Chibi Chel: WHOO HOO! We're over the hill! ((does a lil dance))
Neko Sea: that's it, in to the straight jacket with you
Chibi Chel: Yay! The pillow room!
Chelsea: Ok, this isn't all I promised, I don't know why... but my chapters have been rather... violent and angsty lately... which really isn't me...
Chibi Chel: Tell me about it! Me and Neko Sea have been going overtime. Do you know how hard it is to come up with magical violence?!
Neko Sea: Well, at least you didn't have to ruin people's lives! And destroy their pasts!
Chelsea: see what I mean... and I have a few questions... I'm not so sure about this whole writing thing any more... So is my story to cliche? Is Gemini a Mary
Sue... and should I continue...
Campo di Battaglia
Battle Field
"Oh come on Gemini!" Bella begged as she sat on her friends' bed, "Come to Hogsmeade with us!"
Gemini just sighed as she looked up at her friend once again, "Bella I have already told you. One, I haven't boxed in ages and I am itching to punch something. And two, Sirius will be there and I refuse to associate myself with him." Gemini said, lacing up her sneakers.
"Gemini. You have been cooped up in this school far too long. It's nice out and for once it is not raining. Even James, Mr. Quidditch himself is taking the day off to go to Hogsmeade with Lily. It'll be fun!"
"Bella, you forget that pushing myself to the limit, punching something so hard and so much that my knuckles start to bleed is my form of fun." Gemini said seriously, looking up at her pleading friend.
"Please! Do it for me! You can leave Sirius alone. We don't even have to sit with him! Besides, Malfoy's going to be there and you can tell he likes you." Bella taunted, snapped Gemini out of her ignoring daze.
"What?" Gemini snapped, her brawn eyes looking in to bella's with a look of disbelief.
"Don't tell me that Miss Gemini, she who has the eyes of a Hippogriff has failed to notice that she has gained the attention of Lucias Malfoy? The Sexiest Slytherin in the school?" Bella exclaimed in mock surprise, one hand covering her heart.
Gemini just smirked and replied, "He does not like me. He likes my body. Two completely different concepts."
"Oh shut it. You are coming with me and that's final." Bella said defiantly, standing up and dragging Gemini with her.
"Since when do I listen to people?" Gemini said sarcastically, looking at her friends pleading blue eyes.
"Since now. I am no normal person, I am Arabella Figg and you will do as I say for I know you Gemini Cielo, and you need to get out more. Like you told me, Don't go to bed angry, stay up and plot evil revenge all night long."
"Bella, bella speech, honestly. But I'm not angry and I'm not going to bed."
"Gemini. You are mad, you are one peeved Gryffendor and I can see it in your eyes. That's why you can never win at poker, because your eyes show all the emotions that your face lacks. Now come on, get out of bed and stop acting like Kai and Moana after they get dumped by one of their boyfriends."
"I am *not* acting like them!" Gemini exclaimed, throwing down her brush, trying to suppress a smile.
"You so most definitely are Miss Gemini. Now get your but out of bed, we have some sugar to get high on."
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"These must be Goddess's gift to mankind." Gemini said as she popped yet another Ice Pippin in her mouth, her breath visible in the warm air.
"Told you that you would have fun, didn't I?" Bella smirked as she looked at her shorter friend.
"Well, I guess I shouldn't doubt you as much then eh?" Gemini replied as another Ice Pippin made its way into her mouth, "I'm thirsty. I need something to drink."
"Drink? We can head over to the Three Broomsticks for some butterbeers." Bella suggested as the two girls headed over towards the busy pub.
"No," Gemini said, shaking her head, "I need something stronger than A butterbeer, butterbeers are getting old. All we drink are butterbeer's and Pumpkin juice. I need a splash of home."
The two girls walked into the busy pub, crowds of students already sitting at the tables. The girls waved At Lily and James, Sirius and Jeanette, and Peter and Leigh, noticing Remus was sitting at the bar.
Gemini and Bella took a seat on either side on Remus, who was sipping a half done butterbeer.
"Hey Rem." Gemini said softly, punching him in the arm, "Why are you sitting by yourself?"
"I got sick of the lovey doveyness of James and Lily, the sexual acts of Sirius and Jeanette, and the all around originality from Leigh. So I decided the bar would be the best place for me."
"What'll be girls?" Rosmerta asked them as she pulled two glasses from under the bar out and placed them on the table.
"Just a butterbeer please." Bella said softly, smiling as the sweet golden liquid was poured in front of her.
"Um," Gemini said, bitting her lower lip slightly, "I'll take an... You make Italian Spears here right?"
Rosmerta rose an eye brow but nodded and replaced her mug with a Rocks glass. One at a time she poured Peppermint Schnapps and Amaretto over the ice. "Here you go Miss Gemini. One Italian Spear.
"You are a great woman Rosmerta." Gemini said gratefully as she took the drink into her hand and brought it up to her lips. Forgetting all etiquette she knocked her head back and let the icy liquid stream down her throat, making her wide eyes tear up. Gasping for air as she straitened her neck she looked over to Remus and grinned, "Nothing like pure alcohol to make your day right?"
Suddenly outside an explosion was heard. Scream filled the air as explosions rang outside. Panic filled the pub quickly as people began to run out of the back of the pub and out of the emergency exit.
James and his group soon met up with Gemini, Bella and Remus, who stayed by the bar waiting for their friends to catch up.
"Remus, Take Lily and Bella Back to the castle." He demanded to his friend who nodded and took both Lily and Bella's hand.
"James, what's going on!" Lily pleaded, tears welling up in her emerald eyes.
James kissed her quickly before handing her face into his hands, "Trust me love, go with Remus. I'll catch up."
"Be careful!" Lily cried as another explosion was heard and Remus pulled the girls out of the pub.
Soon it was just James and Gemini alone in the pub, all the students had left yet the screams where still heard.
"Deatheaters." James summarized in one word what the commotion was all about.
"Goddess damn it!" Gemini cursed as she reached for her wand, her tool to exemplify her already powerful magic.
"Come on," James said as he headed for the door, wand in hand, "Looks like our training is finally going to be tested."
Gemini trotted to catch up to him as the teens pushed the doors open only to be pushed back by an explosion of incredible magnitude. Gemini was sent flying back and she slammed into the bar, bottles breaking all around her as a curse was sent in her direction, breaking the remaining alcohol bottles, allowing the liquid to pour down on her in a waterfall of spirituous flavor. Rolling over on her side, glass cutting her skin in the process, alcohol mixing with the crimson life that was running down her arm, she dodged yet another hex.
Wand held tightly in her right hand she rolled to her feet and went barreling toward the masked man, crashing her small frame into his body sending both of them careening through the air and landing on the streets of Hogsmeade. Taking her elbow, she slammed it into the man's masked face stunning him slightly. Another deatheater pulled her off of him, his wand held to her back.
James came running up behind him and delivered well place stunning spell. Gemini nodded gratefully in his direction as ministry Aurors began apparating into the chaos. Gemini could see Moody dueling with a rather large man as Gemini administered a hard kick in the ribs to the man she crashed into.
Flashes of red, green, white and blue filled the air in an assortment of rainbow scintillates as Gemini and James threw themselves into the battle back to back, ensuring their safety as well as others.
Hex after hex and curse after curse the Aurors seemed to be gaining the advantage as more Deatheaters fell. Fifteen Deatheaters lay on the ground and 12 other kept fighting relentlessly as the Aurors front line pushed them back.
James and Gemini took many hits, their clothes stained red with blood. White stars danced in front of James' eyes as he was hit with a paralyzing spell, which sent him soaring towards the ground and into darkness.
"James!" Gemini cried as she no longer felt his weight on his back. she whipped around to find her partner lying unconscious on the ground. A small circle of Deatheaters began to come closer, encompassing them in a cage of terror, fear and death.
A flash of green flew over Gemini's shoulder, death staring her in the face as she dropped to James's side, covering him with her magically immortal body. Gemini realized what she had to do as she kissed her lips, rose them to her forehead, then placing them on James's head. 'I will protect you, you shall be safe'
//Kill them. Unleash your anger. Show them who you are. Make them fear you//
Gemini rose to her feet as she dodged yet another killing curse. She looked at the death eaters, a gleam in her eyes as she shot her hand out in front of her and yelled, "Descend Thou among I; Descend and conquer, Goddess of the Moon!"
The Deatheaters cried out and shielded their eyes as a bright flash of light was emitted from the small girl. When the light disappeared from the scene and the Deatheaters looked towards the two teens once again in order to kill, they vociferated in shock.
Where Gemini once stood was a girl clad in billowing black robes in the form of a toga. A silver bow was held tightly in her right hand a quiver of arrows slung over her back. All the chaos and commotion of the surrounding rights seemed not to reach the minds of the Deatheaters as they looked upon the celestial deity in front of them. Unaware of what to do, one bold man stepped forward and sent a searing curse toward her. It soared through the air, slicing her uninjured arm, making both of them wounded in hopes of disabling the enemy.
Gemini merely looked at her arm before looking back at the offending deatheater. With an inhuman speed, her hand shot behind her, grabbing a silver arrow and loaded it in her bow. Bringing it up to eye level she shot it toward the offending Deatheater, who looked on in fear. The arrow shot through the deatheater, and as it went through his body, bringing with it a smoky outline of a maskless, unclothed man that disappeared in to a cloud of smoke just as the arrow had done.
Power. She felt an overwhelming source of power form in her chest. She had control over these mortals' lives. She had the power to decide whether they should live or die. They where going to die.
//Kill them//
Her hand reached over her head once more as she loaded her bow, shooting down the Deatheaters one by one with an inhuman preciseness, taking away their life forces in a form of a Godly Killing curse administered by the arrows.
The remaining Deatheaters cried out as they threw curses and hexes towards Gemini, the flashes of light repelling off of her semi-luminous body. The turned and ran for their lives as she loaded an arrow again, taking down one more Deatheater, his soul and her arrow evaporating in air.
The last deatheater proudly stood his ground as he flicked his wrist, screaming on the top of his lungs with incantations for a killing curse.
The bright emerald light sprang for the tip of the wand, Gemini's nimbleness not able to dodge this well place hex of death. The green light engulfed her small frame as she doubled over, clutching her stomach as the green light disappeared.
The shorter Deatheater looked on in anticipation. His master would surely praise him for taking care of the heirs, with them out of the picture, total domination would be much easier.
His face fell as he watched in amazement as Gemini stood. Surely she couldn't survive a killing curse? It's not magically possible. Gemini stood slowly, a soft light glowing from her forehead, her eyes a deep, burning black as she looked at her adversary through narrowed eye. Her breathing was heavy as she pulled the arrow back once more, aiming for his heart. The arrow flew through the air with an amazing speed and accuracy, but it fell as its target disapparated from the streets.
"Gemini!" a familiar voice called out from behind her as she turned around to see the battered face of Moody, looking at his with a new found respect. "Dear Merlin!" he exclaimed as he saw James, torn and broken on the floor.
"He's fine." she said, her voice holding a certain celestial echo, "A strong stunning spell, that is all. I took out three, but the last one got away."
"Aye." Moody said as he magicked a stretcher, "We need a mediwitch over here!" Moody exclaimed as he picked up James tenderly, placing him on the covering stretcher.
"He put up a good fight, stayed with me until the end." Gemini said as she placed a hand on James forehead, "You should be proud."
"I am Miss Cielo." Moody said as he placed a hand on her shoulder, "I am." Moody looked to his side to find a mediwitch working on James.
"He's been hit badly," she said, "We need to get him back to the school."
"Aye." Moody said, as he placed a hand on James stretcher and the mediwitch moved on to the next wounded person.
With a soft murmur of incantation, the three battered warriors where apparated from the battle field of Hogsmeade, leaving behind the blood stained streets, where screams where once heard, but now all was silent.
Hogwarts wasn't any better, every professor was outside the school with ministry officials, trying to set up a safe ward around the school. Moody had apparated in front of the doors, Gemini at his side, one of his hands on James's stretcher.
Gemini looked up with him, the light was simply radiating off of her, her eyes demanding respect, the sheer aura that surrounded her was frightening to an inexperienced viewer.
"I'll take james to the hospital wing." She said, her voice still echoing slightly, placing a hand on James's forehead. "You go and help the professors."
"But Gemini-" Moody started, but was silenced by the disappearance of the two rookie Aurors.
"Those kids have no idea what they have just done." Moody murmured, shaking his head before joining the fellow aurors and professors in safeguarding the castle and it's grounds.
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"Oh My God!" Madame Pompfrey cried as Gemini and James appeared in front of her in the hospital wing while she was tending to other students who where injured in the attack
"James has been knocked out badly," Gemini reported in the same celestial voice, "He needs medical attention straight away. I was afraid to do anything to him for his condition may be critical and I did not want to endanger his health. I may be able to perform miracles." she said as she rose a hand, James following in suit until he was laying unconscious on a cot, "But I cannot stop death."
"Aye," Pompfrey said, nodding in amazed agreement, "Poppy!" She yelled out to her daughter, a Ravenclaw 3rd year, "Tend to the patients for mum?"
"Aye!" a voice rang out some where in the wing.
"What about you miss Cielo?" Pompfrey asked, looking at her bleeding arm, which was still gushing about blood, staining her side scarlet, "Do you want me to tend to that first?"
Gemini looked down at her arm before shaking her head, "It's only a flesh wound, it will heal. James needs your help more than I do."
Pompfrey nodded as she began to rush about, wanting to fix his wounds before waking him up, lessening his pain.
Gemini walked to a cot and pulled the curtain around her, wanting to transform in privacy. Closing her eyes she whispered the incantation and felt as the celestial energy flowed from her. Opening her eyes again she felt as the inner Light of Diana fully left her, she feel to the ground, her breath short and raspy, her muscles screaming out for relaxation, her wounds throbbing, her arm throbbing with a mind shattering pain. With her telekinesis, which was weak, she helped herself up to a standing position, holding on to the bed for support. Slowly she eased her body up, wincing as bend bent her arms slightly.
"Where's Gemini?" She heard as she rotated her body softly, trying not to disturb her injured arms.
"Gemini!" Sirius exclaimed as he rushed to her side, throwing the curtain aside, "Holy Shit." He said as he looked her bleeding arms, "Are you alright? What happened?"
"It's only a flesh wound," she said monotonously as she sat back on the pillows, covering her pain with a resolute, cold stare at the boy she was currently not supposed to be speaking to. "And you are well aware that I'm still not speaking to you."
Sirius sighed heavily, running his hands through his hair, "G, my best friend and my sister almost died, and you are still mad at me! You could have dies out there!"
"Oh so I'm your sister again." She replied with a small smirk upon her lips, "you weren't acting this way before."
"Yeah, well..." He said, before stopping abruptly, fear evident in his usually cheerful eyes, "I... um" he stammered, trying to find the right words, "You know how they say that, 'you don't know what you have, until you loose it."
"Si," Gemini replied, keeping her flat voice.
"Well... when you and James stayed behind, it killed me. I knew I had to get Jeanette in to the castle safely, but it killed me on the inside, like I was betraying you guys, leaving behind family. And when word got around that you where back, oh god you don't understand how happy I was. We all where, but for that moment in time, on the way back to the castle, I didn't care. All I wanted was for you two to be safe... you may not think it Gemini Cielo, but it's you guys that keep my energy so high all the time. It's the fact that I know you are all safe in this castle which keeps me happy in this goddamned war!" he said, slamming his fists on her cot, her gray eyes blazing with a passion she has never seen before, he lowered his voice considerably leaning in closer to Gemini, "I hate my parents, have I ever told you that? Did you know that my parents are now divorced? Just after second year, my mother was the one who left, the one who left and went and got herself killed. She left me and my father," he let out as short laugh, "Like my father is any better, he was so submissive to her, and when she left, he finally cracked, blaming me for everything that happened. The only reason I got that motorbike was because I stole it from him, I stole it the day I ran away."
Gemini just stared back at her friend who was spilling his soul to her, confessing his deepest darkest secrets to her, a mere two hours ago they refused to be in the same room with each other, loathing their presence together, now it was just like the time Gemini had confided herself in Sirius the night Remus had broken up with her. The bond they shared had never been broken by the previous event, it was only exemplified to its fullest.
"I ran away to James' house." Sirius continued, now sitting on the edge on the bed, his toes touching the floor, refusing to look her in the eye, "that's where I have been living since the beginning of the summer, my father swears to disown me is I ever show my face near him ever again. I don't have a problem with it, I hate him. Who am I to care that he is a Preventer? I hope he get's killed."
"Sirius," Gemini said calmly from her spot, stopping his rant, "you can't honestly mean that I mean-"
"I do Gemini." he seethed, turning to her, his grey eyes red, tears rolling down his cheeks, "and these tears prove it."
"Ah miss Cielo." Madame Pompfrey interrupted, pulling open the curtain, making Sirius hid his face, quickly wiping away his tears. "Mr Black."
Sirius turned are, tears gone, eyes puffy, but trademark grin plastered on his face, "G' Day Madame." he bowed, "I guess I shall be leaving you, you know, hearts to break, chaos to cause, detentions to receive. Is James up?"
"Aye Sirius, he in the next cot over." she said ushering him out of the curtain, and closing it behind him. She turned around, smile gone from her face, her eyes deadly serious, " Gemini what happened?"
Gemini sighed, knowing she had to tell some one, "you know of my... condition?"
"Aye,"
"Well, I used it to my advantage. I killed three men," she continued monotonously, "the killing curse was used on me, it didn't work. but I felt no side effect to it, until I returned to normal, it felt as all of my energy was being sucked out of me, like I was becoming weaker with each breath."
"Well," madame Pompfrey said quietly, "The curse may no take you life, but it might suck you of your energy, for a short time only I suppose, but what do I know, I'm only a mediwitch."
"I need something for my arms," Gemini remarked, the blood now no longer flowing, clotting up, but the area around the cuts and gashes where beginning to inflame and the wound itself was beginning to ooze with pus. "This one," she jerked her head to the left, "has glass in it, I was thrown into the bar in the Three Broomsticks, and the other arm was from a searing hex."
Madame Pompfrey wasted no time bustling out of the enclosed area in search of the needed potions to stop Gemini's cuts from becoming more infected.
"Gemini?" a soft voice said as Lily's head popped in to view, "are you ok?"
Gemini smiled softly before replying, "I can live. I have telekinesis remember don't need my arms."
"Oh Gemini." lily said, walking quickly to her side, "James told me all about what happened, or at least until he got knocked out." then the look on her face changed from fear to questioning, "he told me that he saw a light, a woman in white, she told him that he would be safe, that she would protect him. Do you know about this?"
Gemini nodded and replied, "That was I, I didn't think it would honestly work. I mean, telepathy and all. Yes I know I has psychokenisis, but I didn't know I had other psychic powers beyond that." Gemini said, in her unusual emotional voice.
"Here we go." Pompfrey said as she came in to the ward with two vials of potion, one black and one pink.
"This will removed the glass from your arm," she said, slowing pouring the paste like pink liquid on to her arm.
Gemini closed her eyes as she felt the glass being pulled from her arm, being attracted to the pink paste like a magnet. Contracting his muscles against the pain she kept her narrow eye on it, not allowing a mere flesh wound to effect her. Pompfrey used a cleansing charm to remove the paste, bringing with it the shards of glass.
"And this will stop your infection from spreading," Pompfrey said quietly, talking the metallic black potion and decanted it on her arms, one at a time.
The black potion immediately attacked itself to the puss, causing Gemini gasp in a uncharacteristic response to pain. Her cuts bubbled over in white and she clenched her jaw, refusing to remove her eyes from her battle wounds. Removing the white bubbles with water, soothing the searing pain in her arms, the puss was now gone, the inflamation now calm. Pompfrey began to wrap her arms in gauze and medical tape, allowing the cuts and gashes to heal themselves.
"Get some rest Gemini." Pompfrey said before standing up, putting a blanket on her lap, "you will need it to regain your lost energy." She flicked her wand and the curtains repositioned themselves to encompass both James and Gemini, "to make this easier on you Miss Evan, and your friends as well, when they arrive."
Gemini leaned back and allowed her head to fall back on the pillow, where she passed out from sheer exhaustion, and allowed her pain to disappear into the darkness, along with her conscience.
-
"Was it that bad Moody?" Dumbledore asked him, after the wards have been set up around the ground and all of the students have been moved to the great hall.
Moody sighed as he took his goblet of pumpkin juice off of Dumbledore's desk, rose it to his lips and took a long drink. "We lost seven aurors, 23 injured, not including civilians. We where able to take 6 deatheaters to Azkaban, the rest either escaped or died. 5 of which were killed." He looked up to Dumbledore and said with a solemn look in his eyes, "Gemini Cielo killed three of them." he then shook his head and let out a sad laugh, "With a bloody bow and arrow. The girl was dressed like an ancient roman. I have no idea why she would be dressed like that. She seemed to be... glowing. Her voice was different as well... it echoed."
"Aye," Dumbledore said, nodding, "Moody, have I ever told you why Mr. Potter and Miss Cielo where chosen out of everyone in this school for training?"
"Well, James has the blood of Godric flowing through him. It was his destiny to fight in this war. And you told me that Gemini is psychic, telekinesis being her strong point."
Dumbledore nodded and replied, "Aye, I did. But there is more to Gemini Cielo that meets the eye." he stood up and walked to the bookcase behind his desk, searching the title with his finger. He stopped in on one particular title, pulling the bok from it's spot on the shelf, than turned to Moody. "Not much was know about The Cielo past. Gemini never knew her grandparents, they died before she was born. She has no living relative, so her past was unknown to her. She, along with others learned of her past, and her future on Easter three years ago. Her family was the first Voldemort attacked, for Gemini declined his offer to become his right hand woman. He trained her in many fields, but she was trained strongly in telekinetic destruction. That night Gemini became her past." he handed him the book, a large black book, with peeling silver letters, a shimmering moon on it's cover, "This is
Aradia or 'The Gospel of the Witches' . This will tell you about Gemini Cielo."
"What are you trying to tell me Dumbledore?" Moody laughed, looking up at him with a disbelieving look, "That Gemini is the Goddess Diana?" he laughed again, putting the book bak on his desk, "Honestly Dumbledore, all do respect, how can you believe that?"
"Go look at miss Cielo right now than." Dumbldore said, sitting back down, "And you will notice the lightning blot scar on her stomach, where she was hit with a killing curse, and she survived. Tell me, what mortal do you know that can sustain a killing curse?"
Moody looked at him with wide eyes and an open mouth, "none."
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Chelsea: It sucked
Nettey: Shut up
Chelsea: Excuse while I go hide from all the Sirius lovers, I think I need to hijack my armored tank again and stock up on Snapple, Pixie Stix, and Pocky...
Nettey: Shut up
Chelsea: are you going to say something other than that?
Nettey: You hurt my Sirius! How could you! And you get all the men in my story and...
Chelsea: fine then I guess you don't want to get in to his pants next chapter than
Nettey: Im shutting up than
Chelsea: and for everyone who wants to know, Jeanette is based off Nettey... and Leigh is Based off of me, why? Because I needed a character insane enough
to like Peter. Mind you that I hate him now, but you have to realize, Peter had to be pretty cool to be able to hang out with the Marauders, hey maybe he wasn't
evil back than... but don't worry... I hate him more Pop music... this is coming from a punk rocker, Sexpistol Listening, Ramone loving, Operation Ivy
Worshiper...
Nettey: we get the point... and please review... so I can find out what happens... PLEASE
Chelsea: and if you do... you get a nekkid Sirius...
Nettey: OH MY GOD! PLEASE REVIEW! ((faints))
