Maria stood swiftly. Kyoya threw a wad of money on the table, more then enough for their uneaten meals.
"Where?" Maria asked as they were leaving.
"A wizardry community down the road. They were looking for something or someone."
Maria stopped and turned to Kyoya. "Go home and call the rest of the host club, tell them to make sure they are safe-"
"No. If you're going to fight then I am to."
"Absolutely not, I will not put you in any danger!"
"If you are fighting, Maria, I am going to stand beside you and fight alongside you. Because if anything happens to you, I'll never forgive myself, ever."
Maria hugged him tightly, burying her head in his shoulder.
"This marks the beginning of a new time, A new war." She whispered, letting go of him. "It marks the fall of an old friend, and the molding of a new hero. This is our war."
They joined hands, Maria grabbing on to Harry's arm, and with a pop, they were gone.
Where they arrived they could hear shouting and feel the magic burning in the air.
Maria took a breathe, squeezing Kyoya's hand tightly, And then holding her wand in her hand.
Kyoya's own wand, which he had on a holster near his ankle, was gripped tightly in his hand.
"Be careful Kyoya." Maria said, and he turned to her and pulled her close to him and kissed her.
Harry coughed slightly, kicking up dirt with his foot.
Maria and him pulled apart, Maria's eyes alight with a fire that had begun to burn passionately, one He had not seen in his sisters eyes for over two years.
"Let's fight." She said, so confident and fierce that for a moment, Kyoya believed absolutely nothing could ever go wrong again.
When that first spell flew past them, though, He was filled with worry for his small and frail looking, even if she was anything but frail, girlfriend.
Chaos was the only way to describe the battle, a fierce, insane match. When one person would fire a spell no less then five seconds later three spells would be fired their way. The air was burning, filled with colors and lights and the glow of fire. The ground cracked, unused to such a tension of magic.
The community was well warded and had no chance of an innocent Muggle wandering upon it.
Maria was jerked to one side suddenly, and realized it was Kyoya pulling her away from a spell fired at her back.
"Stupefy!" Yaxley was sent backwards.
Jones fired a string of curses and hexes at Kyoya, which he was able to block with little effort.
Ginny had begun firing curses at Hermione, and Draco stood beside Hermione.
Sparks exploded in the air like fireworks, Maria was sweating with the heat in the air, she was surrendering herself to her instincts, firing spells and sometimes throwing punches.
"Maria! Watch your left!" Kyoya yelled, and she twirled, a spell shot by Jones missing her by an inch.
She began dueling him, firing curse after curse, her hair falling in her face.
Draco had begun battling Alecto Carrow.
Then, Everything around Maria seemed to go in slow motion as she was hit from behind, not with a spell, but a blunt object.
"MARIA!" She heard Kyoya yell as she hit the ground and succumbed to blackness.
Kyoya fought his way threw the crowd to get to her, but a sudden stupify curse hit him from the side and he was flung backward.
He groaned, but stood. He fell to his knees again once he realized that she was no longer on the battlefield.
His head spun, his stomach churned. A trickle of blood ran down the side of his face and tears welled up in his eyes.
He was slipping into his own darkness, trying to claw his way out of the blackness overcoming him.
Finally, he gave in to the darkness as it overwhelmed him.
He awoke to someone speaking over him. He sat up and put a hand to his head. It was Hermione who had been talking.
"You're all right! Let me heal tha-" But Kyoya stood silently, and walked dizzily to where Maria had stood. A glint of something caught his eye. Her mothers locket. He picked it up and swayed drowsily. He clenched it tightly in his fist, angry at himself.
A hand on his shoulder steadied him, and he turned his head to see Luna. "We'll find her. I promise. You need to go home now though, I'll take you." When Kyoya arrived a maid was startled as he entered the door in dirt covered clothes, and clenched teeth.
"I'm taking a shower, then going to bed." He told the maid, "Do not disturb me." His voice wavered slightly at the end, as he walked up the steps.
"Yes sir." The maid said quietly.
As Kyoya was getting into bed, he grabbed the locket and put it on his night stand.
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Maria stirred, Her head throbbed. "Kyoya.." she muttered in her semi-conscious state. Her eyes fluttered open and she pushed herself up off the cold stone ground.
She looked around and her stomach dropped. Suddenly, she was thirteen again, staring at the door, wishing someone would save her. Suddenly she was a small girl, banging on the door and begging to be let out. Suddenly she was a zombie, staring at the wall and not speaking, moving or eating.
The stone floor even had the chips and cracks of the last fight waged in here.
The door opened and she froze. She held her breath and waited.
"Hello, Maria."
"Why am I here?"
"I think you know exactly why."
Maria turned to face the owner of the voice. "Jones Tell me why I'm here." She studied his face for any trace of Humanity.
"You are going to tell me your plans first." He smiled crookedly, Maria shuddered, the cold air invading her.
"Plans?" She asked him, staring at him, waiting for him to make a move.
"Battle plans."
"There are none." Lies. You're lying and he knows it. Maria's thoughts screamed at her, and Jones smiles.
"Ahh. Fine, I'll let you off for now. There is another reason you are here though." She shivers again, and he steps closer, she steps back a step.
"What is that?" She asks, her voice but her eyes that darted around betray her.
"You are going to join us."
"Never." Maria spat at Jones, and he simply stood there.
"You will, weather you like it or not." He turned and walked out suddenly, slamming the door behind him and locking it with a magical signutare.
There was a small pile of blanket in the corner. She spread them out and lay on one and used one to wrap around herself as she curled into a ball.
She fell into a nightmare filled sleep sometime before the light that swept under the door turned off.
*****************with Kyoya
Kyoya woke at three am the next morning, in a cold sweat and with a racing heart. He had dreamed about Maria, one of the first dreams he had in three years, and it was her.
He got out of bed and walked slowly to his shower, turned on the water and let it run. He sat at the bottom of the shower, his head in his hands. He could no longer tell if the wetness on his face was from water or from tears.
He stayed like that until the water ran cold. Once he got out he simply threw on a random shirt and black pants. He glanced at the locket, walked over to it, and put it on, tucking it beneath his shirt.
When he showed up at the Manor Harry was sitting on the porch with his knees drawn up to his chest. It was only five, but most of the lights in the Manor were on.
:Hello kyoya." Harry said, with out glancing at him.
Luna opened the door and glanced to the both of them. "Harry, I told you to go get some rest, Kyoya, come in."
Harry followed slowly behind Kyoya, then trudged to his room. The air in the Manor was tense.
"Hello." Hermione muttered, motioning for Kyoya to take a seat in an empty chair by the table. With a sicking twist in his gut, he realizes it's Maria's chair. He sits in it slowly, his head pounding and his arm began to hurt.
***with Maria.
"Come on love...You can have everything you want. All you'd have to do is join me. Simple as that." Jones' voice rang in her ears, her head throbbing, her arm bruised. She wanted to fall back asleep after wrapping herself back up in the shabby blankets.
"Never." she whispered, her throat hoarse.
"You could make this easy on the both of us," He said lightly, walking toward her and crouching, "I really don't like hurting you."
Maria pushed him away weakly. He stood and backed up,Smiling. "Just a warning Mia, I have to go somewhere this week, and the others aren't nearly as nice...well, you already knew that much." He chuckled, and Maria just stared through him, blocking him out.
"Goodnight, Mia." The door shut and Maria grabbed the blankets and sat in the corner facing the door and propping herself against the wall. She wrapped one of the blanket around her shoulders and put the other one her lap.
"I'll get out..I will." she whispered, before falling into a restless sleep.
*************with kyoya.
"What do you mean, narrowed it down to eight places?" Kyoya's head was still throbbing, and he hadn't slept in days. He hadn't gone home either, and Luna and Harry decided to go inform Kyoya's father of Maria's kidnapping (leaving out the part that his son took part in any battle.)
Kyoya had dark circles under his eyes and was unhealthily pale. At one point, Luna, Mori, Hunny, and Haruhi had to force him to eat at least a bite of his dinner.
Tamaki had sat silently, watching with a steady stillness and more worry in his eyes then anyone of them could bare. To see the overactive kind suddenly still ad silent was frightening.
He had pulled Haruhi close and hugged her tightly, a single tear running down his cheek.
Kyoya had watched them, all of them, and stayed silent and his eyes dry. He had nothing left to give, not until he could give his life for her.
He felt weak, weary, and he was in pain. Sometimes it would come in short bursts, sometimes in long stretches, but after a week, he was certain it would come.
************With Maria
Lucius's hair fell like a limp curtain to his shoulders. She knew it would've been longer, but someone had shot a spell at him which removed a section on the side, and being the man of wealth he is, he had his hair cut immediately to equal length.
"Well, Maria, Did Draco find my dagger?" He drawled, and Maria growled, She was standing tensely, glaring at him.
"Not going to answer me? Oh, all right, we can play this game, But are you really in such a position to?"
Maria swayed, but stayed upright her eyes locked on his. "Crucio."
Maria let out a noise like a whimper, before falling to her knees. Lucius lifted the curse, Maria was shaking badly her hands pressed firmly against the stone ground.
"Are you going to speak to me now?" Lucius asked, And Maria could hear the sick pleasure in his voice.
"Never." She whispered, her voice shook.
"Alright then. Cruccio."
Maria Screamed, "Stop it! Stop!" After a moment, Lucius lifted the curse.
"Weak. So very very weak." Lucius said, and Maria pushed herself up off the ground, still shaking.
She swayed a bit,But put her hand against the wall to hold her up.
"Weak, yet, as defiant as ever." Maria smiled a sickeningly fake smile at him. She then spat at him.
Lucius raised not his wand that time but his hand. Maria simply moved the hair out of her face and stared at him.
He raised his wand again.
*****************With Kyoya
Kyoya collapsed back into the chair, Every part of him aching, and Harry bounded down the steps with wide eyes.
"Maria shut our connection." He said, slightly shaky.
Kyoya took a breath and shut his eyes. "Crucciatus curse, She doesn't want you to feel it. She hasn't figured out how to close the connection between us."
Luna, tired and Looking at a pile of papers, letters, and maps, suddenly snapped and threw everything off the table. "Where the fuck is she! We should have found her by now!"
Mori grabbed Luna's arm as she was about to bring it down on the table. "You need to sleep." He said, and Luna looked to the ground.
"I'm sorry. I think that I do need some rest.." Mori picked her up and began to walk up the stairs, Hunny sleeping on the couch that had been moved so he could take his nap.
Kyoya was staring ahead of him, his eyes drooping.
Eventually, he fell into a troubled sleep. Haruhi laid a blanket over him in the arm chair.
Harry sat with his back against the wall, Mason sitting right next to him with a sleeping Teddy in his arms. Sirius was leaning back in his own chair, eyes opening and closing slowly.
Haruhi curled up on Tamaki's lap, Both of them drifting slowly into a light sleep.
Eventually, Everyone was asleep, Even the both sets of twins who had been upstairs leafing through old war logs to see if Maria had wrote anything about anywhere she had been.
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Maria stood, her back straight, though she was thin and pale. She had dark circles under her eyes, and her hair was tangled, and her clothes had spots of dirt on them.
The necklace he had given her glinted in sudden light.
"Hello, Mia-mia..Two weeks go by fast doesn't it?" Jones voice floated though the room.
"Fuck off Jones!" He lunged at her and pushed her up against the wall, his hand on her neck.
"I don't think you are in any position for language toward me like that at all." He whispered, and squeezed slightly on her throat.
He let go, and she collapsed to the floor
Maria was resilant though, "How long has Malfoy loaned you his manor?" She spat.
"Loaned me? I basically own the thing. Malfoy's got nothing to do with this , Mia-mia, The leader makes the plans." With that, he stepped out of the door and slammed it close, his footsteps echoing down the halls.
Maria's eyes widened and she pounded the stone floor weekly with her fist.
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Kyoya woke with a start, jumping up from the chair but then putting a hand on the table to stable himself, his head spinning.
Everyone had awoken sometime ago, and were back to studying all possibilities.
"Malfoy Manor." Kyoya said, as everyone stared at him, and Luna stood from her chair so fast it toppled over.
"How could I not have known. Of course it would be Malfoy Manor, It holds so many memories for her."
Draco stood. "And I know every almost inch of that house."
"We don't have time for a battle plan, We'll just have to wing it. We leave tomorrow, that give me enough time to make sure we can at least get to her." Hermione said.
"Alright, Mason, Tamaki, and Haruhi will stay here with Teddy and Lizzy. Stay upstairs and make sure the door is locked with one of your magical signatures, same with the windows. Mori, Hunni, Hikaru, And Kaoru will go to the order head quarters in case something goes wrong, I'll contact them and they can inform the order." Harry ordered. And everyone nodded.
Haruhi stood. "I'm going to go make dinner, anyone care to help?" Mason and Tamaki both stood, following her into the kitchen.
Hermione, Luna, Harry, Ron, Draco, Fred and George sat talking about a way into the manor with little risk of getting caught until they were close to Maria, then trying to figure out where she would be.
Everyone sat at table, but the dinner was tense.
For Kyoya, the night dragged on...tomorrow couldn't come soon enough.
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AN: Finally! I finished this while watching a mix of Hetalia, the Labyrinth, and Demyx Time. I aplogize in advanced if there is a wait for the next chapter, I've gotten some very upsetting news recently.
I'll try my hardest to get it out quickly, and I'll make it good. Do you guys even read these? If so, review and tell me, in episode eight of Ouran, The Sun, The Sea, and The Host club, What Do Tamaki's Swim Trunks Say? Who ever gets it right gets virtual hugs from the Harry Potter/Host club character of your choice...Or virtual Cookies...It's up to you.