Chap 22-
Airykkaa sat staring out of the infirmary window, Lee and Estelle had not awoken yet even though Madame Pomfrey said that they would be fine. Worry ate away at her, nearly driving her insane. Nearly twenty minutes later she was snapped out of her daydream by giggling, giggling that was coming from Lee's bed. But she knew that it was NOT Lee giggling.
She slipped the knife out of the sheath that was firmly fastened to her garters, she had seen too many odd things happen recently for her comfort. Her grip tightened as her footsteps silently took her closer to the beds with the curtains drawn. She ran the blade along her fingers and smiled in satisfaction as a small bit of it sliced easily through her flesh.
As she slowly parted the curtain's of Estelle's bed, she could have screamed in horror but as trained, kept deathly silent. She knew that her life could depend on it. Professor Snape had seen to the training of the children was so great that they could walk on broken glass, and not make a sound. Estelle was gone.
She turned to Lee's bed, afraid to find him gone as well, and her heart pounded as she changed the position of the knife to a single silent strike with an assassin's skill. She gripped the curtain ends and hefted the knife above and to her side. She threw the curtain and immediately found her wrist gripped by a strong hand that forced her to drop her weapon.
"I'm here Airykkaa." she heard Lee's voice to her greatest relief, "I'm not dead, and neither is Estelle." he finished, although they were both physically weak.
"Well you won't be for long." a voice hissed as something struck Lee in the head, knocking him unconscious. And then the direction of the voice settled on Airykkaa, "And as for you, I never would have imagined I'd be able to get both you and your cousin alone together, and now you'll die together."
"What in the hell are you talk..." she began, but was cut off as she saw Pansy standing in front of her with a cobra spiraled up her arm, inching closer to Airykkaa. Although it was Pansy standing in front of her, she knew by the voice that this was not Pansy Parkinson. It was Lord Voldemort.
She instantly calculated how many minutes or even if less how long the cobra to get within striking distance. "You know I would have enjoyed just getting rid of Estelle at the moment, but I'd be killing two birds with one stone if I dealt with you as well. You're too talented, you know too much." Voldemort hissed. Poor Pansy's mouth twisted into an evil grin, "How you survived your birth is beyond me, you and that insolent brother of yours."
"Well, you cant lock the barn door after the horses are all gone." Airykkaa called challengingly, if her life was going to end here, she wasn't going down without a fight. She scraped the knife off of the floor as pansy raised her wand, and Airykkaa threw it just as Voldemort had begun a curse. The knife hit the wand with a "clank" and it shattered into two pieces, becoming utterly useless. Voldemort screamed in rage, tossing the cobra towards her.
Airykkaa flipped backwards just in time, and rolled back unscathed, finding herself seemingly talking to herself, wishing she could command the deadly creature to stop. "Stop!" she commanded to herself, and to her surprise, the cobra froze. It seemed confused, wondering who's orders it should obey. Airykkaa frantically but sincerely cooed it and it wrapped itself around her arm. The tables had turned, the one thing Voldemort prayed that Airykkaa would never find within herself was her parseltongue gift. It was only a matter of time before she would find out the truth about her mother, and how her fate had befallen her. Only a matter of time before she would find that she was as strong, if not stronger than Voldemort. He turned to run but the cobra struck him on the shoulder.
"This isn't over!" he shrieked as the body of Pansy was rendered useless to him and left her body.
Airykkaa realized that she was exhausted and called for a very frightened house elf who had been watching "Get Madame Pomfrey NOW!" she called in desperation when she realized that if Pansy wasn't treated soon, that she would die. She rushed over to Lee and when she saw that his head wasn't bleeding she tended to Pansy. Ripping one of the immaculate sheets off of the bed she tore a large strip out of it and ripped the bite wounds open with the small knife that had lain on the floor. Large anounts of a bubble of venom oozed out of her flesh and Airykkaa fought to get most of it out, but knew that she alone could not do it. Too much had already gotten into her bloodstream.
All she could do was to wait for Madame Pomfrey. The cobra glided across the floor and rested it's large head on Airykkaa's leg, trying to comfort her. As the realization of what had just happened sunk in, she sunk to the floor in a tiny ball. She wept. She wept for her mother, she wept for Estelle and Lee, she wept for Pansy, and she Wept for herself. She suddenly realized what this was going to look like, as the snake was resting on her, and as Lee was not awake to state that there was another voice in the room.
Everyone was going to think that she tried to murder Pansy. She took note of a stinging on her arms, and to her horror she realized that the cobra's fangs had indeed grazed her skin before she flipped, and the venom had already sunk in. As Madame Pomfrey came in and stared in horror at the site, Airykkaa could only say one word "Voldemort." before the blackness claimed her.
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Pike was only a few feet away from the hallway that lead to the infirmary when he noticed a wide selection of staff and house elves bustling towards it. "Oh my god." he whispered at the realization that his friends and sister were still in there. He broke off into a run towards the door, ignoring the shouts from teachers and punching Filch in the face when he tried to stop him.
"Why you little prick!" Filch screeched, as Pike continued to speed toward the infirmary doors.
As he peered inside Lee was sitting up groggily as Professor Dumbledore tried to slowly question him. He saw Dumbledore nod and take his leave and walk over to another bed which Madame Pomfrey frantically bustled about, screaming something about a snake not leaving. "Go fetch mister Potter out of the Gryffindor tower and show this to the fat Lady to get you in." he said to Willow, and she ran out the door.
"I cant get anywhere near her with this thing on her, it wont let me touch her!" Madame Pomfrey shrieked.
Then the realization of who was in the bed hit him like a ton of bricks thrown by Captain America; it was Airykkaa. Knowing that he wasn't going to get anywhere near her he walked over to Lee who was nearly frantic. "Pike, I'm so sorry. If I would have seen what direction he threw it from I would have been able to duck." Pike motioned him to shut up as his head began to spin.
He began talking, but not to himself, and not anyone in the room, but something, "Please, I've already lost Eden, please don't take Airykkaa as well." and promptly burst into tears.
Harry quickly jogged into the room and was notified by Dumbledore to tell the snake that they weren't going to hurt Airykkaa, but if she didn't get treatment now that she would die. Harry's eyes widened in horror as he rushed over to Airykkaa, her skin was so pale and it looked paper thin. Quickly he spoke to the snake and slid itself onto the end of the bed and curled up.
Pike eventually fell asleep on one of the beds, occasionally he woke up weeping, then fell back to sleep in exhaustion. Draco had come in frequently during the night to check on Airykkaa. Often he played with her hair or kissed her brow before being shoved out of the room by a rather annoyed house elf.
Airykkaa sat staring out of the infirmary window, Lee and Estelle had not awoken yet even though Madame Pomfrey said that they would be fine. Worry ate away at her, nearly driving her insane. Nearly twenty minutes later she was snapped out of her daydream by giggling, giggling that was coming from Lee's bed. But she knew that it was NOT Lee giggling.
She slipped the knife out of the sheath that was firmly fastened to her garters, she had seen too many odd things happen recently for her comfort. Her grip tightened as her footsteps silently took her closer to the beds with the curtains drawn. She ran the blade along her fingers and smiled in satisfaction as a small bit of it sliced easily through her flesh.
As she slowly parted the curtain's of Estelle's bed, she could have screamed in horror but as trained, kept deathly silent. She knew that her life could depend on it. Professor Snape had seen to the training of the children was so great that they could walk on broken glass, and not make a sound. Estelle was gone.
She turned to Lee's bed, afraid to find him gone as well, and her heart pounded as she changed the position of the knife to a single silent strike with an assassin's skill. She gripped the curtain ends and hefted the knife above and to her side. She threw the curtain and immediately found her wrist gripped by a strong hand that forced her to drop her weapon.
"I'm here Airykkaa." she heard Lee's voice to her greatest relief, "I'm not dead, and neither is Estelle." he finished, although they were both physically weak.
"Well you won't be for long." a voice hissed as something struck Lee in the head, knocking him unconscious. And then the direction of the voice settled on Airykkaa, "And as for you, I never would have imagined I'd be able to get both you and your cousin alone together, and now you'll die together."
"What in the hell are you talk..." she began, but was cut off as she saw Pansy standing in front of her with a cobra spiraled up her arm, inching closer to Airykkaa. Although it was Pansy standing in front of her, she knew by the voice that this was not Pansy Parkinson. It was Lord Voldemort.
She instantly calculated how many minutes or even if less how long the cobra to get within striking distance. "You know I would have enjoyed just getting rid of Estelle at the moment, but I'd be killing two birds with one stone if I dealt with you as well. You're too talented, you know too much." Voldemort hissed. Poor Pansy's mouth twisted into an evil grin, "How you survived your birth is beyond me, you and that insolent brother of yours."
"Well, you cant lock the barn door after the horses are all gone." Airykkaa called challengingly, if her life was going to end here, she wasn't going down without a fight. She scraped the knife off of the floor as pansy raised her wand, and Airykkaa threw it just as Voldemort had begun a curse. The knife hit the wand with a "clank" and it shattered into two pieces, becoming utterly useless. Voldemort screamed in rage, tossing the cobra towards her.
Airykkaa flipped backwards just in time, and rolled back unscathed, finding herself seemingly talking to herself, wishing she could command the deadly creature to stop. "Stop!" she commanded to herself, and to her surprise, the cobra froze. It seemed confused, wondering who's orders it should obey. Airykkaa frantically but sincerely cooed it and it wrapped itself around her arm. The tables had turned, the one thing Voldemort prayed that Airykkaa would never find within herself was her parseltongue gift. It was only a matter of time before she would find out the truth about her mother, and how her fate had befallen her. Only a matter of time before she would find that she was as strong, if not stronger than Voldemort. He turned to run but the cobra struck him on the shoulder.
"This isn't over!" he shrieked as the body of Pansy was rendered useless to him and left her body.
Airykkaa realized that she was exhausted and called for a very frightened house elf who had been watching "Get Madame Pomfrey NOW!" she called in desperation when she realized that if Pansy wasn't treated soon, that she would die. She rushed over to Lee and when she saw that his head wasn't bleeding she tended to Pansy. Ripping one of the immaculate sheets off of the bed she tore a large strip out of it and ripped the bite wounds open with the small knife that had lain on the floor. Large anounts of a bubble of venom oozed out of her flesh and Airykkaa fought to get most of it out, but knew that she alone could not do it. Too much had already gotten into her bloodstream.
All she could do was to wait for Madame Pomfrey. The cobra glided across the floor and rested it's large head on Airykkaa's leg, trying to comfort her. As the realization of what had just happened sunk in, she sunk to the floor in a tiny ball. She wept. She wept for her mother, she wept for Estelle and Lee, she wept for Pansy, and she Wept for herself. She suddenly realized what this was going to look like, as the snake was resting on her, and as Lee was not awake to state that there was another voice in the room.
Everyone was going to think that she tried to murder Pansy. She took note of a stinging on her arms, and to her horror she realized that the cobra's fangs had indeed grazed her skin before she flipped, and the venom had already sunk in. As Madame Pomfrey came in and stared in horror at the site, Airykkaa could only say one word "Voldemort." before the blackness claimed her.
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Pike was only a few feet away from the hallway that lead to the infirmary when he noticed a wide selection of staff and house elves bustling towards it. "Oh my god." he whispered at the realization that his friends and sister were still in there. He broke off into a run towards the door, ignoring the shouts from teachers and punching Filch in the face when he tried to stop him.
"Why you little prick!" Filch screeched, as Pike continued to speed toward the infirmary doors.
As he peered inside Lee was sitting up groggily as Professor Dumbledore tried to slowly question him. He saw Dumbledore nod and take his leave and walk over to another bed which Madame Pomfrey frantically bustled about, screaming something about a snake not leaving. "Go fetch mister Potter out of the Gryffindor tower and show this to the fat Lady to get you in." he said to Willow, and she ran out the door.
"I cant get anywhere near her with this thing on her, it wont let me touch her!" Madame Pomfrey shrieked.
Then the realization of who was in the bed hit him like a ton of bricks thrown by Captain America; it was Airykkaa. Knowing that he wasn't going to get anywhere near her he walked over to Lee who was nearly frantic. "Pike, I'm so sorry. If I would have seen what direction he threw it from I would have been able to duck." Pike motioned him to shut up as his head began to spin.
He began talking, but not to himself, and not anyone in the room, but something, "Please, I've already lost Eden, please don't take Airykkaa as well." and promptly burst into tears.
Harry quickly jogged into the room and was notified by Dumbledore to tell the snake that they weren't going to hurt Airykkaa, but if she didn't get treatment now that she would die. Harry's eyes widened in horror as he rushed over to Airykkaa, her skin was so pale and it looked paper thin. Quickly he spoke to the snake and slid itself onto the end of the bed and curled up.
Pike eventually fell asleep on one of the beds, occasionally he woke up weeping, then fell back to sleep in exhaustion. Draco had come in frequently during the night to check on Airykkaa. Often he played with her hair or kissed her brow before being shoved out of the room by a rather annoyed house elf.
