*G* This parts exclusivley for Just Silver and Mrrrisa for the lovely comments on True Dragon, i hope you like this just as much!
Harry had the sudden idea that maybe what was coming next was going to be more than a little disturbing. Her eyes were a sudden darkness he could almost see the stars outside in them, the sudden resemblance to Snape was amazing, he wondered for the first time who she resembled more, her father or her mother.
She took a deep breath and met his eyes, and he saw a silent tear make its way down her cheek, moving southwards until it fell off of her chin, in the silence as it splashed to the floor she spoke.
"If I was a normal dragon it would be the time when I either chose or affirmed my life mate,"
Her mouth quirked in a feeble attempt at a smile.
"But as you see, he's not here, so I have to take the second choice, and there's the problem"
Her felt Hermoine come up and stand next to him, probably drawn by curiosity but he couldn't pull his eyes from Ama's face she looked as if all the fires of hell were chasing her. This from the girl who had blown the doors off of the great hall with a motion of her hand, then she sighed and spoke again.
"I need to make a blood hunt, I need to chase down something and kill it, in human form without the use of my magic. Otherwise I'll do it as a dragon and the thing I'll hunt will be human"
Harry truly wasn't sure what to say, what could you say, hearing an in drawn breath from beside him he almost smiled, it seemed Hermoine didn't have any problems.
"We can sort it out, Hagrid will help, and when Draco comes back I'll beat him to within an inch of his life"
Ama had been smiling her eyes lightening back to a dark lavender until that last remark, he almost saw the flash of silver that lit her pupils, her definitely felt the rise in the temperature of the air surrounding her. He instinctively spoke.
"She doesn't mean it Ama, its just that she's angry for him not being here when you need him"
The unspoken, so am I stayed that way, unspoken and Ama calmed down, although the dorm was now unpleasantly warm, she flushed, the pale rose colour creeping up her face making her look less albino than she normally did.
"Sorry 'moine, its just, my temper where Draco is concerned is a little extreme"
Hermoine nodded
"I suppose someone threatening to thrash Ron might grab me the same way, its not a problem"
They both smiled at each other and he shook his head, it was amazing to think that these two hadn't known each other for years, Ama seemed to have managed the impossible, she'd gotten Hermoine to slack off of work, and between the three of them he had thought they were teaching Ama to laugh again. But her rare giggles had disappeared with Malfoy.
She wasn't angry with him, so they shouldn't be, but they were. He shook his head and summoned up a grin, professor Lupin would be looking for them, between he and Ama, they were learning more about duelling than they thought was possible. He wanted to ask questions before today's session.
"Go change Ama, we've got a dungeon session soon"
A sudden smile came in full force setting her eyes to dancing.
"Ah yes, can't wait, you did bring some muggle stuff? Jeans and a shirt?"
He nodded and watched her disappear up the stairs towards her dorm before turning to Hermoine. Her brown eyes were simmering, she wasn't angry with Ama though, or she would have been protesting the session, duelling required a clear head.
"What is it 'moine"
She didn't pretend to misunderstand, that was Hermoine to a tee
"That bastard, how does she put up with it, if I was going out with him I'd have killed him by now, let alone kicked him out of bed"
He shrugged but he was thinking, he'd done a lot of that this year, thinking, he had realised early on that he got into a lot less trouble if he thought things through first without leaping into danger.
"She blames herself I think, for Malfoy's childhood, whatever happened to him after she left, as if she could have stopped it"
Hermoine shook her head and started for the stairs.
"I wouldn't care, now is now, and she needs support more than Malfoy does"
And then she was gone and Harry was left by himself.
"Maybe, maybe not 'moine, but she needs to forgive herself, before the forgiveness freely granted will sink in"
Shaking his head he moved towards his own dorm, too much study was making him introspective, he'd have to play some quidditch soon or he'd end up like Hermoine, all work and no play made Harry a dull boy.
Harry had the sudden idea that maybe what was coming next was going to be more than a little disturbing. Her eyes were a sudden darkness he could almost see the stars outside in them, the sudden resemblance to Snape was amazing, he wondered for the first time who she resembled more, her father or her mother.
She took a deep breath and met his eyes, and he saw a silent tear make its way down her cheek, moving southwards until it fell off of her chin, in the silence as it splashed to the floor she spoke.
"If I was a normal dragon it would be the time when I either chose or affirmed my life mate,"
Her mouth quirked in a feeble attempt at a smile.
"But as you see, he's not here, so I have to take the second choice, and there's the problem"
Her felt Hermoine come up and stand next to him, probably drawn by curiosity but he couldn't pull his eyes from Ama's face she looked as if all the fires of hell were chasing her. This from the girl who had blown the doors off of the great hall with a motion of her hand, then she sighed and spoke again.
"I need to make a blood hunt, I need to chase down something and kill it, in human form without the use of my magic. Otherwise I'll do it as a dragon and the thing I'll hunt will be human"
Harry truly wasn't sure what to say, what could you say, hearing an in drawn breath from beside him he almost smiled, it seemed Hermoine didn't have any problems.
"We can sort it out, Hagrid will help, and when Draco comes back I'll beat him to within an inch of his life"
Ama had been smiling her eyes lightening back to a dark lavender until that last remark, he almost saw the flash of silver that lit her pupils, her definitely felt the rise in the temperature of the air surrounding her. He instinctively spoke.
"She doesn't mean it Ama, its just that she's angry for him not being here when you need him"
The unspoken, so am I stayed that way, unspoken and Ama calmed down, although the dorm was now unpleasantly warm, she flushed, the pale rose colour creeping up her face making her look less albino than she normally did.
"Sorry 'moine, its just, my temper where Draco is concerned is a little extreme"
Hermoine nodded
"I suppose someone threatening to thrash Ron might grab me the same way, its not a problem"
They both smiled at each other and he shook his head, it was amazing to think that these two hadn't known each other for years, Ama seemed to have managed the impossible, she'd gotten Hermoine to slack off of work, and between the three of them he had thought they were teaching Ama to laugh again. But her rare giggles had disappeared with Malfoy.
She wasn't angry with him, so they shouldn't be, but they were. He shook his head and summoned up a grin, professor Lupin would be looking for them, between he and Ama, they were learning more about duelling than they thought was possible. He wanted to ask questions before today's session.
"Go change Ama, we've got a dungeon session soon"
A sudden smile came in full force setting her eyes to dancing.
"Ah yes, can't wait, you did bring some muggle stuff? Jeans and a shirt?"
He nodded and watched her disappear up the stairs towards her dorm before turning to Hermoine. Her brown eyes were simmering, she wasn't angry with Ama though, or she would have been protesting the session, duelling required a clear head.
"What is it 'moine"
She didn't pretend to misunderstand, that was Hermoine to a tee
"That bastard, how does she put up with it, if I was going out with him I'd have killed him by now, let alone kicked him out of bed"
He shrugged but he was thinking, he'd done a lot of that this year, thinking, he had realised early on that he got into a lot less trouble if he thought things through first without leaping into danger.
"She blames herself I think, for Malfoy's childhood, whatever happened to him after she left, as if she could have stopped it"
Hermoine shook her head and started for the stairs.
"I wouldn't care, now is now, and she needs support more than Malfoy does"
And then she was gone and Harry was left by himself.
"Maybe, maybe not 'moine, but she needs to forgive herself, before the forgiveness freely granted will sink in"
Shaking his head he moved towards his own dorm, too much study was making him introspective, he'd have to play some quidditch soon or he'd end up like Hermoine, all work and no play made Harry a dull boy.