The Hunt for Greyback

[m4moony]

Date: Friday, 17 August, 2001
Time: Early Afternoon
Location: Spinner's End to Sherwood Forest and back again
Rating: Potentially up to R for violence
Characters Involved: Remus Lupin, June Connors, Glamis, Zak Rollins, Bill Weasley, Severus Snape, Harry Potter (?)

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[sightlesswolf]

June was gratified to see that Bill, at least, appeared as eager to be about this as she was. Considering he was barely dressed when he popped in - and she couldn't help noticing the lean, muscled line of his torso, and remembering how he'd decked Nevin on the morning they'd learned about Cormac. Hopefully he had a bit more of that fight in him; she wasn't going to be holding him back today.

Though maybe she should be more concerned about him trying to hold her back. His doubtful question caused her to bristle with sudden anger. Was everyone going to doubt her, even now that she was no longer blind?

"You bet your life I'm coming," she snapped, more fiercely than she intended. But how could he ask her that? He'd been there for Mandy, he knew how much Greyback had done to all of them. He, who stood in front of her with his handsome face marred by scars matching the ones that still traced a webwork around her prosthetic eyes - so much fainter, so much better than before, but they would never completely fade: a lifelong reminder of three years in the dark, courtesy of the man they were hunting. In her sleeveless shirt, the claw marks on her arm were also prominently displayed, though those on her torso and leg were concealed. Surely Bill should understand even better than most why she would not be left behind.

Her glare told him all of that, and warned him in no uncertain terms that he'd better let the subject drop. Then she turned away, leading him back to the kitchen where Glamis waited. "We're just waiting on Remus and Severus," she said over her shoulder. "There's not much time to waste."

[m4moony]

"No, Severus will not be joining us," Remus announced tightly upon entering the kitchen to hear June's last words. His jaw set with grim determination, he went into no further details. Let the others assume what they would. He would not be the one to tell them Severus had not wanted to stand with them in this.

Glancing around the room at his assembled team, Remus remained hopeful they could succeed in this. They were four strong, battle-hardened individuals to Greyback's one. They could easily stand on their own against him. Unless he uses magic a small traitorous part of his mind whispered, sounding suspiciously like the stubborn Head of Slytherin House he'd just left. But, Remus ruthlessly pushed it into silence.

They had survived worse.

"Alright, now that we're all here, June, Glamis why doesn't you brief us on what the lay of the land is we'll be facing?"