*walks around the grounds in a red FOX motocross shirt and jeans, hands in pockets as 4:30a.m. comes and goes, thinking about how crazy everything went the night before**walks to the side of the lake, looking at the glass-like water*
*walks out to the person.*Hey my name is Cleo.Nice shirt.
*jumps then looks around* oh, thanks, hi *looks bac at the water*
*walks out of the forest and sees the two people.But walks right past them.*
*feeling distracted, walks over to the forest and enters it**walks to a clearing and puts hands in pockets, thoughts bottling mind agian*
*is walking through the forest, and sees him in the clearing. notices that he looks a bit down and wonders what he's doing out there*
*curses under breath and kicks the dirt**starts to pace*
*steps into the clearing behind him shyly* hey Zack, what's wrong? *frowns*
*doesnt look at her* nothing.
*walks up behind him and rests a hand on his shoulder and asks again* what's wrong?
*sighs and looks over at her sadly* My Aunt. I just found she was alive, now she has full custody of me. I might have to leave Hogwarts.
*jaw drops and eyes look sad* omg, i'm so sorry.... well, not that she's alive, but that you might have to go of course. .... is there any way you can stay?
*shakes head* Fudge sorted that out, she makes my decions and thats it. *actual tears well in eyes* I`m going to miss you though................
*tears begin to come down face*
*hugs her* c`mon, lets go to the common room
k *smiles and wipes away tears. walks up with him to the Slytherin common room*
*enters the common room, but doesnt say anything**sits on the chair by the fire, and stares into it, the flames dancing in eyes*
*sits down across from him, by the fire. after a long pause of silence:* well, maybe it be best not to dwell on the matter. *half way smiles, unsure of his response*
*doesnt smile back, an even sadder face turnng to her* I`m leaving tomarrow.
*jaw drops again, and tears quickly well up in eyes, and come down face*
*comes in and looks at them.*What's the matter?
hey...*gets up and picks her up, then sits down agian with her on lap* hey...sshhhh *puts fingers to her lips* I`ll send letters as much as I can alright? *hugs her*
*nods head, then turns to Erin and is too upset to speak. turns back to Zack as a few more tears come down face*
*trys to hide the laugh but of course fails*Oh my god.
*holds Isis tighter, then looks over at Erin**shakes head but doesnt say anything*
*shivers with anger, but ignores it and rests head on his shoulder, not wanting him to have to leave the next day*
*stops laughing instantly*Oh my god.I thought you two were trying to trick me.*sits next them.*What happened?
I`m leaving, I think for good, tommarow. *shakes head* my dam aunt, she is close in with Fudge, and when she found I was alive, she got permenant custody of me som I can work at her house.
*an evil smile spreads across face.*What if your not alive.
*gets a horrid face and looks up at her, confused*
(*G2G for dinner, be back later)
*shakes head* tried it, I olmost skipped a trial, but I was caught, I went in front of three juries, they know I`m alive...
(k, buh bye :()
oh.*but gets another idea.*My cousin.He looks just like you.I can get him to kill himself and your done.He's a goust.But they won't notice.(bye)
(I`m back now! ;D)
no....if they find out, I`m off to Azkaban, might as well not even try it..*sighs, then genlty slides out from Isis and stands* it sucks though..I`ll write as often as I can though alright?
*trys to figure out how he can stay but runs out of ideas.*I'm sorry you have to leave.I could fight aginst you aunt in the court but*looks down.*It might get worst.
*sits there and looks up at him, wondering what to do so he can stay but can't think of anything*
*sighs helplessly, then an angry expression comes to face* AND she runs my Football team now! *growls* she`s going to run us into the ground! *sighs and sits on the floor* I`m going to bed...*walks up to dorms*
*stands up. points to him, getting ready to say something to stop him, but then realizes that it might be best to let him vent, and lowers hand. is silent and stands there, not knowing what to do*
*after punching pellow and gets tired, falls asleep*
*~*The next Morning*~*
*wakes up, dresses in black robes, packs stuff, and goes down to the Grounds**sets bags by the doors then goes to the lake to wait*
*hurrys up to get dressed and runs down to Zack,*
*doesnt looks up as she comes out*
*since it's a Saturday, dresses in a mini khaki skirt and a black halter top, and quickly runs outside and finds Zack*
*doesnt look up as she comes out either*
*taps Zack on shoulder and hugs him.*I'll miss you.
*stands and hugs her back, then pulls Isis over* I`ll miss you both, share my letters ok?
*nods head as tears well up in eyes*
*smiles.*Don't worry we will.
alright. *kisses Erin on the top of the head and Isis on the lips, then grabs luggage and puts it in the carrige*waves as is pulled away from them by aunt* see you *finnaly gives in to her tugging on his collar**gets in the carrige and is taken off the grounds*
*stands there watching until the carriage is out of sight*
bye.*waves at him then tirns to Isis*I hope he can come back.
*nods head as a tear rolls down cheek*
*FIVE HOURS LATER*
*an owl swoops through the common room window, landing on the couch with a letter*
*is in library.*
*is in the common room and automatically knows who the letter is from. lunges at the couch and snatches the letter up and tears it open, hopeing fo good news*
the letter reads:
Dear Isis and Erin,
So much for coming back. My aunt has me enrolled in a high-school over here. Not allowed to do magic, the whole deal. One good thing, I talked her out of being the coach for football and I got the position. I made the team in my new school as tryouts were today. I cant get you out of my mind Isis, I miss you. Wish me luck tomarrow, I`m gunna need it. Some guy, er, accidentally rammed me today, and I might have a small cuncussion. ALL the girls here are freaks too.
Miss you guys,
Zack
*comes up to the common room with a whole lot of books.*
*smiles while reading letter and then walks over to Erin, and without a words hands ehr the letter and runs up to room to beging writeing a reply*
*drops all the books and reads the letter.*
*picks up books and runs to dorm to repley.*
*begins writing letter, when finished calls for an owl, and gives it the letter*
(the letter reads:)
Dear Zack,
hey! i'm sorry to hear about how things are going over there. maybe things will get better soon! i hope they do! congrats on making the team!!! concussion? uh oh. well go to the school nurse or see a doctor to make sure you're ok! everything here hasn't been the same since you left, even if it has been a few hours. well i have tons of hw, but please, do try to convince your aunt to let you come back, or at least visit! i miss you lots too!!!
xoxo, <3 isis[/i]
*finishes letter and sends it with an owl.*
*recieves letters and reads them happily, then puts them safely on desk and falls asleep*
*sighs and then finally falls alseep in chair in room*
~*~*~*~SEVEN MONTHS LATER~*~*~*~
*wakes up angrily on the day of the sixth month that had been away from hogwarts, pulls on jeans and t-shirt then grabs gym bag and goes to school**goes through classes then heads toward the football field**does practice then goes back to aunts house, spirts completely burnt out and mood not any better**had lost 15 lbs and gets sick easily**feels bad for not returning his friends letters for so long, so decides to do something about it**smeaks into aunts closet and snatches wand, grabs bag of football gear and stuffs some clothes in it**dissaprates to the gates**runs across the grounds and up the staircase to the Griffindor common room**enters looking like cRaP*
*had been walking outside and thought that she saw him but shook head. then wonders if it really was him and followed him to the Gryffindor common room. walks in but doesn't recognize him fro behind and waits for him to turn around*
*hears footsteps**turns around, grey eyes sunken and dull* Isis?
*realizes it's him and gasps. then runs over to him and gives him a big hug* omg! i thought something bad happened to you! you havn't been answering any of my letters! what happened? are you ok? *lets go and looks at him, happy, but a bit sad still*
*winces as she hugs him, but doesnt stop to hug her back*I guess I`m ok...been er...preoccupied with things...*voice is as dull as eyes*
*face saddens* your not well, are you? *sighs* come on, you need to see Pomfrey.... *grabs his hand*
*doesnt move feet* I`m fine...just tired...*sits on the couch*
*walks over to the couch and stands in front of him. sighs* come on Zack, you're not fine. *face saddens even more, and holds a hand out to help him up so he can go see Pomfrey*
*shakes head, not taking her hand* I`m fine, its ok
*sighs and sits down on the edge of the couch next to him* please.... *looks at him with puppy eyes* i just want to make sure your ok.... you don't look so good, that's all....
*says a bit more sternly* I`m ok, dont worry.
but Zack! *begins to plea* it saddens me to see you like this! i barely even recognized you! you don't look well, at all.... *sighs as tears well up in eyes because she doesn't know why he is acting the way he is* please, go.... for me *forces a smile onto face*
*hears the ``for me`` part, and softens* Fine. But lets make it quick alright?
k *smiles and leans over to hug him, but doesn't want to hurt him so kisses him. then helps him up and walks him to Madam Pomfrey*
*walks with her, frowning**they enter the hospital wing and madam pomfrey babbles on about broken ribs**isnt even listening*
*frowns and looks at him, hopeing he'll be fine soon*
*she gives him a potion and his bones heal* there, done. *walks over to Isis, eyes still not matching smile* now what?
*puts a hand to his right cheek and rubs the dark spot below his eye gently with thumb and then takes hand away* you need sleep. come on.... *sighs and grabs his hand. leads him to her room* well, take a nap, i'll be back in an hour or so *looks up at him and smiles*
*sighs, giving in, and lays on back on the bed, folding arms behind head and closes eyes*
*smiles at him, closes curtains, then walks out of the room, quietly closing door behind her. walks down to Dumbledore's office and knocks on the door*
*as she colses the door, eyes open and stare at the ceiling**stands and goes over to windowsill where really falls asleep*
Dumbledore: come in!
*walks in and they talk about Zack and she tells him about his broken ribs and how bad he looked when she first saw him, and how she thinks it was all because he moved to his aunt's house. Dumbledore says that he'll talk to her and Fudge about him and she walks out. goes back to dorm room and quietly opens door. sees him there and smiles, glad that he's back. uses wand and moves him back onto the bed. sits down in a chair in room and falls asleep*
*starts to twitch and shiver**wakes up breathing rapidly and covered in cold sweat**sits up and sees Isis**picks her up and lays her on the bed, then goes down to the common room where paces, mind elsewhere*
*wakes up a few minutes later, now on the bed. looks around the room frantically, wondering if Zack had taken off. jumps out of the bed and runs to the stairs and sees him and sighs. walks down the stairs and smiles at him* hey.... *frowns* is something wrong? you seem nervous.... *gets closer to him and looks into his eyes, wondering what's wrong*
*comes in with a heck load of books and hears someone but can't see them.*Ow.Can you help me with this.
yeah....*shaking slightly, rubs ribs without even noticing that is doing it as they had been cured**looks away from her and paces the floor agian*
*looks at him and goes wide eyed.*Your aunt let you come back?
*frowns at Zack then turns to Erin* o, here *grabs half of the stack and sets it on the closest table. turns back to Zack, confused and whispers:* what's wrong? *looks concerned*
*looks at Erin* no, my aunt didnt let me come back, I ran away. *looks back at Isis* *shakes head* nothin....its nothin.....
*looks at him and knows something is wrong, and wants to help him, but can't if he won't tell her what's wrong. sighs and takes his hand and drags him up into her room and slams the door behind them. turns to him and looks into his eyes* listen, i know something is wrong, and i want to help you! i really do! but i need to know what's wrong, and you not telling me.... *has a sad expression on face*
Isis, you cant help. Me being here at all is helping alright? *turns and walks back down, yet doent stop**walks out of portriat and down to first floor*looks around and enters a room that hadnt seen before**opens the door and sees a square room, a crack in he wall its only light, sending eerie shadows on the thousands of cobwebs everywhere in the completely deserted, empty room**shuts the door behind self and walks into the middle of the room where sees a lone figure coming out of the darkness and realizes him instantly**pulls out kniph of own as he pulls out his own**whispers something breathlessly then the two lunge ateachother, slashing at every part of the other that can reach**blood flys everywhere, the walls, the ceiling, and most of all, the floor. the two fall limp, five feet apart, to the ground, each unmoving their eyes closed, a lake of blood srrounding each of them**feints*
*sighs and sits down on the bed, then tears fall down face. turns around and lays down on the bed and cries*
*doesnt know how, but musters the strength to sit up, drag him up to the wall and make him sit up, then sit limply next to him**the two look at eachother, blood covering every part of their bodies, and stare, the hatred that had been there for years, going higher then ever before, yet neither being able to muster the strength to do anything about it*
*finally sits up and walks down to the now empty common room and wonders if he left. sighs and plops self onto couch*
*the two make a silent agreement that they were equal fighters, that they were even**pulls self up and watches as he stands too**had lost voice and cant speak, so shakes his hand and uses sighn-language**the two make their way up to the griffindor common room slowly, each of their voices lost in the blood, so each using sighn-language as they enter*
*wonders if he possibly went to see other friends of his and heads to the Gryffindor common room as well. sees the bloody two and screams*
*they both try to tell her not to scream, but neither of their voices work**walks over to her and looks in her eyes, yet resists hugging her as is covered in blood*
*tears come down face and looks at him. realizes that he wants to hug her, but is afraid of the blood. hugs him anyways, carefull as to not hurt him more. then looks at the other guy and pulls out wand and points it at him, just dareing him to make another move*
*him:*dissapears*
me:*hugs her back, though lightly**opens mouth agian, but no words come out**goes to pomfrey and she heals wounds, but still cant speak**comes back in the common room, though still unable to speak*
*stands up as he enters and looks at him, now healed and runs over and hugs him tightly* who was that guy?
*opens mouth and moves lips, but no sound comes out*backs up and looks at her, confusion implanted upon face*
*realizes that he can't talk and then looks at his face* what? *face saddens*
*mouth drops as realizes**shakes head*
*smiles and hugs him again*
*hugs her back then sits on the couch and moves mouth, yet no sound comes out still*
*sits down on the couch next to him, and grabs a piece of parchment and a quill. writes down:* what happened? *looks at him confused and gives him the parchment and quill*
*writes back*
Him and I kinda got in a fight, but were all settled now.
*hands it back*
*smirks and writes:* KINDA?! well at leats your ok.... did Pomfrey tell you when you would be able to talk again?
*shakes head and shrugs*
*sighs and wraps arm around his shoulder and leans against him*
*grins in a guilty sort of way*
*sees his look and hands him the paper* somethin' wrong?
*shakes head and hugs her*
*drops the paper and pen and hugs him back*
*smiles then mouths to her* I`ll see you in the morning *hugs her agian then heads up to dorms*
*nods head and smiles. then stands up and goes to own dorm room. stays up for a few hours reading, and then goes to sleep*
*wakes up the next morning at 4:00**rolls off bed, then stands up off the floor and dresses in robes**walks down to the common room, but doesnt stop**walks down to the grounds and goes by the lake**sits on the dew covered grass by the lake andlooks up at the crisp morning sky*
*wakes up and dresses in pants and a pink halter top. puts on a light jacket and goes outside for a walk*
*turns into black wolf, tired of having to walk on legs, and streaches**gets up and trots to the side of the forest and sits looking in*
*sees him and stops walking, and watches him, wondering what he's doing*
*gets up agian and turns in a circle twice, not noticeing her there, and puts nose to the ground**puts paw on the place making a paw print, then goes back to the side of the forest and looks**turns color from black to grey and presses paw on the trunk of a tree, then turns color agian to brown**walks partly into the forest and digs slightly, then goes in the mifddle of the triangle thea had marked out and looks at the mud**digs for a while and turns human agian**puts hand in the hole and takes out a gold chain with a wolf pendant*
*slowly walks closer, not wanting to frighten him*
*takes out wand and waves it and all the dirt and water rust comes off the pendant**puts wan away and grips the figure firmly**it glows blue, then the standing wolf form changes to a sitting position**eyes widen as reads the inscription on its paw*
*walks closer and stands several feet away from him, at his side and looks at the pendant curiously, wondering what it says*
*pockets it and stands, then sees Isis and falls right back downn agian**mouth drops*
*looks at him curiously and smiles* sorry.... *helps him up* i didn't mean to scare you. *smiles and looks at the pendant in his hand* what is that?
*nods and shows her the wolfl, then shows her its paws and what they have inscripted in them:*Wolverine Pride. Leader:White Paws (Alan Wolf) *pace turns pal then points to the last name of the man and points to self*
*looks at him a bit confused* is he your father?
*nods head and sits back on the ground*
*is still a bit confused as to what it all means, and sits down on knees next to him*
*uses grea effort but can finally speak* My father, and mother, were murdered when I was none less then three. His friends, Jeremy and Osiris`s fathers, was his seconds, untill they were all killed. *shakes head* I knew they went to hogwarts and this was theres when they were our ages.....I never thought I`d be able to find it.
*listens to the story in awe, and then smiles* wow.... well now you have something to remember then all by *continues smiling*
yeah.....*keeps looking the pendant over* strange though, how did it get here? *shrugs* thats my question. *stands and puts the chain around neck and the wolf glows green then comes alive**jumps as it crawls into pocket**shrugs it off and tuckes the chain under robes**looks at her and helps her up*
*gets up and smiles*
*smiles back*
*kisses him*
*kisses her back gladly*
*Jumps down from a tree straight above them, startling the two, she seems angry. She walks deeper into the forest and into a darker area in a clearing. She lays down on her back in the middle of it, arms and legs outstretched, staring up at the sky.*
*gasps as she jumps down from the tree, then looks where she entered the forest, confused and a bit startled still, then calls after her, wondering if she's still there* Ellz?
*looks curously at the forest, then with the same look at Isis* Isshe ok?
*sighs, a bit upset* no, i don't think so. she seemed angry. *sighs again* maybe i should go talk to her.
*looks concerned, then gives Isis a comforting squeeze on the shoulder* I`ll wait for you if you don`t want me to go. be careful *smiles*
k, i'll be right back. *smiles, kisses him on the cheek, and then walks into the forest. sees Ellz and walks over to her* hey.... something bothering you? *frowns*
*waits anxiously*
*Turns her eyes slowly to look upon Isis, they are a shocking green colour, brighter than any normal green. She looks almost 'possesed'.*
...Nobody understands me...
*She whispers in a sickening hiss of a voice, she then snaps her eyes back to the sky and a line of flames rise up between her and Isis. Isis can no longer see her, an instant later the flames die to ashes and Ellz is gone. The only thing left on the ground is a small incarvement reading:*
E.L.L.A
*stands there, a bit confused and scared. waits a few moments and then shouts for Zack* ZACK! *stands there in the clearing looking down at the ground*
*immediately appears next toher, a xoncerned and worried look on face* what? are you-*stops short seeing the writing**looks uup at Isis*Ellz?
*looks up at him, then says slowly:* i came over here to talk to her.... and she seemed almost possesed *shivers at the thought* and then there were flames that rose up, and i couldn't see her anymore. when the flames died down, she was gone. *looks back down at the grown, with a sad and scared look on face*
*They suddenly see a fast moving shadow ahead of them. Ellz comes floating speedily towards them, before they can move she pushes past them and is on her way up to the castle, a hot wind travelling behind her. The writing on the ground changes to a glowing white colour then slowly disappears.*
E.L.L.A
*gasps as she comes by and then watches as she leaves. gets an erie feeling and takes a step closer to Zack*
*The writing now completely disappears and Ellz is now inside the castle.*
*puts an armcomfortingly around her shoulders, just as comfused as she is* c`mon, we should get out of here...*stares at the ground for a few more moments, then looks at her*
k. *looks down at the ground too, and notices that the writing is gone. sighs, nods head, and then smiles at him. walks with him up to the castle*
*walks silently with her to the castle, and up to the empty common room**sits with her on the couch* what hapened to Ellz?
*sighs and shakes head* i'm not sure.... she said that nobody understood her, and she was obviously upset.... but over what, i don't know.... *frowns, and looks upset and a bit shaken to see Ellz so angry*
*frowns and sighs, then looks quetionably at the fire for a moment* I wonder what it was.......*looks down at her and rests an arm around her shoulders* it`ll be ok,when she comes back we`ll talk to her and see if she`s ok..
k *smiles and feels better knowing that everything will be ok. then leans on Zack's shoulder and closes eyes, a bit tired*
*wraps arms around her and holds her close*
*smiles and rests head on his chest*
*pulls her onto his lap an scoots to the end of the couch and lays back into the arm, wrapping arms around her, settling back*
*closes eyes and lays there, smiling*
I really like you Isis.............*opens eyes agian and looks at her seriously*
*opens eyes and smiles at his cute yet serious face* i really like you too. *continues to smile and sits up a bit to face him better*
*smiles and sits up straighter also* thats cool *is suddenly happier then had been in years**holds her close and kisses her foreead gently, his smile never fading*
*smiles too and wraps arms around him*
*puts one hand around her waist and runs the other through her hair*
*smiles and then kisses him gently*
*kisses her back, lacing one of her hands in his*
*continues to kiss him back lovingly*
*kisses her back passionately, holding her close to him*
*finally slowly breaks away and smiles. then closes eyes and rests her head on his chest*
*kisses her lightly on the forehead and lays back down agian, smiling**holds her close and closes eyes, and starts to drift off to sleep*
*lays on top of him and slowly drifts off to sleep as well*
*falls asleep completely, his arms wrapped around her still*
****THE next DAY****
*wakes up and finds her still on his chest**smiles and brushes the hair gently off her face and looks at the light shining on her face**smiles at her sleeping figure*
*wakes up and blinks eyes a few times, and then finally opens them. smiles and then sits up a bit. turns head a bit and sees Zack. looks at him and smiles*
*smiles down at her* hey *runs a finger down her cheek* your awake *keeps smiling and yawns*
yup *smiles and nods head. then stretches arms high into the air and then relaxes and sits up a bit more. turns to him and continues to smile* morning.... what time is it?
*smiles at her, then looks at watch* `bout noon *looks back at her grinning*
o *covers mouth and yawns. then continues to smile at him. finally sits up fully and swings legs over the side of the couch*
*smiles at her, then streaches and sits up also*
*stands up and turns to Zack* i'll be right back *smiles at him, stretches, and then yawns again. then walks up to dorm room to change*
k *smiles after then goes up to drm to change also**comes back down a fewminutes later in his favorite red sweayer and jeans**yawns agian and sits in a chair*
*comes back down a few minutes later in favorite khaki skirt and pink top. smiles and sits down across from him, yawning*
you look great *smiles at her*
thanks *blushes slightly and smiles back at him*
no problem.*keeps smiling* wanna get some breakfast?
*stands up* sure *grabs his hand*
great *smiles and gently squeeses her hand as they start out the door togeather*
*smiles and walks with him down to the Great Hall*
*walks with her over to the Slytherin table and sits next to her, taking up an apple*
*smiles and grabs a piece of toast. sets it on plate and pours a glass of orange juice*
*smiles at her, then looks around a bit*
*takes a sip of juice and then sets it back down. sees him looking around and follows his gaze. doesn't recognize what exactly he's looking for or at* what is it?
Dumdledore.....he`s usually here in the morning, right? *looks at her a bit confused* He`s gone.....
*looks over at where he usually sits and notices that he is gone* why yes he is.... huh.... must have gone somewhere, perhaps to another school for a conference or to the ministry.... business perhaps. *shrugs and takes another sip of juice*
yeah.....business...........*takes a sip of juice*
*finishes off the toast and juice, then looks over at Zack to see if he is done eating*
*Sits quite a far way away from them, huddled in a corner with flames rising around her, keeping everybody from touching her. Dumbledore stands over her, frowning and looking slightly worried.*
Dumbledore: Now Ella...you can't...I will...in the past....
Ella: No! Never! Leave me alone!
*The flames grow larger and encircle her completely. She can no longer be seen under the cage of flames.*