FIC: Chasing Forever Part 1
Title: To Love A Gryffindor: Chasing Forever (Pt 1)
Rating: K+
Section: Part 3 of the TLAG series
Summery: Katie Bell has waited eight years for him to return. She's starting to loose hope.
To Love a Gryffindor Part Three: Chasing Forever.
Kathryn Bell was a fifth year when Marcus Flint first made an impact on her life. It was his last year (again) and they were both Chasers on their respective Quidditch teams. She had certain ideas on how her future life was going to be at that time. She was going to graduate Hogwarts, marry Oliver Wood, become a professional Quidditch player, retire at a good age and then teach flying at Hogwarts. She was going to have three children: two girls, and a boy who would be like Oliver in every way. Her parents were quite happy with that plan. Morrigan and Beathan Bell thought Oliver was a nice boy and indulged their daughter on her dreams otherwise.
However, her fifth year put a stop to any plans she may have had. Oliver was more than usually obsessed with his sport and Katie was not a focus at all, which was discouraging as far as marrying him went. It was the last year she spent mooning over him. With O.W.L.s and Sirius Black on loose, she had no time to spend following as Oliver Wood's shadow. Quidditch was still one of her main priorities but she also found a love for the healing arts and started researching into taking some courses after O.W.L.s and looking forward to her N.E.W.T.s. Madame Pomfry was quite helpful on that topic. However, the biggest change in her life during fifth year was that finally a guy noticed her beyond Quidditch. Unfortunately, that boy was Marcus Flint.
It wasn't obvious at first to many people but she had noticed it. He would watch her at meals but she assumed that it was because he was her opponent and he was measuring her up for a game strategy. Occasionally he would smile at her when he caught her looking back at him. She didn't think much of it at the time.
However when they actually came within talking distance he would make certain comments directed at her that would make her turn red in embarrassment. They weren't words meant to hurt but she was unused to this attention. After that Marcus started calling her Katie Scarlet because of it and due to seeing the movie Gone with the Wind with his cousin Blaise Zabini when they were younger, although that was their teenage rebellion against their Muggle-hating parents she later found out. Blaise's parents would be rolling over in their graves if they knew that their only son was married to a Muggleborn Witch and lived much like a Muggle. And loved it.
When Valentines Day came around that year, she received a single rose from an anonymous person. At first she thought it was Oliver, her true (or so she thought) love, but when she went to thank him he told her that it wasn't. Marcus tended to leave her alone after that except for the glances across the hall and the usual beating during the Quidditch games she had grown used to getting from him and his follow Chasers. After he graduated, she saw nothing of him for two years.
When she graduated and joined the Order of the Phoenix as a healer trainee, she was shocked to find Marcus Flint as a member. She was even more shocked as time went by as she found he had changed in more ways then just one. Physically, he had changed for the better. His teeth had been fixed, and he was finally finished growing, looking less like a troll and more like a built Quidditch player. He had grinned at her that first day and that was the start of her fall.
Of course, their relationship was very slow at first. Lucky for them, the war had ended during Katie's final year at Hogwarts. Harry had defeated Voldemort in the front of the school and the following summer had been a crazy one. While she was training, Marcus was out catching the remaining Death Eaters. When they weren't doing that, they spent many days together while working on assignments for the Order itself. She had gotten to know him as something other then the Slytherin who liked to tease her in school. He still called her Katie Scarlet at times since she still seemed to blush every time he made a compliment or got her angry. She started to call him Marc, trying to find something to call him that was different as well but he would just smile at her.
It was two years before Marcus finally asked her out on a date. She had been shocked at first but later agreed to having dinner with him. It was also that night she got her first kiss. She could still remember the night in vivid detail. The red dress she wore, his hunter green robes, the restaurant, the carriage ride home, and finally the amazing kiss on her doorstep. It had been everything her romantic heart had dreamed of when she was younger.
She had been charmed by him, and most people commented that she must have been under a spell to ever imagine herself in love with him. Oliver and the twins were the most vocal about it, filling their overprotective roles perfectly. How could their Katie fall in love with a monster? She loved those three, but at times they got a bit overboard with it. She didn't see him that way. Some of the girls just smiled at her, knowing what she was going through. She hadn't been the only girl to find herself imagining forever with a Slytherin. Angelina had been seen with Adrian Montague although nothing was serious yet and Alicia was engaged to Christian Warrington.
The boys had attacks when she told them she was moving in with Marcus about five months before the mission. They had claimed that Marcus must have corrupted their little Princess. They didn't realize that this was what Katie wanted. Alicia had been happy for her, although she wasn't really paying attention, more interested in the planning of her wedding to Chris. Angelina had smiled, hugged her and than managed to convince the twins he wouldn't do anything to her. Oliver still hadn't trusted him, never really did.
Her parents had been surprised, but were actually accepting of the arrangement. They had met Marcus soon after the pair had started to see each other and Beathan had thought him to be an "upstanding young gentlemen." Morrigan had thought it was slightly romantic that she was being whisked away to a castle in Ireland. Katie didn't know if she would consider Flint Manor a castle, but it certainly looked as if it were trying to gain that title. The only difference was the homey appeal the inside had. While Marcus' parents had been Death Eaters, they had still treasured their home as that, a home. It was not like Malfoy Manor and used as a symbol of great wealth. Katie had always felt sorry for Narcissa and Draco having to leave in that place for so long. Flint Manor was a great improvement from her cramped apartment and she enjoyed the luxury of the place.
She had been living in a love induced paradise. She was in her own home that was almost a castle, loved (or so she hoped) by a wonderful man and possibly a wonderful future. But "the mission" had ruined all that.
While the war had been over since Harry Potter's seventh year there were still much work being done to return the wizarding world back to its normal way of life. There was a crack down on former Death Eaters and every lead on them was taken seriously. Oliver, Marcus, and George were being sent to investigate a local riot that may have turned into a Death Eater summit. Katie had a strange feeling about this the days before they were leaving and begged Marcus to turn it down, but he thought she was over acting. Since Voldemort was gone, Death Eater's had no power. Katie wasn't so sure of the weakness of his followers.
A simple mission turned out to be much more than they anticipated. Katie nearly made herself sick during the days after Marcus lost contact with her. George had been found severely beaten a month later, which both relieved Katie yet made her worry even more for the other two. A day afterwards, Katie knew she was pregnant, with Marcus and Oliver still missing in action.
Seven months later, Marcia Olivia Flint was born. It had taken her awhile to finally settle on the name for the baby girl, deciding to name it after both her father and the man who would have been an honorary uncle to her. The baby seemed to take after Marcus in looks, having dark brown hair and eyes although Angelina claimed she had Katie's face.
Katie's parents hadn't been too happy about their little girl giving birth out of wedlock, but they hadn't said anything out loud. They welcomed their little grandchild with open arms. They didn't understand why she wouldn't move in with them. After all, Marcus was dead wasn't he? Katie refused to believe that.
Blaise had tried to be a surrogate father for his cousin's daughter and had done a wonderful job. But Marcia knew he wasn't her father and now that Blaise had his own family to care for, he was over less often. Draco and Ginny also helped, often watching Marcia when ever she needed someone to watch her. Because of that Blair had become a sister to Marcia, the two becoming inseparable.
Marcus Flint was still missing on his daughter's eighth birthday. He never got to see her first words, her first steps, and her first tooth. He never got to see her say with such pride that she was going to be a Slytherin Chaser just like her Daddy. He never even knew that his daughter existed. The world in large pronounced him and Oliver Wood dead. But Katie Bell and her friends still held on to the small hope that he was still alive and would one day return to the family that waited for him. But even they had a hard time believing that would happen after so many years.
Rating: K+
Section: Part 3 of the TLAG series
Summery: Katie Bell has waited eight years for him to return. She's starting to loose hope.
To Love a Gryffindor Part Three: Chasing Forever.
Kathryn Bell was a fifth year when Marcus Flint first made an impact on her life. It was his last year (again) and they were both Chasers on their respective Quidditch teams. She had certain ideas on how her future life was going to be at that time. She was going to graduate Hogwarts, marry Oliver Wood, become a professional Quidditch player, retire at a good age and then teach flying at Hogwarts. She was going to have three children: two girls, and a boy who would be like Oliver in every way. Her parents were quite happy with that plan. Morrigan and Beathan Bell thought Oliver was a nice boy and indulged their daughter on her dreams otherwise.
However, her fifth year put a stop to any plans she may have had. Oliver was more than usually obsessed with his sport and Katie was not a focus at all, which was discouraging as far as marrying him went. It was the last year she spent mooning over him. With O.W.L.s and Sirius Black on loose, she had no time to spend following as Oliver Wood's shadow. Quidditch was still one of her main priorities but she also found a love for the healing arts and started researching into taking some courses after O.W.L.s and looking forward to her N.E.W.T.s. Madame Pomfry was quite helpful on that topic. However, the biggest change in her life during fifth year was that finally a guy noticed her beyond Quidditch. Unfortunately, that boy was Marcus Flint.
It wasn't obvious at first to many people but she had noticed it. He would watch her at meals but she assumed that it was because he was her opponent and he was measuring her up for a game strategy. Occasionally he would smile at her when he caught her looking back at him. She didn't think much of it at the time.
However when they actually came within talking distance he would make certain comments directed at her that would make her turn red in embarrassment. They weren't words meant to hurt but she was unused to this attention. After that Marcus started calling her Katie Scarlet because of it and due to seeing the movie Gone with the Wind with his cousin Blaise Zabini when they were younger, although that was their teenage rebellion against their Muggle-hating parents she later found out. Blaise's parents would be rolling over in their graves if they knew that their only son was married to a Muggleborn Witch and lived much like a Muggle. And loved it.
When Valentines Day came around that year, she received a single rose from an anonymous person. At first she thought it was Oliver, her true (or so she thought) love, but when she went to thank him he told her that it wasn't. Marcus tended to leave her alone after that except for the glances across the hall and the usual beating during the Quidditch games she had grown used to getting from him and his follow Chasers. After he graduated, she saw nothing of him for two years.
When she graduated and joined the Order of the Phoenix as a healer trainee, she was shocked to find Marcus Flint as a member. She was even more shocked as time went by as she found he had changed in more ways then just one. Physically, he had changed for the better. His teeth had been fixed, and he was finally finished growing, looking less like a troll and more like a built Quidditch player. He had grinned at her that first day and that was the start of her fall.
Of course, their relationship was very slow at first. Lucky for them, the war had ended during Katie's final year at Hogwarts. Harry had defeated Voldemort in the front of the school and the following summer had been a crazy one. While she was training, Marcus was out catching the remaining Death Eaters. When they weren't doing that, they spent many days together while working on assignments for the Order itself. She had gotten to know him as something other then the Slytherin who liked to tease her in school. He still called her Katie Scarlet at times since she still seemed to blush every time he made a compliment or got her angry. She started to call him Marc, trying to find something to call him that was different as well but he would just smile at her.
It was two years before Marcus finally asked her out on a date. She had been shocked at first but later agreed to having dinner with him. It was also that night she got her first kiss. She could still remember the night in vivid detail. The red dress she wore, his hunter green robes, the restaurant, the carriage ride home, and finally the amazing kiss on her doorstep. It had been everything her romantic heart had dreamed of when she was younger.
She had been charmed by him, and most people commented that she must have been under a spell to ever imagine herself in love with him. Oliver and the twins were the most vocal about it, filling their overprotective roles perfectly. How could their Katie fall in love with a monster? She loved those three, but at times they got a bit overboard with it. She didn't see him that way. Some of the girls just smiled at her, knowing what she was going through. She hadn't been the only girl to find herself imagining forever with a Slytherin. Angelina had been seen with Adrian Montague although nothing was serious yet and Alicia was engaged to Christian Warrington.
The boys had attacks when she told them she was moving in with Marcus about five months before the mission. They had claimed that Marcus must have corrupted their little Princess. They didn't realize that this was what Katie wanted. Alicia had been happy for her, although she wasn't really paying attention, more interested in the planning of her wedding to Chris. Angelina had smiled, hugged her and than managed to convince the twins he wouldn't do anything to her. Oliver still hadn't trusted him, never really did.
Her parents had been surprised, but were actually accepting of the arrangement. They had met Marcus soon after the pair had started to see each other and Beathan had thought him to be an "upstanding young gentlemen." Morrigan had thought it was slightly romantic that she was being whisked away to a castle in Ireland. Katie didn't know if she would consider Flint Manor a castle, but it certainly looked as if it were trying to gain that title. The only difference was the homey appeal the inside had. While Marcus' parents had been Death Eaters, they had still treasured their home as that, a home. It was not like Malfoy Manor and used as a symbol of great wealth. Katie had always felt sorry for Narcissa and Draco having to leave in that place for so long. Flint Manor was a great improvement from her cramped apartment and she enjoyed the luxury of the place.
She had been living in a love induced paradise. She was in her own home that was almost a castle, loved (or so she hoped) by a wonderful man and possibly a wonderful future. But "the mission" had ruined all that.
While the war had been over since Harry Potter's seventh year there were still much work being done to return the wizarding world back to its normal way of life. There was a crack down on former Death Eaters and every lead on them was taken seriously. Oliver, Marcus, and George were being sent to investigate a local riot that may have turned into a Death Eater summit. Katie had a strange feeling about this the days before they were leaving and begged Marcus to turn it down, but he thought she was over acting. Since Voldemort was gone, Death Eater's had no power. Katie wasn't so sure of the weakness of his followers.
A simple mission turned out to be much more than they anticipated. Katie nearly made herself sick during the days after Marcus lost contact with her. George had been found severely beaten a month later, which both relieved Katie yet made her worry even more for the other two. A day afterwards, Katie knew she was pregnant, with Marcus and Oliver still missing in action.
Seven months later, Marcia Olivia Flint was born. It had taken her awhile to finally settle on the name for the baby girl, deciding to name it after both her father and the man who would have been an honorary uncle to her. The baby seemed to take after Marcus in looks, having dark brown hair and eyes although Angelina claimed she had Katie's face.
Katie's parents hadn't been too happy about their little girl giving birth out of wedlock, but they hadn't said anything out loud. They welcomed their little grandchild with open arms. They didn't understand why she wouldn't move in with them. After all, Marcus was dead wasn't he? Katie refused to believe that.
Blaise had tried to be a surrogate father for his cousin's daughter and had done a wonderful job. But Marcia knew he wasn't her father and now that Blaise had his own family to care for, he was over less often. Draco and Ginny also helped, often watching Marcia when ever she needed someone to watch her. Because of that Blair had become a sister to Marcia, the two becoming inseparable.
Marcus Flint was still missing on his daughter's eighth birthday. He never got to see her first words, her first steps, and her first tooth. He never got to see her say with such pride that she was going to be a Slytherin Chaser just like her Daddy. He never even knew that his daughter existed. The world in large pronounced him and Oliver Wood dead. But Katie Bell and her friends still held on to the small hope that he was still alive and would one day return to the family that waited for him. But even they had a hard time believing that would happen after so many years.