ALL IS FAIR
~ PROLOGUE ~
Some time during the Second Wizarding War..
So they met again. It felt inevitable, every single time, like they were magnets that just wouldn't stay apart for too long. He was her nemesis. Or was she his? She shook the contemplation out of her mind, focusing on the here and now. How he stood before her, casual, head cocked to the side mockingly. He hadn't even drawn his wand like she had. His hands were idly playing with the ends of a scarf tied round his neck. For once it was just her and him now. She couldn't hear his cronies anywhere close. It would be easy to just disapparate and leave him here. But that wasn't her style. She wouldn't neglect this opportunity to teach him a lesson. He knew that just as well as she did. That's how well they had gotten to know each other. That's why he kept so calm, eyeing her up without rush.
Getting rid of him would make everything so much simpler. The completion of her mission, the protection of those she cared for, the realization of a good night's rest without him troubling her dreams. Getting rid of him would mean, getting rid of the emotional rollercoaster he caused in her head, or was it her heart? Focus!
'Now don't play hard to get!' he snarled. 'You knew this had to end some time. You've been a naughty girl long enough!' She wanted to slap him for his condescending tone, as if he had any edge over her. Basically she just wanted to slap him, hard. And scratch him, down his back. Argh, stop it already! Seeing her indecision he approached a couple of steps through the trees. She felt her heart beat accelerate and she knew this reaction was caused by more than fear. He reached for his wand inside his coat. He had a holster of some sort for it so he kept it right under his heart. Even that she knew about him. He was about 30ft from her where he stopped. Her eyes had never left his since she'd discovered his presence and yet only now as they were gazing at each other in silence did his green eyes seem to speak to hers. For a moment she felt they were making a wordless agreement. They wouldn't kill each other; this was business only.
'Incarcerous!'
'Expelliarmus!'
They started to duel. To her it felt like foreplay.