Chapter 14: Something Wicked This Way Comes
Holly was embarrassed by the amount of food Mark was putting away at the breakfast table, not so much from the fact that he was eating so much but from what it implied. Holly knew that if her strange gait didn't tip off the people around them, then Mark's appetite most definitely did. She wasn't embarrassed at the thought that the world knew that she and Mark were together. If anything, she was more inclined to shout that fact from the rooftops rather than deny it. However, it made her blush to think that other people knew that she and Mark had been engaged in some very private activities the night before.
"Will you stop eating so much?" Holly hissed in his ear.
Mark shook his head quickly, stuffing a piece of chicken in his mouth.
"Mark, people are staring at us!" she whined.
"Holly! I don't care! I'm hungry!" he said, he grabbed her hand under the table, calming her down a little.
"Let's just sneak into the kitchen and eat, if you love me, you'll stop embarrassing me!" she said.
He looked at her for a minute, then put his fork down, "All right, I've had enough anyway" he said.
They stood up and walked out of the great hall, hand-in-hand, trying to think of a good way to spend their day.
"Honey can you get the door?" Hermione called from the kitchen.
"Sure!" Harry called back; he folded his paper and put it on the big oak coffee table.
He got off the couch and strode to the front door.
He threw open the door and Bellatrix fell into him.
"Hey, nice to see you too" he said awkwardly.
"HARRY! I KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO RON!" she said frantically, "IT'S A… IT'S A… Cissy, how are you doing today? Fine day isn't it! Oh, but where is little Draco? Ah there's my favorite nephew!"
Harry shook her a little too hard, "Bellatrix! What the hell are you talking about? What happened to Ron?"
She babbled something unrecognizable and then, "Hello Lucius! Little Draco here has grown since I last saw him! My! Are those new robes, you look dashing Lucius… RON! HE… HE… BECKY!... Draco? Would you like to go somewhere with Auth Bella?"
"HERMIONE! SOMETHING'S WRONG WITH BELLATRIX! I THINK SHE'S UNDER THE IMPIRIUS CURSE!" Harry yelled.
Hermione rushed in, her hands covered in flour from the pie she had been making.
"You're the curse expert! Do something!" she said.
Harry laid Bellatrix down on the couch and pulled out his wand.
"EVIL!... RON… BECKY!... NOT GOOD… EVIL…!" Bella screamed out.
"Desconis!" Harry yelled over her shrieking and she collapsed back on the couch.
"Ok, I take it Ron did something to Rebecca" Harry said.
"Why don't you go over there and see what happened" Hermione said.
Harry nodded and grabbed his coat off the hook by the door.
He apparated to Bellatrix's house, or what was left of it anyway.
"No… I don't want to… please don't make me" Ron whimpered into the dark.
"You will do as I say you fool… destroy Harry Potter!"
"No!... Harry… like a brother… can't hurt him… don't make me hurt him"
"YES! THE TIME HAS COME! DESTROY HIM!"
Harry kicked the door to the flaming house in.
"BECKY!" He yelled.
Harry heard a faint hissing sound and figured it was gas lines.
"BECKY?" He yelled again, that hissing sound was getting louder.
Harry made his way to Rebecca's room, avoiding burning wood as it fell.
"REBECCA!" Harry screamed.
He kicked the door to her bedroom in.
Harry was somewhat confused at the sight that met him.
It seemed as if the fire had originated in this room, everything was on fire, every inch of the room.
Except… for a small circle in the middle of the floor where Rebecca Lestrange was standing with her back to Harry.
"Becky? It's me, Uncle Harry, I'm gonna help you now, ok?" Harry said softly, but loud enough to be heard over the roaring flames.
Becky turned around, she didn't look at all scared, she was calm, and almost satisfied it looked like.
"See what I did Uncle Harry?" she said, her voice sounded a little like a hiss, and that's when Harry realized that the hissing sound had been Becky speaking in Parstletongue.
"Look!" she said, and a giant snake slithered out of the closet and coiled itself near her feet.
Harry took a step forward, but her eyes flashed red and the flames grew higher.
"Becky? What the hell is going on here?" Harry asked shakily.
She waggled her finger at him toyingly, "No dirty words Uncle Harry" she snapped her fingers and Harry was flung backwards out of the room.
He collided with a picture on the wall and both he and the picture clattered to the ground.
"What is she?" Harry questioned aloud.
He tried to re-enter the room but the door swung shut.
He tried to open it, for it was unusually cold.
No luck, it wouldn't budge, it wasn't locked, but it wouldn't budge.
Harry could hear Becky giggling from inside the room.
He raised his foot and tried to kick the door in.
His leg slammed into the door but it did nothing but make him lose his balance and fall.
Harry jogged to the back of the hallway, putting out fires as he went.
He lowered his head, stuck his shoulder out, and charged.
Hermione was busy dabbing Bellatrix's head with a damp cloth when she woke up.
"How do you feel?" Hermione asked.
"Horrible, I knew something was wrong with Becky when she was born, but she's been normal for the past 4 years so I thought she was" Bellatrix said quietly.
"What's wrong with Becky?" Hermione asked gently.
Bellatrix tried to get up but Hermione pushed her back down.
"What's wrong with Becky?" Hermione asked a little more sternly this time.
Bellatrix was quiet for a minute but then fessed up at a look from Hermione.
"All right all right… I'll tell you the whole story"
Flashback
Bellatrix checked the cookies that were in the oven.
"They're almost done Becky!" She called to her now five-year-old daughter.
"Ok mama!" Becky called back.
Bellatrix walked into the living room where Becky was sitting at the coffee table, drawing.
"Look Mama!" Becky held up a picture, one Bellatrix never wanted to see again in her life.
"Rebecca Anne Lestrange, where did you see that?" Bellatrix asked.
"I sawed it in a dreamy mama!" Becky said, still holding up the picture.
"Do not draw another one of these, and we'll talk about the dream later" Bellatrix said, snatching the picture from her daughter.
Bellatrix lit a fire in the grate with her wand and threw the picture in.
She watched, satisfied, as the Dark Mark burned and shriveled away.
Bellatrix felt her left arm where her own Dark mark was branded, with a shiver.
Did this mean something? No, it didn't, it couldn't. Could it?
Bellatrix walked back into the living room.
"Ok Becky, why don't you tell me about your dream?" Bellatrix asked.
"Why don't I? Because I don't have to" Becky snarled.
Bellatrix was taken aback, Becky had never spoken to her this way.
"Now… see here young lady…" she started, but Becky held up a hand and Bellatrix's voice disappeared.
"Give me your wand" Becky said.
Bellatrix shook her head wildly.
Becky held out her hand and Bellatrix's wand zoomed into her outstretched palm.
Becky stood up and strode calmly into her room.
Soon Bellatrix followed.
Becky was in her bedroom standing over her cauldron.
Suddenly her hand flew above her head, and she had a knife.
Bellatrix would have screamed if she had her voice.
Becky deftly brought the knife down on her arm, Bellatrix was expecting a scream, but none came.
As Becky let her blood, seep into the cauldron Bellatrix rushed over to her and turned her around.
Blood stained Becky's robes and arm and her eyes were rolled into the back of her head.
Suddenly Bella's voice came back.
"BECKY!" She cried, tears rolling down he pale face, "BECKY! HONEY! ARE YOU ALL RIGHT!"
Suddenly, Becky's eyes flashed and flames erupted from the cauldron behind her.
Then she opened her mouth and drew a deep breath.
Then she spoke… in deep, rattling, hissing sounds that Bellatrix could not understand, but she recognized it as Parstletongue.
"BECKY!" Bellatrix screamed when the girl drew Bellatrix's wand from inside her robes.
She was even further shocked when a huge snake began slithering out of the brim of the cauldron.
Becky raised her mother's wand, and in a voice that was not her own, said, "Imperio"
The flames were rising out of the cauldron and spread to the curtains, then the curtains molted and the fire spread to the wooden roof.
Beams and small planks began to fall, but Bellatrix couldn't move.
A voice in her head cried, "Leave this place" and Bellatrix obeyed.
The small consciousness in the back of her head knew she was under the imperius curse, and she had to warn someone.
"Harry" the voice in her head hissed, and Bellatrix obeyed.
End of Flashback
As Bellatrix finished her story, Hermione gasped.
"Our little Becky did that?" she asked, disbelievingly.
Bellatrix nodded sadly and leaned into Hermione's arms, tears streaming down her face.
"Something's w-w-wrong Hermione, that w-w-wasn't m-my l-little B-Be-Becky" she sobbed into Hermione's shirt.
Harry slammed into the door, to no avail, the impact flung him back again.
He knew that if Becky kept that door closed long, she would suffocate in all the smoke.
"BECKY! PLEASE LET ME IN!" Harry screamed through the door, he could hear small coughs coming through the door.
"I can't!" she wailed, "I can't open it!"
Harry backed up from the door and raised his wand, whatever spirit had possessed her and shut that door was gone for the moment and no longer holding it closed.
"INPENDIMETA!" He screamed, the door splintered open and Harry walked in, wand still out.
Harry looked around the room, everything was still in flames, and that snake was still coiled around Becky's feet.
"Aguamenti!" Harry yelled, water sprayed out of his wand, but the flames just rose higher.
"Aguamenti, Aguamenti, Aguamenti, DAMN IT! AGUAMENTI!" Water was raining from Harry's wand but still nothing was happening.
Becky was screaming in Parstletongue, it almost seemed as if she was controlling the flames, and commanding them as to what to do.
"BECKY! STOP!" Harry yelled as flames licked the hems of his robes.
"DESTROY HIM YOU FOOL!" Becky hissed in the voice that had haunted Harry's nightmares for the last month.
Harry stopped shooting out spells, he was shocked.
"Becky? What did you just say?" Harry asked shakily, advancing carefully.
"MUST DESTROY HARRY POTTER!" she screamed in Parstletongue, and the snake that was coiled around her raised it's head and began to unwind itself from her feet.
It opened it's mouth and slithered fluently through the flames straight towards Harry.
It reached Harry and reared up to about three feet above him.
Harry stumbled backward and almost tripped over a toy Becky had left out.
"INCENDIO! FINITE INCANTANTUM! RICTUSEMPRA! SECTUSEMPRA! AVADA KEDAVRA!" Harry screamed out curses but the snake kept coming.
"BECKY! CALL IT OFF!" Harry yelled loudly.
"Why would I do that?" she hissed demonically.
Then the air grew cold, Becky was cackling loudly, and the snake stopped advancing.
The fire died down quickly and the lights flickered out.
"Oh no" Harry said, "not here, not now, please, no!"
"My dad brought my mom here on their first date after they made love for the first time" Mark said quietly, rubbing Holly's hand affectionately.
They were sitting somewhere near the top of Romancers Peak on their first actual "date"
Mark had his legs hanging over an outcropping and Holly had her head in his lap.
Mark ran his hand through her beautiful chocolaty hair and admired her beautiful eyes.
Holly's eyes changed colors according to the clothes she was wearing.
She was wearing a light yellow halter-top and her eyes were a light shade of green at the moment.
"You have amazing eyes" Mark whispered in her ear, and he was rewarded with a light kiss on the cheek.
"Thanks" she whispered.
Mark kissed the tip of her nose and then brushed her bangs off her forehead.
"So what are we doing tonight?" she asked.
Mark thought about it for a minute, where could they have privacy? Even in a castle as big as Hogwarts, privacy was hard to find.
"Meet me in the room of requirement at about 9:00 tonight" he said after a minute.
She nodded and then the stood up.
Mark put his arm around Holly's shoulder and pulled her close.
"The view is beautiful from up here" she said, looking out over the rolling green hills of the Scottish landscape.
"Not as beautiful as you" he said.
Holly giggled, "You're such a flirt" she said.
"Am not" Mark said with mock indignation.
"We'd better go, the sun's about to set" Holly said, and Mark silently agreed.
They made their way carefully over the rocky mountain, Mark stopped every few seconds to help Holly down, he didn't know what he would do if she fell.
When they got back to the castle, they split up, much to Mark's disappointment.
He went into the great hall and sat at the Gryffindor table.
He pulled some parchment, a quill, and a bottle of ink out of his bag and began to write.
When he was finished writing the letter he jogged up to the owlery.
When he reached the large circular room, he was careful not to step in the many droppings and bones that were scattered over the floor.
He walked over to Ares' perch and stroked his beautiful screech owl's feathers affectionately.
"Here boy" he said, pulling out a treat from his bag.
Ares gulped down the treat and then clicked his beak impatiently.
"No more for now boy," Mark said, "but I need you to take this to mom and dad for me"
Ares stuck out his leg professionally and allowed Mark to tie the letter to his leg.
"Good boy," Mark said, patting his head, "you'll get another treat when you get back"
Ares spread his wings and took off at full speed through the owlery window.
Mark stood at the window of the tower and watched until his owl was a black speck flying into the increasingly darkening night.
After Ares had completely disappeared, Mark trotted back down the stairs.
He just walked for a while, not really sure of where he was going.
Memories kept floating through his head and he was in a daze as he walked through the deserted corridors of the castle.
Mark had always marveled at how big the castle was, but it seemed bigger now, perhaps because the halls weren't crowded with students.
All the students were in their respective common rooms for the night, the workweek started again tomorrow, and everyone wanted to rest.
Mark passed Moaning Myrtle's bathroom on the second floor and remembered the stories his dad had told him when he was younger, about the Chamber Of Secrets.
Mark didn't know how he could ever compare to his father, but he didn't care any more.
He was going to be his own person, and his dad would respect that.
Mark didn't even notice when he walked through the fat friar, who was out for a little snack.
"Sorry" he mumbled when the ghost said something.
Mark passed a window, and looked out over the lake, and he saw the rock where he and Holly had sat together so many years ago.
Love, love had seemed so trivial then, back in first year, back when they didn't have a care in the world.
Mark knew he was in love with Holly, he knew he wanted to spend the rest of his life with her, he knew he wanted to be the father of her children eventually, settle down and have a family.
Eventually Mark found himself sitting at a desk in the Defense against the Dark Arts classroom.
Was he even going to come back next year? It seemed so trivial, he knew what he needed to know.
Holly had made sure he knew every word of information that was held in the library of Hogwarts.
He knew Lily would want to come back, and Holly too, most likely.
But he was far ahead of his class, he knew more than the teachers sometimes, which made them a little angry.
He knew he had to ask Holly to marry him, that wouldn't influence her choice to return to Hogwarts, but he wanted to be married to her.
If Holly wanted to come back next year, then Mark would follow, gladly.
And when they graduated, he could marry her, play professional Quidditch with the NQL, and start a family with her.
At a quarter until nine, Mark walked up to the seventh floor, where Holly was already waiting outside the room of requirement.
"Hey" she said, standing up from where she had been sitting.
She brushed off her jeans and adjusted her shirt.
Mark followed every move she made with amazement.
She was being sexy without even trying.
"You're amazing" he said, stifling a moan.
"And I'll say it again, you are a flirt Mark Potter" she said, giggling slightly.
"Because I'm in love" Mark whispered, nuzzling he neck.
"Ohh… Come on Mark, let's go" she said impatiently.
Yay! A Cliffy!
Ok first off, sorry I have not updated in a while.
Before I get into the author's note though, I am doing reviewer responses!
Here Goes:
InuYasha0978: My advice is, just be yourself man, But I'll tell you how I got Felecia.
We had talked a few times, but we barely knew each other.
I just asked her if I could talk to her in private, she said ok and we walked out of earshot from anyone else and here is the conversation (what I can remember of it, that was like 5 years ago)
Felecia: Ok, what did you want to talk about?
Me: Well I'm having girl problems, and you're the only girl I'm on speaking terms with
Felecia: Ok
Me: There is this girl really like, and I barely know her, I like her a lot but I don't know how to talk to her, I was hoping since you're a girl you'd have some advice, should I just tell her? Should I buy her flowers?
Felecia: No with the flowers, just tell her you like her, girls like honesty.
Me: ok thanks.
She started to walk off and I grabbed her arm, Me: Felecia, I really like you
Ok I know that sounds hard, and it may be hard to do, it might not even work for you, but it worked for me, and we dated for five years and now we're engaged.
Give that a try! And thanks for saying my story is cool!
Savetheplanet: Thanks, you people seem to be reviewing more about my life than my story, oh well, thanks!
Firefarieyofusa: I remember you, you reviewed like a hundred times on my first story, thanks for liking this one!
Sandyspark: Planning is almost finished, and don't worry! I can't forget about you guys! You're too awesome to forget about! I love all my readers. Ok I answered your questions, thanks for your congrats and sorry if my marriage gets a tiny bit in the way of my story
Fairy-GYAKUTENNO-MEGAMI: Thanks, and I don't know who the hell would want to know that, thanks for the congrats.
Michelle Moonshine: yes marriage is like that, (I hope mine's not!) and yes, Harry was just being Harry.
I can't use your idea though; sorry it will interfere with later chapters.
And I can't finish the love making scene, sorry.
I may use your idea in my marriage though! Thanks!
Felecia is actually healed all the way now, we just have to go to the doctor's once more to make sure she's ok.
As for the Mark and Holly thing, you didn't think I wouldn't set a basis for another story did you?
And thank you for saying I'm amazing, the only person who has ever said that is my Fiancé.
pikeman900: Thanks
StarAngel613: Holly, Holly, Holly, my star reader.
It's a good thing you love the character I made for you, I wouldn't want my favorite reader to stop reading because she hates herself (ok that was weird)
And Holly, this is the least of it, 'm going to write a whole new story about Mark and Holly as adults when I'm finished with this trilogy, don't worry you'll be in the next story too!
Thank you for giving me your description sounds like you have sexy eyes (OW! STOP HITTING ME FELECIA!)
Actually, they give the story a perfect effect in my opinion.
Yes, it is weird that Victor slept with Nicolina, I wanted to add a creepy effect, and if anyone is wondering, I based her off of Marishka and Aleera on Van Helsing (without being a crybaby)
Thank you for reviewing!
Ok, review responses are over and I can get to the authors note.
Thanks for all of the wonderful reviews you guys give, I'm very thankful.
I'm sorry I take so long, I can update sooner now because Felecia is better and she is doing the rest of the planning for the wedding.
The only thing left that I have to help with is selecting the bedding for the honeymoon.
WE'RE GOING TO ROME FOR OUR HONEYMOON!
That was Felecia's Idea, after reading my story, we're going to the same hotel Harry and Hermione stayed at.
(Yes it's a real hotel, I looked it up in the encyclopedia)
This chapter was supposed to be creepy, so please tell me it's creepy!
I can not wait to have sex with her! (Sorry, getting carried away here)
Ok anyway, thanks to you all.
We're getting married in two weeks, then we're going to be gone on our honeymoon for a week, I'll try to write a little when we're not 'doing things' but I can't make any promises.
Ok see you guys later, wish me luck, I've never had sex before and I'm hoping I'll be good! (little comedy there, can't resist)