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:
"Fine, I don't care," Kally yelled as Liam turned and walked to the stairs of the boys' dorms.
He turned back. "Well I don't care either, so much for love."
He turned on his heel and stormed up the staircase.
Kally let out a noise of frustration, threw her hands up again and walked up the stairs to the girls' dorms.
She had never been so mad in her life.
She threw herself on her bed, looking up at the ceiling, only just realising what had happened. She had just broken up with Liam, the guy she was in love with. This was not a good thing.
~~~
Chapter Six: Would you?
~~~
As Kalicia had expected, the entire Ravenclaw Common room had retold the story of her break-up with Liam to houses, Gryffindor, Hufflepuff and Slytherin. Slytherin was the one she least liked to be told. And as she expected, she got a little visit from her little messengers, right around lunch time.
Kally was rushing out of the library, the first bell at the end of lunch had just called.
She slung her book bag over her shoulder and took a bite of the cupcake she'd begged from the House elves in the kitchen at the beginning of lunch.
She turned the corner to find Taine and Lachlan leaning against the wall, hands crossed over their chests.
Kally stopped and sighed, slumping on the wall next to Lachlan. "Yes?" She asked, knowing they had been waited for her.
"News travels fast, my sweet," Taine said, getting off the wall and walking around to face her.
Kally sighed again, "I figured it would. This is a school."
Lachlan wasn't looking at her, but he spoke as he looked at Taine. "Malfoy's not in your way anymore," He told her. "What are you waiting for?"
Kally got off the wall, a slight scowl was showing on her face. "See, this is why you guys are Slytherin and Liam is a Ravenclaw. Don't you have a heart?"
Lachlan raised an eyebrow at her.
"I broke up with my boyfriend, just YESTERDAY!" She yelled.
"So?" Lachlan asked. "Where are you going with this."
Kally threw her hands up in the air and began walking passed them. Taine caught her arm.
"You do like Tareq, don't forget that," He said, almost... friendly.
Kally shrugged him off. "I know that," She hissed, and walked down the corridor.
~~~
"Pass the pickled fingers," Jared said, as he stirred their potion.
Kally didn't hear him, she was staring across the classroom. Liam was partnered with none other than Lindsay Clayton.
Lindsay bent across Liam to collect her stiring spoon, her shoulder brushed his chest slowly. Kally could have sworn she saw Lindsay lick her lips at him.
Kally was shooting daggers mentally at Lindsay when Jared shook her shoulder, hard.
"Kal, the fingers," Jared said urgently.
"Oh sorry," Kally passed him the fingers and went back to staring at Liam and Lindsay.
'What is wrong with that girl?' Kally thought angrily. 'Why does she always go for my ex-boyfriends?'
"Wood!" someone snapped behind her.
"What?" Kally snapped back, turning to see who it was. It was Snape.
"Excuse me?" Snape drawled icily, an eyebrow raised.
"Can I help you, professor?" Kally said, a little more politely.
"That's better," Snape drawled coldly. "Now tell me why Yancen is making your entire potion?"
Kally looked at their potion, it looked almost perfect, Jared had done a good job. She shrugged at Snape. "I can't do it everytime," She said, looking Snape right in the eyes.
Snape scowled. "Don't be smart with me girl."
"I thought I was supposed to act smart in school," Kally said casually, as if she weren't talking to Snape.
Snape's scowl grew. "Five points from Ravenclaw!" Snape snapped, "Get back to your potion."
Snape turned and wondered through the groups, criticising Ravenclaws, but not Slytherins.
Jared elbowed her in the ribs. "What has gotten into you?" He hissed softly. "Snape should have skinned you then."
Kally shrugged. "So?"
"I'm worried about you," Jared told her. "You've been weird lately."
Kally ignored this. She looked around the room, suddenly just before her eyes settle back on Lindsay and Liam, black blocked her vision. It was material.
She looked up, Tareq stood in front of her. He pulled up a stool, right next to her.
"Snape's going to kill you if he sees," Kally warned.
Tareq laughed softly. "I'm Slytherin Kal, what's he gunna do? Take points from me?"
Kally saw his point. "So what's up?" She asked, leaning on a hand.
"Nothing, I wanted to say hi."
"Ohhh..." Kally said, thoughtful. "Hi."
"Yeah, hey," Jared said, scowling down at Tareq as he stired their potion, Jared didn't like boys flirting with Kally, and he liked Tareq even less.
"Yancen," Tareq said, acknowledging that he knew Jared was there. He turned back to Kally, placing a hand over her free one. "I heard about what happened yesterday," He told her. "I'm really sorry."
'I bet you aren't,' Kally's mind said, she pushed that from her mind.
"Thanks," She said, Tareq leant forward and kissed her cheek. Kally glanced at Liam, he was gaping at them, his eyes furious. She even thought he might have been gripping his wand. "You're too sweet," Kally said, playfully slapping his arm.
Snape was at the front of the class, yelling instructions for everyone to move their cauldrons to the back of the room for the potion to settle.
Tareq kissed Kally's hand and disappeared towards the front of the room. Kally shot another glance at Liam, he was boiling with anger. She smirked, pleased with his anger, and turned to help Jared move their heavy cauldron.
~~~
This had been one of the strangest weeks in her life. She hadn't even been dating Liam for a week and they'd broken up, over her talking to Tareq? Strange. And Tareq, that was one thing wicking her more than anything.
Why hadn't he been like this for the last four months? Or had he been? She hadn't seen him that often. They had had such a terrible break up, and to hear that he'd wanted her for so long, and she had wanted him, or had she? She didn't have a clue anymore, everything was so confusing.
'Of course its confusing,' her mind told her. 'You're a teenage girl, with raging hormones.'
Kally shook her head vigouriously. "Oh no, my mind is going to give me the hormones talk," She muttered sitting back in the library, as usual. She looked out the door to see Liam walk passed, on his prefect rounds. It was after dinner, she would have a while before she had to return to the common room.
Liam's eyes met her own and she quickly looked away. She was still mad a Liam about the Lindsay thing.
"I found that book," Tareq said taking a seat next to her. They had been studying together in the library.
Liam's eyes narrowed and he stormed down the hall.
"Thanks," Kally said, taking the history book. Ghosts were not supposed to be teachers, Kally's mind kept repeating. Especially one that was her parent's teacher and probably her grandparents before that, she hadn't bothered to ask before, but she guessed it. Binns was that boring.
She suddenly realised that she was staring, unblinkingly, at the door of the library.
"What are you looking at?" Tareq asked, following her gaze. There was no one there.
"Nothing," Kally said, turned back to him, smiling.
"Now can you explain this again?" Tareq asked, he never was good Arithmacy.
~~~
The next couple of days went the same. Liam and Kally seemed to see each other everywhere. When Kally ran into him for the third time during the same class, she thought she was going to scream.
Looking at him hurt so much, yet she was still so mad, this wasn't working out. They couldn't live with each other because it hurt other people, but they couldn't be without each other because it hurt them.
And then back to Tareq, to complicated things no end.
~~~
Kally was sitting in History of Magic, carefully copying notes from the board, Issy, who was sitting next to her, was mumbling as she wrote also.
Professor Binns floated to the front of the classroom and cleared his throat.
"Quiet, class, please quiet," Binns called. Most of the class was either talking to their desk partner or folding notes and passing them across the tables. The class seemed to pay no attention to Binns. "QUIET!" Binns yelled.
The class went rigid, all eyes on Binns.
"Now that I have your attention," Binns said quietly, not having to shout anymore. "I have come to a decision and I do not believe that the current partner seatings are not working out. I have drawn up a new seating plan. Collect all your things and make your way to the back of the room, I will call out you and your partners name, then your table number."
Everyone did as Binns instructed while Binns took out a rolled piece of parchment. He began calling out seating arrangements. After what felt like ages he called:
"Kalicia Wood and Liam Malfoy, table fourteen."
Kally and Liam both began protesting at the same time.
"Professor, you can't sit me next to him..."
"Professor, please reconsider..."
"Him...?"
"Her...?"
"Silence," Binns called. "You will sit as I instruct, no more complaints."
Liam and Kally scowled at each other, but took their seat. They were both so mad at each other for various reasons.
Kally had seen Liam hanging out with Lindsay Clayton lately, and Liam had seen Kally with Tareq. Several arguments had broken out in Ravenclaw Common Room over the last couple of days.
Liam was so angry that when he tried to re-open his ink pot he pulled to hard and the bottle flew out of his hand and all over Kally.
Kally's eyes widened as she looked at the ink on her hands, robes and her hair.
"You asshole!" She yelled, standing up. "You did that on purpose!"
Liam stood up also. "No I didn't!"
Kally pushed him and stormed out of the room. She ran all the way back to Ravenclaw Common Room, to shower and change her robes.
She was so angry that when Issy showed up, carrying her book bag she snatched it, without thanks, and rushed down the dormitory stairs.
Jared and Liam were sitting around a table, just placing their bags down. Kally scowled and made to walk from the common room.
"Did you get it all out of your nails, Princess?" Liam taunted.
Kally turned, her face red with anger. "Don't talk to me you clumsy git," She snapped at him.
Liam walked over, stopping inches from her. "What are you going to do about it?" Liam hissed.
Kally raised a hand, hand open, swung forward with all her might and... SLAP! Her hand collided with Liam's cheek.
"That!" Kally shot and turned on her heel, marching out of the common room, all eyes on her.
She didn't stop walking until somone called her name when she reached the Entrance Hall.
"Kally!"
Kally turned to the voice, her face still pink with anger. The anger left her face as Tareq came striding towards her. He saw how pink her face was and the look in her eyes.
He cupped her cheek with his hand. "Kal, what happened?"
Kally threw her arms around him, began sobbing into her chest. Tareq patted her damp hair.
She pulled off him, her eyes red rimmed.
"What happened?" Tareq asked again, taking her hand and leading her into the grounds.
"We... We just had another fight," Kally said, tears rolling down her eyes still.
Tareq sat her down by the lake, pulling her into a tight hug. "That asshole, how dare he upset you like this," Tareq hissed angrily. "This shows how much you mean to him."
Kally thought about this. Liam had been a real dick all week, did he really not like her anymore? Did he no longer love her? How could it have been so short? She knew she still loved him, but... She was mad, she couldn't say anything if Liam hated her now.
Kally leant on Tareq's chest. Barely able to breath this was so hurtful. And he friends were on his side, all she had was... was Tareq.
She turned her face up to Tareq, her looked down at her, smiling warmly.
"As I've said Kal, I care for you, alot. I... I love you."
Kally's eyes widened, she sat up straighter. As she did so, Tareq dug a hand into his pocket, producing a silver ring, with two tiny diamonds set in the top. Kally blinked at him, knowing what was coming.
"Remember this ring?" Tareq asked.
"How could I forget?" Kally said. "It was... mine when..."
"When we went out," Tareq finsihed.
"Kalicia Emmeline Wood, would you do me the honour of being my girlfriend?"
Kally grinned, this was how Tareq had asked her out the first time. She thought it was so cute. She looked up into his warm, loving eyes. It reminded her of all the great times they'd had together. Her grin grew.
"Of course," she said, wrapping her arms around his neck and kissing his deeply. They separated, grinning like crazy.
Tareq took her hand in his and slowly slipped the ring onto her finger.
"I love you," He said.
"I love you too."
~~~
How was that? Yeah I know, Kally and Tareq are together, and most of you guys probably wanna kill me now, but don't just yet. I'm working on things. So suggest what you want to happen or let it come out of my twisted, demented mind, lol.
So review and all, and I'll catch you next chapter.
~Thai.
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.
~~~
Last time:
"Fine, I don't care," Kally yelled as Liam turned and walked to the stairs of the boys' dorms.
He turned back. "Well I don't care either, so much for love."
He turned on his heel and stormed up the staircase.
Kally let out a noise of frustration, threw her hands up again and walked up the stairs to the girls' dorms.
She had never been so mad in her life.
She threw herself on her bed, looking up at the ceiling, only just realising what had happened. She had just broken up with Liam, the guy she was in love with. This was not a good thing.
~~~
Chapter Six: Would you?
~~~
As Kalicia had expected, the entire Ravenclaw Common room had retold the story of her break-up with Liam to houses, Gryffindor, Hufflepuff and Slytherin. Slytherin was the one she least liked to be told. And as she expected, she got a little visit from her little messengers, right around lunch time.
Kally was rushing out of the library, the first bell at the end of lunch had just called.
She slung her book bag over her shoulder and took a bite of the cupcake she'd begged from the House elves in the kitchen at the beginning of lunch.
She turned the corner to find Taine and Lachlan leaning against the wall, hands crossed over their chests.
Kally stopped and sighed, slumping on the wall next to Lachlan. "Yes?" She asked, knowing they had been waited for her.
"News travels fast, my sweet," Taine said, getting off the wall and walking around to face her.
Kally sighed again, "I figured it would. This is a school."
Lachlan wasn't looking at her, but he spoke as he looked at Taine. "Malfoy's not in your way anymore," He told her. "What are you waiting for?"
Kally got off the wall, a slight scowl was showing on her face. "See, this is why you guys are Slytherin and Liam is a Ravenclaw. Don't you have a heart?"
Lachlan raised an eyebrow at her.
"I broke up with my boyfriend, just YESTERDAY!" She yelled.
"So?" Lachlan asked. "Where are you going with this."
Kally threw her hands up in the air and began walking passed them. Taine caught her arm.
"You do like Tareq, don't forget that," He said, almost... friendly.
Kally shrugged him off. "I know that," She hissed, and walked down the corridor.
~~~
"Pass the pickled fingers," Jared said, as he stirred their potion.
Kally didn't hear him, she was staring across the classroom. Liam was partnered with none other than Lindsay Clayton.
Lindsay bent across Liam to collect her stiring spoon, her shoulder brushed his chest slowly. Kally could have sworn she saw Lindsay lick her lips at him.
Kally was shooting daggers mentally at Lindsay when Jared shook her shoulder, hard.
"Kal, the fingers," Jared said urgently.
"Oh sorry," Kally passed him the fingers and went back to staring at Liam and Lindsay.
'What is wrong with that girl?' Kally thought angrily. 'Why does she always go for my ex-boyfriends?'
"Wood!" someone snapped behind her.
"What?" Kally snapped back, turning to see who it was. It was Snape.
"Excuse me?" Snape drawled icily, an eyebrow raised.
"Can I help you, professor?" Kally said, a little more politely.
"That's better," Snape drawled coldly. "Now tell me why Yancen is making your entire potion?"
Kally looked at their potion, it looked almost perfect, Jared had done a good job. She shrugged at Snape. "I can't do it everytime," She said, looking Snape right in the eyes.
Snape scowled. "Don't be smart with me girl."
"I thought I was supposed to act smart in school," Kally said casually, as if she weren't talking to Snape.
Snape's scowl grew. "Five points from Ravenclaw!" Snape snapped, "Get back to your potion."
Snape turned and wondered through the groups, criticising Ravenclaws, but not Slytherins.
Jared elbowed her in the ribs. "What has gotten into you?" He hissed softly. "Snape should have skinned you then."
Kally shrugged. "So?"
"I'm worried about you," Jared told her. "You've been weird lately."
Kally ignored this. She looked around the room, suddenly just before her eyes settle back on Lindsay and Liam, black blocked her vision. It was material.
She looked up, Tareq stood in front of her. He pulled up a stool, right next to her.
"Snape's going to kill you if he sees," Kally warned.
Tareq laughed softly. "I'm Slytherin Kal, what's he gunna do? Take points from me?"
Kally saw his point. "So what's up?" She asked, leaning on a hand.
"Nothing, I wanted to say hi."
"Ohhh..." Kally said, thoughtful. "Hi."
"Yeah, hey," Jared said, scowling down at Tareq as he stired their potion, Jared didn't like boys flirting with Kally, and he liked Tareq even less.
"Yancen," Tareq said, acknowledging that he knew Jared was there. He turned back to Kally, placing a hand over her free one. "I heard about what happened yesterday," He told her. "I'm really sorry."
'I bet you aren't,' Kally's mind said, she pushed that from her mind.
"Thanks," She said, Tareq leant forward and kissed her cheek. Kally glanced at Liam, he was gaping at them, his eyes furious. She even thought he might have been gripping his wand. "You're too sweet," Kally said, playfully slapping his arm.
Snape was at the front of the class, yelling instructions for everyone to move their cauldrons to the back of the room for the potion to settle.
Tareq kissed Kally's hand and disappeared towards the front of the room. Kally shot another glance at Liam, he was boiling with anger. She smirked, pleased with his anger, and turned to help Jared move their heavy cauldron.
~~~
This had been one of the strangest weeks in her life. She hadn't even been dating Liam for a week and they'd broken up, over her talking to Tareq? Strange. And Tareq, that was one thing wicking her more than anything.
Why hadn't he been like this for the last four months? Or had he been? She hadn't seen him that often. They had had such a terrible break up, and to hear that he'd wanted her for so long, and she had wanted him, or had she? She didn't have a clue anymore, everything was so confusing.
'Of course its confusing,' her mind told her. 'You're a teenage girl, with raging hormones.'
Kally shook her head vigouriously. "Oh no, my mind is going to give me the hormones talk," She muttered sitting back in the library, as usual. She looked out the door to see Liam walk passed, on his prefect rounds. It was after dinner, she would have a while before she had to return to the common room.
Liam's eyes met her own and she quickly looked away. She was still mad a Liam about the Lindsay thing.
"I found that book," Tareq said taking a seat next to her. They had been studying together in the library.
Liam's eyes narrowed and he stormed down the hall.
"Thanks," Kally said, taking the history book. Ghosts were not supposed to be teachers, Kally's mind kept repeating. Especially one that was her parent's teacher and probably her grandparents before that, she hadn't bothered to ask before, but she guessed it. Binns was that boring.
She suddenly realised that she was staring, unblinkingly, at the door of the library.
"What are you looking at?" Tareq asked, following her gaze. There was no one there.
"Nothing," Kally said, turned back to him, smiling.
"Now can you explain this again?" Tareq asked, he never was good Arithmacy.
~~~
The next couple of days went the same. Liam and Kally seemed to see each other everywhere. When Kally ran into him for the third time during the same class, she thought she was going to scream.
Looking at him hurt so much, yet she was still so mad, this wasn't working out. They couldn't live with each other because it hurt other people, but they couldn't be without each other because it hurt them.
And then back to Tareq, to complicated things no end.
~~~
Kally was sitting in History of Magic, carefully copying notes from the board, Issy, who was sitting next to her, was mumbling as she wrote also.
Professor Binns floated to the front of the classroom and cleared his throat.
"Quiet, class, please quiet," Binns called. Most of the class was either talking to their desk partner or folding notes and passing them across the tables. The class seemed to pay no attention to Binns. "QUIET!" Binns yelled.
The class went rigid, all eyes on Binns.
"Now that I have your attention," Binns said quietly, not having to shout anymore. "I have come to a decision and I do not believe that the current partner seatings are not working out. I have drawn up a new seating plan. Collect all your things and make your way to the back of the room, I will call out you and your partners name, then your table number."
Everyone did as Binns instructed while Binns took out a rolled piece of parchment. He began calling out seating arrangements. After what felt like ages he called:
"Kalicia Wood and Liam Malfoy, table fourteen."
Kally and Liam both began protesting at the same time.
"Professor, you can't sit me next to him..."
"Professor, please reconsider..."
"Him...?"
"Her...?"
"Silence," Binns called. "You will sit as I instruct, no more complaints."
Liam and Kally scowled at each other, but took their seat. They were both so mad at each other for various reasons.
Kally had seen Liam hanging out with Lindsay Clayton lately, and Liam had seen Kally with Tareq. Several arguments had broken out in Ravenclaw Common Room over the last couple of days.
Liam was so angry that when he tried to re-open his ink pot he pulled to hard and the bottle flew out of his hand and all over Kally.
Kally's eyes widened as she looked at the ink on her hands, robes and her hair.
"You asshole!" She yelled, standing up. "You did that on purpose!"
Liam stood up also. "No I didn't!"
Kally pushed him and stormed out of the room. She ran all the way back to Ravenclaw Common Room, to shower and change her robes.
She was so angry that when Issy showed up, carrying her book bag she snatched it, without thanks, and rushed down the dormitory stairs.
Jared and Liam were sitting around a table, just placing their bags down. Kally scowled and made to walk from the common room.
"Did you get it all out of your nails, Princess?" Liam taunted.
Kally turned, her face red with anger. "Don't talk to me you clumsy git," She snapped at him.
Liam walked over, stopping inches from her. "What are you going to do about it?" Liam hissed.
Kally raised a hand, hand open, swung forward with all her might and... SLAP! Her hand collided with Liam's cheek.
"That!" Kally shot and turned on her heel, marching out of the common room, all eyes on her.
She didn't stop walking until somone called her name when she reached the Entrance Hall.
"Kally!"
Kally turned to the voice, her face still pink with anger. The anger left her face as Tareq came striding towards her. He saw how pink her face was and the look in her eyes.
He cupped her cheek with his hand. "Kal, what happened?"
Kally threw her arms around him, began sobbing into her chest. Tareq patted her damp hair.
She pulled off him, her eyes red rimmed.
"What happened?" Tareq asked again, taking her hand and leading her into the grounds.
"We... We just had another fight," Kally said, tears rolling down her eyes still.
Tareq sat her down by the lake, pulling her into a tight hug. "That asshole, how dare he upset you like this," Tareq hissed angrily. "This shows how much you mean to him."
Kally thought about this. Liam had been a real dick all week, did he really not like her anymore? Did he no longer love her? How could it have been so short? She knew she still loved him, but... She was mad, she couldn't say anything if Liam hated her now.
Kally leant on Tareq's chest. Barely able to breath this was so hurtful. And he friends were on his side, all she had was... was Tareq.
She turned her face up to Tareq, her looked down at her, smiling warmly.
"As I've said Kal, I care for you, alot. I... I love you."
Kally's eyes widened, she sat up straighter. As she did so, Tareq dug a hand into his pocket, producing a silver ring, with two tiny diamonds set in the top. Kally blinked at him, knowing what was coming.
"Remember this ring?" Tareq asked.
"How could I forget?" Kally said. "It was... mine when..."
"When we went out," Tareq finsihed.
"Kalicia Emmeline Wood, would you do me the honour of being my girlfriend?"
Kally grinned, this was how Tareq had asked her out the first time. She thought it was so cute. She looked up into his warm, loving eyes. It reminded her of all the great times they'd had together. Her grin grew.
"Of course," she said, wrapping her arms around his neck and kissing his deeply. They separated, grinning like crazy.
Tareq took her hand in his and slowly slipped the ring onto her finger.
"I love you," He said.
"I love you too."
~~~
How was that? Yeah I know, Kally and Tareq are together, and most of you guys probably wanna kill me now, but don't just yet. I'm working on things. So suggest what you want to happen or let it come out of my twisted, demented mind, lol.
So review and all, and I'll catch you next chapter.
~Thai.