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Here ya go- Yet another chapter
Snape had taken to watching the campus from whatever out-of-the-way posts he could find: the Forbidden Forest, a high turret overlooking the lake, an alcove in the Great Hall where he could see without being seen. He watched for Kokiri; he watched for Kiki; he especially watched for Okino, trying to find the best time and place to catch the Muggle alone and off his guard. He was on an upper parapet now, as the sun started dipping beyond the western hills. Most of the school had already gone in to supper. He had his eye on the area around the greenhouses. . .
"Look 'ere, P'fessor." Snape turned; it was that oaf Hagrid, and he was clearly drunk. He made a mental note to have Hagrid sacked-in the morning.
"Excuse me fer speakin' about this, P'fessor!" Hagrid tried again. "But what ye've been doin' just in't right. . ." Snape was steaming mad. "You colossal fool! Lecturing ME about right and wrong!" He had his wand out in a flash, and put Hagrid in a full body bind. The giant fell on his back on the stone floor of the parapet. "Sleep that off," Snape sneered, as he turned back to the greenhouses.
"What did you do to Hagrid!" Now it was Kiki, who had just dismounted her broom and was looking at the fallen giant. At this point, he didn't care if she was Kokiri's daughter; he put a full body bind on her as well. She fell face-first onto the giant, stiff as a board. "KIKI!" Now it was the infernal Harry Potter hovering just beyond the parapet. Snape drew his wand yet again, but Harry recognized the look in Snape's eyes. The old wizard meant to do someone an injury, and he was past caring who got hurt or how badly. Harry dropped down to the lawn before Snape could hex him.
A few people had already gathered near the tower, having heard the commotion. Harry told them what he had seen. Someone ran to tell Kiki's parents, someone else ran to tell Dumbledore, and others dashed up the tower steps.
It was a matter of two minutes before Okino and Kokiri, with a few dozen students and faculty trailing behind, burst onto the parapet. Okino stepped forward. "You'd better let them go, Snape. You're in enough trouble as it is." "You don't understand. You're the one that needs to let go." Snape pulled out his wand. "Set Kokiri free, and I'll spare you." "That's her decision; not mine." Kokiri stepped forward. "And I made my decision long ago. Okino is the man I love; Okino is the father of our child; Okino is my husband until the day I die. Can't you understand, Professor? You could never take his place." "Surely he can be persuaded to vacate that place, one way or another."
Okino took another step toward Snape. "Not by anything you can do or say. Now give me back my daughter."
Snape pointed his wand at Okino and said, "Crucio." Okino immediately crumpled to the stone floor, his body a ball of pain. Kokiri screamed, but she was held back by a horrified Professor Diggle. They had just heard Snape utter one of the three Forbidden Curses. Snape could get life in prison for using it, and Diggle didn't like to think about what life was like in the wizard's prison, Azkaban. . .
Kokiri gasped, focusing Diggle's attention back on Okino. He was struggling to his feet. Snape looked as surprised as the others-this Muggle was fighting off the Cruciatus Curse! Okino inched another step toward Snape. "My. . .child. . ." he gasped. "CRUCIO!" Snape roared, pointing his wand again. Okino staggered back, but this time did not fall to the floor. His resistance to the Cruciatus Curse seemed to be getting stronger.
Kiki, paralyzed, could only watch in horror what was happening to her father. From the little she knew of Snape, she was sure he would abandon the Cruciatus Curse and try to get rid of Okino once and for all. She cursed herself; why, why hadn't she ever learned this kind of magic? She couldn't help her parents now, even if she weren't frozen like this; all she could ever do was fly. And the answer hit her like lightning. If that's all I have, use it.
Apologizing in her mind to Hagrid, she reached out with her magic as much as she could, imagining herself on a broom. And Hagrid started to float. He rose about a foot off of the floor, with Kiki still on top of him, then glided straight at Snape.
Snape wasn't watching behind him; his full attention was on Okino, still advancing in spite of the pain of the Cruciatus Curse. He was still enraged, but fear was rising within him as well. This Muggle left him no choice. He drew back his wand again: "AVADA--"
He never finished the curse. Hagrid butted him from behind in the small of the back. Snape dropped his wand and staggered toward the edge of the parapet, then over it.
Dumbledore, watching everything from the doorway to the parapet, had his wand out in a flash, pointed at the falling Snape. A dozen other faculty did the same; stopping his fall, lowering him to the ground, putting Snape into a deep sleep.
When Snape dropped his wand, the body bind was broken. As soon as Kiki could move again, she lost her concentration on flying, and she and Hagrid thudded onto the stone floor. She ran to Okino, who was being held and comforted by Kokiri, and threw her arms around both her parents, crying out of sheer relief. The instant Snape touched the ground, Dumbledore shouted down: "Get him to the infirmary! NOW!!" He sat heavily on the stone floor, his face almost as white as his beard, his wand-arm still shaking.
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Here ya go- Yet another chapter
Snape had taken to watching the campus from whatever out-of-the-way posts he could find: the Forbidden Forest, a high turret overlooking the lake, an alcove in the Great Hall where he could see without being seen. He watched for Kokiri; he watched for Kiki; he especially watched for Okino, trying to find the best time and place to catch the Muggle alone and off his guard. He was on an upper parapet now, as the sun started dipping beyond the western hills. Most of the school had already gone in to supper. He had his eye on the area around the greenhouses. . .
"Look 'ere, P'fessor." Snape turned; it was that oaf Hagrid, and he was clearly drunk. He made a mental note to have Hagrid sacked-in the morning.
"Excuse me fer speakin' about this, P'fessor!" Hagrid tried again. "But what ye've been doin' just in't right. . ." Snape was steaming mad. "You colossal fool! Lecturing ME about right and wrong!" He had his wand out in a flash, and put Hagrid in a full body bind. The giant fell on his back on the stone floor of the parapet. "Sleep that off," Snape sneered, as he turned back to the greenhouses.
"What did you do to Hagrid!" Now it was Kiki, who had just dismounted her broom and was looking at the fallen giant. At this point, he didn't care if she was Kokiri's daughter; he put a full body bind on her as well. She fell face-first onto the giant, stiff as a board. "KIKI!" Now it was the infernal Harry Potter hovering just beyond the parapet. Snape drew his wand yet again, but Harry recognized the look in Snape's eyes. The old wizard meant to do someone an injury, and he was past caring who got hurt or how badly. Harry dropped down to the lawn before Snape could hex him.
A few people had already gathered near the tower, having heard the commotion. Harry told them what he had seen. Someone ran to tell Kiki's parents, someone else ran to tell Dumbledore, and others dashed up the tower steps.
It was a matter of two minutes before Okino and Kokiri, with a few dozen students and faculty trailing behind, burst onto the parapet. Okino stepped forward. "You'd better let them go, Snape. You're in enough trouble as it is." "You don't understand. You're the one that needs to let go." Snape pulled out his wand. "Set Kokiri free, and I'll spare you." "That's her decision; not mine." Kokiri stepped forward. "And I made my decision long ago. Okino is the man I love; Okino is the father of our child; Okino is my husband until the day I die. Can't you understand, Professor? You could never take his place." "Surely he can be persuaded to vacate that place, one way or another."
Okino took another step toward Snape. "Not by anything you can do or say. Now give me back my daughter."
Snape pointed his wand at Okino and said, "Crucio." Okino immediately crumpled to the stone floor, his body a ball of pain. Kokiri screamed, but she was held back by a horrified Professor Diggle. They had just heard Snape utter one of the three Forbidden Curses. Snape could get life in prison for using it, and Diggle didn't like to think about what life was like in the wizard's prison, Azkaban. . .
Kokiri gasped, focusing Diggle's attention back on Okino. He was struggling to his feet. Snape looked as surprised as the others-this Muggle was fighting off the Cruciatus Curse! Okino inched another step toward Snape. "My. . .child. . ." he gasped. "CRUCIO!" Snape roared, pointing his wand again. Okino staggered back, but this time did not fall to the floor. His resistance to the Cruciatus Curse seemed to be getting stronger.
Kiki, paralyzed, could only watch in horror what was happening to her father. From the little she knew of Snape, she was sure he would abandon the Cruciatus Curse and try to get rid of Okino once and for all. She cursed herself; why, why hadn't she ever learned this kind of magic? She couldn't help her parents now, even if she weren't frozen like this; all she could ever do was fly. And the answer hit her like lightning. If that's all I have, use it.
Apologizing in her mind to Hagrid, she reached out with her magic as much as she could, imagining herself on a broom. And Hagrid started to float. He rose about a foot off of the floor, with Kiki still on top of him, then glided straight at Snape.
Snape wasn't watching behind him; his full attention was on Okino, still advancing in spite of the pain of the Cruciatus Curse. He was still enraged, but fear was rising within him as well. This Muggle left him no choice. He drew back his wand again: "AVADA--"
He never finished the curse. Hagrid butted him from behind in the small of the back. Snape dropped his wand and staggered toward the edge of the parapet, then over it.
Dumbledore, watching everything from the doorway to the parapet, had his wand out in a flash, pointed at the falling Snape. A dozen other faculty did the same; stopping his fall, lowering him to the ground, putting Snape into a deep sleep.
When Snape dropped his wand, the body bind was broken. As soon as Kiki could move again, she lost her concentration on flying, and she and Hagrid thudded onto the stone floor. She ran to Okino, who was being held and comforted by Kokiri, and threw her arms around both her parents, crying out of sheer relief. The instant Snape touched the ground, Dumbledore shouted down: "Get him to the infirmary! NOW!!" He sat heavily on the stone floor, his face almost as white as his beard, his wand-arm still shaking.
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