DISCLAIMER: I don't own Harry Potter, nor do I own the lyrics, it is Regina Spektor and the song is Blue Lips.
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I tossed and turned in my bed, sleep not coming and the nightmares drawing their fists tighter upon my mind. I clenched my fists, tightened my jaw and screwed my eyes shut until I could see nothing. But it didn't help. All I could see was my mother, her dark beauty surrounding her and her anger evident on her face. She turned to my father and smiled, not a happy smile, a malicious smile. She had fangs, fangs that bit through her lips and glistened in the dark sky. I trembled, tears coursing down my cheeks. The sky was dark and tumultuous. I was scared and wanted to leave, but I couldn't wake up. I turned away for a split second and saw Aspen sitting on a rock, her long hair blowing in the wind and his voice carrying towards me.
"He stumbled into faith and thought, 'God, there is all there is.' The pictures in his mind arose and began to breathe and all the gods and all the worlds began colliding on a backdrop of blue."
I wrapped my arms around themselves and trembled with fear. My mother glared at me and started to walk over to me. I screamed, a sound that was ethereal and strained to my own ears. She gripped my wrist and pulled me over to a sharp indent of a cliff. I looked over the side and saw my Aunt Andromeda, her clothing in tatters and bloody scratches all over her face. I screamed again, only to be cut off by my mother's low growl of a voice.
"Dare you scream again?" she hissed, bringing her all to familiar face close to mine, I whimpered and felt more tears caress my cheek. "That's what she did." She pointed to Aunt Andy and laughed maliciously. "You are my daughter and you must do what you are told!"
I nodded but didn't say a word. My mother frightened me and I didn't know what to do. She leaned her head back to the churning sky and let out a barking laugh. I felt something swell up inside of me and used it. "Blue lips, blue veins." I watched as she turned to me, anger burning through her face. She slapped me, rocked my head back and then pulled my long hair. I couldn't stop singing. I wanted to watch her suffer. "He took a step but then felt tired. He said I'll rest a little while. But when he tried to walk again he wasn't a child and all the people hurried fast, real fast. And no one ever smiled."
I gasped for breath, something pressing down on my lungs. My mother had a look of disgust on her beautiful face and I breathed in deeply. I felt tired, so tired. Could I just fall asleep for a split second? Then I would resume the fight against my mother.
"Acacia, you can't give up," James whispered from behind me. "Keep fighting. Don't give into the tiredness. I'm right here." I nodded and put my head on his shoulder, trying to fight the tiredness behind my eyes. I finally stood up, James hand on my shoulder and the fight back in my eyes.
"Blue lips, blue veins. Blue, the color of our planet from far, far away. Blue lips, blue veins. Blue, the color of our planet from far, far away." I sang out at the top of my lungs, my hands clenched by my sides and my blue eyes dancing with something I had never felt before. "He stumbled into faith and thought 'God, there is all there is'. The pictures in his mind arose and began to breathe and no one saw and no one heard. They just followed the lead the pictures in his mind arose and began to breathe."
James stood next to me, his warm hand saving me from backing down. I looked at him, my blue eyes swimming with exhaustion. He shook his head and joined in the song. "And no one saw and no one heard they just followed the lead. The pictures in his mind awoke and began to breed."
My mother came towards me again, striking James so hard his head rocked back and he fell back on the hard rocks of the cliff. My breath caught in my throat and I screamed his name. My mother leaned over him, a malicious smile on her red lips and hatred flourishing in her eyes. "STOP IT!" I screamed, my fists clenched to my sides and spit gathering on my lip. "DON'T HURT HIM! WHAT DID HE EVER DO TO YOU?" Tears were rolling down my cheeks involuntarily. I watched my mother turn to me and smack my own head back. I could taste blood in my mouth. I rolled over and spit the red out.
"Does that hurt?" I nodded, fear setting in, taking over the bravery I once had. "Good! Come with me." I shook my head, clinging to rock I was sitting on. "Come girl, don't make me force you."
"What about James? He's lying on a rock!" I screeched looking back at my friend. "And I'm not going anywhere with you!" She grabbed my wrist and hauled me up to my feet. "Ow! What are you doing? I don't even know you!"
"Something that even I-" She was cut off by James struggling to stand up. "What are you doing you little son of a bitch!"
"Hey!" I screamed, putting myself between both of them. "Don't talk to him like that!" My mother scoffed, her dark eyes becoming black with death. I took a step back and gasped sharply. "What's happening?" I whimpered, leaning into James' arms. He shook his head, confusion lighting up his face.
He leaned into my ear as my mother was reduced to a pile of ash and started to sing quietly. "They started off beneath an olive tree and they chopped it down to make a picket fence and marching along the railroad tracks. They smiled real wide for the camera lens as they made it past the enemy lines. Blue lips, blue veins. Blue, the color of our planet from far, far away. Blue lips, blue veins. Blue, the color of our planet from far, far away."
I turned away from him, tears scouring my eyelids. I could hear his steps behind me. I turned back to face him and started to sing with sobs ripping out of my body. "Blue, the most human color. Blue lips, blue veins. Blue, the color of our planet from far, far away. Blue, the most human color. Blue lips, blue veins. Blue, the color of our planet from far, far away. Blue, the most human color. Blue lips, blue veins. Blue, the color of our planet from far, far away."
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I woke up, tears streaming down my cheeks and cold sweat layering my body. I was shaking and Lucy was standing over me. I rolled over and felt sick. I took a few deep breaths and tried to figure out what had just happened.
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A/N: I hope you liked it. There were a few twists and turns in there and it was sooo much fun to write! Keep Reading and Reviewing! You know it makes a writers world go round! Haha, just kidding, of course!
