I told you I'd get this out ASAP

Karissa's face grew dark as she looked over Lily's prone body. Lily slowly turned her head to find Kristiina, awake and alive, standing by the trees.

Thank goodness she's alright, Lily thought before the world around her turned black.

Kristiina's POV

The raw magic weaving its way through her body was a welcome relief from the bottled up feeling she had been with throughout Hogwarts. She watched her sister's eyes darken with anger before she braced herself for the first trade of blows. Karissa struck first, a magical blow to Kristiina's stomach area but Karissa's magic was still uncontrolled, un-harnessed. It gave Kristiina the advantage. Her shield – instinctively put up when she first spoke – took the blow and spread it around, absorbing the magic before Kristiina struck back with an even stronger blow. Karissa stumbled back a bit and Kristiina sighed heavily.

"You aren't doing this because you're lonely, Karissa. I know you and I know what you're capable of. You wouldn't let yourself become lonely," she said, power laced in her voice.

"And how would you know? You've been out cold for the last couple of months."

"Whether I was unconscious or not is irrelevant. What you're doing is wrong. You don't even really know what will happen when that unicorn finishes burning do you?" Karissa threw another jolt of magic at Kristiina that got through her defences and slapped her across the face.

"You let something get inside you, Karissa, something that most definitely should not be there." Karissa 'slapped' Kristiina again, dropping Kristiina to her knees.

"Did you know that our parents blamed your unconsciousness on me? Did you know that for the months you were out, mother and father sent me messages every day saying that I was stupid for letting this happen to you? That I was really responsible? They don't love me, Kristiina, not at all."

"So that means that you have nothing left to lose? That you're just going to give up on everything? You have friends, Karissa, Lucy and Tanice. You have Alaura and Lia, who are like your sisters and James, Sirius and Remus. You have Lily who has acted like a second mother to you and you've gone and knocked her out." Karissa's magical punch threw Kristiina into the trees, breaking her arm but it did not deter the Slytherin from trying again.

"Most of all Karissa, you have me. I love you, with my whole heart."

"Stop it!" Karissa screamed hitting Kristiina again. Kristiina felt her arm break again but withheld the scream. Karissa's power was building.

"Tanice and Lucy love you."

"Stop it!" Kristiina took a step closer, limping slightly from a large and painful bruise on her leg.

"Alaura, Lia, and Remus love you."

"STOP IT!" Kristiina's knee twisted, but she kept advancing.

"Lily and James love you."

"STOP IT!" Kristiina felt the power at bursting point as she reached within arms length of her sister.

"I love you." Kristiina hugged Karissa and the power that had hummed through the clearing dissipated. The two girls fell to the ground, crying together.

I know this is short but I didn't want to put all of the ending stuff in this chapter. The next one will be the ending stuff, like why Karissa was attacking Kristiina and stuff and then there will be Graduation and possibly and epilogue about the life after Hogwarts… Maybe another story. We'll see.

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