When all 4 came back, Bran was the first to speak. "what just happened?" All laughed except steel. "I dont find that very funny." she said before storming away. "jeez I was just tryin ta be goofy.." bran said looking hurt. Aftr tha brief episode, bran and Christi started dancing again. they danced practically all night. when the last song came to a close, the two for silent for a moment. christy began to move in. Bran figured he knew what was coming. and then she....
The last song was ending. Christi stared into Bran's eyes. Suddenly, she was transfixed by them, and closed her eyes as their lips moved closer together...
They kissed. And at that exact moment, the same thing was lingering in Christi and Bran's mind: Hey, maybe staying at Hogwarts won't be so bad after all...
The song ended, and Christi and Bran pulled apart.
And at this very moment, the only thing in the entire world that mattered to them was each other.
Linarea looked down at Bran and Christi. No! They were on two different sides..it was impossible...She looked up at Severus, who had drawn her close and were dancing slow. She frowned.
"So are we..." she whispered.
"What?"
"We're both on different sides also, Severus. No matter how hard you try to stop it, you know it's true."
Outside, unaware to everyone inside, a tall, dark form was moving about like a deadly bird of prey. A hood was over his head. He pushed it away. His eyes were pools of blood with a vertical pupil, his face white like a bone, and his nose flat like a snake's, lank and black hair pulled back from his face reaching his shoulder...
Lord Voldemort was on the grounds of Hogwarts.
Voldemort silently crept across the Hogwarts grounds. He snickered to himself. "That was much to easy." he said, making his way torward the rear entrance. A small shack was back there, with a large almost illegible sign on it: "Hagrids hut". "Hagrid??" Voldemort hissed. "That bumbling Idiot is stil here? Ill have to fix that...." Voldemort said as he crept along. There was some sort of party in there, that was all he knew. Linarea was probably in there with that loathsome snape. oh she thought he didnt know, but he knew everything. Bran would also be in there somewhere, most likely with christy. Ugh how he hated that little girl..but her family members were high ranking death eaters, so he would have to deal with her. "now on to dear old great grandfather. wonder how he's feeling?" voldemort said with an evil laugh. " I should have killed that meddling old imatation of a dark wizard years ago..well I came close once....." he said laughing again. By now he was making his way through the chimney of what he believed was the ravenclaw commonroom. he wasnt afraid, he'd just kill anyone that got in his way.
Back at the ball, Bran and christi were now just talking, occasionally kissing. The two of them were the talk of the whole ball. "man this feels good.." bran thought. "to finally have someone that really cares for me......" Then he remembered what a traitor remembered what a traitor he was. He silently cursed himself. Somthing had to go...and he didnt want it to be Christy. It WASNT gonna be christi. All the sudden, a huge splitting pain went through his eyes. across the room, the same thing was happening to harry's scar. the two looked at each other, probably for the first time ever. they both knew what was happening. Voldemort was in the building.
Suddenly, Bran stood up and stormed out of the great hall, Christi following him.
"Bran!" exclaimed Christi, running after him as he sped through the halls of Hogwarts. "Where are you going?"
"Voldemort's here!" he answered, now heading outside towards the forbidden forest. "And so is Maximus. We've got to stop both of them!"
Christi gasped, and suddenly stopped. "M-Maximus?" she said weakly. "H-How do you know about L-Lord Voldemort's rival?!"
Bran stopped, and sighed. He turned to Christi, and took her hands in his. "I can't lie to you, Christi. I'm really wroking for Maximus Riddle; I was sent here to find information on Lord Voldemort so that he would be destroyed and Maxiumus's reign would prevail. I'm sorry I lied to you, Christi; I'm not a death eater at all."
For a moment, there was silence, where Bran had his head bowed, and Christi stared at him, not blinking.
"You know what this means, don't you?" she said finally. Bran's head snapped up, and the worst possible thought came to mind. 'S-She's going to have to kill me! Under orders from Voldemort!'
Christi pulled out her wand, and said, "We've got to stop Voldemort and Maximus this instant!"
Bran grinned. They started running into the Forbidden forest...
But unbeknownst to both of them, Linarea Riddle was standing in the shadows of the trees, listening to their conversations, her yellow eyes flashing.
"Well, isn't this just a modern-day Romeo and Juliet..."
Alright Steel see's Christi and Bran run off and knows something is wrong and since lately her sister has caused most of the problems she and Lanny run up to the hospital wing to find the nurse alseep (magic sleep) and Snare is gone Lanny looks at the nusre sigh and says "We'd better hurry and catch Snare before she makes any trouble" "r-r-right" Steel answere and they hurry down to the forest were Christi and Bran had headed. They find them down facing four others Voldemort Maximus Snare and Linarea all standing there voldemort by himself and Maximus with Snare and Linarea (if thats not right correct me). Lanny and Steel stare at Maximus not knowing what to do. But decide that since they are Voldemrts survents that they should go stand by him. But Steel thinks what about Bran and Christi? they aren't joining anyone yet we should stay with them!. Lanny see's what Steel is thinking and walks straight towards Christi and Bran with Steel following him. What are you two doing shouts Voldemort you are to join me come here now you little BRATS! Sister come here you know your hearts desire come join me! Snare says Christi gives Steel a look of utter disgust that her sister is such a fool. No Lanny and Steel shout at Snare and Voldemort. Then go closer to Bran and Christi. Fine sister you are a great fool! Snare says warningly she whispers something to maximus and he nods just then Snare jumps forward with a sword brandished ACCIO! Lanny shouts and the sword flies to his hand crucio! Snare shouts but points her wand at Christi and comands her to kill herself. She resists long enough for Lanny to counter curse and Steel to cast the tickling spell on Snare Snare falls to ground with laughter and Bran about to cast a spell on Maximus when Snare grabed his leg and pulled him down before he finished. Christi decides she's had enough of Snare and Avada Kedabra! and Snare falls in a flash of green light. Bran stands up and all four of them brandish they'r wands each at a differnt person. Lanny at Linerea Steel at at Maximus with Christi and Bran at voldemort and then..........
Lanny's wand trembled as he blurted out a kicking spell at Linarea, she tumbled over, lying at Snape's feet who had just joined the war. Lanny cursed. Christi pulled out her wand, ready to scream the killing curse at the Dark Lord when Linarea jumped to her feet and pushed her away, knocking her head against the wall.
"No!" Bran screamed running over to Christi. She was breathing, but a gash of red streamed from under her pretty braid.
"You shouldn't have helped me!" Voldemort growled at his sister, pointing his wand at Snape.
"Don't you dare!!!" Linarea screamed, turning into a panther and moving herself in front of Snape.
"Move aside!"
Linarea had already grabbed Snape by the neck softly, as if carrying young kittens, and fled to the door.
Maximus' face lit out in a terrible smile...Voldemort and him stood in front of eachother, ready to fight....
Maximus's face shone in the moonlight. His visage was covered in scars, and his right arm was gone. you could almost see the resemblance to voldemort, but just barely. The two stared each other down, seemingly ignoring Bran. All of the time, Bran was getting madder and Madder. Frantically tring to keep christy concious. "...Go..get em....Bran......" she murmured before passing out. Just then his anger flared. His eyes blazed, more than he had ever seen them. the flames reached well over 2 feet above his head. He screamed, a primal, angry scream that even scared him. the next thing he knew, the woods exploded.
Linarea and Severus walked into the woods. it looked as if one of those muggle contraptions they called bombs had been droped. Bran lay in the exact center, unconcious.christi was laying to the side. miraculously, the explosion had somehow missed her. a slightly golwing blue scab had formed over her cut. linarea suddenly felt bad for doing that to her. what was happening? Maximus was dead, no doubt about that. the explosion had flung him against a huge tree. Voldemort was no where to be found. linarea assumed he was alive. she was dissapointed. she had had enough with her brother and the whole DE thing. she smiled at severus, looking puzzeledly at christy's obviously telekenisis induced healing and the explosion missing her. "there just like us." she whispered. "just like us." and with that, they walked off. these two would live.
Slowly, Christi woke up. Immediately, she felt a hot pain on her face. She noticed a blue scab where she remembered a cut used to be.
Looking around the forest, she saw Maximus's dead body at the foot of the tree. Then, quite suddenly, she gasped, as her eyes reached Bran.
"No!" she gasped, running over to him. "Bran! Please wake up! Please!"
But he didn't. Christi began to sob, thinking, 'I'll never see him again. He died to save me, and I never told him...'
She grasped the golden seashell necklace she had worn for the special occasion that night. She grasped it tighter and tighter, until something amazing happened:
The golden seashell began to glow. Confused, Christi pulled the necklace off of her neck, staring at it. But then she saw what was REALLY glowing. There were words, scribbled so tinily on the shell, that Christi couldn't read them. But suddenly, the words began to enlarge. Bright, shining letters suddenly, shone in front of her. Bran's body also started to glow. Christi looked at the words and read them out loud:
"With Bran in this fateful hour,
I place all heaven with it's power,
and the sun with it's brightness
and the snow with it's whiteness,
and the fire with all the strength it hath,
and the lightning with it's rapid wrath
and the winds with their swiftness along their path,
and the sea with it's deepness
and the rocks with their steepness,
and the earth with it's starkness;
All these I place
By god's almighty help and grace between myself and the powers of darkness!"
There was a blindng flash of green light, and, quite suddenly, the seashell diappeared. "Huh...?" thought Christi, as all light ceased. She noticed that it was almost dwn, but her interest in that was cut short, as she screamed in utter joy, Bran had woken up! Christi rushed over to his side, and asked, "Are you okay?"
He groaned, his eyes rolled to the top of his head, and he fell backwards.
"BRAN!!!!" screamed Christi, her eyes widening once again. "NO!!!"
Bran didn't answer. Christi remembered a muggle class she had once heard about called First Aid. Remembering it, she quickly put her lips up to Bran's, and began to blow, remembering the CPR course of it.
Then, to her surprise, Bran's eyes opened, and he grabbed her by the back of her head, kissing her firmer. Christi screamed and pulled away.
"WHY YOU LITTLE!!!!!" shs shreiked, standing up, infuriated that Bran had done that, as he was clearly laughing his head off. "I HAVE HALF A MIND TO-!!!!"
Bran laughed as he stood up. "Hey, it was a spur of the moment kinda thing! Lighten up, Christi."
She didn't lighten up. Christi just tapped her foot impatiently, her fists clenched, her hair coming out of her braid, and positively infuriated. "You know, Bran, you are soooooo dead for this..."
Bran laughed again, and pretty soon, Christi was laughing too.
"Well, we should probably head back up to the castle." said Bran, gesturing towards Maximus's body. "Maximus is dead, Lord Voldemort escaped, and Linarea-"
"Is probably with her lover-boy Snape." finished Christi, grinning. "The ball must have ended; we should go back up to the castle."
Bran nodded, and they started walking back up towards Hogwarts. While they were walking, Christi asked, "So now that Maximus is dead, and that I've forsaken Voldemort, what are we going to do?"
Bran sighed. "Well, Im not sure what your going to do. But if you would consider this," he paused, turning to look at Christi's curious face. "Maximus owned a mansion, hidden in the Forbidden Forest; since he's now dead, the entire estate goes to me." Here, Christi's jaw dropped, and she exclaimed, "THE WHOLE HOUSE?????"
Bran nodded, grinning. "It was the only perk of working for that evil man; he put me in his will. we'll be on the run, but Dumbledore and linarea will hopefully vouch for us. im not going back to my parents. Would you consider living with me for the summer?"
Christi leapt up and hugged Bran, exclaiming, "What do you take me for, a fool??? OF COURSE I'LL STAY WITH YOU!!!!"
Bran laughed, and as they kissed again, the sun was just showing above the horizon, announcing a new day.
~~~~~
The last song was ending. Christi stared into Bran's eyes. Suddenly, she was transfixed by them, and closed her eyes as their lips moved closer together...
They kissed. And at that exact moment, the same thing was lingering in Christi and Bran's mind: Hey, maybe staying at Hogwarts won't be so bad after all...
The song ended, and Christi and Bran pulled apart.
And at this very moment, the only thing in the entire world that mattered to them was each other.
Linarea looked down at Bran and Christi. No! They were on two different sides..it was impossible...She looked up at Severus, who had drawn her close and were dancing slow. She frowned.
"So are we..." she whispered.
"What?"
"We're both on different sides also, Severus. No matter how hard you try to stop it, you know it's true."
Outside, unaware to everyone inside, a tall, dark form was moving about like a deadly bird of prey. A hood was over his head. He pushed it away. His eyes were pools of blood with a vertical pupil, his face white like a bone, and his nose flat like a snake's, lank and black hair pulled back from his face reaching his shoulder...
Lord Voldemort was on the grounds of Hogwarts.
Voldemort silently crept across the Hogwarts grounds. He snickered to himself. "That was much to easy." he said, making his way torward the rear entrance. A small shack was back there, with a large almost illegible sign on it: "Hagrids hut". "Hagrid??" Voldemort hissed. "That bumbling Idiot is stil here? Ill have to fix that...." Voldemort said as he crept along. There was some sort of party in there, that was all he knew. Linarea was probably in there with that loathsome snape. oh she thought he didnt know, but he knew everything. Bran would also be in there somewhere, most likely with christy. Ugh how he hated that little girl..but her family members were high ranking death eaters, so he would have to deal with her. "now on to dear old great grandfather. wonder how he's feeling?" voldemort said with an evil laugh. " I should have killed that meddling old imatation of a dark wizard years ago..well I came close once....." he said laughing again. By now he was making his way through the chimney of what he believed was the ravenclaw commonroom. he wasnt afraid, he'd just kill anyone that got in his way.
Back at the ball, Bran and christi were now just talking, occasionally kissing. The two of them were the talk of the whole ball. "man this feels good.." bran thought. "to finally have someone that really cares for me......" Then he remembered what a traitor remembered what a traitor he was. He silently cursed himself. Somthing had to go...and he didnt want it to be Christy. It WASNT gonna be christi. All the sudden, a huge splitting pain went through his eyes. across the room, the same thing was happening to harry's scar. the two looked at each other, probably for the first time ever. they both knew what was happening. Voldemort was in the building.
Suddenly, Bran stood up and stormed out of the great hall, Christi following him.
"Bran!" exclaimed Christi, running after him as he sped through the halls of Hogwarts. "Where are you going?"
"Voldemort's here!" he answered, now heading outside towards the forbidden forest. "And so is Maximus. We've got to stop both of them!"
Christi gasped, and suddenly stopped. "M-Maximus?" she said weakly. "H-How do you know about L-Lord Voldemort's rival?!"
Bran stopped, and sighed. He turned to Christi, and took her hands in his. "I can't lie to you, Christi. I'm really wroking for Maximus Riddle; I was sent here to find information on Lord Voldemort so that he would be destroyed and Maxiumus's reign would prevail. I'm sorry I lied to you, Christi; I'm not a death eater at all."
For a moment, there was silence, where Bran had his head bowed, and Christi stared at him, not blinking.
"You know what this means, don't you?" she said finally. Bran's head snapped up, and the worst possible thought came to mind. 'S-She's going to have to kill me! Under orders from Voldemort!'
Christi pulled out her wand, and said, "We've got to stop Voldemort and Maximus this instant!"
Bran grinned. They started running into the Forbidden forest...
But unbeknownst to both of them, Linarea Riddle was standing in the shadows of the trees, listening to their conversations, her yellow eyes flashing.
"Well, isn't this just a modern-day Romeo and Juliet..."
Alright Steel see's Christi and Bran run off and knows something is wrong and since lately her sister has caused most of the problems she and Lanny run up to the hospital wing to find the nurse alseep (magic sleep) and Snare is gone Lanny looks at the nusre sigh and says "We'd better hurry and catch Snare before she makes any trouble" "r-r-right" Steel answere and they hurry down to the forest were Christi and Bran had headed. They find them down facing four others Voldemort Maximus Snare and Linarea all standing there voldemort by himself and Maximus with Snare and Linarea (if thats not right correct me). Lanny and Steel stare at Maximus not knowing what to do. But decide that since they are Voldemrts survents that they should go stand by him. But Steel thinks what about Bran and Christi? they aren't joining anyone yet we should stay with them!. Lanny see's what Steel is thinking and walks straight towards Christi and Bran with Steel following him. What are you two doing shouts Voldemort you are to join me come here now you little BRATS! Sister come here you know your hearts desire come join me! Snare says Christi gives Steel a look of utter disgust that her sister is such a fool. No Lanny and Steel shout at Snare and Voldemort. Then go closer to Bran and Christi. Fine sister you are a great fool! Snare says warningly she whispers something to maximus and he nods just then Snare jumps forward with a sword brandished ACCIO! Lanny shouts and the sword flies to his hand crucio! Snare shouts but points her wand at Christi and comands her to kill herself. She resists long enough for Lanny to counter curse and Steel to cast the tickling spell on Snare Snare falls to ground with laughter and Bran about to cast a spell on Maximus when Snare grabed his leg and pulled him down before he finished. Christi decides she's had enough of Snare and Avada Kedabra! and Snare falls in a flash of green light. Bran stands up and all four of them brandish they'r wands each at a differnt person. Lanny at Linerea Steel at at Maximus with Christi and Bran at voldemort and then..........
Lanny's wand trembled as he blurted out a kicking spell at Linarea, she tumbled over, lying at Snape's feet who had just joined the war. Lanny cursed. Christi pulled out her wand, ready to scream the killing curse at the Dark Lord when Linarea jumped to her feet and pushed her away, knocking her head against the wall.
"No!" Bran screamed running over to Christi. She was breathing, but a gash of red streamed from under her pretty braid.
"You shouldn't have helped me!" Voldemort growled at his sister, pointing his wand at Snape.
"Don't you dare!!!" Linarea screamed, turning into a panther and moving herself in front of Snape.
"Move aside!"
Linarea had already grabbed Snape by the neck softly, as if carrying young kittens, and fled to the door.
Maximus' face lit out in a terrible smile...Voldemort and him stood in front of eachother, ready to fight....
Maximus's face shone in the moonlight. His visage was covered in scars, and his right arm was gone. you could almost see the resemblance to voldemort, but just barely. The two stared each other down, seemingly ignoring Bran. All of the time, Bran was getting madder and Madder. Frantically tring to keep christy concious. "...Go..get em....Bran......" she murmured before passing out. Just then his anger flared. His eyes blazed, more than he had ever seen them. the flames reached well over 2 feet above his head. He screamed, a primal, angry scream that even scared him. the next thing he knew, the woods exploded.
Linarea and Severus walked into the woods. it looked as if one of those muggle contraptions they called bombs had been droped. Bran lay in the exact center, unconcious.christi was laying to the side. miraculously, the explosion had somehow missed her. a slightly golwing blue scab had formed over her cut. linarea suddenly felt bad for doing that to her. what was happening? Maximus was dead, no doubt about that. the explosion had flung him against a huge tree. Voldemort was no where to be found. linarea assumed he was alive. she was dissapointed. she had had enough with her brother and the whole DE thing. she smiled at severus, looking puzzeledly at christy's obviously telekenisis induced healing and the explosion missing her. "there just like us." she whispered. "just like us." and with that, they walked off. these two would live.
Slowly, Christi woke up. Immediately, she felt a hot pain on her face. She noticed a blue scab where she remembered a cut used to be.
Looking around the forest, she saw Maximus's dead body at the foot of the tree. Then, quite suddenly, she gasped, as her eyes reached Bran.
"No!" she gasped, running over to him. "Bran! Please wake up! Please!"
But he didn't. Christi began to sob, thinking, 'I'll never see him again. He died to save me, and I never told him...'
She grasped the golden seashell necklace she had worn for the special occasion that night. She grasped it tighter and tighter, until something amazing happened:
The golden seashell began to glow. Confused, Christi pulled the necklace off of her neck, staring at it. But then she saw what was REALLY glowing. There were words, scribbled so tinily on the shell, that Christi couldn't read them. But suddenly, the words began to enlarge. Bright, shining letters suddenly, shone in front of her. Bran's body also started to glow. Christi looked at the words and read them out loud:
"With Bran in this fateful hour,
I place all heaven with it's power,
and the sun with it's brightness
and the snow with it's whiteness,
and the fire with all the strength it hath,
and the lightning with it's rapid wrath
and the winds with their swiftness along their path,
and the sea with it's deepness
and the rocks with their steepness,
and the earth with it's starkness;
All these I place
By god's almighty help and grace between myself and the powers of darkness!"
There was a blindng flash of green light, and, quite suddenly, the seashell diappeared. "Huh...?" thought Christi, as all light ceased. She noticed that it was almost dwn, but her interest in that was cut short, as she screamed in utter joy, Bran had woken up! Christi rushed over to his side, and asked, "Are you okay?"
He groaned, his eyes rolled to the top of his head, and he fell backwards.
"BRAN!!!!" screamed Christi, her eyes widening once again. "NO!!!"
Bran didn't answer. Christi remembered a muggle class she had once heard about called First Aid. Remembering it, she quickly put her lips up to Bran's, and began to blow, remembering the CPR course of it.
Then, to her surprise, Bran's eyes opened, and he grabbed her by the back of her head, kissing her firmer. Christi screamed and pulled away.
"WHY YOU LITTLE!!!!!" shs shreiked, standing up, infuriated that Bran had done that, as he was clearly laughing his head off. "I HAVE HALF A MIND TO-!!!!"
Bran laughed as he stood up. "Hey, it was a spur of the moment kinda thing! Lighten up, Christi."
She didn't lighten up. Christi just tapped her foot impatiently, her fists clenched, her hair coming out of her braid, and positively infuriated. "You know, Bran, you are soooooo dead for this..."
Bran laughed again, and pretty soon, Christi was laughing too.
"Well, we should probably head back up to the castle." said Bran, gesturing towards Maximus's body. "Maximus is dead, Lord Voldemort escaped, and Linarea-"
"Is probably with her lover-boy Snape." finished Christi, grinning. "The ball must have ended; we should go back up to the castle."
Bran nodded, and they started walking back up towards Hogwarts. While they were walking, Christi asked, "So now that Maximus is dead, and that I've forsaken Voldemort, what are we going to do?"
Bran sighed. "Well, Im not sure what your going to do. But if you would consider this," he paused, turning to look at Christi's curious face. "Maximus owned a mansion, hidden in the Forbidden Forest; since he's now dead, the entire estate goes to me." Here, Christi's jaw dropped, and she exclaimed, "THE WHOLE HOUSE?????"
Bran nodded, grinning. "It was the only perk of working for that evil man; he put me in his will. we'll be on the run, but Dumbledore and linarea will hopefully vouch for us. im not going back to my parents. Would you consider living with me for the summer?"
Christi leapt up and hugged Bran, exclaiming, "What do you take me for, a fool??? OF COURSE I'LL STAY WITH YOU!!!!"
Bran laughed, and as they kissed again, the sun was just showing above the horizon, announcing a new day.
~~~~~