Noel and Leon sat on the train waiting for Aniu to find them. They had been on the train for a good 20 minutes waiting for their friend. The request to go to Prince manor was denied. "I'm here." she said entering the compartment. "Hey Ani have a nice holiday?" Noel asked. "Aniu nodded. "Went for a walk with Remus, had a few jokes, helped my papa in the potions lab and got a few books." she gave a quick run down of her time spent away from them.
"Lame. Our folks got us brooms. Our first real set of brooms." Leon said with his usually happy smile. "Oh I found a spell to help Professor Salizar get out of his painting. Or well move from his painting to another like the others do. Maybe he can even find the other founders. I think that would be great." she smiled.
"He'll love that. How did you find it?"
"What level of magic is that?" Noel asked. "Noel are you upset that my magic is so strong?" Aniu asked. "No. But I just wish mine was that strong. You could go to another year for being at the level you are yet you stay in this year." he said. "My magic would be average if I didn't have my elemental magic." she said again. "No he's right. You could be at a higher level. This kind of thing could get you a job with the ministry."
"No!" Aniu was red with anger. "The ministry is run by morons who think they know every thing." she huffed. "With the exception of a few good ones out there the ministry is unfair and stupid." she growled. Noel and Leon stayed quiet for a good hour before they felt it safe again to talk. When they did a loud bang came from the hall. "Tomorrow night we'll duel at midnight in the astronomy tower see who is better then mudblood." The boy who had said this was one from the fourth years.
"You traitor." He said pushing her back into the compartment with a forceful shove. He continued to walk past. Aniu got up to go talk with the boy he had threatened. He was indeed a muggle boy child she had seen around the school. He couldn't hurt a fly. "Aniu I know t5hat look don't do anything." Leon warned.
"Who said I was gonna do anything?" she told them with a straight face. They continued on the train ride till they got off at Hogsmeade station. When they were getting off the train Aniu snatched a hair from the boys head when he wasn't looking. She then told him no to go to the tower the following night that everything was taken care of.
He looked at her as if she had sprouted another head seeing the second year student wearing Slytherin robes. He was a short third year who many thought was a first year. "Trust me." the boy nodded and forgot about the duel. In her dorm she started a poly juice potion with ingredients she had stolen from the potions class. The potion took twenty-four hours and by midnight it would be very well ready for her to use.
Aniu had studied very well within the confines of her home library. She found spells for everything even if she hadn't been looking for it. It was how she found warming charms, cleaning charms, the poly juice potion etc. She slipped out of her dorm room without waking any others. The cauldron was still hot in her hands as she moved using an invisibility spell to get to the tower. She stopped at the level below the boys to add the hairs and drink the potion.
It quickly took effect and changed her. "It's midnight he didn't show up." One of the boys said. "I'm right here." Aniu said. The potion had worked (course it worked she was raised by a potions master) but would not hold for more then an hour. "Decided to show I see. Come on coward draw your wand." The boy held his wand high and firm in his hand. "Take your spot shot." she said. "Get him." The other boy drew his wand as well for them to only be counter acted. The blonde let a growl tear through his gritted teeth. "Stupid boy." He threw jinx and jinx. The duel had been going on long enough.
"It's Filch's cat. Run let's go." one of the boys said running down the stairs to get away before the man could come. "Tannis let's go." the other boy pulled at his friend. Tannis cast a stunner spell on Aniu who was trying to get away top hide. It left her unconscious on the stairs. "Let's go." the two boys took off down a different corridor away from Filch.
When Aniu awoke she was in the hospital laying in a bed feeling very sore with Poppy and her Aunt Minnie giving her very stern looks. Leon and Noel were also there. "You said you wouldn't do anything." Noel said. "Young lady this is to far. You and those boys will be punished for your actions. Do you understand?" Aniu listen to them rant on for the next half hour. She had detention every night between McGonagall, Filch, and her head of house for the next three months.
"You just had to save him?" Noel said as he looked at the small bandage on her temple from her fall. "Least you got your house ten points back." Leon tried to cheer her up. "Come on I have to see Professor Salizar." She said gathering her things. "Oh right you said something about a spell."
Aniu felt she had done a good think by helping the Ravenclaw boy. When she saw him in the hallway he turned his head away from her. It only upset Aniu that because of her robes many could not trust her. Or so they think. "Hello children. Aniu I heard about your little duel in the tower. That was a very brave thing to do." Salizar said. "Sir I have a bit of a Christmas gift for you." she smiled. Aniu took out her wand and pointed it at the portrait a concentrated look on her face. She whispered the spell and a small blue light came from her wand.
"What did you do?" The boys looked from the smiling Red head to the portrait. "Try to leave your painting." Aniu told the man. One second Salizar was there the next he was in a portrait across the school. He walked through many others before coming back to his original one. "Thank you very much Miss Prince. I might now explore the school I am one forth responsible for creating." he said .
"Happy to help sir." She smiled. They walked away from the now empty portrait to find somewhere they could stay until dinner was ready. "How did you find that spell?" Leon asked as they walked. "I found it in the library I have at home. We have this very old library with loads of books. Many of them are very old and falling apart. So I'm fixing a lot of them. When I came to school I had a hundred books with me. Shrunken down to a size I could carry them without leaving anything thing. It's a spell that's relatively easy." she smiled.
"But the book I found it in was a book about artist. It went on about how they would work for months painting the portrait and then would want to add something to it. That being a bit of the person they painted and that's what makes them come to life." She explained.
"Okay that's all well and fine but what spell did you use to let him leave his portrait?"
"Payus visitum. It allows the person in the portrait to visit other ones and travels through them." Aniu smiled. "Wicked." the boys exclaimed. As they went to dinner they split off to go to their own tables. Hufflepuff at one side and Slytherin on the other. "Traitor." Someone called at her. Aniu sat in her seat and began to eat like the other students. It was half way through the dinner when Head master Dumbledore stood up addressed the students.
"It's seems one of the students was miss placed. Having shown boldness and great power. Courage as well taking the place of a fellow student in a duel. Going against one's house." Aniu knew she meant him. "Aniu Prince if you will please come up." Aniu stood from the Slytherin table and walked over to her adopted grandfather.
"Thought you have broken curfew, and dueled against a student without a teacher present and not in dueling class you as a student will be awarded 30 points for protecting a student not from your own house. You have protected and defended many students who were not of Slytherin. Because of this there will be a changing of your house. Please sit down here." She sat in the stool for the second time as the hat was placed on her head.
back again I see. This has never happened before. You are still cunning and powerful. But they are over run by your courage and boldness. Ravenclaw could use your talents. hhmmmm. GRYFFINDOR!
The minute the hat came off her head Aniu stood up and changed her robes with a smile on her face as she went to sit down at the table. "I home you make your new house mate feel welcome." The students there looked at her with emotionless eyes. She felt lonely and out of place. Aniu looked across the room to the Hufflepuff table at the twins. Noel smiled at her and Leon gave her a thumps up.
