I know I have no excuse in delays as this has been written for months.
However, I have been busy. There is one more Chapter and an addition part
which may be posted separately due to content..actually it will probably be
pg-13 as well, but I think it would take away from the plot arch. Sorry,
enough rambling, enjoy..
Run Hard, Fly High, Love Deep Chapter 6
He ran to another bed and pushed back her curtains. Katie Bell lay there silently screaming as her body twitched. Wood's mind raced, he couldn't remember the counter course for all of his studying these past few weeks. He ran bed-to-bed frantically, finding them in the same state. He finally ran to the door and cried bloody murder for help. He sunk down at the foot of Emma's bed and cried in despair. He failed her. He wasn't there when she needed. There were people all around but he didn't care. The double spells had been lifted and through their hysterics, his chaser's found him and they clung together, crying in pain and loss. McGonagall shoed out the Griffindors not comforting and gently bent over the group.
"Wood what did you see?" she asked gentle. She knew he heard but he seemed so lost in grief.
"Nothing," he said. "I had a nightmare. I always come to see her after one, make sure she's okay." His hysteria was passing and he was speaking more calmly. "I pulled back the curtain and she was gone. I found the rest of them."
"I can't believe she felt that for a day," Katie sobbed. "I woke then I heard the door open. I thought it was Wood so I told him to go back to bed and suddenly there was this man over me." Wood pulled her into his arms as she cried. "He took Emma and hexed me so I couldn't scream. Poor Emma." A shadow hushed the group as the look up to find Dumbledore in the doorway.
"She's gone Headmaster," Wood said plainly. "He took her." Wood stood up; the time for hopelessness was over. "The book is with Lucius Malfoy and that's where he's taking her."
"How do you know?" McGonagall asked, stunned.
"I told Draco about her, everything. I told him what the book should looked like and he said his father has it. It seems he knew from the moment he saw her, that she was his sister. It's at the Malfoy's Mansion."
Lucius woke up suddenly to the sound of breaking glass. He quickly checked to see his wife was sleeping still. He grabbed his wand and stalked down the hall. Sometimes people just showed up in the middle of the night, but one could never be too careful. He crept down the hall to his study and peered in. A man stood in front of his desk and was pulling out the drawers, turning them over to spill the contents on the floor. The room looked like it had been hit by a tornado, books and papers were lying everywhere.
"Cadfer," Lucius said, without a hint of concern, as he stepped out of the shadows. "What are you doing her?"
"I have her," the mad man said with a glint in his eye. "Where is the book?" He returned to shuffling through the office.
"Have who?" Malfoy was just humoring him at this point. He had not seen Cadfer since the reign of the Dark Lord and the bounty hunter wasn't all together sane even then.
"My bounty," he said pointing to the girl lying crumpled on the floor. Lucius gasped, that hair!
"Emma," he whispered as he dropped to her side. She was merely unconscious. He reached for his wand but found it missing. He looked up with venom at the bounty hunter who stood twirling his wand though big thick finger.
"Thought I was mad eh." A malicious grin was on the Cadfer's face. "Now where is the book!" he barked. Lucius remained silent. "I will make you talk. Imperio!" Lucius closed his eyes and with a shake of his head the curse was lifted.
"It won't work on me," Lucius said spitefully.
"No? Maybe this Enervate! Crucio!" Emma was suddenly awake and screaming in pain.
"You moron," Lucius mocked. "Do you think that torturing the person you want to kill to get the weapon to kill them with is going to work? Are you sure you're not a Halfcaste!"
"Cruico!" both wizards cried together, Lucius having grabbed the wand from Emma's pocket, but the curses ricocheted off each other and bounced away. Malfoy was ready to fire again when suddenly they were surround by ministry wizards and half of them had their wands pointed at him. Cadfer, however, having nothing to loose tried to curse Malfoy again and was soon unconscious.
One of the Ministry wizards quickly released Emma and before any of them could blink she had transformed and leap for Cadfer's throat. "Impedimenta." Emma let out a human scream of anguish as she transformed, still frozen just inches above Cadfer. The Ministry wizards stepped forward and quickly removed the bounty hunter from the house. Emma fell to the ground with a thud and remained. Lucius made sure the Aurors wouldn't kill him before he kneeled next to her gently stroking her back.
"It's all your fault," Emma whispered.
"You're right daughter." Even then he regained his regal manor and spoke without warmth. "If I had not betrayed her trust she would still be with us. But I tried to save you, send you to American. I'm a bad wizard but I loved your mother and you." It wasn't in any way what Emma wanted to hear. She wanted to hate him. She wanted to turn into a wolf and rip out his throat from betraying her mother. "You look so much like her," he said and she remembered it was the same as Snape. She slowly uncurled and stood. He wasn't her father, not really. Her bones still ached from the Cruico curse but she was alive. She refused to look at the man who called her daughter.
"Minerva?" The professor stepped into the room at her summons. Emma looked at her knowing her aunt spoke the spell that had kept her from killing Cadfer. "Can we go home? I'm sure he's running mad by now." She didn't want to speak Oliver's name in front of this pig. The old witch embraced her with relief and led her out the front door where they waited for a ministry car.
Lucius was forced to turn over the book. He did so without complaint, saying that he only kept it because he hoped one day to save his daughters life. He was of course fined 6 thousands Gallons for owning it.
Run Hard, Fly High, Love Deep Chapter 6
He ran to another bed and pushed back her curtains. Katie Bell lay there silently screaming as her body twitched. Wood's mind raced, he couldn't remember the counter course for all of his studying these past few weeks. He ran bed-to-bed frantically, finding them in the same state. He finally ran to the door and cried bloody murder for help. He sunk down at the foot of Emma's bed and cried in despair. He failed her. He wasn't there when she needed. There were people all around but he didn't care. The double spells had been lifted and through their hysterics, his chaser's found him and they clung together, crying in pain and loss. McGonagall shoed out the Griffindors not comforting and gently bent over the group.
"Wood what did you see?" she asked gentle. She knew he heard but he seemed so lost in grief.
"Nothing," he said. "I had a nightmare. I always come to see her after one, make sure she's okay." His hysteria was passing and he was speaking more calmly. "I pulled back the curtain and she was gone. I found the rest of them."
"I can't believe she felt that for a day," Katie sobbed. "I woke then I heard the door open. I thought it was Wood so I told him to go back to bed and suddenly there was this man over me." Wood pulled her into his arms as she cried. "He took Emma and hexed me so I couldn't scream. Poor Emma." A shadow hushed the group as the look up to find Dumbledore in the doorway.
"She's gone Headmaster," Wood said plainly. "He took her." Wood stood up; the time for hopelessness was over. "The book is with Lucius Malfoy and that's where he's taking her."
"How do you know?" McGonagall asked, stunned.
"I told Draco about her, everything. I told him what the book should looked like and he said his father has it. It seems he knew from the moment he saw her, that she was his sister. It's at the Malfoy's Mansion."
Lucius woke up suddenly to the sound of breaking glass. He quickly checked to see his wife was sleeping still. He grabbed his wand and stalked down the hall. Sometimes people just showed up in the middle of the night, but one could never be too careful. He crept down the hall to his study and peered in. A man stood in front of his desk and was pulling out the drawers, turning them over to spill the contents on the floor. The room looked like it had been hit by a tornado, books and papers were lying everywhere.
"Cadfer," Lucius said, without a hint of concern, as he stepped out of the shadows. "What are you doing her?"
"I have her," the mad man said with a glint in his eye. "Where is the book?" He returned to shuffling through the office.
"Have who?" Malfoy was just humoring him at this point. He had not seen Cadfer since the reign of the Dark Lord and the bounty hunter wasn't all together sane even then.
"My bounty," he said pointing to the girl lying crumpled on the floor. Lucius gasped, that hair!
"Emma," he whispered as he dropped to her side. She was merely unconscious. He reached for his wand but found it missing. He looked up with venom at the bounty hunter who stood twirling his wand though big thick finger.
"Thought I was mad eh." A malicious grin was on the Cadfer's face. "Now where is the book!" he barked. Lucius remained silent. "I will make you talk. Imperio!" Lucius closed his eyes and with a shake of his head the curse was lifted.
"It won't work on me," Lucius said spitefully.
"No? Maybe this Enervate! Crucio!" Emma was suddenly awake and screaming in pain.
"You moron," Lucius mocked. "Do you think that torturing the person you want to kill to get the weapon to kill them with is going to work? Are you sure you're not a Halfcaste!"
"Cruico!" both wizards cried together, Lucius having grabbed the wand from Emma's pocket, but the curses ricocheted off each other and bounced away. Malfoy was ready to fire again when suddenly they were surround by ministry wizards and half of them had their wands pointed at him. Cadfer, however, having nothing to loose tried to curse Malfoy again and was soon unconscious.
One of the Ministry wizards quickly released Emma and before any of them could blink she had transformed and leap for Cadfer's throat. "Impedimenta." Emma let out a human scream of anguish as she transformed, still frozen just inches above Cadfer. The Ministry wizards stepped forward and quickly removed the bounty hunter from the house. Emma fell to the ground with a thud and remained. Lucius made sure the Aurors wouldn't kill him before he kneeled next to her gently stroking her back.
"It's all your fault," Emma whispered.
"You're right daughter." Even then he regained his regal manor and spoke without warmth. "If I had not betrayed her trust she would still be with us. But I tried to save you, send you to American. I'm a bad wizard but I loved your mother and you." It wasn't in any way what Emma wanted to hear. She wanted to hate him. She wanted to turn into a wolf and rip out his throat from betraying her mother. "You look so much like her," he said and she remembered it was the same as Snape. She slowly uncurled and stood. He wasn't her father, not really. Her bones still ached from the Cruico curse but she was alive. She refused to look at the man who called her daughter.
"Minerva?" The professor stepped into the room at her summons. Emma looked at her knowing her aunt spoke the spell that had kept her from killing Cadfer. "Can we go home? I'm sure he's running mad by now." She didn't want to speak Oliver's name in front of this pig. The old witch embraced her with relief and led her out the front door where they waited for a ministry car.
Lucius was forced to turn over the book. He did so without complaint, saying that he only kept it because he hoped one day to save his daughters life. He was of course fined 6 thousands Gallons for owning it.
