A Mother's Shadow

Summary:Katie Bell and Oliver Wood have a daughter, and she's off to Hogwarts, naturally. Katie's become a famous quidditch player and Oliver's taken a high position in the Ministry. This is the life of Kalicia Wood, and how she lives in her mother's shadow.

Disclaimer: See previous chapters.

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Last time:

Kally poked her tongue at her. Lydia poked hers back.

"Beef," Kally said, joking in their usual routine.

"Pork," Lydia replied.

"Chicken," came the call of Issy from the three tables away.

The three girls giggled loudly before a man with bleach-blonde hair strided into the library. Kally and Liam turned to see who it was and froze.

It was Liam's father.

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Chapter Four: Old Fires ignite.

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Draco Malfoy turned in the direction of Kally and Liam, his eyes narrowed when he spotted the couple, and the position they were in.

He stormed over. "LIAM MALFOY!! OUTSIDE THIS LIBRARY NOW!!!"

Liam sighed and stood and followed his father out of the library.

All eyes followed them until they were out of view, then they all snapped back to Kally. She smiled, extremely embarrassed and decided to go to Liam's rescue. She could hear his father yelling at him already.

"That girl is as good as a mudblood," His father yelled, just before Kally turned the corner to where they were, Liam hadn't seen her yet.

"Mudblood? Father, please, that is childish. Muggle-borns can have magic too. We're all the same. So technically you aren't insulting her."

Draco raised his hand and slapped Liam across the face. "How dare you talk back to me!"

Kally rushed forward, holding Liam as he held his face.

She turned and scowled at Draco. "You can not hit your son, you're a monster."

"Like I'm going to listen to Gryffindor filth," Draco spat at her.

Kally puffed with anger. "Get a life, you're a grown man."

Draco laughed. "Back down now why you're ahead, little girl," Draco towered over her.

Draco was shocked when Kally began to laugh also. "You think you can take me?" Kally asked, little did Draco know that she'd been training in martial arts since she was five.

Draco's laugh became a chuckle. "I take it you must be Kalicia Wood?"

Kally stook her stance, "You've got it."

"Get out of my way, this is between my son and I."

"Well I'm apart of this now."

Liam took Kally's hand, he bent down to whisper in her ear. "He's really strong, please don't do this."

Kally glanced at him momentarily, remembering not to take your eyes from your opponent. " Do you not believe I can do this."

Liam hesitated. "He's trained too, and he's stronger."

Liam put his hand on her shoulder. "Please don't."

Kally shrugged him off. "I can handle myself."

Liam knew there was nothing he could do to stop her now. He simply stood at the ready, hoping Draco wouldn't her too much.

Draco raised an eyebrow at her stance. "Aren't you a witch?"

Kally remember that her wand was sitting on her desk in the library, and cursed herself.

She watched as Draco pulled his from his pocket and pointed it at her. She took a deep breath and flipped and high-kick, knocking Draco's wand from his hand and into her own. She grinned at him.

Draco cursed, and raised his fist. He made to punch her in the jaw, Kally blocked the punch with an arm block, so his arm would slide off, it did as she planned.

Next Draco made to swipe her feet from under her, but she jumped and did a reverse attack on him, swinging his feet from underneath him. Draco hit the floor with a loud bang. Kally let her guard down too much, not thinking Draco would attack whilst he was on the ground.

Draco hitched his leg up and kicked her right in the stomach, winding her and sending her to the ground.

Draco jumped to his feet, snatched his wand, which had flown from her hand in his shock and pointed it at her.

Suddenly Liam was standing at her side, his wand raised at his father.

"Father, if you don't back off I will make sure you don't go to that meeting," Liam threatened in a deadly tone, that Kally had never heard him use before.

Draco scowled and lowered his wand, "We will discuss this another time," He shot at his son and stormed down the corridor.

Liam knelt next to Kally, his eyes filled with concern.

Kally was gripping her stomach and trying to breath again.

"Let me see it, there could be something wrong," Liam said, me made to move her robed.

"No!" Kally protested in a croak. "Not here, take me back to the dormitories.

"Are you sure?" Liam asked, he was obviously worried about how much it would hurt her.

Kally nodded, finally being able to breathe again.

Liam helped her to her feet and half-carried her back to the Ravenclaw Common Room.

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Kally went to go up to her dormitory, but Liam stopped her.

"I'll be right up," He said, "I just have to get something."

"Okay," Kally said, slowly making her way up to her dormitory, wincing as pain stabbed her stomach and ribs.

She made it into the room and collasped on her bed, breathing hard as the pain was increasing. 'What are the chances that my boyfriend just so happens to have healing powers?' She wondered, smiling at the thought.

Liam appeared in the room moments later, carrying a back of ice and a towel.

He crossed to her bed and looked down at her, his eyes fillinf with more concern every second because he knew she was in pain.

"I told you not to do it," He said shaking his head as he removed her robes, to her tank top and skirt underneath. He slowly lifted her tank-top until it reached her bra-line and looked at the bruise on her stomach.

Kally winced as she tried to sit up to look at it. Liam put a hand on her shoulder to hold her down.

"Stay still," He told her, Kally noticed a faint light-blue glow surround his hand as he lowered his hand onto her lower stomach. It was ice-cold at first, she shook slightly until Liam concentrated and it turned a luke- warm.

He slowly ran his fingers over the flat of her stomach, her breathing began to quicken. Liam smiled down at her.

"The bruise is almost gone," He told her, "You'll still need to keep this ice on it a bit," He lifted him hand away, Kally found herself always protesting.

Liam wrapped the tiny bag of ice in the towel he had brought and placed it on her stomach before lying down next to her.

He propped his head on an elbow so he could look down at Kally.

"You know?" He asked, a little of the concern gone now.

Kally smiled up at him. "Now," She told him.

"I can't believe he hit you, I swear I'm going to get him back for that," Liam told her, his voice going slightly scary for a few seconds.

Kally put her hand over his cheek, the one that Draco had slapped, hard.

"Don't do anything to get yourself hurt," She said, her voice quiet as she hadn't fully recovered from Draco's blow.

Liam smiled at her. "See what they say is true, you really are angel, you got yourself hurt for me, and now you're telling me not to do anything stupid."

Liam leant down and gently kissed her on the lips, Kally returned the kiss, and as if it was trained for the wrong moment, Issy, Lyd, Faith, Kristen- lee and Jared lurched into the room.

Kally and Liam separated.

"We weren't interrupting anything, were we?" Jared asked, a smile on his face, he obviously thought something more was happening than what was.

Kally could see how, considering her shirt was pulled up to her bra-line, her legs were stangled with Liam's and her robes lay discarded on the dormitory floor.

Liam chuckled. "I wish," Liam told Jared, earning himself a playful arm- slap from Kally.

Issy rushed over, being Kally's closest friend of the group of girls, Jared at her heels. Issy practically pushed Liam out of the way to get to Kally.

"What happened?" she asked, worry in her eyes as she looked over Kally's body.

"It's nothing," Kally lied.

"Is that my ice?" Jared asked, looking at Liam. Liam laughed and said something about his beer being fine without it.

Issy punched Jared in the arm, hard. "Shut up Jared, look at Kally, she's hurt."

Jared rolled his eyes. Kally got hurt so often no-one got as dramatic as Issy did anymore.

Issy removed the ice-pack to have a look at Kally's stomach, it was lightest purple-pink, and didn't hurt much anymore.

"You have to go to the infirmary," Issy said, getting more dramatic by the minute.

Faith and Kristen-lee came to calm Issy while Lyd questioned Liam. Liam told them all what happened, Kally was sure Issy was going to faint when Liam told them that Draco had kicked her in the stomach.

"Iss, I'm fine," she told the girl, trying to calm her.

It worked a little, but she still went to her bed, grabbed her favourite stuffed animal and told Kally it would help. Kally and Jared traded looks when they both recognised it as the bunny Jared had given Issy in second- year, Jared had a thing for Issy, only Kally knew it though.

At that moment the bell rang for lunch, Jared cursed and made the girls leave the room so Liam and Kally could be alone for a few moments.

Liam sat on the bed as Kally slowly rose to get her robes on. He passed them to her and helped her fix them.

"You know, these could be a tighter fit," He teased.

Kally glared at him and groaned as she finally stood, the pain was practically gone, but it still stabbed in places. she couldn't imagine the pain she'd have been in if Liam hadn't healed her.

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Draco left without talking to Liam, or Kally, he passed them in the Entrance Hall as they were leaving the Great Hall after lunch, but didn't say a word, he didn't even look at them. This didn't bother them one bit.

"We've got Potions," Jared said coming up behind them. They both groaned, they were good at Potions, but it was still a drag, as their evil teacher, Professor Snape, would make it a misery for them all.

At least they had it with the Hufflepuffs, Snape picked on them more than Ravenclaws.

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The class soon ended and Liam was called away from a Prefects meeting. Jared and Kally made their way to Charms, Kally didn't really wish to go to Charms, as she adn't finished her extended-essay yet, she had wanted to hand it in early, but she was only two-thirds through.

Charms actaully passed quickly, thankfully, Liam and Faith returned from their Prefects meeting half way through.

The bell rang at the end of class and Kally practically leaped out of the room. Liam caught up with her, catching her hand in his.

"Why're you in such a rush, princess," Kally smiled at her nickname, she had once told him not to call her it, so he did just that, as usual.

"You weren't the one who had to sit through that whole class," She told him, as he wrapped a hand around her waist.

He kissed her temple. "You wouldn't have had to if you'd made prefect," Liam teased.

Kally broke her tongue out at him. Liam made to bit it, making Kally wrinkle her nose at him, before picking up her pace, making him walk faster if he wished to keep up.

They rounded the corner and almost walked into three people you would much rather avoid, Tareq Zambini, Lachlan Flint, and Taine Parkinson. Taine Parkinson just so happened to be Liam's mother's brother's son, Liam's cousin.

No-one really knew but they figured Tareq was their leader, the three boys seemed mostly equal though, as they taunted everyone the same amount, together.

Kally stopped, scowl and folded her arms. "Well, well, well," She said coolly, "Look who it is, the Pureblooded Pricks," She had named the nickname that most houses had named the three boys.

Tareq laughed. "What of it, Slytherin's Slut."

Kally's scowl grew, Tareq and his boys had always called her Slytherin's Slut because she had Tareq had gone out once, and they broke up because he thought she was cheating on him with Lachlan. So naturally the name fitted, not that the accuastions were true.

As Tareq said the words, Kally could feel Liam tense behind her. She shot him a glance, which told him not to do anything stupid.

"Are you still going on about that?" Kally shot, smiling. "I've moved on, I'm with someone new."

"And who might that be?" Tareq snapped, he had obviously not heard the rumours, which was strange.

"Me," Liam said, wrapped an arm around Kally's waist, looking smugly at Tareq.

Tareq was boiling under the surface, it didn't show that well on his face, but Kally could tell, she knew him well. Kally grinned at the thought of Tareq being jealous, she decided how far she could take it.

She turned slightly towards Liam and kissed hims softly on the lips. She could feel Liam smile into the kiss. The kiss deepened and Liam pulled her closer to him. They broke apart and Kally turned back to Tareq, he was practically shaking with anger.

"Kally, can I talk to you, privately?" Tareq asked, glaring daggers at Liam.

"Whatever," Kally said, walking a little down the hall, behind Tareq.

Tareq stopped when they were out of ear shot, He turned back to her, Kally was grinning lick mad.

She leant against the wall, her arms cross over her chest.

"Why are you doing this to me?" Tareq shot at her, angrily.

Kally continued to smile. "I don't know what you mean," She lied, teasing him.

Tareq began to pace slighty. "Him, Malfoy! And you- In front of me. Do you know what that's like?"

Kally stood up straight. "Yes," she said, her tone angry now. "In case you've forgotten Lindsay Clayton, that Slytherin girl, now you should name her the Slytherin Slut."

Tareq stopped pacing and faced her. "You know I didn't mean that."

"Lindsay or my 'nickname?"

"The nickname, and Lindsay too. I just wanted to get back at you."

"A week after we broke up," Kally shot.

"I was upset."

"Then why didn't you apologise?"

"Because it's not that easy when you care about someone this much."

Kally was stunned. "What?"

Tareq stood right in front of her now, there were only inches between them.

"You heard me, care about. Like as in you and I. You can't tell me you don't have feelings for me still, it's been four months, you can't get over me that quick."

Tareq ran his fingers through his ear-length black hair, looking down into her green eyes. Kally looked up into his mystic-blue ones. She snapped her eyes away. "I'm with Liam now, I... I can't have feeling for you, I love him."

"But you loved me," Tareq said, taking her arm in his strong hold.

Kally pushed him off. "Loved, Tareq. Past tense, I... I have to go," She said, walking back to Liam and taking another route to the Great Hall.

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Don't worry everyone I'm going to break up Liam and Kally, I don't think. I mite for a bit, but they'll be together in the end, k, relax. I'm hope yall don't stress.

I promise to update soon, but ya gotta review for it.

Check ya next chapter,

~Thai.

PS: SakiraCrazy, or whatever ur name is (sorry I forgot), I wanna thank ya for the spelling tips and all. I keep getting too lazy to go over it, I went over the beginning of this, but my eyes hurt and it's 1:20am, k AM, I am normally a nite owl but I am low on coke and sugar, 1:20am it very early for me, k's? But still thankies, ur an angel.