A/N- Well, that last chapter was supposed to have a dramatic ending. Sky uses telekinetic powers, Wormtail was captured, and Harry and Ron should be spending a life sentence in Azkaban. Well, whatever you do, don't say I didn't warn you. I'm not making sense here am I? Meh. On with the fic, this chapter is a little pointless, or rather it's uneventful, things happen, like Quidditch and Animagus things, but no real plot, sorry to those who wish it were!!!
Chapter 14- The Marauder's Revisited
Sky woke up groggily, feeling around her bed for support to stand up. She slid her feet around and over the side of her rather plush bed. Sky rubbed her eyes with her hands, her vision becoming more clear every second.
She stood up and walked around her room, making her way out into the living area. After slumping down on the couch for a second she stood up quickly. She didn't have time to dawdle; She was supposed to go to broomsticks lessons with Harry.
Sakyra moved to her bathroom, passing over the folded clump of clothing lying atop the toilet. It was a habit of hers to place her clothing in the bathroom the night before, just so she'd have everything nice and tidy. Sky turned the knob in the shower, letting the water rush down her hand. Twisting the knob a little more she got it to the perfect temperature. Sky took off her clothes and got in the shower, getting more into it when,
"Sakyra Riddle!" A voice called out and banged on her bathroom door. Sky hurriedly turned it off and threw her clothes on, not bothering to dry off completely. She moved to the door, opening it to the face of Hermione Granger.
"Sakyra, we need to hurry up, Quidditch tryouts start in about an hour, and Harry and Ron are waiting downstairs." Sky smiled and followed Hermione, making sure not to forget anything. Sky had wanted to learn to fly, seeing as she had never done it before, and Harry opted to teach her. Ron convinced Hermione to at least try too, so before Quidditch tryouts for Gryffindor they were going to practice, and then the girls would try for the team.
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"What took so long?" Harry asked, as the two got downstairs to the front doors of the castle. Hermione shrugged,
"Are we going to get started, I'm not that keen on flying the first place?" Hermione said, definitely preferring staying planted. Sky however, was eager to get started. They headed toward the changing room where the broom were kept, yet Harry already had his Firebolt. Ron was flying on a Cleansweep Seven that Fred had given him for the year. Harry though, had a surprise for the three of them.
"Okay, there should be some old brooms in there." Harry pointed to the shed that held the used brooms. Ron opened it and gasped.
There were three Nimbus Two-Thousand-and-One broomsticks in there, each with Ron, Sakyra, and Hermione names taped onto them.
"Harry, oh my, how'd you get these?" Hermione called out. Harry grinned,
"Sirius helped me, I told him you three were trying out for the team, and he insisted on buying them for you guys." Harry was smiling brightly; the three had grabbed their respective brooms.
"Well, we should probably give these babies a shot." Ron said. Hermione and Sakyra each pulled the brooms out onto the field next to Harry and Ron, readying themselves to learn how to fly.
"Okay, first you hold the broom like this, and slide it in-between your legs." The girls followed suite, "The next thing is to kick off; all you do is hit the ground to get into the air, after-" It was too late though; Sky and Hermione had already kicked off. Hermione was fluttering a few feet off the ground before falling down, but Sky was a natural. She flew high and turned around, heading straight toward Harry, at the last second she veered left, flying at speeds he had never seen on a Nimbus.
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"Okay, Creevey and Creevey are the beaters for this next school year, Dan Hurst and Seamus Finnigan are the reserve beaters." Harry announced to the crowd standing out on the Quidditch pitch. It seemed like the Creevey family had been an excellent edition, Colin was a late bloomer and Dennis an early, because each one was pretty big. The chasers were now practicing against Ron. It was Ginny Weasley, Hermione Granger, Tanaya Carter, Sakyra Riddle, Katie Bloom, Richard Pryce, Sara McGellum, Park Jones, Michael Woodson, Gerald Browder, Jenny Peterson, and Peter Ginnings. Harry was thinking about his picks already, but he needed to see one last thing before he finished.
"Okay, I want you chasers to do me a favor, each one of you fly to Ron's end of the pitch, we're going to have a race to determine some last factors. I need to see how well you can perform, so I want the Creevey brothers to launch bludgers at you as you fly."
Everyone took his or her places, while Harry flew up to Ron, whispering,
"Okay, I need you to help me, I've got it narrowed down to four choices, Ginny, Tanaya, Richard and Sara, the only problem is that we need speed on this squad too, we also need to know who works well with others."
"Well, personally, I think the three girl squad has a thing going, but I don't Sara's style, she can get the Quaffle past me when she lobs it, all she does is close her eyes, I don't want somebody like that on the team. Ginny, I don't know about Ginny, Quidditch is a tough sport and she," Ron cut off by the look Harry was giving him, "I think Sky is excellent."
"She didn't make a shot on yo!"
"Yes, but I was trying all out, you probably couldn't tell from your post with the beaters, but Sky has the best shot out there."
"Really?"
"No, more like fifth best, but she's not horrible. I like Tanaya too."
"You like her looks."
"Not just that, she has a speed thing going, she can veer left and right faster than I can, making it way easier for her to shoot, she hasn't got a good shot. But she can outmaneuver any Keeper."
"Okay, we'll let the race decide," Harry threw his hand sup to the people across the pitch, signaling them to get ready. He collapsed his hands down and they took off!
Sakyra Riddle was easily the fastest person on the pitch, she was barely moving to dodge the Bludgers, but they couldn't even get close to hit her. Tanaya Carter was dodging the Bludgers with swiftness, but she was veering fast and jerky. Richard Pryce was next, he wasn't exceptionally fast, but he could dodge the Bludgers with a smoothness that was unlike Tanaya Carter. Ginny Weasley was next, she was fast, but her dodging tactics kept her from gaining the lead. She was going all out, pulling outrageous flips and turns that looked pretty, but were hindering her progress. Sara McGellum had a hard time dodging the Bludgers, her broom had been hit several times, but she was fast.
Sky zoomed down the pitch, leaning onto her broom and making it go even faster, the wind behind her visibly distorting her surroundings. Tanaya came up behind her, closing fast, but it wasn't fast enough for anyone to believe that she was going to defeat Sakyra. Ginny Weasley, who had stopped her outrageous tactics, was flying with Richard Pryce at a level ground, while Sara was clumped up with Katie and Jenny.
"And here it is, Sakyra Riddle first, followed by Tanaya Carter. Next is Richard Pryce. Ginny Weasley comes in not far from him; and then Katie Bloom and Sara McGellum tie for fifth. Sixth goes to Jenny Peterson." Harry announced as they came in, the rest of the groups fluttered in afterwards, some nearly crying in anxiousness.
"I'm sorry, we cannot have all of you, but we have picked three of you to be our new Chasers." Harry said, "Please, everyone go have some Pumpkin Juice, there are Chocolate Frogs and cookies over there also. We will discuss our decision."
"Ron, who are your picks, I have Ginny, Tanaya and Pryce."
"I have Sky, Tanaya and Pryce. Let's come to an agreement.
"Ginny, Sky and Pryce."
"Sky, Ginny and Tanaya."
"I like that one, okay, you announce it- Hermione!" Harry cut off as Hermione walked behind them. She wasn't supposed to hear the picks.
"It's okay, I know I did horrible, I prefer to stay on the ground anyway. Listen, I think we should all take a trip down to Myrtle's bathroom around seven okay, I'm going to go in and add some finishing touches onto the potion."
"So it's ready?" Ron asked happily, Hermione shook her head,
"In a few hours." Hermione looked back at the group around the refreshments, they were all staring and growing restless, "I think you boys better go and announce the winners."
"Yeah," Harry said, "Ron, you handle it." He added as the three split up and the two members walked to the group.
"Okay, I'd like you all to know that you played good out there, you are all great members, and some of you just don't have what we're looking for this year in particular. Now every exercise we did today affected your score evenly, the race, nor the shooting were weighed higher than the obstacles or anything of the sort. Now, to name our Chasers, Tanaya Carter!" The crowd yelled and cheered, Tanaya walked up blushing and threw her hair back with her right hand, holding her broom in her left.
"Second choice is, Sakyra Riddle." Half of the group cheered and yelled, while the other half clapped politely, Sky didn't notice though, she was too happy.
"Lastly it's Ginny Weasley." Ron almost whispered his sister's name in obvious disapproval of her trying something so dangerous. The crowd clapped and cheered as they had done with Sakyra, apparently Tanaya had made excellent impression so far at Hogwarts.
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Sakyra walked down the landing into Albus Dumbledore's corridor. He had wanted to speak to her. As soon as she got to the stone Gargoyle it popped open, she didn't even have a password!
Sky walked into the small hallway before the door to Dumbledore's office, wondering what he could possibly want with her. Could she be leaving? Did he want to experiment or something? She entered the door to find Dumbledore waiting expectantly behind his desk.
"Ah, come in Miss Riddle, take a seat." He waved his wand a large cushy armchair appeared. Sky sat down and stared around the room,
"You wanted to see me Headmaster?"
"Yes, it has come to my attention that you used some special powers during the night of the raid on Azkaban last week. I was wondering have you ever displayed powers like that before." Sky thought back, remembering exactly what powers she had used. Peter Pettigrew had performed an Unforgivable Curse on her, and when he finished, she lifted him into the air with telekinetic powers she had never experienced.
"No, I don't know how I did it, I've never done it before either, it was a freak accident."
"I see. I have one more question, do you wish to try the Sorting Hat on once more, I know the first time it said clandestine, but I think it may come up with a different answer." He pointed toward the Sorting Hat. Sky looked toward it anxiously, what if it told her that she didn't belong because of her heritage?
"Umm, okay Headmaster." She walked over to the stool that the hat sat on. She placed both her hands on top of it, hesitating before picking it up hastily and throwing it atop her head.
Hmm, you again, I see you're back. You've changed since last time we met; I see loyalty for your friends and family, the type of loyalty that belongs to Hufflepuff. I see brains, wits and cleverness, enough to rival those of the finest Ravenclaw minds. I see bravery, trying new things, always good in a Gryffindor student. I also see a thirst to prove yourself, it's in your blood Slytherin it is. I think it better be –
"I D ON'T WANNA KNOW!" Sakyra yelled out suddenly, snatching the hat off of her head. She was breathing hard as Dumbledore rushed to her side,
"I'm, sorry Sakyra, I truly am. Perhaps I should have seen this dilemma beforehand, but alas an old fool makes mistakes." He apologized.
"No Headmaster, it's not your fault, I just like things the way they are. Does that mean I cannot play for the Gryffindor Quidditch Team?"
"Well, since cases like this are rare, and it would be a shame to deprive you of things that are not your fault, I will allow you to. I must also ask what you would like to do about house points, and your meals, you cannot eat in your room all year, students may think you're an old witch." He laughed a little at his joke. Sakyra didn't know what to say,
"I want to stay with Harry." She decided. Dumbledore nodded,
"Well, if that's what you want. I have asked all I need from you Ms. Riddle, you are dismissed." Sky nodded and walked out of Dumbledore's office. On the way down the hallway she turned into the bathroom, needing to relieve herself when-
"Ouch!"
"Damnit!"
"Huh?"
"What?"
"Sky!"
She had walked into Moaning Myrtle's bathroom and found Harry, Ron, and Hermione inside. They were gathered around one stall, making a potion,
"What are you two doing in here?" She asked the boys. Hermione answered,
"We're making an Animagus potion. What are you doing?"
"I was going to the bathroom, now I'm afraid a raccoon going to pop up from the toilet when I sit down. Why are you making it in a bathroom anyway, anyone could just walk in?" She circled Harry and Ron, peering into the cauldron, adding afterward, "You better add the Cannabis before it's too late."
"Wait, you know about Animagus potions? "
"Yeah, I studied them with my aunt. She told me when I'm eighteen I can become one if I wanted. So why are you in here?"
"Well, this is Moaning Myrtle's bathroom. Myrtle was a girl who died here in Hogwarts fifty years ago and her ghost haunts in here. The thing is, she's sensitive, so anything you say to her winds up making her cry and then she overflows the toilets. Nobody comes in here anymore." Ron answered her as Hermione added the last part of the potion.
"Finished!" She cried, taking out a package of fresh beakers and opening them. She took four and discarded the last one, pouring equal amount of potion into each, and then handing them to everyone.
"Wait! Why are you giving this to me?" Sky's voice broke as she asked. Hermione sighed,
"Well, if you want to wait until you're eighteen, be my guest."
"Oh, I guess I'll do it now." She took the potion and gulped it down. It was disgustingly bitter and swallowing it was the hardest part, but afterward she felt tingly. Suddenly her body started to change, her skin turned hard, feathers started to sprout over her body. Her eyes were better, and as she looked around, Harry was a miniature dragon that was orange, a Charizard, Hermione had turned into a bushy feathered owl; Ron was a redheaded fox. She looked into the nearest mirror.
She had turned into a Phoenix.