The New Law

The Werewolf

       

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Draco heard a howl and then a scream. He knew that scream, he'd woken up in the middle of the night because of that scream. Dammit, what was Hermione doing out here in the woods?

They had been running with Blaise for about thirty minutes when he had suddenly turned and bolted off in the opposite direction. It had happened so quickly and without warning that they were now hanging behind him.

Draco pushed forward as hard as he could, running at top speed. He was not going to let her get hurt. He had to be in time. He broke through to a clearing where he saw Blaise slowly advancing on a panic struck Hermione Granger.

Draco growled towards his friend, trying to get his attention. It worked, he looked over at Draco. He seemed to be confused now as he looked back and forth between the wolf and the human. It didn't last for too long though, he seemed to have made up his mind and he continued stalking forward toward Hermione.

NO! Draco screamed, it came out like a loud growl. He leapt in front of Hermione. Theo had gone around to the other side of the clearing, to get to Blaise from that side, trying to use the element of surprise. None of them wanted to hurt Blaise, but they knew that they would probably have to now, because the werewolf was not likely to back down when a prey was this close. Blaise growled at them.

Draco glanced behind him and saw that Hermione had pressed her back up against a tree. She stood completely frozen and her eyes were wide with fear. She wasn't stupid; she realized that this was a dangerous situation.

Draco wanted to tell her to run, but he couldn't when he was still in animal form and he couldn't really turn back now because that would put them in even more danger. He tried to motion with his head that she should run away, but it didn't seem to get across, she just stared right into his eyes.
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Hermione met the icy grey eyes of Draco; he was still in wolf form, but his eyes were the same. He had jumped in between the werewolf and herself. She knew that he was trying to tell her something, he was motioning with his head. Logically she guessed that he wanted her to run, but her bod was frozen.

She was afraid. No, not just afraid, she was terrified. She knew that werewolves were dangerous. She had been there when Lupin turned and he had tried to kill her, Harry and Ron. Sirius had tried to stop him and Hermione herself had been a part of distracting him.

This wolf was likely much younger and more often than not a younger wolf tended to be even more aggressive and unpredictable. It could be helped with a wolfs bane potion, but this one didn't seem to have taken one.

The werewolf kept moving toward her and Draco and Draco turned and growled at it. Making himself as big as he could. She should have just stayed back at the manor. She was too curious for her own good. Finally she felt that she could move, she knew that she had to run and so she did. She sprinted away from the clearing and she heard the werewolf howl behind her and then she heard it follow her.

She ran and ran, she didn't even know what direction to run, but she kept going anyway. Suddenly she heard hooves come up next to her. The horse ran in front of her and blocked her way. She almost crashed right into it. Then the horse motioned it's head towards its back. It wanted her to climb up on its back.

"Thank you", Hermione panted as she found a rock to stand on to be able to climb on top of the horse that was making himself as small as he could. And then they were off. Hermione clambered herself to his mane as they sped through the forest. She bent her head down as close to its head as she could as to avoid having too many sticks and branches hit her.

She heard growls behind her and when she looked she saw that Draco had tackled the werewolf. Be careful Draco, she thought. After a few more minutes of running they broke out of the forest and were now in the garden. The horse didn't stop until he reached the entrance to the manor. She could still hear howls coming from inside the forest, but they didn't seem to be getting closer, so Draco must be managing to keep the werewolf there.

Hermione jumped down from the horse and said another thank you before hurrying inside. Before she closed the door she watched as the horse started galloping at top speed back to the forest.