IT was the holiday season and though everyone had not yet left for them it was hanging around in the air. IT was the weekend and a much needed visit to the home of Remus and Sirius was needed. Severus thought going would be good getting away room the school for a few hours. They had been enjoying their time making jokes and having dinner.
They had been lounging in the living room when Dumbledore came through. "I need you both to return eminently. There is a werewolf running the grounds." That was all that needed to be said as Orian jumped into the fireplace with Severus following after. They were led to the back of the school near the Forbidden forest. Orian ran ahead of them to get there before them. The male was wandering about sniffing.
/A FEMALE. COME TO BE MY MATE?/
Like hell. This is my territory get off.
Orian growled the fur on her back beginning to stand.
/LITTLE THING LIKE YOU CAN'T FIGHT ME./
Orian didn't say anymore she attacked hi and he attacked back.
My land, my territory, get off.
They were constantly at each other's throats again and again. Biting legs and tails as they went on.
/ROLL OVER NOW AND I'LL MAKE YOU MY FAVORITE. MY FIRST./
Go to hell you bastard
The male went for the easy target her throat. Orian may have been a female but she was smaller and quicker. She leapt over him and jumped on his back biting at his neck. The male rolled knocking Orian off and going for a weak point. He bit her leg making her cry out.
/STUPID. BARE YOUR THROAT AND BE DONE./
Never will I bare my throat to you.
Orian took bits around his face and neck. Snape and Dumbledore watched as the two werewolves fought. The fight seemed to go on for hours. Orian had no desire to let the male win. Her chest ached. She wasn't going to give up. The red male threw his body into hers knocking them into the snow. Orian felt the male's paw dig into her throat cutting off her breathing.
In one last attempt to get away from him she moved her head and bit his leg, biting down hard enough to break the bone. She went for his throat biting down hard enough to stop him from breathing.
Orian let the male up before attacking him again making him scream as teeth broke the skin. She took him to the ground again Her paw to his throat cutting off the airway.
Do you yield?
/YES./
She back off and let the male stand out of breath. She turned and started limping back to Snape and Dumbledore. "Kain!" she turned in time to see the male lunge for her again. This time she took him to the ground and bit at him. Pulling the fur-covered skin. She bit his soft throat to the point the male could not breathe.
When she heard the heart begin to slow she let go. The male rolled back onto his stomach looking at her.
Submit.
The male ran three circles around her stopping in front of her ears back tail between his legs. He rolled into his back bearing to her his neck and stomach. He rolled back over and licked at her neck total submission.
You have submitted to me by doing so you do as I say. Get off this land and do not come back. Should I catch you your life is mine. Leave now.
Orian snarled at him. As the male walked away tail between his legs Orian waited for him to get twenty feet away before chasing after him to get him away faster. Snapping her jaws at his legs and tail making him run.
She limped her way back to Snape who was waiting for her. Her side was covered in blood and her leg was bleeding. The sky was now completely dark. "Orian." He kneeled down in front of the wolf. "Is he gone for good?" headmaster asked.
Yes. We will not see him again.
"Excellent. Let's get you inside and cleaned up you deserve a rest."
Let me rest my leg a bit then we'll go in.
She put her head on her paws and closed her eyes falling asleep. When Orian woke next she was on the couch a blanket covering her and her wounds cleaned and wrapped. Snape had fallen asleep in his usual armchair. Making a move to sit up she whined in pain waking Snape. Severus opened his eyes to see that Orian had torn off the bandage and began to lick at it.
"Stop that. I didn't clean them for you to mess them up." He said.
It's instinct, I can't help it. How long have I been sleep?
"Two days. Bout time the students have begun to ask about you." He said rewrapping the now lightly bleeding wound.
~EARLIER THAT DAY~
"Professor?" three students stood in front of his desk. They were second years. "Yes what is it?" He glared at them. "We were wonder where your dog was. She's always by your side in every class. We've gotten used to seeing her. Is she alright?" The male student asked.
"We heard about the werewolf that was seen here over the weekend. We got worried." a female student said. She was a shy one this student it was surprising she had not yet cried. "She will be fine in a few days. It is because of her that the other werewolf is gone and you are all safe." the students were satisfied with the answer and hurried to their next class. All day students had asked about Orian and how she was doing.
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Snape gave Orian a pain potion and put the cover back over her as she lay down to sleep again. Snape went to his own bed. The next day when he left Orian was still sleeping soundly, or so he thought. Severus got to the potions classroom and was shocked to find the wolf there laying down next to his desk.
"Couldn't stay away could you?" He asked.
Nope. Time I got up and did a little moving. I'll try not to over do it.
Students began to come in. Some faces from the Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff houses light up at the sight. They went to pet her but were stopped by Snape. "Do not even think about it. This is not a petting zoo this is a classroom. Sit down and get to work or I'll deduct points." He threatened. The student sat down looking embarrassed.
Orian limped her way to the Great Hall for lunch insisting she go. She ate very little in the great hall. After lunch she insisted upon walking her way back to the classroom. "Don't over do it. I don't have any pain potions and I'm not going to carry you around like a puppy." Snape told her. The pain didn't set in till the second to last class.
Orian got up and forced her way down to the dungeons where the always-burning fire would put some of the pain at ease. She slept till Snape came back with a pain potion. A little bit for dinner she lay on her couch and slept.
The next day following had gone better a few students had gotten to the room right after breakfast sneaking her breakfast sausage. The rest of the week she was spent recovering.
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Arrum was having a crappy month. It was now December and Christmas was on the way. His thoughts had gone to the good times he and Kain had shared. The way she looked in the snow, her amber eyes bright and smiling, and long dark brown hair. He had had nightmares about seeing her walking in the snow wearing the forest green dress, and then she was wolf large and snarling. Looking at him like prey. The terror that you could get from beauty.
He told himself over and over there was no going back. She was a wolf to the core. It made sense now why she did things the way she did. How she could out run him, and how she ignored the pain after that one Quidditch game. "Kain the wolf indeed." He said. Dimitri Wynterwood was shocked to hear his son had broken up with Kain. They looked so happy together. Arrum had come home from school looking sad and hurt.
A month later his son was up and about in the dating world again going on a date with a young woman two or thee times a week. All of them different. Every time he came back from the dates he looked disappointed. It was time father and son talked. "Arrum?"
"Yes?" Arrum sat in his window seat in his room looking out into the snowy sky. "Why did you break up with Kain? There has to be more then you two just didn't fit right." He father levitated a chair near the window. "Come on son you can tell me." Arrum shook his head. "No I can't tell you." Arrum looked his father in the eye. "What is she a banshee, a nymph? Please son, tell me." Dimitri pressed. "She's a werewolf. When she told me on the night of graduation I saw the wolf in her face." He shook his head.
"Son I think it's time you know a secret. Your grandmother my mother is a werewolf. She sensed it last time she was over. Werewolves had been in the house and the only people who had visited us were Kain and her parents. Arrum looked at his father. It couldn't be. His grandmother a werewolf. I'll send her an owl you'll spend the moon with her and your grandfather. She may be terror on the inside but she is still human.
"How do you love something that won't remember you when the moon is high in the sky? How do I find the girl I fell in love with when the wolf wants to kill me. Kain will never take me back even if I did find a way to love the wolf in her. She will bow to no one. I see why she kept her heart closed. I'm an idiot for wiggling my way in."
"That's why your going to your grandparents. They will share with you their story. I've already sent them a letter." Dimitri told his son. "She won't take me back. I've hurt her to badly. Bill is going out with Dawn one of Kain's best friends he talks to them often. He said that Kain is happy in her fur and has recently found a new power in not feeling complete shame in being what she is." Arrum faced the window.
"That's enough out of you. The wolf is not hard to love. You love your grandmother do you not?" Arrum nodded. It doesn't matter what the person is on the inside. You know why you fell in love with her. Who would she be without the wolf in her?" His father said.
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The day before the moon Arrum found himself stand in front of his father's parents. His grandmother in old age was still young looking. A werewolf trait. She had a slim build and grace. Her icy blue eyes were sharp as they were when she had been his age. Her hair was graying and it still did not tell her age.
Her portrait sat on a wall in the dinning room. She had just married Arrum's grandfather. She looked the same say for a few wrinkles. But there was no denying that then and now she was a very beautiful woman. "My grandson has fallen for the werewolf. Guess it runs in the family." His grand father said with a chuckle. "Well then there's a story for you. I'm sure you'll want to sit down Little Loop." His grandfather told him.
His grandfather had always called him Little Loop when he was a boy but he had no idea why. Guess he was about to find out. "Now Arrum I met...
A/N: HAHA you got a cliffhanger. Review please it's not as if I'm asking for your kidney. Do it or I sick Orian on you.