TAMING THE INDIAN SOUL

The Wand Of Concord

A/N: Here you go guys! Better spacing. My greatest thanks to BlueNeutrino who gave me a detailed review. PhoenixLullaby3 and Crystal1998 : thanx to you guys too. A great big shout-out to my first three reviewers. Hope to get more in the future. You guys made me sooooo happy :*) On with the story...

Niveria's P.O.V

I slapped him. Hard. He looked at me, his face emotionless. There were angry red finger prints on his perfect face. I looked away and pushed myself away from him. He couldn't, wouldn't use me like that. No one could and no one would.

I hated him more and more with every passing second. He wouldn't kiss me and then smirk like that if there wasn't something up. I wouldn't be his toy. We stood there for a few seconds and then he turned and walked past me like nothing had happened.

I knew it.

My heart hurt but I knew better than to go running back to him. I knew he was just using me, I was just his toy. I felt tears forming in my eyes again but I blinked them back and walked up to the Slytherin Tower.

Mona-Liesa sat there with her usual frown and as I mumbled 'Salazar Slytherin' and the portal swung open. Draco was nowhere to be seen and I went gloomily up to my room. Demi woke up and looked at me.
"Well, you look gloomy. Had a not-so-fun walk outside?" she asked me
"Yeah and good morning to you too" I said grumpily.
"Wow…hey I'm the good guy over here!" she said waggling a finger at me. I smiled for her sake.
"Uh Demi"
"Yeah"
"You're sleeping on my bag."
"Oops!" she said and quickly climbed out of bed. I pulled out my wand and set it right. Her eyes widened.
"Is that your…wand?"
I looked at her and then my wand and then back at her. I nodded dumbly. My wand was one of a kind. It was ancient. As ancient as me I thought.
"It's pretty much like all of yours Demi. Phoenix core 13 inches long."
"And?"
"And what?"
Demi crossed her arms and looked at me
"And what else?"
I sighed and new she was going to bug the life out of me if I didn't tell her.
"An original branch of the Bodhi tree surrounds the core"
"Original?"
"The original tree under which Buddha sat was destroyed by the British when they invaded my country. The branch that is within this one is from that tree"
"Well, what about the tree in Bodhi-"
"That is acclaimed to be the original. The muggles do not know. They believe the fable because the original Bodhi tree was destroyed in a battle of wizards"
"History…"
"Yeah…"
"The outside then?"
"Have you heard of the four tusked white elephant of the Indian god of rain, Indra?"
Demi shook her head 'no'.
"Well, that elephant is as white as snow and has four tusks on each side of its trunk. Once it bred with an ordinary white elephant-"
"There are white elephants in India?"
"Used to be white elephants in India. All of them were brought here, to Britain, where they died because of change in climate"
"Oh"
"Well anyways, the white elephant with the four tusks bred with a normal white elephant and the offspring happened to have not two or four tusks but three"
"Three?"
"Deformity I suppose. This elephant went along breeding with a lot of elephants and…well, you know what happened"
Demi nodded silently
"But there was one elephant that lived. It's third tusk fell off and it was used to make my wand"
"What happened to it?"
"Legend has it that the elephant's soul still roams free in the forests of the Avadh Plains near the river Ganga"
"Wow…can I…can I hold it please, Niv?"
I nodded and held out my wand. Demi traced the gold that was inlaid in the ivory. Her eyes widened and I smiled as I remembered the first time everyone had reacted when the wand had 'chosen' me. I hadn't meant to fiddle around with it in the library, honest, but I couldn't stop myself.
"It's…gorgeous…magnificent"
I smiled and got up.

Clothes flew out of my closet as I rummaged for a long-sleeved top to wear. I wasn't going to let history repeat itself. Demi combed her hair back to its original luster and held the door open.
"I'm going to take a shower and get some clothes, Niv. See you down at breakfast"

I nodded, withdrawing my head from my cupboard for a second before plunging it back in. Demi shut the door and I was alone in my room. I finally found what I was looking for.

A black top with loose, long sleeves made of black chiffon. It hid my tattoos perfectly. I pulled off my hoodie and the green shirt I was wearing and put it on. I wore simple black skinny jeans to go with it and pulled my gladiators on. I pulled on my black fingerless gloves, put on a little eyeliner, black dangling earrings and I was done. I gave my hair a final comb-through, set my room right and put all my clothes back into the closet. I smiled and took my IPod off the sound system I had set up and put it into my pocket. Lastly, I took my wand and put it into my bottomless pocket. I had used an extendable charm and everything fit in perfectly fine. I looked around at my room and then closed the door.

I turned around and found Violet standing there, hands on her hips. I rolled my eyes at her.
"What do you want, Goldilocks?"
She was shorter than me by an inch or so but she wore heels and I think that was to try and intimidate me. She walked in front of me, her heels clip-clopping like a horse's shoe. She stood, her eyes in level with mine. I looked at her, uninterested.
"You think you can get away with everything you do, don't you, Kadam? Hurting someone is not a small thing, especially when that someone I care about" she sneered.
I stared at her, not believing what I was hearing. It was a fact, Pansy, Daphne and Violet drooled over Draco incessantly. So, that was just to get me, wasn't it, Malfoy, hmm? Is that how much you hate me? I thought, as that familiar ache in my heart began hurting again.
"What are you talking about?"
"I'm talking about hurting, Pansy"
I breathed a sigh of relief and said nonchalantly
"Don't care about her, never did and never will"
With that I walked off, a little lighter. No one had seen me and Draco, I mean Malfoy. Why are you making this harder for yourself? Just admit it! Said the little voice again. Stop telling me what to do! I screamed at it mentally. Sheesh!

I hummed walked downstairs, two steps at a time. Draco was in the common room. I stopped in my tracks as he looked up at me, his gray eyes betraying no emotion. I looked away. I wasn't going to be lured into his trap again.

My heart hurt so badly.

I just wanted to hug him and cry into his shoulder. No! Don't give in, Niv! Walk! Move! What are you still staying here for? I screamed at myself mentally. I walked downstairs, much of the light feeling had left me and I felt weighed down again.

I felt guilty.

My legs felt like lead as I walked down the rest of the steps slowly. He never took his eyes off me. As I walked past I felt his eyes digging into my back. I stopped. I so wanted to turn around and tell him I was sorry. I heard him get up and footsteps echoed in the empty common room. I didn't even look back.

I just ran.

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