A/N: Here's part two and the golden trio will be in this one. I don't own them by the way. I don't own any of the Harry Potter characters. I also don't own the song lyrics I use in this quiz. Their Switchfoots. I do however own Echo and all her screwed up friends. Anywho here's the next part.
Chapter Two: I dare you to move (Switchfoot)
Welcome to the planet.
Welcome to Existence.
Everyone's here.
Everyone's here.
It didn't take long for me to get ahold of my brothers and for them to agree to me moving to England for a while. I stood near my oldest brother Adam with Todd. He wrapped his arms around me and I closed my eyes and held on tightly. He whispered in my ear "We'll be together again kiddo so don't cry on me ... you hear me no crying" towards the end of his sentence his voice broke and I knew he was crying. I held back my tears and said "No crying?". He laughed and pushed me away playfully. Adam mumbled "Echo, we have to get going". I nodded and gave Todd a salute and a bow, he laughed at me and muttered "Don't change" "I won't" I called as I grabbed my brother's hand and he apparated. When I opened my eyes I was greeted with a chours of Welcome home Echo and things of that sort by my other brother's. There was Alex whose Adam's twin, Jacob whose my twin, Adam's girlfriend and Alex's pregant wife. I smiled at them and Jacob stated "Time hasn't done you well darling sister". I rolled my eyes at his remark and gave him my middle finger.
Everybody's watching you now.
Everybody waits for you now.
What happens next?
I dare you to move.
After dinner which was an odd ordeal ... Jacob broke out in song three times. Sara, Alex's pregant wife, cried because the mashed potato's didn't love her like they used to. Adam wanted dinner to be normal so he kept on yelling at everyone which only got Jasmine, his girlfriend, yelling at him. I simply laughed at everyone else. Anywho, after dinner I locked myself into my room just for some me time. I was in their for about 5 minutes unpacking when their was a knock at my door and Sara called through the door "Echo? love". I decided against answering her and placed a picture of Todd and me on my night table. In the photo I was sitting on his lap and my (then purple) hair was pulled into two disfunctional pig-tails and he was smirking with his middle finger up. Another voice stated "Where wizards butthole" then my door was opened and in walked Sara and Jasmine she continued "Sometimes I really wonder about you". Sara rolled her eyes and walked over to my bed pulling me down next to her, Jasmine wobbled over which caused me to laugh and her to pout. Finally Sara said "Is it safe to say you've come home because your running from some promblem" I nodded dismissively and Jasmine said "You can't run all the time Echo. We're all on your side and we're going to be there for you when you fall" "Then what do you want me to do?" I asked while pulling myself off my bed. Jasmine thought for a moment then finally answered "You'll figure it out ..." "but for now, no sulking in this room. That's rule number one." Sara stated determened. I laughed at the both of them but nodded.
I dare you to move.
I dare you to lift yourself up off the ground.
I dare you to move.
Like today never happened.
For the next couple of days (It's August. The school in America is all year around.) everyone individual gave me a pep talk about being happy. By Friday of the next week I was so fed up with it so I stuffed a ice cream cone I was eating into Jacob's pants. Jacob was pissed because he wasn't the one that was having the conversation with me, I just thought his pants deserved the ice cream. The next day I was told I had to go to there friends house, or something like that. Before we went Adam gathered everyone because he had something to say. He stood in front of us and stated "First things first, Echo we all don't mean to be annoying it's just that we all want you to be happy and not sad" "I'm not sad" I stated but he ignored me and continued "We've decided to never bring it up again" "Yes!!" I screached but he ignored me again "but, we will say that we want you to live like whatever it is that happened, never happened". I thought of what he just said and smiled. He finished "Two, me and Sara are getting married". My smile widned and everyone called out congratlations.
Welcome to the fallout.
Welcome to resistence.
The tension is here.
When we reached ... the Manor ... or whatever the hell they called it, we where greeted by an short and round motherly lay with red hair. She grabbed each one of them and kissed there cheeks while fussing over them. She was reaching me and I had a feeling she wasn't going to stop so I slipped away. I walked down a hallway aimlessly until I heard loud voices, bored I followed them into a library where there was a group of teens around my age. One with messy black hair and glasses was yelling at someone who was sitting in a chair "Neville. WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT?!?!?!" I couldn't see this Neville character because he was hidden by a over large chair. I leaned against the door and continued to listen. "Fuck you Harry" Neville stated dismissively as a girl with bushy hair gasped and said "What is wrong with you. Your acting like a child" "A bloody git is more like it" a hot red hair stated as he stood next to Harry. Another red haired girl pulled on the first red-head's arm and stated "Ron, leave him alone." "No let him go Ginny, what is he going to do ... hit me" Neville stated again as Harry took a few steps foward only to be stopped by the bushy haired girl. She stated "Don't be stupid" "Sod off Hermione" Neville muttered as he stood from his chair. Now I could see the back of him. He was lean, muscalar and tall. He had short and choppy black hair that fell everywhere in a hott way. Everyone's eyes narrowed at Neville but he only folded his arms across his chest. I was having fun watching there fight ... but ... I was confussed, like any normal purpose I stated my hypothesis out loud. "Let me guess, you stole his girlfriend whose actually his sister" I stated while pointing to Neville then Harry and last Ron. Neville turned to me and I was greeted by a pair of gorgous hazel eyes, never mind they had a lifeless glow behind them. He smirked at me and stated "Your right."
Between who you are and who you should be.
Between how it is and how it should be.
I dare you to move.
I laughed at his comment because the whole situation to me was funny. Harry's glare turned to me and Ginny's face turned red. I laughed harder causing me to grab the wall for balance. When I finally stopped laughing the whole room was glaring at me ... well everyone but Neville, he was still smirking at me. Hermione pleaded with Neville one last time "You've changed so much ... and not in a good way. What happened to the Neville who loved herbology and made everyone's day better. This isn't you. This isn't how you should be reacting to her death. Let us in and we'll help you. You can't go back to Hogwarts with this attitude" "Is that how you feel Hermione. WELL I DON'T CARE. You hear me. I don't care. This is me ... there's no other Neville anymore. The other Neville died with his grandmother and his faith in his so called friends. FUCK YOU and fuck you Harry. You could have saved her but you decided to hide and be a bloody coward. I forgave all of you and that's all I can do. TAKE ME AS I AM..." I watched them all knowing that this was deeper then someone cheating on someone else. Neville turned back to the door ... which I was standing in front of .. and walked over. I moved and he walked out the door calling behind him "or don't take me at all. I dare you to not take me".
Maybe redemption has stories to tell.
Maybe forgiveness is right where you fell.
Where can you run to escape from yourself.
(Neville's POV) I walked to my room in a haze. I wanted out of the dark hole that I had fell into but this is where I needed to be. I climbed on my bed and closed my eyes trying to coax myself into going to sleep. I remebered the last time I talked to my grandmom. "Neville darling where are you going" she called to me as I hurried down the steps "Out Grandmom" I called back as I hurried out the door. It wasn't much but it made me wince because it was so little. I wanted her to forgive me because I knew she would hate the person I had become. Some how I knew that everything would be fine. I ran a hand through my hair and rolled over. I couldn't escape myself, even though I could never do it before it made me depressed now. I pulled myself out of the bed knowing that I wasn't getting any sleep and started pondering the mysterious girl from earlier. She had blue hair she was hott. I also noticed the familiar dead look in her eyes. The same one I had gotten used to seeing in the mirror. I didn't finish pondering her because my door opened and in walked Jacob. He stated "Neville what's up homie yo homie" I laughed at my bestfriend and stated "Did you see that weird girl, she's hott". He narrowed his eyes and said "She's my sister". I thought for a moment. Did it change anything? Nope "She's still hott" I muttered and he laughed.
Where you gonna go?
Where you gonna go?
Salvation is here.
I dare you to move.
(Still Neville's POV) After talking to Jacob I felt better so I went on a walk. As I neared my favorite part of the houst a head of bluer hair darted out of no where. She didn't see me but I saw her as she started pumping her hips to the side. She spun in a circle, throw her arms up in the air and sung "I wanna dance with somebody." she turned and saw me but continued dancing and moving towards me "I wanna feel the heat with somebody. Yeah, I wanna dance with somebody. With somebody who loves me." By the time she reached me she was breathing hard and her hair was ruffled. Needless to say I was having trouble telling myself no. She stuck her hand out and said "I'm Echo" "Neville" I stated as I shook her head. With that she simply continued dancing down the hall past me. She was different and I liked it. As I walked down the hall I had a bad feeling I was going to be eating my words soon.