Chapter 14 Remembering
Aphelia didn't stop screaming for three hours until Madame Pomfrey returned to find her fully aware of her surroundings. When everyone heard of Aphelia awakening they were happy, but Madame Pomfrey refused to let anyone-including herself- around Aphelia for three days so aphelia could get some rest and catch up with reality, but today was the day that Aphelia would be let out of the Hospital Wing. "Okay, dear! You may go now," Madame Pmfrey said as she gave Aphelia the last of the recovery potion she had made. Aphelia stood up at the edge of the bed and help her hands behind her back politely, looking around at all the strange things. "Um, may I ask where I am to go?" she asked very politely, which made Madame Pomfrey quirk her eyebrow. "Aphelia, are you feeling oaky? You know you are supposed to go to the Slytherin Common Room, where you belong?" Madame Pomfrey asked her. Aphelia tilted her head to the side. "Oh, so THAT'S what my name is! okay, and what is Slytherin?" she asked. Madame Pomfrey gasped as she looked at APhelia's big green eyes. "You mean, you don't remember ANYTHING about yourself?" Madame Pomfrey asked the hopeless Aphelia, who just shook her head perkily. "Oh dear! Let me take you to your common room, and then I'll ahve a word with Dumbledore!" madame Pomfrey said, and she pulled Aphelia with her before she could ask who Dumbledore was.
The Slytherin Common Room was told that they were not allowed to tell APhelia anything about her past, including anything about her brother, about magic, or about Draco. They were toldthey weren't allowed to help her remember, that Aphelia needed to do it on her own, or else they could ruin what they new as Aphelia forever, and APhelia wasn't allowed to go to any classes. Pansy was assigned to stay near Aphelia at all times, except for at meals when Madame Pomfrey would come in to feed Aphelia and so Pansy could go and join the rest of the school during meals. Once again, Aphelia Potter had everyone feeling sorry for her, but she didn't realize it, for she was having a very nice time figuring out what simple things like mirrors and blankets were for. She seemed so Happy and serene that everyone was happy to keep her screwed up past a secret from her. "Look Pansy! these strange markings are actually called letters adn you can READ them! I remember!" APhelia said as she smiled brightely, proud of what she had found out on her own. "Really, Le...Aphelia? I know that! I remember too!" Pansy covered. that was close, she almost called Aphelia Lea, and taht for SURE would have been letting her dive into her own dark past. "Why does this say Harry Potter? Isn't Potter my last name?" Aphelia asked. Pansy snatched the book from her and began to read. Aphelia had stumbled across a book that would have divuldged too far into her past. "Uh, yea Potter is your last name, but I am not allowed to tell you more, sorry. And you can't read this!" Pansy added as Aphelia snatched for the book. "But, couldn't I have jsut a little, tiny whiney, insy weensy peak?" she asked, using her hands to show how small she meant, but Pansy shook her head. "No! And I better tell you that you are going to end up killing yourself when you find out taht you used the phrases tiny whiney and insy weensy in the same sentance!" Pansy said as she shut the book and put it back up in the shelf in the Common Room. "Ya, but nobody said that you couldn't merely not pay ATTENTION when I ACCIDENTALLY stumble onto things..." Aphelia pointed out as she crossed her arms in front of her. Pansy smiled. "Even with a lose of memory you still have that sly, humourous side to you, Aphelia, but I still can't let you!" Pansy said firmly. Aphelia's eyes glared and a pillow shot accross the room at Pansy. "WOW! WHAT was THAT? How did I do that?" Aphelia asked, but before Pansy could answer Aphelia jumped to her feet and began to clap. "I remember this! I remember hanging out with you all the time, and I love to torture a girl called...Hermione? And in order to torture her I use my telekineses!" Aphelia yelled proudly. Pansy stood up and hugged her. "Yes! Another memory unlocked safely on your own! It wont be too long before you remember everything! Now it's time for bed, but first we ahve to stop at my friends room so I can get some of my stuff from there, you can come too!" she added seeing a look of dissapointment on Aphelia's face. Walking up the stairs, Pansy lead Aphelia towards Jade's old room. "Don't touch ANYTHING!" added Pansy as she rummaged through Jade's stuff. Looking around at the room, Aphelia became infatuated by a few tattered-looking books with 'Aphelia Potter' written accross them. Making sure Pansy wasn't looking her way, she picked them all up and stuffed them into her robes. "Well, I'm ready when you are!" she said as un-suspiciously as she could. following Pansy out of the room and into her own, Aphelia smiled at her own sneakiness. Getting into bed she begged Pansy to go to sleep with the lgiht on, saying that the dark 'scared' her, and when she was sure that Pansy was asleep she opened the books titled 'Aphelia Potter' and she began to read.
"Good morning, Aphelia!" yawned Pansy as she pulled the covers off of the bed next to hers, but Aphelia wasn't under them. "What the?" she asked, but then she looked over towards the bathroom and saw that Aphelia had just walked out. "Hey Pans! What's up?" she asked as she started to put on her school robes, and apply a little make up. "What's going on Aphelia? How did you even know where the things you are wearing were?" Pansy asked, quirking her eyebrow. "Oh, don't be stupid, Pansy! I have always known!" Aphelia smiled, looking at Pansy in a 'I'm okay!' way. "You mean.." started Pansy. Her voice had an exasperated tone to it, and she looked as if she was ready to takle Aphelia. "Uh huh! I remember! I remember everything! from Draco, to Harry, to school, to Voldemort, and everything!" she said as she hugged Pansy. "That's great! But wait, waht happened? How come you remember now?" Pansy asked, quirking her eyebrow and crossing her arms in front of her chest. "Well, I read my diaries! But hey, you didnt help me! I helped myself, I eman they were MY diaries, and becides I know how I was cured! Where's Jade?" Aphelia asked, running her words together so that Pansy couldn't get a word in. "Oh, I forgot, you don't know. Jade was expelled for trying to kill you or something. At least that was what we were told," Pansy said as she scratched her arm. Aphelia gasped. "No, it, it CANT be true! You see, Jade wasn't HURTING me, she HELPED ME! I need to get to Dumbledore A.S.A.P.! Something is wrong here!" Aphelia said, and with that she went running out of the common room, picking up everyone who tried to stop her with her mind and tossing them across the room. There was NO way that she was going to let Jade fry for something Jade didn't do, but she was stopped abruptly by a strong force, and when she went to turn to see who it was, she was thrown against a wall, knocking the wind out of her to keep her from screaming. "You stay away from Dumbledore, you here me?" the strange, hooded figure said. the scar on Aphelia's arm began to burn a little, but not exactly as it did when Draco was around. Aphelia merely nodded, and one of the hooded figures many arms was removed from her mouth, but it came back and knocked her out.
it only took five minutes for Aphelia to revive, and nobody was arround her, so she figured that getting knocked outas to keep her from seeing how the hooded figure escaped. "Why is it that everytime I figure something out, soemone knocks me out? That's just NOT cool!" she complained as she stood up and dusted herself off. Trying to draw no attention to ehrself, she floated towards the Hospital Wing, whistling as she went along. "APhelia? What are you doing otu of your Common Room? Where's that darn pansy?" asked a shocked madame Pomfrey as she dropped a bunch of Potions that were in her hands. Aphelia listened to the cries coming from Draco and her brother, and she was pained. "No, Madame Pomfrey, don't worry about Pans. I am better now, I remember everything! I need to see my brother, and Draco!" she added as she started to walk back behind the curtains, but Madame Pomfrey stopped her. "Nobody is allowed to see them, especially after Jade did that little stunt with you!" Madame Pomfrey said as she began to clean up the mess on the floor. "Yeah, but Madame Pomfrey, it's ME! And Jade was the one who cured me anyways, she wasn't trying to harm me, and I know how to help the guys!" Aphelia said before she could stop herself. Madame Pomfrey stiffened up, and looked at her. "Now, now, APhelia! Hermione Granger said that she overheard Jade telling people taht she was planning on finishing the job she had started, and I am going to beleive her!" she said as she blocked the way even more. "HERMIONE! It was HER! WHY didn't I think of it! listen, Madame Pomfrey, Hermione isn't the Hermione we have known and loved, there is something SERIOUSLY wrong with her! PLEASE let me see my brother!' said Aphelia, but Madame Pomfrey began to push APhelia out into the hall. "Hermione Granger is one of the TOP students here at Hogwarts, and I wont tolerate anyone talking about her in that way, and you most CERTAINLY WILL NOT SEE YOUR BROTHER!' and with that she disappeared. "Good bye, Harry," whispered Aphelia as the tears streamed down her cheeks. She walked back to the Common Room, silently crying, and she apologized to the room for the damage she had caused them, and she told them that she was back to normal, which caused the Slytherin's to throw a party in her honor, though she didn't attend. She was too busy making a necklace that said 'Harry' across it, which she put on immediately after she was done. she had enchanted it to have Harry flying on his broomstick around and around his name, with a snitch flying around in front of him. She even made the necklace to sport the Gryffindor colors, and when she thought about Gryffindor she remembered about Harry's invisibility cloak sitting in the bottom of his trunk, waiting to be touched. running down the stairs, she shot thoughts at people to make them not notice her as she floated herself out of the Common Room. Floating herself up the staircases to Gryffindor, she remembered that she didn't have the password. Not thinking, she put her hands in the air and searched to find out who was in their Common Room, and the only person there was Ron. continuing without thinking, she placed her hands on his invisible temples. 'Ron? are you there? It's Lea! I'm healed, but I need you to let me into your room so I can get something of my brothers,' she asked as she put her hands on his temples. remembering that he couldn't send her messages back she dropped her hands and waited, and to her surprise the portrait of the fat lady swung open, and Ron let her in. Aphelai smiled and wiped her tears. "Thank you, Ron! I really appreciate this!" she said as she finished wiping her tears, and cleared her nose. Ron lead her way towards his room. "What is it you need exactly? I might be able to help you find it faster," Ron said with an emotionless tone to his voice. Aphelia thought that it was odd, but she paid no attention. "Oh, just Harry's invisibility cloak is all. I need it so I can go and cure him, seeing as Madame Pmfrey wont even let me near him!" she added as she held onto her neckalce which glew red and gold in the dark. Ron stopped dead in his tracks. "Oh, well ya, about that invisibility cloak, well erm, Hermione sort of confiscated it," ron said as he he scratched his neck. even in the dark APhelia could see his ears turn red. "YOU LET HER TAKE HARRY'S THINGS WITHOUT HARRY'S PERMISSION? HOW LOW DO YOU GO RONALD WEASLEY?" Aphelia slapped him as she yelled. "Erm, I guess I deserved that, but you don't understand! Hermione has, I don't know, this POWER over me whenever she is around! I can't fight it, it's just so overwhelming! I end up doing whatever she asks adn I can't do a thing about it!" he said as he rubbed his sore cheek. Aphelia walked up passed him, towards the girls dormitory entrance. "That's nice, Ron. Great example you are setting, following that bitch everywhere! you lost virtually all your friends by doign that, and becuase of her your BEST friend is under a coma-like spell!" she said as she got ready to enter. "Wait? where areyou going?" Ron asked her as he grabbed her arm. Aphelia yanked her arm out of his reach. "Not that it's any of your business, Ronald, but i am going to Hermione's room to retrieve the Invisibility Cloak!" she said as she walked through into Hermione's bedroom. looking down, she noticed that Hermione was sleeping. "Pushover," she murmured as she began to look through Hermione's stuff. when she couldn't find it she went over to Hermione's bedside and palced her hand ontop of Hermione's head. 'you'll tell Aphelia in your sleep where Harry Potter's Invisibilty cloak is kept, and you wont remember a thing about it when you wake up.' Aphelia made Hermione think. "Sleeping on it," she heard Hermione yawn out. floating Hermione up in the air she saw the cloak, and snatched for it. as she lopened the door to Hermione's room she let Hermione fall to the floor in a big crash, and she rushed out of the Common Room without a single word to anyone around her as to why she was in there. slipping the Cloak around her, she rushed to the Hospital Wing, where she heard loud snores. "Oh yeah, Madame Pomfrey! that's what I call keeping a look out!" smirked Aphelia as she snuck back to her brother. Dropping the cloak, she placed her left hand on top of Harry's head, and her right hand in Harry's hand. 'Harry, hunny, it's your sister, Aphelia. Can you hear me?' Aphelia asked him. she didn't expect a response immediately, becuase she new how it took her a while to respond also. 'Harry, it's me, APhelia, can you hear me?' she asked again. 'Aphelia? Where are you? it's soo cold,' he said. APhelai sort of smiled, and tears streaked her cheeks. she began to explain to him the way he felt. 'how, how did you know?' he asked her when she was done. 'because, dear you are under a spell. I was under the spell too, but I was cleared of it! I need to you to wake up okay? can you do that for me?' she asked as more tears streaked her cheeks. 'How?' he asked her, which brought even more tears to her eyes. 'What's that?' he asked her suddenly, and she looked down at him. 'you mean the things touching oyur arm? Those are just my tears.' she answered. 'no, they aren't touching my arm, when they hit wherever they are hitting they make a clear light! I, I can see you, Lea!' he yelled! Aphelia smiled in joy as she began to cry harder. 'follow the tear drops! and make sure to remember everything when you come out, just keep thinking about the past.' and at that moment, Harry sat up. "LEA!" he yelled as he and Aphelia hugged, but that hug was stopped abruptly with Hermione and Madame Pomfrey tugging on her. "See! I told you that I had overheard Aphelia saying taht she'd be coming to finish the job!" Hermione said as she pointed accusingly at Aphelia. Aphelia just smiled. "I knew there was something going on when I saw you trying to get back here so eagerly earlier today! To Dumbledore you go!" Madame Pomfrey said as she put APhelia on her feet. "But Madame Pomfrey, you don't understand! APhelia just saved my life! Hermione's the perpatrator!" Harry accused back, but Aphelia put a finger to his lips. With her eyes, she showed him where she left the invisiblity cloak, and she implanted a thought telling him that Madame Pomfrey wasn't going to believe her. He touched her necklace, and smiled. she Smiled back. "How DARE you try to accuse Hermione Granger! Hermione is one of the TOP students at this school, she would never do anything to hurt ANYONE!" Madame Pmfrey said, not noticing that behind her back hermione was grinning evilly. "Oh, OF COURSE madame Pomfrey! Hermione's rep is just SO MCUH BETTER THAN HARRY'S! Take me to Dumbledore! i need to be punished for SAVING my brother!" Aphelia yelled sarcastically. "Yes, you do need to be punished!" said Madame Pomfrey, and she pulled APhelia towards Dumbledore's office. Aphelia sat down inside, smiling. "Professor Dumbledore? We found this Juvinile Delenquant TOUCHING her brother! And Hermione over heard her saying that she was going to finish the job she had done already," Madame Pomfrey accused. "Is this true?" he asked Aphelia. Hermione nodded at him and forced a sad look upon her face. Aphelia crossed her arms infront of her chest and leaned back in the chair. "OH, YES! I put a spell on me, Draco and harry and I jsut came back to kill all three of us for NO reason! I deserve to be punished!" she said sarcastically. "See, Professor Dumbledore? She even ADMITS IT!" Hermione pointed out, tapping her foot and crossing her arms in front of her chest also. "Well, since all the proof is here on the table, i am going to be forced to expell you," Dumbledore replied, taking out a quill and jotting something down on a peice of paper. Aphelia gasped. "You don't actualyl BELIEVE that I was trying to kill the two people who mean the most to me, do you?" Aphelia yelled at him. "Listen young lady, I wont tolerate you talking to me like that! Don't Worry, I am not expelling you to your home, seeing's as you don't really have one, but in fact I am sending you to stay at Hagrid's Hut. YOu will nto be able to leave there, or make contact with anyone other than Hagrid!" and with that Aphelia felt herself being forced to Hagrid's Hut. When she got inside she immediately began to cry. "Now, there will be NONE of that while yer stayin here with me, ya got that?" Hagrid said gruffly, but APhelia continued to cry. "I said stop it! I don't have ter listen ter ya cry!" he yelled. "Why are you being so mean to me Hagrid? SURELY you don't bleieve it all?" Aphelia asked hi mas she looked up at him. "And why shouldn't I? all the proof was laied out on the table ter me!" he said as he handed her a single rock cake. "No, no it wasn't! Take a look aroudn you, Hagrid. First jade is blamed, when Jade saved me, and I just saved my brother and now I am being blamed all the same," she yelled. "There will be no yellin at me in my own hut!" roared Hagrid. APhelia crossed her arms infront of her chest. She had never been one to listen to what's told to her. "Just wait until Harry come's to see you, surely you'll believe him!" APhelia said and she went over to Fluffy and began to pet him. At that moment there was a knock at the door. "You, girl! go into the closet now! YOu aren't supposed ter have contact with the students!" Hagrid ordered her gruffily. She went to the closet but she didn't close the door. "Harry! It's nice ter see ya up an about! Come on in, lad!" he offered in his usual friendly voice. "Hey Hagrid. I'm not feeling very well these days. My sister, Aphelia was expelled for something she didn't do! She just saved my life, and she got expelled for it," he said. Aphelia saw him drop the invisibility cloak, and she began to slide it over to her with her mind, making sure taht Hagrid wasn't paying attention, and she implanted a thought telling Harry taht she was there, but telling him not to attract any attention to herself. "It was Hermione! Hermioen has some kind of hold over everyone!" he said. Hagrid stood to his feet. "GET OUT! GET OUT! GET OUT! NOBODY insults the Granger name infront of me! get out er my hut!" he screamed, and Harry ran out quickly. Slipping the invisibility cloak over herself, Aphelia slipped out and followed after him. She could hear Hagrid screaming for her, but she paid no attention and soon she cuaght up to her brother. "Something strange is going on," she whispered into his ear. harry began to look around frantically. "Don't attract any attention to yourself, just walk to your dormitory. I am going to talk to Dumbledore...WITHOUT Hermione around." she said as she handed her brother the invisibility cloak. breaking into a hard run, she made it to Dumbledore's office in just minutes. "Dumbledore! I need to speak with you, without Having Hermione around!" Aphelia yelled, pounding on his door, though she wasn't pounding for long, for Dumbledore opened the door and pulled her in. "good! I am telling you that there is something wrong with Hermione! I swear I would never try to hurt my own flesh and blood..." started APhelia, but Dumbledore held his hand up at her summoning for silence. "Hush, my dear child, I knwo you didn't try to kill your brother. I've noticed that something was going on, but I had to make Hermione believe that I had fallen under her spell also," he said. "so, you believe me?" she asked. tears of joy streaking down her cheeks. Dumbledore's eyes sparkled and he let out a small laugh. "Of COURSE my dear child, I noticed that something fishy was going on when I heard everyone talking about hwo GREAT Hermione was, including the teachers. go on now, and hide out in your Common room until I can get this figured out!"he said and he shooed Aphelia off, but not before APhelia could hug him, which brought a huge smile to his face. APhelia was so happy that she skipped out of his office and down the corridors, but she was stopped by an unusual force,a familiar one, and again a slimy hand slipped across her mouth. "I warned you about going to talk to Dumbledore," said the same hooded figure, and he un masked himself. APhelia gasped, and was pulled away into an unkown passage underneath the Hogwarts school grounds.
Aphelia didn't stop screaming for three hours until Madame Pomfrey returned to find her fully aware of her surroundings. When everyone heard of Aphelia awakening they were happy, but Madame Pomfrey refused to let anyone-including herself- around Aphelia for three days so aphelia could get some rest and catch up with reality, but today was the day that Aphelia would be let out of the Hospital Wing. "Okay, dear! You may go now," Madame Pmfrey said as she gave Aphelia the last of the recovery potion she had made. Aphelia stood up at the edge of the bed and help her hands behind her back politely, looking around at all the strange things. "Um, may I ask where I am to go?" she asked very politely, which made Madame Pomfrey quirk her eyebrow. "Aphelia, are you feeling oaky? You know you are supposed to go to the Slytherin Common Room, where you belong?" Madame Pomfrey asked her. Aphelia tilted her head to the side. "Oh, so THAT'S what my name is! okay, and what is Slytherin?" she asked. Madame Pomfrey gasped as she looked at APhelia's big green eyes. "You mean, you don't remember ANYTHING about yourself?" Madame Pomfrey asked the hopeless Aphelia, who just shook her head perkily. "Oh dear! Let me take you to your common room, and then I'll ahve a word with Dumbledore!" madame Pomfrey said, and she pulled Aphelia with her before she could ask who Dumbledore was.
The Slytherin Common Room was told that they were not allowed to tell APhelia anything about her past, including anything about her brother, about magic, or about Draco. They were toldthey weren't allowed to help her remember, that Aphelia needed to do it on her own, or else they could ruin what they new as Aphelia forever, and APhelia wasn't allowed to go to any classes. Pansy was assigned to stay near Aphelia at all times, except for at meals when Madame Pomfrey would come in to feed Aphelia and so Pansy could go and join the rest of the school during meals. Once again, Aphelia Potter had everyone feeling sorry for her, but she didn't realize it, for she was having a very nice time figuring out what simple things like mirrors and blankets were for. She seemed so Happy and serene that everyone was happy to keep her screwed up past a secret from her. "Look Pansy! these strange markings are actually called letters adn you can READ them! I remember!" APhelia said as she smiled brightely, proud of what she had found out on her own. "Really, Le...Aphelia? I know that! I remember too!" Pansy covered. that was close, she almost called Aphelia Lea, and taht for SURE would have been letting her dive into her own dark past. "Why does this say Harry Potter? Isn't Potter my last name?" Aphelia asked. Pansy snatched the book from her and began to read. Aphelia had stumbled across a book that would have divuldged too far into her past. "Uh, yea Potter is your last name, but I am not allowed to tell you more, sorry. And you can't read this!" Pansy added as Aphelia snatched for the book. "But, couldn't I have jsut a little, tiny whiney, insy weensy peak?" she asked, using her hands to show how small she meant, but Pansy shook her head. "No! And I better tell you that you are going to end up killing yourself when you find out taht you used the phrases tiny whiney and insy weensy in the same sentance!" Pansy said as she shut the book and put it back up in the shelf in the Common Room. "Ya, but nobody said that you couldn't merely not pay ATTENTION when I ACCIDENTALLY stumble onto things..." Aphelia pointed out as she crossed her arms in front of her. Pansy smiled. "Even with a lose of memory you still have that sly, humourous side to you, Aphelia, but I still can't let you!" Pansy said firmly. Aphelia's eyes glared and a pillow shot accross the room at Pansy. "WOW! WHAT was THAT? How did I do that?" Aphelia asked, but before Pansy could answer Aphelia jumped to her feet and began to clap. "I remember this! I remember hanging out with you all the time, and I love to torture a girl called...Hermione? And in order to torture her I use my telekineses!" Aphelia yelled proudly. Pansy stood up and hugged her. "Yes! Another memory unlocked safely on your own! It wont be too long before you remember everything! Now it's time for bed, but first we ahve to stop at my friends room so I can get some of my stuff from there, you can come too!" she added seeing a look of dissapointment on Aphelia's face. Walking up the stairs, Pansy lead Aphelia towards Jade's old room. "Don't touch ANYTHING!" added Pansy as she rummaged through Jade's stuff. Looking around at the room, Aphelia became infatuated by a few tattered-looking books with 'Aphelia Potter' written accross them. Making sure Pansy wasn't looking her way, she picked them all up and stuffed them into her robes. "Well, I'm ready when you are!" she said as un-suspiciously as she could. following Pansy out of the room and into her own, Aphelia smiled at her own sneakiness. Getting into bed she begged Pansy to go to sleep with the lgiht on, saying that the dark 'scared' her, and when she was sure that Pansy was asleep she opened the books titled 'Aphelia Potter' and she began to read.
"Good morning, Aphelia!" yawned Pansy as she pulled the covers off of the bed next to hers, but Aphelia wasn't under them. "What the?" she asked, but then she looked over towards the bathroom and saw that Aphelia had just walked out. "Hey Pans! What's up?" she asked as she started to put on her school robes, and apply a little make up. "What's going on Aphelia? How did you even know where the things you are wearing were?" Pansy asked, quirking her eyebrow. "Oh, don't be stupid, Pansy! I have always known!" Aphelia smiled, looking at Pansy in a 'I'm okay!' way. "You mean.." started Pansy. Her voice had an exasperated tone to it, and she looked as if she was ready to takle Aphelia. "Uh huh! I remember! I remember everything! from Draco, to Harry, to school, to Voldemort, and everything!" she said as she hugged Pansy. "That's great! But wait, waht happened? How come you remember now?" Pansy asked, quirking her eyebrow and crossing her arms in front of her chest. "Well, I read my diaries! But hey, you didnt help me! I helped myself, I eman they were MY diaries, and becides I know how I was cured! Where's Jade?" Aphelia asked, running her words together so that Pansy couldn't get a word in. "Oh, I forgot, you don't know. Jade was expelled for trying to kill you or something. At least that was what we were told," Pansy said as she scratched her arm. Aphelia gasped. "No, it, it CANT be true! You see, Jade wasn't HURTING me, she HELPED ME! I need to get to Dumbledore A.S.A.P.! Something is wrong here!" Aphelia said, and with that she went running out of the common room, picking up everyone who tried to stop her with her mind and tossing them across the room. There was NO way that she was going to let Jade fry for something Jade didn't do, but she was stopped abruptly by a strong force, and when she went to turn to see who it was, she was thrown against a wall, knocking the wind out of her to keep her from screaming. "You stay away from Dumbledore, you here me?" the strange, hooded figure said. the scar on Aphelia's arm began to burn a little, but not exactly as it did when Draco was around. Aphelia merely nodded, and one of the hooded figures many arms was removed from her mouth, but it came back and knocked her out.
it only took five minutes for Aphelia to revive, and nobody was arround her, so she figured that getting knocked outas to keep her from seeing how the hooded figure escaped. "Why is it that everytime I figure something out, soemone knocks me out? That's just NOT cool!" she complained as she stood up and dusted herself off. Trying to draw no attention to ehrself, she floated towards the Hospital Wing, whistling as she went along. "APhelia? What are you doing otu of your Common Room? Where's that darn pansy?" asked a shocked madame Pomfrey as she dropped a bunch of Potions that were in her hands. Aphelia listened to the cries coming from Draco and her brother, and she was pained. "No, Madame Pomfrey, don't worry about Pans. I am better now, I remember everything! I need to see my brother, and Draco!" she added as she started to walk back behind the curtains, but Madame Pomfrey stopped her. "Nobody is allowed to see them, especially after Jade did that little stunt with you!" Madame Pomfrey said as she began to clean up the mess on the floor. "Yeah, but Madame Pomfrey, it's ME! And Jade was the one who cured me anyways, she wasn't trying to harm me, and I know how to help the guys!" Aphelia said before she could stop herself. Madame Pomfrey stiffened up, and looked at her. "Now, now, APhelia! Hermione Granger said that she overheard Jade telling people taht she was planning on finishing the job she had started, and I am going to beleive her!" she said as she blocked the way even more. "HERMIONE! It was HER! WHY didn't I think of it! listen, Madame Pomfrey, Hermione isn't the Hermione we have known and loved, there is something SERIOUSLY wrong with her! PLEASE let me see my brother!' said Aphelia, but Madame Pomfrey began to push APhelia out into the hall. "Hermione Granger is one of the TOP students here at Hogwarts, and I wont tolerate anyone talking about her in that way, and you most CERTAINLY WILL NOT SEE YOUR BROTHER!' and with that she disappeared. "Good bye, Harry," whispered Aphelia as the tears streamed down her cheeks. She walked back to the Common Room, silently crying, and she apologized to the room for the damage she had caused them, and she told them that she was back to normal, which caused the Slytherin's to throw a party in her honor, though she didn't attend. She was too busy making a necklace that said 'Harry' across it, which she put on immediately after she was done. she had enchanted it to have Harry flying on his broomstick around and around his name, with a snitch flying around in front of him. She even made the necklace to sport the Gryffindor colors, and when she thought about Gryffindor she remembered about Harry's invisibility cloak sitting in the bottom of his trunk, waiting to be touched. running down the stairs, she shot thoughts at people to make them not notice her as she floated herself out of the Common Room. Floating herself up the staircases to Gryffindor, she remembered that she didn't have the password. Not thinking, she put her hands in the air and searched to find out who was in their Common Room, and the only person there was Ron. continuing without thinking, she placed her hands on his invisible temples. 'Ron? are you there? It's Lea! I'm healed, but I need you to let me into your room so I can get something of my brothers,' she asked as she put her hands on his temples. remembering that he couldn't send her messages back she dropped her hands and waited, and to her surprise the portrait of the fat lady swung open, and Ron let her in. Aphelai smiled and wiped her tears. "Thank you, Ron! I really appreciate this!" she said as she finished wiping her tears, and cleared her nose. Ron lead her way towards his room. "What is it you need exactly? I might be able to help you find it faster," Ron said with an emotionless tone to his voice. Aphelia thought that it was odd, but she paid no attention. "Oh, just Harry's invisibility cloak is all. I need it so I can go and cure him, seeing as Madame Pmfrey wont even let me near him!" she added as she held onto her neckalce which glew red and gold in the dark. Ron stopped dead in his tracks. "Oh, well ya, about that invisibility cloak, well erm, Hermione sort of confiscated it," ron said as he he scratched his neck. even in the dark APhelia could see his ears turn red. "YOU LET HER TAKE HARRY'S THINGS WITHOUT HARRY'S PERMISSION? HOW LOW DO YOU GO RONALD WEASLEY?" Aphelia slapped him as she yelled. "Erm, I guess I deserved that, but you don't understand! Hermione has, I don't know, this POWER over me whenever she is around! I can't fight it, it's just so overwhelming! I end up doing whatever she asks adn I can't do a thing about it!" he said as he rubbed his sore cheek. Aphelia walked up passed him, towards the girls dormitory entrance. "That's nice, Ron. Great example you are setting, following that bitch everywhere! you lost virtually all your friends by doign that, and becuase of her your BEST friend is under a coma-like spell!" she said as she got ready to enter. "Wait? where areyou going?" Ron asked her as he grabbed her arm. Aphelia yanked her arm out of his reach. "Not that it's any of your business, Ronald, but i am going to Hermione's room to retrieve the Invisibility Cloak!" she said as she walked through into Hermione's bedroom. looking down, she noticed that Hermione was sleeping. "Pushover," she murmured as she began to look through Hermione's stuff. when she couldn't find it she went over to Hermione's bedside and palced her hand ontop of Hermione's head. 'you'll tell Aphelia in your sleep where Harry Potter's Invisibilty cloak is kept, and you wont remember a thing about it when you wake up.' Aphelia made Hermione think. "Sleeping on it," she heard Hermione yawn out. floating Hermione up in the air she saw the cloak, and snatched for it. as she lopened the door to Hermione's room she let Hermione fall to the floor in a big crash, and she rushed out of the Common Room without a single word to anyone around her as to why she was in there. slipping the Cloak around her, she rushed to the Hospital Wing, where she heard loud snores. "Oh yeah, Madame Pomfrey! that's what I call keeping a look out!" smirked Aphelia as she snuck back to her brother. Dropping the cloak, she placed her left hand on top of Harry's head, and her right hand in Harry's hand. 'Harry, hunny, it's your sister, Aphelia. Can you hear me?' Aphelia asked him. she didn't expect a response immediately, becuase she new how it took her a while to respond also. 'Harry, it's me, APhelia, can you hear me?' she asked again. 'Aphelia? Where are you? it's soo cold,' he said. APhelai sort of smiled, and tears streaked her cheeks. she began to explain to him the way he felt. 'how, how did you know?' he asked her when she was done. 'because, dear you are under a spell. I was under the spell too, but I was cleared of it! I need to you to wake up okay? can you do that for me?' she asked as more tears streaked her cheeks. 'How?' he asked her, which brought even more tears to her eyes. 'What's that?' he asked her suddenly, and she looked down at him. 'you mean the things touching oyur arm? Those are just my tears.' she answered. 'no, they aren't touching my arm, when they hit wherever they are hitting they make a clear light! I, I can see you, Lea!' he yelled! Aphelia smiled in joy as she began to cry harder. 'follow the tear drops! and make sure to remember everything when you come out, just keep thinking about the past.' and at that moment, Harry sat up. "LEA!" he yelled as he and Aphelia hugged, but that hug was stopped abruptly with Hermione and Madame Pomfrey tugging on her. "See! I told you that I had overheard Aphelia saying taht she'd be coming to finish the job!" Hermione said as she pointed accusingly at Aphelia. Aphelia just smiled. "I knew there was something going on when I saw you trying to get back here so eagerly earlier today! To Dumbledore you go!" Madame Pomfrey said as she put APhelia on her feet. "But Madame Pomfrey, you don't understand! APhelia just saved my life! Hermione's the perpatrator!" Harry accused back, but Aphelia put a finger to his lips. With her eyes, she showed him where she left the invisiblity cloak, and she implanted a thought telling him that Madame Pomfrey wasn't going to believe her. He touched her necklace, and smiled. she Smiled back. "How DARE you try to accuse Hermione Granger! Hermione is one of the TOP students at this school, she would never do anything to hurt ANYONE!" Madame Pmfrey said, not noticing that behind her back hermione was grinning evilly. "Oh, OF COURSE madame Pomfrey! Hermione's rep is just SO MCUH BETTER THAN HARRY'S! Take me to Dumbledore! i need to be punished for SAVING my brother!" Aphelia yelled sarcastically. "Yes, you do need to be punished!" said Madame Pomfrey, and she pulled APhelia towards Dumbledore's office. Aphelia sat down inside, smiling. "Professor Dumbledore? We found this Juvinile Delenquant TOUCHING her brother! And Hermione over heard her saying that she was going to finish the job she had done already," Madame Pomfrey accused. "Is this true?" he asked Aphelia. Hermione nodded at him and forced a sad look upon her face. Aphelia crossed her arms infront of her chest and leaned back in the chair. "OH, YES! I put a spell on me, Draco and harry and I jsut came back to kill all three of us for NO reason! I deserve to be punished!" she said sarcastically. "See, Professor Dumbledore? She even ADMITS IT!" Hermione pointed out, tapping her foot and crossing her arms in front of her chest also. "Well, since all the proof is here on the table, i am going to be forced to expell you," Dumbledore replied, taking out a quill and jotting something down on a peice of paper. Aphelia gasped. "You don't actualyl BELIEVE that I was trying to kill the two people who mean the most to me, do you?" Aphelia yelled at him. "Listen young lady, I wont tolerate you talking to me like that! Don't Worry, I am not expelling you to your home, seeing's as you don't really have one, but in fact I am sending you to stay at Hagrid's Hut. YOu will nto be able to leave there, or make contact with anyone other than Hagrid!" and with that Aphelia felt herself being forced to Hagrid's Hut. When she got inside she immediately began to cry. "Now, there will be NONE of that while yer stayin here with me, ya got that?" Hagrid said gruffly, but APhelia continued to cry. "I said stop it! I don't have ter listen ter ya cry!" he yelled. "Why are you being so mean to me Hagrid? SURELY you don't bleieve it all?" Aphelia asked hi mas she looked up at him. "And why shouldn't I? all the proof was laied out on the table ter me!" he said as he handed her a single rock cake. "No, no it wasn't! Take a look aroudn you, Hagrid. First jade is blamed, when Jade saved me, and I just saved my brother and now I am being blamed all the same," she yelled. "There will be no yellin at me in my own hut!" roared Hagrid. APhelia crossed her arms infront of her chest. She had never been one to listen to what's told to her. "Just wait until Harry come's to see you, surely you'll believe him!" APhelia said and she went over to Fluffy and began to pet him. At that moment there was a knock at the door. "You, girl! go into the closet now! YOu aren't supposed ter have contact with the students!" Hagrid ordered her gruffily. She went to the closet but she didn't close the door. "Harry! It's nice ter see ya up an about! Come on in, lad!" he offered in his usual friendly voice. "Hey Hagrid. I'm not feeling very well these days. My sister, Aphelia was expelled for something she didn't do! She just saved my life, and she got expelled for it," he said. Aphelia saw him drop the invisibility cloak, and she began to slide it over to her with her mind, making sure taht Hagrid wasn't paying attention, and she implanted a thought telling Harry taht she was there, but telling him not to attract any attention to herself. "It was Hermione! Hermioen has some kind of hold over everyone!" he said. Hagrid stood to his feet. "GET OUT! GET OUT! GET OUT! NOBODY insults the Granger name infront of me! get out er my hut!" he screamed, and Harry ran out quickly. Slipping the invisibility cloak over herself, Aphelia slipped out and followed after him. She could hear Hagrid screaming for her, but she paid no attention and soon she cuaght up to her brother. "Something strange is going on," she whispered into his ear. harry began to look around frantically. "Don't attract any attention to yourself, just walk to your dormitory. I am going to talk to Dumbledore...WITHOUT Hermione around." she said as she handed her brother the invisibility cloak. breaking into a hard run, she made it to Dumbledore's office in just minutes. "Dumbledore! I need to speak with you, without Having Hermione around!" Aphelia yelled, pounding on his door, though she wasn't pounding for long, for Dumbledore opened the door and pulled her in. "good! I am telling you that there is something wrong with Hermione! I swear I would never try to hurt my own flesh and blood..." started APhelia, but Dumbledore held his hand up at her summoning for silence. "Hush, my dear child, I knwo you didn't try to kill your brother. I've noticed that something was going on, but I had to make Hermione believe that I had fallen under her spell also," he said. "so, you believe me?" she asked. tears of joy streaking down her cheeks. Dumbledore's eyes sparkled and he let out a small laugh. "Of COURSE my dear child, I noticed that something fishy was going on when I heard everyone talking about hwo GREAT Hermione was, including the teachers. go on now, and hide out in your Common room until I can get this figured out!"he said and he shooed Aphelia off, but not before APhelia could hug him, which brought a huge smile to his face. APhelia was so happy that she skipped out of his office and down the corridors, but she was stopped by an unusual force,a familiar one, and again a slimy hand slipped across her mouth. "I warned you about going to talk to Dumbledore," said the same hooded figure, and he un masked himself. APhelia gasped, and was pulled away into an unkown passage underneath the Hogwarts school grounds.