Fiction Title: Two Worlds Collide
Author: Marionie Hearts and xXNaughty-By-NatureXx
E-mail: marionie_k_hearts@yahoo.com
Summary: Marionie Hearts meets the Harry Potter, Ronald Weasley, and Hermione Granger. As well as her best friend Mikaila Avalon. Marionie is a transfer student from West Minster School for Underage Witches and Wizards where she meets the Hogwarts gang and has her own adventures with her best friend.
Disclaimer: This story is based on the characters and situations created by J.K. Rowling. I only stake claim to the following character(s): Marionie Hearts. The following Characters belong to my friend(s): Mikaila Avalon
Chapter 14: The Heirs
Mari yawned as she walked down to the common room looking for Mika, after taking a refreshing shower, she realized that her best friend hadn't been in their room when she woke up.
In a corner of the common room, Oliver had assembled the Quidditch team, including Harry, to discuss certain strategies.
Mari stopped and looked over in the corned gathering all her courage to walk over. "Have you seen Mika?" She asked tapping Oliver on the shoulder
Oliver looked up and replied, "No, I haven't. Sorry, Marionie...I was looking for her this morning but she was nowhere to be found."
Harry told her, "She doesn't want to be found."
"OH, okay." Mari said sighing. Then looked over at Harry, "What do you mean?"
"Oliver knows more than he's willing to tell..." Harry said.
"Is she alright?" Marionie asked getting a bit worried
Oliver's usually confident look turned into a nervous one. "Uh, yeah, she's fine..." he said, "She told me where she's gone but she made me promise not to say anything."
Harry rolled his eyes. "Where else could she go?" he exclaimed, "All her hiding spots are empty!"
Marionie looked at Oliver again. "Well, can I have an idea where she -might- be?" Mari asked.
Oliver sighed and replied, "Try somewhere outside...but I didn't say anything."
"Then I'm coming with you!" Harry exclaimed.
Oliver held him back and told him, "Harry, give her some space. She...well, you have to be at this meeting. Just wait a bit before talking to her."
Harry sat back down on his seat, dejected.
Marionie smiled. "Thanks!" and took off running from the common room wrapping a cloak she had been holding around her shoulders.
Mika had been singing to herself under a rather large oak tree, thinking about what she was going to do. "Maybe if I avoid everyone 'til classes start, I won't have to talk to anyone or explain anything...'
Marionie strood out of the castle and covered her eyes with her hand noticing a figure by one of the tree's. "MIKA?" She yelled.
Because of the effects of the Jukebox Jam spell, she couldn't hear anything that was too far away. She continued singing to herself, "Have another little piece of my heart now baby...you know you got, shout if it makes you feel good..."
Mari sighed and walked towards the figure slowly, so the person wouldn't fall back and hit her head.
Mika got tired of standing so she sat down, leaning against the oak tree, appreciating the shade.
Mari walked up standing next to the tree. "Hey? You alright?" She asked trying to seem calm
Mika took a deep breath and said, "How'd you know I was here? Oliver wasn't supposed to say anything..."
She tried not to sound angry but you could tell in her voice that she was.
Mari laughed. "He didn't say anything about where you were."
"Then how'd you know?" the raven-haired girl pressed on, not moving from her position on the ground, looking straight at the lake.
"Well... I decided to go a walk after Oliver wouldn't tell me anything." Marionie said trying to sound convincing.
"Fine, whatever," Mika replied dejectedly, curling up into a ball.
"Did I do something?" Marionie asked sitting next down next to the tree looking over the ground. "If I did, I'm sorry."
"What makes you think you did?" Mika sighed after speaking.
Marionie inhaled deeply. "Just the way you've acted towards me."
"It's nothing," Mika told Marionie, "I'm just confused...and frustrated..."
"What about?" Marionie pressed on. "Maybe I can help."
"Remember when I found your mum's photos?" Mika began after taking a deep breath.
Marionie nodded remembering it. "Yea..."
"Well...I went to look for my own mother's past...and I started at the attic of my house. I don't know what I was expecting to find but..." Mika's voice faded, her eyes swelling up with tears.
Marionie looked over. "Oh. You don't have to talk about it. I understand. I'm sorry I brought it up." Marionie looked at the ground. She'd never meant to make Mika hurt.
"Yeah, well...I don't know...somehow, Harry's kiss just messed things up," she replied, looking lost and confused.
Marionie blinked. That was understandable. "Maybe Harry really cares for you. If he kissed you, he must fancy you..." Marionie looked over at her friend, she had heard Mika got angry easily she was just hoping not to upset her much
"You know what you would make me feel better? Punching your cousin in the face!" Mika said, half-jokingly. She chuckled, hoping that Mari would see that she was trying not to talk about Harry.
Mari laughed. "Which one? Both seem a good candidate to punch in the face." Mari sighed thinking how Draco had reacted to the sorting.
Mika's confused look disappeared as soon as she figured out which other cousin Marionie meant. "Malfoy," she said decisively, "I don't think I'd want to punch Harry in face..." Her expression softened and at that moment, she let herself believe that Harry could fancy her.
Marionie laughed. "Yea, Harry seems to be really nice... even though I've only known him for a week..." Mari shifted a little uncomfortable thinking about Harry's reaction in the common room that morning. Then she smiled. "I heard Uncle Albus talk about a room with a pretty neat portrait that you can walk through. Wanna go?"
Mika sighed and replied, "Yeah, sure..."
Meanwhile, Harry had just finished with the Quidditch team and was walking toward the Great Hall when he found Hermione teasing Ron in the Entrance Hall.
Hermione giggled. "You were so cute all pink like that on the train!"
"You promised, Hermione!" Ron exclaimed.
Harry walked up to his best friends and asked, "What's going on?"
Ron gave Hermione a pleading glance.
Hermione sighed and smiled. "Nothing Harry."
"Have you guys seen Mika? I really need to have a talk with her," he told the two, secretly vowing to himself to find out what they were hiding.
Hermione shook her head. "No... Have you seen Mari? If you've seen her she's probably seen Mika."
"She said she was going outside..." Harry replied, "I think we ought to look for her on the grounds..." As he spoke, he noticed two girls entering the castle.
Mika noticed Harry, Ron and Hermione and quickly made a dash for staircase. If I can make it to the seventh floor...
"MIKA, WAIT UP!" Mari yelled.
Harry followed her up the stairs along with Marionie. Ron and Hermione sighed and called out in unison, "We're getting breakfast!" and walked into the Great Hall, not wanting to get in the middle of things.
"Why don't you just talk to her." Hermione asked as she and Ron sat down at the table.
"Uh, why don't you, Hermione? You're a girl. She'll tell you more," Ron justified.
Hermione shrugged.
"This is between her and Harry...just like my crush on his cousin is between you and me." Ron mumbled, his mouth full.
Hermione looked at him confused. "OH! You mean Harry and Mika!"
"For someone so smart, Hermione, you're so dense when it comes to matters of the heart," Ron stated after he swallowed.
Hermione glared at him before turning her head to start eating.
Mika made a mad dash through the first two floors when she began to get tired. She slipped into the library, found the secret doorway and opened it. She quickly locked the door behind her.
Marionie stopped and looked around the corridor. "Great. Where'd she go!?" She exclaimed looking at Harry.
Harry stopped at the sight of the library doors. "Let's go in there and check," he said in a low voice.
Marionie nodded. "Alright."
As they walked in she looked at her cousin. "Why didn't you just tell her you fancied her?"
"I don't know..." he replied with a shrug.
With Marionie behind him, Harry walked along the aisles of the bookshelves, keeping his eye out for a head full of silky black hair. She didn't appear to be anywhere in sight. He walked to the far corner of the library, whispered a spell as he pointed at the wall, and showed his cousin the secret door.
"Listen, this is our secret conference room. Only Hermione, Mika, Ron and I, and now you know about this."
Harry tried the spell to open it. It didn't work and that's how he knew Mika was hiding in there.
Mari blinking watching Harry. 'Alright, so he does fancy Mika a lot to be this worried about her.' She thought
Harry called out, "Mika, I know you're in there and I know you can hear me. Just let me in...let's talk like we used, please?"
Since Mika hadn't soundproofed the walls, she replied, "Why?"
Marionie shouted, "Because you're scaring us. We want to know what's wrong."
Mika used the spell to open the door and let them in without saying a word.
Sighing thankfully Marionie felt the yellow build up in the back of her mind. "Who are you?" She thought visualizing the color.
Mika took a step back, startled.
"Are you okay?" Harry asked her.
Mika shook her head yes.
Marionie blinked looking at her friend confused. "Are you sure?"
"Yes," she replied, "I need to sort things out."
Mika stormed out of the room and headed down to the Great Hall, suddenly feeling hungry. In her fury, she walked into her nemesis, which was the last thing she needed.
Marionie blinked and looked at Harry. Suddenly the yellow in her mind flared Bright Orange. 'What?' She thought blinking her eyes because the visualization was so bright. "What do you think is wrong with her?"
"It's gotta be more than just the fact that you didn't tell her about your family. Family seems to be a touchy subject with her." Harry sighed. What's different now? Why is she bothered by family stuff after all this time?
Mika fell backwards after walking into Draco's solid figure. She looked up to find his baby blues looking at her with contempt.
Marionie blinked. "So you're blaming me too?" She asked thinking back to her conversation with Mika earlier. Hadn't she been a bit aprehensive? "I know I didn't tell her, do you know how many people don't want to be my friend because of my family?"
"No, I'm not blaming you...and I don't think it's that she doesn't want to be your friend. She's angry at herself, I think."
Harry shook his head. He thought he knew Mika but everything suddenly became so complicated.
Harry decided to close the door so that no one could overheard him with Marionie.
"Oh." Marionie said sitting down.
'Who are you?' Mari asked the now orange color in her mind.
Mika picked herself up, glaring at Draco. She felt someone's presence in the back of her mind but her thoughts were too clouded with anger to make a real connection.
"Watch where you're going Avalon." Draco said glaring.
Her eyes still filled up with tears, she shot back, "Hmmmph, if your big ego hadn't taken up so much room, I would have been able to walk by."
"Watch what you say Mudblood!" He spat back before noticing she was about to cry. "Are you alright?"
Mika quickly wiped a stray tear off her cheek and replied coldly, "Like you care. Your family's perfect, all powerful and mighty. You can't possibly relate to any problem I might have."
"You'd be surprised!" Draco shot back.
Mika walked away, heading to the Great Hall, not at all expecting Malfoy to follow her.
Draco glared at her back. "NEXT TIME WATCH WHERE YOU WALKING AVALON!" He yelled before stalking off.
Mika sat by Hermione, totally confused. She began to eat as much as she could stuff into her mouth.
Harry observed Marionie and asked, "What are you doing? You look like you're a million miles away."
Marionie blinked and looked at Harry. "Hmm? She asked slightly dazed. The color had changed again, now it was a pale green color. She shook her head. "I'm sorry, what was I doing?"
"That's what I'd like to know," Harry told her gently.
Ron observed Mika's eating habits and realized that it must have gotten worse by the amount of food she was eating.
Hermione touched Mika's arm, "Are you alright?"
"Yeah," she replied softly, "Something strange just happened."
Ron looked at her unsure. "What happened?" He asked gently looking at Hermione.
"Malfoy backing down during an argument, that's what happened, " Mika said, still surprised about it happening.
Hermione blinked. "He what?" She asked equally surprised. "That's unusual."
"Didn't he do the same thing on the train yesterday?" Ron asked forgetting his food.
Mika nodded, relieved that there was a distraction from the kiss.
"I really don't know what to make of it."
Harry waved his hand in front of Marionie. "What were you doing?" he asked again.
Mari blinked. "What do you mean?"
"Why are you constantly spacing out?" Harry asked, half curious, half concerned.
Mika stopped eating and took a sip of her drink. She glanced at the direction of the Entrance Hall and sighed.
"I'm not sure. It just happens." Marionie thought prooding the barrier of the green light again trying to remain aware of what Harry was doing.
"What is it?" Harry continued on.
"I'm honestly not sure. This hasn't happened before. Well, once before, with my friend Jeremy I could feel his emotions but only when they were towards me..." She said confused, "But no one here has known me long enough to be connected like me and Jeremy were."
Harry raised his eyebrow. "You said you met Mika at the airport? That was nearly a month ago. You've known her longer than anyone else here."
Marionie nodded her head. "Yea, but..."
"But what?" Harry prodded her.
Marionie blinked. 'Mika?' She asked the green color.
Mika felt the presence stronger in her mind and she began to panic.
Harry sat by Marionie, waiting patiently for whatever was happening to pass.
"OUCH!" Marionie cried holding her head.
Harry rushed over to her and said, "Are you okay?"
Mika began to fidget and poke at her food, causing Ron and Hermione to look at her with concern.
Marionie whipped her eyes. "Fine, yes I'm fine!"
Harry looked shocked. He had no idea what was going on.
Concerned, Ron asked Mika, "Are you okay?"
Hermione nodded with Ron question.
"Yeah," Mika replied as she stopped fidgeting and moving around.
"Do you know anything about Mika's family?" Marionie asked Harry cautiously.
"Well...she's been raised by her father since she was six months old. From what she told me, her mother was killed in an automobile accident."
"I know that." Marionie said trying not to sound harsh. "But do you know anything else?"
"She's the last heir to the Starlight Amulet...ever notice her necklace with the red star-shaped locket?"
Marionie blinked. "No..."
"Well, it supposedly holds enough power to protect you from any form of evil if you're wearing it and you have the bloodline."
"That might be it!" Marionie exclaimed jumping up. "Do you have the bloodline book in this library? I think I remember my mum and dad telling me something about that!"
Harry scanned the bookcase behind Marionie and noticed that it was there. He took it and handed it to her.
"Her mother's maiden name was Logan," Harry told her.
Marionie took it, nodding to Harry and looked at the cover. She visualized the color again. "Mika, don't be frightened. It's Mari, will you please come back to the confrence room."
Mika, who was walking up the stairs to the third floor, mentally replied, "NO!" However, she entered the second level of the library and headed down the staircase that led to the main level.
Marionie was shocked this time. 'You can reply!' She thought quickly.
Mika arrived at the door and yelled, "Okay, I'm here!"
Marionie shook her head and ran to the door throwing it open. "YOU CAN REPLY!" She yelled excitedly
Looking puzzled, Mika replied, "You heard me?"
Marionie nodded her head. "Yes!"
"Okay, you can hear my thoughts...geez, Mari, what else haven't you told me?" she replied sarcastically, not acknowledging Harry's presence.
Marionie laughed. "I'm sorry, I can't actually read your thoughts, just emotions. I never thought I would be able to talk to someone and they could reply!"
"I wasn't really talking...I had no idea it was you," Mika said with a shrug.
Harry looked over at the two girls. "What are you talking about. I didn't hear anything!" He said confused.
Marionie looked over at Harry. "We're both Heirs!" Marionie pulled out a crystal moon with a sapphire jewel incrested in the middle of it.
Mika's face tightened and she said sarcastically, "Oh goody."
"What's wrong?" Marionie asked turning to look at Mika after seeing Harry's confused looked. "This is the greatest thing in the world!"
She pulled out the chain around her neck and looked at the red locket. She opened it to reveal a white crystal. "Do you have any idea what this does, Mari?"
Marionie shook her head. "I was too scared to ever read the bloodline book."
"This is supposed to protect the wearer from harm...from evil. I read the bloodline book for the first time a couple of days after I went to your house..."
She could feel the tears building up again and she stopped talking.
"What did it say?" Marionie said becoming apprehensivly. "I'm not evil... am I?"
"No, not you, evil forces like You-Know-Who..." Mika shivered at the thought.
"When my dad realized I was looking for answers, he told what really happened to my mother..."
Marionie blinked remembering her first year at Westminster. She shivered as well.
"What are you two talking about!?" Harry cried again. "I don't understand."
"IT'S MY FAULT MY MUM DIED, OKAY??? IS THAT WHAT YOU WANNA HEAR!?" Mika cried out, her legs giving in, she collapsed onto the ground.
Harry shocked looked at Mika. "It wasn't your fault." He cried running over to her.
Between sobs, Mika explained, "She took the necklace off and put it on me..."
Marionie shook her head. "Mika it wasn't your fault. You're mum wanted to protect you. You're the heir."
Mika curled up into a ball and refused to talk anymore. She continued crying.
'I'm sorry I brought it up Mika.' Marionie thought. 'You're destined to do something great, I can feel it.'
Harry looked from Mika in her ball to Marionie with her glazed eyes a dazed look. Something was going on here.
"I don't know what to do," Mika thought back.
'We can find out. Harry found me the bloodline book. If you'll help me... I'll look.' She thought back
'No! No...I'm so scared...' Mika thought at Marionie.
Harry put his hands on Mika's should gently and lift her up. "Whatever is wrong Mika, I will help you. Just tell me what it is and I will do it." Harry wrapped Mika in his arms. Marionie stood watching a small grin appearing on her face.
Forcing a chuckle, Mika said, "You'll never believe what happened to me!" Mika changed the subject quickly, trying to get back to her normal self.
"What happened?" Harry asked her holding her at arms length smiling.
"I made Malfoy back down in an arguement today!" she replied, then thought at Mari, Yeah, the second tears showed on my face, he freaked.
Mari laughed in her mind. 'Strange.' She thought back.
Harry blinked. "You did?"
"Yeah...then he asked me if I was okay. My sarcasm must have hit home 'coz when I said that his life was perfect and that he couldn't relate to my problems, he said I would be surprised."
Marionie thought it over. "I wonder what he meant by that. I've only talked to his father once."
Harry smiled and hugged Mika again. "Shall we look in this book?" He asked gently. "If it'll help you Mika, I'll do it for you."
Mika shook her head no. "I'm heading out for a while. Right now, there are answers waiting for me to uncover." She darted off again, leaving Harry and Mari behind.
Harry sighed looking at Mari. "Do you think she'll ever realize I do care for her?" He asked quietly.
Marionie shrugged her shoulders relaying the comment through her connection with Mika.
Running off, Mika felt the warm thought affect her body in an unfamiliar way. Wow...