The Cursed Wolf

Disclaimer: Neither the characters nor the setting belong to me. No money is being made from this fanfiction.


It was noon when she put on a white thin cotton gauze dress and went to the market with her father to meet Marcus. He was very eager for them to be on their way. Hermione suggested that they have lunch and go for a walk.

“I’m surprised you’re even talking to me. That’s a very pretty dress.” Marcus said.

“I’m here because my father wanted me to go out with you so that I could get to know you and the other residents.” She corrected him.

They talked for a while. Hermione tried to be interested in what he was saying but all he talked about was how great he was at everything.

She suggested they go for a walk. He asked to hold her hand and she agreed, though hesitantly. When they were walking through the garden, he asked her if she had forgiven him for the trouble he had caused her at their first meeting. She told him she wasn’t sure.

Marcus leaned in towards her, as she smelled a rose.

“Please forgive me for being an idiot.” Hermione turned around, ready to retort, but it died on her lips as he kissed her.

Hermione wasn’t entirely shocked; she had been hoping he would kiss her. She wanted to know if she could feel something for someone other than Harry.

“ I make an idiot of myself in front of very pretty girls.” He said.

She blushed and felt confused. She wanted Harry to kiss her and say he thought that she was pretty not Marcus.

“Marcus please take me home.”

That afternoon Hermione felt embarrassed having let Marcus kiss her. She ate dinner as quickly as possible telling her father she had an ok time with Marcus but nothing special. Walking out into the garden, she saw a pair of green eyes staring at her from the other side of the gate.

“ Hi Harry,” she said as she open the gate.

“ Did you have fun this afternoon?” he asked bitterly

“ What?”

“With Marcus?”

“It was alright, nothing great. Why?”

“Do you trust him?”

“ No of course not. What’s wrong with you ”

“Me? What’s wrong with you?” he asked as he walked away.

“Wait Harry. Harry.” She yelled running after him.

“What!” He said angry in his voice.

Hermione stood there trying to think of something to say. Harry waited for a minute.

“ What do you want?”
“I .. Are you going to teach me anything today?”

“ Not if you plan to do stupid things like going out with
Marcus or any of his idiot friends.”

“No I don’t plan on going out with him again and how did you find out?” she asked.

“Come on then.” Harry said walking into the forest.

“How did you find out?” Hermione asked again walking behind him.

“ I just know.” He said walking at a quick pace.

“How? I want to know how you know.” She complained,

“Do you spy on me?” she was almost running to keep up with him.

“I don’t have to spy. Hermione think. You’re a witch. You have powers. I have them too. Don’t you think there are ways I can see you?” he posed, “ Always be mindful of where you are and what’s around you.”

“Oh. Sorry. Could you teach me how to…” Hermione stop mid sentence and realized Harry had vanished.

“ Harry. Harry,” Hermione called out. She turned and looked to where they were walking, looking for him as she retraced her steps.

‘ Where did he go? Did some one grab him or is he playing some joke on her?’ she wondered and started to feel nervous and panicked. She ran back to where she last saw him.

“Harry where are you? “She yelled.

Hermione ran farther up the path into the woods looking if she could spot him


“Please say something if you can hear me.” She looked back were she had just been.

“And if I can’t hear you then what?” she heard in back of her.

Hermione whirled around and Harry was right behind her, which startled her causing her to fall backward.

“You ok?” he asked offering her his hand.
She took it and he pulled her up on to her feet.

“Where were you?” she asked him

“As I was saying always be mindful of where you are and what’s around you that way nothing can sneak up on you so easily besides you can get confused here in the dark, if it snows everything looks very different or can look alike,” Harry lectured her.

“But where were you?” she asked.

“Behind trees, I wasn’t that far away from you. You didn’t have to get scared.” He teased her.

“Now you walk and see it you can hear or sense me coming up to you, ok?” Harry said and then he vanished again.

Hermione walked and listened, looking around. Suddenly Harry was next to her.

“Ok let’s try again.” He walked out of sight before Hermione could say anything. Hermione walked and listened, looking around. A minute later Harry was next to her again.
He smiled at her, ”Try to sense me.”
Hermione walked around in a circle and then looked up saw a tree and walked around it to see Harry there, smiling.

“Good let’s try again.” Again Harry vanished and Hermione tried to feel where he was. She noticed a huge rock at turn of the path and peeked around it.

“You’re getting good at this. But now try to find me quietly”

Again she walked on the road and sensed in behind a tree. She tried to sneak up behind him. She was just a few feet away from him when he whirled around very fast and walked up to her. She backed away meeting his pace.

“ You’re getting better but I can still hear you.” He said softly.

She was now up against a tree. They were almost nose-to-nose. So close Hermione held her breath as she looked in to his eyes, eyes that stared back at hers. Everything was quiet. His eyes moved to graze at her lips. His hand came up to her face and his thumb caressed the edge of her bottom lip and glided across her cheek.

“If you want something Hermione, just ask me.” He said in very softly tone nearly a whisper. He stood there for a long moment just gazing and then he blinded several times. He took a step back and as though he was waking from a dream shook his head.

“ Ok now you try to hide from me.” Harry suggested.

Hermione ran as far as she could at the count of ten then she ducked down in some bushes. Harry found her instantly. She tried again running as far as she could at the count of ten and hid behind a tree.

She heard Harry coming close and she moved around the tree, He gave her a quick little tap on the shoulder.

“Found you!” He said and he ran off.

Hermione looked and listened and in a few moments peeked round an uprooted tree to tag his shoulder.

“Got you.”
She was still running when he tagged her,

“You’re it.” Harry yelled running away.

Harry ran down a hill, Hermione was right behind him.
Harry ran onto a big boulder, overlooking the lake, he saw Hermione coming behind him. Jumping down he ran toward the edge of the lake.

Hermione ran down the hill and tried to stop her self from running onto the boulder and off into the lake below but failed. It wasn’t that far a drop, twenty foot or so but she screamed all the way down. Her feet touched the bottom of the lake. Fighting for the surface she was grasping for air when she broke it. Harry was swimming out to her.

“Hermione you all right? You didn’t hurt yourself did you?” Harry asked.

“No I’m alright just got scare of the fall but it wasn’t too bad, a little scary. I couldn’t stop running.” She said still trying to catch her breath.

They swam around a bit. They made their way to the shore.
Harry started taking off his cloths to let them hang dry for a bit on some branches of a bush. He looked at Hermione and smiled.

“Want to hang your cloths to dry?”
Hermione shook her head.

“No I can’t…” she looked at Harry who had a ‘look at your self ’ expression on his face.

Hermione looked down at herself and well… a white gauze dress is basically transparent then it’s wet. Hermione put her arms across her chest. Harry looked her in the eyes.

“You have nothing to be ashamed of. You’re beautiful.”
She looked down again there was no hiding it he just about seen her naked. She looked at him. He smiled and walked in back of her and unbuttoned her dress. Harry put her dress next to his cloths on the bushes. They laid out sun bathing in the nude next to each other on the rock. Harry talked about a few spells to pass the time soon it got dark and Harry walked Hermione home. They stayed at the gate for a while talking until her father came out and said it was getting late. Hermione looked into Harry’s face. All she wanted was for him to hug or kiss her.. something. Harry stepped face to face and leaned to her ear

“ If you want something Hermione just ask me.”
Her mind screamed ‘ Kiss me, touch me, grab me, Harry do something that tells me how you feel about me.’

She looked into his face, they both waiting for the other. Finally Harry step back looking disappointed and a bit frustrated,

“Well good night Hermione.”
He started to walk away and Hermione’s hand grabbed hold of his sleeve. Looking at his face she leaned in his ear and gave him a little kiss on the cheek. Slowly withdrawing from him. He leaned in and gave her a kiss on the cheek and then another one on the other cheek. Sweet, innocent almost child like kisses were exchanged for a few minutes each kiss slowly closing the gap between the cheeks and lips. Hermione lips were on the corner of Harry’s lips when her father called out her name and the two jumped away from each other. Harry laughed and blushed.

“ See you tomorrow.” He said.
Harry came earlier the next day and for some reason Hermione thought he might. She felt light on her feet as she walked through the garden. Harry was cutting back the ivy and other weeds. The lilac bush was sprouting new growth and buds were forming. Smiling at each other Harry finished pruning the plants and took Hermione by the hand out the gate away from her parent watchful eyes.

He leaned in towards her face slowly, looking at her eyes nose and mouth. His lips touched corners of her lips in a warm caress. His lips were warm moist and soft, yet firm. He smelled like vanilla and something else. She kissed him back trying not to smile so much or laugh.

His eyes were bright and his smile was mischievous, as he took her hand and led her into the woods. They both practiced spells and tried to sneak up on each other. They went for a swim and then laid out on the big rock.

“Tomorrow we start potions.” Harry said.

Hermione got excited “ Really. Great I can’t wait.”

“Hermione if I tell you to run you will won’t you?” he asked.
“What am I running away from?” she asked.

“ I can’t tell you right now.” Harry said.

“When can you tell me.” she raised.

“When I can figure out how to tell you without scaring the hell out of you or sounding insane. That’s when I’ll tell you.” He admitted.

That night Hermione had nightmares of something chasing her through the forest, snarling behind her. Her feet keep sinking in the mud and she would slip and fall. The thing that was chasing her was now right behind her. She felt it scratching at her heels.

The next morning Hermione felt tired and cramping. She was very moody. Going downstairs she had tea and hot oatmeal hoping that would help. Harry came by that afternoon as Hermione decided to go the market to get more tea and was thinking of getting some chocolates to make herself feel better. Harry was acting strange. He was just about walking into her as they walked; like clumsy guardian getting in the way of her. Harry kept giving every man near her distrustful look. Hermione had had enough and was about tell Harry that she was going to meet him in the woods after shopping when Marcus showed up. The two started to argue and Marcus physically pushed Harry. Harry pushed back and in the next moment the two were on the ground punching each other. Hermione had to pull Harry off of Marcus.

“Stop it. Stop it now both of you.” she yelled.

Marcus had his hands up , All right, alright. Enough you win.” and he backed away. Harry was still raring to go.

“Harry what’s the matter with you, stop it please.” Hermione urged him.

Harry seemed very aggressive the rest for the afternoon. Hermione got her grandmother’s tea and herself some chocolate and a cup of hot Juniper Berry tea to help her feel better.

Harry was sitting on the big rock when he asked Hermione if she wanted to go for swim.

“I can’t I‘m not feeling up to it today.”
Harry touch her arm and “ Come on, it will you us both some good.”

He nudged her a few more time.

“Harry I don’t feel good, leave me alone.” she said pressing down on a cramp. “You’re awfully moody today, you having your time too? Here have some tea they say it help with the pain or in your case what bug is up your arse.”

Harry looked puzzled for a moment then leaned over and smelled her, smiling “That’s what’s different about you.”

“What?”

“You’re in estrus. Ovulating.”
Hermione felt her face go red.

“Harry!” she said disgusted.

“It’s perfectly natural. Would you rather not have that happen and not be able to have a family?” he asks her.

“It just sounds .. well no one talks about things like that.” Hermione explained, as though it was something dirty.

“I do. What’s so wrong about it? It’s part of life and you have to know what goes on with your body so you know when something’s wrong.” Harry clarified.

He looked at Hermione with a worried smile. Running his fingers through her hair he looked deep in to her eyes.

“ Some time soon .. I’ll tell you to run. You’ll have to run for your life.” He said sadly looking at her “You’ve already started you’ve dreams or nightmares.”

“What ..How?” Hermione whispers shocked.

“ I think I made you dream it. Something chasing you and it’s hard to run away. You fall and a creature’s at your heel?” Harry asks.

Hermione nods. Harry thought for a bit, gets up and he stretches his hand out to Hermione.

“Lets go for a walk.” They slowly walk in silence for a while Harry holding Hermione’s hand.

Finally he asks, “You’ve wondered about love.. haven’t you?”
Hermione nods, “ Yes but what’s that got to do with..”
Harry ignores Hermione and continues his asking her,

“The act of it.. making love. You wonder if it’s all a physical thing just two coming together. Coupling. …Or is it more?..,” He stops to look at Hermione, “It’s something you can’t put your finger on because” he pauses and looks like he’s trying to remember or picture something,

“You can’t image it yet.” His whispers as his voice grows softer and softer. “It’s a touch and a sound” Leaning closer
and closer to her face and ears. “ But something more then
physical”…
... Hermione closed her eyes as she felt his warm breath on her ear and neck, a wave of excitement goes through her body as he strokes her neck with a finger.

“More emotional you suppose?” His puts his hand on her one shoulder lightly touching and moving it smoothly to her neck then to her other shoulder, she feels herself getting warm.

She opens her eyes to see Harry on the other side of her talking just above a whisper

“But something more. Spiritual. You imagine,” he questions her or rather is telling her. Slowly walking around her like an animal watching it’s prey, “Or hope.”

He looks deeply into her eyes, “It’s something more. Beyond this.” motioning to her body and his. “Beyond anything that is written in any book or story you’ve heard.” Harry looks at her face as though it’s an amazing work of art and he smiles.

“You feel it in your heart and soul.” he says as though he figured out an answer to a great mystery or secret. Looking into her eyes and straight into her soul.

Hermione feels her body getting warmer. She feels strange and realizes she trembling.

“YOU want something,” he said caressing her cheek, “that takes you and makes you do and feel things that you couldn’t even anticipate.”

He whispered in Hermione’s left ear with an almost sexy haunting tone, “It’s powerful. Wild.” She locks eyes with him for a long moment.

Her head is cloudy and she feels dreamy. Then he moved in back of her to the other ear and continues,

“ Possessive. Forceful. It thrills and scares you at the same time.”

Harry moves slowly in front of her again. Hermione looks at his mouth, his lips and all she can think of is his mouth on hers.

“ Haunts you and comforts you. Warms you, makes you feel safe. That’s what you dare not say. But feel … Want. Say it … I can sense it, Merlin I can smell it on you.”

Hermione opens her eye and sees he is so close their lips are almost touching. She can’t stand it anymore falling to the feeling she kisses him.

His lips are warm and moist as he slowly tilts his face from one side to the other. Hermione reaches out to his neck and pulls him closer. Her mouth opens slightly as their kiss grows deeper.

Harry pulls her into an embrace, a little too hard, a little too forceful and eager. Hermione gets surprised and breaks the kiss.

She looks in to his eyes to see his eyes glowing a light green color and she jumps back losing her balance, falling to the ground. She stares at him in shock. A long moment later Harry eyes go back to normal.

He comes toward Hermione and she crawls backwards away from him very fast.

“ Www.. What are you?” she asked.

“ Hermione take it easy,” he says coming towards her again.
Hermione tries to find her wand, “ What are you .. a demon? Werewolf? What do you want with me?”

“I’m not evil or werewolf. Not really. I’m not affected by the full moon. Calm down. You might as well know now. I’m cursed” He offers his hand to help her up and she pushes it away.

He grabs her by the arm and pulls her on to her feet out of frustration. She struggles a bit not knowing what else to do.

Harry says in a calm but direct tone,

“Don’t fight me Hermione.” He commanded as he held her tightly by her upper arms trying to restrain her.

“ Let’s go sit down.” He strongly suggested as he letting go of one arm, urging her to walk with him.

They walked back to the rock by the lake. Harry conjured a fire, as it was getting dark for light as because it was cooling off. Hermione was still in shock and confused. She sat in front of the fire trembling. Harry sat next to her.