Nox Noctis Est Nostri

Chapter 3- New Born

Lily smiled when she heard laughter come from the living room. It had been almost a year since they had found the four girls trapped in one of her fathers labs.

Lily’s smile disappeared. Even though Peter Whitney was not her real father she still loved him, not for all the things she had found out he did, was doing, but for the man that she had known while growing up, the man who had raised her as his daughter.

Lily shook the thoughts from her head and started thinking about the girls again and her smile appeared again as she remembered what happened last year.

Flashback

“So what are all of your names?” Nico asked calmly. After the girls had been given new clothes, rooms and a goodnights rest the Ghost walkers had decided that it was time for questions and answers.

“Since you all know Vitis’ name I’ll go first,” The red haired girl started. “My name is Vitex Anenone Helleborus(1).” She finished lazily, her lavender colored eyes filling with amusement when the older Ghost Walkers blinked.

The girl with black hair’s lips thinned and she wacked Vitex on the knee with something hard, making Vitex shoot up from her slouched position as she scooted away. “What the hell was that for?!” Vitex demanded angrily. The black haired young lady hardly spared her a glance as she replied, “A lady should not sit slouched over or the way you were, it is impolite and it shines you in a bad light.” She said sternly as she gently set the object she had wacked Vitex with in her lap. Vitex’s eye twitched in irritation.

The Ghost Walkers realized that the object was a folded up fan that looked like it was made of steel or some other typed of metal.

“My name is Jasmin d’Espagne Orchid(2), you may call me Jasmin if that is what you wish and I saw that Vitex.” Jasmin finished sharply, when she saw Vitex stick her tongue out at her. Vitex let out a squeak when Jasmin looked at her with narrowed hazel eyes. The last of their group looked amused and Vitis continued to stare out of the window.

The girl in question looked at them timidly before her large azure colored eyes lit up when she smiled. “My name is Aster Lierre Azalea(3), but please call me Aster” Aster said shyly. The other Ghost Walkers couldn’t help but smile at her.

“We are 15 years old or will be turning 15 years old soon” Jasmin added as an after thought, straightening out her long elegant dress. Almost all of the girls were wearing dresses. Vitis was wearing a long pure white dress that fell to her ankles, her long thigh length white hair was straight and unbound. Jasmin was wearing a long floor length wine colored dress that had a slit that started at her right thigh, her waist length hair fell into neat curls down her back. Aster was wearing a light blue spring dress that fell to her knees, she had her mid-back length strawberry blond hair pulled into two pig tails on either side of her head. The only one who was dressed differently was Vitex who was wearing a silver halter top, a black mini skirt and black stockings. All together they made a very weird group.

Vitis suddenly sighed and they all looked at her. “What’s the matter dear?” Lily asked in concern. “Ah. Don’t worry she’s still hung up over Silene.” Vitex said dryly, which got the evil eye from Jasmin.

“Silene? Who’s that?” Dahila asked. “His real name before being adopted was Harry.” Vitis whispered wistfully. ‘His?’ The older Ghost Walkers thought in alarm. They knew that Peter Whitney only adopted baby girls, what made this Silene so special?

“The name Dr. Whitney gave him was, Verain Lenotodon Silene Noeturna(4).” Vitis finished quietly, “What a mouthful” Gator commented wryly, making Vitex snort. “That’s the understatement of the year.” Vitex replied. “That’s why we called him by separate names, so he would know which one of us was talking to him. I call him Silene Noeturna, Silene for short, Vitis calls him Harry, Aster calls him Verain, and Jasmin calls him Lenotodon.” Vitex said.

Wow was the only thing they could think. “Where is he?” Flame asked. “We don’t know seven years ago Whitney took Harry somewhere and when he returned... Harry was not with him.” Vitis said with a look of anguish on her face. “Don’t tell me that Whitney made you and Harry anchors and amplifiers for each other.” Lily asked in horror, but she knew the answer to her question.

They knew that Vitis was an anchor, so that meant that Harry was the amplifier, who knows what could’ve happened to the boy without Vitis there to keep his thoughts his, to keep him concentrated and keep other peoples emotions out of his head? They didn’t want to imaging it.

“You don’t think he’s...” Ryland trailed off when Vitis whipped around, her silver/ white eyes flashing. “No!, he is Not dead!” she cried, The girls stared at her with wide eyes, even Jasmin. Vitis’ hand rose and she rested it over her heart. “He Is alive, I can feel him, but he is just so far away, his presence is so faint but it is there”. Vitis’ voice had dropped until it was just below a whisper.

What had Peter Whitney done? Where was Harry?

End Flashback

Lily sighed wearily, everything was going out of control, they had just found Briony, but the woman was still off with Jack and his twin brother Ken where ever the Norton brothers lived.

They discovered that Whitney was putting certain male and female Ghost Walkers together to get powerful children from them. It was a frightening prospect and she feared what Peter Whitney would do to the children if he ever got his hands on them.

Lily unconsciously put her hand on her very distended stomach. She was close to full term and was very excited and a little nervous, it would be her and Rylands first child. A look of determination came to Lily’s face. She would make sure that no child, Ghost Walkers or other wise, would have to worry about Peter Whitney’s manipulations.

Lily left the kitchen to go down to the computer labs. There was more work to do.

❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦

Number 4 Private Drive- The Smallest Bedroom

Harry stared sightlessly at his cracked ceiling. He was so bored. He had no idea of what to do. He had done all of his summer homework and he had already sent letters off to Ron and Hermione, and was currently waiting for a reply. Maybe you could die of complete boredom.

Then it hit Harry, how could he have forgotten? His summer training was starting up today. His face fell when he realized that he had to wait to do his training until after his doctor, Harry’s lip curled, was finished with his physical.

Harry swore that if that blasted doctor gave him two needles every week and then three at the end of the summer he would take one and stab him right in the ass with it.

Harry sat up, he knew what he could do, he could test his vocals. It had been a long time since he had sang and he wondered if his voice was shot to hell from disuse. Closing his eyes, Harry reached inside himself and drew upon a magic that hovered just beneath his skin and shaped it in to what he wanted it to do.

(Music started playing out no where and after almost a minute had passed Harry started singing)

(New Born: By- Muse)

Link it to the world
Link it to yourself

Stretch it like a birth squeeze
The love for what you hide
The bitterness inside
Is growing like the new born
When you've seen, seen
Too much, too young, young
Soulless is everywhere

Music Solo

Soulless is everywhere

(His voice echoed)

Link it to the world
Link it to yourself
Stretch it like a birth squeeze
The love for what you hide
The bitterness inside
Is growing like the new born
When you've seen, seen
Too much

When you've seen, seen
Too much, too young, young

Soulless is everywhere

(His voice echoed again)

music solo

Soulless is everywhere

(Harry’s voice echoed eerily for one last time until the music faded)

Unknown to Harry but he had an audience. Harry’s head snapped up when he heard clapping. “I see that you haven’t gotten rusty kid”. Came the cool almost harsh voice of the man that stood in the doorway. Harry found himself staring at Dr.Sparks and his trainer Luther.

End of Chapter 3

❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦

(1)Vitex- means Coldness.

Anenone - means Forsaken, Sincerity, Expectation.

Helleborus- means Wit.

(2) Jasmin d’Espagne- means Sensuality.

Orchid- means Love, beauty, Refinement, Wisdom.

(3) Aster- means Innocence, Loyal Love, Gentleness, Purity, Variety

Lierre- means Friendship

Azalea- means Fragile Passion

(4) Verain- means Sorcery

Lenotodon- means Oracle

Silene Noeturna- means Night

Please Review and tell me what you think

Oh Yeah if you want to hear the song that Harry sung, go to my profile, it’s the first song there. If you are curious about why the other songs were sang then go to the stories that it says it is from and read the stories, then tell me what you think about those.

Tell me if you want Ron, Hermione, etc. to be loyal to Harry as ususal or if you want them to betray him in some way or if you want Dumbledore to be manipulative, etc.

If you tell me what you all want I’ll look at all of them and if it is an equal amount for more than one I can combine them to an extent wrap the plot around the idea.