Part 4 of the Elemental series. Things are about the heat up so the rating has to go up. :)
Once again I do not own Harry Potter, only the Original characters and the original storyline.
Airiala smiled at the other two elementals. Starting over was a very good idea for those two. Now they work in harmony rather than bickering all the time.
Unfortunately, they now focused all their efforts on Airiala instead of splitting between her and Snape.
Although, starting over had been good for her and Snape as well. They continued to work on a potion that would unlock the Ultimate Truth, but no such luck even after another month of trying. Despite all the frustration they felt at not being successful, they hadn't lashed out at each other in almost a month.
"Ah, February," Raina said with a sigh as she set another book down on Dumbledore's desk, "The month of love."
Airiala laughed. "More like the month of massacre." She smirked as Raina glared at her.
"Very funny," Raina said with a pout. "This is a great month for love and romance, but all you think about is the negative things."
Pyro pulled his way in between the two girls, wrapping an arm over each girl's shoulders.
"Ladies, ladies, you are both right. February is a great month for love, but massacre is part of it too. Maybe we should just focus on the love and let the past stay in the past."
The three began to laugh as the door to Dumbledore's office opened and the Potions Master entered looking rather tired.
"Hey there Snap," Raina said with a wide smile. He glared at her before placing some papers on the Headmaster's desk.
He turned to leave when he heard Airiala's voice.
"Have a good day Professor."
He looked over at her sitting on the stairs next to Dumbledore's desk, a large book in her lap. She was smiling at him, looking healthier than she had in a long time. Snape knew it was because of him making sure she ate and slept properly and letting the "Christmas Incident" go. He nodded in reply before leaving the office.
"You know," Raina said after Snape had left the office, "the two of you have been somewhat civil to each other this year, almost like you were becoming friends."
Airiala smiled. "We are. I think all this potions work we've been doing is great for building our friendship, as well as improve my potion-brewing skills. I think it is a good thing, even if we haven't found the Ultimate Truth yet."
"I'm just glad you guys aren't fighting," Pyro said as he sat another book down. "I mean, what would Lando have thought?"
"Speaking of Lando," Raina said drawing her eyes over to Pyro. "Where is he? I've been here since the fall, you since Christmas time, and Airiala has been here all year. We've all been working our butts off trying to find the Ultimate Truth and Lando seems to be slacking in his duties. What could be taking him so long?"
Pyro shrugged. "His mother probably wanted to borrow money again. Every time she needs money she goes to Lando, knowing how possessive he is and that he isn't going to give her the money. This leads to a long argument that can last months until Lando's mother just gives up. One time, it went on for a whole year before she finally gave up and asked one of Lando's aunts instead."
Both Airiala and Raina rolled their eyes. "That is so silly," Airiala said. "Wouldn't it just be easier to just give his mother the money. I mean, that is his mother who gave birth to him and brought him into the world and took care of him when he was a child. Why wouldn't he help her out in her time of need?"
"Because it's his money," Pyro said with a strong emphasis. "Lando, as you will see, is extremely possessive and does not like to share. He is one of the cheapest people I know and heaven forbid you ask to borrow a cup of sugar or milk from the man."
Raina sighed. "That's true. He still wears the same clothes he did when he was 15, and they need to be mended but he doesn't want to give them to anyone to mend them. He's crazy that way."
Airiala nodded. "I see. How strange."
The elementals continued to search through Dumbledore's books. They were on the very last bookshelf in the man's office and were about to have to start again the library before too long. Nothing was being helpful at all in the search.
Airiala finally looked up at the clock and gasped.
"Wow!" she said. "I have to go. I promised Snape that we would work on another potion tonight and see if this one is any better that the last dozen or so we've worked on."
Raina and Pyro waved good-bye to the air elemental before turning to each other with wide smiles on their faces.
Airiala wasn't in a hurry. Classes were about to be over for the day and several students were enjoying the afternoon. As she watched the young first years flit about, she couldn't help but think how adorable they were.
Moments later several students came rushing in from outside, most with eyes full of panic.
Fearing that Lucius or some other Deatheaters had come back again for her, Airiala turned to face the threat.
The front door leading out into the large lawn of the school was wide open as children rushed in and Airiala's eyes widened in shock as she saw a man lower a large boulder onto the ground with ease.
He was tall, almost as tall as Snape was, with really long brown hair pulled back into a ponytail. He was wearing some of the rattiest clothes she had ever seen, and she had seen old pictures of Harry Potter when he was growing up.
The man jumped off the boulder and then dropped his hands. The boulder dropped to the ground as he started up the path to the school.
"Well," Airiala said to herself. "For some odd reason, I feel like Lando just arrived."