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Sky Arcobaleno and New Friends
It's been 6 years since Hecate Iris Carmenta Potter, resident Girl Who Lived, was left with her mother's sister's family, the Dursleys. Young Hecate is now 7 years old and quite beautiful for someone her age.
And let me tell you, her life was not a walk in the park. The young witch was forced to cook, clean, wash the dishes and any chore you can think of at a young age, and if they were not finished by the time Vernon, her uncle, came home...she would get a beating/whipping and get locked in the cupboard under the stairs for a couple of days without food or water before she was let out after a couple of days. She grew up to be a sneaky, sly, cunning, sarcastic and quiet young her, but she was also strangely kind, caring and accepting. But if you anger her...well, like they say; 'Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned' but with Hecate it's more like 'Hell hath no fury like a goddess angered.'
After all, Hecate, Iris and Carmenta are names of goddesses. Hecate was variously associated with crossroads, entrance-ways, dogs, light, the moon, magic, witchcraft, knowledge of herbs and poisonous plants, ghosts, necromancy, and sorcery. In the post-Christian writings of the Chaldean Oracles (2nd–3rd century CE) she was regarded with (some) rulership over earth, sea and sky, as well as a more universal role as Saviour (Soteira), Mother of Angels and the Cosmic World Soul. She was one of the main deities worshiped in Athenian households as a protective goddess and one who bestowed prosperity and daily blessings on the family.
Hecate may have originated among the Carians of Anatolia, where variants of her name are found as names given to children. Hecate was also worshipped in the ancient city of Colchis. William Berg observes, "Since children are not called after spooks, it is safe to assume that Carian theophoric names involving hekat-refer to a major deity free from the dark and unsavoury ties to the underworld and to witchcraft associated with the Hecate of classical Athens."[7] She also closely parallels the Roman goddess Trivia, with whom she was identified in Rome.
Iris is the personification of the rainbow and messenger of the gods. She is also known as one of the goddesses of the sea and the sky. Iris links the gods to humanity. She travels with the speed of wind from one end of the world to the other, and into the depths of the sea and the underworld.
And Carmenta is an ancient Italian goddess of prophecy, who protected women in child-birth. In Rome she had a priest attached to her, the flamen Carmentalis,and a shrine near the gate under the Capitol, named after her the porta Carmentalis. On this spot the Roman matrons celebrated in her honour the festival of the Carmentalia, the flamen and pontifex assisting. Two Carmentes, called Porrima or Antevorta, and Postvorta, were worshipped as her sisters and attendants. These names were sometimes explained with reference to childbirth, sometimes as indicating the power of the goddess of fate to look into the fast and future. In the legend of the foundation of Rome Carmenta appears as the prophetic mother, or wife, of the Arcadian stranger Evander.(Quoted from the Wikipedia)
What can I say? Since Hecate was young she was forced to do all kind of labour and was, and still is, a victim of abuse and neglect. The only time and place she can escape from her life is when she's either at the library, forest or park. But she mostly spent time in the library, reading many books on magic, mythology, and anything. She was much like Matilda from a book she read. This also caused her to become socially awkward, shy and a smart girl.
It was exactly on July 31st 1987, her 7th birthday, she was beaten as a present and kicked out with only "Come back in a week" as a parting gift. As she limped towards the forest, a place she knew all to well and even has a small secret base/hideout, she let a small sob escape from her lips.
'Why? Why! Why do they hate me so much? What did I do?' She mentally asked herself when she reached her hideout. Her hideout was a small and old tree house that was abandoned and was built near a beautiful and mystifying lake, which by the was called Blue Sky Lake, by the sign.
Once she climbed the tree and sat on an old orange blanket, the only thing she has from her parents, with the initials 'H.I.C.P.B.' sewn on it in sky blue coloured elegant cursive letters, she looked at her wounds and let another sob escape her throat, before she sighed as yellow flames covered her wounds and started healing them.
You see, Hecate has a little secret. She's a pyromaniac. Actually, she can control fire, but not just any fire, rainbow coloured fire, and they all have special abilities. But she'd rather not reveal it now, maybe someday, but not now. After healing, Hecate brought out her hand and the flames appeared. Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, Purple and even Black flames! They sometimes remind her of the weathers. The Orange one reminds her of the Sky that draws in and accepts everyone. But is also protected. The Red flames remind her of a Storm, it destroys everything in its path, but it's also very loyal to its Sky. The Yellow flames remind her of the bright Sun, caring for the injured, but if angered it burns. Green flames remind her of Lightning, but she's not sure why, maybe it's because they have the appearance of lightning? Maybe. Blue flames remind her of the soothing Rain that washes away all the pain she feel. Indigo flames remind her of Mist, sneaky and deceiving everyone left in its wake. Purple flames rind her of Clouds, aloof and keeping away from others, yet still protects everyone, mainly the Sky. And finally, the Black flames remind her of the Night, bitter and cruel but also protective of the Sky.
She was interrupted by two gasps, and as they flames disappeared she spun around and saw three girls, a woman and a man. The first girl had shoulder length spiky, but straight, brown hair with bangs nearly covering her teal blue eyes and pale skin, and was also quite tall, maybe she was my age or a little older, and was wearing a plain black suit, but instead of the pants, she had a skirt, and wore an Indigo dress shirt. The other girl had long messy light pink hair that reached her back with blue eyes, a small button nose and she was also probably my age and was a little shorter then the first girl, half a head shorter probably, and was wearing the same thing but with a yellow dress shirt. The third and final girl was probably the youngest and the shortest out of them.
She wore a big, white, mushroom-shaped hat with half of the emblem of something on it and a large black bar at the sides, with two orange stripes flanking it. Her clothing also consists of a long coat with the same emblem at the bottom right and left sides. Underneath, she wore a pant-skirt and a short blouse that reveals her stomach. She has blue eyes and her hair is short in front, but longer at the back and is a dark teal colour. And has the same strange emblem under her left eye. The woman, who I assume is the mother of the last girl, looks remarkably like her, but with a few differences. She had shoulder length hair with parts of it on both sides of her head braided up and tied at the back and sharp blue eyes the same shade as her daughter's. She's wearing a long sleeved red shirt with a black necktie, black skirt and black high man has blond hair that appears to be gelled back and greyish eyes, and he dons a black suit.
Momentarily, they were staring at a small, to skinny and unhealthy pale red haired, green eyes little girl who looks surprisingly like Aria's little sister, Lily Potter(Evans by Adoption), and niece and goddaughter, Hecate Potter. But what also surprised them and her that she had all seven flames of the Sky and also the Vendice's flame!
Hecate looked at them terrified. They saw her with her fire, now they're going to tell the Dursleys and she's gonna get a beating! And maybe...they'll even take away her flames! She was cut off from her hysterics by the woman who's slowly approaching her with a kind, sad smile. When she tried to touch her she flinched and cringed away.
"Hello," the woman began softly "my name's Aria, I'm 28. That's my daughter, Yuni. She's six." She pointed towards her daughter, the youngest "That's Gamma, my right hand man, best friend, Yuni's father, and my husband." He smiled at her and waved. "Those two are Sakura Momo, or you would say Momo Sakura, age 7," the pinkette waved shyly before hiding herself behind the taller one "and that's Kirisaki Haruka, or Haruka Kirisaki, and she's also 7. What's your name?" Hecate cowered and stayed silent, Aria smiled sadly. She and Gamma(Haruka probably too) could see that someone abuses her daily.
She moved closer, still having that gentle smile on her face. "Here, let me tell you a secret. If I tell you my secret and tell you what those flames are, will you tell me your name?" The young witch nodded hesitantly after a pause making the adults smile.
Aria held up a hand and orange flames lit up, shocking Hecate. 'S-She's like me?' She asked herself. "Not only me, but they too. C'mon guys, show her yours too." She was even more shocked when the same orange flame appeared on Yuni's hand, a green flame on Gamma's, yellow on Momo's and indigo on Haruka's.
"Hecate Potter." The words left her mouth before she could even think. She covered her mouth with wide eyes.
Aria took a deep breath, this is her niece and goddaughter. What is she doing in such a state? Horrible baggy clothes...
"Hecate, honey, was you mother's name Lily?" Hecate found herself nodding to the kind woman's question, and a quick flash of relief, sadness and remembrance was shown in her eyes as she smiled and tears fell from her eyes, worrying the young Potter.
"M-Miss? Miss Aria are you alright? Did I do something? Oh no! What did I do? Did I-" she was cut off by Aria hugging her tightly and she saw Miss Sakura, Miss Kirisaki, Miss Yuni and Mr. Gamma cheering silently while doing a strange dance.
"Hecate, I-I...I'm you aunt." She said after a couple minutes of hugging the girl, shocking Hecate. "B-But Miss Aria...my aunt is Petunia Dursley." Aria scowled at the woman's name. "There's no way in hell that that horrible woman is related to me or Lily, and there's no possibility she's related to Lady Sepira nor my mother. Lily was kidnapped when she was young and adopted by the Evans Family, we kept in touch, but six years ago she mysteriously stopped sending letters. And Hecate, sweety, I want you to know that your parents, James and Lily, were amazing people. And I'm also your godmother." She smiled, yet again, at the wide eyes child.
"Petunia told me that they were horrible alcoholics and drug addicts, and they dies in a freak accident. Leaving me with them." Yeah, the Dursleys are dead. Gamma flinched, he doesn't even want to know how they'll die, but he knows it will be painful. Momo, Haruka and Yuni didn't know what's going on, but they know that this Petunia and her family are in big trouble.
"They weren't alcoholics nor were they drug addicts. And they were...I don't know how they died, but I can guess." Aria then smiled and put her on her lap "Now, you want to know more about the flame right?" The child in her lap nodded.
"The flames are known as the Dying Will Flames of the Sky are seven different colored Flames that are named after the seven phenomena in the sky: the Sky itself, Storm, Rain, Sun, Lightning, Cloud, and Mist. These seven attributes of the Sky Dying Will Flames are named after the titles of the Vongola Boss and his Guardians. Now, while they are all referred as "Flames", some attributes have properties more similar to other natural elements, such as water and electricity.
"While there are flames as the Dying Will Flames of the Earth and the special flames such as Snow flames, Wrath Flames that only a man named Xanxus has and Night flame users are the Vindice, a group that keeps the mafia laws. But before we start, everyone here is in the mafia." She received and unamused look in response making her smile.
"Among all the seven attributes, Sky Flames, the orange ones, possesses the greatest propulsion power, specially those of high purity. Described as having many mysteries, its special trait, Harmony, represents a state without contradiction nor flaws in which the balance of the whole is maintained. Furthermore, two different "types" of Sky Flames have been presented. One is the normal, "soft" Flame that has great stability. The other is the high purity, "hard" Flame that is more volatile but packs more power. Bearers of the Sky attribute are said to be exceptionally rare and most of the known ones share the common trait of possessing great insight.
""Soft" Flames has a core that is pale orange in color, but they gradually become of a deeper shade in the area closer its edges. Meanwhile, the core of "hard" Flames are of a very dark, almost reddish shade of orange and the parts closer to its edges are colored by varying tones of orange. Me and Yuni have Sky flames." As Aria went on explaining the other attributes she shook her head in disbelief at all this. First of all her day started out horrible, now it just keeps getting better and better!
"Did you get all that?" She blinked and nodded at her aunt "Now, I've decided to take you away from Petunia and her family. Would you like that?" Hecate nodded her head eagerly. She couldn't wait! And by so far, this has been the best day of her life!
Then, Hecate blinked. "Um...Miss-Aunt...Can I call you aunt Aria?" Aria nodded "Can you tell me what this is?" She took out a brilliant orange pacifier that was glowing softly. Gamma and Aria choked.
'Hecate is the Sky Arcobaleno!'
This is gonna be a long night. And when they were done explaining, Hecate took it quite well, if swearing to kill Checkerface was "went well".
"Why are there so many songs about rainbows
And what's on the other side
Rainbows are visions
But only illusions
And rainbows have nothing to hide
So we've been told
And some choose to believe it
I know they're wrong, wait and see"
Okay, next chapter is when Hecate gets her Hogwarts letter, so a 5 year timeskip. Let me tell you now that Momo and Haruka are gonna go too, but since Yuni is a year younger than them she's gonna start when the girls are in their 2nd year.
Now, don't be surprised if the Arcobaleno don't know about Hecate being their Sky, Aria had a feeling that if they stuck to her, Hecate might feel trapped with all these overprotective guardians, so she, they, didn't tell the rest.
So right about when Hogwarts starts the KHR series will start too. And about the test during the Future arc? Aria will take her place as the acting Sky Arcobaleno. And she will tell the other Arco just that. She's young and at school. So they'll probably think that it's Yuni.
Summer break between First a Second year will be when the Arcobaleno battles will take place. But in the future arc, Hecate mysteriously died sometime before it started making Yuni the new Sky Arcobaleno. Just to let you know, Aria took Hecate from the Dursleys.
The reason why she has 8 flames is because the Dursleys but also inheritance. Lily had Sky and Storm flames while James had Mist and Cloud flames, while Sirius and Remus blood adopted her, and Sirius had Mist and Lightning and Remus had Sun and Rain. She gained the Night flames at the Dursleys 'cause you have to have immense hate towards them and I think that's how you get the Night flames. And I have a theory people get their flames from their parents, sometimes. But that's what I think, you might think the opposite.
If I'm forgetting something please tell me.
Reviews:
Teyranas - It started out as a typo but I decided later that half of them would think that she's a girl but the other half would think she's a boy. And I changed it to girl.
Cormin12 - I fixed it
harysowl - Yeah it kind of is -_- But, don't worry. It will get better as I write.
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