Kiss From a Rose
Disclaimer: I do not own anything that contains any of J.K. Rowling's work, she by far is much more experienced in writing then I am at the current moment. This is her universe that I am using to produce works like Kiss from a Rose. It seems that my Beta-Reader has left me for a week (found out that she's in London vacationing), so this is an edited chapter by me and it isn't going to be good.
Chapter 10 – Hogsmeade (Part 1)
Harry turned into the commons wondering why Remus didn't respond to him, he tapped the mantle three times getting his drink and then finishing fast for Dobby to take it back. Hermione had been sitting in the commons reading a book and watching Harry. She didn't say anything maybe cause she did not want to, but it was more that she felt uncomfortable around him. It wasn't him being a vampire, no it was that she had feelings for him and she wasn't sure that he had feelings for her. Harry seemingly unnoticed of Hermione's presence just stood three with his hand against the mantle, his eyes directly into the fire. Footsteps came down from the dorms, Harry didn't turn, Hermione looked up to see that it was Ron half sleeping half awake.
"Hey Harry." Ron said but got no response from Harry. "Right then" Ron turned his attention Hermione who gave him a warming smile to come over and sit down. Which Ron did right next to her kissing her on the cheek before looking at what she was reading, History of Hogwarts, of course, her favorite book, Ron got a bit annoyed.
"You always read that book," Ron said in a lower tone of voice making sure not to disturb Harry.
"Is there a problem with that Mr. Weasley?" Hermione asked, setting down her book and looking at Ron in the eyes. Lily walked through the port at that moment, she looked around, seeing Hermione locking eyes with Ron, Harry locking eyes with the fire. Weird night she thought as she made her way to the chairs and plopping herself down.
"So Harry something wrong?" Lily asked drawing the attention of Ron and Hermione in the corner. Harry did not move, not hearing her, his eyes continued to focus upon the fire. It pranced around it yellow and orange dress, its flames licked each other, then all at once turned in formation. 'Amazing' could be heard from Harry, in a very quiet and low voice. "Right then" Lily uttered as she brought out a book to read, and propped her feet up on the coffee table.
"What's wrong with Harry?" Ron asked Hermione how happened to be back in her book. At first Hermione ignored Ron's question, then turned to him again, "Got me, maybe you should go over there and ask?" She went back to her book and started to read once more. Ron opened his mouth to say something, then just got up and walked over to Harry who still gazed into the fire. Ron raised his hand and slapped Harry's back, then pulled back as he noticed that it hurt, and felt like he had hit cold stone. Harry turned around, his sliver eyes bore into Ron's soul. Ron took a step back, he had never seen Harry so serious in the time he had known him.
"Right then, Harry can you please come with me" Lily quickly said pulling Harry away from Ron, who watched them walk through the door into the hallway. Lily closed the door after they had exited, and looked at Harry. "What's wrong with you tonight?" she asked.
"Nothing…" Harry adjusting his robes.
"Bullshit, that isn't nothing, you could have given us away to him you know." Lily said harshly.
"So? What's the matter with that? He's my friend, he has a right to know."
"He's not like Hermione Harry. He will tell, just look at his thoughts, his soul, he's not the one that should know. He talks to much." Lily forceably said.
"I suppose your right." Harry responded meekly.
"So? What's wrong with you, I've never seen you this depressed before." Lily asked.
"My sire was here tonight, he was stunned and then taken away to the ministry. Then, my brother's sire, --"
"Romulus, is your sire?" Lily asked.
"Yes, is that a problem?" Harry asked, Lily seemed a bit distracted at that moment but then came back in focus.
"Well, no… not really… go on.." Lily spoke low.
"Well, his brother Remus, said in a very odd way that he was going to be tagged and then released like we were some animals that had to be tracked of." This seemed to hit Lily harder then it had hit Harry. Her eyes lit aflame, something that Harry had never seen in her, she was angry, Harry could tell that she was very angry.
"It's what they do, to them we are just animals, just like every other half being out there in this world. It happened to me, my sire left me a year after I was turned. It was like losing a mother, I fell into a depression. At first I didn't know what to do, I killed randomly, I didn't care who or what. That's when the ministry caught me feeding upon a small child, muggle born of course. (Her eyes toned down in fury but never the less kept the anger well noticeable.) They took me in, asked me a few questions, at first they seemed nice, acting like I was actually a wizard. But that soon changed when they brought out this device I had never seen before. They shot it into your heart, it was very painful, in fact if it had been done on a normal wizard It probably would have killed. I scream (Harry noticed that a few tears fell from her face), tried to escape, but they weakened me with that machine. After that they beat me constantly, waited till I healed again before beating me. This was always constant, they wanted me to submit to them and there ways, they wanted to feel powerful over the immortals. (The tears became more constant in Lily's eyes, it must have been a hard memory to bring up. Harry noticed)"
"How did you escape?" Harry asked wiping away her tears with his sleeve.
"Dumbledore, right after your appointment with the ministry, he came and saw me in a cell half awake half asleep. I couldn't tell I didn't care up until that point. I looked at him, he seemed to take mercy on me. He's not like the ministry, in fact he told them that if I wasn't let go something was going to happen. I guess he threaten them in some way. But after that I was released, I wandered a few months after that. Read up on some of what the daily prophet was writing about you, and then during the summer months I got a letter that I was to come to Hogwarts." Lily spoke a bit more clearly though the dry voice. Harry watched her, something about her, he didn't know, confused really as he pulled back and noticed that Sir Cadogan was watching them.
"I don't want Romulus going through that, I can't let him go through that." Harry whispered to her.
"You don't want to go against the ministry, they do have power." Lily said.
"I don't care, he's my sire, I can't let him go through that." Harry spitefully said as he said the password and led Lily back inside to where Hermione and Ron were fighting once more over the time she had spent with Harry.
"Ron I can't believe that you could be jealous about me and Harry, were studying together that was it nothing else!" Hermione yelled, grabbing her books and packing them into her bag.
"Hermione, I'm not jealous I'm just saying that you don't spend a lot of time with me, that's all." Ron looked at Hermione, not noticing Harry and Lily standing there.
"Ron, You have Quidditch! You practice twenty four seven, how am I pose to spend time with you?" Hermione was angry, Harry knew, Ron knew, Lily knew, she was a person you did not want to be around when she was like that.
"Well it's important to me, I just hoped that you be right there watching me, you know… like a cheerleader, what those muggles call it." Ron opened his mouth to say more, but knew that what he had just said was wrong. More then wrong… so wrong it earned him a slap on the face and Hermione storming off up to her dorm. Ron turned his head to look at Harry, who did not say anything. Harry knew that what Ron did was completely wrong and childish, "I don't suppose I can take that back can I?" said Ron.
"No you can't." Harry said, making his way up to his dorms.
"What are you looking at?" Ron said at Lily who watched him with a slight smirk.
"Oh, nothing, just a foolish idiot… that's all" Lily giggled before quickly walking up to her first year dorms. Ron sat in the dimly lit corner, re-thinking what he had said, he knew it was wrong, but that couldn't be saved now, how was he going to make that up.
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Monday morning always brought joy to the students at Hogwarts, specially the ones that didn't do their homework, like Ron who had been up the pervious night, after his fight with Hermione, writing, scribbling, and finishing up everything that he hadn't finished yet. Harry came down, looked around and seeing that Ron was still up and doing work. Harry could only manage to chuckle before taking a seat across from Ron.
"All nighter?" Ron furiously nodded writing Snape's potion's essay.
"Right then, I'm heading down to Hagrid's see you in DADA" Harry said walking out of the commons and down to Hagrid's. Harry on the way caught up with Remus who had been walking out looking a bit drained and tired then the night before.
"Professor Lupin, wait up!" Harry said from down the hall quickly making his way to Remus's side who seemed impress by the boy's speed.
"I have to ask you something, when is Romulus going to be taken to the ministry?"
"Sometime tonight." Remus curiously looked at Harry.
"Thank you." Harry said before taking off to Hagrids.
"Harry wait!" Harry ignored Remus as he ran to Hagrid's hut, knocking on the door Hagrid could be heard grumbling a bit before opening the door.
"Hi Hagrid" Harry said walking in to notice that Lily was already there.
"Hello Harry, Hungry?" Hagrid asked, Harry nodded. Harry took a seat next to Lily as Hagrid walked into the back, a chicken screamed then dead silence as Hagrid walked back in with a glass cup filled with blood. "you two are going to wipe my entire chicken supply out, they are just not producing enough for the two of you." Hagrid said, Lily giggled while Harry chuckled gulping down the drink.
"Thanks Hagrid, I must be off classes." Harry said before warping around the kitchen washing his cup in an instant and setting it back on the table before running out the door.
"He seems a bit more joyful today." Hagrid stated.
"Probably because he has a chance with Hermione." Lily smiled watching Harry run to the castle through the window.
Classes passed by quickly for Harry, Ron though seemed to get in trouble with each teacher, not finishing his work certainly took its toll. Hermione scolded him for each homework not turned in, course Ron didn't take this lightly. And before the end of the day they were in a fight once more, Harry had no time to listen to there bickering as he, during the entire day was planning how to get Romulus to escape from being tagged. That time was quickly approaching as day turned to a cloudy night, Harry sat in the commons with a book opened. His eyes stared contently at the page, he never turned in, since that the page was covered by the Marauder's map. He had been tracking Remus, Tonks, and Kingsley's, positions, they all headed down to the Dungeons where they met Snape, from what Harry could tell. Lily waked in at that moment and quietly snuck behind Harry who's eyes and ears were on the map.
"Still going to go through with it aren't you?" this made Harry turn around fast, dropping his book and reached for her neck. Fortunately for Lily she was the faster one and grabbed Harry's hand and twisted it to the point were a few bones could be heard shattering. Harry clenched his teeth together in pain as Lily let go, immediately after he felt his bones readjusting themselves back to there original position.
"Ow!" Harry managed to say while holding his hand.
"Well next time don't try to strangle me." Lily said, her eyes contently staring at Harry.
"Well…Well don't be sneaking up on me like that!" Harry miserably said picking up his book and map.
"Do you need help?" asked Lily.
"For what?"
"For the stupid thing you are going to do tonight?" Lily said setting down her back and hopping into Harry's seat.
"No, I think I got it."
"Alright…" Lily folded her hands in her lap. "Of course, things could always go wrong, and well you don't know how to erase a person memory… along with the many other things that vampire can do." Lily said innocently.
"What are you getting at." Harry replied while keeping his eye upon the map. Romulus and his gang of guards were moving now from the dungeons out to Hagrid's hut.
"I'm saying that I'm willing to help, and if needed will erase there memory for them not to remember who they were attacked by." Lily gave a small unnoticeable grin. Harry didn't say anything, just nodded as he started to walk out. He walked through the hall closely followed by Lily, but they soon were stopped by Cho chang who happened to be walking there way. Harry muttered to himself that this wasn't the time, but did nothing to get her away. Cho look absolutely delighted to see Harry out and about, though her eyes narrowed as she saw Lily behind him.
"Hi Harry."
"Hey Cho." Harry put out quickly, Cho looked a bit taken back, but never the less continued.
"You want to go to Hogsmeade with me this weekend?" Cho said.
"That would be great, what time? Where should I meet you?" Harry tried to say in a hurry but not to fast to make it look like he was blowing her off.
"Oh…um… let's say.. –"
"Harry you know you can't do that this weekend, this weekend is with me! You promised!" Lily said like a baby while gripping his arm. Cho almost blew up in a fury but then tilted her head to the sky and walked off not saying a thing. Harry opened his mouth to say something, but it closed as his eyes turned dauntingly at Lily who let go with a grin the size of Texas.
"What the hell did you do that for?" Harry yelled.
"Cause, one, were not going to make it to get your Sire... (Harry noticed that Lily said sire a bit low) and two, you'll thank me later, she's a bad choice for you." Lily said pushing him towards Hagrid's hut. They arrived a few minutes before Romulus's guards arrived with Romulus. Harry and Lily stood in the darkness, which they didn't notice.
'So what's your plan, Mr. Potter?' Harry heard a voice in his head and turned to Lily, her eyes were transfixed upon Romulus. 'Well stop staring at me and tell me your plan?' At first Harry thought he had gone insane. 'No stupid your not going insane, we are telepathic you know…Stupid-head' Harry heard her say at the end, which Harry seemed a bit annoyed.
"Well, I haven't thought of one…" Harry said out loud. Lily then turned to him, "you mean, all this time you don't know what you are going to do?"
"Um… yeh… that's about right…"
"Arggg… Boys!" Lily threw her hands up and turned back to Romulus who stared into there direction obviously noticing them standing there.
"I suppose we move in there with speed and stun them?" Harry said, while mouthing to Romulus that they were going to get him away.
"Yes, it would be a good plan if you didn't hit yourself with you own dam spell."
"What do you mean?"
"I mean that if you cast a spell at one of those Auror's you have a chance you might hit yourself with it because you'll be moving faster then the spell itself." Lily said annoyed by Harry's stupidity about himself.
'Where's Remus' Harry noted that he didn't' see him with Tonk's and Kingsley. "So, wait, your saying that I can hit myself with my own spell." Harry said.
"Do I need to explain, yes you can," Lily said a bit agitated. 'Boys are so annoyingly stupid'
"I heard that." Harry whispered.
"Fine, so what are we going to do Mr. Planner?" Lily asked again.
"Um… I don't suppose we can go up there and ask them to hand him over." Harry said just as he noticed two Thestrals walk out over to Tonk's and Kingsley. "Ok.. Stunning them is our best bet."
"Suit yourself… just don't hit yourself." Lily said taking out her wand from underneath her robe. Her hand aimed steady at Kingsley. Harry did the same thing but aimed it at Tonk's.
"They'll understand, right?" Harry asked.
"Why are you asking me?" Lily questioned.
"Dunno…" With that said and Romulus getting on the Thestrals Harry took off in a blur over to Tonks, who like Kingsley were taken off guard as they were both hit by full body bind spells. Lily then walked over to Romulus who's eyes shined with glory as he hopped off the thestral, (who stood there dumbfounded), and to Harry.
"Well done Harry, Well done!" Romulus said. Romulus seemed to take no notice in Lily, in fact she didn't even exist to Romulus.
"I couldn't have done it without the help of Lily here." Harry said pointing to Lily who was looking into the forest.
"Right, yes.. Lily… Thank you." Romulus still didn't acknowledge that she was there. "Well then, I'm going to take off into the forest, hide for a while, that sort of stuff, I'll contact you when I need you." Romulus kissed Harry's forehead before vanishing into the forest. It was then the clouds shifted again revealing a full moon, 'shit' was all Harry could think.
"What's wrong?" Lily asked while walking back, with Harry, to there original point.
"That's why Lupin wasn't out here, he was probably…Shit… Romulus is in trouble.. Knowing him he's going to hide… shit, shit, shit, shit… Come on we still have work to do!" Harry started to run into the forbidden forest.
"Harry wait!!!" Lily said while following him into the forest.
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Romulus moved with speed unseen to the forest creatures of the night, his footsteps worked like feathers sometimes not even touching the ground. But that was soon to change as he was knocked off his rocker and onto the ground by a massive force. He looked up to see a werewolf, large and shaggy, staring at him with red glowing eyes.
"Ah, brother, it's so nice to see that you've taken your real form tonight. Oh, yes… it's a full moon…" Romulus got up dusting himself off while looking at his brother. "I see that you've taken your wolf's bane," Remus did utter a sound. "I don't suppose you understand a dam word I'm saying do you, you never did.. even when you were a human…" Romulus muttered under his voice which only invoked Remus into attack. Romulus quickly dodged out of the way making Remus trip upon a giant root falling straight to the ground. Romulus laughed vibrantly, "Clumsy dog" Romulus continued to laugh, watching his brother struggle with the root and then getting back up.
"Well then, if you want to hit me, come on... Let's just see who's the better fighter... This time... it's to the death…" Romulus sneered while getting into a fighting stance, low and poised to strike at a moment's notice.
Harry and Lily soon arrived at the scene, Harry did not interfere for some reason, nor did Lily. But both of them knew that only one was going to live through tonight. The other, well who knows where they would go after dying.
Next Chapter – Hogsmeade (Part 2)
- "Blood flavor lollipops, Harry why are you buying those?"
Please Review --- I will respond to all reviews in my next chapter of Kiss from a Rose.
Review Responses –
TimGold – Yeh I know, it was small, I'm making these next few chapters filled with action and intense moments, and a bit of fluff. But that last chapter was about 5 pages long, these should be like normal 10 – 15 pages long.
potter-man – I know you wanted a Chimera, but could you image how much more Harry would have to learn. He can't even be a griffin yet until he understands the magic of the griffin who I don't think a phoenix is in the prospect of him right now. Thank you for liking the chapter.
Arizosa – I know Romulus is to Cocky, I like him that way, brings… flavor! Lol, anyways the concert is a long time away so I still have some time to decide weather to go or not. Ron and Hermione, there going to be broken up soon don't worry! Know all of you out there don't like to see Ron and Hermione together.
L.I.T Wanderer – You weren't reading to fast, it was a short chapter, only 2k worth of words… sorry about that, I'll make sure to at least get 5k worth or more of words (roughly ten pages).