*~The Shadow of Life~*
*~Lora and Winter~*
Summary: There's a new girl at Hogwarts, and she seems pretty normal. Her life's been torn apart by Voldemort, and now she's starting over... or is she? There's something dark following her, and it's taking effect on the others as well. Takes place during the sixth year. H/G, R/OC, Hr/?
A.N: Winter: I'm horrible at summaries... But I hope you like this!
Disclaimer: I don't own any of the characters except for Armina Aperowd. The rest belong to J.K Rowling... I'm just borrowing them for a short time...
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~*Prologue*~
*~A Midsummers Nightmare~*
Armina Aperowd was your slightly beyond average girl. She was tall, rather beautiful, smart, and more. Armina attended Durmstrong, where she had just finished her fifth year, and was on her way to begin her sixth. Life was going rather well for her. She studied a lot, and she wasn't really intereseted in boys. In fact, she basically bombed when it came to the subject of the opposite sex. But she excelled where it counted. Life was, in a sense, perfect for her, from her point of view... Unfortunately, one late summer night it all changed...
"It's 10:00 'Mina." Natalia complained, brushing her long, dark chocolate-colored hair out of her face. "It's late. I don't want to study anymore... Can't we just go home!?"
"Shhh...." Armina giggled as the librarian, Madam Grody, gave them a harsh look. "You know we have to finish these and have them to Arnoldi before August 28th. right?" Armina reminded her best friend. They were in one of the very few wizarding libararies. Actually, it looked like a normal town library from the inside. But ask Madam Grody, or Miss Grody as the muggle towns people called her, and she'd direct you to a fireplace that took you right to a magical library.
"Yes... Yes..." Natalia sighed. "I am very aware." Armina smiled at her light accent. They'd known each other since they were babies, but some things were still interesting. Armina didn't have an accent because they had moved to Romania so Armina could attend Durmstrong, and also they had to keep up with her step-father's job in the Ministry.
"Well..." Armina yawned. "I am almost done... Do you want to meet back here at... oh... say 1:00 tomorrow to finish up?"
"Sounds like a good idea to me..." Natalia yawned as well. Both girls gathered their books and went over to Madam Grody. "Madam Grody, we're ready to check out."
"Hmpf." She grunted. "Vary vell zen. Take ze floo powder and be runnin along."
"Goodnight, Madam Grody." Armina smiled. Madam Grody couldn't help but smile back.
"See you tomorrow then." Natalia said. "G'nite." She threw the floo powder into the fireplace. "285 West Canard Street!" And then she went through.
Armina took her own floo powder. "574 Grundy Street!" She shouted, and was swept up into the fireplace and when the swirling stopped she had landed in a rather ungraceful position on her hard stone basement floor. Except for the fire, which had been kept burning down there just for her, the house was silent. Then she heard it...
In the near silence she just barely heard a voice. "- shall we do it now, Massssterr?" It was a silent hiss. Like a snake.
"Wait..." Said the other voice. Even through the floorboards and stone, the voice sent chills through her. It was almost as if that voice knew she was there listening, and it was opening up her mind and reading her fear drenched thoughts. She stayed very quiet, and didn't move a muscle.
"What is the meaning of all this!?" She heard her step-father walk into the room, and then a loud CRASH followed his voice, it sounded like he dropped something glass. A high, wheezing cackle followed the crash.
"- going on? I heard a terrible... You! Oh n-" Her mother's voice stopped just as abruptly as it had appeared.
And then it was all quiet. She couldn't hear a thing that was going on, but she waited, tense. Ready to jump up there and preform curses. Then a horrible thought struck her. What if it was Death Eaters or something? Still, however, she waited, wanting so terribly to run.
Finally a voice drifted down to her. "over." It said, it was the same one that sent shivers through her body. "Avada Kedavra!" He said.
"NO!" Armina yelled. Even she knew that spell. A terrible noise crashed through the house, causing it to shudder, itself. A hideous green light broke through the cracks in the stone roof. "PROTECTRA!!" She yelled and a small yellow force field went up around her as her roof caved in. It collapsed exactly on top of her, breaking her field and pinning her to the ground. Her last concious memory was of Diedre, her sister, screaming, curly brown hair flying, her green eyes wide, and then it was all so quiet...
*~Lora and Winter~*
Summary: There's a new girl at Hogwarts, and she seems pretty normal. Her life's been torn apart by Voldemort, and now she's starting over... or is she? There's something dark following her, and it's taking effect on the others as well. Takes place during the sixth year. H/G, R/OC, Hr/?
A.N: Winter: I'm horrible at summaries... But I hope you like this!
Disclaimer: I don't own any of the characters except for Armina Aperowd. The rest belong to J.K Rowling... I'm just borrowing them for a short time...
~**~**~*~*
~*Prologue*~
*~A Midsummers Nightmare~*
Armina Aperowd was your slightly beyond average girl. She was tall, rather beautiful, smart, and more. Armina attended Durmstrong, where she had just finished her fifth year, and was on her way to begin her sixth. Life was going rather well for her. She studied a lot, and she wasn't really intereseted in boys. In fact, she basically bombed when it came to the subject of the opposite sex. But she excelled where it counted. Life was, in a sense, perfect for her, from her point of view... Unfortunately, one late summer night it all changed...
"It's 10:00 'Mina." Natalia complained, brushing her long, dark chocolate-colored hair out of her face. "It's late. I don't want to study anymore... Can't we just go home!?"
"Shhh...." Armina giggled as the librarian, Madam Grody, gave them a harsh look. "You know we have to finish these and have them to Arnoldi before August 28th. right?" Armina reminded her best friend. They were in one of the very few wizarding libararies. Actually, it looked like a normal town library from the inside. But ask Madam Grody, or Miss Grody as the muggle towns people called her, and she'd direct you to a fireplace that took you right to a magical library.
"Yes... Yes..." Natalia sighed. "I am very aware." Armina smiled at her light accent. They'd known each other since they were babies, but some things were still interesting. Armina didn't have an accent because they had moved to Romania so Armina could attend Durmstrong, and also they had to keep up with her step-father's job in the Ministry.
"Well..." Armina yawned. "I am almost done... Do you want to meet back here at... oh... say 1:00 tomorrow to finish up?"
"Sounds like a good idea to me..." Natalia yawned as well. Both girls gathered their books and went over to Madam Grody. "Madam Grody, we're ready to check out."
"Hmpf." She grunted. "Vary vell zen. Take ze floo powder and be runnin along."
"Goodnight, Madam Grody." Armina smiled. Madam Grody couldn't help but smile back.
"See you tomorrow then." Natalia said. "G'nite." She threw the floo powder into the fireplace. "285 West Canard Street!" And then she went through.
Armina took her own floo powder. "574 Grundy Street!" She shouted, and was swept up into the fireplace and when the swirling stopped she had landed in a rather ungraceful position on her hard stone basement floor. Except for the fire, which had been kept burning down there just for her, the house was silent. Then she heard it...
In the near silence she just barely heard a voice. "- shall we do it now, Massssterr?" It was a silent hiss. Like a snake.
"Wait..." Said the other voice. Even through the floorboards and stone, the voice sent chills through her. It was almost as if that voice knew she was there listening, and it was opening up her mind and reading her fear drenched thoughts. She stayed very quiet, and didn't move a muscle.
"What is the meaning of all this!?" She heard her step-father walk into the room, and then a loud CRASH followed his voice, it sounded like he dropped something glass. A high, wheezing cackle followed the crash.
"- going on? I heard a terrible... You! Oh n-" Her mother's voice stopped just as abruptly as it had appeared.
And then it was all quiet. She couldn't hear a thing that was going on, but she waited, tense. Ready to jump up there and preform curses. Then a horrible thought struck her. What if it was Death Eaters or something? Still, however, she waited, wanting so terribly to run.
Finally a voice drifted down to her. "over." It said, it was the same one that sent shivers through her body. "Avada Kedavra!" He said.
"NO!" Armina yelled. Even she knew that spell. A terrible noise crashed through the house, causing it to shudder, itself. A hideous green light broke through the cracks in the stone roof. "PROTECTRA!!" She yelled and a small yellow force field went up around her as her roof caved in. It collapsed exactly on top of her, breaking her field and pinning her to the ground. Her last concious memory was of Diedre, her sister, screaming, curly brown hair flying, her green eyes wide, and then it was all so quiet...