it's only fire, it's only blood (cord, liam, elaine, dom)

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This was a stupid idea.

Nothing good was going to come out of any of this. When Albus and Scorpius approached him with this insane idea, Ethan tried to say no. However, when James and Abigail put their sanction on it Ethan agreed to it. So there he was, being marched down the hall in James' invisibility cloak with Scorp and Al on either side of him, taking him to the Room of Requirement. He stayed silent, of course, as the two Slytherin boys walked along as if everything was totally normal. They joked and laughed, having a grand ol' time so that no one would bother them.

Once he was safely stored away, Ethan was told that rumors were being spread about him going into the Headmasters office and not coming out. They hoped this would make the killer think that Ethan had given her away, therefore causing Elaine to reveal herself without Ethan having to say anything. He still wasn't sure if this would work and the unbreakable vow might not really see it as a loophole. Still, when the rumors started spreading Ethan received many reports that people were believing it...

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Hours later, Ethan could hear the chaos happening in the hall. Something bad was happening... something very bad. Ethan was told to stay put, so all he could do was listen... he didn't like it. He itched to be out there helping. To make sure Dom was okay.

To make sure Cordie was okay.

He shook his head, pacing the room as he contemplated what to do. Should he stay hidden? Stay safe? What if Elaine was killing people as he spoke? People were getting hurt, there was no doubt about that. Finally, something happened that made his decision for him. Someone was shouting in the hallway. It was getting closer, almost as if it was running to him.... Then he heard a scream. The voice was Liams.

Wand in hand, he burst out of the room, "Liam!" he called out, not thinking twice about shouting his name.

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Liam didn't know where Ethan had gone. He knew that he was being taken somewhere. But it was dangerous for too many people to know what was going on. So Liam didn't know. But he was safe. That was what really mattered. His best friend was safe somewhere. 

Which would actually be really nice, because at the moment... he was not.

It started with a scream. Ethan had run out of the library to see who had screamed, but then more people started scream and curses started flying. His only thought had been Cordelia, which had made him immediately guilty (per the norm) but that didn't stop him from looking. Even as he searched through the school, narrowing down where she could be in his mind, he thought again about Ethan. He needed to tell Ethan about Cordelia and him. Ethan had known Liam's feeling about Cordelia, but he had said it was cool, date the love of my life. It was only after he started doing it that he regretted saying that. 

Somehow, Liam ended up on the seventh floor looking down a long hall. At the end he saw a flash of golden hair. 

"Cordy!" he called and started running. Why? Perhaps it was because at that moment someone started running behind him, perhaps it was because he was relieved to see her. Maybe i was the urgency in the air of the castle. Whatever the reason, running saved him. 

As he ran toward her, calling her name again he felt something bit up his leg. Dropping instantly while he screamed in pain, he slid with his unused momentum clutching at his leg. He looked down to find the skin of his calf bruised and his shin splintered. He stopped his gag reflex just in time to look up and see... Ethan. 

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chaos.

that's how the halls of hogwarts looked at the moment. there were people running, kids screaming as they tried to get away from the danger that was spreading itself through the stone paved halls. dom had been in a classroom when it had happened. looking for an elusive book that was somewhere in the bookshelves of the walls, about a spell that she was writing an assignment on. she'd been half way up a ladder when the first screams started and it had taken her a few moments to get back down the ladder, after the initial shock of the screaming she looked around for someone she knew. she couldn't see anyone and everyone she could see was more than capable of running. she pulled her wand out of her back pocket. her thoughts then switched to hoping that ethan was okay.

she knew he was somewhere safe but where she didn't know. he hadn't told her the day before. she'd asked but he had just wanted to spend the day together. she didn't have time to dwell on the warm feeling that would have rushed through her under normal circumstances, now she had to leave. she hurried through the doors and was about to go looking for some of her cousins when she heard the scream. was that liam? it was. her eyes widened when she saw him on the ground clutching at his leg. she swore that she saw cordelia out of the corner of her eyes as she ran over to him, wand in hand and she dropped to his knee's next to him and put her hand on his shoulder. "liam!?" she said, her eyes looking at his leg. before she could ask him what had happened or how she could help she heard a familiar voice and her head snapped up, her eyes widening when she saw ethan coming toward them.

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So much was happening all of a sudden. Cordelia didn't even know where to begin. There were too many people in this school she cared about to know where to begin. Liam had been her first thought. Where he was, and if he was safe. Then of course with the thought of Liam came the guilt that the first person who had come to mind had not been her boyfriend Ethan, who was probably in the most danger of any of them. Where had he been? And then of course Masin, her best friend in the entire world. She had no idea where any of them were and something bad was happening as she could hear explosions around the castle around her. Cordelia had taken off in a mad sprint from the Hufflepuff common room to find Masin, who hadn't been present at dinner probably because of head girl duties. While her heart told her to look for the boys, Cordelia found it a mutual decision to look for Masin. The girl who was like a sister to her.

It was during her frantic search and scouring of the corridors that Cordelia heard a scream. She recognized the voice behind it almost instantly and froze in her tracks. It sounded like it had come from the corridor she had just past. She quickly turned around on her heel and began a mad dash down the corridor she had previously passed and pulled out her wand as she did so, her blond hair in a loose ponytail flying out behind her. There before her eyes, Liam sat upon the ground clutching at his leg. In an instant, Cordelia was at his side, one hand on his back and the other hesitantly floating above his injured leg. "Liam, Liam," she said his name frantically, looking over his leg. "Wha-ho-what happened?" She stuttered madly.

It took much longer than it should have for Cordelia to realize that Ethan, too, stood before her. And all she could do in his presence was stare at him with an open mouth.

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*cracks knuckles*

It was like a cold chill swept through the castle before all the chaos started. The calm before the storm.

Elaine had gone into hiding the best she could, keeping out of site and hiding out in the towers. Ethan had disappeared that morning and she had no doubt that he had finally given her away. Oh, if only she could see him now! She should have killed him when she had the chance!

She sent a panicked letter to her contact outside of Hogwarts and stayed hidden for the remainder of. Stay put, he said. A storm is coming, he said. He would get her out of there, he said. Now all she had to do was wait and if there was one thing Elaine hated more than anything else it was putting her fate in someone elses hands.

She was restless, and as the fight started to break out she was ready. She was frightened, at first, but then realized that she had been warned about this. Still, she wasn't sure if the mercenaries knew what she looked like and that they were supposed to save her. She panicked, coming out from the tower she had been lurking in to burst through the halls trying to draw attention to herself so they'd know where she was. She marched down the halls jinxing students left and right out of her way. If her identity had indeed been revealed then nothing that she did mattered.

She turned a corner and stopped, her heart stopping in her throat.

There he was. Ethan.

He wasn't dead, he hadn't given her away. But now... well, she was getting out of here soon anyway.

"Ethan," she said calmly, walking up to the group of him and his little friends. The masked figures around her pointed and she held up a hand, "please, let me take care of something first?" they listened, which surprised her momentarily. An fiery smile crept onto her face as she gripped her wand, encroaching on the group surrounding Liam. She pouted, "aww, did they get you little half-blood?" she cooed, stopping a few feet from them.

In one swift motion she aimed her wand at Liam, "Crucio!" then Cordelia, "Flipendo!" then Dominique, "Stupify!" She then reached reached forward to grab Ethan by the front of his shirt, dragging him toward her. "Let's see if your little friends can take me better than you could," she sneered, her knee came into contact with his stomach and she pushed him back, readying herself for the oncoming spells that were no doubt headed her way.

This was going to be fun.

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Ethan had appeared next to him, where had he even come from? And then Cord, it had been her at the end of the hall, and Dom were right next to him. His brain seemed to be in a fuzz of pain. His leg screamed at him, but at the moment it was as if the pain created a heightened awareness of his surroundings. 

He was aware of Cord's hand on his back, her eyes frantically searching his. He tried to convey the love he felt for her, his worry for her.  He saw Ethan not two steps away, his best friend. A pang of guilt shot through him, and relief. He was so happy his friend was safe. For the moment. Then there was Dom sitting next to him, her body language worried but no words coming. 

Then there was Elaine. 

Elaine? The 7th year Slytherin. She had never stood out to Liam before. But she was standing out now with her wand pointing at their little group. 

His eyes widened in recognition. She was the one behind this, behind the attacks. She was the one who hurt Ethan. 

A surge of anger ran through his body, right before soul wrenching pain. He heard Elain say something and then the pain was erupting inside of him, and there was nothing he could do to stop it. 

Even as he writhed in agony he found his hand pressing against his wand. He lifted it and whispered "Protego" raising a shield around him and his friends. 

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Everything happened so fast.

Liam was running toward Cordie before he got hit, then Ethan was running toward him and suddenly Dom came out of nowhere. He looked down at the redhead, making eye contact with her and cracking a small smile before catching site of Liams bleeding leg. "Oh... okay, we can get you out of this. Quick, the Room of Requirement is this way we can hide the-" he stopped when he heard a familiar voice say his name.

His breath caught in his throat as he looked up from his friends to see her, to see Elaine. She looked.. amused by all this. She even talked to the masked men, as if she knew them. He had no doubt that she did. Oddly, though, his fear was wiped away as she started mocking at Liam. He moved to step over Liam toward her when suddenly Elaine was shooting curses at everyone and she was grabbing him by the shirt, threatening them and crashing her knee into his stomach before tossing him back.

No, he was not going to lose to her. Not this time. "Leave them out of this," he said, lifting his wand at the same time Liam did. Liam cast a protection spell, which was incredibly smart and Ethan took a stance in front of his injured best friend. "This is between you and me now, Elaine. Tell your friends to back off," he said, giving a little headnod toward the two masked men behind her.

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dom ducked her head as she spell came flying at her from elaine only to be shielded from the shield that liam had cast. she kept her hand on his shoulder, her wand gripped tightly in her other hand and she looked at cordelia and ethan. her eyes widened when she saw elaine hurt ethan. the snake. they should have known. there was only a few people in the school horrid enough to pull off what had been happening. she shifted as eain pushed ethan back, moved to his side and put her hand on the back of his neck for a second. "are you okay?" she wondered how long the shield would last. her eyes quickly moved to the henchmen of elaine, the figures hiding behind the masks. her eyes narrowed again as a sudden thought swept through her mind. would it work? would it distract elain for long enough in order to help the other three get out or fight off the masked men or for them to come up with a plan on getting out of this? she didn't know. all she knew was that she had to try. she bit her lip, looked at ethan and then to cordie and liam quickly before she stood up aiming her wand quickly as elaine and casting a jelly finger hex at her. hoping to take her off guard dom lurcher forward, not even waiting to see if her curse had worked but she launched herself at elaine, her wand still in her hand but she didn't use it. her hand curled into a fist as she swung it at the evil witch with speed. growing up with older cousins that were boys had enabled her to learn how to throw a mean punch. she just hoped it was enough to catch elaine out.

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Elaine let out a hearty laugh as Liam projected his little shield. "Cute, just stay in there and nothing bad will happen to you ever. Good thinking," her laugh shifted into a low chuckle when Ethan stepped out in front of his friends, telling her to back off and let this be a one on one fight. She glared at him, "no, Ethan. They're in this too, now." She suddenly saw Doms movement and lifted her one wand to block the jinx that sped toward her. However, Elaine was not expecting the fist to come flying at her face.

As Doms knuckles made contact, Elaine stumbled sideways with the blow. Still, as she moved she lifted a foot to aim a roundhouse kick at the redhead. She landed her foot after the attempt and didn't wait to see if it succeeded before firing another shot at Ethan non-verbally. "See, Mudblood? Your little friends here want to play. Why should I leave them out?" she said and suddenly the two masked figured where firing as well, joining in the fight. They weren't aiming to kill, however, which confused Elaine. She didn't know what their end game was but she was not planning on letting all of these brats make it out of there alive.

She turned back to Dom with a look of fury, "that little punch is going to leave a mark, Weasley. You'll pay for that," she lifted her wand, casting a curse that if landed would slowly start to choke the girl....

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The instant the shield was up he felt the curse break. He was panting as Ethan stood in front of him.  It was exactly what Liam would have done, so why did he feel so guilty about it?

The pressure of Cord's hand on  his back brought him back. He looked at her with intense eyes. He wanted to tell her... a lot of things. But they would have to wait. This wasn't the time. Liam pushed himself onto his knees, just in time to watch Dom punch Elaine in the face. Well, she obviously wasn't expecting it. And Dom had some great punches. 

His wand came up as he brought himself to standing. Curses were being thrown by the goons on either side of Eliane, as of yet his Shield charm had held. Which was impressive on it's own. Probably the most powerful shield charm he had ever cast. Dom needed an edge, it seemed Elaine knew a bit of hand to hand. 
"Close your eyes!" he yelled, hoping only his friends would listen to him. "Lumos Maxima!" he shouted and a blinding light filled the corridor.


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Ethan was wide eyed and frozen for a moment when Dom leaped forward to punch Elaine in the face. He wasn't sure how to feel about that. Like... woah. But, he had to move on from that awesome moment and handle the situation in front of him. Elaine was pointing her wand at Dom and something was happening... something bad.

Suddenly Liam yelled for an eye closing and Ethan followed the instructions. However, he made sure he knew where Dom was before closing his eyes so that he could take a step in her direction while Elaine was, hopefully, blinded. He was unlucky, however, in the fact that Elaine was in fact not blinded but simply closed her own eyes, keeping her wand up and aimed at Dom.

Ethan reached Dom as the light dissipated.

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it might have been possible that dom hadn't thought this through in it's entirety. she felt the punch land and was glad that it did. she wasn't expecting the kick that came next though and as elain swung her foot around as dom was catching her footing it caught her in the side, knocking her to the ground. she gripped her wand in her hand as she moved to get up qiuckly, her wand aimed at elaine again as she saw the girl turn to her. "it was meant to. pity the mark won't last" she snapped, her anger for this person in front of her growing by the second. how dare she act like she had the right to do this. how dare she act like they had done something wrong just by living. there was no time to react. as soon as elaine started to lift her wand dom felt her throat getting tight. she coughed and put her hands to her neck, the feeling of fingers wrapping around her neck tighter and tighter until it was close to impossible to breathe. out of instinct she clawed at her neck, desperate to try and relinquish the invisible hand that was choking her. it brought her to her knees, her hands still at her throat as she stared up at elaine, still nothing but disdain in her eyes. she knew she had to do something but her mind was starting to drift, the curse choking her and starving her of the ability to function. she heard liam yell something but she didn't hear what it was till she started to see the light in the corner of her eyes. she glanced at elaine in a split second and did the only thing she could think of as she closed her eyes. she had seen elaine, knew where she was and she gripped her wand and lunged forward, hoping to catch elaine even more off guard as the light tried to blind them. keeping the grip tight on her wand she moved to stab it into elaine's leg. not the most common use for a wand but it was impossible for her to talk or cast at the moment. violence seemed to be the only option, she just hoped it worked as things started to go black for her.

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Elaine wasn't stupid. When Liam shouted to close your eyes she followed suit, taking a step back as soon as her eyes were closed, not knowing what was coming. She was greeted by a horrible pain in her leg. Did someone... stab her? When it was clear the light was dimmed she opened her eyes and looked down, seeing the little ginger with her wand attempting to impale her leg. She growled, stopping the spell that was joking Dom while lifting a food to attempt kicking the girl in the face.

"Cute, Dom. I wonder if your little boyfriend has learned any new tricks since we last played?" in one swift motion she lifted her wand to point at the Ravenclaw muggleborn. The mudblood. The one who'd made a fool out of her. The one who would be used as an example for the entire school and for his little friends.

She wanted to make a show out of it, she really did, but she decided Ethan didn't deserve that. No, he didn't deserve a fight.

This whole little group was... special. So special and so sweet. Elaine knew their drama, Desirae had told her of it. Elaine knew that this was the group of Ethans closest friends and lovers, that they were practically family.

Who better to watch him die than family?

"Avada Kedavra."

She didn't even skip a beat as his body hit the floor. She turned her wand toward Liam and Cordelia, "incendio", she cast in an attempt to light their robes on fire.

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Liam was still holding his leg. He opened his eyes as the light blast from his wand faded, just in time to see a much different light fill the room. 

The green light seemed to invade every corner of the space available, fill every part of Liam's mind with terror. 

Then it was gone. 

Liam looked to Cord, relieved to find her still next to him. He saw Dom, kneeling on the ground a few feet away. Then he saw Ethan. He was sprawled on the floor, his eyes open but not seeing anything. 

Everything slowed down. He took in Ethan, complete still. Unmoving. Why wouldn't he move? He looked from Ethan to Elaine. She had done this. She had... killed him. Tears pricked his eyes, but they did not fall. 

He pulled his wand out and pointed it at Elaine. The curse left his mouth before he even thought of the word. 

"Confringo!"

Slow Motion. He seemed to see the the spell leave his wand and shoot toward Elaine, at the same time he felt his skin begin to burn. 



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Notes: Confringo: blasting curse
Pronunciation: /kɒnˈfrɪŋɡoʊ/ kon-fring-goh

Description: Causes anything that the spell meets to explode in flames.

Seen/mentioned: Seen only in Deathly Hallows. In the opening chapters, it is cast by Harry to destroy the sidecar of the flying motorbike.[DH Ch.4] Later, it is used by Hermione in an attempt to kill Nagini and facilitate an escape from Bathilda Bagshot's house in Godric's Hollow.[DH Ch.17]

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dom narrowly avoided the foot in her face as the light faded. she kept her grip on the wand though and shifted back as quick as she could. she heard elaine talk to ethan for a second as she got her breath back, her hand moving to her throat as she coughed. then she saw the flash of green. her eyes widened as she snapped her head back to look at ethan as his body crumpled to the floor. an anguished scream ripped from her chest as she scrambled over to his body, her hand gripping onto his shirt as she looked at his eyes. dull. he was gone. no no no .. how. he had. she .. a sob shook from her chest as the necklace ethan had given her fell down onto the hand she had resting on ethan's chest as she crouched over him. "ethan .. e-ethan .. " she said, tears pooling in her eyes as she moved to clasp her fingers around the necklace. it had been his sisters. he'd given it to her the day before. only the day before when they had spent the day at the lake. her free hand gripped her wand and her head snapped up to narrow her eyes at elaine. the veela blood in her rearing it's ugly head as she raised her wand straight at elaine and moved to get to her feet. liam shot a spell of first and in the second it would take elaine to react to it, dom cast one of her own. "bombarda maxima" she cast at elaine, her emotions pouring into the spell, her wand aimed for the centre of the snake's chest.