Te Amor+No More [OPEN]

[Fera Black]

Fera Black

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Temporary happiness is like waiting for the knife 'Cause I'm always watching for someone to show the darker side And everything is just a lie, I won't be leaving here alive, I might aswell lay down and die[/color][/right]

What had started out a happy aimless wandering had turned quickley and violently sinister. Fera had started her walk through the Forbidden Forest in the morning, completely disregarding the forbidden part of the name. She had come to animal watch, and to just in general be part of nature. She had walked through the forest in a way that it seemed to not disturb, her hand running along the ancient bark of the tall tree's. She had looked up to the thick overgrowth of their leaves smiling, as small streams of light broke their way through the curtain. The darkness of the forest had turned her red hair more of an auburn, and changed her white airy dress to a more grey. Black and gold robe was pulled over, but left open, as a coat against the cool morning dew. This was the only time Fera had a spare, and she often used it this way.

She wanted to get out of the pulsating movement of the students within Hogwarts. To escape her constant fear of the lingering touch or accidental brush of skin against hers. Here, she was happy. It had turned sinister abruptly, there was no warning signs no change in surroundings, no 'do not proceed' sign. If there were, she most likely ignored it anyhow. She had been climbing over a slight wall where a large tree's roots had risen to the surface. Jumping down, she had first seen the flash of white, and then felt the pain. The pain that made her fall, and succomb to shock and unconscienceness. When she awoke, she found the pain intensified when she went to move her right leg under her. Looking down she saw the moss of the forest's floor a marish color of black, and the red stain on the hem of her dress. Further down was the pale outline of her leg, and the black teeth embedded in its flesh.

A bear trap. A horrible muggle invention, had ensnared the young girl. Her teeth chattered as she forced herself to sit up. She looked around her, she could not scream. To scream would be to alert predators, there were things in this forest that would eat her. Likely the muggle who laid this trap was eaten also. There would be no person to come back and check. Her fingers tried to pull open the trap, but it was no use. Clamped on as it was, through her bones, she would have to try and magic it off. She reached in her robe to grab a wand that wasn't there. Green eyes widened, and she glanced around herself on the forest floor. There, ten feet away, was her ivory wand. The deflating sense in her heart, the hopeless panic that rose, she stifled a sob as it escaped. She was stuck, and all she could hope for was to die before something else found her.

[Scorpius Malfoy]

Although he was fully aware that the Forbidden Forest was exactly that: forbidden to students, he was also away of exactly why it was Forbidden. But Scorpius wasn't worried about what the forest held; or, at least that was what he told himself. Inwardly, part of him wanted to head straight back to his room, while a larger part of him was quite happy to be there. Besides, he had things he needed from the forest, and as he had been asked by his father to get those things, Scorpius wasn't about to run out before his did what he had to do; he wasn't a coward. What would his father think of him if Scorpius told him that he was to scared to go into the forest to get what his father wanted?

Silently casting Lumos, Scorpius held his wand out in front of him, angled downwards so that he could see the forest floor better. He was looking for a specific plant that grew in the forest, one of which he couldn't remember the name for, but he knew what it looked like. Near the base of a large tree he saw the tiny plant. Kneeling down next to it, he carefully dug it out by hand, shaking the dirt from it's rooms before pulling a handkercheif out of his pocket, which he wet and wrapped around it's roots. Wrapping another handkercheif out of his pocket that had been spelled to repel water, he wrapped that around the the plant and tucked it carefully in a pocket of his robes.

Normally he would have just used magic to get it out, but his father had said that it had to be dug up by hand, and Scorpius knew better than to question the man as to why. Now, only one more thing he needed, then he would go and owl them to his father. Holding his wand up higher, he carefully picked his way over the tree roots. Looking ahead, further into the forest, he tripped over what he fully expected to be a large tree root on the ground. Turning around he was surprised to see a Hufflepuff girl on the ground; not expecting to see anyone here, let alone someone lying on the ground, he was about to tell her exactly what he thought when his eyes fell on her leg, which considering the large teeth on it, was meant for catching something much larger.

She was moving, and as she gave a stifled sob Scorpius wasn't sure what to do. Part of him knew that he should help her, but part of him didn't want to. What would it do to his reputation if it got around that he helped a Hufflepuff? Inwardly debating in his head what to do, silently he pointed his want at hers, flicking it her wand flicked up in the air before landing next to her.

[Fera Black]

Fera Black

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Temporary happiness is like waiting for the knife 'Cause I'm always watching for someone to show the darker side And everything is just a lie, I won't be leaving here alive, I might aswell lay down and die[/color][/right]

Fera jerked away with a hiss as he tripped over her, the movement caused the bear trap to jerk its teeth further into her leg. Her hand lept to her mouth as she let out a whimper mixed with a sob, tears streamed from her eyes down her cheeks. Green eyes stared up at the boy, seeing the confliction in his eyes. He didn't want to help her. What was the luck in this? Finally someone happens along, only for them to not want to help her. Part of her was a bit pissed off; while the other was thankful. If he didn't help, it meant he wouldn't touch her. She grabbed up her wand, and pointed it at the bear trap. In her mind she was screaming the words to open, refusing to make it a vocal spell. With the creaking of the hinges, and the sound of flesh ripping, the contraption released her leg.

With the black iron teeth leaving, fresh blood gushed from her mangled leg. She bit her lip, and completely ignoring the Slytherin boy she ripped strips from her dress, making it considerably shorter. Tying them around the lower leg, she sobbed into her arm. She could feel the world going hazy from loss of blood, but she didn't know any basic healing spells to fix her leg enough. Hands shook as she tied a knot in the makeshift bandage, and she tried using the tree to push herself up. All she managed was a sitting position before she stopped, her breathing heavy. Green eyes looked to the Slytherin, and she finally spoke. "Please...go get Aluxe."

[/color] she said. This boy had to know Aluxe, they were in the same house after all.
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[Scorpius Malfoy]

Scorpius didn't know how to react; wanting to help her, but yet wanting to leave her. What he hated was the sound of her whimpers and sobs; he didn't like showing 'weak' emotions like pain and fear to others, that and the fact that he hated the sounds of someone whimpering and crying. Crying was something he just refused to do; he couldn't really remember the last time he cried. But when he did feel the need to let his emotions loose, he never did so where someone could come across him. So he had been competent in silencing and various other spells which allowed him to doubly make sure that no one would see him in such a weak state.

Then as the teeth of the trap fell apart, releasing her leg, came the smell of fresh blood. She took no notice of him as she ripped a strips from her dress, tying them around her leg, before asking him to go get Aluxe. For a moment he wondered why on earth she wanted Aluxe, as Scorpius had never particularly liked the older, he seemed a bit weird, but Scorpius had never said anything bad about him. As Aluxe hadn't done anything bad to him, it was only fair in Scorpius's opinion to treat him fairly. Even if the pureblood in him thought of himself as superior as the other boy was half Veela.

Considering the state of her leg, she needed someone who knew healing spells. He would have gone to get Aluxe, but he didn't know where the boy was, and he was sure that loosing that much blood wasn't good. Luckily for her he knew enough about healing spells to fix her leg up enough for her to get back; when he had gotten minor injuries in the past, and no one was witness, he had found it easier to heal them himself. Scorpius moved closer to her so he could see her leg better, holding his wand up so the light from it shone on her. "I know enough about healing to fix your leg up enough so you can get up to the Hospital Wing."

[Fera Black]

Fera Black

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Temporary happiness is like waiting for the knife 'Cause I'm always watching for someone to show the darker side And everything is just a lie, I won't be leaving here alive, I might aswell lay down and die[/color][/right]

Fera quieted her crying, and in a few seconds it ceased to be. She was never much of a child for crying or any loud noises. Even as a baby she had rarely cried or wailed. Tears ran streaks through a fine layer of dirt on her cheeks, and her green eyes were glassy. "Aluxe needs to know, he has to help me."

[/color] She could deal with her brother touching her, those feelings were easier to shove down, after all he was her brother and incest wasn't on her list of things to do. She looked slightly panicked as he moved closer, and she scooted backwards. Her back thumped into the trunk of the tree, and she dragged her right leg as she pushed herself up using the tree. She was standing now, holding her one leg up and leaning against the tree.

Fera looked at the boy, and at his wand. Her mind using recollections from her seven years to peice together who he was. She knew people in Slytherin, one because of her brother, and two slytherins were not immune to her veela charm even if they like to think they are. She bit her bottom lip slightly, trying to decide. Should she push for him to find her brother? Or accept his help and hope he doesn't touch her. A sigh left her body, and her shoulders slumped slightly. "If you can fix it enough...just don't touch me."[/color] she said, green eyes raising to look into his, her face open but serious. She almost looked like a startled doe. Of course, her asking that he not touch her could be perseived as odd. Most people did not demand that when they were hurt, but she couldn't risk him touching her.
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[Scorpius Malfoy]

When she scooted backwards, looking panicked when he came closer to her, Scorpius stayed where he was, not making any attempt to move closer. She was asking for Aluxe again, and Scorpius was almost tempted to just leave her there and go and find the boy. But again, her leg made him slightly hesitant to do so. Although he shouldn't be overly worried about her, a little part of him didn't want to leave her alone; the smell of blood would attract creatures like Thestrals. Thinking about Thestrals, he saw movement in the corner of his vision and looked over to see several standing a short distance away.

"Can you see Thestral's? Because there several of them nearby." After looking at the creatures for a few moments he turned back to the girl, his eyes on her leg. Her request not to touch her sounded a bit odd, usually when people were hurt they didn't mind being touched. "I don't need to touch you." he said, silently casting a spell so that a ball of light hovered over them, he held his wand over her leg and muttered a few words. The flow of her blood slowed, and he silently cast another spell. A red light flew from his wand and to her leg, glowing for a few moments. Although he couldn't see fully what had happened as her leg still had the make-shift bandage on it, it should have stopped the flow of blood.

Respecting her wish that he shouldn't touch him he moved backwards so he was a little further away from her. "That should pretty much have stopped the flow of blood." he said. The last spell had been shown to him by his father, as it was quite a powerful spell which wad good at stopping bleeding from larger wounds, and was also good for using on cursed wounds. However it wasn't an very well known spell, and it had quite bad side effects if it wasn't used properly.

[Fera Black]

Fera Black

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Temporary happiness is like waiting for the knife 'Cause I'm always watching for someone to show the darker side And everything is just a lie, I won't be leaving here alive, I might aswell lay down and die[/color][/right]

Fera nodded, her green eyes seeing the skeletal beasts moving idly. They were simply waiting...waiting for Scorpius to leave. She shivered visibly, her shoulders shaking and goosebumps rising on her skin. However, she sighed in relief when he said he didn't need to touch her. Oh thank god. She watched him cast the spells with slight interest as to what they were, he didn't really say anything outloud and so she couldn't even remember it for later. Pushing some of her red hair away from her face, she noticed the smudge of dark that rubbed off on her hand. Hmmm her face was dirty. When he finished, she watched him with her wide eyes for a moment before smiling shyly. "Thank you."

[/color] she said, and decided that this was the time to start walking.

The pain continued to sear up her leg, making neurons explode in her head and her vision shaky. What she hadn't really clued into, was that she had already lost a substantial amount of blood. While Scorpius had stopped the current flow, that hadn't made up for any that had been lost already. The world was turning a little darker around the corners, and her right foot dragged slightly. She felt her resolve strengthen to make it back to the castle, where her vision failed completely and she found herself falling forward yet again. This time however, she fell forward into blissful unconsciousness. She really hadn't made it far at all, not even twenty feet.

The last coherent thought she had, was that she would make a pleasant snack for the Thestrals and at least they wouldn't be going hungry.
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[Scorpius Malfoy]

Scorpius turned slightly to look at the Thestrals as one moved slightly closer, obviously attracted by all the blood coming from the girls leg. Obviously the only reason they hadn't come any closer was because he was here; if he left, they would be on her in moments. That made him reluctant to leave her; he may not care for her much, but he didn't think that it was right just to leave her here. She shivered as he cast the spells, watching him with a slight interest. It was something he preferred to do most of the time, cast his spells silently or just mutter the words quietly. Silent spells was something he had been pushed to learn early, as his father had said that it gave him an edge if he ever needed to dual; his opponent wouldn't even know that something was coming.

As she tried to stand up she looked quite shaky, but true to his word Scorpius didn't try to touch her, instead he stood moved back slightly. He gave a simple nod at her Thank You, not smiling back; smiling wasn't one of those things Scorpius did around people he didn't know, or at least give natural smiles. The most people he didn't know got was a small, polite smile. A small glint of sliver had caught his eye, and he had turned around to see a few hairs from a unicorn snagged on a branch. Moving over he picked them up and put them in the pocked of his robes with the small plant he had gotten earlier.

When he turned around the girl was lying on the ground, obviously unconscious, with a Thestral standing almost right next to her, it's head close to her leg. Scorpius sent a coloured spark flying upwards and the creature fled back to the safety of the trees and it's fellow Thestrals. For a moment he wondered why she had fainted, before he realised that it was probably blood loss; he had only learn how to stop minor bleeding, and had never needed to learn a spell that gave him extra blood. If Scorpius got an injury like that he was going to milk it for all it was worth, not heal it himself. Silently he levitated the girl off the ground, muttering words so that she floated in front of him. With another word the ball of light that had been hovering over her before floated ahead of them, lighting the way. Still keeping his eye on his surroundings, both looking for anything his father or himself might want, and making sure than no creature came near him.

[Fera Black]

Fera Black

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Temporary happiness is like waiting for the knife 'Cause I'm always watching for someone to show the darker side And everything is just a lie, I won't be leaving here alive, I might aswell lay down and die[/color][/right]

Fera floated around in that uncomfortable void, people like to say its a relief, but really its the worst thing to feel. Even though it did take away any sort of pain, it was the point of not being able to control your body in the darkness that it seemed to float in. It took Fera a few moments to realize that the darkness had changed, and now it was just the inside of her eyelids. But she was still floating? That sensation of being weightless made the small fine hairs stand up on the back of her neck, her paranoia started to get a hold of her. The only way she wouldnt be supporting her own weight is if someone where carrying her. Carrying meant touching...she started to struggle in midair, her eyes were wrenched shut. But the struggles were weak and rather pathetic, and the magic didn't waver. Fera realized quite quickly that there was nothing restraining her, that her arms and legs hit nothing...she opened her green grey eyes and looked around herself. Everything seemed a little hazy, and she was floating a long, nearing the outskirts of the Forbidden Forest.

"Levicorpus right?"

[/color] she asked about the spell holding her up, turning her head so that she was looking at Scorpius. Her green eyes appeared to be glassy and rather glazed, her skin flushed from a fever that was beginning to rage against the infection that the rusty old bear trap had given to her. Of course, as soon as she was safely within the medical ward she would be given something that would clear it right up. Fera still disliked the idea of floating, instead of walking. She took her wand from her pocket, "Finite"[/color] she said, stopping the spell so that she was gently left upright standing on the firm ground. She starting hobbling forward, feeling rather dazed but rather hell bent on walking herself there. Perhaps it was the Black family lineage that made her the way she was. If you were to look at her cousins Bellatrix and Sirius both of whom were dead. Perhaps that was what killed them, pure stubborness and being a bit of a wackjob.

This was starting to feel like she would never get out of the forest. "Next time, I will bring a metal detector."[/color] she doubted the wizard behind her even knew what one was. A muggle instrument after all, but she had learned about them when she was younger and had snuck around to play with the muggle children.

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[Scorpius Malfoy]

Scorpius was walking calmly through the forest, not paying a lot of attention to the girl he was levitating, when she suddenly started struggling in mid air. He stopped, levitating her slightly higher so that she wouldn't hit anything in her struggles. "Yes, I did use Levicorpus.". Her skin was flushed, and her eyes seemed glassy and glazed. But he didn't didn't know enough about healing to do anything about it, so he hoped that she would survive long enough for her to reach the hospital wing. He simply watched as she said Finite, landing on the ground. He made no move to stop her from walking herself, simply watching for a moment before walking next to her, the ball of light hovering ahead of Scorpius, lighting the dark forest up quite well.

When she said that next time she would bring a metal detector, he didn't know how to reply, because he didn't have the faintest idea what a 'metal detector' was. Obviously it was some sort of muggle item, but beyond that he didn't know. His parents weren't exactly fond of muggles, and so he had hardly ever been around them. Part of his was slightly curious as to what a 'metal detector' was, but he never would have admitted that aloud. He didn't show it either, he just walked silently along next to her.

[Fera Black]

Fera Black

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Temporary happiness is like waiting for the knife 'Cause I'm always watching for someone to show the darker side And everything is just a lie, I won't be leaving here alive, I might aswell lay down and die[/color][/right]

Fera rather stumbled onwards, every once and awhile her hand pushing against a tree trunk to steady or right herself. Sweat was beading on her forehead near her hairline, as the fever in her body worked hard to kill off the bacteria. It was much easier to work through a haze then reality, much easier to deal with it and press onward when you barely knew what you were doing. Green eyes looked to Scorpius, she knew he was rather risking his rep as a Slytherin by helping her. It was in the same way that her brother didn't acknowledge her in the hallways, except to torment her. The same way that when she was a second year and had fallen off a broom during quidditch, she had gotten no sympathy from her brother. He had meerely walked off the bleachers calmly to ask the nearest teacher if he had to send an owl to their father or not.

"Nobody has to know you helped me. If you would like...you can let me go alone once we reach the edge of the forest there."

[/color] she said, her glazed eyes watching the end of the treeline coming closer. That was her nearest goal to reach, next she would be fixating her eyes on the hill towards the castle door. When she got to the edge she stopped, and her hand went into her robes. "I don't know if this will be useful to you...but it is pretty."[/color] she pulled our a broken shaft of a unicorn's horn, about ten inches long and three inch circumfrance at the thickest. "I found it tonight...would you take it as thanks?"[/color] she asked, holding it in front of her, her hand and arm shaking visibly.
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[Scorpius Malfoy]

It only just then occurred to Scorpius as to what would he do when they reached the edge of the forest? He was risking his reputation within Slytherin by helping her in the first place, and he hated to think what his reputation would be if he was seen helping an injured Hufflepuff to the hospital wing. In a way he didn't know why he had helped her in the first place. But then, seeing as he was a prefect some of the adults would see it as part of his responsibility to help a fellow student who clearly needed help. But even so, he still didn't want to be seen helping her because of the fact that it would ruin his reputation.

He wasn't exactly known for helping people, rather he tended to be the one making their life miserable and scaring all the younger years. He didn't answer at first when she said that no one needed to know that he helped her, that he could let her go alone once they reached the edge of the forest. Before he could reply she started talking again, pulling something about of her robes, saying that she didn't know if it would be helpful, but is was pretty, and asked if he would take it as thanks.

He looked over to see her shakily holding out the broken shaft of a unicorn's horn. Being careful not to touch her to took it off her and held it up before examining it closely. "Yes, this will actually be quite useful. Father said that he was wanting unicorn horn if I could find any broken ones." Although they would never harm a unicorn to get a horn, if one was found lying around neither him or his father would hesitate to use it. Unicorn horn was quite a useful ingredient in some potions. After a moment he put the horn in a pocket of his robes. As they got closer to the edge of the forest he muttered a counter-spell under his breath which extinguished the ball of light that had been hovering in front of him.

[Fera Black]

Fera Black

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Temporary happiness is like waiting for the knife 'Cause I'm always watching for someone to show the darker side And everything is just a lie, I won't be leaving here alive, I might as well lay down and die[/color][/right]

Fera felt the scrap of the horn leaving her hand, and the careful distance he had put between her fingers and his. She nearly breathed a sigh of relief, handing someone something was always nerve trying. Her red hair looked bright as the sunlight finally took over again, and she watched Scorpius extinguish his ball of light. Considering she had already said thank you, and dismissed him from walking her all the way to the hospital wing, she continued walking. She waved slightly, and set her sights for the castle. What a long trek. The sun didn't make it any easier either, being in the Forbidden Forest makes one feel as if you are in the night, it was really messing with her biological clock.

Her feet dragged, and her head was bent down as she walked. Not bothering to lock her gaze on the doors anymore, but rather watching the grass move beneath her as she walked. Closer and closer, foot by foot, she shivered even though the sun was warm. If she collapsed here, would someone else find her? Would she be so lucky again? No, she had to get there herself. She finally reached the door after what seemed like hours to her, hands shaking as they reached out to push the heavy door open. Just a little further. She slipped into the cool corridor of the castle, no students. It meant they were all in classes. So it was rather lucky that Scorpius had happened upon her at all. Very lucky.

She leaned against a wall for a few moments, letting her limbs rest. They felt like dragging stone, and she needed just a moment.

[Scorpius Malfoy]

Scorpius stopped at the edge of the forest, watching the girl for a few moments before he pulled the items he had collected out of his pocket. He inspected each one before putting them back in his pocket. When he got back to his room he would package them up then go up to the owlery after his classes had finished for the day. He took a step forward, pulling out his wand and casting Tempus to check the time. Another twenty minutes until his next class, enough time to get back to his room and carefully package them up, ready to be sent off. But then there was that girl. He didn't quite know what to do really; he didn't to ruin his reputation by helping her, but then as a prefect he should help her.

Quite a predicament really. Leaving the forest, he walked slowly towards the castle, a fair bit behind the girl. As she reached the doors he heard the call of an owl, and turned around to see his own owl flying towards him with a package. Holding out his arm, his own landed neatly on it, dropping the package into Scorpius's hand. He looked at it, knowing it was a package of sweets from home, and put it in another pocket of his robes. He stroked the own, before telling it that he needed it to send a package to father, and that he would be up in the owlery with it after the last class of the day.

Scorpius conjured a mouse, which the owl took, hooting gratefully, before taking off and heading towards the owlery. He watched the owl for a few moments before turning back around and heading back to the school. Inside the castle, he saw the girl leaning against the wall, and looked at her for a few moments before taking a few steps forward and tripping over something on the floor. Cursing loudly, he looked over to see a terrified first year, blood streaming from her nose, trying to pick up her books, which were on the floor. "I suppose you need to go to the hospital wing as well?" he said, taking out his wand and pointing in at her, silently casting a spell to stop the blood.