A Midnight Stroll |Petra|

[phoenixphyre2]

Tiberius Leonardo Greyback pulled back the sheets from his bed and shook himself awake. It took him some time to get back to complete consciousness. He looked out the window and saw a pitch black canvas lit up by bright stars in the sky. Ty was having a pretty hard time trying to get to sleep. Picking up his wand, he stood up as quietly as he could. Tip-toeing up to the Slytherin Common Room, he sat down in the comfortable, black leather couches furnished there. A chill went through his body due to the cold feel of the leather, but dissapeared soon.

Everything seemed quiet. Everyone was probably out with dates, doing homework in their dorm rooms, or out in the Great Hall. Times like these made him ponder. About his personal life, Death Eater issues, and most of all...his werewolf affliction. His father, Fenrir Greyback, the most infamous, merciless werewolf and Azkaban escapee in the past three decades, was back with him and his twin, Demitri. Tiberius had handled some secret business at Borgin and Burkes for his father. That attitude had raised Ty into the man he was today. Muscular, scarred, aggressive, and even emotionless when needed. Those were his characteristics when he was in the Underground. The place was a living hell. Filled with vile werewolves fighting each other for survival. Overall, his training with werewolves had gone fairly well. He had an abnormal amount of control over his affliction compared to most others of his age. His brother on the other hand, not so great.

Shaking the thoughts from his mind, Ty stood up with a groan. Using a Disallusionment Charm, he cloaked himself in invisibility. Silently, he walked out of the black Slytherin common room into the dimly lit halls of Hogwarts. Some of the Prefects and Heads were still up, but he did not bother about them. Occasionally, Tiberius found the unusual silence in the stone halls to be disturbing. Today...he felt as if it was necessary. Working his way up from the Dungeon to the Black Lake on the Grounds, nothing seemed to be able to disrupt him. On the other hand, time seemed to stop and he appeared in the Tower in an instant. Looking up, he breathed in the cool winter night air. It seemed to revitalize him. The Slytherin shivered, but quickly came over the cold rush. Sighing deeply, Tiberius Greyback laid down on the cool beach and stared up at the twinkling stars.

In his hand was a bitten apple. He was obviously eating it. Looking at his bare left hand, Ty wondered when the time would come when he was also branded with the Dark Mark. The thought made him shiver. A sharp pain stung his chest. They were wounds from the last time he went Underground with his father and brother recently. He clung to the werewolf wounds he receieved. It burned him. Suddenly, he heard the pattering of footsteps. He moved his hand away from his torso. "Hello. Who's there?" Tiberius called out.

[petra]

Petra couldn’t sleep. She tossed and turn in her bed. She really want to go to sleep but her mind wouldn’t let her go to sleep. She had to much think about. Why couldn’t she have at least one night without waking up from a nightmare. She sat up in her bed and felt her hair falling over her shoulder. She really needed to go out a little more. She look out the window to the see the stars twinkling. Pretty night. she thought to herself. She climbed out of bed and put a sweatshirt over her pj’s top and walk out of the common room. She didn’t really pay attention to the many people who were a wake. She had better things to pay attention too and her fellow housemates weren’t the things she need to pay attention too.

She was daughter of the head of house so all she needed to say was that she was going to go his office or if it was a boy perfect she could just flirt her way out of the situation. It was as easy as that. She walked down the empty, silence hallway thinking about her problems. She was a death eater and Trevent hated her for that. She wanted to be friends with him but he said it wasn’t possible for them since he was getting married and she was a death eater. He’s whole family was a death eater for crying out loud. She also had her brother to worry about. It seem like her world was falling apart and she hated not being in control of her life.

She walk out into the cold air. Her sweat shirt wasn’t helping with the cold wind but she could handle it. She tried to walk silently but to many things she couldn’t see on the floor. She was clumsy most of the time but only when she couldn’t see her footing or when she was in front of people. She fell on her face while walking up to the front of the class to present. She was so embarrass that her face turn red. Carina told she look like a tomato.

She sigh in annoyance. Why was her life so screw up? Well it wasn’t that screw up. She had a family and a big brother who she loved dearly. She had friends that were they for her all the time. So her life wasn’t really screwed up but she had to make decisions that put her life on the line but she didn’t care.

Just as she heard someone calling out she trip on something or someone. “Owwie” She said as she land on her butt and look at the person who she trip over. She couldn’t see it was and she didn’t really care. “What the hell is wrong with you? Sitting out in the dark were someone can trip on you. You could have killed me or injure me.” She was annoyed.

[phoenixphyre2]

Tiberius did not really care if anyone saw him. Most of the time, guys would stay away from him. This was because he was a Greyback and a werewolf. And the girls. Well if girls saw him they usually giggled hoping that he would talk to them. On the contrary, Ty passed a group of Slytherin girls on his way here. He knew they were up to no good and of course, they wanted him to 'be a part of it'. Just because he was a player and a werewolf, did not mean that he was an idiot like them.

Shrugging that off, Tiberius sighed and breathed in the salty, refreshing air of the Black Lake. Closing his eyes, he focused his hearing on the rushing of the waves of the Lake going back and forth on the shores of the Hogwarts grounds. Laying his head back, Ty looked up at the dark sky and smiled. It was not every day that you could see a beautiful black sky like this. In the midst of the black palette called space, dim wisps of light shone in the sky. It seemed to paint a picture of light on the darkness.

It was nice...until someone rudely interrupted his moment! The footsteps Tiberius heard squished the sand by the bank of the Black Lake. If that was not enough, the person tripped over him. They seemed pretty light, so it actually did not hurt him. A voice called out from the darkness. “What the hell is wrong with you? Sitting out in the dark where someone can trip on you. You could have killed me or injured me.” Now he knew that it was a girl...and she seemed ticked off. Not that he wasn't either! But the tone of her voice made him smirk slightly.

Standing up and rubbing the sand off his body, he walked into the moonlight. Now Tiberius could see her face more clearly. It was that Slytherin girl Petra Conner. Even though she thought highly of herself, he had to admit that she was good looking. Ty decided that he would play with her head a little too. "Well why don't you watch where you're walking? I'm the one who was trying to have a little peace and quiet. Jeez!" replied Tiberius loudly. Suddenly, he laughed and said, "I'll forgive you if you forgive me. Sorry. I'm Tiberius. Tiberius Greyback." Putting his hand out with a smile on his face, he offered it to her and picked her up off the ground.

[petra]

Petra looked at his hand but didn’t take it. “I know who you are and I’m Petra.” She stood up by herself and brush the sand off her clothes and moved a strain of hair that fell in front of her face. All the girls talk about Tiberius and how hot he was. She was actually quite tired of hearing about his perfect smile and his gorgeous eyes. Okay she had been checking him out too but she couldn’t help it. She was weak when it came to gorgeous guy with they gorgeous eyes.

“Forgive me for what?” She wasn’t at fault here and she couldn’t believe she was going all weak in the knees for this guy. He was self center and believes that just with one smile he can make any girl forgiven him when he was at fault. She was not going to forgive him that easily he was the one who was sitting there in the middle of no where. Not her. “You should have more common sense then to sit out in the open.” She said crossing her arms over her chest. “but of course you think every girl will forgive you with one smile. Well that’s not going to work on me.” She said looking up since she could only see his chest which was a good looking chest…

What am I thinking? A good looking chest? He’s not cute at all. Wait that’s a lie but I won’t let him think, I think he’s cute…. Wait I’m making myself confused with my logic. What was she doing thinking these thoughts? She couldn’t think he was cute because that will mean she’s one of those stupid girls that giggle when he just talk to them. She never was the type of girl to do that well last year she was like that but she was different now. She usually got any guy she wanted now.

[phoenixphyre2]

As the petite Slytherin girl stood up without taking his hand, Tiberius snaked his hand back. It was slightly awkward. But he had been in a lot more awkward moments than that. "Oh well I only know you by reputation. Your name tends to linger in some conversations I've had with friends. Nice to meet you though." he replied with an innocent sense of politeness. It was only a matter of time until he decided to turn on his charm. A long time of silence stood between them now. Rather than making it feel weird, Tiberius looked up at the stars and smiled. Taking it all in for a long while, he finally spoke again. "They're absolutely beautiful aren't they? Never fail to amaze me...no matter how many times I've seen them." spoke the Slytherin boy in a trance.

As Petra replied back rudely to his statement of forgiveness, he stepped back. With a chuckle, Tiberius raised his hands up to show that he had given in. But to him it was all part of an act to attract her: Giving the girl her own way. "Okay fine. I'm sincerely sorry. I would never want to hurt such a pretty girl as yourself." he replied with a smile. Without the strength to resist, he gave in and continued talking. "But wouldn't you have accidently done the same if you were in a trance under the stars? Moments like these, just by myself or someone for company, are what I live for. I don't need anything else but a sight like this to keep me going." Tiberius Greyback spoke with just passion in his voice and a fire in his eyes.

Tiberius followed the path of Petra's eyes as they trailed down, scanning his whole body. A sly smirk appeared on his face, but he quickly hid it. He could not risk it now. "You should have more common sense then to sit out in the open. But of course you think every girl will forgive you with one smile. Well that’s not going to work on me.” Ty was taken aback by Petra's harsh remark. But he couldn't blame her. To almost every girl in the school, he was just a cute guy they wanted. And not many ever saw past that. Adriana was one of those few...but they just sort of fell apart. Trying to ignore the second half of the feisty Slytherin girl's remark, he replied softly. "I have no need for common sense out here. I'd like to think that it's my own world out here when I'm alone." But he was unable to contain his dissapointment. Suddenly, Tiberius burst out another comment. "That's what every girl thinks. They believe that I'm self-centered and that I mess around with girls. But honestly...that's what the girls who want a one night stand with me are. Almost every girl in the school wants me as a toy. There are few girls that see past me in that regard. And I was hoping you would be one of them. I guess I was wrong." Tiberius usually never got this emotional. But he was really hurt. And after keeping his emotions bottled up for such a long time, he needed to let it out. He turned and walked toward the edge of the lake and listened to the waves crash against the sandy beach as the wind whistled in his hair.

Notes: Sorry it's such an emotional post. I was really in the zone. And I thought it'd make a bit of drama against the player personality of Tiberius.

[petra]

“Reputation? I didn’t know I had one.” Petra said more to herself then to him. “is it a bad one?” She hope not since she wasn’t the type of girl to sleep with just anyone or mess around with anyone either. She just hoped that Trevent wasn’t the one to spread things about her. She could understand Brandon but Trevent wasn’t the type of guy to spread rumors about her.

One of the reasons why she was out here was to look at the stars. She look back at Tiberius as he talk. She could agree with him but stars to her was much more then beauty. It was her only thing that connect her with her died mother. The only thing she had to remember her by. “There are beautiful.” She remembered her mother telling her stories about the constellations when she was a child and smiled warmly at the memory. “I never get bored of them either.” She smiled. “Though I know a million of stories to go which each constellation, so I can never get bored even if I tried” She laughed lightly.

"But wouldn't you have accidently done the same if you were in a trance under the stars? Moments like these, just by myself or someone for company, are what I live for. I don't need anything else but a sight like this to keep me going."

“maybe.” She shrugged her shoulders. “I usually star gaze by myself up in the north tower since I get emotionally when I look at the stars since there bring back many memories.” She said looking at him and couldn’t help but think he was cute. She didn’t want to be one of those girls that fell for him. She just came out of a relationship where she actually love the guy and not to mention she was the dark prince’s daughter. She wasn’t what most guys wanted and just dating her might put they lives at risks. “Sometimes I wish the star’s weren’t there. Well that’s when I have memories that break my heart.” She didn’t know why she was telling him this but she didn’t really care. Almost everyone at her school knew about her past.

She didn’t mean to hurt him or make him feel bad. “Tiberius I’m sorry. When I’m tired or upset, I take it out on others which is a bad habit that I have. I have to admit.” She felt really bad and ashamed. “and I don’t see you as a toy or any guy as a toy in fact though I did thought you was self-center but not for messing around with girls or things like that. I just…I don’t know.” She sat down and brought her knees up to her chest. “I’m sorry.” She said while hiding her face behind her arms. She did that when ever she was ashamed or nervous, another wonderful habit of hers that she need to stop doing.

[phoenixphyre2]

Tiberius Greyback looked up at the sky. Honestly he could not decide which to look at: The incredibly stunning girl beside him or the candlelit palette above him. It should have been no competition, but it seemed as if he had an equal desire to look at both. So his eyes constantly shifted between the sights, making sure the petite Slytherin girl did not notice him. "Reputation? I did not know I had one. Is it a bad one?" Petra replied softly. He turned and smiled at her. Her reputation seemed to range from having a flaming temper to being a soft spoken girl, and being an innocent beauty to a hot slut. Tiberius definitely did not go by appearance or reputation, but he was truly intruiged by her. "Nah it's not a bad one." chuckled Ty with complete innocence on his lips.

Petra's voice suddenly seemed to drain of energy and liveliness. She seemed quite depressed and solemn as the next few sentences uttered from her mouth. “Sometimes I wish the star’s weren’t there. Well that’s when I have memories that break my heart.” It brought the rigid Slytherin boy down with her. Drifting towards her, he sat down beside her on the sand. The wind was rushing past their hair violently. Tiberius had heard a little about her past. Unlike her, he had at least had a little bit of time to spend with his father before he was killed. Now it seemed as if his only family was Jack Lestrange and his sister, Helena Greyback. "I'm so sorry Petra. I can't really say I know what that feels like. But my father was killed by Professor Lestrange just a while back. And I truly loved my father, even though he was a monster before." whispered Tiberius. He was purely going on instinct and feeling. His heart seemed to rule over his mind. Putting one arm around Petra, he brought her closer and hugged her softly.

[petra]

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Petra felt safe when Tiberius put his arm around her. She hasn’t felt like that since she was hold by Trevent a long time ago. She lean in closer to the him but she snapped back into reality when she thought about her best friend and what had happen to her. She push herself away from him and stood up.“You’re just like him.” Tiberius’s own brother had rape her best friend and she was letting him hug her. She was disgusted with herself and his family. “You’re just like your brother, taking advantage of girls who are weak because you’re hot." She couldn’t deny that, heck she like being in his arms. And just because he was hot doesn’t mean she wanted to be hug by him when she was upset and not to mention his brother hurt her friend. “And you think that every girl would want you’re comfort. You think “hey if I’m nice to them they maybe pay me back with a kiss or something.” But I’m not like those girls you sleep with or have flings with. I have way more self-respect then those girls that end up in your bed.” She moved some of her hair that fell in front of her face and then crossed her arms across her chest. “I can’t believe I thought that you were different from your brother. Yet again a Greyback will always be a Greyback. So it doesn't surpise me at all that your like Demitri .” She said threw her teeth.

She couldn’t believe she let herself feel what she had once felt for Trevent and worst part was that she felt it for Tiberius when he had hold her. She couldn’t believe she could fall for someone that fast and not mention why Tiberius. She had once believe that Trevent was the only one for her. He knew everything about her and he knew how to make her laugh when she was upset. And she still believe that Trevent was for her. Though She didn’t know why she had to ruin it by telling him she was a DE member to be.

Every guy she had met since her break up wanted one thing and she was sure as hell not going to be like every easy girl that she knew and sleep with every guy she dated. She wasn't desperate and when she did sleep with a guy it would be for all the right reasons. Not because she was drunk or depress. When she was lost in her own thoughts she heard him say. "I'm so sorry Petra. I can't really say I know what that feels like. But my father was killed by Professor Lestrange just a while back. And I truly loved my father, even though he was a monster before." “Your right Tiberius you will never know how I feel.” She said. “and about my father killing yours don’t accept me to show you any sympathy or say sorry. Because I won’t.” She was being harsh but at the moment she didn’t care. She didn’t want to be one of those many girls that he charm with his smile and good looks. She wasn’t one of them…

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