Centre"The last time she went all green she almost tried to kill me." Cloud frowns.
"And that was only because the pig thing stopped her."Forbidden ForestBree is about to zoom after the nearest centaur when she feels a hand upon her shoulder. She sighs. "I know you said students aren't allowed in the forest. But the truth is..." She starts to turn her head. "I'm not really a..." She gasps.
The
man behind her stares at her wide eyed.
She has red eyes! They immediately apparate.
EgyptThey appear in a tomb lit by torches. The man jumps away from her & points his
sword at her. "Crucio."
Bree screams in pain & falls to the ground.
"Why did you come to this world? What were you doing at Hogwarts?" The man demands.
"P-please... Please stop... This... This isn't necessary." Bree stammers between shouts of agony as she squirms helplessly upon the floor.
The man lessens the pain slightly as he removes a blood bag (like the kind found in hospitals) from his trench coat. "Here." He tosses the bag to her. "Drink this."
"But... The pain... S-stop..." Bree cries.
"Cooperate & it will stop." The man informs her. "Drink the blood from the bag."
There's a cup of amortentia & a few drops of veritaserum mixed within it as well, but she doesn't need to know that.Bree sinks her teeth into the bag & drains it dry.
"If I stop the pain, will you attack me or try to run away?" The man questions.
"N-no." Bree groans.
"Say the words." The man demands. "Don't just say 'no'."
"I-I... Won't attack... Or try... To flee... So please..." Bree begs.
The man tucks his silver sword into his coat, then walks over to Bree. "Sorry about that." He sits next to her cross-legged style & sets her upon his lap as he wraps his arms around her.
First he tortures me, now he wants to hold me? Bree shivers.
"Does this bother you?" The man asks, concerned.
"N-no, it d-doesn't b-bother me." Bree admits.
"Then why are you shivering?" The man inquires.
"I'm scarred." Bree admits reluctantly. "You, you hurt me."
"I said I was sorry." The man reminds her. "Your species of vampires should not be trifled with carelessly. It was a necessary precaution. You have no need to fear me."
Bree calms slightly. "M-my species?"
"Yes, your species." The man acknowledges. "The nearly indestructible, red-eyed killing demigods."
Bree looks up at him, confused. "How do you know about my species?"
The man smirks. "Let's just say a friend of mine encountered someone from your world & lived to tell the tale. Why did you come to this world?"
"Carlisle didn't want me to kill Vega, so he dragged me through the Stargate." Bree says without hesitation. "It just happens that the random code he used led us here."
"Dragged you through?" The man raises an eyebrow. "Does that mean he's of your species?"
"Yes, but don't worry." Bree explains, eager to please him for reasons unknown to her. "He's a pacifist. He won't mess with things not of his world. I'm the only one who need worry about being bullied by him. Lucky me."
"Do you remember the symbols that were used to get to that world?" The man questions further.
"Yes," Bree smiles. "Would you like me to enter them into the Stargate for you?"
"No," The man removes a pen & paper from his coat. "Just write it down for now."
Bree does as is requested.
The man puts the pen & paper back into his coat.
It's unfortunate that the Stargate was moved to a more protected area. "And what were you doing at Hogwarts?"
"I was pretending to be a student so Carlisle wouldn't be able to drag me back to my home world. Cause once I'm accepted as a student, he won't be able to touch me." Bree smiles. "Kidnapping a student would go against his not-to-interfere-with-other-worlds rule, you see?"
"And were you accepted?" The man asks.
"Well, I'm not sure." Bree admits. "Some talking hat put me in Ravenclaw, but I haven't had any classes yet."
"What do you think about Deacon?" The man asks after noticing his scent upon her.
"He's cute & very nice." Bree smiles. "I like him."
"You do realize he's a vampic?" The man asks.
"Yes." Bree frowns as she looks at the floor. "There's that, his only flaw."
"Considering a vampics only reason to exist is to hunt vampires to extinction, it is a pretty serious flaw." The man points out.
Bree remains silent.
"Would you like to do a favor for me?" The man asks.
"Oh, yes." Bree looks at him with sparkling eyes. "I'll do anything."
"I'm going to send you back to Hogwarts to continue pretending to be a student." The man begins.
"You're going to send me away?" Bree frowns. "You don't want me to stay with you?"
"I need an informant inside Hogwarts. Since you've already been sorted into a House, it shouldn't be too difficult for you. Will you do this for me?" The man asks.
Bree nods reluctantly, preferring to remain at his side.
"Good." The man stands up & sets Bree on her feet. "When Vega returns, send an owl to Borgin & Burkes. The owner will know how to contact me." He takes out his wand-sword & apparates them away.
Forbidden ForestThey appear back in the forest. The man taps his sword upon Bree's shoulder & a tingling breeze flows around her. "Good luck."
Bree leaps into his arms & hugs him, then kisses his cheek. "My name's Bree Tanner."
"You do realize the purpose of the cleansing spell was to remove my scent from your body?" The man asks.
Bree giggles shyly. "Sorry."
"Sun, Crimson Sun." He whispers into her ear, then gently sets her down & performs the cleansing spell again. "Now go."
Bree zooms away.
Crimson vanishes into the night.
HogwartsBree returns to her dorm & closes the window behind her. She lays upon a couch & pretends to sleep as she daydreams about her knights in shiny armor.