A/N I know that Ron was sitting down and then Lupin changed, but I'm doing it so Ron is at the hospital before Lupin changes :)
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Antheia POV
Ginny woke me and everyone up during the night. She was screaming and I rushed over to her side, finding her in the dark. I had transformed to hide her in my wings, she seemed to feel unsafe without someone next to her. She must still be dreaming about the chamber. I shushed her and stroked her head.
"It's okay, you're safe now" she was shaking and sniffling. I felt guilty. It was after all my father that abducted her, and used her. Just thinking about it made me feel angry and ashamed. I noticed that she wasn't calming down and began to sing to her, all the while swaying from side to side.
"I remember tears streaming down your face
When I said, "I'll never let you go"
When all those shadows almost killed your light
I remember you said, "Don't leave me here alone"
But all that's dead and gone and passed tonight
Just close your eyes
The sun is going down
You'll be alright
No one can hurt you now
Come morning light
You and I'll be safe and sound
Don't you dare look out your window darling
Everything's on fire
The war outside our door keeps raging on
Hold onto this lullaby
Even when the music's gone
Gone
Just close your eyes
The sun is going down
You'll be alright
No one can hurt you now
Come morning light
You and I'll be safe and sound
Oooh, Oooh, Oooh, Oooh
La La La La
La La La La
Oooh, Oooh, Oooh, Oooh
La La La La
Just close your eyes
You'll be alright
Come morning light,
You and I'll be safe and sound...
Oooh, oooh, oooh, oooh oh oh..."
I looked down to see that she was asleep, peacefully. I smile and tuck her back into bed. I smile but suddenly begin to feel thirsty. I turn to walk downstairs when I see all the Weasleys standing at the doorframe, smiling at the scene. I blush. "Dear, that was beautiful..." I blush.
B"Thank you...she's asleep now, so..." I trail off, not wanting to offend them by finishing my sentence. Molly smiles and pushed them all back to their rooms. I smile and go back to bed, exited for another day in the Weasley household.
I had woke up to the sight of Scabbers resting on my chest. I scream and Ron runs into the room. He takes Scabbers off me and I sigh. "What have I to,d you about keeping your rat to yourself..." I mumble, getting out of bed. He grins sheepishly and I roll my eyes. "Breakfast!" I hear Molly call from downstairs and I stretch as I walk down the stairs.
I see everyone is already there and Ginny saved me a seat next to her. "Morning" I smile and sit down. I ended up sitting inbetween Percy and Ginny. I grinned at the bright sunlight. Soon, a plate of scrambled eggs and toast was placed infront of me. I smiled and thanked Molly.
Most of breakfast consisted of Arther talking about muggels and the ministry and Fred and George thinking about opening a joke shop. I encouraged them, they were the best pranksters I knew, I was sure their shop would be a success. "Why not open a bar too?" Percy rolled his eyes, thinking the idea was idiotic. "Ohh! We could and we'd have Antheia sing for entertainment!" I giggled. "You could have the bottom floor a bar full of different potions that could temporarily change something about a person, their hair eyes, stuff like that"Fred and George nod their heads. "That's sounds like a good idea!" "No you will not! This whole thing is moronic and-" "brilliant" I smirk after I cut him off. "I was actually thinking about possibly pursuing a career as a singer...but that would be stupid, I'd never make it" it seemed like everyone stopped what they were doing and looked at me.
"Are you joking? You're brilliant!" Fred grinned. "You're better than brilliant actually" George smiled and I blushed. "Thank you" Ron grinned. "What's so funny!" I puff out my cheeks in frustration. "I'm just thinking how cool it would be to say that the most successful singer is my best friend" I blush.
"You're all getting my hopes up...besides, who'll want to listen to a girl with dreams too far to reach" Ginny giggled. "That could be the title of your first album, one of many I would guess" I blush. "You guys..." I hug Ginny as I finished my food. "Come on, I'll take those braids out" she skipped over to me and sat down infront of me.
I began to whistle a tune while unraveling the braided sections of hair. It didn't take as long to take them out and soon I was holding a head of fiery hair. She was already dressed and stood up. "Come on! You promised to take me for a morning fly" she grinned and pulled me to the door. We ignored Molly's sounds of protest and hurried out the door, the boys following.
I spread my wings and gripped Ginny around the waist, her back against my stomach. I took off and flew up into the air. Ginny screamed at how high we were going. I finally reached high enough and dropped the awestruck girl. She shrieked and I dived after her, catching her a meter from the ground.
After a few minutes, I landed infront of the house. Ginny was panting, catching her breath from screaming so much. I grinned and placed Ginny on her own two feet.
~~TimeSkip~~
"It's so cold..." We were sitting in a cabin with a strange man who Hermione told us was our new DADA teacher, Professor R. J. Lupin. I got a bad vibe from him, like he was hiding something. It was fine, especially since he was asleep, that was until the train pulled to an abrupt stop.
We had though it was the train, but it started to become unnaturally cold. The door shut and the bottle of water on the small table froze. My eyes widened in shock, but them I heard an eerie whisper. It sounded inhuman. I sucked in a breath when a bony and charred hand slid through the gap between the door and wall.
I gasped in realisation. I stood up when it turned to Harry. I raised my hand and my light scared it away, shrieking as it fled. I let out the breath I was holding for so long and turned to Harry. "Are you okay?" He nods slowly, as if in a trance. I opened the door to see if there were any more creatures and saw none.
I scowled and sat back down, almost jumping out my skin to see the professor awake and looking at me. "I'm impressed" was all he said before walking out the cabin. I slid down my seat and groaned. "What was that? How did you know what to do? Why do you think he's impressed?" Ron asked question after question. I groaned in frustration.
"That, was a Dementor. They're the guards to the prison of Askaban. They suck out your soul and leave you for dead. I knew what to do because I read books and he's impressed because I might be the only thirteen year old girl who knew what it was and how to stop it." I finished answering his questions.
"I need to sleep..." I mumble, my eyes already drooping. I had leaned over and rested my head on Harry's chest. He stuttered. "W-What are y-you doing?" I close my eyes. "Sleeping..." I soon fell asleep to the movements of the train, not caring that my head fell onto Harry's lap.
~~TimeSkip~~
"Hey Antheia, she's doing it again" Harry sighed and I rolled my eyes. "That's got to be the fifth time this week..." I groan and walk with Harry to the Gryffindor common room door. People smile at me, knowing that I would help them get inside. "She's not lettin me in Harry" Seamus complains and I see that she's trying to break the glass with her voice.
"Wait! Watch this!" She smiles and starts to scream a note. I sigh and the glass doesn't crack. "What was that like?" She grinned at me and I have her a weak smile. "It was...progress" I mumbled and conjured a glass in my hand. "Like this" I sung a pitch that was high enough to break the glass but not enough to make everyone's ears bleed. The glass shattered.
"Keep practising" I smiled at her and she sighed. "Well, I'll be going now" I smiled and started to make my way down the stairs until a hand grabbed my wrist. "Come with us for a while" I blush. "I can't go in there, I'm a Slytherin..." The Gryffindors around me shake their heads in disagreement.
I give in and follow the others inside the Gryffindor common room. It was pretty much the same as the Slytherin common room but it felt more at home. I grinned and sat down on a chair. "So, what are we going to do?" And so we spent a few hours messing around and eating different sweets.
I had gotten a pink one and chewed it before I began to caw like an eagle. I used my wings for effect and grinned when it stopped. There was a discarded one that was a black colour. I ate it. I suddenly roared loud like a dragon, occasionally growling as well. I giggled at their shocked faces.
~~TimeSkip~~
"I've got a treat for you today" Hagrid grins and leads up into the forest. I copy his exited grin and eagerly follow him. "Form a group over there, and turn your books to page 49" "And how exactly do we do that?!" Draco sneered. "Why you just stroke the spine of course" Hagrid rolls his eyes and I walk beside Hermione.
"I think they're funny" Hermione starts but Draco cuts her off. "I do too, I think they're witty. Having an oaf teaching classes, wait till my father hears about this" I scoff. "Is there anything your father doesn't hear about? Why don't you try shutting that big gob of yours, you'd be everyone a favour" I glare at him.
He glares back and hands his bag to Crabbe. He moves towards me and I sneer. He's about to say something when he acts scared and points to behind me. "D-Dementor!" I smirk, not falling for it. Everyone looks but me. "You should tell your father that he needs to teach you better pranks" I scoff and walk away from him.
"Well, at least I have a father to talk to" I stop in my tracks. Some people stiffen and others glare at Draco for making it so personal. I could feel tears in my eyes but I force them back. He knows he's hit a soft spot and I bite my lip. "And it's even worse that you don't have a mother to cry to. How pathetic. She belongs underground...Like mother like daughter" I growl.
I calm myself down. I force back the tears and continue walking. Hermione and Ron come to my side. They ask me if I'm okay but I lie. "I'm fine, he's just a prick" they saw past it but let it go. "This, is BuckBeak!" A majestic Hippogriff appears from behind Hagrid, it's feathers a grey colour. "He's beautiful..." I mumble in a trance and Ron laughs at me.
Hermione nudges him and I stare at the creature with awe and curiousitiy. "Who's like to say hello first?" I took a step forward. "Antheia, well done" I look behind me to see everyone took a step back. I shrug and moved forward. Hagrid instructed me on what to do and I bowed down low.
I stand up and see BuckBeak bow back. I smile and hold out my hand, taking eager steps toward it. "Careful now" Hagrid warns and I grin when he leans into my touch. What I don't expect him to do is to jump around and clap his wings. He nudges mine with his head, wanting me to follow his lead, so I do. He chirps in glee.
He looks ready to take off and I get into position too. I smirk and on the third count we shoot up into the sky. "First one to the lake and back!" I grin and we fly across the school. I laugh and go near the water, grazing my hand through the water. I see BuckBeak right behind me and smile. All he wants is a friend. I stop to fly around him, circling him.
It nudges me and I nudged him back. It finally pushes me off course and I groan. I see it heading back to the forest and smirk. I go higher before spiralling towards the others. I soon pass BuckBeak and land seconds before him, into the clearing. I grin in triumph and BuckBeak pushes me with its head and I trip over my own feet.
I turn around and he has his head high in the air, acting innocent. I laugh and smack him gently with my tail. It chirps and settles down. People began clapping and I bowed mockingly. I stroked BuckBeak and he nuzzles into my hand. "Oh please, you're just a stupid faerie. Anything you can do, I can do better" he walks up to me and BuckBeak, and if sensing danger, BuckBeak rises onto his hind legs.
Everyone gasps in fear as BuckBeak claws at Draco's arm. I smirk. "Oh it's killed me! It's killed me!" Draco lies on the ground, clutching his 'wound'. I roll my eyes and pet my new friend. It's not severe, Hippogriffs only have ordinary claws so he's not in any danger. I calm down BuckBeak so Hagrid can take him to the hospital. I glare as Hagrid takes him away and I feel BuckBeak nuzzling my cheek. I smile at him, stroking his feathers.
~~TimeSkip~~
It hasn't been two hours and he's already exaggerating his scratch. "Does it hurt terribly Draco?" Pansy asks, practically sitting on his lap. I roll my eyes at his answer. "It comes and goes. You know if it wasn't for Madam Pomfrey, a minute or two more I could have lost my arm" I scoff and they look at me. "Hippogriffs have claws. It's just a scratch and no where near fatal. Also I can't say I'm not dissapointed..." They look at me once again and I smile. "It should have gone for your face" I pick up my things and walk out the hall.
~~TimeSkip~~
I sigh. "Where's Professor Lupin?" Harry asks Snape, clearly curious. I really couldn't care any less. Besides, I already had a hunch where he would be. "It's not really your business now is it?" I grin at Harry. "He's got a point" I whisper and he glares playfully. "Turn your books to page 394" I flip my book to said page. I definitely knew where now.
"Werewolves?" Ron asked questionably. I smirk and turn to Snape. I raise an eyebrow at him. He gives me a warning look. "Does anybody know the difference between an Animagi and a Werewolf?" I raised my hand and spoke. "I do" he looked at me. "Please inform us Miss Riddle" he had his same scowl on his face.
"An Animagi can choose when to transform into an animal whereas a werewolf has no choice. Every full moon he is forced to change into his other form, forgetting who he is and kills everyone or thing around him, only responding to the call of his own kind" Draco mocked a wolf howl and Snape glared at him.
"Thank you Mr Malfoy" sarcasm dripped from his speech. I smirk and turn to my book. "Yes, I suppose that'll do Miss Riddle" I roll my eyes.
~~TimeSkip~~
I see Harry talking to the twins and I walk over to them. "What's this?" I ask, pointing to the paper in Harry's hands. "Wait. I know what this is" I gasp and look at the twins. "This is the at from Filch's office. When did you nick it?" I got out my wand and recited the words "I solemnly swear I am up to no good" and soon the whole of Hogwarts appeared on the paper. "Wicked" I grinned and the twins whistle.
"How did you know about this?" "Going somewhere, eh Antheia?" Fred asks the first question while George asks the other. "What's wrong with this?" I look down at my baggy black hoodie and leggings. A pair of brown boots on my feet. "You sneaking into Hogsmeade too?" Harry asks and I scoff. "When do I say no to adventure?" He grins and we head for the secret passage but I walk back to the twins and peck their cheeks. "Thanks for the map".
It wasn't long before we were hiding underneath Harry's invisibility cloak. I was blushing at how close we were standing. I was starting to show my clothes so Harry pulled me closer, wrapping an arm around my waist, my heartbeats began to quicken. I gapsed and he asked if I was okay.
"I'm okay..." I blush and was glad it was kind of dark underneath here. I spot Draco standing much too close to Hermione and Ron and I growl. I was going to pummel them! But before I got the chance, Harry held me tighter. I blushed darker. "Don't" I could feel his breath on my ear and it sent shivers down my back.
We walked forward and I used a spell to turn myself invisible. I grinned and pulled at one of Draco's minion's scarf, spinning him around before throwing him to the ground. I then ran over to Draco and dragged him by his feet. He was screaming like a little girl and I began to pull him towards the Shrieking Shack before letting go. They all ran away and I head over to the other two. I pull at the strings of Ron's hat.
"You guys!" Hermione laughed and we began visible. I was laughing too hard and clutched my stomach. "Did you hear his scream? And their faces!" I laughed more and wiped the tears from my eyes. "That was fun" I smile at Harry. He smiles back and I feel my stomach tighten. I swallow.
~~TimeSkip~~
Nobody POV
"Think of a memory, a happy memory, a powerful memory" Lupin spoke at Harry, walking down the stairs. "And just picture it in your mind. Now, repeats after me, Expecto Potronum" Harry repeated his words perfectly. "Good. Ready?" Harry nodded and gig his wand ready.
The boggart made its way out the chest that Lupin opened. "Expecto Patronum, Expecto Pat...Expecto..." Harry fainted and Lupin trapped the boggart in the chest again before waking up Harry. "Eat, it'll help" he hands him some chocolate. "So, what memory were you thinking of?" Lupin asked Harry as he stood up.
"The first time I rode a broom" Lupin sighed and shook his head. "That's not good enough, not nearly good enough. Try thinking of someone. Who makes you happy?" Lupin folds his arms over his chest. Harry blushed and suddenly became interested in the floor. Lupin chuckles. "That's quite alright, you don't have to tell me. Do you want to go again?" Harry nods.
"Okay, be careful now" he warns and unlocks the chest again. Harry glares at the Dementor and yells "Expecto Patronum!" A bright light shoots from his wand, causing the Dementor to shriek in fear and his back into the chest. Lupin locked and clapped. "Well done Harry" Harry grins.
"It was her." He grins and Lupin smiles. "What did you think of?" Harry blushed and scratched the back of his head. "The first time I saw her smile" Lupin grins. "And who might that be?" He crosses his arms once again, leaning against the wall. "Antheia..." Lupin smirks. "I thought so" Harry stared wide eyed at the professor.
"How?" Lupin chuckled and patted the younger boy's shoulder. "That's for you to find out" Harry was now confused and Lupin shooed the boy out his office, smiling at what had just happened. Harry was just confused but blushing at how powerful an effect Antheia had on him.
~~TimeSkip~~
Antheia POV
"I can't believe they're going to kill BuckBeak!" Hermione huffs and I growl, agreeing with her. It's all Draco's fault. He just has to be an annoying spoiled prat! We make our way towards Hagrid's cottage when I hear Draco's voice. I glare and run over to them. "You!" I snarl and jump on him. I throw punches left right no centre, messing up that face of his.
Harry finally pulled me off him but I struggled against him. "Let go of me! He deserves it!" I glare at Draco, trying to get out of Harry's hold. "You want a monster? I'll give you a monster!" I finally break free of Harry's hold and punch Draco iln the gut. I can feel my gums pulsing and I scream.
I can feel blood trickling down from my lips and feel something something on my bottom lip, slowly reaching further. I blink before continue to punch Draco. With a final kick yo the balls, my fingers start to feel extremely sore. I see that my nails are bring replaced with long sharp claws. I scream and feel something bite down on my lip. I turn to Harry, Hermione and Ron and they take a step back in shock, Draco and his minions running away in fear.
"Antheia..." Hermione gasps and covers her mouth with her hand. I feel another pulsating pain in my head and clutch it, careful oh my new claws. My vision starts to blur but I can see someone rushing to me before it goes black.
~~TimeSkip~~
I open my eyes and see I'm in the hospital. I look around to see that Ron's lying in the bed next to me. I can see a figure by the door and blink away the bluriness. I soon find that it's Dumbledore and stare at him. He walks to me and asks if he can sit down. I nod slowly.
He takes the chair next to me and sits down. "You might be wondering why you're here, and why your friend is here too" I nod again. "Well, I have something news that is hard to explain" he gives me a sorrowful look and sighs. "While you were unconscious, I had a...visit from you're mother" I stare at him in confusion.
"But she's dead..." I mumble and he nods. "It seems as though she was expecting this to happen. You see, while you were fighting Draco Malfoy, you had undergone some...changes" I frown. "You had grown fangs and claws. You're changing Antheia." My frown deepens in thought. "You're mother told me that every faerie goes through this around your age, just differently. She informed me that because of your blood, you'll be undergoing a different kind of change" he explains and I feel the prick,y sting of tears in my eyes.
"There's a reason why humans and Faeries have hated each other for years. Some Faeries had darkness in their blood and changed for worse, they became different from the rest. They had voices in their heads, telling them to do bad things, very bad things. They wanted different things and were soon banished from faerie lands. They terrorised humans. They thought themselves superior and treated the humans very badly, so wizards had soon defeated them" I swallow the bile that had risen in my throat.
"You're becoming a bad faerie, Antheia. Your mother told us that you'll grow horns, fangs, claws and your skin will change. Your antlers will go and your wings will become bigger and stronger, only more dangerous. You're tail will change and you'll soon have the same voices in your head. But you'll only become evil if you give in to the voices" I was staring at my hands, taking in the new information.
"And that ring won't work anymore. You'll always be a faerie, it's already starting to lose its power and you are already changing." Dumbledore frowns in sympathy. "I really didn't want to tell you any of this, but if I didn't, it would make things worse" he sighs and takes my hand in his. "Before you ask, no you haven't hurt Ron. That was the work of something else. You'll be staying in the hospital until the end of your changes, if you don't mind" I nod. That would be best. I won't hurt anybody then.
Dumbledore soon left and I let the tears roll down my cheeks. I was becoming a monster. I am a monster. I sob, not realising I had woken up Ron. I was crying into my hands when I heard his voice. "It's okay. We won't befriend you, we...we love you" I smile until I look outside. Full moon. I gasp and rush out the hospital.
I run as fast as I could out of the castle and run to the voices. From the screams I can tell he's changed already. I knew what I had to do. I growl and run faster, faster than I've ever ran before and roar. I was shocked that I even had the ability to do that but continued anyway. All heads turned to me and I keep running towards the werewolf.
"Bite me!" I yell and jump on him, causing us both to roll down a hill. We soon land, him in top of me and he snarls at me. I snarl back and he goes for my arm. I scream in immense pain but bear it for the sake of my friends. I could feel the venom going deep inside me. There was something nobody else knew.
Werewolves can pass on their curse to someone else, freeing themselves. He bites into my bone and I scream. After a few seconds, he begins to stop and gain control. "Bite me again!" I scream and when he doesn't, I pull on his ears, making him bite into my other arm, piercing through the bone again. I use magic to heal the wounds just enough, but not to get rid of the venom. Lupin pulls away, changing back.
I can feel the pain steering through my body as i begin to change. Since I was already undergoing a transformation, this would only quicken it and adjust the results. For instance, mixing werewolf and evil faerie would be extremely dangerous. I scream as horns grew from my head, replacing my antlers. My wings had fallen off and new ones growing in their place. My skin became furry and scaled at the same time. I had a snout and wolf ears too.
I began to forget things, voices in my head telling me what to do. They were telling me to kill. I felt adrenaline rushing through my veins and I jolted up. I howled to the moon. I began to run, far away with the last of my control. My wings were now like that of a bat, only having a larger wing span than my body. I run far away, leaving everyone behind. I know what I've done to myself. Since my faerie change is permanent, so is the werewolf, I can't pass it on.
People would say that is stupid, unthinkably stupid. But I call it doing one last good deed before I turn to the darkness. I howl and run far away, where nobody can find me, into the night. I can feel that I'm losing control and I beg the voices to keep me from killing anyone. It seemed like they agreed and I gave my body to them.
And that was the last thing I remember before everything went fuzzy. I just hope they granted me my wish...
Nobody POV
Remus stared in shock at his human body, at the girl infront of him, turning into a monster and at they way she was screaming. He looked behind him to see a large hill. He walked up it to see Sirius, Hermione, Harry and Snape. "What happened?" Sirius looked at his friend and gapsed in shock. "You're human! How is this possible!?" Hermione gapsed, suddenly remembering something that Antheia told her.
"She didn't. Tell me she didn't!" She screamed at Remus. "Did what?! How is this possible!?" Hermione started to tear up. "Werewolves can pass on their curse to another by biting into their bone, and mixing their blood with their saliva! Tell me she didn't make you bite her!" Remus swallowed, grimacing at the metallic taste of blood. "That stupid!" Hermione fell to her knees, crying.
"What?!" Harry asked Hermione. "She's already changing into a dark faerie, now a werewolf. Don't you know how damgerous that is! Both sides will be fighting to control her, or worse, they'll both at the same time! If that happens...if that happens, she'll be stuck inbetween forever, she'll constantly be a werewolf and a faerie...she'll be targeted even more by dark forces" Hermione sobbed and held her face in her hands.
"What have you done Remus..." Sirius whispered, shocked at the new information.
~~TimeSkip~~
Thw morning light woke me. I found myself lying in a bed of leaves and sticks. I was still the monster. Of course...ill always be like this. I don't want to go back, I don't want them to see me like this...but I have to. I sob and hear voices in my head. "It's alright...we didn't kill anyone...just what's next to you" it whispered and I turn to my side to see a dead deer. I sob. I see a lake close by and decide to see what my new appearance looked like.
I slowly crawled over to the water before peeking to see my hideous face. I had a snout with fur and then blue skin around my forehead and chin. My eyes were a new gold colour and my pupils were huge. I had large black horns that curled at the tips and two fluffy wolf ears. I had fangs now and my ears were pointed and pulled back into a longer shape.
I had no clothes but I didn't think I'd need any. I had hair, but it was short and it was now black. It was messy from last night and I could see my neck was longer. I leaned further to see e rest of my body. I had a furry torso and chest but blue scaly skin fro my arms which changed into paws with black claws. The fur covered my private areas and my legs were covered in blue scales until my ankles which were then paws also. I had bat wings and two tails...one that looked like a demon's tail and the other was a wolf tail. I looked hideous.
I started to cry. I was a horrific sight, there was no way I could go back to Hogwarts now... I can't, I just can't. I sit down on the ground and sob, feeling the tears drop on my hands. I scream out in heartbreak. Why was I so stupid. Why did I do that?! Well, at least I'll be known to do good before I was to hurt people. At least people are safe if I'm far away. Yeah...it'll be good for them.
"Riddle! Come out you hideous creature!" It was Draco's voice. I growl and climb up a tree, hiding myself from him. It would be much worse if he saw me, he'd get through to his father and shut down Hogwarts. I can't do that. I hide when he comes into view. "Come out! It's not like I'm going to hurt you" I narrow my gaze, biting back the sarcastic comment I wanted to say.
"Where are you, everyone's worried...even me" he mumbled and I gasp. He was worried about me? No way. I refuse to believe that the Draco Malfoy has a heart. I can see that he's been looking for me for a while based on how dirty his robes are and sigh. "What do you want?" I shout from the tree but he can't see me.
"Where are you?" He asks, looking all around. "I'm up here. Don't come up" he looks intently up the tree but he can't see me. "What do you want?" I ask again, since he ignored me the first time. "Everyone's looking for you, Professor Lupin, Professor Snape, the fat oaf and them" I knew who he meant by 'them', he meant Harry, Hermione and Ron, well I wasn't sure about him, he's probably still in the hospital.
"Well you can tell them I'm not going back now...I'm hideous" I sniffle. He scoffs. "That's your fault for helping Lupin" he leaned against the tree and I frowned. He was right. This was my own fault, but I would have become disgusting anyway, I just helped it speed up. "I just wanted to do one good thing before I..." He stood up and looked up at the leaves, trying to find me.
"Can I see you?" I scoff. "Yeah right...you'll go running before I even jump down" I frown and he gives me a smile. "I won't. I'll take up on your offer, we'll start again" I gasp. "Do you really mean that? We can be friends? He nods. "I swear on my life" I grin and get ready to jump down when I realise that this is Draco Malfoy.
"How do I know you're being sincere? You'll just say that and then go insulting me..." I pout and he sighs. "Are you coming down or not?" I shake my head. "No!" I sit back down on a branch and he dissapears for a few minutes. I frown and begin to pick at the leaves. "There you are" he surprises me and I scream. He climbed the tree and he saw me.
His eyes widen at the sight of me. I use my wings to cover myself. I can see the fear and shock in his eyes, the grimace of disgust on his lips. He doesn't say anything and climbs back down before running away. I watch his retreating figure. "I knew it..." I mumble as I watch him go. I sigh and just sit there for a while.
It wasn't long before I heard footsteps. There had to be at least a hundred people. I hope they aren't coming this way... And just my luck, they stop in front of the tree I am sitting in. Damn you Draco. "Antheia? Are you up there?" Hagrid asks and I see that it was most people from school, even Professor Snape and Professor Lupin. Why would they be looking for me?
"She's up there alright! I saw her, it's disg-" Snape hit Draco on the head. "If you keep insulting her, she'll never come down" I sniffle. "I'm not going back! I'm hideous! You heard Draco!" I wipe the tears from my furry face. "Antheia! Please come down, we love you no matter what you look like, please" Harry's voice calmed he down and I peaked out. "That doesn't mean everyone else has the same reaction" I make my point and they mumble.
"Well, I won't judge you" Neville yells and then other shouts of agreement follow. I smile and take a deep breath. "Alright...just look away first, I don't have any clothes on" I confess and see most boys blush. They all turn around, facing away from me as I jump down.
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A/N I'm not sure about this chapter...haven't got a clue where this is going but we'll soon see! :)
