Daytana | By : Galaxy_Mine Category: Harry Potter AU/AR > General Views: 1585 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0 |
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A/N: No specific warnings for this chapter. Enjoy! Thank you to ChaosLady for pointing out my mistakes.
Chapter 2: DazeHe returned to himself with a groan, every inch of him aching. Looking around he noted scarred trees and blood, lots of blood. Quickly he rose and looked down at himself. He was covered in blood, old, dried blood. Normally, this wouldn’t have bothered him, he went hunting in Were form all the time, but this time, something was different. He couldn’t shake that feeling, this time, something was wrong.
Determined to get to the bottom of whatever had gone amiss, he cleaned himself and conjuring a fresh set of clothing, donned it and ventured home. Entering the outskirts of the village, his sensitive ears picked up crying and raised voices. Venturing closer he caught the tail end of a conversation. An elderly woman was speaking.
“…. should have been home not 15 minutes later. Please Auror Jonas, find my granddaughter.” The woman begged as, next to her, a younger woman dissolved into noisy tears again. “Come now Gloria, the Aurors will find Laura, just have faith dear, she’ll come home to us again.” The elderly woman continued.
“My baby! Mummy, my Baby!” Wailed the younger woman. Her sobs were muffled now, he assumed she had been pulled into the older woman’s embrace.
A throat cleared and a male voice spoke. “Please Madam O’Malley, I still have a few questions. If I could speak with you perhaps in the sitting room? Lets give Madam Riley some time to collect herself. ” The firm but gentle voice of Auror Anthony Jonas said.
“Yes, of course. Come now Gloria, you have some tea, I‘ll just be in the sitting room speaking to the Auror. All right?” The elderly woman spoke again.
Madam Riley must have nodded because the next thing he heard was the scraping of chairs and footsteps as Auror Jonas and Madam O’Malley left the room. He moved a little closed as to be able to hear the rest of the conversation.
“Thank you Madam for speaking more with me, I know this must be hard. I assure you, we‘ll do everything we can to find your granddaughter. ” Jonas said.
“Thank you Auror, you had more questions?” Madam O’Malley replied.
“I did yes. If you could please describe again what Laura was doing, and wearing, when you last saw her? Where she was headed and at what time?” Jonas replied as his quill began to scratch.
Remus’ sensitive hearing picked up the rustle of clothing and paper as both settled in their chairs.
“It‘s been four days Auror, why are you asking again now?” Replied Madam O’Malley.
“Just routine Madam, please, indulge me.” Remus could hear the condescension in the mans voice. He longed to walk in there and throttle the man. Laura Riley was one of his students, she was quiet but very intelligent and generally a nice girl. Now, his curiosity turned to worry. What had happened? Had his blackout had anything to do with it? Was it her blood? Straining his ears, he listened harder.
“She left at about a quarter to 8. She had to be home by 8 and its only a 5 minute walk from my house to here. She had a thin grey jumper and blue jeans on. She was wearing white trainers and she had her book bag with her. She’d brought it to show me her grades and the subjects she’d be studying this summer with the Professor. She was so happy she was finally able to take his summer sessions, she‘s wanted to be an Auror ever since she was little. The last I saw her, she was walking across the bridge over the lake, it’s the fastest way home from my house. .”
“Did she have any money on her?” The Auror asked.
“Perhaps a few knuts, nothing ore. She‘s not one to carry lots of money about with her.”
“Do any of her friends live between here and your home?”
“Not directly no. There‘s the Collins‘, but they‘re closer to the main road.”
“Did she have her wand?”
“I didn‘t see it, but I would believe so. She grew up during the last war and her Mum and Da taught her from the time she could walk to be vigilant, always carry her wand, once she got it that is, and always have a few knuts for the Knight Bus and in case of emergency.. She‘s a good girl Auror, she wouldn‘t run off or anything. ”
“Alright, thank you Madam O‘Malley, we‘ll be in touch.” Auror Jonas said. Remus heard parchment rustling and a quill being capped. Footsteps indicated that the Auror was leaving and Remus quickly moved on down the street.
Inwardly he groaned. Auror Jonas, the hot-headed know-it-all ex-Hufflepuff was the newest addition to the department. He’d been stationed here for only a month and had yet to contribute anything but pompous attitude and hot air to the village. Whatever had happened to Laura, he was sure that with Jonas in charge, nothing would be found, not quickly at least. Sighing to himself, Remus continued home. He had quite a lot of thinking to do.
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He hurried up the walk, through the wards and into the house. A “CRACK” inches from him startled him so badly that he jumped back plastering himself to the door. He was never this jumpy after a Moon. Again, he wondered what was the matter with him?
“kreacher! You gave me quite a fright!” Remus panted.
“kreacher is sorry Master Remus. Master Harry sent kreacher to make sure Master Remus was alright. Master Harry has been very worried. Master Remus has been gone so long. Master Harry is sorry he could not be here in person, he is bogged down with work. Master Harry says he will be here as soon as he is able. Until then, kreacher is to stay with Master Remus.” the Elf said as he rung his hands.
“Wait.. Gone? How long? Stay with me? What’s happened? Harry’s coming? Why?” Remus babbled blinking slowly and shaking his head.
“Master Remus has been gone for 4 days. kreacher is to stay with Master Remus until Master Harry can get here. kreacher does not know what happened Master, kreacher is sorry Master.” kreacher began banging his head against the wall. When done, kreacher continued, “Master Harry is coming because he is worried about Master Remus ”
“Four days? ”Remus asked bewilderedly.
“Yes Master, that‘s why Master Harry is so worried. Master Remus has never been gone this long. Is Master alright?” kreacher enquired.
“No kreacher, I‘m not.” Remus paused to gather his thoughts then continued. “kreacher, do we still have the vile from this months potion?”
“Yes Master Remus, shall kreacher fetch it?”
“Please, and take it directly to Harry. Have him test it. I don’t know what‘s wrong specifically, so have him test it for everything. Also take what‘s left from the roast with you and have him test that too.”
“Yes Master.” kreacher bowed and disappeared
Remus quickly checked the wards surrounding the house. He breathed a sigh of relief, over the passed week, only Severus , kreacher and of course himself had been inside. He went back further, searching for any unfamiliar touch to the wards. He found none. Nothing at all to lead him to believe anyone else was here. He would wait to see what the Aurors found out from the tests, but he didn’t hold much hope out. He knew, he’d done something. Something abnormal, he just couldn’t remember what.
Pushing off the door jam, he hurried up the stairs to shower and change. Time was of the essence, he had to get to the crime scene before it was taken by the elements, or that fool Jonas mucked it up.
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20 June, 2005
Mistress,
It is with great pleasure that I pen these words. Our months of study have led to success. Phase One is complete!
Subject One has proven to be a most entertaining creature to watch. We observed the subject for three days and four nights. Subject One consistently showed a complete lack of control, both in body and mind. Subject One’s appetite was veracious to say the least. Subject One displayed a complete disregard for the elements and its surroundings. Subject One stayed within the confines of the village and surrounding woods. We believe it is comfortable there and at this time, do not feel removing the subject from its home environment would be beneficial to further study. WE do however, whish to study this subject for the next month and particularly at the Moon..
We have an additional subject to study and will continue to do so over the next week. Subject Two is young, approximately 15 years of age and female. Subject Two was attacked on the first night. Unfortunately we have been unable to locate Subject Two for the passed three days and nights., We believe it is somewhere north of the village.While AFF and its agents attempt to remove all illegal works from the site as quickly and thoroughly as possible, there is always the possibility that some submissions may be overlooked or dismissed in error. The AFF system includes a rigorous and complex abuse control system in order to prevent improper use of the AFF service, and we hope that its deployment indicates a good-faith effort to eliminate any illegal material on the site in a fair and unbiased manner. This abuse control system is run in accordance with the strict guidelines specified above.
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