Chapter 15
Life goes on
Cate tapped her fingers impatiently on the oak chair. She was waiting for something to suddenly happen to her. She smiled. Well, she wasn't scared. It was already mid-October. She still had not a chance to test her powers.. She wondered if she should do that... She decided not to. They could wait, and she needed to teach herself patience. But it would be so much fun... She cracked her knuckles.. Where did Lucious Malfoy head off to.. He could do
with some tormenting...
So she stood up and sighed. She was getting bored with this already. Killing provided the only excitement, but if she killed everyone, there would be no Wizarding peoples left. She snorted at the pathetic people below her. So petty and powerless. She rounded a corner.
"Snooping around my home again Mr.Malfoy?" She asked curtly when she came upon him examining a closet closely.
"No, I have lost my coat. Does this closet swallow them up?"
"You are an idiot. I should kill you, for your lies and terrible ones at
that. Do you honestly think you can fool me?"
"You need a man, someone to call a husband with time."
"I'll thank-you not to touch me, and no, I am fine as I am. I need not a man to take care of. And I do believe you have a wife."
Mr. Malfoy could think of no response. So he put his hand on Cate's shoulder and moved closer. Cate spat in his face at once, and grabbed his arm. She had strength no one could ever think of, for someone so small. She twisted it until she heard it crack but once again.
"I told you- Hands off. Do you have a desire for more broken bones? I believe that arm has been broken before... You have no power. You cannot make a stand to me. So I suggest you back off, or my father shall hear of this. The only reason you are alive is because I need something stupid to amuse me, and you seem to be doing well. Keep it up the way you were, and you might just get to live."
She kicked him hard in the shins and went off to her bedroom to stare out the window but once again. She sighed. So she stared. Her vision was like a hawk's and could focus on all the little details. In the yard she saw a snake. How she hated snakes. They were slimy and ugly, much like the men that had entered her life. She decided to let this one go, it was a harmless
garter snake. It could eat the flies... So she stared more out the window and for lack of better things to do, watched the snake. It was nosing around. If she didn't like snakes, nosy ones were ever worse. She grumbled and apparated to right next to it on the lawn by the
patio.
"And what are you doing?" She hissed in Parsletounge at it.
"You ssspeak the language of snakes?"
"I speak the language of all animals. Now answer my question or perish."
"I wassss looking for fliesss. No crime, is it?"
"In my yard? Do you not see the magical flytraps? I need not snakes crawling about all the time. You are a nosy snake, are you not?"
"Yess my lady."
"For what reason is there to be nosy?"
"Well, I heard of the likes of you. The Dark Angel of Light."
Cate chuckled.
"Nice try Meagan, nice try. But I, outsmarted by an animal, I think not. If you want me gone, come and get me... Now I dispose of your petty snake... I never liked them.. AVADA KEDAVRA!"
There was a flash of green light, and the snake died. The spell obviously worked on animals as well. It killed all. Cate nailed the snake by its tail to a post and marched straight back into the mansion, washing her hands on the way on.
"Snakesss.." She muttered. "Disgusting..."
She passed Narcissa Malfoy nursing her husband's broken arm. She laughed
at the thought of what he had used for an excuse...
"I do hope your arm heals, Lucious..." Cate smirked as she passed.
"Thank you lady." He practically spat.
"Welcome." Cate said, swinging her hips on the way up the stairs.
***
"Sirius." Elizabeth moaned. "I'm not feeling too well. tell Dumbledore, I'll stay in bed."
"Well, I'll stay with you darling, anything you want?"
"No, just get yourself freed Sirius sweetie. Tell Dumbledore to get on with it... And get me some stomach medicine, I feel ready to wretch..."
"Of course," Sirius said, passing up a kiss on teh lips, and apting for one on the cheek. He snuck into the hospital wing and took some potion that was labeled "Stomach Cure." Since he had used this many times before... He transformed back into a human and handed the potion to Elizabeth.
"Thank-you Sirius. Good luck today with out me!"
"Indeed."
"Lizzie isn't feeling too hot. She'll be out for a while. She says I'm to get my name cleared. Wait- I'll be back later tonight..." Sirius said, turned into a dog before Dumbledore could reply to this, and bounded off into the distance...
***
The black dog snarled. It was at the foot of some large bedside. He leaped onto the bed and snarled again. A man screamed a high-pitched scream.
Sirius transformed into a man again and held his wand at the man's throat.
"Sirius Black!" Croaked the man.
"Correct, Cornelius Fudge. I can help you catch the Dark Angel of Light."
"How?"
"You just have to clear my name.. I know her weaknesses..."
"Old flame, eh?"
"No, I just know. I was innocent all along. If you catch her, you catch Peter Pettigrew, and Voldemort, and other Death Eaters."
"Pettigrew is-"
"No..."
Sirius proceeded to tell his story. Fudge seemed sympathetic. So he agreed. Sirius was to get his name cleared. It was going to be newspaper headlines. And he plan against Cate would be easier, without having Sirius in hiding...
***
"Lizzie! Lizzie! I'm free!" Sirius shouted, entering the chamber again. "Lizzie.. Oh good god... Come here darling, off the floor. Do you feel that bad?"
Elizabeth groaned. She had just thrown up. Sirius cradled her in his arms for a bit, and picked her up and set her on the bed.
"I'll send Madam Pomfrey, but I have to tell Dumbledore, I'm free, I can be with you in the open dear. We'll get our daughter back now..."
"I'm happy Sirius. It's all-good. Can you hurry please?"
"Oh, yes!"
So he sent Madam Pomfrey, and rushed to Dumbledore.
"I'm clear. Now we start the plan. Fudge agreed..."
"Sirius, what did you do?' Dumbledore asked, rather stunned.
"Long story, but it doesn't matter, I'm free!"
"Well, that's excellent! I wonder how everyone else is. How is Elizabeth? I assume you told her first..."
"She's not too good, I'm actually worried. I have to go see her. Come!"
He pulled him off, scaring students passing in the corridor. He knocked over Meagan and Harry, who were coming to see Dumbledore. They too followed, and entered the room. Madam Pomfrey didn't look too great. She frowned, and Elizabeth was asleep.
"What is it?!" Sirius demanded.
"She said she wanted to tell you herself, when she woke up. Don't wake her mind you hooligan. You've done enough damage..."
"What, I did something?"
"You most certainly did! Now all of you give her some rest! I mean it!"
"Can- can I stay?" Sirius asked quietly.
"Just don't wake her, teh rest of you, OUT!"
Sirius cuddled close to his fiancé and yawned. He hugged her tight. "I'm sorry Lizzie.. Whatever I did, I'm sorry you're sick. You just have to get better... Hear me? Good. I love you Liz."
Sirius too fell asleep. Elizabeth's breathing was steady, and soothing. "Sirius," she said. "Wake up darling... I-"
" Elizabeth! Oh god, what is it? Is it bad?"
"We're having a baby." She said, smiling so wide, she started to cry for joy.
"Ahhh.. Liz! Oooh! It's so great! A child..."
He sat up and took her face in his hands. He kissed her once and hugged her. They sat together for a while. The Sirius invited everyone else in, who had been asleep at the door.
"We're having a baby!" Sirius said, bubbling with excitement.
Everyone freaked out, with joy.
"Oooh! That's great! When are you due?" asked Meagan.
"March or April." Elizabeth answered, sitting on Sirius's lap.
"That's so sweet!" Marykate gushed. "A baby!"
Life goes on
Cate tapped her fingers impatiently on the oak chair. She was waiting for something to suddenly happen to her. She smiled. Well, she wasn't scared. It was already mid-October. She still had not a chance to test her powers.. She wondered if she should do that... She decided not to. They could wait, and she needed to teach herself patience. But it would be so much fun... She cracked her knuckles.. Where did Lucious Malfoy head off to.. He could do
with some tormenting...
So she stood up and sighed. She was getting bored with this already. Killing provided the only excitement, but if she killed everyone, there would be no Wizarding peoples left. She snorted at the pathetic people below her. So petty and powerless. She rounded a corner.
"Snooping around my home again Mr.Malfoy?" She asked curtly when she came upon him examining a closet closely.
"No, I have lost my coat. Does this closet swallow them up?"
"You are an idiot. I should kill you, for your lies and terrible ones at
that. Do you honestly think you can fool me?"
"You need a man, someone to call a husband with time."
"I'll thank-you not to touch me, and no, I am fine as I am. I need not a man to take care of. And I do believe you have a wife."
Mr. Malfoy could think of no response. So he put his hand on Cate's shoulder and moved closer. Cate spat in his face at once, and grabbed his arm. She had strength no one could ever think of, for someone so small. She twisted it until she heard it crack but once again.
"I told you- Hands off. Do you have a desire for more broken bones? I believe that arm has been broken before... You have no power. You cannot make a stand to me. So I suggest you back off, or my father shall hear of this. The only reason you are alive is because I need something stupid to amuse me, and you seem to be doing well. Keep it up the way you were, and you might just get to live."
She kicked him hard in the shins and went off to her bedroom to stare out the window but once again. She sighed. So she stared. Her vision was like a hawk's and could focus on all the little details. In the yard she saw a snake. How she hated snakes. They were slimy and ugly, much like the men that had entered her life. She decided to let this one go, it was a harmless
garter snake. It could eat the flies... So she stared more out the window and for lack of better things to do, watched the snake. It was nosing around. If she didn't like snakes, nosy ones were ever worse. She grumbled and apparated to right next to it on the lawn by the
patio.
"And what are you doing?" She hissed in Parsletounge at it.
"You ssspeak the language of snakes?"
"I speak the language of all animals. Now answer my question or perish."
"I wassss looking for fliesss. No crime, is it?"
"In my yard? Do you not see the magical flytraps? I need not snakes crawling about all the time. You are a nosy snake, are you not?"
"Yess my lady."
"For what reason is there to be nosy?"
"Well, I heard of the likes of you. The Dark Angel of Light."
Cate chuckled.
"Nice try Meagan, nice try. But I, outsmarted by an animal, I think not. If you want me gone, come and get me... Now I dispose of your petty snake... I never liked them.. AVADA KEDAVRA!"
There was a flash of green light, and the snake died. The spell obviously worked on animals as well. It killed all. Cate nailed the snake by its tail to a post and marched straight back into the mansion, washing her hands on the way on.
"Snakesss.." She muttered. "Disgusting..."
She passed Narcissa Malfoy nursing her husband's broken arm. She laughed
at the thought of what he had used for an excuse...
"I do hope your arm heals, Lucious..." Cate smirked as she passed.
"Thank you lady." He practically spat.
"Welcome." Cate said, swinging her hips on the way up the stairs.
***
"Sirius." Elizabeth moaned. "I'm not feeling too well. tell Dumbledore, I'll stay in bed."
"Well, I'll stay with you darling, anything you want?"
"No, just get yourself freed Sirius sweetie. Tell Dumbledore to get on with it... And get me some stomach medicine, I feel ready to wretch..."
"Of course," Sirius said, passing up a kiss on teh lips, and apting for one on the cheek. He snuck into the hospital wing and took some potion that was labeled "Stomach Cure." Since he had used this many times before... He transformed back into a human and handed the potion to Elizabeth.
"Thank-you Sirius. Good luck today with out me!"
"Indeed."
"Lizzie isn't feeling too hot. She'll be out for a while. She says I'm to get my name cleared. Wait- I'll be back later tonight..." Sirius said, turned into a dog before Dumbledore could reply to this, and bounded off into the distance...
***
The black dog snarled. It was at the foot of some large bedside. He leaped onto the bed and snarled again. A man screamed a high-pitched scream.
Sirius transformed into a man again and held his wand at the man's throat.
"Sirius Black!" Croaked the man.
"Correct, Cornelius Fudge. I can help you catch the Dark Angel of Light."
"How?"
"You just have to clear my name.. I know her weaknesses..."
"Old flame, eh?"
"No, I just know. I was innocent all along. If you catch her, you catch Peter Pettigrew, and Voldemort, and other Death Eaters."
"Pettigrew is-"
"No..."
Sirius proceeded to tell his story. Fudge seemed sympathetic. So he agreed. Sirius was to get his name cleared. It was going to be newspaper headlines. And he plan against Cate would be easier, without having Sirius in hiding...
***
"Lizzie! Lizzie! I'm free!" Sirius shouted, entering the chamber again. "Lizzie.. Oh good god... Come here darling, off the floor. Do you feel that bad?"
Elizabeth groaned. She had just thrown up. Sirius cradled her in his arms for a bit, and picked her up and set her on the bed.
"I'll send Madam Pomfrey, but I have to tell Dumbledore, I'm free, I can be with you in the open dear. We'll get our daughter back now..."
"I'm happy Sirius. It's all-good. Can you hurry please?"
"Oh, yes!"
So he sent Madam Pomfrey, and rushed to Dumbledore.
"I'm clear. Now we start the plan. Fudge agreed..."
"Sirius, what did you do?' Dumbledore asked, rather stunned.
"Long story, but it doesn't matter, I'm free!"
"Well, that's excellent! I wonder how everyone else is. How is Elizabeth? I assume you told her first..."
"She's not too good, I'm actually worried. I have to go see her. Come!"
He pulled him off, scaring students passing in the corridor. He knocked over Meagan and Harry, who were coming to see Dumbledore. They too followed, and entered the room. Madam Pomfrey didn't look too great. She frowned, and Elizabeth was asleep.
"What is it?!" Sirius demanded.
"She said she wanted to tell you herself, when she woke up. Don't wake her mind you hooligan. You've done enough damage..."
"What, I did something?"
"You most certainly did! Now all of you give her some rest! I mean it!"
"Can- can I stay?" Sirius asked quietly.
"Just don't wake her, teh rest of you, OUT!"
Sirius cuddled close to his fiancé and yawned. He hugged her tight. "I'm sorry Lizzie.. Whatever I did, I'm sorry you're sick. You just have to get better... Hear me? Good. I love you Liz."
Sirius too fell asleep. Elizabeth's breathing was steady, and soothing. "Sirius," she said. "Wake up darling... I-"
" Elizabeth! Oh god, what is it? Is it bad?"
"We're having a baby." She said, smiling so wide, she started to cry for joy.
"Ahhh.. Liz! Oooh! It's so great! A child..."
He sat up and took her face in his hands. He kissed her once and hugged her. They sat together for a while. The Sirius invited everyone else in, who had been asleep at the door.
"We're having a baby!" Sirius said, bubbling with excitement.
Everyone freaked out, with joy.
"Oooh! That's great! When are you due?" asked Meagan.
"March or April." Elizabeth answered, sitting on Sirius's lap.
"That's so sweet!" Marykate gushed. "A baby!"