One Cold Night In Knockturn (Cain)

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As an Auror-in-Training, Cavalyn was instructed to investigate whenever she saw strange goings-on. She was also told not to fight Dark Magic Users without calling for assistance. Still, she was allowed to observe from a hiding place. In this case, she had something in her favor... being an Animagus. Most Dark Wizards and Witches usually took her Mongoose form for some kind of strange rat and ignored her.

Well, walking about Diagon Alley, she definitely saw some strange happenings... and a strange person sneaking into Knockturn and looking about to make sure no one was following him. Cavalyn was eating an ice cream cone at the time and sighed before tossing it.

"I never do get to finish an ice cream on patrol," she said to herself.

Cav then changed into her Mongoose form and scuttled about the sidewalks, pretending to be a simple creature going about its business in the alleyways. With the usual chill, she finally followed the man into Knockturn Alley.

Cav hated Knockturn. Cav was as tough as they came, but she was also a noble, sweet soul and Knockturn went against every wonderful thing about her personality. But if she wanted to be a full Auror, she had to do her job and do it well.

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The mongoose watched the man walk deeper into Knockturn Alley. She watched as the man stepped into Borgin and Burkes. Cavalyn stayed back. She knew about Dathan Burke and his wolf. And said wolf could sniff her out as an animagus and give her away to his master. So she stayed out of the way and watched as he spoke with Burke before finally exiting the show with a bag in his hand. He then walked into an alleyway where another man awaited him.

There was silence for a moment, and then a suddenly scream. The man bolted out of the alleyway with a wicked laugh. Without thinking about it, the mongoose ran at him, crawling up his body and attacking his face. When the man feel over, the mongoose transformed into her human form and aimed her wand at the man. The normally sweet Cav has a scowl on her face.

"Listen here, gummi bear!" she said. "I don't know what you did in that alleyway, but you're looking at a whole lot of Azkaban right now! Okay, get up slowly and keep your hands from your wand. One wrong move and I'll curse you from here to Hogsmeade! Got it?"

The man rose, and it seemed like he was going to do as she said. But he was swift and managed to get his wand out and pull off a stupefy curse on her before making a run for it. Cav fell over and endured the momentary daze.

"Golly!" she said.

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Cav felt really dumb. She should have known better. She should have gotten a full Auror to help her out. But all those thoughts went away when someone jumped in and took the Dark Wizard down. She looked over to see Dathan Burke lock his shop and turning off his lights, no doubt washing his hands of this affair if he had anything to do with whatever the villain did in the alleyway. Cav decided it was best to not press her luck and confront him.

She then looked up at the guy who took down the dark wizard. She didn't recognize him as an Auror, so the conclusion he came to was that the man was one of those Hit-Wizards. She rose and brushed herself off. She then gave him a slightly annoyed look.

"I'm in my twenties," she said. But Cav couldn't be annoyed for long. Her personality was too nice for that, and she only showed her tough side when dealing with the wicked. "Good job on catching him though. If you are what I think you are, I'm guessing slick moves like that come natural. By the way, I'm Cavalyn Dee Haviland, Auror-In-Training. Nice to meet you."

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Cav thought she was in for it, that all her hard work was going to go down the chute. She blushed greatly at first when the man said she had took aim at a wizard he was after...

But then he... praised her? Cav blushed more, but was now smiling too.

"Thank you," she said softly. "I was just doing what I felt needed to be done. But I'll tell the Aurors what you said. A few of them train me actually."

The man then introduced himself, introduced the one on the ground, and encouraged her to keep up the good work in a sense.

"I'm very dedicated," she said. "I've been told I could be a full Auror by the end of the year. But you're a Hit Wizard... that's so cool. I heard only especially talented people get to become that."

Cav then giggled when he spoke of her Animagus ability.

"Oh... I'm a Mongoose, not a rodent," she said. "They look similar, but aren't from the same family. As for me getting tough... well I'm usually nice to people, but some people you just have to get..."

The Dark Wizard then attacked Cain and made a run for it. Cav's eyes widened in anger.

"Not on my pocketwatch, licorice whip!" she shouted, running after the fleeing man. It was time to get serious. Once she got a good aim at him, she cast another curse.

"Locomotor Wibbly!" she chanted. The Jelly Leg Curse caused the man to collapse and let go of his wand. He rolled away a bit and the dark wizard went for it. "Accio wand!" The wand then flew into Cav's hand. She then quickly ran back to Cain, her voice sweet and concerned again.

"Holy smokes, I need to get you to St. Mungos," she said.

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"Oh my, such language," said Cav listening to Cain, her voice and demeanor all gentle again.

Cav then nodded as Cain said they had a job to do. He was right. They had to take this guy away.

"Right, we do," she said. She then nodded again when Cain said to get the bugger to the Ministry and asked about the fireplace.

"I think there's one not far from here," she said. Her eyes then widened when Cain asked if she had ever taken a life.

"I over-fed a goldfish once," she said ashamed. "Oh, but I was five and didn't know any better. I gave Shimmy a nice funeral though." Cav sighed at that. "But I've never killed anyone. I have sent some dark magic users to Azkaban though. They were all big and bad, but in the end, I was like 'take'em away, fellas' to the Azkaban guards. It was soooo cool."

Cav then cleared her throat as she realized she was rambling.

"Um... ready when you are," she said. "She then bent down to help pick the guy up." She then saw two figures behind Cain aiming their wands. "Look out!" On instinct, she tackled Cain to get him out of the way of wand fire.

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Cav might have saved Cain from the initial attack, but she then watched as the Hit-Wizard did his work brilliantly on the two newcomers, taking them down rather quickly.

"That was really ace!" she said, beaming.

She then showed concern about him heading to St. Mungo's. That would definitely be the next stop after they dropped them off. Fortunately, a couple of other Aurors happened to hear the noises and made their way in to aid the two with hauling the human trash away.

"I don't know if I could ever take a life," she said. "But I guess most Aurors wonder about that before they actually have to. I guess it will happen if and when it happens. I'm just glad I'm picking up on the less intense spells. They seem to work most of the time."

Later...

Once the dark wizards were in custody, Cav would help Cain off to St. Mungo's. She decided to use the time to get to know the fellow who had come to fascinate her a great deal.

"So..." she asked after the villains were put away. "What made you decide to be a Hit-Wizard?"

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Cav blushed heavily when Cain praised her. Many of the Aurors liked Cav a lot, but still for him to tell them those things about her, it made her so proud and humbled at the same time.

"Thank you very much, Cain," she said. "I'm very honored by your words."

She thanked him again about the colas and listened as he spoke of why he became a Hit Wizard.

"I guess sometimes life can surprise us," she said. "Who knows, maybe after I become a full Auror, I might find an interesting opportunity. I don't know, though. I've wanted to be an Auror since I can remember."

Cav smiled at him warmly and offered a tissue for his tear. His words were moving and they almost made her tear up.

"Why would I think less of you, Cain," she said. "You're a good person. I can tell."

Cav then thought about his question. She had told him she wanted to be an Auror since she was young, but didn't tell him why.

"Well when I was young, I lived in a really good family," she said. "I never saw the cruelties of the world until I stepped out in it and looked around. I saw people getting bullied, stolen from, hurt, and no one was helping them. I wanted to help them, but I was so little and meek, I would have gotten the mickey taken out of me something awful. But I vowed that one day I would be in a position to help as many people as I could. And as an Auror, I'll be able to." Cav then sighed happily and smiled at Cain. "I'm so glad I could help you tonight."

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Cav shrugged when Cain spoke of his work not being nice all the time.

"As you saw, I have to be a bit rough too," she said. "And I suspect I'll be even more aggressive towards dark magic users when I become a full Auror. But that's the job. The rest of the time I'm this cheeky little sweetie pie you see right now." She then smiled and nodded about his advice.

Cav wanted to stay with Cain at St. Mungo's, but she knew her job wouldn't allow it. She had to get some sleep that night as she had to be at Hogwarts for patrol the next morning. She did smile though when he asked her to lunch.

"Sure, I'd like to have lunch with you," she said. "It will be fun just sitting and talking and not worrying about dark wizards running all over the place. I can't wait!" She wanted to hug Cain, but knew that would hurt him more than make him feel good. So she placed a gentle hand on his good arm. After that, she finished walking with him to the hospital to make sure he was checked in alright.

(Do you want to bump this up to the lunch date?)

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(On second thought, we can do a separate one since this thread is in Knockturn Alley, . You can start it or I can later.)

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(Alrighty)

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