[Sweet:Revenge...]{OPEN}[...It:HURTS]

[James Sirius Potter]

James scoffed "You sure as hell deserved that. You don't seem to realise that if someone doesn't punish Keaton, he will just do it again and again until someone stops him." he glared at his "best friend" wondering who he was at that moment. "What so you think that I am a self loving git who only cares about himself and has no loyalty to his friends? Because I've got news for you. That is total bullshit!" he shouted. He felt Zane twist his wrists and scowled knowing that Zane could escape.

[Lily Potter]

Lily could never resist a good fight, so she watched intently as the boys fought. She scowled at her brother as he refused to let Zane up. Being the little tomboy she was, her father had taught her how to hold even the strongest boy if a headlock. She frowned, not really wanting to do it. "It has come down to it...." she whispered, too low for anyone to hear. She stepped behind James, sliding her right arm around his neck and grabbing her elbow with her left hand. She knew he was in no position to move so she tightened her girp a bit when he still didn't let go. "Come now, Jam. Let him go. Now. I sugguest you hurry unless you want to go to the Hospital Wing because the lack of oxygen...." she whispered into his ear, not lossening her grip a bit.

[Zane Lestrange]

"You know it has elements of the truth in it, you know it, you just won't admit it. And I did not deserve that!" Zane replied, he wanted to flip James right over. He knew he could do it. James knew it too, but the sight of Lily approaching, made Zane just stop struggling all together. "Push off James," he said quietly, the anger still present in his voice. He watched as Lily put her brother into a headlock. I might as well just wait. Either James will release me so I can get up, or he'll pass out which also means I can get up. So it's a win win situation really.

[James Sirius Potter]

James scowled hearing the words he didn't want to "I thought you would know that I would take a shot for any of you without heasitation." he said angrily. He didn't comment about the rest. He knew that Zane could overpower him if he wanted to and wondered why he wasn't. He glared at Zane hearing the anger in his voice. Suddenly he was grabbed from behind in the headlock and scowled not wanting to hurt her. He stood up gasping for air "LET ME GO!" He said, his voice breaking due to lack of oxygen.

[Zane Lestrange]

He knew James had a point but Zane was too angry to admit that at this moment in time. As soon as James was sufficently distracted, he saw his opportunity. Zane scrambled to his feet, not taking his eyes off James who seemed to be getting more furious by the second. He brushed off the leaves which had clung to the hems of his trousers. "Erm Lils, you can let him go now," he said quietly, running a hand through his hair. He was reading for a fight, he could see it in James' eyes. Something wicked this way comes

[James Sirius Potter]

James scowled trying to breathe. He cast the revulsion jinx on his sister to get her to let him go. He saw Zane had got up and saw his own anger mirrord in his. He glared at Zane. Even though they were best mates James was sick of Zane out performing him the entire time, whether it be quidditch, DADA, with girls. "I am sick to death of being restrained by you. Both Lily and I want to rip Keaton's throat outand you are making it look like I don't care about her!" he growled. He sent a non-verbal curse at Zane which blasted him backwards into a tree.

[Zane Lestrange]

Zane paused, trying to read James' expression and guess what he might do next. He listened to James' words and was just about to reply when he was hit with a powerful non-verbal from James. He was flying through the air for what seemed like forever, until he hit a tree. A resounding crack echoed in the surrounding woods, as Zane's back hit the tree. He slid down the trunk and dropped into a crumpled heap at the bottom. He lay there unmoving, slipping into unconsciousness for a few seconds, before returning to consciousness and then slipping back under. His wand had flown from his hand and was lying a good few feet away. Zane could hear nothing, apart from the drip, drip, drip, of blood hitting the ground, having fallen from a cut on his head. His forehead had streaks of blood on it, giving him a look of having just been in a very large and violent fight.

[James Sirius Potter]

James had expected that Zane would block that curse and send back one of his own. He looked horror-struck when he was hit. He watched as Zane flew back and slammed into the tree and saw him lose conciousness. He watched as blood dripped from the cut. He was torn between the side which wanted to run to Zane and apologize and help him, but theother side was saying that he had it coming to him all along. He fought inwardly and finally his loyal Gryffindor side on over and he ran to where Zane was crumpled. He knelt down and cast "ennervate" tryingto get Zane consious. He also muttered a healing spell and pointed to the cuts "Zane, I'm sorry I don't know what's come over me." he said hurridly.

[Lily Potter]

Lily had barely figured out what was going on when Zane hit the tree. She sprinted toward him, James getting there before her. She glared at her brther, her eyes hard as tears filled them. "You get away from him! Leave! I can't imagine why you just did that you... you prat!" she hissed, the tears staying in her eyes. She blinked slowly, hating to see Zane bleeding, but James had fixxed the gash already. Lily cleaned the blood from her boyfriends face before resting her hand on his cheek. "Zane......" she whispered softly.

[Zane Lestrange]

Clouds of spirals shifted through Zane's mind. The spirals swirled, twisted and darted across, changing colour every few seconds. Red, yellow, green, brown, scarlett, black, ochre, peach, ruby, olive, violet... all in sequence, just like the song from that muggle musical one of the young gryffindors was obsessed with. The background changed to one of b;ack, instead of the pleasant shade of light blue which it had been before. At least this time there were no hawk versions of his friends, that had been bad, after that fight in the kitchens with Charlotte, Scorpius and Kia. He didn't forget that in a hurry, neither had any of the others. He could hear voices now, James and Lily. His eyes flicked open, dots across his visions obscuring the faces of his friends.

[James Sirius Potter]

James ignored Lily worried about Zane. He quickly performed the "Ennervate" charm again. He sighed with relief when he saw him open his eyes hoping that he didn't have concussion. "Zane, I'm really sorry. I truely am." he said knowing sorry wouldn't be enough and hoped that their friendship could hold through this.

[Zane Lestrange]

Zane tried to focus in on what was happening around him. Something was happening. There was Lily and there was James. They don't seem very happy. Maybe I've done something wrong, why did I provoke him? That was a bit stupid, considering what just happened. He's just lost his brother forgoodness sake, why wasn't I a bit more tactful? I've possibly ruined every chance a had of us staying friends, why couldn't I just control my temper? I shouldn't have lost control like that. James was right, and I hate to admit it but he was. Totally ignoring James' last few words, he spoke quietly,"You have an orange dot for a head."

[James Sirius Potter]

James frowned when he said that he was seeing things. "Must have concussion." he thought furious with himself for causing this. He frowned "Why wasn't I tactful. I've just found out that my best friend had a brother that was killed by his sister and here I am duelling him! I am such a jerk. Zane's right all I think about is myself!" he thought wanting to punch himself if it was possible. He looked down at Zane and frowned "Guess we better get you to the hospital wing. God this could be awkward to explain to Madame Pomfrey." he groaned. He made eye contact with Zane and said "Can you stand?"

[Zane Lestrange]

"No I don't need to go there," Zane said quietly, waving the idea away. I'm perfectly fine, it's just that James has an orange dot for a head. Is that my problem? Erm nope. Anyway I'm fine and I can definitely stand, that's just a silly suggestion. Mind you considering I'm trying to rebuild brdges maybe I should just humour him... Zane sat up, leaning against the trunk of the tree. Closing his eyes tightly, he paused for a few seconds and reopened them. Well at least it's not an orange dot anymore. He thought as he caught sight of James, his face obscured by just a fuzzy patch. He got up slowly, and then stood up straight. "See I'm fine, promise!" he said with a smile as he began to run around the clearing.

...

Why am I on the floor?

[James Sirius Potter]

james watched worried as Zane refused to go to the hospital wing. He frowned hoping he was ok. As Zane stood up, he felt slightly relieved. However this was short lived as he fell. James ran to him and knelt by him. He put Zane's arm around his shoulder and helped him up. "Clearly you're not fine. You're going to the hospital wing and don't argue."