Beyond the Darkness

Date: 14 April 2005 (around 3pm)
Characters: Lisa Turpin, Mandy Brocklehurst
Location: Forbidden Forest
Private/Public: Private
Rating: R
Warnings: Pain, violence and character death.
Summary: Lisa goes to carry out her task and is followed by a pesky little tag-a-long.
Completion: Complete

The afternoon was beautiful, not that Lisa noticed aside from appreciating good weather. It made the whole excursion quite a bit simpler. This opportunity was one she was determined to do very, very well on. Not that she ever didn't do very well. However, she was giving this special attention. It wasn't often she got hand picked for something by Bellatrix, and she was determined to prove that she was worth it. Lisa smiled wickedly to herself. And besides, she'd been bored.

She'd changed into her animagus form before reaching the edge of Hogsmeade and had then made her way through the town and down to the Forbidden Forest. Her black house cat form was perfectly ordinary to anyone watching and she'd long since perfected not doing anything un-catlike around people. Once the forest was in sight, Lisa allowed herself a little purr of contentment. A piece of cake.

Reaching the edge of the forest, she paused for a moment before trotting in through the tree line. Time to get down to business.

Mandy had spent the day in Edinburgh, shopping for something for Ben's birthday. She had grinned when she found a plush pirate doll in a muggle shop and bought it immediately, knowing Ben would love it. She also bought a few sweets for him, just because she knew it would annoy Terry. That kid could find candy like he was born just for that purpose.

She had brought the package back to her home to wrap, shrinking it and sticking it into her pocket when she was finished.

She left her house close to three o'clock, ready to head back to Seamus's to spend the rest of the day in bed with him. She hoped he was back by now; he'd spent the day helping out at the pub, so she wasn't sure whether or not he'd be around yet.

She stuck to the road, keeping her eye on a cat that was moving dangerously close to the Forbidden Forest. After a moment, she decided to follow it, wanting to steer it away from any danger. She followed it just past the trees, attempting to catch up with it, but having to stop and call to it instead.

Lisa had moved into the trees and was moving in the direction she wanted, but the sound of someone behind her nearly brought her up short. That and someone calling for a cat made her snarl. Bloody fucking hell. Lisa moved a little further in and then slowed, turning as if she was just curious. The look she got changed her attitude. Female witch. Probably a bleeding heart animal lover.

Well, she couldn't have her following, or making conclusions about things. Lisa almost purred. She would get to have some of her style of fun after all. Moving a step toward the woman in her cat form, she came to a halt and watched as she caught up. Inwardly, Lisa's lips curved in anticipation.

Once the woman was only a couple feet away, Lisa transformed. Her body shifted and once she was done, she was standing with her wand pointed directly at the woman. "Hello there." Lisa's voice was intensely dangerous.

Mandy smiled as the cat began walking to her and was about ready to pick it up when it suddenly transformed into a human. Mandy recoiled, looking up at the other witch from her kneeling position and recognising her immediately.

She couldn't think of her name, but she had definitely been in Ravenclaw. The look on her face was dangerous, as was her voice, and Mandy felt her heart speed up in fear, and she made to grab for her wand.

The woman's fear was enticing. As she stupidly made to grab her wand, Lisa laughed and flicked her wrist, a push of disgust at the weakness of this woman making it easy to wish her pain. "Crucio." She invoked the curse easily and with force and smiled slowly and wickedly as the woman writhed in pain on the ground.

She held the curse for a moment, and then let it up slowly. Lisa looked down on the woman with dangerous little smirk. "That was not very intelligent of you, pet." Lisa's voice was wickedly amused. "And following a strange animal into the Forbidden forest?" Lisa tsked expressively. With another dangerous smile, Lisa flicked her wand again.

"Crucio." The intense pain was so... Lisa licked her lips. She wished she had the time to really play with this woman, but she had work to do. Crucio was intensely satisfying and pleasurable to do, but she had to get back to business rather quickly.

Mandy screamed as the pain took over her body, crying out for help in between long howls of pain. Tears streaked down her face as her body writhed on the ground.

The other woman stopped the spell, allowing Mandy to hear what she had to say to her. She wanted to say something back, to do something, but her body hurt too much.

And then the pain was back, and Mandy was screaming again, the pain becoming almost unbearable the longer it went on.

Those screams were perfect. Lisa smiled to herself. It really was a shame she was busy. She let the Crucio go on for a bit. With a sigh of regret, she stopped it after a time. Eyeing the women in marked disgust, she waited a moment for the pain to diminish and for her to be able to breath properly. Once she was satisfied, Lisa smiled and raised her wand. Time to focus on the task at hand.

Flicking her wrist, Lisa flung the curse at the woman. "Aveda Kedavra!" The flash of green light lit her face. Lowering her wand, Lisa pursed her lips. How best to work this to advantage. She would have to be found, that much was obvious. Quickly levitating the body, Lisa moved it to the edge of the forest.

Dropping it in plain sight on the ground, she made sure the body was twisted and splayed at a disgustingly awkward angle. Smiling smugly, Lisa, who had kept hidden in the trees, turned and headed back the direction she'd come. She had a task to fulfill.