Devil here with another update. I was supposed to update this last week, but there was a small snag. I've been getting hits, but no reviews. Anyways, chapter 10 should be up sometime next week.
Disclaimer- I own nothing but the Hidden and the OCs. Harry Potter- umm… Harry Potter...he...he..
Kailey: Sayyy it Devil...come on…you can do it…
Devil: Harry Potter isn't mine!
Kailey: Good job. Here's another cookie.
Devil: Yay! And now, part two of chapter 9 awaits your eyes! Enjoy!
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Wednesday, October 29th, 1997 5:00 PM
Kailey looked around the dark cave, apprehension twisting her stomach in knots. She had gotten two days to herself to collect her thoughts and strengthen her resolve so she wouldn't go running back to Europe. Now she was here, at the cave. This was the place where Evan had died and something else, her living nightmare, was reborn. She walked towards the back of the cave, to the place it all had actually happened; her pace slow and cautious. She looked down, the box was still there, the strange symbol laden wooden box lay on the dirty floor still open, in the same position it had fallen in last time Kailey was here. A wave of pain crashed into her as she thought of the events here, but she swallowed them back.
And this too shall pass.
Those five words, something her mother used to continually tell her whenever something troubling hurt her. No matter what happened, she'd keep those five words with her to remind her that things would get better eventually, even if the situation was one of the worst in her life. She gingerly picked up the cursed box, still feeling slight power radiating from it. It felt so dark, so evil that it made her shiver.
"I knew you'd come here." Kailey didn't even have to turn to know who it was. The icy feeling surrounding her let her know automatically. Arms wrapped around her waist from behind her and cool lips whispered over her neck. "I knew you would want to save him." She closed her eyes and tried to fight the shiver that wanted to desperately run through her body. She succeeded and opened her eyes when she felt the arms around her waist tighten slightly, causing her to let out a small gasp and drop the small wooden chest. It made a small thump on the dirt floor, and Kailey thought it almost matched the sound of her beating heart.
"What do you want?" Kailey asked through clenched teeth. She tried her best not to pull away from his administrations on her body. To do so now would offend him and ruin whatever chances she had to milk this horrible situation into something good.
"Why isn't it simple? I want you. I want you to be my little love and I want you to know the truth of where you came from. That way, every day you're with me you'll know." Kailey's eyes widened at that. So she was going to find out something? Whatever she found out could be useful in helping her.
She nodded slowly and turned around to face him, though she kept her face at a distance. "That's funny; something like you is capable of having emotions? Don't make me laugh." Something flickered behind those icy blue orbs, but before Kailey could register what it was, she was roughly pushed to the ground. She looked up to maybe see if the emotion was still there, but it wasn't; anger now resided in the cold irises. Evan grabbed her arm and yanked her back up.
"Listen, I'm going to show you things that'll turn your head inside out. Let's see if your so called 'loves' will want you after you find out where you really came from." Evan's voice sounded so smug, so sure, that Kailey knew that whatever he showed her could help her greatly, or destroy her completely. Lips descended onto hers that didn't belong to Harry or Draco. She felt like she was committing one of the worse sins in her life when the cold lips moved against her still ones. Before she could react, she was pulled into a memory.
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She was walking down a corridor that's familiar, yet it isn't. Arched windows lay in stone walls and moving portraits wave at her in greeting. She stops to converse with the portrait of Helga Hufflepuff. The lady was a little too trusting for her tastes, but she's always managed to brighten up her spirits, so she tolerated the kind woman, she likes her. Helga was looking over her shoulder at something and she smiles kindly at whatever it was.
"Hello dear." Obviously it was someone instead. She turns around, there's a boy. He's handsome. He looks to be 5'11 and his hair a jet black. His eyes are a lilac color and his body lithe and graceful looking. He smiles at her when she notices he's there. She likes his smile. She smiles back.
"Hi, I'm Devron. You look new here." He reaches out a hand to her. She takes it. His hand is so warm.
"I'm not a student here. My parents sent me here to learn more about other worlds. You don't look familiar either." She hopes he didn't notice the slight shake in her voice. She's nervous.
"That's cool. I'm here because my parents have some business with Dumbles. They're helping him work on ways to transport between different worlds easier." His voice is confident. It's a baritone. She likes his voice too. "You didn't tell me your name."
She feels a heat rush through her body. "My name's Irison."
He smiles that smile that she likes and says to her, "I don't know where you're walking, but do you mind if I walk with you? I think I'd like walking anywhere with you." She smiles back and she can't resist.
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"You want me to WHAT?" She screams in shock as they run from a giant spider. They had gotten lost in the Hidden Jungle. She's been dating him for a year now. She'd gotten lucky when she needed a mate and it turned out to be Devron. She found out right after her fifteenth birthday. Now she's sixteen and he's seventeen. The year they have been dating has been the most wonderful one of her life. He's always managed to bring her up in the darkest situations, whether he's said something shocking or sweet. He had just managed to do both. Because right now they're both running through the thick jungle, and she's not sure if what she had just heard was correct.
"Marry me Irison. I love you and have wanted to ask you for the longest," he pants as he jumps over a fallen log. Their life is in danger, but he's smiling at her as if he doesn't have a care in the world, and she related to that. When she's with him, there isn't a problem in life at all. They see they're approaching a river, one that led to the top of a waterfall. She smiles a bright smile at him. She's sure of what she's going to tell him. She grasps his hand and feels the spider coming closer to them, itching to sink its poisonous venom into their veins, but she knows it won't get the chance to harm them. They're almost to the edge of the waterfall and she knows what he's thinking without him shouting out to her. He looks at her expecting her answer, doubt slowly starting to show in his lilac colored eyes. With a reassuring squeeze, she meets his eyes.
"Yes."
And they both jump.
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She's scared and she's confused. She'd just woken up in her bedroom, but for some reason it doesn't hold the same comfort it did before. She feels trapped, caged. Something nudges her in the stomach, her baby. It brings some sort of comfort to her. A door opens and he walks in. She has to say something.
"What's going on?" she winces when she realizes her voice sounds broken.
"Well lovely let me keep it simple. I bet you've heard of the things called 'Hopeless Night' or 'The Cold' that had been sealed in this stupid box by some sorcerers a long time ago. Well apparently, your husband opened the box and released it. It took over his body and has decided it wants to stay in it. It noticed you were very powerful, but at the moment weak because of your pregnant state. It thinks you can produce strong offspring in addition to the ones you have now. Can you guess who 'it' is? That's right, me. So I'm going to limit your powers and keep you inside certain boundaries. The only thing that'll release you is death. Your husband is dead and gone. Not coming back, got it?" his voice is frigid, nothing like the smooth baritone she is used to. She feels her heart clench. Something deep inside of her tells her this is true. The cold she feels and the iciness of his eyes lets her know it's not the Devron she knows and loves. He's dead, dead.
Another nudge in her stomach, she palms her round belly, he's not completely dead. There's a piece of him still inside of her. There's another reminder of him too. She feels her eyes widen when she realizes she doesn't see the other reminder.
"Where is he?" she asks. Whatever it was, the Cold, smirked.
"He's fine. Playing with those overly bright toys of his in the playroom, you have him rotten." His face was stoic. She knows from now on, things will never be the same again.
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Pain, so much pain; it's over clouding her vision and filling every pore of her skin. She feels as if she's being ripped apart and she just wants to die. The only reason she's living is the two children sleeping in the room down the hall. They don't know about the pain their mother has to suffer. They think Daddy loves Mommy; he does just mean things sometimes right? Oh how her children were so innocent despite what was going on. She loves them even more for that. A painful grip on her hip pulls her back from her thoughts, throwing her back into her nightmare. He's almost finished, she can tell. He lowers his head and bites harshly on her neck to muffle his cry of pleasure. She doesn't cry out though. She knows she can find a way to make things better in the end, she just has to plan.
A month later, her world comes crashing down. She's pregnant.
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She was amazed. She didn't think she'd be able to love this baby because she was forced to have it. It being a beautiful baby girl, she loves her so much. She's wet, covered in blood, and her little curls are matted, but she's beautiful. A tiny fist covers her finger and sea green eyes met blue green. She knows what she'll name her.
"Kailey."
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She's hiding. She knows he's angry at what she's done. She feels something yank her up. A searing pain races throughout her body. She looks down and sees a hand inside of her stomach and blood pouring from her at an alarming rate. The pain is unbearable. She's seeing spots as she looks at the culprit. Devron's face is in her vision. Its handsome features twisted in the utmost rage.
"Where are they?" he snarls, spit practically flying from his mouth. She knows her strength is leaving her, because she feels all of her powers slowly returning to her. They would keep her alive just a little while longer.
"They're gone." She thrusts her hand out, twisting into his abdomen as well. His blood is cold. She hates it. She looks back into his eyes and sees the lilac color slowly returning. She smiles, blood is coming from between her pretty lips, staining her clothes. She doesn't care. Devron is returning.
"'Rison?" he gasps out, blood is coming from his lips as well, but he still looks so handsome to her.
"D-Devron. I'm s-s-s-sorry." She's stuttering now. Her voice is getting weak and they both sag to the ground. She removes her hand from his stomach. His blood is warm again. He takes his hand back too.
"Thank you. We're both free." He uses what little strength he has left to hold her in his arms. He's lying on his back, she's cuddled against him. She's happy.
"Love you." He whispers to her.
"Love you too." She makes sure she doesn't stutter when she says it. She doesn't want his last moment to be of her sounding so weak when she utters those last three words. Then, he stops breathing. She looks up to glance at him. His eyes are closed and there's a small smile on his face. He looks peaceful. She wants to keep that image forever sketched into her mind. Her eyes feel so heavy. She wants to sleep, but she knows she can't fully. Her body would die, but her spirit would stay alive on this world until her final plans were finished.
Wait for me Devron. She thinks to herself. As her eyes close and she dies she swears she hears a sweet baritone.
Forever my love…
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They didn't need her anymore. She knows this. All of her clues and guidance steps have been put in place. They will figure it out. She knows it. Now she knows it's time for her to move on. It's time for her to be with her love. With a deep breath she closes her eyes. When she opens them, Devron is standing in front of her. His hand is outstretched for her to take. She grasps it just like she did all those years ago. His hand is still so warm.
"You waited for me?" She asks. Her blue green eyes meet his lilac colored ones. He smiles that smile that made her fall for him the first place.
"Forever my love"
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Wednesday, October 29th, 1997 7:54 PM
Kailey opened her eyes and sat up. She was in a bed that looked so familiar, yet she knew it wasn't because she had been there before. Well she had, but she had been a different person. She was in the house Irison had shared with Devron. She looked around and saw that Evan wasn't in the room. She closed her eyes and thought back to all she had been drug through. The happiness, the shock, and the pain were all there. There was so much pain. Tears welled into her eyes at what she had learned. The mysterious woman Irison was her mother and that thing was her father. It helped create her and now it wanted her for reasons that weren't very fatherly. Anger and anguish mixed together inside of her and it started to swell. Irison had left clues for her to figure out what to do, but she wouldn't be able to look for them now. She was utterly stuck. At that realization, the tears fell and Kailey opened her mouth.
Every occupant in the Hidden heard her scream of despair.
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Wednesday, October 29th, 1997 11:00 PM
Draco sat up with a sigh. He couldn't sleep at all. He knew Kailey was trying to lock her side of the bond from him and Harry, but her sadness was so much, it was trickling down to the both of them. Harry was laying next to him, tossing and turning in a fitful sleep. The young savior had been through enough stress in the past two days. When Lucius Malfoy had dropped his unconscious body on a bed in the Medical Wing, the both of them had been thrown into another shock. Lucius Malfoy was a spy. No one knew, not even his truly dark wife Narcissa. He had been ordered by Voldemort to go pick up his son and do whatever he wanted to do with him. The older Malfoy had convinced the snake man it would be wise to drop him off at Hogwarts, that way Dumbledore would trust him. Voldemort had agreed in his insane state, so Lucius had dropped him off and promptly left afterwards. To top it off, Kailey had disappeared. The two of them didn't need an explanation to know what had happened. Kailey had assumed their lives would be easier without her and went to Evan. They knew she would be okay for awhile. She had to be. They trusted her to do what she thought was right, even if she was wrong. They just had to wait.
"No…stop…" Harry muttered in his sleep. Draco turned to him and wrapped his arms around his green eyed love, sending comfort and warmth through the bond. Harry calmed down come, but Draco knew it was going to be a long night.
Kailey…where are you?
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And that's chapter 9 folks! I realized Kailey's been getting a lot of air time, so the next chapter will have lots of Harry and Draco.
Coming up: Harry and Draco decide it's finally time to talk to Dumbledore. Kailey realizes she's going to need some outside help.
