Survival Guide: Dragons. (OPEN)

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* KATALINA ( ROSA ) de la VEGA ,

Boredom. It seemed to be a powerful motivator, especially for someone who had a whole lot of time on their hands. Her creativity was being stifled, and that was most likely caused by the fact that she had been stuck in one place for far too long. She needed to fly, metaphorically speaking, but maybe literally as well. There would be time for that later though. Katalina closed her eyes, her last vision was the grounds of Hogwarts and the streets of Hogsmeade beneath her. Then she apparated away, opening her eyes to what appeared to be Hungary. Well that was definitely something different. A big change of scenery. Granted it wasn't exactly what she had in mind, but as far as she was concerned, any different was good at this point.

She took a look around, just to get her bearings in her surroundings. She was in the middle of a forest apparently with mountains not to far in the distance. Wasn't too bad she supposed. It could always be worse. She could have ended up on a beach in the middle of the day. Not that she wouldn't enjoy those last few moments, but Kat didn't plan on doing that anytime soon. The moon was on it's way up, so it couldn't be that late. She found a rather large boulder sitting in the grass, and perched herself on top of it. With her legs crossed, she took a deep breath in, and began meditating. Something she picked up from the seventies.

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Fleur enjoyed going on visits outside of England when she could. She actually had a quite a few friends who lived throughout Europe. With some time off, she finally got to visit an old friend from Beauxbaton named Klara, who had moved to the area shortly after graduation.

It was a beautiful day for a walk through the forest. Dressed in sweaters, pants, and boots, Fleur and Klara spoke to one another in French, talking about their families and how life had been since they had visited one another last. Typical things. Their plan to enjoy the walk, then return to the village to shop.

As they moved along, Fleur looked over to see someone oddly familiar. She didn't know the girl's name, but she had sworn she had seen her around Hogwarts at times when she had shown up there to reverse accidental magic. But no, it couldn't be a Hogwarts student... not here in Hungary.

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* KATALINA ( ROSA ) de la VEGA ,

It was a very peaceful night, the sky was very clear, and the moon and stars were shining bright. It wasn't like Kat actually needed all of the bright lights in the sky to see through the trees, but it was a nice scene, to have everything all lit up like it was. She heard a rustling through the trees, and then she heard a pair of girls speaking French. They were a little far off, so she didn't pay them too much mind. That was until she could distinguish the fact that they were actually heading in her general direction. She heaved a sigh. The vampire had come all the way out in the middle of the Hungarian forests, and she was still surrounded by people. Was there seriously no place for her to be alone in the world anymore? Because it was really starting to seem that way.

The blond sat perfectly still on her rock. Maybe if she didn't move, they would think she was a statue, or an odd rock formation or something. They wouldn't even bother her. Then the French paused for a moment. That could only mean that they spotted her. When she thought about it, Kat realized that it was kind of hard for her to blend in as a rock formation. Her hair was so blond, when the moon light would bounce off of it, it probably looked like her head was glowing. She rolled her eyes. “Vous m'a trouvee.” Slowly, but in one movement, she turned her head to look at them. Then her head tilted a little to the side, in confusion. She recognized the one on the right.

She had definitely seen that woman before. Somewhere around Hogwarts. She wasn't a teacher, but she had been around. Mostly when accidents happened actually. How could someone from the school find her all the way out here. “Well, I'm not going back. At Least not anytime soon. Just so you know.” She was perfectly happy away from it all. Right where she was.

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When Katalina spoke to the woman, it became quite clear to Fleur that this girl was indeed from Hogwarts. When she took her stance, Fleur chuckled.

"I am sorry to disappoint you, but we weren't exactly looking for you," she said. "And I am not on the Hogwarts staff, so there is little I could do to force you to go back. That is your decision." Fleur didn't realize the girl was a vampire, and therefore did feel worried about the girl being alone in the woods so late. Fleur, an Order of the Phoenix member, knew she could take care of herself there, but a seemingly innocent female student, albeit a Seventh Year? Fleur whispered something with her friend, then looked back at the girl.

"Since you are here, would you like to take a walk with us?" she asked. "When our walk is done, we are going back to the cabin for refreshments. You are welcomed to join us then as well."

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* KATALINA ( ROSA ) de la VEGA ,

So she wasn't from the Hogwarts staff. Good. That cleared a few things up, AND secured Kat into staying put. There were some teachers that would have loved to drag her back by the ear, and she was not about to have all that drama tonight. They extended her an invitation to walk with them, and then to possibly go back to their cabin for drinks or whatnot. She shrugged and sighed. “I suppose the company could be worse.” She wasn't too cure about getting drinks after, but she could at least walk with them for a bit. Kat stood up, and situated her clothes. She pushed her wand into her pocket, because it didn't fit when she was sitting. “Katalina by the way. That's my name.” It was only polite that she at least know her name when she invited her to walk with them.

She followed them through the trees for a little while, only really half interested in the conversation. Her eyes were laser focused on the surroundings. For instance, she noticed that their path was slowly bringing them ever closer to the mountains that were once just the backdrop. That sort of tugged at her thoughts because mountains were places were dangerous creatures lived, like trolls or giants. “Keep an eye out for anything strange. I don't like the looks of our position now.” Kat wasn't worried per se, but it was something to be conscious about. Twigs snapped under her boot, but the more she looked around, the more she realized that it was only twigs that were on the ground to step on.

They were venturing closer to the mountain, so it was only logical to assume that the trees would get thicker and closer together. However, it seemed like they were getting more and more space between them. Almost like it was just getting roomier for something bigger to pass. “Hey. Do you feel that?” It was a forest. It should have been teeming with life. Bugs, squirrels, deer, or small animals. But there was nothing. There was only silence. Subconsciously, her hand inched closer to her wand. “Ladies, I believe something's wrong.”

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Fleur smiled as the girl agreed to walk with them. She wasn't going to boss the girl around, but she wanted to make sure she was safe. The woods could be a tad less safe as the night went on.

"Katalina," said Fleur. "That is a beautiful name. My name is Fleur and this is Klara." Klara smiled and waved. "If you don't mind me asking, and this is just a casual question, what brings you here?"

The question wasn't going to be answered as Fleur also noticed that something was wrong.

"Yes, I did feel it," she said, removing her wand. "And I agree. Perhaps we need to move a bit faster, oui?"

But Fleur then wondered just how fast they should move. If something was there, it probably wasn't the best idea to let it know potential prey was running from it, especially if it was fast.

"Try to stay close if you can," she said to Katalina and Klara.

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* KATALINA ( ROSA ) de la VEGA ,

The two women introduced themselves to her, and she inclined her head towards them each in turn. Fleur was a French name. She giggled lightly, because Kat found that slightly ironic. A French woman and a Latina walking in the woods. It sounded like the beginning of a bad joke. One blond asked the other blond what she was doing there, and Kat just shrugged. “Would you believe it was just pure boredom?” In hindsight, that sounded like a pretty lame excuse to pop all the way over to Hungary, but well people usually look back on things that they've done, that was a common theme among some pretty bad ideas. Unfortunately, with the way things were going, this was starting to look like one of those bad ideas.

Katalina slowly drew her wand from inside her jacket. A forest should never be empty this way. Even if normal humans couldn't see the animals that were walking around, that didn't mean they weren't there. That was usually evident with the all of the noise. However, that night, everything seemed to have been put on mute. It wasn't natural. Fleur suggested that that move faster, then suggested that Kat stay close. That was a bit of a downside with being immortal. Everyone always assumed that she was just a helpless student. Sensing there was some kind of danger near by, Katalina couldn't stop the flow of adrenaline that began to course through her body, tensing her muscles. Her whole body tightened together, her face pinched, her vision hazed red, and she felt her fangs pop out. Now, she hadn't planned on parading her vampirism around, but when the adrenaline started flowing she couldn't help herself. “Thanks, but I'll be fine,” she said looking at the two women.

She heard a few crashes from a distance. It sounded like trees falling down. “Stay.” All she needed was for them to stay put for a few seconds. Kat jumped upwards into a tree. Using about have of her strength, she only managed to make it up about halfway of the very tall tree. With the agility of a monkey, she climbed up the rest of the way until she was standing on the topmost branch of a very tall tree. Looking outwards into the forest, in the direction of the mountain, Kat saw something. Trees were downing left and right. This wasn't going to end well. The blond let go of the branch she was holding, and lept down from the height she was at. “Ladies something's coming. Something big. It's about 8 minutes away. That direction.”

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Fleur had a good laugh when Katalina said she was there out of pure boredom.

"Well, I have heard stranger things in my time, so fair enough," she said.

Fleur was amazed when Kat leaped into the tree so easily. The girl must have had supernatural abilities. Could she be more than human? A werewolf maybe? Fleur was quite familiar with those of course. Her husband was bitten by one. Her son WAS one. Or was Katalina something else perhaps. Fleur no longer worried about that when the girl returned and said something big was coming their way... and soon.

"Eight minutes?" she said. "That gives us something of a head start then." Fleur had contended with large creatures before- trolls and the like. But usually she had a lot of aid in doing so. Klara knew magic well, but had no history in combating enemies in the field, and she wasn't sure about Katalina. if they had a chance to run, they needed to. "Fortunately, Klara's home is in the opposite direction." And without saying another word, she began to dash.

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* KATALINA ( ROSA ) de la VEGA ,

Kat waited for Fleur's reaction to what she had told her. Of all of the reactions that could have come up, for some reason, Kat just wasn't expecting that one. Her first instinct was to run, which, now that she thought about it, was probably the right and most common response. In fact, it was probably the response that Kat herself should have been having. However, within the last few seconds a few things came to her attention, and it paralized her with curiosity and a little bit of fear. Kat felt heat, heard a roar, and smelled something along the lines of burning flesh, maybe? Now, if she wanted to run away from the situation, Kat would have absolutely no problem with that. When she ran, her figure blurred. The problem would be if there was actually something out there that she needed to run from, the blond was pretty sure that Fleur and the other girl probably wouldn't make it.

The vampire, sprinted away after Fleur, and easily over took her. “Run if you want, but I am pretty sure that whatever is coming is going to follow you. It's big and fast. If I can smell you, then it certainly can.” If they were indeed going to try to run, they had to figure out some better way of hiding their smell. Kat smelled dead, mostly anyway. No sooner had she finished her words, had she heard a deafening roar/shriek mix coming from the fallen trees. “It's too late. It's here.” If Kat ran now, the other two would surely be dead. She couldn't just leave them now.

They needed cover, and they needed it now. She looked around for something, anything. Her eyes fell on a pile of mud partially hidden under a bunch of dead leaves and fallen twigs. That would definitely cover any body heat, and mask a scent. “Jump!” The dramatic effect of her shout was masked in part by the fact that she had to whisper. In one leap she flung her body towards the mud, and burrowed under the leaves. In total silence she sat there, a minute or two later, she saw what had been following them. Katalina had to clamp her hand over her mouth to stop a gasp from escaping. Slowly, she looked over at Fleur. “Is that....?”

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Kat was right. Running was of no use. Fleur turned to see what was coming. Oh Merlin... it was the Tri-Wizard Tournament all over again! Fleur quickly followed Kat's lead and went to the ground, taking her friend with her.

"Yes..." whispered Fleur, who could speak no louder out of fear and surprise. "That is a Horntail. Let us hope it wasn't following us intentionally." Slender hope though, given the way the dragon came at them. "As you said, Katalina, running will be of no use. That creature is swift on foot, and even swifter in the air. And if it doesn't catch us, its fire will. We will have two options- hide and hope it tires from searching for us..." She then sighed. "Or fight it." She could hear her friend whimper. Another thing they would have to do was protect Klara. Fleur looked at their new friend. "How are you with a wand?"

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* KATALINA ( ROSA ) de la VEGA ,

Now, bare in mind, there was not a very long list of things that made Katalina afraid. In fact, it was a very small list. There were things on it like decapitation, too much sunlight, a stake to the heart, you know, things most people would be afraid of. Well, things a vampire would be afraid of. Snakes and spiders didn't bother her because their venom didn't effect her. Darkness didn't scare her because that's what she woke up in. Heights didn't bother her because if she fell, she would just snap any broken bones back in place and walk away. However, dragons? Dragons she was definitely afraid of because of two things. It could easily roast her, and there was no coming back from that, and it could just swallow her whole. On top of it being a dragon, it was a Hungarian Horntail. Basically, if Katalina could sweat, she would be drenched by now.

Fleur looked at her and said they only had two options: hide or fight. Neither of those options looked very appealing to her, but there was no way her very long life would be ended in the middle of the forest, in the middle of nowhere, away from anyone she was close to. No, she was not going out like that. Kat took a deep breath, and her face pinched baring her fangs. She was going to need all of her strength for something like this. Katalina had to completely vamp out. Her now burgundy eyes locked on to Fleur's face. “I've had a lot of practice.” The blond proved time and again that she could handle her wand better than half of the professors that were supposed to be teaching her. The blond knew that the other woman had some second hand experience with that specific type of dragon. “What do we do?”

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Fleur was a but surprised to discover the girl she was with was a vampire, especially given how chaotic the situation already was. Surprised, but not prejudicial. After all, Fleur's was half Veela and her son was a werewolf. There was no way she would hate one who was different. And at the moment, she wouldn't even verbally react to Katalina being a vampire. They had bigger issues to deal with.

"Well then," smiled Fleur when Katalina spoke of her experience. "With myself being in the Order of the Phoenix, perhaps we will prove to be formidable opponents, oui?" Fleur tried to sound confident, but as the dragon came at them, her eyes showed fear. But that was definitely nothing to be ashamed of. She saw its mouth began to open and knew a blaze was coming.

"What better way to fight fire that with water?" she said. "Aquamenti Maxima!" Suddenly a huge wave of water appeared and hit the dragon's mouth as it attempted to incinerate the trio. It threw the dragon off, and Fleur hoped Kat had a spell to throw in while she was focusing on her own.

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