wizards duel - your strategy?

[severus.]

do what you want... i can help you, or i can warn them.. depends who's offering me the most!

[Kiara Johnson]

*Turns uncincerned emerald eyes on him, not actually looking at him more through him.*

Do as you wish, no warning in the world will stop what I am capable of, the Cornelius Fudge still has a date wit pain for letting my father get to my mom....

*her merald eyes flash red fro a moment then back again and she laughs*

You really are a theif, aren't you?  Person for hire, only working for the highest bidder and if some one comes along with a better offer, you stab the person who hired you in the first place in the back.  I think I like you.

[severus.]

*walks across the room, and squats on the floor in front of kiara sitting in her chair*

"your almost right, but im not just a thief, im a hunter.. and i'll work for whoever gets me closest to my prey.."

*stands and walks to the window, looking out over the stormy forrest*

"you know, were not so different, both after the same thing, sweet revenge, and we'll both go to any lengths to do it"

[Kiara Johnson]

Watches him walk over to the window,his words stinging her, she knows he's right.  She stands and walks over to the wndow and stands next to him, looking out over the same rain swept forest.*

And I thnk perhaps, one day, we will actually gain our goal, if, we stop fighting aganst one another.  Although, I may have said I like you, I do not believe i could ever trust you, as I am sure, you will naver trust me.

[severus.]

*he looks at kiara with a playful, yet warning look*

"its a good idea not to trust me, if your standing in my way, i'd doublecross you in an instant.."

*he turns back to the forest, a pained look in his eyes.. he doesnt want to be like this, its not the sort of person he is, but a lifetime of lies and deceite as moulded him that way. dark magic has changed him. but.. he's getting closer.. soon it will all be over, he can end the hunt, and get on with his life..*

[Kiara Johnson]

*Turns her emerald eys on him, this time, looking at him and not through him.  Sencing he might just hurt as much as she does*

As you have said, I know the words well, and to achieve an end, one must ry to trust another and I will, try, to trust you...

[severus.]

*he's been misunderstood for so long, the feeling of someone understanding what he's going through comes as a shock.. a shock he cant take. the anger he's been supressing for so many years starts to bubble to the surface. his grip tightens on his wand. As green and silver sparks shoot out of it, he turns to face kiara. Thunder claps in the room, the wind starts to howl and the rain pours in the the open window, lightning lights up his face, showing a look of pure malice*

" you dont understand!" he screams
"my plan to kill voldem0rt was going fine untill now! he destroyed everything close to me, ruined my life, and it was all covered up, and y? becuase of harry potter.. the little hero... my nephew! he defeted voldem0rt, how can the family be bad? they were made heros! *laughs!* yeah right! you want to know the truth?? well.. my dear, dear sister lilly potter betrayed us all! not only was she a deatheater, she was voldem0rts lover! when she betrayed him after giving birth to harry, he made sure the whole family payed! and do people know about it? no.. it was all covered up, just so people could hero worship thoes 'amazing potters'!

*severus falls to the floor, burying his head in his hands. eventually he looks up, he looks tired, his face that of someone on the edge of insanity*

"and you know what makes it worse?... you! i set out to destroy everything to do with him, and it was working! now your here! he killed my family, now i want toi kill his! i said i was a hunter.... and you kiara, your my prey!"

[Kiara Johnson]

*Takes a step back from him, understanding his pain more than he relises.  HEr emerald green eyes spark at the corners, her body trembles at the notion that in order to truely accomplish the destruction of all she hates, it would mean to kill him as well and, she doesn't htink she could do it.*

What have I ever done to you?  I didn't even know you, didn't even know you exsisted until the other day.  My father is the one at fault, he's the one making us go insane with our hatred for anything or one who comes nto our lives.  Not me, I have done nothing.  All I want is peace.

*She looks down at him, one single tear wells up in her eye, turning into blood as it hits her cheek, she whipes it away angily and continues to starat him in dissbelief.*

I didn't ask for this, I didn't ...

*trails off, turning away from him and staring out the window once again.  A huge explosion can be heard out side and the saoked forest bursts into flames, lightin her face with a orange-red glow, enhancing her now red glowing eyes.*

[severus.]

"u didnt ask for this??" *again he jumps to his feet, shaking with rage, the light from the fire making the tears on his face shine*
"and you think my wife did? you think my dughter did?, he didnt make just the potters pay, he murdered the WHOLE family! he killed my family, now i have the chance to destroy his... and believe me, i'll find a way! i'll...

*the emotions prove too much for severus, he falls onto a knee, exhausted. he knows his magic is usless against kiara, so with his last ounce of energy, he drags himself across the floor, intend on killing her with his bare hands,. he reaches her feet, where he passes out on the cold stone floor*

[Kiara Johnson]

*removes her foot from under his hand then kneels down next to him.  No tears come to her eyes now, and she easily lifts him and send him to his bed, covering him up then silently bends down and kisses him softly on the lips*

You will be fine, I will not darken your doorstep again, I apologize for all that my family has done to yours, and to me.

*She whispers in to his ear then stands and leavs the room*

[severus.]

*opens his eyes as she leaves the room, watching her move silently through the door*

"dont go" he croaks

[Kiara Johnson]

*Stops just inside the iopen door, doesn't turn around*

And why should I stay?  

[severus.]

"im sorry" he croaks " its not your fault.."

*he pulls himself up on the bed*

"let me help you kill him"

[Kiara Johnson]

*takes a deep breath then turns around, to look upon him.  Her gaze is tired but friendly all the same*

Ok, Serverus, what do you have in mind...

*She walks back in, closing the door behind her and sits on the edge of his bed, the look she gives him can almost be described as haunted or perhaps defeated.  She doesn't even know, all she knows is she does feel drawn to him, why?  She doesn't understand.*

[severus.]

*with his strength begining to return, he pulls himself off of the bed, and walks across the room towards kiara. he runs his fingers through her hair, and gives a soft laugh*

"you cant defeat him..."

*severus walks across the room towards the open window again, where he stands looking deep in thought.*

"i worked alongside him for so long" he mutters "no one knows how powerful he really has become"

*eventually he turns, the wind catching his robes, revealing the burning dark mark on his forearm. he stares directly at kiara, a strange look in his eyes.. the look of someone who's lost his mind... who would do anything to get what he wants...*

"BUT!... there may be a way..."