The Werewolf and The Monster

Chapter 17 - Search

Severus followed the trail of glowing grim-reaper raw magic sitting on the grass, His wand drawn.

"Lumos" He muttered as his wand light up. He held it in front of him. His eyes darted around as the trail thinned to a stop. He took a sigh and followed a random direction.

Remus looked around before moving with Filius, Lighting his wand up and following the direction she ran in. Filius trailing behind.

Minerva looked at the trio disappointedly before walking off with Albus to search for the young creature. 

Harry, Hermione and Ron looked at each other before searching too. The search lasted an hour. But they eventually found her. Well. She found them, and their shrieks alerted the professors.

Minerva ran over to see the tree cornered by the large creature, she seemed to tower over them, her teeth bared and her dead eyes flickering with a simple emotion. Anger. Saliva attached her teeth together and she let out a low growl from her throat. But despite her position, Tears streamed down her face and dampened her fur. Placing a paw infront of her she approaches before lunging towards them. Only to be thrown to the side by a very powerful spell from Minerva's wand.

"Behind me! Now!" Minerva demanded and they obediently rushed behind her. Trembling in fear from the creature thats now being blasted by water by another wand. Albus stumbling over shortly after, the rest trickling in.

The hackles on her shoulders and neck stood up as she roared aggressively. Her fur puffing up to look intimidating. Before taking another swing, Severus only just dodging out the way, his cloak taking the hit instead of his legs. He narrowed his eyes before blasting spells at her rapidly, causing her to back off. The rest very quickly joining in. 

The glare in her eye fades as her legs give way, causing her to collapse. The spells stopping almost instantly. Remus walked up hesitantly and knelt beside her, gently running his fingers through her blood soaked fur with a tired sigh. 

"Lupin. What are you doing?" Severus questioned, his voice laced with confusion yet slight disgust.

"The dementor we watched her fight did this until she drifted unconscious." Minerva answered, receiving a nod from Remus as he rose to his feet.

"She's out cold now." He dusted himself off and watched as her body morphed into the smaller human-ish form everyone was used to. He sighed and scooped her up in his arms. "Lets return. Poppy wanted her in the office once we were done to treat any wounds." 

"Why? What happened? Why did you do this to her? Why did she turn into that creature?" Harry bombarded questions on everyone. 

"We cannot say without her permission Potter. Please leave to your dormitories and rest, She'll explain to you when she's ready to." Minerva said. "We plan to explain in the next lot of announcements anyways with her permission of course." 

Remus plodded through the forest next to Albus as they made their way back to the castle. Albus glancing at the girl in his arms every once in awhile. "You care about this girl don't you Remus?" Remus just nodded sadly.

"Being half-breeds are one topic we can sort of relate to." He responded.

Albus chuckled lightly, "I don't think she's a half-breed, It's a term used to describe a hybrid who has been morphed between two different species. Whereas a Grim-Reaper simply does not have the interest in reproducing. The form we fought earlier must've been her true form then. The form Death intended for her to take most often once she has lost her human form, Similarly to this death deer creature she has mentioned in passing. And because she is the first of her blood-line. there is no way it could be, tainted, per say. Since Death himself created her directly." he explained.

"that does make sense." He grumbled as he made his way up the castle stairs and to Pomphrey's medical wing. "And as you said earlier, I care about her. But doesn't everyone? Even Severus, I think he secretly likes the light hearted bickering between him and her." Albus nodded in agreement with a smile.

"Indeed I do think their arguments are rather amusing." 

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Pandora woke up to the sun blinding her, she sat up and her whole body cried at her decision. She looked around in surprise to find herself in the hospital wing, Only then did the events of last night come running back. The fight itself was as vague as anything, Only faces, An attempt to strike Albus, And Harry Potters scared face. Why was Harry there? Merlin did she hurt him?! Swinging her legs off the bed she whimpered out from the pain that shoot through her bones. Poppy quickly rushing over and hushing her.

"Hey hey, It's okay! Rest or you'll end up hurting yourself more." She said frantically, gently trying to push her back down to no avail.

"No, I gotta find Harry." She said, pushing Poppy off.

"Harry, Hermione and Ron are fine, They are being dealt with by Albus and Minerva, They are livid the two ignored their pleas to return to the castle." she sighed with a smile, handing her a cup of water. "Everyone is safe too, Not a scratch on anyone. Severus is not happy with you nonetheless. You clawed his cloak."