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James looked at the wand and then at Tigress. He smirked, "You use crucio on her... I want to watch, she isn't important enough for me to kill her..." he said in another, colder, hiss. His cold eyes locked onto Tigress, her pain filling him with glee..
Amanda smiled an evil smile. "It would be my pleasure" she said and laughed a cold laugh. She grabbed the wand and stood back and pointed the wand at Tigress, "Crucio!" she said.
Tigress watched them both hatefully. Wondering how much more pain they could possibly inflict on her. Her body was again shutting down her relief and the agony was diminishing as she slowly began to lose consciousness. Her eyes were locked onto James'/Voldemorts as she sank to the floor.
As Tigress sank to the floor James' eyes flashed back to normal, and then cold again. He let out a terrible yell and clutched his head in agony. He staggered around until he fell on a bed, breathing heavily. Suddenly James sat up and looked around. His face was pale and his eyes worried, "AMANDA WHAT ARE YOU DOING STOP IT!!!!" he said noticing Tigress.
Amanda laughed that cold laugh as Tigress fell to the floor.
Amanda stared him down and was wondering what was happening to James/Voldemort.
James lunged at Amanda and knocked her to the floor as gently as he could. "STOP IT HAVE YOU GONE CRAZY!!!" he shouted at her. He noticed her eyes and backed off of her. They had been so cold, he gasped at the revelation that hit him.
Tigress stayed just barely awake to her dismay, and she just barely caught the far-away sounding shout from James, she relaxed slightly but knew that someone was still torturing her, though her eyes were rolled back and she couldn't see who...
"What has happened to you Voldemort?" she said and thought for a minute. "No! This can't be! You have changed back." she said and the anger built back up in her.
"Amanda!? What happened!" he then got up and ran over to Tigress, "Tigress!" he said gently shaking her.
Tigress relaxed, lapsing in and out of consciousness, wondering vaguely what were happening but not especially caring. She sighed as her body relaxed, glad that the slight uncomfortable feeling from far-off was gone.
"Oh I'm not Amanda anymore." she said and advanced on James and tigress smiling evilly.
Tigress groaned slightly and her eyes fluttered open. Seeing James, she shouted slightly and backed quickly away, collapsing again as the pain hit her suddenly; she stared at him fearfully seeing Amanda out of the corner of her eye.
James turned around and blocked Tigress from Amanda, "Well you might not be, but if I can fight back I know she can... come on..." he had a hint of urgency in his voice and he could feel the dark lord trying to take over again.
"Oh really? That weak little morsel? She couldn't fight me back even if she wanted to." she said still walking forward.
Tigress stared at them both, wide-eyed, not sure who was going to torture her next or why James was blocking her from Amanda. She gasped as her wand suddenly shot a red light out of the end facing Amanda and flew onto her lap.
James stared at Amanda and took a step backwards. He then ran quickly to the other side of the room, having an idea. If he the dark lord was going to take over him again, he could stop it in one definite way. He punched his fist trough the window and broke a shard off. He held it ready.
Reaching shakily down, Tigress grabbed her wand and seeing Amanda as the most immediate threat, shot a few more stunning spells at her before mumbling almost incoherently. "I'm sorry James, if that's who you still are..." and shooting a single stunning spell at James. She wasn't sure if it'd work or not.
Amanda/ Voldemort laughed that high-pitched cold laugh and stood still. "You think that is supposed to stop the dark lord? Think again!?" she said and advanced some more.
James had falling to the ground before the stunning spell got him. The spell shot straight out the window. He closed his eyes trying to clear his mind. Maybe he could rid himself of this possession. He held the glass shard to his side where the knife had first entered and took a deep breath.
Tigress shivered involuntarily for a few moments, fighting off sleep as best she could. Pain still racked her body and she glared at Amanda, she didn't look at James, and wasn't sure if he was awake or not, but hoped he wouldn't be able to be possessed if he was stunned.
Amanda reached Tigress and grabbed her by the neck just as he had done with the real Amanda. She picked her up high in the air.
James opened his eyes in time to see Amanda holding up Tigress. He put the glass in his pocket and ran to Amanda. He pried her hand off of Tigresses neck and pushed Amanda to the floor. He stood protectively in front of Tigress and pulled out the shard again, "NO!!!! NO MORE!!!!'
Tigress watched Amanda, shuddering slightly. She stared at her eyes, mildly surprised by the silver swirling in them, but beginning to not care about what happened to her. As far as she was concerned, she was as good as dead, and with the agony she was living through, the sooner the better. Her eyes flickered as she mercifully began to pass out.
Amanda was a little surprised by this. She started gasping for air and then fell backwards on the floor.
"LEAVE MY HEAD ALONE!!!" James shouted as he felt the Dark Lord trying to take over. He picked up Tigress carefully and carried her into Pomphrey's office. He shut the door and placed a chair at the doorknob, hoping it would give her some time to relax. He then turned back to Amanda, "I KNOW YOU CAN FIGHT IT!!! I AM AND I AM EXHAUSTED!!!" he shouted at her.
Tigress shook her head slightly as she heard a door shut and glanced around her, the hazy fog that had begun to cover her eyes dissipated ad she looked wearily around, she heard a voice shouting somewhere outside the small room she was in, thinking it was James, but not sure why he sounded so not-evil.
Amanda continued to lie on the ground not moving a muscle. So many things swam through her head right now. All the things she said and did. It was very confusing if you saw it from her point of view.
"I AM...NO...I WILL NOT LET THIS HAPPEN ANYMORE!!!!" James shouted collapsing in front of the door. He turned his head to the door and prayed Tigress would be able to hear, "Please..Tigress... use the full body bind on me, chain me to a bed, tie me down too, stun me as many times as you can without killing me...just do it.." he shook violently as he heard the laughter rising in his ears.