Skies of Gray
A/n: Did it really take me a day to post this chapter? No. But I'm on vacation and my parents decided to cut off my internet 'privledges' because I wasn't doing so well in a class. But here is the 9th chapter. (Note that I dropped the rating^_^)
"What is wrong with you two?" Ron demanded, looking between Harry and Hermoine. "She's just a Slytherin. And tell me when has a Slytherin ever done something for us?"
"I don't know." a voice said from behind him. "But this one has a question."
Ron took a deep breath nd turned around. His face was red with embarrasment at being over heard. "What, Montgomery?"
Ara smiled slightly and pushed the end of her long brown braid off her shoulder. "I would like to know if I can talk to your sister with out getting my head ripped off."
"Why do you want to talk to her?"
"Oh, for Crissakes, Weasley." she scowled. "It's not like I'm going to kill her."
Hermione leaned toward Ron. "Ron, why can't she talk to her?"
"Because she's Malfoy's cousin!" he hissed.
Despite the whispers, Ara heard what they were saying. "Listen Weasel," she said feircely. "I didn't judge you, when I first saw you, but Judgement Day is coming. Now if you don't trust me, just ask your brother Bill to come back from Egypt."
"You know Bill Weasley?" Harry asked.
Ara shrugged. "We've met."
Those words sent off an alarm bell somewhere in the back of the three friends' minds, but they didn't know why. Ara just looked at Ron her chilly blue eyes never blinking.
"Er... You're not jinxing him are you?" Harry asked quietly.
Ara blinked, momentarily confused. "No, Itchar. Now what's the answer?"
"Fine you can talk to her." Ron said reluctantly.
Ara didn't even bother to say thank you just disappeared from the library. Dameon came in just after her exit and was grinning rather stupidly. Spotting the three Gryffindors, he waved and and plopped down in ara's vacated chair.
"Bloody insane." Ron muttered. "All of them."
Ara found Ginny on her way outside to see Hagrid. "Weasel-Girl. I'd like to talk to you for a moment."
Ginny gaped at her. Ara never asked to speak to her. "About what?"
"Tomorrow's a Hogsmeade trip, right?"
"Yeah, so?"
"Can you meet me at Gladrags? There's something I want to give you." the older girl seemed hesitant which surprised Ginny. Ara had always seemed so confident.
"sure. I just hope my brother doesn't rip our throats out."
"He won't." at Ginny's questioning look, she added, "I asked him if I could talk to you without getting my head ripped off. He said yes."
'Moonie!"
Ara spun around and saw Vegas running toward her from Hagrid's. "Vegas?"
"Where's your cousin?" the tall girl was frantic. "Its about his mother."
"Narcissa?" Ara gasped. "What happened?"
"she disappeared." Vegas waved her arms for effect. "into thin air! Just poof! and she was gone. No one knows how it happened, or who did it. All they know is that your mother and Lucius aren't that worried."
"Bastards!" Ara hissed. "Vegas, get Halo. And Draco. No one else."
"Gone." Vegas shot off down the corridor and Ara glanced at Ginny.
"How well can you keep a secret?"
"I know nothing." Ginny said innocently. "You were speaking Japanese, which I don't understand."
"Good." Ara sounded releived. "I'd hate to have to put a memory charm on you. Um... Have you gotten a letter from Bill recently?"
"Bill?" Ginny asked. "Why do you want to know?"
"He was supposed to write back to me yesterday. And no its not possible that he forgot, or that it's late." Ara bit her lip. "I hope nothing happened."
"How do you know my brother?" the red-head was suspicous. Her brother wouldn't write to a Malfoy. Would he?
"We met last summer in Egypt." She sighed. "I got in trouble for not being dressed properly for some party or other, and your brother stepped in and said it was a costume from my native land."
"what was the costume?"
"t-shirt and sweatshirt." Ara smiled, and the circles under her eyes seemed to disappear. "I am from America and we do dress like that all the time, so it was partly true."
"Ara!" Deacon came storming around the corner and stopped right in front of her. "Could you please leave Ginny?" After she had left, Deacon started in. "What's with calling Vegas and Halo and not me, Wayne, and Dameon?"
"Its a girl thing." Ara replied coldly. "Now if you don't mind, I have to go meet them. Good-bye." she turned and began to walk away, But the taller boy grabbed her arm.
"You can tell me anything, Moonie." He whispered. "You know that."
"There are somethings that you can't understand." With that she pulled from his grip and walked away.
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"She just disappeared?" Draco asked increduously. "That's not possible, Issa. Its not."
Ara sighed and shook her head. "It is, dragon. I'm sorry."
"But if Mother is gone what's to stop them from getting rid of you?" Draco demanded. "And don't you fucking dare tell me it doesn't matter to you!"
"Fine." Ara crossed her arms. "The point is nothing will stop them. And you know what's absolutely disgusting about our parents?"
"What?"
"The fact that they're screwing each others fucking brains out?" Vegas asked.
"That and the fact that they're blood related?" Halo joined in.
"All of the above and the fact that my mum is preggers." Ara hissed. "They're totally dispicable!"
"Your mum's pregnant?" Everyone exclaimed.
"You're sure?" Draco managed to say. "How?"
"I overheard them two one night. She's about three months along already."
"What do you mean your mother is pregnent?"
The entire group spun around to see Professor Severus Snape, Head of Slytherin, Potions Master, standing in the door.
"Christ! Uncle Sev, don't do that!" Ara gasped clutching at her heart. "I nearly died of shock."
"Uncle?" again the other three were totally surprised.
"Nicely done, Ara." Snape said. "Brillant. Truly."
"And that my friends is where I get my sarcasm from." Ara was totally oblivious to the shock on her cousin and friends' faces. "And yes I did say that mum is preggers, Uncle. Quite thoroughly too."
"Who?" Snape demanded. "My half-brothers barely cold in his grave and she get pregnent."
"Oh, it gets better." While Ara's eye's narrowed in disgust, Snape's narrowed in suspicion. "It was Uncle Lucius who impregnated her. She liked it too."
"And that creature's your mother?" Snape asked increduously. "We are incredibly lucky that you lack any resemblance to her, except the eyes. Her own brother!" he shuddered. "By the way, you need to take that potion. It will help you get some sleep."
"Sleep is the last thing I want." The amount of pain in her voice was surprising. "People think that I killed my own sister, that I'm a terrible creature, I'm dangerous, my kind of magic is dangerous, I'm turning into a fucking nutcase, uncle. All because of those stupid, motherfucking, dreams." she stood. "I have to go think." She slipped past her uncle and disappeared.
From somewhere in the hall, a certain Slytherin, slid out of the shadows a grin on her face. Whether Ara realized it or not, she had just given Pansy Parkinson all the ammunition she needed to spread rumors about her arch rival. Pansy couldn't beleive it. It was almost like her birthday.
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The next day Ara wasn't seen until they arrived at Hogsmeade. Even then she was only seen by the Weasley twins in their popular shop, Weasley Wizard Wheezes.
"One doesn't exactly expect to see you here, Montgomery."
Ara grinned at George. "One wouldn't expect you to talk without making a joke, Weasley."
"you look terrible." fred noted. "Something happen?"
Her laugh bordered on hysterical. "Something happen? Oh, something happened alright. Several somethings in fact."
"Come in back." George said concerned. "That way no one will overhear."
"No need." Ara said, her face losing all expression. "someone overheard me talking to someone else yesterday and spread it all over school, so that when I woke up, I was an outcast." She frowned. "Not that I mind, you understand. It's just the fact that I don't know who did it, and how they heard."
"Obviously they were standing outside the room you were in." fred said, scratching his head. "But you can usually hear other people. So either they were using magic or you were to emotional."
"You are so logical sometimes, it's scary." She tugged at her hair which wasn't in it's usual up-do. Down it hung past her hips. "I think I was too emotional. Let me tell you why." Ara proceeded to tell them everything that she had said the day before. When she finished, the twins had to sit.
"Blimey." George said. "I had no idea the Malfoys were that screwed up."
"so what are you going to do?" Fred asked. "I mean what can you do?"
"I can't do anything, except deny it, and you know I can't do that."
"Right. The truth vow." Fred seemed perplexed. "So are you just going to let those rumors go around?"
"It's the only thing I can do. After all it is the truth." Her eyes were sad. "the truth hurts though."
The three sat in silence for several minutes before Ara spoke again. "I have to go meet your sister now. I've got something I want to give her. If she's there."
"she will be." George assured her. "She'll want to know if the rumors are true."
"Even then she probably won't care." Fred said. "After all you haven't done anything to her directly."
"Just her brother. Called him a ignorant fuck." She paused. "wait that was Dameon." She laughed. "I'll see you guys later." Ara turned and walked out of the shop.
As she arrived at Gladrags she saw Ginny pacing outside. She hesitated for a moment then continued toward the younger girl. "Ginny."
She spun around and glared at the older girl. "Ara, are-"
"Yes." she smiled weakly. "Do you still want to talk to me?"
"Of course!" she exclaimed. "it's not your fault your relatives are insane, dark wizards."
Ara's face lit up. "then do you still want the present I have for you?"
"what is it?"
Ara grabbed Ginny's hand. "You have to come into the store to get it." They marched up to the clerk who looked at Ginny and smiled.
"So this is the girl? I think the dress will suit beautifully." She pulled a lavender gown out from under the counter. "Been saving it for you, Ms. Montgomery. Glad too that I did." She looked at Ginny. "Would you like to try it on?"
"Oh, yes." Ginny said softly.
With a swish of the clerk's wand, the dress appeared on Ginny. The long medievil style dress clomplimented, Ginny's slender form, and auburn hair beautifully. The bodice was low cut but not so low that it was revealing everything. Ginny twirled around in front of the mirror.
"Ara it's beautiful." She whispered. "Thank you."
Ara blushed. "Oh, go on. Wrap it up, would would you?"
With another flick of the wand Ginny was back in her Hagwarts robes. And the dress was wrapped in silver tissue paper. Ara paid the clerk and ushered Ginny out of the shop.
"How 'bout the Three Broomsticks, if you aren't ashamed to be seen with me."
Ginny snorted. "I'd love to."
The two girls stolled into the bar as though no one was staring at them. They took a booth near the back where Ara could keep an eye on the other students without exposing herself. They ordered their butterbeers and sat there chatting about the ball.
"So who are you going with?" Ara asked taking a sip of her drink.
"Harry."
Ara sprayed butterbeer across the table. "Itchar? The walking tradgedy?"
"He's not a walking tradgedy." Ginny said defensively. "He's nice."
"Sure. So's a cold sore." the Slyhterin laughed.
"Why do you call him Itchar?" Ginny asked changing the subject.
"Oh that. It's ancient Egyptian for potter." She glanced over Ginny's shoulder. "Here come's the Dream team."
"Ginny can we talk to you please?"
The red-head turned to face her brother and his friends. "Of course. Talk away."
Ara choked on her butterbeer, and started coughing. Ron glared at her and then turned back to Ginny.
"alone please."
"Right. Ara we should leave them alone." the girl said calmly. "I think we should go to my brothers' next."
"I didn't know that Weasleys were that stupid." Pansy said from behind Ron, Harry and Hermoine.
Ara practically leapt across the table at the other girl. "Bitch! It was you!"
Pansy backed away. "I don't know what the hell you're talking about, Montgomery. Unless its those rumors. Which I didn't start."
"She's lying." Deacon said joining the group, followed by the other Elementals. "I heard them from Blaise who heard it from Pansy."
"I heard it from Dean who said he'd heard it from Parkinson." Dameon said.
"I heard it from Cho who heard it from Pee Pee." vegas said, flexing her muscles.
"I heard it from Susan who heard it from Slytherin slut." Halo glared at the slyhterin in question.
"And I heard it from Pansy." Draco snarled.
I'm not the one who's so far away
when I feel the snake bite enter my veins
Never did I want to be here again
And I don't remember why I came
Ara arched an eybrow. "Seems to me like you're lying." She swept her arm around to indicate her friends. "seems like it leads right back to you."
Candles raised by desire
Why I'm so far away
No more meaning to my life
No more reason to stay
Freezing , Feeling, Breathing, Breathing
I'm coming back again
"you see Parkinson," Deacon said softly. "There is a little something we beleive in, called the rule of three."
Vegas continued. "Whatever you send out you get back threefold."
Dameon picked it up. "So you deserve whats coming."
"Every ounce." Halo sneered.
"You see you don't mess with Elementals lives." Wayne said angrily.
"And never a Malfoy." Draco hissed.
"And certainly not a deranged murdering werewolf." Ara said softly. "the odds are against you, Parkinson. Are you prepared to face the consequence?"
Pansy looked between the angry Elementals. "You can't hurt me." she said nervously.
"Actually-" Ara started.
"they can." Professor Lupin detached himself from the crowd. "though it would be unwise, to say the least, in front of an entire crowd of witnesses."
"And I'd hate to have to take points from my own house." Snape appeared next to Lupin and glared at the other man. "And I would."
"I don't doubt it Severus." Lupin said mildly. "But with the rumors flying about people might think you're prejudiced."
"He already is." Ginny muttered.
"i think this confrontation is over." Snape said.
Ara and the other Elementals pushed through the crowd and stormed out the door, not bothering to say good-bye to the people they had come with.
"At least there's the ball." Halo said optimistically.
"In a week." Vegas snapped. "Who knows what she'll do between now and then."
"One thing is definetly for sure." Ara said.
"I'm not going with Pansy." Draco finished.
A/N Do you think its getting too violent? Maybe just a little. Anyway another chapter finished. *sigh* Its 12:44 am here so I think I'll go sleep and hope the my Muse visits me while I sleep. ::The Empress highly doubts that as she only dreams of weird fairy tales. So says the Imperial Decreer.:: (thank you Sarah.) ::No problem*smile*::
A/n: Did it really take me a day to post this chapter? No. But I'm on vacation and my parents decided to cut off my internet 'privledges' because I wasn't doing so well in a class. But here is the 9th chapter. (Note that I dropped the rating^_^)
"What is wrong with you two?" Ron demanded, looking between Harry and Hermoine. "She's just a Slytherin. And tell me when has a Slytherin ever done something for us?"
"I don't know." a voice said from behind him. "But this one has a question."
Ron took a deep breath nd turned around. His face was red with embarrasment at being over heard. "What, Montgomery?"
Ara smiled slightly and pushed the end of her long brown braid off her shoulder. "I would like to know if I can talk to your sister with out getting my head ripped off."
"Why do you want to talk to her?"
"Oh, for Crissakes, Weasley." she scowled. "It's not like I'm going to kill her."
Hermione leaned toward Ron. "Ron, why can't she talk to her?"
"Because she's Malfoy's cousin!" he hissed.
Despite the whispers, Ara heard what they were saying. "Listen Weasel," she said feircely. "I didn't judge you, when I first saw you, but Judgement Day is coming. Now if you don't trust me, just ask your brother Bill to come back from Egypt."
"You know Bill Weasley?" Harry asked.
Ara shrugged. "We've met."
Those words sent off an alarm bell somewhere in the back of the three friends' minds, but they didn't know why. Ara just looked at Ron her chilly blue eyes never blinking.
"Er... You're not jinxing him are you?" Harry asked quietly.
Ara blinked, momentarily confused. "No, Itchar. Now what's the answer?"
"Fine you can talk to her." Ron said reluctantly.
Ara didn't even bother to say thank you just disappeared from the library. Dameon came in just after her exit and was grinning rather stupidly. Spotting the three Gryffindors, he waved and and plopped down in ara's vacated chair.
"Bloody insane." Ron muttered. "All of them."
Ara found Ginny on her way outside to see Hagrid. "Weasel-Girl. I'd like to talk to you for a moment."
Ginny gaped at her. Ara never asked to speak to her. "About what?"
"Tomorrow's a Hogsmeade trip, right?"
"Yeah, so?"
"Can you meet me at Gladrags? There's something I want to give you." the older girl seemed hesitant which surprised Ginny. Ara had always seemed so confident.
"sure. I just hope my brother doesn't rip our throats out."
"He won't." at Ginny's questioning look, she added, "I asked him if I could talk to you without getting my head ripped off. He said yes."
'Moonie!"
Ara spun around and saw Vegas running toward her from Hagrid's. "Vegas?"
"Where's your cousin?" the tall girl was frantic. "Its about his mother."
"Narcissa?" Ara gasped. "What happened?"
"she disappeared." Vegas waved her arms for effect. "into thin air! Just poof! and she was gone. No one knows how it happened, or who did it. All they know is that your mother and Lucius aren't that worried."
"Bastards!" Ara hissed. "Vegas, get Halo. And Draco. No one else."
"Gone." Vegas shot off down the corridor and Ara glanced at Ginny.
"How well can you keep a secret?"
"I know nothing." Ginny said innocently. "You were speaking Japanese, which I don't understand."
"Good." Ara sounded releived. "I'd hate to have to put a memory charm on you. Um... Have you gotten a letter from Bill recently?"
"Bill?" Ginny asked. "Why do you want to know?"
"He was supposed to write back to me yesterday. And no its not possible that he forgot, or that it's late." Ara bit her lip. "I hope nothing happened."
"How do you know my brother?" the red-head was suspicous. Her brother wouldn't write to a Malfoy. Would he?
"We met last summer in Egypt." She sighed. "I got in trouble for not being dressed properly for some party or other, and your brother stepped in and said it was a costume from my native land."
"what was the costume?"
"t-shirt and sweatshirt." Ara smiled, and the circles under her eyes seemed to disappear. "I am from America and we do dress like that all the time, so it was partly true."
"Ara!" Deacon came storming around the corner and stopped right in front of her. "Could you please leave Ginny?" After she had left, Deacon started in. "What's with calling Vegas and Halo and not me, Wayne, and Dameon?"
"Its a girl thing." Ara replied coldly. "Now if you don't mind, I have to go meet them. Good-bye." she turned and began to walk away, But the taller boy grabbed her arm.
"You can tell me anything, Moonie." He whispered. "You know that."
"There are somethings that you can't understand." With that she pulled from his grip and walked away.
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"She just disappeared?" Draco asked increduously. "That's not possible, Issa. Its not."
Ara sighed and shook her head. "It is, dragon. I'm sorry."
"But if Mother is gone what's to stop them from getting rid of you?" Draco demanded. "And don't you fucking dare tell me it doesn't matter to you!"
"Fine." Ara crossed her arms. "The point is nothing will stop them. And you know what's absolutely disgusting about our parents?"
"What?"
"The fact that they're screwing each others fucking brains out?" Vegas asked.
"That and the fact that they're blood related?" Halo joined in.
"All of the above and the fact that my mum is preggers." Ara hissed. "They're totally dispicable!"
"Your mum's pregnant?" Everyone exclaimed.
"You're sure?" Draco managed to say. "How?"
"I overheard them two one night. She's about three months along already."
"What do you mean your mother is pregnent?"
The entire group spun around to see Professor Severus Snape, Head of Slytherin, Potions Master, standing in the door.
"Christ! Uncle Sev, don't do that!" Ara gasped clutching at her heart. "I nearly died of shock."
"Uncle?" again the other three were totally surprised.
"Nicely done, Ara." Snape said. "Brillant. Truly."
"And that my friends is where I get my sarcasm from." Ara was totally oblivious to the shock on her cousin and friends' faces. "And yes I did say that mum is preggers, Uncle. Quite thoroughly too."
"Who?" Snape demanded. "My half-brothers barely cold in his grave and she get pregnent."
"Oh, it gets better." While Ara's eye's narrowed in disgust, Snape's narrowed in suspicion. "It was Uncle Lucius who impregnated her. She liked it too."
"And that creature's your mother?" Snape asked increduously. "We are incredibly lucky that you lack any resemblance to her, except the eyes. Her own brother!" he shuddered. "By the way, you need to take that potion. It will help you get some sleep."
"Sleep is the last thing I want." The amount of pain in her voice was surprising. "People think that I killed my own sister, that I'm a terrible creature, I'm dangerous, my kind of magic is dangerous, I'm turning into a fucking nutcase, uncle. All because of those stupid, motherfucking, dreams." she stood. "I have to go think." She slipped past her uncle and disappeared.
From somewhere in the hall, a certain Slytherin, slid out of the shadows a grin on her face. Whether Ara realized it or not, she had just given Pansy Parkinson all the ammunition she needed to spread rumors about her arch rival. Pansy couldn't beleive it. It was almost like her birthday.
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The next day Ara wasn't seen until they arrived at Hogsmeade. Even then she was only seen by the Weasley twins in their popular shop, Weasley Wizard Wheezes.
"One doesn't exactly expect to see you here, Montgomery."
Ara grinned at George. "One wouldn't expect you to talk without making a joke, Weasley."
"you look terrible." fred noted. "Something happen?"
Her laugh bordered on hysterical. "Something happen? Oh, something happened alright. Several somethings in fact."
"Come in back." George said concerned. "That way no one will overhear."
"No need." Ara said, her face losing all expression. "someone overheard me talking to someone else yesterday and spread it all over school, so that when I woke up, I was an outcast." She frowned. "Not that I mind, you understand. It's just the fact that I don't know who did it, and how they heard."
"Obviously they were standing outside the room you were in." fred said, scratching his head. "But you can usually hear other people. So either they were using magic or you were to emotional."
"You are so logical sometimes, it's scary." She tugged at her hair which wasn't in it's usual up-do. Down it hung past her hips. "I think I was too emotional. Let me tell you why." Ara proceeded to tell them everything that she had said the day before. When she finished, the twins had to sit.
"Blimey." George said. "I had no idea the Malfoys were that screwed up."
"so what are you going to do?" Fred asked. "I mean what can you do?"
"I can't do anything, except deny it, and you know I can't do that."
"Right. The truth vow." Fred seemed perplexed. "So are you just going to let those rumors go around?"
"It's the only thing I can do. After all it is the truth." Her eyes were sad. "the truth hurts though."
The three sat in silence for several minutes before Ara spoke again. "I have to go meet your sister now. I've got something I want to give her. If she's there."
"she will be." George assured her. "She'll want to know if the rumors are true."
"Even then she probably won't care." Fred said. "After all you haven't done anything to her directly."
"Just her brother. Called him a ignorant fuck." She paused. "wait that was Dameon." She laughed. "I'll see you guys later." Ara turned and walked out of the shop.
As she arrived at Gladrags she saw Ginny pacing outside. She hesitated for a moment then continued toward the younger girl. "Ginny."
She spun around and glared at the older girl. "Ara, are-"
"Yes." she smiled weakly. "Do you still want to talk to me?"
"Of course!" she exclaimed. "it's not your fault your relatives are insane, dark wizards."
Ara's face lit up. "then do you still want the present I have for you?"
"what is it?"
Ara grabbed Ginny's hand. "You have to come into the store to get it." They marched up to the clerk who looked at Ginny and smiled.
"So this is the girl? I think the dress will suit beautifully." She pulled a lavender gown out from under the counter. "Been saving it for you, Ms. Montgomery. Glad too that I did." She looked at Ginny. "Would you like to try it on?"
"Oh, yes." Ginny said softly.
With a swish of the clerk's wand, the dress appeared on Ginny. The long medievil style dress clomplimented, Ginny's slender form, and auburn hair beautifully. The bodice was low cut but not so low that it was revealing everything. Ginny twirled around in front of the mirror.
"Ara it's beautiful." She whispered. "Thank you."
Ara blushed. "Oh, go on. Wrap it up, would would you?"
With another flick of the wand Ginny was back in her Hagwarts robes. And the dress was wrapped in silver tissue paper. Ara paid the clerk and ushered Ginny out of the shop.
"How 'bout the Three Broomsticks, if you aren't ashamed to be seen with me."
Ginny snorted. "I'd love to."
The two girls stolled into the bar as though no one was staring at them. They took a booth near the back where Ara could keep an eye on the other students without exposing herself. They ordered their butterbeers and sat there chatting about the ball.
"So who are you going with?" Ara asked taking a sip of her drink.
"Harry."
Ara sprayed butterbeer across the table. "Itchar? The walking tradgedy?"
"He's not a walking tradgedy." Ginny said defensively. "He's nice."
"Sure. So's a cold sore." the Slyhterin laughed.
"Why do you call him Itchar?" Ginny asked changing the subject.
"Oh that. It's ancient Egyptian for potter." She glanced over Ginny's shoulder. "Here come's the Dream team."
"Ginny can we talk to you please?"
The red-head turned to face her brother and his friends. "Of course. Talk away."
Ara choked on her butterbeer, and started coughing. Ron glared at her and then turned back to Ginny.
"alone please."
"Right. Ara we should leave them alone." the girl said calmly. "I think we should go to my brothers' next."
"I didn't know that Weasleys were that stupid." Pansy said from behind Ron, Harry and Hermoine.
Ara practically leapt across the table at the other girl. "Bitch! It was you!"
Pansy backed away. "I don't know what the hell you're talking about, Montgomery. Unless its those rumors. Which I didn't start."
"She's lying." Deacon said joining the group, followed by the other Elementals. "I heard them from Blaise who heard it from Pansy."
"I heard it from Dean who said he'd heard it from Parkinson." Dameon said.
"I heard it from Cho who heard it from Pee Pee." vegas said, flexing her muscles.
"I heard it from Susan who heard it from Slytherin slut." Halo glared at the slyhterin in question.
"And I heard it from Pansy." Draco snarled.
I'm not the one who's so far away
when I feel the snake bite enter my veins
Never did I want to be here again
And I don't remember why I came
Ara arched an eybrow. "Seems to me like you're lying." She swept her arm around to indicate her friends. "seems like it leads right back to you."
Candles raised by desire
Why I'm so far away
No more meaning to my life
No more reason to stay
Freezing , Feeling, Breathing, Breathing
I'm coming back again
"you see Parkinson," Deacon said softly. "There is a little something we beleive in, called the rule of three."
Vegas continued. "Whatever you send out you get back threefold."
Dameon picked it up. "So you deserve whats coming."
"Every ounce." Halo sneered.
"You see you don't mess with Elementals lives." Wayne said angrily.
"And never a Malfoy." Draco hissed.
"And certainly not a deranged murdering werewolf." Ara said softly. "the odds are against you, Parkinson. Are you prepared to face the consequence?"
Pansy looked between the angry Elementals. "You can't hurt me." she said nervously.
"Actually-" Ara started.
"they can." Professor Lupin detached himself from the crowd. "though it would be unwise, to say the least, in front of an entire crowd of witnesses."
"And I'd hate to have to take points from my own house." Snape appeared next to Lupin and glared at the other man. "And I would."
"I don't doubt it Severus." Lupin said mildly. "But with the rumors flying about people might think you're prejudiced."
"He already is." Ginny muttered.
"i think this confrontation is over." Snape said.
Ara and the other Elementals pushed through the crowd and stormed out the door, not bothering to say good-bye to the people they had come with.
"At least there's the ball." Halo said optimistically.
"In a week." Vegas snapped. "Who knows what she'll do between now and then."
"One thing is definetly for sure." Ara said.
"I'm not going with Pansy." Draco finished.
A/N Do you think its getting too violent? Maybe just a little. Anyway another chapter finished. *sigh* Its 12:44 am here so I think I'll go sleep and hope the my Muse visits me while I sleep. ::The Empress highly doubts that as she only dreams of weird fairy tales. So says the Imperial Decreer.:: (thank you Sarah.) ::No problem*smile*::