YEA!!! Regions week is over!!! Now only thing on the agenda is to practice for Nationals!! Expect updates!! Not very fast updates!! Maybe one a week.. or less.. *sigh* I don't know when I'll have time.... Life's a bitch.
Duo: I'm going to take care of the thanking today!!
Alton: Yea yea.. I bet you are.
Feytaloney: Please don't fight.
Shido: *is arguing with himself*
Aloh: Will you all get out of here!! I'm going to do the thank yous!!
Duo: Who says?
Aloh: *picks up phone*
Alton: What are you doing?"
Aloh: Hello Quatra!
Duo: *eyes are very wide* Aloh. Don't!
Aloh: *glares* I want to talk to Wufei.
Duo: Aloh! Stop!
Alton: Oh this is good. *smirking*
Aloh: Wufei! Hey how are you?
Duo: *is very scared now* Aloh. What are you doing?
Alton: I like this.. Pass the popcorn.
Feytaloney: Okay! What's going on?
Aloh: That's good to hear!….. Oh I was just calling to tell you that you're not allowed to see Duo for a while….. Yea…. Mmmmhhmm… Oh and tell Heero he can't come over either….. Okay….. Thanks…. Bye Wufei! *hangs up phone*
Duo: NNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Aloh: Now if you please I'm going to do the thank yous. *smirks*
Alton: Whatever's gotten into Aloh, I like.
Everyone: *turns because door opens*
Aloh: *walks in carrying bags* Hey everyone!!
Aloh: ALOH!!! You're back!!
Aloh: Das?? Is that you?? DAS!!!!!!
Everyone except the Aloh imposter and Aloh: What is going on?
Duo: If that's the real Aloh, then the person that just called Wufei.. Is
Das: You idiot! I haven't been gone that long!
Duo: DAS!!! I've missed you!! I'm going to murder you! But I missed you!
Aloh: When did you get back?
Das: Not to long ago.
Duo: Damn it Das, you've been gone to long.
Shido: DA!!!!!!!!!!!!! DA!!!!!!!!!!! DA!!!!!!!!!!!! *jumps up and down*
Das: Hello Shido.
Feytaloney: Would anyone please tell me who she is?
Aloh: Oh I'm sorry. This is Das. My very first muse!! She's been only she knows where for a few months now. She's a shape shifter. That's why she looks like me.
Das: I think this has gone on long enough and you should do the thank yous, Aloh.
Duo: While you do that Das is going to call Wufei and Heero.
Das: *smiling* Yea yea.. I will.
Aloh: Okay!!
Everyone but Aloh: *leaves*
Aloh: My Das is back!!!
Thank you Andrea!! I got the mail!! I'm busy answering it!! Lol don't feel stupid! Just send the questions along either in a separate e-mail or with your next one. I don't care.
Oh.. It's okay… I didn't know what it meant anyway.. Well, then I translated it at Dictionary.com.. So know I know what you said.
Oh.. I'm so glad it made you tear up! That's what I was aiming for!! I haven't decided if it's going to be happy. Alton has been taking over my writing, no? I'll try and see if I can get him out of the way for a few chapters so Feytaloney and Shido have a chance to do somethings. Das is a Gwing only muse and Duo prefers to make an appearance for lemons and limes only.
Thanks SafetyMunkey!!! I forgot to say thank you to you last chapter.. Sorry.. I'll have to remember that sometimes you review it to my face and not at the page.
Yea Sully's got it in for me… He's got me doing three spins. Skipped right from a one spin to a three.. What happened to two spins?? Hehehe.. I talk back to Sully all the time. He never does anything about it. Sucks for you!!
I have no idea what you mean by 'feckless should be freckles'.. that kinda confused me…
I know I'm good. No need to tell me that. I'm not going to be making much of an appearance from now on.. I think. Who hit you?
YUP!! A nod to Ash. I wish she was here…. Did you know that she's not coming home for spring break!! I get the room that much longer!! *happy dance!!*
You just wait and see… Ash is making an appearance again!! Her ghost is still with Draco.
Hehehe… I like that phrase. 'Draco would play jump-rope with Demetrie's small-intestine if word got out about his...shall we say, passionate affair?' hehehe.. Yes he would. Demetrie has more of a part to play!! He'll be in here some more!!
Blah!! I hated that paragraph!! I only had it in there because I already had an idea what to do with this chappy… You'll see why it was needed.
Yes indeed. Gena does rock…
*blushes* Aww… You're too nice!! Please go on. I'm thinking of writing a romance novel.. I might not.. I don't like het and I don't think any company's would publish slash… So I'm not sure if I'd write anything about my own characters yet.
OH GO YOU!!! That's great!! I can't wait to see how you do!! You must tell me more about the championships! I remember another time you fell on your ass.. Only that time was at a meet.. *smiles* That twas very funny.
I wouldn't call what I do critiquing.. It's more like random words…. I let Shido take over when I review your stuff… The thing needs something to do…. I'll take it as a compliment!! I'm glad I can entertain you. Dude you really need to come over one day!!
I think he just wanted to bother you. Not Zil or Quill but you. I dunno. I try not to understand him. Might be bad if he actually does go to your house. He'd kill Kelsey and keep Lizzy occupied. Oh the horror!!! *winks*
Eyes of the Angel by Aloh Dark
Chapter 8: Cliché
Draco walked into his common room with a small smile on his face.
"What are you so happy about?"
Draco turned to the fireplace. It was Pansy.
"Nothing really. Can't I smile for no reason? Or is that forbidden too?" Draco said with a sugary sweet tone that held the undertones of sarcasm.
Pansy narrowed her eyes.
"Closing your eyes has no effect on me." Draco sneered as he started to walk to the dorms.
"Dragoon! Wait a sec!"
"GENA!! What have I told you about that name?!" All the happiness Draco felt was now officially gone. Why did all the Slytherin girls have to pester him?
"Who but their cock up your ass?" Gena said angrily. "Never mind that. You'd be jumping for joy if someone had."
Draco shocked the whole common room after she said that. He'd reached out his arm and punched her.
"I have no time for your bull shit! Now leave me the hell alone."
Gena was shocked. No one dared to even think of hitting her and now this thin pale rich boy had. She growled in fury.
"You listen to me boy and you listen good!" She grabbed Draco's collar and pulled him close. So close their noses touched. Draco's feet barely touching the ground due to Gena's superior height. "No one does that to me. No one! I survived three wars and Durmstang. Compared to that this little shit hole of a school is nothing. But I will not tolerate any more abuse. If you ever dare speak to me in a angry or sarcastic tone, not only will the school know who your little boy toy is but he won't have certain part of his anatomy that makes him a boy. You catch my drift?"
Draco was scared to death. He could handle people threatening him but not his boyfriend. He called forth years of training to keep his fear from showing. He did such a good job at hiding it that Gena couldn't even smell any fear.
"Get your filthy paws off me before I kill you like the dog you are!" Draco sneered in her face.
"Wrong choice of words." She flung him away from her. Draco hit the wall right next to the dorm doors with a thud. Stars flew before his eyes and his vision faded to black, then yellow then back to regular colors. Pain shot through his entire body. A soft moan escaped his lips as he pulled himself up. "Trying to stand and intimidate me? How pathetic!"
Draco started to walk to where Gena stood. His steps here uneven and he looked drunk.
"Promise me you won't hurt him."
Gena blink in surprise. Draco wasn't lashing out at her. She thought for sure he would. He was known for his temper when he was put down. She wasn't prepared for his level headed request.
"Promise me you won't hurt him."
Gena looked at Draco for a moment. He stood on shaky legs that wouldn't be able to support him much longer. Tears were gathering in his eyes from the pain. His jaw was clenched tight trying to hold back the pain. He was a pitiful sight. But there was something that shone through all that. Pride and.. love? Was that love shining in his eyes? Gena shook her head. She was fooling herself.
"I promise." She said softly. "On my honor as a half-wolf. I promise I'll try my best not to hurt him."
Draco tried to smile but it turned out looking more like a grimace. "Thank you." He said seconds before his knees gave out and he fell to the floor.
Gena reach out her arms and caught him right before he hit the ground.
"You, Draco Malfoy, are a fool. A grade A idiot." Gena said softly to the unconscious form. "And I hope you never learn."
"Oh my god! Is he okay?" Pansy asked. She kneeled down next to Gena.
"He'll be fine. Just a bump on the head."
Pansy's concern turned to anger. "Because of you! You threw him against that wall!! You really are no better than a wild animal! You should be expe-"
Gena cut Pansy's angry tirade off. "I'd be quiet if I were you. I never promised not to hurt Demetrie." She said softly.
Pansy was taken aback. She didn't know that anyone knew she was going out with Demetrie. "What? What did you say?"
"I said I made no promises to not hurt your boyfriend Demetrie." Gena got up and started to walk to the guys dorms. "Oh and by the way. He's cheating on you. I smelled another girl on him!" Gena walked through the door and shut it behind her. "Now what to do with you?"
Gena started to walk down the hall way passing doors until she saw one that said "Fifth Years." She opened the door knowing that no one was in there. Once inside she took a sniff at the air and crinkled her nose.
"God this place smells awful! You guys really need to cut back on the masturbation!"
She walked past the beds until she came to the last one. She'd shifted through the smells and found Draco's bed. She set him down on the green sheets and he began to stir.
"You alive?"
Draco groaned.
"Yup. You're alive."
Draco groaned louder. "Where am I?"
"In bed." Gena pushed Draco back down as he tried to sit up. "Slow down there speedy! You've taken a nasty bump to the back of the head!"
"But I have to go.."
"I know, I know. You have to meet him."
"I told him I would be back."
"Don't worry about it. I'll take care of everything."
"No! I have to go."
Gena rolled her eyes. There was obviously no talking him out of this. "I'm sorry but you leave me no choice." Gena raised her hand and cast a sleeping spell on Draco.
Draco's struggling body went slack instantaneously. "Now be a good boy and sleep."
"How did you do that?!"
Gena turned. It was Blaise. "Do what?"
"You don't have a wand but you cast a spell. How?"
Gena waved her hand dismissing his question. "Wolf magic."
"Oh."
Gena got up and started to leave.
"Don't wait. Just leave something."
Gena stopped and looked over her shoulder. "What?"
"Draco wouldn't like it if you meddled in his affairs. Just leave something and disappear."
"What should I leave, Oh All Knowing One?"
Blaise walked over to Gena and did a very elegant bow complete with arm twirls. When he stood back up he held a white rose in his hand. "This." He smiled at Gena as she took the flower.
"I see I'm not the only one with inborn magic."
"I have many secrets just like you." He whispered into Gena's ear as he walked past her and out the room. Gena stayed back for a moment, looking at the flower in her hands. Sighing she left the room to go and break Ron's heart.
Gena laid the rose down on the window sill. She took a step back and frowned. Something didn't seem right. With a flick of her wrist silver words appeared next to the flower. Perfect.
Hearing footsteps she hid in the shadows. She saw Ron walking down the hallway. He hadn't seen her, he was lost in his own little world.
He looked around, his eyes searching for some sign of Draco. Gena knew that he wouldn't be able to see Draco emerging from the shadows with a smile on his face saying "You're late." Draco was in a healing sleep back in the Slytherin dorms.
The moonlight glistened on Ron's tears causing them to look like diamonds. The he caught sight of the flower. Reverently he walked over to it and picked it up. He hung his head to hide his tears and his hand tightened around the rose.
Ron dropped the flower with a hiss. He's picked his finger on a thorn. Ron watched the blood seep from his hand for a moment and then drop to the ground. Gena's and Ron's eyes both looked at the ground where the blood fell.
Gena gave a silent gasp as she saw what was on the floor. The perfectly white rose had been hit by Ron's blood drop. The petals now had a red spot on them, marring their perfection.
"How fitting." Ron whispered to himself as he bent down to pick up the rose. His hand flexed open and he paused, his hand an inch away from the rose. "How utterly cliché." He grabbed the rose and stood up. "Perfection tainted by blood." Ron smiled but Gena noted how it didn't reach his eyes.
Ron walked away with the rose loosely held in his hand and his head bent. When he turned the corner, Gena came out of hiding. She felt like an intruder. She felt like she'd witnessed something holy, something she never should have seen. She didn't like the feelings.
Gena walked away from the scene and tried to leave the memory in that hallway. But she couldn't. It plagued her as she wandered through the halls. She didn't know if she should tell Draco or not. She decided not to. If she admitted she was there, she'd have to admit she'd put the rose there. Knowing Blaise, he wouldn't tell about the rose, so she wouldn't either.
Gena stopped and took in her surroundings. She was in the astronomy tower. She sighed and sank down into one of the plush couches. She rested her head on the back and closed her eyes. "You shouldn't be here you know. It's after curfew."
"I could say the same to you Miss Gena."
Gena picked up her head and opened her eyes. "You know Blaise, for a person that never talks you're sure doing it a lot today."
Blaise turned from his spot looking out a window. "Just because the wind is silent doesn't mean it can not howl."
"Very poetic. Did you learn that from a fortune cookie?"
"No. When I was little a Chinese family lived next door. They would take care of me when ever my mother was out."
"Oh. Chinese proverb?"
"No. But it sounds like." Blaise smiled.
Gena smiled back and for a moment companionable silence hung between them.
"What are you?" Gena asked.
Blaise lost his smile and turned back to the window.
"I want to know what you are."
"I am a wizard."
"Bull shit. That's not what I asked and you know it!"
"What I am is no concern of yours. It has nothing to do with the matter at hand."
"And just what exactly is that?"
"You have to help Ron find what he is looking for."
"Excuse me?"
"Ron is searching for something, rather unwillingly, but searching none-the-less."
"You mean that letter I translated isn't the end?"
"That was just the beginning."
"And how much do you know about this?"
"A lot more than you think." Blaise looked over his shoulder at the girl on the couch.
They just looked at each other for a while before the spell was broken by someone coming in.
"Hey boss I.. Oh. Sorry I didn't realize you had company."
Gena got up from the couch. "No that's okay. I was just leaving."
Gena walked out with her head held high. Blaise hadn't heard the last from her. She was going to find out what he was and what he was doing with Ron if it killed her.
She shut the door behind her and leaned against the wall. "What did a seventh year want with Blaise? Why was he calling Blaise 'Boss'?" She asked the night air softly. "Obviously there is more to Blaise than meets the eyes."
The two boys waited for Gena to be safely away from the room before speaking.
"What do you want Higgs?"
"I just wanted to know when we were going to send the Griffendor boy another letter."
"Be patient. I'll tell you when. But first we have to make it clear to Gena to not meddle in our affairs anymore. Discreetly of course."
Ron was startled to find he'd wandered back to his common room. He'd been walking aimlessly for hours. Guess his body was telling him to go to bed. He murmured the password to a nearly sleeping portrait and entered.
The common room was empty. He realized that it must be very late. He stared to walk to his common room but halted when someone stood up from a chair by the fireplace. It was Hermione.
"Listen Ron, I'm sorry about what I said."
Ron just stared at her with dead eyes.
"Ron? Are you okay? Is something wrong?" She walked over to the red head but he just seemed to look through her. She saw the dried tear streaks on his face. She gasped. His face looked like that of a person that lost their heart.
He turned his face away from hers so she was looking at his profile. Some how that made him look even more woebegone. "I have wandered the halls for the last few hours thinking. And I've come to a conclusion." He turned to look at Hermione with shuttered eyes. "I love him with my whole heart. I know that even though he's never said it, that he loves me just as much." Ron closed his eyes for a moment, and then opened them. Fire shone within his eyes with such intensity that if it were a real fire, the whole world would be up in flames. "And I will gladly risk my life to be able to love him. I will gladly let them kill me if he only tells me he loves me."
Ron looked down at the wilted, blood stained rose in his hand. And then put it down on the table. He walked to the door to the boys dorms and disappeared with the slight click of the closing door.
Hermione just stood, looking at the closed door. She then turned to look at what he'd laid on the table. Bathed in moonlight, Hermione couldn't see what was wrong with it. She walked over and picked it up. Turning it around she gasped. A single blood red smear turned the pristine, pure white petals into a cliché symbol of lost innocence. Like a broken hearted Angel.
~~~~~To Be Continued~~~~ Hopefully soon....
This chapter brought to you by the songs 'uncertain memory', '~seki-ray~', 'freesia ~op.2~' and 'Illness Illusion'. All off of Gackt's Mars album. Available where ever J-Rock is sold.
I know I know!! I started this chapter thinking that I'll make it about Draco but I couldn't resist!!! I had to make them fight!! Alton wanted to make her mean!! he said he was tired of all this mushy crap! But at least it gave more insight onto the whole Ron quest thing! And the last bit gave some insight into Ron!!
Oh there is so much symbolism in this chapter!! So much I don't think you'll even get it... I don't think anyone will pick up all the symbolism in this chapter.... If you want to know e-mail me. I'll most gladly tell you!! I love getting e-mails!!
