Above All Else
Chapter Four: Rescue from Red-Eyes
Hey again! Thanx for the review Luthien Vardamir!
Slight change of plans as to the chapter… I thought that I needed to get back on track about the whole Merlour/wandless magic thing. So… I'm tying that into the story now.
And no, this isn't going to explain it yet. This chappie will probably only frustrate you further! ~*~evil laugh~*~ This chapter will be about the following days spent at Potter Cottage/trip to Diagon Alley/rescue. I'm moving the Dressing Mirror/drag queen prank segment back to the Return to Hogwarts chapter.
Oh, you may be wondering why Daniella and Lily didn't use their 'powers' in the situations in the last chapter? This will also be answered later on.
DISCLAIMER: JKR is a genius and I take no credit for anything that is recognized as hers. Everything that you don't know from the HP series is mine. J
Kk, on with the show….
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"Stay away from me," Daniella Flynn said, sending Sirius Black an icy cold glare.
"Aw, c'mon DanniBoy! I've apologized 72 times! What more do you want?" Sirius Black indeed had apologized 72 times for the 'bedroom incident'.
"72 times, Black? Keeping count now? It's a real comfort to know I'm in your thoughts so much," Danni said in a very fakely sweet voice.
You have no idea, Sirius thought.
"Lying git, that was no accident that you crawled into bed with her! I had to be dragged out of the room because I was yelling at you so much!" Lily fumed, "I had to spend the whole bloody night with Potter!"
"Again with the Potter, Lily m'dear? How many times have Adella and Andy told you that you simply can't call me by my surname in a house full of Potter's," James smirked, knowing that this was sure to annoy Lily. Sure enough, Lily sent him a menacing glare the moment these words had been uttered. Adella, Andy, Mia, and Collin had learned not to interrupt when the four were fighting, partly because of not wanting to get yelled at and partly because they found the squabbles humorous. Daniella and Lily believed, with every particle in their being, that they hated James Potter and Sirius Black. The boys, however, did not feel quite so strongly. They certainly loved teasing and pranking the girls, but did not hate them by any means. When James and Sirius were around the girls was actually when they usually found themselves enjoying life the most.
"Urgh! Black, I hate you more than anything! I hate you, above all else!" Daniella commonly used the phrase 'above all else' when discussing something she felt very strongly about. Sending the former The Look she sat down and refused to acknowledge his resistance for the next few days. The Look was a certain glare that Daniella would send out to those she truly was upset with, her eyes would squint and her whole body would seem rigid. The Look succeeded at even making Lucius Malfoy and Severus Snape's blood 'run cold'. In the midst of the feud, Lily and Daniella never forgot their prank. They decided to do it on the Hogwarts Express, as a reminder to the entire school of the 'War' going on between the four scholars.
On August 31, the last day of summer vacation, the group of 8 went to Diagon Alley to buy school supplies for their sixth year at Hogwarts. The group split up, the boys going off to find the rest of the Marauders, Kirk McKinnon, and Chris Foster, and the girls going to find the rest of the Merlours, Tonya Spelling, and Corie Blarian. After a long day of shopping and eating ice creams, they all met up in the SandWitch. (A/N: like the name? Haha.. it was 3 in the morning when I thought of it, so I was a little out of it, causing me to laugh for like 5 minutes) The SandWitch was a small restaurant (A/N: think 3Broomsticks) across from Florean Fortescue's ice cream parlor.
The group had two tables pushed together, to sit 16 people. In the middle of the table Lily and Daniella sat, with Carrie and Maddie across from them.
"Please say you didn't have any slip-ups with the you-know-what," Maddie whispered across the table.
"Nah, but we came really close to it. We can't control them when we get angry. But Danni had talked to him about it and he put a bound on us. It just stops us from doing any of it uncontrollably, until the Induction, that is. After that, he is unable to bind us," Lily whispered back.
"What are you going on about?" James asked. The Marauders had been listening in on the conversation the girls had been having and found it mildly amusing.
"Hormones," was the first thing out of Charisma's mouth. Although this wasn't the truth, it was enough to shut the Marauders up for a while.
Just as the french fries and butterbeers arrived, screams were heard from outside the restaurant.
"Holy shit," the Merlour's said in unison.
"What do you mean," Kirk McKinnon asked.
"Nothing, just… never you mind," Madison said.
"Dammit, he told me something was going to happen, but why now!?!" Daniella was in a panic.
"You know what we have to do though," Lily supplied. The other twelve at the table were looking at the girls suspiciously but before they could respond they had raced out of the building, onto the street. The others followed them shortly after.
"Voldemort, what a pleasant surprise!" Lily said looking into the mask of a tall thin man with black robes, all that was visible were horrid red eyes.
"Ah yes, I knew you would show up," Voldemort replied knowingly. The 16 students were the only one's left on the street besides the Death Eaters. All of the others shoppers seemed to have disappeared into the safety of the shops. Two bodies were strewn on the ground, undoubtedly the most recent victims of the Killing Curse.
"What do you want," Daniella stepped forward besides Lily menacingly.
"Ah… the leader, the Sky, if I'm not mistaken?" Daniella nodded to show the statement was true.
"Well, I want you. We can do great things, I can guide you wherever you want to go. The others will be helpful too, especially this one," Voldemort indicated, pointing at Lily, "You see, young girl, you can do more for me than any of these Purebloods ever could." Voldemort pointed over his shoulders to the crowd of Death Eaters.
"Yes I suppose I could. Hmm… it's a shame that I won't," Daniella replied. "The only person that I would ever kill is you or one of your cowardice followers." Charisma and Madison now joined Daniella and Lily at their sides.
"None of us will join you… ever," Lily glared.
"We'll see about that. How about a little persuassion?" He took out his wand and directed it to Adella Potter, who was shaking noticeably. Chris Foster, Collin Patil, Tonya Spelling, Corie Blarian, and Peter Pettigrew had gone back inside upon Madison and Charisma's order. The others had plainly refused to leave them alone.
"Now Ms. Flynn, if you don't join me. I'll kill your friend here. A Potter isn't she?"
"You'll do no such thing," Daniella replied calmly. Mia Bones grabbed hold of Adella's hand and tried to pull her away, but Voldemort seemed to have stuck her in place. Remus, James, Andy, Kirk, and Sirius rushed to the girls.
"C'mon, this is no time for joking. You can't get at Voldemort," the boys were trying to stand in front of the girls, but the Merlours wouldn't stand for it.
"Really? I thought you had more faith!" Lily said, just then she focused all attention on the Death Eater on Voldemort's right hand side. In a flash of red, the man was keeling over, crying out as though he'd just be stabbed with a million knives.
"How did you do that?" James asked breathlessly.
"Very good, very good, Fire. You would be very useful in my killings," Voldemort said. "I've given you time, you all join me, or Ms. Potter, here, dies." Adella was now screaming for help, but none came.
"No she won't," said Daniella, her temper flaring.
"You can't stop the bloody killing curse!" Sirius yelled. Daniella didn't respond, her eyes never leaving Voldemort's.
"Sky, no. He didn't teach you that yet. You aren't trained. You can't do it," Charisma was whispering to Daniella. Then Lily, grabbed hold of Daniella's hand, knowing far too well what she was about to do. Charisma and Madison realized this and also grabbed their hands. "On three," Lily murmured.
"one…"
"I'm not joining you, Voldemort. I never will. ("two…) But you aren't killing anyone today."
"three… Dicio Delego," they murmured. To Voldemort, whatever the girls were saying was just murmuring. However, to anyone who was looking closely would have seen three sparks of light go through their connected hands to Daniella.
"Like you can stop me, your friend Merlin hasn't even trained you!" Voldemort raised his wand, cackling madly.
"Aved…"
Daniella raised her arms and screamed "Castus Dicio Aegis CAELUM!" right as the curse had been fired. In the blink of an eye Daniella was standing before Adella Potter. The jet of green light hit Daniella knocking her to the ground, unconscious. Simultaneously, Carrie, Maddie, and Lily also fell to the ground in a daze. The others gasped and Adella burst into tears. But suddenly, the strangest thing happened. The light came out of Daniella's mouth and shot itself back at…. Voldemort. As the green light hit Voldemort he screamed, but did not fall.
"She'll pay for this yet! I'll have her on my side or I'll have her dead! I'll have The Four all on my side…" with that the group of Death Eaters all apparated, just as the Aurors appeared. (A/N: I know how incredibly confusing this is… but it'll all make sense later)
~~~~*****ONE WEEK LATER****~~~~
As Daniella opened her eyes, she looked around to find herself in a white room. Trying to recount the events in her mind, she didn't realize the three other occupied beds in the room.
"DANNI!!! Thank Merlin you are alive," (A/N: no pun intended but really do thank Merlin... never mind, it'll all make sense later)
Suddenly, the realization dawned upon her. She remembered what happen. She looked up to see the whole room staring at her, smiling or in shock.
"LILS!!! You're in here too? Why?"
Lily sheepishly got out of her bed and crossed the room and took a seat on Daniella's bed. "Daniella, you saved Adella Potter's life back there… the curse, it knocked you unconscious and went back and hit Voldemort. It only caused him pain though, because you had already taken in some effects of the curse. Charisma, Maddie, and I all fainted because we transferred some of our power's to you and it was kind of like we were hit along with you." Seeing the look of guilt etched on Daniella's face she added, "Don't worry, we were only out for two days and we didn't feel anything like you did. The Aurors arrived right after we fell, I'm told."
"Wait, Charisma and Maddie are here too?"
Two pairs of scampering feet were heard and the other two girls appeared at her bedside.
"Of course we are here! Oh how are you? We thought you were gone there. Thank Merlin," Charisma said.
"Not so good, in all truth." Daniella managed a weak smile before saying, "Bloody hell!"
"What is it?" Madison asked, worriedly.
"How do we cover this up? No one is suppose to know! Especially not yet!"
"Don't panic, hun. The Aurors sorted it out…" Lily was cut off.
"They didn't remove their memories did they?" Daniella interrupted.
"No, but they were sworn to secrecy. James, Sirius, Remus, Andy, Kirk, Adella, and Mia all saw it, but they didn't understand. The Aurors refused to tell them anything, and we refused to tell the Aurors anything…" Charisma said, and they all laughed at this point.
"The Aurors let us be. I guess they were still in shock that a fifteen-year old just saved someone from the Killing Curse and lived through it," Lily added.
"How long have I been asleep?"
"A week," Lily said.
"Dammit! There goes that brilliant prank on the guys!" Daniella muttered. The others laughed at this.
"You just woke up from probably one of the most painful experiences in history and you are worried about a missed prank?" Madison found this funny while Lily was murmuring things about 'never missed a prank before' and 'get them good'.
Just then the doors swung open, admitting many Healers, Daniella's parents, younger sister, grandparents, and… the Potters? Upon seeing Daniella awake her mother burst into tears and ran to embrace her in a hug. She winced at the hug, still a little sore from previous events. After being thanked for selling Adella over and over again by Mr. and Mrs. Potter the visitors were shuffled aside to run tests on the four girls.
Another week passed, and the girls were still confined to the room. Lily, who had been sipping some hot cocoa picked up the Daily Prophet. Thumbing through the pages, her eyes rested upon a specific article. She spit out the drink and walked slowly over to where the other girls were sitting. Shoving the paper into Madison's arms, they all gasped.
Right in front of them, in black ink was a photograph of the four girls smiling up at them.
"This isn't good… this is very NOT good," Lily said shaking as her eyes skimmed the article. The other girls just stared. Lily took the article back and began to read aloud:
Four Girls Save Another and Stop You-Know-Who's Rampage
By Katalina Tonkis
Diagon Alley, London, England- On August 29, He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named made his presence known in Diagon Alley, flanked by ten of his followers, who call themselves Death Eaters. He only succeeded in taking the lives of a Miss Shirley Baxter and Mr. Percival Mellowhouse before four young girls stopped him. How you ask? The Ministry refuses to comment, only telling us that it is indeed a miracle. Misses Daniella Flynn, Lily Evans, Charisma Greene, and Madison Renaldi, sixth year Gryffidors at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, apparently stood up to the Dark Lord, and exchanged words with him for several minutes. Seven of their friends remained outside, but all decline comment. It is said that he tried to murder one of the children, when one Miss Daniella Flynn stopped him. She somehow got in front of the curse in time and endured the wrath of it herself, but this curse also effected the other three girls, causing them all to enter some sort of trance. A staff member at Florean Fortescue who had been watching the events said that none of the four girls had their wands out at the time. The worker, twenty-three year old Melissa McMagone, said that a flash of green light then emitted itself from Miss Flynn's throat and struck You-Know-Who. He then screamed and apparated with fellow followers, just as Ministry Aurors appeared on the scene. The most peculiar thing is, all four of the girls are now fine. As to any reasons why this may have happened, we don't know at the time. This could be one of two things: a miracle or a lapse in judgement on the Ministry's part. Could these four girls be dangerous? We may never know. We will keep you updated on any further actions on Misses Flynn, Evans, Greene, and Renaldi's part.
As Lily finished reading the article the girls all exchanged glances.
"Dangerous, ay?" Charisma said.
"Morons.. that's what that Tonkis lady is!" Lily screamed.
"Hey guys, this is going to look very suspicious…" Madison added
~~~~****AUTHORS NOTES***~~~~
Tadah! Another chapter finished!
Haha… and a really strange one at that!
No worries, it'll all make sense later. (I think I've said that like twenty times in this chapter)
Hope you liked it! Please review!
Castus Dicio Aegis CAELUM – Holy Power Shield SKY
Dicio Delego – Power Transference
Next chappie:
~Return to Hogwarts
~Questioned by the Marauders, Dumbledore, and the press
~THE DRAG QUEEN PRANK AT LAST!
Luv always,
MissBlueEyes