Chapter XXII: Luna's Eclipse
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My God, what was he saying? I can't believe he saw me as such. A savior? Savior to his tortured soul? I never imagined that he thought of me that way.
'If he could change his destiny it would be for something he truly believe?'
Would he change it for me?
Looking into his eyes, I knew he would fight the universe to do just that.
It was quite flattering, really. But in a way, I knew he would change his destiny is he could.
And his heart was screaming that he would.
For me.
I couldn't breathe.
How does one react to such a statement? Should I act like nothing has happened? Should I at least acknowledge it with a token of some sort?
What did I do to deserve such affection? I'm a lonely girl who the world thinks I'm mental. I have a few friends and most of them have already found their significant other.
What did I do to deserve... him?
Sol Flamma de Helios. From the first time I met him he has puzzled me with his attitude and persona. Skeptic and believer, researcher and adventurer, protector and... destroyer.
He had an aura of a warrior deep within him that I cannot understand. He fights for a cause he does not believe in. He does not fight to live. He fights so that others could live, that's what I saw in his eyes.
Despair and Hope.
Sol Flamma de Helios is a living contradiction.
And he is the only one who could produce such mixed emotions from me.
Confusion, awe, irritation, concern, admiration...
LOVE?
I must have sighed for Sophia was already beside me grinning like the Cheshire cat.
"He does that to a girl," Sophia said softly and mischievously.
"Does what?" I asked making sure that Sol was out of earshot. It would be embarrassing for me if he would hear our conversation.
"Makes them head over heels to him," she smiled. I bit back a retort for if I shouted, I might be heard by the people we were hunting.
"He does not do that to me," I said quietly but adamantly. But knowing Sophia in the little time we spent together, I knew she saw through me.
"I lost," she suddenly said. I heard the pain in her voice but when I saw her, she was forcing a smile. "I heard your conversation earlier. If he was willing to go the distance for you, then he has made up his mind. And I will be alone again."
"I know all about being alone," I told her as I held her hand. She looked at me strangely and grasped my hand.
"How would you when you have your fellow humans beside you," she said gloomily.
"Most of which does not even know I exist," I smiled at her sullenly. "I am eccentric to their eyes, Sophia. They don't even acknowledge my presence. If I were even noticed, it will be because they are talking behind my back."
"That Harry person seemed to noticed you," Sophia smiled. "He's cute."
"He's MARRIED," I sighed. "Besides, he didn't even notice me until I was in the fourth year in Hogwarts. He married my best friend."
"Sol noticed you right away," Sophia had this mischievous look that told me she was up to no good. "He thinks you were sexy in that business suit you wore the first time he saw you." My face immediately heated up at her comment.
ME? SEXY? Was she mental? She suddenly leaned towards me, I could fell her hot breath as she breathed in my ear.
"And he saw you as a goddess when you wore Diana's clothes this morning," I didn't think I could get any redder by that time. Thank God it was night and dark. If Sol could see me then, I would have died of embarrassment.
"We're getting nearer," Sophia's mood suddenly changed and was serious. "The moon is full and we will be easily seen." Thankful for the change of topic, I pulled out from under my robes Harry's invisibility cloak. Sophia smiled and suddenly crept in all fours. I was reminded of a black panther out for the kill. No one would notice her. And that left... where was Sol?
Sol was already about a hundred yards from the perimeter of the ruins. He was kneeling down as low as he could and examined the surroundings. I wore the cloak and immediately went to him. And from the corner of my eye, I saw Sophia throttling along like the cat she was part of.
"Are they cocky enough not to leave guards?" I asked in a hushed voice as I took of part of the cloak to show my head.
"I disabled the ones on this side," Sol said as his eyes roamed the ruins. "Stay here while I take care of the rest of the guards."
"What about the wizards in the circle," I asked.
"That will take finesse," he smiled and started to leave. "I'll be back." When he was off, I noticed Sophia's sullen expression.
"What is it, Sophia?" I asked. She looked at me and smiled sullenly.
"I'm jealous," she simply said. "You have him and he has you leaving me alone, again." I grabbed her hand and slowly kissed her cheek. She looked surprised when I did that. She would be for that was the first aggressive move I made to her.
"You'll never be alone, Sophia. "We'll never be alone. Each of us has each other. We have Sol and Sol has us. It may be weird but I'm fine with that." Weird as it seemed, I cannot leave my friend.
Before anything could be said, Sol returned.
"I've got good news and bad news," he said. "The good news is that there are only twenty wizards left in the ruins." That was good? Sol must have a different perception than mine. "I also found the Eyes of Anubis. Keep them away from the ruins and the ceremony will go ballistic."
"How so?" I asked but he did not answer. Sighing, I opted for another question. One that I dare not ask.
"What's the bad news?" however, the answer materialized itself for the surroundings had gotten darker. I looked up only to see the moon was starting on its eclipse.
We were running out of time.
"Let's do it," I said as I took out my want. "Ready?" I asked him but he merely looked at me with such gentleness it took all of my will not to blush.
"There is one thing," he said shyly as he neared me. "It's more of curiosity than anything."
"About what?" I asked. Time seemed to slow as his lips touched mine. I couldn't breath for I what enthralled by his kiss. I inhaled sharply as he thrust out his tongue to explore my mouth. My mind went to automatic and I found my tongue exploring HIS mouth. Our tongues clashed foe a while and with great reluctance, he broke the kiss, not before tugging my lower lip between his lips.
It took me a moment to compose myself but I found it hard to do so. Damn! He was a good kisser. The only person who could leave her all giddy.
"What was that?" I asked numbly.
"A kiss," he said huskily.
"What I meant was, what was that about?"
"I was wondering what you would taste like," he said as he tried not to look into my eyes.
"And?" I waited patiently.
"I'll tell you later," he suddenly became serious and the moon began to hide from the sun. Sighing, I focused on the job at hand and quite frankly... it was a hell of a time.
"What are we going to do?" I asked. Sol took out his pistols and aimed at the center of the ruins. There, in the middle of the stones, lay the Eyes of Anubis.
"Whatever you do, do not enter the ruins," Sol warned as his eyes narrowed in concentration. "Do not enter while the eclipse is running its cycle."
"We understand," Sophia said as she looked at me and smiled.
Sol was still as a marble statue as he waited for the proper time to attack. But when? Looking at the moon, I noticed that the eclipse will begin in five... four... three... two... darkness.
An eerie green light came down from the eclipse and shone towards the ruins. When it touched the stones, they glowed brightly beginning the ritual.
Then, Sol fired.
I saw that the Eyes flew in different directions out of the ruins before the light shone on them. Sophia was already running to retrieve them and Sol stood to do the same. I started to follow him when I heard the painful screams of the wizards inside the ruins.
And what I saw was hell on earth.
The bodies of the Death Eaters had begun to melt as they screamed in agony. This was unreal. They were twitching in intense pain as they tried to go out of the circle.
But none of them did.
I stood there, shocked at what I had witnessed. Sol knew this would happen and he did it anyway. How could he do this? He was killing people!
"He had to do what he had to do," Sophia said as she stood beside me holding one of the Eyes. "Do not be so hard on him for... ZEUS!" Sophia looked into the ruins in horror and I followed her gaze. The wizards in the ruins were walking strangely as if they limped and they were moaning as if they were still in pain.
How can they still be alive after that? But explanation made sense: they were zombies.
"We need to get out of here," Sophia said as she looked for Sol.
"You're not going anywhere!" I turned to face the speaker and found a wizard pointing his wand towards us. He must be one of the guards. "Put the gem down... he didn't have time to finish for Sophia lunged at him and started clawing him.
I stood there as they fought. I merely picked up the Eye and pointed my wand at him. But suddenly, I felt a body crash into mine and we fell to the ground. I heard a gunshot and something green whizzed past me.
"That was a killing curse!" I exclaimed as the one who pushed me helped me up. Looking up, I saw that it was Sol but... how did he become badly burned?
"Sophia!" he called and immediately, the cat-woman came to his side. "Get her out of here," he said as he hissed through the pain. "Activate the Portkey and go."
"You're hurt!" I was about to go to him but Sophia held me back and took out the port key from her cloak. When he turned to face me, I gasped when I saw half of his face starting to rot. Looking at the ruins, I realized that he must have crossed it just to save me.
"I'll be fine," he smiled through the pain. "Go."
"What about you?" I asked but Sophia took my arm and started to activate the portkey. He laughed and stood straight. He was still proud but faltering.
"I'll be fine..." his eyes grew when he looked past me.
"AVADA!" one of guards must have been revived.
"GO!" he told Sophia as he shielded us with his body.
"KEDAVRA!" a green light went directly towards Sol as he fired and shot the Death Eater on his head. The green light enveloped him and he dropped limply on the ground.
"NOOO!" I shouted but a familiar tug on my navel told me that we were on our way.
The scenery had changed. We were back at Hogwarts surrounded by the anticipated faces that I grew up with.
But nothing was welcoming anymore. I felt Sophia's fur as she gently laid me on her bosom. I felt her pain as well and she felt the emptiness of my soul.
I shall never see my Sunshine again.
"I never told him how I feel," I said softly before my world turned black.
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end of 22.
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A/n: everything has a reason. Pls. Don't get mad.
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My God, what was he saying? I can't believe he saw me as such. A savior? Savior to his tortured soul? I never imagined that he thought of me that way.
'If he could change his destiny it would be for something he truly believe?'
Would he change it for me?
Looking into his eyes, I knew he would fight the universe to do just that.
It was quite flattering, really. But in a way, I knew he would change his destiny is he could.
And his heart was screaming that he would.
For me.
I couldn't breathe.
How does one react to such a statement? Should I act like nothing has happened? Should I at least acknowledge it with a token of some sort?
What did I do to deserve such affection? I'm a lonely girl who the world thinks I'm mental. I have a few friends and most of them have already found their significant other.
What did I do to deserve... him?
Sol Flamma de Helios. From the first time I met him he has puzzled me with his attitude and persona. Skeptic and believer, researcher and adventurer, protector and... destroyer.
He had an aura of a warrior deep within him that I cannot understand. He fights for a cause he does not believe in. He does not fight to live. He fights so that others could live, that's what I saw in his eyes.
Despair and Hope.
Sol Flamma de Helios is a living contradiction.
And he is the only one who could produce such mixed emotions from me.
Confusion, awe, irritation, concern, admiration...
LOVE?
I must have sighed for Sophia was already beside me grinning like the Cheshire cat.
"He does that to a girl," Sophia said softly and mischievously.
"Does what?" I asked making sure that Sol was out of earshot. It would be embarrassing for me if he would hear our conversation.
"Makes them head over heels to him," she smiled. I bit back a retort for if I shouted, I might be heard by the people we were hunting.
"He does not do that to me," I said quietly but adamantly. But knowing Sophia in the little time we spent together, I knew she saw through me.
"I lost," she suddenly said. I heard the pain in her voice but when I saw her, she was forcing a smile. "I heard your conversation earlier. If he was willing to go the distance for you, then he has made up his mind. And I will be alone again."
"I know all about being alone," I told her as I held her hand. She looked at me strangely and grasped my hand.
"How would you when you have your fellow humans beside you," she said gloomily.
"Most of which does not even know I exist," I smiled at her sullenly. "I am eccentric to their eyes, Sophia. They don't even acknowledge my presence. If I were even noticed, it will be because they are talking behind my back."
"That Harry person seemed to noticed you," Sophia smiled. "He's cute."
"He's MARRIED," I sighed. "Besides, he didn't even notice me until I was in the fourth year in Hogwarts. He married my best friend."
"Sol noticed you right away," Sophia had this mischievous look that told me she was up to no good. "He thinks you were sexy in that business suit you wore the first time he saw you." My face immediately heated up at her comment.
ME? SEXY? Was she mental? She suddenly leaned towards me, I could fell her hot breath as she breathed in my ear.
"And he saw you as a goddess when you wore Diana's clothes this morning," I didn't think I could get any redder by that time. Thank God it was night and dark. If Sol could see me then, I would have died of embarrassment.
"We're getting nearer," Sophia's mood suddenly changed and was serious. "The moon is full and we will be easily seen." Thankful for the change of topic, I pulled out from under my robes Harry's invisibility cloak. Sophia smiled and suddenly crept in all fours. I was reminded of a black panther out for the kill. No one would notice her. And that left... where was Sol?
Sol was already about a hundred yards from the perimeter of the ruins. He was kneeling down as low as he could and examined the surroundings. I wore the cloak and immediately went to him. And from the corner of my eye, I saw Sophia throttling along like the cat she was part of.
"Are they cocky enough not to leave guards?" I asked in a hushed voice as I took of part of the cloak to show my head.
"I disabled the ones on this side," Sol said as his eyes roamed the ruins. "Stay here while I take care of the rest of the guards."
"What about the wizards in the circle," I asked.
"That will take finesse," he smiled and started to leave. "I'll be back." When he was off, I noticed Sophia's sullen expression.
"What is it, Sophia?" I asked. She looked at me and smiled sullenly.
"I'm jealous," she simply said. "You have him and he has you leaving me alone, again." I grabbed her hand and slowly kissed her cheek. She looked surprised when I did that. She would be for that was the first aggressive move I made to her.
"You'll never be alone, Sophia. "We'll never be alone. Each of us has each other. We have Sol and Sol has us. It may be weird but I'm fine with that." Weird as it seemed, I cannot leave my friend.
Before anything could be said, Sol returned.
"I've got good news and bad news," he said. "The good news is that there are only twenty wizards left in the ruins." That was good? Sol must have a different perception than mine. "I also found the Eyes of Anubis. Keep them away from the ruins and the ceremony will go ballistic."
"How so?" I asked but he did not answer. Sighing, I opted for another question. One that I dare not ask.
"What's the bad news?" however, the answer materialized itself for the surroundings had gotten darker. I looked up only to see the moon was starting on its eclipse.
We were running out of time.
"Let's do it," I said as I took out my want. "Ready?" I asked him but he merely looked at me with such gentleness it took all of my will not to blush.
"There is one thing," he said shyly as he neared me. "It's more of curiosity than anything."
"About what?" I asked. Time seemed to slow as his lips touched mine. I couldn't breath for I what enthralled by his kiss. I inhaled sharply as he thrust out his tongue to explore my mouth. My mind went to automatic and I found my tongue exploring HIS mouth. Our tongues clashed foe a while and with great reluctance, he broke the kiss, not before tugging my lower lip between his lips.
It took me a moment to compose myself but I found it hard to do so. Damn! He was a good kisser. The only person who could leave her all giddy.
"What was that?" I asked numbly.
"A kiss," he said huskily.
"What I meant was, what was that about?"
"I was wondering what you would taste like," he said as he tried not to look into my eyes.
"And?" I waited patiently.
"I'll tell you later," he suddenly became serious and the moon began to hide from the sun. Sighing, I focused on the job at hand and quite frankly... it was a hell of a time.
"What are we going to do?" I asked. Sol took out his pistols and aimed at the center of the ruins. There, in the middle of the stones, lay the Eyes of Anubis.
"Whatever you do, do not enter the ruins," Sol warned as his eyes narrowed in concentration. "Do not enter while the eclipse is running its cycle."
"We understand," Sophia said as she looked at me and smiled.
Sol was still as a marble statue as he waited for the proper time to attack. But when? Looking at the moon, I noticed that the eclipse will begin in five... four... three... two... darkness.
An eerie green light came down from the eclipse and shone towards the ruins. When it touched the stones, they glowed brightly beginning the ritual.
Then, Sol fired.
I saw that the Eyes flew in different directions out of the ruins before the light shone on them. Sophia was already running to retrieve them and Sol stood to do the same. I started to follow him when I heard the painful screams of the wizards inside the ruins.
And what I saw was hell on earth.
The bodies of the Death Eaters had begun to melt as they screamed in agony. This was unreal. They were twitching in intense pain as they tried to go out of the circle.
But none of them did.
I stood there, shocked at what I had witnessed. Sol knew this would happen and he did it anyway. How could he do this? He was killing people!
"He had to do what he had to do," Sophia said as she stood beside me holding one of the Eyes. "Do not be so hard on him for... ZEUS!" Sophia looked into the ruins in horror and I followed her gaze. The wizards in the ruins were walking strangely as if they limped and they were moaning as if they were still in pain.
How can they still be alive after that? But explanation made sense: they were zombies.
"We need to get out of here," Sophia said as she looked for Sol.
"You're not going anywhere!" I turned to face the speaker and found a wizard pointing his wand towards us. He must be one of the guards. "Put the gem down... he didn't have time to finish for Sophia lunged at him and started clawing him.
I stood there as they fought. I merely picked up the Eye and pointed my wand at him. But suddenly, I felt a body crash into mine and we fell to the ground. I heard a gunshot and something green whizzed past me.
"That was a killing curse!" I exclaimed as the one who pushed me helped me up. Looking up, I saw that it was Sol but... how did he become badly burned?
"Sophia!" he called and immediately, the cat-woman came to his side. "Get her out of here," he said as he hissed through the pain. "Activate the Portkey and go."
"You're hurt!" I was about to go to him but Sophia held me back and took out the port key from her cloak. When he turned to face me, I gasped when I saw half of his face starting to rot. Looking at the ruins, I realized that he must have crossed it just to save me.
"I'll be fine," he smiled through the pain. "Go."
"What about you?" I asked but Sophia took my arm and started to activate the portkey. He laughed and stood straight. He was still proud but faltering.
"I'll be fine..." his eyes grew when he looked past me.
"AVADA!" one of guards must have been revived.
"GO!" he told Sophia as he shielded us with his body.
"KEDAVRA!" a green light went directly towards Sol as he fired and shot the Death Eater on his head. The green light enveloped him and he dropped limply on the ground.
"NOOO!" I shouted but a familiar tug on my navel told me that we were on our way.
The scenery had changed. We were back at Hogwarts surrounded by the anticipated faces that I grew up with.
But nothing was welcoming anymore. I felt Sophia's fur as she gently laid me on her bosom. I felt her pain as well and she felt the emptiness of my soul.
I shall never see my Sunshine again.
"I never told him how I feel," I said softly before my world turned black.
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end of 22.
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A/n: everything has a reason. Pls. Don't get mad.