The sorting was over, it is the 7th year at Hogwarts for Kiara and her friends, Kiara sits closely to Max, nad gazes around the hall, wonderng how they ever even made it this far in life, what with all tha has happend, she is happy to see her friends around the hall, most of whom are in doffrent houses but the closest are in either Gryffindor or Slytherin, she wonders what might rear it's ungly head this year. she turns her attention to Max and smiles* WElcome back.
*tiredly steps into the great hall, though exhilerated to be back ``home``**sits at the Slytherin table*
*Looks over at Zack* Hey. *smiles*
*Sits silently at the end of the table, watching as Kiara talks with her friends, he too wounders what will happen to the lot of them this year, after his deception to Voldem0rt, he hopes he can stay with the living as he chooses, ~Thinks, that would be too good.~ Narrows his eyes at Kiara with the same hatred that has always been there, but is now, somehow, more subdude.*
*smiles back at kiara**looks around the school fondly* thanks.*sighs*wow...we made it this far?I'm gonna miss this school.*kisses kiara*
Me too, *Kisses him back*
*smiles back at Kiara in hello, then looks around the great hall*
Dumbledore stands and announces the feast over, they all head back to their dorms, listening to the storm out side. It's the bigest storm in over 100 years and things are going wild out there. Moves closer to Max as they walk along, past the, what Kaira calls, the evil West tower. She shivers a bit as an icy chill sweeps down from the staircase and over her*
*doesn`t know why, but stops, halfway up the stairs with his friends**goes back down to the doors and stares at them, strongly drawn to something outside**pulls cloak tightly about him and opens the doors quickly, shutting them behind him**is immediately tossled back into the wall, but gainsm footing agian**slowly makes way across grounds to the lake, where the waters waves raise and fall, swirling to a deathly black**takes off cloak so is in robes only and stares for a moment at the water, then dives in, heading straight towards the bottom, searching for something*
*keeps searching the bottom, preying he finds what he was looking for, then has to go up for a breath**his head breaks the surface and gets a small gasp of air before being swamped by water on the head**looks around at the quickly darkening water and looks around frantically, then sees a gold chain twenty feet below**looks up and sees swirling, but takes a chance, swims as fast as can to the spot and pulls on the chain, finally pulling it out, seeing a small (fingertip size) gold claw holding a red stone as a pendant**ties it hurredly around his neck and starts for the surface, but is grabbed around the ankle, feeling whatever the thing was` claws sink into his skin**sees blood start up towards the surface, and knows thats not a good thing**fights desprately, but can`t escape**feels another claw peirce his skin on his upper arm and struggles gharder, but starts to loose conciouysness from the lack of air**instinctively opens mouth for air, but only gains water, filling lungs**feels the thing pull him farther under, and acan nolonger see anything, only blackness, before passing out completely*
*is outside joging around. is breathing heavily as she has been out there for some time now. passes by the lake, although she stays a ways away from the edge*
*the thing runs its claw in a line up his arm deeply, and sees the blood rise thickly**it grins in satisfaction*
*continues to jog, not aware of anything go on below the water's surface*
*the pendants red stone glows sudenly, and dissapears from the necklace, reappearing in front of Isis`s face, still glowing**it circles her head, then hand, then starts back toward the water, then makes a mirage of th ``thing``, a completely black creature with six inch claw and fangs, red eyes sticking out from its head, looking like death itself**the glowing stone moves back to her head, the mirage dissapearing, and starts to circle her head agian*
*stops dead and gasps at the creature. before can do anything it is gone, and remains there, and looks at the pendant. reaches hand up and grabs it. holds it in hand and looks at it closely*
*his smilinhg face appears in the pendant, then dissapears in a swirl of blue, purple, green and black**the pendant starts to squirm, and frees itself from her grip, dropping back into the water, becoming attached to the gold claw agian on his necklace, though still glowing, yet as his heartbeat starts to fade, so does the glow*
*the thing grins to itself agian, one hand of its claws still securely inserted in his arm**it points out its pointer finger with an even longer claw, and stabs it into the front part of his shoulder*
*sees the glow and sees an outline of a person beneath the surface. gasps loudly and screams. then quickly pulls out wand and points it at the water, and the person flies up out of the water and lands some feet away from the water's edge. quickly makes way over to them and sees it's Zack and gasps. gets down next to him on knees and gently taps his face with her hand* ZACK! ZACK!!
*doesn`t move, lungs still filled with water and now, blood, which also is pouring out of his wounds**her voice seems thousands of miles away, and he can`t even muster the strength to open his eyes, the glow from the pendant turning dull grey, the same color as his skin*
*face goes pale as well and quickly checks his pulse*
*tyhe wounds on his arm, leg, and shoulder turn a reddish purple, the poison in the things claws takking effect, his pulse slowing close to a stop*
*freaks out and does CPR, hopeing it will work*
*eyes spring open and turns onto side, throwing up gushes of water and blood**is finally able to breath a bit, though closes eyes aginst the extremely strong wind**presses his cheek aginst the mud and gasps for breath, shaking violently**finds her hand in the darkness and brings it to his lips, kissing it gently, then jumps as hears a pearcing scream, and a wail of anger from the thing as it starts to crawl out of the water**forces self somehow to knees, and watches it approach, both hands on knees for support, staring as it comes out to full highth, starting towards them*
Zack! *is happy to see him alive, then quickly jerks head to see the creature. face turns to and evil stare, as she casually, yet madly gets to her feet, and points wand straight at it. boldy mumbles a curse, and suddenly the creature bursts into a pink flash of light, and the creature is gone*
**smiles up in thanks to her, then puts palms on the ground, staring at the ground, his breath now coming in painful gasps**puts a hand to his shoulder and puls it away olmost twice as fast, a stickey goo, the poison, stringing onto his hand**leans foreward, resting forehead on the ground, and stays in that position*
Zack.... *gets down on knees next to him, and puts a hand on his back* Zack *leans face down next to his* come on, we have to get you to Pomfrey.... *tears well up in eyes, but she bites her lip to keep them back*
I.....*remains in silence for many seconds, then finally pulls himself up, slowly standing**walks with her to the staircase and slowly starts to climp, his legs and chest feeling as if they had ten ton bricks attached to them**makes it to a place a few feet from the HW, where collapses, unable to go on**lays on the floor unmoving, in some sort of coma*
Zack! *gets down next to him on knees and then screams for Pomfrey. she runs out and then uses magic to get him in a hospital bed. she then injects medicine and has her sit down in a chair next to his bed*
*lays unconcious in the bed, the punctures from the things claws still blackish purple, though breathing a bit better*
*Was wandering through the corridors of the school when she passes the HW and notices blood on the floor a few metre's away. She frowns and suddenly hears Isis crying. She runs into the HW and over to where Zack and Isis are.*
Oh my gosh, hun what happened?!
*She stares at Zack horrified, then turns and hugs Isis, comforting her like a sister would.*
*doesn`t know that has visitors, or where he is at all anymore**doesn`t realize that is dreaming, only knows that is somewhere familiar......*:
...starts walking down a brick path leading up to a tall, square building painted black, the wind howling and the rain beating on his skin like fists**he walks up to the large stone door and looks up for a handle, the wind whipping his hood back, revealing his pale, younger features. He reaches up and taps the snake shaped knocker and taps it aginst the door twice before it opens**looks inside, a frightened look upon his face, petrified of what was to come. He steps inside, now unaware of the door shutting behind him and of the deadly silence, his only thought of those red eyes before him, and the sharp, dager like claws closing upon his neck-...
*screams out in pain, eyes snapping open, and immediately holds shoulder, the pain now coming back at full blast**sinks back limply to the bed and falls back to unconciousness.....*
......feels the claws sink into his skin and reaches up, trying desprately to pull them away, though can`t. He is lifted off his feet, the long hem of his robes barely touching the ground, the thing grinning in murdrous delight. It holds him there for some seconds, then throws him backwards into the darkness, madly laughing in satisfaction, then it snaps its fingers and light fills the room, four walls, a stone floor, and marble podiums and boxes everywhere. They were in some kind of storage. He stands, blood now dripping heavily from his neck, and draws his wand, sending the thing into a wall as hard as can, then he starts for the door, and throws it open, running into the sword placed there at that exact moment. He draws his breath rather raggedly and falls to the ground, opening his eyes once, and seeing the horrible picture of his brother, leaning on the sword which tip was thrust into the ground, blood covering the once fine silver......-
*starts to shake violently, tears of pain and hatred stinging his eyes**tosses and turns madly, his ears ringing*
*is too shocked to tell Ellz what happened, and then yells for Pomfrey as soon as he starts to shake*
*she runs in, but is unable to do nything**finally stops shaking, his chest rising and falling rapidly**falls into a dream where all that can see is white, nothing else*
*freaks out and leans over his bed, watching him closely, scared*
*opens eyes finally, seeing everything in a white haze* blinks and tries to sit up, but can`t budge**looks up and sees her so close, then half smiles, happy she`s there, sinking a bit back into the pillows, the medicine making him tired, though keeps eyes open, looking around*
*sees him and smiles, then sits on the edge of the bed, and puts a hand to his forehead to brush back his hair* hey
hey....*voice is barely a whisper, founding full of pain, anger, and relief**smiles at her, though the smile fades fast* what..was that?
*smirks although she is still worried about him* i don't know.... i was going to ask you. *frowns and looks at him, worried*
*fa.lls into silence, thinking* it....it was *shakes head as if were knocking the idea from his head*nah....can`t be...*voice is still extremly quiet, but now with a tone of disbelief**shakes it off* I dunno
*wants to know, but thinks better of it and decides to let him rest* o.... ok. *smiles down at him and then rests a hand on top of his and continues to smile*
*holds her hand, now silent, eyes drooping to a close**falls asleep*
*Next Day*
*wakes up with a jolt, and bites lip so hrd to keep self from groaning aloud that feels blood in his mouth**slowly forces self into a half-sitting position, and shakes head, trying to get the white/gray haze dancing in his eyes out**blinks a few times, and looks around*
*had been forced out of room the night before by Pomfrey, and has now been up for several hours, working on a few assignments. finally decides to take a break and goes down to the HW. walks in and doesn't even bother asking Pomfrey if she can visit and walks in and sees Zack. walks over along side his bed* hey. *smiles*
*smiles back at her* hey *already bored with the HW* did Pomfrey say when I could leave? *says eagerly, though with a tired calmness to his voice**runs toungue over bottom lip, now a bit aggravated at himself**looks up at her*
*shakes head* no, i didn't even ask to come in here.... *shrugs* but when i see her i'll ask. *smiles back at him again* so how are you doing?
*puts on a false cheriness* lots better, I just wanna get out of here...
*smiles* well i'm glad your doing lots better.... do you have any clues now as to what that creature was? *sounds a bit curious, and sits down on the edge of his bed*
*opens mouth, then closes it, all the cheriness gone, and all his energy focused on her eyes**looks away after a moment* I-....*looks back up at her, shaking head slightly* even if I did tell you what I though it was, you`d think I`ve gone insane.....*frowns, now suddenly aware of every sound in the room, down to the soft humm of a flys` wings*
*looks confused* Zack, it's ok. you can tell me anything.... it's ok, what's going on? *face now looks serious*
*is a little relieved by her comforts, but still hates to admit it* well...when the thing first touched me..*brushes his hand gently over hers* like that, it felt....like.....death. *mutters under his breath, less than a whisper: I would know.. **shakes off the feeling and thinks agian, not really understanding it at all**tries to stand, but immediately has to hold shoulder**suddenly gets furious at himself, and stands, upon the floor, ignoring the constant ringing in his ears from the pain**suddenly turns and looks at her* I wasn`t doing anything in my sleep, was I?
uh.... yes.... shakeing, violently.... *stands up in front of him, and puts a hand on his shoulder, while looking in his eyes* maybe you should sit....
*steps quickly back from her, biting his already bleeding lip with an expression of pain on his face**stands still for a moment, letting it pass, then looks back up* shaking...but wh-*eyes widen and looks as if he was hit in the face, the horror of the dream, but reliveing coming back to him**stands in silence, then shakes head agian, the mist in his eyes becomeing more and more annoying*
*Sits down at the edge of the Lake, watching the shadows in it's depths. She gets a feeling of pain from the night before and tries to figure out what could have been or or what might have happened. She closes her eyes and hears the waves picking up slightly.*
Zack *is confused but sighs, and then takes a step closer to him. puts one hand on his back, and another on his shoulder* i really think you should sit down.... you don't seem too strong.... plus Pomfrey finding me in here alone is enough to make her keep you in for another day, and if she catches you up.... *trails off*
*rests forehead on hers, looking agian into her eyes* I`ll be ok, dont worry...
*She receives a stabbing pain in her shoulder and she frowns, but keeps her eyes closed, still not completely understanding it's meaning.*
*remains there and slightly moves head up and down once, as if to say 'ok'*
*sinks into a sitting position on the end of the bed, looksing at h=the fllor**finally looks back up and smiles at her*
*smiles back* what? *giggles slightly*
(g2g, I`ll be back soon)
(k, buh bye. :( ttul! :))
nothin..*smiles and sighs, then stares out the window*
Quote from: Kiara_maul on November 24, 2003, 02:45:01 AM
Me too, *Kisses him back*
something the matter?*looks at kiara curiosly*
*shrugs and then continues to smile*
*reaches up and grabs her hand, just as Pomfrey enters**looks around slowly, but doesn`t budge, not really in the mood for yelling, head pounding*
*smiles and then looks up at Pomfrey. Pomfrey goes on, talking about how she shouldn't be there and that he's still too weak, but in the end she stays as Pomfrey exits to her office*
*hadn`t let go of her hand, and sits there, smiling at her**slowly stands an holds her close*
*smiles and then gasps and steps away. then puts a hand to her forehead* o, no! sorry, but i gotta go. i promised Professor M.G. that i wouldn't be late, i have an appointment for a spell thingy. *frowns* sorry, but i'll come stop by later *smiles and kisses his cheek, hopeing that he'll understand*
k *smiles at her, sitting back on the end of the bed*
k, thanks.... sorry *frowns* bye. *turns and hurriedly walks out and goes down to M.G.'s class to work on a few spells. finishes about 2 hours later and then walks down to the HW to see how Zack is doing*
*is on the end of the bed as she enters, throwing a basketball from one hand to the other, now fully dressed**stands as she enters, now smiling* hey! guess what, I can leave! *grins*
really?! *sounds happy* o wow, that's great! *smiles*
*smiles back, then hugs her*
*continues to smile, then kisses him*
*kisses her back softly, embracing her*
*smiles then grabs his hand* so what were you planning on doing today? *continues to smile*
*Is curled up, fast asleep next to the lake.*