The Next Generation

[Ms. Elsewhere]

"No no no!" Geneve shrieked as she collapsed to the ground, her insides seeming to be on fire. She lay in a heap next to Liam, who was surprisingly not dead. She reached out for him, clutching his shirt, pulling him to her so she would not miss what she had to say. "I guess..I'll have to keep you alive after all." she hissed into his ear. "Get up." As painful as it was, she pulled herself up to standing, wretched Liam to his feet too, and started to drag him to the castle. Frustrated, she spoke a spell that lifted them from the ground, and they flew the rest of the way to the north tower.

[*Riley*]

Liam was shocked to see Geneve in pain, she had cast a complicated spell to make them fly, the wind was bitter and when Liam looked at Geneve he saw deep inside her eyes that there was a battle going on.

When they came to the door Geneve just had to look at them, thy swung forward despite all the feeble locks barring the way. She landed and stumbled on te landing, ahead there was a person patrolling.

Geneve shoved Liam behind a tapestry as she stood in the middle of the corridor.

"Young lady-" a voice shouted but was interrupted by a flash of red light, Geneve had attacked a Hogwarts teacher, it wasn't Geneve.

She pulled him out of the tapestry and Liam couldn't help noticing how gently she touched him.

He realised they were heading towards the headmasters office.

[choki]

Nikolaus rushed out just in a nick of time to cast a stunning spell at the werewolf before it lunged at the hysterical lady who had broken down in tears.
"Bill!" She cried out as she pushed her badly injured body forward to tend to the werewolf.
"No! Don't!" Nikolaus warned, "He is still unsafe." Thankfully, the others caught hold of her before she could do anything wild. As long as the transformation remained, it was not safe to let anyone go near it, especially since the moon was shining brightly.

"I know this is going to be hard but Fleur, we have to do this," A lady with bushy hair spoke as she conjured a rope to bind the werewolf.

Nikolaus then turned his attention towards Valencia who was being carried in the arms of the stranger whom he saw at the room a while back. It must have been a horrifying experience to have magic forcefully taken away from one. Indeed, Geneve had succeeded in obtaining Valencia's magic but at such a terribly price... losing her own soul to the demon. Was that what she had really wanted? Nikolaus had witnessed these and even helped guiding the girl to her own path of destruction - All for the sake of a challenge... a challenge to be the Master in Dark Arts... but was that what he really wanted?

Walking towards the man, Nikolaus introduced himself.
"I'm Nikolaus. I can help you to carry the lady," he said, looking at the worn out Valencia.

[salemboy]

"Deal Damien," Damien said, and dropped Ms. Marcellus into the man's arms. He could tell that Weasley was in pain. It was a good thing that he himself had taken a potion back in Japan before going to bed, or he would be in the state the Werewolf. He would be trying to rip out the lungs of whoever came across him, no matter who. He reached into his pocket and pulled out a black potion. "Hold him," he said. Then he pulled a syringe out of his jacket, and poured some of the potion into it.

Normally he wouldn't have to inject it, but trying to make a werewolf drink something is asking to get your hand bitten off. Some people held Weasley down as Damien moved in closer. He took the syringe and tried to find a vein. It was much harder to find a vein on a werewolf than a human. When they transformed, the veins separated and grew smaller, giving them their more grayish look. Finally, he found one, in the upper arm. He carefully pressed up against the skin of Weasley, then stuck it in the arm and injected the black potion.

The effect was almost instantaneous, Weasley's face growing shorter, with less snout. His teeth grew duller and shorter, while the hair on his head grew redder and redder. His skin started to gain color as the potion worked its magic. After thirty seconds, Weasley was now back to being a normal, but still extremely scarred, adult.

He remembered his mission again, to talk to the teachers, and said, "I go now." He disapparated to the Hogwarts gates, not knowing that most of the teachers were already almost to his position.

[FawkesthePhoenix]

Valencia's mind swirled. She drifted through various shades of silver, trying to regain consousness but finding it a struggle just to stay aware of her surroundings. Someone was carrying her, though who it was she didn't know. Valencia felt incomplete, hardly herself anymore. Geneve had taken her magic, and therefore bound them together and sent veins of darkness through her body. The one strand of silver that kept Geneve incomplete was the only thing keeping her sane. The knowledge that all had not yet been lost, that Geneve could still be defeated, was the only thing keeping her from giving up. The effort of thought was exhausting her. Valencia sunk deeper into the pool of silver.

[salemboy]

Damien apparated just outside the Hogwarts gates. He realized that they'd been blasted open, and the protective barriers shattered. He realized that this was something his order should be aware of, so he conjured his patronus. Then he sent it back to Hogsmeade, carrying a message that said, "Hogwarts Gates blasted open, magical barriers destroyed. I'm investigating." He walked hastily through the gates and down the moonlit path. As he was walking, realized that Suge was still on his shoulder. He remembered what the one death eater had done to Suge, how he had tortured Suge, and then used Suge to attack Damien. Damien shuddered at the thought of it happening again. With a wave of his wand, he made Suge teleport all the way back to their house in Japan. Then Damien continued. As he walked, he remembered with pain how he had been walking along this same path, except away from Hogwarts, at the news. The news of a tragedy among his family. That tragedy is what made his father move him to Japan.

Then Damien realized that he was standing in front of the great entrance doors. They seemed to stand imperiously over him, almost alike on his first day here. He was about to open the doors when he heard a voice from inside say, "Young lady-" but was cut off by a flash of red. Damien burst open the doors to see the young woman, dragging that same boy who had been with Damien's father, disappear through the door to the entrance hall. Lying on the ground was a rather obese old man.

Damien went over to the man and checked his pulse. Stunned, only stunned. Damien left him on the floor for his order to help. He had to catch that girl. He bursted through the door of the great hall to see the young woman already a floor up. "STOP!!!" Damien yelled. She didn't. In a split second, a thousand curses went through his mind. He needed something that would destroy the Voldemort in her, but not kill her. Finally, he yelled, "OBLIVIATE!!!"

[FawkesthePhoenix]

Valencia stirred. Something was happening. Eventually she regained consiousness, to find that she was being held by Nikolaus. Valencia got to her feet, then turned to Nikolaus. "How much time has past?" she asked. In the swirling pool, time had passed strangely. Lightning quick, yet still agonizingly slow. Valencia hoped she was not too late. If Geneve had gotten to Hogwarts, and reached the Chamber already, the consequences would be brutal.

[choki]

"Probably just five minutes?" Nikolaus answered.
"Are you well enough?" he asked, out of concern. Nikolaus offered his hand to the deeply shaken lady but clearly, she had no time to go slow and easy as of the moment.

[FawkesthePhoenix]

"I'm fine, thank you." Valencia replied. "Well, I will be. I'm off to the school."

[*Riley*]

Liam heard the entrance halls doors creak open and he felt his heart jump, he wouldn't be alone in bringing the real Geneve back.
When he peered over at Geneve he saw a desperate little girl trapped in an ice cold evil shell. She couldn't escape.

[Ms. Elsewhere]

The obliviate spell rocked the staircase and Geneve lost balance, she fell to the floor, and pulled Liam down with her. Her head hit the floor hard, and for a moment, she found her senses. She looked at Liam, who lay beside her, and spoke from deep within herself, praying she could be heard. "Please..... " she paused. Could she be helped? Did she deserve it? Had her greed for power been her own or was it in her blood, in the spell? She made her choice and pulled Liam closer to her, and only just whispered in his ear. "Help me." Then, it was like she was thrown backwards, and she felt herself get up, dragging Liam to his feet, and moved onto a moving staircase to the next corridor.

[salemboy]

"Darn!" Damien thought to himself. He'd missed. The spell hit the staircase, and the girl toppled over, dragging the boy with her. A few seconds later, she was up. She turned and started up another flight of stairs. Damien ran up the stairs to the platform she was just on. The stairs that she was climbing were moving, and were already a two yards away. Damien ran and jumped with all of his might at the moving staircase. He barely grabbed onto the edge of the side, and felt his hands slipping. He reached up, trying to grab onto anything. He slipped a few inches and was just barely hanging on to a shield decoration. He looked down. If he fell, he died. He looked and saw the girl go up another set of stairs. Damien reached up, and found another nook to hold onto. Then he slipped.

He fell several feet onto another set of moving stairs, and felt the marble stairs break bones in his arms, legs, and rib-cage. He heard several vials in his potions kit shatter. He was just able to gasp, "Protego" before the contents mixed. The shield formed between him and his coat as a fiery explosion erupted. It shattered his shield and sent him flying into a wall, and he slid down from there onto a platform. The shield had blocked most of the blast, thankfully, and he only had minor burns. Still barely conscious, Damien reached into his back pocket, where he always had two spare potions. He uncapped one, and forgetting the side effects, drank it down. He felt the good effects immediately, his bruises left, his bones re-healed, his bleeding stopped, his burns gone. Then he got up and accidentally looked out of a window at the full moon. Then the side effect kicked in.

In drinking that potion, he cancelled the effects of the potion that he'd taken earlier which had stopped him from transforming into a Werewolf. As he felt his heart rate double, he thought to himself, "What have I done?" He felt his teeth grow longer, and he slowly forgot what he was. His body seemed to expand, ripping his clothing until he was just wearing his torn jeans. He dropped his wand as the transformation completed. Then Were-Damien looked out at the moon, and howled.

[choki]

"Wait!" Nikolaus managed to stop Valencia as she prepared to apparate.
"It is not safe to enter Hogwarts alone anymore. We have to join forces. You've seen how she was moments ago."

"We'll all go up to Hogwarts," Harry interrupted.

[salemboy]

Were-Damien sniffed the air. He could smell flesh. He raced down the stairs into the entrance hall. He sniffed the air again. There was prey nearby. He looked down the hall and saw a fat man on the ground, unconsious. Were-Damien gave a loud howl, and rushed at the fat man. He was almost there, when there was a loud, "Stupefy!" Were-Damien just barely dodged it and turned to the sound of the voice. There was a man standing there.

He didn't know it, but it was Ryu. He saw the man speak, but did not understand what he was saying. Then Were-Damien started circling the man. He sniffed the air again. This man was alone. The man waved his wand, and, even being a Werewolf, Were-Damien knew what it meant. He jumped to the side, dodging the stunning spell, and lunged at Ryu's throat. Ryu sidestepped, and fired another red flash of light. It caught Were-Damien in the side and knocked him into the air, flailing helplessly. He slammed into a wall and slid to the ground.

Were-Damien was quick to his feet, though, and dodged another burst of red light. He dashed at Ryu and once again went for his throat. Ryu rolled out of the way, and fired another stunning spell. Were-Damien dodged it, and instead of going for Ryu's throat, went for his wand. Ryu was so unprepared for this split second strike, that he barely realized it as Were-Damien snapped his wand in between his teeth.

Were-Damien then turned on the now weaponless Ryu and howled again. While Were-Damien was howling, Ryu jumped suddenly at the Werewolf, tackled him, and clamped his mouth shut with his arms. Were-Damien wriggled around on the floor, but could not throw off the wizard.

Ryu started squeezing the Werewolve's throat. He kept pressing as hard as he could, trying to choke out Were-Damien. Were-Damien continued struggling as he felt himself grow weaker, and weaker. He felt the pressure of the wizard continued to constrict his oxygen supply. He rolled over onto his back, trying to crush the wizard. Still the wizard held on. For several more seconds, Damien remained conscious. Then, at last he fell to the ground, and his sight went dark.



Damien woke up with Ryu standing over him. "Uhhhhh," He moaned. "How long have I been out?"

"Only about ten seconds," Ryu replied. "You attacked me, and I knocked you out. Don't worry, you won't transform again tonight. I injected you with your spare."

"Thanks," Damien replied as Ryu helped him up. "Did you happen to find my wand on me?"

"What? You don't have it?" Ryu asked.

Damien was about to answer when a voice came from behind them both, "Well, well, well. Two wandless aurors. I always get all the luck." The pair wheeled around to see a Death Eater standing several feet from them, with a wand aimed directly at them.

[Ms. Elsewhere]

Geneve could hear the comotion in the great hall, and couldn't help herself. She turned around and made her way down the corridor, then peered around the wall. A wizard stood over what appeared to be... a werewolf? He was giving him an injection, and then, the werewolf changed into a man. The other wizard covered the man in some robes, and when the man woke, he helped him up. Then, Geneve noticed someone standing in the hall, watching just as she was. He approached the pair of wizards. He spoke, and then raised his wand. He had them trapped. Geneve decended the stairs, cautiously. She held Liam in front of her , her wand poking him in the back. "Don't make me harm you Liam. Walk, and you will be fine." Unoticed by the people below, she reached the bottom of the stairs, and then she realised who the man was. A deatheater; a follower of her grandfather......
"You!" she spoke coldly. The man took a quick look, still holding his wand steady. He sighed.
"Geneve Riddle. Are you quite yourself yet?" the man spoke over his shoulder, eyes still on his captives.
"Nearly. What do you know of the gathering?" Geneve asked.
"Only that your forces are strong and Hogwarts barriers have been destroyed. I have been waiting here, waiting for you to arrive. I knew you would return. That's why I took the teaching post here, so you would have someone inside just in case." The man continued. "What are your orders for this filth?" he lifted his chin at the other two wizards.
Geneve looked at them. "A werewolf... and an auror. Dangerous combination. I doubt somehow they will join us. I feel age works against me now. Time for a new young following I think." she walked closer, Liam in front of her. The aurors would not meet her eyes. She smiled. "Kill them." she scowled.