Chapter 23
What to do, what to do?
Cate waved her hands in the air, creating a golden mist around her. She smiled. For another test, she crashed a chandelier down from the ceiling and grinned at the shattering glass.
"Ah see... My powers do like this body, they do." She said aloud. "I am more hm... Powerful, with this body. I guess the powers have a mind of their own. Or else my mind can see to it that they do better now."
"Wonderful! What are you going to do first?" Bellum said, with a grin.
"That is yet to be decided." She said, grinning back. Then, for yet another test, she shot a blot of lightening to Meagan's mind. "Ahh... She'll be dim for days now... Once she wakes out. I have some work to do now... First I'm getting my form back. Do you know of the Cortanata Potion?"
"No, but what does it do?"
"Well, of course you haven't heard of it.. It hasn't been invented yet... But it'll give me my regular form back, but Meagan will still have my actual body, and I'll still have hers, but I'll look like myself again. She just doesn't look evil enough. But I have to take the potion every 24 hours, or I'll look like her again. Come, to the potions room..."
~*~
Meagan felt a blast in the back of her brain, and a very loud sound. Then, not being able to think at all, she blanked out. Right in the middle of her sentence, she blacked out.
"Meagan!" Harry shouted. "Are you alright?!" He gave her a shake. Well, she wasn't dead, he knew that, because she was breathing. "Sirius!!" He yelled at the top of his lungs, looking around stupidly... Oh, how he wished he could read minds... He was going to have to carry Meagan all the way back to the castle.... To the hospital wing.
~*~
Cate laughed. There was a place now, in the back of her brain that could see what anyone was doing, at any given moment. She liked this, and she laughed at Meagan, who would not wake for a few days... But in the present moment, she would fill her empty head with unpleasant thoughts... While mixing a potion for herself...
"Ahh.. here we go..." She said cheerfully as the potion fizzed an electric green. "This should last me a good amount of time, wouldn't you say so?"
"Oh yes. It shall indeed." Bellum smiled.
" Here goes... Something..."
Cate sighed. She liked looking like Cate Black more than she liked looking like Meagan Delmore. Her form instantly filled out, and her hair changed back to dark brown. Her eyes went to the deep brown, and the gold flecks appeared instantly. With a quick swish of her wand, she had the flamed ends on her hair again. Glowing slightly with a polished look, she was somehow even better looking than before, because of the touch she had on everything.
"Now that... I sooo much better. I'm glad to have you back." Bellum grinned, his eyes softening. "It felt weird talking to you the other way."
"Well, it's not my body, it's only a copy. I'll get my body back... When I have a chance. It's kind of in useless mode right now. Meagan is currently out cold... What's the fun in stealing it back?"
"You are correct darling. Very correct indeed. But will you still have your powers when you get your body back?"
"What was what is next on my list. And I have benefits in this for you too. Come here." She said, using her hands to slowly maneuver him over. She placed her hands on his shoulders and a solid gold color shot out her fingertips. Bellum's body soaked them in, and he looked at her, amazed.
"Did you just give me power?"
"Yes... And now I know just what to do. I have not lost any powers... Sooo...."
A glass bottle appeared at her side instantly. As soon as she touched it, it filled with a misty gold, with silver swirls. Bellum knew what she was doing, she was preserving her power. To save it for when she got her body back, in case she didn't have the power.
"See? I know what I'm doing..."
"Yes. and I know too.. This is wonderful."
"We are going."
"Britain?"
"Yes. Did you have to ask?"
"Nope. I shouldn't have..."
"Yes. We're going to control the ministry..."
"Wonderful. Cornelius Fudge... What a dumb bloke..."
~*~
Back at Hogwarts, Harry had found an easier way to move Meagan. He could hold her, while flying on his Firebolt. Finally landing in the Hospital Wing, he told Madam Pomfrey she blacked out suddenly, and showed no sign of waking up... But first he had to explain that it wasn't Cate, who had disappeared a while ago, but that they had switched bodies. Cutting things short, he rushed off to find everyone else...
"Come on! To the hospital Wing... Cate's done something to Meagan..." He said, after making it across the school in record time, and rather out of breath, took off back as fast as he could.
"Oh smart... He forgot about the pregnant woman, did he?" Elizabeth grumbled... moving along as fast as she could, which was at moderate sped. Since things seemed urgent though, she told everyone to go along ahead, except Sirius, who she wanted to stay with her to walk. "I feel like an old blimp..."
"Well... Cate-Erm-Meagan... Has had a mind lapse. It'll be a few days before she wakes up. Does anyone besides Mr. Potter have an explanation about why she's in Cate's body?"
Marykate sighed, and began to explain things, in the detailed way she did everything else, and left nothing out. It confused poor Madam Pomfrey horribly, and she just decided to stay out of it... and do her job....
"Yes, that's right... Have a nice little rest... Wouldn't want you to harm my precious body. Nothing dangerous for you... But I do fear... That mind lapse was rather powerful, and may have numbed you a bit of your powers." Cate said to Meagan's empty mind, which of course could not respond, but when she had her mind back... She would remember this. "What I have here seems to be a mix of our powers all thrown together. Should not have tried so hard to stop me, eh? Well, you learn from you mistakes I do say..."
"Tis' so." Bellum added. "You do remember I warned you. You didn't want her to wake up... Well, she was going to eventually, and I suppose you should have just been killed on the spot... That was all they had to say to her that moment. Cate remembered one more thing she wanted to do though... She was going to separate herself from the rest of the heirs... So she could kill them if she pleased.
This was such a simple potion. It was another of her own invention. She did amaze herself with these skills. She had to be a thousand times better than Snape was. She could replace him as the Potions Master. Downing it casually, she instantly felt something like a chain break. The bond was broken, and she was no longer connected to the other heirs. Her work was
done, and she was pleased. But for the final touch, she could now kill a person without leaving her chair. All she needed was her mind.
This did not stop the gory mess she left. Death now was more painful... It was a mental as well as physical pain. She still left her signature on the wall written in blood. With her new powers, she could do whatever she wanted, but lucky for everyone, she forgot about whatever she was going to do to the Ministry... Life these days was an easy one...
Bellum found it enjoyable to send hateful letters to Ferre and Ridere. The letters, written in French were mostly taunts, or threats. But on the occasion, just to make them work harder, he'd leave a message in German for them to translate, which was slow, but effective. Dolere often did the same, but she always had a hidden clue somewhere in hers, that no one knew existed.
Life was good for the evil crowd.... but for how long???
What to do, what to do?
Cate waved her hands in the air, creating a golden mist around her. She smiled. For another test, she crashed a chandelier down from the ceiling and grinned at the shattering glass.
"Ah see... My powers do like this body, they do." She said aloud. "I am more hm... Powerful, with this body. I guess the powers have a mind of their own. Or else my mind can see to it that they do better now."
"Wonderful! What are you going to do first?" Bellum said, with a grin.
"That is yet to be decided." She said, grinning back. Then, for yet another test, she shot a blot of lightening to Meagan's mind. "Ahh... She'll be dim for days now... Once she wakes out. I have some work to do now... First I'm getting my form back. Do you know of the Cortanata Potion?"
"No, but what does it do?"
"Well, of course you haven't heard of it.. It hasn't been invented yet... But it'll give me my regular form back, but Meagan will still have my actual body, and I'll still have hers, but I'll look like myself again. She just doesn't look evil enough. But I have to take the potion every 24 hours, or I'll look like her again. Come, to the potions room..."
~*~
Meagan felt a blast in the back of her brain, and a very loud sound. Then, not being able to think at all, she blanked out. Right in the middle of her sentence, she blacked out.
"Meagan!" Harry shouted. "Are you alright?!" He gave her a shake. Well, she wasn't dead, he knew that, because she was breathing. "Sirius!!" He yelled at the top of his lungs, looking around stupidly... Oh, how he wished he could read minds... He was going to have to carry Meagan all the way back to the castle.... To the hospital wing.
~*~
Cate laughed. There was a place now, in the back of her brain that could see what anyone was doing, at any given moment. She liked this, and she laughed at Meagan, who would not wake for a few days... But in the present moment, she would fill her empty head with unpleasant thoughts... While mixing a potion for herself...
"Ahh.. here we go..." She said cheerfully as the potion fizzed an electric green. "This should last me a good amount of time, wouldn't you say so?"
"Oh yes. It shall indeed." Bellum smiled.
" Here goes... Something..."
Cate sighed. She liked looking like Cate Black more than she liked looking like Meagan Delmore. Her form instantly filled out, and her hair changed back to dark brown. Her eyes went to the deep brown, and the gold flecks appeared instantly. With a quick swish of her wand, she had the flamed ends on her hair again. Glowing slightly with a polished look, she was somehow even better looking than before, because of the touch she had on everything.
"Now that... I sooo much better. I'm glad to have you back." Bellum grinned, his eyes softening. "It felt weird talking to you the other way."
"Well, it's not my body, it's only a copy. I'll get my body back... When I have a chance. It's kind of in useless mode right now. Meagan is currently out cold... What's the fun in stealing it back?"
"You are correct darling. Very correct indeed. But will you still have your powers when you get your body back?"
"What was what is next on my list. And I have benefits in this for you too. Come here." She said, using her hands to slowly maneuver him over. She placed her hands on his shoulders and a solid gold color shot out her fingertips. Bellum's body soaked them in, and he looked at her, amazed.
"Did you just give me power?"
"Yes... And now I know just what to do. I have not lost any powers... Sooo...."
A glass bottle appeared at her side instantly. As soon as she touched it, it filled with a misty gold, with silver swirls. Bellum knew what she was doing, she was preserving her power. To save it for when she got her body back, in case she didn't have the power.
"See? I know what I'm doing..."
"Yes. and I know too.. This is wonderful."
"We are going."
"Britain?"
"Yes. Did you have to ask?"
"Nope. I shouldn't have..."
"Yes. We're going to control the ministry..."
"Wonderful. Cornelius Fudge... What a dumb bloke..."
~*~
Back at Hogwarts, Harry had found an easier way to move Meagan. He could hold her, while flying on his Firebolt. Finally landing in the Hospital Wing, he told Madam Pomfrey she blacked out suddenly, and showed no sign of waking up... But first he had to explain that it wasn't Cate, who had disappeared a while ago, but that they had switched bodies. Cutting things short, he rushed off to find everyone else...
"Come on! To the hospital Wing... Cate's done something to Meagan..." He said, after making it across the school in record time, and rather out of breath, took off back as fast as he could.
"Oh smart... He forgot about the pregnant woman, did he?" Elizabeth grumbled... moving along as fast as she could, which was at moderate sped. Since things seemed urgent though, she told everyone to go along ahead, except Sirius, who she wanted to stay with her to walk. "I feel like an old blimp..."
"Well... Cate-Erm-Meagan... Has had a mind lapse. It'll be a few days before she wakes up. Does anyone besides Mr. Potter have an explanation about why she's in Cate's body?"
Marykate sighed, and began to explain things, in the detailed way she did everything else, and left nothing out. It confused poor Madam Pomfrey horribly, and she just decided to stay out of it... and do her job....
"Yes, that's right... Have a nice little rest... Wouldn't want you to harm my precious body. Nothing dangerous for you... But I do fear... That mind lapse was rather powerful, and may have numbed you a bit of your powers." Cate said to Meagan's empty mind, which of course could not respond, but when she had her mind back... She would remember this. "What I have here seems to be a mix of our powers all thrown together. Should not have tried so hard to stop me, eh? Well, you learn from you mistakes I do say..."
"Tis' so." Bellum added. "You do remember I warned you. You didn't want her to wake up... Well, she was going to eventually, and I suppose you should have just been killed on the spot... That was all they had to say to her that moment. Cate remembered one more thing she wanted to do though... She was going to separate herself from the rest of the heirs... So she could kill them if she pleased.
This was such a simple potion. It was another of her own invention. She did amaze herself with these skills. She had to be a thousand times better than Snape was. She could replace him as the Potions Master. Downing it casually, she instantly felt something like a chain break. The bond was broken, and she was no longer connected to the other heirs. Her work was
done, and she was pleased. But for the final touch, she could now kill a person without leaving her chair. All she needed was her mind.
This did not stop the gory mess she left. Death now was more painful... It was a mental as well as physical pain. She still left her signature on the wall written in blood. With her new powers, she could do whatever she wanted, but lucky for everyone, she forgot about whatever she was going to do to the Ministry... Life these days was an easy one...
Bellum found it enjoyable to send hateful letters to Ferre and Ridere. The letters, written in French were mostly taunts, or threats. But on the occasion, just to make them work harder, he'd leave a message in German for them to translate, which was slow, but effective. Dolere often did the same, but she always had a hidden clue somewhere in hers, that no one knew existed.
Life was good for the evil crowd.... but for how long???