Loveletter 10
Padma broke down at the sight of Parvati. "Vati!" she sobbed running to her.
They embraced each other. For a moment Harry thought he saw a grimace but he dismissed the idea. "I thought you weren't going to make it," Padma said sniffling.
"Well I made it sis," Parvati said.
Padma pulled away from the embrace. "Sorry to break down like that…oh yeah, your friends are here."
Parvati looked up and saw Harry, Hermione, and Ron standing in the hospital wing feeling a little uncomfortable. "Hello!" she said brightly. "Don't just stand there, come over here!"
The threesome walked over to her bed. Ron kneeled down. "Parvati…I'm sorry that I let you get hurt like that.." he said solemnly.
"We all are," Harry added and Hermione nodded in agreement.
Parvati looked at all three of them. "It's not your fault, It probably was meant to be…" she trailed off.
Harry was about to ask Parvati what she meant by that when Madam Pomfrey bustled in. "Okay she needs time to rest, she'll be out later in the afternoon,"
They all looked crestfallen but they knew when Madam Pomfrey meant out she meant out. "Bye Vati," Padma said turning to the door.
"Hope to see you soon," Hermione said as the three walked out of the door.
"Here dear drink this," Madam Pomfrey said holding a spoonful of brownish red liquid.
Parvati made a face. "Do I have to?" she asked.
"Yes you do, open your mouth,"
Parvati did so and the spoon went in. It was very bitter and she felt dazed for a second. "Now try to get some rest if you want to be let out by the afternoon okay?"
Parvati nodded and Madam Pomfrey walked out. Parvati started to laugh. "Only a few more hours till I am free to destroy Hogwarts."
It was easy enough to take Parvati's appearance, she had the natural power to do it. For you see she was not an ordinary witch, she had different powers that no normal witch had. Now all she had to do is find someone that she could trick into helping her…
Her
thoughts immediately went to the twin. No…she knows her sister too well,
she'd notice.
It was starting to not look so good. She'd have to get to know the people who were close to Parvati first.
* * * * *
Meanwhile the real Parvati was exploring the house, dressed in a pale red robe that was in the closet in her room. She was trying to find a way to leave this place. Sure it was okay for someone who was a prisoner, but she was going to go insane from boredom. Ares wasn't exactly the best company and there was no one else to talk to. She went through a lot of rooms filled with many things, that she would have looked at more closely, if she had the time. But now she had to sit down and rest. "Darn…I'm never going to get out of this horrid place," she said with a sigh.
She stood up. "Hey this is a door, I wonder what that weird writing says," she said turning to a golden plate with words engraved on it.
Parvati reached out and turned the doorknob. The door slid open and Parvati walked inside. She couldn't see anything but she knew that something was here. A light flicked on as she passed a unlit candle. She looked around when the light went on. It was a room with no furniture but in the center there was a weird symbol on the floor. There was something floating above it.
It was a huge crystal. It seemed to call Parvati closer and she found herself moving closer and closer to it. She was about to step inside the circle when she heard a cry.
"Don't step into the circle!"
It was Ares his expression looked panic-stricken. Parvati looked at him confused. "Why can't I touch it?"
"There is heavy magic at work there," he replied.
"Magic?" Parvati asked even more confused. "It's different than any magic I've ever seen,"
"It's not that hard to do," he said walking to Parvati. "It's different than waving your wand, in the sense that you have to draw symbols."
Parvati raised an eyebrow in curiosity. Perhaps it wouldn't be so boring here after all. "What does this do?"
"It allow someone to change the fate of a group of people," he did a weird gestured and six lines appeared. They were different colors, pink, and light blue, red, green, white and dark purple. The pink and white one were close together but far away from the other lines. The light blue, green, and red were intertwined and the dark purple was next to them.
"Control fate…" Parvati said in awe. "Can I do it?"
"Anyone can its just that you can't kill anyone using this," Ares replied.
Parvati pointed to each of the lines. "Do those represent people?"
Ares nodded. "Who?" Parvati asked.
"The pink one is you, the white one is me, that green one is Harry Potter, the light blue and red ones are his friends Granger and Weasley and the dark purple one is my mom,"
"Oh…so how do you go about this?" Parvati said feeling particularly evil at the moment. "Let say if I wanted to give Hermione Granger a…D+ on her next test, could I do it,"
"Easily," Ares said thinking that he might as well give himself something to do.
He walked over to a cabinet on the other side of the room and opened it. Inside were a bunch of rocks and a knife that looked very sharp. He took one rock and the knife and brought it over to Parvati and the circle. "You carve in the thing you want to happen with your thought concentrating on it," he carved in a C+ on the rock. "Then you put it over the strand."
He did so over the light blue one. The strand glowed yellow then returned to normal. Parvati was in awe. "Where did you learn this stuff?" she asked. "I don't even think Dumbledore knows this."
"That's because my mom is not exactly a witch," he said. "I don't know what she is really…" he trailed off into silence.
There was an uncomfortable pause as Ares seemed to think about something. Parvati was wondering if she was going to hear some juicy secrets, when Ares turned around and was heading toward the door. "I have to leave now, remember not to step into the circle." And he left Parvati and the mysterious circle alone.
* * * * *
Harry was trying not to fall asleep but it was a losing battle. In Divination, he really didn't have to pay attention. Him and Ron had been going through the year making up the future and Professor Trelawney didn't notice or seem to care.
"Foretelling the future by reading water in a bowl is very hard if you don't know what you're doing." Professor Trelawney said in her mysterious voice of hers. "You must keep the water still and you must look not into the bowl but into the realm of time,"
"Today is going to be another bore just like the others," Ron muttered with a sigh.
Harry nodded sleepily in agreement. "Okay now class you each have a bowl and a pitcher of water, let's see if you are able to read it on your first time," Professor Trelawney said.
On the other side of the room near Professor Trelawney, Parvati or Eris whatever you wish (I am calling her Parvati for the stories sake) was ready to read Lavender's fortune.
"Pour the water," Parvati said to Lavender.
Lavender poured the water and Parvati concentrated. "I see danger, betrayal," she started.
Lavender gasped in shock and dropped the pitcher. It broke into tiny pieces, but Parvati was still engrossed in the bowl. "Someone will lead you to your demise in the near future," Parvati continued.
"Are you alright?" Lavender asked nervously.
"Look for yourself," Parvati said moving from the bowl.
Lavender peered into the depths of the bowl. She was in shock. "Something must be wrong, NO!" she shrieked.
Everyone turned to their table. Harry snapped awake. "Wha going on?" he yawned.
"Calm down I will see this," Professor Trelawny said heading towards their table.
She looked into the bowl. "It can't be…but the bowl never lies," she said.
"You have to change it somehow," Lavender said to the professor.
"You know the rules, once fate is set you cannot change its path," Parvati said with a giggle. "Isn't it wonderful?"
Lavender's eyes grew wide. "Parvati what's wrong with you?" she asked.
"Nothing…nothing at all," Parvati replied innocently.
Their eyes met. For a instant Lavender saw purple flames in her eyes. "You've changed Parvati," she whispered gravely. "Those suits of armor must have given you one good flogging on the head."
Parvati smiled. "Maybe…"
Lavender gave her a look that clearly said 'You're up to something' before she turned around and went to Professor Trelawny. "Professor, I'm not feeling so well, may I please go outside for a while?" she said.
"Yes dear, I know that what you say was quite disturbing," she said a little light headed.
Lavender looked back at Parvati with a glare, but Parvati could see fear in those eyes of hers and she smiled. "Get well soon, Lavender," she said and fluttered her fingers.
Lavender turned around and walked out as fast as she could out of the cold stare of her friend's eyes.