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Chapter 5.
The Inheritance Curse
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It was said that throughout time the great Mother Moon would look down upon her children, the werewolves and would place among them a gift. Sometimes it was extraordinary powers beyond those of other werewolves, other times it would be protection against their enemies. But it is been said that one day that the Mother Moon Goddess herself will place among the wolves her daughter. A daughter that will powers beyond anyone's wild beliefs, who will one day save the werewolf race. The daughter does not come without price though; a life must be taken for the life given unto her.
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I watched with part fear and part fascination as Darius transformed midstride, it took a lot of power just transform on the fly just like that. I could almost sense the jinxes and curses that flew through the air towards me. If we were lucky we would be able to reach the patch of thick forest that would eventually lead us back to the Granger's house.
"There she is, get her!" a man's voice rang out and I sprinted as fast as my body could take me. I knew that my energy was limited, I couldn't even use my wand outside of school and my birthday was still a year away.
Suddenly out of nowhere a wolf howled at the moon. The moon? I dared a peek at the sky to see the glorious full white moon shine down upon me.
The natural light made it easier for me to see where I was going but it also helped the Death eaters after me too. Where was Darius?
But it was too late to slow down and try to find him, so much for my protector. I could hear the other Death eaters quickly gaining on me. Spell after spell zapped near my body, I narrowly missed a cruciatus curse by a few seconds.
Another terrifying howl filled the air, making me quake as I ran. It was a full moon out tonight, that meant that the wolves would be more agitated then normal especially a werewolf.
"Gotcha girlie, thought you could run from us, eh?" filthy arms clutched around me suddenly. I could smell the horrible stench of alcohol in the man's breath almost making me gag. Where was Darius when I needed him?
I fought back scratching, biting, clawing at the man. I even kicked him where it mattered, right between his legs. "Oof!" The man yelped falling to his knees.
It only slowed him down a bit, which gave me some time to escape into the safety of the dark woods. Unfortunately it wasn't enough, not but two minutes later did he find me, I was doomed. Soon the others would come upon us.
"Thought you could get away from me, eh girlie?" The growled into my face, his filthy hands twisted my arms behind my back. I whimpered as he tackled my body into the cold unforgiving ground. I had this dark feeling that the man had other things in plan for me. "Now just be quiet and this will just take a minute." The man slipped his hand down my tank top.
I screamed and tried to knock him off of me, but my strength was no match for him, I cursed myself for not working out enough. I gasped the man was going to do the unthinkable; I couldn't just let him have his way with me.
The man smirked enough that I could see it underneath his Death eater mask. "I always liked them feisty." I struggled against him even more, but it was to no use. I closed my eyes; I couldn't bear to look at what was happening. This was horrible! I was going to get raped! By a Death eater no less!
But the next thing I knew was that his heavy presence was gone. There in his stead was a fierce grey wolf; the Death eater (and I) was so shocked that we couldn't react quick enough to do anything about it. The grey wolf growled fiercely at the man, showing off its highly dangerous teeth.
A scream torn out from the man's throat, a horrible noise full of pain and death. I dared to peek an eye open to see what had happened. The wolf had already pretty much taken the man's head straight clean off. I had to fight off the urge to gag; blood coated everywhere, the wolf's muzzle, the wolf's paws, chest, the ground floor.
Hopefully the wolf wouldn't turn on me.
"Mía? Are you okay, we have to get going I don't know how long the wolf can hold him off before the others come? You're lucky that he was patrolling for his pack tonight." Darius's voice came from nearby and I spotted him in front of me. That was so close I hadn't expected a real wolf to come out of the woods like that. I watched as Darius nodded his head at the wolf as a thank you.
"I'm fine, but I don't think that Death eater is." I said fixing my skirt and shaking off the dirt that now covered my clothes. Great, these were new too.
Darius clutched me closer to his chest; the smell of wet dog encompassed me. "We need to get you back to the Granger's house, the spells should protect you. I was so stupid, how could I have thought to just take you out into the open like that, if Alpha gets a word about this then I'm dead." Darius muttered the last part to himself.
He then shifted as I climbed upon his back, it would be much easier if he took me himself. A wolf could run much faster than any old human could. Hopefully it would be enough before the other Death eaters would find us.
"Hey, where's Avery?" a voice barked out as Darius's tan wolf ran along the forest edges. I tensed, not good, not good, definitely not good.
"He's the idiot that went after the girl; the Master wants her still kicking when we bring her to Castle Greymoon." Another voice spoke up.
"If he so harms a single hair on her, the Master will kill us!" A different voice replied. They were closer than I thought, maybe a little too close if you get what I mean.
Any second now and I swore that they would find us. Not good. I had to get back to the Granger's house and pronto.
Unfortunately it was too late, a twig snapped behind us and I knew that we were doomed.
"Is that them?" I glanced behind me, and that was all it took as the next second Death eaters were among us.
"Get them!" spells whizzed past us as Darius ran even faster. I nudged the werewolf that I was currently riding at the moment to speed up. A curse blasted past my temple, if only I could use my magic freely at sixteen, it would have been a lot more helpful for a witch on the run that is for sure.
I took one quick look at the mesmerizing moon in the sky, it made me jump. It felt as though something then coursed through my chest, making my heart play games in a frenzied pattern. Then everything got dark, very dark…
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"It's true, Lucius, your son must kill one of the few souls that was supposed to help save all of our worlds from Armageddon, the one and very only Hermione Granger."
"What's so special about the muggleborn?" Lucius asked turning towards his good friend, but Snape's dark eyes revealed nothing.
Snape urged the blonde man closer; a secret spell then locked all doors of entry and blocked any noise from escaping. Narcissa was tending to their son now; luckily he had made it through the transformation process.
"She just so happens to be one of the last of the Alpha females left on the planet, Lucius. An unmated female is strong enough, but an unmated female pureblood werewolf is anything but just plain strong." Severus stated through tight lips, remembering the young woman's attitude he had observed earlier on his mission for the Dark Lord.
"She's a werewolf!" Lucius bit out in a gasp, surely the Gryffindor was not of such kind.
"Not just any werewolf, Lucius, the very last female of her kind. " Snape said looking at each of the possible holes in which noise could have escaped from.
"So, Draco will have to fight even harder for her affections. My son will not die on me, the Malfoy name will remain." Lucius replied, playing with the snake head on top of his cane.
"But that's not all of it." Snape said taking note of how possessively the Malfoy Lord held his wand-cane.
"What do you mean? There's more?" Lucius questioned, his own grey-blue eyes widened at Snape's statement.
"There's more behind the Golden girl than anyone would have guessed, Lucius." Snape responded and began to tell the head of Malfoy all he knew of Hermione Granger.
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He was running, the forest rushed past him in a flurry of colours. Dark greens, muddy browns all blended as one as he headed towards his destination. Her. The one that was perfect for him. The warm chocolaty strawberry-ish scent pulled him to her. He knew that scent anywhere; it could only be described as her.
His mate. A deep chocolate coloured wolf sat in the meadow ahead of him like a docile little lamb, a contradiction to say the least. All he wanted to do was wrap his arms around the wolf, or at least be able to run with the female. How he knew that the wolf was female still puzzled him.
His Veela screamed mark and mate. The next thing he saw was the wolf's deep brown eyes, and suddenly he was staring at none other than Hermione Granger.
The next second I jolted awake, what the hell? What was I dreaming about? A wolf that also happened to be Granger? Yeah, right like that would ever happen.
I tried to sit up in bed but I looked down to see that my mother had gotten her big heavy bed sheets secured around me tightly. It was like I was suffocating in downy and goose feathers. It was the midst of July for Merlin's sake!
"So did you dream about her?" My mother's voice shocked me; I had expected no one else in the room with me. I watched with great discomfort as my mother placed the project that she was currently working on down and head towards my side of the bed.
"Mother!" I stated aghast, jeesh the woman wanted to know every single little thing about my private life. I could feel a slight heat come across my face, damn it, she could tell!
"I knew it! So you did dream about her, your mate! So what is she like? Tell me all about it." My mother said sitting on the edge of the bed by me feet. I threw the covers back rather harshly; I guess there was no getting around this.
"I was in a springtime meadow, there were butterflies and fairies, a beautiful woman stood there and we kissed. End of story." I let all the crap just spew out of my mouth. Maybe my mother would buy it for now. Now way in hell was my mate, Hermione Jean Granger, bookworm extraordinaire.
I was a Malfoy for Merlin's sake, my father probably wanted me to settle down and marry Astoria Greengrass or worse, maybe Pansy Parkinson. I shuddered deeply at the thought of a marriage with either of them. It was hard to hold down the gagging sensation in my mouth.
My mother looked at me for a moment then spoke. "Now, Draco, tell me what really happened." She then held my chin in her hands and forced me to look deep within her eyes. I gulped, she didn't seem happy with my answer.
"I'm sorry?" I managed to squeak out before she could start to grab my ear. I still didn't understand why women like to pull their men by the ears when angry, the notion was beyond me. Though it was quite painful when they did happen to pull on them.
"Good boy, now tell my exactly what you experienced in your dream." My mother said with that innocent but maniacal smile of hers that she got when she was planning something big and mischievous. Her own deep blue eyes bore into my own and I knew that I had one of few choices, either pain or just tell me mother the truth.
This time I chose the latter of the two.
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Fenrir Greyback looked down; he was still alive despite what the bastards on the other side of his cage might think. Even though he was wounded and looked broken, his mind was still going. His thoughts strayed to that of his pup.
The one he had guarded for all these years, the one who he raised through blood, sweat and tears. In almost every single way, she belonged to him. She would always be his pup.
But now her was worried, and howled at the Moon Mother as he caught sight of her through his wrought iron imprisonment within his own keep. Luckily a few other wolves had somehow managed to escape the Dark Lord's clutches, he would have to send note to them about Mía.
She would have to come into her inheritance by herself, a thing that would either kill her or just make her stronger. The very thought made Fenrir terrified.
Hermione wasn't just a three year old little girl that he happened to pick up after a freak accident killed her parents. No she was much more than that.
To him, Mía was the world. Practically the whole werewolf race depended on her, not just the wizarding world.
She was the last known female Alpha left in existence, a rare creature in itself alone. But that wasn't the only thing that made the brunette witch more than just a muggleborn raised by wolves. Hermione was the daughter of the moon, a goddess of the night.
A lone wolf howled in response to his request, his little wolf would be protected for now. But all he had to worry about was whether she would survive the moon's inheritance.
Fenrir howled once more, a sad and lonely sound. She would be all right, he just knew it.
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Darkness claimed my mind, but I could still feel my body as I rode on Darius's wolf form. What was happening to me?
The next second a burning sensation, stronger than the one earlier swept through my body. It felt as though someone was burning my body, piece by every little piece slowly. My jaw ached as I felt my teeth sharpen within my mouth.
What was going on? My incisors grew, my body ached. Still my body continued to burn and melt away on the inside. What had happened to me?
The next thing I knew Darius had nudged his cold wet doggy nose into my face, waking me up. His wolf face marked and edged with growing concern and worry. Where were we? I looked up to see the familiar yellow paint of the Granger living room, minus the Grangers.
What happened?
"Thank goodness, you're awake now." A new voice said somewhere nearby. I looked up to see a grey-brown wolf sitting on the loveseat in the Granger's living room. Who?
"Don't worry Mía, it's only Rogue." I was greeted by the familiar older werewolf who had somehow escaped the Death eaters.
"What about Grey?" I croaked between gasps, it was getting harder and harder for me to breath. Grey was my protector, he and I held a deep bond.
"He's fine, but he sent me here in order to help you through you inheritance." Rogue answered getting up from the leather loveseat.
Inheritance? What did he mean by inheritance? I knew that pureblooded wizards and witches would come into their family inheritance by their seventeenth birthday, sometimes it was extra powers but other times it was the family curse.
But I was not a pureblood so what did this have to do with me?
My expression must have said it all, as Darius gave me a wary smile.
"Hermione, did you ever wonder who your real parents were and why Alpha took you in to our pack?" I nodded feeling my chest heat up even more.
"Well, that's just the thing, Mía; you're not just a simple muggleborn witch. Tonight your werewolf gene will awaken and for the first time in a long time a female werewolf shall join the pack." Darius put it lightly.
Werewolf?
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"Send out the Malfoy boy," the Dark wizard commanded his humble servant as the creature like thing scurried to do his master's bidding.
"Nagini, my pet, the Granger girl has been found. Now we will see how Potter crumbles without her." The wizard cackled stroking his beloved pet snake as she coiled around her master.
Soon the Pureblood Supremacy would rule the wizarding world and the muggle world too. Voldemort smirked, this would be good.
Harry Potter would die and he would rule forever.
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"Bellatrix, the wards have been broken. The Granger girl lies inside." The lower ranked Death eater stated to the powerful, crazy haired witch.
"Perfect, watch the house and make sure no one leaves just yet. If they do, kill them but let the Granger girl live, the master wants her alive… for now." The witch cackled in response. She turned around, her nephew was the one assigned to this job and he had better do it right, she was going to make sure of that.
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"Darius, there here, we have to move her, it's not safe." Rogue said to the younger werewolf who was murmuring a charm over the body of the transforming witch.
"Well, can't exactly apparate out of here, when's she's in the midst of her transformation." Darius grunted scenting all of the other Death eaters gathering. They all had one shared goal in their minds, her.
"She might not even make it through, even if she is the daughter of the moon," the elder werewolf stated searching for the safest means of escape.
A loud crack was heard and both of the werewolves stared with unimagined horror as the protective force field set upon the house broke down.
"Well, we're going to have do something fast." Darius picked up the girl, it was a good thing he knew a good deal of magic, it had helped him prepare their few things just in case.
All he really needed to worry about was the Grangers and the unconscious girl that lay in his arms.
The next second the windows broke. Damn it!
A blond figure stepped out of the shadows towards him, a young man only a few years younger than himself.
"Hand the girl over, or else." The young man stated with a growl that challenged the werewolf. Not in this life.
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