Half-Breed - Chapter One

Summary: "Half-human, half-leopard, it lies in silent wait. Waiting for the perfect time to make it's move, and, finally,
feed upon the human flesh and blood the it desires so much." Jade said, making Remus bow his head. "There can never be peace with a monster like that about. Kill me now, for I am that retched beast! You will never know peace, until I am dead."

((South Africa, 1988)
((16 years ago))

A little girl, about the age of 5, with long brown hair and shiny brown hazel eyes, runs about with a couple of older kids that were local to the area. She was from the United States. Her parents were there to film a documentary about some Ancient South African legend.

A high-pitched, screech-type roar sounded and the African kids seemed to freeze and look up. The two kids looked in the direction it came from and ran the opposite way, leaving the little girl alone, trembling in total fear.

"Jade! Get over here! The creature is out there!" Her father yelled and the little girl started to run toward him.

A growl escaped the throat of the hidden creature, it was angry.

Jade felt two clawed hands hit her square in her small back, sending her to the ground, with the creature on her back.

Jade whimpered as a set of jaws clamped down over her small right shoulder. She cried out in agony as jolts of pain were sent throughout her body.

((England)
((present day))

Cat-like brown hazel eyes open with a look of terror. A 21-year-old woman sits upright in her bed, a cold sweat dripping down her pale white cheeks.

Jade got out of her bed and walked into her bathroom, turning on the cold water. She cupped her hands under the flow of running water and shivered as the cold water touched her skin.

Jade splashed the water in her face and took in a deep breath. She looked in the mirror and sighed.

Tired hazel brown eyes gazed back at her. Pale white skin covered her face. Jade did a tired smile and looked at her teeth. Her canines were sharp and pointy and strong enough to saw through bone.

Jade let out a growl, which turned, quickly, into a roar as she looked into her reflection. She raised a fist and punched her reflection, shattering the mirror.

"Well, there goes another mirror." Jade said, absentmindedly. "I hate Half-Castes!" She said, angrily.

'But I am one, and I cannot escape it.' She thought bitterly.

Jade left the bathroom, rubbing her right shoulder, where the Half-Caste that made her had bitten her.

Jade flopped back down on her bed and swiftly drifted into sleep.

((Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry))

Headmaster Albus Dumbledore sat at his desk, looking at Minerva McGonagal with his twinkling blue eyes.

"Are you sure it is safe, Albus? Half-Castes are very dangerous creatures." Minerva said, looking worried.

"Only when provoked or angry, Minerva. Besides, she was a student here before, was she not. Jade Deveraux did not hurt not one single soul here, student and staff member alike." Dumbledore replied.

"Well. . ." Minerva started, but she never finished what she was going to say.

Potions professor, Severus Snape, burst into the room, making everyone inside, turn to look at him.

"Albus! I will not allow you to let that creature anywhere near the students!" Snape said, loudly.

"Severus, please call her by her given name. She is a human being, you know." Dumbledore replied, ever so calmly.

"But she's half-leopard! She may have the outer appearance of a woman, but she will rip out your heart, just like she did those poor kids all those years ago!" Snape countered.

"She was only 5-years-old when it happened. She could not control her powers back then, or her appetite for human flesh." Lupin said, finally, speaking up, after being silent through most of the meeting.

"Oh, yes, the werewolf will defend another of his half-breed kind." Snape taunted.

"Jade Deveraux will be a great addition to our Order and I hope you will treat her like the human being that she truly is."
Dumbledore said. "You may make you leave now."

The group got up and left without another word, but Snape did get in some groaning and growling when possible.