Paranormal Academy
By
Linkandroid12
Chapter 1:
The Crown of Rowena
2010 –
April
I had been minding my own business when I heard about the crown.
"Did you hear about the artifact?" a girl asked to my right.
"Yeah. It is supposed to keep you from dying." A boy next to her said.
"But why would they not hide something like that in Gringots? Isn't it safer?" the girl asked.
"I don't think so. The sorcerer's stone was moved here from Gringots and it was not safe either. I am not sure what place is safe anymore." The boy said.
"But that was during you-know-who's time. There is no dark lord now." The girl said. I had had enough of this and decided to aske what the hell they were talking about.
"What are you two talking about?" I asked. I had been doing my homework in the library until I overheard their rather loud conversation. Loud to me at least –
"The crown of Rowena Ravenclaw. You really don't know what that is?" the girl sneered.
"No I don't. I am not up to date on the magical artifacts kept in the castle I am afraid. I am too-"
"You are too busy being a fag and keeping your nose in those books of yours." The boy sneered.
"Yeah," the girl agreed.
I went back to my work after that. If they were just going to be rude to me then they weren't worth talking to . It was true that I am gay but that does not mean anything. It is just another one of my traits, just like being a werewolf. Maybe … maybe I can turn this around. They are just irritating Griffindors anyway …
"We're going now fag," the girl said as she poked me in the shoulder. I rubbed my arm and pulled my robes up to inspect it. They gasped at the sight and covered their mouths.
"You were wrong girl." I said in a low voice.
"w-what do you mean?" she squeaked.
"There is still a dark lord. He may be a new one but he does exist." I said.
"That is a load of rubbish." The boy said as he rubbed her shoulder reassuringly.
"I assure you it is not." I said with a smirk.
'Just try to challenge me.' I thought.
"It is! If there was a dark lord he would have tried to take over by now." The boy said.
"Even if he did exist what is his name? Tell us if you know so much." The girl spat.
"Willow," I said simply. They both stared at me like I was off my rocker.
"You have got to be kidding." The boy said with a small fake laugh.
"If I was kidding then where did I get this scar? Why does it not look like any other magical scar? What kind of wizard would be able to create such a mark?" I said. I watched as expressions of confusion and anger passed over their faces. No one knew of the murder of the squib Shiela or of my attempted murder. Grandmother had kept it quiet and even tried to convince me that I had gotten the scar in a car crash.
"But that is impossible." The girl said at last. I glared at her.
I reached forward and put her hand on the mark. She gasped and flinched away.
"Tell me Samantha how did you feel when you touched that scar?" I asked. She gaped at me for a moment before composing herself.
"I felt dark magic. Nothing different considering you are a slimy Slytherin." She replied with a sniff.
"What kind of spell would cause such a dark aura?" the boy said as he pretended to be interested.
"Avada Kedavra," I said. At first they were scared as they believed I would be trying to kill them and then they broke out in gales of laughter.
"You two are too loud." Madam Pince said. She glared at the still laughing students and shrugged her shoulders.
"Do I have permission?" I asked her. She nodded. I had been helping her keep the library quiet since I had first set foot in here on my first day of classes.
"Quietus," I murmured as the light hit them. They immediately were silent and the librarian motioned for them to leave. They huffed silently but left the library.
"You told them about Willow didn't you?" she asked.
"yeah," I said.
"They will believe you one day. If they don't they are the fools." She said as she patted my shoulder.
Later that night I asked Jesse about the crown.
"Hey Jess," I started as I looked at him from on the floor. We were in his room hanging out. We had been friends since the first day and he was a Slytherin tool. We were so close now we were like brothers.
"What's up?" he asked.
"Do you know anything about the crown of Rowena Ravenclaw?" I asked bluntly. He blinked and then a contemplative expression crossed his face.
After a few moments he spoke,
"Yes I have heard of it. I assume you are asking because a student mentioned it?" he asked for confirmation. Good old Jesse … always knowing a situation before I even told him.
"Yeah," I said. After a minute he continued,
"The crown of Ravenclaw was supposedly a gift from a distant relative. Rowena's daughter inherited it from her mother. When she fell in love with a Slytherin she gave it to him to show how much she cared for him. He threw it in her face and then ran off."
"A few years later it went missing. No one knows exactly where it is. Even my father does not know. It is believed to be in a hidden passage near the Ravenclaw dorms. Why did you hear of this? Who toold you?" he asked. I stared at the floor for a moment as I tried to remember. The Griffindors all hated the Slytherins so I did not usually want to remember their names.
"Samantha Greywitch and Bobby Lioness." I said.
"Those two big-shot Griffindors?" he asked.
"Yeah, they are a bunch of losers." I said.
"They are supposed to be prefects. They spread rumors like the plague." Jesse said. We laughed at the description and I thought nothing of it.
That is until the next month … … …
The corridor was found by a Ravenclaw first year by accident. After that the new spread around the school that the crown of longevity as it was now called had been found. This brought the ministry to the castle so they could 'extract' an important artifact that should be examined. Headmaster Redalus tried to keep them away but even he had so much power.
"We will be having visitors from the ministry today." the headmaster announced with a sigh at breakfast.
"I am unhappy to inform you all that they refused me and have decided to come to look for the crown anyway." By now everyone knew what the 'crown' was. There were some who had gone looking for it but since the Ravenclaw girl found it no one else had been able to locate the secret passage.
"They want Molly Simons," he said as he stared at a girl with orange hair who sat at the ravenclaw table.
"to show them where it is." He finished. There was silence along the rows of students for a few short minutes. Then the hall erupted into loud whispers and snide remarks about the ministry.
"I want everyone else to stay out of their way. They are already irritated with the curriculum that I have devised. Do NOT get in their way." He warned. As the hall went silent again we resumed the morning meal.
"This is interesting." Jess said.
"No kidding. I hate the ministry." I said.
"Just cause they haven't given us rights does not mean they are all bad." Jesse said. He was referring to the fact that both of us werewolves had no rights. I still was not convinced of their glories.
"You keep believing that Jess," I said with bitterness.
A few hours later found us in my room. We had been reading for a while and then I had taken out my sketch pad. i always loved drawing fantastic creatures and this was no different. Before I knew it I had drawn a black werewolf in the middle of his transformation. But what was curious was the figure beside him. It was a creature with pointed ears and dark red hair. This creature also had strange markings that looked suspiciously like dragons all over his body.
"What did you create this time?" jess asked.
"I am not sure," I said as I showed him the drawing.
"as always you are amazing. What about the dragon boy?" he asked.
"I don't know. I had drawn him before I even had time to think." I said.
"Maybe you should lay off on the sweets dude." Jess said.
"I don't usually eat sugar Jesse. That is your department." I said.
We stared at the picture for a few minutes and then suddenly something just didn't feel right. The hairs on the back of my neck rose and stood on end. I looked over and saw that Jesse was experiencing the same thing.
"Let's go," we said together. We shared a glance that needed neither words nor gestures to be understood.
After going through the portrait hole I could smell the ransid scent of dead flesh.
"I smell it too," Jess said.
"Where is it coming from though?" he asked.
"I am not sure exactly but I can find out." I said as I started to walk toward the great hall.
As I reached the fourth floor however I took a sharp right.
"Where are we going?" Jess asked as he struggled to keep up with me.
"Wherever the blood is." I said simply as I continued to follow the scent. About twenty minutes later we came to a solid brick wall.
"Now what?" Jesse asked.
"We try to get in." I said as I touched the wall. It was not going to be that easy though –
I raised my fist and punched the wall as hard as I could. It shook and some words appeared.
"Speak the language of the elves if you wish to pass."
"Do you know it? I don't." Jess asked.
"Yes," I said as I chanted the words,
"I am not meaning harm. Let me enter."
The wall shook again and then was not here anymore. Stretched before us was a dark corridor with Ravens along the walls.
I took a few tentative steps forward and we both proceeded normally when the ravens did not try to attack us. They were statues but with Hogwarts you never can tell what will and what won't. As we walked down the corridor it got progressively darker.
"Where are you Teddy?" Jesse's voice asked from behind me. It was pitch black now but I could still see.
"Walk ten paces forward. You can hang onto me if you want." I told him.
"That might be a good idea. Getting lost down here is not a smart idea." He said as he grabbed my shoulder.
I began to feel uneasy when we started walking through liquid. I reached down to the floor and dipped my fingers into the substance. I almost gagged when I broght my fingers closer to my mouth.
"That's definitely blood." I said.
"yeah," Jess said.
"whatever you do don't slip." I said.
"I won't." he assured me.
A few turns into darker hallways and we were in a brightly lit chamber. Raven statues were life-sized and their eyes watched us. The blood was smeared all over the walls in gory patterns.
"Whoever did this is gonna pay." Jess said as his hand tightened around my shoulder.
"Easy Jess," I said as I glanced at him.
"Unfortunately we might get in trouble if we commit violence on campus." I said. I could see the bloodlust in his eyes but there was nothing either of us could do about it now.
"So you have come again boy?" a voice said.
'I would know that filthy silky voice from anywhere.' I thought in disgust.
"So the great Wolf who Lived has come to exact revenge." He taunted.
"at least I still have my own body Willow. Unlike you who has to take the form of another." I sneered.
"Who's fault is that?" he asked in that same disgusting silky voice.
"Yours," I said with intensity in my voice. He blinked and then the eyes of the one he had possessed turned black.
"You think I am afraid of you now child? You are no more better at controlling your magic then back in 2000." He said.
"Is this an improvement?" I asked as the statues began to shake violently.
"No, you are just the same spoiled brat." He said.
"Tell me Willow why did you become a dark lord?" Jesse asked from his place behind me.
"Who are you to aske such a question?" the dark lord asked.
"My name is Jesse Black." Jesse said.
"Ah another filthy Black. Aren't there enough of you already? That pathetic former lord Voldemort utilized your family and lost his war. I however, am not so stupid." The man said.
"And that means what?" Jess asked.
"That your family were not the loyal dogs that he was asking for. Therefore, they failed him. This in turn makes you a failure as well." He replied. I grabbed Jesse's wrist before he could land a punch on the infuriating man. No one insulted the Black family and got away with it!
"And that," Willow said as he indicated the position Jess and I were in,
"Is disgusting. You two really are gay as they girl said you were." He finished.
"That has nothing to do with this situation. Are you really that insecure to have to make fun of others?" I asked as I closed my eyes.
"What?" the man asked.
"I merely told the truth." I said.
"You lie!" Willow yelled as he reached down to the floor and kicked something. Both Jess and I were disgusted to find that it was the body of the first year Ravenclaw girl. The body was almost unrecognizable for all the blood and gashes that littered it.
"why did you kill her?" I asked.
"She is part Veila. I thought that her Ravenclaw blood mixed with that would make a nice way to stay alive." Willow said.
"Or a nice way to prove your cowardice." Jesse said.
"You know nothing of life boy." He said.
"Apparently I know more than you. You would think that a dark lord would at least use what he can to try and figure out a way to return. Maybe find a potion or something … But you are sinking so low as to kill a girl, use her blood, and try to use a fabled artifact." Jess said. It was amusing to watch the expressions of anger that Willow was able to possess.
"You will pay for that. Avada Ked-"
"no you don't. Protego," I said as a black shield appeared in front of us. Considering this would not do much I stood in front of Jess. If I had survived the killing curse before why not now? The curse rebounded and hit a wall –shattering it.
"Again? How have I failed you Serga?" Willow asked. I was so stunned that I didn't even catch the strange name.
Then he did something I did not think he would have the smarts to do. He walked toward me and touched my skin. Immediately the area turned red and blisters formed on his hand. He cried out and let go but they had spread to his elbow already.
'I don't know how that happened but I can use this.' I thought.
I edged closer to the dark lord and placed a hand on his face. He screamed as the blisters began to spread.
It didn't take long for them to encase half of his body. I did not remove my hand from him. He continued to scream as the skin started to turn black. Just as the blisters spread throughout the entire body he erupted inn flames. They engulfed him in seconds and that was the last of him. The last of the body he had inhabited for god knows how long …
His soul flitted across the room and crashed into the wall. Enraged it traveled back the way it had come. As it spied me it made a beeline toward me. I sidestepped the spirit but tripped on something. Something that felt suspiciously like the body of a girl … … …
"You are alright," Jess said as I opened my dark brown eyes.
"Yeah," I said. My voice was cracked and hoarse.
"How long have I been out?" I asked. He gave me some water before answering.
"About two weeks Teddy."
"What? What the hell happened after the spirit …" I began.
"You can relax dude. After you fell the Potions master Professor Glenwood walked into the corridor. He helped me get you and the body of the dead girl out of the passage. We were met by my father after that. The girl's body was taken to his office where his family was and I personally brought you here." He explained.
"I missed the exams didn't I?" I asked with a hint of disappointment in my voice.
"That is not relevant." A voice said. For a second I thought it had been Jesse but then I saw Headmaster Redalus in the doorway to the hospital wing.
"Sir … I," I said in confusion.
"You are not required to take the exams. Although you did not fight you did get rid of a dark lord – at least for now. If you wish to take the practical exam I will allow that." He said.
"I would like that Professor." I told him.
"I shall inform Tesla the Offensive teacher that you wish to take the exam. You may take it whenever you are able. Just let me know first. I wish to be there." He said.
"Why sir?" I asked.
"I wish to see what you are capable of." Is all he said.
"Are you ready for this?" Tesla a middle aged witch turned Offense teacher asked me.
"Yes," I said.
"We shall begin then." She said as she waved her wand in the air.
The objects in the room began to float in the air. I blinked a few times and then stepped back just in time. A bookshelf raced toward me and nearly hit me on the head. I cast Flipendo on as many of the objects as I could to keep them back.
This went on for about fifteen minutes before the objects returned to their proper places.
"Very good Mr. Lupin." The instructor said.
"Thanks but I didn't really do anything." I said.
"we will see." She said as she opened a box. What kind of slimy creature would she be hiding in there?
What stepped out of the box though was something I had never seen before. Hidden underneath a cloak bandages covered its hands and feet. The creature looked straight at me and there were no eyes. All of a sudden the room chilled and I could see icicles forming on Tesla's nose.
'What is this creature?' I thought in confusion.
I started to hear screaming and then her face popped into my head. I saw her die again. Saw Shiela die as I could do nothing to stop it. Saw what I had thought was my fault since that day. What was I going to do …
'This creature cannot be real! I don't know how but I can just tell that its power is much less than it should be. Could it be a boggart. The memories are what I am most afraid of. What guilt I still hold onto must not hinder me now. I have to do something. Might as well try that spell she taught us to combat Boggarts.'
"Riddikulus," I murmured as I imagined the creature wearing a dress. The spell did not work unfortunately. It made the creature angry for which it began to slither toward me. I was not looking forward to being touched by that thing. I stepped to the side as it reached the place I had just been. It was worse when close up. The creature had a sort of rotting smell about it that was so powerful it made me dizzy.
"You can stop now. That Mr. Lupin is a Dementor. They are impossible to combat if you do not know the spell." Tesla said.
'Dementor, thanks for telling me.' I thought.
I did random spell work in my spare time. I had read about the Dementors and how to combat them. I had just never tried to perform the spell before. I knew the theory but theory alone won't help.
'I guess something happy …
The first time I met and found out who Jesse was …
That should work on the slimy Dementor. I am not sure how much longer I can have that thing around me. The scent makes me want to puke.'
I pulled my wand from my right hand and put it in my left. It was always easier to do more advanced magic when my left hand was the wand hand. I did the wand movements as I cried,
"Expecto Patronum!" Immediately a black light shot out of my wand. The light seemed hesitant for a moment and then slowly took the shape of a black wolf.
"Go," I instructed. The apparition needed no more prompting as it charged toward the Dementor.
The Dementor was knocked over by the wolf and fell on its ass. With an angry hiss it got back up. A fierce bite from the wolf forced it to the ground again.
"That is enough. I have seen what I wanted to and so much more." Tesla said as she quickly conjured her own patronus. It chased the Dementor back into the box and both patronuses then faded away.
"You are a remarkable young wizard Mr. Lupin." Professor Tesla said.
"No, if I may, Tesla?" the headmaster said as he cleared his throat politely.
"Of course Redalus." She said with a nod of her head.
"yu are a remarkable werewolf Teddy Remus Lupin."
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