Chapter 15
Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter or anything associated with it. I do however, own Ashley and Nick, who are my characters.
Rating: PG-PG13
A/N: and now the battle from Sirius and Ashley's POV!
Ashley pulled me up to a stand, and the pain in my forehead and shoulder subsided. I could finally see clearly again. Ashley, who seemed to be ten steps ahead of me, noticed that Lucius Malfoy was holding five wands-four not his own.
She screamed, "Expelliarmus!" And four wands shot out of his hand. Ashley turned around and threw all four wands to Harry and Hermione. Then I heard Lucius yell, "Crucio!" I turned around and saw Ashley, my beautiful Ashley on the floor, twitching and screaming bloody murder.
"ASHLEY!!!!!!!" I yelled, and then did the only thing that seemed humanly possible at the time. I grabbed a vase from the mantle, and threw it, with all my might, at Lucius Malfoy. It hit him on his right shoulder, and he broke the curse. Ashley was on the ground, motionless, her long blonde hair was strewn across her face, her eyes closed, as if in death.
I sat down beside her, and pulled her head into my lap. If she was dead again, I wouldn't know what to do. I shook her, forgetting about the battle. My eyes went a little blurry. Was that tears?
Her eyes fluttered and opened. "Siri-"and that's all she could manage before I pulled her up, and towards me, and I kissed her, for a very long time. I put my hand behind her head to keep her there, and found that she was kissing back, her arms were looped around my neck, her fingers threaded through my hair. We broke away, and she was breathless.
"I thought I'd lost you," I said, my eyes still a bit watery.
"You can't lost me," she whispered slowly, smiling, tears running down her cheeks.
I smiled and kissed her again. That was when we both remembered that we were supposed to be protecting Harry and Ron. I pulled her up, and I kept throwing things at the Death Eaters. She followed suit.
Eventually, they got scared, and disapparated. I guess they thought that the ancient and most noble house of Black was infested with a couple ghosts.
That could come in handy for a while.
After they left, we found that everyone here seemed to be okay, and everyone seemed to be alive. After all, I was pretty sure we would have seen Ron by now, had he been dead.
That was when the gust of wind came to take us back.
When we arrived back up, we were called to Nick's office immediately.
"Hello," he said, greeting us. He looked down at our hands, which were tightly clasped together, and smiled.
"Hi Nick," I said.
"Finally you two are together," he said.
"What?" Ashley asked.
"Never mind, I'll come back to that later. How was the battle?"
"Relatively easy," I said.
"Easy for you to say," Ashley snorted. "No one put you under a curse!"
Nick nodded. "Yes, I saw that...Are you ok Ashley?"
Ashley nodded and grinned. "I'm fine now," she said.
Nick nodded. "Is everyone ok? Lupin? Ron? Harry? Hermione? Ginny?"
We nodded.
So did Nick.
"You were both very brave down there," Nick said.
"I think we've both been through worse," I said. We were dead after all.
Nick shook his head. "You both were protective, and you both were a help. What would they have done had you two not been down there to act like ghosts?"
"Come on, Nick. Guardians go down all the time to protect their charges," Ashley said.
Nick shook his head.
"Only you two have ever done it," was his answer.
Ashley and I looked at each other, silent. Was this true?
Nick nodded. "No other angel up here has ever gone into the heart of the battle, to protect their charges."
Ashley grinned, and so did I.
"So what did you mean by, 'Finally you two?'" I asked.
Nick grinned. "Well, you two were meant to be," he said.
Ashley and I glanced at each other and back at Nick.
"What?" we said at the exact same time.
"Ashley, haven't you ever wondered why you were Ron Weasley's guardian, when you'd never even met him?" Nick asked.
Ashley shrugged.
"It's because I needed you near Sirius. You two were supposed to meet on earth, but Pettigrew made sure that never happened. So, I had to keep you two as close as possible here, so you two could be together."
Suddenly things began to make a whole lot more sense.
Then I noticed that Ashley was yawning.
Nick nodded toward Ashley. "She's been through a lot. You both a dismissed," he said, nodding toward the door. I felt slightly like a little kid in school. We nodded, and walked out. Ashley leaned on me all the way back to my room. I was about to take her to her room, when she shook her head, and pointed to mine. "Nothing's happening tonight," she whispered, smiling slightly, "I just want to sleep."
I knew exactly what she meant. We'd both been through a lot tonight. And as I fell asleep with my arms around her, I knew it was the perfect end to a story.
A/N: Just the epilogue left, hope y'all liked it!
Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter or anything associated with it. I do however, own Ashley and Nick, who are my characters.
Rating: PG-PG13
A/N: and now the battle from Sirius and Ashley's POV!
Ashley pulled me up to a stand, and the pain in my forehead and shoulder subsided. I could finally see clearly again. Ashley, who seemed to be ten steps ahead of me, noticed that Lucius Malfoy was holding five wands-four not his own.
She screamed, "Expelliarmus!" And four wands shot out of his hand. Ashley turned around and threw all four wands to Harry and Hermione. Then I heard Lucius yell, "Crucio!" I turned around and saw Ashley, my beautiful Ashley on the floor, twitching and screaming bloody murder.
"ASHLEY!!!!!!!" I yelled, and then did the only thing that seemed humanly possible at the time. I grabbed a vase from the mantle, and threw it, with all my might, at Lucius Malfoy. It hit him on his right shoulder, and he broke the curse. Ashley was on the ground, motionless, her long blonde hair was strewn across her face, her eyes closed, as if in death.
I sat down beside her, and pulled her head into my lap. If she was dead again, I wouldn't know what to do. I shook her, forgetting about the battle. My eyes went a little blurry. Was that tears?
Her eyes fluttered and opened. "Siri-"and that's all she could manage before I pulled her up, and towards me, and I kissed her, for a very long time. I put my hand behind her head to keep her there, and found that she was kissing back, her arms were looped around my neck, her fingers threaded through my hair. We broke away, and she was breathless.
"I thought I'd lost you," I said, my eyes still a bit watery.
"You can't lost me," she whispered slowly, smiling, tears running down her cheeks.
I smiled and kissed her again. That was when we both remembered that we were supposed to be protecting Harry and Ron. I pulled her up, and I kept throwing things at the Death Eaters. She followed suit.
Eventually, they got scared, and disapparated. I guess they thought that the ancient and most noble house of Black was infested with a couple ghosts.
That could come in handy for a while.
After they left, we found that everyone here seemed to be okay, and everyone seemed to be alive. After all, I was pretty sure we would have seen Ron by now, had he been dead.
That was when the gust of wind came to take us back.
When we arrived back up, we were called to Nick's office immediately.
"Hello," he said, greeting us. He looked down at our hands, which were tightly clasped together, and smiled.
"Hi Nick," I said.
"Finally you two are together," he said.
"What?" Ashley asked.
"Never mind, I'll come back to that later. How was the battle?"
"Relatively easy," I said.
"Easy for you to say," Ashley snorted. "No one put you under a curse!"
Nick nodded. "Yes, I saw that...Are you ok Ashley?"
Ashley nodded and grinned. "I'm fine now," she said.
Nick nodded. "Is everyone ok? Lupin? Ron? Harry? Hermione? Ginny?"
We nodded.
So did Nick.
"You were both very brave down there," Nick said.
"I think we've both been through worse," I said. We were dead after all.
Nick shook his head. "You both were protective, and you both were a help. What would they have done had you two not been down there to act like ghosts?"
"Come on, Nick. Guardians go down all the time to protect their charges," Ashley said.
Nick shook his head.
"Only you two have ever done it," was his answer.
Ashley and I looked at each other, silent. Was this true?
Nick nodded. "No other angel up here has ever gone into the heart of the battle, to protect their charges."
Ashley grinned, and so did I.
"So what did you mean by, 'Finally you two?'" I asked.
Nick grinned. "Well, you two were meant to be," he said.
Ashley and I glanced at each other and back at Nick.
"What?" we said at the exact same time.
"Ashley, haven't you ever wondered why you were Ron Weasley's guardian, when you'd never even met him?" Nick asked.
Ashley shrugged.
"It's because I needed you near Sirius. You two were supposed to meet on earth, but Pettigrew made sure that never happened. So, I had to keep you two as close as possible here, so you two could be together."
Suddenly things began to make a whole lot more sense.
Then I noticed that Ashley was yawning.
Nick nodded toward Ashley. "She's been through a lot. You both a dismissed," he said, nodding toward the door. I felt slightly like a little kid in school. We nodded, and walked out. Ashley leaned on me all the way back to my room. I was about to take her to her room, when she shook her head, and pointed to mine. "Nothing's happening tonight," she whispered, smiling slightly, "I just want to sleep."
I knew exactly what she meant. We'd both been through a lot tonight. And as I fell asleep with my arms around her, I knew it was the perfect end to a story.
A/N: Just the epilogue left, hope y'all liked it!