Chapter 2
I choked on my tea and Dumbledore stood up. I held out my hand to say 'don't come near me yet'. He sat down and studied me as I tried to control my breathing and keep down the emotions rising up in me. The wolf in me was screaming at me to run, to hide. Apart from Fenir Greyback the only person it and I feared was Umbridge, although I would never admit that to anyone except Sirius. I raised my head to face Dumbledore who was studying my face with a mixture of worry and intrigue. I managed to spit out, "That, that, woman, is coming HERE?" I nearly yelled at him. He nodded his head and said, "I'm sorry Remus, I wish it was someone else. If you need to escape for a while I know Hagrid is looking for some help." With that he excused himself and left my rooms. I sat at the table, nursing my now cold tea. What would I do? I know most of the school was aware of my lycanthropy but Umbridge would twist it and try to turn people against me. I shook my head and stood up, maybe reading a good book would help.
I sat down in my favourite armchair by a nicely roaring fire. At the moment I was reading 'Quidditch through the ages'. Though I was not a huge Quidditch fan I enjoyed reading about the history of the sport. I felt my eyes get heavy and all of a sudden I was dreaming.
I was running through a wood, something was behind me, heavy breathing and harsh snarls followed me as I twisted and turned along the forest floor. Then I tripped, I lay there on the ground, half stunned, my ankle was throbbing with red hot pain. I heard footfalls behind me. I whimpered and curled up in a tight ball. A snarl, then blinding pain in my side, I lashed out and received a slash across my face. I screamed and all of a sudden I heard shouts headed towards me. The creature let out a bloodcurdling howl then disappeared. I felt someone touch my head. I curled up tighter, expecting more pain. Then a voice, my mother's spoke to me; "Remus, Remus, its ok honey, your safe now, I've got you." But then she screamed.
I'm so evil leaving it on a cliff hanger. I will post the next chapter again soon and the next bit of Death of a king should be posted soon.