Fanglor Alley - Out of the woodwork

Sam returned to Fanglor Alley before his evening meeting with Crystella to pick up a few things.
He rushed past and ignored the werewolves at the lower end who jeered and screamed abuse. They bullied him relentlessly for being a werewolf who wanted to be normal and elave alongside muggles and wizards peacefully. They laughed becuase they thought it weakness to lock yourself up rather than let the wolf rage. Sam didnt care what they thought. He had Crystella back now.

He payed his landlord the rent he owed him and headed upstairs into his apartment. He had to give the door an almighty shove to get it to open despite the rust and dust. He coughed and closed the door behind him. He didnt notice at first that some of the things had been disturbed.

He gathered some clothes from his wardrobe and shoved them into his back pack before he headed over to his DVD rack remembering his promise to Professor Starrstone to have a sleepover with her. Suddenly, he heard a familiar deep voice he reeeaaally did not want to here.

"No horrors or porn? Mon dieu! Comment ennuyer! You disappoint me mutt face."
Sure enough, as he turned around, there stood his hated ex-best friend and cousin Kerew. Sam clenched his fists and teeth and growled.
"Whats wrong mon ami? Arent you happy to see me?"

Ever since arriving in the wizarding world, he had kept an eye on Sam and knew every move he would make. Meeting Crystella had just made the game easier and more fun to Kerew.

He would wait for Sam in his apartment in Fanglor Alley. No-one dared messed with Kerew now. At first, they didnt give him special treatment, he was just another animagous after all, but they son learned to stay out of his way and tell him what he wnated to know the second he demanded it.

He watched from the window as Sam struggled up the street to the house and smirked. 'Oh ho you stupid mutt... if only you had any idea...' He chuckled darkly to himself.

He hid in the shadows as he heard Sam thump against the door to get it open. He spoke as Sam tralled through his pathetic abysmal DVD colection. "My god you're boring. You disappoint me mutt face." The words rolled casually off his tongue. "Aren't you happy to see me my friend?" Kerew would take his time to enact revenge and enjoy the moments while they lasted.

"You know bloody well that i'm not. Get out Kerew, now." Growled Sam.
"Oh please, dont make me laugh mutt face. You're about as threatening as a dead kitten." Kerew was not threatened by anything or anyone, especially not Sam. "It's been a long time mon ami. I've been in muggle prison AND askaban numerous times thanks to you. Tut tut, that wasnt very nice of you to betray me now was it?"

Kerew paced in a semi circle around Sam, who was growing more and more annoyed, which Kerew just found rather amusing.
"What did you do to Cryssie you bastard..." Sam snarled.
"Cryssie? Oh, that wispy waste? Ha, nothing much, but i'm sure you'll found out soon enough when it wont matter anyway. I'll have had my fun by then."

Sam lunged forward to attack him, but Kerew was prepared. Sam flew right threw his, smacking his face into a wall.
"You cant touch a ghost wolfy-boy..." He sniggered.

He had got what he needed from Crystella. He had stolen her doppleganger technique and Saizilia's astral projection spell in one fell swoop. Thats what the Howlin family got for trusting their secrets to a weakling like her who couldnt fight back. And soon, he would get all that he needed from the remaining branches of the Howlin family tree...

Sam wasnt in the mood for Kerew. His wolf side showed through as he growled and snarled, but Kerew just laughed at him. Psychopaths like him were threatened by nothing and no-one.

"Stop calling me your friend. Our friendship stopped years ago." Sam watched intently as he paced. Betrayed?! How dare Kerew talk of betrayal when he had screwed Sam over time and time again. Kerew was starting to seriously annoy him now. "What are you even doing here Kerew? No-one wants you here..."

Sam's nostrils flared and he grinded his teeth. "What did you do to Cryssie you bastard?"
It only enraged Sam more when someone insulted his friends or taunted him. He lunged roaring at Kerew but passed right threw him at hit his head on the wall. "Arrrr" He cupped his head in his hands. "What the...?"

"You cant touch a ghost wolfy-boy" Kerew sniggered.
How had Kerew learned to do that? How much stronger had he gotten?

"You're not dead Kerew... People like you arent dumb enough to get themselves killed. You're a thief and a coward and i want you gone. What are you even doing here! How the hell did you even get out of prison?! What do you want from me Kerew?! I dont want anything to do with you and your sick fantasies! I dont want you going anywhere near my family! Becuase none of us want anything to do with you Kerew!"

"Yea... you know, you're right you pathétique merde. It ended for me when he stole my wand, climbed over that fence without me & let those fuck sticks throw me in the back of the police van. That wanst very nice of you Sam... its not a good thing for people to be mean to me..."

He chuckled darkly to himself and continued pacing. "What am i doing here? Well its the full moon in 5 days Sam, what do you think im doing here? Vacationing?"

"And correct, im not dead. And im not likely to either when i feasted upon the heart of a dragon and the flesh of a demon." He sniggered.
Sam spat out abuse. "Big mistake mutt face..." He darted forward, grabbed Sam by the thraot and pinned him into the wall. "I dont like being insulted, you should know that. And no-one tells me what to do." He tightened his grip and delighted as Sam's face turned red with the lack of oxygen. "Well, i dont want much to do with you bastards either... you're not my family anyway..."

He let Sam drop to the floor. It wasnt time to kill him yet, and he wanted it to be a lot more exciting when he did. "Crystella & Sezzy have made it seem like im the only bad guy, but they lied to you for years. They knew about Cryssie all along & never told you. They even let you believe she was dead. They left you to die on the streets with nothing. So ask yourself wolfy, who are the real bad guys here? You honestly think Cryssie's being completely honest & genuine with you? Pfft! Please, if you believe that you're a bigger dumbass than i thought..."

Sam remembered that day. He helped Kerew steal money from a shopping centre and Kerew had wounded several of the night guards. Sam couldnt let Kerew keep getting away with hurting people.

*FLASHBACK* "Quick Sam, that way, get over the fence and pull me over! I'll give you a leg up!"
"They're comign Kerew!"
"Don't say my real name you idiot! And climb your ass over!"
Sam climbed to the top and reached for Kerews hand. "Wait you waiting for wolfy, pull me up!" Sam reached into Kerew's pocket, took his wand then pushed Kerew backwards from the fence and let him drop as the poilce charged down the alley way. "Sam you traitorous son of a bitch!"
"I cant do it anymore. Im sorry." Sam returned the stolen property to the police and just watched as Kerew was beaten with police batons and dragged into the back of a police van. Kerew would kill him when he got out, but Sam would be long gone after that...**

The full moon...so that was it... many a time, Kerew would wind Sam up before he turned so the wolf would be angry. Kerew was aware of his actions in his animagous state and would get Sam to follow him, destroying everything in his way. Kerew thought it was a hilarious game that Sam didnt want to play anymore.

Feasted upon a demon?! Sam froze and felt sick to his stomach...no way...surely not... He didnt even have time to react or regret shouting his mouth off before he was pinned into the wall. He couldnt breath and he had hit his head so far that everything was black and hazy. Kerew let go as Sam's face turned deep purple. he fell to the ground gasping for breath and shaking.

What did he mean, they werent his family? And, whether Sam liked it or not, there was truth in what Kerew was saying. Sam was being lied to by both sides; he didnt know who he could trust.

Kerew kicked Sam hard in the ribs and head. "Go meet your little girlfriend wolfy boy." Kerew spat at him. "See you around." He chuckled darkly and let himself out. Sam gripped his sides and gritted his teeth with the pain. "Kerew... you arsehole... get back here!" He yelled. He forced himself up and stumbled after him, but Kerew was quick and already long gone. Sam would have to hurry to meet Crystella before Kerew had chance to find her.