Chapter Two - The Beginning of the End
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BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP
'Oh Gods, not already', Donna moaned while reaching over to put an end to that annoying sound.
She fell back into the warm pillows of her new comfortable kingsize bed. She had thrown out her fathers bed two weeks ago, as she decided to make her parents bedroom her own. It was a nice room, if you consider that just four weeks ago it was almost a coffin (everything in the room was black) and a messy coffin at that. Her father never allowed anyone in his bedroom, including his own daughter and their previous house elf, Tally. Needless to say the man (almost) never cleaned his room, with the exeption of an occassional wave of the wand. But now the room, was clean, full of fresh flowers, lots of soft colors on the walls, a new carpet on the floor and, ta-da, a warm atmosphere was created.
Donna turned on her small bedroomlight and rised from her bed to head to the bathroom. Turning on the light she blinked at the hard light now shining brightly in her eyes. She grabbed a wascloth and cleaned her face. Then she reachedf out for her toothbrush and started to clean her teeth. She saw her reflexion in the mirror and quickly looked away.
As she put back her toothbrush she could see something glisten in the mirror. Instinctivly she reached out to her necklace and she enclosed her fingers around the pendent. After a few seconds she remembered where she was and put her hair in a band.
She walked back to her room and put on her jogging clothes and sneakers. She quickly went downstaires, turned left into the kitchen and reached into the fridge for her bottled water. As she put on her disk-man she walked to the front door. She got her keys which were lying on the cupboard in the hallway and opened the door. As she opened the door she could feel the cold November wind on her skin. She walked through the doorway and locked the door behind her. She turned on the disk-man and she could hear the music of her favourite group at the moment (famous witchgroup Queen of the Damned). And then she begins to run.
***
He followed her as she ran her usual route. She was almost at the bridge....almost.....
Donna could feel her heart start to pump, faster and faster. She almost reached the bridge. Just one last sprint and then she was on the way back home. Five more minutes , then she would be done for today. As she ran she noticed the sun was breaking through the dark sky. Almost light. Donna didn't like fall and winter, she find's it too dark in the morning.
Almost there.
"Sprint, you lazy cow", she said to herself.
She reached the bridge. It was poorly lite by the streetlights. As she ran underneath she felt something brush against her left shoulder. As she turned around to she what touched her she felt a hard bang on her right lower back. When she spinned around falling back on the cold ground she touched the soar spot on her back. She looked around to see who'd hit her, but there was no one there.
When she tried to get up something hit her hard once more, but this time on her left shoulder. The blow knocked her forward. Her disk-man and her water fell two feet away and when her face almost hit the pavement she could see two dark feet standing in front of her. As she was trying to get up again her eyes saw two large ... paws?
"Oh, my Lord", she muttered.
When she quickly looked up, all she could see were these two red beaming eyes, looking at her. She reached out for her wand, but then she realised she didn't have one with her. She never did. Not while jogging. What could she do?
As the huge creature roared she hastly got to her feet and as she turned around to run away she could see the creature expanding his wings.
"Oh Merlin, help me get out of this, help me ....help me", Donna muttered under her breath as she was running back to her house.
Her heart was beating like mad.
"Don't look back, don't look back! Keep running".
Her legs were exhausted from the sprint earlier but she had to keep running. She was completely out of breath as she reached her house two minutes later.
***
He's sitting comfortably on the roof. It went better as he had hoped. There she comes.
Look at her run back to her house, fumbling with her keys, trying to get into her house.
He lets out a grunt.
"Girl, I could have gotten you. Well, at least I got something."
He held Donna's disk-man and water in his right claw. He turned on the disk-man and as the Rock 'n' Roll song began to play he saw her running towards him again.
When he was sitting on the bridge watching her come nearer,he groweled. As she reached the bridge he reached over the ledge and let his paw touch her softly. As she turned around to see what had happend he quickly flew over to the other side of the bridge and jumped off. He walked to her and he could smell her fear starting to built up. He hit her hard with his right hand and flew up the bridge again. He jumped off the other end and he could see her lying there on the ground.
"All you have to do is reach out, reach out and grab that necklace."
He heard his masters voice in his head.
"That will not do, that's not what I've been waiting for."
She tried to get up and he hit her again. He walked towards her, and then she saw him.
The moment he has been waiting for has come. He read her fear in her eyes.
She reached for her wand, but then she realized she didn't carry one while jogging.
"Silly little girl", he thought. "Even I know this."
He stretched out his wings and roared impressively. Then she ran.
"Run, Donna, run", he muttered under his breath.
His red eyes fell on her disk-man and water and he quickly grabbed them.
He lifted of the ground and sailed through the sky back to Green Manor. As he took a seat in his "normal" place he waited a minute as she came running.
His eyes fell on the shadow moving inside of the house. His job was done for today. He will keep checking up on her of course, but he will let her be for a couple of days. Maybe even a whole week. He snorts again. Oh yes, he is going to have a lot of fun with this girl.
***
As Donna opened her front door and hurried inside, she fell on her knees and started to cry.
What in Merlin's name was that creature?
Then she realised that she didn't check if he was still after her. She turned around, still on her knees, looking through the glass panel in the door to see if "it" was out there. She looked and looked and luckily the street was bright with light now. She didn't see him. She tried to remember if she left any windows or doors open in the house through which he could come in but she didn't. She got of the floor and went into the kitchen.
"What am I supposed to do?", she thought to herself, and the only thing she could think of was to ask for help.
She straight away thought of Albus, her mentor, her teacher and friend. But what would she say? What did that creature look like in the first place? Thinking that she should have her facts straights before running to Albus, she hurried upstairs for a quick shower. When she entered the bathroom she saw her wand lying on the sink.
"Where were you when I needed you?", she thought to herself and started to take of her gear.
With sweat still pouring down her back she turned on the water and stepped into the shower cabin.
"Oke", she thought to herself as she reached for the soapbar and started to scub herself. "What did happen?"
She went through the events step by step, but every time she came to the part when she saw "it", she skipped it and started all over again. Suddenly there was a sharp pain in her right side when she touched the spot where he hit her.
"Ow!", Donna yelled. "Oke, Donna, this thing wanted to hurt you big time, what is it and why is it after you? First, what does it look like and yes, it was ugly but get over that for a second!"
As Donna tried to remember what the creature looked like she was leaning against the cabinewall, letting the hot water warm her up.
"Oke, it had red eyes, I know that, eh....paws. And claws as well, wings, it's skin looked black, oh no, emm dark greenish. It's face looked a little like a mean dog...but it had horns as well, like a goat...Oke,. now I am getting somewhere!" she muttered.
As she started to shampoo her hair she thought she could give a fairly close discription of the creature and felt very proud of herself as she was scared out of her mind and only saw it like 10 seconds or so. After she was done washing her hair she came out and conjured herself some fresh towels.
Walking down the stairs on her socks in her jeans and sweater she walked over to the living room and straight to the fireplace. She lithe the wood with her wand and grabbed some powder that was in a jar on a table next to it. She said "Albus Dumbledore" and five seconds later the face of Albus appeared.
"Donna, goodmorning! What a nice suprise this is."
"Goodmorning Albus, how are you doing?"
"Absolutely fantastic, and you?"
Donna suddenly felt the urge to cry but she tried hard not to.
"Not that great, Albus. I had an encounter with a creature this morning which I wished I didn't."
"Not a ..."collegue" of you father's I hope?", Albus asked shocked.
"Could be", Donna snickered bitterly. "No, it was a magical creature."
"Tell me what happend, child", Albus said.
As Donna told Albus what happend, Albus his face turned from looking happy, too absolutely worried. When she was ready with telling her story and anwering Albus his many questions, Albus excused himself for a second and returned with The Monster Book of Monsters in his hands.
"Donna, this creature you saw, does ik look like this?" Albus held up the book and showed Donna a picture of a mystical creature.
"Yes, that's the one I saw! What kind of creature is it?", Donna said worried.
"His name is Dantalion. Donna, and if he is after you....Merlin help you. I don't want to scare you , but don't let him get you. He will kill you, Donna. He feeds on the souls of his prey."
Donna was watching Albus closely as his words sank in.
"But what did I do? And why is he after me?", she asked shocked.
"I don't know, my dear. Look, he knows where you live, he probably knows where you work too and who your friends are. You have to leave London. I have a place somewhere in the country where you can go. Somewhere very quiet and where you will time to figure out why Dantalion is after you and how you can fight him. I will sent someone over to your house to take you there, guard you and help you figure out what is going on."
"Oke, I have to pack some things, I'll leave my fireplace burning in the meantime. Albus, thank you."
"Don't thank me yet, my dear Donna. This is far from over."
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TBC
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BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP
'Oh Gods, not already', Donna moaned while reaching over to put an end to that annoying sound.
She fell back into the warm pillows of her new comfortable kingsize bed. She had thrown out her fathers bed two weeks ago, as she decided to make her parents bedroom her own. It was a nice room, if you consider that just four weeks ago it was almost a coffin (everything in the room was black) and a messy coffin at that. Her father never allowed anyone in his bedroom, including his own daughter and their previous house elf, Tally. Needless to say the man (almost) never cleaned his room, with the exeption of an occassional wave of the wand. But now the room, was clean, full of fresh flowers, lots of soft colors on the walls, a new carpet on the floor and, ta-da, a warm atmosphere was created.
Donna turned on her small bedroomlight and rised from her bed to head to the bathroom. Turning on the light she blinked at the hard light now shining brightly in her eyes. She grabbed a wascloth and cleaned her face. Then she reachedf out for her toothbrush and started to clean her teeth. She saw her reflexion in the mirror and quickly looked away.
As she put back her toothbrush she could see something glisten in the mirror. Instinctivly she reached out to her necklace and she enclosed her fingers around the pendent. After a few seconds she remembered where she was and put her hair in a band.
She walked back to her room and put on her jogging clothes and sneakers. She quickly went downstaires, turned left into the kitchen and reached into the fridge for her bottled water. As she put on her disk-man she walked to the front door. She got her keys which were lying on the cupboard in the hallway and opened the door. As she opened the door she could feel the cold November wind on her skin. She walked through the doorway and locked the door behind her. She turned on the disk-man and she could hear the music of her favourite group at the moment (famous witchgroup Queen of the Damned). And then she begins to run.
***
He followed her as she ran her usual route. She was almost at the bridge....almost.....
Donna could feel her heart start to pump, faster and faster. She almost reached the bridge. Just one last sprint and then she was on the way back home. Five more minutes , then she would be done for today. As she ran she noticed the sun was breaking through the dark sky. Almost light. Donna didn't like fall and winter, she find's it too dark in the morning.
Almost there.
"Sprint, you lazy cow", she said to herself.
She reached the bridge. It was poorly lite by the streetlights. As she ran underneath she felt something brush against her left shoulder. As she turned around to she what touched her she felt a hard bang on her right lower back. When she spinned around falling back on the cold ground she touched the soar spot on her back. She looked around to see who'd hit her, but there was no one there.
When she tried to get up something hit her hard once more, but this time on her left shoulder. The blow knocked her forward. Her disk-man and her water fell two feet away and when her face almost hit the pavement she could see two dark feet standing in front of her. As she was trying to get up again her eyes saw two large ... paws?
"Oh, my Lord", she muttered.
When she quickly looked up, all she could see were these two red beaming eyes, looking at her. She reached out for her wand, but then she realised she didn't have one with her. She never did. Not while jogging. What could she do?
As the huge creature roared she hastly got to her feet and as she turned around to run away she could see the creature expanding his wings.
"Oh Merlin, help me get out of this, help me ....help me", Donna muttered under her breath as she was running back to her house.
Her heart was beating like mad.
"Don't look back, don't look back! Keep running".
Her legs were exhausted from the sprint earlier but she had to keep running. She was completely out of breath as she reached her house two minutes later.
***
He's sitting comfortably on the roof. It went better as he had hoped. There she comes.
Look at her run back to her house, fumbling with her keys, trying to get into her house.
He lets out a grunt.
"Girl, I could have gotten you. Well, at least I got something."
He held Donna's disk-man and water in his right claw. He turned on the disk-man and as the Rock 'n' Roll song began to play he saw her running towards him again.
When he was sitting on the bridge watching her come nearer,he groweled. As she reached the bridge he reached over the ledge and let his paw touch her softly. As she turned around to see what had happend he quickly flew over to the other side of the bridge and jumped off. He walked to her and he could smell her fear starting to built up. He hit her hard with his right hand and flew up the bridge again. He jumped off the other end and he could see her lying there on the ground.
"All you have to do is reach out, reach out and grab that necklace."
He heard his masters voice in his head.
"That will not do, that's not what I've been waiting for."
She tried to get up and he hit her again. He walked towards her, and then she saw him.
The moment he has been waiting for has come. He read her fear in her eyes.
She reached for her wand, but then she realized she didn't carry one while jogging.
"Silly little girl", he thought. "Even I know this."
He stretched out his wings and roared impressively. Then she ran.
"Run, Donna, run", he muttered under his breath.
His red eyes fell on her disk-man and water and he quickly grabbed them.
He lifted of the ground and sailed through the sky back to Green Manor. As he took a seat in his "normal" place he waited a minute as she came running.
His eyes fell on the shadow moving inside of the house. His job was done for today. He will keep checking up on her of course, but he will let her be for a couple of days. Maybe even a whole week. He snorts again. Oh yes, he is going to have a lot of fun with this girl.
***
As Donna opened her front door and hurried inside, she fell on her knees and started to cry.
What in Merlin's name was that creature?
Then she realised that she didn't check if he was still after her. She turned around, still on her knees, looking through the glass panel in the door to see if "it" was out there. She looked and looked and luckily the street was bright with light now. She didn't see him. She tried to remember if she left any windows or doors open in the house through which he could come in but she didn't. She got of the floor and went into the kitchen.
"What am I supposed to do?", she thought to herself, and the only thing she could think of was to ask for help.
She straight away thought of Albus, her mentor, her teacher and friend. But what would she say? What did that creature look like in the first place? Thinking that she should have her facts straights before running to Albus, she hurried upstairs for a quick shower. When she entered the bathroom she saw her wand lying on the sink.
"Where were you when I needed you?", she thought to herself and started to take of her gear.
With sweat still pouring down her back she turned on the water and stepped into the shower cabin.
"Oke", she thought to herself as she reached for the soapbar and started to scub herself. "What did happen?"
She went through the events step by step, but every time she came to the part when she saw "it", she skipped it and started all over again. Suddenly there was a sharp pain in her right side when she touched the spot where he hit her.
"Ow!", Donna yelled. "Oke, Donna, this thing wanted to hurt you big time, what is it and why is it after you? First, what does it look like and yes, it was ugly but get over that for a second!"
As Donna tried to remember what the creature looked like she was leaning against the cabinewall, letting the hot water warm her up.
"Oke, it had red eyes, I know that, eh....paws. And claws as well, wings, it's skin looked black, oh no, emm dark greenish. It's face looked a little like a mean dog...but it had horns as well, like a goat...Oke,. now I am getting somewhere!" she muttered.
As she started to shampoo her hair she thought she could give a fairly close discription of the creature and felt very proud of herself as she was scared out of her mind and only saw it like 10 seconds or so. After she was done washing her hair she came out and conjured herself some fresh towels.
Walking down the stairs on her socks in her jeans and sweater she walked over to the living room and straight to the fireplace. She lithe the wood with her wand and grabbed some powder that was in a jar on a table next to it. She said "Albus Dumbledore" and five seconds later the face of Albus appeared.
"Donna, goodmorning! What a nice suprise this is."
"Goodmorning Albus, how are you doing?"
"Absolutely fantastic, and you?"
Donna suddenly felt the urge to cry but she tried hard not to.
"Not that great, Albus. I had an encounter with a creature this morning which I wished I didn't."
"Not a ..."collegue" of you father's I hope?", Albus asked shocked.
"Could be", Donna snickered bitterly. "No, it was a magical creature."
"Tell me what happend, child", Albus said.
As Donna told Albus what happend, Albus his face turned from looking happy, too absolutely worried. When she was ready with telling her story and anwering Albus his many questions, Albus excused himself for a second and returned with The Monster Book of Monsters in his hands.
"Donna, this creature you saw, does ik look like this?" Albus held up the book and showed Donna a picture of a mystical creature.
"Yes, that's the one I saw! What kind of creature is it?", Donna said worried.
"His name is Dantalion. Donna, and if he is after you....Merlin help you. I don't want to scare you , but don't let him get you. He will kill you, Donna. He feeds on the souls of his prey."
Donna was watching Albus closely as his words sank in.
"But what did I do? And why is he after me?", she asked shocked.
"I don't know, my dear. Look, he knows where you live, he probably knows where you work too and who your friends are. You have to leave London. I have a place somewhere in the country where you can go. Somewhere very quiet and where you will time to figure out why Dantalion is after you and how you can fight him. I will sent someone over to your house to take you there, guard you and help you figure out what is going on."
"Oke, I have to pack some things, I'll leave my fireplace burning in the meantime. Albus, thank you."
"Don't thank me yet, my dear Donna. This is far from over."
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