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Tempest's Fury
Chapter Six: The Sadness of Neona
Kyleigh and Neona met up in the entrance hall and walked slowly to the west garden. They had found this beautiful spot four years prior when Kyeigh was in her second year. They often came there to talk, read or just get away from the hustle and bustle of the school. Today, they were going to have girl talk. Kyleigh needed to talk to someone with an unbiased opinion about what she should do about Jamie.
As they sat talking, Kyleigh started feeling something strange. Her breathing became laboured and she started to panic.
"Kyleigh," Neona said fretfully, "what's wrong?"
"Oh No… no," she gasped, "Run! Oh, Neona, run! He's here. RUN!!" she screamed as she grabbed Neona's hand and started running to get out of the garden and back to the safety of the castle.
"Who?" Neona cried, terror gripping her body as Kyleigh ran.
Suddenly, their path was blocked.
"Going somewhere?" came the mocking drawl of none other than Lucius Malfoy.
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The walk to Remus Lupin's classroom was the longest walk of Tad's near seventeen years. When he walked in he saw that they were all there. The first one he saw was Remus, sitting at his desk with a large scowl on his face. Next was Sirius, who was leaning over the desk talking quietly to Remus, apparently, trying to calm him down.
"Shit, I'm dead!" Tad thought, just before he saw the amused look on his father's face.
"Good, now that you are here we can discuss the events that transpired today," said Remus, sounding a bit like Minerva for a moment, which caused Sirius and Charlie to stifle sniggers.
Remus looked at the two men as they tried to contain themselves.
"Oh, you two think this is funny, do you? I find my seventeen year old daughter pressed up against a wall by an overly hormonal sixteen year old boy and all you two can do is laugh?" Remus asked indignantly.
"He is almost seventeen," Charlie interrupted facetiously as Sirius covered his mouth to hide a smile.
"Oh, and that makes it okay? Well, let me paint you two comedians a little picture. Let's start with you, Mr. 'my son is almost seventeen' Weasley. We all know that Melina has a crush on Hunter. Well, what if Hunter follows in his father's footsteps? How would you feel if you walked in on her being mauled by him? Hmmm?" Charlie's face fell as he looked at Sirius, remembering how Sirius's reputation had lasted for years after he had left Hogwarts. "And you Mr. Black, how would you like to come upon Dierdra and see some guy's hands all over her. His tongue…" Remus broke off in disgust, though a bit triumphantly as Sirius's face paled and hardened.
"Um, Remus?" interrupted Tad excitedly.
"WHAT?" he snapped as he faced Tad, looking quite murderous.
"Look!" Tad replied sharply as they all looked to where he was pointing.
On the blackboard next to the desk, words were slowly appearing by an invisible hand.
"HELP…GARDEN…LUCIUS!"
"What the hell is that?" asked Remus.
"OH NO!" exclaimed Tad as he turned ghost white.
"What's wrong Tad?" demanded Charlie, seeing the panic in his son's eyes as he bolted from the room.
"Kyleigh and Neona are in the west garden… alone," he exclaimed over his shoulder as he started running down the hall.
Remus got a sick feeling in the pit his stomach as he took off after him, feeling dread like he had never felt before.
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Lucius grabbed Neona, slapping her hard in the face and knocking her to the ground with a thud. "I will deal with you in a moment," he spat, wheeling around to face Kyleigh. "So, we finally get to meet face to face, daughter," Lucius purred.
"Don't you ever call me that!" growled Kyleigh as she struck out at him, hitting him hard on the chin.
As Lucius's tongue darted out, cleaning off the blood by his mouth from where he had bit his lip, he caught Kyleigh off guard and struck her hard across the face. She staggered from the blow and fell back backwards, landing not far from where Neona lay on the ground.
Laughing his mirthless laugh, Lucius cast a spell rendering Kyleigh immobile. "You are a lot like your mother," he chuckled as he paced around her prone body. "She was a fighter too. Now Draco, he is too easy, has been since he was a child," Lucius said, feeling a bit nostalgic about his son. "Did he tell you about my last visit?" Lucius asked tauntingly, not waiting for a reply.
"Oh how silly of me, you can't talk. Well, let me enlighten you, Child. You see, back in June, I visited the manor. Draco and that Potter woman were alone in the house and a ward was conveniently breached. As they left the house to investigate, I cast a sweet little spell on them," he gloated as he saw the look of horror on Kyleigh's face.
Kneeling down next to Kyleigh, he smirked, "I can see by the look on your face you have already guessed what happened next. They fucked like bunnies. Couldn't keep their hands off of each other," Lucius said with satisfaction as the tears started to fall from Kyleigh's eyes.
"So you see, your Daddy as you call him isn't as saintly as you thought. He is the father of Ginny's baby. I wonder how Potter feels about that? Or has the idiot even figured it out yet? Does he even know? No matter… he will. Now, to take care of some business with the little werewolf cub here and just maybe… we have a little fun too," he said as he got up and walked to Neona.
Kyleigh thanked the gods that Neona had told her where Tad was. As she lay on the ground, watching Lucius hit Neona again, Kyleigh pictured the blackboard in Remus' classroom. With every ounce of concentration, she pictured the chalk writing the words… help…garden…Lucius. Staring at Neona, tears streaming down her face, she saw her lying not far from where she was, robe ripped open, exposing her chemise. Lucius straddled her body, holding a dagger to her, blade positioned to continue to relieve her of her clothes and mark her as he had marked so many. Hearing someone call her name, Lucius snarled at Neona, "If I can't have you first, little cub, then no one will have you at all." Suddenly the blade, instead of merely cutting, was plunged into Neona's breast, just left of her heart. She let out an anguished howl, as her breathing became ragged.
Remus nearly collapsed at hearing his anguished daughter's scream. When he rushed into the garden, he saw Neona lying there, blood all over the front of her chemise and robes as Lucius pulled the blade from her body, wielding it to defend himself. Remus was like a madman, he needed no wand as he lunged at Lucius, the dagger grazing Remus' side as he threw Lucius to the ground. In an instant, Remus had transformed into his animagus form of the wolf, rage taking over as he bit hard into Lucius' body wanting to rip him to shreds. Snarling, he went for Lucius' throat, going in for the kill, when an adrenaline pumped Sirius was there in an instant, throwing Remus off, pulling out his wand, stupefying Lucius in one swift movement.
Remus growled at Sirius as he transformed back. "Why the fuck did you stop me?" he screamed, clutching Sirius's robes. "That bastard killed my baby!" Remus sobbed as anguish took over his body, causing him to slump to the ground.
"Remus, look," Sirius demanded as he pointed at Neona.
Tad was kneeling at Neona's side, hands firmly placed on her left breast as the blood oozed between his fingers. She was watching his every move as he stared deep into her eyes. He saw her eyes flicker, becoming heavy with death so near.
"Neona, you can't leave me. Please," he begged as his tears ran down his face, falling onto her robes. "I love you," he sobbed as he leaned closer, trying to hear what she was attempting to say as her eyes started to close.
"I…love you…too," she whispered as her breath caught in her throat, "help..me."
Tad lowered his mouth gently to hers, kissing her tenderly, his eyes never breaking contact with her pale face.
Suddenly, a wind from nowhere was engulfing their bodies, blowing fast and furious as points of red and gold light, danced around them swirling faster and faster. They all watched, transfixed, as the lights moved around the garden like frantic fireflies trying to find somewhere to rest. As Tad knelt next to Neona he was mesmerized, as if in some sort of trance. He removed one hand, softly touching the bruises on her mouth and cheek, as the lights gently flickered over her face. His hands became warm upon her skin as the wind increased, spinning the lights into cyclones, moving over his hands, lingering above then, dancing. In an instant, the lights disappeared into his hands making them glow red for a moment. Then they were gone.
Tad swallowed hard as he slowly removed his hands from her body. The bruises on her face were now gone and all that was on her breast was a two inch scar in the shape of a dragon. Pulling away from Neona, he helped her to sit up, removing his robes, gently placing them around her.
Neona stared at him as tears coursed unchecked down her cheeks, throwing her arms around his neck she whispered into his ear.
"Thank you for loving me."
"Always," he whispered back.
As Remus's astonishment waned, he ran to his daughter's side, Charlie to Tad and Sirius went to Kyleigh, to remove the bind and to give what comfort he could.
"Neona, are you okay?" Remus asked as tears filled his eyes. "My baby…"
"I'm fine, Dad, but you aren't. Look, you are bleeding," she said, noticing the spot where Lucius knife had cut him as he had attacked.
"Oh, sweetheart, I'm all right. I thought you… I thought you were dead," he choked as his voice faltered, tears spilling from his eyes.
"Daddy, I love you!" she whispered as she hugged him tightly.
As he pulled away, he faced Tad for the first time.
"Tad… what can I say? Thank you!" he sputtered, as he put his hand out for Tad to shake.
While Remus and Tad were fussing over Neona, Sirius was talking quietly with Kyleigh, healing her bruised face, and reassuring her that Lucius would pay this time.
After a few minutes, and confirmation that they were fine, Sirius, Remus and Charlie woke Lucius after they bound him tight so they could transport him to one of the dungeons. Once they arrived there the ministry would be notified and he would finally get what he deserved.
When they left the garden, Remus insisted on carrying Neona and Sirius carried Kyleigh, both a little too traumatized to safely walk on their own.
As they slowly made their way up to the castle, Kyleigh sighed against Sirius' shoulder, "I can't believe we finally caught him."
A/N…. Ok, what did ya think? Did ya like it? Please review!!!
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