The Raptor and The Raven
Chapter 12:A Heart Shattered
--Last Chapter--
They discussed things to do amongst them selves. Draco knew that he should tell Toboe immediately about his god father but loyalty to the man kept him silent.
--Saturday morning--
Severus was walking towards Toboe's classroom he had decided to tell her that he was in-love with Hermione. It hadn't occurred to him to ask Hermione about Toboe's past history with men. Or he would have known that what he was about to reveal to her, Would shatter her trust in both him and Hermione. But his mother had told him that it took a boy to date two women and a man to be loyal to one alone. He found her practicing with her sword.
She was lost to the movements of her Kata, The shadow dance that made up a portion of her very soul was laid before him. She twisted, turned, lunged and parried for those minutes that stretched to an eternity he saw Toboe in a new light. Swordsmanship was almost a lost art to the wizarding world but he knew enough to know she would be a deadly opponent in single combat. She growled lost in her memories fighting an enemy he couldn't see. He would never say it but she looked like an angel of death.
She finished her Kata and turned to him. "Severus?" she smiled at him he noticed that her familiar was laying beneath the werewolf portrait. " I have something to tell you." he said putting up the mask that had kept him alive so far in this war. "what is it?" she said as she dried her face off. "I'm in love With Hermione Granger, I have been with her since Christmas. I don't want to hurt you by leading you on. So I am setting you free."With that he turned and strode from the room, never seeing the heartbroken look on her face or her crumbling form hitting her knees.
As he left he heard Mirzam's voice. You did what you had to Love. They needed to be free. Then Why do I feel so bad?He replied mentally. It proves that your human It was all she said. It took Toboe over an hour to manage to get to her feet. Her heart hurt but she knew she had to keep going, for now. She drug herself into the shower and cleaned herself off. She started to feel numb but knew it would only last for a while. She dressed in black the only things not black on her clothing were the silver buckles and accents that made her stand out. She waited for the others to join her. She berated herself over and over for not checking out the rumors months ago.
Her head lowered and she didn't move until harry and the others walked in some hours later. Draco walked into the room and felt the intense sadness in the air. It was Goyle who spotted their normally happy professor sitting crouched on the floor. "Oh merlin Professor Wolfwalker." Draco and the other Slytherins approached her and noticed her bejeweled eyes were dim. "Toboe? Toboe?"Draco said as he shook her shoulder gently. Her eyes turned to him and blinked a few times. "I'm alright Draco, Just got hit hard this morning." She said and gave him a smile that he knew was fake but the others had been satisfied by.
Clow Reed also felt the lingering sadness. Hermione had looked Toboe in the eye and had gotten one of her death glares, and knew what had been said but never knew the full extent of it. Clow handed out the keys to their owners and had them spread out a fair distance from one another. "Now you must discover how to unlock the keys. You must find away to give your magic the ability to flow through the key to transform it." He held his out and called out a short poem. "I call upon the powers of the day and the night,Sun and Darkness unleash your might. Release!" They watched the circle appear and his key transform into a staff. "You must give your power a way to combine with the staff."
Ron tried using his dreams to fuel the magic but it backfired. Harry tried his determination to prove himself, He got the magic to start but it winked out after a moment or two. As the others tried and failed it came to be Hermione's turn. "I call upon the power of my love, Sun shine your light. Release!" the Sun shaped key transformed into a staff Her golden sun glinted atop her red staff. Her seal unknown to those present looked like Sakura's star seal save where Sakura's had a star Hermione's had a heart.
Not even Clow Reed expected more then one of these to posses the magic capable of transforming the keys. Toboe stepped forward, her key clinched into her left hand. She took a deep breath and spoke evenly. She was going to use her emotions to fuel the transformation. "Key that holds the power of darkness. Ancient forces, near and far. I call upon the power of the night. Reveal your true form to me. I, Toboe, call upon thee in the name of the moon. Release!" The last word she screamed. The energy was black tainted by silver, it was wild magic. A seal glittered silver beneath her feet It was the opposite of Clow's For the positions of the sun and moon were switched. The key transformed The silver crescent moon shined As the staff its self was black.
She looked almost devil-like standing their. The wings had returned half-extended she looked like a fallen angel, her staff glinted in the light.
"Incredible!" Harry said. The others nodded Clow Reed realized what he had felt earlier was her. Hermione was shocked as she looked at Toboe's staff her eyes were glittering with suppressed emotion. She had never looked so violent. She looked at Clow Reed. "Now what?" She said as she noticed that the magic she'd used caused the wing spell to activate. "was this supposed to happen?" She asked as she sat on the dueling stage.
"The magic reflects you to your truest form."He said looking her over covertly. She was magnificent the magic around her was writhing with her emotions. "OK the rest of you can keep the keys they were made for you and will work for no one else, Try and change them like the others have done. Harry your very close but you must find something more solid to base your magic on."Toboe looked at Clow Reed her eyes were slightly softer since he had given her something to take her mind off the pain in her heart.
"Now Hermione, Toboe try to transform your staffs back into keys." Toboe held out hers and closed her eyes and felt for the connection between her and the staff. She found it and gently pinched it mentally until it faded. The staff became a key again but this time it was strung on a silver chain. "Well Done!"Clow said she bowed to him and vanished out of the door.
Toboe headed up to the astronomy tower and walked to the balcony, and spreading the wings dove off. Luckily most of the students were used to the sight of there American professor jumping off the tower into flight. She flew for hours to try and think of something for the stupid talent show tomorrow. As the moon rose behind her she finally landed on her balcony and disappeared into her domain.
The Students met once again in the Room of Requirement. "She was pissed Harry." Draco said. Hermione's voice was full of tears. "The look she gave me was like I betrayed everything she stood for." Blaze sighed as he came forward. "Well In A way I think you unknowingly did Hermione." They all looked at him in shock. "I heard from a first year Slytherin that both Professors in question used to run together at dawn. And since about the time Professor Snape Got Mirzam they hung out a lot. But when Hermione came into the picture Toboe started being pushed out of it."
And he sat down to let them think over what he had said. "Oh Fuck!"Draco cursed. "What?"The rest replied. "What blaze said makes sense Toboe had a crush on professor Snape. Her wolf Lucius is now Mirzam Snape's familiar. He chose Granger over Toboe and she feels betrayed for it."Hermione started to cry softly. "But why didn't she say anything?"harry asked. "It isn't her way to interfere directly. But I Love him And I won't give him up. I'll try and talk to her!"Hermione said and with that she left the room for Toboe's den. "What do you think will happen?" Blaze said to Draco and Harry. "Blood will be spilled today."They said and they decided to talk to Remus about the whole mess.
Hermione knew the password to Toboe's domain and entered carefully when the familiar voice growled from the darkness. "What do you want Hermes." Hermione took a deep breath and spoke. "Toboe I never knew you liked him. I am sorry that it feels like I betrayed you. I fell in love with Severus Snape Toboe you are my best friend. But I won't give him up not even for you."She heard nothing in the darkness.
Until she heard the tear-filled voice of the person who'd taken her in after her parents were killed, She hadn't even told the boys about it yet it still hurt to much. "I believe you Hermes, But I can't forget the fact the you should have told me, I never would have allowed myself to get attached had you but mentioned your feelings to me. Leave me for now let me try and pull the pieces of my heart back together."Hermione agreed and left the darkened rooms.
Toboe stood in the darkness tears running down her face. She couldn't believe that this had happened again. Hermione had broken her promise. Toboe wouldn't trust anyone save Sevare for many moons. She still had to do something for the talent show tomarrow. But for tonight she would think.
Whats gonna Happen now Toboe's Bearly holding on. Powers are shifting Ohh A cliffy lol.
Lets see what the Talent show brings.
-Cerberus