A/N: Ah… another chapter… I'd like to thank all the people who reviewed. And I hope you enjoy this chapter… by the way… you're not going to understand it unless you read the first chapter…
Disclaimer: I don't own anything except Lauren, Chris, & Co. Oh and I also own the plot and any new spells. The rest belong to J.K. Rowling.
The Innate Magic
Chapter 2
*****Flashback to present time*****
"Whoa, that was pretty intense, especially the part where those people died." Said Chris who was trying to register all Lauren had said.
"You don't believe me." Said Lauren softly looking downcast.
"It's kinda hard to though, what would you do if one of your best friends just told you that they froze a coffee cup and liquid in midair." Asked Chris.
"I shouldn't have told you." Said Lauren who looked like she was on the verge of tears. Chris looked up at her when she said this smirked and replied,
"I'm glad you told me Lauren, and I really do believe you. You know how dumb I am, it takes me centuries to get things through my thickheaded skull." At this sentence Lauren gasped.
"Mr. I- have-a-HUGE-ego-am-better-than-every-one-else-and-struts-'round-school-and-acts-like-he-owns-it just admitted that he's stupid and stubborn! Jeez you must feel bad for me to go to the level where you diss yourself to make me feel better." She replied, forgetting for a minute her problems and laughed.
"Well, ex-cuse me at least you aren't in self- pitying mood anymore." Said Chris, glad that his best friend was at least feeling good enough to joke around.
"Yeah, I guess that's true." Lauren admitted.
"Come on lets go to the youth fighting center. We can go there to train for the contest at school, and help you relax for a while." Said Chris, already steering Lauren towards the door.
"Good idea, I really need to take my mind off of these dreams I've been having, and relax." Said Lauren. Both Chris and Lauren grabbed their workout clothes and headed for the gym, both laughing and joking on the way there temporarily forgetting Lauren's dilemma. When they got to the gym, Lauren and Chris both changed into their karate uniforms. Then they met each other on the fighting mat.
"The fighting contest's tomorrow. Think that you can win, Lauren?" said Chris with a playful grin on his face. While wrapping the hand he hurt in school with cloth.
"Of course, I could whoop your ass anytime Chris, remember at that karate competition a couple of months ago?" Replied Lauren who was also grinning now.
"I've improved a lot since then, why don't you fight me and see. Or are you chicken?" Said Chris smirking.
"Bring it on Chris, bring it on." Said Lauren while getting into a karate stance. Chris followed. Chris and Lauren started circling each other, both watching each other's movements carefully. Then all the people in the gym stopped what they were doing to watch this fight. Suddenly someone said,
"What's so great about two people fighting? That's what's supposed to happen, you know hence the gym part." Another guy looked at the one who spoke like he was crazy, he then said,
"Are you serious? The fight between two karate masters is always intense. Last time they fought each other at the karate tournament I heard that Chris broke a couple of ribs, and Lauren dislocated a few joints!" After explaining to the newcomer, all the attention was diverted back to the fight.
Suddenly in one swift movement, Lauren aimed a punch at Chris's jaw. He blocked it and sent a kick to Lauren's stomach, which she neatly blocked. Then seeing that he wasn't protecting his face Lauren aimed another swift punch to his jaw. Chris who saw it coming, did a back flip with no hands, and landed on his feet unharmed. The fight went on for at least an hour when Lauren finally got Chris off balance and won the fight. Afterwards, both still panting, they shook hands.
"Whew, not bad." Said Lauren still out of breath.
"You still beat me though." Replied Chris still pouting slightly.
"Don't sweat it Chris, you're still one of the best fighters in the city, after me of course." Said Lauren, who was grinning mischievously.
"Yeah, so much for making me feel good." Chris replied sarcastically.
"Anytime Chris, anytime." Lauren said while patting Chris's back, while walking towards the locker rooms. When they reached the locker rooms, both agreed to meet each other outside of the Youth Center after they hit the showers.
While Lauren was waiting for Chris to finish showering she sat on a step outside of the Youth Center, thinking about her dreams, or 'visions' as Chris would call them, and how real they were. All of a sudden Lauren was torn out of her thoughts when Chris came out the door.
"Hey, Lauren I missed you." Said Chris teasingly as he sat down next to her.
"Yeah, considering you only saw me 30 min. ago." Lauren replied looking a little downcast.
"Come on, I'll walk you home." Said Chris quietly standing up and pulling Lauren up along with him. As they walked home they talked about Lauren's dreams about the Potters.
When Chris and Lauren arrived in front of Lauren's house they saw many strange people there wearing robes, and then when they looked up into the sky they say a black mark, that was a skull with a snake. Reacting on instinct Lauren ran into the yard and towards her house, with Chris at her heels. When she got to the door, someone wearing black robes blocked the door and said,
"I'm sorry, but you're not allowed to enter, by the Order of the Phoenix."
"The hell I'm not, I live here! And I haven't heard of this Order of some duck bullshit before, so move out of the way or I'll make you swallow your own tongue!" yelled Lauren, impatient to see what was going on. The man scared looked scared of her and let her and Chris inside.
As she stepped into the living room she saw that the whole house was a complete mess, and tons of people in black robes were swarming the place, and lying there in the center of things were 4 bodies. Lauren's throat got tight as she saw them. Both Lauren's parents and Chris's parents were dead, their eyes wide open and frozen in terror.
Chris and Lauren were dumb struck that both their parents were dead. Lauren ran towards her parents, hoping that they weren't dead. She hugged them both tightly. Chris walked towards her and hugged her. He had a deadened looked in his eyes, as if he didn't really believe what happened. Then a strange man in black robes approached them. He had brown hair that was graying and he had tired looking lines across his young looking face.
"My name is Remus Lupin. I'm sorry, but Voldemort, has struck again for unknown reasons, and have killed your parents." He said with a British accent looking extremely sad. At this phrase Lauren looked up, from where she was hugging Chris, and her parents dead bodies.
"Voldemort? That's the name in my dream! He really exists, then he did kill James and Lily and the baby in my dream a few days ago! " Said Lauren looking excited and bewildered at the same time.
"But you're supposed to be muggles! How do you know about Lily and James?" The man in the black robes replied surprised.
Lauren gave a quick glance in Chris's direction, as if asking him whether they should tell about the visions or not. Chris slowly nodded his head, still a little bit dazed at what had happened. Lauren then told him about the dreams and what had happened. Remus looked a little stunned by what Lauren just told her but he recovered quickly.
He then strode over to where his superior was standing and telling him the situation. Then the man he was talking to gave a short nod of his head as if to agree. Then Remus walked back to where Chris and Lauren were standing. He then said,
"I'm taking you to see Albus Dumbledore. He can explain this better than I can." At these words Chris looked up at the man.
He motioned them to follow him. They all walked over to the fireplace. Remus took out a stick and pointed at the fireplace and said, "Incendio!" All of a sudden, fire sprang up in the fireplace, burning brightly as if it had been lit hours before. As soon as Lauren saw this she backed away.
"You're one of them aren't you? You're working for the same people killed my parents!" Said Lauren as she backed away from Remus looking extremely scared. Remus tried to reach out to touch her arm to reassure her that she was safe when, he was thrown against the wall with a huge force. Remus groaned as he hit the wall. Several people rushed towards him to see if he was okay, the rest who were in the room stared at Lauren and Chris.
"Lauren, calm down." Said Chris beside her. Lauren looked at Chris like he was crazy.
"How can you tell me to calm down?!? My parents were just murdered as well as yours, and I suspect these people to be working for the same people that killed my parents and you tell me to calm down!!" Lauren screamed at Chris looking incredibly pissed. Chris looked straight into her eyes solemnly and said,
"I trust these people, because my grandfather's name is Albus Dumbledore, and he formed an organization called 'The Order of the Phoenix." Said Chris softly.
A/N: Ah! The joys of Cliffhangers! How will Lauren react to the news that Chris is the grandson of somebody she suspects killed her parents, and who we all know didn't? Oh well I guess you'll just have to read the next chapter to find out! Oh and please review, lots of reviews will motivate me to write the next part faster! ::wink wink::
