Chapter 9
Who are you?
The next morning the boys met their girls at the bottom of the staircase and headed down to breakfast. Jade and Luna looked as if they had stayed up the whole night studying due to the fact that the bags under their eyes and droopy lids made them look like the walking dead.
"Jade, next time, try to get a little bit of sleep so that you'll be able to stay awake in class." Adrian joked.
Jade lightly hit him on the shoulder and leaned against him while they headed down. At breakfast Adrian was holding Jade up and when it came time for her to go to class he helped her out of the great hall. She gave him the go ahead to head to his class and went into the bathroom.
Adrian went to his transfiguration class and met Harry, Hermione, and Neville outside the door. When the door opened they went in and took their seats in the front of the class and waited for the rest of the class to get in. After the rest of the class filed in Professor McGonagall took attendance and started her class. "To start the year off, we're going to go over what we learned last year and I want you to start off by turning this box into a tea cozy."
It took Harry and Hermione three tries to get their boxes to change and soon after Neville got his to change and then Adrian got his to change soon afterwards. It took the rest of class for everyone to get their boxes to change. Meanwhile Harry was drawing, Hermione was reading, Neville was studying for his next class, and Adrian was working on an intricate circle.
After class they went on their break to the lakeshore where they found Fred and George already sitting there. Soon after Jade came out but Adrian noticed something different about her, but just shrugged it off as nothing. She came to sit down and sat down right next to him and grabbed onto his arm. Now that he was close to her he smelt that something was off and went to the lake and splashed some cold water on his face. That's when he noticed two people walking off to the edge of the perimeter and out of the gate.Hm must be parents needing to talk to a teacher or deliver something important to their kid.
Right before they left they turned around and he saw two redheads and one looked like Mrs. Weasley. They left and Adrian went back to the tree and sat next to the twins and then leaned over and whispered into their ears. "Hey your mom and someone else was just here, do you have any idea what would be happening?"
"We don't, but we could easily find out." Then Jade came over and sat next to Adrian and leaned on him. They watched the giant squid play in the water and play with Walaka. When it came time for lunch they went to the great hall and the twins took a bit longer to sit down. "We took a look around and we couldn't find Ginny anywhere, but that could mean that she hasn't arrived yet."
"I hope she left, that would mean that we have less to worry about." Jade announced. She finished her lunch and ran off to her next class.
Hermione leaned over the table. "Does Jade seem different than normal."
Harry nodded and looked at Adrian. "Yeah she seems a little more clingy than normal. I mean whenever she sat with us she always had to be touching you."
During the rest of their classes Adrian's mind was off on other things and Harry and Hermione noticed that and took notes for him. Once class was done they saw Adrian take off and head outside and when they out they found him talking to Lady Hufflepuff and Lady Ravenclaw. They walked up to them. "What are you talking about?" Hermione asked.
"I was asking them if there was a way to tell if someone is not who they seem to be." Adrian replied.
"We know that there is a way but it is most commonly polyjuice potion which means that you have to wait an hour for them to change back." Lady Hufflepuff stated.
"But we've sat with her for over an hour and she didn't drink anything." Hermione stated.
Adrian nodded. "That's what I was explaining to them and we were also trying to figure out what other way someone could change appearance."
"Why not go to Professor McGonagall and ask her." Harry recommended. "She is the transfiguration teacher and she would probably know best of what spells could be used to hide a person's identity."
Adrian nodded and the entire group either walked or glided to Professor McGonagall's office. She looked up from the papers on her desk and took a look at the group. "What can I help you with today?"
Hermione spoke up. "We would like to know if there are any spells that could hide who a person really is."
"There are many spells that could do that but they are all complicated. They all have difficult motions and it takes a lot of will power to do it." McGonagall explained.
Adrian thought for a second and turned to Lady Hufflepuff. "Do you think that the intention revealed circle would do the trick?"
"That would only show the caster what they want in the world." Lady Ravenclaw stated and then it dawned on her. "Oh due to what has been going on lately you want to reveal some ones intentions."
Adrian nodded. "The thing is that Jade has been acting strange lately and I want to know what is going on."
"Then it should work." Lady Hufflepuff stated. "Come with me and we'll get it all set up. Oh and we are going to need Luna."
"I'll go get her." Neville said and then went off to find her.
Then Adrian remembered that Jade went where Luna went if she could. "And Neville tell Jade to stay away for a while and come up with an excuse for that." Neville nodded and headed out.
While Neville went to go find Luna and bring her to the tree Harry, Hermione, and Adrian went with the Ladies Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw and started to get the circle ready. Adrian used his power and raised the ground for the circle configuration while Harry and Hermione used their powers to color the ground.
Then Neville and Luna came down and used their powers to bind the circle's power and set the power release as open. "We did open because you can easily say it in a sentence and she would never know." Luna explained.
Just then Jade came down and went straight for Adrian. "Hey Adrian, how are you doing?" She asked.
"I'm doing just fine. Would you mind coming with me into the circle." Adrian grabbed her hand and led her into the center of the circle.
Jade looked around her. "What is this circle?"
Luna decided that she would explain. "It is a circle that will open your heart and show us your true intentions." As soon as she said open the circle lit up and bound the people in it.
Jade's eyes opened in shock and she tried to bolt out of it. "Why are you doing this?" She asked.
"We want to find out who you really are." Hermione said. "Because I know my sister, and I know that she would never act like you do."
Jade turned to Adrian. "Adrian you know me. I am your wind and we were meant to be together." She was begging and pleading to be let out.
"You can say that, but let's see if that is what your heart and mind tell us." Adrian emptied his mind and listened to her.
He will be mine. They promised that if I got that little witch out of the way that I could have him and all of the power that I wanted. Add in the fact that I would then become a princess and have a chance to become queen, and that would be the easy part. I could easily whip up a poison that could kill the queen easily and then Adrian and I would be married and then I would become queen and then my family won't be disgraced anymore.
Adrian had heard enough he pulled out of her mind and pulled away from her. "Who are you?"
