A Dangerous Love
By the authoress formerly known as MaggieGirl, now known as
QuillHolder
Disclaimer: No, unfortunately I DO NOT own JK Rowling's characters. Sophie and her family are my characters, and any others I mention that Rowling hasn't. The plots mine too.
Thank you if you reviewed. MaggieGirl (the other one! Lol) thank you, and I have changed my name so that perhaps we wont be confused by people. So far no one else has this one.
Thank you to everyone! I'm in a good mood. And Happy Turkey Day!
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Chapter 9: A Prediction and a Definite Answer
She cautiously walked over. She knew she couldn't go into the forest, but standing on the outside wouldn't be wrong, would it? Harry hadn't noticed her leave and neither did Ron. They had their heads bent together talking quidditch strategies. She reached the handsome half man half horse who spoke to her.
"You are Sophia Riddle?" he asked.
"No! I am Sophia Dumbledore." She said defiantly, already not liking this creature. He was young, or so it appeared, with white-blonde hair and a palomino body.
"But you are the daughter of Tom Riddle, are you not?"
"I have no father." She stubbornly insisted.
"You are wise, young one." The centaur admitted. "Never you mind, I know who you are." Sophie's eyes flew wide. "Do not worry. I wont tell anyone. It's in the stars." He said, answering her unasked question. "I am Firenze . I need to speak to you about young Harry Potter."
"You will not talk to the human!" Bane growled from behind them in the forest.
"Be gone, Bane, this is none of your affair!" Firenze said quietly.
"Nor is it yours, Firenze." Bane said, galloping off into the forest.
"Now, about young Harry. He is in love with you already and that will be his downfall. You will be what leads to his death."
"No!" Sophie gasped.
"Yes, I am afraid so. It has been written in the stars for years. You can't let this happen."
"It won't. It won't happen! I don't care what you or anyone else says!" she screamed. "You can't believe I would believe you? Written in the stars? My God are you out of your mind?" She lowered her voice. "Nothing will happen to Harry, as God as my witness nothing will happen to him!" she growled through clenched teeth. "I will die before I let anything happen to him."
"Yes, you think that. It is not true. You will."
"Shut up! Shut up now!" she yelled. "I mean no disrespect sir, but I will not hear this." She whirled on her heel and planned to run from him. Harry and Ron were coming toward them having heard her yelling.
"I am right young one. You shall see." Firenze said turning to walk away into the forest.
"What did Firenze want?" Harry asked.
"Nothing."
"Sophie, a centaur doesn't talk to humans for 'nothing'" Harry insisted.
"He only wanted to know about my uncle." She lied. Thankfully they believe her.
"We need to go back to the castle, we aren't supposed to be out here after dark." Ron said. The three walked silently up to the Gryffindor tower where Ron went to bed, as did Sophie try, but Harry grabbed her arm and wouldn't let her.
"Sophie, I just want to talk to you for a second, then you can go to bed." He said, pulling her to him. His arms were around her waist and she put hers around his neck for a lack of other places to put them.
"Sophie, I don't like you walking off like you did tonight. To the forest to talk to Firenze. Why didn't you say something to me? I would have made sure you were safe. You were safe with Firenze, he saved me once from Voldemort, but it might have been someone else. For all you know it could have been Voldemort himself!"
"Harry, I am a big girl and I can take care of myself!" she said, her temper flaring.
"I didn't mean."
"No you didn't. You meant you're the big strong man and I'm the little woman you have to protect. I'm not. This doesn't work that way. I can take care of myself! I don't need anyone to baby sit me!"
"Sophie, I didn't mean it that way. I care about you is all. Don't get all bent out of shape." He said, brushing a stray curl away from her face and kissing her forehead.
"All right Harry, I'll be more careful" Sophie sighed
"That's my girl." He hugged her and let her head on up to bed. Sophie was out the second her head touched the pillow. Her sleep wasn't peaceful though. She had that horrible dream again. She woke up around four am, a scream forming in the back of her throat.
She got up and splashed cold water from the basin onto her face. She looked out the window for a time. The moon was reflected on the water of the lake, the whomping willow was still and not a sound came from the forest. She couldn't sleep so she dressed and made her way to the common room where she found Léo.
"Léo! What are you doing here?"
"Your Uncle Dumbledore allowed me to come here and await your charming presence upon your awakening, ma chéri." He said, standing and leading her to a seat.
"Oh." Was all she managed to say. He sat beside her.
"Has all been well with you, Sophie?"
"Yes and no."
"You uncle did not tell me why you are here, will you?"
"I'm sorry, mon prince charmant, but I cannot." She sighed.
"I understand, chéri. I have missed you terribly these past months."
"I've missed you too Léo, but there's nothing we can do about that."
"I still love you. I always have."
Sophie squeezed her eyes shut. "Oh, please don't say that Léo!"
"But I must, chéri!" he pulled her close to him but she wouldn't look up at him. "Don't you love me?"
"Yes, Léo, but understand."
"That's all I need to understand." He said, kissing her. Sophie froze for a second and then kissed back. After all this was the man she had loved since she was a child. He loved her and she had not doubt that she loved him still, maybe not the same...
Harry stood at the top of the boy's staircase. He started to charge down there and pull the two apart but realized that would do no good. 'By damned, if this is what she wants let her have him!' his mind screamed, but he knew he cared. How could she do this? Say she loved him more but refusing him only to hookup with Léo? Then he saw what she did.
Sophie realized her answer. It was a definite no. She loved Léo, of that she had no doubt, but it wasn't the same. She loved Harry and even if she couldn't be with Harry, she wouldn't be with anyone else. She pushed against his chest until he moved back. She carefully set his hands away from her.
"Léo, look, I'm sorry, but I simply cannot do this!"
"But you said you still loved me!"
"Yes but you didn't let me finish! I want you to understand that I love you its just not the same anymore. I.I love someone else!" She almost cried at the heartbroken look on Léo's face. "Oh, Léopold, please don't hate me forever!"
"I cannot hate you, ma chéri. I shall love you forever. Just tell me who it is."
"H-Harry." She admitted turning red.
"Ahh, I see,"
"No you don't, but promise to be my friend always."
"I promise most solemnly, ma belle." He stood and left the common room. She sighed and stared into the merrily crackling flames of the fire thinking of her encounter with Firenze.
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TBC, of course
A/N: Well, that was..um.interesting. Actually, if you have read any other posts of this story, such as on Platform 9 and ¾ or at Moony Maggie's, my website, then you know I confused the names. Originally I had Firenze as Bane, but it was Firenze that saved Harry. Well.its fixed now! ^_^
Disclaimer: No, unfortunately I DO NOT own JK Rowling's characters. Sophie and her family are my characters, and any others I mention that Rowling hasn't. The plots mine too.
Thank you if you reviewed. MaggieGirl (the other one! Lol) thank you, and I have changed my name so that perhaps we wont be confused by people. So far no one else has this one.
Thank you to everyone! I'm in a good mood. And Happy Turkey Day!
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Chapter 9: A Prediction and a Definite Answer
She cautiously walked over. She knew she couldn't go into the forest, but standing on the outside wouldn't be wrong, would it? Harry hadn't noticed her leave and neither did Ron. They had their heads bent together talking quidditch strategies. She reached the handsome half man half horse who spoke to her.
"You are Sophia Riddle?" he asked.
"No! I am Sophia Dumbledore." She said defiantly, already not liking this creature. He was young, or so it appeared, with white-blonde hair and a palomino body.
"But you are the daughter of Tom Riddle, are you not?"
"I have no father." She stubbornly insisted.
"You are wise, young one." The centaur admitted. "Never you mind, I know who you are." Sophie's eyes flew wide. "Do not worry. I wont tell anyone. It's in the stars." He said, answering her unasked question. "I am Firenze . I need to speak to you about young Harry Potter."
"You will not talk to the human!" Bane growled from behind them in the forest.
"Be gone, Bane, this is none of your affair!" Firenze said quietly.
"Nor is it yours, Firenze." Bane said, galloping off into the forest.
"Now, about young Harry. He is in love with you already and that will be his downfall. You will be what leads to his death."
"No!" Sophie gasped.
"Yes, I am afraid so. It has been written in the stars for years. You can't let this happen."
"It won't. It won't happen! I don't care what you or anyone else says!" she screamed. "You can't believe I would believe you? Written in the stars? My God are you out of your mind?" She lowered her voice. "Nothing will happen to Harry, as God as my witness nothing will happen to him!" she growled through clenched teeth. "I will die before I let anything happen to him."
"Yes, you think that. It is not true. You will."
"Shut up! Shut up now!" she yelled. "I mean no disrespect sir, but I will not hear this." She whirled on her heel and planned to run from him. Harry and Ron were coming toward them having heard her yelling.
"I am right young one. You shall see." Firenze said turning to walk away into the forest.
"What did Firenze want?" Harry asked.
"Nothing."
"Sophie, a centaur doesn't talk to humans for 'nothing'" Harry insisted.
"He only wanted to know about my uncle." She lied. Thankfully they believe her.
"We need to go back to the castle, we aren't supposed to be out here after dark." Ron said. The three walked silently up to the Gryffindor tower where Ron went to bed, as did Sophie try, but Harry grabbed her arm and wouldn't let her.
"Sophie, I just want to talk to you for a second, then you can go to bed." He said, pulling her to him. His arms were around her waist and she put hers around his neck for a lack of other places to put them.
"Sophie, I don't like you walking off like you did tonight. To the forest to talk to Firenze. Why didn't you say something to me? I would have made sure you were safe. You were safe with Firenze, he saved me once from Voldemort, but it might have been someone else. For all you know it could have been Voldemort himself!"
"Harry, I am a big girl and I can take care of myself!" she said, her temper flaring.
"I didn't mean."
"No you didn't. You meant you're the big strong man and I'm the little woman you have to protect. I'm not. This doesn't work that way. I can take care of myself! I don't need anyone to baby sit me!"
"Sophie, I didn't mean it that way. I care about you is all. Don't get all bent out of shape." He said, brushing a stray curl away from her face and kissing her forehead.
"All right Harry, I'll be more careful" Sophie sighed
"That's my girl." He hugged her and let her head on up to bed. Sophie was out the second her head touched the pillow. Her sleep wasn't peaceful though. She had that horrible dream again. She woke up around four am, a scream forming in the back of her throat.
She got up and splashed cold water from the basin onto her face. She looked out the window for a time. The moon was reflected on the water of the lake, the whomping willow was still and not a sound came from the forest. She couldn't sleep so she dressed and made her way to the common room where she found Léo.
"Léo! What are you doing here?"
"Your Uncle Dumbledore allowed me to come here and await your charming presence upon your awakening, ma chéri." He said, standing and leading her to a seat.
"Oh." Was all she managed to say. He sat beside her.
"Has all been well with you, Sophie?"
"Yes and no."
"You uncle did not tell me why you are here, will you?"
"I'm sorry, mon prince charmant, but I cannot." She sighed.
"I understand, chéri. I have missed you terribly these past months."
"I've missed you too Léo, but there's nothing we can do about that."
"I still love you. I always have."
Sophie squeezed her eyes shut. "Oh, please don't say that Léo!"
"But I must, chéri!" he pulled her close to him but she wouldn't look up at him. "Don't you love me?"
"Yes, Léo, but understand."
"That's all I need to understand." He said, kissing her. Sophie froze for a second and then kissed back. After all this was the man she had loved since she was a child. He loved her and she had not doubt that she loved him still, maybe not the same...
Harry stood at the top of the boy's staircase. He started to charge down there and pull the two apart but realized that would do no good. 'By damned, if this is what she wants let her have him!' his mind screamed, but he knew he cared. How could she do this? Say she loved him more but refusing him only to hookup with Léo? Then he saw what she did.
Sophie realized her answer. It was a definite no. She loved Léo, of that she had no doubt, but it wasn't the same. She loved Harry and even if she couldn't be with Harry, she wouldn't be with anyone else. She pushed against his chest until he moved back. She carefully set his hands away from her.
"Léo, look, I'm sorry, but I simply cannot do this!"
"But you said you still loved me!"
"Yes but you didn't let me finish! I want you to understand that I love you its just not the same anymore. I.I love someone else!" She almost cried at the heartbroken look on Léo's face. "Oh, Léopold, please don't hate me forever!"
"I cannot hate you, ma chéri. I shall love you forever. Just tell me who it is."
"H-Harry." She admitted turning red.
"Ahh, I see,"
"No you don't, but promise to be my friend always."
"I promise most solemnly, ma belle." He stood and left the common room. She sighed and stared into the merrily crackling flames of the fire thinking of her encounter with Firenze.
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TBC, of course
A/N: Well, that was..um.interesting. Actually, if you have read any other posts of this story, such as on Platform 9 and ¾ or at Moony Maggie's, my website, then you know I confused the names. Originally I had Firenze as Bane, but it was Firenze that saved Harry. Well.its fixed now! ^_^
