Disclaimer: I own nothing. If I owned ANY of this stuff, do you think I'd be writing fanfics online? No, I'd be writing books and getting lots and lots of money! The songs will be listed, for those of you who demanded a list of the songs, at the VERY END of the fic. That means, once it's all tied up and concluded, you'll be able to read the band names and albums that contributed to this work.
A big thanks and a shoutout goes to:
Jinger – Thank you. Lol...I keep forgetting that you guys are about two chapters behind me because I'm trying to keep ahead for the sake of the updates. Let's just say that I'm especially proud of the chapter I just finished and it's a bit frustrating that I can't post it until next week. As for the common room...Writer's creative liberties. Gotta love them. As for Bella and Maya...I had to get Bella in there somewhere or the events in later chapters wouldn't make sense. What better way to put her in than in a rivalry with Maya?
amrawo – I'm glad you like it, and the songs within it. As I've stated in several disclaimers now, I'll have a full list of the songs at the end of the fic so that you can go back and listen to them while you read.
Sermione101 – Yeah, it did take a while. I was on a bit of a writer's block during chapter 5 for a long time, so I had to find a way to get it finished up. It's not my favorite chapter, but it's a fairly good transition chapter, I feel.
evil-mastermind666 – I'm glad you liked my battle of the bands idea. The songs I choose, like I said, all have a meaning to me- or I feel that they fit that particular point in the story. You'll see what I mean later. And...Lucius doesn't know that she's a mudblood. He knows that Lily is, but Maya- until recently- has NEVER specified one way or another on her bloodline. Also, when it comes to the common room, I claim the liberties that I'm allowed to take as a writer.
Bob With the Really Long Really Cool Name That I'm too Lazy to Type – Be careful! There are more updates coming! Don't want to lose the privilege to read Kicking Buckets now, do you? Hehe. Well...here you go. Chapter 5. You get to read stuff that you haven't already read! Yippee!
FredWeasleyLover1126 – Glad you like it.
hpobsessor – I'm glad you had fun with it! Unfortunately, now I have to leave behind the humor of the entire situation and get down to the seriousness, as the story begins to come to its close. Sigh.
The Gryffindor Drummer – I'm glad you enjoyed it. And...considering that I promised an update a week, three weeks is a "wee" much.
Raspberri13 – Glad you enjoy it!
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peacock5 - I know exactly how it feels not being able to hear something while you're reading or writing something...in fact, setting them in there is a several-step process that you probably don't want to hear about right now. Also, I figured that Lucius would just waltz in. It's not like anyone's paying much attention right now...they're all too busy missing Hermione. I did put a bit of a back story up in the chapter after this one...but unfortunately, this is a story about Hermione and not really about anyone else...so I don't feel that I should spend too much time on Lucius and his ability to just waltz in.
Okay. Another wopper of a chapter. However, I have a request for all of you. I have ended the sixth chapter at a place where the story itself can stop. So, my request is this: I need you to vote on whether or not Hermione and Sirius will be reunited in the present! If you say nay, then the story will end. If you say yea, then I will present another vote to you in the next chapter to determine whether to continue Kicking Buckets or begin anew.
Yours,
Allison
"Learn from the Past
Live in the Present
Look to the Future" Maya Gurgeon
Kicking Buckets
Lalala Chapter 5 Lalala
"Wow...you guys really were close." Harry said, softly.
"Yes...we were." Lucius said. "But...Maya was the glue that held us together."
"Without Maya around to be the bridge between us, we wouldn't have been nearly so close." Remus said. Sirius had fallen, sobbing, into Lucius' arms nearly to the end of the tale and Severus had had to finish. Lucius held his best friend's love quietly, one hand awkwardly on his back.
"What the hell? You were best friends with the mudblood!" Draco asked, a disgusted look on his face.
"HOLD YOUR TONGUE, DRACO!" Lucius was out of his seat before the last word was completely out of his son's mouth, a look of rage on his face like none Draco had ever seen before. Remus and Severus lunged to grab the elder Malfoy's arms and hold him back.
"Lucius! He's your son!" Severus said, urgently.
"THEN YOU WON'T MIND IF I KILL HIM!" Lucius strained against their hold on him, fighting to reach his son.
"Lucius! Maya wouldn't want you to harm him! THINK about what you're about to do!" Remus said.
Lucius slowly calmed down, sitting down and taking a deep breath. "You're right. She wouldn't want me to harm him just for being a useless little shit. I...I don't think I can tell this next part. It...it's your turn, Severus."
"Perhaps..." Remus said, softly. "I should tell this part." When the attention shifted to him, he looked at the teenagers as he began to speak. "Maya and Bellatrix Black soon began an all out war. It escalated from harmless pranks to not-so-harmless pranks...and finally their schedules had to be adjusted so that they never set foot near each other. But still, they fought. Bellatrix may not have known why Maya hated her so fiercely...but since Maya had, in Bellatrix's eyes, turned Severus, Lucius, Trevor, and Cissa away from the Dark Arts, she needed no other excuse..."
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"You look a bit wet, Gurgeon." Bellatrix sneered from the edge of the lake, watching Hermione tread water.
"Bugger off, Black." Hermione snapped, gripping her wand and whispering. "Petrificus Totalus." Before Bellatrix knew exactly what was happening, she fell face first into the lake. Hermione swam to the bank and climbed out, shoving Bellatrix out into the deep water before undoing the body bind.
"I'll get you for this, Gurgeon!"
"I've heard that one before, Black." Maya sneered as she walked towards the castle to change her clothes. Sirius and Remus watched her from one side until she hit the doors to the great hall, and then they looked over at Bellatrix, who stomped after her. Watching her storm through the doors a couple of minutes after Maya, they shook their heads and sighed.
"This is getting out of hand..." Sirius muttered.
"Yes it is." Remus said. "Sirius, I think you should really talk to your cousin."
"What about Maya?"
"I think we'd better let Lucius handle that. She'd take it best from him..." Remus said. "No offence, man."
"None taken." Sirius said...though it pained him to admit it, Remus was right. Maya would take a talking to on this subject much better from Lucius than she would from Sirius.
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Maya sat in the common room playing her guitar when Lucius walked up to her. He'd just been talking to Remus, who was listening from the stairs, and he'd fully agreed.
"Hey Maya..." Lucius said.
"Oh, hey Lucius." Hermione smiled. "Sup?"
"Not much. Listen, Maya...we're worried about you."
"Who's we?" She looked instantly alert. He winced. He would have to take this carefully...step by step.
"All of us...your friends." He said.
"Oh..." She relaxed fractionally. "What are you worried about?"
"Well...you and Bellatrix have had this sort of vendetta going on against each other and none of us know why." He winced when she stiffened at Bellatrix's name...only relaxing when she did.
"Oh, is that all?" She asked. "She killed..." She stopped suddenly, a stricken look on her face. Gulping, she continued. "She killed a...a...a dog...that I liked." She stuttered, finally grasping at Sirius' animagus form with relief. "And she laughed while doing it."
"Oh..." Lucius quieted. He wouldn't put it past Bellatrix Black to do just that. "I'm sorry. But...this cannot go on, Maya...You'll kill each other. We're all worried about you."
Maya looked at him. She hadn't realized that her battles might be affecting her friends too...and at the sight of Lucius' worry, she sighed. "Okay, Lucius. I will hold my temper around Bellatrix, provided that she does not strike first. If she strikes first, she's fair game."
"Agreed." Lucius said, sealing the bargain with a hug.
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An uneasy truce between Bellatrix and Hermione due to the talking tos that they had gotten from Lucius and Sirius lasted a solid month before exams. After their last exam, Bellatrix tripped Hermione on her way out of a classroom. Hermione had come to her feet shouting hexes, and when she'd left, it had taken Professors Evenstar, McGonagall, and Dumbledore along with Madame Pomfrey eight hours to put Bellatrix right again.
The next day, Bellatrix had gotten the drop on Hermione...and it had taken Madame Promfrey a solid hour of undoing spells to fix the brunette.
These events continued right up to Graduation...and Hermione had eventually had enough of it and put a repelling spell on her of her own make. Any time Bellatrix was within fifty feet of the Gryffindor, she went flying backwards to land ungracefully on her ass. Maya would then take this opportunity to hex the other witch senseless before walking off.
On the day of Graduation, Snake's Halo was to play at the school-wide graduation party that was being held directly after graduation. Hermione had discussed things with her friends, and they were all going in on one giant house. Of course, the Slytherins and Gryffindors would NOT share rooms. Heaven forbid they should be in a room without Hermione around. So the couples had their rooms and the singles were together as well. Professors McGonagall and Evenstar had both helped to provide all of Hermione's things and she was now fully ready to go out and face life on her own.
"Maya!" She turned and saw Sirius standing there.
"Sirius! What are you doing? You should be in line!"
"Don't worry...I have a few moments..." Sirius said, dropping to one knee. "Maya Gurgeon...will you marry me?"
Hermione stared at him, a smile on her face, a yes forming at her lips, when she stopped. Sirius had never been married in her time... "I'm sorry, Sirius...I can't right now. Not until I know where life is leading me. Ask me in a year." She said softly, kissing him. "I love you...but with this war going on, I want to know that I have a future, first." She saw the way his face fell, and she cursed herself to the Seven Hells inside. You know the law...you know what you are risking... She just couldn't change history! "I promise, I'll marry you someday..." She whispered, taking the engagement ring. "I swear it on my honor as a witch."
And with that, Sirius had to be content, for his name was called and away he went.
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The four Hogwarts students and the adults looked up as someone knocked on the door and Trevor Zabini walked in with his son, Blaise and Narcissa Malfoy. "We heard." Was all Narcissa said, walking over and putting her arms around Sirius. He turned his face into her shoulder, taking comfort in her presence. Draco and Harry exchanged glances before they turned to Remus.
"Was the Graduation Party a success, Professor?" Draco asked. Ginny and Ron turned their attention to the werewolf as well.
"Yes." They were suprised by the elder Zabini's voice. "It was. You see...Maya surprised all of us when she did something nobody had ever expected her to do. You see, Maya may have loved Sirius with all of her heart, but to the rest of our knowledge, she had yet to sing a song with him. But that day...Lucius and Maya stepped forward and made an announcement."
"It was a great surprise to all of us...even the Mauraders." Narcissa said, softly, looking at Trevor and nodding.
"That day...Maya invited the Mauraders onto the stage to play with us." He said.
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"HOW IS EVERYBODY ON THIS FINE AFTERNOON?" Maya called into the mic. When the screams died down, she laughed. "Well, it's about to get a WHOLE LOT BETTER!" Caught by the change in her voice, the crowd of Graduates roared once more. "See...we, Snake's Halo, are going to invite our friends, The Mauraders, onto the stage to play a few songs with us!" The band in question stared at the young woman on the stage as the rest of the crowd went wild once more.
"While they run to get their instruments..." Maya winked at Sirius before glancing at Lucius, who nodded. Maya motioned to Narcissa, who was already halfway to the stage, and Lily who was standing in the back with her guitar. Lily put down the guitar and stepped up to one of the back-up mics. Narcissa took the other back-up mic from Lucius and Hermione remained standing in her place at the center of the stage as the other two flanked her. (RegularActions, Bold Hermione, Italic Narcissa and Lily, BoldItalicAll) Severus began, followed by Lucius and Hermione.
Your love is like a tidal wave
Spinnin' over my head
Drownin' me in your promises
Better left unsaid
You're the right kind of sinner
To release my inner fantasy
The events of a winner
And you know that you were born to be
You're a Heartbreaker
Dreammaker
Love taker don't you mess around with me
You're a Heartbreaker
Dreammaker
Love taker don't you mess around no no no
Your love it set my soul on fire
Burnin out of control
You taught me the ways of desire
Now it's taking its toll
You're the right kind of sinner
To release my inner fantasy
The events of a winner
And you know that you were born to be
You're a Heartbreaker
Dreammaker
Love taker don't you mess around with me
You're a Heartbreaker
Dreammaker
Love taker don't you mess around no no no
Maya and Lucius began to play a duet with their guitars, never looking at each other as they moved easily together...fingers flying across the chords identically.
You're the right kind of sinner
To release my inner fantasy
The events of a winner
And you know that you were born to be
All music stopped as Hermione grabbed the mic with both hands.
You're a Heartbreaker
Dreammaker
Love taker don't you mess around with me Severus and Lucius began playing again with a passion.
You're a Heartbreaker
Dreammaker
Love taker don't you mess around with me
You're a Heartbreaker
Dreammaker
Love taker don't you mess around with me
You're a Heartbreaker
Dreammaker
Love taker Heartbreaker! Hermione, Lucius and Severus brought the song home as they played the final instrumental break and hit the ending chords.
The crowd went crazy as Maya smiled and nodded to her backup singers easily. By this time, the Mauraders were tuning up their instruments and were moving up onto the stage. Narcissa surrendered her mic to Sirius, and Lily surrendered hers to James as she gave him a quick kiss and stepped back to her normal spot on Center Right, just in front of Trevor and Pudge on Upstage Right. The drum sets were clustered in a small circle with Remus and Severus sitting back to back with their sides out to the audience on Upstage Left. Another mic was conjured from somewhere for Lucius, who was standing on Down Stage Right with James beside him. Sirius was beside James, and Maya was standing on Down Stage Left near her mic.
(A/N: Those are theatre terms...just imagine standing on a stage and looking out into your audience. Now...place yourself at the very back of the stage. That's Upstage. To your right and left, towards the wings...or the part of the stage that the audience doesn't see because the curtains hide it...are Upstage Right and Upstage Left. Keep in mind that we're talking about YOUR right and left, not the audience's. Now, move down into the very middle of the stage. That's Center Stage. To your right and left are Center Right and Center Left. The forward edge of the Stage is Downstage...and to either side of you are Downstage Right and Downstage Left. Now...on with the story)
(A/N: Bold Lucius and Sirius, Italics Maya and James, BoldItalics All, Regular Actions.)
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There used to be a greying tower alone on the sea.
You became the light on the dark side of me.
Love remained a drug that's the high and not the pill.
But did you know,
That when it snows,
My eyes become large and,
The light that you shine can be seen.
Baby,
I compare you to a kiss from a rose on the grey.
Ooh,
The more I get of you,
Stranger it feels, yeah.
And now that your rose is is in bloom.
A light hits the gloom on the grey.
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ba da da da ba ba ee ah
Ba ya ya ba ba de ba da da da ah ya ya
ba da ba da da da ah ya ya
ba da da da ba ba ee ah
Ba ya ya ba ba de ba da da da ah ya ya
Ba ya ha ya ah ah ah ah ah ba ba ya ya
ha ah ah ah ah ah ah
There is so much a man can tell you,
So much he can say.
there's so much inside.
You remain,
My power, my pleasure, my pain, baby
To me you're like a growing addiction that I can't deny.. yeah.
Won't you tell me is that healthy, baby?
But did you know,
That when it snows,
My eyes become large and the light that you shine can be seen.
Baby,
I've...been... kissed
I compare you to a kiss from a rose on the grey.
Ooh, the more I get of you
Stranger it feels, yeah
Now that your rose is in bloom.
A light hits the gloom on the grey,
I've been kissed by a rose on the grey,
I've been kissed by a rose on the grey
I've been kissed by a rose on the grey,
...And if I should fall, at all
I've been kissed by a rose on the grey
There is so much a man can tell you,
So much he can say.
there's so much inside.
You remain
My power, my pleasure, my pain.
To me you're like a growing addiction that I can't deny, yeah
Won't you tell me is that healthy, baby.
But did you know,
That when it snows,
My eyes become large and the light that you shine can be seen.
Baby,
I've...been... kissed
I compare you to a kiss from a rose on the grey.
Ooh, the more I get of you
Stranger it feels, yeah
Now that your rose is in bloom,
A light hits the gloom on the grey.
Yes I compare you to a kiss from a rose on the grey
I've...been kissed
Ooh, the more I get of you
Stranger it feels, yeah
And now that your rose is in bloom
aah-ee-aah...
A light hits the gloom on the grey
aah-ee-aah...
ba da ba da da da ah ya ya
ba da da da ba ba ee ah
Ba ya ya ba ba de ba da da da ah ya ya
Now that your rose is in bloom,
A light hits the gloom on the grey.
On impulse, Sirius grabbed Maya at the end of the song, as Lucius and James were finishing the last of the lyrics, harmonizing beautifully, and kissed her deeply. The audience went wild as one of Hogwarts' favorite couples publically expressed their love. Maya laughed and picked up a microphone, lifting it to her lips. "Hogwarts class of 1986...guess what!" As they quieted, Maya paused and looked around, smiling for a moment before taking a deep breath. "WE MADE IT!" They went wild and she lifted her guitar again, beginning to play.
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Hermione shifted, feeling the comfort of Sirius' arm across her torso as she came to wakefulness. Why was she awake? Something had woke her, without her knowledge. Letting out a silent groan, she slid away from her sleeping fiance and picked up her robe from its place on a chair near the bathroom door, sliding it on and tying it securely. Walking down into the den of the giant mansion that she and her friends inhabited, she looked around silently. Seeing nothing, she sighed slipped into the kitchen. There, she saw Narcissa crying silently.
"Cissa? What's wrong?" Hermione hurried forward, silently wrapping her arms around the other young woman.
"I think I'm pregnant, Maya." Narcissa whispered, turning her tear-streaked face to Hermione. Hermione felt her eyes widening. Draco...
"Have you tested your theory?" She asked gently.
"N-not yet." Narcissa sniffed. Hermione smiled gently.
"Well, then, what are you waiting for?"
"I'm afraid that Lucius...that he..." Narcissa just looked down.
"That he won't want it?" Hermione asked, suddenly understanding. When Narcissa nodded, she bit back the urge to laugh. Just the weekend before at Snake's Halo's last concert, Lucius had expressed to her the fierce desire that he felt to be a father. "Trust me, Cissa, that will be the farthest thing from his mind."
"Are you sure, Maya?" Narcissa asked softly. Hermione smiled.
"Positive. Now...go on up to bed, Cissa." She said, watching as the other girl walked out of the room before smiling and pouring herself a cup of hot cider from the pot that Narcissa had already made. She didn't stop to remember that they were only eighteen, and barely that, and that Harry and Draco wouldn't be born until the year 1988. She just slipped into the den and sat on the sofa, sipping the cider and thinking to herself.
"Maya?" She turned to see Lucius standing in the doorway.
"Lucius. You should be asleep." She said mildly.
"So should you." He walked in and sat with her. "What are you thinking about?"
"The future." Her voice was soft. "Where will we be? What are we going to do when the band loses popularity? That sort of thing." She lied through her teeth...she knew. Of course she did. She didn't know how her trip to the past had changed things...but her theory was sound. She didn't believe that history could be changed. So she had been here, in essence, before she'd ever been here.
"Whatever happens, we'll make it...and we'll be together doing so." Lucius said, smiling and sitting beside her, slipping an arm around her shoulders. She leaned comfortably against his chest. "Nothing, after all, will ever tear us apart." Hermione smiled and let herself be comforted by his words, closing her eyes and drifting to sleep intwined in his arms.
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"I had an older sibling?" Draco asked in surprise. Narcissa and Lucius looked at each other for several long moments before Narcissa shifted her grip on the miserable Sirius and sighed.
"It is best, I think, that I tell this part." She said. Lucius nodded quietly, and Trevor sat down silently.
"I never managed to tell Lucius." Narcissa said. "You see, when Snake's Halo had a concert, Lucius would take me, as Maya would take Sirius. Most of the time we sat backstage. This time, though, Sirius wanted to go into the Mosh Pit. I agreed to go with him, just to make Maya feel better..."
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Come on Come on
Spin a little tighter!
Come on Come on
And the world's a little brighter!
Come on Come on
Just get yourself in side my love
I'm in love! Lucius and Maya struck their final chords and grinned at each other.
Lucius winked down at Narcissa, who was grinning and looking a bit the worse for wear from the violence of the Mosh Pit. Maya paused and lifted up her microphone. "HOW'S EVERYONE DOING TONIGHT!" The entirity of the crowd let out a roar and Maya grinned. "Well...here's a tidbit for you! That surprise that we promised tonight? Well...we've just come out with two new songs." The roar was deafening this time, and Maya was laughing as she took a step back and looked to Lucius.
(NOTE: BoldHermione, ItalicsLucius, BoldItalicsBoth, RegularActions)
Shot through the heart Hermione let her guitar hang and grabbed the mic stand with both hands.
And you're to blame
Darlin' you give love a bad name Everybody began playing, save for Hermione, who just let her guitar hang as she sang. Lucius took the guitar solo of the introduction.
An angel's smile is what
you sell
You promise me heaven, then put me through hell
Chains
of love got a hold on me
When passion's a prison, you can't break
free
Ohhh You're a loaded gun
Ohhh
There's nowhere to run Hermione picked up her guitar,
simply holding it.
No one can save me
The damage is
done
Shot through the heart
And you're to
blame
You give love a bad name
I play my part and
you play your game
You give love a bad name
You give
love...a bad name
You paint your smile on your
lips
Blood red nails on your fingertips Hermione held up her
hands, turning the backs towards the audience to see that she'd
painted her fingernails a violent red. Seeing it, the Audience went
wild. Hermione couldn't see Narcissa or Sirius, but she didn't have
the time right now to look.
A school boy's dream, you act so
shy
Your very first kiss was your first kiss goodbye Hermione
lifted her guitar once more.
Ohhh You're a loaded
gun
Ohhh There's nowhere to run
No one
can save me
The damage is done
Shot
through the heart
and you're to blame
You give love a bad
name
I play my part and you play your game
You give love a bad
name
You give loooove...
Hermione and Lucius began playing once more, their fingers flying across the strings of their guitars. There was a call for an ambulance beneath, but Hermione paid it no mind, figuring it to be some fool in the Mosh pit who couldn't handle the heat. Happened every now and then.
Shot
through the heart Hermione simply kept her guitar in hand,
playing along with Lucius as they sang.
and you're to
blame
You give love a bad name
I play my part and you play your
game
You give love a bad name
Shot through the heart
and
you're to blame
You give love a bad name
I play my part and you
play your game
You give love a bad name
You give
love...
A bad name
You give love...
A
bad name
You give love...
A bad name! They
hit the final chords and stepped back from the microphones, breathing
heavily and grinning at each other. The smiles didn't last, however,
as they grimly watched the mediwitches carting someone away with a
man standing beside what must have been his wife. Exchanging glances,
the two of them simply bowed their heads in respect for a moment
before shifting their instruments. Hermione placed hers aside and
took the microphone off of the stand, handing the stand to Severus
who put it off to one side.
(AN: Bold: Hermione, Italics: Severus, Italics Underline: Lucius and Trevor, Chanting, BoldItalics: Severus and Hermione, BoldUnderlined: Lucius and Hermione)
Severus and Lucius began playing quickly for a few moments before Hermione brought the mic to her mouth.
Catch me, as I fall
Say you're here and it's all over now
Speak in to the atmosphere
No one's here and I fall into myself
This truth drives me
Into madness
I know I can stop the pain if I will it all away
If I will it all away!
Don't turn awayHermione flung one hand out across the croud.
Don't give in to the pain
Don't try to hide She brought a fist back, pressing it over her heart.
Though they're screaming your name
Don't close your eyes Hermione dropped her fist to her side
God knows what lies behind them
Don't turn out the light The spotlights on her disappeared as Lucius began playing his solo again for a few bars.
Never sleep never die
I'm frightened by what I see! The lights shone on her once more, she was standing in the middle of the stage.
But somehow I know
That there's much more to come! She froze in place.
Immobilized, by my fear
And soon to be Bringing one hand up, she hid her face with it.
Blinded by tears
I can stop the pain if I will it all away
If I will it all away!
Don't turn away Her actions mimicked her previous ones, flinging out a hand.
Don't give in to the pain
Don't try to hide She made a fist hard.
Though they're screaming your name
Don't close your eyes This time, her hand went upwards.
God knows what lies behind them
Don't turn out the light All lights save for the one on Severus disappeared, dropping the band into darkness so that Hermione's voice emerging in a blend with Severus' was twice as haunting.
Never sleep never die
Fallen angels at my feet Though the audience couldn't see it, she threw her fist downwards...
Whispered voices at my ear
Death before my eyes
Lying next to me I fear She brought one hand to her chest.
She becons me shall I give in
Upon my end shall I begin
Forsaking all I've fallen for I rise to meet the end Hermione looked upwards as a single spotlight hit her face, toned to make her look like a ghost, one hand extending upwards. Through a set of pulleys rigged, she floated upwards for a few feet and hovered there for a moment.
Hermione let her voice rise in a haunting overtone that sounded like a ghost's wail just before Lucius began to play a beautiful but haunting solo. Her wail cut off with the explosion caused by the timed poppers that she'd thrown down at the beginning of her and Severus' duet. Hermione was lowered back to the ground slowly during the solo.
All instruments stopped as Lucius reached upwards to steady Hermione as her feet touched the ground.
Don't turn away! Lucius began playing again with a passion, as Hermione repeated her earlier actions one last time. They had timed it perfectly.
Don't give in to the pain
Don't try to hide
Though they're screaming your name
Don't close your eyes
God knows what lies behind them
Don't turn out the light
Never sleep never die
Servatis a periculum
Don't turn away
Don't give in to the pain
Servatis a maleficum
Don't try to hide
Though they're screaming your name
Servatis a peliculum
Don't close your eyes Instead of taking her voice down, Hermione raised it in an elegant dip.
God knows what lies behind them
Servatis a maleficum
Don't turn out the light
Never sleep never die
Servatis a periculum
Don't turn away!
Don't give in to the pain
Servatis a maleficum
Don't try to hide
Though they're screaming your name
Servatis a periculum
Don't close your eyes Again, she dragged out the last word, raising it easily.
God knows what lies behind them
Servatis a maleficum
Don't turn out the light
Never sleep never die
Servatis a periculum
Servatis a maleficum
Servatis a periculum
Servatis a maleficum
Servatis a periculum
Servatis a maleficum
Servatis a peliculum
Servatis a maleficum...
Lucius met Maya's eye and grinned as the croud erupted. That was the end of the concert, and the finale was all that they could have asked for. They bowed one last time and a magical mist engulfed the stage. When it cleared, no sign of the band remained and the croud went wild once more. Back at their van, Maya and Lucius waited for Sirius and Narcissa to apperate to them. When they didn't after ten minutes, the friends looked at each other and frowned deeply. It wasn't like Sirius and Narcissa to keep them waiting.
"Maybe they're meeting us back at the house?" Maya asked, though Lucius could tell that she was worried, too. He nodded and they finished loading everything into the van and excused themselves to Severus and Trevor, apparating to the mansion that the group shared. Lily and James were waiting for them, looking rather pale.
"What is it?" Maya asked, as Lucius gripped her hand for support. "What's happened?"
"Sirius just flooed...he had to rush Narcissa to the hospital when someone elbowed her in the stomach." Lily said.
"No..." Maya whispered. Lucius looked up at Lily, turning even paler than before.
"She's having a miscarriage." Lily said, her face still unnaturally pale. Before the sentence was fully out of her mouth, Maya was tugging Lucius to the fireplace, where she snatched up some floo powder and threw it in.
"St. Mungos!" She shouted clearly, disappearing. Lucius, in a daze, felt James pushing him into the fire and echoing Maya's words. When he stumbled out of the fireplace, he saw Sirius holding Maya. After a long moment, she turned and drew Lucius into her warm embrace.
After a long time, a Mediwizard came up to them. "Is there a Mister Malfoy here?"
"I'm him..." Lucius said
"Sir...I'm afraid we couldn't save the baby. You may see Ms. Black now, however..." Lucius nodded brokenly and stepped into the room. He looked down at Narcissa.
"I'm sorry, Lucius." Narcissa whispered. "I lost our baby..."
"Shh...don't worry...it's not your fault, my love..." Lucius whispered, kissing her. "You just...get better."
"I was going to tell you tonight..." Narcissa whispered with tears in her eyes.
"Shh, my love..." Lucius held her until the potions she'd been given took effect and she dropped off to sleep...and then he ran out of St. Mungos and to the nearest bar.
"You knew." He didn't look up, several hours later, when Maya walked into the bar. It wasn't a question.
"I did. I told her to tell you."
"WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME!" He spun, lifting his hand to strike. She never moved, never flenched, and he pulled himself up short.
"It wasn't my place, Lucius, you know this."
"Why didn't she tell me in the first place!" A very drunken Lucius slumped on his barstool and dropped his head into his hands.
"She was afraid you wouldn't love the baby. That you weren't ready." Maya said, sitting beside him and rubbing his back as he sobbed in his misery.
"Wouldn't love...she's everything to me!"
"I know. But you haven't asked her to marry you, like James has Lily and Sirius has Me." She stated.
"I was waiting until...until her birthday." He pulled a ring box out of his robes and held it up before flinging it. Maya looked at him.
"Accio, Ring Box." She stated, holding out her hand to catch it. "Lucius. Do you love Narcissa?"
"With everything I am..." He slurred. She took his hand in hers.
"Then don't let this ruin that. It's not nearly as bad as your love is strong." She placed the ring in his hand and closed his fingers around it, kissing his forehead. "Come on, let's get you home..."
SCENEBREAKSCENEBREAKSCENEBREAK
"You really loved her, didn't you Mr. Malfoy." Harry's voice interrupted the silence that had fallen among the group gathered at the Burrow. "Hermione, I mean."
Lucius looked at Harry appraisingly for a long time. "Yes, Mr. Potter. I did." He sighed, looking into the distance. "She was the Maid of Honor at Cissa and I's wedding...as well as the Maid of Honor at James and Lily's wedding."
"Wait...what?" Harry asked. "Hold on..." He dove for his trunk, ruffling through it and finally pulling out a phot album. The rest of the room's occupants looked at him curiously as he took his seat on the bed once more and opened the album, flipping through it quickly before stopping. "There she is..." He said, softly, handing the album to Ron, who smiled sadly before handing it to Ginny. Ginny fought back tears as she handed it to Draco and Blaise...who were somber.
"Will we ever see her again?" Ginny voiced what all of the Gryffindors were likely thinking, tears beginning to fall.
"I do not know, little one." Lucius said softly, resting a hand on her shoulder. "But it grows late. You all have a train to catch tomorrow. Shall we continue this on your first weekend at Hogwarts? We will meet in Severus' classroom and go from there to a more comfortable place." After some consideration, all agreed, and the Slytherins all left, leaving the young Gryffindors to lay awake long into the night, thinking of their lost classmate.