Chapter 7
Remus and McGonagall were taking a stroll just outside of the castles, when they heard a loud bang from out by the Forbidden Forest. They ran as fast as they could, only to freeze at the sight of a large black dog dragging a large fat man out of the woods by his leg. As Minerva and Remus moved towards the two, intending to help the two. When the dog noticed the two professors he dropped the man and watched him closely instead.
”Sir, are you alright?” Minerva asked as she moved towards the man to help him up. Only, paused when she recognized him. “Wait-Are you-you can’t be-Peter?”
At her words, Remus turned to look at the dog, who was watching them closely. Mate! Moony shouted. Remus, not even flinching stunned the man. As soon as the man was incapacitated, Remus turned to the dog. Who slowly approached him and nudged his leg towards the forest. The dog took off into the woods. Remus, after telling Minerva to take Peter to his office and lock him in there and go get Snape, he followed the dog into the woods.
”Sirius? Sirius? Siri-“ Remus froze at the sight of the young girl laid out on the ground. Cub. Moony howled. Remus ran forward, cradling Hermione in his arms and taking stock of her. The all the familiar bruising already appearing around her throat. “Mia? Mia can you hear me? Hermione!”
Frantically, he looked up towards the dog. Only to see him a few paces away, as if afraid to move closer. “Sirius? What happened?”
Padfoot whimpered from where he sat.
”Sirius, please-What happened?”
It was another moment before Padfoot transformed into Sirius Black. Remus was horrified at the sight of his mate. Through the scraps of clothing, Remus could see Sirius’s skin stretched tightly over his bones.
“I heard the bang.” His voice croaked. “I got here as fast as I could, and I dragged him off of her. I just wanted to get him away from her.”
”Go to the shack, I’ll meet you there after I get Hermione checked and deal with Peter.” Remus growled, everything beginning to sink in. He looked down at his daughter, his daughter who had suffered enough. He scooped Hermione up and raced towards the hospital wing. He laid her out on one of the beds and demanded Madame Pomfrey’s attention.
”What happened?” Poppy demanded upon seeing the extent of Hermione’s bruising.
”She was strangled. The guy who did it is in custody now.” He growled.
”Remus, why don’t you go get Harry. I’m sure it’ll be a few before she wakes up.”
”Poppy, she hasn’t been speaking because of an old injury. It acts up every now and then and cause her voice to die out for a while-“
”We won’t know until she wakes.” Poppy told him gently, muttering healing spells and summoning a container of bruise paste.
Remus gave a short nod, before making his way to his office. He has a pest to deal with before he gets his son.