the_debt_of_time

"I'd be watching the tone if I was you. If you haven't noticed, I've got a time limit
here," Greyback said, gesturing to the quickly darkening sky. "So, if we're finished.. ." He
made to reach down on the ground for something, but Higgs stopped him.
"Not a word," Professor Higgs sneered. "You and I are done."
"I don't normally take orders from wizards, but seeing as you play fetch so
nicely.. ." Greyback laughed mockingly. "Fine, fine. No one'll ever know your secret. You
still sticking with the story that your son drowned at sea?"
Higgs narrowed his eyes. "I have no son."
"Oh, I beg to differ. Saw him just last moon, I did. Right in my pack where he
belongs. Bottom of the pack o'course," Greyback crooned, licking his lips, "but he's Pack
all the same."
The knuckles of Higgs's left hand turned white with the deathlike grip he had
around his wand. "And this... filthy half-breed?" He looked disdainfully at the ground.
"One of yours?"
"Oh, this?" Greyback grinned darkly as he reached down and pulled up by the collar
an unconscious Remus. "This here is one of my favourites."
Mia felt Sirius move forward, but she reached out and stilled his movement beneath
the cloak. She had faced off against Greyback before and knew that they would not stand
a chance against the vicious werewolf—especially if he were paired with Professor Higgs.
Not when they had Remus as a hostage.
Greyback patted an unconscious Remus's cheek. "He and I have a past. Been
waiting for him to grow up is all. Bringing him on in to meet the rest, come morning.
Whole pack'll be in Wiltshire this time next week. Pass that information along to your Dark
Lord, yeah? If he's as friendly to wolves as you all say he is, maybe I'll put in a good word
for ya, Higgs."
"I'd appreciate it if you pretend that we've never met, half-breed. Get yourself and
your... progeny into the forest before someone sees you. Or else we've both risked
everything for nothing."
"I'll say hi to your boy for you then?" Greyback cackled as Higgs stormed off,
throwing Remus's body over his shoulder and rushing quickly into the forest.
"What the fuck?" Sirius whisper-shouted, throwing the cloak off of him. "Fuck,
fuck, what do we do? Do you know who that was?"