And.Then.There.Was.One((Brendon))

[Zane Lestrange]

"I wouldn't go there if I were you," Zane said quietly, his left hand clenching into a fist once more. Knowing he was so close to the edge, he tried to concentrate on other things, but it proved more difficult than first deemed possible. Instead he decided to run at Brendon, well it had worked last time hadn't it...

[Brendon Mitchell Keaton]

Brednon heard the threat in the Golden Boys voice and smirked "ooooh I'm sooo scared." he taunted. He directed his wand to Lily and James again and muttered the cruciatus curse on them both. He saw Zane run at him for the physical attack once again and stood his ground feeling strong sturdiness. When Zane slammed into him he didn't move an inch. He smirked at Zane and tackled him to the ground putting his arm over his neck cutting off air supply.

[Zane Lestrange]

Just like running into a brick wall, the Slytherin hadn't moved an inch. Ok so maybe that didn't work as well as last time, I'll try to remember that in future. Zane hit the ground again, but this time in addition to the impact, there was also a tight pressure around his neck. He grabbed at the arm constricting his air way and tried to pull it off him. This was where strength had its advantages, and Brendon was definitely stronger than Zane, not to mention a lot taller, but that's beside the point.

[Nikita Snape]

Walking out to the Black Lake was always a calming feeling to Niki. She simply loved the sound of the small tidal waves crashing against each other echo in her ears, and the feeling of coldness on her pale skin. She loved to watch the midnight stars, and moon above, smiling in the presence of the darkness. So, on this particular night Nikita Freya Snape believed that she needed to calm herself, so she took her usual midnight walk down to the so-called 'invisible' Black Lake. Except this time she had a bad feeling in the pit of her stomach. A feeling that made her reach for her wand as she quickly neared the Lake.

Before her eyes could adjust to the darkness ahead, Niki ran straight into Emaline. She pushed her away, her voice a deadly hiss, "Get outta here, Emaline." She flipped her hair over her shoulder, continuing on her way. At first sight, heat slammed into her gut, which was usually not a good thing for Niki. You know how you would normally feel cold if something bad was happening? Well it was the exact opposite for Miss. Snape. She was always cold, so naturally she would feel the opposite when something bad was happening. She ran towards the two boys, whom were fighting. Physically.

"BRENDON," Her voice was as cold as ice as she spoke his name, as if she were disappointed in him. "Let. Him. Go. NOW." She saw the shock in his eyes flash by, and she walked towards the two boys, her wand aiming at the other two James, and Lily. "Don't you dare move Potters." She snapped, her eyes focused on the two boys. One whom she she was suppose to care about, but the other one she chose to care about. She wasn't about to let either of them die on that particular night though. She watched Brendon not moving a muscle from Zane's neck, so instead of telling him to stop again, she just slammed him in the gut with a harsh swing of her foot. She heard him gasp, his arm releasing Zane. "NOW. I do believe I told you to let go of him nicely. Since you didn't... I had to react in an ugly way. I'm sorry Brendon." She said, with no emotion in her voice.

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[James Sirius Potter]

James scowled at Keaton angry at him for the taunting. He glared at him "Don't you dare!" he said menacingly. He saw the curse come towards him and ducked pushing Lily out of the way with him. He watched as Zane lunged at Keaton and how now Keaton was strangling his best mate. He was about Brendon's height and build so he wouldn't have the upper hand. He sprinted to Brendon and slammed against his side forcing him to fall off Zane.

[Brendon Mitchell Keaton]

Brendon watched smirking as James threatened him. He suddenly saw another girl join the fight. Niki had come. He smiled glad that he might get some help. He suddenly felt her punch him and looked confused. However he still did not relinquish his grip on Zane's throat. Suddenly something slammed into him and he hit the floor underneath a furious James. He frowned as he didn't have any physical advantage over James. He tried to roll over and succeeded. He took out his wand and pointed at James' face. "Oh well. Not in the right order, but what the hell."

[Lily Potter]

Lily fell to the ground as the fourth or fifth curse hit her. It was over. All she wanted was death. Why did it never come? Why was there so much pain? But after only a few seconds of the pure pain, it vanished. She knew she hadn't thrown it off, she was too weak for that. She opened her eyes slowly, seeing Zane had stepped in front of her. She smiled softly. She looked at Brendon. "No. I-I please. I didn't do anything." she whispered, more to herself than anyone else. She watched as Zane tried to tackle him, instead getting his air slowly taken away. Then Nikita Snape came in. Well ain't that just the cherry on top! She scowled. "I was planning on moving damnit! I can hardly see my effing hand! Go fuck yourself Snape!" she yelled, taking the girl's attention as James tackled the other Slytherin. She summoned Nikita's wand, quickly stunning her and pointing her wand at Brendon. "Thats enough. No one is dying today, Keaton." she hissed, giving Zane a sad look. It was happening, wasn't it. Her anger boiled stronger as Brendon didn't move his wand. "CRUCIO!" she said, the spell, oddly powerful for such a small girl, nailed him in the face. She held him there as long as she could, angry tears running down her cheeks.

[Nikita Snape]

A cackle echoed around the area as she listened to Lily beg for her life. 'Wow... that's a way to earn respect.' She thought sarcastically to herself. She rolled her icy pale eyes as James tackled Brendon off of Zane. 'Hey, well at least we got him off of Z.' She thought to herself apprehensively. Caught off guard by Lily's voice, she snapped her head towards the Potter girl. Before she had time to react she hit the ground with the stunning spell, which she quickly threw off, due to the girl's lack of concentration. She jumped up from the ground, half dizzy, but it didn't throw her off balance.

Niki watched as Lily used an unforgivable on Brendon, which frankly, pissed her off entirely. She ran towards the Potter girl tackling her to the ground with a loud THUMP! She grunted, as they rolled, close to the edge of the water. She had made Lily loose the curse, which freed Brendon happily. Quickly, Niki pinned her down, glaring down at her fiercely. "Ahhh... no I have someone gratefully doing that for me, bitch. Now back off." She hissed her reply, her pale eyes shining with hatred. Snapping her wand out of Lily's hand she hissed out another spell aiming it at Lily with pure delight. "Crucio!"Her curse was hard, and concentrated, sending Lily into wails of agony.

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[Lily Potter]

Lily managed to get a few nicely aimed punches y\to Nikita's face before she put her under yet another Unforgivable. She knew she could throw off her curse, but her weak body refused to listen to her. She screamed, her head pounding. "JAMES!" she screamed, tears falling from her eyes as he thrashed around. She concentrated hard on throwing the curse off. Finally, with a quick gasp, she was free of the spell. She looked at the girl with gleaming eyes. "Now, can you please stop that?" she asked, charging at the girl and dodging the spells she sent at her.

Both of the wands flew for Nikita's hands as Lily taclked her to the ground, beating her hands aganist her face. She beat the girl as hard as she could, jumping up when Nikita could not be seen beneath all the blood and bruises. She grabbed her wand, jetting behind Zane. "I'm-I'm sorry." she whispered, hugging him quickly. Tears were still falling from her eyes as she let go, watching the Snape girl as she stood up, anger gleaming in her eyes. "Shit. I'm screwed."

[Nikita Snape]

Pain jutted through Niki's face as Lily threw one hard punch. No, it didn't do any damage... yet, but it hurt like hell. She felt Lily break through her curse, and screamed in frustration. "You know... if you wouldn't have cursed me first, I wouldn't have done that, so therefore it's your fault!!" She snapped, her eyes focused on Lily, and only Lily. She saw Lily begin to run and tackle her, and she fell to the ground her arms wrapped around Lily tightly. She dodged many punches to the face, but she still received many blows to the face. She was going to be so bruised in the morning. Nikita managed to send Lily her own punch, directly to her nose. She smiled at a familiar crunch under her fist, which was nice to hear.

Finally, Lily was off of her, and Niki jumped up after her. Before, running directly to the Potter girl, she ran and got their wands. She twirled hers in her hand, aiming it directly at Lily. She was pissed off now. Her voice was as low as a hiss, and it said the curse magnificently. Her father's curse. "Sectumsempra," She hissed, watching as Lily fell to the ground, her face bleeding horribly with the many cuts that etched deeply into her skin. An evil smile curled up her lips as she did this, and she ran towards Brendon, grabbing his shirt with one hand and pulling him up to the castle with her. She knew that Zane would not be happy with this, but they wouldn't have time to get back at Niki. They would have to get Lily to the hospital wing as soon as possible, or else she would die of loss of blood.

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[Zane Lestrange]

As soon as the arm released him, Zane took a big gulp of air, the much needed oxygen flooding his lungs. He staggered forward a few steps and then opened his eyes as he heard a familiar voice. One belonging to Nikita Snape. Lily just used an unforgivable, James has, I have, so much for the golden rule. It's my fault, I should have kept a lid on all that anger. James was right, I am like my parents. But I don't want to be, it's just something I can't escape. It's in the genes. Well I don't want to be a schizophrenic murderer who takes pleasure in tourturing people into insanity. He just stood there not really hearing anything that was going on, it was like watching one of those old silent movies, seeing all the action but with none of the sound to go with it. The trance-like state finally lifted when Lily hugged him, saying something that he didn't quite catch. And there was Nikita, coming ever closer, step by step. And then everything happened in slow motion, he saw Nikita cast the curse, and Lily falling for what seemed like forever until she hit the ground, deep lacerations appearing in her skin. He knelt down beside her, "Lily? Lily can you here me? Keep your eyes open, don't let them close."We need to get her to the Hospital Wing. Now. Without another second's thought, Zane scooped Lily into his arms, her blood soaking through his own t-shirt, "James!" he shouted, before heading up to the castle as fast as possible, his girlfriend in his arms.

[James Sirius Potter]

James scowled as Brendon rolled over. He saw the wand pointing at him and scowled pushing with all his strength and got Brendon off of him. He saw Niki and scowled. He saw her cast that horrible spell against his sister and saw her start to pour blood. "NOOOOOO!!!!!" He shouted running to her. He saw Zane run to her too and he picked her up running towards the castle. He sprinted after Zane hoping that they would get there quick enough. One family member dead was already too much for him to handle. He knew that Zane was probably beating himself up about all the unforgivables and put his hand on his shoulder "Morals in normal life and when fighting in life threatening situations are completly different."

[Lily Potter]

Looking into Zane's eyes, her eyes smiling that he was near, she turned to face Nikita, hardly turning when the spell hit her in the face. She gasped, her body not being able to take much more stress. She fell down and hit the hard ground with a thud. She fought to keep her hands from flying to her face. She could smell the salty, rust smeel that came along with the blood pouring down her shirt. She looked at Zane, tears rolling down her face like swords slicing through her face. She watched him, listening to him as if he was the only person alive. "I won't die, Zaney. I promose." she whispered, taking a shaky breath. "Not now. Not after I waited for this to happen." she finsihed as he picked her up in his arms.

She could feel his muscles flexing under her back as he ran, not being able to keep her eyes open. She heard James running next to them, slowly opening her eyes to smile softly at him. "Lets just forget....." she whispered, shiddering when a chill ran down her back, even though it was hot. She pressed herself closer to Zane, wishing she wasn't so beat up. "I love you.... both." she whispered, her eyes closing as her breathing slowed . She fell into a trace like state, neither awake nor asleep as Zane contuined to run.