A/N- I own only Adina and my multi-colored floppy disks. Please do not sue for them, they are my life. J.K. owns all else.
Previously~
"If you were'nt always so clueless, you'd completely understand why she's pissed off. See you tomorrow, Harry." Adina gave a half wave to the other boy, leaving the red-headed one sputtering, mostly incoherently, about 'The Point'.
"You know what, Ron?"
"Not you too! Oh, fine, then. What?"
"I think they're both right. Don't feel bad, though, because I just now figured it out. You'll understand soon enough, and if you don't, they'll probably beat it into your head. I'm gonna go talk to Ginny, see if she knows yet. G'night Ron."
"Why am I always left out?" Ron whispered to the now empty common room.
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By the time the next Quidditch match rolled around, Adina had decided that she wanted to learn how to fly, even though she'd never be able to do it back in her world. So she enlisted the help of Draco, Harry, Ginny, and Ron. Hermione hated to fly herself, so she was unwilling.
"You've got to hold the broom like this."
"This?"
"No, move your hand up, no, too much, there. Perfect. Ready to kick off?"
"Umm...Am I?"
"Yup. Ron and I'll fly below you, just in case. Draco, Ginny, you'll fly next to her, help her steer if she needs it."
Draco kicked off, and hovered about twenty feet up. Ron hovered about ten feet, and Harry and Ginny stood on either side of Adina. They all three kicked off at the same time, and Adina was so surprised that she could do it, she almost fell off her broom. "Whoa, 'Dina." Ginny said. Adina was kinda time consuming to say, so she and Hermione had been calling her 'Dina.
They had been at it for about an hour and Adina was just starting to get the hang of it when they heard someone walk onto the Quidditch Pitch. Then they were too high up to see who it was, but all heard a voice saying, "I honestly don't know if it was such a great idea, but I persuaded Madame Hooch to let us borrow these." Harry flew to the ground to see exactly what whoever had the bad idea of getting.
"Hermione! I can't believe you did this!"
"Well, it's not all that much. Honestly you act as if I brought you a million galleons. And she made me promise to not let the snitch out." Hermione said, staring at Harry as he hopped from foot to foot with excitement. Still in the air, Ron and Draco were doing loops and grinning madly, from ear to ear.
"What's she got?" Adina asked Ginny.
"The Quidditch balls. And I can't fathom how either. Madam Hooch is very protective of them. Keeps them in her office instead of the broom storage shed.," Ginny replied, also smiling, though not nearly as widely as the boys.
So for about an hour and a half, the wizards and witches taught a muggle how to play the most popular sport they all knew.
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She ran through the halls, not knowing were she was. The evil thing was gaining on her, yet she knew that somewhere in here there was a safe place, a place where all her Hogwarts friends were. She was turning corners so quickly she lost all recollection of where she was. This horrible place was like a maze, like one of those labyrinths you see at carnivals, with one fatal difference. This one wasn't made with tarps, or haybales. This one was real. There were pictures hanging on the walls, paintings really, and tapestries. The hangings in the halls she was in know were horrible. Bloody battles, mostly, yet some showed monsters creeping up on the unsuspecting. She turned yet another corner and that's when she finally saw them. Her friends. Harry, Ron, Ginny, Seamus, Fred, George, Colin, Andrea, Hermione, and oddly, Draco was with them. They seemed to be accepting him as one of them, even without her there. She ran towards them calling out their names, but they didn't look up. Suddenly, she slammed into some sort of barrier, keeping her from them. She knew that she would die now, for the evil thing was closer, maybe even right behind her. She turned to look and saw no mere monster, but the most horrible thing she could have imagined to see right then. Herself. She screamed.
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"Aaahhhhhhhhhh!" Adina woke with a start. Someone was screaming. She remembered every detail of her dream vividly and for a few moments, she couldn't diferentiate between her dream world and reality. "Aaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!" The screams were getting louder, and they froze her blood. She sudenly realized that this was no longer a dream. it was real. She just barley choked back a bloodcurdling scream of her own when someone in her dorms got up and turned on the light.
She blinked rapidly so her sleep-deprived eyes could adjust to the sudden illumination.Others were getting up now, so she went with them to see what the trouble was. She grew more terrified as they all climbed up the steps leading to the seventh year dorms. Without warning, the paralyzing thought that it was Voldemort fluttered through her mind. She gasped out loud and shuddered inwardly . Now outside the door, the screams wre worse. Now they heard not just one girl screaming but several, along with odd muffled sounds. Also someone was sobbing hysterically. "Aaaaaaahh---." The girl who was reaching to open the door stopped when the shrill scream was cut off.
More students were running up the stairs now. To Adina's paranoid mind, they were pressing in on her, all of them working for Voldemort. She felt dizzy and frantically searched for a means to escape. Her eyes landed on the door and she pushed with all her might and mind. It not only opened, but flew off the hinges and clear out the window, which was convieniently open and large enough.
The others stood there, utterly transfixed, but Adina shoved through to get out of the masses. She didn't make it very far into the room before she found herself lying flat on the floor. She jumped up with lightning speed, terrified now even more than before. The scene that met her eyes was terifying, but she let out a sigh anyway. To her imense relief, there was no evil wizard present. Just flying furniture. Wait. Flying Furniture? Oh shit.
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Hermione rushed into the room upon seeing Adina fall. When she got in there she saw why the other girls were screaming. The furniture was flying around the room at breakneck speed. They were all huddled in the closet behind a matress, but as far as she could see (the few who were peeking around the edges.) noone was hurt. She did remember, however, that scream that was so chillingly cut off.
Hermione ran to help Adina get out of the way of the apparently possessed furniture when it all came crashing to the floor. Adina sighed and hung her head, getting up and going to Hermione. "I need to go to Dumbledore now." she muttered quietly. Hermione pulled her through the crowd, who were afraid to go back to bed and stood milling in the common room. Harry and Ron, coming down with the rest of the boys, saw them leaving and followed.
"What the heck happened in there?" Harry asked when they caught up with the girls." We heard screams."
"I don't really know. The furniture was flying around everywhere. I think maybe it was peeves."
"That's an awful big job for just Peves."
"Ron's right, Herm. I dunno if it was Peeves."
"It wasn't Peeves."Adina said quietly, her voice low.
"What? Adina, do you know what happened?"
"Oh, Harry , please don't be silly. She got there only seconds before I did." Hermione gave the boy who lived a look to kill over her shoulder. "How could 'Dina possibly know?"
At these last words, Adina stopped walking alltogether and collapsed to the floor. She buried her face in her hands, and her hair fell all around her like a sort of barrier to the outside world. "It wasn't Peeves. I know."
"What? You know what?" asked Ron, a little confusedly. "How do you know it wasn't Peeves. It really could have been, he's been getting rather showy lately."
"I know it wasn't Peeves because...because..." It was at this point that she started crying. "Oh, Ron, it was me."
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Her words hit me like a ton of bricks. I'd heard people use that statement before, but I never really understood it untill now. It really did feel as if though a ton of bricks threw themselves at his body by the sheer force of her speaking. It was very odd. And rather off the subject. I'm in shock. Harry told himself, I can't think of a single logical thing to say. But hey! It's ok because apparently Ron and Mione can't either. Wait a minute...why is Mione looking at her like that? I've never seen her look like that except that time she hit Draco. When did I start calling him Draco instead of Malfoy? Ok, inner-Harry voice conversation is getting a little off, so back to the real world. Back just a few seconds too late.
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"How could you! What gives you the right to..to..to... Aaarghhh!" With that Hermione stepped forward and slapped Adina. Har enough to leave a perfect, bright red handprint on the side of her face, even through Adina's hair. The four of them stood speechless.
Hermione soon found her voice again. "We take you in, protect you, become your friends, teach you, trust you, confide in you, help you learn to manage your powers! And what do you do to repay us! You attack us in our sleep! What the hell kind of person are you?" With that Hermione turned and fled down the hallway.
"Oh, Mione..." Ron said softly from his place leaning by the wall. He looked at the place far down the hall where she had just dissapeared. For a moment, noone spoke.
"She's right." The strength and volume of Adina's voice was startling after the moment of silence and both boys jumped. Adina either didn't notice or ignored it and pressed on. " She's absolutly right, as always. I attacked you in your sleep. I could have hurt someone, Hell even killed someone just because I had a bad dream. I'm putting you all in danger."
"No! That's not true. You didn't do any of this on purpose.."
"But Harry that's not the point. I'm a danger to this whole castle. I have to get away from here. I've got to go somewhere that I can't possibly hurt anyone."
"Adina, please. Mione says these things, but she dosen't really mean them. She was shocked, you know? She's been on a worse row at me before."
"Yes, exactly! Mione didn't speak to Ron for weeks in our third year, but look at them now."
"If you guys don't get out of the way by the time I count to three, I will get you out of my way." During the conversation, Adina had gotten up and now the two boys stood blocking the only way she had learned so far to get out of the castle. "One...............Two................Three. Still there? Ok, don't say I didn't warn you." Adina braced herself and held up her hands. Harry and Ron looked at each other, wondering if there plan was really such a good idea. Out of the blue, they started to feel all tingly, and suddenly the both lifted off the ground and managed to end up hanging by the backs of their robes to candleholders jutting out of the wall convieniently high. Their wands wereboth on top of a door jam about five feet away. Adina smiled to herself. "Damn, I'm good." She walked away, with the swaggering air of a certain Malfoy they all knew.
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(A/N- This one was a bit shorter than the others, but if I get enough reviews, I'll continue to post. Since I can't seem to stop writing this story, it'll undoubtedly get finished if only for my own sick pleasure. 10 reviews, and I'll post more.)
Previously~
"If you were'nt always so clueless, you'd completely understand why she's pissed off. See you tomorrow, Harry." Adina gave a half wave to the other boy, leaving the red-headed one sputtering, mostly incoherently, about 'The Point'.
"You know what, Ron?"
"Not you too! Oh, fine, then. What?"
"I think they're both right. Don't feel bad, though, because I just now figured it out. You'll understand soon enough, and if you don't, they'll probably beat it into your head. I'm gonna go talk to Ginny, see if she knows yet. G'night Ron."
"Why am I always left out?" Ron whispered to the now empty common room.
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By the time the next Quidditch match rolled around, Adina had decided that she wanted to learn how to fly, even though she'd never be able to do it back in her world. So she enlisted the help of Draco, Harry, Ginny, and Ron. Hermione hated to fly herself, so she was unwilling.
"You've got to hold the broom like this."
"This?"
"No, move your hand up, no, too much, there. Perfect. Ready to kick off?"
"Umm...Am I?"
"Yup. Ron and I'll fly below you, just in case. Draco, Ginny, you'll fly next to her, help her steer if she needs it."
Draco kicked off, and hovered about twenty feet up. Ron hovered about ten feet, and Harry and Ginny stood on either side of Adina. They all three kicked off at the same time, and Adina was so surprised that she could do it, she almost fell off her broom. "Whoa, 'Dina." Ginny said. Adina was kinda time consuming to say, so she and Hermione had been calling her 'Dina.
They had been at it for about an hour and Adina was just starting to get the hang of it when they heard someone walk onto the Quidditch Pitch. Then they were too high up to see who it was, but all heard a voice saying, "I honestly don't know if it was such a great idea, but I persuaded Madame Hooch to let us borrow these." Harry flew to the ground to see exactly what whoever had the bad idea of getting.
"Hermione! I can't believe you did this!"
"Well, it's not all that much. Honestly you act as if I brought you a million galleons. And she made me promise to not let the snitch out." Hermione said, staring at Harry as he hopped from foot to foot with excitement. Still in the air, Ron and Draco were doing loops and grinning madly, from ear to ear.
"What's she got?" Adina asked Ginny.
"The Quidditch balls. And I can't fathom how either. Madam Hooch is very protective of them. Keeps them in her office instead of the broom storage shed.," Ginny replied, also smiling, though not nearly as widely as the boys.
So for about an hour and a half, the wizards and witches taught a muggle how to play the most popular sport they all knew.
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She ran through the halls, not knowing were she was. The evil thing was gaining on her, yet she knew that somewhere in here there was a safe place, a place where all her Hogwarts friends were. She was turning corners so quickly she lost all recollection of where she was. This horrible place was like a maze, like one of those labyrinths you see at carnivals, with one fatal difference. This one wasn't made with tarps, or haybales. This one was real. There were pictures hanging on the walls, paintings really, and tapestries. The hangings in the halls she was in know were horrible. Bloody battles, mostly, yet some showed monsters creeping up on the unsuspecting. She turned yet another corner and that's when she finally saw them. Her friends. Harry, Ron, Ginny, Seamus, Fred, George, Colin, Andrea, Hermione, and oddly, Draco was with them. They seemed to be accepting him as one of them, even without her there. She ran towards them calling out their names, but they didn't look up. Suddenly, she slammed into some sort of barrier, keeping her from them. She knew that she would die now, for the evil thing was closer, maybe even right behind her. She turned to look and saw no mere monster, but the most horrible thing she could have imagined to see right then. Herself. She screamed.
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"Aaahhhhhhhhhh!" Adina woke with a start. Someone was screaming. She remembered every detail of her dream vividly and for a few moments, she couldn't diferentiate between her dream world and reality. "Aaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!" The screams were getting louder, and they froze her blood. She sudenly realized that this was no longer a dream. it was real. She just barley choked back a bloodcurdling scream of her own when someone in her dorms got up and turned on the light.
She blinked rapidly so her sleep-deprived eyes could adjust to the sudden illumination.Others were getting up now, so she went with them to see what the trouble was. She grew more terrified as they all climbed up the steps leading to the seventh year dorms. Without warning, the paralyzing thought that it was Voldemort fluttered through her mind. She gasped out loud and shuddered inwardly . Now outside the door, the screams wre worse. Now they heard not just one girl screaming but several, along with odd muffled sounds. Also someone was sobbing hysterically. "Aaaaaaahh---." The girl who was reaching to open the door stopped when the shrill scream was cut off.
More students were running up the stairs now. To Adina's paranoid mind, they were pressing in on her, all of them working for Voldemort. She felt dizzy and frantically searched for a means to escape. Her eyes landed on the door and she pushed with all her might and mind. It not only opened, but flew off the hinges and clear out the window, which was convieniently open and large enough.
The others stood there, utterly transfixed, but Adina shoved through to get out of the masses. She didn't make it very far into the room before she found herself lying flat on the floor. She jumped up with lightning speed, terrified now even more than before. The scene that met her eyes was terifying, but she let out a sigh anyway. To her imense relief, there was no evil wizard present. Just flying furniture. Wait. Flying Furniture? Oh shit.
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Hermione rushed into the room upon seeing Adina fall. When she got in there she saw why the other girls were screaming. The furniture was flying around the room at breakneck speed. They were all huddled in the closet behind a matress, but as far as she could see (the few who were peeking around the edges.) noone was hurt. She did remember, however, that scream that was so chillingly cut off.
Hermione ran to help Adina get out of the way of the apparently possessed furniture when it all came crashing to the floor. Adina sighed and hung her head, getting up and going to Hermione. "I need to go to Dumbledore now." she muttered quietly. Hermione pulled her through the crowd, who were afraid to go back to bed and stood milling in the common room. Harry and Ron, coming down with the rest of the boys, saw them leaving and followed.
"What the heck happened in there?" Harry asked when they caught up with the girls." We heard screams."
"I don't really know. The furniture was flying around everywhere. I think maybe it was peeves."
"That's an awful big job for just Peves."
"Ron's right, Herm. I dunno if it was Peeves."
"It wasn't Peeves."Adina said quietly, her voice low.
"What? Adina, do you know what happened?"
"Oh, Harry , please don't be silly. She got there only seconds before I did." Hermione gave the boy who lived a look to kill over her shoulder. "How could 'Dina possibly know?"
At these last words, Adina stopped walking alltogether and collapsed to the floor. She buried her face in her hands, and her hair fell all around her like a sort of barrier to the outside world. "It wasn't Peeves. I know."
"What? You know what?" asked Ron, a little confusedly. "How do you know it wasn't Peeves. It really could have been, he's been getting rather showy lately."
"I know it wasn't Peeves because...because..." It was at this point that she started crying. "Oh, Ron, it was me."
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Her words hit me like a ton of bricks. I'd heard people use that statement before, but I never really understood it untill now. It really did feel as if though a ton of bricks threw themselves at his body by the sheer force of her speaking. It was very odd. And rather off the subject. I'm in shock. Harry told himself, I can't think of a single logical thing to say. But hey! It's ok because apparently Ron and Mione can't either. Wait a minute...why is Mione looking at her like that? I've never seen her look like that except that time she hit Draco. When did I start calling him Draco instead of Malfoy? Ok, inner-Harry voice conversation is getting a little off, so back to the real world. Back just a few seconds too late.
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"How could you! What gives you the right to..to..to... Aaarghhh!" With that Hermione stepped forward and slapped Adina. Har enough to leave a perfect, bright red handprint on the side of her face, even through Adina's hair. The four of them stood speechless.
Hermione soon found her voice again. "We take you in, protect you, become your friends, teach you, trust you, confide in you, help you learn to manage your powers! And what do you do to repay us! You attack us in our sleep! What the hell kind of person are you?" With that Hermione turned and fled down the hallway.
"Oh, Mione..." Ron said softly from his place leaning by the wall. He looked at the place far down the hall where she had just dissapeared. For a moment, noone spoke.
"She's right." The strength and volume of Adina's voice was startling after the moment of silence and both boys jumped. Adina either didn't notice or ignored it and pressed on. " She's absolutly right, as always. I attacked you in your sleep. I could have hurt someone, Hell even killed someone just because I had a bad dream. I'm putting you all in danger."
"No! That's not true. You didn't do any of this on purpose.."
"But Harry that's not the point. I'm a danger to this whole castle. I have to get away from here. I've got to go somewhere that I can't possibly hurt anyone."
"Adina, please. Mione says these things, but she dosen't really mean them. She was shocked, you know? She's been on a worse row at me before."
"Yes, exactly! Mione didn't speak to Ron for weeks in our third year, but look at them now."
"If you guys don't get out of the way by the time I count to three, I will get you out of my way." During the conversation, Adina had gotten up and now the two boys stood blocking the only way she had learned so far to get out of the castle. "One...............Two................Three. Still there? Ok, don't say I didn't warn you." Adina braced herself and held up her hands. Harry and Ron looked at each other, wondering if there plan was really such a good idea. Out of the blue, they started to feel all tingly, and suddenly the both lifted off the ground and managed to end up hanging by the backs of their robes to candleholders jutting out of the wall convieniently high. Their wands wereboth on top of a door jam about five feet away. Adina smiled to herself. "Damn, I'm good." She walked away, with the swaggering air of a certain Malfoy they all knew.
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(A/N- This one was a bit shorter than the others, but if I get enough reviews, I'll continue to post. Since I can't seem to stop writing this story, it'll undoubtedly get finished if only for my own sick pleasure. 10 reviews, and I'll post more.)
