Animal Instinct

part 3

           
Professor Dumbledore heard the secret password being used and
moved swiftly to look as if he had been in his other office all along.
ad jad just finished sitting down when there was a knock on his door.
“Enter.” Dumbledore masked his surprise at seeing both Severus and
Remus entering the office at the same time. “Well now this is a
surprise. Remus. Severus. To what do I owe this unexpected surprise
visit?”

           
Severus through Dumbledore a look and then glanced over at Lupin.
“I haven’t a clue. I was walking towards my classroom when Professor
Lupin grabbed me and told me we had to see you at once. Something to do
with a werewolf being amongst the students. I don’t see how that’s
possible. But I came along to see wolf man here be proven wrong.”

           
Remus glared at his fellow professor and barely repressed the
urge to growl. “Indeed headmaster I smelt the familiar scent of
another werewolf as soon as they entered into the great hall. I
couldn’t figure out who it was until I followed it to a wall, where it
suddenly vanished. And then after a few minutes the student reappeared
and I knew for sure who it was. I only wanted Snape here to agree to
make more monkshood for the student and make possible allowances.”

           
“I assume that you want to reveal the students name to Severus?”
Dumbledore mildly said, his heart starting to beat a little faster. So
there was more to the story then Hermoine Granger had let on. “Well I
certainly didn’t expect this. The student in question never mentioned
such an affliction to me while we were discussing how she had survived
the attack. Maybe she doesn’t know? No the student in question is too
smart to overlook something like this. But my question is why? Why would
such a trustworthy student become untrustworthy?”

           
Severus glanced between the puzzled headmaster to his fellow
professor. “So you both are saying that we have a female werewolf
running around the school at this moment. You both have lost your bloody
minds! You Lupin even admit that the monkshood doesn’t really work on
you anymore that is why you have to chain yourself in every full
moon…and you seem to think that it will help a student?
Wait…survived the attack! You’re talking about that know-it-all
Granger girl aren’t you?! How was she bitten?”

           
Dumbledore held up a hand to stop Snape’s further rantings.
“Miss Granger survived the attack by being brave, true to her
Gryffindor style. Voldemort is using werewolves to do his dirty work now
Severus. Yes werewolves. That is how they are finding all the hidden
people. Like Remus here was able to smell Miss Granger as soon as she
arrived in the hall with his sensitized human sense of smell, think how
well werewolves can smell. Miss Granger hid in her pool all night
long.”

           
Remus nodded his head in admiration. “Well thought of. I can
track by sight, smell or sound but if I can’t see you or hear you I
depend on smell. Water washes away the scent so it couldn’t find
her.”

           
“And by the time morning came a muggle raised alarm and
Hermoine was taken to the muggle hospital where she was treated for her
injuries. She has taken precautions not to leave herself unguarded for
another attack. So for the time being this will remain between the three
of us. Severus I trust you will brew extra monkshood for Miss
Granger?”

           
“Of course headmaster.” Snape said, threw Lupin another
disgusted look and exited the office.

           
Dumbledore heaved a relieved sigh and looked towards Remus.
“I’m assuming that there was something that you didn’t say in
front of Severus.”

           
“I don’t know how to say this headmaster, but mixed in with
the werewolf smell there was something else. Something almost feline
about it.”

           
Dumbledore stared at the man. Surely he wasn’t saying that
there was something else in Hermoine’s cocktail. “Are you sure that
you weren’t smelling the cat that Hermoine has? I mean she does have a
cat as a familiar so couldn’t that be the explanation?”

           
Remus considered this, dismissed it but to reassure the
headmaster said, “I suppose that could be what I smelt.”

           
“Good, well I don’t think that there is anything else I
should be told is there…is there Remus?” Dumbledore raised an
eyebrow at Remus’ now bright red face. “Well spit it out man. What
else is there that I should know?”

           
“The problem is that I really don’t know how to say it. You
see during the full moon at night we change, but during the day our
hormones remain in high gear and it seems the only thing that will
relieve the tension somewhat is to have, uh relations. It seems to have
to deal with the primitive instinct, find a strong mate and
procreate.”

           
“You’re saying that Miss Granger..”

           “Yes she’ll probably get so tensed up that she’ll jump the
first male that appeals to her primitive nature. Thus the need for her
to be excused from classes on those days.”

           
“I’m sorry Remus it just seems so farfetched. I mean being a
werewolf I can see but to seek out the relief of tension in that way?”

           
“Having experienced it all to well sir I can assure you that
Miss Granger will not have such an easy time of it as I do. You might
suggest she invest in a vibrator.”

           
“REMUS LUPIN!!!!”

           
Remus just shrugged. “There was no delicate way of saying it
headmaster. Unless you want one of your students getting pregnant, or
having all your male students turned into prostitutes.”

           
“Remus Lupin I have known you since you yourself was a student
of this school and I cannot believe you could be so crude. Can’t you
just take a dreamless sleep potion and sleep through the day?”

           
Remus shook his head negatively. “Because of the genetic
changes the thyroid works at an enormous rate to compensate. This means
that ordinary potions burn off too quickly to be effective. So you see
you can’t really do much but relieve yourself the way nature decrees
it.”

           
Dumbledore rubbed his eyes again. “I trust that you will
explain this yourself to Miss Granger? Oh come now,” Dumbledore said
at Remus’ shocked expression. “if you can say what you just said to
me then you can most assuredly say it to Miss Granger, in the privacy of
her room of course.”

           
Remus walked out of the headmaster’s office feeling as if a
lorry had run over him. ‘Great going stupid, now you have to go and
tell a student she needs to jerk off to relieve herself of tension. How
do I get into these messes?’ “By opening your big mouth.”

           
Remus whirled around to see Snape leaning against the wall, his
trademark sneer turned into a full-fledged evil grin. “Jerk off,
really dear boy I’m sure that there is a better way of putting it.”

           
“You…you…err!!!!” Remus sputtered before storming away.
‘I forgot that he could read minds.’    

           
“I can still hear them!” Snape shouted towards Lupins’
retreating back. As soon as the other professor was out of sight Snape
let out the breath he had been holding. He then began to laugh, not the
forced laughter he had often had to laugh, but the full-blown amusement
of one who is truly amused. ‘Jerk off. Granger?’ Just thinking this
again set Snape off into gales of laughter. Students in the area quickly
exited thinking that their Potions professor had finally snapped.

           
Hermoine gave a great sigh of relief as she made it to her room
without being interrupted. Harry and Ron had yet to make an appearance,
but Hermoine knew that they would come sooner or later. “Hello Bastet.
Glad to see me?” Hermoine gave a smile as the cat proceeded to tear
strips of rawhide off the scratching post. The cat sauntered over to her
and let its’ demands be known. Hermoine picked up the large cat and
climbed the stairs. The crisp night air blew her hair, swirling it
around her like a cape.

           
“Miss Granger?” Hermoine turned to look at the figure that
had appeared next to her without warning.

           
Bastet, smelling the new comer jumped out of Hermoine’s arms,
growling and hissing she ran down the stairs and hid under the bed. Her
momma’s smels als almost the same but momma smelt like a cat so Bastet
could accept her. The newcomer smelt too much like a dog for Bastet’s
comfort.

           
“Thank you Professor Lupin for the knock and for scaring my cat
away.”

           
Remus studied the woman in front of him. For in fact over the
summer she had matured into a beautiful woman. Remus knew that the
werewolf had had something to do with it too. After all last year
Hermoines’ head had barely reached his shoulder now her eyes were
level with his nose. “Hermoine I know.”

           
“Know what?” 

           
“I know that you’re now like me. A werewolf. I know because I
can smell it just like you can probably smell it off of me.”

           
“So you know, and you probably told Professor Dumbledore
too.”

           
“I had to, I didn’t know for sure and there are some things
that I don’t think you know about.”

           
Hermione turned away and walked to the edge of the tower and
leaned against one of the great gryffins guarding it . “I think I
do.”

           
“Actually I don’t think you do.” Remus said quietly and
drew in a deep breath only to be interrupted by the loud banging on
Hermoine’s bedroom door.

           
“I suggest professor that we leave this discussion for another
time. Oh and if you are talking about the sexual need, the hunger before
changing I know about it. So you can save it. I know that Snape brews
you a monkshood potion so he’ll probably soon be told. But that’s
it. I only want the three of you to know. Three as it is, is too much
but what can I say.” Hermoine shrugged and started down the stairs.
“I suggest you stay up here until your cheeks cool down. Really
professor you don’t think that I’ve reached this age being totally
oblivious do you? I’ll you you tomorrow professor. I’ll talk to
however is at the door in the common room so you can sneak out the
prefects passage.” Hermoine said and finished walking down the stairs.
She quickly looked around to make sure nothing was out of place before
opening the door. As expected Ron and Harry were there, identical
expressions of concern etched on both faces. style=\"mso-tab-count:1\">  

           
“Come on you two. Yes I’ll talk but only after we have a cup
of cocacoca.” Hermoine quickly shut the door to her room and with a
wave of her wand she cast a locked spell on the door, so that you could
exit the room but you couldn’t enter it until she removed the spell.
She was amused to see Ron and Harry exchange another look.

           
“Well come on we don’t have too much more time before it’s
light’s out.” Hermoine said and threaded an arm through each of the
boys and walked with them downstairs.

End Part 3

Well? Sorry it was so short but I did this after
work because I’ve got so many ideas running through my head I
couldn’t wai typ type them up. Yup that’s right, the story comes to
me as I type. Neat eh??

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