Ok, Copyright... Well, the songs I borrowed belong to the original owners and the Bring It
On soundtrack, The Josie and The Pussycats soundtrack, the I Still Know What You Did Last Summer Soundtrack, and Blessid Union of Souls cd, any others who I borrow songs from.. and the songs Can't Fight the Moonlight and I Do Love You. The charicters mostly belong to J.K Rowling. A few belong to myself. The quotes I borrowed from TV belong to their original writers/qouters whatever!!
AUTHOR'S NOTE: Okay people, this is (as you can tell) about the Marauders. This takes place in their sixth and seventh years. There is a traitor in the midst of the Marauders, but who is it? This will take some abrupt turns later on, and the traitor isn't who you would expect. It will get better later, I promise!!! This is my first attempt at writing a Harry Potter fanfic, so cut me some slack. I am more well known for my Tenchi Muyo fanfics . . . Anyway, this is a four part story, so please enjoy!!!
AUTHOR'S NOTE 2: Sorry it took so long for me to post this! I've been checking out a real "haunted" house with my friend, Sara. Too bad it's been knocked down... I'm going back tommorrow and checking it out more. After all, I want to check it out because it has something to do with the end of this story, along with the graveyard that's in our neighborhood from the 1850's. I'm trying to become a more experienced and better writer by actually having seen my setting. It will help me make the ending A LOT better!!
Chapter 8: Becoming an Animangi
Meilin awoke early Christmas morning to the sound of paper being ripped off boxes. She blinked and stared at the ceiling, finally managing to pull herself up.
"What day is it?" She asked groggily.
"Christmas." Rachel said cheerfully.
"Are you okay? You don't look so well," Stephanie commented.
"I'm okay." She said. Really she didn't feel good. She blinked a few more times before she noticed the humungus pile of presents at the bottom of her bed. The pile was larger than her bed.
"Shampoo?" She asked. "Could you do me a favor after you're done?"
"What?" Shampoo asked, opening a present that was in a long box. She opened the lid and almost every kind of candy you could imagine was in that box. "Memo to me to be nice to Peter." She murmured, eying the chocolate. She turned back to Meilin.
"Well, I would like you to deliver some presents for me." She replied. Shampoo stared in puzzlement for a moment and finally caught on.
"Okay, Sure." She turned back to her presents.
Before Meilin opened hers, she pulled out the presents she had gotten everyone in her dorm. She passed them out quickly, and started on her pile. She looked around and finally decided on a medium sized package. The nametag said it was from Angel and Misty. Inside was a pewter dragon that was next to a nest of eggs. Meilin sat it down and chose another, which was from Hagrid. He had sent her favorite chocolates; Chocolate Frogs! She forced herself to put the frogs down when she noticed a note stuck inside the box. She pulled it out and read it carefully.
Meilin-
I need your help with Star today.
Merry Christmas!
Hagrid
She smiled and started on another present. She got a pack of Bertie Botts Every Flavor Beans from Rachel, A notebook from Stephanie, A New cauldron from Missy (She was always complaining about her old one.), and other numerous things from her brothers, sisters, and friends. Finally she had only a few left. She picked up the smallest package left, which had no card or anything. She opened it and out fell a note, and a small heart-shaped crystal pendent with a dragon carved into it. She gasped, then picked up the note. Whoever had bought this had to be rich! The note said nothing but "Meet me at the top of the school at 12:00 a.m.". She frowned and set it on her dresser. She took another present out of the stack that was from Remus. Inside were two books; One on fortune telling and the other on dragons. She couldn't have been happier. She took one of the last remaining five packages. It was from Lily. Inside were assorted items of stationary, exactly like she wanted. The next present was a box of candy from Peter, exactly like Shampoo's. Next was Shampoo's present, which was a set of tarot cards, another crystal ball, and a book on predicting the future. She opened the last two, which were from James and Selena. She got a neat astronomy set from James and a set of muggle chess from Selena. She frowned. Nothing from Sirius.
"No matter," She muttered to herself. She fell back onto her bed and let out a happy sigh. She'd never in a hundred years thought she'd have such good friends. She sat up again and watched her friends organize their presents onto the dressers and just about anywhere else they could fit them. She stared at her huge pile of presents and sluggishly got up, feeling as if all of her energy had been drained. She caught eyes with Shampoo, who stood sulkily by the door. Meilin bent down and pulled two large bags from under her bed, each looked as if they weighed 50 pounds. To Meilin it seemed like 200. She watched as Shampoo's jaw dropped.
"You're kidding, right?" She said after a few minutes.
"Please, Shampoo?" Meilin stared deep into Shampoo's green eyes. Shampoo opened her mouth to protest but decided against it.
"Thank you so much!" Meilin called after Shampoo, then stuffing a chocolate frog in her mouth (hoping it would make her feel better), she changed out of her pajamas and through on her newest red silk kimono. As she was getting ready to leave she remembered the necklace, and running over to her bed, put it on. She ran out into the Ravenclaw common room, and through the portrait hole. She through the snow covered grounds and to Hagrid's cabin. She knocked loudly and stared at the Forbidden Forest, which looked enchanted. She heard the door open slightly behind her, and she heard Fang's booming barks. She followed Hagrid inside, where everything was warm due to a burning flame in the fireplace.
"Meilin," Hagrid called from the kitchen.
"Yes?" She sat down and petted Fang, who had his head in her lap.
"Gotta ask yeh something." He said.
"What is it?" She laughed as Fang jumped up and licked her.
"I have to go and do some business for Dumbledore an' I will be gone a few days. That means you have to take care of Star for those few days."
"Okay," She said. She had no clue how she was going to do it. Sneaking an illegal dragon in the school would get her in a lot of trouble... Not that she cared. She could always weasel her way out of trouble, in fact, it was one of her talents. She picked up the sleeping dragon and placed it into her bag. It yawned and curled it's tail more tightly around itself. She smiled absentmindedly to herself and walked back into the warm castle. Torches were making flames in them dance merrily, casting shadows on the wall. Before she could bask in the warmth of the castle something came speeding at her.
"Woah!" She jumped, almost toppling over James, who had been running towards her.
"Meilin, C'mon! We've got to have a meeting, and we've got to have it now!" He grabbed her wrist and attempted to drag her off.
"Can't I go to my dorm real quick?" She whimpered, thinking quickly.
"We don't have time!" He tugged on her wrist again, this time managing to pull her along.
******
"Wish he'd hurry," Shampoo growled, poking her wand into the blue waterproof flames Remus had conjured.
"Would you stop complaining?" Peter grumbled as he stuffed a treacle tart in his mouth.
"You pig," She chucked a small pebble at him across the flames. "You would eat the Empire State Building if it were made of cheese."
"If the cheese eaters of America hadn't got there first." Remus joked.
Shampoo shot him a nasty look that made him close his mouth. Sirius sat and watched, his head on his hands.
"Perhaps I should go help James," He said after a few minutes went by. Nobody even glanced up as the doorway to their secret passage opened. James dragged Meilin in, who by the look on her face, had used every excuse to try to escape. She gave up and laid her bag down by the entrance, and went over to sit between Selena and Shampoo. Shampoo pulled out a slingshot and picked up a small stone.
"Betcha I can hit the window up there." She said thoughtfully.
"I suggest you don't. You'll give us away." Selena sighed as if her mind was elsewhere.
"Meilin, Do you have the notebook?" James asked, pulling out a piece of parchment and a quill.
"Yes," She got up to retrieve it out of her bag, but Peter blocked her way.
"I'll get it." He said, reaching for her bag.
"No, Don't!" She shouted, but it was too late. Flames shot out of the bag as Peter put his hand in. He cursed and yelled for a few minutes, and finally calmed down. Everyone's attention had been focused on Meilin.
"What was that?" Peter demanded.
"Umm... Well..." She could feel sweat running down her face. She had to think, and fast. "It was a..." She didn't answer. Remus had took a stick and began prodding the bag, trying to get whatever it was to come out. The bag fell onto it's side and out rolled Star.
"I'm in so much trouble." Meilin muttered under her breath.
"You own a dragon?! But that's against school rules!" Shampoo advanced on Meilin. She backed up and felt her back hit the cold stone wall.
"And you should talk!" She heard herself reply back. She started to feel dizzy again.
Not now, She thought. Not now ... but things were swimming in and out of focus. She closed her eyes and leaned her head back.
Must focus... She could hear her thoughts fading in her head. Shampoo's voice became fuzzy, like an out of tune radio. Everything was fading, more and more by the second. Before she knew it, she had passed out again.
******
Shampoo frowned. Perhaps they should have took her to the hospital wing instead of back to the dorm... But if she had done that, They would find out about Meilin's secret. And that wouldn't have been good. She stared at the LED dispenser clock. It showed 11:40 p.m. in twenty minutes time Meilin would have went to meet who had sent her that note. Shampoo, along with almost the rest of their friends were aware of who it was. Only that person could be so crazy as to send Meilin an a thousand galleon necklace. Where he got the money, no one knew. But there was one thing Shampoo did know; Sirius was insane if he spent that much money on Meilin. But then, Shampoo had greater things to worry about. Like her birthday, which in 20 minutes time, would arrive. She never welcomed her birthday. In fact, with her age, It had to be a normal event. Just like any other day. The excitement had worn off. Other than that, there was the fact of Meilin. How long would this last? If it was fatal, she would have turned into original form already, wouldn't she? She pondered this a moment, staring at the ceiling.
"I should give up," She said aloud. "It's really none of my business."
Her only response was Stephanie's loud snores.
******
Meilin awoke at a little past 12. Pushing herself out of bed, she grabbed a candle and climbed the stairs to the highest astronomy tower. Placing the candle on the window sill, she pulled herself onto the roof of the school. Swaying a little, she walked slowly across the roof, looking for a sign of any human lifeform. But there was none to be found.
I'm too late, she thought, they've already left.
And it was true, they had already left. She clambered back down into the open tower window. Then, running quickly but silently, went back to the Ravenclaw common room, where she ran straight into Shampoo. Jumping back in surprise, she let out a small yelp.
"It was Sirius, you know. He bought you that necklace with all of the money he practically owned, along with some he borrowed from James." Shampoo's voice was more like a cold drawl than anything else. Meilin didn't respond. Her gaze was transfixed on a small mantel clock.
She grinned at Shampoo and pointed to the clock. "Happy 5,072nd birthday." Shampoo didn't look the least bit amused. Meilin was trying to hide her true feelings about what Sirius had done. But what were they? She pondered this, watching Shampoo climb back up the stairwell. She had gotten that same, fuzzy feeling she always got when she thought about him. It made her feel happy, as if nothing would ever harm her again. Not words, not people, not anything. Nothing would hurt her. She laughed at herself for being so foolish. Not even bothering to change, she curled up in an armchair and fell fast asleep.
******
"What's up with you?" Selena asked Peter the next day at breakfast. She shoved a sausage in her mouth as she spoke. Peter looked as glum as if someone just told him his worst enemy was going to live with him. He just groaned.
"His sister is coming to Hogwarts." James said for him.
"What's so bad about that?" Selena put a couple more sausages on her plate.
"You don't know Celestina." Peter grumbled, looking more glum than before.
Sirius entered the hall, looking as if he hadn't slept all night.
"I'm warning you, he's in an irritable mood." Remus whispered to Shampoo, who had just got back from talking to Missy, who was sitting next to the rest of the few remaining Ravenclaw girls.
"What's up?" She asked him, skewering her hair with a chopstick.
"Nothing much." Sirius yawned, helping himself to some bacon. "How's Meilin?" He asked in a quieter tone.
"Never knew you cared so much." Meilin chirped, making him jump. She laughed. It had taken her a while to get through the crowd of students (who had arrived back from their break) who had all decided to show up at breakfast at the exact same time.
"Don't do that!" He made her laugh even more. Even James and Remus were laughing. Peter however, still was getting glummer by the minute. Before anyone could say anything else, the chatter in the hall had died down and Dumbledore took his seat, followed by two extremely pretty girls. One was a tall, slim, blonde girl who had her shoulder length hair in a messy style, with a T-shirt that had the word "Diva" written on it, and some fringed shorts. Her eyes were as blue as saphires, and looked almost like Peter's. The girl behind her was a little smaller, and had darker skin by far. She had long black hair, that could have passed for brown if it was the tiniest bit lighter. She had a tattoo of an eye on it, like you'd see in an old Egyptian pyramid. She had sparkling brown eyes that gleamed softly in the early morning light. Meilin's first response was a jackal. It was something about her face that made her look so much like a jackal. Dumbledore raised his hands for quiet. The whole group went even quieter than they had when he first came in. Dumbledore beamed at the students, and the silence continued.
"Welcome back!" Dumbledore greeted. "Not only are we welcoming you back to another term, but also two new classmates." He turned around and looked at the two girls, and neither of them looked amused, but slightly bored and disappointed. The tall blonde strolled forward, and looked around.
"Both of these girls have joined us from a school in Paris, France. I'll let these two tell you a little about themselves." The blonde looked as though she was scanning the hall for someone. Her stare fell upon the table they were sitting at. A grim smile crossed her lips.
"Well," She began. "I am Celestina Pettigrew. Some of you might know my little brother, Peter." Her smile became wider. "Anyway, I'm a seventh year Gryffindor. And well, That's all I have to say."
The second girl stepped forward, and she looked anything but friendly. Her eyes looked darker than they had been, as though she had remembered too many unpleasant things from her past. "I am Rebia Amural Re, a seventh year." She backed off, and refused to speak again.
"I hope you welcome these two girls, and now onto our feast." The lukewarm applause for the girls had suddenly erupted into loud thunderous applause. Rebia, before taking her seat, spun around and did a couple of fast dance steps. She was extrodenary.
"Think she's a gypsy?" Remus asked aloud, and clearly made a mistake. Rebia had overheard him and came over and backhanded him.
"I am an Egyptian!" She screeched. (It's a good thing the Professors were too busy talking to notice, thought Meilin.) "I was born and raised in Egypt and that is where my soul will stay!" She thundered over and slammed a thick hardcover book on the table. Celestina had paused in the middle, and was now picking up some books of her own. Most, Meilin noticed, where thick notepads. Peter was staring at Celestina with an utmost hatred. She set her books down next to Rebia, and walked slowly over to where Peter was. She hugged him tightly.
"Hey! What're you doing?!" He jumped up from his chair as if were on fire.
"Is it so wrong of me to say hello to my baby brother?" She cooed, making Peter turn bright red.
"Get off me!" He turned an even darker shade of red. She laughed, a flutey type laugh and walked off. "I really don't like her." He muttered under his breath.
******
Meilin tucked the notebook under her arm. She stirred the cauldron slowly, watching the purple chemical bubble slightly.
"Tonight is the night," she said aloud to herself. "When the Marauders are finally animangis."
She read over the list of ingredients again, double checking the recipe. She noticed, in fine print at the bottom, that you had to have a gentle heart and the spirit of an animal to become an animangi, and that the potion chose the animal you were most adapted to. She took a deep breath and lifted some of the purple concoction in the ladle and lifted it to her lips. She took a gulp, and after a few slow seconds she began to feel her body shrinking, becoming smaller than she had originally been.
"Yes!" She cried out, but the words had changed into a hiss as she finished her transformation into a small, red scaled dragon.
On soundtrack, The Josie and The Pussycats soundtrack, the I Still Know What You Did Last Summer Soundtrack, and Blessid Union of Souls cd, any others who I borrow songs from.. and the songs Can't Fight the Moonlight and I Do Love You. The charicters mostly belong to J.K Rowling. A few belong to myself. The quotes I borrowed from TV belong to their original writers/qouters whatever!!
AUTHOR'S NOTE: Okay people, this is (as you can tell) about the Marauders. This takes place in their sixth and seventh years. There is a traitor in the midst of the Marauders, but who is it? This will take some abrupt turns later on, and the traitor isn't who you would expect. It will get better later, I promise!!! This is my first attempt at writing a Harry Potter fanfic, so cut me some slack. I am more well known for my Tenchi Muyo fanfics . . . Anyway, this is a four part story, so please enjoy!!!
AUTHOR'S NOTE 2: Sorry it took so long for me to post this! I've been checking out a real "haunted" house with my friend, Sara. Too bad it's been knocked down... I'm going back tommorrow and checking it out more. After all, I want to check it out because it has something to do with the end of this story, along with the graveyard that's in our neighborhood from the 1850's. I'm trying to become a more experienced and better writer by actually having seen my setting. It will help me make the ending A LOT better!!
Chapter 8: Becoming an Animangi
Meilin awoke early Christmas morning to the sound of paper being ripped off boxes. She blinked and stared at the ceiling, finally managing to pull herself up.
"What day is it?" She asked groggily.
"Christmas." Rachel said cheerfully.
"Are you okay? You don't look so well," Stephanie commented.
"I'm okay." She said. Really she didn't feel good. She blinked a few more times before she noticed the humungus pile of presents at the bottom of her bed. The pile was larger than her bed.
"Shampoo?" She asked. "Could you do me a favor after you're done?"
"What?" Shampoo asked, opening a present that was in a long box. She opened the lid and almost every kind of candy you could imagine was in that box. "Memo to me to be nice to Peter." She murmured, eying the chocolate. She turned back to Meilin.
"Well, I would like you to deliver some presents for me." She replied. Shampoo stared in puzzlement for a moment and finally caught on.
"Okay, Sure." She turned back to her presents.
Before Meilin opened hers, she pulled out the presents she had gotten everyone in her dorm. She passed them out quickly, and started on her pile. She looked around and finally decided on a medium sized package. The nametag said it was from Angel and Misty. Inside was a pewter dragon that was next to a nest of eggs. Meilin sat it down and chose another, which was from Hagrid. He had sent her favorite chocolates; Chocolate Frogs! She forced herself to put the frogs down when she noticed a note stuck inside the box. She pulled it out and read it carefully.
Meilin-
I need your help with Star today.
Merry Christmas!
Hagrid
She smiled and started on another present. She got a pack of Bertie Botts Every Flavor Beans from Rachel, A notebook from Stephanie, A New cauldron from Missy (She was always complaining about her old one.), and other numerous things from her brothers, sisters, and friends. Finally she had only a few left. She picked up the smallest package left, which had no card or anything. She opened it and out fell a note, and a small heart-shaped crystal pendent with a dragon carved into it. She gasped, then picked up the note. Whoever had bought this had to be rich! The note said nothing but "Meet me at the top of the school at 12:00 a.m.". She frowned and set it on her dresser. She took another present out of the stack that was from Remus. Inside were two books; One on fortune telling and the other on dragons. She couldn't have been happier. She took one of the last remaining five packages. It was from Lily. Inside were assorted items of stationary, exactly like she wanted. The next present was a box of candy from Peter, exactly like Shampoo's. Next was Shampoo's present, which was a set of tarot cards, another crystal ball, and a book on predicting the future. She opened the last two, which were from James and Selena. She got a neat astronomy set from James and a set of muggle chess from Selena. She frowned. Nothing from Sirius.
"No matter," She muttered to herself. She fell back onto her bed and let out a happy sigh. She'd never in a hundred years thought she'd have such good friends. She sat up again and watched her friends organize their presents onto the dressers and just about anywhere else they could fit them. She stared at her huge pile of presents and sluggishly got up, feeling as if all of her energy had been drained. She caught eyes with Shampoo, who stood sulkily by the door. Meilin bent down and pulled two large bags from under her bed, each looked as if they weighed 50 pounds. To Meilin it seemed like 200. She watched as Shampoo's jaw dropped.
"You're kidding, right?" She said after a few minutes.
"Please, Shampoo?" Meilin stared deep into Shampoo's green eyes. Shampoo opened her mouth to protest but decided against it.
"Thank you so much!" Meilin called after Shampoo, then stuffing a chocolate frog in her mouth (hoping it would make her feel better), she changed out of her pajamas and through on her newest red silk kimono. As she was getting ready to leave she remembered the necklace, and running over to her bed, put it on. She ran out into the Ravenclaw common room, and through the portrait hole. She through the snow covered grounds and to Hagrid's cabin. She knocked loudly and stared at the Forbidden Forest, which looked enchanted. She heard the door open slightly behind her, and she heard Fang's booming barks. She followed Hagrid inside, where everything was warm due to a burning flame in the fireplace.
"Meilin," Hagrid called from the kitchen.
"Yes?" She sat down and petted Fang, who had his head in her lap.
"Gotta ask yeh something." He said.
"What is it?" She laughed as Fang jumped up and licked her.
"I have to go and do some business for Dumbledore an' I will be gone a few days. That means you have to take care of Star for those few days."
"Okay," She said. She had no clue how she was going to do it. Sneaking an illegal dragon in the school would get her in a lot of trouble... Not that she cared. She could always weasel her way out of trouble, in fact, it was one of her talents. She picked up the sleeping dragon and placed it into her bag. It yawned and curled it's tail more tightly around itself. She smiled absentmindedly to herself and walked back into the warm castle. Torches were making flames in them dance merrily, casting shadows on the wall. Before she could bask in the warmth of the castle something came speeding at her.
"Woah!" She jumped, almost toppling over James, who had been running towards her.
"Meilin, C'mon! We've got to have a meeting, and we've got to have it now!" He grabbed her wrist and attempted to drag her off.
"Can't I go to my dorm real quick?" She whimpered, thinking quickly.
"We don't have time!" He tugged on her wrist again, this time managing to pull her along.
******
"Wish he'd hurry," Shampoo growled, poking her wand into the blue waterproof flames Remus had conjured.
"Would you stop complaining?" Peter grumbled as he stuffed a treacle tart in his mouth.
"You pig," She chucked a small pebble at him across the flames. "You would eat the Empire State Building if it were made of cheese."
"If the cheese eaters of America hadn't got there first." Remus joked.
Shampoo shot him a nasty look that made him close his mouth. Sirius sat and watched, his head on his hands.
"Perhaps I should go help James," He said after a few minutes went by. Nobody even glanced up as the doorway to their secret passage opened. James dragged Meilin in, who by the look on her face, had used every excuse to try to escape. She gave up and laid her bag down by the entrance, and went over to sit between Selena and Shampoo. Shampoo pulled out a slingshot and picked up a small stone.
"Betcha I can hit the window up there." She said thoughtfully.
"I suggest you don't. You'll give us away." Selena sighed as if her mind was elsewhere.
"Meilin, Do you have the notebook?" James asked, pulling out a piece of parchment and a quill.
"Yes," She got up to retrieve it out of her bag, but Peter blocked her way.
"I'll get it." He said, reaching for her bag.
"No, Don't!" She shouted, but it was too late. Flames shot out of the bag as Peter put his hand in. He cursed and yelled for a few minutes, and finally calmed down. Everyone's attention had been focused on Meilin.
"What was that?" Peter demanded.
"Umm... Well..." She could feel sweat running down her face. She had to think, and fast. "It was a..." She didn't answer. Remus had took a stick and began prodding the bag, trying to get whatever it was to come out. The bag fell onto it's side and out rolled Star.
"I'm in so much trouble." Meilin muttered under her breath.
"You own a dragon?! But that's against school rules!" Shampoo advanced on Meilin. She backed up and felt her back hit the cold stone wall.
"And you should talk!" She heard herself reply back. She started to feel dizzy again.
Not now, She thought. Not now ... but things were swimming in and out of focus. She closed her eyes and leaned her head back.
Must focus... She could hear her thoughts fading in her head. Shampoo's voice became fuzzy, like an out of tune radio. Everything was fading, more and more by the second. Before she knew it, she had passed out again.
******
Shampoo frowned. Perhaps they should have took her to the hospital wing instead of back to the dorm... But if she had done that, They would find out about Meilin's secret. And that wouldn't have been good. She stared at the LED dispenser clock. It showed 11:40 p.m. in twenty minutes time Meilin would have went to meet who had sent her that note. Shampoo, along with almost the rest of their friends were aware of who it was. Only that person could be so crazy as to send Meilin an a thousand galleon necklace. Where he got the money, no one knew. But there was one thing Shampoo did know; Sirius was insane if he spent that much money on Meilin. But then, Shampoo had greater things to worry about. Like her birthday, which in 20 minutes time, would arrive. She never welcomed her birthday. In fact, with her age, It had to be a normal event. Just like any other day. The excitement had worn off. Other than that, there was the fact of Meilin. How long would this last? If it was fatal, she would have turned into original form already, wouldn't she? She pondered this a moment, staring at the ceiling.
"I should give up," She said aloud. "It's really none of my business."
Her only response was Stephanie's loud snores.
******
Meilin awoke at a little past 12. Pushing herself out of bed, she grabbed a candle and climbed the stairs to the highest astronomy tower. Placing the candle on the window sill, she pulled herself onto the roof of the school. Swaying a little, she walked slowly across the roof, looking for a sign of any human lifeform. But there was none to be found.
I'm too late, she thought, they've already left.
And it was true, they had already left. She clambered back down into the open tower window. Then, running quickly but silently, went back to the Ravenclaw common room, where she ran straight into Shampoo. Jumping back in surprise, she let out a small yelp.
"It was Sirius, you know. He bought you that necklace with all of the money he practically owned, along with some he borrowed from James." Shampoo's voice was more like a cold drawl than anything else. Meilin didn't respond. Her gaze was transfixed on a small mantel clock.
She grinned at Shampoo and pointed to the clock. "Happy 5,072nd birthday." Shampoo didn't look the least bit amused. Meilin was trying to hide her true feelings about what Sirius had done. But what were they? She pondered this, watching Shampoo climb back up the stairwell. She had gotten that same, fuzzy feeling she always got when she thought about him. It made her feel happy, as if nothing would ever harm her again. Not words, not people, not anything. Nothing would hurt her. She laughed at herself for being so foolish. Not even bothering to change, she curled up in an armchair and fell fast asleep.
******
"What's up with you?" Selena asked Peter the next day at breakfast. She shoved a sausage in her mouth as she spoke. Peter looked as glum as if someone just told him his worst enemy was going to live with him. He just groaned.
"His sister is coming to Hogwarts." James said for him.
"What's so bad about that?" Selena put a couple more sausages on her plate.
"You don't know Celestina." Peter grumbled, looking more glum than before.
Sirius entered the hall, looking as if he hadn't slept all night.
"I'm warning you, he's in an irritable mood." Remus whispered to Shampoo, who had just got back from talking to Missy, who was sitting next to the rest of the few remaining Ravenclaw girls.
"What's up?" She asked him, skewering her hair with a chopstick.
"Nothing much." Sirius yawned, helping himself to some bacon. "How's Meilin?" He asked in a quieter tone.
"Never knew you cared so much." Meilin chirped, making him jump. She laughed. It had taken her a while to get through the crowd of students (who had arrived back from their break) who had all decided to show up at breakfast at the exact same time.
"Don't do that!" He made her laugh even more. Even James and Remus were laughing. Peter however, still was getting glummer by the minute. Before anyone could say anything else, the chatter in the hall had died down and Dumbledore took his seat, followed by two extremely pretty girls. One was a tall, slim, blonde girl who had her shoulder length hair in a messy style, with a T-shirt that had the word "Diva" written on it, and some fringed shorts. Her eyes were as blue as saphires, and looked almost like Peter's. The girl behind her was a little smaller, and had darker skin by far. She had long black hair, that could have passed for brown if it was the tiniest bit lighter. She had a tattoo of an eye on it, like you'd see in an old Egyptian pyramid. She had sparkling brown eyes that gleamed softly in the early morning light. Meilin's first response was a jackal. It was something about her face that made her look so much like a jackal. Dumbledore raised his hands for quiet. The whole group went even quieter than they had when he first came in. Dumbledore beamed at the students, and the silence continued.
"Welcome back!" Dumbledore greeted. "Not only are we welcoming you back to another term, but also two new classmates." He turned around and looked at the two girls, and neither of them looked amused, but slightly bored and disappointed. The tall blonde strolled forward, and looked around.
"Both of these girls have joined us from a school in Paris, France. I'll let these two tell you a little about themselves." The blonde looked as though she was scanning the hall for someone. Her stare fell upon the table they were sitting at. A grim smile crossed her lips.
"Well," She began. "I am Celestina Pettigrew. Some of you might know my little brother, Peter." Her smile became wider. "Anyway, I'm a seventh year Gryffindor. And well, That's all I have to say."
The second girl stepped forward, and she looked anything but friendly. Her eyes looked darker than they had been, as though she had remembered too many unpleasant things from her past. "I am Rebia Amural Re, a seventh year." She backed off, and refused to speak again.
"I hope you welcome these two girls, and now onto our feast." The lukewarm applause for the girls had suddenly erupted into loud thunderous applause. Rebia, before taking her seat, spun around and did a couple of fast dance steps. She was extrodenary.
"Think she's a gypsy?" Remus asked aloud, and clearly made a mistake. Rebia had overheard him and came over and backhanded him.
"I am an Egyptian!" She screeched. (It's a good thing the Professors were too busy talking to notice, thought Meilin.) "I was born and raised in Egypt and that is where my soul will stay!" She thundered over and slammed a thick hardcover book on the table. Celestina had paused in the middle, and was now picking up some books of her own. Most, Meilin noticed, where thick notepads. Peter was staring at Celestina with an utmost hatred. She set her books down next to Rebia, and walked slowly over to where Peter was. She hugged him tightly.
"Hey! What're you doing?!" He jumped up from his chair as if were on fire.
"Is it so wrong of me to say hello to my baby brother?" She cooed, making Peter turn bright red.
"Get off me!" He turned an even darker shade of red. She laughed, a flutey type laugh and walked off. "I really don't like her." He muttered under his breath.
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Meilin tucked the notebook under her arm. She stirred the cauldron slowly, watching the purple chemical bubble slightly.
"Tonight is the night," she said aloud to herself. "When the Marauders are finally animangis."
She read over the list of ingredients again, double checking the recipe. She noticed, in fine print at the bottom, that you had to have a gentle heart and the spirit of an animal to become an animangi, and that the potion chose the animal you were most adapted to. She took a deep breath and lifted some of the purple concoction in the ladle and lifted it to her lips. She took a gulp, and after a few slow seconds she began to feel her body shrinking, becoming smaller than she had originally been.
"Yes!" She cried out, but the words had changed into a hiss as she finished her transformation into a small, red scaled dragon.
