Mate

A/N ~ This is a work by me and my friend Kasha. As such (and seeing as I am the only one with a aff.net account, it is posted using my author name.

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Chapter 1


There, it was there. Close and coming closer. The scent was amazing. Just delicious. The werewolf raised his head and sniffed again. Just beyond the door… just there. He could smell him. His excitement rose and he growled appreciatively.

And then… other scents. Touching his mate. How dare they! He bounded to the door and butted it hard with his shoulder. He had to get through and claim his mate. Oh yes… the claiming. The wolf’s body shuddered with that thought as he smashed against the door.

Snape creped up the stairs, James Potter and Sirius Black forming a wall behind his back. He heard a growl emanate from somewhere too close for his liking. He froze on the top step, Sirius pushed him on and then the thumping began. He heard James say something to his companion then he was pushed on again.

His mate was coming towards him! The wolf scented the air again and snarled. They were still there! Their awful, foul scents mixed with his mate’s pure, heady scent.

They stooped outside a rather unstable looking door, he growling reaching out from behind it. Snape could smell the beast in the air. He turned to the two other boys and laughed nervously, "Okay, you've had your fun. What is it, some kind of horror spell?"

"It's no spell," Sirius told him as he placed a hand on the doorknob. James placed a hand on Severus' back, he door flew open and Snape was pushed into a black hole with two yellow eyes the only visible thing. The door slammed shut, Snape screamed.

At last his mate. And he was beautiful. Black, silky hair, obsidian eyes and the scent was even more intoxicating in person. The werewolf circled the boy, bending his head to lick the tantalising flesh on his neck, sniffing and nipping lightly. He growled. Oh he was going to make this one his.

Severus couldn't move, the beast was huge and kept circling him, nipping at him. What was it doing? Why hadn't it ripped him to shreds yet? Snape wanted to cry but he couldn't even do that. They were trying to kill him, James and Sirius wanted him dead. As his dawned on him he felt the tears flow from his cheeks.

Then he felt something so strong it filled him with a warmth he could not have believed. The beast was looking at him. Snape looked into its eyes and saw sadness there. Something strange was going on and Snape felt the werewolf had something to do with it. It stepped closer to him and nuzzled into his neck. Snape felt like he should stay here forever and be comforted by this warmth and not question it but of course he did question it. This was a werewolf for gods’ sake! He bolted out through the door leaving the beast howling behind him.

Snape fell to his knees by the lake heaving in breath after breath. He felt wrong, oh Potter and Black could never know what had happened; but that was a werewolf, which mean that once dawn broke, it would be a human again! Who the hell was it? What if they said something?

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Snarling, the wolf took off after his mate, knocking down the two who dared touch his beloved and followed the scent. Oh yes… he could smell the lust. His mate wanted him. But why did he run.

When he approached the lake, he saw the boy kneeling and quietly crept up to him. He whined, a sniffle of a sound before nuzzling his neck. What was wrong? Was his mate in pain?

Snape jumped up and turned round to face the creature he felt… what for, what was it that he felt?

"What do you want?" he asked the werewolf in barely a whisper.

You are my mate. The wolf nuzzled Severus’s neck and licked it gently, tasting the boy. You taste so good. Mine, he growled happily.

Snape stepped back more out of confusion than anything. The wolf's mate, what the hell? The voice in is head, it was male Snape was sure of that. Most people laughed at Snape because he never got any attention from girls but that wasn't true. He had been approached by a couple of girls, but he wasn't interested. He had always thought that James was far more attractive than Lilly. That untameable hair and personality too… hang on a minute; he was being clamed by a werewolf here! "How can that be true?" he laughed out to himself, "You’re going crazy Severus."

You're not crazy

"The voices would say that."

The wolf whined again, bumping Severus’ face with his snout, desperate to comfort the boy, who seemed very upset. he moved around to face Severus and hunched his hind paws, placing his front ones on the boy’s shoulders and licking his face.

“Stupefy!” A voice called in the braking light. The stunner hit the wolf who whined before falling to the ground.

“Are you alright, Mr Snape?” Professor Dumbledore asked, wand out and pointed at the stunned creature, a sad look upon his face.

Snape looked at the stunned wolf and crouched down instinctively to place a hand on its warm coat.

"I'm fine, why did you do that?"

Dumbledore sighed and rubbed the bridge of his nose. This would take some explaining.

“Severus why don’t you go back inside the castle? I shall talk to you in my office,” he paused, taking a look at the rising sun. It was almost dawn. “I shall deal with the wolf and join you shortly.”

Snape looked up at Dumbledore almost suspiciously, but he wanted answers and here was someone willing to give them to him. He stood up and walked towards the castle.

Dumbledore waited until Severus was a safe distance away before gently casting enervate on the wolf.

“Remus… how on earth did you escape?” He sighed as the wolf transformed under the dawn sun.