Temporary Insanity

[goblet_fulla_fire]

In an instant, Goblet's mind had an entire day's worth of pondering, regret, and emotional experience. The second he felt the light from the bloodhead's hands connect with his chest, he shot backwards a few feet.

The bloodhead said she was going to do something to help him, but she attacks Goblet and steals the girl. It did not make any sense. Why was she doing what she was doing? Didn't she want what any other human being would want?

Upon falling to the ground, he felt like his lungs had collapsed and breathing in or out was impossible. In a small pit in his body there was a very hot boiling. He felt like there were stinging fumes coming from his mouth and nose. The boiling had turned into a rumble, and Goblet vomited over to his side. His bile was an unnatural green.

Tears in his eyes, he stumbled away from the bloodhead and found support on a nearby tree that was away from her. His nose was bleeding, his hip now had a heartbeat, and there was a gooey green substance trickling from the sides of his mouth.

It is time to get back to the family

The cry for help, it seems.

Bloodhead bondage pirate stake and piano wire.

But there is the revenge to consider. Oh, how the bloodhead deserved an eternity's torture!

Goblet now had his and the girl's wand on his side. He was staring straight at the bloodhead with pure hate in his eyes. His acute attention and the low tree branches will keep her from her cheap shotting again unless she intends on getting hit with Goblet's spell in the process. The substance still continued to trickle out of his mouth, but he paid no notice.

"I hate you so much. You aren't logical at all," growled Goblet, his anger as booming as his hate. "But before we move on to the-" Goblet stopped himself, then started again. "I need to know why you did this."

[Ginny Weasly]

Ginny knelt down on one knee, breathing heavily. She vanished her own wand, grinning harshly.
"I don't need to explain myself to you."

She clasped her hands together in front of her, rubbing them together, creating friction.
"Kiddo, it's time to end this little game." Her eyes were dark, "Before someone gets hurt."

She frowned, her mind slipping into survival mode. She had been a soldier, and an auror. She had learned long ago how to kill, and even further back, she knew how to keep alive.

[LavyBrown]

Lavy appeared next to Ginny, her eyes were locked on Goblet. She looked concern, but under all of that it was clear that she was both frustrated and angry, "Goblet, that is quit enough, love. It's time to get control of yourself."

She stepped out and directly in front of Ginny so that he could no longer see her, "She did it because she had to. It's her job to keep the students safe. But she will kill you if you push her any more. It's best if you come with me."

[goblet_fulla_fire]

The bloodhead gave her warning after refusing to explain to herself. Then a dark girl appeared beside her, telling him that the bloodhead was justified and right by calling her illogicalness a job. And now she expects Goblet to come with her. Goblet hid his grin. WHY?

"No chance," Goblet called out. "The bloodhead's deceitfulness was the start of a pattern, with you being next in line." He gestured to the dark one. "I was convinced, then attacked. You convince me, then you'll attack me. It's a d**n pattern that you don't expect me to realize! I don't care what you name or call things to justify them. To me, it's just trickery on two different levels: to convince yourselves, and to convince me. I myself will do as I will and I don't need to call it anything. NO CHANCE!"

So the bloodhead had backup. Smart thing on her part; but she was dumb enough to use up her lie for the sake of a cheap shot. Now she has firmly established herself as an enemy, and the dark one beside her has done just the same from mere association.

One.

They betrayed him. D**n it all, he was betrayed. Casually issue trust once and they try to hurt you, and after giving high hopes too! They deserved the bloodiest of demises. None of this kill-on-the-inside shenanigans.

"I am not coming with you. I would rather kill myself than come with you alive." He spoke true.

[Ginny Weasly]

Ginny stood up, brushing herself off and letting out a small chuckle.

"Okay, fine, have it your way."

She threw her hand out, palm facing Goblet. But she didn't shoot energy this time, instead she swiped her hand through the air. Her telekinesis hit him, hard, throwing him backwards into a tree. She grinned.

"You can die. I don't care."

[goblet_fulla_fire]

Goblet felt the scratchy bark connect to his entire spine with a slam. But he was ready for whatever the bloodhead had in store for him. He fell back on to the ground on two feet, slightly shaken but still standing upright and with good posture. A tingle slowly spread around his back. His anger subsided as the pain grew, but he was not reacting to it. Then he felt a sensation inside his head, as if a large boulder was being moved. It felt like a sea change. He looked up to the bloodhead, wand ready to use but no current intent to use it yet. He doesn't want to fight back at the moment, because this bloodhead was a mystery to him.

"I didn't ask you to care." Goblet's voice reflected no pain, and he felt like his mind was able to construct sentences better. "Of course in killing me, you are killing a student. Tell me, do you just do what you want to do or am I an 'exception' in your 'job?' And if you're still stubborn enough to refuse to answer my question, consider it my last request before you kill me."

Goblet felt the tiny stick of wood lodged up his sleeve. He will not cheap shot, but he will defend himself or get away. And if the bloodhead pursues him, then he will have no choice but to kill her or die trying.

Grandly confidential.

He definitely wouldn't mind killing her right now. He definitely wouldn't mind.

[LavyBrown]

"There's no need for a last request. You don't have to die. Dying isn't something that should be an option. Your just confussed, Goblet. You don't even know you are. Ginny and I just want to help you make sense of everything. Get back to the way things were. Don't you remember how everything was?"

Lavy stepped forward a little. If he was going to attack someone it was more likely he would do it to the closet. She wasn't about to let Ginny take a hit. She knew how powerful Goblet was when he concentrated enough.

[Ginny Weasly]

Ginny scowled darkly. "Once you attempt to kill for your own selfish reasons, you are no longer a student in my eyes." She didn't look happy, and wasn't. He angered her so very much.

[goblet_fulla_fire]

"Thanks a lot," Goblet replied back to the bloodhead while dismissing the dark one.

Suddenly it felt like there were more boulders being moved inside his head. He started getting a little dizzy but he was able to steady himself without any external notice. There had been... deep voices, that were making him angry with every random word they conjured. How did they get there? Enough. He mustn't reflect on such a thing just now. There was the bloodhead to consider.

So Goblet was not a student anymore? Or at least in the way that matters most in the present situation. Meanwhile, the dark one questions his sanity and attempts to make him recall the past. He couldn't pull the past up at the moment. Even if he could, wouldn't the now matter more? He didn't have time for this. Or rather, he did but he was getting slightly impatient.

Goblet took a few seconds to think. It was naught but a few seconds but it was very extensive thinking and consideration. Goblet was not under the bloodhead's apparent protection once he expressed his intent to kill the student earlier. Why did he do that? Why did Goblet even want to kill the girl in the first place? He hadn't been making sense. It was as if he was under a spell, although he can confidently say that he definitely wasn't, but it sure as hell felt like it.

Now the dark one stands there, desiring that only one action be taken to finish all this while the bloodhead stands there angrily desiring many actions to end this conflict. If he went peacefully, the bloodhead may kill him by cheap shotting him again as he is not a "student" anymore. And there was still a chance the dark one may not even desire peace. He'd been tricked before somehow recently. If he resisted, he may kill one or both of them or he would die. He had to make a choice.

"I've considered the circumstances and I want to live, so I will not risk surrendering myself; nor would I want to for that matter. I will be going now and if either of you follow me, I will take it as an attempt on my life and I'll try to kill you until I die or you flee."

Goblet's eyes narrowed to the bloodhead's. She is the one that Goblet need consider in this situation.

[Ginny Weasly]

Ginny snickered, then began to giggle. And finally, outright laughed, "You think I'm going to let you go?"

She stopped laughing so abruptly, it was as if someone had flicked a switch.
"No. If you come with us, I swear to not harm you so long as you cooperate with me."

She grinned then, narrowing her eyes, which were considerably dark.
"But, should you try to leave now, or should you choose to be uncooperative, I'm going to have to harm you."

[Xaver]

Xaver appeared without ceremony. No stir of magic to forewarn his presence, no breath of distilled air at his approach, and no sound as he leaned a shoulder onto the nearest tree. He barely felt the ridges of bark against his side, the dark coat draped over his creature thick enough to protect him from their feel, and the chill that he'd never known until very recently. He refused to believe he was sick, but there was a point he'd gone beyond, where he could rationally believe he was in any sort of normal state.

His raven hair, longer than it had been in weeks but still shorter than he'd ever kept it, easily enhanced the predatory, dark angles of his features. Handsome planes that were harder, and sharper, in the blanket of night and the encasing of shadows about him. He didn't move into the light, but instead remained in the dark, almost camoflauged as the black shades seemed to mold about his lean form, as much as the light seemed to abandon.

His arms crossed over the wide expanse of his chest, and his probing gaze narrowed as he watched.



(>.>.... I know, I know, it was shorttt... -sigh-)

[goblet_fulla_fire]

Goblet was annoyed by the bloodhead's boldly confidence. No, Goblet never thought she was going to let him go!

The bloodhead did mean business though. "Cooperating" meant giving up his wand, which meant a potential easy kill for her. He had just trusted her once this day... didn't he? Goblet couldn't remember precisely what the circumstance was or rather even how this whole thing started, but that is not the issue at the moment. Point is, Goblet wasn't going to be taken for no reason.

"I will not be bossed around when some random person demands it. I-" Goblet stopped talking as a seemingly big boulder moved inside his head, "I will leave you with the gift of allowing you to strike first as I take my leave, even though in reality it will be your third."

Goblet started steadily moving away from her in a tactical manner, wand in hand. He was ready for every spell, whether he can dodge it, reflect, or even endure it.

"You can even have anyone you like help you! And your welcome!" he called out in a mocking manner. He hoped that his charity would anger her further.

[LavyBrown]

Lavy rolled her eyes. She knew Goblet was off his rocker (he usually was) but this was getting ridicules. She considered her options.

She could help Ginny take him by force. This had the potential to get someone hurt and the person mostly likely to die would be Goblet. So that was pretty much out of the question.

She could let him go. Also, potentially problematic when Goblet would come across someone else and have the urge to kill. Following him wouldn't help either since that would only cause a fight, the last thing she wanted.

So her only chance was to reason with a mad man. Try and convince him that she really meant him no harm. She looked around her. Ginny was a good ten feet behind her and Xaver was close to the trees, at least 30 feet away. Swiftness would be key in getting him to listen.

"Goblet," She said in a harsh voice, "I know you remember me. Don't pretend you don't. Forget about Ginny. Forget about everyone," She paused, "How could you think I would ever betray you?"

[goblet_fulla_fire]

The dark one was trying hard to reason with Goblet. The farthest Goblet could go with her image is that he thinks he has seen her around once before, but nothing more than that. Would she ever betray him? Well... yeah. The bloodhead did it once before and he had no reason to believe that the dark one could be any different.

"I don't know who you are, girl. Leave me be." Goblet spoke as true as the dark one sounded. He still was moving cautiously away waiting for the bloodhead's first attack and whoever that may join her.

[LavyBrown]

Lavy took a step forward for every one he took back. She could see by his movements that he would much rather just run but was prepared for a fight. Time was running out for this to turn out well. She crossed her arms as a strong breeze came though the trees.

"I am seriously insulted now. I can't wrap my head around the fact that you can't remember me. At all. We were best friends for months and after that we dated for almost a year. You couldn't have forgotten that. You must remember how much I loved you."