Hey guys. Here's another chapter finished and downloaded for you to read. Hope you enjoy, it took me a while to write and, although I've probably made some mistakes as per, it should be good.

MH: Thank you for your review – it really inspired me. I can't wait for you to add a chapter to yours! As you're your questions – yes there are two necklaces, although only one was ever written about. As for where the necklaces are you're just about to find out. And no, they are invisible when worn which is why they never know if they are wearing them, should have made that more clear I guess.

And Dumbledore, check – lighten him up – I hadn't realised how stuffy I was making him!

Chapter Nine – Captive Pursuit

        They took desperate measures to make sure that Kaitlyn was safe and couldn't harm herself or anyone else.

        The tower room was emptied of it's contents and a bed was placed to one side opposite the door, the metal headboard against the wall, and an armchair was put in the centre of the room, to one side of the bed, facing it. The window was blocked up and numerous spells were cast to surround the room. One to limit the people who could and could not cross the threshold which acted similar to the spell warding off boys from the girls dormitories. Unauthorised people couldn't even get up the stairs heading to the tower. Other spells stopped her transforming or leaving the room if she did try to escape. They'd also created invisible bonds to hold her in place on the bed.

        As soon as the Tower room was ready, Kaitlyn was moved in the middle of the night while all the students were peacefully sleeping, and 'tied' to the bed in the room. Snape took first watch, followed by Kingsley in the morning, then Remus later that afternoon after dinner and still Kaitlyn hadn't woken up.

        Remus checked the time and sighed. Tonks would be relieving him in about half an hour, just before breakfast. He was hoping that the time would hurry up because he wasn't sure whether he wanted to be there when she woke up. He didn't think he could stand to talk to her when she wasn't in control, but at the same time he wanted to be there to calm her down and add moral support even if she didn't know it. He took a breath and turned back to his book.

*****

Consciousness ebbed it's way back into Kaitlyn's mind, reawakening the pulsing throb in her temples. She forced her eyes open and for a moment all she saw was a greyish/brown blur before the room came into focus. She'd assumed that she was in the hospital wing and didn't expect to see the stone walls of the tower room that had been in her dream. She frowned tiredly and opened her mouth slightly.

        "Wha..."

She whispered as her gaze swept the room. She stopped when she saw a motion and noticed Remus taking a couple steps towards her, then stopping, a serious, cautious expression on his face.

        "Remus...?"

His expression didn't change and she began to get scared. What was going on? She went to sit up and she moved her arms but they stopped suddenly a few inches up in the air. A confused, fearful look swept quickly into her face.

        "Huh? What...Remus – what's going on?"

She started struggling against the invisible bonds.

        "Why am I tied down – Remus what - ?"

She stopped talking when she realised he'd raised his wand and it was now pointing directly at her.

        "What are you doing? Remus, you're scaring me. Why won't you say some – "

She stopped talking, noticing the bruise marks around his neck that looked hauntingly like finger marks. It was an image that seemed oddly familiar.

        "Remus, you're neck..."

His expression changed as he brought his other hand up to his neck. He looked slightly upset.

        "I dreamt that I hurt you..." It suddenly hit her – none of it had been a dream. She started to shake and her eyes started to tear up. "Oh God – Oh God...it was me – I did it! I hurt you...what have I done? What have I done?"

Her breathing became more rapid as she began to panic. She was writhing on the bed as if trying to get away from herself more that escape.

        Remus, forgetting his awkward, wary thoughts, put the wand away and strode over, the cautious look disappearing and being replaced with worry. He took hold of her shoulders.

        "Kaitlyn, shh. Calm down. Everything's going to be okay."

        "I almost killed you. I could've killed you."

She told him, not looking at him as she tried to shrug away from him.

        "It wasn't you, Kaitlyn. It wasn't you. You're what stopped it, you saved my life."

        "I was there, I knew what I was doing...and I knew you had to die for what you were – and they were my thoughts. I knew deep down it was wrong but for some reason it was right. I couldn't help myself."

She was twisting away from his grasp even more.

        "Kaitlyn – Kait listen to me! It wasn't you. Voldemort was acting through the necklace. He was working through you not with you – making you think things. And you were really strong to have been able to overcome it when you had to."

She stared at him, sadness in her eyes.

        "I thought that Professor Dumbledore had the necklace safe. He said it was safe."

        "He didn't know there were two of them. The other one has finally been destroyed, he found a way. That's what he was going to tell you."

        "But it doesn't matter now anyway."

She looked away shutting him out and staring at her hands which were gently testing the bonds. He didn't understand. Remus watched her, wanting to help and support her. The sadness in her expression troubled him, then he saw frowning confusion conceal the sadness as her brow wrinkled.

        "Kaitlyn?"

        "Do you hear that music?"

Remus listened for a moment.

        "What music?"

Her eyes widened in shock and fear as she suddenly realised what was happening.

        "Remus – get away!"

        "What?"

Suddenly her eyes rolled into the back of her head and she bucked and writhed, knocking Remus off his perch on the edge of the bed. He stumbled backwards, pulling his wand out and aiming it at her. She stopped moving and slumped into the mattress, eyes focused on the ceiling.

        Slowly her head tilted towards him, her gaze following moments later. Her eyes, no longer holding that green hue, were a rough gold, and they mirrored the look from before. That dead look. Without saying a word she stared at him, then down at herself her head tilted to one side, lifting her hands slightly and testing the strength of the invisible force holding her down. Remus turned away as he heard the door open and Tonks entered. He gestured for her silence and she stopped and watched.

Levelling her gaze with Remus, Kaitlyn spoke for the first time.

        "Release me."

The cold voice sent a chill down his spine and he wondered vaguely if Tonks felt it too.

        "No."

        "Release me!"

She said more forcefully.

        "This is for your safety, Kaitlyn."

        "These bonds will not hold me forever!"

        "They only need to hold you until we have found a way to remove the necklace."

        "There is no way you fool!! Not without leaving it's power in me. Death is the only way – so kill me now if you have the guts!"

She shot up against the restraints suddenly, making Remus jump. She knew he would never kill her, she was just taunting him.

        "We will find a way to save you Kaitlyn."

        "Aww, the werewolf is worried." She turned her gaze to Tonks. "Mm, another mud blood. Does this place have no purebloods at all? I'd have thought you would have stayed away knowing what you've seen happen to mud bloods and half-breeds. So, what do you want?"

Tonks, watched her for a moment, before deliberately turning her gaze away from her and over to Remus.

        "I've come to relieve you Remus. Professor Dumbledore's got a house elf to give you breakfast in your room. He says your morning lessons are covered but you'll have to take your 6th year lesson this afternoon."

Remus gave her a small smile.

        "Thanks Tonks." He leaned a little closer to her. "Be careful with her."

Tonks smiled and nodded.

        "Aww, is it beddy byes for the tired werewolf?" Kaitlyn teased. "I'll talk to you later."

She sounded threatening but Remus merely grabbed his book and left the room.

*****

Remus awoke with half an hour to go before his lesson. He yawned, still tired and quickly grabbed some food from the kitchen. As he was heading towards his classroom he bumped into Tonks.

        "Hey Tonks. Thought you were up with Kaitlyn, how was she?"

        "I've just got off. Her language became quite colourful after you left, I'll tell you that! Then she suddenly just fell unconscious and awoke just before I left. She seemed okay, apologised for her behaviour, I told her she didn't have to - it's not really her anyway."

        "Cheers Tonks. Got to go, have a lesson to get to."

        "And I've got a bed calling my name!"

Tonks yawned and walked off.

        Remus' lesson seemed to drag on. The only thing that kept him awake was Hermione's constant questions which he found refreshing. She was the type of student to challenge a teacher and Remus loved that.

        Finally, when the bell rang for the end of the lesson, Remus packed away his books and looked up to see Harry, Ron, Neville and Hermione waiting behind.

        "Something I can do for you four?"

        "We were wondering if the rumours about Kaitlyn were true?"

Harry asked. Remus could see the question on all four of their faces.

        "What have you heard?"

        "That she attacked several teachers - "

Harry started.

        "And ransacked their rooms - "

Ron continued.

        "Then she jumped out the window and didn't transfigure - "

Neville added with a shudder.

        "And now she's badly injured and may not recover."

Hermione finished, the only one out of the four who didn't appear to believe the story. Despite the seriousness of the situation, Remus found himself smiling at the absurdity of the rumours.

        "Well...?"

Harry asked.

        "Well, the part about her going out the window is correct, but she wasn't injured by the fall, she was already ill. And now we're trying to help her."

        "Is she going to be okay?"

Neville asked worriedly.

        "Of course she is." Remus faked a smile. "She'll just be stuck in bed for a while."

        "Tell her to get well soon from us, would you?"

Hermione asked.

        "Thank you, yes, I'll tell her. She'll like that."

He nodded with a smile. Hermione, Ron and Neville moved to leave but Harry stayed behind. Once they'd gone Harry looked up at Remus.

        "Harry?"

        "It's Voldemort, isn't it?"

        "What makes you say that?"

Remus asked gently.

        "My scar's been hurting. It woke me up on Sunday, then on the way to breakfast this morning."

Remus looked like he was contemplating for a moment, then he nodded.

        "It is Voldemort, yes."

        "He's making Kaitlyn ill somehow?"

        "It's a little more complicated than that, but yes."

Harry nodded.

        "It's always complicated when he's involved. Wish her well from me and the others and tell her we're thinking of her. And especially that we'll miss her in Snape's lessons!"

Remus laughed quietly as Harry turned to leave.

        "Thank you, Harry."

Harry gave a small nod and left.

*****

Awakening, Kaitlyn stole a look around the room to see if Kingsley was still there. Instead she saw Snape and realised she must have slept longer than she thought, which she found strange as she still felt very tired. She moved to get comfortable and saw Snape glance up from the parchment he was reading.

        "Professor Snape." She acknowledged. "How long have you been here?"

        "A few hours."

She nodded and looked towards the window - her only way to tell the time, although through mostly guess work. It was pitch black outside. As if reading her thoughts, Snape spoke.

        "It's a little after midnight."

        "Midnight." She half snorted. "So instead of being in bed, you're stuck up here watching me. Tell me, how many other people are having to take time out of their own lives to look after mine?"

        "Miss Morgan, I volunteered to take shifts looking after you. We all did. Professor Dumbledore is doing all he can to find a way to rid you of the burden of the necklace as are many other people."

        "All this time spent on me when you could be trying to find ways to rid the world of Voldemort. You could be saving so many other people more important than me."

She said bitterly. She saw the tiniest twitch in his eye at the name but no other reaction.

        "You are well liked Miss Morgan, we all want to see you well again, then maybe you can leave my classes to me and get your own job." A small smile appeared for a moment on his lips. Kaitlyn half rolled her eyes, sounded like Snape alright. "And no matter what you think you are important."

She looked up at him and stared straight into him. He sounded so sincere even with the dig about his job. She knew it was annoying him to have her in his classes helping the students and she thought it was amusing. But he sounded so out of character as well.

        "Thank you Professor Snape."

He gave a small nod with his head.

        "How are you feeling otherwise? Professor Dumbledore likes to be kept apprised."

He added almost as an afterthought.

        "Tired. Just tired."

He watched her carefully as she yawned, then frowned.

        "Something is wrong?"

        "Music...Professor I'd like to apologise now for anything I might say to you - "

She'd barely finished the sentence when her back arched upwards and she began to shake slightly. Snape quickly stood and watched with a cautious frown. The frown stayed on his face even after she'd stopped and the golden eyes turned to him. For a moment they both just stayed still, staring, then a wicked smile spread across her face.

        "Finally a pureblood. I thought they were going to keep sending me mud bloods and half breeds."

He didn't say anything, just watched her.

        "Cat got your tongue? Come on, talk to me. I can feel the power in you. You're my last chance at a decent conversation...and maybe even more..."

She licked her lips and blew him a kiss. The hint was not lost on him, but he merely gave her a bored look and sat back down, picking up the parchment from the table that had been conjured up since her last awakening.

        "Oh, come on…give me something at least. You can't say you're not a little turned on - me laying here tied up to this bed, all eager." She watched his eyes moving back and forth across the parchment, reading and ignoring her. "Don't tell me you haven't even thought about it..."

His eyes stopped moving and a satisfied smile slid onto her face as she realised she'd hit the right button. Then he looked up.

        "Whatever you may think...I have absolutely no interest in you. You're just a disease that has to be gotten rid of for us to get Miss Morgan back. I prefer someone that's not just pure evil. Someone with a heart. I see no point talking to you, I will only talk with Miss Morgan."

And with that he looked back down to his parchment. Kaitlyn's face shook as anger swam it's way through her. She opened her mouth and would have made Sirius' mother blush with her cursing.

*****

The sun was high when Kaitlyn awoke next and she looked up to see Tonks sitting there. She was staring into a handheld mirror and changing her hair randomly, obviously looking for a style she liked. Kaitlyn didn't have the strength, or will to talk so she merely turned her head and waited for the music to come and she knew it would.

        Time started to mean nothing after a while, she even stopped asking or trying to guess the time. She'd wake up in the early hours of the morning to see Kingsley there, then the music would come, and then it would be late in the evening, or midday, or midnight, and it would be Remus, or Tonks, or Snape.

        She felt distant, cut off, conversations seemed pointless as she would never finish them, and she wouldn't remember them the next time she woke. So she stopped bothering. She felt mentally drained, distant from the world. She didn't know how long had passed or even how many times Snape and Remus had tried to get her to talk. It was starting to take it's toll on her and she didn't know what else to do or think to keep herself sane. She told herself she wouldn't show emotion, that she'd be strong in front of them.

        She could feel her mind and thoughts slowly slipping away from her as if they were being physically dragged away and her end of the rope was slowly fraying from her grasp.

        She couldn't be bothered with eating, or working her muscles. They'd have to force her to take the potions or just put spells on her to keep her muscles from wasting away.

        Then one evening two weeks into her captivity in the tower, although for her it seemed like merely a moment ago, a minute ago, a lifetime ago...she looked up to see Snape gone and Remus sitting there reading. She sighed quietly and looked around. She'd once again said unforgivable things to Professor Snape and she hated herself for it. She looked back at Remus and felt her lip quiver slightly. She hadn't seen him for a few days because of the full moon and she felt something tug at her heartstrings as she looked at him, the feeling scared her. She'd said so many terrible things to him and she no longer wanted him to see her like this, she knew it had gotten worse since she's last seen him.

        The emotions she'd been holding back on for so long were slowly bubbling to the surface. She looked away and up to the ceiling, biting on a quivering lip, but it wouldn't hold back the tears. Slowly one tear fell down her face and she was unable to stop it or wipe it away so she took a deep breath to stop anymore coming.

        Remus looked up from his book to find Kaitlyn's eyes open. A tear was trickling down her face and he felt his heart skip a beat. *Finally.* He thought. She was finally showing some emotion, she wasn't completely gone inside. She was still in there somewhere.

        He stood, the noise making Kaitlyn's head dart sideways and she found herself staring right at Remus. He'd moved across the room and was sitting himself on the edge of the bed. Then, carefully, he wiped her tear away with his thumb, and caressed her face with his fingers. She looked deep into his eyes and found something that she wasn't expecting. Hope. She looked away with a small smile and tried to find something interesting on the ceiling to look at.

        "I thought I'd forgotten how to cry a long time ago."

Kaitlyn said quietly.

        "You shouldn't be ashamed to cry. It's a good thing."

        "No, it's just...I guess there was just so much to cry for...I gave up even bothering to try."

She wouldn't meet his eyes. Remus sat there quietly. She looked back at him after a moment when she realised he wasn't moving.

        "You'd better get away from me." She looked away again. "I don't want to hurt you."

She whispered, feeling the tears welling. Then she felt a pressure on the bed on the opposite side to Remus and looked round to see that he'd leaned over her. His hand reached up and caressed her cheek again. So lovingly.

        "You won't hurt me."

He leaned over her and because she was unable to move she felt his lips finding hers in a gentle caress as he held her head carefully in place. Electricity surged through her body and she was swept away up into the clouds.

        When he finally pulled away she kept her eyes closed, as if dreading that when she opened them, he wouldn't be there. She lifted her eyelids and saw him smiling gently down at her.

        "Thank you..."

She whispered.

        "You don't know how long I've been waiting to do that."

She smiled, closing her eyes. And for the first time in a long time she felt like she actually slept peacefully.

*****

When Tonks took over from Remus, instead of heading to his room to catch up on his sleep, he headed to Dumbledore's office, and found the Professor alone. He was beckoned into the room and took a seat opposite Dumbledore at the desk.

        "How is Miss Morgan doing?"

        "Not good. Actually, that's why I'm here. She broke down today while I was with her. It's the first emotion she's shown since she's been in there. I think it's really starting to take it's toll on her now because so far she's managed to keep the emotions held inside. I don't know how much longer she'll be able to go on like this - I'm really worried about her. She's a lot weaker than when I last saw her and she's staying under the necklaces spell longer. We have to do something, I can't stand to see her like this."

The look on his face could have broken hearts. Dumbledore nodded slowly, feeling some of his pain.

        "Severus has said the same thing. Unfortunately I haven't yet found a way to remove the necklace that doesn't involve her death."

Remus looked down, nodding sadly.

        "Kaitlyn was right when she said that death was the only way..."

A thoughtful look crossed his face. Dumbledore watched the thought process play out on his face, then saw the light bulb switch on.

        "You have thought of something?"

        "I don't know...maybe...I don't know if it'll work or not. It was something I read once in a muggle book. Something about a certain potion that can give the appearance of death. Could that work? Instead of her dying through trying to remove the necklace - give her the potion. She'll appear dead, the necklace can be removed, then we can bring her back."

Dumbledore sat thinking for a long time.

        "The problem is we can remove the necklace quite easily, but the evil will still be inside her. The spell is to remove the evil from her which is the part that causes death, but she has to be alive for the actual spell...if we can give her this potion at the right time...and for long enough...then maybe once the evil is gone we can bring her back. But it'll have to be given just after the main part of the spell that she has to be awake for, and just before the moment that will cause her death. Unfortunately this moment can change from person to person. But using this potion does increase the chances. Not by much but if we get it right it could be successful…What do you think?"

        "I think it's her best chance so far. But it will have to be her decision if she wants to go through with it, or wait to see if anything better comes along."

        "Of course, yes. I will look into the potion further and see exactly what it entails, then we can give her the choice."

Remus nodded his agreement.

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