Well everybody this was meant to be up yesterday but I got evicted from the computer... *sob* well anyways its up now! Enjoy~
Disclaimer: Don't own HP.. I do own, Leslie, Heather, Blott's Academy, Zero, Arielle, Adrina,Arias, and myself. Thelma is her own person... hehe
Oh yea! This chappie is dedicated to my awesome friend Thelma! Tis part of her late B-Day present :D (Even if I do make her kind of evil... or maybe a lot of evil- she knows I love her!)
In the infirmary, Amanda lay on a cot with both Harry and Ron looking down at her. Hermione had left to the library a while earlier. She had more homework than they did and was either too distraught to watch Amanda or just eager to start on her homework.
"Mate... I know this is going to sound kind of morbid.. but even when she's in a coma she's hot!" Ron blushed at his words and Harry gave a sort of smile. "I know what you mean... but it's the way you said it that made it sound wrong.." Ron blushed even further and then his attention was caught when Amanda moved.
She turned over and hugged her pillow. "Harry..." Ron's eyes widened and then he abruptly left the room. Harry who didn't understand followed his best friend. "Ron! Oy! Where are you going ?!" Ron who seemed to suddenly become deaf walked out of sight and then he heard it.
"Harry... love.." Harry blushed furiously and double checked that Amanda hadn't woken up. He sank into the chair by her bedside and put his head in his hands. He knew why Ron walked out on him, but it wasn't as if he could control what Amanda said in her sleep. Hell! He couldn't even control what she said when she was awake! Harry heard a rustle of sheets and then the soft breathing of someone who had woken up from a particularly nice dream.
"Harry? Why I am I here?" He turned and saw that Amanda was looking around. "That spirit woman came out and... you kind of fainted. You've been in a coma for two weeks," Amanda's eyes became as big as saucers and then her mouth opened in a small 'O'. It was excruciatingly cute.
"Does that mean that I missed the Halloween Feast?" Harry shook his head as she exhaled, looking relieved. "Actually that's tomorrow. In about an hour everyone is arriving. Ron and I had just been about to leave-"
"Where is Ron?" Harry got kind of awkward and that only fueled Amanda's curiosity. "What happened?" Harry looked up, to find that her face was only inches away from his. Green eyes met green and Harry was forced to look down.
"Well you said something... It made him kind of uncomfortable..."
"What did I say?"
Harry laughed nervously as he inwardly panicked. How were you supposed to tell a girl she had confessed her love in her sleep?
"You.. um.. said... that you were thirsty. He went to go get something from the kitchens." Amanda looked at him skeptically but then seemed to relent. Why did he lie to her?!
There was an awkward silence and then Harry glanced at the clock on the wall. "It's that late?! We won't see them arrive if we don't get there soon!" Harry grabbed Amanda's hand and ignoring Madame Pomfrey's yells of protest, he ran out into courtyard where everyone was gathering.
Hermione waved to them from the middle of the crowd, a sulky looking Ron next to her.
"Where were you? Ron said something about him acting like a prat?" Harry sent Ron a meaningful look and in turn the red head looked at the obviously confused Amanda.
"Why would Ron be acting like a prat if he went to get something from the kitchens?" Understanding flooded Ron's eyes and he smiled gratefully at Harry. Hermione and Amanda watched the silent exchange, both equally confused. Hermione had been about to ask something when someone shouted.
"Omigosh! Look!" Similar screams erupted from the crowd as they looked to the skies. Descending as though it was an airplane descending onto a runway was something that vaguely resembled a bus. As it got lower, Harry gasped as he recognized what it was. Apparently Mr. Weasley's car wasn't the only flying vehicle.
A luxury traveling bus, much like those that Muggles used to travel across the country in groups, landed on the grass in front of them. The bus was a deep burgundy and the steps that had magically appeared out of nowhere a stunning silver. A tall woman stepped out of the bus, nearly as pale as Amanda and with the same kind of charm a veela had. Scared looking girls stepped out of the bus, in uniforms of burgundy skirts and pale red blazers. Apparently they had adopted the Japanese uniform look. Most of the boys eyes were glued to the expanse of leg that was usually covered up by the cursed skirts of Hogwarts.
Dumbledore stepped out of nowhere and looked at the woman, whom was taller than him. (A/N: Dumbledore is kind of short compared to some other wizards) She embraced him with one arm and then in flawless English, "Hello Dumbledore! How many years has it been since I've seen Hogwarts? No don't answer that.. It'll make me feel old!" She giggled rather girlishly and then strained her eyes into the crowd. Harry felt Amanda tense up and he realized what the Headmistress of Blott's was doing.
"AH! Amanda! Well come here! Don't be shy!" Amanda smiled ruefully and sullenly went forward.
"Hello Headmistress Dowling..." The tall woman hugged the reluctant girl and then turned to her students.
"Heather! Leslie!"Amanda turned around and two of the most beautiful girls that they had seen (ignoring Amanda) walked forward.
One was short and the other impossibly tall. The shorter one wore black rimmed glasses and had red hair that were up in ragged ponytails. She was tanned and her blazer's sleeves seemed to be a bit too long. She looked terrified and on the verge of tears. Her hands, which were clad in fingerless gloves were at her mouth and she all but ran into Amanda's arms.
The other girl, was tall and graceful looking even when she wasn't moving. She had short hair that was pitch black. Her skin was pale as if she hadn't seen sunlight in a while, but not as pale as the Headmistresses or Amanda's. Her eyes were a shocking shade of blue and her uniform fit her like a glove. She seemed to be the exact opposite of the other girl. Her eyes unlike the other's were frighteningly composed and looked as though one glance could kill you.
Amanda looked down at the girl that was currently sobbing her heart onto Amanda's shirt. "There, there.. Leslie! Your glasses are going to fog up!" Leslie, looked up and then wiped her tears.
"But I missed you! I even begged Headmistress to let me come!" She seemed to lose all composure and broke into tears again. Amanda sighed and stroked the girl's red hair. The taller girl looked at Amanda and then with one last pat, Leslie moved.
"Look at me crying.. You probably wanted to say hi to your sister," Amanda hung her head and mumbled something that sounded like, "It could have waited," The tall girl who Harry assumed was Heather, walked forward. "Amanda..."
"Heather.."
Unlike the heartwarming scene they had just witnessed, this reuniting of sister's seemed cold. Icy cold. Without another word Heather turned away from her sister and returned to the crowd of girls.
Just like that the tension that had hung in the air, dropped. Amanda walked over to Leslie and dragged her into the crowd toward Harry, Ron and Hermione. The Headmistress looked as though she was going to protest, but Dumbledore laid a calming hand on her shoulder and with a meaningful look at him, she nodded.
"Guys, this is Leslie Farthing. She's my absolute best friend." Leslie who looked scared to be in a crowd of mixed gender gave a meek wave. "Leslie, this is Harry, Ron, and Hermione. They are my friends here," They said 'Hi' and then seemed to succumb to the mere brightness that they seemed to give off. Then a question Harry had been dying to ask made it's way out into the world.
"Um... not to be rude, but it just never occurred to me. Why don't you guys have accents?" Amanda and Leslie looked at each other and then burst out laughing.
"Well... We speak English in school. It's supposed to be our second language. We both speak Romanian actually," As Amanda was going to demonstrate her magical language skills there was some more shouting and it was apparent that their next guests had arrived.
After Beuxbatons and Durmstrang arrived, all four schools trudged into the warmth of the Grand Hall. A feast ensued and Dumbledore told them about the Goblet. As everyone was about to get out of their seats Dumbledore waved his hand in a gesture that meant only a bit more before they could retire.
"About the sleeping arrangements of Blott's. They will be split between the Ravenclaw's and Gryffindor's. Girls of both Houses, please assist them in finding there way around. Now good night everyone!"
Amanda who had been in deep conversation with Leslie looked up and then all but dragged her to the girls dormitories. What she didn't notice was that Thelma's group along with her sister seemed to be waiting for her.
"Amanda! Hey wait up!" Amanda tried to ignore their jeers and focused on getting to Gryffindor Tower. She could deal with Heather, not the rest of them. Someone grabbed her arm and Amanda turned to see a shaking Leslie. "Amanda... They're up ahead.. The girls you told me about..."
Amanda turned to see Thelma along with a couple of girls from Slytherin and Ravenclaw.
"Well, well... look who we got here. Drache with her little friend," Thelma's voice was a terrible sneer.
She turned to look at Leslie and her sneer grew even more. "Scamper and we won't harm you.." Leslie's grip on her sleeve got even tighter and Amanda knew there wasn't a chance of either one escaping.
"You seem cocky, even without your magic, Thelma."
"Oh, your sister took care of that. Apparently that little spirit thing in you just cast a stronger form of a Magic Binding Spell. Heather broke through it easily."
Amanda stared at the girl in front of her, her mouth open in shock. What did they mean by that? Did that mean that Heather was on that evil girl's side? Did that mean...
Amanda's thoughts were cut off when she felt herself thrown against the nearest wall. "What.. Do.. You.. Want.. From.. Me?!" Amanda's breaths felt like they were numbered.
Thelma laughed. "Didn't I tell you two weeks ago? I want revenge! R-E-V-E-N-G-E!" She let out a particularly evil cackle and Amanda felt her skin crawl. "You shouldn't have done that." This time it was Leslie speaking.
"And what is the widdle scaredy-cat fwiend of Mandy gonna do? Cry to mommy?" Thelma let out another laugh and then Amanda was grinning. Leslie may be timid, but when push came to shove she was a brilliant witch with more knowledge than most.
Leslie grinned and then pulled her wand out of her overly long sleeve. "Întuneric Luna Obligatoriius!" (A/N: Yes I used Google for this! Don't flame me for it.. tho if you happen to speak Romanian.. could you tell me if this translation is right. It means Dark Moon Binding)
Thelma looked around expecting major magic but then laughed as nothing seemed to happen. Something had happened except Thelma wasn't looking in the right places. Up on the ceiling was a circle that seemed to be cast in dark ink, slowly it seemed to descend. Finally it's spear of darkness reached Thelma and then she let out an inhuman shriek. The Dark Moon Binding Hex caused the person who was hexed to be in a excruciating pain that was only rivaled by the Cruciatus Curse. This one however posed no threat to a person's sanity so it was not illegal to cast. Well at least it wasn't in Romania. Amanda slowly got up from the floor and then walked over again to Leslie. "Les... okay.. Let her go." Leslie looked at Amanda, glad her friend was safe and then nodded. The dark light that had engulfed Thelma disappeared.
"I'm telling McGonagall about this!" Amanda looked at her with dispassionate eyes and then scoffed. "If you tell McGonagall, then I tell about what happened when I first got here."Thelma seemed to ponder this and then set off at a brisk pace, a furious scowl on her face.
Then she turned around. "This is far from over. You hear me?" Amanda nodded and then the group of girls disappeared.
"That was brilliant Leslie!" Harry, Ron and Hermione appeared from their hiding places behind the suits of armor.
Hermione walked over to the suddenly timid Leslie and began chatting her up about spells and such.
Ron and Harry walked over to Amanda. "Manda, remind me not to get on her bad side," Harry laughed at his best friends qualms.
"I think it's Amanda you should be worried about. What if she knows something worse than that?" Amanda laughed at her friends naivety.
"Don't worry. I don't spend all my free time looking up hexes and such like Les does. Frankly I feel bad for her Defense Against the Dark Arts partner. At least when I was her partner she kept her power somewhat contained. Oh yes I didn't tell you did I?"
Amanda smiled widely at her friend and then turned back to the two boys. "Since Leslie isn't here to compete she's going to be taking lessons with us!"
Harry and Ron looked at the girl dubiously and then chuckled nervously. Apparently the rest of the year would be an interesting one...
Woot! Yet another chappie in this series of events that seem to plague Harry... lol okay ill try to get the next chappie up sumtime this week, so until then later :D
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