Kia&Niki- We.Gotta--Stand.`TOGETHER`

[Rowen Hemingway]

The overwhelming urge to want to kick the shit out of Corliss began to fill Rowen's mind. He knew he would never hurt a girl, especially one with a child, but it was still tempting. "Don't you dare bring October into this, you little whore!" he snarled, unafraid to get in her face. His blood was boiling and he didn't know what he was going to do. "I'm so happy that Tobie found a new circle of friends, rather than palling around with the likes of you." he continued, tone just as harsh. "And don't worry, Corliss; I know that any one of you would turn your back on me in an instant." he said. "So I don't trust you, either."

"Yes, I betrayed Kianthra." he started. "But I did it for her own good." he avoided looking to Kia, for fear she'd hex him right then and there. "I'm not going to let the DE destroy all she is. I've seen the real Kianthra...I know she has potential to do something truly good for the world." he continued. "And if I have to be killed to help her change her for the better, then so be it." he finished. "I'm not afraid to sacrifice something for what I think is right. I could have joined the DE, I could have become like every other Slytherin but I didn't. I made a choice." he ran a hand through his hair. "And it's not like I had someone to guide me along the path of trials, either. I have no one in the same position as me." he sighed.

"So, Snape, are you going to finish the deed or not?" he challenged. "Let's not forget that night we spent in the Forbidden Forest...you filthy half-breed." he spat, words holding a venomous edge as he spoke, now face-to-face with Nikita. His green eyes burned into her blue ones, as if begging her to do something about his words. "I still don't think you should be helping run the DE...let's face it; we purebloods are superior to those of your kind." he said. He glanced over his shoulder. "What's the difference between you and everyone in this room, Nikita?" he asked, tone pressing.

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[Corliss Malfoy]

Corliss heard Kianthra speaking to Nikita, but she didn't stop to tell her best friend how truly wrong she was. The boy needed to die. At that point, Corliss would gladly turn and murder him herself. She thought about it for a moment, her blood boiling past the point of anger. She thought, now knew, she truly and absolutely hated that boy that stood behind her. All those thoughts doubled when she heard his voice echo behind her. Her eyes blazed in such an angry light that she wasn't sure she'd ever be nice again. Her wand found its way to her hand, not pointing at the boy. "What was that you stupid dumb butt? You have the nerve to call me a whore? Why? Because I was raped? DOES THAT MAKE ME A WHORE? ANSWER ME BOY!" she yelled, truly not caring if Kia hated her now. The boy would pay. Oh, he would pay more than he could ever imagine. "You think I'm not glad your of a sister left? OF COURSE yes I'm tickled she left us. I've never been so happy in my life. You can rest assured that I've already turned my back on both of you low life." she spat, her voice deadly as she moved closer to him.

Corliss felt her blood pressure rise, her eyes still blazing as she looked at teh boy. "I DON'T GIVE A CRAP WHY YOU DID IT! YOU BETRAYED HER TRUST AND THE TRUST OF EVERYONE WHO EVER TRUSTED YOU! WHAT THE HECK IS WRONG WITH YOU ROWEN! I DON"T CARE IF YOU'RE TRYING TO MAKE HER THE WAY YOU WANT HER TO BE! I HATE YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE EVER DONE, EVEN IF KIANTHRA STILL LOVES YOU. I AM ENTITLED TO MY OWN OPINION AND YOU CAN'T CHANGE THAT! SO GET OVER YOU GOSH DARN SELF AND FIGURE OUT THAT YOU'RE A STUPID BOY WHO WON'T EVER BE TRUSTED IN SLYTHERIN AGAIN!" she screamed, her anger and hatred spilling over in every single thing she said. She felt her body burning to kill him, to smile and laugh as he fell dead at her feet. To kick his dead body and rejoice when he couldn't react. She'd never wanted to kill anyone more than she wanted to kill Rowen Hemingway in her entire life.

As he turned on Nikita, Corliss felt her temper flare even more. You just didn't call someone a half breed when the way you were acting made you look like a Mudblood. Corliss didn't take her eyes off Rowen as she spoke to Nikita. "Don't listen to him, Niki. He is just a scared little traitor who doesn't know how to anything but point out others flaws. He has never been equal to you, Kianthra or me. He never will be, not after this. He has no courage to do the things we find easy. He could never kill a human being without feeling bad. He will never make it in our world." she said, her voice deadly. Her eyes found Kia's, anger still present in them. "Do you not hear him? Do you not want to slap him for calling us those things? I thought you were my sister, Kianthra? I would never have thought you'd let your boyfriend treat your family like this. I thought I knew you." she said, a different tone finding its way to her voice. Her sorrow filled words echoed around the room, tears in her eyes. She wouldn't cry, she told herself she'd never cry again.

[Nikita Snape]

The echoing pulse in Nikita's head was driving her crazy. The cold blood that ran through her veins wished of murdering the boy in front of her. What did Kia see in him? His nasty mouth? The vile, cruel things that he said and called her 'best friends'. How could this not make her furious? That he could stand there, telling her that he had betrayed her, was now in the NO, told all of her secrets, and was now on his knees begging Nikita to kill him, while calling the two of them names. That boy had some serious guts.

Nikita's pale blue eyes watched Rowen fiercely, er pupil never moving from the depth of his own black pupil. She was focused on what she was about to do, although she wasn't quite sure what she would do. Her mouth moved as she spoke to Kianthra, her voice cold as ice, "Charlotte will kill him when she finds out. So he'll die either way. Would you rather me kill him now, or let Charlotte kill him later? It's completely up to you... although I thirst to kill him at this very moment."

"To watch his body fall motionless on the ground, his heart no longer beating under his chest. For his eyes to show nothing, but soullessness, and for him to be pale and absolutely dead. I would love to see that. And for me to be the one to do that to him, Kia. I'm sure Rowen wants nothing than to die. Simply because that's what he's asking for considering he just called Corliss a whore, which she's not may I add, and me a freaking half-breed. This boy deserves to die right now."

Nikita's mouth continued to move as she began to speak once more, "Corliss is right, Kianthra. What are we to you, if you let him call us those names?" She asked, her gaze still not wavering from Rowen's. Eventually, she began speaking to Rowen, her voice even, "Yes, those pure bloods are indeed so much better than my blood is, but at least I don't act like a freaking half-breed, HEMINGWAY. That's exactly why I get this high authority. Because I don't act like one of those filthy things. I chose not to act like that... yet you have."

Her voice turned towards Corliss, filled with compassion towards her best friend, "Thank you Corliss, I love you my sister. Now help me out here, if you would... Do I kill him? Or should I wait for Charlotte? I need your two-sense here. I really, really want to kill him." She said, her voice even, seeking her friends advice.

[Kianthra Lestrange]

”Rowen please, calm down,” she whispered, looking into his eyes. She didn’t want him to say anything that would get him into deeper trouble than he already was, but of course this was Rowen she was talking to, not some weak-minded fool. She left go of his arm, unsure of what to do or say. Here has Rowen, whom she loved dearly and there were her sisters in arms. He can’t say things like that, not to Corliss or Niki. It’s just going to make things worse. I don’t want this to crumble and start a fight. I mean when the first curse is fired, that’s it. There will be no stopping them. But I don’t know what to do. I can’t side with Rowen because Corliss and Niki will call me a traitor too, but I can’t side with them because they’ll kill Rowen. Urgh, what do I do? I don’t know, it’s a breaking point and any second it’s all going to go up in flames.

He did it for my own good? He thought he could change me? Well I thought he could. I felt so, how do I say this, happy? Yes, happy. I was free from anger and hatred, things that I’ve kept bottled up inside me since...Lawrence’s death. But he’s changing who I am? All the things I’ve been brought up to respect, forgotten? Trampled into nonexistence? She looked up, longing to meet his eyes, but he was avoiding looking at her. It’s not destroying who I am. I’m still here, the real Kia, the one you know so well. Well...I thought you did...if you knew me like you say you do, you’d know that you getting yourself killed is not going to change me for the better. It’ll probably make things worse, I’d regress, go back to the heartless bitch I was before I met you, and Corliss and Niki. The one who they said had a heart as black as coal, the soulless one, because I didn’t give a damn. I’ve only ever killed one person, and even then I don’t know if it was me, I’m not as practiced as Niki. I think I’m a coward. I can torture someone so they feel unimaginable pain, make them so that they beg for death, but I’ve never actually done it. Charlotte or Niki have always finished the job, but I’m sure they’ve recognised that.

“Rowen, you can’t say things like that, not to my family. I know you don’t get on as well with Niki and Corliss than I do with Tobie but, please don’t give them a reason to kill you,” she whispered, managing to hold back the tears. She stepped between them, her boyfriend and her sisters, seeing as though direct intervention was the only thing that would keep the three from fighting. “No one is going to kill anybody, no matter how much they’d like to. And Charlotte wouldn’t do it either, trust me. She’s knows that it would tear the DE apart, she wouldn’t condone it. You guys are my family, Niki, Corliss, you are really dear to me, and no one, whether I’m in love with them or not, is allowed to call my family names. Niki, I’ve got something to tell you. I volunteered you to be second in command, I convinced Charlotte that you were the right person for the job, sorry I just thought you ought to know that.” She broke off, gathering her thoughts, determined to get her point of view across without making the situation escalate.

“Corliss, you’ve saved my life on so many occasions that I’ve lost count, and I’ve returned the favour, I think, as many times. You’ve always been there for me, both of you, but I’m not moving from this spot. And you can’t make me. Unless, Niki, you order me, as second in command to move, but I’m sure you wouldn’t want to use your powers on a best friend. I never did and I hope you won’t either.”

[Nikita Snape]

Nikita's eyes stayed glued to Rowen's as she listened to Kianthra talk. Nikita's voice was as cold as ice as she spoke quickly while Kia paused for a second, "He gave me a reason whenever that tear fell from your face and when he betrayed everyone." She hissed, her eyes piercing into Rowen's pupils. "Don't you agree Corliss?" She asked, her head cocking to the side slowly and menacingly.

Watching as Kia walked in between her and Corliss, then Rowen, Nikita's eyes fell from Rowen's eyes finding Kia's in a matter of seconds. Her pale ones still shown of her hurt and dismay about Kia's words toward her. Her eyes narrowed, listening to her best friend silently. "I doubt that it would tear the DE apart, Kia. Who all would it tear apart? Not me; not Corliss; and definitely not Charlotte."

Eying Kia with tension, Nikita turned around to glance at Corliss for a split second. She was slightly taken aback by Kia's decision to volunteer Niki for Second-In-Command. "But why? What did you get in return for doing that for me? You want me to return it with a favor? Then I will... sometime. Thank you... Kia. But, why didn't you volunteer yourself?" She asked, her head still cocked to the side.

Listening intently to Kia, her eyes narrowed once more as she slipped her wand back into her boot swiftly. "I'm not going to abuse my freaking power Kia, and you know that! There's your favor. By the way... I wouldn't suggest talking to me when you get in tonight. I wont be in the mood." She said, looking past Kia at Rowen.

"You're lucky your girlfriend was here, Hemingway." She said, turning on her heel hoping that Corliss would follow.

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[Corliss Malfoy]

A whore? Whore... Whore...." The words filed through her hear in a continuous pattern, her eyes staying glued to Rowen's. Never, in her entire life, had she wanted more than to strike the boy, to have him hit her back so she had a good reason to kill him, to tell all that he abused her. What a perfect way to cause his downfall. No one would trust him now, the bloody traitor. No one's words reached her eyes, her mind still burning with unseen agony. She'd never been called that foul name. Sure, bitch came up all the time, but that was nothing compared to being reduced to what Rowen had called her. All the years of keeping her feeling bottled up when someone called her a slut, a bitch, anything of the sort, was slowly coming undone. A surge of pure emotion flooded her body as she looked up at Rowen, tears falling freely from her eyes. Pain etched in every line of her face, she took a few steps closer to him, keeping her feet moving until she was as close as her swollen belly allowed her. Her limbs tingled as her hand moved closer to its mark. "Never call me a whore." she said, her hand moving with speed she didn't know she had. Her hand stung as it found its mark, looking away instantly. "Noah will be pleased to find out." she whispered, her voice to low for anyone but Rowen to hear. She saw Nikita exiting the room, her eyes finding Kia's. "Hate me, disown me, but I will never regret slapping him." she said, her body numb. Her feet moved her after Nikita, tears still streaking her face. At that moment, Corliss found the one thing she'd never been expecting. She could feel more things than love and hate. She could really feel.