Chapter 62: Moonfall Pass

Moonfall Pass, Uncharted Forest, Unknown World...

Jagged cliffs of unappealing gray stone met the sight of the weary travelers as they happened upon the halfway point where the werewolves gathered to create the counsel of wolves. Lupin had been an ideal guide given that he had been the only one among them to make this trip every year despite his hatred of his lycanthropy curse. Tonks being there to support him was welcome and it was also nerve racking given the amount of peril she was placing herself in just to see this assignment through. Of course her being an Aurour and a member of the Order of Phoenix had also been the reason she had been chosen to come alone on this trip. Draco Malfoy was more or less Snape's responsibility since the Potions Professor had accidentally cursed they embittered Slytherin youth. Not only was this his first time making the journey to Moonfall pass but being a werewolf was still relatively new to him. He had no control over his transformations unlike Severus and Lupin when he ingested Wolfsbane potion. Draco had been brutal and ruthless once the effects of the moon hit him and during that time only Severus Snape keeps him grounded in terms of sanity.

Hermione Granger had been new to the company of were-beasts as a whole but she seemed to adapt just as well. Her practicality and careful planning was more a boon than either one of the travelers cared to admit all at once. Both Snape and Lupin attributed her guile as to the reason Harry Potter was able to survive being killed this long.

"We're coming up on Moonfall Pass." said Lupin strangely excited for someone whom openly rejected his wolfish identity since becoming infected.

"Good to know." said Draco rolling his gray eyes.

"Knock it off Malfoy." said Tonks growing tired of the younger Slytherin's insolence.

"We've been walking for hours in the middle of this dung heap of a forest forgive me for being tired and more than a little hungry." the sleek blond wizard griped.

Snape rolled his eyes this time.

"Silence Draco." he growled having had his fill of the boy's complaints as well.

"Well excuse me..." muttered the young Slytherin.

His gray eyes suddenly widened and he turned toward the forest.

Snape stepped in front of Hermione.

His own obsidian orbs widened as well.

"Severus?" said Hermione concerned about the way his body tensed.

Lupin's eyes had been wide as well but he had better control over his animalistic impulse than Snape and Draco.

"SHE'S MINE!" growled Draco rather aggressively before taking off into the forest.

"GET BACK HERE BOY!" shouted Snape attempting to run after him only to be stopped by Hermione wrapping her arms around him.

Snape blinked as the scent became more powerful.

"LET GO!" he hissed feeling his cock enlarge.

"Severus control yourself...this could be a trap for all you know." said Hermione attempting to reason.

"THE BOY!" he growled.

"Severus please." said Hermione.

"STAY HERE WITCH!" he said aggressively before taking off into the forest to retrieve the wayward Draco.

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Moonfall Pass, Deep Forest, Unknown World...

The rapid crunching of twigs in combination of rustling fallen leaves had not been ideal as Snape raced through the trees toward what looked like a rocky clearing where a small pond of some sort had been gathered. Draco's scent had been all around as he neared the edge of the rocky cliff. He could see the young blond wizard stripped bare as he mounted the body of what looked to be a young woman bathing in the murky waters.

Snape noted that Draco howled as annoying as his father when in the throes of passion.

The ghastly pale form of his godson had been invested in the pursuit of pleasure despite the apparent danger all around him.

Knowing that they had little time for this, Snape decided to dive head first from the rocky cliff and into the water. The massive splashing had gotten the attention of Draco and the young woman he was sating his lust with.

As he swam, Snape noted the woman had dark flesh and seemingly haunting eyes.

Bursting through the water's slick murky surface, Snape grabbed his idiotic godson only for the boy to bit him on the arm and thrust back into the woman. Snape growled in pain getting the attention of something lurking in the water.

Seeing it as quickly as it moved, Snape grabbed Draco and threw him onto the shore just as the creature attempted to swallow him whole.

The experience did well in awakening the boy from his unsated lust.

"WHAT THE FUCK!?" he shouted noting his erection had subsided.

Snape rolled his eyes at his idiot godson.

"Are you satisfied now boy?" he asked. "You could have been killed."

Draco had not known what to say as water dripped from his short blond hair and down his pasty pale body. The gray eyed Slytherin searched the pound for the girl he was having his way with only to find that she was long gone.

"W-Where'd she go?" he asked as his soaked godfather walked out of the pound and onto the shore.

Snape was dripping from all the rancid water covering him.

"She...was a fucking water nymph." said the annoyed Potions Professor. "Her sole purpose was to see you killed by that enormous creature lurking beneath the so called pond."

The junior Malfoy had been astonished to hear this.

"I'm sorry Uncle she felt so good..." he began only for Snape to cut him off.

"Silence Draco." he growled. "You are just as bad as your bloody father, letting your cock lead you into the pits of hell if only for a pleasurable shag."

A slight whimper escaped the boy as Snape turned his attention to making them both presentable.

The made the trek back to Moonfall Pass only to find that Lupin the women were gone.

Snape's enraged obsidian eyes widened as he noted the torn fabric and discarded bag Hermione had been carrying.

"HERMIONE!" he shouted looking around the last place he had seen his mate.

The signs of distress only served to increase the Alpha Werewolf's anxiety as he caught the faint whiff of foreign scents rapidly surrounding the scents he associated with Lupin and the witches.

Draco trembled as the rage in Snape intensified.

"STUPID BOY!" he shouted as his beast side began to bleed into his human form. "IF YOU HADN'T RUN OFF THEY WOULDN'T HAVE TAKEN THEM!"

"C-Calm down Uncle...I'm sure we'll find them." said the still trembling younger Slytherin.

"If any of them even think about claiming my witch there will be nothing left of a counsel to stand with." growled Snape.

He took off toward the nearest indication of Hermione's scent ignoring Lupin and Tonks as he gathered they would be taken to the same place.

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Beast-Mind:

The female was gone. Someone had taken the female! No one was going to lay claim to her she was his and his alone. The rapid beating of his thunderous heart became like a drum of war as the beast raged against the fleshy prison. He was the alpha were and no interloping weakling was going to take what was rightfully his.