Another path for Remus lupin

Bloody battle

Remus thought about Charlotte's words over the next few weeks. Remus kept on telling himself that Charlotte was wrong and she didn't understand what she was talking about. But, the more he thought about it, he started to think that maybe Charlotte was right.

But I'm not running away, where would I go? Remus told himself this over and over again,

Remus was sitting down underground. He missed Charlotte's company, ever since then, she hadn't been talking to him because Charlotte was the only person here who Remus could have a nice conversation with.

Suddenly, everyone was gathering around something, Remus, curious about what was going on, got up and stood behind everyone. Charlotte was standing next to him and also looked curious,

"What's going on?" Charlotte asked Remus and Remus shrugged his shoulders,

Remus could hear some shouting coming from the other side of the room,

"Listen, Greyback, I will be a better leader than you, I am younger, stronger and wiser," said a gruff voice,

"No, you won't! How dare you underestimate me!" said a voice Remus recognized as Greybacks,

"What I'm saying is true. This pack would be much better with me as their leader,"

"Fine then, let's fight," Greyback said and everyone seemed to be more interested in what was going on.

Remus heard several thuds, shouts, screams and growls. Everyone there was cheering for Greyback. Remus only hoped it wasn't what he thought it was.

Unfortunately, it was and Charlotte realized what was going on too. She turned around to leave the scene and Remus turned to leave too before someone grabbed them both and turned them both around. There was a man who had a beard in front of them. His teeth were yellow and he had this grin that meant trouble,

"Where are you two going?" he asked 

"We were-" Charlotte began but the man interrupted them,

"Your going away aren't you? You think you can't watch a bit of fighting," the man sneered and Charlotte and Remus didn't respond. The man grinned even more, "Well, let's see if you can handle it,"

Remus hoped that the man wouldn't do what he thought he would do. But, he grabbed Remus and Charlotte's arms and dragged them to the front of the crowd. 

What Remus saw was something he never wanted to see again. Greyback and his opponent were fighting, Greyback was clearly overpowering him. Blood spilled from both of them (the other man had more). The opponent's face was covered in red, fresh blood and gashes were across his face. He was screaming in pain as Greyback took a big bite out of his arm. Charlotte was crying and she tried to turn her head away but the man grabbed her head and forced her to watch the fight. Blood was flying in all different directions. The cheers of the other werewolves mixed with the screams of the opponent sounded like hell to Remus.

Remus couldn't scream, even though he was screaming inside. He felt like running away from the fight but he could even move his legs. Remus's eyes were just focused on the fight, he couldn't even move his eyes away. 

Suddenly, the opponent's screams silenced and everyone was silent for a while until everyone except Charlotte and Remus. Greyback stood up,

"THIS WILL BE A LESSON TO ALL OF YOU! NEVER CHALLENGE ME!" he shouted and everyone cheered even louder. Greyback bent down and took a huge bite out of the body and ate it. Remus felt sick, he wanted to throw up. While everyone was cheering, Remus saw Charlotte turn around and leave, he could see the tears shimmering on her face. Remus turned to run after her. The fight was still replaying in his head.

Charlotte stopped, they were as far away from the other werewolves as possible,

"Hey, Charlotte-" Remus said in a whisper, his voice was shaking. Charlotte interrupted,

"I don't care what you have to say, I'm leaving. I don't care if you're not coming. I don't care if I die out there. I would rather spend a month with my family than my entire life here," Charlotte said, her voice was cold and steady. Remus knew that there was no way to convince her out of it. After what Remus had just seen tonight, he felt scared, what if the same thing happened to him? What if he was just murdered in cold-blood and no one cared about your death?

"I'm going,"

"What?"

"You heard me, I'm coming with you,"