A/N: So it still took me longer to update than I expected! Every time I planned to update something came up. :) Thanks for the reviews. I will slowly skip a few years. For those who forgot, Harry is eleven years old right now.
Disclaimer: I do not own any Harry Potter characters (sadly), places, or anything else that you may have read about in the Harry Potter books; they all belong to J.K. Rowling, I just play with them for my own amusement. (ooh...Naughty!!!)
Now on with the story!
To the wizards' relief and Fenrir's displeasure the structure did not collapse on top of Bella. Instead of the horrified scream Fenrir had hoped to hear the woman actually cooed. He rolled his eyes after hearing the exaggerated sounds and glanced at Harry. The boy stood close to Remus, his hands curled into tight fists and every so often he would stop glaring at the doorway Bella had disappeared through to direct the deadly stare towards Fenrir. Why couldn't the fucking thing collapse on the bitch? It would have made my life much easier.
Bella appeared in the doorway. "Fenrir, you have to come inside and look around with me. I would be happy to give you a tour." She gave a sultry look that was completely ruined by the scars, a reminder of her attempt to kill Harry.
The adults in the pack looked at the woman with expressions of distaste and disbelief, Fenrir glared at her and waited for her eyes to lower in submission before turning away. Harry releases a low snarl and took a step forward, when Bella's eyes lowered his snarls slowly died away, his expression quickly changed from anger to shock. I wanted to tear her throat out. Why did I do that? It must have been because when I see her I always remember when she tried to kill me. Yeah, that's why. He reassured himself silently.
Fenrir watched his pack, proud when he saw that no one had steeped forward and instead they stood, waiting for his command. He walked towards Harry, watched as the boy's lips formed a silent snarl, his eyes glow with amber fire, and he took a small step in Bella's direction. As he moved closer the low snarl died away, the amber fire was slowly replaced by confused green eyes. Ah, the pup doesn't even understand why he's becoming more possessive of me. So close to maturity, yet still too far away from mating age, his instincts tell him, but he probably denies the signals. He wrapped his arm around Harry's waist, barely resisting the urge to rub his lower body against him, showing the boy the reaction his body had had to his show of possessiveness.
When Harry tried to pull away he growled lowly and pulled the small body closer to his own. "I'll explain why the bitch got to go in first in privacy. Right now we are going to go in."
Harry walked stiffly beside Fenrir, still angry. The pack walked behind them, eager to see their new shelter. As they reached the door Bella gave Harry a superior look before moving to walk ahead of them, only to be stopped by Fenrir roughly pulling her behind him as he gently urged Harry forward. The first room they entered seemed to be a kitchen, it had a very large table in the middle and cabinets lined the wall across from the door. A fireplace was built into the wall to the left of the door. Remus made his way to the front of the group that had managed to crowd themselves into the room.
"The cabinets, table and benches, along with pallets are the only furniture we made using our magic. We thought that you and the rest of the pack would want to make anything else." He quickly explained to Fenrir. "The fireplaces have chimneys built into the walls and are magically blocked to keep cold air from getting in." He moved to the tallest cabinet that stood in the corner of the room. "This will constantly stay cold so we can put food or liquids in here to keep them from spoiling."
Remus watched as Fenrir looked around the room once more before giving a grunt of approval, which caused Remus to give a silent sigh of relief that he wished to quickly take back when Fenrir led the pack to the next room. Fenrir looked around the large, bare room. So, this is our shelter; a kitchen and a large room. Yeah, I can see why it took them so long to fix this place.
Remus saw his alpha's disgruntled look and quickly began to explain. "We thought that this would could be a living room." He walked to the wall opposite of the door leading to the kitchen. "We put a hidden door here, it will only open to members of the pack and all they have to do is place their hand here." He demonstrated as he spoke and the door quietly slid open. This show of magic caused Greyback's expression to become darker. "We thought it would give the pack added security."
Fenrir gave a short nod of approval after mulling over the advantages of the added security, he ushered Harry up the stairs, taking the opportunity to watch his mate's backside. The floor they came to was a spacious open area with pallets piled in a corner of the room next to a fireplace.
"We thought this would be a good area for the unmated, adult, males to sleep. It would give added protection to the women and children of our pack." Remus walked to the wall on their right and rested his hand on it fora a moment before another staircase appeared.
Harry led the group up the stairs to another floor. The staircase led to a floor that was split into two large rooms separated by a hallway. One room had a pile of pallets stacked next to a fireplace, the other was completely bare.
"The unmated women, their children, and the few orphans can sleep in this room." Remus said as he pointed to the room with pallets. "The other could be a playroom, and school room. There is no secret doorway, the last set of stairs is through that door." He said as he indicated the door at the end of the hallway with a nod of his head."
The last set of stairs led to a long hallway with many doors that Harry was eager to open, he looked at Remus for an explanation.
"This floor is for mated couples and their children." He walked to the middle door on the left and looked back at Greyback as he opened the door. "We made this room for you."
Harry looked back at Fenrir, waiting for the approving nod before going in. The room was spacious and would have been completely bare, if not for the pallet next to the fireplace and the door on the right wall.
"The door on the right leads to another bedroom..." Remus began before being interrupted by a sickly sweet voice that caused Harry to turn around sharply.
"Oh, Finny, I can't believe you would request to have my room placed so close to yours!" Bella, who had been following close behind during the entire tour, said as she brushed her hand across Fenrir's chest.
"I didn't. That is Harry's room." Fenrir dryly said as he pushed her back and moved to wrap his arm around Harry's waist. "Besides the whole pack knows you'd rather be in a pallet in the middle of the room with the unmated men, easier access than sneaking down all those stairs at night."
Bella's face flooded with color as she slowly began to understand the insult. She lifted her chin in the air and moved to walk past the snickering group standing behind her. As the snickers penetrated her clouded thoughts of humiliation she tried to save her pride by looking over her shoulder and proudly declaring the first thing that came to mind.
"I will try to forgive once more for the pain you have put me through again. However, in return you must get rid of that unwanted baggage." She flicked a glance towards Harry and quickly looked back at Fenrir's furious gaze. A small 'meep' escaped her mouth when he let out a low growl.
"I would be happy to be rid of you."
As the words left his mouth Bella ran out of the room, pushing several people out of her way. Fenrir had changed into a wolf before he took a step out of the bedroom and had sunk his teeth deep into Bella's calf before she had made it to the staircase. Her cry of pain caused Remus and Luther to rush to pull their alpha away before he could kill her.
"Greyback, remember the talk we just had." Remus shouted over Fenrir's feral growls and Bella's pain filled screams.
"She may be a mate to one, they would feel her loss immediately." Luther shouted. "What would Harry do if other alpha's found out about this?"
It was the last sentence that caused Fenrir to pull away from Bella and move to check on his mate. Harry, who had chased after Fenrir, now stood staring at Bella , his face drained of color. He felt Fenrir's nose bump his hand before Fenrir covered the back of his hand with saliva with one swipe of his tongue. Harry tore his eyes away from Bella as Remus began to examine her and knelt to bury his face in Fenrir's fur.
As Fenrir felt his mate's thin arms around him he knew that his earlier mistake had been forgiven, but when a small shudder passed through the small body he worried that he had frightened the pup with his display of violence. He rubbed his head against the shoulder next to it in an attempt to console his mate, instead another shudder racked his body as blood smeared across the material of Harry's shirt.
Harry shuddered as he thought about what had just happened, not the event, but at his feelings. He hated how he had felt, he knew he should have been disgusted or afraid by what had taken place, but instead his wolf, maybe even his more human side, had wanted to howl in glee and join its alpha. He felt Fenrir's consoling gesture and was warmed by it before the smell of Bella's blood reached his nostrils and his whole being cried out for more, he shuddered under the force of the bloodlust and struggled to push it back. He had never felt this much hatred toward anyone and he hoped he never did again.
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Two students entered the Headmaster's office, one looked around with eyes that showed a lack of intelligence, the other watched him with a superior gaze. Dumbledore stood and greeted them with his usual twinkling joy.
"Ron, Hermione, come in." He pointed to a full candy jar. "Lemon drop?"
Hermione answered before Ron had time to process the question. "No, thank you. Where is Harry Potter?"
Dumbledore sat down and the twinkle in his eye faded slightly, replaced by a somewhat hard look that went unnoticed by the two teens. "I told the whole school at dinner, he is at another school."
"You didn't inform us of this before and I thought Hogwarts was the best magical school."
"I do not need to inform you of everything Ms. Granger. Hogwarts is the best school, however Mr. Potter will need special attention and training that he cannot receive here."
"You told us how pampered he is at home, do you really think giving him more special treatment is for the best?"
"He needs to be trained to defeat the Dark Lord, it's for the good of the world. Also, the longer he is kept away from other teenagers the more likely he is to become friends with the first one's to show him kindness."
Hermione was quiet as she thought over this logic. "I suppose you're right." She finally said. Dumbledore's eyes regained their sparkle.
"But, what about my money?" Ron asked.
"You will still receive your money Mr. Weasley, and Ms. Granger will still receive full access to the library, and a full recommendation from me to wherever she decides to go after leaving Hogwarts. All you must do is keep an eye on those Slytherins and become friends, it will make your future friendship with the boy much easier."
"Yeah, just what I want a friendship with a boy who thinks he's a god, too good for the likes of others. He'll probably spend most of the time trying to get more attention." Ron mumbled.
"I can assure you, Ronald, that the boy will be very happy for your friendship, willing to share the attention, and will only have dark thoughts towards Voldemort. Also, if you want your money you better get over your animosity or else learn to hide it." With that Dumbledore looked down at the papers on his desk and waved them away.