A Beastly Love (Harry Potter Fanfic)

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Hermione woke up with pain pulsing in her shoulder. Her eyes fluttered opened, which winced when the bright sunlight came blaring right into her eyes. She shuffled herself up in a sitting position, leaning against the tree behind her. Her mind was all fuzzy. She couldn't grasp what had happen last night. Just tiny bits and pieces here and there. She remembered the full moon... a howl... a pair of golden eyes... and a sharp pain in her shoulder. 

Speaking of pain, another jolt of pain rushed into her shoulder. She glimpsed downward to see the sleeve of her blouse had been ripped off. There was dried blood on her shoulder around the horrible bite mark, which had taken a few patches of skin. Her heart pounded against her chest. She recognized the bite mark on her shoulder. It was a werewolf bite. She felt herself start to panic. 

She pushed herself off the ground as her mind raced with all the horrible things that might happen as she is becoming a new werewolf. She wouldn't be able to finish Hogwarts... unless maybe Dumbledore found a way for her to still study there, but then what would happen afterwards? She was a danger to her family, her friends and everyone around her. She knew how people would react if they found out about her condition. She would be going job to job to job. How could she live like that? 

Hermione took a few deep breaths to clear her head. She had to think about the future later. Right now she needed to get this wound clean up before it got infected. Quickly, she walked around the forest, searching for some sort of pond or lake while she attempted to remember exactly what had happen. 

She remembered coming to the forest for something... a certain type of plant... it was for potion... and the plant only bloomed under a full moon. She had did everything she could think of to be prepared for whatever was lurking out there... at least that was what she thought she was prepared for. The attack had happened so sudden that even Hermione couldn't put a time that it had happened. 

Her attention was shifted when her eyes caught sight of a lake. Hermione scurried over to it as she bend down to her knees. Carefully, Hermione removed her blouse and soaked it into the water before gently dabbing it against her wound. It stung like hell, causing her to wince out a few times. She kept at it till she was fully sure it was cleaned enough. Hermione set her shirt down on a large rock to dry off. She gaze herself up and down and groaned. She noticed that the bite wasn't the only wound she had gotten. There were claw marks and scratches all over her torso and legs. 

She shook her head as she decided she need to wash herself throughly. Hermione stripped from her clothes, leaving her completely naked as she carefully set them down across the rock with her shirt. Slowly, Hermione made her way into the lake. She went till the water reached her hips. She began to clean out her cuts as best as possible. It felt like hours till she felt sure that she got each one cleaned to the best of her ability. Hermione began to slowly return back to shore when her attention landed on something on the other side of the large rock. She narrowed her eyes to focus her eyesight till she could confirm what she saw. And what she saw... was three pairs of clothes and shoes.