I do not own Harry Potter and please read the Note from Chapter 1

I do not own Harry Potter and please read the Note from Chapter 1. IGNORANCE IS SO NOT BLISS!"

PS I am feeling good, because I have someone being nice enough to check these for me after I post them. So I put a bit of innuendo concerning another series in here. First one to guess where it is from gets a one shot of their choosing out of me. And yes it can be a Lemon which is my specialty.

But not Yaoi... Have nothing against it guys or it is Yuri counterpart. But I do not understand enough of that yet to be comfortable in writing it. Only making an attempt at it with Loveless where it is predominant...

Isabelle's theme song is Confide in me by Kylie Minogue. Yes I have been searching for songs to represent the characters as they are now. This one perfectly fits her...

Chapter 72

Greyback Interlude: Initial days after the search begins


Godric's Hollow

A couple of days had passed since Alexandre and Remus had left with several of their pack to go after one of the Dark Lord's chief supporters. These were two overiding reasons for their search that were foremost in their mind.

Although he was a werewolf, considered lowly by most, Greyback was a crucial force in gaining the dark creatures' alliance, which Voldemort still held. Most beings that rallied around him did so because of the fact that he
insisted on staying "true to what he was" rather then adapt as many of them had tried tohat is, tried and failed to do...

Even though all could feel the increase in the lies in the very air that Voldemort breathes, the treachery that was just waiting to strike, many of the dark could not bend. Many could not let go of their ways enough to understand that there was a chance to change.

A chance to evolve into something accepted.

Reports of that acceptance in the Americas had already begun, in fact. But that was another story entirely.

In any case, they of the dark rallied around those who could not accept the possibility of change. Or did not want to, liking the way things were. And one of the strongest out of these many vile creatures was indeed, Fenrir Greyback.

The second reason for the two men's vengeful search was to save the people being affected by Dean's 'little experiment'.

It was on this day, several days after the two werewolves set out, that those within the hollow watched the dark haired men who seemed to be working out almost fanatically. Harry and Sirius both had dark expressions on their
features as they recalled a recent attack on a small Wizarding village outside of Edinborough that they had just returned from.

There, Dean had been 'playing' with all sorts of horrific spells. There were even some he had picked up from the Half Blood Prince, and Harry recognized these all to well. The people of the village screamed as Dean shot spells that
had no counter. Spells that made others whimper with agony as others pled for death.

One spell he used was an enhanced Stinging Hex that would stab deep and cause intense pain as the blood ran across the skin, pain to rival that of the Cruciatus Curse. It was lucky that Ron and some of the Order members he trusted had been nearby. Having run into it before Harry's return, they could not counter it.

The most they could do was murmur a spell to stop the bloodflow from causing any more pain as it ran down nerves of tender skin.

Just thinking about what have they seen in the village made the skin of both men crawl. Both remembered nightmares they had endured over the years, and both paused, though neither noticed the pair of women who came over, one of
the women supporting the other.

Isabelle had worry written in her features for not just her son, but for Remus as well. The Matriarch of the La Royaute de la Lune Pride had grown attached to her surrogate family. Remus and Harry both were the sons she wished she could have had after Alexandre. Remus was so much like herself as Alexandre was more like her darling mate and husband. But Harry...

Harry was a boy who was a mixture of both and who needed her desperately, as was Sirius. The older man was fast becoming someone she could adore as she did Harry. Seeing the way both of their eyes lighting up as they saw her, she knew she would forever be the mother neither had had.

Which is why, in her own way, she felt guilty in her joy that these two men did not go with the hunters. Going after Greyback was something only Alexandre and Remus could do. Both went for the same, and yet for different reasons, but both needed this, for Greyback was a demon in both of their pasts that needed to be settled.

And it could not be denied, not even for her fears.

Isabelle then turned to the young woman beside her. One would expect it to be Tonks, but currently the auror was searching and waiting for news of their missing loved ones and the close friends who went with them.

Instead, it was Ginny.

The girl was indeed sweet, and had meant well in what she had done, but it had cost her far too much. Hermione's words were cold, but also truthful. Isabelle's darling wolfling could never return the love he once had for Ginny,
that was a relic of a prior life. A prior time that could have happened if not for the pain.

The betrayal...

Those are something that are hard to forget, to forgive, when faced with a potential mate. In the way of the wolves, it could lead to disruption amongst the pride so easily. It had happened once before, for Greyback was a perfect example.

Long ago, he and Alexandre been childhood friends. But then, Greyback began to seek power. Power that Alexandre had. He had challenged Alexandre and lost, and that is when he turned...

And that is when their family's lives, and those of many others, were made forfeit.

It happened slowly, taking time over many years, and yet not once did they suspect. Their instincts did rise, their suspicions grew, but yet, one does not suspect a brother in spirit of betrayal?

Remus and Sirius had both filled in that spot that Fenrir had once held within her son's heart. With those two, she could see her son filled in the spot left by James Potter, Harry's real father. Yes, Sirius had indeed confided in her not to long ago about the connection that James had, and still had, for both himself and Remus. Indeed, many in their world held some kind of connection to the elder Potter, or to the younger Potter male that still lived.

What this Pettigrew did was much like what Fenrir had done.

They couldn't forget that.

And wouldn't.

Setting Ginny down in a lounge chair, she can see the relief in the young woman's features as the pain ebbs away. Harry's presence settled his and Gabrielle's child within her belly. Being the surrogate mother to the child was not easy for the Weasely girl as a part of her still loved Harry.

But yet, with what is happening, as well as Hermione's words, Ginny is beginning to truly see the changes in the boy she had loved. Before, Harry would have never let Remus, or anyone he loved, go and do something without him being there. He would insist on doing it himself, even if he knew it was not his place...

The fact that he was there, and not chasing after Remus, finally forced the young woman to see that he was no longer the one she had once loved. That he had grown out of what, many years ago, had been called his 'saving people thing' and that he could only look at her now as a friend...and not a possible wife...or lover...

Ginny had told Isabelle of her revelation, and the woman had smiled softly with pity in response.

"Now, you have grown..."