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"There you are!" Remus called as Arielle approached onto the pitch dressed in a sweater and jeans, her long black hair tied neatly in ponytail and a broom trailing behind her. "We were beginning to think you weren't going to come."
"And miss kicking your arise at qudditch? Never." Arielle laughed. She looked over at James who smiled at her, they hadn't spoken in weeks, she couldn't help but feel a bit awkward.
"Alright. Arielle and I on one team. Remus, Peter and Frank on another." James said.
"Don't we need Sirius to make the teams even?" Peter asked. Arielle sighed, Peter always knew how to make everyone feel uncomfortable.
"Wormtail we talked about this remember?" Remus whispered angrily.
"Oh yes, right." The timid boy replied.
"Enough chat, let's do this." James said.
The Gryffindors whizzed around in the air on their broomsticks, laughing and enjoying themselves. James and Arielle were beating Remus, Frank and Peter by a considerable amount of points. After about two hours which went by way too fast for Arielle liking. They settled themselves back on the grass panting.
"Damn Ari, you really need to join the team next season." James huffed.
Arielle rolled over in the grass to face the shaggy haired boy with glasses. "You think so?"
"You are bloody brilliant, I know so." He smiled back.
"I still don't know how you can be so damn good at qudditch Ari." Remus said still attempting to catch his breath.
"It's just one of my many talents." Arielle said causing everyone to laugh.
"Well what do we have here?" A dark familiar voice mocked.
Arielle looked up to see the Slytherin qudditch team approach.
"Bloody hell." Arielle murmured as she stood up next to James who was already on his feet gripping his wand. Regulus, Evan, Mulciber, Avery and the rest of qudditch team stopped right in front the Gryffindors. The look on Evan's face was absolute mortification.
"We were just leaving." Remus said. He always tried to maintain the peace. The Gryffindors turned around to leave. Arielle bent over to pick up her broomstick and follow the others.
"Not so fast Malfoy." Regulus Black said gripping Arielle's forearm tightly. "I thought you were going for a study?"
"I did." Arielle said quickly but without fear.
"Don't lie to me." He spat. "You see Rosier is my best friend..."
"Spare us Black." Potter shouted.
Arielle looked over at Evan, he quickly shifted his hazel eyes away from her dark blue ones. Regulus snapped his fingers and Mulciber and Avery restrained Potter and Remus. Peter and Frank had run off before the Slytherins had even arrived.
"And I don't like it when people lie to my best friend." Black said tightening his grip on Arielle's forearm. She crinkled her nose in pain.
"Let her go!" Someone yelled from across the pitch. A tall figure with short black curls emerged.
"Let her go now Regulus." Sirius said his wand pointed at the younger wizard. Regulus and Arielle both looked at Sirius in shock.
"Drop her or I'll give mum and dad another reason to hate me I swear to merlin Reggie." Sirius said quietly so only Regulus and Arielle could hear him. Regulus let go of Arielle's arm, her hand automatically went up to rub it as she walked over to stand behind Sirius.
"Call them off." Sirius said with his wand still pointed at Regulus and nodding in Mulciber and Avery's direction. Regulus didn't speak, he just stood there staring with a look in his eyes Arielle had never seen before.
"Now Reg or I will hex you." Sirius said. The thought made Arielle's stomach cringe, brother fighting brother. All because of a stupid house rivalry, all because of blood status. Arielle felt like she would never understand.
Regulus still didn't respond. Instead the younger wizard quickly reached for his wand.
"Stupify." Sirius yelled.
"No, stop!" Arielle screamed jumping in front of Regulus. She closed her eyes anticipating the spell to hit her. Sirius stood in horror, as the curse flew at his friend. After a moment passed, Arielle felt nothing. She opened her eyes, arms stretched out and her palms faced in Sirius's direction. A violet substance blurred her view of Sirius and James and Remus, who now stood beside their friend. Her hands seemed to be pressed up against something, something that felt very much like a wall. Arielle brought her hands down to her sides and the purple wall was gone.
Everyone on the pitch stood silently in awe. She looked over her shoulder at Regulus who backed away from her slowly. She glanced down and examined her hands, which seemed perfectly normal.
"Ari?" Sirius questioned. Arielle looked up and hesitantly walked towards her friends. She turned around once more to look at the Slytherins. Mulciber and Avery stood with their mouths hanging open, Evan looked confused and shocked, Regulus held an unreadable expression.
"Come on let's go." Remus said draping an arm around the girl and walking off the pitch. Sirius and James followed glancing back to make sure the Slytherins didn't try anything.
Once they arrived back at the common room Remus sat beside Arielle on the couch. She still hadn't spoken a word since the incident. James and Sirius sat on the floor gazing at her curiously.
"That was some abnormally powerful magic you just did back there Arielle." Remus finally said breaking the silence.
"What?" Arielle asked coming out of her daze.
"You produced a force field, without a wand." Remus said. "Do you remember?"
"Yes. " Arielle practically whispered. "I mean no, I don't really. I just remember Regulus grabbing his wand, and then Sirius yelling a curse..."
"And then?" Remus asked.
"And then I didn't want them to fight because they are brothers for merlin's sake. Something pulled me, I guess you could call instinct, to run in between them." Arielle answered thoughtfully, her brain searching for answers trying to remember anything that she had read or studied that might have explained this.
"Okay what happened after you ran in between them?" Remus continued on with his interrogation.
"I closed my eyes, I knew the curse was going to hit me. But I felt nothing. When I opened my eyes, that purpley wall..."
"The force field." Remus interrupted.
"The force field was there. My palms were against it, I could feel it against my hands, it was like a wall." Andera explained looking down at Sirius. His grey blue eyes comforted her; he had come to her rescue when her own boyfriend wouldn't.
James cleared his throat. "Perhaps you two need some time to talk." Remus looked at James and nodded, the two boys got up and left Sirius and Arielle alone.