Everyone has Secrets: Part 3
Kozumikku tenshi
OK, I know you're all getting tired of me constantly complaining about my spelling and the right descriptions of certain characters (or lack there-of), so I'll stop. ^_^ Anyone who wants to read the disclaimers should check out my first story. What IS that thing moving in the woods? And what's up with Alexa, anyway? Any reviews (good or bad) will be taken at heart and some may be used to improve the story line. Flames, however, will be used to toast marshmallows and such and such . . . . Email me with other comments at lapislazuli100@hotmail.com, or if you just wanna know where I got my name from. Only one person I know has a clue where my name came from.(well, not really 'know', just someone who reviewed the last part of my story) Anyway, on with the show!
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Ron sighed happily. "If they'd served Butterbeer when WE went to school here, I would sneaked into the teachers lounge every chance I got!"
'It's a good thing they didn't! We got into enough trouble without the promise of Butterbeer to lure us!" Harry laughed. He gave Ron a playful punch on the shoulder, and Ron punched back. Viktor laughed.
Hermione scolded "Knock it off! You're acting like children."
"Aw, what's the matter? Can't get in touch with you inner-witch?" Ron smirked.
Harry was about to tell him how stupid that sounded, but instead, he gave a loud yawn. "Oops," he said, covering his mouth. "Guess it's time to go to bed!" He stood up from his armchair in the staff room and went to show the others their rooms. Suddenly, he came to a halt beside a window in the hall. "There it is again!" he exclaimed.
They all tried to crowd around the window to see what "it" was, but Harry held them back. "Wait, wait. Look casual, just in case it can see us! Do you see that shadow moving along the treeline?"
"No." said Ron. "Oh wait . . . . what is that?"
"Should we follow it?" asked Viktor. Ron and Harry both looked at him and said in unison, "No duh!"
They made it onto the school grounds rather quickly with the help of a few secret passages that they had learned from a certain pair of twins . . .(wink wink, nudge nudge ^_^), they made it outside just in time to see the figure disappear . . . .into the forbidden forest.
"Harry, we're not going in there, are we?" Hermione shivered.
"Going in where?" a behind them said. They all world around to see Neville, standing in his housecoat and bunny slippers. "I saw you guys coming from your rooms, but then I couldn't find you anymore, so I came to see if you were out here, And you were. How 'bout that, eh?"
"Neville, maybe you should go back inside. We saw something moving into the forest, and we're going to follow it . . . ."
'So? You think I would miss an adventure like this, just because you're going into the forest? Blimey, Harry, it's just a bunch of trees!"
Ron peered closely at him. "Who are you, and what have you done with Neville?!"
Neville chuckled, and lead them into the woods.
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Hermione shivered, not just from the biting cold, but because she was nervous. "I still don't think we should be doing this. I'm very tired, and cold, and thirsty . . . ."
"Oh, quit your whining," Ron snapped. "This is interesting! It's like a mystery novel, only more . . . ."
"Dark? Cold? Scary? Take your pick."
"More like . . captivating . . intriguing . . ." said Neville.
"Not what I had in mind . . ." Just then Viktor bent back a branch to let Hermione pass, and snapped in back, straight into Ron's face. Hermione giggled.
"Hush up, you guys! I think I heard something!" Harry listened closely, and he heard it again: It sounded like a bunch of animals, all yelping or squeaking or roaring. It was right in front of them. Harry motioned for the group to sit behind a small patch of brambles. Here, they knelt, and peered over the bush to look into the clearing.
It was filled with light from lanterns and candles that were spread out around a stump in the center of the clearing. On the stump was the strangest sight they had very seen. A girl was sitting was wearing an army print shirt and baggy khakis which almost totally covered her old running shoes. Her hair was held back in a blue bandanna, except for a small green part that hung just beside her purple lips. It was Alexa.
Harry gave a wide-eyed look to the others, and mouthed the word 'Riddle'. Neville didn't quite know who it was, but he knew enough to know that Riddle was You-know-who's last name.
But even stranger than the girls odd clothes and make-up, was the menagerie of animals that surround her. Some were magical, and some were not. Field mice were circling around her feet, and a unicorn was pawing the ground to her left. On her right, a white Bengal tiger was purring in content, and a bald eagle was in the tree just behind it. In the darkness of the woods behind Alexa, Harry could just make out the slits of light that were dragons eyes. There were enough species of animals in that small clearing to open a small zoo.
Alexa was doing something very strange. She seemed to be talking to all the animals, barking and squeaking and meowing. Suddenly she coughed, rubbed her throat, and said. "Hey, you guys, this really hurt my throat. Do you think we could talk like this for awhile? Then we can all understand each other without me repeating something in four different languages!"
The unicorn shuffled nervously and said " But what if someone is listening in on us?!" The tiger suddenly gave a devious grin (that is, if a tiger can grin) purred very loudly. The Unicorn glared at it and said "What are you hiding? Come on, spill it!"
"I am hiding something, and I will tell you soon, but," the tiger smiled. "I would like to see how this unfolds."
"Anyway," Alexa said, obviously trying to prevent a fight. "This is better for my throat. So what if someone is listening?"
The unicorn scoffed "Well, you don't want them to find out you are a . . . what you are, do you? Even the fact that you can talk to us and we talk back will have them poking you with their wands for years to come, trying to find out why! You don't want that, do you?!"
Alexa ignored the unicorn, and picked up a mouse that had begun to cling to her pant leg. 'You've been snooping around Hogwarts lately, haven't you?" she said to it. "From what you've picked up, do you think they suspect me?"
"No, no no no no no!" The mouse squeaked. " But that Potter fellow thinks you're a 'troublesome student' just because you turned that a-a-a-a-awful s-s-s-snake to stone!"
"I didn't really want to turn it to stone. Thank goodness Potter was able to turn it back! It was just a tight spot." Alexa frowned. "If I hadn't gone and drawn attention to myself, asking all those stupid questions, I could skipped out without being noticed like before!"
"You don't have to explain it to me!" the mouse said, scrambling down her leg. "No snakes are good snakes! That's what I say!"
"I still say," the eagle piped up. "That you should've changed your name! Now they automatically think you're up to something, just because you're related to You-know-who!"
"Distantly! I'm his fathers-brothers-sons-daughters-daughter. Which makes me his . . . . gosh, I don't know. Great-niece or something!"
A small cloud of smoke came from the dragon. 'What I still don't know is why you came in the first place." he said very slowly.
"Yes," the eagle added. 'You never fully explained that part. . . ."
Alexa never got the chance to explain. At this point the tigers purr became very loud, almost deafening. "I'm ready to tell you what I know now." She sprang into the woods directly behind her. For a minute or so, Alexa sat with a puzzled look on her face, waiting for the tiger to emerge. But soon, Harry felt a warm breath on the back of his neck. The tiger had circled around and come up behind them. Her low voice growled 'You better move if you know what's good for you, Potter."
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The 4th and final part is coming up soon! Why did Alexa come to Hogwarts?????
Kozumikku tenshi
OK, I know you're all getting tired of me constantly complaining about my spelling and the right descriptions of certain characters (or lack there-of), so I'll stop. ^_^ Anyone who wants to read the disclaimers should check out my first story. What IS that thing moving in the woods? And what's up with Alexa, anyway? Any reviews (good or bad) will be taken at heart and some may be used to improve the story line. Flames, however, will be used to toast marshmallows and such and such . . . . Email me with other comments at lapislazuli100@hotmail.com, or if you just wanna know where I got my name from. Only one person I know has a clue where my name came from.(well, not really 'know', just someone who reviewed the last part of my story) Anyway, on with the show!
*~*~*~*~*
Ron sighed happily. "If they'd served Butterbeer when WE went to school here, I would sneaked into the teachers lounge every chance I got!"
'It's a good thing they didn't! We got into enough trouble without the promise of Butterbeer to lure us!" Harry laughed. He gave Ron a playful punch on the shoulder, and Ron punched back. Viktor laughed.
Hermione scolded "Knock it off! You're acting like children."
"Aw, what's the matter? Can't get in touch with you inner-witch?" Ron smirked.
Harry was about to tell him how stupid that sounded, but instead, he gave a loud yawn. "Oops," he said, covering his mouth. "Guess it's time to go to bed!" He stood up from his armchair in the staff room and went to show the others their rooms. Suddenly, he came to a halt beside a window in the hall. "There it is again!" he exclaimed.
They all tried to crowd around the window to see what "it" was, but Harry held them back. "Wait, wait. Look casual, just in case it can see us! Do you see that shadow moving along the treeline?"
"No." said Ron. "Oh wait . . . . what is that?"
"Should we follow it?" asked Viktor. Ron and Harry both looked at him and said in unison, "No duh!"
They made it onto the school grounds rather quickly with the help of a few secret passages that they had learned from a certain pair of twins . . .(wink wink, nudge nudge ^_^), they made it outside just in time to see the figure disappear . . . .into the forbidden forest.
"Harry, we're not going in there, are we?" Hermione shivered.
"Going in where?" a behind them said. They all world around to see Neville, standing in his housecoat and bunny slippers. "I saw you guys coming from your rooms, but then I couldn't find you anymore, so I came to see if you were out here, And you were. How 'bout that, eh?"
"Neville, maybe you should go back inside. We saw something moving into the forest, and we're going to follow it . . . ."
'So? You think I would miss an adventure like this, just because you're going into the forest? Blimey, Harry, it's just a bunch of trees!"
Ron peered closely at him. "Who are you, and what have you done with Neville?!"
Neville chuckled, and lead them into the woods.
*~*~*~*~*
Hermione shivered, not just from the biting cold, but because she was nervous. "I still don't think we should be doing this. I'm very tired, and cold, and thirsty . . . ."
"Oh, quit your whining," Ron snapped. "This is interesting! It's like a mystery novel, only more . . . ."
"Dark? Cold? Scary? Take your pick."
"More like . . captivating . . intriguing . . ." said Neville.
"Not what I had in mind . . ." Just then Viktor bent back a branch to let Hermione pass, and snapped in back, straight into Ron's face. Hermione giggled.
"Hush up, you guys! I think I heard something!" Harry listened closely, and he heard it again: It sounded like a bunch of animals, all yelping or squeaking or roaring. It was right in front of them. Harry motioned for the group to sit behind a small patch of brambles. Here, they knelt, and peered over the bush to look into the clearing.
It was filled with light from lanterns and candles that were spread out around a stump in the center of the clearing. On the stump was the strangest sight they had very seen. A girl was sitting was wearing an army print shirt and baggy khakis which almost totally covered her old running shoes. Her hair was held back in a blue bandanna, except for a small green part that hung just beside her purple lips. It was Alexa.
Harry gave a wide-eyed look to the others, and mouthed the word 'Riddle'. Neville didn't quite know who it was, but he knew enough to know that Riddle was You-know-who's last name.
But even stranger than the girls odd clothes and make-up, was the menagerie of animals that surround her. Some were magical, and some were not. Field mice were circling around her feet, and a unicorn was pawing the ground to her left. On her right, a white Bengal tiger was purring in content, and a bald eagle was in the tree just behind it. In the darkness of the woods behind Alexa, Harry could just make out the slits of light that were dragons eyes. There were enough species of animals in that small clearing to open a small zoo.
Alexa was doing something very strange. She seemed to be talking to all the animals, barking and squeaking and meowing. Suddenly she coughed, rubbed her throat, and said. "Hey, you guys, this really hurt my throat. Do you think we could talk like this for awhile? Then we can all understand each other without me repeating something in four different languages!"
The unicorn shuffled nervously and said " But what if someone is listening in on us?!" The tiger suddenly gave a devious grin (that is, if a tiger can grin) purred very loudly. The Unicorn glared at it and said "What are you hiding? Come on, spill it!"
"I am hiding something, and I will tell you soon, but," the tiger smiled. "I would like to see how this unfolds."
"Anyway," Alexa said, obviously trying to prevent a fight. "This is better for my throat. So what if someone is listening?"
The unicorn scoffed "Well, you don't want them to find out you are a . . . what you are, do you? Even the fact that you can talk to us and we talk back will have them poking you with their wands for years to come, trying to find out why! You don't want that, do you?!"
Alexa ignored the unicorn, and picked up a mouse that had begun to cling to her pant leg. 'You've been snooping around Hogwarts lately, haven't you?" she said to it. "From what you've picked up, do you think they suspect me?"
"No, no no no no no!" The mouse squeaked. " But that Potter fellow thinks you're a 'troublesome student' just because you turned that a-a-a-a-awful s-s-s-snake to stone!"
"I didn't really want to turn it to stone. Thank goodness Potter was able to turn it back! It was just a tight spot." Alexa frowned. "If I hadn't gone and drawn attention to myself, asking all those stupid questions, I could skipped out without being noticed like before!"
"You don't have to explain it to me!" the mouse said, scrambling down her leg. "No snakes are good snakes! That's what I say!"
"I still say," the eagle piped up. "That you should've changed your name! Now they automatically think you're up to something, just because you're related to You-know-who!"
"Distantly! I'm his fathers-brothers-sons-daughters-daughter. Which makes me his . . . . gosh, I don't know. Great-niece or something!"
A small cloud of smoke came from the dragon. 'What I still don't know is why you came in the first place." he said very slowly.
"Yes," the eagle added. 'You never fully explained that part. . . ."
Alexa never got the chance to explain. At this point the tigers purr became very loud, almost deafening. "I'm ready to tell you what I know now." She sprang into the woods directly behind her. For a minute or so, Alexa sat with a puzzled look on her face, waiting for the tiger to emerge. But soon, Harry felt a warm breath on the back of his neck. The tiger had circled around and come up behind them. Her low voice growled 'You better move if you know what's good for you, Potter."
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The 4th and final part is coming up soon! Why did Alexa come to Hogwarts?????