I awaken staring up at the morning sky. I feel as if I did something...for some reason, I feel...content. Like there's nothing wrong with the world. Then I turn my head to my left. Only to see Katherine lying next to me.
I realize what happened. ...We… I lay there for a while, feeling the warmed stone from the sun against my back, I slowly get to my feet and look out over Fox Lake. And the forest.
Then Kate wakes up. The first thing she does is reach for her clothes. Or, her cloak, at least. She then gets up and walks to the other side of the tower. For the next few seconds, I hear something that sounds like rain hitting stone. And then it stops abruptly. I then hear her voice. "Why are you standing there for? Come over here." So I turn around, only to see a female wolf crouched over a part of the tower. "...You didn't…" I think she's grinning at me. "Yes I did. Now come over here." I stay where I am, beginning to wonder if I managed to find myself an unregistered Animagus. "Are you registered, Kate?" "Of course." "...Well...Hang on a second." I shift into a male wolf and cross the tower to sand in front of her. "What?" To my surprise, Kate empties her bladder, right in front of me, and then demands that I do the same thing.
"...I can't just…" "But you need to, right?" I shift my paws beneath me. "...Y-yes…" Kate gets up and moves away from the now existing puddle. "Then go ahead." I don't even have the time to do the proper movement-because all I can do is spread my four legs into an "x", over the existing puddle, before I make it bigger. A lot bigger.
Afterwards, I stumble away from the area and end up on my side, looking up at Kate. "That's wasn't so bad, was it?" I start to answer her, but she then moves on top of me. "...Kate?" The female wolf then bends her head and does something. To me.
Someone eventually comes up to the top of the tower, obviously wondering what we are doing. "Should I leave?" It's Bruce. He's standing at the entrance, with this look on his face. "...Give us a few minutes to compose ourselves..." He nods and leaves the area.
Several minutes later, Kate and I are back to normal and are walking down the steps. When we reach the Great Hall, it's quiet.
My friends greet us as we walk over to them. Of course, they ask me how last night turned out. I purposefully ignore their questions. Then, Dumbledore stands up, as if to congratulate us, because he was not able to make it to the wedding last night.
Something happens then. Something no one thought could happen. A tiny noise, as if an arrow released from a bow comes from the darkness, then the man who has lead Hogwarts for many years, who has overcome much, has even fought in wars, falls over. And then, only I see Bruce in the very back, who's holding a gun. A Wayne GEP silenced gun in his hand, one of his fingers still on the trigger.
I leap up from the table and begin to run over to the kid, but Lauren gets there first. As she tackles Bruce, his gun flies out of his hands and hits the tiled floor; and as it does so, it fires a bullet, which catches me in my left shoulder.
Ignoring the searing pain in my shoulder, I change my course from Bruce to Dumbledore, who is trying to rise from the floor. Numerous teachers and Perfects are around him, and as I near them, they let me through to the front.
The old wizard looks up at me, his right hand clutching at his chest, near where his heart is located. He motions me to kneel beside him and I do, taking his left hand in my right. "...Is there anything I can do?" Albus somehow nods. "...There...is…" He raises his gaze past me, and all of the people surrounding him. It settles on Bruce, who has somehow thrown Lauren off of him and is now standing. He still has his gun, and it's pointed at all of us that are surrounding Albus. Then, he yells something. And yet another gunshot rings around the room. I'm deafened for a bit and the shockwave from the gun knocks me down.
When I rise again, he's dead. A woman suddenly appears next to Bruce, and she's pointing a Wayne AC1 V2 sniper rifle at my head.
And THEN, More guys show up. In black suits. In the middle of all of this, Bruce begins to laugh. "Finally! I was wondering when you guys would show up!" They come through the roof, windows, side doors and main doors. Several minutes later everyone is herded into small groups. My friends end up next to me.
Then Bruce turns to face a man that has run up to him. "Ah, Captain Lender… Have you got Albus into the helicopter yet? I'm afraid that the Ministry will be arriving soon...and we don't want that, do we?" This Lender guy actually salutes at him. "No, Sir, but I have a question." "Ask away." The man gestures towards me. "What do we do about them? He's been shot, of course." Bruce looks down for a few seconds, then turns to Lender. "No one gets hurt...well...except for the few that already did…" Lender nods, then holds up a gun. "...Should we…?" "Yes." Several gunshots ring around the room. Something hits me in the arm and, judging from the curses behind me, my friends were also hit. "...Shit...guys...these are IronSilver darts…" Then I hear thuds behind me and seconds later, the floor rushes up and the last thing I hear is what seems to be shattering glass and men yelling from far away…
