𝐂𝐀𝐒𝐓𝐋𝐄𝐒 𝐂𝐑𝐔𝐌𝐁𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐆 (OC x OC)

[003] CHAPTER 21 - wolves

"i've been running with the wolves."

Louis

I watch the entire group exit the Womping Willow. Makayla and I walk out together. I don't remember a conversation with her.

I nudge her and she's looking at me with an annoyed expression. What were we talking about? I mouth. Her expression drops at the realization that I don't remember a thing. She looks down at our past selves, who have now separated. I am sitting with my father, talking about Merlin knows what, meanwhile, Makayla is painting the Womping Willow. Oh, she's gonna get in so much trouble for that.

Makayla just top her feet at the sight of a ful moon. That's when I remember the pain. I have to relive it.

"Shit," Makayla gets up, panicking. "Did you bring it?"

I feel my whole body tense up. I feel as if I'm some aluminum can getting crushed with no hesitation. My father transforms to a werewolf right before my eyes and that's when I realize that I'm a werewolf, too.

Annelise

My father is a werewolf. My brother is a werewolf. And nobody told me.

Well—Makayla told me in the medical wing, but still—

Makayla grabs chocolate from Hermione and shoves it in Louis' mouth, closing his mouth by gently pushing his chin up. "Chew and swallow," she says.

He does so and everything is normal with him again. Not long after, my attention is focused on my father, who is now fully turned to a werewolf. He swipes Sirius down the hill, approaching Harry. Hermione makes and AWOOOO sound.

"What are you doing?" Harry asks.

"Saving your life!" She howls again.

Father starts running toward us.

"What now?"

"Yeah, I didn't really think about that part," Hermione says nervously. "RUN!"

I hide behind a tree, so do Louis, Makayla, and Jordyn. Harry and Hermione, on the other hand, disappear.

Father rushes past us, chasing Harry and Hermione. Then we all hear a loud noise from where the people from the past are. I peak around the corner and see another werewolf—my brother. Hermione-from-the-past pulls Makayla-from-the-past out of the way before Louis tries to bite her head off. He looks at Makayla-from-the-past and looks as if he's going to attack her again. Present-day-Louis makes a howling noise and Makayla quickly covers his mouth, gently hitting his arm.

"Are you out of your mind?" she whispers.

"Do you want me to kill you?" he whispers back and we all notice werewolf-Louis running straight for us.

"Too late to hide now!" I exclaim.

"Run," Makayla says.

And now we're running. Great. I didn't even get to stretch. Meanwhile, Makayla and Louis are completely fine. Sure, I'm running just as fast as they are, but they're doing it effortlessly, and I'm out of breath.

Werewolf Louis jumps out from behind us, knocking Makayla to the ground. Human Louis' wand is out immediately, and Makayla gets up, standing in front of Werewolf Louis, her hair messy with leaves poking out from falling to the ground, "Louis, stop it." For some reason, he listens, both of them. Werewolf Louis growls, starting toward her. "You need to sit down," she says sternly. Werewolf Louis hesitantly sits down and Makayla kneels in front of him. "I'm aware that this is your first time, Louis, but if you eat me, I'll kill you." She reveals a piece of farret that she took from Hagrid, "Here." She lets Werewolf Louis eat it from her hand.

"What is happening right now—" Louis starts.

"I'm going to be honest, I don't know. This never worked for Re—your father."

"So, now that we know that you were lying, tell me. Are we still running against each other?"

"Oh, no," Makayla laughs as Werewolf Louis licks the entirety of her hand. "Yeah, you can have that. Remus just made that up."

"Then why were you upset?"

"I was upset about something else, not the fact that it was only me who 'signed up' for it."

Werewolf Louis finishes eating the dead ferret and Makayla lets him run off into the forest. She then stands up, dusting her knees off.

"We should get going, though," she says.