Hey everybody!
I'm gonna try to keep the A/N down a bit from now on, even though it's my
favorite part of the whole fanfic, I have fun writing about random
things.....
Firstly, I'd like to thank everybody who reviewed:
The Dark Wanderer: Thanks for reviewing. What's rabid? Of course I
remember, you spend an hour writing and perfecting a rant in an email and
see if you don't remember it..... Maybe I'm the pathetic one, lol. When are
you gonna write your fanfic? I check every ten minutes. Maybe I'm really
pathetic....lol. Luv ya! (Ntw)
Anna-ray: Thanks for the review. Thanks for the compliments; you made my head swell (again). Lol! I try to portray Snape as I see him, he's really nice but everyone just sees him as evilish and despicable. Luv ya! (Ntw) Herman: Thanks for reviewing! Yay! A new reviewer! Professional? That's a compliment coming from you, mate. Lol. Luv ya! (Ntw)
Hey does anyone know what happened to Jade Bear? She didn't update her site for about a week. Oh, speaking of which, a new chapter of Frozen Serenity is up, and Dead Lenore updated! YAY! (I am pathetic).
Anyways, I promised I'd be quick, so here's Chapter 18. (p.s. I have Hey Ya! out of my head! Score! But I have Get Busy stuck there instead. I hate it when the radio stations play songs that are impossible to get out of your head, no matter how much you hate the songs.....*bangs head repeatedly against wall* ouchie.......*_*) That has got to be the shortest A/N I have ever written. Does anyone know how to do italics on ff.net?
Chapter 18
Draco and Luna stepped onto a metal plate. They went from standing still to flying upwards in a narrow stone shaft with a thin steel plate between them and a seemingly endless fall. And the plate wobbled with their weight. Like anyone would do in their situation, they screamed until their lungs hurt. The plate just went faster.
The plate stopped suddenly, and they were thrown out of the shaft through a door. They landed flat on their faces in front of the fireplace in Braele's home.
Luna picked herself up, checking gingerly for broken bones. Other than her wind-whipped hair and carpet-burned cheek, she was undamaged. Draco would have a black eye, but a quick search through the link told her he would be okay. She felt Draco scan her through the link. Turning from each other, they gaped at the room around them in horror. Braele's usually neat home was a disaster. Burn marks scorched the floor. Blood splattered the walls, where curtains and paintings hung torn and ragged. Chairs and other furniture was scattered in splinters and broken wood. Stones and dust and rubble were everywhere. And in the middle of the room, lying like a broken rag doll, was Braele. Her sightless eyes stared into space. Her hair was burned, and her emerald robes were torn and singed. Her neck lay at a horrifying angle. Legs and arms were bent backwards and twisted into knots. Her back resembled a pretzel. Shimmering, a Siren and a golden eagle also lay at broken angles. They were forms of mist. Braele's animal parts of the link. There was also the obvious way she had died. A hole was burned into her chest, where her heart was. She had been killed by a cut link. Weeping at her side, like a broken slave, was the last person Luna would have suspected two hours ago, but now knew would be there. Snape. He raised his red-rimmed eyes to meet theirs, and Luna suppressed a shiver. He had the look of a madman, possessed and insane. A burning anger smoldered in his eyes. A broken sadness contorted his face. His teeth were bared in a painful snarl. All of his cool self-composure was gone. He was wild, and desperate. He had been broken. Broken, but by the look in his eyes, not beaten. Not by a long shot.
"Proffessor..." Luna began, her throat painfully tight from the lump in her throat.
Snape turned her gaze to her, his eyes seeming to look through her. Luna's throat closed off. She couldn't speak. She couldn't even breathe.
The door banged open, and Dumbledore and Professor McGonagall burst in. Snape moved his gaze slowly, and faced them. there was an empty look in his eyes.
Professor McGonagall gasped, her hand flying to her mouth. "What happened?!!! Is she....." She couldn't finish.
Snape's gaze clouded. He laughed mirthlessly, a hollow sound that chilled Luna to her bones. "Dead, Minerva? Yes, she is. I felt every spell that hit her, every moment of pain. Then I felt the link between us being cut, slowly. It burned my mind, my heart. Do you know what that's like? Of course not." He paused and laughed again, softly and hollowly.
"Who?" Dumbledore asked, his blue eyes icy fire.
Snape shifted his mirthless gaze. "Who else, Albus? Voldermort."
Professor McGonagall gasped, and Luna felt a cold shock filtering into her bones, numbing her senses. Draco became a blank wall as he masked his emotions. What was he hiding?
Dumbledore knelt beside Braele's body. His long fingers reached out for the still forms of the Siren and the eagle lying spread out, and they went through them. "They will remain here as mist until they begin to vanish." He murmured. "They wouldn't even be here unless Braele used magic to try killing the person cutting the link."
Snape barely raised his eyes, but a touch of pride entered his voice. "She killed five Death Eaters before she died."
Dumbledore raised his eyes, and seemed to notice Draco and Luna for the first time. He raised his eyebrows, and Luna dropped her eyes hastily. "What are you two doing here?"
Professor McGonagall answered him. "They're linked, Albus." A glowing golden thread appeared between her and Dumbledore. Luna suddenly understood.
Dumbledore's face darkened. He turned to Snape. "Start explaining."
Snape laughed madly. A flash of lightning lit his face, a hard stone.
Outside, thunder rolled as a storm began.
Inside, laughter echoed as a storm began.
Please review!
Anna-ray: Thanks for the review. Thanks for the compliments; you made my head swell (again). Lol! I try to portray Snape as I see him, he's really nice but everyone just sees him as evilish and despicable. Luv ya! (Ntw) Herman: Thanks for reviewing! Yay! A new reviewer! Professional? That's a compliment coming from you, mate. Lol. Luv ya! (Ntw)
Hey does anyone know what happened to Jade Bear? She didn't update her site for about a week. Oh, speaking of which, a new chapter of Frozen Serenity is up, and Dead Lenore updated! YAY! (I am pathetic).
Anyways, I promised I'd be quick, so here's Chapter 18. (p.s. I have Hey Ya! out of my head! Score! But I have Get Busy stuck there instead. I hate it when the radio stations play songs that are impossible to get out of your head, no matter how much you hate the songs.....*bangs head repeatedly against wall* ouchie.......*_*) That has got to be the shortest A/N I have ever written. Does anyone know how to do italics on ff.net?
Chapter 18
Draco and Luna stepped onto a metal plate. They went from standing still to flying upwards in a narrow stone shaft with a thin steel plate between them and a seemingly endless fall. And the plate wobbled with their weight. Like anyone would do in their situation, they screamed until their lungs hurt. The plate just went faster.
The plate stopped suddenly, and they were thrown out of the shaft through a door. They landed flat on their faces in front of the fireplace in Braele's home.
Luna picked herself up, checking gingerly for broken bones. Other than her wind-whipped hair and carpet-burned cheek, she was undamaged. Draco would have a black eye, but a quick search through the link told her he would be okay. She felt Draco scan her through the link. Turning from each other, they gaped at the room around them in horror. Braele's usually neat home was a disaster. Burn marks scorched the floor. Blood splattered the walls, where curtains and paintings hung torn and ragged. Chairs and other furniture was scattered in splinters and broken wood. Stones and dust and rubble were everywhere. And in the middle of the room, lying like a broken rag doll, was Braele. Her sightless eyes stared into space. Her hair was burned, and her emerald robes were torn and singed. Her neck lay at a horrifying angle. Legs and arms were bent backwards and twisted into knots. Her back resembled a pretzel. Shimmering, a Siren and a golden eagle also lay at broken angles. They were forms of mist. Braele's animal parts of the link. There was also the obvious way she had died. A hole was burned into her chest, where her heart was. She had been killed by a cut link. Weeping at her side, like a broken slave, was the last person Luna would have suspected two hours ago, but now knew would be there. Snape. He raised his red-rimmed eyes to meet theirs, and Luna suppressed a shiver. He had the look of a madman, possessed and insane. A burning anger smoldered in his eyes. A broken sadness contorted his face. His teeth were bared in a painful snarl. All of his cool self-composure was gone. He was wild, and desperate. He had been broken. Broken, but by the look in his eyes, not beaten. Not by a long shot.
"Proffessor..." Luna began, her throat painfully tight from the lump in her throat.
Snape turned her gaze to her, his eyes seeming to look through her. Luna's throat closed off. She couldn't speak. She couldn't even breathe.
The door banged open, and Dumbledore and Professor McGonagall burst in. Snape moved his gaze slowly, and faced them. there was an empty look in his eyes.
Professor McGonagall gasped, her hand flying to her mouth. "What happened?!!! Is she....." She couldn't finish.
Snape's gaze clouded. He laughed mirthlessly, a hollow sound that chilled Luna to her bones. "Dead, Minerva? Yes, she is. I felt every spell that hit her, every moment of pain. Then I felt the link between us being cut, slowly. It burned my mind, my heart. Do you know what that's like? Of course not." He paused and laughed again, softly and hollowly.
"Who?" Dumbledore asked, his blue eyes icy fire.
Snape shifted his mirthless gaze. "Who else, Albus? Voldermort."
Professor McGonagall gasped, and Luna felt a cold shock filtering into her bones, numbing her senses. Draco became a blank wall as he masked his emotions. What was he hiding?
Dumbledore knelt beside Braele's body. His long fingers reached out for the still forms of the Siren and the eagle lying spread out, and they went through them. "They will remain here as mist until they begin to vanish." He murmured. "They wouldn't even be here unless Braele used magic to try killing the person cutting the link."
Snape barely raised his eyes, but a touch of pride entered his voice. "She killed five Death Eaters before she died."
Dumbledore raised his eyes, and seemed to notice Draco and Luna for the first time. He raised his eyebrows, and Luna dropped her eyes hastily. "What are you two doing here?"
Professor McGonagall answered him. "They're linked, Albus." A glowing golden thread appeared between her and Dumbledore. Luna suddenly understood.
Dumbledore's face darkened. He turned to Snape. "Start explaining."
Snape laughed madly. A flash of lightning lit his face, a hard stone.
Outside, thunder rolled as a storm began.
Inside, laughter echoed as a storm began.
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