yes Master Severus?" the tiny elf looked up at each of them, her small hand folded behind her back. "Please show our guest to the dining room." Severus said to the elf. "I'll take my lunch in my drawling room if you please Libby" Katerina snap at the elf as she turned on her heels and marched back up the steps, missing the harsh glare of her older brother. "I have to be going as well, unfortunately. I'm making lunch for the family, oh I must bring little Teddy by to see you Narcissa he has gotten so big these last few weeks." Andromeda said to her sister.

Narcissa gave her sister a big hug, "Are you sure you cannot stay just a little longer?" she asked her older sister hold her hands in hers. Andromeda pulled away and nodded her blonde head slightly, "I wish I could stay , but you and I both know how finicky babies can be when they aren't feed on time every day. I'll come by tomorrow and see you both, if that's alright with your most generous host." She said looking meaningfully at Severus Snape.

"Of course you and your family are always welcome here Lady Tonks." Severus said to her politely giving her a small bowl of his head.

Narcissa smiled at her and gave her sister another long hug before she released her watching as Andromeda left the manor, Narcissa felt the tears forming under her lids. She quickly batted them away before turning back to her son and Severus.

"Well I'm sure you both are very hungry. I believe that Libby has cooked up a rather lovely dish." Severus said to them as he held out on to his arm for Narcissa to take. She gladly accepted and Severus leaded the way toward another room Draco followed behind the taking in the architecture of the Manor. They sat in a large room with vaulted ceilings, decorative marble Roman style columns, and more hardwood flooring. Severus sat at the head of the table and Narcissa sat to the left and Draco sat to the right of him and gazed between the two adults in front of him. There was something going on with the two of them, they were both acting…strange…they were more friendly with each other.

"Libby will bring out the food for the Master and his guests, yes yes Libby will be back" Snape nodded dismissing the tiny elf who was talking to herself on her way out of the room. Narcissa smile and held Severus's hand and leaned in close, "Severus, I just want to thank you again for letting us stay here." Draco became uncomfortable with their closeness, "Not that I'm not grateful Uncle Sev'. Is there something you two wish to tell me?" Draco said rather bluntly to the two of them.

Narcissa looked shocked at her son's words, "Draco that was very rude and presumptuous of you! I raised you better than that! Now you—"

"Narcissa" Snape quickly and calmly interrupted her rant, "Perhaps we should explain some things to him before you start yelling at the poor boy." Snape patted her hand and gave his God-son an apologetic look, "Draco…" Snape tried to began, and Draco could see that his God-Father was struggling with finding the right words explaining everything to him, which is something that he had never seen from this man before. This man always knew what to say and how to say it.

"Your mother and I…well…we…are seeing each other, and well…frankly it has been going on for some time now." Snape said to Draco, who was shocked and raised his well maintained eye brow at them. "You're seeing my mother? Is that the nice way of saying your fucking her?" Draco snapped at him rather quickly.

Narcissa gasp at he son's behavior. He was acting like a soiled child. "HOW DARE YOU TALK LIKE THAT!" and reached over the table and slapped him across the check.

Draco eyed his mother in anger, she had never struck him before. Not even as a child, she never laid a hand on him. Now his father on the other hand that was another story. Draco saw red and let out an inhuman growl and digging his now growing claws into the wooden dining chair causing it to splinter and crack, "Narcissa, I think you should go to our room and ward it off" Severus said to her politely and slowly pushing himself from the table grabbing his cane in the process.

Narcissa sat in shock as her son peered up at her with horrifying black eyes. "Now! Narcissa!" Snape shouted at her snapping her out of her trance-like state. Narcissa hurried out of the room, "Draco" Severus said calmly to him. Draco gazed up at him with black eyes letting at a warning growl as he drew closer towards his God-Son, Snape slowly pulled out a small vile with blue liquid from inside his coat pocket. "Open your mouth" Snape commanded him, Draco let out a wolfish growl and went to snap at Snape who quickly grabbed his face and forced his mouth to open. Pouring the blue liquid down his throat, Snape clamped his mouth shut.

Draco began to cough and gag, as the blue liquid burned the back of this throat. "What. The. Hell. Was. That. Stuff?" Draco asked as he coughed out each word, he spat what was left off the horrid blue liquid out of his mouth. "You need to come with me, there is something I need to show you." Snape simply stated to him grabbing his cane and hobbling toward the kitchen. Draco followed behind him into the kitchen, "Lunch is almost ready Master Severus." Libby the tiny house-elf said to him.

"Thank you Libby, could you please take Mistress Narcissa her lunch in my room. Master Draco and I have some things we need to talk about we will be down in the cellar." Snape said to the elf as he passed, the elf hung her head "Of course Master" the small elf squeaked out her answers they pasted her and made their way to a wine rack hanging on the wall facing the kitchen. Severus took out his wand and tapped on the shelves of the rack, the bottles began to raddle and shake as the wall began to move.

Severus began to hobble down the small stone staircase his cane tapping on each step, Draco followed behind him down the dark damp steps of the cellar. Snape snapped his fingers and candle light lit up the around the room. "We've been very busy since Narcissa told me you were bitten by Greyback."

Draco clenched his fist in anger at the man's name, I detest that vile thing. Draco looked back at his God-father who snapped his fingers again and a cage appeared in the center of the room. "I had this commissioned for you." Draco listen to his God-father talk as he took a step closer to the cage to examine it. "Careful, you might not want to get to close to the bars a coated with in pure silver. You remember when your father hit you with his cane at the time of his arrest?"

How could I forget. Draco thought closing his eyes at the painfully memories.

Flashback

Lucius Malfoy had dragged his family half way across Europe, to escape capture from the Aurors once the new Minister of Magic had passed an executive order to capture all Death Eaters and their family members. After the fall of the Dark Lord he forced his family into hiding with him, "We need food and water Lucius, we aren't going to survive much longer" his wife tired to reason with his now paranoid state of mind as he gazed out the small broken window of the run down shack he found. Lucius gazed down at his wife whom was covered head to toe in dirt and her hair was a tagged mess on top of her head.

Draco was in no better shape he had turned for the very first time after the Battle of Hogwarts was over if it had not been for that Lovegood girl's powerful stunning spell, Draco would have most likely killed one or more of his fellow students and teachers as well as some Death Eaters. Draco was covered also covered in dirt but also dried blood, he was shivering from the cold, his shirt was torn half way opened and he had lost his coat sometime ago. "No…no one is leaving…the Ministry's Aurors are a out there looking for us." The eldest Malfoy said to them as he continued to gaze out the window looking for movement.

Draco growled and stood up, "I've had enough of this craziness from you old man! There is no one out there! I'm starving…mum is starving...we haven't eaten in days nor have we had any water! I'm not dying out here because you do not wish to be punished for war crimes, father!" Draco hissed in anger at his father and pushed passed him toward the door. Lucius quickly and blocked the door, "I am you father Draco Malfoy and you will obey me!" Draco grabbed his father by his dirt torn coat and pulled his away from the door. "You go out that door Draco Malfoy, you better not come back here!" Draco eyed his father "Try and stop me" Draco dared his father, as he turned his attention back to the old wooden door. Lucius grabbed the silver head on his cane and jabbed it into his son's exposed rib cage.

Draco howled out in pain as the sliver touch his skin, just then the door he was standing in front of blew apart sending him flying across the small shack. The Aurors came storming in and arrested all three of them. Lucius Malfoy's eye bore hatred at his son. "You are no son of mine! No son of mine!" He yelled as the Aurors hauled them off.

"It felt like my skin was being burnt for the inside out." Draco confessed to his God-father as he took two full steps away from the cage. Snape nodded, "Pure silver is one of the disadvantages of becoming a werewolf. As I'm sure you know already, the full moon causes you to lose control" Draco nodded, "Yes I already know all of this."

"It's not just your physical body that changes during the full moon, your mind and even your behavior can changes as well even now being this close to a full moon you are becoming hostile, and where there is hostility there is surely to be violence." Snape explained to his God-son. Draco sighed and hung his head in shame, "I have been feeling…different…more… I don't know on edge lately today was just the worst of it. Being released and having to face the crowd of people and press." Draco hissed feeling his anger boiling up to the surface.

He looked over at his God-father who sat down at a Potion Station, facing him. "Not many wizards or witches affected by the curse can sense a changes with in themselves. Everyone who has ever been infected with the curse only notice their own strengths and weaknesses which is way most are caught or killed. After the war the Ministry has been very strict on the increasing werewolf population. Apparently now when a werewolf loses control…they…they put them plan and simple no trail, no jury. They just put the down…and…it is not a pretty sight."

Draco gulped at his God-father seriousness, he understood the ramifications. He didn't want to died before he had lived his life, without the constant pressure of playing the perfect pureblood son. "I don't want to see that happen to you…I can't allow that to happen to you, Draco. It would kill your mother…she has already lost too much during the war. I don't think she'll survive if you have to be put down like this." Snape stated his voice was full over emotion as he handed him a paper dated three weeks ago. Draco saw the young girl being dragged through the streets of a small town there she was cuffed to a pure silver stake that stood ten feet tall, then the young girl was set a blaze. Draco paled and handed the paper back to Snape, this would crush his mother if something like that happened to him or anything else for that matter. "Which is why we had this thing made for you, during the next full moon when you're here at our home this is where we can keep you safe." Severus added.

"We'll also had you registered at the Ministry as a Werewolf, we can't have you running around the Wizarding World as unregistered that's also grounds for immediate termination. We can go over the legality of those things later, also we will have to brew more Wolfs-Bane Potions before you return to Hogwarts" Snape said as he turned to head back up to the main floor.

"Wait go back to Hogwarts I thought that was a joke." Draco said following after him up the stone steps toward the main floor, Severus looked down at his God-son. "It was not a joke Draco, Kingsley is the new Minister now and everything he says and does should be taken seriously. If you want to survive in this new world under this new Minister, you should be on your best behavior with him Draco. I mean it Kingsley holds no love for the Malfoy name and he won't hesitate to throw you in Azkaban. Do you understand?" Snape eyed Draco seriously.

The blonde nodded, "Of course I understand Uncle Sev'." Draco said and climbed the stairs after him.

AN: Well that was my was my rewrite on chapter one, hope you all enjoyed it! Don't forget to review thanks again for all your patience.