Asia barely got any sleep. Somewhere inside her, she knew Voldemort would plague her life even more than he already had, but now, he was just running it. She was his tool, that's all. She was destined to be used to destroy all muggles, and all those Voldemort things that aren't worthy to live. There was definitely sin to doing that. Sitting up, she let out a shaky breath. It was almost 3am and she couldn't sleep. Getting out of her bed she sat at her bedside table and took out a quill and parchment. She began to right a letter to the Halliwell's, telling them she had to leave and she would see them later on. She never put when, because she didn't know when. No one did. She told them she loved them and they needed to take care of Angel while she was gone. Asia looked over the letter. If the owl was intercepted, then anyone one the dark side could read it. She rewrote the letter in German and threw he other one away. She reread the letter again while fondling with her mothers necklace, then took out her wand and sealed it. She left it on her desk for the morning to come so she could have something to do. Thinking about that again, she almost started to cry. She noticed that ever since she came here, she cried much to often. 'That's because I came out of my ice tomb.' Raven told me about this.' she thought.
Speaking of Raven, Asia went to the austral plane. Her best friend was also having a hard time sleeping. She was dreaming about her father: a very tall man with scorching crimson eyes and white hair. He was an evil sorcerer with powers as red as any tomato. In Raven's dream however, he was an absolute giant. She was standing in the palm of his hand with her trademark blue cloak.
"Father," she said, her voice sad and pleading "I don't want to do this. It's not fair."
"You have no choice my daughter," Trigon's voice boomed over the entire scene. "You must do as you were destined. If you don't it will consume you. You are the Gem, and you will remain to be the Gem until you die."
"LIAR!" Asia screamed. Seeing Raven in a weakened state drove the panther inside her mad; her protective part of her personality. She was on the verge of transformation, wanting nothing more than to whisk Raven away and kill Trigon. 'No! No killing!' she screamed at herself.
"Infuriating wench! Stay out of this!" Trigon roared, making her wince and cover her ears.
"NO! Raven, destiny may be set in stone, but it doesn't mean it will happen! We can change it! If the prophecy doesn't happen at the right time, then it won't happen at all! -" Asia's determined speech was drowned out by Trigon's beastly laughter. It sounded like a hyena's laugh, but 100's of octaves lower.
"You must be the Snake's Fang. Yes, Voldemort has told me much about you and that determined spirit of yours." he chuckled again. "Don't fret little one, the Dark Lord will break that spirit into a million pieces, and I will enjoy watching him." Trigon laughed again. Raven flew from his hand and grabbed Asia's.
"Asia?" They were in the same dark field that they were in when Asia killed Tom.
"Yea? Raven?"
"Thanks. I thought...I have no clue what I was thinking."
"Numair told me the Ministry is coming for us tomorrow evening. We're not to tell anyone."
"Yes, I know. I bet you've already told."
"No, I just wrote a letter to say goodbye to the sisters. But I didn't send it yet."
"Oh." Asia noticed that Raven sounded more gloomy than usual, something that another person would have never noticed.
"What's wrong, and don't tell me nothing because I know it's something." Raven looked at Asia and smiled. Asia was in her panther form like always when they met in the austral plane to chat. Raven folded her legs only to float in midair.
"Do you think that this was meant to be?" If panthers had eyebrows, the one Raven was looking at would have furrowed ones.
"I think we were meant to help each other. Your father and Voldemort are working together. I'm guessing they need each other, and us." Asia sighed. "It's not fair though. Not that I'd rather it happen to anyone else, but just...not to us. Not so soon anyway. There's so much I want to do. I want to grow up, and get my first job, and my first car, and my first house. Who knows, maybe one day I could even have a child of my own to care for." Asia sighed again.
"When you said that we can change the prophecy, did you mean it?" Raven's voice was emotionless, but inside, she was shaking.
"Sort of. It was mostly a bluff. Your father had a hold on you that I knew if he lost his temper, it would break. But isn't a prophecy set in stone? Date, time, everything? What if we miss it?"
"Who knows what will happen..." Raven said quietly. They sat in silence, pondering what could happen. After what seemed like an hour, the two finally stood, deciding to go back to bed. They bade each other goodnight and hugged before leaving.
The visit to the plane was all Asia needed to go to sleep. When she woke up, it was nearly 11.
"I tried to wake you," Hermione explained "but there was a barrier around your bed."
"Sorry about that, I didn't want to be bothered much." As much as Asia tried to feel normal, she failed. Nothing could stop her from dreading the evening to come. She could tell no one, and she was about to crack. Could she at least tell her friends? Her boyfriend? What excuse would she give Jeff when she just up and left? Then he would ask around, then that would attract attention to herself. She couldn't do that. She couldn't just leave him hanging. She looked around the table the group occupied in the library. Ron was sleeping, his favorite thing to do in the library; Hermione was behind a book as big as a dictionary, and Harry was going over potions notes.
"Be right back." she whispered quickly. Walking out the library calmly, she almost broke into a run and settled on a tiny jog. She stopped in front of Numair's door and rapped 3 times.
"Come in." Numair's voice from behind the door. Asia walked in and closed the door. She cut him off before he could greet her.
"I have to tell Jeff. That's unavoidable." She looked him firmly in the eye, letting him know the urgency.
"Who's Jeff?" he asked puzzled. Asia nearly fell over. She figured he knew, he always knows things like that. He gossips like any girls she's ever met!
"He's important to me, and will look from me when I'm gone. The first person he will ask is Harry, who will notice I'm gone also. Harry, Ron, and Hermione are smart enough not to say anything, but Jeff will probably turn this school over." Numair raised a brow, the lines in his aging face got hard. She gulped; he was going in protective mode.
"Just how important is he?" His voice made her feel like a child being scolded by its father. She felt small, submissive and shy. It was much harder telling this to Numair than Harry.
"Can I tell him?" She asked, hopefully getting his mind off the subject with a stern voice of her own. Silence met her as he just stared at her. He crossed his arms over his chest and stood from his desk chair. Asia gulped, no avoiding now. "Okay okay, just stop looking like your going to eat me." She looked up at him, thinking he would have lightened his mood a bit. It didn't. Asia knew she was pushing her luck. Numair could get serious, but he was hard to anger. When he was, she cringed, not wanting to think about it. She just hoped he wouldn't get angry, for Jeff's sake. "He's...just my boyfriend?" she made it into a question, as if it were a light suggestion about what color shirt should he wear. She watched his face for any sign of change. There wasn't really any, except his sensitive mouth got even harder.
"Where is he?" his voice tried to hold a calm sensible nature, but Asia could see past it.
"I don't know. If you want to come with me to tell him, then your more than welcomed to." Asia made the suggestion lightly; making it sound like it was no big deal.
"Show me." he commanded, still looking right in her face. She scratched the back of her neck nervously.
"How about a little later when you've cooled down?" Asia suggested, slowly backing towards the door.
"Cooled down? I'm not angry."
"Yes you are."
"No I'm not."
"Yes."
"No."
"Yes."
"No."
"Yes."
"No."
"No."
"Yes."
"NO!"
"YES I AM!" Numair yelled triumphantly.
"Well then, that solves my problem." Asia gave a smirk of her own and turned and walked out. She had only gotten about 5 steps when Numair's door burst open and he came streaming out. She tried to run, but the fact that Numair was over 6ft tall and she was only 5'2" wasn't fair or helping. Before she could even run 3 strides, he had already caught up to her and scooped her up in his arms. She laughed like a child and gave a tiny yell. When Numair had scooped he up, she went up in the air before plopping in his arms. Then he set her down.
"No, really Asia, I want to see him." Asia sighed and looked up into Numair's face. He was still looking a little father-ish, but she did the best she could to get him out of it.
"Fine, but any funny stuff and I'm telling Daine! Yes, Daine, your wife. I know she's at the Academy, I'm not stupid." Asia laughed at Numair's dumfounded face. If there was anyone who could make Numair give in, it was Daine. They walked down the hall, back towards the library. She hoped that he wasn't in his common room. "How's Kitten by the way?" Numair chuckled thinking of the curious dragon his wife had adopted.
"Still as charming as ever."
When they walked in the Library, Jeff was indeed there.
"Jeff, I need to talk to you." Jeff looked at her and nodded. They walked out of the Library and went a few steps into the hall.
"What's up?" he asked, kissing her cheek.
"Well, first off, this is Numair, I'm not sure if you've met before." Jeff looked rather intimidated by Numair's size, like most people. "Not to worry, he's harmless." Asia put a spice on her voice as a warning to her teacher. Jeff stopped being intimidated when Numair squeezed his hand tighter than needed, and Jeff did it back. Asia cleared her throat. "Jeff. Um, I don't know how to sat this, but you can't tell a soul." Jeff nodded, seeing the urgency in her eyes. Asia sighed.
"What is it? You know you can tell me anything." he encouraged.
"I'm leaving. I'll be back next year though, if I'm alive." Asia kept her voice hard. She didn't want to sound cruel, but if she didn't, she'd cry. Seeing the look on his face, she explained the entire ordeal to him. At the end, he hugged her tightly and told her he didn't want her to leave. She only hugged him back as a tear fought its way down her cheek and into his robe. "Promise me that you will keep that chain on at all times Jeff..." she whispered.
"I promise Asia, I promise." They had let go and Jeff watched as she and Numair went back downstairs. Asia went to Gryffindor tower to pack her things since everyone in the Library was studying. She quickly packed her things and Angel apperaetd them to Numair's room.
They awaited the Ministry in Dumbledore's office. When the fire boomed emerald green, the Minister, Lucius Malfoy, Kingsly Sacklebot, and 2 more members stepped out. They nodded hellos and were silent.
"Asia, we are taking you to the Ministry only for your pro-" one of the members started.
"Save the sales pitch, I've already heard it." Asia said coldly. Her eyes were an icy blue and she was looking at the fire.
"Well, I think now would be a better time than ever to make our leave." Dumbledore said cheerfully while standing. Numair stood and Asia followed suit. The ministry members tried to form a tight circle around Asia, but she put a barrier around herself then spread it out, making everyone move away from her.
"I think I can walk without a guard." she said coldly. Asia hated the ministry. Prue is always taunted because she raised Asia. People ask questions like what's she's like and how was it raising her. They were all rude, snobby, and to nosey for there own good. They walked into the dark forest to where an old teakettle was sitting in the clearing. Before they even got there, Asia stopped walking. Angel looked at her mistress questionably.
'Angel, do you smell anything? I can feel that something is not right.' Angel sniffed the air.
'There are scents here, but there hours old.'
"Wait," Asia called. As soon as she even opened her mouth, one of the unidentified members fell to the ground. Kingsly ran to him.
"He's dead." his baritone voice boomed in everyone's ears.
"Someone is in this clearing. I suggest we just take the fire-" before Asia could finish her sentence, she was grabbed around the middle and a wand was stuck in the throat.
"Asia!" Numair yelled. But before he could even make a move, Angel's wings had come to he surface of her fur, and spread. She lunged over to the man as he tried to back away from her. Asia ducked as the man threw out his arms to stop the rampaging Houndune. Fire spewed from Angel's mouth as she roared, and the man reduced to nothing but black ash. Asia hugged her gratefully.
"Thank you girl." When Asia let go, about 4 men jumped form the trees and began to duel with one another. "Protect the port key, but don't touch it." she told Angel. She nodded and trotted over. Asia out a force field around herself and summoned her power. She located a storm over to the East and used wind to blow it over. She put some energy into the storm, and it started to rain. Thunder and lighting rolled through the black clouds. She cursed, the members were to close. If she used lighting on the other people, she would kill the good ones. She was snapped out of her thought when something hit her barrier. She turned to see a very tall man in a soaked black robe and a mask. He shouted a spell that was drowned out by the storm and it collided with her barrier. The spell itself didn't do anything, but the impact was breaking her concentration and making the barrier weak. She inhaled and let the barrier down and then exhaled and encased the man in ice. She looked around to see the men tied up in an invisible spell. None were hurt expect for a few cuts here or there. Dumbledore was unmarked. Asia turned to the man who was literally up to his neck in ice.
"Who sent you?" she asked seriously. The member came over to listen. The man was silent. Asia ripped off the mask the see it was a balding man with a sense of madness in his eye. "I said who sent you." Asia said more seriously. She made her hand light up with some power as a point.
"The Dark Lord, who else?" 'Figures.' Asia thought, rolling her eyes.
"And you expected to make me go willingly?" Asia raised an eyebrow. The man fell silent again, but would not look Asia in the eyes. She gave an inhuman growl of a panther.
"He has a trap set for you."
"Where?" The man fell silent. She growled again and balled her fist, summoning a different power. She snapped open her hand and aimed it at the mans frozen hand. He screamed as his hand shattered. The members murmured in the background, but she ignored them.
"It's about a mile from here!" he yelled. Suddenly, the ice began to melt. Asia stepped back as from a spot on his forearm; everything was melting, including his skin. He screamed bloody murder as died.
"Well, that was interesting." she said dryly.
"I think we should get miss Potter to the safe? Then we can check out this 'trap'." Numair suggested.
"Wait, why can't I go with you?" Asia asked.
"Because, it's a trap for you. If you were to come then you'd be walking right into it." Numair told her sternly.
"But if you get caught, how are you get to get out? If it's made it imprison me, then I don't think if you got caught you could get out either."
"Asia, go to the ministry. That Port key takes your right to your room." Dumbledore's voice wasn't cheery, and she didn't want to analyze why. With a sigh, she turned and walked towards the key, only after she gave Numair a firm hug and told him to be safe. Grabbing Angel's chain, she felt a jerk around her navel as she was whisked to the Ministry of magic.
When Asia landed, she was in a large dark room. On one side, it was deep blue with black markings. On the other was black with silver markings. The silver paintings on the wall were beautiful. On one wall was a howling wolf's head, on another was a crow, and one the biggest wall was a black panther, prowling down a tree.
"I'd figured you'd like that." came a monotone voice Asia knew so well.
"Raven." Asia smiled. Raven came out of the bathroom on the blue side of the room. They hugged, longer than usual.
"You're shaking." Raven pointed out. Asia let go and looked at her hand. It was trembling.
"Yea, I am. I just shattered ones hand, after incasing them in ice, and was nearly kidnapped. The ministry's plans were found out. If we had walked straight to the key, then all of them would have ended up dead. One man was killed."
"Well your safe now."
Raven and Asia enjoyed talking to each other, and Angel enjoyed Asia's bed. They both jumped when the dinner bell rang, and then laughed at each other. At dinner, Asia noticed that the cook had a large bandage over her left forearm.
"What happened?" Raven asked. Asia knew something was up. Raven really doesn't care about this cook.
"Oh, kitchen accident. More rolls?" the woman said all to pleasantly. Raven glanced at Asia and shook her head the tiniest fraction.
"No thank you." Asia said politely. The 2 were waiting at the table for Numair and a few other members who would be staying.
'What's up? Your not the Good Samaritan type.'
'Left forearm Asia? That's were Voldemort's mark is. Not to mention the amount of malice in her aura.' Asia thought about that. She would have to point it out the Numair later.
Asia couldn't sleep that night. She felt hungry, even though she knew she wasn't. She felt tired, but she couldn't rest. She felt excited, but it was just nervousness.
"Can't sleep?" Raven asked across the room.
"How could you tell?" Asia said sarcastically.
"You aura can drive anyone wild. Try meditating."
"There's no way that I can sit still long enough. Something's going to happen Rae, I can feel it." Even as Asia said that, she heard snoring outside her door. "Great, the post at the door is asleep."
"You really expected him to stop anything from happening?"
"Well, if her got hurt then we would hear it and wake up at least! Asia austral projected and walked through the door. Someone was out here, and he was in a black robe with his hood on. He walked right past Asia and opened the door. Raven was standing there with her cloak on. She lifted her hand and black energy encircled and broke the mans' neck. Asia gasped and went to go back into her body, but she heard something. Looking on the other side of Raven's bed, she found Raven's austral self on the floor panting.
'Something threw me out of my body, and both of our bodies left. We've got to find them!' Asia nodded and helped the girl up. They sprinted after there bodies and found that they were going into the kitchen. The woman that served them that night looked satisfied to see them.
"Belletrix lets go." Asia's voice sounded as if many people were talking at once. Belletrix stepped into the fireplace with the two of them and said "The Golden Cafe." Raven and Asia glanced at another and raced to find Numair's room. Walking through walls, they went straight to his head and put their hands on it. They went into his dream:
DREAM
Numair was with Kitten and Daine. Alanna, another E.Y.A teacher, and Raven and Asia's caretaker, were sitting around a table having a drink and talking. Numair was rubbing Daine's swollen belly as they laughed, and kitten trotted over to them.
'Hello.' the voice was childish, but it fitted the baby dragon.
'Kitten! You're doing mind speech!' Asia was happy. Kitten, like all dragons, is capable of mind speech. But she was to young to learn it tat last time Asia checked.
'No, this is a dream. I can do anything I want.' Kitten said smugly.
'Asia, Raven? Come, drink with us!' Numair offered.
'Numair, this is serious. You've got to wake up, now! Raven and I were kicked out of our bodies by some spell, and we left with the kitchen lady.' Raven explained. They were suddenly back in Numair's dark room. Numair shot up and looked around.
END DREAM
"Asia? Raven?" The girls rolled their eyes. No one can see austral forms if their awake. Numair went straight to the girl's room, and found they were gone.
Dumbledore, the Minister, Numair, and about 3-ministry members sat around the table. Raven and Asia stayed nearby, and Angel sulked under the table. Asia could have sworn Dumbledore looked at her once or twice. They all had discussed the situation and assed it carefully. All they came up with is a raid on Voldemort. After many tries to do it, Asia managed to say "Golden Cafe" in Dumbledore's mind, until she felt a pull to her body.
She looked at Raven, who felt it also, and they let themselves be pulled. When they awoke, they were in their bodies in a cell. They glanced at each other.
'This is it. There's no way out now.' Raven's voice sounded hopeless. Her father poisoned her thoughts.
'Rae, you know me better than to say that. I'm going to bust us out.'
'Asia, it's probably magicked-' before Raven could finish, Asia had sent a powerful blast towards the cell door. It bounced off and nearly took off their heads. She shrugged.
'Oops.' Raven glared at her friend. They took a good look around, but could see nothing. Even though both Asia and Raven had good eyesight in dim light, this kind of darkness would blind even the greatest nocturnal creatures. Asia concentrated and turned into a panther. Even as a panther, she had to squint. Looking over at her best friend, she saw that Raven had transformed into a raven. She had told Asia she was working on transforming her body; Raven was only capable of sending out a raven form of her power.
"I told you they would do that." came a baritone voice that Asia's ears could never mistake. She took a whiff of the air and smelled dirt and fire. The air was tangy and stung her nose. They heard the cage door open and Asia slinked back to the corner of the cage, Raven perched on her back. Two sets of red eyes came towards them. Raven cawed and Asia hissed and growled, but they continued to come. Trigon reached out a hand that Asia sung her fangs into. He howled and hit her on the top of her head, making her let go. Raven took flight only to have her wings spelled shut by Voldemort. Trigon reached for Asia's scruff and held it tightly. A cloth was put over her eyes and a chain around her neck. Having enough, she tried to transform back only to find she couldn't. All she got out of the attempt was a burning sensation from the chain on her neck. A tug came and she followed, having no choice. Trigon was much stronger than her, and she couldn't see. She tried to smell her way through, but the scent of fire and heat made her nose sting and head spin. She let a roar, calling for Raven, but the bird didn't respond.
"Silence before I make you a throw rug for my thrown." Voldemort hissed at her. Asia's ears twisted and turned, desperate to pick up sounds. She could hear the weak and muffles calls of a bird about 3 feet in front of her. Raven was alive, and was protesting to something. Asia relaxed only slightly, Raven was alive, and that was enough.
They walked for a good 7 minuetes. She nearly tripped going down a flight of winding stairs, and besides the tension she kept on the chain, she walked peacefully. When they stopped, it was hot in the room. She was led into another cell, and the blindfold was snatched off. Trigon slammed the door but kept a few good feet of the chain on the outside. The door only opened once more to let Raven be carelessly tossed in. Once they silently made sure they were okay, they had a good look around. The room was circular, with narrow stone steps adorning the walls. In the corner was the source of the rooms light; a large cauldron simmering away and emitting a very foul smell. In the middle of the room however, was a large stone hand that had its palm up facing the ceiling. Trigon was just as he was in Raven's dream, except he was the size of a normal man, and he was a little transparent. 'He must not be fully here. This must be his essence, and his body and powers are still where ever he was banished to.' she thought. Voldemort was wearing a black robe, and his face could have been in a horror movie. His skin was gray and wrinkled and stretched at the same time, making it look plastic. His eyes were snake-like slits and his mouth and nose were also just slits. His hands looked like gray bones for his fingers were so long and skinny.
Asia and Raven were once again, huddled in the furthest corner of their cell. Raven had transformed back into her human form and had her back against the wall with Asia lying in front of her. Voldemort, seeing the two gave a laugh.
"Get the bird, and we will summon your body." he hissed. As Trigon approached, Asia stood and went into a defensive position. Trigon stopped and looked from Asia to his daughter.
"I don't want to hurt her. Just call her off and come with me." Trigon's voice was as if they were compromising, but both of them knew he was not.
"Why can't she change?" Raven asked, referring to Asia. Trigon looked to the panther, avoiding its glare.
"This is an ancient ground. Her powers are probably cancelled out. Now come on."
"That's a lie. Emotional Eyed powers are neutral! The only way they would cancel is if the ground was to off balance." Raven's eyebrows went up as she realized something. She looked from Voldemort to the hand to Trigon. "These grounds are thrown off balance because of the evil!"
"Bravo dear child, but now my patience runs thin. Stop your stalling and go with your father." Voldemort commented. There was a pause, before Voldemort took out his wand and aimed it at Raven and mumbled a spell. Raven went limp and floated towards Trigon. Asia roared her fury, but before she could punch on Trigon, he slammed the cell door. She rammed it with her shoulder as hard as she could, tried using her powers, and tried biting the locks and hinges, but the door wouldn't budge.
Trigon carried her over to Voldemort, who took some of the contents from the simmering position and poured it down Raven's throat. They set the girl down on the floor and she glowed. Out of her chest sprang a raven. Asia roared to it, scared and unsure. It cawed back and Asia was sure that they had split Raven in two. Raven's body stood. Under her hood glowed 4 red eyes.
"You know what to do." Trigon told her. Raven's body nodded and she flew towards the hand. She sat down and began to recite some sort of incantation. Red lights flashed around her and soon a portal opens up. The true form of Trigon ascends upwards, and Raven's body lay limp on the ground.
"Happy now?" Voldemort asked, uncaring. "Help me with her." Trigon's enormous hand reached into the cell, and her best attempts to avoid it were in vain. He held her in his palm and forced her mouth open. Voldemort gave her the potion and light engulfed her also. If she could scream, she would have. She felt her powers and her human body be torn from her panther form. Her head burned where her scar should have been, and it felt as though the patch of skin where her mark should be was ripped from her flesh. She lay limp on the floor as her body (clothed by the way) appeared next to her. Her human self stood, and with bright, icy blue eyes, she looked towards Voldemort.
"Well Tommy, long time no see." she said casually.
"Milord, wasn't it supposed to strip her of her powers only?" Asia shook her head.
"Trigon, your dumber than you look. You can't get my powers that way. Infact, there is no possible way to get my powers unless your are of my blood. The only way my powers can be released from my body and soul is if I'm dead. But even then, they die with me." she looked towards the panther on the floor, weak and still in pain "I would say that this was a total waste, but it wasn't. You got rid of my worser half."
"I beg your pardon?" Voldemort said emotionlessly.
"I'm Asia's alternate ego, the bad side of her soul. The side that was always suppressed. Thanks to you though, it was awakened." She looked to Voldemort "Not that I'm not grateful, but what do you want?" Voldemort came out of his stupor and put on a sly smirk.
"I'm going on a mission, killing to be specific. Interested?" Asia thought for a moment.
"Target?"
"Hogwarts."
"More specific."
"Ministry of Magic."
"Not buying."
"Albus Dumbledore."
"Not in my ledge."
"Harry Potter?" Asia looked at Voldemort with a smirk of her own.
"Now you're talking." The two shook on it.
"Milord, what about Raven?" Trigon said, regarding the body.
"Take her with us. As soon as we take over Hogwarts, we are storming the E.Y.A. I'm going to need more powerful pawns."
"Now that sounds like fun. But, what about Angel? She'll notice the difference." Voldemort smirked. He walked over to a cell at the far end of the room and took the spell off the door. Lying in the back, sleeping, was a Houndune. Asia thought it was Angel, but it wasn't. The eyes, nose, stripes, claws, and the tips of the ears, wings, and tail were all black. This was a shadow Houndune. When Asia's body approached, it raised its head and glared into her eyes. The Mark of the Eye appeared on its hip. Asia's body smirked.
"I like." she said evilly. As the door disappeared, Asia scratched it behind the ears, making it purr.
"My minions are storming Hogwarts as we speak." Voldemort smirked. He ascended the stairs with the shadow behind her. Trigon carrying Raven brought up the rear. Asia fell into darkness.
Aging had not changed his ears a bit. He was positive that he heard doors slam and a scream. Quickly getting up, he walked down his spiraling staircase and the gargoyle jumped aside. He sensed the presence of darkness. Taking out his wand, he watched as 2 Ravenclaws were rounded up with invisible strings and thrown into the Great Hall, which was cleared of tables. The two robed men looked at Albus Dumbledore with fear, but still raised their wands. Before they could even take in breath, Dumbledore had them on the floor, out cold. Glass broke on the Grand Staircase. Deatheaters, tons of them, flooded in clutching brooms.
Students scrambled for the secret passageways, most getting caught by Deatheaters and then dragged to the Great Hall. Harry ran around, looking for Hermione and Ron. Angel was at his side, taking care of any Deatheaters that tried to ambush them. She had just punctured a mans throat when he came to the Great Hall. Students, mainly first year girls, were in tears and their friends tried desperately to comfort them. Out of the students there, Ron and Hermione was nowhere to be seen.
"Get OFF ME!" Harry spun to see a Deatheater trying to struggle with Hermione. She bit him on the arm and ran towards Harry. Angel caught the mans robe on fire as he came towards them.
"Harry," Hermione sounded panicked, and it was clear she had been crying. "Ron's on the third floor. He fell down the stairs and got hurt."
"Okay, let's go." Harry ran towards the staircase again. Angel, who had blood smeared around her muzzle, made way for them. They made it to the third floor and saw Ron. His face ws tinged with green with pain.
"Harry, I think I broke something!" he yelled. Harry looked around. They weren't to far from the one-eyed-witch. Harry, with Hermione's help, dragged Ron over to the statue as Angel sprang off to Alica who was being persuade by a Deatheater. Alica ran over to them.
"Alica," Harry said before she could say anything "Take Ron and Hermione down there, and don't come up, got it? The passage leads to Honey Dukes, and I highly doubt that place is safe right now."
"Wait a moment Harry," Hermione argued as she and Alica eased Ron down the ladder "I'm going-"
"To do as I say for your own saftey! Don't you see? Voldemort got Asia out of Hogwarts on purpose! She was the only person stopping him! Now she's gone, and he's taking over! I want the two of you to survive. Now GO!" Hermione didn't argue with Harry, only hugged him tight and told him to be careful before getting in the passage. Harry ran towards the Great Hall again, wand at the ready, when Angel stopped. Harry stopped and turned to. Coming through the oak doors was Voldemort, Asia, and a shadow Houndune.
"Hello Harry." she said charmingly evil. Angel and the shadow snarled at each other, execpt the shadow seemed to be teasing. They charged at each other, their battle going from ground to air with a chorus of howls, and snarls. Fire and balls of black magic collided, making explosions. Their battle continued outside.
"You don't seem so happy to see me Harry. Let me assure you I'm happy to see you." Asia strode over towards him, a smirk on her face.
"Asia, are you mad? You've sided with Voldemort?" Harry asked in horror.
"Sorry to disappoint you brother, but the dark side is so much more fun. So exciting, you know? You can do anything without consequence. I've never felt more free than right now." Asia said, distracting Harry from the orbs of dark blue power that were forming in her hands behind her back.
Asia stirred. She felt woozy dizzy. Next to her was a raven. It looked as though she was peaking at Asia, but it was really her collar. Asia stood, shaking off her feelings and growled. Tom had planned it from the very beginning. HE awakened the hate in Asia so he could separate her soul. Asia growled louder and bolted towards the staircase. Raven flew overhead and led her the way out. Using the speed of the enormous cat, she was out of there in less than 2 minutes. She was able to transform into her regular body. In the gleam of Raven's feathers, she saw her eyes were deep, deep dark blue. She was angry, but she couldn't hate. She growled inhumanly. The collar still bound her to her panther form, but she couldn't take it off. She ignored it, and concentrated. She was exactly 150 miles south form Hogwarts. She was going to apperate. If she could apperate from Britain to Germany, then 150 miles wasn't so bad.
Asia appeared at the Dark forest. Raven was still firmly perched on her shoulder, and barley hanging on as she ran full blast to Hogwarts. Threshels, plenty of them, swooped down on her. She stopped and turned the wind strong, making them unable to fly or land. She kept running, but stopped to catch her breath when she noticed the Deatheaters. After 5 minuetes, and some thinking, she realized that she didn't have any offensive powers. All she could use was her force field, which she could bend, and shape, wind and storms, and freezing time. She touched the necklace on her neck. 'Mother, give me strength.' she thought.
Turning the corner, a single Deatheater was posted at the door. She formed a shield around nothing and held it for a second before sending it blasting towards the Deatheater. It caught him in the stomach and he flew backwards into the wall with a crack. Asia ran towards the Entrance Hall to see herself walking towards a transfixed Harry. She built up another ball before hurling it at herself. She felt a twinge of pain in her back as her other self crashed into the floor some 10 feet away.
"Asia?" Harry asked, confused.
"Harry! Where is everyone? Are you okay? Don't believe anything she says, it's not true! Voldemort split my soul!" she tried to take him understand, but he was like a dumb kid. He stood there looking between her and the other her. Asia ran into the Great Hall were she felt absolute tension. Voldemort came towards her.
"Asia, dear. Is the Potter dead?" he asked as if this was a dance. Asia said nothing, only summoned power around her fist and punched Voldemort, sending him clear across the Hall.
"You! I thought you were dead!"
"If you kill me, you kill her too." Asia growled.
"On the contrary," the other Asia said coolly, walking in with a bright blue lit up hand to Harry's throat. Everyone gasped. "We don't have to kill you, just the ones you love."
"Leave them out of this!" Asia yelled, "Your fight is with me!" She ran towards herself, putting a force field between Harry and her other self, forcing them apart. The entire school watched as they locked one hand in the others, and then had a charged hand collide with the others. The blast knocked everyone off their feet and back. Harry was now confused. He had lost track of which Asia was Asia and what was going on. They battled it out using what looked like martial arts and their powers. Most of them, Asia dodged. She didn't forget her limited power use. A large ball of off white, accented with red and black crashed through the glass. The fight between Asia's stopped to see Angel and a shadow Houndune wrestling. Both were bleeding heavily. The shadow had scorch marks everywhere, and some was so bad it was burning to the skin. Angel had a lot of claw marks everywhere. She had a bad burn on her chest and rump. Both kept going; it was clear that the shadow was about 2 or 3 inches larger than Angel. They lunged once more and Angel got caught by the throat. "NO!" Asia yelled, sending a ball of energy towards the shadow, but it turned to just that, a shadow. Asia, being sidetracked, was sent flying by a lightening bolt in her side. A bad wound had opened and she was losing strength. She slid into the crowd that was outlining the 'arena'. She began to stand, but it seemed she had slid into McGonagal and Snape. Snape held her arms.
"What are you doing?" Asia yelled as she watched herself limp over to them.
"You can not fight Potter, she will kill you. And if he used the potion that I think he did, then if you kill her, you die too."
"So how do I beat her?"
"Reemerge with her. Except what she is, and stop fighting." As Snape finished his sentence, she found that her bad side was to close for comfort. McGonagall stood up, her wand out at the other Asia, who only smirked at her.
"Minerva, don't kill her!" Now that Asia noticed it, where the wound was on her side, there was blood on her alternate ego's side. When they hurt each other, they hurt themselves...so the only way to emerge with her alternate side is to merge with her...?
"Let me go, I have a plan."
"Now way, you're going to do something stupid." Numair came out of nowhere, and as Snape was about to move so Numair can restrain Asia, she transformed. The only thing that Numair grabbed was Asia's tail, which slipped out of his hands. When she got to the other side of the hall, she looked around for her other self. McGonagall was passed out and she was nowhere in sight.
"Looking for me?" she heard her own voice. Asia turned to see herself to the left of her. She had a new hostage.
"LET HIM GO! Your fight is not with him!" Asia looked as Jeff was trying to get the arm from around his throat. 'The trinket Jeff!' Asia willed.
"Surrender!"
"NO!"
"Then he dies." She watched herself throw Jeff to the ground, and summon a ball of blue power. Jeff shielded his face and the necklace on his neck sprang to life. The eyeball blinked and the panther she locked in sprang out. The panther, bigger than Asia remembered, pinned her down to the ground and looked at Asia expectantly. She nodded and sat down. Quickly going to the door, she found her mothers memories and out them into the necklace. She opened her eyes and put the necklace on the floor.
"I was wrong, your fight was not with me, but with them." At that, the emerald glowed and as if it was a hologram, Asia's memories sprang to life. She watched as he alternate ego couldn't look away, but roared her fury and disappeared. As a stream of red lights, she went back into Asia. The collar around her neck broke and she felt free. She collapsed to her knees, hunching over so her forehead was almost to the floor, and clutched her head. The anger inside her was hard to control. Dumbledore, Snape, Numair, the Minster who had finally got there with some members, Jeff, and Harry had surrounded her. Angel made room for herself at her master's side. The Shadow Houndune surfaced from the shadow underneath the group, making a ball of darkness surround them and then disappear.
The students, who were frightened out their minds, were separated into 2 groups: hurt and okay. The ones hurt went to the hospital wing and the ones who weren't stayed in the great hall as the rest of the teachers searched for any Deatheaters and students. There wasn't one sign of Voldemort, only the Deatheaters to injure to escape.
When the ball dissolved, the group found themselves in a field with lush grasses and rolling hills. They looked around. In front of them were 2 slabs, no, tombstones, sticking out of the ground. One had lilies, the other had deer antlers. Harry was in awe; it was his parent's grave. Angel had left and came back with the Halliwell sisters. The group now consisted of Dumbledore, who was farthest back, Snape who was with Dumbledore, Numair who was by Asia, The Ministry, who was standing to the side, the sisters, who were behind Asia, Harry who was next to Asia, and Jeff who was off to the side. Angel and the Shadow were near Numair. Asia looked up and saw the stones. Her eyes bleed red. She gritted her teeth and rocketed towards her parent's graves.
"HOW DARE YOU LEAVE ME? HOW DARE YOU LEAVE ME ALONE TO DEAL WITH THIS! YOU SAID YOU WOULD NEVER LEAVE! YOU SAID-" Asia was broken off by angry sobs. Prue was the only one bold enough to step forward. The members of the ministry kept a weary eye.
"She's unstable, be careful!" one yelled. Prue rounded on him.
"Are you stupid! She's just a child!" Prue realized something when she said that. Asia's still a child; still a child crying for her mothers love, and she can't replace that. All these years, Prue tried to replace Asia's mother, which was wrong. Prue tried to fill the void, but it still wasn't enough. She walked over to Asia and held her.
"How could she leave me? She was supposed to be there! I was supposed to wake up and see her there. I pray for her to come back, but she won't!" Prue was silently crying now. She felt her sisters join the hug. "Dad was supposed to be there too. He was supposed to be there to hold me and tell me it's okay, but he won't." Numair walked over to the group, offering his condolence by his presence. Piper moved he arm to welcome him in.
Harry felt out of place being there. It seemed like a family thing...he got a nudge, okay; it was a push from Jeff.
"She needs you, she needs everyone she has." he told him quietly. Harry gulped and walked over just in time to hear Asia's wishes.
"But you have such a wonderful family now. Look around you." he said softly. Asia looked up at him, her eyes puffy and swollen. Inside her blue-green eyes, she was shattered. She was just...a child. He opened is arms for her and she came.
"I'm so sorry-"
"Shh," he said sternly "Not another word." The shadow Houndune walked over to them. On its nose was Lily Potter's necklace. Harry took it and the two of them glowed for only a second. When Harry looked down at his hand, he saw that it was the hand that tingled when he shook hands with her, that now bore the mark of the emotional eye.
We are with you, you just need to see us the wind whispered. Harry wasn't sure if Asia heard it, but he didn't press on it. He was the older one, the more mature one. He was going to protect her with his life, he promised.
Well, that's it. I know the action sucked, and yes, I did put the rating up just incase! Just one more chapter, WOOO HOO!