If I told you I had a reason not to update for so long, would you listen
to me, before killing me?
Thanx.
Well, it is like this... er, I didn't really have a reason. But... I really, really like your shirt. Nice colour. Yeah, honestly.
And, for those who reviewed, it did matter. Even though I didn't really update fast, I wouldn't have updated at all if it hadn't been for the reviews. Once again, sorry.
Disclaimer: Nope. I don't own it. JK Rowling does.
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Before the boys came back to their dorm, Lily had managed to take a quick shower and hide the things that it was most important that no one found.
The boys complained for a while about the mess, and swore to find out who had done it, but they didn't get much time for cleaning, as they had to hurry to their next lesson, Defence Against the Dark Arts lesson. Much to Lily's distaste, it was the one lesson with the only teacher that Lily honestly disliked.
"Leo, you know, if we die, I am going to kill you," Joe stated as he and Lily stood outside the door to the classroom.
Lily really hadn't wanted to go, but, as she had told James Potter and his gang earlier, she'd better get done with it before the Unforgivable Curses began. Joe and Lily were praying that Neorin wouldn't come, that he'd be ill, be away on a funeral, be dead. Or that he would have changed his mind. Of course, he was likelier to be away on his wedding to James Potter, than to have decided not to torture them, but they still hoped.
Without success. The door to the classroom opened in the exact same moment as the bell rang for the first time. Lily guessed that he had stood on the other side of the door, looking at his watch so he could open right when the bell rang, to seem. intimidating, or something. Lily was right then very sure that he did indeed look intimidating. She fought down an urge to run away and entered the classroom.
This time Joe didn't have to argue with her to get her to not sit in the front of the classroom. They took seats in a corner as far away from the professor as possible. Then they tried to shrink into their chairs so that the professor wouldn't notice them.
When all students sat in their chairs, most of them as far away from the professor as possible, Neorin locked the door and put the key in a pocket in his robe. Both Lily and Joe gulped, and probably the rest of the class did too.
"Welcome again, dear pupils." The professor said, sounding very pleased with himself. "I know that we should have done more torture curses today, but since you worked so well last lesson, instead we will try some torture potions, and do the rest of the curses next time." The class was silent. No one groaned or sighed. Lily supposed that this was because it really didn't matter what the lesson was about. This madman could make a lesson about fluffy bunnies sound like a horror movie. Now she and Joe were the victims in that movie, and the professor was the monster.
She snapped back to reality when she heard the sound of everyone turning in their desks, and Joe's chair being slowly pushed backwards. Probably the professor had told the class about his 'assistants', and asked them to come forward. She sighed and rose from her chair.
"Hello, Leo. Hello, Joe. So nice of you to agree to assist me this lesson." Neorin said all too sweetly. Lily, deciding that it probably would be a bad move to glare at him right then, instead looked at Joe. He glared at her, his gaze telling her that this whole situation was her fault. She quickly looked out over the class, seeing the pity in her friends' eyes.
"Joe, you will drink this potion. It's named the Cruciatus potion. It isn't as painful as the Cruciatus Curse, but painful enough." He poured potion into a cup and gave it to Joe. Joe glared at Lily and then looked at the potion. He gulped and looked at the potion once again. Lily wondered if he would throw it away. Throw it at Neorin and leave. But he'd probably get expelled. Lily didn't know how much time had passed, but after a while Neorin cleared his throat. Joe looked at him with a blank look.
"Drink it." The professor hissed. Joe still didn't seem to understand. "Ten points from Gryffindor. Now /drink/ it." Joe blinked, blushed and took a sip of the potion.
"All of it." Neorin hissed, expectantly. Lily noticed a look in her professor's eyes that meant he was going to savour every moment of his demonstration. Needless to say, she felt sick to her stomach, knowing her potion could potentially be worse.
Joe swallowed it all. It took almost five seconds - Lily was looking at the clock on the classroom wall behind Joe- before he started screaming. He fell to the floor, rolled around, probably trying to get the pain to stop, screaming like mad. Now Lily only looked at Joe, hoping it would end soon. She wondered if it wasn't worse to stand and watch her best friend be tortured than to be tortured herself. After a while the professor spoke.
"The reason that curses are better than potions is that with a curse you can end it any time. With the potion the pain continues and you can't really stop it. Or make it last longer. Also, with a potion, if improperly brewed, it may kill the victim instead of torturing him. A curse only doesn't work, and you can try again, but a potion can easily turn into poison."
Joe stopped screaming, stopped jerking, stopped rolling. He lay on the floor, with closed eyes, breathing heavily. Lily hoped he was okay, and soon he sat up.
"You may sit down, Joseph." Lily had noticed that the professor almost always called Joe by
"And you, Leonard. You'll get to drink this." He held up a bottle containing something that looked like water mixed with dust and ashes. He turned towards the class. "This is the Slanongobelolo Potion. It's named after the man who invented it. It's hard to brew, and, as you soon will see, very painful." He poured up almost half of the bottle in a big glass and gave it to Lily. She gulped, but knowing that she would drink it anyways sooner or later, she decided to drink it right away, to show everyone that she was not a coward.
She drank all of it at once, noticing that it actually tasted quite. interesting. And then she stood on the same place for a while. And then she fell over.
It was worse than the Cruciatus Curse. It was worse than anything that had happened to her before. It felt like she was on fire - well really she didn't know how it felt to be on fire, but it felt like she thought it felt to be on fire. She tried to scream, but not a sound got out. It felt like she was melting. She could feel the skin on her body turn black and melt away. She could feel her blood boiling, but when she managed to open her eyes and look at herself she looked like she used too. Well most of her. Her fingertips actually started to look odd. The grew. and exploded. And then her hands started melting away. She probably would have fainted, but she couldn't. She tried to scream, but she couldn't. And suddenly everything was so clear. It hurt worse than ever, but she saw everything very clear.
She caught a glimpse of Neorin's face. He looked worried. She understood that something must be terrible wrong. If he was worried things didn't go as he had expected.
She couldn't hear a thing, but she could see his lips moving. She saw Joe, and the other boys come running, their lips moving too, and then she also noticed that she didn't see any colours. Everything was either black or white or grey. And so silent.
Ian ran towards the door. He tried to jerk it open. It didn't budge. She tried to tell him to use the Alohomora charm, but of course no sound came out. Instead, about five people started looking for the key. Lily tried to make them understand that it was in Neorin's pocket, but no one saw that. For Lily it felt like years, but probably it was less than a minute before they found the key. Ian ran out through the door, most likely to get Madam Pomfrey ready. Neorin levitated her, and all of the class started to walk to the infirmary. Lily thought that they must look quite funny. She saw that Joe cried.
When they finally reached the infirmary, Lily's arms, and legs to the knees, were almost all melted away. The first think madam Pomfrey did was to pour a potion into Lily's mouth, making her pass away into wonderful blackness. Finally the pain ended.
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That was it. And for those who are worried that I'll never update again, I have six more chapters written. I'll try to update once a week, but not more, even though I have a lot of chapters written, 'cause this way I'll have a lot of time to write coming chapters, so that, hopefully, there will never again have to take four months for an update.
Still, reviews will probably make me update faster, maybe within a week. If I don't get enough reviews, I won't update for two weeks. Or more. I am a terribly lazy person, but reviews will make me work faster.
Thanx.
Well, it is like this... er, I didn't really have a reason. But... I really, really like your shirt. Nice colour. Yeah, honestly.
And, for those who reviewed, it did matter. Even though I didn't really update fast, I wouldn't have updated at all if it hadn't been for the reviews. Once again, sorry.
Disclaimer: Nope. I don't own it. JK Rowling does.
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Before the boys came back to their dorm, Lily had managed to take a quick shower and hide the things that it was most important that no one found.
The boys complained for a while about the mess, and swore to find out who had done it, but they didn't get much time for cleaning, as they had to hurry to their next lesson, Defence Against the Dark Arts lesson. Much to Lily's distaste, it was the one lesson with the only teacher that Lily honestly disliked.
"Leo, you know, if we die, I am going to kill you," Joe stated as he and Lily stood outside the door to the classroom.
Lily really hadn't wanted to go, but, as she had told James Potter and his gang earlier, she'd better get done with it before the Unforgivable Curses began. Joe and Lily were praying that Neorin wouldn't come, that he'd be ill, be away on a funeral, be dead. Or that he would have changed his mind. Of course, he was likelier to be away on his wedding to James Potter, than to have decided not to torture them, but they still hoped.
Without success. The door to the classroom opened in the exact same moment as the bell rang for the first time. Lily guessed that he had stood on the other side of the door, looking at his watch so he could open right when the bell rang, to seem. intimidating, or something. Lily was right then very sure that he did indeed look intimidating. She fought down an urge to run away and entered the classroom.
This time Joe didn't have to argue with her to get her to not sit in the front of the classroom. They took seats in a corner as far away from the professor as possible. Then they tried to shrink into their chairs so that the professor wouldn't notice them.
When all students sat in their chairs, most of them as far away from the professor as possible, Neorin locked the door and put the key in a pocket in his robe. Both Lily and Joe gulped, and probably the rest of the class did too.
"Welcome again, dear pupils." The professor said, sounding very pleased with himself. "I know that we should have done more torture curses today, but since you worked so well last lesson, instead we will try some torture potions, and do the rest of the curses next time." The class was silent. No one groaned or sighed. Lily supposed that this was because it really didn't matter what the lesson was about. This madman could make a lesson about fluffy bunnies sound like a horror movie. Now she and Joe were the victims in that movie, and the professor was the monster.
She snapped back to reality when she heard the sound of everyone turning in their desks, and Joe's chair being slowly pushed backwards. Probably the professor had told the class about his 'assistants', and asked them to come forward. She sighed and rose from her chair.
"Hello, Leo. Hello, Joe. So nice of you to agree to assist me this lesson." Neorin said all too sweetly. Lily, deciding that it probably would be a bad move to glare at him right then, instead looked at Joe. He glared at her, his gaze telling her that this whole situation was her fault. She quickly looked out over the class, seeing the pity in her friends' eyes.
"Joe, you will drink this potion. It's named the Cruciatus potion. It isn't as painful as the Cruciatus Curse, but painful enough." He poured potion into a cup and gave it to Joe. Joe glared at Lily and then looked at the potion. He gulped and looked at the potion once again. Lily wondered if he would throw it away. Throw it at Neorin and leave. But he'd probably get expelled. Lily didn't know how much time had passed, but after a while Neorin cleared his throat. Joe looked at him with a blank look.
"Drink it." The professor hissed. Joe still didn't seem to understand. "Ten points from Gryffindor. Now /drink/ it." Joe blinked, blushed and took a sip of the potion.
"All of it." Neorin hissed, expectantly. Lily noticed a look in her professor's eyes that meant he was going to savour every moment of his demonstration. Needless to say, she felt sick to her stomach, knowing her potion could potentially be worse.
Joe swallowed it all. It took almost five seconds - Lily was looking at the clock on the classroom wall behind Joe- before he started screaming. He fell to the floor, rolled around, probably trying to get the pain to stop, screaming like mad. Now Lily only looked at Joe, hoping it would end soon. She wondered if it wasn't worse to stand and watch her best friend be tortured than to be tortured herself. After a while the professor spoke.
"The reason that curses are better than potions is that with a curse you can end it any time. With the potion the pain continues and you can't really stop it. Or make it last longer. Also, with a potion, if improperly brewed, it may kill the victim instead of torturing him. A curse only doesn't work, and you can try again, but a potion can easily turn into poison."
Joe stopped screaming, stopped jerking, stopped rolling. He lay on the floor, with closed eyes, breathing heavily. Lily hoped he was okay, and soon he sat up.
"You may sit down, Joseph." Lily had noticed that the professor almost always called Joe by
"And you, Leonard. You'll get to drink this." He held up a bottle containing something that looked like water mixed with dust and ashes. He turned towards the class. "This is the Slanongobelolo Potion. It's named after the man who invented it. It's hard to brew, and, as you soon will see, very painful." He poured up almost half of the bottle in a big glass and gave it to Lily. She gulped, but knowing that she would drink it anyways sooner or later, she decided to drink it right away, to show everyone that she was not a coward.
She drank all of it at once, noticing that it actually tasted quite. interesting. And then she stood on the same place for a while. And then she fell over.
It was worse than the Cruciatus Curse. It was worse than anything that had happened to her before. It felt like she was on fire - well really she didn't know how it felt to be on fire, but it felt like she thought it felt to be on fire. She tried to scream, but not a sound got out. It felt like she was melting. She could feel the skin on her body turn black and melt away. She could feel her blood boiling, but when she managed to open her eyes and look at herself she looked like she used too. Well most of her. Her fingertips actually started to look odd. The grew. and exploded. And then her hands started melting away. She probably would have fainted, but she couldn't. She tried to scream, but she couldn't. And suddenly everything was so clear. It hurt worse than ever, but she saw everything very clear.
She caught a glimpse of Neorin's face. He looked worried. She understood that something must be terrible wrong. If he was worried things didn't go as he had expected.
She couldn't hear a thing, but she could see his lips moving. She saw Joe, and the other boys come running, their lips moving too, and then she also noticed that she didn't see any colours. Everything was either black or white or grey. And so silent.
Ian ran towards the door. He tried to jerk it open. It didn't budge. She tried to tell him to use the Alohomora charm, but of course no sound came out. Instead, about five people started looking for the key. Lily tried to make them understand that it was in Neorin's pocket, but no one saw that. For Lily it felt like years, but probably it was less than a minute before they found the key. Ian ran out through the door, most likely to get Madam Pomfrey ready. Neorin levitated her, and all of the class started to walk to the infirmary. Lily thought that they must look quite funny. She saw that Joe cried.
When they finally reached the infirmary, Lily's arms, and legs to the knees, were almost all melted away. The first think madam Pomfrey did was to pour a potion into Lily's mouth, making her pass away into wonderful blackness. Finally the pain ended.
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That was it. And for those who are worried that I'll never update again, I have six more chapters written. I'll try to update once a week, but not more, even though I have a lot of chapters written, 'cause this way I'll have a lot of time to write coming chapters, so that, hopefully, there will never again have to take four months for an update.
Still, reviews will probably make me update faster, maybe within a week. If I don't get enough reviews, I won't update for two weeks. Or more. I am a terribly lazy person, but reviews will make me work faster.