the knight and the maiden - Taylor

[mason mcadams]

Mason had heard screams half way across campus, he had no idea who it was or what was happening but he could tell he wasn't going to enjoy it when he found out, it was so like him to want to save the day and that was what he was doing. trying to save the day, be someones knight in shining Armour, like always he had always been that way, out to protect others before himself. 

the screams grew louder as he got nearer and nearer to the towers, he could smell the stench of blood filling the air, shaking his head he followed the sound to the door. the screaming was cut silent and he knew now that whoever was causing the screaming was now dead. banging on the door he tried to break it down, cast a few spells trying to unlock it but failing. stepping back he did the only thing he could think of, he blasted the door off its hinges.

stepping in he saw first the body on the floor which he recognized  as Taylor, he thought of the worst thing. she was dead. next her saw the girl sat facing out to the window, before finally seeing the dead girl, relieve washed over him as hope was restored to him. maybe Taylor wasn't dead after all. making his way over he knelt down beside her and checked for a pulse. a smiled filled his face as he found one.

taking another glance at the still girl in the window, he took a chance and listed the limp body of his fellow lion into his arms and made his way back towards the door, never turning his back on the girl still sat there. she had never once turned to find out who had disturbed her in the murder of two girls. as soon as he was free from the room he took off running towards the Gryffindor dorms, he needed to get Taylor somewhere safe before that psycho decided to come after them. 

he found the dorm quiet only a few around and none of them raised an eye to see what or rather who he was carrying as he passed through to go to his dorm room. he knew no one would be there so he would be able to care for the girl without anyone disturbing him. 

laying her down on the plush bed he sighs and prays silently for her to wake up just so he knew she was going to be ok, that she wasn't dying.

[taylor marvolo]

Everything was so dark, yet so comforting in Taylor's mind. She didn't want to wake up from the blessed darkness. If she did, then all of the troubles would be back on her shoulders. Ahh, she was so stupid... why did she flirt with Scott in the first place. Damn him and his good looks.

As the oxygen returned to her brain, Taylor fell into a deep slumber. From that slumber, she began to dream about what had happened back in the tower. She let out soft whimpers and twitched in her sleep as she dreamed trying to get away from Savannah. But no matter how fast she was running, the girl came closer and closer... The next thing she knew the knife came down and...

Taylor jerked awake with a loud cry of distress. She looked around frantically, her eyes not really focusing on her surrounding. What was going on around her? How did she get there? When she finally focused on what was going on and saw who had saved her, the girl broken down crying. "Oh god, oh god." She moaned softly, curling up in a tight ball, and rocked back and forth.

[mason mcadams]

Mason moved away from the girl who now took up his single bed, he didn't dare leave her to get help from anyone, he didn't know what was going up in that tower nor did he want to know. either way it was Taylor who was suffering right now, he wasn't going to leave her til he knew she was going to be ok. he would do anything to make sure she was ok. it was just how he was he had always been the hero type well for girls anyway most guys saw him as a jerk cause he knew how to charm a girl and not be a dick about using her, he would never do that to a girl.

sitting at the end of the bed he heard a whimper come from her, his eyes shot to her hoping it was a sign that she was waking up, if she didn't wake soon he was seriously going to go get help, he had no idea how long she had been out for when he had found her, but it had already been nearly ten minutes since he had found her and even at that time it meant he could worry, he looked at the door and joins his hands as he silently prays. he hadn't really been religious growing up, his grandmother didn't approve of believing there was someone greater than him but he soon found himself praying as he grew older, just to get the pent up anger out and to share his dreams and what not, he knew there was most likely no one listening but it never stopped him. his eyelids drooped as he prayed.

he was disturbed by the cry that came from the girl laid down, he looked back at her knowing she she was most likely disorientated. he gave her a moment to find herself before moving to sit next to her, he could see the sobbing building up in her so when she broke down his arms found away around her to hold her close just letting her get it all out with occasionally murmur of "its alright", "I won't hurt you" and the "your safe no one can get you here I promise".

[taylor marvolo]

She was scared, very scared. What happened back in the tower after she passed out? What happened to Savannah? Did she jump? Of course Taylor didn't care if the girl lived or not, but she rather have her live so she wouldn't be sent to Azkaban. She felt Mason wrap an arm around her. Not listening to the boy, the girl froze a little and then tried to fight him off. What did he want from her?

After a few more seconds of fighting, the words finally sank into Taylor's head. Oh, Mason was trying to comfort her! Leaning against the boy, she slightly calmed down and allowed herself to relax. When the girl was finally out of tears, she pulled away from the boy and rubbed her eyes a little. Looking back at Mason, the first reaction for Taylor was to give him a hug.

Pulling away, she murmured shyly, "Thank you." However a sharp pain ran up her arm and she let out a gasp. Clutching her arm, Taylor looked down and saw the blood and the cut. The skin around the wound was rather gray. Her face turned pale. "Oh no..." She whispered and tried to get out of the bed. The movement caused her dizziness to come back and she nearly fell over.

[mason mcadams]

letting go of her when she had begun to fight against him he sat and watched her letting her adjust "honestly I'm not gonna hurt you" he gave her a small smile trying to put her at ease which he guessed had partially worked since he found the girl leaning against him for support. wrapping his arms back around her he let her cry the tears out. resting his chin on the top on her head as she cried.

he looked down at her when she pulled away, his gentle smile still on his face, he was slightly shocked at the girl hugging him, she had changed so quickly from trying to fight him off to hugging him. shaking his head he hugged her back in silence.

"your welcome" seeing her reaction to the gash along her arm he quickly jumped up and placed his arms on her waist "maybe you should sit down so I can take a look at that?" not waiting for an answer he helps her sit back on the bed before pulling his wand out, careful not to touch the gash he waves his wand above it, chanting healing spells under his breath as he does so.

he watched as it began to heal, he wasn't sure it was going to work but it had and well he was happy with himself for making it work. "all healed" he gives her a wink as he uses the shirt he is wearing to clean her arm up of the blood before taking it off and going to find another.

looking at her he sighs to himself "you don't look so good, maybe you should lay down for a few minutes I can go get you some water or something to eat if you want?"he offered as he pulled on a clean shirt and finds one for her to wear that wasn't matted with blood. he decided asking her what was going on in the tower wasn't something he really wanted to know the answer to,

[taylor marvolo]

Taylor giggled softly at the look on Mason's face. He seemed shocked that she had just hugged him. It was just a regular hug, she didn't even tried to use her veela ability on him. She inwardly shuddered just thinking about it. Oh she was never going to allow herself to use her veela ability on anyone anymore, not after what had happened earlier.

A yelp had escaped Taylor's mouth when she stumbled, but instead of connecting with the floor, she felt strong arms around her waist. She blushed slightly and nodded her head, "Yeah I think I should." She mumbled, sitting back down on the bed, trying hard not to get blood on it.

A tear formed in the corner of Taylor's eyes as she watched Mason work on fixing her arm. Her mind wandered back to the days when the same type of things happened between her and her previous boyfriend. Uggh, why had she been so stupid to let these things happen to her, and it was her own damn fault too.

Seeing that the cut was soon healed, the girl gave Mason a tired and slightly watery smile in response to his wink. "Thanks again." Taylor muttered, dropping her gaze to the opposite wall as he stripped off his bloody shirt. She really didn't want to get close to another boy so soon. Not after what had happened to her.

Hearing Mason sigh, Taylor looked back up, "What's wrong Mason?" She asked in confusion. Did she do something wrong? She then replied bitterly, "Yeah I know that I don't look so good. Would anyone look good if they were being held hostage and then saw someone get murdered right in front of their eyes?"

Sighing softly, the girl added, "Sorry about that, I'm just rather you know..." Trailing off, Taylor shrugged her shoulders, after a brief silence, "You don't need to, only if you want to." When a shirt was offered to her, she looked at it blankly before looking back up at Mason with a question in her eyes. "Are you sure?"

[mason mcadams]

"you don't need to thank me, I didn't really want you dying on me now did I?" he shakes his head knowing too well that she had just saw a girl be killed "fuck I'm sorry that was stupid of me. fuck I'm an idiot" he hits his head and sits down on the bed next to her "I don't think before I speak, if you hadn't guessed" he looks down after looking at her and giving a weak smiling, feeling sorry about the death comment he made.

he sits up and shakes his head "nothings wrong I just that was scary, I got up there and I could smell the blood and I saw you laid there covered in blood and I thought it was you that was dead" he didn't look at her as he spoke, the image of her laid there bloodied up brought images up from his past, although he never knew what had happened to his family he could always remember the blood, all over. he shuddered at the memory "it brought bad memories back"

he froze when she snapped at him, there he was again making stupid comments, he really wasn't doing well today "I'm sorry I just meant maybe you should try and get some rest, you look like you could use some sleep. I'll make sure no one disturbs you or I can go get you some food then you can sleep?"

he smiles a little at her "I know, you don't need to explain." he kneels down in front of her and drops the shirt on the bed, taking her hands in his he rubs small circles on the back of them "someone will deal with all that. no one will hurt you. I promise I will protect you with my life. I" he gives the back of each of her hands a soft kiss before letting them go and standing up

"you need suger in your system, suger helps with shock right? so lots of chocolate cake and candy but you also need a real meal in your system first so anything you want. on me" he winks at her trying to get her to relax a little, he hoped she took him serious in his promise to protect her, this was his first way of protecting her making sure she got the right after shock treatment "so what would you like Taylor?"

"I'll go get it for you and you can change into that, I don't mind or you can see if you can find something more comfortable to wear." he points to his things at the end of his bed and the pile of clothes of his which had yet to be sorted since he had started.

[taylor marvolo]

Mason’s comment stung Taylor a little, but before she could say anything in return, the boy was already apologizing for it. The girl’s eyes widen slightly. No one has ever apologized directly and automatically to her before. It had always been hinted, but never directly said. ”N-no, it’s fine. There is no need to apologize.”

She said back before weakly chuckled, ”It’s alright, people makes mistakes here and there right? Beside you were the first person who had actually apologized right away to me.” She reached over and placed a hand on Mason’s cheek, before dropping it again.

Cringing as the memory came back to her again, Taylor bit her lips and tears entered her eyes. ”Yeah it was horrible.” She whispered, ”I thought I was going to die or something.” The girl then patted Mason’s hand that was resting next to hers. “My condolences.” She added.

Seeing Mason freeze on her made Taylor feel bad. ”Sorry. Yeah okay, I understand now.” She covered a huge yawn and then nodded her head, ”Perhaps I do need some sleep. But…” A worried look came across her face, ”I’m afraid that if I do fall asleep, the scene of the murder might come back to me.” She added quietly.

Another surprised look came across Taylor’s face. ”Y-you don’t n-need to.” She stuttered, ”E-erm, o-okay then.” Her face turned red as she watched Mason kiss the back of her hands before standing up. He was being way too nice to her. She didn’t even know how to react to that.

Taylor however chuckled softly and said, ”You’re really sweet you know. Since you are so persistent in getting something for me to eat… um, anything from the kitchen would do. I’m not picky about what I eat.” Her stomach rumbled in agreement, causing the girl to turn bright red again.

Her face turned a even more brilliant red after she heard what Mason had said. ”No, it’s fine. I’ll just wear this.” Taylor said quickly, making the shooing motion with her hands. ”Thanks again, by the way, for everything really.”

[mason mcadams]

"I really don't think before I speak" he wasn't trying to make excuses for his heartlessness just trying to explain he could be stupid and say things he really didn't mean "I think about what I have said after I have said it" he gives a half smile towards her hoping he hadn't upset her too much by his insensitive comment. "yeah I really am sorry Taylor, if I had enough brains I wouldn't have said that seriously" he shrugs a little unsure of what he should say to her about it.

he shakes his heading hating that she had thought she was actually going to die, and she would of he knew she would of if he hadn't of found her when he had, he wasn't even sure she was alive when he had took her out of the room, he didn't have the time to check if she was breathing "would it be rude if I said I don't want to here about how you thought you were going to die? I don't want to be rude but I thought you were and it scared me the first time I don't really need to be reminded of that scene. and I'm sure you don't want to think about it"

"I'll go see if I can get some dreamless sleep from the nurse on my way back up then? you can eat, take some and then get some peaceful sleep" he smiles softly towards her "I won't be long, showers are through that door" he indicates to the door at the back of the room "no one should disturb you. but I'll lock the door on my way out and if anyone does get in just scream and hex them and they will leave" he laughs a little trying to lighting the mood.

he smiles down at her looking suprised, shaking his head slowly he laughs softly "well I'm glad you think I'm sweet, but I think any guy would be kind like I am if they had just found a beautiful girl like you in that situation" he kisses the top of her head before offering to help her stand "I just want to make sure your ok standing before I go. I don't want you falling and hurting yourself while I'm gone"

[taylor marvolo]

Okay... so there was no way in stopping Mason from blaming himself. That was rather new to Taylor. She just nodded her head. "Okay, then, whatever makes you happy." She muttered, too tired to try and make an argument on what could be seen as an rather silly topic. She slumped against the pillows and looked at the boy in front of her with amusement.

A smile lit up Taylor's face as she listened to Mason argue with her, telling her that he didn't want to hear her talk about dying. "Not at all actually. Thank you for not wanting to bring it up. I hope that will never come up again in the future too." She stifled another yawn, prompting her to answer the next question.

"Really Mason, could you please?" Taylor said happily, "I would do it myself, but I'm afraid that I might faint or at least fall asleep along the way, before I get there and hurt myself again." She then giggled softly at Mason's attempt to make the situation around them lighter. "Trust me, I'll do just that. But most boys will just leave me alone if I ask them too thought. I'm very good at erm.... persuading people, especially males." The girl added, softly, looking down at the blankets and picked at them a little. She didn't know what would happen if she told Mason that she was a Veela. Savannah wasn't too happy about it, but on the other hand, Justin was quite the opposite.

Hearing what Mason was saying to her, Taylor tilted her head up slightly in surprise. A blush bloomed on her face again and it darken when he kissed her forehead. "Oh... erm... thanks, I guess?" She mumbled shyly. Good Merlin, get a grip girl. The girl then hesitantly reached out and took Mason's offered hand. Slowly rising from the bed, she wobbled a bit before steadying herself by taking a hold of the boy's shoulder with her other hand.