Coyote

[Agustus Peverell POV]

Well, I was standing in front of Cedric, who was trying to avoid eye contact. Skadi was happily chirping on Luna's head. The two other people in the room were looking at us with fear, both of them huddled in a corner, embracing each other protectively.

When I apparated here, I found Cedric and Skadi arguing. He was trying to bribe her to apparate him out of this cell, which she declined by freezing his hair.

"You've gotten real smart, Cinderella. Your intellect impressed me so much, I'll let you stay with Cleopatra (the Basilisk). She'll definitely enjoy your company," I said, nodding.

"Yes! She always wanted more friends!" Luna said excitedly.

There's a thing about Cedric: he hates snakes. He isn't scared of them for no reason. When he was five, a cobra bit him as he picked the snake up with his bare hands. Since then, he just stayed away from them.

He looked up at me with puppy dog eyes. "I'm sorry, I know I was dumb. Please don't do that, brother," he begged.

I smiled at him. "Oh, let's ignore the fact you forgot the incredibly powerful bracelet I made for your protection, and the fact you were too weak to break this pathetic door. What made your brain rot? Now, I am going to give you a new training plan. Don't worry, I will heal your broken bones after every workout."

He shivered a bit but didn't say anything. I looked at the two vampires with curiosity. The world is truly small. Here they were, my Alice's brother and his wife. They might have been dead if Cedric wasn't here. Honestly it was fascinating to hear that two vampires going to America, as it was also known as most dangerous place for them.

"Well, let's go out of here. Uncle and aunty are really worried," I said in a grave tone.

His face lost color remembering his parents as he nodded at me.

Uncle Amos and aunty Serena were good parents and loved Cedric dearly. They had barely eaten after he went missing. This was also one of the reasons I had hurried to come here.

I walked towards the door and used a wandless Bombarda, blasting the door open. Glancing at Cedric, who just sighed and followed me.

Luna and Skadi were last, but before going out, she asked the couple something.

"You guys are coming, or do you want to stay here?" she said innocently.

They were speechless for a few seconds before the girl stood up and said, "Thanks, but can we really follow you?"

"Nope, not like you can. Agustus will apparate us all home, but yes, you can follow us outside," she said, walking towards me and Cedric. Edward and Isabella followed us.

Walking outside, we came across many cells. There were remains of werewolves and vampires, the smell was terrible. I had to use POD to filter the air.

"Grrrrr," came a growling voice from a cell. It was a coyote, a gray wolf.

It showed its fangs threateningly. It was obvious that this was no ordinary coyote. It had to be supernatural if it was stuck here with these people.

[Pov end]

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[Frank Longbottom POV]

"What do you want now, Alice?" I said tiredly, as the last patrol had been long and my body was screaming for a good sleep.

Death eaters were roaming everywhere, they had attacked a residential area in London, ministry had to send the elite squads to clear the mess. I had arrested more than 20 wizard myself, a promotion was certain for me and my teammates.

"I want to talk to you, Frank. It's important," she said, sitting down on our bed.

It had been a few months since we really talked. 'It's always you that shouts, and when I reason, you run away to that damned boy and his godfather,' I thought but didn't say out loud. That was also the reason we were sleeping in different rooms, I can't tolerate the presence of someone who tried to threaten my family's safety.

"Yes? I'm listening," I said, focusing my attention on her. She had gotten fatter, maybe due to lack of exercise, she used to workout regularly with me in our school time, where did that Alice go!

"You know that Lord Diggory's son is missing, right?" she said in an inquiring tone.

Cedric Diggory, lost in America.

"Yes, and?" I said, not knowing where she was taking this conversation.

"You are an Auror. You could go and find him before MACUSA. That way, we could help Heir Peverell and pay our debt," she asked, her face had a hopeful expression.

I was tired, really tired. And now I was angry. I had already told her several times not to talk about this subject.

"Alice dear, I beg you, please let me rest. And don't forget to close the door on your way out," I said as I lay on the bed, closing my eyes to get some sleep.

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[Sirius Black POV]

"HOW DARE HE!" I roared upon hearing Alice. We were meeting in a muggle garden near the Black mansion, sitting on the beach beside Alice, I was furious at her husband.

It seems Frank had gotten more and more arrogant and rude towards her. Maybe I should go and knock some sense into that ministry's bastard.

"Let me have a meeting with him. I'll teach him how to talk to a beautiful lady," I said, grumbling as I clenched my fist.

Hearing me, she giggled. Her smile is so sweet; how could someone treat a lady like her so badly? The idiot is lucky to have a woman like her in the first place.

"Don't worry about me. It's about Harry. He's still not back from the Weasleys?" she asked with worry.

Harry had gotten distant from us. I could tell he was hurting; he was not sleeping well. His training was intense, and his body was not recovering from it.

"Ron said he would help him. The boy has changed a lot," I said to Alice.

The little Weasley boy had started to fix his attitude; he began taking care of himself and his loved ones.

"Okay, that's good, but I am still not convinced. We have to take him to St. Mungo's," she said in a no-nonsense tone.

"As you wish, my lady. Now let's go, I am really hungry; I haven't eaten all day," I said playfully. She smiled and walked in front of me.

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[??? POV]

"Grrrr," I growled at the people in front of me to warn them. I didn't want them to step ahead as I knew there was a trap. That idiot boy was just going to activate it. It would take just one step, and all of them would be dead by the arrows on the ceiling.

"Oh, she's so cute! Hey, miss! Can I pet you?" said a girl with stars in her eyes, and I was too shocked to do anything. Nobody had ever said anything like that to me; they usually ran away or fired bullets.

The girl had a weird blue bird on her head. She was about to run towards my cell when the boy grabbed her hand.

"Easy there, Luna. That's not a normal coyote; it's a shapeshifter," said the boy. The girl looked at the boy pleadingly.

"Can we keep her?" she said as she hugged him. What!

"No! We can't," he said, shaking his head in denial.

"Grrrr, woof, grrr," I shouted. I am not going to be someone's pet. I tried to scare the girl.

"Poor girl," she said, looking at me. Why did those eyes remind me of Kylie (her sister)? I tried not to cry in front of them and barked at them, scratching the bars to make them go away from here.

"At least free her. We don't know what those people would do with her. These two told me about the hunters, and let's say if you killed them, I wouldn't complain," said another boy as he shivered.

"Woah, that's really surprising. You usually hate the violence I do," said the boy holding the girl.

"Call me a hypocrite, but they don't deserve to live. After what they have done to countless innocent shifters, I wouldn't even call them human at this point," he said, shaking his head.

He was right. I had come here to kill them too, but I underestimated them. After trying to find out about the accident, I found out it was a planned attack by the hunters. They had somehow found my information and tried to kill my family. My mother and sister died because of me, and I couldn't forgive myself for that.

"Okay, I'll look into them," he said as a red hue emerged and the cell's iron bars were destroyed. He walked and stepped on the trap, but the arrows disappeared before they could touch any of them.

"Can you turn back—oh no, wait, not again. Skadi, could you bring a dress from Bella's wardrobe? Tell her I asked for it," he said to the bird, who saluted him with its wing and disappeared!

"You're learning from your mistakes, Agustus" she said playfully. That's his name, quite a difficult name to write.

"I am my lady" he said Patting her head.

He freed the girl's hand. She looked at him, and he nodded.

She walked in front of my cell. I really tried to scare her, but her steps didn't falter. I backed away from her, but I couldn't anymore as the wall was behind me.

I turned my head to see her hand outstretched. She touched my head and caressed it gently.

Her other hand was wrapped around my neck as she hugged me. I felt this warmth for the first time in years, after all the wandering around in the forest, getting beaten, hungry. I whimpered in her grasp.

"It's going to be okay; everything is fine," she said, burying her face in my fur. It felt so good that I broke free from her grasp, pushing her away. I don't want a kind girl like her to get hurt because of a beast like me, I don't deserve her affection.

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Sup, I'm late I know, but I'll be writing longer chapters to make up for it.

Gimme stones and next chapter would be 2000+ words. Seeya.