The Cursed Wolf

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


“Parents and other people in my village used to tell a story when I was young I think I should tell it to you. They would change it a little each year as I grow up.”

“A long time ago a wolf came down from the high hills. He wandered around for a while just outside of a village. He saw a young girl named Sarah walking down the road and he watched her. He watched her for weeks, following her getting closer to her little by little.

At first she didn’t notice the wolf. Then one day as she stopped by the river she noticed him. She became frightened and got up running off. The wolf ran after her, but stayed some distance away. This went on for a few days. Sarah then realized the wolf wasn’t going to come to close to her, he just watch her from a distance,” Harry moved closer to Hermione as he told the story. “So after a few more weeks he got closer to her bit by bit. Then one day the wolf was a few yards away from her, SHE started to watch HIM. A week went by and the wolf came a little closer.

Sarah was eating some food by a stream and put down a piece of meat down on the ground offering the wolf something to eat. He ate it. Soon she left more and more pieces of meat for the wolf and closer and closer the wolf would come to her. It was wintertime by then and the wolf was grateful for the food Sarah was giving him,” Hermione was still trembling but was keen on hearing more of the story. “One day in the middle of the woods Sarah slipped on some ice and hurt her foot. She didn’t walk very far before she fell again and couldn’t get on her feet. It was getting dark and cold. Sarah dragged herself to a tree to get out of the wind and fell asleep against the tree trying to stay warm. The wolf saw this and knew she was going to die if she wasn’t kept warm so he laid on top of her all night ….keeping her warm looking at her,” Harry looked at Hermione.

“ Falling in love with her, wanting to be with her but knowing she couldn’t feel anything for him.”

Harry put his hand on Hermione’s. She got a chill. Harry leaned toward her and said softly, “So he thought himself into her dreaming mind. Made himself a man in her dream, seducing her,…. making love to her. Saying ‘I’m Conal. I will protect you if you let me love you.’

“In the morning the wolf woke up to Sarah moving under him. She talked to the wolf very softly and carefully so not to startle him. She lowered her head as the wolf got up and stood next to her. She was afraid to move and slowly looked at the wolf. Sarah cautiously put her hand out to touch the wolf. She patted him a few times and the animal turned and ran off as they heard voices and horses on the road coming closer. Sarah’s father and a neighbor found her and took her home.

She told them of the wolf who kept her warm and they thought she had hallucinated it.”

“A few days later Sarah was back on her feet and on the road again. This time the girl called to the wolf she call out his name “Conal” he came to her. She gave him a bone with meat on it and some bread.

After that the wolf walked by her side on the road. After sometime he’d walk around the square with her she calls the wolf her dog. One day the wolf sensed something was different with Sarah. He could feel her sickness and pain… smell her blood.. her time to come into womanhood. Within a week she was her happy self again playing and grooming him.

He was in the house now. In her bedroom lying at the foot of her bed, and every night going into her dreams loving her asking Sarah if she could ever love him,”

“Did she? Could she? “ Hermione asked with a confuse look on her face.

“ She never answered him she just smiled at him.” Harry said almost tease.

“Life was happy for Sarah and her wolf until the woodcutter’s boy Draco took a fancy to her. He would try to walk her home from her grandmother and aunt’s house, showing off by throwing his axe at things. This made Sarah quite nervous and tried to stay away from him as much as possible. Conal noticed that the boy was following her but stayed a distance way spying on him. Conal could smell the boy’s lust for Sarah and tried to stay as close to her as possible with out being seen.

“Draco followed Sarah into the woods one day. Snuck up on her as the wolf was spying him. The young man grabbed at Sarah and she ran. She ran off the road going deeper into the woods, the young man followed her. She tried to hide behind a tree but Draco caught her. He tried to kiss her but she fought him. He then threatened her with his axe. Pushing the sharp edge against her cheek and then putting the handle against her throat making it hard to breath as she was up against a tree.

She stopped fighting him when she started to pass out and he yanked at her dress, ripping it and her knickers off while he undid his pants as he kissed her. He started forcing himself onto her.

Sarah screamed. The wolf came upon them and started to growl at the young man, warning him to stop and get away from her.

But that didn’t do anything so the wolf bit into his leg until the boy started to scream and shout. Draco threw the axe at the wolf hitting him in shoulder with the handle. The wolf yelped in pain and grew furious.

The wolf started to transform to a human. Sarah who was being attacked watched the wolf change into a man. The man stood up naked and picked up the axe. He made another growling noise and Draco looked over his shoulder and was shocked to see a man there.

The man raised the axe and hit him knocking him out. Sarah stared at the creature before her not believing her eyes. Her back was against the tree as she slid down nearly fainting. The man helped her up and taking the cloak off the unconscious man and wrapped it around the girl’s shoulders. They walked a few yards Sarah baffled by what happened and what she saw. The man realized this was going to be the one time he could love her.

‘Put her in a dream state and seduce her.. giving her a much more pleasant dream or memory of the night.’ Conal reasoned in his mind.

He brought her to a very old grand tree with huge roots covering the ground. He slowly approached her feeling her face with his human hands. He could feel and smell her fear. The man put his fingers over her eyes making them close and lightly blew on her face making her forget and relax. He kissed her like he did some many times in his mind and her dreams, gently at first as their passion grew. He knelt down on the ground and she followed. Then she did something he didn’t expect.

She looked to where the woodcutter boy was and then at the man. She leaned back and shyly asked

“ Do you want to love me?”
Conal smiled. She leaned back on the ground and very timidly put one leg on each side of him.

There were only red marks where Draco had ripped off her undergarments. Conal pulled up her long skirt and unbuttoned her blouse to see her as he had in his minds eye. She was so beautiful.

He licked her wounds, Harry had his face down towards at the fire but his eyes were on Hermione. “Between her legs.. erasing Draco’s touch on her.”

“He gradually climbed on top of her. She looked up at him and closed her eyes as he entered her. He made love to her as he did in his mind and in her dreams, gently, lovingly and passionately. They fell asleep in each other arms.

They awoke to see the woodcutter son holding his axe coming at them. Sarah screamed and pushed Conal out of the way of the axe.

Draco then went after the girl. Striking Sarah with his fists over and over about the face. Conal came up behind the woodcutter’s son and grabbed his arm and they started to fight.

The woodcutter’s son had Conal on the ground strangling him. Sarah came up behind and struck him in the head with a heavy rock and he fell to the ground. He didn’t move. They heard voices in the woods. Sarah’s father and neighbors were walking towards her. She dropped the rock and fell to the ground. They rushed to her and saw the rock with blood on it, the woodcutter’s son and her appearance. No one said anything. She just petted her Conal who had changed back to a wolf. She didn’t say or do anything for days. A few weeks later she moved to her grandmother’s old house.

Conal went with her never leaving her side. That’s where she lived for many years. Never marrying but she had two children. They say the wolf transformed into a man once a month for a year. Then he changed four times a month until he was a man every night and a beast in daylight.

Slowly transforming at will to the human world and the animal world.

She never asked him to change she just let him be what he wanted or what he was.”

“Is that what you are?” Hermione asked.

“Part of me. Do you know much about wolves?” Harry asked.

“A little. They go around in packs. They kill livestock and men hunt them.” Hermione said trying not too sound upset. She stood up and looked at him, “ So you change into a wolf and than back in to a man. Not the other way around I mean you not a wolf all the time.”

“ No, I’m not a wolf all the time. I’m a man just turn into a wolf for a small amount of time. Not even a full wolf yet.” Harry admitted.

“What kind of wolf are you? What are you doing here and not with your family.”

“I’m the kind of wolf who’s come for his mate.” Harry said firmly, getting up going towards her.

“Mate? By that do you mean fr…” Hermione asked nervously.

“ You know what it means.” Harry said insistently.
Harry looked at her with a very serious expression on his face,
He let out a sigh that seemed to let out his frustration and he softly said,

“I’ve come for you.”

“ Why me?” Hermione posed.

“We were too young to make promises but we did it any way. I knew the first time I saw you I wanted you. I was too young to know better. “ Harry ranted on.

“ What promise?” Hermione asked.
“That you come back to me and be mine.” He reached up and cupped her cheek.

“ I took you to my village and everyone went mad. They, the counsel, forbid me to come back here until I was old enough to know and how to … and give you the option to.” He was saying and for a moment he looked confused or undecided. For a moment Harry looked like he was going to cry but his face got red with frustration and his jaw tighten.

“To walk away from it.. from me. That’s part of the reason I taught you the protection spells so you could get away.” Harry said in defeat.

But he shook his head looking up at Hermione with such a crazy look, “ I taught you everything you know…. and don’t know. You’re going to have to run for your life if you don’t want to stay with me. I am going to catch you Hermione,” it gave Hermione a cold shiver of fear in her chest and down her arms. His face looked dark in the firelight.

“ They erased your memory of me and the village or least they thought they had. I knew you were strong but I didn’t know how strong. You’ve dreamt of me. I was in thoughts.”

He pulled her close looking into her eyes. Hermione’s heart was pounding so hard and so fast she was sure she was going to have a heart attack.

“Tell me Hermione am I in your heart?” Harry asked teasingly.

Before she could say anything he pulled her up against him and looked into her eyes longing and with such passion it made her melt and aroused.

“I didn’t have to do this,” Caressing her chin with his thumb cupping her cheek, “Some of us just trap the one we want bewitch them and chase them through woods for hours and then …attack them, forcing them or tricking them into staying with us.”

“Why didn’t you do it that way?” Hermione asked softly pushing his hand away from her face. Harry relaxed his embrace on her and stepped back.

“ This way takes longer, is bit more gentle, tender, more a seduction than a rape. I’ve no desire to harm you,” he said tenderly.

“Conal didn’t rape Sarah. Draco did. Why would you attack me? You could have done anything to me out in the woods at anytime these last weeks.” Hermione stated.

“I am like Draco. I want to have you. Except what I want is more, I need to know you want me too,that’s why I tried not to kiss you . I couldn’t take a chance and make a mistaken.” he said.

“I didn’t want to trick you into this. I wanted to be fair. It’d be easier if you wanted this too. I want to give you so much. I’ have so much more to teach you and learn from you. We could go to my village where we could be safe. Where you wouldn’t have to hide your true self where there are other witches and wizards like us. Or we could travel, we’d make friends. I want to give you so much…” he said softly “ You and me together.” There was long silence as Hermione was taking this all in.

“ Don’t trust me. Don’t believe everything I say after tonight,” he whispered, “ I’ll give you ten days to make up your mind to decide if you want to be with me or not.”
Harry walked Hermione home. When they came to the gate he took out his wand and did a spell on the gate and walls, cut his hand and marked the gate and walls with his blood.

“What are you doing?” Hermione asked.

“ If you or I get this far … well once your home you should be safe.
“Should be?” she said curiously.

“If I get passed this gate .. these walls ..Get out of the house .. I may hurt or even kill your mum, dad or grandmother.” Harry warned her.

Hermione started to open the gate when Harry hand stopped hers. She froze staring at his hand on hers. She felt his warm lips on her cheek for a moment. She closed her eyes for the moment feeling the warmth.

“I’m sorry for all this. We didn’t get to do any potions today either.” He concluded with a disappointed laugh.

“ We could do them tomorrow… right?” Hermione asked.

“Yeah! See you tomorrow then. Night.” Harry said.
Hermione dreamt of Harry as a child and his village. She and Harry running around in the woods, making a promise to be together, going into a secret pathway through a tree, the counsels pointing their wands at her and Harry being dragged away pleading for them not to take Hermione away. All the memories that were erased came back.
Hermione woke with a start. The sun was shining bright and the air was warm, she could smell the lilacs. She got out of bed, looking outside her window. The garden was beautiful. All of the night before events poured back into her mind. It seemed more like a dream then anything else. She wanted it to be a dream but when she went in the garden for breakfast she looked at the gate on the outside and saw Harry blood staining the gate and walls.

She was in the kitchen pouring tea when she felt eyes on her and a sense pulling urge. She walked out the door to the garden. There was Harry at the gate looking up at her. She got dressed, pulled on her sneakers, and hurried out the door to meet him. Harry was carrying a small caldron with a sack of ingredients in it.

“Potion lessons.” he explained.

They walked to the lake near the boulder. Stopping Harry started a fire. He pulled out tubes of roots, herbs and other ingredients. Hermione started looking at the book he had brought.

“ Now I have to warn you I’m not great at potions.” Harry admitted with an uncomfortable look.

“Let’s try a healing potion first.”
They poured all the ingredients together and watched it bubble. Hermione looked at Harry from time to time wondering if last night really happen. The story of the wolf and what he was.
What he was thinking now? But as soon as Harry looked at her she’d look in the book or the caldron to unsure to ask.

Hermione felt him touch the small of her back she looked up at him. He was looking passed her eyes and inside her. She felt scare for a moment as her heart began to race. His face looked hopeful. He didn’t have to say anything. She still had nine days to make up her mind.

From time to time things felt awkward not knowing what to say or ask. Hermione touch his shoulder while they were standing watching the caldron. She wanted to thank him for giving her the potion book and bringing all of the ingredients. As he looked at her she took a breath in and started to speak when he stopped her mouth with his.

It was a soft warm kiss, like the first kiss, innocent but eager. Eager to go farther then she wanted. Hermione felt his patients being tested in the kiss, his hands and his whole body.
He was urging her lips to part; his hands roamed down her back and to her arse, over hips were she could feel the bulge in his pants. Hermione pushed him away shaking her head,

“Stop it Harry, please.” she said, “ I’m not ready …. Besides we have to keep an eye on the potion, we have to make sure it doesn’t burn or boil over.” She explained as she picked up a wooden spoon and was about to stir it.
“Don’t stir it will take longer to boil and …” Harry said as he took the spoon out of her hand. “ if it burns we’ll make more,” tossing it to the ground.

A bit annoyed Harry asked as though he was inconvenienced

“May I kiss you Hermione?”

“You just did.” Hermione said looking at his eyes seeing if they were glowing again.

“ Just say yes,” he begged her.

“ Yes,” she replied, seeing that his eyes hadn’t changed.
Harry kissed her cheek softly and slowly moved to her lips. They didn’t turn into invading kisses. They were more like measuring worm kisses, small kisses. Where one ended another began trailing to her mouth to the other cheek to her ear and down her neck. Hermione closed her eyes and secretly enjoyed the sensation for a long moment. She could feel his nose against her neck smelling her and it sent a chill down her spine when he sighed.

“You smell wonderful,” Harry, said softly, their foreheads touching.

“You know you are brilliant at everything you do and so beautiful, A fast learner. You amaze me,” he said looking intoxicated.

He caressed her cheek looking at her features of her face thinking out loud as though he was in a daze,

“Do you have any idea how long I’ve wait for you, prayed that you’d come back here. Hoping you see you, talk to you and here you are.”

He looked into her eyes, looking deep, searching.
“You loved me once I think, as much as a child could be in love. Do you remember?”

“ I remember. I had a dream last night where we were children again. I remember.. I remember the village, wands pointed at me and you.. they carried you away and you were shouting ‘No. Let me keep her, she wants to stay.’ ” Hermione eyes began to tear as she remembered what it was like to have him taken away and being all alone. Her heart and soul felt like they were drowning, Her only friend taken away from her. She remembered the feeling now and it over whelmed her as she sobbed. Hermione put her hand up to her mouth to stifle her crying. Slowly the feeling subsided.

“ Feeling better?” Harry ask her from inside his arms
She nodded and Harry wiped away her tears. Harry sat down on the ground next to the cauldron; Hermione joined him
“ Potions ready.” he said trying to change the subject. He took a ladle and started to pour the potion in to small vials. As he filled the vials he started giving her directions.

“When I tell you to run, you have to run and not look back.
I don’t know how strong the wolf is and I don’t know how rough or gentle he will be that’s why you have to run. I can’t control the wolf for a few hours at the beginning. When he knocks you down to the ground keep your head lower than his for a few minutes don’t make eye contact right away slowly look at him into his eyes. If you are on your back turn your head to the side and be submissive until you feel it’s safe. He may bite but I doubt it will be hard enough to break the skin. Just don’t fight him, don’t push him away if your scared or hurt, cry or whimper.”

“How long do I have to run for?” Hermione asked.

“ I don’t know. I only know that the wolf or any animals mating drive is strong. They will do anything they have to, to get to their mates.”

“ What if I don’t want to .. What if I don’t choose you? I just go home? Lock the gate, stay in the house? Would I see you again after that? Would we still be friends? ”

Harry didn’t answer as he filled the last of the vials.

“Did you know that wolves are shy creatures they try to stay away from humans, and many wolves mate for life? The whole pack takes care of the pups even the males. They even seek revenge on others animals who have killed one of the family members? They look out after each other and even the lowest ranking member. The pack looks up to the leader the alpha male and female.”

Hermione felt guilty, confused and pressured to make a choice soon to stay with him or stay in her parents her world, everything she knew. She felt panicked.

“ Harry I don’t know if I can handle your world. I’m not ready to leave my parents and my world behind. We’re too young to ….” Hermione insisted.

“No we’re not. In both worlds people have started their families this young. But we don’t have to start a family now we can wait a bit,” Harry commented.

“You want me to keep a promise we had when we were children. I had no idea at that age what I was promising. I’m grateful for everything you’ve done for me, but it’s not right, it’s not fair to hold me to it. I’m sorry Harry but I can’t.” Hermione confessed and she ran home crying feeling resentful, and confused.