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Of Darkness and Decay
It had been a quiet few weeks.
Though it had been a difficult few weeks in the Gryffindor dorm room for Harry, as it had become quickly apparent that Lucia was a very violent person and now that Ciel wasn't there to hold her back, she had no qualms about attacking students in the dorm.
It was a good thing Harry had learned that quickly because if he hadn't someone might have died, it was only after he figured how to calm her that things became quiet again.
However no one would forget the first weeks. Quite a few people had to get body parts stitched up.
Now people were on good, albeit hesitant, terms with Lucia, and Harry was completely friendly, nothing did happen to the Boy-Who-Lived.
And after the first weeks everything went back to normal, mostly at least.
"Haaaarrryyyyyyyy~ Lets go see Cieeelll~" Lucia whined, dragging her hands which made her body move in an awkward way.
"We can't! We'd have to go to the Ravenclaw Dorms and only Ravenclaws are allowed in the dorm." Harry replied, already used to the conversation that would soon follow.
"That's why we have to find him! So we can get the password to the dorms and visit him when we liiiikeee! I wanna see my brotheeerrr."
"Well we'd have to go IN to the dorms to get to him!"
"Not if we catch him between classes!"
Harry sighed, this was not a battle he would win, and it would be more painless for him to just do what the psychotic girl says, as it seemed Lucia was already tiring of the current conversation, if the twitching of her hands and the wide blank eyed stare was anything to go off.
"Fine," Harry says, shoulders sagging, "we'll go and find him."
The result was instantaneous, Lucia grabbed Harry's wrist and began tugging him in the direction of the library, where they would wait for Ciel to eventually enter.
~Line break~
Four hours
They had waited for four fucking hours and her ridiculous brother had yet to show his emotionless face.
It was luck and only luck that no teachers had caught them, and even more luck that the didn't have potions that day.
Lucia was getting restless, it was obvious, she was tapping her feet and then her fingers and at times she would crunch on her fingers as well, when she did Harry would have to hurry and cast a healing spell to stop the bleeding she caused.
Lucia was now watching Harry heal her fingers for what seemed to be the 100th time today, before she got up with a slightly possessed look on her face. Wide eyed and completely stoic, she walked oh so calmly to the doors of the library.
This worried Harry, never in the short amount of time that he had met her, had he seen Lucia so terrifying, this paled in comparison to the encounter in her room, this made the scene on the train before that madman ripped the roof off seem like a ride on a broom.
Simply because, Lucia was completely quiet, there was nary a peep out of her, and the way she held herself, made it seem like she had years of practice in a noble home, instead of her usual stumble over her own feet.
Harry bolted out of his trance however as he saw Lucia lift her two index fingers to her mouth, he got to her and ripped her hand away from her mouth before going to open the door of the library, but someone beat him to it.
Low and behold it was the little master they had waited four hours for, and looking at the time it seemed they waited an even five.
"Oh? Evening Harry, Lucia. Fancy seeing you two in here, Lucia does so hate libraries an- What's wrong with her?" Ciel demanded, noticing his adoptive sister's wide eyed look.
"Cieeeelll~" Lucia purred, and it seemed as if the room dropped a couple degrees. "Where have you beeen?~ We've been waaaaiiiting."
SMACK!
The sound seemed to echo over the silence of the library, but it did the trick, Lucia had snapped out of whatever trance she had been in while Ciel glared at her.
"You didn't take your medicine did you?" He demanded.
Lucia said nothing, instead she slowly lifted her hand and crunched down on her two index finger, a horrible grin spread across her face and her wide eyes looked much more demented now.
With an exasperated sigh, Ciel grabbed Lucia's left hand and began tugging the limp girl away, but not before he got something across.
"Potter!" He snapped, "You are not to follow us and if you do I will see to it that you die a slow and horrific death. Do I make myself clear!"
If there had been any doubt that even though they were friends, Ciel wouldn't hesitate to hurt Harry, it was gone and all Harry did was nod numbly and watch the siblings walk away.
Harry stuffed his curiosity down his throat, Ciel had made himself perfectly clear and he was not about to disobey those strict orders, so he went back to the common room, lied to his friends and lay down in his bed.
He wondered what medicine Ciel was talking about.
~Line break~
"Breakfast, lunch and dinner, is that so much to ask?"
"Nuh uh."
"All you have to do is take those pills and they temporarily counteract the effects of the curse, you know what that spell makes you do!"
"Uh huh."
"I mean really! It's so very simple! How could you forget?! Do you not see what you're doing to your fingers?!"
"Uh huh."
"Lucia! Are you even listening to m-"
"Shut up."
"Excuse me?"
"Shut up. Shut up, shut up, shutupshutupshutupshutupshutup. SHUT UP!" Lucia shouted tearing her hand out of Ciel's grip and then on to her head. "SHUTUPSHUTUPSHUTUPSHUTUP!"
Ciel looked in despair, he had to get those pills into her and quick.
"Lucia! Calm down, calm down. Its okay princess, it's okay, everything will be fine!" Ciel said, moving towards the psychopath and then yanking her into a tight hug.
Lucia thrashed for a bit before calming down slightly and then crunching down on her fingers, the digits made a sickening crunch each time she bit down, blood ran down her chin and onto her clothes as Ciel very gently pried her fingers out of her mouth and putting two small pills in instead.
The girl bit down on the pills and swallowed.
The result was instantaneous and Lucia let out a whimper of pain and moved to clutch her bloody hand.
"What did I do?" She questioned, dreading the answer.
"Nothing, you just chewed on your fingers as usual, and screamed a bit. No one died." Ciel answered, glad to have his sister back.
Lucia let out a sigh of relief, that was a first, that she didn't kill anything when those damning side effects came back.
"Ciel, I need you to remind me to take my pills, I can't have that happening again."
"Don't worry I will."
The pair grinned at each other and Lucia affectionately punched Ciel's arm.
"We'd better be getting back to our respective dorms then." Ciel said, getting up and helping the other up.
"We have to go to the Owlery first! I need to send a letter to Master!" Lucia replied.
Ciel sighed and nodded, allowing the girl to pull him away from their current location and towards the Owlery, unaware of the pair of eyes following them.
~Line break~
The trek to the Owlery was done in a comfortable silence where neither of the siblings spoke but that was better than any conversation they could have had.
As they arrived Ciel turned to his sister.
"What are you sending him?" Ciel asked.
"Well it's just an update on what's going on here along with some other classified information that I can't tell you about!" Lucia chirped, attaching the scroll to a large black owl and giving it a gentle push over the end, she then turned to Ciel and gave him a quick hug before freezing at the sound of feet against the stone of the Owlery.
"Well well! Look what we have here. The two idiot siblings." A snobby voice said.
Ciel and Lucia whirled around in surprise and Ciel gaped as Lucia's eyes dilated and she glowered at the figures who stepped out of the shadows.
Draco Malfoy wore a wide smirk on his face and was flanked by his two stupid body guards, Crabbe and Goyle.
"The fuck you want Malfoy." Lucia snapped, crossing her arms over her chest to stop herself from chewing on her index fingers, the pills hadn't settled entirely it seemed.
"Well I was just walking along when I heard bizarre screaming and when I went to check it out low and behold it was none other than the psychopathic freak of Gryffindor. How does it feel to be the mascot of the worst house ever?" Draco said, snickering and the girl began shaking. "Seems I hit a nerve!"
Lucia took a step forward only to be stopped by a firm hand on her shoulder, turning she looked at her brother and glowered, daring him to try to stop her, but Ciel did nothing but nod.
An unspoken agreement was made and then Lucia lunged.
She made quick work of the two wall like children at Draco's sides, knocking them out and then grabbing Draco's right arm before motioning for Ciel to take the other.
Ciel did and then the two began pulling the spoiled brat out of the Owlery and down the halls.
"Let go of me! I will tell my father about this! You two will be expelled!" Threats oozed out of the blonde's mouth like water, Ciel was forced to cast a Silencing Spell and then there was two sighs of relief as they continued to haul Draco down the hall.
Turning a corner the siblings dragged Draco up a long flight of stairs to the Astronomy Tower before going to the railing, and pushing him over the edge before grabbing one leg each and just dangling the Slytherin off the edge.
"What do we do with him?" Ciel asked, turning to look at the girl next to him, keeping a firm grip on the leg he held.
"Drop him, make it look like a bloody accident." Lucia said, ignoring the shout of protest from Draco as the Silencing Spell wore off.
"We can't! There are consequences to that!"
"I'll erase the memories of whoever figures it out."
"Lucia think of the pros and cons of dropping this boy."
"Okay. Pros: He stops calling me a freak, Harry doesn't get harassed anymore, no more threats from Lucius Malfoy, everyone is generally happier."
"Cons! He dies, if anyone figures it out there will be hell to pay, Grell will come after you again because of miscalculated death, Lucius Malfoy will lose his only son, years in this place will probably get boring!"
As the siblings argued their grip on the legs of Draco Malfoy loosened and he let out a yelp of surprise and began apologizing profusely as he began to slowly fall.
Those apologies fell on deaf ears as the siblings let go entirely to fully yell at each other.
Draco fell.
"SHIT!"
"No Lucia! You're not supposed to use that!"
"Shut up I'm saving this idiot!"
Draco was vaguely aware that he was no longer falling, instead floating as he was brought back up to the Astronomy Tower, he gaped in surprise as he saw Lucia as she, hands extended, eyes dilated, brought him back into safety, he fell to the ground the minute his feet touched the ground.
"H-How did you do that!?" Draco demanded.
"Telekinesis. Or as Grell likes to say "my damning gift." I'm not allowed to use it." Lucia replied, rubbing her temples in an attempt to get rid of the headache that emerged.
"I hope they don't send someone after you for using that." Ciel said, smacking his sister upside the head.
"Ow! Jesus, don't!"
"You deserve it! You're not supposed to use Telekinesis unless absolutely necessary and- Wait, we have more pressing matters."
Ciel whirled around and turned on Draco.
"You will not say a word to anyone about what you heard tonight. If you do, you will find yourself at the bottom of the Astronomy Tower faster than you can say oops." He said.
Draco nodded quickly and ran like a bat from hell when Ciel dismissed him, they heard him clatter down the stairs and then down the hall before turning themselves and beginning down the stairs.
"You think he's going to tell anyone?" Lucia questioned, walking out into the hall after Draco's departure.
"If he values his life he won't."
"Mm. Well good night Ciel, remind me to take my pills tomorrow all right?"
"I will. Good night Lucia."
The siblings went their separate ways and returned to their dorms, each having their own disturbing dreams to wear on their minds.
~Line Break~
The morning brought in new problems.
For Lucia it was having to deal with a curious Harry, who refused to stop asking questions no matter how much she threatened him.
For Ciel it was having to wait for his sister to come down to breakfast so she could take her crazy pills.
And for both of them, well, they both encountered a problem when they entered the great hall, and it came in the form of the Slytherin Ice Prince.
From the moment the siblings walked in, Draco was practically begging to get on their good side, and Ciel dismissed him to go eat while he sat with his sister, and it seemed as if inter house unity was something strange in the school because everyone gave the Ravenclaw weird looks as he sat with the psychopath of Gryffindor.
"What do reckon Malfoy's up to?" Harry questioned Ciel, ignoring Hermione's squawking rant about listening to his friends.
"I do not know, but it seems to me that I have obtained a lackey." Ciel replied, handing Lucia her pills and watching as the girl downed them both with a grimace.
"Well if you ask me it's pretty fucking annoying." Lucia hissed, wincing in pain as she received a swat from both her brother and the bookworm across from her, the dismayed cry of "Language!" came from both of them, or one of them, no one could tell.
"Ah but Lucia, think of the possibilities! We have obtained a lackey who is high in the rankings of the Wizarding World! That bodes well for us! And if he becomes our friend instead of an enemy, that will make your job much simpler. And besides, it will let you get close to someone who will provide you entertainment, don't you agree?" Ciel's voice had dropped to a whisper.
A grin spread across Lucia's face, one that made the Gryffindor students who saw it shudder, it was a familiar grin, one that they knew well.
"Well Ciel, now I'm interested."
"I knew you would be."
"After all! You know me! I'd do absolutely ANYTHING for a lick of fun around here."
And with that statement Lucia rose from her seat and practically oozed out of the Great Hall, the smile never leaving her face.
LL: And that was the next chapter! Lucia's damning gift was revealed and I hope it didn't god-mode her! This chapter is dedicated to Palxoria! Who stuck by me and gave me so very helpful reviews from the moment the first chapter was up!
Question time: Should I bring in Grell the next chapter because of the Telekinesis thing? Should Harry find out that his friends aren't really his friends? Should the Weasley Twins discover our demon's and reapers secret?
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