Prompt 13 - Wolf
@wolfstarmicrofic June 13, word count 423
He’d been on the run for over a year now. He’d found and lost Peter Pettigrew, the sneaky little rat, and was now in hiding with a bloody hippogriff. His life was hard, but at least he wasn’t in Azkaban, or worse.
He’d let a few muggles spot him far away from Hogwarts. It had been a promise he’d made to Harry, so that the security measures put in place because of him would be lifted. No school child should ever have to endure the presence of a dementor.
He was slowly making his way south. His family owned a little house beside the coast. It was covered in so many unpalatable charms, anti-visitor jinxes and general nasty curses that if anyone got through them, he’d be happy to let them take him back to Azkaban because they would have earned it. The other important spell placed upon this and many others of the Black family’s properties was blood magic that only allowed blood relatives in or those who had been added to the guest list. But guests could also be removed. Which he intended to do as soon as he checked that the property was still usable. The only other Black family members left were Narcissa and her son, but he didn’t think they even knew about this house. His parents had bought it as a getaway place, as in when they wanted to get away from the rest of the family. He hoped it was still in good condition so he could finally stop moving. He was exhausted and wanted to be able to stay in one place for more than a day. It would be the perfect place to stay if he could make it work.
He landed for the day, making sure Buckbeak had something to eat. He himself had a packet of sausage rolls he’d stolen from a Muggle corner shop. He devoured them all. He was just licking the crumbs from his fingers when he saw a light out of the corner of his eye. He leapt to his feet and drew his wand as the wolf Patronus emerged from the trees behind him.
“Oh, Remus,” he croaked.
The wolf brushed against him before it opened its mouth and relayed Remus’s message.
“New Forest. Two days. Full moon. Meet me there.” The wolf closed its mouth and looked longingly at Sirius before it faded from sight.
“Buckbeak, we’ve got a long way to travel tonight, so make sure you get some sleep. We’re going to find Remus.”
