The Second Star
10
Cho Chang Meets Adhara Black
Friday and the weekend went quickly and smoothly for Harry. He noticed that more people pointed and talked about Adhara then they did him now. She didn't seem fazed at all by letting the dementor feed off her. Harry had gone with her ever since he saw her feeding it on Thursday evening. Adhara had been casting a spell on him so the dementor wouldn't affect him.
"Adhara when a dementor gets close you relive your worst memory right," Harry asked as they prepared for the Slytherins they had that evening.
"You should know better then I do. You fought dementors, I haven't," she said flipping through a book. "I guess the real question you wanted to ask me was what I heard?"
"Oh, erm yeah. So what do you heard," Harry asked. "I heard Voldemort murdering my parents and I heard him fighting me in the graveyard."
"I know what you heard. I can hear other peoples' memories. My memory was when my best friend Rose Potter got paralyzed when she was ten. Since she turned out to be a witch she's fine now but when that car snapped her spine it was horrible," Adhara said getting a far off look to her eyes. "Of course I felt guilty because we wouldn't have been in the accident if I hadn't hotwired the car but she forgave me."
"You have your uncle's recklessness for sure," Harry said.
"My father was the same way I've heard. I don't think any Black is truly evil," Adhara said with a really wicked smile. She touched the flower next to her and it withered and died. "I'll see you later at dinner."
Harry went to dinner a few minutes late and didn't see Adhara anywhere. He went over to the Griffindor table and sat with Neville, Hermione, and the Weaslys.
"Have you guys seen Adhara," Harry asked. "We're supposed to go through the lesson for the Slytherins."
"I thought they were doing demetors like the rest of us," Hermione said. "Or did she take a liking to them and decided to give them more advanced stuff?"
"Ignore her Harry. Ron just let it slip that Adhara's an Animagi so she's not very happy. Adhara was just here but Cho asked for a word and they went to the grounds," Ginny said.
"She's with Cho, Cho Chang? Oh god this can't be good," Harry said running out of the hall. He ran onto the grounds and saw Cho and Adhara standing near the Quittich pitch talking angrily.
"So you think you're to good to admit that Harry is your boyfriend and you won't even try to play Quittich? You're a little American snob," Cho said.
"And you're just a brat all together. For the last time, I won't play Quittich because in America we play Quad Pod so I don't know how to play Quittich. I actually like the Appleby Arrows, which is why my owl is named Aarow. Harry is not my boyfriend you can have him I could care less," Adhara said sounding mad and exhausted.
"You're just jealous because we went out last year. You're mad because I have one up on you," Cho snapped.
"You know what? If you don't shut up then you'll be in a hell of a lot of pain, got it bitch," Adhara said.
"If you do the cruciatius curse on me then you'll go to Azkaban," Cho said knowingly. Adhara just sighed.
"I don't need magic to cause pain and I got my own brand of magic that has nothing to do with wands," Adhara said putting her wand away. "Let me show you. Ainps!" Cho withered on the ground shrieking in pain. "Topsa!" She stopped withering and sat there panting. "I'll see you tomorrow in class." Adhara turned and saw Harry staring at her in horror. "We're going to be late Harry, well you're going to be late." In a puff of smoke she was gone. Harry ran over to Cho.
"Are you okay Cho," Harry asked kindly helping her up. Cho started crying and hugged him.
"I thought she was going to kill me! She's really scary why are you dating her? Is she making you," Cho asked.
"We're only friends. Her uncle was my godfather who died last year. She reminds me of him," Harry said. "I have to get to my class now or Adhara will dock points from Griffindor." Harry left her and hurried to the DADA classroom. He walked in and it was completely dark. The only thing he could see was Adhara's holly green eyes.
"You're late Professor Potter. Eight points from Griffindor for goofing off," Adhara said coldly. Two candles in the front of the room lit and showed Adhara. Harry went and took his usual seat.
"Professor Black shouldn't he get fifty points taken away? He was late for his own class," Malfoy's voice came from the darkness.
"Do not tell me how to run things Draco," Adhara snapped back. "I take one point from your house for that."
"So sorry Professor," Draco mumbled. Harry could hear the respect in his voice and it made him wonder what she had done to them the eight minutes before he arrived.
"Now we will get on with the lesson for today. This would be classified as 'Muggle Studies' but I thought students should know about non-magical torcher." All the candles lit up and the room was full of medieval torcher weapons. The Slytherins gasped. "Professor Potter will demonstrate these devices." Harry looked at Adhara angrily but once he made eye contact he felt a strange rushing sensation in his head.
'What was that? It feels really weird.'
'I put a charm on you. You have to trust me in this Harry. You won't be harmed. I'm gaining their trust and respect.'
'They already respect you, why did you do that to Cho? She isn't bad or anything she's just temperamental.'
'She's a Death Eater Harry. I check it out before I attacked her. This isn't respect this is awe. They saw me appear in the classroom and they're in awe, it'll wear off. You won't be hurt I swear, just pretend you are though.'
'Fine but I want to talk about this later.'
Harry went and laid on a wooden table. A big blade started swinging overhead. It was coming closer and closer to his stomach.
"This is more effective then magic. Take the wand away and strap the wizard to this and they'll tell you anything. Roll off Harry before, ah sorry about that," Adhara said as the blade tore into Harry's robes and blood splattered the floor. Harry didn't feel hurt and he didn't feel like he was bleeding however he rolled off the table and clutched his stomach in great pain. "Now I'm going to show you a simple healing spell to heal your victims. You don't want them to die just yet." Adhara made a sharp slashing motion with her wand and the blood disappeared and the robes mended.
"Professor Black you just-," Malfoy said. Adhara held up a hand and silenced him.
"I want you to practice Draco. You can be paired with Theodore Nott," Adhara said. The classroom froze around her. "Do as I say or suffer the wrath of Adhara Black the only magical descendant of Merlin himself." Everyone stood. "Pair up now!" They paired up.
"Short ones will be cut first. Collect the blood and give it to me." The room was filled with screams in no time flat.
"Adhara what are you doing? They may all be Death Eaters or the children of them but what are you doing," Harry whispered to her.
"They won't die. I've made a false Common Room and I'm going to trap them all in it. I need their blood to do it," Adhara whispered back.
"But what's the point? Don't this plan have a point to it," Harry asked. Adhara laughed lightly.
"It's fun, that's the only point I really need. I'm going to imprison every Death Eater or Death Eater child in this school and hold them. The Dark Lord cannot get into this place and neither can his servants unless either Albus or myself bring them in. It will be fun to watch them all suffer," Adhara said. She turned to the class who most were healed. Each student held a vial of their own blood. "Professor Potter will heal the rest of you and then kindly exit the class. Harry went and healed the Slytherins. When he came to Malfoy he stopped. Malfoy pulled him aside.
"She's an evil one Potter. The Dark Lord would thrive on her, so much that maybe he will leave you alone," Draco sneered.
"Voldemort will never leave me alone and he will never get Adhara," Harry said in a threatening and serious tone. Harry healed Malfoy and left. "I'll see you in the Common Room Adhara." Harry left the room.
"He sure will see me in the Common Room," Adhara started laughing. "This class is dismissed and you may now call me Adhara. I needed your blood to gain to entryway into the Griffindor Common Room. It is located behind the portrait of the voodoo dancers on the fifth floor and the password is Aries. Be there at midnight before the charm wears off." Adhara collected the vials and left the classroom. She saw Harry a little ways down the hall and hailed him.
"Adhara this could go really wrong. Did you at least tell Dumbledor what you're doing? And how can you be sure of who are the Death Eaters and who aren't," Harry asked frantically.
"Remember this Harry, I'm not like the rest of you. I have this power that I can't control and more then likely it will end up killing me. Hold that thought there's Cho," Adhara said pushing Harry aside and walking over to Cho. "Hey Cho."
"You are the last person I want to see right no Black," Cho said coldly. She spotted the vials of blood in Adhara's arms. "What's that?"
"Blood," Adhara said dropping her voice. "I'm making a spell so all the Slytherins can get into the Griffindor Common Room tonight at midnight. I know you're a Death Eater and I'm sorry but I had to get you to shut up in front of Harry or you might have let something slip. If you prick your finger and give me some of your blood I'll get you into the Common Room."
"And why should I believe you aren't going to hurt me again? Why work you need blood wouldn't the password and location do," Cho asked suspiciously.
"Are you stupid or something? Griffindor Tower has special charms on it now that the Dark Lord is back," Adhara said. "The only ones whose blood as been added to the room can get in, password is just and extra measure. Go to the fifth floor, the opening is the voodoo dancers and the password is Aries. Go at midnight that is when the charm will be at the strongest."
"You still didn't tell me how I could trust you. Knowing you this could be some sort of gruesome trap," Cho said. Adhara pulled her around so that their backs were completely to Harry.
"Think about it. Out of all the wizards in Britain I find Harry Potter. We were supposed to go back to America but we stayed. I befriend Harry and he won't hear a word against me. His friends suspected I was a Death Eater from the start, Hermione's still smart enough not to trust me. I threw most of the suspicions when I attacked Draco and wore a tank top," Adhara said wickedly. She showed Cho her clean forearm. Then she took a handful of robe and wiped it revealing the Dark Mark.