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Post by ...Really Bad Eggs... on May 13, 2006 15:40:01 GMT -5
Nathan watched with some satisfaction that the Headmistress and teacher put their wands down. “Accio wands,” he said, his own still directed at the girl’s neck, he wasn’t stupid enough to withdraw his hold over the staff of Hogwarts. He knew if he relaxed, even for a second they would be on him. He neatly caught the wands in the hand he had around the girl’s middle and then he moved slightly further into the corner, and threw the wands out of the window.
"Let Meg go"
Nathan sighed sarcastically, “Sorry princess, not on the to-do list,” he said, watching the Potter girl’s every movement, expecting her to do something, she was, after all a Potter. Noticing her hand he smiled slightly, “Now, why don’t you give me that wand you’ve got in your pocket?”
"Jake, help me swing over there."
Jake whipped his head around to where Chole was suggesting and nodded, “Okay,” he moved slightly to the left first, to hook his leg around one of the small balcony wall’s supports. Once sure he had a firm hold, he said, “Okay, ready?” he swung her slightly to the left and then towards the foothold.
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Post by Alloy Alloy on May 13, 2006 15:44:56 GMT -5
Odette watched Nathan and Andy. If only Harry Potter were hear, I'm sure he'd know what to do.
Chole nodded before Jake swung her. With success, Chole made it over to the legde, almost slipping, but caught herself by grabbing hold of a bar over the window. Now she looked to see how the hell she'd be able to get down from the ledge. She scooted toward the right of the ledge where there was a little bit of the balcony left. She took a deep breath, then jumped over, making it across just barely.
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Post by ring_junkie on May 13, 2006 15:49:53 GMT -5
Dylan watched his wand thrown out of the window with a feeling of dread beginning to grow somewhere near the pit of his stomach.
“Now, why don’t you give me that wand you’ve got in your pocket?”
Andy froze. That was almost exactly what Lord Voldemort had said to her father when he had tried to escape with the Philosopher's stone - Harry had told her the story; she had read the books people had written about it.
"Why should I?" she asked, trying to control her breathing in order to stop her hand from shaking. Gripping her wand still tighter, she swallowed hard and brought it slowly out of her pocket, pointing it at Nathan. "Expelliarmus!" The spell had saved her father's life on more than one occasion... perhaps it would work for her.
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Post by ...Really Bad Eggs... on May 13, 2006 16:04:55 GMT -5
Nathan knew he should’ve seen it coming, but he hadn’t expected it. So the wand flew out of his grasp, and towards the Potter girl. However, if there was something Nathan had it was fast reactions, he dug his hand into the ‘Meg’ girl’s pocket and pulled out her wand, pointing it sharply at Andrea his other hand now held onto Meg’s neck, chocking her. “Very good… very clever,” he said, his voice shaking angrily, his grip on the new wand tighter than ever, “Give me my wand back… you have until three.”
Jake let out a sigh of relief as Chole landed, he quickly stood up and watched her jump to safety. Breathing one word in relief, “Shit,” he helped her over.
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Post by Alloy Alloy on May 13, 2006 16:09:58 GMT -5
Odette watched, there was nothing she could do but quickly say "Accio wand!" The wand in Nathan's grasp came to her. "Now, let my student go or you'll meet your end." For a Hufflepuff, that was pretty strong use of words, but no one knew that Odette had been taught the three spells that Lord Voldemort used. She never told anyone, afraid of being thought of as a Death Eater.
Once over to Jake, Chole coiled her arms around his him in a hug, hopping up on him. She felt safe now, and buried her face a little in his neck.
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Post by ...Really Bad Eggs... on May 13, 2006 16:44:07 GMT -5
Nathan could’ve screamed in frustration, he released the Meg girl this time to grab Andy, point her hand at Odette and yell, “STUPEFY!” he then added on, “How many fucking times are you going to steal my fucking wand! Bloody hell! What is wrong with you people!!” He easily prised the wand out of Andrea’s hand and took the other as well, “Sorry to rush you into this luv,” he said to Andy, grabbing her around the middle, “But you know how it is,” looking around the hall again he pointed his wand at the Headmistress, “Incarcerous,” he said, ropes springing up from nowhere and wrapping themselves tightly around her, he then pointed his wand at the ceiling again and said, “Reducto!” making the roof start to fall apart again, bits falling everywhere, and in the confusion he yelled his last spell, “Morsmordre!” and the dark mark appeared above the school, glowing eerily green in the night. He then took the port key out of his pocket and he, Andy and Meg disappeared into the night.
Jake wrapped his arms tightly around Chole, he had been terrified she’d fall, but now he was curious as to why the roof had fallen in, and why no one had been sent to help them.
Cammie screamed as the roof began to fall in again, large chunks collapsing around her and Jacob, she looked for some safety to run to. But just as she did a large cracking noise sounded over head and she looked up to see a huge chunk of the roof descending towards her and her date’s heads.
Amber immediately reacted to the Death Eater’s disappearance, not screaming she managed to some how calmly grab Woody’s hand and run for cover. Silently petrified for her friend’s life.
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Post by Alloy Alloy on May 13, 2006 16:49:32 GMT -5
Jacob quickly moved looked up, then moved right as the chunck of roof hit the floor. He made his way out into the hallway.
Woody followed Amber, but soon turned around and went out the same way as Jacob and Cammie
Odette was motionless as she had been knocked out.
Chole, having heard screaming, quickly hurried to the ajar door of the balcony. "Oh my fucking god! Jake, we've got to go.. Now!"
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Post by ring_junkie on May 13, 2006 17:08:56 GMT -5
Andy yelled as Nathan grabbed her, trying to twist her wrist out of his grasp, but he was too strong for her and a second later, the Headmistress was unconscious on the floor. She struggled, hitting Nathan anywhere she could reach, but he prised her wand out of her grip and grabbed her firmly around the middle. Then, she felt an odd sort of tug from somewhere around her navel and she was transported away from the castle with Meg and the Death Eater - for that had been the Dark Mark she had seen seconds before he had grabbed the portkey.
"Give me your wand!" Dylan ordered the nearest student, almost snatching it out of their hand when it was offered to him, and non-verbally summoned his own and Odette's before creating the strongest shield charm he knew around himself and the people nearest him, which included the motionless form of Odette at his feet. Knowing he did not have much time - he could feel the impact of falling bits of rubble as they hit the invisible barrier around them - he freed Odette from the ropes Nathan had conjured around her, and then mumbled "E-enervate", the counter-jinx to 'stupefy'. Handing her her wand, Dylan helped her up and began to make his way out of the ballroom, giving aid to students wherever possible.
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Post by Alloy Alloy on May 13, 2006 17:25:20 GMT -5
"Andy.."Odette said, but noticed that she was gone. She ran out of the ballroom. Damn! she thought.
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Post by ...Really Bad Eggs... on May 13, 2006 17:52:27 GMT -5
Jake nodded to Chole, he took her hand and said, “Look, follow me and keep your head down,” the balcony they were on started to crumble again, so Jake started to speak faster. “Okay? Whatever you do, don’t look up and don’t stop okay? Just keep going…” With that he led her quickly through the hall, running and jumping over small pieces of rumble onto quickly divert their course again to avoid a larger piece of debris. Only when they were outside the ballroom did Jake stop. *** With a thud the three landed on the hard wooden floorboards of a house long abandoned. Nathan had remained standing when the port key came to a stop and he had two wands in his hand, his own and Andy’s. The room they had come to a halt in was grey with age, and the creaking of the floorboards with movement, and the aging panelled walls with the wind showed just how dilapidated the place really was. Aside from the people in the room there was also a large armchair covered with a moth bitten fabric, a four-poster bed and a fireplace. The room only had one window, not much use if you wanted to escape as the room was three stories high, the shutters of which were flapping and banging shut against the wind. The only other exit to the room Nathan quickly sealed shut; it was a large wooden door, which had definitely seen better days. After casting a spell that held the door shut and sealed it with a squishing noise Nathan turned to the two other occupants of the room, “Welcome to the Shrieking Shack.”
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Post by Alloy Alloy on May 13, 2006 17:54:51 GMT -5
Meg looked around the Shrieking Shack, she started to sob a little bit. She was scared, she didn't know what what was going to happen to her or Andy. "What do you want with us?" she asked through tears.
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Post by ring_junkie on May 13, 2006 18:04:50 GMT -5
Andy had collapsed to the floor when they had arrived, but she soon scrambled to her feet, glaring at Nathan. "You bastard..." she snarled, her voice growing louder and more unsteady, "my dad'll see that Dark Mark - then the whole of the Ministry'll be onto you, and you'll have nowhere to go; you'll be trapped." She moved over to Meg and reached for her hand, both to comfort her friend and herself.
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Post by ...Really Bad Eggs... on May 13, 2006 18:13:56 GMT -5
Nathan rolled his eyes at Andy’s comments and was actually a little embarrassed by Meg’s sobs. Most of the people in Nathan’s life were strong, and crying was so alien to him that it made him quite shy. “Sit down ladies, I think we’re gonna be here for the long haul,” he said, unlike his previous commands at Hogwarts this was much more of a question. He then turned his back on them and lit a fire in the grate using his wand. Nathan had only be ordered to kidnap Andrea Potter, Meg was an extra and he wasn’t too sure what to do with her. The fact that he didn’t know exactly what was going to happen next didn’t help either, but he’d been told he’d find out when he got this far.
Sitting down in the armchair he looked at the girls, wondering what to do with them. Should he tie them up? He wasn’t exactly the kidnap expert.
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Post by Alloy Alloy on May 13, 2006 18:15:26 GMT -5
Meg held tightly on Andy's hand. "Andy.. what are we going to do?" Meg whispered to her friend, looking her in the eyes.
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Post by ring_junkie on May 13, 2006 18:24:33 GMT -5
Andy shook her head slightly, glancing repeatedly over at Nathan to see if he was about to do anything to hurt either of them.
"I don't know," she murmured softly in reply to Meg's question, feeling her throat suddenly grow very tight, and a prickling sensation start in her eyes, forcing her to blink a few times.
They could always try to attack Nathan and somehow get the wands off him... but he was stronger than them, and he had the wands in the first place - and at the moment, he hadn't hurt either of them, apart from grab Meg around the neck, and Andy wanted it kept that way. If they did attack him, who knew what he might do in retaliation.
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