Chapter 11- More history
"You did good Potter, Cherry is in the hospital wing, she's going to be fine, luckily she landed on something soft" Darcodorf told him the moment Hunter stepped into the room.
"She landed on Chris," he explained.
"Close enough to something soft. Come on, next lesson is now" He lured Potter over to the cauldron once more; an urn was pulled down this time for the memory. "This is one of mine" Darcodorf explained. He poured what appeared to be ashes into the pot before grabbing the back of Hunter's head and forcing it into the cauldron.
This time, Hunter stood in the memory along side Darcodorf. They were in an orphanage. "Aw… sick… that's was filled with your spit memories!" Hunter said in utter disgust.
"Shut your hole and watch!" Darcodorf ordered.
The stood at the far end of the room, waiting. The place was old and run down; yet the moment arrived. Darcodorf… a younger looking one at that stepped through the door of the building, his eyes slowly took in the surroundings before he took notice of the secretary. "You were a carrot top! Man, what the hell is with the hair? You get a perm or what!"
Taker gave him a firm slap in the back of the head. "You ain't here to mock my looks, pay attention smartass!"
Hunter focused back on the memory… it would distract him the rather harsh blow Darcodorf gave him. "I'm here to speak with Shane… Shane Questionable" he said.
The woman looked rather stunned. "Oh… are you sure? I mean that boy is trouble. He kidnapped a lot of kids' pets and God knows what happened to those poor things. He recently left two kids in a cave at the beach, they were never the same when we found them again." She explained.
"I'm sure. Shane Questionable please, and we need to speak in private"
She fulfilled his request; she supplied them with a room to speak in private. Shane however wasn't impressed with the dark stranger before him. Hunter and Darcodorf found themselves in the same room as his younger self and a young Vincemort.
"And just who the hell do you think you are?" Shane demanded.
"I was about to ask you the same thing. I came to offer you an invitation… you are to come to Ringwarts School of sorcerery to learn about your gifts and talents."
"Talents? Gifts? Ringwarts? Prove it, prove to me you are from there!" Shane demanded.
Darcodorf's eyes when white, the room cased in shadows as a purple fire formed in the palm of the young Darcodorf's hands. "Next time, this fire will be on your ass!" he warned.
His eyes returned, the room lit up with light once more. A memorized Shane Questionable gasped in shock, yet was soon smiling with utter delight. "It's true… What the hell took you so damn long!"
"Wow… talk about arrogant" Hunter uttered his breath.
"Shut up!" Darcodorf ordered him.
"You weren't ready Shane. But now you are. A teacher will accompany you to gather your school supplies. However… you are only permitted to come… once you returned everything you took from the other kids"
"Wait… how did you know… forget it. Never mind, fine. I will return the junk. But I want to go alone to get my supplies"
"You ain't going alone boy! You don't even know where to go! So quite being a little smartass before you got no ass to speak of!"
Shane's arm crossed, he gave in for the most part. "I want to change my name though… I want it to be something more important… more powerful. Shane is too ordinary"
"You ain't some sort of rap star that can do that. Get your head straight first before you set foot in my school. Got it boy…" the memory faded.
Hunter fell back in shock as he tried to get over the fact that once more, he found his head in a vat of memory spit. It took a while for him to get over it, much to the annoyance of Darcodorf. "You done?" he demanded of Hunter.
"Yeah… yeah I am…"
"Good, that's all I got to show you for now. One more thing Potter, normally it's not until next year you learn of teleportation… I have made an acceptation. You, Princess and the blond will take part in the class." It was great news to hear; yet his focus was elsewhere. Hunter stared at Darcodorf's hand… the ring… it was gone! Yet… his hand still remained that as it was… Black as night, his talons were showing as his flesh was turning to scales.
Taking his leave, Hunter though over the memory once more… not before shuttering again to the vat of memory spit he was just in. Reaching into his pockets, he pulled out a paper… the note Kane gave him. He had asked him and the others to meet in the bell tower at midnight. What was it concerning… he wasn't sure. However for Kane to ask such a favor, it had to be huge.
When returning to the dorm room, Hunter saw the furniture had been replaced and the mess was cleaned up. Yet still no sign of the destructive critters. He didn't mind though; if they were out destroying things that weren't his, Hunter didn't mind. However he quickly found his friends and updated them as to what he learned from his lesson.
Chris and Stephoine were shocked. Stunned to utter silence as to what they just learned. "Are you serious?" they demanded.
"I saw it with my own eyes"
"Wow… I would have never believed it… Darcodorf a carrot top!"
"And his hair was fluffed out!?" Stephoine questioned.
"Damn right, but that's beside the point. I learned that Vincemort has had just as hard of a life as I had… the only acceptation was… he gave this life to me… he's the one that took out my parents…"
"Yeah, sucks ass huh?" said Chris. He took notice of what was in Hunter's hand. "What paper is that?"
"It's from Kane, we need to meet him in the bell tower at midnight, sounds urgent"
"A note from him usually is!" said Stephoine. "We should make a plan to get there, even though we are older, we are not to be out of bed still after dark"
Hunter agreed; they mad a plan as to how to get there. Luckily for them, they never had to use it when the time came. The young dragons were wreaking havoc in the kitchen, pestering the house elves of the school. They easily walked by the teachers who tried to regain control over the situation. "That was a waste of a kick ass plan," sighed Chris.
Climbing up the stairs. Hunter, Stephoine and Chris were greeted with quite a surprise. Kane had another person there with him, along side Mel. He talked to them in utmost secret. Once he turned though, the three gasped. It was that freaky Lee kid once more! "You're everywhere now a days!" Hunter spoke aloud.
"Well sorry! I didn't ask to be a part of this… but I understand why I am needed" Lee snapped back.
Kane looked to the three with a stern look. "What I am about to say, does not leave this bell tower! Understood?" he growled to them.
All heads nodded yes. "Wait, what if someone finds us?" Stephoine asked.
"Not to worry, Lee has Damon on lookout" Mel explained. Just then, Damon stuck his head into the bell tower through a window.
"Does that Lindsey Lohan girl concern us? She just got arrested again," he questioned.
"No Damon! Just keep listening for teachers or students" Lee sighed aloud. He left once more much to her annoyance. "Sorry, he loses focus at times"
"Wow… he breaks pointless celebrity news faster than CNN!" Smirked Chris.
Stephoine shoved him hard in the arm. "You were saying Kane?"
He pondered his words for a moment, almost having second thoughts to this meeting already. But he had come too far now. "I want you to know the truth about Darcodorf… my older brother"
Stephoine and Chris' jaw dropped. "YOUR BROTHER!" they demanded. Their attention turned to Hunter, Stephoine was angry that he wasn't as stunned as they were. "Aren't you shocked?" she demanded of him.
Hunter faked the reaction, by gasping and saying. "It just took a while for it to hit me"
"YOU KNEW! YOU ASSCLOWN!" Stephoine hissed.
"I was told to keep it secret by Darcodorf! What the hell would you expect me to do! He knows when someone calls him a Darcodork and gets all pissed off!"
"SHUT IT!" Kane roared. Every mouth closed tight, Lee when white in the face by Kane's tone. He moved on with the story. "He's my brother… he's my cursed brother," he explained.
The room was silent. "Cursed?" Hunter asked.
"Every bloodline has a cursed one, they are the black dragons. Darcodorf… no matter how powerful he is couldn't change that about himself" Mel explained.
"They are shunned by dragons everywhere, shunned by all but their own kin… My family never saw him as such a burden… but his recent actions have forced my hand to reveal this about him to you. I worry I am losing him" Kane fell silent as he looked away for a moment. He smiled just for a second before forced laugh escaped him. "I thought he was going soft… turning into one of you… but it's the opposite… he's not turning into one of you… it's his true form"
"He's turning into a black dragon," whispered Stephoine.
"What's the big deal though, you can change to and from your human for to dragon form Kane. What's the issue?" Hunter demanded.
"The issue is that something occurred, when he changes into a dragon this time, there's no going back!"
"Why tell us Kane?" Stephoine questioned.
"Because, I figured you would snoop sooner or later. You would know… I just saved you countless hours. But I had to tell you… it will be clear soon enough"
Hunter's attention turned to Lee. "Why the hell is she in the loop on this?"
Kane turned to the frightened girl. He gave a smile. "Because, she's going to be needed later on. It's best she know now to make it all the more… believable" there was a tone again… Kane plotted something, and to bring a girl like Lee into it… it could only mean trouble in Hunter's eyes.
