ME: Yeahhh, Antauri's new(old) friend comes now.

Antauri: What have you just muttered?

Me (sweating): No-Nothing.

Antauri (smirks): Oh really.

Me: Stop that, it's creepy when you smirk.

Melody: She's right, with your smirk you don't have to wonder why she called herself EvilAntauri. You would make a good bad guy.

Antauri: On whoes side are you?

Melody: Uhhhm...SRMTHFG and Harry Potter doesn't belong to EvA. Read and Review.

"I hate you Antauri. Just LEAVE!"

Antauri bolted up from his dream, his fur stood on end and he was gasping hard. Then he calmed down and swallowed tears. Would that day always haunt him? With a deep sigh, he carefully jumped from Melody's bed and left the girls room of the fifth-class. He snuck down into the Gryffindor Common Room.

His fur was about to lay down and he started to relax in front of the open fire when Chiro came in. Immediately Antauris fur stood on end again and the tom hid behind a chair. He looked at Chiro carefully and saw him, pulling out a communicator.

"Chiro to monkey team", began the boy. "Monkey team come in."

"Chiro", answered a voice with an accent that matched the country.

"It's Gibson, what is it?"

"I don't think he's here", answered the teen and Antauri's heartbeat fastened.

"Don't give up that fast Chiro."

Slowly Antauri shook his head. They surely weren't here for him. Hell, they didn't even know he was here.

"I'm sure Mandarin is somewhere in the school", went Gibson on.

Antauri stopped breathing for a second. His ears twitched in surprise. Mandarin was here? The Mandarin, his older brother and former leader?

"If you say so", mumbled the teen.

"I wish Antauri was here. He…" Gibson was interrupted by Chiro and Antauri flinched back at the words.

"But he isn't", hissed the teen and Antauri let out a short whimper, succeeded by a gnarl. "He's left us alone. I don't wanna see that traitor."

Traitor, snarled the tom in his mind. He had left because Chiro ordered him to.

Suddenly Chiro ran past him and back into his room. Antauri was frozen in place, trying to handle the new information.

"A busy boy", sneered a familiar voice and Antauri spun around. A tom with greenish-brown eyes and dirty orange fur emerged from the shadows. "Mandarin", gasped Antauri, forgetting to keep his identity hidden. "You know my name", asked the other tom with a raised eyebrow. Antauri remained silent and eyed his brother. Why was he here? Was he plotting something or was he just hiding? Did he have an evil plan? Was he a danger to the school? Who had turned him into a cat? Would he be a danger for Melody? "So, why do you know my real name?" Mandarins question snapped Antauri out of his thoughts and he answered: "Watch with your heart brother, not with your eyes."

A slight smile appeared on the snow-white face of the tom, when he saw Mandarins eyes widen with realisation. "A-Antauri", gasped the orange tom. "I-I thought you…" Antauri cut him off.

"Listen Mandarin", began the former second in command of the HyperForce. "I don't know why you are here and I don't want to know. I won't tell the HyperForce about your presence here, as long as you are no threat to anyone. I don't want them to know about my presence here either." Mandarin seemed stunned, then he asked: "Why wouldn't you tell?"

Antauri looked to the ground. Why…why after already five months did it still hurt that much?

"I'm no part of the HyperForce anymore", answered Antauri with bitterness in his voice.

"Why?", asked the former leader with a bit of brotherly sympathy in his voice. Antauri hesitated, then he said: "I was planning to explore the castle and the school-grounds tomorrow, when Melody has her classes. Why don't you join me, then I'll maybe tell you."

"Why not. I would get bored anyway", answered Mandarin. "Then meet me tomorrow in the Great Hall after breakfast." With that he turned around and walked towards the girls rooms. "See you tomorrow", called the white tom, then he disappeared on the steps. With a deep sigh, he curled up on Melody's bed again, hoping to get a bit more sleep.

-during breakfast-

During the whole breakfast, Melody looked at the dozing tom in her lap worriedly. With a sigh she said: "He hadn't slept much again."

"He's still hurt", answered Metal simply and glanced at Chiro, who sat a few meters away. Melody had told them about the fact that it was 'the' Chiro. "Is it really him?", asked Synphony for the sixteenth time and for the sixteenth time Melody answered: "Antauri is sure about it." "But why is he…"

Metal was interrupted when a strange orange tom, jumped onto the bench, next to Melody. It ignored the humans and meowed loudly. Antauri opened his eyes, jumped from Melody's lap, onto the ground and stretched.

He signalled Melody that everything was alright and then the cats dashed off. "Well", meant Melody stunned. "At least he found a new friend." Metal and Synphony nodded, looking as surprised as Melody, then the three realised the time and ran off. They didn't want to be late in their first lesson with the famous Harry Potter.

Antauri: Why the hell did you choose Mandarin for that?

Me: No cursing in here!

Antauri: I curse whenever I want, now say, why him. Why would i possibly tell him anything?

Me: You'll see.