Chapter Title: Awakened
Author: Re-Writing Destiny
Disclaimer: Everything but Lana, Erica and the plot belong to J.K.Rowling.
Credits: Borrowed a line from Pirates of the Carribean: The Curse of the Black Pearl. JACK SPARROW RULES! (and Johnny's prettttyyy nice too.)
Notes: I made a big typo earlier - Harry is NOT back at school yet. It's the beginning of August. :) Sorry!
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"Just go back into the living room," George instructed Ginny, Hermione and Ron.
Ron grabbed Hermione's hand and pulled her back into the living room, quickly shutting the door behind them.
Dumbledore Apparated at the side of George, and hurried footsteps could be heard coming down the stairs.
Harry and Lupin got downstairs just as the slumped body stood up. It was eerie the way it happened - it was as if she had a weight in her toes, upon which she rocked, and it stopped her from falling over, because it just flipped her upright.
There were holes in her arms where she had been wired to some magical devices to monitor her heart rate and brain waves. Her eyes were sunken and her skin was pale.
"Why all the commotion?" Lana said, her voice mocking them slightly.
Dumbledore pointed his wand straight at Lana's chest. "Don't move."
Lana put her hands up. "Woah woah, Dumblydoooor - There's no need for that now is there? It's just little old me. Lana. Can't do anything. Can't even bring her own boyfriend back from the DEAD." She stopped speaking and laughed.
Her eyes wandered to who else was stood there. Fred, George, Moody, Snape, Lupin and Harry. All with their wands pointed at her. Except for Harry. "See, Harry loves me. He knows what respect is. You should respect people with power, you know."
"You're a liar," spat Snape.
"Actually no," said Lana, "I was honest all the time. Dishonest people you can trust. It's the honest ones you've got to watch, cause you never know what they're going to do next..."
"I know exactly what you're going to do next," Dumbledore told her. "You're going to give me your wand and go and sit in the kitchen."
"Aren't you forgetting something? I'm just as dangerous with or without my wand."
Dumbledore leaned forwards and whispered to Lana, so nobody else could hear. "Yes, but I happen to know your talisman is missing - and so is your mark." He turned her left hand over so it was palm up - and the small Sign of the Void tattoo had disappeared.
Lana raised her eyebrows. "Well how clever of you. I'll come quietly and be a nice girl if you men will just stop pointing your sticks at me."
She dropped her hands to her side and and stuck her hands in her jeans pockets. With her right she pulled out her wand and gave it to Dumbledore. Her left stayed in her pocket - in which she twirled something around in her hand. She went to her left and pushed open the door to the kitchen.
Snape followed her, then Lupin, followed by Harry and finally Dumbledore.
As soon as Lana sat down, Dumbledore conjured some ropes and tied Lana tightly to the chair. "Now tell me who you really are, because I know you're not the Lana I know."
Harry looked from Lana to Dumbledore and back again, confused. "What?"
"Shes possesed." he said simply. "Alto Verius Expellus!" A jet of multi coloured light span from Dumbledores wand and whipped around Lana, causing a small tornado that made Lana float up in the air, as whoever it was was expelled from her body.
Harry watched with a morbid fascination, when all of a sudden Lana's chair hit the floor with a loud bang and her body fell forwards, limp.
"Severus - please would you brew a potion for Lana? You know the one I mean." said Dumbledore.
Snape nodded and left.
Lana took a deep breath and looked up at them. The change was dramatic - instead of looking healthy, like she had when she was possesed - she looked near to death. Her eyes were sunken, with black underneath. Her skin was pale and drawn, and when she spoke, her voice had a kind of emptiness to it.
"How did I get here?" she asked, her voice slightly crackly.
"What's the last thing you remember?" Dumbledore asked softly, kneeling in front of her.
Lana's brow creased in concentration. "I felt a - tug. Around my heart, sort of....Like someone was...Pulling me. I woke....Woke up. Felt a - change. Change in the...In the air. Somethings - different. Different. Very different..."
With a flick of his wand, the ropes disappeared. Lana fell forward and almost came off the chair, but she caught herself at the very last minute. Lupin noticed that she looked thinner than she did before - as she usually had a curvy figure it made her look even iller.
"Im tired..." whispered Lana. "Excuse me..." Lana slowly stood up, swayed on the spot and gripped the side of the table. Harry made a motion to go over to her, but Lana put her hand up. "Im fine. Not a cripple." Lana slowly walked out of the kitchen, using the table for support, and as she walked, Lupin had to look away from the cuts on her arms and back.
Author: Re-Writing Destiny
Disclaimer: Everything but Lana, Erica and the plot belong to J.K.Rowling.
Credits: Borrowed a line from Pirates of the Carribean: The Curse of the Black Pearl. JACK SPARROW RULES! (and Johnny's prettttyyy nice too.)
Notes: I made a big typo earlier - Harry is NOT back at school yet. It's the beginning of August. :) Sorry!
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"Just go back into the living room," George instructed Ginny, Hermione and Ron.
Ron grabbed Hermione's hand and pulled her back into the living room, quickly shutting the door behind them.
Dumbledore Apparated at the side of George, and hurried footsteps could be heard coming down the stairs.
Harry and Lupin got downstairs just as the slumped body stood up. It was eerie the way it happened - it was as if she had a weight in her toes, upon which she rocked, and it stopped her from falling over, because it just flipped her upright.
There were holes in her arms where she had been wired to some magical devices to monitor her heart rate and brain waves. Her eyes were sunken and her skin was pale.
"Why all the commotion?" Lana said, her voice mocking them slightly.
Dumbledore pointed his wand straight at Lana's chest. "Don't move."
Lana put her hands up. "Woah woah, Dumblydoooor - There's no need for that now is there? It's just little old me. Lana. Can't do anything. Can't even bring her own boyfriend back from the DEAD." She stopped speaking and laughed.
Her eyes wandered to who else was stood there. Fred, George, Moody, Snape, Lupin and Harry. All with their wands pointed at her. Except for Harry. "See, Harry loves me. He knows what respect is. You should respect people with power, you know."
"You're a liar," spat Snape.
"Actually no," said Lana, "I was honest all the time. Dishonest people you can trust. It's the honest ones you've got to watch, cause you never know what they're going to do next..."
"I know exactly what you're going to do next," Dumbledore told her. "You're going to give me your wand and go and sit in the kitchen."
"Aren't you forgetting something? I'm just as dangerous with or without my wand."
Dumbledore leaned forwards and whispered to Lana, so nobody else could hear. "Yes, but I happen to know your talisman is missing - and so is your mark." He turned her left hand over so it was palm up - and the small Sign of the Void tattoo had disappeared.
Lana raised her eyebrows. "Well how clever of you. I'll come quietly and be a nice girl if you men will just stop pointing your sticks at me."
She dropped her hands to her side and and stuck her hands in her jeans pockets. With her right she pulled out her wand and gave it to Dumbledore. Her left stayed in her pocket - in which she twirled something around in her hand. She went to her left and pushed open the door to the kitchen.
Snape followed her, then Lupin, followed by Harry and finally Dumbledore.
As soon as Lana sat down, Dumbledore conjured some ropes and tied Lana tightly to the chair. "Now tell me who you really are, because I know you're not the Lana I know."
Harry looked from Lana to Dumbledore and back again, confused. "What?"
"Shes possesed." he said simply. "Alto Verius Expellus!" A jet of multi coloured light span from Dumbledores wand and whipped around Lana, causing a small tornado that made Lana float up in the air, as whoever it was was expelled from her body.
Harry watched with a morbid fascination, when all of a sudden Lana's chair hit the floor with a loud bang and her body fell forwards, limp.
"Severus - please would you brew a potion for Lana? You know the one I mean." said Dumbledore.
Snape nodded and left.
Lana took a deep breath and looked up at them. The change was dramatic - instead of looking healthy, like she had when she was possesed - she looked near to death. Her eyes were sunken, with black underneath. Her skin was pale and drawn, and when she spoke, her voice had a kind of emptiness to it.
"How did I get here?" she asked, her voice slightly crackly.
"What's the last thing you remember?" Dumbledore asked softly, kneeling in front of her.
Lana's brow creased in concentration. "I felt a - tug. Around my heart, sort of....Like someone was...Pulling me. I woke....Woke up. Felt a - change. Change in the...In the air. Somethings - different. Different. Very different..."
With a flick of his wand, the ropes disappeared. Lana fell forward and almost came off the chair, but she caught herself at the very last minute. Lupin noticed that she looked thinner than she did before - as she usually had a curvy figure it made her look even iller.
"Im tired..." whispered Lana. "Excuse me..." Lana slowly stood up, swayed on the spot and gripped the side of the table. Harry made a motion to go over to her, but Lana put her hand up. "Im fine. Not a cripple." Lana slowly walked out of the kitchen, using the table for support, and as she walked, Lupin had to look away from the cuts on her arms and back.