Chapter 13


AN: I am sorry for the long wait for the update, but I have no excuses as I said for my other story I am simply lazy. I hope you enjoy the chapter. xXxXx

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Taking in her figure he let his eyes linger on her breasts before closing his eyes tight. Hermione took a step back from him when she realized he was changing the room once again, Looking around her too see what he was changing it too she did not see him open his eyes and walk toward her until he grabbed a hold of her wrist grabbing her attention. Swinging her body around to face him she was about to start struggling when she caught sight of what was by the far wall. It was a large king sized bed with silk green and silver sheets. Looking up at him with Horror and disgust Hermione pulled her wrist from his grip, surprising him once again with her unbelievable strength. Hermione paused for a moment when she stumbled back out of his grip before coming to her senses and running towards the door.

"Now Mon petit no need to run."

It seemed she was not to be getting away as easily as she was caught in the back by a leg locker curse and fell to the floor. Struggling Hermione tried to well her magic and push it towards her legs to shatter the spell so she could get free. Before she got the chance Lucius hauled her up and pushed her roughly against the wall, waking her head whip back. Groaning in pain as her head came in contact with the wall; she lifted her hand up to her head before bringing it up to her face. The last thing she saw before she lost consciousness was the dark blood covering her hand and Lucius' triumphant face

Ginny and Lily were sitting in the common room talking to Remus calmly, trying to convince him that nothing was wrong with Hermione. Ever since she had gone up to their dorms, Remus had been fretting about what had happened during dinner and why Hermione was so upset. It had already been half an hour since she had been up there. They knew she needed some time alone but they were worried. Both girls were relieved that they would be able to find out what was wrong later in the evening when they went to finish the potion for Lily.

Getting worried Remus stood and was about to go up to the girls dormitories when he remembered that the alarms activated when a boy tries to get into the girls dorm so there was no way he could get up there to see her.

Turning to face the two girls sitting on the couch looking at him curiously, he turned pleading eyes on them to at least get her to come down for a few minutes so he could reassure himself that she was ok. Sighing dramatically Ginny stood and made her way towards her dormitory, where Hermione was. Ignoring Remus' thanks, she climbed the stairs and pushed the door open to reveal an empty room. Looking around curiously Ginny walked further into the room, but there was no sign of Hermione anywhere. Moving towards the bathroom at the side of their dorm Ginny hoped that Hermione was in there. Pushing the bathroom door open with much more force than necessary Ginny rushed into the bathroom to find it empty as well.

Shouting for Lily and Remus, Ginny rushed from the room jumping the steps, in her haste to get back to the common rooms. Lily and Remus jumped from their positions on the couch and were at the base of the stairs seconds after they heard Ginny's shout.

"Hermione's gone!" Ginny shouted frantically.

"What do you mean she's gone she hasn't left the room." Lily said worriedly.

"How did she get passed us?" Remus wondered, already thinking the worst.

Ginny was thinking of exactly how Hermione could have gotten past without them knowing, it couldn't have been the invisibility cloak, and there was no distractions big enough to let her slip by unnoticed. Suddenly it hit her and she cursed loudly, kicking the closest thing to her, which just happened to be Remus' leg.

"Oh when I get my hands on her, I'm gonna…" Ginny rambled furiously pacing back and forth.

Remus getting tired of Ginny's stalling, was becoming frustrated at the thought of what trouble his mate might be in. Grabbing a hold of Ginny's Shoulders he pushed her back against the wall successfully stopping her rambling and drawing shouts from Lily and the other two Marauders who had just entered the room. Shaking Ginny roughly he growled angrily eyes flashing amber. "Where is she?"

James and Sirius were already over by Remus trying to pry him away from the prone girl against the wall. Before anyone could say or do anything Remus froze, he could hear Hermione calling out through their connection, and she was in trouble.

Forgetting Ginny, Remus rushed from the common room ignoring everyone as he went, he raced towards the room of requirement where Hermione was calling out to him. Lily gathered the shaken Ginny in her arms making sure she was ok and that Remus did not hurt her. When they made sure Ginny was ok they followed after Remus with Ginny and Lily in the lead; being the only ones who had any idea as to where Hermione was.

All four friends were running down the corridor as fast as they could. The boys were calling out to the girls in confusion, still not fully clued in to what exactly was happening.

"Ginny! Wait, what's going on?" Sirius called panting slightly.

"Hermione!" Ginny shouted back

"What happened is Hermione ok." James shouted ahead worried.

"Don't talk, just get moving." Lily shouted back annoyed.

Seeing they weren't going to get anything out of their girlfriends, Sirius and James ran after them as fast as they could.

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Hermione blinked blearily, her head was pounding and she didn't know where she was. Trying to sit up she tried to use her arms to support her body, but they wouldn't move. Groaning she looked up at her hands to see they were tied to the head post of a bed with a silk green tie. Eyes widening in realization and fear Hermione twisted her hands in a desperate plea to escape. She raised her head enough to take a look around the room to see if Lucius was still there but the room was too dark. Twisting her hands again, she kicked her feet out in frustration, dropping her head onto the bed, she growled into the dark room. "Fucking Malfoy."

A deep chuckle sounded from one of the darker corners making Hermione jump. "Now, now that's hardly the way a lady should speak about her superiors." Malfoy said walking towards the bed, lighting the room as he went.

"I don't know what you're talking about Malfoy, but you not my superior. Now let me go." She snarled jerking her hands forward and kicking out making the bed shake.

"Now Hermione, if you insist on moving around so much I may just need to tie your legs up as well, or maybe remove your clothes so that they don't chafe; wouldn't want that now would we." He said staring down at her body lecherously.

"You wouldn't dare." She spat. Seeing him take a step towards her with a smirk, pointing his wand straight at her torso, she jerked forward growling. "I dare you, because the minute you lay a hand on me, you'll live to regret it."

"See that's why I like you Hermione, even if you have sullied yourself with that monster of a boyfriend, your feisty." He stated reaching a hand out to caress her thigh.

Kicking out Hermione spat at him, "Remus is not the monster you are."

"Maybe a little too feisty, but we can change that." He said as he pointed his wand toward her binding her legs so they were spread apart and tied to each bed post, with a gag in her mouth.

Struggling under the binding spells Hermione twisted and turned, and thrashed on the bed as Lucius stepped closer to the bed kneeling down and removing his outer cloak. Widening her eyes in panic she tried to force part of her transformation to her hands. A couple of seconds later she felt the nails on her hands growing longer and sharper. Watching Malfoy carefully as he began crawling up her body, she used her sharp nails to cut through the silk ties that were keeping her hands bound. Keeping her eyes carefully on the man before her she tried to distract him from looking at her hands, by thrashing around more but it was all in vain.

"Ah ah, now where do you think your going mon petite chat?" He leered down at her.

Hermione shouted into the gag as she felt Lucius' magic reinforce the strength of the binds on her hands and then her legs just incase.

"Now that you're all secure, we'll really get to have some fun."

Panicking Hermione seen no way out of her current situation, at least not by herself. Calling out to Remus in a plea for help she hopped that their connection was strong enough that he would get the message and come help her. Frustrated and angry with herself for getting caught off guard Hermione shook her head to hide the tears that were now building up in her eyes. Feeling Lucius' hands on her thighs she squirmed trying to get away from his hands. "No use Mon Petite, nobody's coming for you now." He murmured into her stomach dropping kisses on her chest with each button of her shirt that he undone. Struggling Hermione lay there helplessly as Lucius moved up her body, finally banishing her top leaving her in her bra. Turning her head away she couldn't believe how weak she was. She was a werewolf and couldn't even fight back against a simple human, no matter how much strength she had. She had frozen in fear for a mere second and it may nearly cost her, her life.

Lucius stared down at the beauty he had laid out before him, she was perfect in everyway and he would have her or nobody else would. Undoing her top, he placed sweet kisses down her chest, loving how her body shook, with his every touch. Ignoring the tears now flowing freely from her eyes, he banished her top, leaving her bra revealed to him with two supple breasts begging for him to ravish them. Placing one hand on her breast, he listened as she whimpered and cried as he massages her breast, hands moving further south. Straddling her waist he let go of her breast to lift up the short school skirt of her uniform. He growled when she tried to twist away from his wandering hands and slapped her across the cheek making her cry out into the gag still secured to her mouth. Placing his fingers at the tops of her skimpy black underwear, he was gently pulled them down before stopping and smirking at her. "Don't worry, I'll make sure I'm a better lover that that filthy beast of yours."

Reaching forward again, Lucius went to puller her underwear down, when the door banged open. Before Lucius could even react he was knocked from the bed to the floor, then dragged up from the ground and smashed into the wall.

Blinking Lucius realized he was face to face with a very feral Remus Lupin, who was snarling into his face teeth bared, and eyes flashing amber. Completely forgetting his wand and the fact that he was a Wizard Remus squeezed the blonde's neck, claws drawing blood from where the nails pierced his flesh. Holding the blonde Malfoy up with one hand, Remus pulled back a clawed fist and punched Malfoy in the face, Growling he punched him again, and again until he heard multiple *Cracks* smiling in satisfaction he let the bloody and unconscious Malfoy fall to the floor, before kicking him in the head, rib's and chest, with one last *crack* he was sure meant at least two of the blondes ribs were broken, he abandoned the battered body in favor of his mate.

Running to the bed, all traces of anger were gone as he pulled his wand out and banished all the bindings and pulled his mate towards him, searching every part of her that he could see for injury. Seeing that there was no visible physical harm he pulled her tightly into his arms, rocking her back and forth as she cried into his chest, he growled comforting words to her, feeling her head press into the vibrations of his chest he pulled her closer. Hearing the door bang open once more Remus whipped his head around to see who it was. Eyes glowing amber he watched warily as Ginny, Lily, Sirius and James stood in the doorway watching with wide eyes.

Ginny gasped, hands clamped firmly over her mouth she took a step towards her distraught sister, but stopped short at the vicious snarl that sprung from Remus' chest. Instincts completely taking over Remus pushed Hermione behind him on the bed, making sure he still had a tight grip on her, as her head buried into his shoulder sobs wracking her body.

"Remus?" Sirius stepped forward uncertainly. "Moony?"

"Mine." He growled viciously as Sirius stepped forward.

"I don't think we should get any closer." Lily said pulling Ginny back to her while looking at her two friends with worried eyes.

"His instincts must have taken over, he's not letting us anywhere near her, and it's not helping that it's so close to the full moon either." James said staring between his two friends.

There was silence between the six before Lily gasped, letting out a small scream at the sight of the battered and bloodied heap on the ground. James and Sirius took a step closer, only to realize it was Malfoy. Staring in horror and the lump on the ground they turned back to their friend that was currently cooing and growling softly to the girl in his arms, while managing to keep her completely hidden from the others in the room.

"Wow, Moony sure did a number on him." Sirius said jokingly pointing towards Malfoy.

"Think he's dead." James asked.

"Nah, he's still breathing." Sirius said as the body shuddered slightly. "Pity Though."

"Stop it, both of you." Lily snapped from Ginny's side.

Carefully Ginny stepped past Lily and took another step towards her sister, and best friend, wanting to get a look at her just to make sure everything was ok, make sure she was ok. They had been through too much for anything to go wrong now.

Taking another step forward, nobody had noticed yet, but once she was close enough Remus' head snapped up, and he took a swipe at her growling "Mine" he snarled making Ginny stumble backwards.

Ginny watched warily as Remus was about to stand and approach them when Hermione grabbed his arm. Remus turned back to look at her with love in his eyes, he ran his hands over her face caressing it softly.

"Remus, please don't." Hermione begged, voice rough from crying. She tugged on his arm gently, pulling him back down towards her.

Growling threateningly towards Ginny and the others he settled himself down beside Hermione wrapping his body around her protectively. The others realizing they were getting no where near Hermione at the moment, looked to each other wondering what the hell they were going to do. Looking back at their friends Remus was shielding Hermione protectively as he rocked her back and forth placing small nips on her neck and cheeks. They didn't have to wait long for an answer when they heard Hermione speaking.

"Remus, bring me back to the common room. I don't want to be here anymore." She said softly, her voice was slightly muffled by Remus shoulder, though it was apparent that he had no problems hearing her at all, as he scooped her into his arms. Just as Remus was about to pass his friends with Hermione in his arms, James stepped out in front of them blocking the way.

"Move." Snarled Remus.

"Wait!" James said nervously as he unclipped his cloak and held it out in front of him for the werewolf to see. "Just to cover her up, you don't want anyone else to see her like this, do you?" James asked holding the cloak in front of him again in offering to the wolf.

Growling suspiciously, he eyed the cloak before he was about to turn away.

"Remus, take the cloak, he's not going to harm Hermione." Ginny said from the side.

"Moony, please, just take it. The smell of his blood is making me sick." Hermione said meekly.

Hermione's voice snapped them back into action and brought them back to the present problem of Malfoy bleeding and injured in the corner. Sighing James motioned for Lily and Ginny to follow after Remus and Hermione who had just left, leaving them to deal with Malfoy.

Casting a levitating charm, and a binding charm, James floated the Slytherin's battered body ahead of him and towards the hospital wing where they would probably have a lot of explaining to do.

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A few minutes later James and Sirius arrived at the hospital wing, they knocked on the door briefly before strolling in and dumping the body on the closest bed to them. Calling out for the school matron, they waited impatiently as she made her way over to them.

Gasping in shock she snatched her wand out of her sleeve, not even asking what happened she cast multiple diagnostic spells, to determine the extent of the injuries. Gasping again at the long list of injuries displayed before her, she turned questioning eyes towards the two marauders.

"What happened to Mr. Malfoy?"

"Moony." Sirius answered simply.

"Who?" the nurse asked perplexed.

"Oh sorry, Remus, this was all his doing." James said pointing dispassionately towards the only inhabited bed.

"What, Remus?"

"Yes, we followed Ginny and Lily towards this room, when Remus ran out of the common room. When we finally caught up, Malfoy was like that on the ground and Hermione was shaking in Remus' arms." James said in one breath. "We think Malfoy may have attacked Hermione, and called out to Remus through their link."

"Why do you say that?" the nurse asked quickly running more tests on the battered body.

"Well he was all werewolfy…"

"What?!" the matron screeched rounding on the two boys. "He transformed, in school?!"

"No, NO, I just mean, he was growling a lot, wouldn't let anyone near Hermione not even Ginny, and his eyes kept flashing amber. He was being really protective of her." Sirius said quickly trying to explain the situation and defend his friend at the same time.

Placing a hand on her chest to calm her racing hearth beat she sighed in relief before regaining her composure and turning back towards the injured student. Fixing him up as best she could, she never noticed James and Sirius slip by her and out the door without a sound.

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Back in the common room Ginny and Lily were standing at the end of the stairs to the girl's dormitory. Somehow Remus had gotten upstairs with Hermione and blocked the stairs so nobody else could come up. They were waiting for James and Sirius returned to tell them what happened. Realizing they weren't going anywhere soon Lily and Ginny made their way over to the couches beside the roaring fire. The common room was mostly empty now, since it was so late at night so there was nobody around to see when Remus had stormed into the common room bloody fists with a shaken Hermione in his arms before racing into the girl's dormitory.

Up in the girl's dormitory Remus was sitting on Hermione's bed as she sobbed into his shoulder. Crying out she dug her nails into the skin of her arms dragging her sharp claws down cutting the skin, and letting droplets of blood drip down her arms and fingers. She felt dirty and nothing would make t go away, she had gotten away from him thanks to Remus but she still felt dirty, like she had betrayed her mate. She couldn't bear to look him in the eye, her self disgust was eating at her, but she needed him right now, and that was all that mattered.

"I feel so dirty." She whimpered. "And it's not going away." She dragged her claws once more down her arms making the scratches that little bit deeper.

Remus saw what she was doing and un-wrapped his arms from around her body and puller her hands away from her arms so she couldn't scratch herself anymore. Lifting her hand up, he kept it level with his eyes, before lowering one of her fingers into his mouth and sucking the blood from her fingers, licking it clean. Using his other hand, he tilted her chin up so she could look him in the face as he slowly and gently cleaned her hands of her blood.

Hermione would still not look at him, even as he finished the last of her fingers, feeling his eyes on her, she did her best not to look.

"Any better?" he growled. Nodding meekly Hermione held onto him tighter but still refused to look directly in his eyes. "Just a little bit." She responded softly.

Nodding Remus lifted Hermione into his arms ignoring her cry of shock at being suddenly grabbed. She looked at him for the first time curiously before asking. "What are you doing, where are we going?"

"You said you felt dirty." He growled moving over to the bathroom. Using one hand to hold her up, he used the other to open the bathroom door. Pulling his wand out he shot a spell at the shower, letting the water run. He led Hermione under the shower where the warm water ran over her skin.

"Hotter." Was the only thing she said, as Remus turned the heat up on the shower.

The steam coming from the water was fogging up the bathroom and the water was burning her skin but it didn't matter. They both sat under the water, Remus' arms wrapped tightly around his mate as she stared into space with out a word.

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