Chapter 8- Let the Symptoms Begin
Kiara ran down the hall, and up to the Gryffindor tower. She ran into the common room, and slumped down on a couch. She couldnt stay in the library, with all she was thinking of. She thought back to when she left. Her and Hermione were freaking out, Malfoy was cursing, and Harry and Ron just seemed confused. The librarian shooed them all out, and Malfoy kept asking her what was wrong. She couldnt take it. She replied nothing, and went running away.
The portrait door slamming shut made her come out of her daze.
"Kiara!" She heard. She looked over to see Ron, Hermione, and Harry.
'Oh hi." She mumbled.
"What happened back there?" Ron asked.
"Er...nothing..." Kiara mumbled.
"It scared us." Harry joined in.
"Im fine." Kiara said.
"When you went running off, Malfoy just glared and cursed, and walked off, while we followed." Hermione said.
"Well, he didnt read it, did he?" Kiara asked.
"No, I dont think so." Hermione said.
"Read what?" Harry asked.
Kiara sighed, and told them what she read.
"Well...what Slytherin has a family history of evil?" Ron asked aloud.
"MALFOY!" Harry and Ron screamed at the same time, realizing it.
"Thats why I screamed!" Kiara said.
"Whoa...do you think that Lucius Malfoy is the one your mum liked?" Harry asked.
"Oh my gosh! I never thought of that! EW!" Kiara exclaimed. They continued to discuss it, when they were too tired to talk of it anymore, and fell asleep. Kiara thought her worries were over once she had talked to Dumbledore, but now 50 more were piled on top.
**
Kiara woke with a stretch and a yawn. She was considerably happy at first, waking up, comfortable, and knowing she had best friends that were 2 years older than her. But then she remember....everything. She swung of her bed, and dressed herself. She decided to go down to eat Breakfast in the Great Hall. She ran down the spiral stairs, and into the great hall. She quickly spotted her friends, and ran and sat with them.
"Hey. Everything okay?" Hermione asked, knowing Kiara was still troubled. She nodded. She decided she didnt want anyone else to worry except her. She drank a little pumpkin juice, but thats when she felt dizzy. She assumed it was just the juice.
Later on in the day, Harry and her decided to practice for Quidditch, it was such a nice day. Hermione and Ron watched from the sidelines. Kiara got on her broom, and floated about 2 feet off the ground when she felt so dizzy she fell off. The snow cushioned her fall. Ron and Hermione came running over, and Harry floated down. They helped her up.
"Are you okay?!" Ron asked anxiously.
"Yeah, just a little dizzy. I felt dizzy at breakfast too. I think I am okay, though." Kiara said.
Thats when she noticed her and Harry werent the only ones deciding to practice. She saw half the Slytherin team, including Malfoy, walking onto the grounds.
"Great." Harry muttered.
"Oh, well, look what we have here. Weasley, Potter, Mudblood, and the Third Year. I think we should practice a game." Malfoy said, glaring. Well, that was odd. Just the day before Malfoy claimed it was no time to be arrogant. Harry saw Malfoy had one chaser from Slytherin with him. The rest of Slytherin decided to be fair on Harry and Kiara, since it was only those two Gryffindor.
"Your on!" Kiara and Harry said at once, with them all forgetting about Kiara's dizziness. They floated up. 10 feet, 20 feet, and higher and higher. When they reached 40 feet, Kiara felt dizzy again. But there was no point in cancelling the game, since Harry was already excited. They all decided no bludgers. Just the quaffles and the snitch. The game began.
Kiara zoomed down to catch more action. She felt her broom, a Nimbus 2001, shake slightly. She knew it must have been her shaking it, usually Nimbus' were quite steady. The quaffle came zooming at her. She felt her head pounding. It felt like it was ripping open. She also felt energy-less. She was so drained, she didnt reach up to catch the quaffle, much less block it. Instead of it hitting her, which seemed it was going to do, she felt herself slip off her broom. It was a feeling she hadnt ever felt. The wind soaring all around her, while she helplessly fell. She heard screaming of her friends, and the frantic yells of Slytherins. She could hear Ron's and Hermione's screams getting closer, louder. Kiara squeezed her eyes shut. She knew the closer the screams got, the closer the ground, her death, so it seemed, came. She was ready to die. Then she felt arms catch her roughly, and cheering from Ron and Hermione. Kiara didnt even have enough energy to open her eyes, to see who saved her. Instead, she fainted.
**
"I dont want my daughter to die like this!" A woman screamed. The one she was screaming at, was in a cloak, with a very high pitched voice. The woman was cradling a child in a blanket.
"Your time is up, Makenzie! I will let your daughter live! What fun would it be, ending the curse?" The high pitched voice guy said. It was then that Kiara realized she was standing in the room. She ran over to the woman.
"Mum?" She asked simply. The woman didnt hear her, much less look at her. Kiara went to tap her Mum, but her hand went through.
"Let me say goodbye to my only child!" Makenzie screamed at the guy. She hugged the baby tightly, kissing its forehead. Kiara realized that was her as a baby.
"I dont want Voldemort trying to kill you like this. For the sake of the innocent lives of many, die with your victim. Its your choice, to take the antidote or not, but if you end it here, now, on Christmas day.....there will be no more Dratens or Malfoys to kill. It will end. I love you so much. It will help you." Makenzie whispered into baby Kiara's ear. Then she ran to Voldemort, glaring.
Then he cackled angrily the words of a spell, and he killed her with a blinding green light.
Kiara sat up straight. She remembered every detail of the dream...even what her mother told her.
'Wait....she wants me to not take the antidote...and love Malfoy....and end the curse?!' Kiara thought to herself. She then noticed she was in the infirmary.
'Oh yes....I fainted.' She remembered. She glanced around. It was in the afternoon. She was the only one in there. She was about to get up and leave, when Hermione came in.
"KIARA!" Hermione said, running over. "Are you okay?!" Hermione asked.
"Yeah...Im not dizzy at all anymore....what happened?" Kiara asked.
"Well, you fell off your broom, and were only a few feet from hitting the ground, when none other than Malfoy zooms down, and caught you. Then you fainted, and the practice ended. Malfoy brought you up here, and me and Ron ran to get Dumbledore. Harry decided to explain to Madam Hooch what happend, in case it was the weather or something. Well Dumbledore told us that this was a symptom of the curse growing stronger. It made you faint, and made you weak." Hermione said quickly.
"Malfoy saved me?" Kiara asked. Hermione nodded.
Then Kiara remembered her dream. She told Hermione all of it.
"NO!" Hermione cried.
"What?" Kiara asked.
"Dont let yourself die!" Hermione said, near tears.
"Im not going to let myself! I am just going to accept the fact that all Dratens will be like this!" Kiara said.
"Good. Maybe not all will have the curse. Some day, one Draten will sacrifice herself, and it will all end." Hermione said. Ron and Harry came in right then. They asked her the same questions. She told them she was fine, and told them the dream as well.
"I wonder if its what really happened that day, and not a dream." Ron said. That could be true...
Eventually they all left. Kiara sighed. She didnt like being alone. Kiara felt her eyelids droop. Then she heard the door open.
'Go away! I want sleep!' Kiara thought. She pretended she was sleeping. The person placed a cold hand on her cheek. She instantly opened her eyes, to see none other than Draco Malfoy.
"Er...sorry." He mumbled, taking his hand away. She sat up. He shifted uncomfortably.
"Sit." She said. He sat next to her. She felt his weight adding to the bed.
"Listen....about earlier..." He started mumbling.
"Thank you for saving my life." Kiara said, smiling.
"Yeah." He mumbled. He was currently yelling at himself in his head, complaing how Malfoys do not save people. Without warning, she hugged him. He widened his eyes as she clinged to him, sobbing. Slowly, he wrapped his arms around her, hugging her back. He lay his head on top of hers.
"Im sorry..." Kiara said, which was muffled from them hugging. He withdrew his arms, allowing her to lift her head up to look at him. Her eyes were lined with redness from crying.
"You didnt do anything wrong....why were you crying?" He asked.
"Im just really stressed....and I dont know whats going on. Im really scared. I dont like admitting that, either." Kiara said.
Malfoy pulled her face close towards his. He leaned to the side, and whispered, "I dont like admitting it either. I get scared all the time. Its nothing to be ashamed of......your one of the bravest people I have ever met. He leaned back.
"Thank you....Draco...." Kiara mumbled.
"You called me Draco?!" He asked, amazed. Kiara grinned and nodded.
"Thank you as well. I am off to class, I will visit later...bye Kiara..." He said, giving her a quick hug, and running off.
"Wow...he can be so nice..." Kiara mumbled. Maybe the curse is true. Without meaning to,....all the Draten girls start to love the Malfoy boys.
A/n- Go ahead. Predict. What do YOU think will happen? I refuse to post the next chapter, unless I have at least three different ppl reviewing! I mean.....like the faithful reviewers...there are two of them...plus one other person. Thats what I mean!
Kiara ran down the hall, and up to the Gryffindor tower. She ran into the common room, and slumped down on a couch. She couldnt stay in the library, with all she was thinking of. She thought back to when she left. Her and Hermione were freaking out, Malfoy was cursing, and Harry and Ron just seemed confused. The librarian shooed them all out, and Malfoy kept asking her what was wrong. She couldnt take it. She replied nothing, and went running away.
The portrait door slamming shut made her come out of her daze.
"Kiara!" She heard. She looked over to see Ron, Hermione, and Harry.
'Oh hi." She mumbled.
"What happened back there?" Ron asked.
"Er...nothing..." Kiara mumbled.
"It scared us." Harry joined in.
"Im fine." Kiara said.
"When you went running off, Malfoy just glared and cursed, and walked off, while we followed." Hermione said.
"Well, he didnt read it, did he?" Kiara asked.
"No, I dont think so." Hermione said.
"Read what?" Harry asked.
Kiara sighed, and told them what she read.
"Well...what Slytherin has a family history of evil?" Ron asked aloud.
"MALFOY!" Harry and Ron screamed at the same time, realizing it.
"Thats why I screamed!" Kiara said.
"Whoa...do you think that Lucius Malfoy is the one your mum liked?" Harry asked.
"Oh my gosh! I never thought of that! EW!" Kiara exclaimed. They continued to discuss it, when they were too tired to talk of it anymore, and fell asleep. Kiara thought her worries were over once she had talked to Dumbledore, but now 50 more were piled on top.
**
Kiara woke with a stretch and a yawn. She was considerably happy at first, waking up, comfortable, and knowing she had best friends that were 2 years older than her. But then she remember....everything. She swung of her bed, and dressed herself. She decided to go down to eat Breakfast in the Great Hall. She ran down the spiral stairs, and into the great hall. She quickly spotted her friends, and ran and sat with them.
"Hey. Everything okay?" Hermione asked, knowing Kiara was still troubled. She nodded. She decided she didnt want anyone else to worry except her. She drank a little pumpkin juice, but thats when she felt dizzy. She assumed it was just the juice.
Later on in the day, Harry and her decided to practice for Quidditch, it was such a nice day. Hermione and Ron watched from the sidelines. Kiara got on her broom, and floated about 2 feet off the ground when she felt so dizzy she fell off. The snow cushioned her fall. Ron and Hermione came running over, and Harry floated down. They helped her up.
"Are you okay?!" Ron asked anxiously.
"Yeah, just a little dizzy. I felt dizzy at breakfast too. I think I am okay, though." Kiara said.
Thats when she noticed her and Harry werent the only ones deciding to practice. She saw half the Slytherin team, including Malfoy, walking onto the grounds.
"Great." Harry muttered.
"Oh, well, look what we have here. Weasley, Potter, Mudblood, and the Third Year. I think we should practice a game." Malfoy said, glaring. Well, that was odd. Just the day before Malfoy claimed it was no time to be arrogant. Harry saw Malfoy had one chaser from Slytherin with him. The rest of Slytherin decided to be fair on Harry and Kiara, since it was only those two Gryffindor.
"Your on!" Kiara and Harry said at once, with them all forgetting about Kiara's dizziness. They floated up. 10 feet, 20 feet, and higher and higher. When they reached 40 feet, Kiara felt dizzy again. But there was no point in cancelling the game, since Harry was already excited. They all decided no bludgers. Just the quaffles and the snitch. The game began.
Kiara zoomed down to catch more action. She felt her broom, a Nimbus 2001, shake slightly. She knew it must have been her shaking it, usually Nimbus' were quite steady. The quaffle came zooming at her. She felt her head pounding. It felt like it was ripping open. She also felt energy-less. She was so drained, she didnt reach up to catch the quaffle, much less block it. Instead of it hitting her, which seemed it was going to do, she felt herself slip off her broom. It was a feeling she hadnt ever felt. The wind soaring all around her, while she helplessly fell. She heard screaming of her friends, and the frantic yells of Slytherins. She could hear Ron's and Hermione's screams getting closer, louder. Kiara squeezed her eyes shut. She knew the closer the screams got, the closer the ground, her death, so it seemed, came. She was ready to die. Then she felt arms catch her roughly, and cheering from Ron and Hermione. Kiara didnt even have enough energy to open her eyes, to see who saved her. Instead, she fainted.
**
"I dont want my daughter to die like this!" A woman screamed. The one she was screaming at, was in a cloak, with a very high pitched voice. The woman was cradling a child in a blanket.
"Your time is up, Makenzie! I will let your daughter live! What fun would it be, ending the curse?" The high pitched voice guy said. It was then that Kiara realized she was standing in the room. She ran over to the woman.
"Mum?" She asked simply. The woman didnt hear her, much less look at her. Kiara went to tap her Mum, but her hand went through.
"Let me say goodbye to my only child!" Makenzie screamed at the guy. She hugged the baby tightly, kissing its forehead. Kiara realized that was her as a baby.
"I dont want Voldemort trying to kill you like this. For the sake of the innocent lives of many, die with your victim. Its your choice, to take the antidote or not, but if you end it here, now, on Christmas day.....there will be no more Dratens or Malfoys to kill. It will end. I love you so much. It will help you." Makenzie whispered into baby Kiara's ear. Then she ran to Voldemort, glaring.
Then he cackled angrily the words of a spell, and he killed her with a blinding green light.
Kiara sat up straight. She remembered every detail of the dream...even what her mother told her.
'Wait....she wants me to not take the antidote...and love Malfoy....and end the curse?!' Kiara thought to herself. She then noticed she was in the infirmary.
'Oh yes....I fainted.' She remembered. She glanced around. It was in the afternoon. She was the only one in there. She was about to get up and leave, when Hermione came in.
"KIARA!" Hermione said, running over. "Are you okay?!" Hermione asked.
"Yeah...Im not dizzy at all anymore....what happened?" Kiara asked.
"Well, you fell off your broom, and were only a few feet from hitting the ground, when none other than Malfoy zooms down, and caught you. Then you fainted, and the practice ended. Malfoy brought you up here, and me and Ron ran to get Dumbledore. Harry decided to explain to Madam Hooch what happend, in case it was the weather or something. Well Dumbledore told us that this was a symptom of the curse growing stronger. It made you faint, and made you weak." Hermione said quickly.
"Malfoy saved me?" Kiara asked. Hermione nodded.
Then Kiara remembered her dream. She told Hermione all of it.
"NO!" Hermione cried.
"What?" Kiara asked.
"Dont let yourself die!" Hermione said, near tears.
"Im not going to let myself! I am just going to accept the fact that all Dratens will be like this!" Kiara said.
"Good. Maybe not all will have the curse. Some day, one Draten will sacrifice herself, and it will all end." Hermione said. Ron and Harry came in right then. They asked her the same questions. She told them she was fine, and told them the dream as well.
"I wonder if its what really happened that day, and not a dream." Ron said. That could be true...
Eventually they all left. Kiara sighed. She didnt like being alone. Kiara felt her eyelids droop. Then she heard the door open.
'Go away! I want sleep!' Kiara thought. She pretended she was sleeping. The person placed a cold hand on her cheek. She instantly opened her eyes, to see none other than Draco Malfoy.
"Er...sorry." He mumbled, taking his hand away. She sat up. He shifted uncomfortably.
"Sit." She said. He sat next to her. She felt his weight adding to the bed.
"Listen....about earlier..." He started mumbling.
"Thank you for saving my life." Kiara said, smiling.
"Yeah." He mumbled. He was currently yelling at himself in his head, complaing how Malfoys do not save people. Without warning, she hugged him. He widened his eyes as she clinged to him, sobbing. Slowly, he wrapped his arms around her, hugging her back. He lay his head on top of hers.
"Im sorry..." Kiara said, which was muffled from them hugging. He withdrew his arms, allowing her to lift her head up to look at him. Her eyes were lined with redness from crying.
"You didnt do anything wrong....why were you crying?" He asked.
"Im just really stressed....and I dont know whats going on. Im really scared. I dont like admitting that, either." Kiara said.
Malfoy pulled her face close towards his. He leaned to the side, and whispered, "I dont like admitting it either. I get scared all the time. Its nothing to be ashamed of......your one of the bravest people I have ever met. He leaned back.
"Thank you....Draco...." Kiara mumbled.
"You called me Draco?!" He asked, amazed. Kiara grinned and nodded.
"Thank you as well. I am off to class, I will visit later...bye Kiara..." He said, giving her a quick hug, and running off.
"Wow...he can be so nice..." Kiara mumbled. Maybe the curse is true. Without meaning to,....all the Draten girls start to love the Malfoy boys.
A/n- Go ahead. Predict. What do YOU think will happen? I refuse to post the next chapter, unless I have at least three different ppl reviewing! I mean.....like the faithful reviewers...there are two of them...plus one other person. Thats what I mean!