Rogue carried Harry to the castle. She saw the Hogsmeade students
entering the castle, so Rogue knew she had to hurry. She came to an
open window and checked to make sure no one was in the corridor. No
one was, but it was a common hall so she had to hurry. She soared
through the window and landed.
"Hey Rogue, thank you very much." Harry said, turning to her. "I would have had a really boring night here. I had a lot of fun."
"Well, ya should be thanking Kitty. She was the one with the idea." Rogue said with a shrug. Just then Malfoy's group came heading down the hall. Malfoy stopped instantly when they saw the two. His eyes though, were on Rogue. She still hadn't changed out of her vampire costume, for she had planned to head straight back.
"Woaw. Why you all dressed up tonight Rogue?" Malfoy asked, stunned. Even his lackey's seemed in awe.
"None o'ya business!" Rogue growled, not liking the looks they were giving her.
"It looks good! Why don't you wear your make-up and hair like that more often?" He questioned lifting an eyebrow.
"Go away Malfoy!" Harry demanded.
"Humph, why don't you make me?" He demanded.
"Ah think we will. Now tell me, the wand? Or brute force?" She asked, glaring dangerously at him.
His eyes widened a bit, but then he shook his head. "How can a creature so beautiful be so aggressive?" Malfoy asked sarcastically, mainly to his thugs. They laughed.
Rogue's face went red from both and anger and embarrassment. "Did ya already forget what Ah did ta yo're arm?!" Rogue demanded.
Malfoy and his group of cronies stopped laughing and Malfoy looked slightly afraid.
"Is Malfoy afraid now?" Harry questioned.
Malfoy sneered at him. "No! Of course not!"
"Well ya should be!" Rogue growled dangerously. She grasped Malfoy's robes and lifted him off the ground by them. His feet moved rapidly as he tried to touch ground.
"There's something weird about you!" Goyle sneered, leaping toward Malfoy and grabbing onto his arm. He pulled but Malfoy didn't budge and Rogue's arm didn't drop him.
"Goyle! Let go!" Draco growled, hearing his robes begin to rip. Goyle let go.
Rogue looked around. "Where's Snape to save ya?" She asked dangerously looking up at the boy.
He didn't say anything, he just gazed down at her, his expression blank. She then looked at his group of cronies and smiled. "Bowling anyone? Let's see how many Ah can knock down aye?"
Malfoy's eyes went wide as he gazed back at his group of cronies Rogue would aim him at. "Now what did I ever do to you?!" Malfoy demanded quickly.
"Made fun o' mah friends! Ah still haven' forgiven ya for what ya said t'Kurt! And now ya won't leave us alone." Rogue replied quickly. Other then those reasons, he had never done anything to 'her'.
"I don't get along with your friends, I apologized about Kurt, and I didn't know that being pesky would resolve in injuries!" Malfoy replied calmly.
Rogue narrowed her eyes.
"Rogue, let him down. You know he'll just go whining to a teacher or his dad. Like he did with Hagrid." Harry said, putting a hand on Rogue's arm. Rogue shrugged, then released Malfoy and he fell.
"I'm just trying to give you a chance." Malfoy said, regaining his composure. He then handed her one of the Malfoy supporters badges. "Think on it." He offered, before beckoning his cronies to follow him away.
Harry shook his head. "I can't believe him."
"Me neither!" Rogue said, watching the corridor the group had just left. She looked down at the badge. "Let's git rid o'dis." Rogue then shook her head. She had received her regular accent back as Remy's mind had diminished into the back of her head, but it seemed there were a little more remaining affects. Rogue got an idea then. She charged the badge with the remaining power she had from the Cajun.
"What did you just do?" Harry asked, looking down at the badge in disbelief.
Rogue shrugged. "Just testin' somethin'." She looked around for where she might throw it, but when she didn't find a place, she sighed, then uncharged it. She then threw the badge out the window and it soared way out of sight.
"You touch a mutant?" Harry asked, remembering what Kurt had told him.
"Uh, yeah. Ah see Kurt explained everythin'. Please. don't tell 'anyone'?" Rogue asked. Harry nodded, then hurried off to find Ron and Hermione. Since Malfoy was here, obviously, so was the Hogsemeade students.
Once Harry was gone. Rogue flew out the window, but decided that she didn't want to go home yet. She flew upward onto the roof of the highest tower and sat there, looking out at the beautiful landscape.
~
Finally, Rogue flew up off the tower roof. She had no clue how long she had been on there, but she knew that if she didn't get back to the institute before the party ended, Logan would interrogate her to no end.
As she was over the Hogwarts ground, she saw a man running toward the woods. Rogue quickly landed to see who it was. Whoever it was though, he was heading for the womping willow. He looked behind him and saw her standing there. He stopped instantly, as if he had just been caught doing something wrong.
Rogue pulled out her wand and walked cautiously toward him. The man looked around, as if looking for a way to escape her. "Please, don' run. Ah'll be able t'catch up with ya anyway." She warned. He then looked at her, then her wand.
When she was close enough to see him, she was startled. His skin seemed to be clinging to his bones and his black hair hung messily all the way down to his elbows.
All of a sudden, he shrunk down into a massively large black dog. Startled, she wasn't ready for it to leap. It did, right on her. She caught it though, but she had dropped her wand. She tried to reach down for it, but the dog was working hard to not let her get it, though he had of course, not taken into account her superhuman strength. Easily, she threw the dog off of her, but it came rushing back at her.
Before she could grab her wand the dog had planted himself over it and nipped at Rogue. Rogue flew up straight into the air. Rogue could have sworn that she had seen a look of utter shock on the dogs face.
The dog turned back into a man and he picked up her wand. Rogue cursed herself, but hovered a little lower. She realized though, that this was a mistake. The man thrust the wand out, aiming it right at her and she quickly tried to shoot upward. She had finally recognized the face of the man though. It was Sirius Black!
The spell hit her, and she felt her energy escape her. She went suddenly limp, and then began falling. She couldn't stop herself. She had always liked free falling, but that was only when she knew that she could stop herself before hitting the ground. Of course, she wouldn't be that badly hurt, but still, it wouldn't be pleasant.
Rogue felt arms catch her and the man stumbled, trying to keep his grip. Rogue fought the spell as he regained himself and started walking in a specific direction. It wasn't hard for him to carry her though, for she was petite.
Her captor stopped and set her down on moist Earth. Rogue wished that she could see what was going on, wished she could move, wished she could speak, but she couldn't. Sirius had left her on the ground but she could hear him near by, moving about. He was a good distance away, and she couldn't hear what he was doing. She strained to find out.
'He's an animagi!' Rogue thought suddenly. The transfiguration teacher had told her about them. They were recorded, but in the article Cody had shown her when she had asked him about Sirius, it had said nothing about him being able to transfigure himself into a large black dog. If they were trying to find him, wouldn't they tell people? That would help the search. 'What if they didn' know?' She thought further to herself. She knew that you had to register to do that, but what if he hadn't?
One hand slid under her knees and she nearly wished that one of his fingers might scrape the bare skin on her leg that might be revealed by the slit. It didn't happen though, and the other hand slid under her back, then she was being lifted upward.
Sirius walked onward for a while. Rogue had no idea where he was headed and fought against herself to at least pry her eyes open, but it seemed that her body just wasn't going to listen.
Sirius came to a stop and struggled as he tried to do something with one hand, but not drop Rogue. After a little bit of that struggle a door knob clicked and it sounded as if he kicked the door open and readjusted Rogue in his arms so he had a better grip. He then continued walking.
After a little bit of more walking Sirius fought another door open. After about four steps, she felt herself being lowered. There was a 'CREAK' as she was placed on an oddly uncomfortable bed. There was more movement from Black and she heard the door 'CLICK' shut. She didn't hear any more movement, though she knew he was still in the room.
She attempted again to do something. Instead of doing anything physical, a groan escaped and she cursed herself for it. The man shuffled a bit, though Rogue didn't know where or what he was doing. She could, however, feel his gaze on her.
She attempted at movement again, making sure not to make any sounds this time. She could feel her strength returning bit by bit. She was able to force her eyes open. It was dark, but there was light coming in through a few cracks in the boarded window. It looked as if she was in a house and she was looking up at the bare wooden ceiling.
Sirius moved closer, the wand still held out. "Need help?" He asked cautiously.
Rogue groaned, but then found her voice. "Ya did this t'me! Why ya askin' if Ah need help?! Ah don' even know what spell you used!" Rogue growled, attempting to sit up, but finding herself too weak.
Sirius put a hand behind her back and helped her sit up. She then supported herself with her right hand and with her left she held her head which was spinning.
She looked over at Sirius and he was still holding her wand out, ready to use it. Rogue laughed. "What do ya think lil ole me's gonna do huhne?" She asked.
Sirius shook his head. "I've no idea, but I've 'never' see someone recover from that spell this quickly! I'm not taking any chances!" He replied, tensing his grip on her wand. He had seen her fly, he wasn't about to let his guard down.
Rogue grinned. "Ya don' trust me sugah?"
"No, I trust you. Just as much as you trust me!" He replied.
Rogue laughed. "Touché. So, yo're the famous Sirius Black? Don' seem so dangerous t'me."
A grin ebbed at the sides of his mouth. "So, what d'ya plan t'do with me? Ya didn' bring me all the way- uh- here, t'let me go back this easily." Rogue said, slipping a glove off as inconspicuously as possible. Sirius was observant though, and he had been watching her carefully. He raised an eyebrow as he saw her slip the glove off. She then took of the other one.
"No, actually, I can't let you go back. Not while you know my secret." Sirius stated.
"So what, ya gonna put some kind o'memory charm on me? 'Cause Ah don' think ya gonna kill me. Though, Ah know yer capable, yo've had plenty o'time t'do that." Rogue replied, leaning forward a bit.
Sirius took a small step back. "That's the alternative." He began, but Rogue, having regained enough strength, flung herself at him and reached for her wand. Sirius was ready though and he pulled back, and with his other hand grabbed one of her wrists. Her free hand flung still toward her wand. Sirius gripped it harder, ready for this, but what he wasn't ready for, was what happened when Rogue's bare hand wrapped around his in an attempt to get her wand.
Sirius instantly went still and he gasped as he felt her absorb him. He dropped the wand and stumbled backward. So fast was his reaction that their contact hadn't been long enough to make him pass out.
Rogue stumbled backward too. She stared wide-eyed at the convict, stunned by her revelation. She didn't have time to think about it though, for Sirius had morphed into the black dog and he was leaping at her. Rogue snapped back into reality and with her new talent, turned into a large black dog too. She hadn't regained enough strength to be her superhuman self, but her dog form was good enough for her.
Sirius landed near the other dog in utter shock! Rogue could see it in his eyes. He was wondering how she had become a dog just like him. He didn't think about it though, because the other dog was leaping for her wand. Sirius plowed into her ribs and she was knocked away from the wand. It hadn't hurt though. She was still invulnerable, no matter how weak she was at the moment. She certainly wasn't fragile!
Sirius was the next to leap for the wand, but Rogue rammed into him and stood over the wand. She then morphed back into herself, where she found herself kneeling over her wand. Sirius changed back, but he was panting. She had after all rammed into his ribs and that must have knocked the wind right out of him.
"Listen t'me!" Rogue growled. Rogue stood up and Sirius's gaze followed.
"Ah know yer innocent! Ah believe ya! Ah understand now. you don' need t'explain. Yer secrets safe with me." Rogue said quickly, but it to a second for the words to sink in, but when they did, Sirius Black stared at her utterly shocked.
"How? Why? What?" Sirius gaped.
"Yo're memories are mah memories, yo're physical abilities are mah physical ability; once our skin meets." Rogue replied. "Problem is, Ah could kill ya by doin' it." Rogue warned.
Sirius continued to gape and Rogue couldn't help but laugh. "Look sugah, if ya keep lookin' at me like that, Ah'll be tempted t'zap ya again." Rogue warned.
Sirius then shook his head as if to clear it, then looked at Rogue as if expecting something else. He then sighed. "I guess you've saved me the job of trying to prove my innocence?" He asked with a weak laugh.
Rogue nodded. "Ya came for Peter Petigrew. Damn, Ah'm gonna hate Ron's rat now." Rogue replied, shaking her head. She then cringed and held her head.
"What?" Sirius asked.
"Oh, nothin'. Jus' gettin' yo memories o' Azkaban." Rogue replied, putting both hands to her head now. The memories were 'so' unpleasant and she could almost feel the happiness she had ebb away as she got a flashback of a dementor coming near her. She didn't have a chance to notice her surroundings, she felt awful; completely frozen from the inside out and as if she'd never feel better again. All of her happiness was gone. For years and years it had been gone. All there was left was a single sane thought. "I'm innocent. I didn't do it! Wormtail did it! I didn't. I DIDN'T DO IT!" She screamed to the dementor.
Rogue felt a hand gripping her shoulder and the other was supporting her back. She had stumbled then fallen backwards, and Sirius had caught her. She wondered if she had said that aloud.
Rogue met Padfoot's gaze and he looked fearful and on the edge. Those were 'his' memories she was having! He had heard her scream out what he had yelled in his head day after day, year after year. Word for word! Sirius was horrified. What power did she posses to give her 'his' memories? 'His' abilities? He feared her, yet for some reason, felt sorry for her. No one should have to re-live what he had been through.
"Ah'm really sorry! Ah didn' mean that! Ah couldn' help it!" Rogue said quickly, sliding out of Sirius's hold and sat on the dirty floor. She hadn't planned on bringing up any more about Black's life at Azkaban after mentioning that she knew about it, but the vision had engulfed her. If she had yelled that out loud, who knew what memories might be invoked in the innocent man's head.
Sirius just looked at her. She could see sadness and fear behind his eyes, but Rogue really didn't know how to interpret it. Sirius then shook his head. "I believe you." He sighed. "It's just." He trailed off. "Difficult, I guess. I just got away from that nightmare."
"Ah know, Ah understand. Look, what's important is that Ah know yo're innocent. Ah think ya better get me back to Hogwarts though huhne. Ah know fo' a fact that mah friends will look for me t'no end an' we don want them t'find you now do we? Oh, and don' worry 'bout yer secret, Ah have no intention of tellin' 'anybody.'"
Sirius nodded and picked up Rogue's abandoned wand. He looked as if in a trance. He must not have spoken with a human in a long time and it was fazing him a bit. Not to mention that he had seen this human fly, steal his abilities, steal his memories, then re-live one of them.
Sirius held out her wand to her. She shook her head though. "Do ya know any short-term memory charms? Ah'm sure Ah'll get questioned abou' what happened tonight. If Ah know, then it could be dangerous. Our potion's teacher has some type o' potion t'make people tell y'the truth." Rogue warned.
"Well." Sirius said in a warning voice as he looked at the wand. "I know one that's supposed to put the victim to sleep, but the side effects are memory loss. It might be temporary, or it could be a permanent loss of memory of the last twelve hours before the spell was cast. And it will cause extreme physical discomfort. that's the only 'possibly' short term memory spell I know."
Rogue bit her lip. She defiantly didn't want to forget the dance.She nodded anyway. This was more important. Sirius lifted the wand slowly, as if waiting for more confirmation.
"Jus' do it befo' Ah change mah mind!" Rogue demanded. A word was muttered and a golden light shot from her wand hitting her square in the chest. Her eyes rolled up to the back of her head and then she collapsed. falling into darkness. ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Cheesy Monkey: This 'little box' as you so put it, is to write to me. :P I don't care what you talk about. I mean. I defiantly want to know what you think, but I know I've said it a million times, go ahead, ramble and rant away. It amuses me. lol. I'm going to have to strangle you though! I hate it when people poke me with a passion! Plus, I already know what's going to happen and obviously, if you've read the ubove (lol) then Kurtiness is gonna hafta wait a bit. Hope this chapt. didn't bore you though. I tried to make it interesting. *shrugs* Well, it is to me! I know that.
Miss Melanie Black: I'm glad you enjoyed the last chapter. lol. I figured some of you would love it and others would hate it. *shrugs* Can't make you all happy. lol. I thought that Logan part would be cute. I had a lot of fun with that chapter. I'm glad people enjoyed it. As for the beta reading, that would be nice I guess. Lol. Just lemme know when it'd be convenient for you. Until then, I'm going to have to go about this the way I have been. :D
Jane Silver: You make a good point. *nods* As for Pietro, Rogue, And Kitty using their powers against Malfoy, that's only Malfoy. Lol. But you make a good point and I'll try to do a better job. With a fic like this though, there are so many things and little details, that you just need someone there pointing them out for you. Lol.
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"Hey Rogue, thank you very much." Harry said, turning to her. "I would have had a really boring night here. I had a lot of fun."
"Well, ya should be thanking Kitty. She was the one with the idea." Rogue said with a shrug. Just then Malfoy's group came heading down the hall. Malfoy stopped instantly when they saw the two. His eyes though, were on Rogue. She still hadn't changed out of her vampire costume, for she had planned to head straight back.
"Woaw. Why you all dressed up tonight Rogue?" Malfoy asked, stunned. Even his lackey's seemed in awe.
"None o'ya business!" Rogue growled, not liking the looks they were giving her.
"It looks good! Why don't you wear your make-up and hair like that more often?" He questioned lifting an eyebrow.
"Go away Malfoy!" Harry demanded.
"Humph, why don't you make me?" He demanded.
"Ah think we will. Now tell me, the wand? Or brute force?" She asked, glaring dangerously at him.
His eyes widened a bit, but then he shook his head. "How can a creature so beautiful be so aggressive?" Malfoy asked sarcastically, mainly to his thugs. They laughed.
Rogue's face went red from both and anger and embarrassment. "Did ya already forget what Ah did ta yo're arm?!" Rogue demanded.
Malfoy and his group of cronies stopped laughing and Malfoy looked slightly afraid.
"Is Malfoy afraid now?" Harry questioned.
Malfoy sneered at him. "No! Of course not!"
"Well ya should be!" Rogue growled dangerously. She grasped Malfoy's robes and lifted him off the ground by them. His feet moved rapidly as he tried to touch ground.
"There's something weird about you!" Goyle sneered, leaping toward Malfoy and grabbing onto his arm. He pulled but Malfoy didn't budge and Rogue's arm didn't drop him.
"Goyle! Let go!" Draco growled, hearing his robes begin to rip. Goyle let go.
Rogue looked around. "Where's Snape to save ya?" She asked dangerously looking up at the boy.
He didn't say anything, he just gazed down at her, his expression blank. She then looked at his group of cronies and smiled. "Bowling anyone? Let's see how many Ah can knock down aye?"
Malfoy's eyes went wide as he gazed back at his group of cronies Rogue would aim him at. "Now what did I ever do to you?!" Malfoy demanded quickly.
"Made fun o' mah friends! Ah still haven' forgiven ya for what ya said t'Kurt! And now ya won't leave us alone." Rogue replied quickly. Other then those reasons, he had never done anything to 'her'.
"I don't get along with your friends, I apologized about Kurt, and I didn't know that being pesky would resolve in injuries!" Malfoy replied calmly.
Rogue narrowed her eyes.
"Rogue, let him down. You know he'll just go whining to a teacher or his dad. Like he did with Hagrid." Harry said, putting a hand on Rogue's arm. Rogue shrugged, then released Malfoy and he fell.
"I'm just trying to give you a chance." Malfoy said, regaining his composure. He then handed her one of the Malfoy supporters badges. "Think on it." He offered, before beckoning his cronies to follow him away.
Harry shook his head. "I can't believe him."
"Me neither!" Rogue said, watching the corridor the group had just left. She looked down at the badge. "Let's git rid o'dis." Rogue then shook her head. She had received her regular accent back as Remy's mind had diminished into the back of her head, but it seemed there were a little more remaining affects. Rogue got an idea then. She charged the badge with the remaining power she had from the Cajun.
"What did you just do?" Harry asked, looking down at the badge in disbelief.
Rogue shrugged. "Just testin' somethin'." She looked around for where she might throw it, but when she didn't find a place, she sighed, then uncharged it. She then threw the badge out the window and it soared way out of sight.
"You touch a mutant?" Harry asked, remembering what Kurt had told him.
"Uh, yeah. Ah see Kurt explained everythin'. Please. don't tell 'anyone'?" Rogue asked. Harry nodded, then hurried off to find Ron and Hermione. Since Malfoy was here, obviously, so was the Hogsemeade students.
Once Harry was gone. Rogue flew out the window, but decided that she didn't want to go home yet. She flew upward onto the roof of the highest tower and sat there, looking out at the beautiful landscape.
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Finally, Rogue flew up off the tower roof. She had no clue how long she had been on there, but she knew that if she didn't get back to the institute before the party ended, Logan would interrogate her to no end.
As she was over the Hogwarts ground, she saw a man running toward the woods. Rogue quickly landed to see who it was. Whoever it was though, he was heading for the womping willow. He looked behind him and saw her standing there. He stopped instantly, as if he had just been caught doing something wrong.
Rogue pulled out her wand and walked cautiously toward him. The man looked around, as if looking for a way to escape her. "Please, don' run. Ah'll be able t'catch up with ya anyway." She warned. He then looked at her, then her wand.
When she was close enough to see him, she was startled. His skin seemed to be clinging to his bones and his black hair hung messily all the way down to his elbows.
All of a sudden, he shrunk down into a massively large black dog. Startled, she wasn't ready for it to leap. It did, right on her. She caught it though, but she had dropped her wand. She tried to reach down for it, but the dog was working hard to not let her get it, though he had of course, not taken into account her superhuman strength. Easily, she threw the dog off of her, but it came rushing back at her.
Before she could grab her wand the dog had planted himself over it and nipped at Rogue. Rogue flew up straight into the air. Rogue could have sworn that she had seen a look of utter shock on the dogs face.
The dog turned back into a man and he picked up her wand. Rogue cursed herself, but hovered a little lower. She realized though, that this was a mistake. The man thrust the wand out, aiming it right at her and she quickly tried to shoot upward. She had finally recognized the face of the man though. It was Sirius Black!
The spell hit her, and she felt her energy escape her. She went suddenly limp, and then began falling. She couldn't stop herself. She had always liked free falling, but that was only when she knew that she could stop herself before hitting the ground. Of course, she wouldn't be that badly hurt, but still, it wouldn't be pleasant.
Rogue felt arms catch her and the man stumbled, trying to keep his grip. Rogue fought the spell as he regained himself and started walking in a specific direction. It wasn't hard for him to carry her though, for she was petite.
Her captor stopped and set her down on moist Earth. Rogue wished that she could see what was going on, wished she could move, wished she could speak, but she couldn't. Sirius had left her on the ground but she could hear him near by, moving about. He was a good distance away, and she couldn't hear what he was doing. She strained to find out.
'He's an animagi!' Rogue thought suddenly. The transfiguration teacher had told her about them. They were recorded, but in the article Cody had shown her when she had asked him about Sirius, it had said nothing about him being able to transfigure himself into a large black dog. If they were trying to find him, wouldn't they tell people? That would help the search. 'What if they didn' know?' She thought further to herself. She knew that you had to register to do that, but what if he hadn't?
One hand slid under her knees and she nearly wished that one of his fingers might scrape the bare skin on her leg that might be revealed by the slit. It didn't happen though, and the other hand slid under her back, then she was being lifted upward.
Sirius walked onward for a while. Rogue had no idea where he was headed and fought against herself to at least pry her eyes open, but it seemed that her body just wasn't going to listen.
Sirius came to a stop and struggled as he tried to do something with one hand, but not drop Rogue. After a little bit of that struggle a door knob clicked and it sounded as if he kicked the door open and readjusted Rogue in his arms so he had a better grip. He then continued walking.
After a little bit of more walking Sirius fought another door open. After about four steps, she felt herself being lowered. There was a 'CREAK' as she was placed on an oddly uncomfortable bed. There was more movement from Black and she heard the door 'CLICK' shut. She didn't hear any more movement, though she knew he was still in the room.
She attempted again to do something. Instead of doing anything physical, a groan escaped and she cursed herself for it. The man shuffled a bit, though Rogue didn't know where or what he was doing. She could, however, feel his gaze on her.
She attempted at movement again, making sure not to make any sounds this time. She could feel her strength returning bit by bit. She was able to force her eyes open. It was dark, but there was light coming in through a few cracks in the boarded window. It looked as if she was in a house and she was looking up at the bare wooden ceiling.
Sirius moved closer, the wand still held out. "Need help?" He asked cautiously.
Rogue groaned, but then found her voice. "Ya did this t'me! Why ya askin' if Ah need help?! Ah don' even know what spell you used!" Rogue growled, attempting to sit up, but finding herself too weak.
Sirius put a hand behind her back and helped her sit up. She then supported herself with her right hand and with her left she held her head which was spinning.
She looked over at Sirius and he was still holding her wand out, ready to use it. Rogue laughed. "What do ya think lil ole me's gonna do huhne?" She asked.
Sirius shook his head. "I've no idea, but I've 'never' see someone recover from that spell this quickly! I'm not taking any chances!" He replied, tensing his grip on her wand. He had seen her fly, he wasn't about to let his guard down.
Rogue grinned. "Ya don' trust me sugah?"
"No, I trust you. Just as much as you trust me!" He replied.
Rogue laughed. "Touché. So, yo're the famous Sirius Black? Don' seem so dangerous t'me."
A grin ebbed at the sides of his mouth. "So, what d'ya plan t'do with me? Ya didn' bring me all the way- uh- here, t'let me go back this easily." Rogue said, slipping a glove off as inconspicuously as possible. Sirius was observant though, and he had been watching her carefully. He raised an eyebrow as he saw her slip the glove off. She then took of the other one.
"No, actually, I can't let you go back. Not while you know my secret." Sirius stated.
"So what, ya gonna put some kind o'memory charm on me? 'Cause Ah don' think ya gonna kill me. Though, Ah know yer capable, yo've had plenty o'time t'do that." Rogue replied, leaning forward a bit.
Sirius took a small step back. "That's the alternative." He began, but Rogue, having regained enough strength, flung herself at him and reached for her wand. Sirius was ready though and he pulled back, and with his other hand grabbed one of her wrists. Her free hand flung still toward her wand. Sirius gripped it harder, ready for this, but what he wasn't ready for, was what happened when Rogue's bare hand wrapped around his in an attempt to get her wand.
Sirius instantly went still and he gasped as he felt her absorb him. He dropped the wand and stumbled backward. So fast was his reaction that their contact hadn't been long enough to make him pass out.
Rogue stumbled backward too. She stared wide-eyed at the convict, stunned by her revelation. She didn't have time to think about it though, for Sirius had morphed into the black dog and he was leaping at her. Rogue snapped back into reality and with her new talent, turned into a large black dog too. She hadn't regained enough strength to be her superhuman self, but her dog form was good enough for her.
Sirius landed near the other dog in utter shock! Rogue could see it in his eyes. He was wondering how she had become a dog just like him. He didn't think about it though, because the other dog was leaping for her wand. Sirius plowed into her ribs and she was knocked away from the wand. It hadn't hurt though. She was still invulnerable, no matter how weak she was at the moment. She certainly wasn't fragile!
Sirius was the next to leap for the wand, but Rogue rammed into him and stood over the wand. She then morphed back into herself, where she found herself kneeling over her wand. Sirius changed back, but he was panting. She had after all rammed into his ribs and that must have knocked the wind right out of him.
"Listen t'me!" Rogue growled. Rogue stood up and Sirius's gaze followed.
"Ah know yer innocent! Ah believe ya! Ah understand now. you don' need t'explain. Yer secrets safe with me." Rogue said quickly, but it to a second for the words to sink in, but when they did, Sirius Black stared at her utterly shocked.
"How? Why? What?" Sirius gaped.
"Yo're memories are mah memories, yo're physical abilities are mah physical ability; once our skin meets." Rogue replied. "Problem is, Ah could kill ya by doin' it." Rogue warned.
Sirius continued to gape and Rogue couldn't help but laugh. "Look sugah, if ya keep lookin' at me like that, Ah'll be tempted t'zap ya again." Rogue warned.
Sirius then shook his head as if to clear it, then looked at Rogue as if expecting something else. He then sighed. "I guess you've saved me the job of trying to prove my innocence?" He asked with a weak laugh.
Rogue nodded. "Ya came for Peter Petigrew. Damn, Ah'm gonna hate Ron's rat now." Rogue replied, shaking her head. She then cringed and held her head.
"What?" Sirius asked.
"Oh, nothin'. Jus' gettin' yo memories o' Azkaban." Rogue replied, putting both hands to her head now. The memories were 'so' unpleasant and she could almost feel the happiness she had ebb away as she got a flashback of a dementor coming near her. She didn't have a chance to notice her surroundings, she felt awful; completely frozen from the inside out and as if she'd never feel better again. All of her happiness was gone. For years and years it had been gone. All there was left was a single sane thought. "I'm innocent. I didn't do it! Wormtail did it! I didn't. I DIDN'T DO IT!" She screamed to the dementor.
Rogue felt a hand gripping her shoulder and the other was supporting her back. She had stumbled then fallen backwards, and Sirius had caught her. She wondered if she had said that aloud.
Rogue met Padfoot's gaze and he looked fearful and on the edge. Those were 'his' memories she was having! He had heard her scream out what he had yelled in his head day after day, year after year. Word for word! Sirius was horrified. What power did she posses to give her 'his' memories? 'His' abilities? He feared her, yet for some reason, felt sorry for her. No one should have to re-live what he had been through.
"Ah'm really sorry! Ah didn' mean that! Ah couldn' help it!" Rogue said quickly, sliding out of Sirius's hold and sat on the dirty floor. She hadn't planned on bringing up any more about Black's life at Azkaban after mentioning that she knew about it, but the vision had engulfed her. If she had yelled that out loud, who knew what memories might be invoked in the innocent man's head.
Sirius just looked at her. She could see sadness and fear behind his eyes, but Rogue really didn't know how to interpret it. Sirius then shook his head. "I believe you." He sighed. "It's just." He trailed off. "Difficult, I guess. I just got away from that nightmare."
"Ah know, Ah understand. Look, what's important is that Ah know yo're innocent. Ah think ya better get me back to Hogwarts though huhne. Ah know fo' a fact that mah friends will look for me t'no end an' we don want them t'find you now do we? Oh, and don' worry 'bout yer secret, Ah have no intention of tellin' 'anybody.'"
Sirius nodded and picked up Rogue's abandoned wand. He looked as if in a trance. He must not have spoken with a human in a long time and it was fazing him a bit. Not to mention that he had seen this human fly, steal his abilities, steal his memories, then re-live one of them.
Sirius held out her wand to her. She shook her head though. "Do ya know any short-term memory charms? Ah'm sure Ah'll get questioned abou' what happened tonight. If Ah know, then it could be dangerous. Our potion's teacher has some type o' potion t'make people tell y'the truth." Rogue warned.
"Well." Sirius said in a warning voice as he looked at the wand. "I know one that's supposed to put the victim to sleep, but the side effects are memory loss. It might be temporary, or it could be a permanent loss of memory of the last twelve hours before the spell was cast. And it will cause extreme physical discomfort. that's the only 'possibly' short term memory spell I know."
Rogue bit her lip. She defiantly didn't want to forget the dance.She nodded anyway. This was more important. Sirius lifted the wand slowly, as if waiting for more confirmation.
"Jus' do it befo' Ah change mah mind!" Rogue demanded. A word was muttered and a golden light shot from her wand hitting her square in the chest. Her eyes rolled up to the back of her head and then she collapsed. falling into darkness. ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Cheesy Monkey: This 'little box' as you so put it, is to write to me. :P I don't care what you talk about. I mean. I defiantly want to know what you think, but I know I've said it a million times, go ahead, ramble and rant away. It amuses me. lol. I'm going to have to strangle you though! I hate it when people poke me with a passion! Plus, I already know what's going to happen and obviously, if you've read the ubove (lol) then Kurtiness is gonna hafta wait a bit. Hope this chapt. didn't bore you though. I tried to make it interesting. *shrugs* Well, it is to me! I know that.
Miss Melanie Black: I'm glad you enjoyed the last chapter. lol. I figured some of you would love it and others would hate it. *shrugs* Can't make you all happy. lol. I thought that Logan part would be cute. I had a lot of fun with that chapter. I'm glad people enjoyed it. As for the beta reading, that would be nice I guess. Lol. Just lemme know when it'd be convenient for you. Until then, I'm going to have to go about this the way I have been. :D
Jane Silver: You make a good point. *nods* As for Pietro, Rogue, And Kitty using their powers against Malfoy, that's only Malfoy. Lol. But you make a good point and I'll try to do a better job. With a fic like this though, there are so many things and little details, that you just need someone there pointing them out for you. Lol.
(((Important IDEA :P)))
(((Georgia Peach and I have come up with an idea for a fic, but
we need help! It's like RP where each person included will pick
an X-evo character and play that in the groups lil ole game of
Truth or Dare. *evil grin* Georgia Peach has claimed Kurt (sorry
to any Kurt fans who were interested. You can still contact me
if you're interested, but Kurt is taken.) and I've taken none
other then Rogue. (Sorry to any Rogue fans who were interested.
You can still contact me if you're interested, but Rogue is
taken.) If you are still interested E-mail Georgia Peach or
myself and let us know what character you would be interested in
playing. For all those who aren't interested, just ignore this.
THANX! :D)))
^Crysala^