Wolf-Blood (Harry Potter Fan-Fic) Sequel

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The boys eyes opened for the first time, and Remus looked down overjoyed with the sight of his newborn son. Tonks held the boy in her arms, smiling at it fondly. The couple had agreed to name him Teddy Remus Lupin, and they hoped that their son would not be effected by You Know Who they way his namesakes were. Kissing Tonks' forehead, Remus made to hold his son for the first time but his watch burned on his wrist. His apartment had been broken into. Frustrated with the timing he apologised to his wife, promising he would return quickly. Walking briskly out of the building, he turned on the spot vanishing into thin air.

Scarlet did not stir, the pool of blood around her had stopped growing and it could be seen to what damage she was in. Her relentless movements driven by the Imperius Curse had taken a toll on her body. For under normal circumstances those cuts would have been healed, and she wouldn't have been this badly hurt, injured yes, but bleeding onto her fathers floor, no.

Remus appeared in a dark alcove just near his apartment, cautiously he walked towards it, his hand in his pocket holding onto his wand. By the time he had gotten to his door, he had encountered no threat, but he still didn't lower his guard. It seemed there was no evident break in by the front door, perhaps the window or maybe the intruder had apparated in. The lock clicked and the door swung open, warily he stepped inside nothing had happened. But, a familiar smell laced the room, not the same as how he had left it, the scent was only familiar because he had smelt it so many times before. Blood.

"Lumos." he whispered, his wand tip igniting, illuminating a pool of blood and in the middle a figure.

Taking a step closer, he lowered the wand so as to see the face of the person. Gasping, he was held momentarily stunned by the sight. For a moment he could not tell, the body was so dirty and wounded, the face almost recognisable, it was the scar across the cheek that gave it away.

"Scarlet!" he shouted, praying she was not dead, hoping she would wake. "Scarlet?" Yet still she did not move.

Frantic, and dishevelled by the situation, he summoned his patronus, commanding it to send word to someone, only to realise he had no one. It would be rude to bombard Tonks with this information, there was Arthur but even then it was too risky, he had little involvement anyway. Terrified, he calmed himself down enough to clean up the blood, doing his best to force it back into her. Finally he conjured up some bandages, and holding onto her apparated to Saint Mugno's.

She was quickly taken away by a group of healers, they had claimed she shouldn't be that difficult to heal but she would have to restrict her transformations and take it easy. She had broken a few bones, and was beginning to develop infections in most of her wounds. They said she was lucky, if she hadn't been given to healers in one more day, there would be no signs of a full recovery. She was given a private ward, for the full moon was coming and while Remus sat at her side, she stirred as though frightened of something.

Scarlet snapped upright in a cold sweat, looked around frantically and missed Remus sitting next to her. She winced at her movement and observed the state of her body, a lot was covered in bandages and the bedside table had blood replenishing potions.

"Scarlet?" Remus spoke softly so as not to scare her.

"Remus!" she gasped in shock, and then tears began to spill from her eyes. "It's my fault- They're in danger! I- I think I-" she stopped for her sobs had substituted her words.

"Scarlet, everything's going to be okay." Remus leaned forward, allowing her to cry on his shoulder.

"No, I- I remember, I- I'm a monster- A monster, they saw me- I-" she stammered, gasping in between her tears.

"Scarlet, please calm down. You're not a monster." Remus tried to reassure her, gently rubbing her back.

"No, they saw me! Remus I was- I was-" she gasped and pulled away trying to convey this important message.