Absolution | By : Holly Category: Harry Potter > Slash - Male/Male > Harry/Fenrir Views: 25160 -:- Recommendations : 1 -:- Currently Reading : 11 |
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The pack spread out, searching with sensitive noses and eagle eyes, through the darkened forest, as silently as possible over the still crisp ground. Suddenly a cry came up from the northern forest. Nero, the youngest of the dom's had found something.
Nero ran towards the prone body of the floor, yelling to his pack mates to help him carry it into the village. It was difficult to tell anything about it, being that it was completely covered in mud, leaves and other debris He was joined quickly by several of the other doms who carefully scented the air around the body. It was alive and wolf but that was all they could tell. It’s scent was odd, definitely wolf, dominate and strong, whilst at the same time submissive and alluring. Add to that the various mixture of scents from the forest floor it was impossible to discern anything from the scent. The dom’s created a perimeter around the mound, waiting for the Alpha to arrive before moving in closer. The air was cut quickly with a bark which resounded off the echoey trees.
Fenir moved quickly, he had already moved some way into the forest on the opposite side of the village when he had heard the yell from his packmate. He called for Claw to carry on the search in the direction he had come from, just encase there were others who couldn’t be scented. He didn’t wait for an acknowledgment, knowing that Claw would obey him, no mater how much he wanted to know what had been discovered. He saw the edge of the perimeter his dom’s had created around whatever it was that they had found. He let off a bark to alert them that he had arrived, which echoed off the silent forest. He pulled up his speed at the edge of the circle, not even out of breath from the small burst of energy he had expended, and moved in, the perimeter closing in behind him. The smell which had alerted them to the presence became clearer and stronger as he got closer to whatever Nero had found. It confused him greatly, his sensitive nose easily picking out the strong dichotomy of dominate and submissive and then the more subtle scents of the forest, earthy and strong whilst at the same time delicate and beautiful, and to all this there was an aching familiarity, he knew this smell, or at least part of it.
The perimeter had closed in as he moved closer towards the mound of mud he could now see. Around him stood four of his dominates, Blue, Nero, Ram and Han. Blue and Nero were watching the mound intently, whilst Han looked angry, his top lip curling up into a growling sneer. Ram, however, was scenting the air intently, his nostrils flaring quickly to inhale the confusing scent. He looked over to Fenir and nodded before lowering his head. He had obviously fond the same familiarity that Fenir had but remained silent as they advanced on the man, if they were right and this was who they thought it was this could be a trap. The five wolves advanced slowly on the muddy man, the only sound was a harsh growl from Han’s throat which was silenced quickly by a harsh glare from his Alpha.
They were only a few feet away from the body, the slow, shallow movements of the ribs showed that the man was still alive, though perhaps barely. He was wearing little under the layers of mess and dirt which covered his slender body and matted in his dirty blond hair. His body was curled up, his arms clasping at something, curling his body around it protectively.
“Shit! There’s two of them!” Fenir turned to Nero and bared his teeth. Nero showed the good sense that he had not shown in speaking, even under his breath, to shrink back and be dutifully ashamed. Fenir turned back tot heir quarry and investigated what they could now see where two bodies lying in the dirt. There was no denying it now. Remus Lupin had returned to his pack, bringing with him who knows what.
“Blue, run back to the village and alert Maya that he will have two patients coming in.” Blue took off in a sprint. “Ram…” He began, kneeling down beside the two unconscious men. Remus looked older than he had the last time they had faced each other on the battlefield. He subconsciously brushed away the dirty hair from his pup’s face and looked down at the other face close to Remus’. It was a young boy, black matted hair falling all over his face, covering his full red lips and making his pale skin look almost transparent. He barely held in his gasp as he saw the bright red mark on his forehead. He quickly reevaluated.
“Yes, my Alpha?” Fenir coughed, clearing his throat and buying him a couple of milliseconds.
“You and Nero take the big man back to camp, I’ll take the smaller one. Han, continue to scout the area. This could be a trap.” Fenir lifted the small boy from Lupin’s tight grip and quickly arranged his hair to cover the scar carved into his forehead. Ram and Nero pulled up Lupin, whilst Han obediently left to continue sweeping the area for others.
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Maya had managed to scrounge up a couple of beds and space in one hut, the other man would have to be put up in one of the older tents until he had a better idea of what their injuries were. When his mate, Blue, had come running back into the village to tell him to prepare to receive two new patients he had been shocked. All of the subs had been on high alert, no matter how much time had passed the memories of Auror raids in the middle of the night would always remain with them. He had drawn Pelim, his 2 year old son, into his arms and gathered with the others as close as they could get to the fire, Evan moving past him every once and a while as he moved around the crouched circle, eagle eyes and ears on high alert, scanning the forest for any movement. Evan would keep them safe, if he yelled for them to run, they would run!
Luckily it would seem that there was no danger this time, not that that meant that the old wolf had stepped down his high alert. Most of the sub’s stayed in the circle as close together as they could. He had left Pelim with Elouise whilst he ran around preparing for his patients. The information Blue had given him was sketchy at best, two wolves, one dom, one very small sub, possibly a child, and they were both filthy. Scrounging up enough water from the left over from what was collected for the day to wash them was a little difficult, in fact many of the pack would find themselves trapping down to the lake first thing in the morning to wash, but he now had everything set up, as close as possible to each other, and was ready to receive his patients not a moment too soon, as at that moment Ram and Nero appeared from the woods carrying a large man between them. This was obviously the Dom who should have a hardier constitution. Maya gestured towards the newly erected tent before seeing the Alpha behind the other two, cradling a bundle in his arms. 'This must be the small sub', he thought, before running over to try and assess the child before he was put inside the hut.
"How is he, Fenir?" he asked breathlessly, turning sharply and trying to keep pace with the large stride and fast pace the Alpha had established.
"He is exhausted, malnourished and may have some kind of sickness. The other one should be healthier but you will need to take a look."
Maya nodded and looked down at the small boy in Fenir's arms. "He is such a small pup, do you think they have been out there all winter?" He reached in together a quick temperature from his forehead, though it would be difficult with the chill on his hands.
"He is no child, nor wolf." Maya withdrew his hand quickly.
"But…"
"We will discuss it when we have him into the hut." Maya gave a quick nod and remained quiet until they reached his hut and the boy was deposited on the prepared bed.
Maya quickly checked over his body. He was small and thin, but taller than she had expected, older than she had first thought, especially if he was a human. He was dressed in what could only be described as rags, useless in the weather they were currently enjoying, the mud he was covered in probably provided better insulation, though it did nothing to keep out the chill damp. He was clearly exhausted, barely having the energy to shiver against the cold.
"He has a fever, probably some form of flu or pneumonia. I am not certain our herbs will work on him seeing as he is human but I know nothing of human medicines. He is in a bad way, he must have been out there all winter. What is going on, Fenir?" Maya didn't turn away from his patient, taking up a rag to clean the mud off his dirty body as best he could.
"He is Harry Potter." Maya looked up from his work in shock, dropping the rag to the floor.
"What?"
Fenir crossed his arms in front of his body. "He is Harry Potter and the other is Remus Lupin."
"The traitor?"
Fenir nodded. "I have no idea why they are here. This could be a trap, I don't know, but as the Dark Lord no longer has a standing kill order on him and has declared capture at all costs, I doubt we will win any prizes for letting him die."
Maya looked down at the small boy on the bed. This small child was their boggy man? The tales they used to scare children at night? The white knight who would come and entry them? He was so small. "Why don't we contact The Wizards to take care of him. They would know how to make him better, have the right medicines." Fenir looked down at unconscious boy.
"There is something strange about him, he smells like a sub, like a wolf, but he is human. I want to know what is going on before we contact The Dark Lord. Once Lupin awakens we will have a better idea why they are here." Maya nodded slowly, not really understand The Alpha's reluctance, before grabbing up the herbs he used on the younger cubs which would hopefully be safe for the human. "I will go through and check on Lupin." Fenir said, his voice flat, Maya nodded.
"Yes I will be through in a moment once I have cleaned off the rest of this muck and got him warm." Fenir nodded and walked out of the hut leaving Maya wiping off as much mud as possible before covering him with furs to warm him. He picked up the bucket he had used to wash the boy and left the hut quickly. "Blue!" he cried over to his mate, gesturing for him to come over from the others. "Watch the boy, if he frets at all you must come and get me immediately, don't touch him or anything just come and get me. I'll be in the tent." Blue looked at his mate quizzically. "Don't ask, I have no idea what is going on."
"Ok then, I'll come and get you." He took up his mate's hands and leant down to affectionately rub their noses together. "Love you." Maya smiled.
"Love you too. Duty calls." Maya let go of his mates hands and picked up his bucket and moved as quickly as possible towards the tent.
Nero and Ram were standing guard over the tent when he arrived, keeping the rest of the pack at bay. Maya walked confidently into the tent, knowing that he was the one exception, Fenir had too many questions to risk the traitor dying. The tent was dark, only a small amount of light shining through the seams. Maya's eyes adjusted easily and he looked at his second patient. He was in my better condition, due mainly to his werwolf heritage but his size would've also kept him warmer. There were telltale signs of malnourishment as well as frostbite and dehydration.
"Is he going to live?" Fenir asked. He stood over the small healer and her patient, his arms crossed in front of him, looking down his nose.
"He should be fine once we get him warmed up and some food in him. We need to get a fire banked in here but he should wake up pretty soon."
"Good. He has questions to answer."
"I am not sure how good his answers will be if you start interrogating him as soon as he wakes. You should probably wait until he has had some proper food and sleep. I would guess he has been going without food to make sure the little one had enough." Fenir gave a nod but Maya wasn't sure his words would be heeded.
"Good, go and see to the other and send in Ram with fire wood. I want to keep the pack from knowing what is going on until I know what is going on." Maya gave small bow and backed out of the tent. He passed by the guards, stopping to give Ram his message, before returning to the bedside of Harry Potter.
A/N second chapter over and done with. What do you guys think?
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