Unwanted pet (Snupin) *Complete*

Part 30: The Wolf

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It was the week after the last full moon. Remus regained much of control, even some of his old behaviour in a first two days. Life somehow settled in, at least by appearance, to an old pattern. However, that was not long lasting.

Severus was in the foul mood. He held a raw piece of meat pressed to his right eye. Tossed one uneasy look with his good eye to stupefied Remus.

He took a glass and bring it to the lips, tried to take a sip but the cracked lip tinged, he hurled a glass into a roaring fireplace. With a deep sigh, he reflected on the past seven days. Lupin was highly aggressive which culminated tonight during the game of chess. He did not want to ponder on how he grew accustomed to playing chess at evening with Lupin, accompanied by a conversation about change the Lupin's mind will undergo.

Tonight, however, Lupin did not take, defeat or Snape's words, in a good way. He launched himself over the chess table with a wild expression on his face and started to pound on Snape with his fists. Strength, agility and glare in the eyes that had the colour of liquid gold scared Snape.

He tried to reason with Lupin, he tried to push him away. Finally, he used his wand to stupefy him.

By close examination, Severus deduced that he has a broken rib, decent amount of bruises on his upper body. His face was full of swollen blotches. Levitating Lupin to the bed and casting a binding spell just in case, managed to drag himself to the laboratory and drink the right potions. Of course, Poppy would do a much better job, but Severus did not want to answer questions.

Finally, he summoned an elf to bring him raw meat, knowing that his bruises will at least lessen the swell a bit.

Disgruntled, he took the bottle, raised it half way true and changed his mind, then hurled bottle to the fire as well.

Crazy old man, he put me in a yet another trouble and disappear.

Contemplating on the fact what to do next, he nearly jumped when he heard a gruff voice. The voice that sounded like Lupin' but not quite...

"Good drink, too bad."

Snape looked at Lupin, he was still bound. However, what was on the bed was not Lupin, even if it looked like him.

"Lupin?" he whispered wand in his hand.

" No, not the boy. Me " Grumbled creature.

"Who are you?"

"No wand, no hurt, you hurt me - hurt the boy too. Boy calls me a wolf." The voice was calm but body twitched to release itself.

Severus was in awe, the second personality...

I had never even suspected that!

Measuring how strong the holds on the creature are, not really knowing what abilities it possesses.

"So you are the aggressive one?" Finally, he asked.

"No, and yes. Need to talk." Grumbled the 'wolf'

"Then talk. I'm not releasing you from the binds."

"Not gonna hurt again." Sighed the wolf. "Needed boy unconscious."

"Not that I do not trust you, and I do not. However, mangling me once is all I care to experience. Talk or be gone."

"Hmh, sit?" The wolf asked and Severus used magic to place Lupin into the sitting position. The wolf nodded. "Talk now?"

"I am listening."

"You, boy's friend." This was a statement.

"No, I am not ...boys....friend. I do not care or want to be his friend. My task is to help 'the boy', and get rid of him." Severus was baffled, still pointing his wand at Lupin, he sat down finally.

"Boy think you are a friend."

"Does ... the boy...think at all?" Scoffed Snape.

"Boy think you are a friend. You lie, boy is a friend." Repeated the wolf. "You fix boy."

"Yes. Yes, I have the joy of fixing the boy, as you put so eloquently."

"Boy is scared, scared of me." Grumbled the wolf, Snape nodded, he could understand that "You help boy talk to me."

"He doesn't want to? He should have learned how to do that a long time ago."

"No host talk to a wolf, the boy is first." explained the wolf and Severus gasped. "You help, I help."

"Let me see if I understand, a werewolf cannot talk to its other personality. Moreover, you want to help me to convince Lupin, erm...the boy...to do so."

"Yes. Boy trust his friend."

"I am not his friend. Albus is." Severus corrected the wolf They are both delusional.

"The grey wise one? Not a friend." Growled the wolf.

"Albus is not a friend?" Severus was almost amused.

"No, not to you, not to the boy." The wolf was calm.

It seems that the second personality has a vocabulary of a caveman but it is also much more perceptive than Lupin ever was. The question is, how cunning the wolf truly is? "This is getting better and better. So what are you suggest to do with Albus?"

"Nothing. Gray wise one, not a friend. He gets the job done." Snape grinned, he started to like a wolf. Crude but he did seem intelligent enough.

"You know. It is not easy to have two personalities, by our, by boys standards that is not considered normal."

"I know. I just whisper. I help. Help boy be happy, be alive." Nodded wolf again. "We agree?"

"We do. Can I ask...?" Snape waited for the nod and continued. "Will, the boy, stay this aggressive?"

"No, he stops fighting, he grows up, and he doesn't hurt anymore."

"You want to tell me this was Lupin...the boy?"

"No, that be me. Needed boy unconscious. Sorry."

Snape nodded. "If I want to talk to you, how can I .... summon you?"

"Hurt the boy, hit the boy, not hard, I come"

"I think I'm going to like this." Grinned Snape

"When boy talks to me, we talk easily." The wolf frowned. "Boy wake up soon, I go. Teach the boy, or I come."

Lupin' head fell down like a head of the rag-doll. Severus put him down and released his bonds. Picking up the steak and pressing it again on his now fully closed eye, feeling sorry he doesn't have more Firewhiskey.