Disclaimer- I own nothing to do with the HP series. It all belongs to J.K Rowling. eg) Hogwarts, Draco Malfoy ect... HP himself will not be in this fic. Rae is a friend's character. I own Ebony Shadow, her family(including pets), balthazar and the plot.
AN-Anything inside of *'s are what a person is thinking.
Chapter 1
It was 4:30 am in the small city of Salinas in California, USA. Most were sleeping, except for a few awaking for work. But for one girl at 1621 Cresent Lane, this night was like many before it. Full of horrid images and tear filled screams. The nightmare was proceeding as it always did: "I'm going after him!", Ebony declaired, while smoke filled the corridor. "Are you nuts?!" Draco asked in a conserned voice. "This really isn't the time to get into a debate you two. Lets keep going." Rae chided. "Fine go, I can do this on my own, it's probably best this way anyways." Ebony said before running off in the opposite direction of that Rae had wanted to go. "Fuck!!" Draco exclaimed, "Must she be so stubborn?." He then grabbed Rae by the sholders and looked into her eyes and said in a very definate voice, the one no one argued with, "Listen to me. Get out of here! Go! Now! It's bad enough Ebony is risking her life, there is no reason for you to...I don't want to see you get hurt. Go! I'll meet you outside." "What?! Where are you going?"Rae asked. But Draco was already heading after Ebony. "Draco?! DRACO! Come Back!" Rae yelled. "Come on dear, this way. Don't worry, stay calm," a teacher was saying, but before Rae could tell the teacher about her friends going after thier headmaster the teacher was telling her to listen and was pushing Rae towards an exit.
The further into the school Ebony got, the denser the smoke became. It was painfully crushing her lungs, but she had to get to him. No matter what she had seen or heard him... she refused to believe it. Just as she reached the foot of the stair case that led to the South tower she jumped for she felt someone lay a hand on her sholder. Draco felt her jump at the touch of his hand and said, "It's just me. I'm here to talk you out of this nonsense and take you back downstairs to to safty. Leave him, he can take care of himself. After all the things we've witnessed this year it could be him that's..." Draco started, but before he could continue Ebony began to protest. "I don't want to hear it! I don't care what you say or what we've seen. He's been great to us! He's done so much to ensure our success--to take care of us. And now I'm helping him! With or without you" Draco didn't like what he was hearing, "Listen to yourself! You absolutely refuse to believe that there is evil in people. You are so naive, too trusting and generous a person. All your caring is going to be your downfall and turn around on you one day. It's your greatest weakness, your going to get yourself hurt! I mean think about it! What brought you here? Why do you think he'd be here, at the South tower? I'll tell you why, because..." Ebony had had enough and snapped, "Shut up!! I'm NOT leaving without him! Either your with me or your not. If not leave me alone. so which is it? Are you coming or not?" He had never seen her look so determined to do something, she looked beautiful. He knew she was wrong...But he wasn't about to leave her all alone, so he caved. "Fine. Someone's got to watch your back. But remember I worned you Eb." They headed up the circular stairs, passing many doors, up to the very top where a large room was, but what was there--what they saw, she hadn't expected...Skip..."AHHH!!!" Ebony screamed as she jumped in front of Draco and caught the blast that was meant for him. A familiar strong male voice spoke to Ebony in a dissapointed way, "Stupid girl! Why do you try to keep him from harm? now you will suffer more than you were meant to. You weren't supposed to...you were not to now." The amle who had been talking to Ebony began to perform some incantation but was stopped by a figure who had entered the room by a secret passage way. The figure wore a dark cloak, hiding their face. "STOP! Don't kill them it is not thier time yet. This is an unexpected and unfortunate set back, they were not to be here tonight. We need her, we need them both," the voice was a definate 'he'. It was bone chilling, and though you could not see his eyes, you could feel them on you, they felt like they could see right into your soul and find whatever they wanted...Skip...NOO!!!!!!
Ebony sat up straight in her bed. Crying and covered in a thick layer of cold sweat, shaking vigorously. It was still dark out, and there was no moon to give off a smidge of light. "Why Balthazar? Why?" was all she said alone in the darkness.
Later that morning, once the sun had risen, Ebony awoke and got dressed. she ate and left her house for her usual time away. This summer had been quiet and she had become more detached from her family and people in general. She went to her usual spot at the park a couple of blocks away from her home.
The hot sun, of late July, poured down on her soft skin, while the cool grass on her back added just the right touch to a perfect moment. *I could stay here like this forver*. Just then she felt something wet and cold on her face. Eb opened her eyes to see a mangy, blackish brown beast. "Kahlua! What are you doing? Get off!" She sat up, picked up a slobbery stick that the dog had dropped beside her. "Do you want this?" she asked as she waved the stick in front of the dogs anticipating face. "Well then...Fetch!" and she threw it, the dog instantly set off after the airborn stick. Ebony looked at her watch, 3:55pm. "Shit! Mum wanted us home twentyfive minutes ago." She looked around, Kahlua was already on her way back, for yet another throw of the lifeless stick. "Where has my cappuccino gone? Mocha!" she called. Then came a bark from behind her, she turned to see another dark coloured dog rushing towards her. The dog jumped up on Ebony, knocking her to the ground.
"Ahh!" she yelped, but knew getting upset with her faithful companions would do nothing. So she began to play along, by roughly restling with her dog. "Ooh think your soo strong, hu? Yes you are. Your such a good girl." She pat the dog on the head and got up to start collecting her stuff, and put her yellow shorts on top of her blue and yellow bathing suit. She loved coming to the park to work on her tan with nothing but a walkman and her dogs. "Come on girls! Mum's going to have kittens if wedon't get back soon. I can hear her now; "Ebony Mayra Shadow! If I say you will be home at 3:30pm, you are to be home at 3:30. Not a moment later, do you understand me?! Good. Now..." Ebony trailed of, becoming lost in her own thoughts, while the two dogs followed at her side.
Ebony Shadow had alot going for her she was exceptionally smart. Not to mention witty, pretty and brave. She had proved the last one more than once over the last year. She had long, wavy, medium brown hair with such dark brown eyes, it was almost imposible to see where the iris met the black pupil. Now most people say that people with eyes that dark look scary but not Ebony's. No, her were full of life, enthusiasium and kindness. Her skin was soft with a very even tan but she was fairly short for most girls her age, standing at a height of five foot four. She was a generous and loving person with many friends.
She missed all of her friends terribly, especailly Draco Malfoy. They had only know each other for since the beginning of the last year of school, when he had moved to America from England. They had always gotten along, which was kinda hard for Draco, but they had grown extremely close within the last months of school. Who wouldn't after what they had gone through. *I wonder what Draco is doing right now? Is he having a good summer? I wish I had heard from him. Maybe I should owl him?* These thoughts plagued her mind until something dawned on her. See as she thought of her friends she was forced to think of the last school year and all that had happened. Compared to it, the summer seemed dull. Ususally Ebony lived her summers to the fullest because she happily looked forward to September, when school would resume.
Now most teenagers would be horrified at the idea of having to go back to school, however, Ebony Shadow and her pals were not ordinary teens and they didn't go to a normal high school either. No, they were witches and Wizards who attended Balinor Academy of Magic, located somewhere in sunny California, USA. But this summer was unlike any other for Ebony couldn't look forward to school. Well, she could, but she would be deluding herself. Because it's kinda fard to go to school, when there is no school to go back to. Her school had been blown up, at the end of June, by some unknown something or someone. But nobody knew the truth as she and her friends did.
As she rounded the last corner on the was to her large, pale yellow and dark green house, she was snapped back to reality by something unusual in her neighborhood. She surveyed the familiar surroundings that she had grown up in. Everything looked normal. All the neighbors yards and houses seemed fine. She turned her attention to her own home. She saw the same colours, same empty mailbox, her mum's blue van and her dad's, Baby, little silver convertable sports car, the red SUV, their six year old siamese cat sitting on the porch..*Wait!!* "A red SUV?!
AN-Anything inside of *'s are what a person is thinking.
Chapter 1
It was 4:30 am in the small city of Salinas in California, USA. Most were sleeping, except for a few awaking for work. But for one girl at 1621 Cresent Lane, this night was like many before it. Full of horrid images and tear filled screams. The nightmare was proceeding as it always did: "I'm going after him!", Ebony declaired, while smoke filled the corridor. "Are you nuts?!" Draco asked in a conserned voice. "This really isn't the time to get into a debate you two. Lets keep going." Rae chided. "Fine go, I can do this on my own, it's probably best this way anyways." Ebony said before running off in the opposite direction of that Rae had wanted to go. "Fuck!!" Draco exclaimed, "Must she be so stubborn?." He then grabbed Rae by the sholders and looked into her eyes and said in a very definate voice, the one no one argued with, "Listen to me. Get out of here! Go! Now! It's bad enough Ebony is risking her life, there is no reason for you to...I don't want to see you get hurt. Go! I'll meet you outside." "What?! Where are you going?"Rae asked. But Draco was already heading after Ebony. "Draco?! DRACO! Come Back!" Rae yelled. "Come on dear, this way. Don't worry, stay calm," a teacher was saying, but before Rae could tell the teacher about her friends going after thier headmaster the teacher was telling her to listen and was pushing Rae towards an exit.
The further into the school Ebony got, the denser the smoke became. It was painfully crushing her lungs, but she had to get to him. No matter what she had seen or heard him... she refused to believe it. Just as she reached the foot of the stair case that led to the South tower she jumped for she felt someone lay a hand on her sholder. Draco felt her jump at the touch of his hand and said, "It's just me. I'm here to talk you out of this nonsense and take you back downstairs to to safty. Leave him, he can take care of himself. After all the things we've witnessed this year it could be him that's..." Draco started, but before he could continue Ebony began to protest. "I don't want to hear it! I don't care what you say or what we've seen. He's been great to us! He's done so much to ensure our success--to take care of us. And now I'm helping him! With or without you" Draco didn't like what he was hearing, "Listen to yourself! You absolutely refuse to believe that there is evil in people. You are so naive, too trusting and generous a person. All your caring is going to be your downfall and turn around on you one day. It's your greatest weakness, your going to get yourself hurt! I mean think about it! What brought you here? Why do you think he'd be here, at the South tower? I'll tell you why, because..." Ebony had had enough and snapped, "Shut up!! I'm NOT leaving without him! Either your with me or your not. If not leave me alone. so which is it? Are you coming or not?" He had never seen her look so determined to do something, she looked beautiful. He knew she was wrong...But he wasn't about to leave her all alone, so he caved. "Fine. Someone's got to watch your back. But remember I worned you Eb." They headed up the circular stairs, passing many doors, up to the very top where a large room was, but what was there--what they saw, she hadn't expected...Skip..."AHHH!!!" Ebony screamed as she jumped in front of Draco and caught the blast that was meant for him. A familiar strong male voice spoke to Ebony in a dissapointed way, "Stupid girl! Why do you try to keep him from harm? now you will suffer more than you were meant to. You weren't supposed to...you were not to now." The amle who had been talking to Ebony began to perform some incantation but was stopped by a figure who had entered the room by a secret passage way. The figure wore a dark cloak, hiding their face. "STOP! Don't kill them it is not thier time yet. This is an unexpected and unfortunate set back, they were not to be here tonight. We need her, we need them both," the voice was a definate 'he'. It was bone chilling, and though you could not see his eyes, you could feel them on you, they felt like they could see right into your soul and find whatever they wanted...Skip...NOO!!!!!!
Ebony sat up straight in her bed. Crying and covered in a thick layer of cold sweat, shaking vigorously. It was still dark out, and there was no moon to give off a smidge of light. "Why Balthazar? Why?" was all she said alone in the darkness.
Later that morning, once the sun had risen, Ebony awoke and got dressed. she ate and left her house for her usual time away. This summer had been quiet and she had become more detached from her family and people in general. She went to her usual spot at the park a couple of blocks away from her home.
The hot sun, of late July, poured down on her soft skin, while the cool grass on her back added just the right touch to a perfect moment. *I could stay here like this forver*. Just then she felt something wet and cold on her face. Eb opened her eyes to see a mangy, blackish brown beast. "Kahlua! What are you doing? Get off!" She sat up, picked up a slobbery stick that the dog had dropped beside her. "Do you want this?" she asked as she waved the stick in front of the dogs anticipating face. "Well then...Fetch!" and she threw it, the dog instantly set off after the airborn stick. Ebony looked at her watch, 3:55pm. "Shit! Mum wanted us home twentyfive minutes ago." She looked around, Kahlua was already on her way back, for yet another throw of the lifeless stick. "Where has my cappuccino gone? Mocha!" she called. Then came a bark from behind her, she turned to see another dark coloured dog rushing towards her. The dog jumped up on Ebony, knocking her to the ground.
"Ahh!" she yelped, but knew getting upset with her faithful companions would do nothing. So she began to play along, by roughly restling with her dog. "Ooh think your soo strong, hu? Yes you are. Your such a good girl." She pat the dog on the head and got up to start collecting her stuff, and put her yellow shorts on top of her blue and yellow bathing suit. She loved coming to the park to work on her tan with nothing but a walkman and her dogs. "Come on girls! Mum's going to have kittens if wedon't get back soon. I can hear her now; "Ebony Mayra Shadow! If I say you will be home at 3:30pm, you are to be home at 3:30. Not a moment later, do you understand me?! Good. Now..." Ebony trailed of, becoming lost in her own thoughts, while the two dogs followed at her side.
Ebony Shadow had alot going for her she was exceptionally smart. Not to mention witty, pretty and brave. She had proved the last one more than once over the last year. She had long, wavy, medium brown hair with such dark brown eyes, it was almost imposible to see where the iris met the black pupil. Now most people say that people with eyes that dark look scary but not Ebony's. No, her were full of life, enthusiasium and kindness. Her skin was soft with a very even tan but she was fairly short for most girls her age, standing at a height of five foot four. She was a generous and loving person with many friends.
She missed all of her friends terribly, especailly Draco Malfoy. They had only know each other for since the beginning of the last year of school, when he had moved to America from England. They had always gotten along, which was kinda hard for Draco, but they had grown extremely close within the last months of school. Who wouldn't after what they had gone through. *I wonder what Draco is doing right now? Is he having a good summer? I wish I had heard from him. Maybe I should owl him?* These thoughts plagued her mind until something dawned on her. See as she thought of her friends she was forced to think of the last school year and all that had happened. Compared to it, the summer seemed dull. Ususally Ebony lived her summers to the fullest because she happily looked forward to September, when school would resume.
Now most teenagers would be horrified at the idea of having to go back to school, however, Ebony Shadow and her pals were not ordinary teens and they didn't go to a normal high school either. No, they were witches and Wizards who attended Balinor Academy of Magic, located somewhere in sunny California, USA. But this summer was unlike any other for Ebony couldn't look forward to school. Well, she could, but she would be deluding herself. Because it's kinda fard to go to school, when there is no school to go back to. Her school had been blown up, at the end of June, by some unknown something or someone. But nobody knew the truth as she and her friends did.
As she rounded the last corner on the was to her large, pale yellow and dark green house, she was snapped back to reality by something unusual in her neighborhood. She surveyed the familiar surroundings that she had grown up in. Everything looked normal. All the neighbors yards and houses seemed fine. She turned her attention to her own home. She saw the same colours, same empty mailbox, her mum's blue van and her dad's, Baby, little silver convertable sports car, the red SUV, their six year old siamese cat sitting on the porch..*Wait!!* "A red SUV?!