Title: The Lost Child
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To Wunmiii: A very mixed up world.
To notwritten: Thanks for your review.
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Chapter 11: Cat Attack
It took a few weeks for Araminta to get over the fact that she had changed into a doe, without formal training, and that she had managed to block second and even fifth year spells. Harry, Hermione, and some of the Gryffindor's helped the best they could but Ron made fun of her.
'Who ever heard of a first year changing into an animal,' Ron joked. 'Sounds like a Snape freak to me.'
Hermione slapped him on that occasion.
The only upside was the fact that Snape had admitted that Araminta was his daughter and told her that there was nothing wrong with her. 'Just because you can do all these things doesn't mean that you're a freak.'
'Thanks,' Araminta said; not sure if his words really cheered her up.
Meanwhile the Gryffindor's were working hard to get ready for their match against Slytherin. Araminta personally wanted Gryffindor to win because she hated Slytherin so much, except for her father, and Hermione told her that she was more then welcomed to come and watch the match.
'Are you sure that anyone will want me,' Araminta asked her.
'I'm positive,' Hermione told her.
However her father had different ideas. He wanted her to sit with him during the match so that he could keep an eye on her just in-case Ron decided to attack her. He already saw her as a member of the Gryffindor Quidditch team because Madam Hooch told him that she had inherited her flying abilities from him which made Snape feel better. He had heard that Hermione had been bad at the subject.
On Halloween Araminta went down to the Great Hall for their Halloween Feast and noticed Harry and Hermione going down to the dungeons. Araminta wondered why they were going but decided against asking. She didn't want Harry to think that she was in his business. She took her place at the Gryffindor table and the feast started.
'Hay, Minty,' yelled a boy from the Ravenclaw table.
Araminta had no idea why someone had suddenly decided to call her Minty but she looked up.
'What do you want?' Araminta asked.
'Isn't today your birthday?' he asked.
'Yes, but I don't expect a cake,' Araminta told him.
At once a large chocolate cake appeared with the words Happy Birthday, Araminta in red icing appeared. Araminta was shocked as everyone, except the Slytherin's, sang Happy Birthday to her. She had to admit that it had been fun.
The next day, however, wasn't fun. Araminta had heard that Mrs. Norris had been attacked and was petrified in the hospital wing. Everyone was worried because the suppose Heir of Slytherin had struck and anyone that was of muggle heritage was up for the chopping block. Araminta was sure that Malfoy, if he had been here, would have delighted in such terrors. The following day Araminta was busy looking for her Lockhart books when she noticed something on Ginny's table.
She took it and saw that it was a diary, except that nothing was written in it. Taking it she decided that her father needed to see it. It just seemed strange to her that someone like Ginny wouldn't write in a diary and also she sensed dark magic within. This was something that her father would handle and so she hid it in her robes and went to see her father.
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A/N: Sorry about another short chapter but I'm trying this new way of keeping the speaking markers without having to basically re due the whole thing. I promise that the next chapter will be at least somewhat longer. Next Up: Snape destroys the diary and Araminta gets another visit from Aurora.