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Snape noticed Marty was a bit distracted and that her face was pale, then suddenly Marty realized what she had to do 'It's time.' said a voice inside her head that was not her own. With that Marty suddenly took off running towards the castle at top speed yelling "It's going to the Great Hall, I have to stop it!"
Snape took off after her "Martintha wait!" The team looked at each with a mix of confusion and then understanding dawn on their faces. "Well, guys show time." Hannibal stated "Let's go." They all nodded in agreement and followed suit after Snape.
Chapter 16
Marty ran into the castle and down the corridor heading towards the Great Hall dodging students and teachers alike. She didn't notice Dumbledore as she flew past him. What she didn't know was the others were not far behind. When the Headmaster saw all this he knew it was time and followed the others. As she ran her unease was increasing with every step the sound of her shoes echoing in the hallway.
She stopped in front of the door that led to the Great Hall trying to catch her breath before she threw open the doors,not noticing that a small man was standing not too far behind her watching her intently. She found it unusually darker then normal but her panic was such that she pushed it from her mind 'I hope I'm not too late.' She thought to herself. As she let her eyes become adjusted to the darkness she made out the figure of the creature standing in front of the staff table. Her heart was pounding in her chest as the creature turned to stare at her with its cold red eyes. They stared at each other for few moments then the creature spoke its voice was like a bucket of ice cold water washing over her body. "We meet again Martintha and thissss will be the last time."
Marty stood firm and answered definently "Yes, it will be the last time and I will make sure it won't happen again." The creature laughed causing more chills down her back. She slipped her hand inside her robes and grasped her wand tightly but before she could draw it out the creature had pointed its wand at her. "Annulus!" It screamed out as a green jet shot out of its wand but Marty was quick and dodged it by diving over one of the tables near by.
The spell hit one of the Great Hall doors dissolving it she thanked whatever gods that the students were no where in site. She drew her wand out and screamed out "Expelliarmus!" but the creature dodged the spell. 'Damn it.' They kept throwing spells at each other destroying tables and benches alike. Marty then found herself backed into a corner the the creature was slowly coming towards her when suddenly there was a shot of blue light shooting from the open doorway at the creature causing it to momentarily disappear. She looked up and saw Snape standing there wand in hand the others not too far behind.
"What the bloody hell were you thinking when you took off like that!" Snape yelled walking over towards her.
"I wasn't." Marty said quietly as she got to her feet.
"Look Snape do calm down ,the girl may not have been thinking but I think she sure as hell knows what she is doing." said a voice. Marty gave a weak smile as she saw Sebastian push his way through the people crowding the doorway. "Now if you don't mind get the bloody hell out of the way!"
Snape was so stunned he moved out of the way then came to his senses and asked "What are you doing here, old man?" Sebastian looked at him and laughed "Why to help Martintha of course, isn't that why you and the others are here Snape." He then turned and saw Murdock.
"Well hello there Murdock, its been a long time." He said looking at the young man. "Hello Sebastian." Murdock said with a grin.
Hannibal looked really confused and was about to ask Murdock how he knew this man but Murdock looked at him and mouthed 'later'.
"Well, I should say there was quiet a duel in my Hall." Dumbledore said coming through the door. But before she could say anything she heard the creature laughing again, she turned and noticed it was standing in front of the head table once again.
"Well, well the gangs all here." It said in a sing song voice "How touching." Marty was getting angry now and she slowly began to walk towards it but Hannibal grabbed her arm "Baby?" Marty saw confusion in his eyes and sighed. "Hannibal, I know this has been too much for you and the others to handle but you got to understand this is what I have to do. It's my destiny." Hannibal still looked at her completely confused. "Okay let me put to you this way and I know it will sound corny but it will have to do for now, It was your destiny to form this team whether by accident or not. When you are apart you are misfits but when you are all together its something special." He nodded slightly in agreement "I don't know Baby I mean what if the spell doesn't work again?"
Marty sighed pleading "Please help me, you and the others are the missing piece, I know this time that spell will work. I know I have the right people." she continued "I know now that the group I had before with the exception of Severuswas not right but for some strange reason it is now."
She then saw resolve in his eyes and nodded his head. He then let go of her arm and she continued to walk towards the creature who was smirking at her. "How touching, Martintha." The creature said laughing once more making Marty extreamly angry. "You Bastard, I've had it with your shit and we are going to end this now!"
She then began whistling a song she remembered from her youth.
As Marty continued to whistle she heard her song being picked up by a deeper voice and saw Murdock whistling the tune then another still deeper voice picked up the song. Professor Dumbledore looked over at Marty then shifted his gaze over to Sebastian and he also began to whistle as well. Face and B.A. both looked at each other as if to say what is going on?
The creature on the other hand dropped the wand it was carrying and put it hands to its ears and tried to run into a wall but seemed to bounce off of it. It futilely tried again to escape again but the same effect happened before.
Snape exclaimed "No, there will be no more vanishing for you!" "We end this now!" He looked over at Marty and a small smile played on his lips. She returned the smile in a silent understanding.
With that all the sound in the room stopped.
The creature now looked at the people in the room and began laughing. The room suddenly darkened even more until all that could be seen were the vague outlines of those in the room.
Several of the people in the room said "Lumos!" The tips of their wands ignited sending a soft glow of light within the room.
Sebastian 'Lets see what this girl can do now' he thought then he began mumbling under his breath and the tip of his wand began to glow. He then aimed it at Face and a jet of green light flew out and struck him in the back. "Damn it that hurts!" Face cried out. Hannibal went over to try and help his friend but Marty stopped him and shook her head. Hannibal stood there feeling helpless watching Face like that. Face felt as though he had just been impaled by a spear but felt something radiating from him. Whoa this feels weird. He thought but only for a split second because he felt his gaze being drawn to Murdock who looked perplexed, just as Face shot a wide beam of red light into Murdock. Murdock felt a strange sensation come over him and began to chant turning to aim at Hannibal.
Marty knew what was coming she knew Hannibal had agreed to help but the look in eyes said that he was not too sure about it now and with pleading eyes said "You have to accept this or we are all dead Please." Hannibal looked at her not quiet believing what she was saying but heard himself say "Okay." Marty smiled and ran and towards the creature.
Murdock then shot out an even wider yellow beam of light at Hannibal and it engulfed him. He then turned and looked towards Dumbledore and repeated the chant in a language he had never learned.
The now violet beam which was even wider flew at Dumbledore who accepted the beam and turned towards BA and passed the blue beam which was considerably larger at him. He in turn accepted it and aimed it at Snape which was much larger beam flew to Snape and hit him square in the back engulfing him in a soft blue glow suddenly an ancient staff made of rose wood appeared in his hands. He then in a deep booming voice finished the ancient spell and pointed his staff at Marty's back. The light shot out of the end of the staff and ignited her body with the blue glow that seemed to fill the room but did not touch or ignite anyone.
The others watched in amazement as her dark robes melted away leaving a white filmygown that clung toher figure, her hair changed back to what it was before but it seemed to have grown longer and darker in color. A large ceremonial dagger appeared in her hand, the wood was also made of rose wood with different types of carving adorning it. Marty remaining silent, a slight breeze playing with her hair even though there was none to speak of in the room walked towards the creature who it seemed was too surprised by the blue light surrounding her and Snape to try and escape plunged the knife deep in its chest.
The demon cried out "NO!" but it was too late there was a massive explosion. Marty watched as the creature seemed to fold in on itself as she twisted the knife deeper into its chest, until there was nothing left but dust. She smiled dropping the knife hearing it clatter onto the stone floor 'Its over, its finally over.' She thought.
She then turned and saw Dumbledore smiling at her with pride "Well done Martintha, Well Done." She returned the smile and noticed Hannibal, Face, Murdock and BA had all collapsed onto the floor. "Are they going to be alright?" She asked.
"Oh, They will fine my dear they are just asleep nothing a few days in the Hospital wing wouldn't cure." Dumbledore said smiling at her with that he conjured up four stretchers and they slide underneath each member of the team without disturbing them. Then with another flick of his wand they began to float in the air as if they were a feather. "To the Hospital Wing." He commanded the stretchers. They then began to casually float one by one out of the room with Dumbldore not to far behind.
Marty watched this with great interest for a moment then she turned and walked towards Sebastian "Thank you." Sebastian nodded "Its nothing my dear, You and Snape did all the work." she knew if it were not for him and the others her and Snape could never of done it. "Now I must take my leave you did well little girl."
Marty smiled faltered a bit she had so many questions that needed to be answered " You have to leave so soon?" Sebastian looked thoughtfully at her and replied "Yes, I must besides I have a feeling you will need me again down the road Martintha." Not understanding what he meant she leaned towards him and gave him a peck on the cheek. "Good bye for now Sebastian." The gnome gave her a rare genuine smile and casually walked out of the Great Hall whistling a word-less tune.
As she watched him walk out the door she felt Snape's presence behind her and she turned to him wrapping her arms around his neck and his around her waist. In a rare form of public affection they kissed because no words were needed to express how they truly felt about each other. No one was around to notice the soft blue light surrounding the happy couple.
When they finally came up for air Snape letting go of her "You did well, Martintha." Marty smiled and said "No, we did well." She then noticed the dagger was still laying on the floor where she left it and the staff was laying near by as well.
"I wonder how we managed to make a dagger and staff appear, I mean I certainly don't remember it showing up before?"
Snape shrugged "I don't know, but I have a feeling I know the Headmaster will have a good idea." "But for now, why don't we go back to my quarters and rest, I'm sure we will hear from him soon." He then gave her a wicked grin and said in a low husky voice "I still want to have my way with you." she gave him a wicked grin back "And you shall." He gave her a genuine smile and offered his arm "Shall we."
"Yes." Marty said taking his arm in hers and with that they walked out of the Great Hall and towards the dungeons.
Authors Notes: Hey guys, well I hope you enjoyed this chapter. The next chapter will bring it all together and explain a lot of things from the previous chapters. Sorry it took me a while to post it but I just started school this week and everything else so please bare with me. I'm sorry to say that I'm almost done with this story a few more chapters to go. Anyways don't worry I plan on writing more about Marty and her time in the magical world. As always please R&R. Thank you.