Chapter 11
It was raining when Samantha and Alexandria appeared in the middle of the Forbidden Forest. Alexandria let out a gasp as she flung herself away from Samantha. "That witch," she hissed as she spun around, half expecting Tabitha to appear behind her. She quickly ran a hand through her hair. "What gives her the right?"
Samantha simply shrugged. She flicked her wand out and two black cloaks appeared out of thin air. She took one for herself and held out the other one to Alexandria. Alexandria shot her a look as she slipped on the one she had been handed. "I don't have any idea what's going through that girl's mind," she said softly as she glanced around, peering through the trees to see what really lurked in the shadows. "But one does have to think that she has gone off the deep end."
At the simple muggle phrase, Alexandria couldn't help but smile. "Yeah, it seems that way," she replied. She pulled up the hood of the cloak to cover her hair to keep it from the rain. She shivered then. "So why did you save me?"
"Why wouldn't I?" Samantha tossed back. She shot Alexandria a look. She had watched her transform over the years. She had gone from the very naïve girl that had once been Lexie to the strong young woman who was now in front of her. She had grown to notice how badly her friends were treating her and learned that she could do a lot by herself. "It is not my place to sit aside and let others try to ruin your life."
"Why thank you," Alexandria said softly. She then shivered. "I could have sworn that she had a good head and heart to her. That she hadn't gone that far to the dark side."
"The dark side is hard to resist some times," Samantha replied. "I would know."
"True," Alexandria replied. She slid her hands into her sleeves, looking for her wand. She touched the tip of the hilt with her fingertips and shot a glance around. She knew better than to venture into the forest at night. It was almost a death sentence to be out here at night by yourself. "I'm guessing that being a Riddle and a Slytherin makes it hard to be good at all."
"That is quite true." Samantha fixed the collar of her cloak before she started to move past Alexandria only to stop. She turned to glance back at the trees behind them. "Something is not right here."
"Watch out!" Alexandria cried out as a blur of fur came rushing toward them. She lunged forward and knocked Samantha out of the way. Her head snapped up when she heard her cry out in pain. Her eyes shot up to connect to the golden eyes of the werewolf standing over a now bleeding Samantha. Blood dripped down from its razor sharp teeth. "Oh, nice doggie."
The were-wolf growled at her as it started to move forward. It was only then that she noticed the torn rags hanging off the body. "It's Greyback," Samantha hissed out in pain. "He's turned."
"I see that," Alexandria replied, as she pulled out her wand. She pointed it at there were-wolf in front of her. "I do not want to hurt him."
"He doesn't know what he's doing," Samantha hissed out in pain only to jump when another being jumped out of the trees. "What the…" Samantha went for her wand.
"Don't…" Alexandria cried out, as Calix slammed into her. She fell back onto her back and quickly threw up her arms to block her neck from Calix's razor sharp teeth. She arched her neck back to keep away from his teeth. "Calix, you have to stop…"
"Lexie!" Samantha cried out, as the other were-wolf jumped toward her. She flicked her wand at it, trying to remember a spell that would not physical harm it. She stumbled backwards and fell hard to the ground, losing her wand in the fall. She quickly spun around trying to find it in the dark and only to glance up into a pair of bright orange eyes. "Oh…sha…"
"I'm getting tired of this," Alexandria snapped, as she kicked out at Calix. She slammed her foot hard into his leg, sending him crashing to the ground. She quickly jumped to her feet and grabbed for her wand. Her fingers touched the end of it just as she felt Calix get to his feet. She swung around to face him only to freeze when the tip of her wand smacked into the tip of his nose. "I don't wanna hurt you…"
Calix growled at her as he lunged forward. Alexandria jumped back, trying to avoid his fangs as she went. She tripped over something, someone and landed hard on the ground with an oomph. She watched as Calix shot the other werewolves a look before advancing on her. "It must be my lucky day," she said to herself. She slowly began to sit up only to wince as her arm brushed against the roughness of her cloak. She shot a glance down at it to see that it was bleeding from a somewhat nasty looking wound. "Oh, great."
"Lexie get out of here!" Samantha yelled at her, as she hexed the werewolf advancing on her. It shook its head as it began to fight off the simple hex of pure confusion. "Go now."
"Not without you," Alexandria threw back, as she was attacked from behind. She glanced up into eyes that she would know from anywhere and froze. "It can't be." She had heard rumors that he had been killed off doing some Auror Apprentice work. They said that he would never return back to school. That he was simply gone. She took a deep breath as she glanced up into the eyes that oh so many had fallen for. "Kain?" The weres growled at her as he advanced. "Oh, this can't be good."
Upon hearing the mention of Kain's name, Calix's head shot up. He let out a howl as he lunged forward, away from Alexandria and toward Kain. Alexandria took the moment to move, forcing herself to her feet. She hexed the were wolf off of Samantha and rushed forward to the Slytherin's aid. She helped her to her feet. "Is that who I think it is?" Samantha asked her through the pain. "It can't be."
"I hate to differ with you on this one," Alexandria said, as she tightened her hold on Samantha's arm, keeping the young girl from falling over. "But we both know who that really is and it's not the Tooth Fairy coming to remind us to brush our teeth."
"I'd rather have it be the Tooth Fairy," Samantha whispered. Alexandria yanked her back out of the way of the wolves as they came closer to her. "Got any bright ideas?"
"Yeah, just one." Alexandria tightened her hold on her way. "Try to stay alive."
"Good idea." Both girls jumped back as the wolves lunged for them.
Tabitha's face turned red with anger as she looked into the face of the one who would defy her. If it had been anyone else she would not have even cared. But it was the idiot boy otherwise known to the world as Jax Hunter, the bastard sibling of Alexandria. She rolled her eyes at the thought of them even trying to be together. At the moment she didn't even remember what she saw in him. He was some dumb kid from a stupid family who could draw and maybe do a simple spell. He didn't have Lexie's flare for changing things into different colors, but he had some annoying traits to him.
"You shouldn't be here, Hunter," she threw out, as she ran a hand through her hair. "What will your precious baby sister think if you get hurt? I don't want her to come after me if you end up getting hurt. We all know that she is no match for me."
Jax's eyes flashed as he tapped his wand on his arms. "Yeah," he muttered as he took her in. It had taken him a very long time to get over her. He had at one time thought she was the 'one' for him. Now he was starting to see that he had no chance when it came to her. She wasn't out of his league, but she just wasn't the right 'one' for him. "How about we just leave Lexie out of this."
"Why?" Tabitha snapped. "Afraid that I will offend her in some way, shape, or form?" She then snorted. "Oh, wake up, Jax, and smell the flowers, your sister is destined to die. We all know this. She is the only one who doesn't see the signs."
"Why do I get the feeling that Tabitha is envious of Lexie?" Voldanita asked the others. Deacon simply shrugged, trying to keep his smile unnoticeable. She then shrugged herself. "I find it kind of ironic that she's bitching about others who don't know their place and at the same time she doesn't know her own place."
"True…" Deacon said softly. He heard movement behind him and glanced up to see that Roze had moved from her bed to Mikal's. He shot a glance over at Morgan, Roze, and Danny. They haven't moved since they had been brought here.
"Oh I grow tired of this," Tabitha snapped, causing the others to quickly shot a glance over at them. She flicked her wand at Jax. "Since she was saved, I guess the curse I had reserved for her, is good enough for you." She flicked her wand and said the spell.
"Jax!" Voldanita cried out, as the spell hit him square in the face. He smirked as he took it. He shrugged it off as if nothing had happened. "What the?" She turned to face Deacon. "How?"
"Magic," was the only thing that Deacon said.
"You think I don't know how you'd work," Jax asked Tabitha as he slowly moved back away from her. In truth the spell hurt. The hex he had used on himself to protect himself wasn't the strongest. Alexandria knew better spells and hexes than he did. She had always been there to save him if things got too bad. He knew that Tabitha had wanted Lexie gone from her life, but he had not known how far she would actually go. He shook his head as he took in her angry face. "I had honestly hoped that you were better than this, Tabi."
Her eyes flashed as she flung hexes out at him left and right. "My name is Tabitha!" she snapped. "You do not have any right to even say that name." A dark chuckle sounded from behind her. She reacted without thinking. She spun around and hexed the being behind her only to freeze the moment the spell slipped from her lips. She watched in horror was the spell hit Angel square in the chest. He let out a soft curse as he fell to his knees. The hex started to slice through his bandages. "Angel!" She started toward him only to be stopped by Amethyst. Her eyes flashed as she glared at the Hufflepuff girl. "Let me go." She twisted her arm but she would not let her go. "Let me go, now!"
"Leave now," Amethyst said softly. "This is not the place to be throwing around childlike fits and hurting others with spells. This is the place to heal, not to be harmed."
"Oh shut up," Tabitha snapped. She flicked her wand at Amethyst. "I always found you rather boring." She blinked her eyes once before casting the spell. "Silencio!"
"Amethyst," Roze cried out, as she watched the young girl attacked. She grabbed for a wand as she lunged forward only to trip and fall hard on the ground in front of Tabitha. She shot the girl's shoes a look before looking up at her. Tabitha had a look of pure annoyance on her face.
"You shouldn't have gotten in the middle of this," Tabitha replied, as she took a few second to brush a loose strand of hair behind an ear. "If you had any smarts you would have."
"You hurt her," Mikal hissed, as he struggled to sit up. He was wand less, but he wasn't going to let her hurt Roze. She had crossed the line when she had attacked Amethyst. He would never live if she had hurt Roze. "And you'll be sorry."
That got Tabitha to chuckle. "Bring it on, Mikal. You have no wand, and you don't know any good muggle magic tricks that could stop me."
A tap caused Tabitha to turn around. Her eyes grew wide as she took in the one behind her. "Oh, I don't think so," Deacon replied as he took a step forward. She watched as his eyes grew darker. "Mikal is right, you have no right to harm any of them."
That got her to chuckle. "Oh, and what are you gonna do?" she asked. "Hex me and tell me to behave like a good little school girl?" She shook her head no. "I don't think you have what it takes to take me on."
"Want to test your luck?" Deacon asked. His eyes went to behind her, where Danny had moved from his spot to help up Roze. She curled up against his chest, as she glanced up at them both and shivered. Deacon knew that they both weren't strong enough to protect themselves from Tabitha and her wraith.
"Yeah, why don't I?" She shot him an evil smirk, as she took a step toward him. "Let's just see how talented you really are."
