Remus frowned. "That may work with the Wizengamot but not the Packs. The first time I saw Harry I knew he was an Alpha. I don't know if it has gotten stronger or I am just more sensitive to it but I can feel it now even when he's in human form. From Charisa's reaction in the Alley she felt it too."
Sirius shrugged. "What does that matter?"
Remus stood up and started to pace. Harry recognized the werewolf slipping into his professor-mode. After a moment Remus started to explain.
"Werewolves are pack animals like wolves. Being an Alpha is something ingrained into the wolf's personality. A young male wolf with Alpha potential will start to challenge their Pack leader. Since the juvenile wolf will almost always lose to the adult the bachelor wolf leaves and becomes a lone wolf or rogue. If he can pull a female along, they may eventually start their own Pack. Most wait and grow stronger with age until they can confront an older Alpha taking their Pack.
"Werewolves are similar. When we are bitten - or a few are born into it - we are the 'cubs' of the Pack. Some seek to become Alphas as they grow into the Pack. It is not just ambition but a power and charisma that make the Alpha Male special. Each Pack has two to forty wolves at any given time. If a potential Alpha Male arises in a Pack he has two choices. Either challenge the current Alpha Male or leave and seek out their own Pack. If a Pack grows too large one of these rogue werewolves may steal some away to form their own Pack.
I am something of an oddity in the Packs. I am considered a rogue but not a potential Alpha. I rejected the werewolf and sought only to keep my humanity. I didn't realize it then but I simply formed a new Pack with the Marauders. James was the Alpha Male of our group and Moony accepted him as such. Lily was the Alpha Female…"
"No shite," Sirius snorted.
"When James and Lily were murdered Moony was devastated. Even more so at the belief that one of our own Pack was responsible. Moony rejected the idea of seeking a new Pack until that night outside Hogwarts when I first saw Harry as the Beast. Now Moony knows the Marauder Pack is reformed with Mr Jack as the Alpha Male. Just my body language would tell every wolf at the Gathering that I was now a Beta in a Pack. If Harry is there they will know who my Alpha is even without the transformation. But I have to attend or every werewolf in Britain will be after my throat. And possibly Harry's too if the Gathering declares him a feral wolf."
"That is indeed fascinating," Dumbledore commented. "I never realized any of this community existed with werewolves. In that case, my I propose this?"
The conversation continued for another three hours. Eventually a plan was hammered out and agreed on. It quickly became apparent to the 'Leader of the Light' that the three Marauders had come to him as allies rather than followers. He actually found the give and take refreshing.
As the Marauders were about to leave, Dumbledore looked over at Harry and said, "I am most impressed with your behaviour and maturity in all of this, Harry. I may not deserve any of the credit but I am proud of you. May I give you a small piece of wisdom I gained too late to help myself?"
Harry nodded looking a bit mystified.
"Harry, I lost the only person I ever loved and the chance to ever have a family of my own. So to fill that void, I became what the Wizarding World needed of me. My work became my life. I would like to think in my pride that the students of Hogwarts are my legacy. Alas, I know that in a generation, I shall be simply a dotty old wizard in a portrait with a name on a brass plate. When all this is over, find someone that completes you and restore the Potter family with many children. Don't lose yourself into your work or what others tell you is your 'duty to the Wizarding World'. Our children are the only true immortality we humans can ever really attain."
.....
Join my p@treon and read ahead by more than 60+ chapters.
Link : [email protected]/InfinityWeaver
Free members can read the next two chapters for free on my p@treon