NOXLUMI: Chapter 6-- New Revelations
Hermione watched in a frightened fascination as Snape had his wand drawn out so fast and pointed at who looked to be a man in his forties. She gasped as she heard Snape muttering the Avada under his breath. Before she knew exactly what all had happened, Snape was frozen with his bare hands around the man's neck. The man seemed unfazed, as Dumbledore looked fuming holding Snape's wand along with his own.
"Miss Granger, if you would be so kind as to let these two gentlemen work out their."
"No," the man said with such a gentle force, that it frightened her. "She shall stay, she has a task yet."
Dumbledore looked pointed at the man. "Kaldrin, this was never."
The man, or Kaldrin as he was apparently now called simply stepped away from Severus's grasp and in a blink of his eyes, Snape was tumbling on the ground.
"Do not question young Albus. She has strings too."
Hermione couldn't have moved if she wanted. So frozen in shock that she jumped when she heard the sobbed "She's dead" from the ground where Snape still sat on the floor.
"Yes, she is, and Miloza will be deconstructed."
Snape flew up in a hurry his face mere inches from Kaldrin, giving him a deathly glare, "than it was for nothing? All of it? You." Kaldrin, had enough, with a wave of his hand, Snape was unconscious and floating in the air in what looked to be a peaceful state.
Hermione finally found her voice at this, "Headmaster, what exactly is going on?"
Albus's eyes looked on the verge of tears, "I'm sorry, Hermione dear, but I have no control here, it is all up to Kaldrin."
She looked at Kaldrin then. He was already looking at her, or through her. She couldn't quite explain the feeling. It was as if he was literally glowing with the light of all the knowledge she had inside of her. It was eerie to say the least. "You have aged more than I had expected." He finally said.
"How did."
"How old are you now? 36? 37?"
"Forty-two."
"Amazing, you don't look a day over 30, but then again, one does not always look their age. I'm almost 900 myself."
"What does my age have to do with anything?"
"Nothing my dear, just an old man's curiosity. And before you ask, I do not peddle with the how's. You will learn within time. I have, however, come to offer a proposition, to replace Miloza, and once again, complete the circle."
For the first time in a long time, Hermione felt true anger well up within her. It was not petty hate that she was consumed with, but a pure determination to make that to which caused pain, simply leave. She stood a little taller, and unleashed a power inside she was taught over the years to cage. With a wave of her wand she released Snape from his state, her eyes never leaving Kaldrin. Snape landed with a soft thud breathing a bit heavily, he looked up to see Hermione stare down Kaldrin.
"Sir, a few days ago, I didn't even believe in the Noxlumi's existence. I barely grasp the nature in which your purpose holds, and despite that, you want me to join you? It appears that you have a great deal of knowledge, though that can simply be gained with years. The one thing that I learned most in my studies before coming to teach here, is that it is not knowledge that makes one great, but wisdom. I have only seen destruction so far sir, and no wisdom. So forgive me for declining your proposal."
******** Sorry for the long delay, real life in a word: BLECK.
NOXLUMI: Chapter 7-- Colleague and Friend?
Hermione had a hard time sleeping that night. The day had definitely turned out differently than she expected, and she certainly has had her share of strange days. It also appeared that even after all the knowledge and experiences she had gained, she still had a lot to learn. Throwing off her blanket, she made her way to her washroom. Splashing water on her face, she regarded her reflection in the mirror.
Hermione watched in a frightened fascination as Snape had his wand drawn out so fast and pointed at who looked to be a man in his forties. She gasped as she heard Snape muttering the Avada under his breath. Before she knew exactly what all had happened, Snape was frozen with his bare hands around the man's neck. The man seemed unfazed, as Dumbledore looked fuming holding Snape's wand along with his own.
"Miss Granger, if you would be so kind as to let these two gentlemen work out their."
"No," the man said with such a gentle force, that it frightened her. "She shall stay, she has a task yet."
Dumbledore looked pointed at the man. "Kaldrin, this was never."
The man, or Kaldrin as he was apparently now called simply stepped away from Severus's grasp and in a blink of his eyes, Snape was tumbling on the ground.
"Do not question young Albus. She has strings too."
Hermione couldn't have moved if she wanted. So frozen in shock that she jumped when she heard the sobbed "She's dead" from the ground where Snape still sat on the floor.
"Yes, she is, and Miloza will be deconstructed."
Snape flew up in a hurry his face mere inches from Kaldrin, giving him a deathly glare, "than it was for nothing? All of it? You." Kaldrin, had enough, with a wave of his hand, Snape was unconscious and floating in the air in what looked to be a peaceful state.
Hermione finally found her voice at this, "Headmaster, what exactly is going on?"
Albus's eyes looked on the verge of tears, "I'm sorry, Hermione dear, but I have no control here, it is all up to Kaldrin."
She looked at Kaldrin then. He was already looking at her, or through her. She couldn't quite explain the feeling. It was as if he was literally glowing with the light of all the knowledge she had inside of her. It was eerie to say the least. "You have aged more than I had expected." He finally said.
"How did."
"How old are you now? 36? 37?"
"Forty-two."
"Amazing, you don't look a day over 30, but then again, one does not always look their age. I'm almost 900 myself."
"What does my age have to do with anything?"
"Nothing my dear, just an old man's curiosity. And before you ask, I do not peddle with the how's. You will learn within time. I have, however, come to offer a proposition, to replace Miloza, and once again, complete the circle."
For the first time in a long time, Hermione felt true anger well up within her. It was not petty hate that she was consumed with, but a pure determination to make that to which caused pain, simply leave. She stood a little taller, and unleashed a power inside she was taught over the years to cage. With a wave of her wand she released Snape from his state, her eyes never leaving Kaldrin. Snape landed with a soft thud breathing a bit heavily, he looked up to see Hermione stare down Kaldrin.
"Sir, a few days ago, I didn't even believe in the Noxlumi's existence. I barely grasp the nature in which your purpose holds, and despite that, you want me to join you? It appears that you have a great deal of knowledge, though that can simply be gained with years. The one thing that I learned most in my studies before coming to teach here, is that it is not knowledge that makes one great, but wisdom. I have only seen destruction so far sir, and no wisdom. So forgive me for declining your proposal."
******** Sorry for the long delay, real life in a word: BLECK.
NOXLUMI: Chapter 7-- Colleague and Friend?
Hermione had a hard time sleeping that night. The day had definitely turned out differently than she expected, and she certainly has had her share of strange days. It also appeared that even after all the knowledge and experiences she had gained, she still had a lot to learn. Throwing off her blanket, she made her way to her washroom. Splashing water on her face, she regarded her reflection in the mirror.