During the Combat Classes...

[Cynthia Veneficus]

Summer stumbled to the forest. She knew where she was going but she didn't know what to do anymore. She crossed the hogwarts grounds in silence, after running out of the Combat Class. She slowly walked, then turned and went into the forest, with a saddened glanced back to the castle. Saddened since she missed Asher already. Yes, that was corny.

Mercutio remained hidden in the shadows of the tree, his cloak was tightly fastened around him, protecting him from identification. He smiled slightly as he noticed his sister walking slowly towards him, but was saddened when he saw the look of saddness that had hit her. He knew that she was sad but he didn't realise it was that bad. Frowning slightly, he waited for her to walk closer, before allowing her into the special 'bubble' spell that would prevent anyone from outside to hear anything.

((Ryan, joining or not? Otherwise, I can roleplay by myself... Woopee *sarcasm* and try to make everyone else understand this plot, lol))

[Asher Seagle]

Asher had made his decision and left the classroom. He wasn't sure what he was going to do, but he needed to do something because he wasn't going to last with the things the way they were. He saw Summer and hurried to catch up; she headed towards the Forbidden Forest which surprised him. When he had finally caught up some ground with her, he yelled out, "Summer," but stopped as he saw someone else. He was more confused as ever now.

((And I have joined... Woot.))

[Cynthia Veneficus]

Summer glanced up and frowned as she didn't see her brother. Sniffing, she continued to walk forward. A soft smile broke out on her face, as she laid her eyes on him. It was the first time they had meet for years. Her parents had kicked him out of the house when he was only 15, after he had got a muggle girl pregnant- never a good thing by her parents standards. She did all she could to hide her pain, smiled with glee for seeing him and abruptly hugged him, with no words leaving her mouth yet. She was just too weak to talk, too weak to do anything. But she was determined to go through with this, since it was the only way that Riley (otherwise known as Balthasar) would be safe. Her parents were obsessed with the odd names, Summer's was Cynthia. Mercutio's chosen name was Micheal, while Riley had Balthasar. Her other brother was the only one that still used his weird name- Tybalt. Why did they not use their name? They simply rebelled against their family and this was one of the ways in which they tried to do that. By not having some "posh" name.

Mercutio caught his balance as Summer knocked into him, "Hey," he comforted softly as he hugged her back. He hadn't seen anyone in his family after they kicked him out, and regarded him as dead. He had kept in touch with Summer though, since she was the oldest of the other siblings. He felt a surge of pain run through him as he felt responsible for her pain now. If he hadn't gone against his parents beliefs- their blood superity beliefs- then Summer might not have done the same. It could have been different for her. He noticed another boy standing there, and recongized the clothing as Ravenclaw. But he pretended not to notice, he gently muttered the spell again and allowed the boy that he instantly knew at Asher into the 'bubble' thing, so he could hear what they said if he wanted.

((Woot and I refreshed to check if you did before I posted. So now I can go back and scribble that in my DWH long posts ))

[Asher Seagle]

Asher wasn't sure if anybody had seen him and ducked behind a tree. What was going on? He thought that the boy must be Summer's brother or some type of family, yet he wasn't sure. Either way, he wanted to know what the crap was going on.

((Lol, okay... I'm not really sure what to do with Asher right now... So yeah. He's just hiding behind a tree, lol))

[Cynthia Veneficus]

Mercutio sighed slightly, "It's ok, you don't have to do this, if you don't want to-" he began to tell her. His hand was gently placed on her head but he was interrupted before he could finish.

"I have to." she said weakly as she glanced up at him. She slowly released him from the hug but not totally, "Ri- Balthasar will die if I don't." she choked. She had to call him Balthasar, if anyone else heard it. For most knew Balthasar as Riley, her younger brother. Her mother had threatened to torture and kill Riley and she couldn't have it that way.

Mercutio sighed again and shook his head, "Cyn, I don't want you to do this either. I promise, I'll find another way-" he began again. He didn't want her to go through with this since she could die.

Summer shook her head stubbornly, "We've already discussed this, Merc. Please don't do this again," she begged quietly. She didn't want to have this conversation of his advice and warnings again. When she had suggested it, they had a big arguement for he didn't want her to get hurt but she didn't care about herself and didn't want her other brother to get hurt.

((Lol at least you don't have to write long detailed posts ))

[Asher Seagle]

Well Asher certainly wasn't getting less confused. He confirmed his guess that this boy, Merc or whatever the hell his name was, was related to Summer since he knew her real name. He wasn't sure who the crap Balthasar was. All he knew was that this Balthasar guy had the worst name in the freakin' universe.

((But at least you have something to do other than be confused...))

[Cynthia Veneficus]

"Fine," he said as he put his hands up in a motion to say that he was going to drop it. He wanted to lecture her again but she was adamant and he knew it. "Fine," he said more softly and weakly as he took out a small vile from his pocket. Before handing it to her, he pleaded with her for the last time, "Cyn, please think about what you're doing. I will not let the hag hurt him, I promise. But there must be another way." He held the vile tightly in his hand as he couldn't do this.

Shaking her head slowly, "Merc, you know as well as I do that there isn't. If there was, do you think that this would have even been suggested? Yes, there is other ways but they will take too long." she said dismissing her older brother's begs. She held out her hand as she released him for the hug, she frowned when he was hesitant on giving it to her. "You wouldn't of even brought it if you had a better plan." she said slowly as she continued to hold her hand for the vile.

((True, lol. Balthasar is cool RILEY! lol. Yeah.. Over it))

[Asher Seagle]

Asher looked at the vile with a forboding view. He didn't trust whatever was in that thing yet his mind was even more curious on the question of who they were talking about. It sounded like someone definitely close to both of them, so Asher guessed it was yet another family member. Suddenly something clicked in Asher's mind. Riley.

((Yeah. I am too. Woot woot!))

[Cynthia Veneficus]

Sighing, Mercutio opened his hand to reveal a small lilac potion. His RPer didn't mention the name since she wanted to laugh at Asher's bad potions skill, if he was good then he would have been able to know it. He should know what potion is was since they did it in the last Potions Lesson. He extended his hand barely.

Summer grabbed the potion from his hand, before he changed his mind. She clutched it in her hand, "It's fine, I can do this." she said reassuringly to her older brother that looked like he'd need some support.

Mercutio's older brother job kicked in, "Fine fine, do you have to drink it?" he asked with worry and concern in his voice. When he received a stubborn glare from her, he nodded weakly. Sinking down, he sat on a log, "Fine, just- just drink it with people around. Be careful." he warned. His eyes slowly flickered to Asher, only hoping that the boy would stop her from drinking it later.

Summer nodded, "I know. It's sorted." she said slowly as she nodded. She was going to have to drink it very soon and with someone there. She didn't notice the gaze of her brother's that lead to Asher, so she didn't realise that he was behind her. She opened her hand and watched the swirlling lilac potion, nodded to herself and reclutched it again.

((Woot! Haha, he can try to stop her LATER but it won't work This thread shall end with her drinking it!!))

[Asher Seagle]

((Well now what's Asher supposed to do? Lol, why is she gonna drink that? I'm so confused... lol))

[Cynthia Veneficus]

((Give me a moment and I'll explain *BLUE!* Over it... Not really... ))

Summer sighed, "I'll drink it tonight." she pressed on since this wasn't the only matter of discussion. This was only the first part of the plan, I mean, what was the point in drinking the Draught of Living Dead for no good reason? Yes that's the potion that was clutched in her hand.

Nodding weakly, he muttered, "Fine... I'll save Ri- Balthasar. But you can't-" he warned as he looked up to her. Fear was struck in his eyes.

Sighing, she held up her hand to dismiss it, "No Merc, we've already discussed this. I'll drink it tonight, dad and the hag should appear at the school in the morning. You'll have tomorrow to go there and save Balthasar." she said firmly. She didn't care for her own life, what was the point? Especially since she had hurt too many people, and one of them, Asher, didn't even want to talk to her anymore. Another, Riley, was going to be tortured beyond endurance, until he was relieved of the pain and allowed to die, and again, it would be her fault. She didn't care for her own life, but for the lives of those that she had hurt and endangered.

[Asher Seagle]

Asher was stunned at these words. He knew that potion couldn't be good and wasn't going to let Summer drink it. Ever. EVER.

((... You're gonna kill off Summer?!?! You gotta be kidding me... Asher won't let her. Nope. He won't. God, you're so evil... gah.))

[Cynthia Veneficus]

(( Sheesh... Why am I evil? She's mine!! lol FINE! I won't kill her..... Well maybe for a bit, cause it's fun lol. Meh, Millie's fake potion antidote can save her gradually...))

Mercutio nodded weakly, he wanted to stop her but couldn't. He knew that he couldn't. Sighing, he just hoped that the antidote worked. "Fine," he said feebly. His voice was hoarse and barely above a whisper, staring at the ground in dismay. "Stupid rock!" he said as he picked up a rock and threw it. He was just taking out his anger at himself on the rock, he was annoyed that he had ruined her life and that she was going to do something that could kill her.

Nodding firmly, she frowned as he took his anger out on a rock. Dismissing it, "Fine, anything else?" she asked as she was determine to get this over and done with.

[Cynthia Veneficus]

He didn't move, he was paralyzed to the spot. He didn't want her to go since he knew that it would come sooner, "Yeah.." he said quickly. But he was never a good liar so he had a hard time thinking of a reason. Giving up, "Don't do this!" he pleaded.

Summer sighed, "Merc, please." she said softly as she bent over so that she was at his level, since he was sitting down and she was standing.

"Fine!" he replied as he got slightly irritated. "Just- just owl me, ok?" he said as he would worry without anvil if he didn't hear from her.

[Asher Seagle]

The rock came and hit Asher in the head quite hard. A loud oomph escaped his lips, yet he quickly covered them, hoping that Summer or Mercutio hadn't heard it.

((Gosh. No, you can't kill her... that's like me killing off... Riley. That would be like me killing off Riley.))