Chapter Eighteen: Reminiscence at Midnight
Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter. I don't own Dragon Lance. Must
we go through this every single time? Also I don't own the song
"Leaving on a Jet Plane" nor do I own the song "Sweet Dreams". Alright
so I own the plot, but not the characters with the exceptions of Talon
Snape, Krista Black-Majere (no you didn't miss something, they aren't
married yet), Rekka Doyle, and I think Raven Redwing is the only other
thing I actually own. However, I still wish I owned Raistlin. but
right now I really, really want to owe Remus in more ways than one.
Also I am NOT sorry to anyone I might have offended with that last
chapter. If you didn't like it, too bad.
Krista and Talon sat outside, not far from the Whomping Willow. The willow itself was unerringly stilled in the gentle breeze that caused the pond to ripple. Krista and Talon sat side by side. Both had matching, plain black wizarding robes on, Talon having got them from her father recently, and both wore their hair in long braids that fell down the back. Talon played with something around her neck, turning to Krista she showed the older women an amulet. "Sirius showed me how to make it." Krista nodded and smiled slightly. "An amulet of summoning. That is very powerful magic." The two women were silent for a long while. Suddenly, Talon gripped the amulet and closed her eyes tightly. A long bodied, sleek silver-gray wolf galloped up to the pair. Talon reached slowly and pet the submissive head. "So. it does work." "You're very strong in magic to have created that and have it work, especially for one so young and untrained." Talon accepted this mildly spoken praise proudly. Coming from her, I know that is amazing praise. She thought fondly, fondling the wolf's ears gently. A gentle smile crossed Talon's lips, but soon she frowned in thought as the wolf lay down beside her. "You and Sirius are very close, correct?" Krista merely nodded while still looking ahead. "So did he tell you about last night?" Talon's voice quivered. Krista again didn't raise her eyes. "Yes he told me, but nothing detailed. just what you two did while letting the potion simmer." Talon blushed a rich, dark red. "What happened is nothing to be ashamed of. Sirius is a very hansom man. Not many women, young or old, could refuse him a thing. I think our mother was the only woman who had any resistance to him. She was the reason he ran away to James Potter's house when he was sixteen." The two women were silent for a long while after that. Soon the wolf wondered back to the Forbidden Forest. It let off a long drawn out howl as it reached the eaves of the forest.
When the howl died down, Krista began to sing softly. "'I. I. All my bags are packed I'm ready to go. I'm standing here outside your door. I hate to wake you up to say good-bye, but the dawn is breaking. It's early morn. The taxi is waiting; he's blowing his horn. Already I'm so lonesome I could die.'" "You two were very close growing up, weren't you." "We were inseparable. 'So kiss me and smile for me. Tell me that you'll wait for me. Hold me like you'll never let me go, 'cause I'm leaving on a jet plane. I don't know when I'll be back again. Oh babe, I hate to go.' Yes, we were inseparable. It broke my heart when he left." "Why did it hurt so much?" "'There's so many times I've let you down, so many times I've played around. I tell you now that they don't mean a thing. Every place I go I'll think of you, every song I sing I'll sing for you. When I come back I'll wear your wedding ring.' Because when he ran away to Potter's house, we were together. Just as you and he are now. It sounds wrong, but that was the only way we managed to survive in our mother's house." "You two were in love? You two were a couple? Like you had sex and everything?" "Yes. 'So kiss me and smile for me. Tell me that you'll wait for me. Hold me like you'll never let me go, 'cause I'm leaving on a jet plane. I don't know when I'll be back again. Oh babe, I hate to go.' Sex and everything." "Why did you do that?" "'And now the time has come to leave you. One more time oh let me kiss you, then close your eyes and I'll be on my way. Dream about the days to come, when I won't have to leave alone, about the times when I won't have to say...' We did it because we loved each other, and because we needed to be together in the closest way possible to survive our mother. 'Oh kiss me and smile for me. Tell me that you'll wait for me. Hold me like you'll never let me go, 'cause I'm leaving on a jet plane. I don't know when I'll be back again. Oh babe, I hate to go.'" A tear slid down Krista's cheek as the words slid from between her lips as if they were nothing more than the air she breathed every minute of every day. "'I'm leaving on a jet plane. Don't know when I'll be back again. Oh babe, I hate to go. But I'm leaving on a jet plane, leaving on a jet plane, leaving on a jet plane, leaving on a jet plane, leaving on a jet plane, leaving on a jet plane, leaving on a jet plane, leaving on a jet plane, leaving on a jet plane.'" Silence fell between them for several moments. "That is the song he sang to me before he left. He cradled me in his arms and sang it to me in little above a whisper, rocking me to sleep so he could leave without me having to watch."
Krista's eyes darkened as the shadows of her past fell upon them. Talon watched her for several long moments before she began to hum. Soon the humming melted into 'Sweet Dreams'. "Sweet dreams are made of this. Who am I to disagree? Travel the world and the seven seas. Everybody's looking for something." The two women never saw the dark figure leave the castle's front gate and start to make its way toward them. "Some of them want to use you. Some of them want to get used by you. Some of them want to abuse you. Some of them want to be abused. Sweet dreams are made of this. Who am I to disagree? Travel the world and the seven seas. Everybody's looking for something." The dark figure paused just within hearing shot. He was behind them, so they still didn't see him watching, listening. "Some of them want to use you. Some of them want to get used by you. Some of them want to abuse you. Some of them want to be abused. I wanna use you and abuse you. I wanna know what's inside you." A cloud moved so that a shaft of moonlight landed upon the man standing behind the women. Sirius watched his twin and newfound lover sit before him. Talon sat on, unnoticing. "Sweet dreams are made of this. Who am I to disagree? Travel the world and the seven seas. Everybody's looking for something. Some of them want to use you. Some of them want to get used by you. Some of them want to abuse you. Some of them want to be abused. -" Just then Sirius picked up the last few lyrics. "I'm gonna use you and abuse you. I'm gonna know what's inside. Gonna use you and abuse you. I'm gonna know what's inside you." After a brief pause in which both women turned to glare at him, he sat down between them. "So how are my two favorite ladies? Conspiring against me?" He laughed his bark-like laugh as Talon and Krista smiled. "Of course we are, my dear brother." Krista smiled fondly. She had always been closest to her brother and now with all but the old house-elf, Kreacher, dead, he was all she had left. Talon smiled along with them and buried herself in Sirius' chest. "Let's go back to the castle, Sirius, please?" She looked up at him, her eyes aglow with lust. Sirius grinned his dog-like smile and swept her up. They left Krista by the willow tree. She remained where she was, lost in thought, as another, even darker figure approached from the shadows of the forest this time. The young mage was heavily cloaked in the finest black velvet. Raistlin sat down beside Krista, his hand resting upon hers. "I just wish I could get rid of this feeling of guilt." She muttered. "What do you feel guilty for?" "I always felt like it was my fault he went to Azkaban. He came to me before he went after Peter. He begged me to forgive him, but I had thought he was the Potter's secret keeper. I told him to get out of my house because I didn't want to have him found in my home. I didn't want to be convicted of murder with him. So then he went after Peter, and got sent to Azkaban. But I'll never forget. I'll never forget that look in his eyes as he left. That was the moment I knew, in my heart, that he was innocent. He had the look of a man who is about to die and only wanted the person most dear to them to say, 'I love you' one last time. Then when I heard he had been sent to Azkaban, I felt it was all my fault because I made him go after Peter." "It wasn't your fault. Come now. You're getting chilled through. I think some of my tea will do us both some good." The two stood up. As they began to walk back to the castle and their room within, the moonlight slipped from between the clouds to illuminate them. Krista's already pale skin seemed light the milkiest opal, while Raistlin's dances with the light of a thousand little glittering, gold cocktail umbrellas.
Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter. I don't own Dragon Lance. Must
we go through this every single time? Also I don't own the song
"Leaving on a Jet Plane" nor do I own the song "Sweet Dreams". Alright
so I own the plot, but not the characters with the exceptions of Talon
Snape, Krista Black-Majere (no you didn't miss something, they aren't
married yet), Rekka Doyle, and I think Raven Redwing is the only other
thing I actually own. However, I still wish I owned Raistlin. but
right now I really, really want to owe Remus in more ways than one.
Also I am NOT sorry to anyone I might have offended with that last
chapter. If you didn't like it, too bad.
Krista and Talon sat outside, not far from the Whomping Willow. The willow itself was unerringly stilled in the gentle breeze that caused the pond to ripple. Krista and Talon sat side by side. Both had matching, plain black wizarding robes on, Talon having got them from her father recently, and both wore their hair in long braids that fell down the back. Talon played with something around her neck, turning to Krista she showed the older women an amulet. "Sirius showed me how to make it." Krista nodded and smiled slightly. "An amulet of summoning. That is very powerful magic." The two women were silent for a long while. Suddenly, Talon gripped the amulet and closed her eyes tightly. A long bodied, sleek silver-gray wolf galloped up to the pair. Talon reached slowly and pet the submissive head. "So. it does work." "You're very strong in magic to have created that and have it work, especially for one so young and untrained." Talon accepted this mildly spoken praise proudly. Coming from her, I know that is amazing praise. She thought fondly, fondling the wolf's ears gently. A gentle smile crossed Talon's lips, but soon she frowned in thought as the wolf lay down beside her. "You and Sirius are very close, correct?" Krista merely nodded while still looking ahead. "So did he tell you about last night?" Talon's voice quivered. Krista again didn't raise her eyes. "Yes he told me, but nothing detailed. just what you two did while letting the potion simmer." Talon blushed a rich, dark red. "What happened is nothing to be ashamed of. Sirius is a very hansom man. Not many women, young or old, could refuse him a thing. I think our mother was the only woman who had any resistance to him. She was the reason he ran away to James Potter's house when he was sixteen." The two women were silent for a long while after that. Soon the wolf wondered back to the Forbidden Forest. It let off a long drawn out howl as it reached the eaves of the forest.
When the howl died down, Krista began to sing softly. "'I. I. All my bags are packed I'm ready to go. I'm standing here outside your door. I hate to wake you up to say good-bye, but the dawn is breaking. It's early morn. The taxi is waiting; he's blowing his horn. Already I'm so lonesome I could die.'" "You two were very close growing up, weren't you." "We were inseparable. 'So kiss me and smile for me. Tell me that you'll wait for me. Hold me like you'll never let me go, 'cause I'm leaving on a jet plane. I don't know when I'll be back again. Oh babe, I hate to go.' Yes, we were inseparable. It broke my heart when he left." "Why did it hurt so much?" "'There's so many times I've let you down, so many times I've played around. I tell you now that they don't mean a thing. Every place I go I'll think of you, every song I sing I'll sing for you. When I come back I'll wear your wedding ring.' Because when he ran away to Potter's house, we were together. Just as you and he are now. It sounds wrong, but that was the only way we managed to survive in our mother's house." "You two were in love? You two were a couple? Like you had sex and everything?" "Yes. 'So kiss me and smile for me. Tell me that you'll wait for me. Hold me like you'll never let me go, 'cause I'm leaving on a jet plane. I don't know when I'll be back again. Oh babe, I hate to go.' Sex and everything." "Why did you do that?" "'And now the time has come to leave you. One more time oh let me kiss you, then close your eyes and I'll be on my way. Dream about the days to come, when I won't have to leave alone, about the times when I won't have to say...' We did it because we loved each other, and because we needed to be together in the closest way possible to survive our mother. 'Oh kiss me and smile for me. Tell me that you'll wait for me. Hold me like you'll never let me go, 'cause I'm leaving on a jet plane. I don't know when I'll be back again. Oh babe, I hate to go.'" A tear slid down Krista's cheek as the words slid from between her lips as if they were nothing more than the air she breathed every minute of every day. "'I'm leaving on a jet plane. Don't know when I'll be back again. Oh babe, I hate to go. But I'm leaving on a jet plane, leaving on a jet plane, leaving on a jet plane, leaving on a jet plane, leaving on a jet plane, leaving on a jet plane, leaving on a jet plane, leaving on a jet plane, leaving on a jet plane.'" Silence fell between them for several moments. "That is the song he sang to me before he left. He cradled me in his arms and sang it to me in little above a whisper, rocking me to sleep so he could leave without me having to watch."
Krista's eyes darkened as the shadows of her past fell upon them. Talon watched her for several long moments before she began to hum. Soon the humming melted into 'Sweet Dreams'. "Sweet dreams are made of this. Who am I to disagree? Travel the world and the seven seas. Everybody's looking for something." The two women never saw the dark figure leave the castle's front gate and start to make its way toward them. "Some of them want to use you. Some of them want to get used by you. Some of them want to abuse you. Some of them want to be abused. Sweet dreams are made of this. Who am I to disagree? Travel the world and the seven seas. Everybody's looking for something." The dark figure paused just within hearing shot. He was behind them, so they still didn't see him watching, listening. "Some of them want to use you. Some of them want to get used by you. Some of them want to abuse you. Some of them want to be abused. I wanna use you and abuse you. I wanna know what's inside you." A cloud moved so that a shaft of moonlight landed upon the man standing behind the women. Sirius watched his twin and newfound lover sit before him. Talon sat on, unnoticing. "Sweet dreams are made of this. Who am I to disagree? Travel the world and the seven seas. Everybody's looking for something. Some of them want to use you. Some of them want to get used by you. Some of them want to abuse you. Some of them want to be abused. -" Just then Sirius picked up the last few lyrics. "I'm gonna use you and abuse you. I'm gonna know what's inside. Gonna use you and abuse you. I'm gonna know what's inside you." After a brief pause in which both women turned to glare at him, he sat down between them. "So how are my two favorite ladies? Conspiring against me?" He laughed his bark-like laugh as Talon and Krista smiled. "Of course we are, my dear brother." Krista smiled fondly. She had always been closest to her brother and now with all but the old house-elf, Kreacher, dead, he was all she had left. Talon smiled along with them and buried herself in Sirius' chest. "Let's go back to the castle, Sirius, please?" She looked up at him, her eyes aglow with lust. Sirius grinned his dog-like smile and swept her up. They left Krista by the willow tree. She remained where she was, lost in thought, as another, even darker figure approached from the shadows of the forest this time. The young mage was heavily cloaked in the finest black velvet. Raistlin sat down beside Krista, his hand resting upon hers. "I just wish I could get rid of this feeling of guilt." She muttered. "What do you feel guilty for?" "I always felt like it was my fault he went to Azkaban. He came to me before he went after Peter. He begged me to forgive him, but I had thought he was the Potter's secret keeper. I told him to get out of my house because I didn't want to have him found in my home. I didn't want to be convicted of murder with him. So then he went after Peter, and got sent to Azkaban. But I'll never forget. I'll never forget that look in his eyes as he left. That was the moment I knew, in my heart, that he was innocent. He had the look of a man who is about to die and only wanted the person most dear to them to say, 'I love you' one last time. Then when I heard he had been sent to Azkaban, I felt it was all my fault because I made him go after Peter." "It wasn't your fault. Come now. You're getting chilled through. I think some of my tea will do us both some good." The two stood up. As they began to walk back to the castle and their room within, the moonlight slipped from between the clouds to illuminate them. Krista's already pale skin seemed light the milkiest opal, while Raistlin's dances with the light of a thousand little glittering, gold cocktail umbrellas.
