Pamela Potter – Secrets down Deep
This is Book 2 in the Pamela Potter Series
Summary: A new year and a new set of problems involving a secret hidden beneath the school for millennia, dealing with new powers and learning how to focus her magic since her wand became part of her in the form of vines.
This story will have adult themes be warned:
I just want to thank everyone who liked, followed and reviewed Book 1. I hope you enjoy Book 2 just as much.
Farewell
Pamela Lillian Potter wasn't what one would call normal. She had endured every form of abuse from her relatives since she was dropped on their doorstep as a baby. When she outlived her usefulness as a hole for hire, she was cast out on the street. During a specifically rough time she became plant-like and with it she became toxic. Her natural skin pigmentation is a tranquil green, but it is hidden by a rune designed specifically to fool those not in the know.
When she turned eleven she was introduced to Magical Britain and was invited to join Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. To attend the school you needed quite a few things, including a wand. At the end of her first year as she clung to sanity while being whipped by a man with two faces, her wand fused with her body and although the wand was made from Apple Wood, it trans-morphed into an ivy that encircled her entire body, like a weird 3D tattoo, taking root inside her veins and arteries. Another side effect, that suited Pamela just fine, was that The Trace, placed on every wand, was broken when the fusion occurred. Essentially she could perform magic outside of school without consequences, not that she would. Morality won't allow her.
The summer started out pretty okay, for the first week of the break Hermione had been there, after they got their homework done, they relaxed. Pamela had shown Hermione the different plants and which to avoid should Pamela not be nearby to calm them, outside the shop that is. When Hermione left for France with her parents, Pamela gave her a miniature Whomping Willow, an animate tree that could cause her amusement and keep pests at bay. To immobilize the small tree, Hermione simply needed to press a not at its base, that stopped it for a few hours, unlike a grown Whomping Willow like the one on Hogwarts grounds.
After Hermione left all communication seized to be, or so it seemed. For a week no mail came in, Tonks became suspicious so she asked her mother to send the exact same letter to her work and to their home. The letter send to the Auror Offices came through, but not to their house. When Tonks brought up the issue with her superiors an investigation was opened and it turned out that the mail simply vanished from the owls that had to deliver it after they crossed a certain point.
Although the Auror Office was baffled it was Pamela who found out what was causing it roughly a week after they figured out what was happening. It came in the form of a very frightened looking House Elf that was caught in the giant Bleeding Heart Lily that replaced Pamela's bed that summer.
"Who are you and what are you doing in my room?" Pamela folded her arms over her chest. "You aren't spying on me are you?"
"Dobby would never spy on the great Pamela Potter. Dobby is only a lowly house elf. Dobby is coming here to warn Pamela Potter. If Dobby's master knew that Dobby was here – Dobby doesn't want to think about it. But he had to come. Dobby has to warn Pamela Potter." The creature, Dobby the House Elf, rambled.
"What do you want to warn me about?" Pamela said sitting down, a giant flower bloomed stopping her from hitting the ground. This was part of a new talent she discovered, she has more control over the plants and the size they grow into.
"Pamela Potter must not return to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry this year."
"That, Dobby, is a threat not a warning. Why should I not return?"
"There is a plot," Pamela arched her brow, "A plot to make terrible things happen at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry."
"Plots are made daily. So unless you have some more information about this plot I will ignore it."
"Dobby can't say, Dobby must just save Pamela Potter."
"But you already have, from your reluctance I figured that it is your master plotting these terrible things. Am I allowed to guess what it is? You can shake your head if I am wrong and spaz out if I'm right."
"Dobby will do that, Miss."
"Is your master targeting me directly?" Dobby shook his head, "Muggleborn students perhaps?" Dobby pulled a face but nodded. "Dobby you do realize that my best friend is muggleborn, don't you?"
"Dobby wasn't aware of that."
"By saying that this plot your master is orchestrating is targeting people like my friend, you just ensured that I would return. I would give my live to save Hermione – and Fay." Pamela stood up and the flower she sat on vanished, her eyes began to shine. "Dobby I won't die, but if you try to prevent me from saving my friends, I will inject your body with a toxin that slowly burns you up from the inside. It will be a slow painful death."
"Dobby is used to death threats." He snapped his fingers causing a book to levitate across the room. "Dobby must save Pamela Potter." With that the little elf vanished. In his wake was several letters, the ones missing over the past two weeks.
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The little stunt that Dobby pulled with the levitating book had caused an owl directly from the ministry to arrive in her living room. Luckily Tonks was home at that time. She asked with an arched brow what happened and got the full story from Pamela. She wrote back to the ministry and told them about the visit they received. She also mentioned that they could have checked for House Elf magic when they were researching what caused the mail to vanish.
Pamela had gone over the mail and found an invitation to Fay's home. She wrote back that her mail was stopped and would love to come and visit them in Ottery St. Catchpole. Their house was known as Lagoon, but it was located in the town itself, meaning they needed to floo to another location before tracking to the Lagoon. Tonks was busy making the arrangements.
"Got it," Tonks shouted as she stumbled out of the fireplace. The two of them had long since learned that they can't floo properly, they always tended to fall. That was why Pamela had the softest grass in front of their floo fireplace.
"Where?" Pamela asked helping the Auror up.
"I tried getting us set up for The Rook, but the Lovegoods aren't home. Neither were the Flamels, not that we really expected them to be, since they are living out their last days."
"The Weasleys," Pamela stated.
"The Burrow, the house of Arthur and Molly Weasley yes," Tonks confirmed.
The next morning the two residents of The Little Shop of Horrors stood in front of the fireplace and waited for the flames to turn green. A little known fact about floo was that if no one was awake in your destination, the flames didn't go green. This is to prevent ashwinders to form, off course. When the flames did turn, Tonks popped her head into the flames. Pulling back Tonks nodded and the two of them walked through the flames and losing their balance upon reentry.
"We thank you again Mrs. Weasley." Tonks inclined her head. "Mrs. Dunbar told us that she regretted not being connected to the floo and to give you her thanks as well."
"Any time, dears. All I ask in return is that you have dinner with us when you get back." Pamela had warning bells chime in her head at that line. She wasn't sure why. She could see that Tonks was feeling similar.
"We wouldn't wish to impose Mrs. Weasley." Tonks smiled.
When they left the house Tonks told her about the Weasley matriarch a bit. For a while she was dating Charlie Weasley, the second oldest son, and every time she was invited to dinner she left feeling odd. When Charlie broke it off he told her that she had been under a mild love potion her mother cooks into their food, he normally tried to nick the potion laced food from her plate, but couldn't get to them all.
"And you think that she will try that to us?" Tonks simply nodded in reply.
When they arrived at the Lagoon, it was mostly abandoned. There were boxes on the front lawn and a moving van in the driveway. Fay was standing in the doorway waving them over. Pamela reluctantly went that way, she had only met Fay Dunbar the previous year and now it seemed like the girl was moving away.
"Glad you could come." Fay smiled.
"Why are you moving?" Pamela didn't want to waste the probable time left with her friend. So she wanted the un-pleasantries out of the way.
"Two main reasons," Fay smiled timidly. "The lesser one is that it is getting harder for me to breath with my normal lungs. The main reason is that He is going to find a way to return and my mom thought it would be better if we moved away from the isles, we're heading for Australia, where I'm going to attend the underwater school in the Black Lagoon."
"We'll miss you." Pamela smiled.
"Figured, now come on there is fresh Pacific Brew by the pool, you have got to at least meet my dad." Fay was dragging Pamela towards the pool much to Tonks' amusement.
The first part of the day was spent in the relatively deep pool, there was an entrance hidden behind the waterfall feature at that they dove down into to meet with Fay's father. He was a handsome salt water merman. He was polite and apologized for their rash decision to move. He had family in the Black Lagoon. When Pamela's tail flickered they knew that they had to surface.
The afternoon had them resting in the backyard just enjoying the summer sun. The day ended far too soon for Pamela. When it was time to go each of them gave the other a parting gift. Pamela gave Fay one of the Bleeding Heart Lilies she grew in her palm, Pamela figured out how to communicate through them, sure she only did so only within the confines of their home, but the theory was sound. Fay gave Pamela the remaining Pacific Brew and the recipe to make it. Her reasoning was that Pamela might enjoy an afternoon splash at the bottom of the lake at Hogwarts one day. The brew, properly stored could last for eight years.
Molly Weasley didn't let them leave before sharing a meal. The food was spectacular and by the end of dessert Pamela was feeling a bit lightheaded. When they reentered their home she went straight to the bathroom and emptied her bowels. There was a small pod floating between the sick that Pamela floated out cautiously. Placing it on the kitchen table she turned toward Tonks who shrugged. Pamela commanded the pod to open and she poured the liquid inside into a glass. Tonks was able to identify it by smell alone.
"That is a mild love potion." Tonks said, vanishing the liquid.
"So Mrs. Weasley did try." Pamela said frowning, "How does this one work."
"Well it creates an attraction to the person who you look in the eye first. It is slow acting and usually takes multiple doses."
"Well it was Ron sitting across from me –" Pamela began but was interrupted.
"But you didn't exactly make eye contact with him. You did however make eye contact with Ginny." She said smugly.
"I am not attracted to boys or girls, but I don't feel comfortable with guys after what happened to me."
"What not even me?" Tonks said with a mock pout then changed her body to that of a comic book super heroine and struck a sexy pose. Pamela arched a brow and made a shrub grow beneath Tonks' right foot causing her to loose balance into a waiting flower-chair.
"I find that you are attractive, but that doesn't mean that I am attracted to you." Pamela said sagely. Her mind drifted to the white skinned beauty briefly. "Besides I'm not even twelve yet, if I happen to fall in love it won't be until I'm at least fourteen."
Tonks merely stuck her tongue out while Pamela examined the pod. A sudden realization hit her just then. She opened the pod up more and took out the thirteen seeds with in it. She gave Tonks one of them to swallow. Seconds later Tonks was running for the bathroom and retched out another two pods. One containing the same love potion that Pamela had consumed the other was larger and contained a potion that Tonks couldn't identify.
"I don't think Mrs. Weasley gave me the second potion, there's too much there for a single dose." Tonks said placing a stopper in the vile she poured it in and vanishing the rest.
It wasn't until a few days later that they found out that the potion was a strong loyalty potion. The potion masters at HQ however couldn't figure out to whom the potion was linked to. It could be just about anyone and required a tear from that person in the potion to activate. Since DNA testing wasn't part of the magical world, they couldn't even hope to identify the person.
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First chapter of Book 2 done
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