Here's another chapter, sorry for the delay
"Karissa? She seemed fine." Lily shook her head.
"She looked terrified, James, like she didn't want to see her sister again."
"But Karissa doesn't have anything against Kristiina, right?"
"Not that I know of," Lily sighed pushing herself off of James' lap.
"Then why would she be scared?" Lily looked down at the floor.
"There's something you're not telling me, Lils," James began.
"And I promised not to tell anyone," Lily interrupted. James sighed, slightly frustrated at Lily's reluctance to share her knowledge.
"I can't help it James! You know I keep my promises…"
"Does it have to do with Kristiina and Karissa? Because at this moment I think that might be a little more important than keeping the secret." Lily looked up into James' slightly pleading eyes. It was about the girls but Lily didn't think that letting James know that they were both wandless would help them at all. Unless…
"Karissa? Possessed?" Lily whispered under her breath.
"What?"
"The fear in her eyes. What if it wasn't necessarily Karissa's fear, but some one elses?"
"What' are you saying, Lils? That Karissa's been possessed?"
"That just might be it."
Lily thanked whatever God was watching over her that the next couple of weeks went by quickly and smoothly. She and James kept a close watch on Karissa and how she reacted to things Kristiina did and how the smaller girl responded to her sister. Nothing had happened… yet.
It was a Saturday in April and a sunny Saturday at that. Therefore, Lily, James, Alaura, Lia, Sirius and Remus were out sitting by the lake.
"What was that?" Lily asked as her head shot up. She had caught a glimpse of something red out of the corner of her eye, heading towards the far corner of the forbidden forest.
"What was what?" Alaura responded. Lily shook her head.
"Never mind. I must be seeing things."
"Lily! Lily!" Kristiina came running across the grass. Lily was standing in an instant, her whole body on the alert.
"Karissa's gone missing." Lily stood in shock for a few moments before registering the words and putting them together with the red she had seen.
"The forbidden forest," she whispered. "Come on. We have to find her!"
The dark forest seemed even darker as the worried teens carefully threaded their way through the trees at the edge. They were searching for any sign of the young Peters girl.
"We'll never find her," Kristiina whispered.
"We will find her, Kristiina, I promise," Lily responded, much stronger than she felt.
"Lily, we're going to head back to the castle. The professors will be worried if we're not back for dinner," Alaura whispered. Lily nodded, her acknowledgement of what her friend had said and continued on with Kristiina. The forest seemed to get darker, though Lily suspected that it was because it was getting close to dinner time, and the faint scent of burning was in the air.
"Burning?" Kristiina whispered faintly and Lily could slightly feel the increase in the young girl's power as she stretched out her senses.
"There's some one up ahead." Lily's muscles went tense again as she noticed the faint glow between the trees. A fire. She and Kristiina stayed hidden in the shadows and watched as Karissa stood there, bathed in the firelight's glow. Something was burning in the fire, and as Lily strained her eyes to see, her mouth dropped open in a silent gasp and she recoiled.
"A unicorn," Kristiina whispered, her voice emotionless. Karissa turned her head, her eyes blank and focused on where they were.
"I know you're there." Lily and Kristiina stepped into the firelight as Karissa turned the rest of her body to face them. Something akin to hatred was now in her eyes, though there was no colour left in them. Before Lily or Kristiina could move a finger, Karissa's hand shot out, aimed at Kristiina and the girl was sent back into a tree. Lily winced slightly as she saw the impact, figuratively feeling the pain that must have run through the small body.
"Painful isn't it. To watch, to experience." Karissa's hand came out again and Lily fell to the ground, wracked with pain. She guessed, with her last coherent thought – other than of course ouch – that it was a wandless crucio curse. Karissa was also a wandless witch. The pain subsided and, as Lily opened her eyes, Karissa was standing over her, glee in the black depths.
"But that is so much worse." She waved her hand again and Lily's muscles braced themselves for the pain. The scream that tore out of her body was high pitched and loud, full of pain and helplessness. When Karissa stopped the spell for the second time, Lily kept her eyes closed.
"Why?" Lily whispered with what was left of her voice.
"Why? Why am I like this? Oh, dear Lily, its so much nicer not to have to feel the pain of being second best, or being the baby and followed around all of your life."
"So you inflict that pain on others?" Karissa waved her hand again but all that Lily could do now was moan painfully.
"It makes them feel like I felt. Then of course there's the heart breaking pain of being lonely. When all of your friends are finding confidantes in each other but exclude you…"
"Tanice and Lucy would never do that purposefully." The pain was back, and Lily wasn't sure how much more she could take before she blacked out, or worse, died.
"Well, would you look at the predicament you're in now, Lily, on the brink of death with no friends or family around to help you. With out them, what's left?" Karissa taunted.
"Me."
There's another. I think there's going to be two more… maybe three (with the epilogue) and I'm telling you in advance that I refuse to kill Lily and James. Outright refuse. Therefore, if you are offended at my decision to keep them alive for Harry's life, then stop now, or don't read the epilogue. I repeat I WILL NOT AND COMPLETELY REFUSE TO KILL LILY AND JAMES OR ANY OF THEIR FRIENDS… well maybe Peter but well, we would all love it if he would just die.
I know this was kinda mean, to leave you guys not knowing but today I'm home sick so I'm sure the next one will be up before the end of the day.
Review it please!
Kavi Leighanna