Daredevil At Heart(Closed)

[Alondra Redson]

Alondra whimpered a bit from being frightened so bad. She controlled her shaking for the most part and looked to see two people, one of which she had seen once before. She walked to them seeing the girl had a cut. "Is she alright?" she asked wondering if she should have.

((I'm sorry I have to leave for a while. Please excuse my absence.))

[Erich Aubry]

"I am the toll taker. This is my house and you are intruders- but that is fine, I understand how it can be when you are in love. I will extract only a small fee." He reaches in to both of them, his soft hands disintegrating on contact with their clothes, their bruised skin. There cradled just below their ribs, the magic flows freely and then- out in to the forest and the filter of Erich's intangible body.

[Ethelion Eriksson]

Seeing the new girl approach, Ethelion was just about to answer when the Forest struck him.

"UGH. No... not magic... ah.. ugh... dammit!"

He looked at the girl who approached... she had fainted from the draining that was now taking place. He looked over as Ashlee. She also had a grimace on her face as the forest drained her.

I'll put an end to this... Is she ok? thought Ethelion

[Ashlee Van Dort]

Ashlee looked at the Professor with tears in her eyes before she finally lost strength and fainted. Her head landing with a small thud on the hard earth. The tear slowly rolled down her cheek.

[Ethelion Eriksson]

Fighting a losing battle to maintain consciousness, Ethelion tried to gather what little magic he had left. He knew that they had to get out of this place. Slowly, he stood up, gathered Ashlee in his arms and carried her away from the clearing. Staggering, he crashed through the trees, until he hear a bark.

Angelo! he thought. he looked around until the little dog jumped onto his back and then onto the ground. Angelo had been stranded on a tree branch, but otherise unhurt.

Ethelion collapsed onto the ground... they were safe.

He looked at the white ashen face of the girl in his arms. He got out his wand, since he had no strength left for wandless magic, and said "Aguamenti" A small stream of water flowed into her mouth. "Ashlee?"

[Ashlee Van Dort]

Ashlee's eyes fluttered open and she weakly looked up at the Professor. She brought her hand up to his face and gently wiped some dirt off his forehead. She let her hand fall limply on her stomach. She continued to look up at him. "Hi," she whispered. She slowly brought herself up to a sitting position.

[Ethelion Eriksson]

"Well... our magic was drained... what little left is not going to be too useful... "

Ethelion murmured something else, as he bent down and gave her a light kiss on the lips.

[Ashlee Van Dort]

Ashlee smiled at him after he kissed her. "At least we're safe now, right?" she asked unsure of herself

[Erich Aubry]

Erich sees. There is sound and light. There is time and no time. The world is a flush of constant sensory impulse: cells divide and talk in imaginairy electrochemical languages. Voices precipitate like the rain. People in the third world dance at the new year, burn old crops and pray. There is a prepetual blizzard moving over Canada and fat men in the US stroke their power and sleep with young blonde women. Calcutta swelters nightly. Gods are gods are gods in every country. Tricycles move of their own accord in southern Africa and everything revolves countlessly. Algernon sees. Kim sees. Cain sees. 13 Hundred blind centaurs see.

Erich sees everything, even Rainer who turns his back on the outpouring of light when he catches the first glimmers of it from his office window. There is nothing in the world with meaning.

Oh. Langley.

***

"Open your eyes to the-" his synthetic voice box dissolves before the sound escapes, returns to blades of grass. The trees grow teeth.

[Ethelion Eriksson]

Ethelion made no answer. He looked around. Angelo sat on his haunches and looked at his master.

*sigh* what will they do?

"you're with me" Ethelion said when he realized he hadn't answered her question. "How do you feel?"

[Ashlee Van Dort]

Ashlee looked at him and placed her hand on his. "much safer than I felt in there." she was referring to the Forbidden Forest.

[Ethelion Eriksson]

"we're unfortunately not out of the woods yet. literally. The border is thankfully just ahead"

Ethelion gave a ghost of a smile. "Can you walk? I want to get you back into the castle. Infirmary, my office, just back inside. Something is happening to the forest. I think the magic it drained from us has fed its appetite..."

[Ashlee Van Dort]

Ashlee nodded and pulled herself up. She stagered a bit but soon found her balance.

"Ok, let's go." she started walking towards the castle.

[Ethelion Eriksson]

They finally reached the grounds of Hogwarts without further trouble. "Tell me something... the thestral... you saw it didn't you? You dont have to talk about it if you dont want. Maybe it's better if we got you a cup of hot chocolate." said Ethelion.

[Ashlee Van Dort]

Ashlee walked with her head down. "Yes, I saw it." She looked up at him when he mentioned hot chocolate and smiled. "Can the hot chocolate come first?" she asked, her eyes still showing traces of tears.