[color=red]Thanks to everyone that has read and commented on this
story:Emms again, Hermione Granger, Sirius, Merlyn, Cedric Diggory, Cho
Chang and white owl2. I love you almost as much as my monsters!! It's
already turning out longer than I thought!! woo hoo!! Just to be safe,
Chapter Seven is [b][u]rated R[/u][/b]. I'm not sure about any others yet.
I know the story line, just not what chapters things will be in. I know at
least one more chapter is R, very much so.
Also, just for those that are struggling with their stories, I have figured out that Marilyn Manson's [u]Holy Wood[/u] is Alexandria and Severus' album. I write better listening to it. Chapter Seven will show ya. ;) maybe finding a song or album that belongs to your characters will help. I read another author (can't remember who right now) that used different songs with each different character. Put the author into the mood to write. I can see it now that I have used it. [/color] ~*~ Chapter Six
I woke around 2am and couldn't go back to sleep. I switched to a cat and started roaming the halls, thinking over the evening before. Dawn found me on the couch in front of the lite fireplace in our Common Room. I went through the rest of the day in a daze.
At dinner, I made sure I was sitting next to James. While I handed him a bowl of peas I whispered, "I need a favor." He looked quizzically at me and asked, "What?"
Taking the bowl back and setting it down, I replied, "I want to borrow your cloak tonight. It's important." He didn't answer and I didn't ask again. Once in the Common Room I sat in my favorite chair and let Zada curl in my lap. I pulled out my History of Magic homework and started working on it. Fifteen minutes later, James squatted next to me. I looked up from the book.
"What happened in the Potions room last night?" I looked at him and said, "I have no idea what you mean."
"Look, Alexandria," he sighed. He shifted to a more comfortable position and closed my book for me. The hairs on my arm stood up with an electric charge. "Sunday you defended Snape. I didn't see you after the meeting with him last night. What happened?" he asked again, concerned.
I looked at him and sighed. "We made our potion. He tested it. It worked. I gave him the antidote. We left. End of story." He argued, "No there's more. You just won't say. D*mn it! Look, you are new here, both to England and to Hogwarts. I don't want you hurt. Just tell me what happened and I'll go kick his butt if I think he needs it."
I was now mad. I placed Zada carefully on the floor, who then hissed at James for disturbing her peace. I stood with my hands on my hips and said quite clearly, "Whatever may or may not have happened is none of your bloody business! Just answer my question with a yea or a nay and go away." My green eyes flashed daggers at him, daring him to deny me the cloak. By now, most of the Common Room were watching us.
James sighed and slowly stood up. "No. Sorry. I won't let you. Sleep well and we'll talk tomorrow." With that, he walked off to the table Remus, Peter, and Sirius were sitting, watching us. I sat down and Zada curled her way around my legs. "OK, sweetie," I told her and she jumped into my lap.
At their table, James was telling the others that what happened was between him and me and for them to mind their own business. [i]You tell them that now, Mister Potter, but tonight I'm sure you'll spill everything. Best of friends usually don't keep secrets.[/i]
Around 10pm I sent Zada up into their dorm room to hide and spy. I sat there, in front of the fireplace, long after everyone went to bed. Just at the stroke of 1am, she came back down, carefully dragging James' Cloak of Invisibility. I put it on and told her to go on to bed. I went out the Room and down towards the dungeons. I passed the Potions room and had butterflies in my stomach at the thought of sharing a table again with Severus. I think of him as Severus now.
Following the directions he gave me while under the Veritaserum potion, I slowly walked further down under the castle. I eventually found the Slytherin House door. Hesitantly I spoke the password Severus gave me. It worked. My stomach took a flying leap at the thought. [i]He didn't have it changed!![/i] I climbed through the doorway and walked into the dark Common Room.
Everywhere was black and silver and green. Table legs were carved into snakes. Lamps were intertwined with them. Snakes were tastefully everywhere. [i]Maybe we should take a page here and decorate in lions.[/i] I started snooping. I was looking for signs of a black cat in the House. [i]With their reputation, they should have millions!![/i] I soon saw signs of cats with black fur but that didn't mean they were solid black. It was enough for now. By the time I crawl back into bed, it'll be three am. I needed to go.
~*~
The next morning, James came down glaring at me. "You took my cloak," he hissed at me as we went to breakfast. I didn't say anything. He grabbed my elbow to stop me. However, electric blue sparks bounced between us. "Ouch! Why in the bloody hell did you do that?" By now we stopped in the hallway and were glaring at each other. "I am flattered," I snapped, "you think I could do that on purpose, but I didn't. I have no idea why or even how it happened." Professor Dumbledore came through the hallway and we went on to breakfast, saving the talk for later.
All morning, James avoided me. Remus tried once to get a conversation going between us inbetween classes, but he didn't succeed. Sirius tried to get me to tell him what's going on but I told him to jump in the lake. Peter made noises about a lover's spat.
Over dinner, James hissed at me, "This isn't over. Meet me later by the Willow. At 11 tonight." Then he stood up and stomped away. Peter jumped up and followed him. Remus and Sirius looked at me and then each other. We finished eating and walked back to the Common Room together.
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At 10:30pm I went to bed and took Zada with me. 20 minutes later I came down as a cat and went through the House opening. I went straight to the Whomping Willow and calmed it down. I sat up in its branches waiting on James. I was thinking hard, [i]I wish this tree would just whomp him good.[/i] As James got closer, he spied me in the tree and smiled. When he got within reach, the tree attacked him. I sat in shock for a moment and then went quickly down to the knot. When it calmed down I slipped behind it and changed back. Still in the woods, I whispered [i]Mobilicorpus[/i] and guided him towards the edge of the Forrest.
I touched his hand to waken him and screamed. The touch was like cold fire rushing back and forth between our hands. I pulled away and fell back. I sat there, gasping for breath, watching him. [i]It isn't just Severus.[/i] I carefully crawled forward and touched James' forehead with a fingertip and felt the cold fire again. But expecting it seemed to have helped the pain some. [i]How could she do this to me? How could she go after a bloody Slytherin?!! What the hell happened between them in the classroom?[/i] I pulled away in surprise. I was reading his thoughts!!
I stood up slowly and walked to his feet. [i]One more experiment.[/i] I kicked the bottom of his shoe with my boot toe. I felt none of the sparks or fire or even electricity. I kicked harder. After a few more kicks he started to stir. I went back to his side and started talking to him, staying away enough to avoid skin-to-skin contact.
"Wha- what happened?" James looked around in confusion. "Don't move!" I ordered sharply. "The d*mn tree hit you. Must have picked up on my negative vibes or something. Sit but don't move otherwise. Let me look at you first."
"For a moment there," he started, confused, "it felt like I was on fire. But it wasn't hot." I started and stared at him in disbelief. "And I thought I saw you in some blue flames." He turned and looked at me. "What happened?" he asked again.
"I honestly don't know. Tuesday night I felt static electricity whenever Severus a -"
"Severus?! So now you're on first name basis with the snake??" He was appalled. "How could you? You're a bloody Gryffindor!"
"If you don't shut the hell up," I snapped, "then I will rile up the Willow and leave you here." I stood up and looked down at him. "And then you can bloody well rot out here for all I care!" I turned and started to leave.
"No, Alexandria, wait. I'm sorry." I stopped but didn't turn around. "Sit here and keep me company until I can walk back to the Room. Please?" I turned and sat on the ground just out of reach of him. "Do you have any idea what happened out here?"
So I told him everything. The butterflies. Sunday's conversation and how I stopped him. Tuesday evening's meeting with Severus. Zada getting the cloak. Finding the Slytherin House. I told him all of it, except the kiss. Some things are just too personal for guy friends.
"Wow." His shoulders slumped under the weight of it all. "Wow. And you felt the sparks whenever you touched someone?" he reached out to touch my cheek. Just shy of it he hesitated. I didn't even blink an eye. He leaned forward slightly and his fingertips contacted my cheek. [i]Unbelievable!! The flames should burn her and they don't. It doesn't hurt like before. Weird.[/i] I pulled away and repeated his thoughts to him. His eyes grew huge.
"Yeah, but it's new. I haven't been able to do it but a few days. Since Tuesday night, in fact." I looked at him and pleaded, "Don't tell anyone yet. Not even Remus or Sirius. Especially not Peter."
"Sure," he agreed. Then he looked like he remembered something. "What about Snape? What are you planning to do?"
I stood up and brush off my cloak. "Seduce him." I said over my shoulder, and walked off whistling.
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Also, just for those that are struggling with their stories, I have figured out that Marilyn Manson's [u]Holy Wood[/u] is Alexandria and Severus' album. I write better listening to it. Chapter Seven will show ya. ;) maybe finding a song or album that belongs to your characters will help. I read another author (can't remember who right now) that used different songs with each different character. Put the author into the mood to write. I can see it now that I have used it. [/color] ~*~ Chapter Six
I woke around 2am and couldn't go back to sleep. I switched to a cat and started roaming the halls, thinking over the evening before. Dawn found me on the couch in front of the lite fireplace in our Common Room. I went through the rest of the day in a daze.
At dinner, I made sure I was sitting next to James. While I handed him a bowl of peas I whispered, "I need a favor." He looked quizzically at me and asked, "What?"
Taking the bowl back and setting it down, I replied, "I want to borrow your cloak tonight. It's important." He didn't answer and I didn't ask again. Once in the Common Room I sat in my favorite chair and let Zada curl in my lap. I pulled out my History of Magic homework and started working on it. Fifteen minutes later, James squatted next to me. I looked up from the book.
"What happened in the Potions room last night?" I looked at him and said, "I have no idea what you mean."
"Look, Alexandria," he sighed. He shifted to a more comfortable position and closed my book for me. The hairs on my arm stood up with an electric charge. "Sunday you defended Snape. I didn't see you after the meeting with him last night. What happened?" he asked again, concerned.
I looked at him and sighed. "We made our potion. He tested it. It worked. I gave him the antidote. We left. End of story." He argued, "No there's more. You just won't say. D*mn it! Look, you are new here, both to England and to Hogwarts. I don't want you hurt. Just tell me what happened and I'll go kick his butt if I think he needs it."
I was now mad. I placed Zada carefully on the floor, who then hissed at James for disturbing her peace. I stood with my hands on my hips and said quite clearly, "Whatever may or may not have happened is none of your bloody business! Just answer my question with a yea or a nay and go away." My green eyes flashed daggers at him, daring him to deny me the cloak. By now, most of the Common Room were watching us.
James sighed and slowly stood up. "No. Sorry. I won't let you. Sleep well and we'll talk tomorrow." With that, he walked off to the table Remus, Peter, and Sirius were sitting, watching us. I sat down and Zada curled her way around my legs. "OK, sweetie," I told her and she jumped into my lap.
At their table, James was telling the others that what happened was between him and me and for them to mind their own business. [i]You tell them that now, Mister Potter, but tonight I'm sure you'll spill everything. Best of friends usually don't keep secrets.[/i]
Around 10pm I sent Zada up into their dorm room to hide and spy. I sat there, in front of the fireplace, long after everyone went to bed. Just at the stroke of 1am, she came back down, carefully dragging James' Cloak of Invisibility. I put it on and told her to go on to bed. I went out the Room and down towards the dungeons. I passed the Potions room and had butterflies in my stomach at the thought of sharing a table again with Severus. I think of him as Severus now.
Following the directions he gave me while under the Veritaserum potion, I slowly walked further down under the castle. I eventually found the Slytherin House door. Hesitantly I spoke the password Severus gave me. It worked. My stomach took a flying leap at the thought. [i]He didn't have it changed!![/i] I climbed through the doorway and walked into the dark Common Room.
Everywhere was black and silver and green. Table legs were carved into snakes. Lamps were intertwined with them. Snakes were tastefully everywhere. [i]Maybe we should take a page here and decorate in lions.[/i] I started snooping. I was looking for signs of a black cat in the House. [i]With their reputation, they should have millions!![/i] I soon saw signs of cats with black fur but that didn't mean they were solid black. It was enough for now. By the time I crawl back into bed, it'll be three am. I needed to go.
~*~
The next morning, James came down glaring at me. "You took my cloak," he hissed at me as we went to breakfast. I didn't say anything. He grabbed my elbow to stop me. However, electric blue sparks bounced between us. "Ouch! Why in the bloody hell did you do that?" By now we stopped in the hallway and were glaring at each other. "I am flattered," I snapped, "you think I could do that on purpose, but I didn't. I have no idea why or even how it happened." Professor Dumbledore came through the hallway and we went on to breakfast, saving the talk for later.
All morning, James avoided me. Remus tried once to get a conversation going between us inbetween classes, but he didn't succeed. Sirius tried to get me to tell him what's going on but I told him to jump in the lake. Peter made noises about a lover's spat.
Over dinner, James hissed at me, "This isn't over. Meet me later by the Willow. At 11 tonight." Then he stood up and stomped away. Peter jumped up and followed him. Remus and Sirius looked at me and then each other. We finished eating and walked back to the Common Room together.
~*~
At 10:30pm I went to bed and took Zada with me. 20 minutes later I came down as a cat and went through the House opening. I went straight to the Whomping Willow and calmed it down. I sat up in its branches waiting on James. I was thinking hard, [i]I wish this tree would just whomp him good.[/i] As James got closer, he spied me in the tree and smiled. When he got within reach, the tree attacked him. I sat in shock for a moment and then went quickly down to the knot. When it calmed down I slipped behind it and changed back. Still in the woods, I whispered [i]Mobilicorpus[/i] and guided him towards the edge of the Forrest.
I touched his hand to waken him and screamed. The touch was like cold fire rushing back and forth between our hands. I pulled away and fell back. I sat there, gasping for breath, watching him. [i]It isn't just Severus.[/i] I carefully crawled forward and touched James' forehead with a fingertip and felt the cold fire again. But expecting it seemed to have helped the pain some. [i]How could she do this to me? How could she go after a bloody Slytherin?!! What the hell happened between them in the classroom?[/i] I pulled away in surprise. I was reading his thoughts!!
I stood up slowly and walked to his feet. [i]One more experiment.[/i] I kicked the bottom of his shoe with my boot toe. I felt none of the sparks or fire or even electricity. I kicked harder. After a few more kicks he started to stir. I went back to his side and started talking to him, staying away enough to avoid skin-to-skin contact.
"Wha- what happened?" James looked around in confusion. "Don't move!" I ordered sharply. "The d*mn tree hit you. Must have picked up on my negative vibes or something. Sit but don't move otherwise. Let me look at you first."
"For a moment there," he started, confused, "it felt like I was on fire. But it wasn't hot." I started and stared at him in disbelief. "And I thought I saw you in some blue flames." He turned and looked at me. "What happened?" he asked again.
"I honestly don't know. Tuesday night I felt static electricity whenever Severus a -"
"Severus?! So now you're on first name basis with the snake??" He was appalled. "How could you? You're a bloody Gryffindor!"
"If you don't shut the hell up," I snapped, "then I will rile up the Willow and leave you here." I stood up and looked down at him. "And then you can bloody well rot out here for all I care!" I turned and started to leave.
"No, Alexandria, wait. I'm sorry." I stopped but didn't turn around. "Sit here and keep me company until I can walk back to the Room. Please?" I turned and sat on the ground just out of reach of him. "Do you have any idea what happened out here?"
So I told him everything. The butterflies. Sunday's conversation and how I stopped him. Tuesday evening's meeting with Severus. Zada getting the cloak. Finding the Slytherin House. I told him all of it, except the kiss. Some things are just too personal for guy friends.
"Wow." His shoulders slumped under the weight of it all. "Wow. And you felt the sparks whenever you touched someone?" he reached out to touch my cheek. Just shy of it he hesitated. I didn't even blink an eye. He leaned forward slightly and his fingertips contacted my cheek. [i]Unbelievable!! The flames should burn her and they don't. It doesn't hurt like before. Weird.[/i] I pulled away and repeated his thoughts to him. His eyes grew huge.
"Yeah, but it's new. I haven't been able to do it but a few days. Since Tuesday night, in fact." I looked at him and pleaded, "Don't tell anyone yet. Not even Remus or Sirius. Especially not Peter."
"Sure," he agreed. Then he looked like he remembered something. "What about Snape? What are you planning to do?"
I stood up and brush off my cloak. "Seduce him." I said over my shoulder, and walked off whistling.
~*~