Ok, I know I have quite a few going but this is one that I have started a few days ago and seeing as though the others are going to have to wait untill I transfer files to this puter(My new one) I thought i would start this and let you all tell me what you think.
luvs-n-stuff
Kiara
Chapter 1 The end of time.
A figure could be seen walking along amongst the forest. It was a figure of a girl, cloaked all in black with what seemed to be a halo around her that glowed a bright green. On, at first glance might have mistaken her for a forest sprite, had she not been human size. The sun was going into a total eclipse, one that would not end, the events of the last month had taken it's toll on the entire universe and now, the lone figure walking through the forest, rain pelting her, unnoticed, was the only hope for the entire world as we know it today.
The creatures all parted from her crossing. Even the mighty giants of the wood, moved from her path. It seemed no one or nothing would dare stand in her way. Suddenly, a mans figure stepped out from behind a tree. The figure was likewise, cloaked in black. His eyes, the only thing visible from beneath the deep cowl of his cloak. The only reason for their notice was the fact that they radiated a deep red glow and seemed to fix themselves on the woman. He began to follow.
The woman slowed her pace to allow this man to reach her and fall into step. They walked along in total silence for several miles, all the while, the sun sunk deeper and deeper behind the shadow of the moon. The forest began to grow dark, the world, for that matter. The girls stopped just before a mound of what seemed to be tattered clothing. She knelt before it and began to weep.
"I'll not let you have died in vain. I will avenge you. This man that calls me daughter will ay for his wrong doings. This man who calls him son, will die at the hands of those he calls his spawn." The girl said, turning her face to look upon the face of the male figure.
The male looked down at her he removed his hood from his head, his hair was a deep dark, reddish black, much the same as the female's. His red eyes now turning to a deep blackness. Not just in color, but they seemed to become more like black holes. Not actually containing any substance at all, but rather to absorb all the light and everything else that may dare to try and enter them. He frowned at the girl.
"I told you he would find a way to get back at you for tricking him into killing the Shadow that possessed you for so long. I told you he'd put an end to the insignificant population of this God forsaken world. He's now stronger than even you, Kiara. What do you plan on doing about it now? You can't defeat him without the aid of myself and our dear brother. I know that I, for one, would rather just sit back and watch as the existence of all the human folk in this world disappear from the face of the planet. I don't think I will help. I think it's time I go join our father. Join him and be at his side when the new world takes on it's form and all existence of the parasitical beings that have senselessly destroyed the planet with their mechanics and nuclear weapons, have gone and are no longer. See you around, sister. Perhaps in time, you will see it my way and come to sit in your rightful position next to the Dark Lord and we can once again be a family. Oh, wait, I forgot, our other brother, he'll never come around. Perhaps you will find it in your heart to kill him and erase his pathetic existence as well..." The male then disappeared from the spot, leaving only a horrible sound of laughter where he once stood. Soon, that sound died away and Kiara turned back to the form lying on the ground in front of her.
awsome! I think I like it
Thanks Ginn
"He's wrong godfather, he's wrong. I will defeat voldem0rt. I will not let him continue to destroy what you have worked so hard for. Harry will help me, and I am sure I can come up with a few others as well. Together, we'll defeat him." Kiara paused, she reached a loving hand to the fallen form of her godfather and friend. "Maybe, Max will help. Maybe, if I tried to..." She closed her eyes and then stood. "No, I can do it with out him." Her expression was determined, hurt and angry all at the same time. Her emerald green eyes expressed a hurt, deeper than anything at the mention of her former lover. She let a single tear run down her cheek then turned and walked away, leaving her godfather, Albus Dumbledore, lying in the spot he fell. Not turning around and never intending to come back to this spot again.
As she wandered through the forest, the rain pouring down on her head. She thought of the things that would came if she didn't go through with her vow to destroy her father, and possibly even now, her brother. Not that she couldn't do it but, what if she decided not to, like Sebastian had suggested?
Kiara shook her head clear of this thought. There was no way she would submit to the powers of her father, there was no way she would betray the Order and her brother. Harry had done nothing but good for her since she and Max had parted. If it wasn't for Harry, she would be at her fathers side right now, she would have been the one solely responsible for the destruction of the universe and the very existence of human kind. But what is human existence but a drop in what is the vastness of time? She had asked that question before and now, she thought she found the answer.
"Human existence is the sole reason for the universe to continue on. Sorcerers such as myself, are a part of that universe, part of it's magic but, with out the humans, we are nothing, not even worth living our pathetic lives. The universe could not do without either race. It needs both to continue on...." A sudden look of horror raced through her features. "How could he have missed that? With out the humans, we'll all be destroyed. I need to make him understand that, or destroy him and take back our world."
Her mind finally set in the right direction, Kiara took off in the direction of the Castle, once known as Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
She entered the front doors, swinging them open with a look. As she entered, she was met by a small girl, she looked much younger than Kiara but her eyes told that she was actually, much older.
"What has happened Kiara, Dumbledore didn't..." The girl trailed off. The look on Kiara's face told her that Dumbledore had fallen.
"Where's Harry, call a meeting right away, I'll meet you all in the room of requirements in an hour. I need to, contact some one..." Kiara took off down towards the dungeon rooms of the castle.
Harry paced the room of requirements. He had heard the new of the fall of Albus Dumbledore and was now Waiting for his sister to arrive with the details.
The room was set up as a conference room with a long table in the middle, 16 chairs had been placed around it, all the chairs were filled, save for the one Harry refused to sit in and the one at the Head of the table, Kiara's chair. The meeting could not stat with out her.
Ron Weasley, Hermione Granger and even Draco Malfoy sat together along the table talking about the current events and what was happening. No one really knew, they all knew that the Dark Lord had finally come into his full power and that he had killed Dumbledore but, they had no idea the actual impact of what it was Voldem0rt had done, would do to the entire world, the entire universe, for that matter.
The door swung open, and Harry jerked his head in it's direction. Kiara walked in and suddenly the whole room went quiet, all eyes on her, waiting to hear her report. They watched with baited silence as she walked to the table and after Laying a hand on her brothers shoulder and giving him a look that told him to be patient. Harry walked to his seat and sat.
"Well, people, I suppose I should start by stating the obvious." She paused and looked over the faces. Hermione, Draco, Ron, Harry, Mr. And Mrs. Weasley, Lupin, all of them, all of them including a few more, new faces, sat around the table. Each one with their eyes on her, each one not understanding the total effect of what had happened. Kiara took a deep breath and then with a resolve the likes of none any had felt in their lives, she told them of the problem facing them.
"Voldem0rt has killed Dumbledore, he has taken control of the Magic world and used a spell that if not stopped, will ultimately destroy this world and many others. I don't think he realizes the effect this spell will have on the universe. The spell he has chosen will rid the world of all the non magical beings, both human and other. If that happens, the balance set forth for the universe will become unstable and will result in an universal explosion the likes of which will leave no planet intact." Kiara paused and looked at the stunned and unbelieving faces of her rapt listeners. She waited for them to soak it in then sat down.
"Wait, so you are saying that once the Muggle population is forfeit, then the universe basically collapses on it's self?" Ron stated with a tone of disbelief in his voice.
Kiara studied his face for a few moments then smiled.
"Ron, I understand your skepticism, I understand if all of you have your doubts about what I have told you but, think of it. With out The Muggles, with out the other part of the world, what will happen to this one? Think about it, and I am sure you'll understand."
"hang on Kiara. How do you suppose we stop this, black magic? I mean, how do we go about stopping something none of us know how to deal with? How do we put a stop to something none of us is willing to understand? I know I personally, even if it means I'll die, will never even try to understand the workings of the Dark Magic your father has decided to use." Mrs. Weasley stood up and asked. Her aged and wise face was both scared and angry.
"You may not understand the workings of the spells my father uses but I, I know exactly the workings of them. I also know one other in this room who can help. If he finds it important enough to work along side me that is." Kiara turned her gaze on Draco Malfoy. He stared at her with all the love of a fly for a frog.
Draco hated Kiara and with good reason. Harry may have sent his father to the wizards prison for all his connections with Voldem0rt but Kiara had been the one to kill him. Lucius had escaped when the Dementors decided to take the Dark Lords side and Kiara took on the responsibility to capture him and bring him back to the Ministry for further punishment for his crimes. She met up with him and they fought, she killed him. Draco had never forgiven her for this even though it had been him or her.
"If it will save the world, I can work with you Kiara." Draco said between clenched teeth.
Kiara nodded then turned to the rest of them.
"Ok, I suppose then it will be up to the rest of you to find out where it is that my father has taken to hiding. It would seem also, that Sebastian has gone to his side. This makes things a bit more tricky than we could imagine. I only hope that we can get through this fast and hit hard enough to knock down what ever defenses they may have. If there is no further questions, let's get started and get time going again. I don't know about the rest of you but I most certainly am not ready for the end of time, yet."
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Chapter 2 Dreams and the Past
Kiara went to sleep that night in her old room. The room in what was once called the Slytherin House. She lay down on the familiar bed and smiled at the memories of her time at School. She hoped that when this was all over, the school would once again be able to start. Too many children went with out the proper training now. Too many children have been denied the excitement involved with attending Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
She fell asleep faster than one would have thought, what with the stress of the day and all the upcoming trials and tribulations to come. She fell asleep and dreamed.
"Kiara, Kiara come here. I need to talk to you."
"What is it mom? What, you sound so excited about something." Kiara walked over to her mother and sat across the table from her. She gazed into her mothers emerald green eyes and waited for her to tell her what was so exciting.
"Kiara, I got a letter from the Ministry of Magic in England. They want me to come back. I know it's a lot to ask from you. I know you have a perfectly wonderful relationship with your current Master but, it would mean so much more money for us. I think also,. You really should go and visit your birthplace. I can give it a trial and if you decide you want to come back to the US then we'll come back. Ok?" Aurora stated to her.
The look on her mothers face was so excited, so hungry to g back to England that the 15 year old Kiara couldn't stand to tell her no. She smiled instead and then laughed
"You just want to go back to England so you can possibly meet Harry Potter. I mean the scrap books you have on the guy, you'd think his mother would be jealous."
He mother laughed lightly at that, then quickly changed the subject.
Kiara stirred and smiled in her sleep. The memory of her mother and herself in that little house in the US were probably the best of her life.
Kiara and her mother sat at yet another table in yet another house, they seemed to be going over some parchment.
c'mon! don't give me cliff hangers!*puppy dog eyes* Please write more!
"I think I like this one. He seems a bit odd but a strong sorcerer. What do you think Mom?" Kiara looked into those emerald green eyes once again.
"I think that is a god choice Kiara, perhaps.."
Kiara gasped in her sleep and began to toss a bit.
Her mother never did get to complete that sentence. That was when the door flew open and a tall, darkly cloaked wizard walked into their new home and Kiara's mom pushed Kiara into a back room.
"Go away, what do you want with her?" Aurora screamed.
"She's mine and I am taking her to her rightful home. You have done good hiding her from me Aurora. You should have never brought her back, as soon as she stepped foot on English soil, I felt her. Her place is rightfully by my side. Get out of my way."
"No! You can't..."
"Arvada Kedavra!"
There was a flash of green light from under the crack ion the door and Kiara heard her mother's body hit the floor. Silence, nothing for a bit nothing other than the low menacing laugh of the intruding wizard. Suddenly, foot steps headed her way. Kiara backed a few steps away from the door and readied herself for what ever might come.
The door handle turned then there was a clatter of hooves on the floor to the house. The Wizard screamed out angrily then all was silent again. After what seemed a long time, Kiara opened the door to fond the house empty. Her mother's body lying on the floor, she was dead.
Kiara sat up in her bed and gasped for air. That was definitely one memory she didn't want right now. She got out of bed and walked down to the common room for the Slytherin House.
verry good. However, yours are always good. Thanks again for writng it.
Harry slept in his room up in the Gryfindor tower. He was dreaming a dream of the past as well.
"Hi, names Kiara"
"Hi, Harry, Harry Potter."
Kiara smiled and almost looked as if she wanted to laugh. Harry never knew why she almost did not until later.
"I remember seeing you in the street in Little Winging Surrey. I stopped by there later only to find the rude Muggles you were living with telling me you were no longer there." Kiara smiled at him then, her smile brightened up his day, more than anything ever before.
Harry smiled in his sleep, the memory of the first time he met his sister one of his best.
"I hate him! He betrayed me and I .."
"No Kiara, he hasn't betrayed you, not like you think. He's had no choice, he had to do it. Voldem0rt made him do it. You'd be the monster we all feared for so long had he not. If you want to hate anyone, hate our father. Not Max."
Kiara was heading out the door of the Ministry office she worked in and Harry had caught her. She was going back to Voldem0rt, she was angry, Max had left her, he had said some terrible things to her, Harry remembered wanting to tell her that Max didn't mean any of them, he had to do it, he had to leave Kiara or face the fact that he, Max, would be the one solely responsible for the rise of the Shadow. He had to leave and Kiara couldn't know why.
Harry also remembered that Kiara had went to their father, she had come back though, and since she had been back, there was something missing from her, he had asked.
"She's gone. I tricked him into killing her. But what now? I've never seen him so angry, he left me and I felt an emptiness like none other. I wish.."
hmm, "I wish.." Please, don't leave me hanging, come on Ginny, your falling behind here. lol J/K
I couldn't get on last night...Kiara c'mon, I'm putting your stories on my desktop, and I can't do this one till you foinish it!
ok ok ok , her's some more, hang on.
But she never finished that sentence, Harry slept on, thinking as to what it was she wanted to say, the look in her eyes was empty, she truly was missing something and he didn't think it was the Shadow.
Harry sat up in his bed and then went downstairs to the common room and sat next to the fire.
Draco slept in the Slytherin Dormitory as well, he had chosen the boy's old room, his bed familiar to his body, he fell asleep easily. He fell asleep and dreamed.
Draco walked the halls of the Malfoy Manor. He had been awakened by his father talking with some one. He hid behind the wall and watched.
"you are to take custody of the child. She is more important to our cause than your life is worth to you. I don't care how much money it takes, use your influence in the Ministry and get her." Voldem0rt was at their house, he was talking to Lucius like an obsessed maniac.
"As you command my Lord." Lucius said and then Voldem0rt disappeared.
Draco was whisked to yet another point in time. He now stood at the front of the Manor, watching as the car pulled into the drive. His curiosity had grown to that of a young kitten watching a string held up in front of it.
The car stopped just in front of the entrance and the driver stepped out and opened the back door. First, Lucius stepped out, his expression was less than jovial, Draco knew who ever it was that made him angry was still with him.
Then, a girl stepped out of the car, she was beautiful yes however, she frightened Draco at the same time. He couldn't put a finger on it just now but something in her was not human, it was not of this world, he had this feeling, she could destroy anything she wanted to. He took and involuntary step back from the car and stared at her.
"This is Kiara, she'll be staying with us from now on. We can discus why, when we get into the house."
Draco was whisked once again to yet another memory.
"You have no right to try and keep me from Max Draco Malfoy! Stand in my way and you'll find that my patience with you has come to an end."
"you cause nothing but trouble in my house Kiara and I will not have you running about with a Muggle lover the likes of Max."
"You will not have me, or is it that you really don't care but your fear of my father is what drives you to be such a TWIT!"
Draco remembered the look on her face, he knew she was right. Suddenly he was whisked away again. This was something new, something he didn't know, something he had never seen before, he seemed to be looking through the eyes of some one else.
"You silly girl, did you really think you could come after me and take me back there?" Lucius was saying.
Kiara!*pretends to scold*Didn't I tell you not to have cliff hangers?*laughs* I'm kidding
"You have to come back with me, you can no longer walk the earth side by side with my father and help him destroy the Muggles. Come on Lucius, you know as well as I do, he doesn't care about you. All he cares about is the total domination of the world. You are nothing more to him than an easily controlled servant that will do what he says with out the aid of magic. He'll kill you the moment he feels your usefulness is over."
"You lie girl! The only way I'm coming back with you is if you kill me and I don't think you have it in you to do so."
"You are mistaken Lucius, I will kill you if you make me, I can't let you continue to corrupt the minds of the Ministry and to go on helping the monster that I call father."
"Then I guess it comes down to the fight that has been waiting to happen since the day you darkened my doorstep." Lucius pulled his wand and stood ready for a battle.
"Remember, I never asked to join your little family. Remember also, I never asked for this fight. I don't want to fight you Lucius, please, put that thing away and just come back with me. Draco wouldn't want this, Draco loves you more than you think. He may have disowned you after the whole Azkaban thing but, he doesn't want you dead any more than I do. Don't be foolish, you can't win, we both know this."
Draco saw his father raise his wand and send the killing curse at him. He flinched as he felt the hot burning sensation course through his body, his whole mind loosing control then, he felt numb and he looked at his father through a darkened haze, there was no feelings within him, then, he saw a hand reach out and pull his father close, it wasn't his hand, it belonged to a girl.
"This is your last chance Lucius, either you come with me, put that thing away or.."
Draco saw his reflection in his fathers eyes, it wasn't him he saw, it was an angels face, the eys were like pools of blackness, endless nothing penetrated their darkness. He realized he was seeing the Archangel that Kiara had become shortly after the demise of the shadow.
"Avada Kedavra!" Lucius yelled once more then he saw his father lying dead on the floor. He started to cry, he was then looking at the seen from above. The archangel was gone, Kiara knelt beside his father, holding his head in her arms and crying.
"Why? Why did you make me do it Lucius, why?"
Draco sat up in his bed, he was covered in sweat and shaking. The feelings that Kiara had felt on that night when she had killed his father still clung to him, he felt nothing more than sorrow and rage. He sat in bed for several hours, staring at the ceiling then got up and walked down to the common room.
Draco entered the common room and stopped at he sight of Kiara sitting on the couch. He wanted to turn around and go back up to the dormitory but knew now, she hurt just as much as he did over the loss of his father. He had, after all, been the closest thing to a father she had ever had. Draco walked over and sat down next to her, at her surprise.
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LOL, Guys..heehee, luvs ya. I will put more to this story in here in a bit. I STILL haven't transfered my folders from the old puter but soon, I promise. :-*
Chapter 3. Forgiveness
Kiara looked over at Draco with a great curiosity. She knew something had transpired to make him come sit with her. She didn't know what it was and she wasn't about to speak to him and say the wrong thing when she now had the chance to make amends with him.
Draco sat in silence, staring into the fire for several minutes. Then, he turned and looked into the Emerald-green eyes of Kiara's, his adopted sister. He sighed then looked back into the fire. He knew Lucius was Kiara's father as much as he was his own, he knew she loved him, although at the look of the two, you'd think she hated him.
"I'm sorry for hating you Kiara. I had no idea what you went through. I couldn't understand why you killed him. I now know, he gave you no choice. What I don't understand is, why he didn't just disaperated and save himself when he knew he couldn't defeat you."
"Draco, Lucius was trapped in a world he no longer wanted to be a part of. He couldn't betray my father, if he did, it would have meant the destruction of not only himself but, you too and Lucius knew that. He opted for death as a way out. The only way he knew of. He couldn't understand that you would have been protected, that I would never let anything happen to you, or him for that matter, he was blinded by the power of lord Voldem0rt. Too many years spent doing his bidding, to much contact with such power is totally corrupting." Kiara reached down, taking Drano's chin with her hand and turned his face to hers.
"Draco, I loved your father, more than you know. He stood up for me several times, he lied for me and protected me from the Ministry when he could have simply let them take me away to that god-awful prison. I would have done the same for him, had he given me the chance. It hurt me to have killed him. At the same time however, I knew it was what he wanted. I can't say that I regret killing him, I do however, regret that I couldn't make you understand why, I only hope you can forgive me. You are like my brother and always will be."
Draco looked deeply into those eyes, the old feeling of fright tingled inside of him. The fright was now, he knew, the pure power within this small girl. The power that always went unhidden. He smiled.
"Kiara, I do forgive you. I want to help you now, I want to help with this whole thing. I need now, more than ever to see your father destroyed, once and for all. He is the one responsible for the destruction of my father, I know that. Lets get to work."
Kiara and Draco stood and walked the halls to the extensive library and started in on the dark arts books, looking for the spell Voldem0rt may have used to hold the planet in this eternal darkness. They got to work immediately, taking every book containing even the smallest link to what they searched for.
Draco noticed a change in Kiara when they began to read through spells and enchantments. He noticed they way she got excited about the dark, evil spells in the books and suddenly realized, Kiara wasn't as good as everyone thought. He also now understood why it was that Max always hated it when Kiara would read these books. She became obsessed, nothing else mattered, Draco tried several times to call a break but Kiara simply waved him off and continued reading.
Finally, after many attempts to get her away form the books, Draco left the library to go for something to eat. He was half way down the hall when he stopped, dead in his tracks.
BUMP!
Ahead of his was a darkly cloaked figure, taller than him and built much stronger.. When the other man heard his footsteps, he turned and the look on his face wasn't too happy, but all the same, it was friendly.
"Max? What on earth are you doing here?" Draco asked in surprise.
He hadn't thought he'd ever see him again after what had happened. Then again, Draco also knew that Max still loved Kiara and that one day, they'd have to make things work between them, fix what tore them apart in the first place.
Max walked over to where Draco stood, he turned his frosty blue eyes on him and made an attempt at a smile.
"Harry called me, where is he?" Max said in a low, far off tone.
"He's probably sleeping Max, you'll find him in the Gryfindor tower, I'm sure." Draco replied, still in a little shocked at seeing him here.
"Thanks Draco." Max started to turn away then stopped. "Hey, don't tell Kiara I'm here, I want to see her myself."
"No problem, not as if she'd listen to me right now anyway, she's drowned herself into the Dark Arts books to find the spell her father used to create this mess."
A short smile crossed Max's face.
"Well then, perhaps it will be a while before I have to face her then. At least I know she'll be in a good mood when I do. See you later and, thanks." Max turned and continued up the stairs to the Gryfindor tower.
Draco continued on his way to the kitchen to get something to eat. He hoped Max could straighten things out with Kiara, they could use his help.
Max entered the common room and found Harry sitting at the fire, he looked puzzled.
"Hey, you called me?" Max stated.
Harry looked up and smiled.
"Thanks for coming Max. I think it's time for you to let Kiara know exactly why you had to do what you did. She needs you. I had a dream and I remembered something, just a little something and now I think I know what it was Kiara tried to tell me so long ago." Harry greeted.
Max walked further into the room and took a seat across from Harry and waited for Harry to continue.
"Kiara can't defeat her father with out you. That's why he wanted you to leave her so badly, that's why he threatened to kill your family, that's why Fudge told you that you had to leave. Kiara told me she felt empty after the shadow left her. I thought it was just because a part of her was stripped away but now, I know that wasn't what she was talking about. She was talking about the fact that with out you, she couldn't fight anymore. She started to say "I wish.." she never finished that sentence. I know now she meant to say "I wish Max was here." Harry stopped and watched Max. He knew Max wanted nothing more than to have Kiara back, he also knew that Max had watched everything in Kiara's life since he left. Max was always with her, even if she hadn't known it. Now, the only thing to do is make Kiara understand why Max had left, why he had pushed her away. Harry only hoped that his stubborn, hard-headed sister would listen to Max.
"Well, I guess the next thing for me to do now then is talk to her. Wish me luck Harry." Max said as he now stood once again and started out the porthole
Good luck friend" Harry said as Max disappeared behind the porthole.
Good job! I know I read it so quickly :angelic:
Max walked to the Library, he knew Kiara would still be in there, thumbing through, no, reading every word written on the pages of the Dark Arts books. He opened the door to the Library and stood, rooted to the spot. Suddenly, every muscle in his body froze, his mind went blank, all he could do was stand and look at her. He could feel his heart pounding madly in his chest and he even began to breakout in a sweat.
Kiara was leaning over a book, Max noticed how her shiny hair cascaded down to cover her face from view. He remembered how soft it was to touch, he could almost smell the fresh scent of it. He closed his eyes and tried to shake all the thoughts and memories out of his head but they flooded in on him like water through a flood gate and there was no stopping them. He had shut them off for far too long and now, he stood there, just feet from her and he couldn't do anything but stare. Kiara moved her hand, slid it over the table to a quill set in an ink bottle, and picked it up with out looking. She then started to write something on the paper, still with out looking. When she had finished, she held the paper up facing Max. She had written something on it, she knew he was there.
Max read:
What Do You Want of Me?
That's all, it said nothing more and Kiara was now, staring at him, her eyes set in a manner of hurt and anger. Max found it difficult to look into those eyes, knowing he was the cause for her hurt. His mouth had gone dry but he managed to speak, although it was silent and more of a whisper than actual speech.
"I need to talk to you."
Kiara didn't move or take her eyes off him. She continued to hold him in her angry gaze. Max thought if she didn't stop looking at him like this he'd die.
"I have nothing to say to you." Kiara said after a bit. Then she turned her head back to the book she had been reading and said nothing more.
Max found his strength then. He walked over to her side, standing just far enough away so as not to be within her striking distance need she find the want to hit him.
"It was all a lie Kiara, I never meant any of those things I said to you. It was all a lie. I had to do it. If I hadn't, you would have never gone to your father and we'd be dealing with the Shadow right now."
Kiara jerked her head up and flashed him a nasty look. One that most people would have run from.
"You told me that you hated me, you said you found some one else and that she was ..."
Max cut her off.
"I told you those things because I had to make you hate me. You had to think I betrayed you so that your father would leave me alone, leave my family alone. I had to tell you those things. That woman never existed Kiara, I .."
Kiara turned away from him and growled.
"How do I know your telling the truth Max? How do I know your not just here to try and let me to love you again just so you and I can defeat my father? How do I know your not going to take off and leave me alone again to be with this other woman you call nonexistent?"
bump!!!!! 'non-existent' hehe...
ACK! heehee
"Look at me Kiara and you'll know, look at me." Max bravely reached out and turned her around to face him.
Kiara looked for the first time into his cold blue eyes. They showed all the same hurt she felt. They told her of years of suffering and longing. Kiara was rooted to the spot, a flood of memories rushing in. She started to cry, a single tear rolled down her cheek and Max brushed it away.
"I love you Kiara, I never stopped loving you. You have to believe me. I can't do this anymore. I need you."
"I love you Max. How could you have done this to me? We could have found another way. I know we.."
But she didn't know, she now realized that there really was no other way. The link between her and her father was so strong then that he knew all her feelings, all her thoughts. If Kiara had tried to lie to him about Max, he would have known and yes, Max was right. If that happened, they would be under the rule of The Shadow. For with out Max, she would have been lost, yes, she had hated him for leaving her but she had known him to be still alive. That alone, was enough to give her the strength to stand up and trick her father into killing the Shadow with in her.
Max leaned in and kissed her. The kiss was all it took to break down any last doubts that she may have had. To be with him again, to forgive him seemed the perfect thing to do. Kiara kissed him back.
In the distance, the birds flew from there perches in the trees where they had all settled down for the night and in the night wind came a scream of anger so totally evil and mad that the whole of the population around the source was frozen for a moment or, in the birds' case, took flight to try and escape the feeling of being chilled to the very soul by the sound.
In a castle not for from the forbidden forest sat now a silent yet angry looking Dark Lord. A figure of a small man lay dead at his feet.
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"How could you have let them come back together Wormtail..." The Dark Lord said, after he had killed him.
The next day, Kiara and Max went back to the library, Draco along as well. The three of them searched further in the books at hand. Kiara thought perhaps once she may have found what they were looking for but, it wasn't the right one. Their search took up two days and they never found anything. Kiara had finally come to the conclusion that she'd have to find a way into the hiding place of her father to get the book.
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Chapter 4. Retrieval of the Spell
A few days had passed and Kiara began to get restless. Her dreams began to take on the pictures of chaos and destruction. She seemed to be slipping into yet another laps of depression, her father was obviously trying to reach her again. Max seemed to be the only one to really notice this and stayed at her side constantly.
"Don't give in to him Kiara, I know you plan on trying to sneak into his hiding place as soon as the others find it. You can't do it, let some one else go. The moment you step foot in his lair, he'll know you are there." Max told her.
"How'd you know that Max? How'd you find out I was going to do that? I never told anyone." Kiara snapped.
"I just guessed, that's all. I know you Kiara, I know you'd risk yourself before asking anyone else to do it." Max replied calmly.
Kiara sighed. "Your right, and I still plan on doing it." Kiara replied back, a tone of finality in her voice.
"That's exactly what he wants you to do, you know. He's tricking you into doing the exact thing you shouldn't do. Please, leave this up to one of the others. I think that Jessica would be the perfect one to do it. Your father knows nothing of her and she is a changeling to boot. She could slip in and get out of there faster than anyone else. Besides, I think it's time for you to take a step back for a moment and let some one else take on the burden for a change."
Kiara looked up at him and smiled, surprisingly to him.
"I know what you want and, all be it selfish, I want the same thing. Perhaps you are right, maybe I will let Jessica do this. You are right there as well, she's perfect. Besides, you and I need to spend more time together. When Jessica gets back here with that book, then I can get back to work again." Kiara replied, giving Max a look that made his knees melt.
"Ok you two, there'll be enough time for that at a later date, we need to get to the room and have that meeting just now, sorry." Draco said, watching the two of them and holding back a laugh.
Kiara blushed slightly, not knowing he was there then looked up and smiled.
"Ok, your right, lets go..."
The three of them walked to the Room of Requirements and sat at the long table once again to discuss what to do next.
"I'll do it Kiara, I think I could get in there quite easily and besides, Like you pointed out, I am a changeling so even if I am seen, no one will be able to track me." The small girl Kiara had first spoken to upon her arrival to the castle said in her sweet, tiny voice.
"Thanks Jessica, you have no idea the help you are providing to us." Draco said.
"Thanks Draco but, I do know the problems we have and I know the risk I take and I do what I do in hopes for an end to the destruction of our world." Jessica smiled sweetly at Draco.
"Thanks all the same Jess." Kiara said as she stood and started out the door to end the meeting.
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Jessica, a small witch, perhaps maybe no more than 5 feet tall and average looking walked out of the meeting room and to her room to ready herself for the night's activities. She had a plan, one that she was sure would get her in and out of the Dark Lords lair easily enough. Little did she know what exactly she was going to face down there. She had no idea who really ran the circus of Dark spells and curses, how could she have known she was letting herself in to the very pit of Hell. How could she know that Satan himself had ordered the retrieval of the Dark Lords daughter. She couldn't have known so, she readied herself the best she knew how and stepped out side her room, said her good byes to the rest and was on her way, trudging through the dark forest and into the Lions den.
She walked on for many hours, unable to use her magic to make things go by faster due to wanting to keep the element of surprise in her field. The closer she got to the lair, the more quiet she became. The woods surrounding the cave entrance were blackened, burnt and dead. No light, not even from the moon could penetrate here. She changed her form to look now like a dark, sinister witch, complete with a wart on the tip of her nose. She walked, uninterrupted into the mouth of the cave.
Her foot steps took her deeper and deeper under ground. The air was hot and dry and her breathing became more labored as she continued. The heat of the place seeming to sear her lungs. She was determined though, and had to complete her mission so went on.
The inner chambers of the cave seemed to jet off in all directions. She stopped at one of the intersection of caves and closed her eyes, stretching out her mind to find the hot spot that would signify the book she was looking for. After a few moments, she connected with it. It was down the corridor to her left. She turned and walked down it's darkness, going deeper and deeper underground. The air began to become increasingly hot, the walls of the corridor seemed to illuminate in a dark, reddish glow.
She saw a figure walk past her, it did not look at her nor did it pause or even hesitate at her presence, it was as if it didn't even see her, she checked her nerves and walked on. When she finally came to the end of the corridor, she stopped, standing just inside and looking out into a vast, open cave, the floor was strewn with rivers of lava and in every corner, could be seen bones, of both human and other creatures, littered on the ground. A sharp sting of horror threatened to over take her when she let her eyes flow over the cave.
The thing that horrified her was the creature sitting on a dais, not 100 feet from her. His red, leather -like skin and horned head made an impression, that was for sure but that was not what scared her so deeply. It was the fact that this, bearded, black eyed creature was staring at her as he drank from a golden goblet in which, she noted as it sloshed from the cup, was blood.
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She could feel a terrible dread awaken in her as his voice seemed to echo in her mind. His lips did not move, nor did his face make any expression what so ever.
"So, the puppet of my prey comes to take that which does not belong to her?" His voice echoed louder than anything, nothing but his voice could Jessica hear.
Jessica couldn't move from her spot at the entrance to the cave.. Then, as if willed by some unknown force her body began to move on it's own, as hard as she tried she couldn't stop it. Soon, step after agonizing step took her to stand before the Devil. Then, with out knowing why, she began to openly weep. Her knees buckled under her and she fell to the stone floor before the King of Hell.
"They all try to resist at first but you'll find, child, in the end, it's much easier to just do what I will. You want something I posses, am I correct?" His voice once again filled her mind, seemingly searing into her very being.
Jessica managed a small, feeble reply.
"Yes."
"I will grant you that which you have come for, if, you brig me the dark one. You know the one I speak of. If she does not return with you in the morning, your soul is mine and you will spend the rest of eternity in the painful punishment only I can deliver."
The Devil then reached out and handed her the book she sought so desperately. Jessica's hands trembled under it's weight. The binding of the book, searing burns into her palms yet she felt no pain, only calm. A great calm the likes of which she had never known. The next thing she knew, she was back in the forest, wondering along the path that lead her here. She stopped and looked around, the memory of what transpired under the world, was lost in her mind, all she remember was that she got the book and was to take it to Kiara, immediately.
Chapter 5 The Devil's Advocate
Jessica arrived with the Dark Book of Satan later that night, she was welcomed back into the castle with open arms and much rejoicing. Little did anyone know that the girl they admitted into their midst, was now one of the devil's puppets and was there to not only take the book back but also, to take Kiara with her.
Kiara had no idea that anyone, other than her own father wanted her. She had no idea she was born for a purpose. Satan had granted Voldem0rt with a girl child so that one day, she would stand next to him and be his queen in an Underworld that would rise up and take over the universe, with there combined powers.
Voldemo0rt in short, had made a pact with the Devil and now, the devil was here to collect on that pact.
Draco was the only one to notice a change in Jessica. He had lived too long with his father to not know the signs of a person changed, by the dark arts. He watched her for a long while before taking Kiara aside and telling her his worries.
"What is it Draco? What's wrong? You look.."
Draco put a finger to her lips and took her further away from the others, backed her into a room and closed the door behind them.
"Kiara, something's not right, Jessica isn't the same girl who left here earlier this evening. She's being controlled by, more than likely, your father. There's a reason she was allowed to bring you that book so easily. Don't trust what she says, you have to trust me on this Kiara, please." He pleaded with her.
Kiara looked at the book in her hands then wiped away the dirt and debris form it's cover, her eyes resting on the words, burnt into the oddly constructed cover. It seemed like leather but was something else, not known to her. The make of the cover was not her point of interest however, the words inscribed in the cover were.
Kiara read the words slowly at first, to her self then out loud the Draco so he could hear what they said, her voice wavered as she read, her face paling and a sweat beginning to break out on her forehead as Kiara, for the first time ever became truly frightened. What she read was thus:
The Book of Satan. For the hands of his bride, the daughter of the Darkest Wizard known to human kind.
Kiara ran her fingers over the words softly and the book began to radiate a warming sensation for her. She dropped it to the ground.
BUMP!
"This isn't what it seems but I know the answer lies with in. I can feel it in there. I just don't know that I should open it." Kiara backed away from the book.
Draco looked from the book lying on the floor and then back to Kiara.
"I don't know that you should read that. Don't touch it, let me get Harry and the others, I'll send Max here to you first. DON"T open that book. Promise me Kiara, promise you will not open that book no matter What happens." Draco said, a hint of forcefulness in his tone that he'd never used on Kiara before in his entire life.
Kiara barely heard him and just nodded her agreement. This was not good enough for Draco, he grabbed her chin and forced her to look at him.
"Understand this Kiara, if you open that book and anything happens to you, I will personally see to it that you are brought back to us, screaming or not and I WILL hold you in a dungeon until the time come we can bring you back. Nothing and I mean nothing, including the devil himself will keep me from my promise. Do you get my point."
Kiara looked oddly at him for a moment then smiled.
"Hum, Draco, I get it, go. I won't open the book, nothing on earth is going to get my peek inside that thing. And by the way, since when did you begin to think you could take me on in a fair, or unfair fight any way?"
"Trust me Kiara, I know things about you that you don't and when I get back, we'll discuss those things but for now, just stay here and don't open the door to anyone but Max. Got it?" Draco said with a raised brow and a genuinely concerned look.
"Got it boss." Kiara answered with a smirk.
Draco left the room, and headed for the gathering spot of the evening.
Jessica had disappeared unnoticed from the small celebration party, she crept through the halls, her eyes seeing things not normal human eyes cold detect and her ears hearing the conversation between Kiara and Draco
She stood now outside the door to the room that held both Kiara and the book. She smiled to herself and soon, took on the appearance of Max and knocked..
Kiara went to the door and opened it a crack, seeing Max, she let, who she thought to be him, in.
"Draco told me of the book Kiara, let's have a look. Draco said it should be ok for you to open it so long as I'm here." Jessica, as Max, said, walking over and kissing Kiara on the cheek as Max would.
Kiara, not paying much attention, didn't even look closely enough at him or she would have known right away that it was an imposter. She walked over to the book and picked it up from it's resting place on the floor.
"You sure? I don't know Max, I don't know if should read it, I'm not sure I should even open this thing." Kiara said, gazing once again at he inscription on the cover.
"Go on Kiara, you know nothing can happen when I'm here, open it."
Kiara, trusting Max more than anyone in the entire world, grabs the corner of the book and slowly opens it.
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A flash of light comes from the book and Kiara is transfixed, unable to move, unable to hear or see anything other then the words written on the pages of the book. Her mind screams out for her to close it but her body won't listen and she is forced finally, to read what the book contains.
As she reads, something begins to happen to her, she seems to change, little by little in to the Archangel controlled only by Satan her body trembles, trying to fight it off but she can't look away, she can't stop reading, unknown to her, out loud, the words in the book.
"...and shall she read these words into the stillness of the night, she shall become mine and no other will take her from me.
"I daughter of the Dark Wizard Voldem0rt belong to Satan, to be his bride and help him return to the earth and rule as he has been destined to ..."
Kiara stopped, she trembled violently and began to black out, she was able to stop reading, but it was taking all she had to do it.
The door flung open and Draco and max walked in. Jessica, changed back to her real form and hissed at them. Then, she screamed a hideous scream and seemed to vanish slowly, almost like a fog being swept away in the breeze.
Kiara still trembled, not being able to drop the book and still, not being able to look away. Draco lunged forward, knocking the book from her hands and Kiara collapsed to the floor.
Max rushed over an sat beside her, lifting her head onto is lap. Draco knelt down next to them.
"She's still breathing, that was almost to close." Max said, brushing her hair from her face, to look down at the Archangel for the first time since he left.
"She's changed in my absence, hasn't she?" Max continued now looking at Draco with a serious stare.
Draco stands and walks over to the book and reaches out then closes it and turns to Max.
"Yes, she has, she's even more unstable than ever before, but after reading what was written on that page, I think I understand. Max, there is something I know that I never told her for fear of her becoming outraged and well, I think now would be an appropriate time to spill it." Draco answered as he picked the book up from the floor and set it on a nearby table.
"Go on Draco, what is it?"
Draco took a seat on the floor next to Kiara and Max, gently removing a strand of her hair from her face and then looked up at Max.
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"I once heard my father talking to Voldem0rt about something, I never really put much stock in because, well, when you live around the dark arts for so long, you tend to go numb to things around you." Draco paused and glanced again down at Kiara. "When I was little, just a baby I guess, Kiara's half brother, Sebastian, was left with us for a spell. Evidently, Voldem0rt had made a pact with the devil and Sebastian was to become the lord of fire but, I didn't think about Kiara, she was too, part of that pact, she was destined to become the Devil's bride, in return for the power the Devil would bestow on Sebastian. I never told anyone I heard that and, I guess now that I think of it, the reason I didn't was because no matter how hard I tried, I couldn't. When Sebastian was sent to us, Voldem0rt made sure I wouldn't be able to go against him, and until all this started, I couldn't but now, for some reason, it seems Voldem0rt's curse has no more power over me."
"So, Sebastian never really was one of us then? I don't get it though, I thought he was brought back here to destroy Kiara in the beginning. It just doesn't add up." Max replied.
"No, it was all a lie. He was supposed to die at Kiara's hand all those years ago so that he could become the Lord of the Fire. His coming back to destroy Kiara was all a lie. I think."
"You think? Come on Draco, we need to know, I think it's important to know why Sebastian came back in the first place, what has he been up to all these years."
"Well, it's my theory that Sebastian has been this whole time, the Devil's Advocate. His helper and his eyes. I think he was brought back to see to it that this end came, to be sure Kiara didn't stand in Voled0rt's way, too much. I think the Devil tricked even Voldem0rt on that point. Wanting to be sure Kiara never dies and that Voldem0rt would, in the end, be driven to make the universe stand still to wait for his arrival." Draco finished and stood.