Chapter 10

The Wolf

"Where are you two going?" Neville asked as soon as the Batman ride was over.
"Uhh…" Fred said.
"When we were on the ride we saw Professor Snape and Malfoy in trouble. We're going to help them." I said.
"Why would you two help them?" Harry asked.
"Snape is a teacher!" Lee yelled at Harry.
"Well he's my least favorite teacher."
"That doesn't make a difference!"
"Does too!"
We left Harry and Lee bickering as we ran down the hill past the creepy pirate characters and the vampires that were scaring the kids.
"Where is he?" Fred asked.
"The hunted hospital by the Eagle. Hurry up!" I shouted since he was falling behind.
"ROAR!" A creepy bird thing shouted in my face.
"GET AWAY FROM ME!" I shouted angrily at him.
"Aeris! Is that the place?" Fred asked catching up to me and pointing at a building with a red cross.
"Must be." I said. We stopped at the front entrance and looked through the window. It was dark so I couldn't see anything.
"We're closed." The lady said smirking at us.
"Look lady a kid and his friend are in there and we have to get them back!" Fred shouted. All of a sudden my head started spinning.
"His power must not be born yet."
"He gave you a power when he raised you."
"Aeris, your power will help defeat him in the end."
"I'll handle this." Snape said pushing Fred aside and pointed his wand at the lady.
"You can't have them back!" She hissed.
"Try us." Snape said and shot a blue light at her. The lady turned to smoke and flew off into the night laughing.
"The door is locked." Fred said trying to open the door. Snape pulled the door and it opened.
"It's a pull not push, Fred." Snape said. I fell to the ground.
"Aeris!" Fred said and ran over towards me.
"I'll be fine." I whispered.
"No you won't. Here I'll carry you." Fred said lifting me up.
"It must be starting." Snape said.
"Not now." Fred said. They walked inside the dark building and down steps.
"Lumos!" Snape said and his wand turned bright white.
"They must be in there." Fred whispered looking ahead at a room.
"That or the memories took them back to their world." Snape said.
"Well let's hope your idea isn't right." Fred said.
"Help!" A voice said.
"Ahead." Snape said. He ran inside the room and pulled out a dirty and scared looking Zambini.
"Run while you can!" He screamed.
"Why?" Fred asked.
"They people alive! They took Draco and left me for later! Run while you still can!" Zambini screamed as a whistle sound filled the room. "RUN THEIR COMING!"
"Were not leaving you." Snape said. All of a sudden Snape's wand went out.

"Ugh my head hurts." Fred said. I was on the hard ground next to Fred and probably Zambini was next to me.
"Are we still alive?" Zambini asked.
"Yes you idiot." Snape said.
"Can someone turn the lights on?" Fred asked.
"Where is my wand?" Snape asked. Fred found my forehead and took his hand off right away.
"Damn Aeris! You're burning." Fred said.
"Aeris? She's still here?" Zambini asked.
"Of course I am." I said in a whisper.
"That power must be starting. A poor time to start now since I don't have any of that potion that Dumbledore asked to make you just in case." Snape said.
"Professor what's happening to her?" Zambini asked.
"The Dark Lord gave her a power a long time ago that must be starting now."
"What is it?"
"I don't know. Only Dumbledore knows."
"She better not become a killer or I'm going to cry." Fred said.
"She won't." Snape said. I could feel my hands tingling and becoming warm all of a sudden.
"Don't die, Aeris." Fred said.
"Shh." Snape said. I heard a noise near Zambini and scratching noises. Zambini screamed in pain.
"Hey back off you idiot!" Tom said coming out of nowhere and charging to the monster in the dark.
"He's here." Fred whispered.
"Aeris! It's alright. Dumbledore gave me this for you. Drink up!" Tom said handing me a vile in my hands. He helped me sit up and I drained the vile.
"Now it's going to hurt for a second but you'll feel better in a few minutes." Tom said trying to find the light switch. He must have found it and flicked on the lights. Zambini was knocked out and Snape was on the ground.
"Professor! Zambini is bleeding." Fred said. Snape got up and looked at Zambini's arm that was missing a chunk of skin and bleeding like mad.
"This isn't good." Tom said. Snape found his wand and quickly started performing various spells to help Zambini.
"Tom please find Draco will you?" Snape asked.
"Wait you can see him too?" Fred asked.
"I was always able to see him! Now hurry, Tom!" Snape said. Tom flew out of the room. All of a sudden my pain was gone. Fred stumbled back.
"You- You have another mark." Fred said. He picked up my hand and showed me. A crystal shape symbol was burned onto my hand. Snape walked over and looked at my hand.
"Well all I can say is you have the power." Snape said. Tom rushed back inside.
"I found him but you gotta hurry cause he won't be alive really soon!" Tom said.
"Alright. Send someone to look over Zambini will you?" Snape asked. Tom nodded his head and flew off. Snape and Fred helped me up and walked over to the exit.
"Tom left a path to Draco." Snape said pointing down a hallway with tiny green orbs floating around. We walked down the hallway passing pictures of doctors and nurses. Snape stopped short and took out his wand.
"He must be in here." Snape said. He opened the door and we saw four pale beasts laughing at something. One of them turned and snarled. His eyes a deep red and his face cut and bruised. His other friends turned and snarled at us as well.
"You were suppose to stay where you were." One of them hissed.
"Well sorry for ruining your plans." Fred said. One of them raised their hands and Fred flew in the air and slammed back on the ground.
"FRED!" I screamed.
"You." One of them pointed at me.
"What are you going to try to kill me too?" I spat at them. The beasts looked at each other and laughed.
"Aeris, you just got a power. You're still weak. Leave them to Tom and I." Snape said as Tom appeared.
"He's right Aeris. This power will only end up making you weaker.
"Aeris! Is that you?" A voice said. I looked up and saw Draco in a cage.
"Hey you shut up!" One of the beasts said and threw something at Draco.
"Tom what are those things?" I asked.
"Madlings. There the beasts of my world. The guy who took over the memory galaxy made these guys to protect him."
"You talk too much Riddle." A beast said.
"Yeah maybe it's time we shut you up." Another one said.
"Over my dead memory body."
"Well then we'll make arrangements." One said and took out one of his claw hands. That was the last straw. I felt my temper rise and I clenched my fists.
"Don't you ever talk to him like that EVER." I yelled. The beasts stopped laughing and snarled at me.
"Oh yeah who says?" One of them said his face inches from mine.
"ME." I said and slashed him with my fingernails. He screamed in pain and covered his eyes. I looked at my hands and saw white fur starting to grow.
"Aeris?" Tom asked.
"KILL HER!" One of the beasts said. They started running towards me but I was faster and jumped on one of them clawing their face.
"What the hell?" I heard Draco said. It was a blur a second later and a white light came carrying the beasts away and leaving me on the ground panting. I heard running footsteps and a crash.
"Aeris! Aeris?" Draco said running towards me.
"What happened? Where's Aeris?" Fred said moaning.
"Tom go get Dumbledore right away." Snape said.
"That won't be needed Snape." Dumbledore said probably walking into the room. I heard footsteps coming closer and a hand on my arm.
"She must not know." Dumbledore said.
"What do you mean? Look at her! She's changing?" Draco said. After that I fainted.

I woke up in the hospital wing with my head pounding. I sat up looking for a glass of water on my nightstand when someone attacked me.
"Oh Aeris! We thought you died!" Hermione said.
"Jeez Hermione she looks fine." Ron said.
"I brought you flowers, Aeris. You woke up just in time too! Tomorrow is Halloween!" Lee said.
"What happened?" I asked.
"You were attacked at the amusement park. Dumbledore said you fought a beast and won but you fainted." Harry said.
"Hey all of you out! Out!" Madame Pomfrey said shooing away the Gryffindors.
"Bye Aeris!" Harry said walking out with the others.
"Now that you're awake you can eat. Here." Madame Pomfrey said handing me a cheese sandwich and a glass of a purple liquid. "It's your special potion you have to take every day from now one. Dumbledore told me what really happened. That was really brave of you Aeris."
"I only remember a little bit. Is Draco and Fred alright? What about Zambini?"
"Oh they are over there. Draco will leave today but I'm afraid Zambini and Fred are still knocked out. Zambini lost a lot of blood and Fred's spine shattered but lucky Dumbledore was quick and brought him here right away or he won't ever be able to walk again. He'll be fine now that he's here." She said and went inside her office and closed the door. I drank the potion and ate the sandwich. I pulled off the covers and walked over to Fred and Draco. They were both fast asleep or so I thought when Draco grabbed my hand.
"Are they all gone?" He whispered.
"Yes."
"Good. He said and opened his eyes. He sat up and looked over at Fred. "Jeez I feel bad for him. He must be in tons of pain." Draco said.
"His spine was shattered." I said looking over at Fred too.
"How about Zambini?"
"Those beasts took a chunk of skin off his arm and he lost a lot of blood."
"Damn. He must be in pain too." Draco said. Just then Fred moved a little and his eyes flew open and he looked over at us.
"Why can't I move anything except my head?" He asked.
"Your spine shattered." Draco said.
"Madame Pomfrey! Fred is awake!" I shouted. She came out carrying a bottle filled with a yellow substance.
"Don't move at all dear. Here drink this. You're going to have a horrible night ahead of you." She said giving him the yellow stuff. Fred gulped it down and moaned. Dumbledore came in with Snape following him.
"Ah you're all awake. You've been asleep for a few days now. I thought you were going to miss the feast." Dumbledore said.
"Professor I must ask you to leave. Weasley here needs sleep if he wants his spine to heal." Madame Pomfrey said.
"Just a second. I must tell them something." Dumbledore said.
"Is something wrong Professor?" Draco asked as Madame Pomfrey went back into her office.
"No actually I came to ask what you all remember." Dumbledore said.
"I only remember being locked into a cage." Draco said.
"You Fred?" Snape asked.
"I remember everything up until I slammed to the ground by that monster." Fred whispered.
"That's good. You Aeris?" Snape asked turning towards me.
"I remember the beasts and Tom and attacking the beasts. I also remember a crystal symbol on my hand…" I looked down at my hand and saw the same crystal symbol that I remembered.
"See Aeris? You have your power now." Dumbledore said.
"What is it?" Draco asked.
"She's can transform into a snow wolf."
"A powerful one at that. No not a werewolf a snow wolf. There are only a handful of magical people that have this power. You have ice powers." Snape said.
"So that's what happened to me? I became a wolf?" I asked.
"Yes and those beasts were afraid of you so they left right away. Memories know that snow wolfs are dangerous." Snape said.
"Is that why Tom gave her that potion?" Fred asked.
"Yes. If she didn't drink it then the transformation might have been more painful and she could have lost her memory." Snape said.
"Alright! This is too much for them! Leave now!" Madame Pomfrey said shooing them out.
"Mrs. Malfoy came by the way. She left cakes for all of you if you have the munchies at midnight." Dumbledore said before Madame Pomfrey slammed the door on him.
"Honestly he doesn't get it. Alright you two need to be quiet. Weasley you have to get some sleep or you'll be in more pain than normal."
"Can someone bring me my homework at least?" I asked.
"All your books are on your bedside." She said before going back into her office.
Draco pulled out his potions books and looked at a scroll full of homework he has to complete. I went back to my bed and pull out my scroll as well. Hermione must have kept track since she gave me notes from History of Magic and wrote down my homework. It wasn't a long list of homework either. Draco moaned.
"I can't do this! It's too much." He said and threw his stuff of his bed and went to sleep. I started my potions essay and looked at my hand. I can transform into a snow wolf. Not only that but I have Ice powers. This year is just getting crazier by the second. Sigh.