A Hogwarts Adventure Book 2

Chapter 9: Fading Light Part 1

Kura sighed as she paced around the room she had found. The room was a deep red, showing off her frustration. She needed to figure this out.

"This is impossible!" She yelled, slamming her fist into the table she had had appear. She huffed and let her cheek rest on her palm, tapping the table rapidly.

She looked around before grinning. She grabbed a book she had laid on the table, and flipped through it.

The Book of Sennen Mages was an old book Sakura had, well, stolen. In it were many spells and potions. Including….

"Salire Tempore."

Time Jump.

The potion was an advanced one, but she was sure she knew someone who would be willing to take on the challenge.

Harry, Ron and Hermione were on their way to Hagrid's. The trio knew that Buckbeak was going to be...put down to say it gently, and had decided to go console their friend.

"Do you think we should have told the others?" Ron asked as they made their way to the half giant's hut, "Ya know, like Merida or Hiccup?"

Harry shook his head, "They're too worried over Kura now that Sakura is gone-"

"You!" Hermione said as she stormed over to a trio of boys. Harry and Ron looked over and saw that the trio was Draco Malfoy, Vincent Crabbe and Gregory Goyle.

Draco shot them a mocking smile, "Ah! Come to see the show?!"

Hermione had none of it as she shoved her wand into his face after screaming on her way down, "You foul-loathsome-evil little cockroach!"

Draco whimpered as the wand touched his chin.

"Hermione no!" Ron said as he and Harry caught up. Shooting Draco a wary glare, he added, "He's not worth-"

"You foul-loathsome-evil little cockroach!" A familiar voice cut him off.

Hermione lowered her wand and the group of six looked around.

"Honestly, I've heard better insults Hermione. That was pathetic."

Hermione turned to her friends, but both shook their heads, indicating they didn't see anyone.

She sighed silently, but as Draco and his friends chuckled, she turned and socked him in the face.

"Malfoy! Are you okay?!"

The trio of boys ran off, looking back at Hermione for a brief second.

Hermione, on the other hand, looked up at Harry and Ron, "That felt goo-AH!"

Hermione soon found herself on the ground.

Her face in the ground, she tried to look up at who had pinned her.

"Hello Hermione."

"KURA!"

Kura smiled bitterly. Harry noticed the violet in her eyes had increased, and in the narrow way she held them at the moment, they looked fully violet.

Kura leaned back, not getting up from Hermione, pushing back her short brown hair.

"Can you get off?!" Hermione asked.

Kura rolled her eyes before getting up. As Hermione started to get up, Kura slammed her foot on her back.

"Hey!" Ron walked forwards, but Kura's glare stopped him.

Kura smiled sweetly and lowered herself to Hermione's ear, "You'd think you'd be smarter, Miss Brightest Witch of Her Generation."

Hermione turned her head and looked at her, "You're defending him?! He hates us!"

"No. He hates YOU. I, on the other hand, am slowly crawling my way into his heart. As creepy as that sounds..."

"Very," Harry muttered to Ron who nodded.

"Where were you?" Ron asked, "We didn't see-"

"I'm anywhere where light is present. And often times the shadows." Kura shook his question off. Turning back to Hermione, Kura cocked her head, "I don't like you. I think you're pathetic. I think you believe yourself above others. I think you have no right to put someone in their place due to how they were raised and what they were raised to believe. You'd think you've read on the worst time for the magical community. Which was around the same time Hogwarts was founded. You'd think you wouldn't stereotype all the Slytherins, yet you do. Jack, Sakura and myself are like you in one thing. But at the same time, we might as well be better."

Kura stood and turned to walk away, but the turned back around.

Hermione stood up and glared at the former Gryffindor who was finally stopped staying in their tower and moved into the Slytherin dungeons. Kura grabbed her and whispered in her ear, "If I ever catch you hurting him again...I will make sure you suffer. I've seen and done things to people who have...hurt the ones I care for. So, unless you wish to see everything, DON'T. TOUCH. HIM. AGAIN."

She leaned away and in the spur of the moment, bashed Hermione's head onto her knee.

"HERMIONE!" Ron ran over and grabbed her as she fell. He glared at Kura as she walked away.

"Kura!" Harry yelled, "What's happened to you? You've changed ever since-"

"She left." Kura finished, both knowing who she was referring to. "It's nothing that involved you Harry, but we will need you later on. If I'm ever going to get her back."

"That still doesn't explain why-"

"Because she's an idiot who can't see that not everything can go her way. She's a moron for not realizing that by seeing a group of Slytherins as evil and bullies and who knows what other stereotypes, she's doing to them, what they're doing to her. Rather...pathetic don't you think."

Kura skipped away ignoring Tsu as she walked out.

The silver haired girl shook her head and walked over to the trio.

Taking one look at Hermione, Tsu couldn't help but ask, "Who gave you the makeover?"

"Kura." Ron grumbled.

Tsu nodded. She thought Kura was acting differently. "That means we need to act soon."

"Why?"

"Oh right!" Tsu snapped her fingers, "You weren't with us Harry-"

"What about us?!"

"This doesn't involve you two since you two didn't have wacked out visions last year. Zel got her hands on a timeturner. Hopefully, with the Sennen Items, we can go back in time and get Sakura back!"

The trio shot her an odd look.

"We think Sakura went back in time...Harry, I can't explain it, but trust me, Ella and I are the same as Kura and Sakura. We can't survive without the other. Darkness is eternal, but light can die. She's losing herself because Sakura isn't here to keep that balance. Plus, really Hermione, you'd think you'd see the signs..."

"Of what?"

"That Kura likes Draco."

The trio stared at her.

Tsu snorted, "It's true! She has her eyes on a pale blond Slytherin!"

"WHY MALFOY?!"

"Because...in a way, he's like Sakura, except he's a pureblood who's half English and half French-"

More gawks.

"Okay, the way you're looking at me makes you look really are pathetic."

The trio scowled and made their way to Hagrid's.

Hermione nursed her injured face as they left.

Tsu frowned before giving a small smile, "She'll be proud of you when she hears this...surviving just like the Queen of Thieves."

She chuckled a bit before walking off.

Kura smiled slightly as she caught sight of Draco and his friends...goons...minions...whatever you wanted to call them!

"Boys, I can handle it from here!" She said as she walked over, grabbed Draco and led him away.

As soon as they were out of hearing, she asked, "Are you okay?"

"I'll be better."

Kura nodded, "I wish you would have stayed to see the beating I gave her."

Draco stared at her, "You what?"

"I don't like Hermione. Not because she's a mudblood, I'm one as well-"

"How do you say that like it's a good thing?"

"It's a gift," Kura said lazily, "anyways, I don't like her because for someone so smart, she can be a fucking idiot. One, she's either blind to Ron's crush on her, I know there's one in development, or she knows and is just pulling him along. Two, you'd think she'd know about the Salem Witch Trials. Three, you'd think she would be the bigger person...and just leave."

Draco stopped and stared at her. Wide, nearly violet, eyes looked back at him. "You're changing. Not that that's a problem, I like it."

Kura smiled at him.

"How bad was it?"

Kura smirked, "Ask my sister, when she gets back. She trained me. At my age, she could take down grown men."

Draco whistle and smiled, "Now I wish I could have seen it."

Spying the trio returning, he wrapped his around Kura just to spite them, "You know, for a mudblood you're not half bad."

"And you're not bad for," smiling at Hermione as she caught her eyes, she said in a mocking tone, "An foul-loathsome evil little cockroach!"

Hermione shook her head and stormed off.

Kura waved at Ron and Harry as they followed.

Turning back to Draco, Kura smiled, "Come on, I have something I wanna do. I'll need your help."

Draco shrugged and followed her down to the dungeons. Turning his head to look at the trio he smirked.

'Not bad for a mudblood. Not bad.'

The duo continued their way towards the dungeons, when Kura made a quick turn and pointed up. "This way, it's a short cut."

Draco looked up and frowned.

"Trust me," Kura said as she hopped onto a small opening, "I've used this before. No one else knows about it."

Rolling his eyes, Draco joined the girl. With a flash of a smile, Kura, pulled on a lever, shooting the duo upwards.

However, both shot out of the area rather quickly.

"That's the only bad thing," Kura groaned, "it doesn't make for good landings."

Draco rolled his eyes and looked around. He didn't see anything, "Was this a joke?"

Kura shook her head and paced in front of a wall.

Both teens looked on as a door appeared. Kura reached over and opened it. Taking a quick glance around, she gestured Draco to enter.

"What is this place?" He asked as she closed the door, which caused it to vanish.

Kura shrugged, "I…don't know. I found it, started to come here often. Anyways, this is what I need your help with."

She walked over to the table and the open book.

Draco walked over and looked at the book. Once he was next to her, Kura pointed to the potion. "Salire Tempore?"

Kura nodded, "Time Jump. This book, is one of the oldest books about magic. There isn't another one anywhere. Up to the challenge?" As she said that last line, she smirked.

Draco smirked back, "When do you need it by?"

He held a hand out and Kura didn't hesitate to take it, "The sooner-"

"The better?"

"Exactly."

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