Blast to the Past
Chapter Ten: Newfound Powers
By Kitty Malfoy (KM)
KM: Hey Everyone. I'm listening to the Veggie Tales soundtrack-for no apparent reason- right now, and I'm like loaded up on caramels so forgive me if this chappy has a lot of mistakes.
Please Review. You Review me, I review you…everybody's happy! Plus I want Everyone's opinion on how the story is going, and if you have any changes to suggest.
NOW ON WITH THE STORY!
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"Who are you?" the Acromantula hissed.
Serenity was quiet.
"Answer me!" she bellowed, snapping her massive pincers in front of Serenity's face. Long blonde hairs still clung to them.
Serenity was wide-eyed and pale with fear. She whimpered.
"She can't answer you!" Severus hollered at the beast, desperately.
The Acromantula clicked at him angrily and raised her pincers closer towards Serenity's face. In one quick snap, the sticky webbing fell away from her face, and she took several gulps of air.
"Who are you?" the beast asked again, impatiently.
"I am Serenity and this is Severus Snape. We are students at Hogwarts."
"From Hogwarts?" the creature seemed to let out a huge sigh. "Do you know Hagrid?" she asked in distress.
"Yes I do. We are good friends. Do you know Aragog?"
The Acromantula clicked angrily, and Serenity blanched.
"I am Ragna. Aragog…..is my father. AND he is part of my distress."
"What is the matter?" Severus asked compassionately.
Ragna set them down lightly on the ground.
"Please! You must help me! More of my eggs will be hatching soon and there are Lethifolds lurking nearby. They killed my other children already."
Serenity looked down and noticed that about half the large eggs were already broken, and empty.
Ragna continued.
"My father refuses my request for wizarding help. Will you please stay and help me fight them?"
"Of course!" Serenity and Severus said simultaneously.
"One question, though." Severus asked, "Why do you not want to eat us?"
Ragna snorted. "I don't share my family's taste for humans-too chewy. I'd rather be their friend."
"You can be my friend."
Serenity had said the words automatically, and immediately regretted them. Now she was even more involved in the past.
All of her thoughts were pushed into the back of her mind as Ragna began clicking wildly. Her entire focus was on the dozens of shadowy forms that slid away from the foliage.
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Serenity thought hard of her most happy moment - kissing Sirius for the first time - and shouted, "Patronus!"
The silvery form of a centaur shot from her wand and trampled several Lethifolds before disappearing.
Severus' thought was of the picnic with Serenity. A large snake sprang from his wand and strangled several more Lethifolds before fading away.
The trampling of foliage and a large light distracted Serenity from the skirmish, and she turned around in confusion.
Lily, James, and Sirius came barreling through the bushes. Remus led the way - a tremendously bright light emanating from the ring on his finger.
"An Acromantula!" Sirius shouted, "Do something, Remus!" Remus moved his beam of light from the ground to Ragna's eyes. She clicked wildly, then tumbled to the ground.
Dozens of Lethifolds swarmed over Ragna biting, and threatening to suffocate her.
With Serenity no longer casting spells to watch his back, the Lethifolds overtook Severus.
"Serenity!" he screamed before a Lethifold covered his mouth.
Serenity screamed as well and ran to him, but Sirius grabbed her and began to pull her away from the clearing. His ring of 'strength' glowed brightly.
"Let's go!" he shouted, "before the Lethifolds come after us as well." Lily's ring glowed as well, and a red done of energy swirled around them.
"Severus and Ragna-" Serenity started.
"-will kill if the Lethifolds haven't already done so!" Sirius finished for her.
"How can you say that?! LET ME GO!" Lashing out she kicked Remus' hand away from Ragna and towards herself, closing her eyes firmly.
Sirius didn't have the warning, and howled as the light blinded him.
Using one hand to rub his eyes he loosened his grip on Serenity and she bit down hard on his arm.
Sirius screamed again and dropped her. Leaping forward, she was torn between two people. In a split second she had made up her mind, and launched another 'Patronus' at the Lethifolds on Severus.
Severus slumped to the ground, and she kneeled over him checking his pulse and breath.
Both were non-existent.
Surprisingly, tears blurred her vision, and Serenity was surprised at how much she had cried since she had come to the past.
"He's dead!" she choked. She stood up again, and looked down at Severus' still body, her hands clenched in fists.
"You killed him! Damnit!" she screamed and launched herself at Sirius. Lily erected a protection shield around him in time, and Serenity hit the shield and bounced backwards. She pounded on it fiercely.
"Come out here and fight like a man, Sirius! You bastard! Did your 'love' blind you so much, that you left another man to die! If so, than I don't want love!"
Sirius shrunk back.
Serenity collapsed to her knees, and howled with anger. Remus placed comforting arms on her shoulder but she shoved him away with great strength, and he slid along the dirt.
She scrambled over to Ragna's body, and blew the remaining Lethifolds apart.
"She is dead as well!" Serenity shouted bitterly. She moved stiffly to stand in front of the bubble again, and whispered in a deathly clam voice, so that only Sirius could hear her. "How does it feel to have their blood on your hands?"
Black energy rippled around her, and her eyes rolled into the back of her head. Her hair floated around her on an unseen wind, and her feet hovered above the ground.
"It is not his time." A wispy, low voice spoke through Serenity that was not her own.
Serenity summoned Severus' body into her arms, and drifted lazily out of the clearing.
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Students parted as Serenity's ghost like form flowed through the school, and then gazed in shock at Severus' dead body. Doors opened before her without her even touching the handle, and even Peeves stayed clear of her.
Another door opened, and she was inside the Hospital Wing. Madame Pomfrey rushed to her, immediately.
"What's wrong with him?" she asked desperately.
"He is dead." Serenity said in that same wispy voice.
Madame Pomfrey held the wall for support.
"Do not worry." Serenity said again, "It is not his time to die."
She moved forward and laid him down on the bed. She lifted his head up and settled down on the bed beneath his head. Cradling his head in her lap, she placed her index and middle fingers on his temples. Leaning over into an impossible position her mouth hovered above his. Her whole body began to glow the rich golden color of life, and the light escaped from her mouth and into his. His body glowed the black of death, but gradually formed small pinpricks of golden light.
The two of them stayed in that position for more than a day. Madame Pomfrey was walking by when she heard a sharp intake of breath. Turning around, she was shocked to see Severus' chest rise steadily up and down.
Serenity smiled at the dumbfounded nurse, and slumped backwards into a deep sleep.
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R & R
Flames will be used in my Wiccan Rituals
Kitty Malfoy
(^ ^)
Chapter Ten: Newfound Powers
By Kitty Malfoy (KM)
KM: Hey Everyone. I'm listening to the Veggie Tales soundtrack-for no apparent reason- right now, and I'm like loaded up on caramels so forgive me if this chappy has a lot of mistakes.
Please Review. You Review me, I review you…everybody's happy! Plus I want Everyone's opinion on how the story is going, and if you have any changes to suggest.
NOW ON WITH THE STORY!
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"Who are you?" the Acromantula hissed.
Serenity was quiet.
"Answer me!" she bellowed, snapping her massive pincers in front of Serenity's face. Long blonde hairs still clung to them.
Serenity was wide-eyed and pale with fear. She whimpered.
"She can't answer you!" Severus hollered at the beast, desperately.
The Acromantula clicked at him angrily and raised her pincers closer towards Serenity's face. In one quick snap, the sticky webbing fell away from her face, and she took several gulps of air.
"Who are you?" the beast asked again, impatiently.
"I am Serenity and this is Severus Snape. We are students at Hogwarts."
"From Hogwarts?" the creature seemed to let out a huge sigh. "Do you know Hagrid?" she asked in distress.
"Yes I do. We are good friends. Do you know Aragog?"
The Acromantula clicked angrily, and Serenity blanched.
"I am Ragna. Aragog…..is my father. AND he is part of my distress."
"What is the matter?" Severus asked compassionately.
Ragna set them down lightly on the ground.
"Please! You must help me! More of my eggs will be hatching soon and there are Lethifolds lurking nearby. They killed my other children already."
Serenity looked down and noticed that about half the large eggs were already broken, and empty.
Ragna continued.
"My father refuses my request for wizarding help. Will you please stay and help me fight them?"
"Of course!" Serenity and Severus said simultaneously.
"One question, though." Severus asked, "Why do you not want to eat us?"
Ragna snorted. "I don't share my family's taste for humans-too chewy. I'd rather be their friend."
"You can be my friend."
Serenity had said the words automatically, and immediately regretted them. Now she was even more involved in the past.
All of her thoughts were pushed into the back of her mind as Ragna began clicking wildly. Her entire focus was on the dozens of shadowy forms that slid away from the foliage.
~*******~*******~*******~*******~*******~
Serenity thought hard of her most happy moment - kissing Sirius for the first time - and shouted, "Patronus!"
The silvery form of a centaur shot from her wand and trampled several Lethifolds before disappearing.
Severus' thought was of the picnic with Serenity. A large snake sprang from his wand and strangled several more Lethifolds before fading away.
The trampling of foliage and a large light distracted Serenity from the skirmish, and she turned around in confusion.
Lily, James, and Sirius came barreling through the bushes. Remus led the way - a tremendously bright light emanating from the ring on his finger.
"An Acromantula!" Sirius shouted, "Do something, Remus!" Remus moved his beam of light from the ground to Ragna's eyes. She clicked wildly, then tumbled to the ground.
Dozens of Lethifolds swarmed over Ragna biting, and threatening to suffocate her.
With Serenity no longer casting spells to watch his back, the Lethifolds overtook Severus.
"Serenity!" he screamed before a Lethifold covered his mouth.
Serenity screamed as well and ran to him, but Sirius grabbed her and began to pull her away from the clearing. His ring of 'strength' glowed brightly.
"Let's go!" he shouted, "before the Lethifolds come after us as well." Lily's ring glowed as well, and a red done of energy swirled around them.
"Severus and Ragna-" Serenity started.
"-will kill if the Lethifolds haven't already done so!" Sirius finished for her.
"How can you say that?! LET ME GO!" Lashing out she kicked Remus' hand away from Ragna and towards herself, closing her eyes firmly.
Sirius didn't have the warning, and howled as the light blinded him.
Using one hand to rub his eyes he loosened his grip on Serenity and she bit down hard on his arm.
Sirius screamed again and dropped her. Leaping forward, she was torn between two people. In a split second she had made up her mind, and launched another 'Patronus' at the Lethifolds on Severus.
Severus slumped to the ground, and she kneeled over him checking his pulse and breath.
Both were non-existent.
Surprisingly, tears blurred her vision, and Serenity was surprised at how much she had cried since she had come to the past.
"He's dead!" she choked. She stood up again, and looked down at Severus' still body, her hands clenched in fists.
"You killed him! Damnit!" she screamed and launched herself at Sirius. Lily erected a protection shield around him in time, and Serenity hit the shield and bounced backwards. She pounded on it fiercely.
"Come out here and fight like a man, Sirius! You bastard! Did your 'love' blind you so much, that you left another man to die! If so, than I don't want love!"
Sirius shrunk back.
Serenity collapsed to her knees, and howled with anger. Remus placed comforting arms on her shoulder but she shoved him away with great strength, and he slid along the dirt.
She scrambled over to Ragna's body, and blew the remaining Lethifolds apart.
"She is dead as well!" Serenity shouted bitterly. She moved stiffly to stand in front of the bubble again, and whispered in a deathly clam voice, so that only Sirius could hear her. "How does it feel to have their blood on your hands?"
Black energy rippled around her, and her eyes rolled into the back of her head. Her hair floated around her on an unseen wind, and her feet hovered above the ground.
"It is not his time." A wispy, low voice spoke through Serenity that was not her own.
Serenity summoned Severus' body into her arms, and drifted lazily out of the clearing.
~*******~*******~*******~*******~*******~
Students parted as Serenity's ghost like form flowed through the school, and then gazed in shock at Severus' dead body. Doors opened before her without her even touching the handle, and even Peeves stayed clear of her.
Another door opened, and she was inside the Hospital Wing. Madame Pomfrey rushed to her, immediately.
"What's wrong with him?" she asked desperately.
"He is dead." Serenity said in that same wispy voice.
Madame Pomfrey held the wall for support.
"Do not worry." Serenity said again, "It is not his time to die."
She moved forward and laid him down on the bed. She lifted his head up and settled down on the bed beneath his head. Cradling his head in her lap, she placed her index and middle fingers on his temples. Leaning over into an impossible position her mouth hovered above his. Her whole body began to glow the rich golden color of life, and the light escaped from her mouth and into his. His body glowed the black of death, but gradually formed small pinpricks of golden light.
The two of them stayed in that position for more than a day. Madame Pomfrey was walking by when she heard a sharp intake of breath. Turning around, she was shocked to see Severus' chest rise steadily up and down.
Serenity smiled at the dumbfounded nurse, and slumped backwards into a deep sleep.
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R & R
Flames will be used in my Wiccan Rituals
Kitty Malfoy
(^ ^)
