Post by Alexa Raven on Mar 13, 2013 10:59:15 GMT -5
Angel Island
Same day about an hour later from the previous chapter
Draco was waist deep in the forest walking and at his side was the Wolf cub,Shadow who to Draco's estimation as he thought about it was not entirely a cub per say. the Wolf had grown a bit while they had been on the island and now was getting bigger by the day.A part of him wondered what was to happen when the wolf reached his maturity fully as it occured that the loveable cub might someday eat them as they were bigger and slower prey than the rabbit that the wolf seemingly easily caught and ripped the throat out of.
Draco for a moment just felt himself shiver as Shadow walked over to him and dropped the rabbit at Draco's feet and then bounded towards the forest running fast and soon was out of sight again.Draco looked down at the rabblit and picked it up and added it to the other three that the wolf had caught. He knew that he would have to skin it to cook it but beyond that he didn't know what to do with them.
He decided he might as well skin them now and sat down on a rock and began to remove the pelt from the rabbits. He groaned and felt a bit nauseous as he split them open and removed the guts and trimmed off the fur. After the first one it got a little easier and he was in the middle of skinning the second one when he heard a howl and he looked up to see to his surprise and horror,a pack of wolves surrounding him.
Draco knew he had no where to climb up as the trees were a bit away as was the beach and he threw down the semi skinned Rabbit as the largest wolf in the pack came forward and was snarling at him. Draco realized that this must be the leader,the alpha male as the other wolves seemed to move back. 
The wolf was silver in color and had white and black through his fur. Draco moved slowly backwards towards the direction of the beach as the wolf grew closer. it's teeth were bared and it growled low in it's massive chest. Draco knew the wolf possibly outweighted him and on it's hind legs it would be as tall as he was atleast if not taller. As he moved slowly it seemd to him for a moment atleast he might be able to make the clearing and have a better grasp of what was surrounding him.
However as soon as this thought had came he heard several growls and saw that he was indeed as he had guessed surrounded on all sides. He guped and swallowed as he knew now he was doomed. He knew if he ran they would catch him easily and if he stood there and didn't defend himself he would be stupid. So he stopped as he heard another howl and to his surprise shadow had come and ran up and now was standing between him and the Alpha wolf. Shadow bared his fangs and snarled as he was challenging the Alpha and the Alpha also snarled a moment before they were both fighting. Draco steped back and the next thing he knew he awoke to something licking his face.
Draco sat up as he rubbed his head a moment and was surprised to see the older Alpha wolf on the ground dead and Shadow was licking his face and whining softly at him. Draco petted the wolf and looked around a moment as he saw the other wolves had still gathered but were not snarling now. They all lay comfortably on the forest floor and rocks they had been perched on. 
"Good boy Shadow,Good boy."
Draco said this as he got up slowly still feeling a little dizzy and realized he must have tripped on the fallen tree behind his feet now. He for a moment looked around and noticed it was getting darker. He decided he should head back to the hut as by now perhaps Hermione might be worried about him and he estimated he had been gone quite awhile. Draco walked back towards the beach and was surprised when shadow ran beside him carrying the rabbits and laid them at his feet."Thank you.Go your pack needs you and thank you for saving my life."
Draco said as he smiled and Shadow gave a howl and ran back to the forest his large paws making deep imprints in the sand as he ran. As Draco walked back to the hut he again found himself falling over but this time it was the brown bushy haired woman who had wrapped her arms around him and laying her head on his chest and sobbing. "Hermione love what's wrong?"
Draco asked as he tried to get her to calm down as she was hysterically crying and shaking in his arms now. She looked up at him and sniffed as her eyes were full of tears and for a moment her nose dripped. She was a right mess as he looked at her.Her eyes were red from crying and the humidity had made her curly hair a bit more bushy and frizzy than per normal. She trembled as she looked at him and he thought despite it all she never looked more beautiful to him than she did in that moment.
Hermione just looked him over a moment and she got up and looked over his chest and head and Draco wondered what she was doing. She then finally satisfied he was alright smacked him on top of the head with a rolled up magazine and began to shout at him.
"You!You idiot! I couldn't find you and I called for you and then there was howling and..I didn't know if you were alive or dead! I was so scared!"
As she had said this she put her hands on her waist and looked at him, sorrow and anger both mixed in the depths of her eyes as Draco just for a moment rubbed the back of his head and when he put down his hand Hermione gasped and to his surprise she was now looking at the back of his head. Draco wondered why she was doing that when he looked down at his hand and saw the blood that was there. "Shadow saved my life. I was hunting in the woods when a pack of wolves surrounded me and he came in and killed the leader. He now runs the pack I suppose and I must have fell when I was trying to get away because I woke up with a headache but breathing."
As Draco said this he saw Hermione look down at her feet a moment.He knew she was feeling awful for hitting him the way she did a moment or two before however then he lifted her chin to look up at him and replied simply. "I love you Hermione"
As the words left his lips he knew it was dangerous and yet it was right and he pulled her into his arms and held her and closed his eyes at the feel of her next to him. He just held her for this moment in time and wondered how much longer he would be able to just hold on. "I love you too Draco."
Hermione said this in the crook of his neck as she relaxed and snuggled into his arms futher trying to allow herself to feel the comfort. She had almost lost him today and she knew had it happened, she would probably soon follow him in death as she didn't think she could survive truly without him It was true enough she could live to be a very old woman prhaps but it would be a half life. She knew this and felt it and as they began to walk back to the hut both were in deep thoughts. "I got some rabbits for dinner."
Draco said this as they entered the kitchen and both went to work helping eachother. Soon the rabbits were simmering in the pot with some wild herbs and cut up vegetables and they both just sat there both not sure what to say.It was as if a vacumn had come and sucked the air out of both of them. Hermione had used her first aid kit to treat the scratch on his head.She had closed the bag and her back was turned to him as Draco spoke and in the room being as silent as it was it startled Hermione slightly as she dropped the bag and it's contents on the floor. "what did it say? And oh baby I'm sorry let me help you clean that up."
Draco said this as he bent down to help her clean up the bandages and other things in tubes and He looked at her wordlessly as their hands touched on a bottle of ibuprofen and he stood up.Hermione threw the bottle in the bag after opening it and handing him a few.Draco drank some water and took the pills. "I don't know what it says Draco.I can't seem to figure it out and I feel so stupid! i mean if i am suppose to be so bright and intellegent how come I can't get this? I know runes are not my strong point but i never figured i would use them or need to use them much. Why did I not take Ancient Runes class?!? It would have helped us out a great deal and now i feel so pathetic!"
As she said this Draco just despite the seriousness and sadness in her voice found himself chuckling and then he held his hands up as she gave him an incredulous and murderous look."I've taken Ancient Runes Hermione and i can't understand it. I can't understand any of them as those are different then what I am used to. Your not pathetic or if you still think so then i am too. As for being intellegent,yes baby you are and we both are and I never want to hear you say your stupid again because you are far from it! Don't be so hard on yourself like i said i have taken runes class and i don't get it at all. It's ironic isn't it? If Professor Vector was here she would be probably waving her hands at us both in exasperation.Then again who knows maybe we'd be the ones to get her to actually talk and speak."
Draco took the parchment from her hand and set it on the table. Took both her hands in his and walked with her to the bedroom and sat her down on the bed pulling her on his lap. "I think we should take a break and not worry about it right now. Maybe it's something simple we are just missing and I know that whatever it says will still be there later. For now relax and trying to keep calm a bit. I'll help you with it later. For now just let me hold you as I need to for a bit."
As Draco admitted this he just relaxed and tried not to think and cleared his mind of everything but the woman in his arms. As they did this the parchment glowed a moment and words started to appear across the surface. runes changing and the following words were discipherable on it's surface. though it was but one sentence of the page it seemed to be appropriate as it read now this part of it being revealed.
"True love never dies.."
Something they need to figure out for themselves and for they future.
