Dark Desires

A new world had risen. A new age had survived the cost of long-dreadful years. A new age of darkness had risen.



The land has been divided into two. Two lands divided into good and evil. The choice between love and power. The way towards the ray hope of light within the slithering darkness.



To die like a hero, or to live like the dead. There is no possible way of surviving a long-lost battle when there is almost no hope….almost.



Years and years the ward had went on. Slaying lives of many, destroying families and lines of bloods and surviving through an endless evil-covered war, where freedom and survival for the good had long been gone.. yet, there they remain….





They, who never got tired of fighting for what was right remained alive.. though struggling, wounded within the mind and the soul, blooded bare-hands and withered faces.. they remain standing in the league of light against the league of darkness…



Few as they are, but they chose to stand still for what is right…hoping against hope, that someday.. thought they might never witness it, still their blood lines would survive to live a long-yearned freedom….freedom from the Dark Lord and his allies….





The war continues, never-ending and never-surrending. A battle through and through to each and everyone’s bones and souls. The ground is littered with the bodies and bones of those who have tried forth and failed to survive and fight for what they have thought was right.



An endless war, raging and raging ever onwards, never ceased, has been there…and always would be.. for there is no winning and losing in this battle..



Both ends have lost and have won… both ends have suffered and rejoiced… and both ends are ready to commence one more time.. for a final draw of breath for life, to end another….







The night had ceased into darkness. Storm-streaked sky stroke the brilliance of a raging lightning and thunder. A storm had just ended….a battle has just ended… yet beyond its cloudy gray dark sky.. any moment it is ready to strike once more….





Friday Night….





“Let there be no stance of life remain here,” whispered a soft cold voice, deep within a skull casted mask inside a black hooded cloak.



“And there may be a single breath of life….take it away…away with us.. and let them suffer at the hands of their enemies..Simple death is mere mercy now..but endless suffering to be alive..is victory for us….”



Lucius Malfoy remained the Dark Lord’s right hand. He remained with other Death Eaters, remaining to live and to serve the Dark Lord. Escaped Azkaban as the Dementors were released six months ago….





By the Cruciatus Curse he had to endure through long months of imprisonment by his own master, yet his service for him through the long years have been very useful..he returned as his right-hand henchman…the Dark Lord’s most-favored warlord..



“There have been great captures, Lucius,” Avery whispered smugly, pointing a large hand towards a group of chained and unconscious people from a few feet away, “looks like we’ve captured gold this time….”



“Gold?” Lucius Malfoy repeated softly, raising an eyebrow at him, “And by that you mean….?”





Avery grinned maliciously at him, “One of them….." he whispered slowly, "This one you would want to look at… I don’t think she is even worth just a gold….”



Avery marched towards the group of unconscious witches and wizards, bound tightly by a spell towards other masked Death Eaters who were all smirking smugly and proud of themselves.



Avery pointed at the other Death Eater bounding one spell to one of the unconscious prisoners. Immediately, the Death Eater removed the spell and gave Avery the prisoner that had been tight to his spell.



Moments later, Avery walked back towards Lucius Malfoy, whispering softly in his ear, “I very much doubted she is worth just gold, Lucius.. but I think, you would possibly know what she is worth of….”





Lucius looked simply a him, yet there was that evil glint in his cold gray eyes as he walked towards the black horse-drawn carriage where Avery released the unconscious prisoner.





Avery opened the door for Lucius, who slowly went up inside the carriage and lowered his hood. Slowly, he looked up to uncover the hooded figure inside the carriage opposite of him. His jaw slightly dropped in great excitement and glee at the sight.





The glint in his eyes never faltered as the carriage began moving slowly, as he whispered the words, “Laiza Raines….”





A girl no older than 20 lie unconscious before him. Though she was muddy-looking and her face was covered with dirt, beneath her dark muddy hood was a face beyond innocence..Cinnamon hair lying with curls on end was drenched with soil and dirt and flecks of blood….







Saturday Afternoon



“Do you think he would wake up?” asked a girl’s voice in fear. “Don’t be stupid, ofcourse he would wake up..” answered another voice of a male in a forced-calm sort of tone.



“Hush away, hush away,” said a shrill third voice of a woman, “ofcourse he would wake up.. His pulse is alright now.. he’s just…unconscious, that’s all.. now get away-“ “Mum, we want to know what happened to him!” “No, Ron! Go away and get away from here!” “Mrs. Weasley,” said another voice, yet another male, “they’re downstairs already.. Waiting for you.. New meeting they have said..”





“Alright Neville, thank you..” answered Mrs. Weasley, “get away from this room, all of you.. I will just get down the meeting and-“ “Please, let us stay Mun.. We wanna know what would happened and we’ll watch over-“ “No, I said get away-“ “Mrs. Weasley, they’re calling you downstairs!”





“Alright Neville!” Mrs. Weasley answered, placing down a large basin of warm-water, “Ginny, Ron.. the two of you stay here if you want but don’t forcibly wake him up.. Yes, George, don’t wake him,,he doesn’t know yet what happened-“ “But I want to know what happened because he might be with her!”





“George, NO! We shall not tell him yet! You know what would happen if he finds out! He would be crawling out of the headquarters to get to her! Nobody will say a word to him until I get back!”



Then, Mrs. Weasley walked out of the room, shutting the door behind her.









“What are we going to do now….” Ginny softly said, “He would wake up, right? I mean-“ “Yes, Ginny he would wake up,” George fiercely said, “because he will tell us what exactly happened, because he was there…If only I’d come with them..maybe this would not have happened….”



“How are we suppose to tell him…She’s…” Ron began, but hesitated at the tears in Ginny’s eyes, “How are we suppose to tell him about her….” Ron finished looking at George. “The only way to tell him is to tell him the truth..We cannot lie to him and not tell him-“





“Ofcourse we cannot lie to him and not tell him!” George exclaimed standing up and flinching as he pained his almost broken wrist, “How are we suppose to explain why she’s not here with us? With him? How are we suppose to hide something when the something we are to hide is already missing and-“ “No….Run….run now…”





The three of them looked down on the bed. Remus Lupin lay stirring on the bed, eyes closed, fists clenched at his sides.





“Oh no…he’s having a fit…” Ginny whispered walking to Lupin and staring closely at him. “No, he’s not,” George assured her, checking Lupin’s forehead, “he’s still got high fever even if he’s safe from danger…..He’s just having a nightmare..”



“You think we should wake him up?” Ron asked concernedly walking at the side of the bed. “If we wake him up now….He’ll know what happened….He’ll go panic and get out of here at once…” Ginny slowly said. “But if we don’t wake him up…and wait till later, when he wakes up by then he would go berserk because we did not tell him earlier….”



But before they could decide what happened. Lupin’s eyes opened and he suddenly had the look of fear and anger in his eyes. He sat at the bed and stared around him wildly as if not knowing where he was….not recalling anything….





“Laiza…” he whispered wildly looking around him. He then spotted the other three in the room, and without warning he grabbed Ron by the shoulders, “What happened? Where am I..? Where are we…Where’s Laiza?!” he asked angrily, his eyes still battling to get back to sleep for a Dreamless Sleeping Potions and the urge to get wide-awake.



“That’s what we want to ask you…” Ron whispered hesitantly, “Well…” “Where’s Fred?” George asked him, taking his arms away from Ron and grabbing him instead by the shoulders.



“Where’s my brother? He’s with your team, isn’t he? Where is he..? What happened? Where are-“ but before he could continue, the door opened once more and in came Mrs. Weasley who looked enraged by George’s hand around Lupin’s already severed and bandaged shoulders.





“George! Do not strangle him! I told you not to wake him-“ “We didn’t wake him mum! He woke up and started-“ “Molly-“ Lupin gasped turning to Mrs. Weasley and forcing himself out of bed. His ribs lurched in pain from deep wound under several sheets of bandages over his bare chest.



"What happened-Why am I here-?! Where’s Laiza?! Where is she-“ “Remus, calm down,” cried Mrs. Weasley signaling George to get another Calming Draught for Lupin. “She’s-“





“She’s not here! Where is Laiza?” Lupin said, his voice shaking as he attempted to get off the bed and get down towards the door while the others hold him back off, “Molly-I-have-to-find-her-where-is-she?!”



“Remus, calm down! We will get her back, I promise you that, but you have to calm yourself or your wound will open up again and you’ll bleed.."



But Lupin was not listening to them. He struggled and pushed them away from him and limped towards the doorway.



"GO away! GO!" he yelled, struggling to remove all the bandages that were wrapped around his body, "get..away..Laiza..." he struggled then he dropped on the floor as his visions turned black. He blinked his eyes couple of times as Molly tried to get to him but he shoved away her hands.



"Get away..Laiza..have to get to her.." he hissed angrily, his head spinning in pain as he crawled towards the door and wretched open the door.



He got at the head of the stairs and his legs gave way. Crawling and holding with all his might at the stairs' handle, he literary crawled down the stairs, the others fussing and calling for him to return.



"Remus! Nothing will happen..please listen to us.." Molly cried when Lupin's legs finally gave away and he dropped at the middle of the stairs.



"No! No! I will not stay here and do nothing! I will not stay here when I know something is happening to Laiza! Don't you understand that?!" he yelled at her, pushing her away.



He managed to reach the end of the stairs and slumped towards the end table next to the stairs and grabbed a coat and a hat. He struggled to place the traveling cloak over himself and while Molly tried to remove it from him with no luck.



"I'm going..none of you could stop me.." he hissed, being able to half place the cloak over himself, his eyes starting to fill with tears.



Mrs. Weasley, grabbed his arms and made him face her, "Listen to me! Why don't you listen to me! I know what you feel! I know it..."



" My son is out there.. with her.. and that's what all we are hoping that they are both together and alive.. I know what it feels for you to know she has been left there! My son is missing, Remus! I don't want to think what is happening with him!"





" I will stay here as Dumbledore had instructed, he will deal with this.. No matter how much I want to get there and try and find him, I can't! This is what we have been told to do!" "NO!" Lupin yelled at her, his whole self shaking in anger, "No! Molly! You don't get it, do you? None of you does!" he yelled angrily, staring at the stairs where the others were.



"No.. Laiza.. she's my life.. and she's out there.. I don't know how it happened.. but I'm going to get her back.." he whispered, closing his eyes as his head spun again, "I can't..I don't.. I don't want to think what has happened to her! I will not stay one more second here.. without her.. I have to get to her.." he cried, sinking down on the wall because he didn't notice the cut at his side opened and it began bleeding once more..



Lupin's voice and energy were fading, his eyes shutting close as he tried to remain them open with small chance, “I’m begging you…..Let me go….I have to get to her…I have to find her….I have to get Laiza….my Laiza….”