Harper Adeliza Liven
Ravenclaw
Sixth Year Animagus: Eagle DA Member
You take the breathe right out of me; you left a hole where my heart should be.
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Post by Harper Adeliza Liven on Aug 4, 2012 19:19:26 GMT -5
Harper had been cornered by Phineas in the school and barely escaped. As a result, she now found herself fleeing from her self-proclaimed arch-nemesis through the Forbidden Forest, hoping that he just gave up. She was in no mood to duel him that day, when she was still sore from a skirmish between the Japanese and the Auditore that she'd helped with. Those Easterners sure didn't joke around. She'd never seen so much blood in her life (which was saying something). She hadn't been injured badly, but the ones she'd sustained were still sore. She wasn't in any type of mood for exacerbating them.
She ducked behind a tree held her breathe, listening for the tell-tale sounds of footsteps behind her. Even though she didn't hear any, she couldn't be sure that her pursuers weren't just waiting for her to poke her head out. She couldn't afford to transform and fly away, either; they'd know that it was her when they saw the eagle, and her favored cover would be blown.
So, for the time being, it looked like Harper had to bide her time and wait to see who gave up first.
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Post by Jacob Micheal Lestrange on Aug 4, 2012 19:27:47 GMT -5
It wasn't going well today, not at all. Phineas had cornered Harper, and well, Jake wasn't sure if he could stop him this time. Harper managed to flee, but Phineas was chasing after her. Jake was going after him as well, because he didn't want Phineas to kill her or hurt her badly.
"I'm going to kill that girl!" Phineas growled as Jake ran after him, into the Forbidden Forest, both with their wands drawn.
"Calm down Phin. Remember in this time you will go to Azkaban for killing!" Jake said trying to change his cousin's mind.
"I don't care. The Dark Lord will free me with ease," Phin shouted, keeping on his steady fast pace Jake managed to keep with him.
"How do you know? He barely even knows of you, and maybe he'll forget about you," Jake suggested, but it wasn't going anywhere.
"I am the Dark Lord's faithful servant, he will free me! You really have no confidence in your father!" Phineas scoffed, stopping, looking around. Phineas let out a laugh that reminded Jake of almost his mother's laugh. "I know you're there Liven!" he shouted in a crazed voice, "Crucio!" he shouted, sending the spell, hitting a tree. Jake looked helplessly from Phineas to Harper.
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Harper Adeliza Liven
Ravenclaw
Sixth Year Animagus: Eagle DA Member
You take the breathe right out of me; you left a hole where my heart should be.
Posts: 66
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Post by Harper Adeliza Liven on Aug 4, 2012 19:33:47 GMT -5
Harper was up and running again when the spell hit the tree, glancing over her shoulder at Jake helplessly. She just wasn't up for dueling that day; if Phineas caught her, she was dead. She wasn't in any mood to get killed that day, so all she could do was run.
She sent up a silent prayer to whatever higher power there was that she wouldn't be killed by the crazed man following her, and if she was, that he wouldn't go after her little sister. She really wished that she could've spoken to Etta about what to do in this situation; they hadn't been prepared for Harper to go like their mom...
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Post by Jacob Micheal Lestrange on Aug 4, 2012 19:47:40 GMT -5
Phineas laughed. Jake was actually quite scared at how crazy Phineas was today. He wasn't usually this determined to hurt Harper, but something had gotten into him today. Maybe he found out something, but Jake didn't know. Phineas began chasing after her again.
"Avada-" Phineas began, but Jake managed to cut him off.
"No, Phin, she's not worth it!" Jake shouted. Phineas laughed as they ran after Harper.
"Not worth killing a blood traitor? Oh, I've been waiting for this moment for a long time," Phineas laughed shooting a few more curses at Harper. Jake had had it.
"Stop it you idiot!" Jake shouted, jumping at him, but he was a little too late.
"Avada Kedavra!" Phineas had casted, however, due to Jake jumping him, his aim went off, and the spell hit a nearby tree again.
"Don't. Even. Try. Again," Jake growled, punching Phineas' face a couple of times.
"You little piece of-" Phineas began, but was cut off by Jake punching his face one last time. Jake took his wand pointing it at his face.
"If you hurt her, I will show no mercy," Jake said, losing his temper a bit.
"You won't hurt little old me, now will you, Mr. Riddle," Phineas said with a wild laugh, thinking that this was some sort of game he was playing at.
"Don't call me that, Phineas," Jake said getting off of Phineas still pointing his wand at Phineas. He looked towards Harper with a small smile, before glaring at Phineas.
"Y-You're s-serious, aren't you, Jake?" Phineas spluttered in disbelief.
"I am," Jake said back.
"Then I guess I'll just have to kill you too," Phineas laughed after a moment computing this, "The Dark Lord would be disappointed in his son!" Phineas let out a very crazy sounded laugh.
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Harper Adeliza Liven
Ravenclaw
Sixth Year Animagus: Eagle DA Member
You take the breathe right out of me; you left a hole where my heart should be.
Posts: 66
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Post by Harper Adeliza Liven on Aug 4, 2012 20:18:41 GMT -5
One of the curses Phineas had cast hit her arm, and she winced, clutching at the area it had hit in hopes of making it stop hurting (it had worked in the past) to no avail. She turned hesitantly when she heard Jake shout and Phineas hit the ground, eyes going wide when she found Jake attacking Phineas.
Deciding that any damage that would be done to her arm just didn't matter, she drew her wand and pointed it at Phineas. She hoped that Jake knew what he was doing...
She returned Jake's hesitant smile with one of her own. He didn't have to stand up for her; it was unexpected, she had to admit. He usually maintained his unaffected aura around his cousin...
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Post by Jacob Micheal Lestrange on Aug 4, 2012 20:36:10 GMT -5
Ah no... Jake was quite angry with Phineas, but this was going way too far. He didn't care right now what he was doing. Everything seemed to go slowly as Phineas used his legs, swinging them around, tripping Jake, causing Jake to fall, and Phineas to jump up and hold his wand at him, now on the ground. A jet of green light headed for him, missing his head by maybe a half a centimeter.
"Why do you stand up for such a blood traitor? You were going to be the next Dark Lord!" Phineas shouted feeling angry and betrayed.
"Because..."" Jake said trying to think things through, but his head was pounding telling him to kill Phineas, but he didn't want to do that right now. Phineas was an evil git and Jake hated him, but he really doubted Phineas would die here and now. "Because..."
"Can't think of anything?" Phineas cackled, looking over at Harper, and back at Jake, "Oh ho! I get it! You fell in love with the blood traitor! Such a disgrace!" Phineas spit at Jake, causing him to jumped up, pushing Phineas against the tree.
"Time to die, Jake-y poo," Phineas laughed, pushing Jake away, pointing his wand at Jake. However, Jake was faster and shot a stunning spell towards Phineas, which he easily dodged. "That's not how you kill, that's not how you will stop me. Avada Kedavra!" A jet of green light shot at Jake, barely missing him once more. Phineas shot a few curses more at Jake. Phineas soon had Jake against a tree, disarmed.
"So tell me before I kill you, is it true? You fell for this blood traitor?" Phineas whispered extremely close to Jake.
He was silent for a moment. "Yes," Jake said.
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Harper Adeliza Liven
Ravenclaw
Sixth Year Animagus: Eagle DA Member
You take the breathe right out of me; you left a hole where my heart should be.
Posts: 66
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Post by Harper Adeliza Liven on Aug 4, 2012 20:57:01 GMT -5
Harper had, while the two fought, managed to slink around out of Phineas's range of view. She was behind him and held a finger to her lips to indicate that Jake should be quiet. She would get them out of the situation she'd accidentally gotten them into, if she had to die to accomplish that. Jake didn't deserve to get hurt or killed because she'd been stupid.
She paused briefly, feeling the air get knocked out of her lungs when Jake admitted...that. He...really? She was even more determined now to make sure that he didn't die.
"Immobulus!"
She watched and hoped that Phineas didn't have enough time to dodge the spell...
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Post by Jacob Micheal Lestrange on Aug 4, 2012 21:05:31 GMT -5
Caught completely by surprise, almost forgetting Harper was there, Phineas was struck with her spell. Jake quickly pushed Phineas' immobile body, running to get his wand off the ground. He shot a a spell at Phineas just for good measure, knocking him out. Jake was breathing quite hard when he looked at Harper and gave her a weak smile.
"Sorry I lost my temper..." Jake sighed, knowing it was probably a lot better if he had just stayed calm and got out of the situation with words. Phineas usually listened to him though, but today, Phineas was a bit like Jake's mum, and that was scary.
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Harper Adeliza Liven
Ravenclaw
Sixth Year Animagus: Eagle DA Member
You take the breathe right out of me; you left a hole where my heart should be.
Posts: 66
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Post by Harper Adeliza Liven on Aug 4, 2012 21:12:37 GMT -5
She bit her lower lip, contemplating what she should do for a few moments before deciding to hug him, burying her face in his chest and curling her hands into fists around the fabric of the shirt that covered his back.
"You...why?" she demanded softly. "He could've killed you, Jake!"
She internally slapped herself for the way her voice cracked on the word killed. She hadn't meant for it to sound like that...
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Post by Jacob Micheal Lestrange on Aug 7, 2012 16:52:59 GMT -5
Jake smiled when she came up and hugged him. He was so worried when Phineas had been going after her, because it was just one of those days when Phineas was just crazy. Sometimes Phineas scared him more than his mother did. Usually he wasn't like that, and even on his crazy days he usually was able to hold it in.
"I know he could've... but... he could've killed you," Jake replied, breathing lightly, calming himself down from the adrenaline that he was feeling, "I couldn't let that happen, now could I?"
At this point, if something happened to Harper, even if something had killed her a year ago, he would be completely crushed. Phineas usually didn't throw killing curses, or heck, he didn't normally use the torture curse (though Jake had a feeling it was Phineas' favorite and he savored each time he used it, the crazy bastard).
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Harper Adeliza Liven
Ravenclaw
Sixth Year Animagus: Eagle DA Member
You take the breathe right out of me; you left a hole where my heart should be.
Posts: 66
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Post by Harper Adeliza Liven on Aug 7, 2012 19:51:23 GMT -5
"I would've gotten away eventually, Jake. You can't, though...he's in your House! He could hurt you or kill you and then I'd kill him! I...I think I might be in love with you," she admitted softly. "If anything happened to you..."
She didn't even want to think about that. She didn't know what she'd do without Jake; he'd been her first real friend and remained her closest friend. She would be lost if such a huge part of her life was gone. Usually even-headed Harper was so scared that she wasn't even fully aware that she'd finally come clean about her feelings for him.
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Post by Jacob Micheal Lestrange on Aug 7, 2012 20:11:06 GMT -5
"You were extremely close to getting killed... If I hadn't... There's always those like me in Slytherin, the ones who aren't like the others. I know because Phineas has tried to pick on them. They stick up for each other, I can always see if they'll help me out. And if worst comes to worst, I can always sleep outside the common room, I am a Prefect after all," Jake responded shaking his head slightly. However, it was then that it hit him. Did she really say...? Jake's heart was beating faster now.
"D-do you r-really...? I mean... you m-might be in... love with me?" Jake stammered, even though he kinda just admitted it to Phineas. Actually, a thought occurred to him. Phineas just thought that he betrayed them because he fell in love with someone on the other side... if he thought that, then he might try harder to kill Harper, and win him back over to their side.
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Harper Adeliza Liven
Ravenclaw
Sixth Year Animagus: Eagle DA Member
You take the breathe right out of me; you left a hole where my heart should be.
Posts: 66
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Post by Harper Adeliza Liven on Aug 7, 2012 20:36:24 GMT -5
"Maybe I should've," she mumbled. "I'm always causing trouble for you...and now look what me being stupid did. I know that you weren't ready to let your family find out..."
When his heartbeat sped up, she finally looked up at his face, eyes wide. She'd just said...oh, no. She hadn't meant to just blurt that out. Now things would get awkward, and he'd stop talking to her. She'd put him in danger for nothing...
"I...yeah. I think I do," she admitted. "I'm sorry..."
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Post by Jacob Micheal Lestrange on Aug 7, 2012 20:49:30 GMT -5
"No!" Jake insisted seriously and forcefully, "You shouldn't have died. I would've died for you if it came down to it. Trouble just comes with the job description of spy and betrayer. Just because I wasn't prepared to reveal it all, doesn't mean that I didn't want to. It's terrible lying like that to anyone, and really, I'm kinda glad it's off my chest now. I can actually be honest. I feel a whole hell of a lot better than I did before... even if Phineas just tried to kill me."
Really, when Jake thought about it, all the lying and causing all those problems for his family, hurt. He hated them, but he also cared for them, and hated torturing them, basically. He wanted his family to all go to hell; he wanted them all to die. But it was still hard. Even if it was an act, he and Phineas had some good times together, some. It took a lot of concentration to just keep up the ploy that he was on their side. He would never regret turning on them, but it was still really hard for him to do, especially at the beginning.
"No, there's no need to be sorry..." Jake said, before almost whispering, "I.... think I am in love with you too..."
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Harper Adeliza Liven
Ravenclaw
Sixth Year Animagus: Eagle DA Member
You take the breathe right out of me; you left a hole where my heart should be.
Posts: 66
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Post by Harper Adeliza Liven on Aug 7, 2012 21:03:15 GMT -5
"Sometimes, I think it would be easier on everyone if I did," she mumbled. "Dad wouldn't have to be upset because I remind him of Mom; Etta wouldn't have to sneak around for fear of me nagging her, and you wouldn't have had to reveal your real feelings before you wanted to. I ruin a lot more than I fix."
It was a deep-rooted fear of hers; she just didn't usually admit to it. She knew that she had to seem strong. Her dad had broken down after her mother's death. Etta had needed a mother; the Resistance had needed someone to fill Eliza's role. Someone to smile and tell them to keep their head up; times would get better. Someone to spy without any fear of dying. Filling her mother's shoes had taken over her life, almost completely. There just hadn't been time to address her fears.
"I've told you before; you can't say things just because you think it's what the other person wants to hear," she scolded. "Just once...please be honest without me having to drag it out of you, Jake."
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