Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter or Laughing Jack/Any of the creepy pastas. They belong to their original owners. I'm merely having some fun with them. I do not own the Blade of Woe

WARNING: Some stuff might be OOC

An: Minor changes, nothing of note

"Slenderman speaking/Mental conversations"

'Speaking over Cellphones/ Written conversations/Creations speaking'

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"BEN SPEAKING"

A witch's final decision

Hestia Jones had been a Hufflepuff and loyal to her friends. When Lily wanted to join the Order, Hestia had followed her in order to help watch her back and protect those in need. For Lily, Hestia had learned how to be a healer while learning from the likes of Mad-Eye Moody in order to both heal and protect her friends better. For Lily, Hestia had been there to deliver Willow and Neville. For Lily, Hestia had fought even if she hated violence. It had been for Lily that Hestia broke her family's neutral stance and sided with the light. It had been for Lily that Hestia had done everything in her life. It had been for Lily that she ignored her father and grandfather's stance on Dumbledore. It had been for Lily that she'd done everything she possibly could.

Hestia stared at the bloodstained wall of the carnival tent as she waited for Lily's daughter to come back. She knew that she'd failed Lily just as Sirius had failed James. The fact that Willow had chosen to become friends with a horrifying clown. The fact that Willow was killer. The fact that she'd likely been the one to kill her relatives shook Hestia. She closed her eyes as they burned with unshed tears. Hestia had failed in every way possible and unlike Sirius, she didn't have a valid excuse. Willow looked too much like Lily for Hestia to stand it, so she'd never checked on the girl.

It was as footsteps echoed softly and Hestia opened her eyes to see the bloodstained visage of Will-no Keira. She couldn't stop herself from flinching or paling at the sight. While it was wrong, Hestia had to admit that Keira looked amazing covered in blood. Hestia swallowed as her mind went into overdrive when Keira asked, "What is your decision?"

Hestia remembered everything that Lily had done for her. She remembered the times that Lily become her strength when Hestia's family was killed one by one. She remembered the times Lily included her even when the other members of her house and Gryffindor had not. She remembered meeting Lily for the first time on the train in first year when the red head had let Hestia sit in the compartment with her and Severus. She remembered the times Lily encouraged her to do better when Hestia didn't have the heart to fight.

It had been Lily that had watched over Hestia like an older sibling. It had been Lily that helped Hestia onto the path of the healer. It had been Lily that had kept Hestia from falling into the abyss when everything came crashing down around her. It had always been Lily that kept Hestia going even after the redhead's death. But now, it was time for Hestia to watch over someone. It was time for Hestia to help Lily's daughter and make up for her failure. Taking a deep breath, Hestia looked right in those emerald eyes that made her heart ache and said, "I accept."

The smile that appeared on Keira's face was so much like Lily, yet not. The warmth that appeared in those emerald green eyes that slowly gained a crimson tint warmed her heart as it beat quickened. Keira opened her mouth and spoke in an oddly hypnotic voice, "What will you be, I wonder. A hunter? A defender? A watcher? What is it that you desire to become?"

Hestia's choice was simple, "I want to watch over you as Lily once watched over me."

"Then a watcher you shall become on the wings of a raven," Keira moved forward and held up a hand that covered itself in a shadows.

The shadows gained a crimson flow as the blood covering Keira rose up and joined it. Keira placed the shadow covered hand on Hestia's chest and the Hufflepuff felt sleepy. Hestia looked into Keira's eyes as she said, "I will make it up to Lily and you. I promise."

Keira smiled warmly at her as she leaned forward and whispered, "Fall into the darkness, Dear Raven. When you awaken, your life shall begin anew."

Hestia lost the fight to stay awake as warmth flowed through her body to where the shadows were gathered. It felt like she was falling, yet it wasn't scary like the times she'd had to ride a broom. As Hestia's eyes closed and something warm trickled through her mouth, she wondered what it would be like to fly with wings of her own and never fear falling again.

Keira stumbled back slightly as soon as Hestia breathed her last breath and the crimson tinted shadows enveloped the woman's body. Laughing Jack was about to reach out to grab her when she held up a hand and shook her head. He frowned at her, but Keira ignored it as she focused on the withering shadows. Soon enough, they formed a ball just in front of Hestia's chest. Hestia's body didn't look much diffrent than it had, but Keira had the feeling that it no longer held any blood inside of it. The ball withered and shook before slowly gaining shape. It wasn't very long until a large raven had formed inside of the shadows. As the shadows dissolved to reveal a raven with dark red almost black feathers. It's eyes were closed and it slowly began to fall onto the ground, but Keira caught the bird before it could. The raven wasn't very heavy, but it wasn't light either. The raven's eyes opened to reveal the dark red that Keira recalled from her dream. The bird let out a low croaking sound sound that Keira somehow understood, 'Keira?'

"Welcome to your new life, Hestia," Keira moved to sit on the chair as Laughing Jack slowly approached, "Though we will need to call you by a new name. It is only fitting,"

'A new name?' Hestia's voice was slightly hesitant and very sleepy, 'I suppose that is a good idea,'

Keira closed her eyes briefly as she thought carefully. It wasn't long until she figured out what to call her, "Alleyah. Your name is now Alleyah."

"Guide or at least something close to it," Laughing Jack said as he reached them.

'It is a good name,' Hestia replied before closing her dark red eyes, 'Tired,'

"Sleep," Keira told the witch turned raven.

Hestia said nothing in reply, but Keira took that to mean that the woman had understood. Looking at Laughing Jack, she opened her mouth to say something only to find herself yawning. Laughing Jack smiled slightly and shook his head, "Take a nap and we'll get you sorted out later."

Keira's eyes were already closing, so she gave a soft hum. Blackness that had been gathering at the edge of her vision darted forward and Keira found herself falling asleep.

Laughing Jack picked up Keira and the witch turned raven carefully. He transported them into Keira's bedroom. He laid Keira onto the bed and looked at the raven for a few moments before carefully picking her up. The raven didn't do anything which either meant it was way too exhausted or was still getting used to being a raven. Either way, he moved it to the table Keira had and set it there before returning to his carnival. Devona padded up to him with a dismembered arm and butted her head against his stomach after dropping it at his feet. Chuckling slightly, Laughing Jack ran his claws through the tigers fur before saying, "I wonder what I should do with the last body."

He didn't feel like giving it to the zombie children. The two bodies and whatever Devona left them was enough for now. Perhaps, he should give the magicals a message. A devious thought occurred to him and he went into the tent to grab the body. Oh, this was going to be hilarious.

Ginny was reading one of the defense books that Keira had suggested to her before the whole Department of Mysteries fiasco. She wondered how the elder teen was doing before mentally slapping herself. Keira wouldn't be doing good since Sirius had died and her adoptive family had gotten into an accident that made them forget her. Oh, Ginny knew that Dumbledore had been lying through his teeth when the man had come to speak to Molly and Arthur about having Enya over for the second half of the summer. The diary back in her first year had made it insanely easy to figure out when people do that. Before Ginny's thought process could continue down the painful and unforgettable path, Molly screamed from the kitchen.

Instincts brought out by learning from Keira and getting extra training alongside a select few others sprung to the forefront. The twins had taken Ginny under their wing once summer had started in order to keep up the skills needed to survive the war that was soon to start. Springing from her bed and tossing the book to the side, Ginny snatched up her wand from the bedside table and darted through the door. She ran into the kitchen with her wand drawn only to find her mother staring out of the window and no danger. Frowning, Ginny asked, "Mum? What's going on?"

The sound of her voice snapped Molly out of the state of horrified shock she'd been in. Molly swung around and shouted, "Go up to your room and do not look outside!"

"Mom-" Ronald rushed down the stairs.

"Upstairs, now!" Molly roared at them.

The ingrained reflex to listen to their mother when she was like that sent them skittering upstairs like a pair of well-trained mutts. Ginny headed straight into her room and opened the window to peer out into the backyard. Upon seeing what was outside, Ginny turned a little green. Hestia Jones lay on the grassy ground in the backyard of the house just a bit away from the orchard. Ginny stared at the words written in what looked like black and white candies, 'Keira is not to be bothered by this world any-longer. Any threats to her friends or family will be met with death. It is your only warning.'. Ginny stumbled away from the window and fell onto her back with a shaky breath.

Surprisingly enough, Ginny had a feeling she knew where those candies came from. With a deep breath, Ginny focused on that feeling and dim memories rose up in her mind. Keira had always been a fantastic story teller. The best stories she told were those that horrified the listeners and scared them to death, but everyone always went back for more when she told them. A story drifted to the forefront of her mind and the being known of Laughing Jack was remembered. A shiver went down her spine at the thought of the monochrome clown. Ginny remembered the look in Keira's eyes and the smirk on her face as she told that story. It was a favorite of Keira's and she made certain to tell it every single year at least three times. Ginny found herself wondering if Keira was somehow connected to Laughing Jack and if so, was that where the elder teen has disappeared off to?

Laughing Jack watched with a wide grin from the safety of a tree in the orchard as the mages worked frantically to figure out what was going on. In his hands, Laughing Jack held a camera that was filming the entire ordeal for Keira and everyone else back at the mansion to enjoy. He knew that Keira would be disappointed that she hadn't gotten to see it in person. She loved this kind of shit if only for the ineptitude police forces had at figure out who killed the victims of every Creep. Laughing Jack would be giving this video to BEN if only so the glitch could figure out how diffrent magical police were from the normal ones.

A shudder ran down his spine and his grin grew wider. It looked like someone knew he existed and it wasn't done by his own power. Who it was, Laughing Jack couldn't tell as they were obscured from his senses. It wasn't often that anyone figured out he actually existed and lived to tell the tale save for the parents of his playmates that went to jail. Even then, they died fairly soon due to suicide. To most, he only existed in the form of a story which was how all Creeps did save for that one guy Slenderman allowed to live simply because he amused the faceless entity a bit too much. Laughing Jack thought it had something to do with 'Marble Hornets' though he honestly hadn't paid much attention.

The sensation reminded Laughing Jack of Keira which intrigued him. Had Keira telling his story and his recent actions caught the attention of someone that had listened to it? If so, Laughing Jack couldn't wait to find the one that pieced it together. Oh, this just made everything a whole lot better!

Laughing Jack strolled into the mansion a few hours later covered in a bit of blood from killing a few mages and leaving before the magical police could come. As he passed the front room, he found Clockwork, Jason, Candy Pop, and Liu sitting around the room. Jason looked up and asked, "Where have you been?"

"Fucking with mages," Laughing Jack informed him, "You know where BEN is?"

"TV room," Clockwork answered before everyone save for Liu froze.

Laughing Jack inwardly shrugged at their frozen forms and went to the TV room. Sure enough, BEN was inside and playing a video game. Surprisingly enough, Jeff and Toby weren't in the room. BEN didn't look away from the screen as he said, "Jeff went out to kill and Toby's downstairs with Sally practicing some techniques. I think Luna's upstairs though I can't be too sure. What's with the camera?"

Laughing Jack tossed it to him, "I fucked with some mages. I figured it would be a good idea to see just how much the magical police are diffrent from the normal ones. I also wanted to get a message across," Laughing Jack turned, "I'm heading upstairs. If you find anything interesting, you know where to find me."

Keira groaned softly as she woke up. It felt like her head was filled with cotton and her mouth felt drier than the times Vernon nearly managed to kill her with hydration. It didn't help that her stomach and teeth were aching either. Slowly, Keira sat up and grabbed her head as images swarmed past. They were mostly of Hestia with a beautiful red haired woman. Keira recognized the woman fairly easily due to the pictures she'd seen, but didn't understand where the images came from. Had she somehow gotten some of Hestia's memories? It was the only thing Keira could think of, but why only the memories of her mother? Keira groaned again and decided not to question it at the moment. Keira felt something cool pressed against her mouth and immediatly bit down on it. Blood flowed into her mouth and a shudder ran through her body. The blood tasted like the wind on a cool night after a rain storm with subtle hints of stars and something that made her think of the future. Keira knew that Luna offering her the blood. It didn't take long for Keira to take what she needed and what she knew Luna could provide without hurting the blonde. Keira took a deep breath after licking away the blood and watching with interest as the wound closed. Luna leaned back against Devona and said, "Now, you only need to create a wolf and you'll have all three."

"True," Keira didn't know when she would create the wolf, "It will be awhile before then,"

"That's a good thing, you need to get used to the first two and what abilities they have," Luna looked at Keira with an expectant look, "Cookies,"

Keira knew what she was asking and didn't have a problem with it. It had been too long since she'd gotten to bake and it would be nice to get rid of her actual hunger. With a quick glance at the clock, Keira knew that they had at least three to four hours until dinner.

Laughing Jack strolled into the kitchen as a heavenly scent began to waft out of it, "Baking without telling me? I feel hurt."

"Luna wanted cookies and I was peckish," Keira informed him, "She also gave me some blood, so I should be good for a bit,"

Laughing Jack wasn't even surprised by that and gave the blonde a look. She merely smiled serenely before biting into the chocolate chip cookie in her hand. Laughing Jack stole one from the platter of them and said, "I'm surprised no one else is in here."

"I erected a ward to keep the scent from coming out of the kitchen until you had a chance to get a cookie," Keira informed him as she fixed up another sheet of cookies though this time they were ginger snaps.

Liu wandered in with Candy Pop, "What's that smell?"

"Chocolate chip cookies with walnut pieces and plain chocolate chip cookies," Keira told the two before offering, "Want one? I'm going to have a batch of oat meal raisin and honey oatmeal raisin coming out in a few minutes,"

Liu grabbed a cookie while Candy Pop eyed the platter in suspicion. He was right to be nervous as no one in the house could really cook let alone bake. Slenderman wasn't a bad cook for the most part, but he couldn't bake for shit. It took a few minutes before the jester took a cookie and bit into it before his eyes widened. He quickly devoured it and grabbed another while exclaiming, "This is amazing!"

"Thank you," Keira told the jester as Laughing Jack grinned in amusement.