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Disclaimer: The characters of Estelle, Rosaline, and Anastasia Kou Cosmos, in addition to Kiara Braeden are my own creation. Everything else belongs to J.K. Rowling.
Chapter 4 ~ Powers and Near DisastersThere was only one mishap during their Herbology class. Backing away from the Venus flytrap they were working with, James tripped and fell backwards into a patch of Devil's Snare. When he went to get up and found he couldn't he began to panic. The Devil's Snare slowly began to tighten around James' small body. Suddenly a flash of silver light spread out through the greenhouse. When the light had faded the vine were being held an inch away from James' body by a flickering silver outline of his body.
Ana walked over to James and lay her right hand on one of the vines that covered his body. She closed her eyes and began to glow a slightly golden colour. The vines surrounding James tightened around him before slowly releasing him from their grip. James quickly scrambled out from his position in the vines to stand behind Ana. The glow surrounding Ana got brighter for a second before fading from existence. Ana slowly stepped away from the Devil's Snare until she was standing next to James.
"What was that?" James asked as he looked up at Ana.
"The shield. Rose cast the spell so it is extremely powerful."
"That's not what I meant, what did you just do?"
"I asked the Devil's Snare to release you. One of my powers is control over the element of earth. As such I have an affinity for plants. In the case of the Devil's Snare I can control it's movements."
"There is a reason Mr. Potter why the members of the Royal Family are called Elemental Warriors," Professor Greenleaf told James as he walked towards them. "Perhaps my lady you could show us some more of your affinity with plants."
"Of course professor, but what should I use?" Ana asked as she looked around the greenhouse.
"Let's try something challenging. How about the Whomping Willow outside," the professor suggested. The Marauder's froze, if anyone were to get close enough to the willow they may discover the tunnel underneath.
"Are you sure of that professor? If I lose control of the willow I won't be able to stop it from lashing out at the class," Ana told Professor Greenleaf.
"The only one who will be anywhere near the tree will be your self Ana. The rest of the class will be standing well away from the tree and even when you do gain control of the willow no one will approach it," Professor Greenleaf assured Ana. The Marauder's gave a mental sigh of relief. No one would discover the passageway under the willow. Ana nodded her consent and the entire class trouped out of the greenhouse.
The class stood back and watched as Ana approached the willow. The Whomping willow sensing her approach began to move. The class watched as Ana once more began to glow with a golden light. This time however instead of approaching the willow Ana knelt and laid her glowing hands on the ground. The class stood awed as the willow began to glow the same golden colour as Ana. Slowly the branches stopped moving and Ana slowly rose up from her position on the ground.
Ana walked slowly towards the now still tree, always ready to retreat if the tree broke free of her control. The branches began to move again, stretching out towards Ana. The class held their breath as they awaited the attack that was surely coming. Their mouths dropped open in shock as the tree did not attack Ana but rather gathered her up into its limbs like a mother would a child and lifted Ana from the ground.
Lily looked at her friend in awe. 'What would it be like to be able to communicate with nature the way Ana was doing right now?' she wondered as she looked on at what her friend was doing now. Ana had began speaking to the willow though the low tone in which she spoke made it impossible for anyone to over hear the words she was speaking.
After a few moment of conversation the willow placed Ana back on the ground. The glow surrounding Ana and the tree faded but the willow made no move to attack Ana. Turning Ana bowed to the tree and thanked it before moving to join her classmates as the bell rang, signaling the end of the first period. Ana collected her bag from Lily and the two made there way into the school for their second period class, History of Magic, seemingly unaware of the awe filled whispers erupting from their classmates.
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Rose sighed as she sat in History of Magic. Not even Kiara or Sev could distract her from the boredom that was taking a hold of her as she pretended to listen to Professor Binns drone on about the Vampire Uprising of 1412. Rose gave a slight start as she felt the shield spell she had placed on the Marauder's activate. Kiara noticed her start and leaned over to talk to Rose. "You ok?" she whispered.
"Yeah, the shield just activated… and so has Ana's powers. I wonder what happened," Rose whispered back as she looked out of the window of the History of Magic classroom at the Whomping Willow that stood in the middle of the yard.
"Maybe one of them tripped. We are working with the Venus flytraps," Sev whispered to Rose as he looked at her.
"No Ana's giving off too much power for it to be the flytraps. What ever it is Ana's stopped now," Rose told him before raising her hand. When Professor Binns noticed her hand was up he gave a little start.
"Yes Ms. Coop," he asked.
"May we please be excused," Rose asked as she indicated Sev, Kiara, and herself. "Something has happened to my sister."
"Your sister?" Binns asked confused. "Ah yes your sister. Very well the three of you maybe excused but don't forget to get the homework from one of your fellow students."
"Of course professor. Thank you," Rose told him as the trio quickly gathered up their books and exited the classroom, the envious gazes of their peers following after them. Less than five minutes after they had left the classroom everyone was in a daze again.
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Rose, Sev, and Kiara ran into Ana and Lily as they entered the school from the yard. "What on Earth were you doing," Rose screeched as she quickly looked over her sister for an injury. "First the little blast, which I'm thankful for actually, got us out of History of Magic, Merlin that class is boring. Then the big blast of magic, I thought you were under attack," Rose shouted at Ana before drawing her into a hug. "By the Fates don't ever scare me like that again."
Sev and Lily stared at the two of them in shock while Kiara just looked on resigned to the fact that the two were nuts. "If you're done being hysterical Rose maybe Ana could explain," Kiara stated as she looked at her friend.
Rose stuck her tongue out at Kiara before turning back to Ana. "Well?"
"Well what?" Ana asked her sister, a smile on her face.
"Explain!" Rose yelled at her.
"I can't we'll be late for our next class if I do. I'll explain at lunch," Ana told her as she grabbed a hold of Lily and started pulling her away towards the History of Magic classroom. Rose stared blankly after them before letting out a scream of rage as she realized that Ana had tricked her. Kiara hid a smile as she took hold of Rose and began to lead her towards the transfiguration classroom, Sev following slowly behind them.
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Rose could barely sit still during the last few minutes of transfiguration. Having already correctly performed today's lesson on her first try she was left with the rest of the period to stew over what her sister had done earlier. When the class was dismissed Rose grabbed her bag and dashed out of the classroom towards the Great Hall. Looking ahead at the hall doors she noticed Ana just entering. Sprinting towards her sister she grabbed a hold of her and manhandled her over to the Slytherin table, ignoring her protests.
"Explanations now," she growled out forcing Ana to sit as Sev, Kiara and Lily took a seat opposite of the twins.
"Alright, alright, just let me go Rose," Ana told her sister as she tried to pull her arm out of her sister's iron grip. Rose reluctantly let go of Ana and sat back. Ana sighed before telling Rose about her Herbology class. When she was finished Rose had relaxed a little though she was still upset with Ana.
"Can I eat now?" Ana pleaded with her sister. Rose laughed and nodded at her sister. Ana dug into the food before her with a vengeance.
"What else can you control besides the earth Rose?" Sev asked as he looked at the twins.
"Everything. Fire, water, earth, air, light, and shadow. The six elements that make up the world around us," Rose answered.
"Can I see some?" Sev asked.
"Sure, how about water. Watch potter and co.," Rose told him as she closed her eyes. She began to glow a slightly silver colour before it faded. Lily and Sev watched with wide eyes as a ball of water began to form over each of the Marauder's. as Rose opened her eyes they fell on their unsuspecting targets. The Marauder's screamed as the ice cold water hit them, soaking them to the skin.
"4 points for the Heaven's," Rose called out not even turning to face the 4 victims of her prank. The Griffindors surrounding the four friends cast warming and drying charms to help them out.
"Come on," Rose said to her friends as she stood up from the table. "We've got potions next and I really want to talk to Professor Conway about the potion we're making today." Ana rolled her eyes at her sister but stood up just the same, Kiara, Sev and Lily following her lead. Together the five friends began the walk down to the potions classroom.
They arrived at the potions classroom 5 minutes before class began and Rose immediately cornered Professor Conway into a discussion on the day's potion. A minute before class started the rest of the Slytherins and Griffindors filed into the room and took their seats, snickering at the 4 de-aged Griffindors as they struggled to get up on the stools at their potions benches.
The bell rang and everyone went silent as Professor Conway began to explain the potion they were making today. The class paired off and began working on their potions when she was finished giving them the instructions needed to brew the potion correctly. Rose and Lily made one pair while Sev and Ana made another. Kiara walked over to a Slytherin girl who looked as if she had no idea of what she was supposed to do. James pair off with Remus, and Sirius with Peter as the Marauder's began work on their own potions.
Rose, Lily, Sev and Ana were the first ones done their potions. Professor Conway came over to check their potions. She nodded her head to show they were right before moving on to check another group that looked stumped. The four friends began to bottle their potions and clean up their areas. Rose looked around at the other students as Lily placed their finished potion on the shelf. As she glanced around the room she caught sight of the bright blue liquid in Sirius and Peter's cauldron. She also saw the bat's livers that Peter was about to add to the mixture.
As soon as the bat liver hit the potion it turned red and began to bubble furiously. Rose was up and out of her seat before Professor Conway was even aware of the disaster brewing in their cauldron. She grabbed Sirius and Peter from their seats and turned so that her body would shield them from the exploding potion. Rose sank to the floor with a hiss of pain as the potion hit her back. When Sirius and Peter's feet hit the floor she released them and pushed them away from her, as Ana raced over and knelt next to her sister.
"What the bloody hell did you put in that potion?" she asked as she began looking over her sister for injury. As she caught sight of Rose's back she gave a groan of complaint. "You idiots, you created an acid not a healing potion," she shrieked as she stared at the burns covering Rose's back, her robes hissing slightly at the edges where the potion had yet to completely dissolve them.
Ana took Rose's hands in her own and began to glow gold, Rose glowing a faint silver as well. As the students watched the burns on Rose's back began to heal, slowly at first and then faster as the acid in the burns seemed to be repelled by something. When the last of the burns had finished healing Rose collapsed into her sister's arms exhausted.
Lily coming out of her shock conjured a blanket to wrap around Rose's body. Kiara took the blanket from Lily and walked over to the two sisters kneeling on the potions classroom floor. She took Rose out of Ana's arms and wrapped the blanket securely around Rose before walking out of the classroom without a backward glance. Sev and Lily gathered their thing, and those belonging to Kiara, Ana, and Rose before tearing off after Kiara.
Ana slowly stood up and glared at Sirius and Peter. "I hope that this will teach you to pay more attention to the potions you are brewing. If I hadn't of been here Rose would have died before she could have received help," Ana growled at them before exiting the classroom to follow her friends. The class stood shocked at her revelation and no one moved.
Professor Conway coughed before beginning to speak. "Clean up your stations and dump what ever potions are not finished, with the exception of yours Mr.'s Black and Pettigrew. I want to know exactly what you put in that potion, how much and what order," Professor Conway told the class. Broken from their shock the class rushed to obey, often glancing at the spot where Rose and Ana had been kneeling just moments before.
[AN. and I'm so bad. Talk about a cliffie. Oh well. Next chapter maybe a while as I've just barely started writing it. I'll try to get it out as soon as possible but I'm making no promises.
Till next chapter,
Silver Tenshi]