When Stars Collide
Chapter 5: Ancient winds
Campiongal
April 29, 2003
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A/N: Okies, a couple mistakes from last time (there were a TON!) One, was it's 'purple powder, as in a special type of floo powder! Sorry if I got any of you confused on that one! Lol! I'm back from lovely CA! Ack! If only I could b back there now... *sigh* oh well, I only get to write when I have my laptop, so I had to come back some time I suppose, eh!?
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Harry's head snapped up as he grabbed at his shoulder, it felt like something had stung him, almost like a thorn, and that's when he looked up. He wasn't the only one wriggling about the classroom.
Hermione had pixies all over her, snapping at he bra, and tugging at her neatly straightened hair. Draco was only being protective, and removing the pixies from Hermione's back, but ended up throwing many of them far too hard, and it ended in him getting flustered by an army of many of them. Aidan was keeping as cool as possible about it, he laughed, even as they tried to tug at his pants. It was almost as if he wished he could join them. He did.
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The class ended fairly quickly after that. It seemed, Genie's pop quizzes, were all live demonstrations. She wasn't about to settle for anything less! Harry and Aidan laughed hard as they sprang out of the classroom eagerly, draco racing out with Hermione trailing softly behind him. Once they had all met up again, it was easy to see they were al in great need of a quick nap. But Hermione had a better idea.
"Harry, didn't you say Lissa was visiting Durmstrangs for the next day or two? Why don't we go for the evening!?" Hermione smiled at the others, eyes dancing with wonder, "It could be exciting!'
Aidan nudged Draco, grinning thoughtfully, "Yeah, and then we would have an excuse to ditch that silly study some Gryffindor sixth year girl is holding tonight!... oh wait..." Aidan and Harry started laughing hard teasingly at Hermione, and Draco tried holding his hystaria back, but it couldn't be contained for long.
Hermione smiled and just shook her head. "Well, what do you think!? For real, we should go! I mean, what an adventure it could be! If only we knew where Ron was, to take him with us..."
Draco took her hand, and just shook his head slightly as they headed towards the new departure room.
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Lissa ducked inside the darkened chamber and peered around the room. Her dark black cloak hid all of her body, the thick rug-like fabric soaking up the heavy sweat from her skin. The silver paint on her face would have dripped off, had it not been specially purposed onto her.
People flooded around her busily, though there was nothing currently to do. She walked briskly forward and bowed deeply. The man before her seemed strong, but was failingly weak inside. Voldemort. She had waited so long for her chance to prove herself to him, and now with Harry, she had her chance.
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Harry looked to the bowls in front of him filled with red powder in one, blue in another, and the parchment above the hearth. Lissa's name was there, but under destination... it was blank. But the parchment was designed to record everyone who passed. Hermione was bent, studying the purple ashes at her feet. It seemed to her it must be from the combination of the powders... but they shouldn't have mixed to make purple ash, it just didn't seem right to her.
Draco saw the confused look and pulled her up into his arms, "'Mione, don't worry... it's just the magic of it. Really, I'm sure. Don't worry about a thing now, it's not to worry over. You can even check our ashes once we all come back, alright?" Draco smiled as she nodded. He didn't want her to be concerned now, not after the summer.
Hermione nodded and looked deep into his eyes. "Alright then, lets go!" She grabbed a handful of the deep red powder and shoved some into Draco's hand, pulling them into the fireplace. Harry and Aidan followed quickly.
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Ron sat comfortably, leaning against the window, his fingers gently drumming against the bench he and Pansy sat upon. Pansy was tensed, and it practically showed. Her body was upright, shoulders back, head trying to stay still, because inside she felt like shaking. Hard.
"So..." Ron coughed and looked over. "Have a good Summer break?" Ron was aware that Pansy would have only been allowed back ion to the school if she had made a good decision, but he still was forced to be wary; she could easily be fooling them.
Pansy nodded, slowly, as if afraid to move. "Yes... I was able to go on a vacation with Professor Snape. Dumbledore assigned him the duty of being my guardian, after all... my parents... Well, they decided it was best not to have me around anymore. I suppose I'm to expensive.. Or something." Pansy looked away. She hated to lie, she really did, but... it was what the Headmaster had told her to say. Besides, good students that knew Snape wasn't really a faithful DE would know she wasn't either, but the kids that came from dark families would easily be fooled tat she was well on her way now.
"Wow. That sounds cool. Snape must have had some really interesting things for you to do?!" Ron smiled, thinking of his potions master trying to entertain a teenage girl. That couldn't have been simple.
Pansy nodded again, and smiled truthfully for once, "Yes. He certainly has some... creative ideas, putting it mildly." She laughed, remembering the funny thinks Sevvie actually did do in his free time at home. "So what about you... I mean... with your dad here and all... what's that like?"
Ron smiled and laughed with her before answering, "Hmmm, It's interesting, a lot different than I thought it might be... but really good I think. Minus catching Blaise and my sister having a private snog session in the living room. I could have done without that for sure!" Ron laughed and watched Pansy burst out in laughter, her face turning a rosy shade of pink.
"Blaise and Ginny!? That's too funny! Blaise was always a sweet guy though, I think you would be considered wise to give him some trust... And Ginny is a good girl, I think she would be ready for a relationship, I know she has boundaries, and they both respect those..." Pansy smiled, and so did Ron.
He nodded, and though a moment before speaking again, "You know, your very smart. Thanks for the advice, I promise to put that to good use!" Ron flicked at his wrist, revealing something like a watch. "Almost dinner now, want me to walk you down?"
Pansy smiled and nodded, and as she stood up, she pulled her skirt down. She thought maybe one day she could be close to Ron, but for now, it was good just to have a solid friend... she wasn't bound to have many of those soon enough.
Ron took Pansy's arm gently, in a friendly matter, and walked her to the Great Hall, the pair both almost bursting with joy. It was good to have friends, even if that was all ou had left. And for most of the students, it was all they were about to have to depend upon.
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A/N: Alright! Freeze screen! I'm listening (oddly, and for possibly the third time in my existence) to John Mayer and so my comedy and dark scenes have suddenly become... not so dark and funny, which sucks I know, but please bear with me for at least the rest of this chapter. I promise to re inspire myself next time with my usual Evanescence, but for the time being, lets put up with the silly pop artists, alright!? *goes back to 'St. Patricks Day, and listens calmly*
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Harry and Hermione briskly walked ahead, joking around, playfully ducking fake punches thrown at one another, Aidan and Draco walking happily behind them, laughing hard at the faces of Karkaroff's students, who were staring Dazed at Harry Potter, and the beautiful girl with him, in th company of two following goth boys. Even if the Durmstrang students had known them well, it would have been a strange and unusual sight.
Igor certainly thought it was. And that's specifically why he approached them. It was Draco, who first spotted Karkaroff, headed directly for them.
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A/N: Yey! Sorry but I have to stop now, already to many distractions around me! Ack! Better to just leave you with a sort of surprise ending! Lol! I bet you weren't expecting Lisa to do that now were you!? I think I may have mentioned this before, but I may not have. Lissa should NOT BE MISTAKEN for Lisa Turpin. Lissa, is a shorter name for Alissa, NOT the same as Lisa in any way, shape, or form! I chose my original character to be my next villain, I thought it would be funny!
G2G! Nighty-night lovelies! -Campiongal
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A/N: Okies, a couple mistakes from last time (there were a TON!) One, was it's 'purple powder, as in a special type of floo powder! Sorry if I got any of you confused on that one! Lol! I'm back from lovely CA! Ack! If only I could b back there now... *sigh* oh well, I only get to write when I have my laptop, so I had to come back some time I suppose, eh!?
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Harry's head snapped up as he grabbed at his shoulder, it felt like something had stung him, almost like a thorn, and that's when he looked up. He wasn't the only one wriggling about the classroom.
Hermione had pixies all over her, snapping at he bra, and tugging at her neatly straightened hair. Draco was only being protective, and removing the pixies from Hermione's back, but ended up throwing many of them far too hard, and it ended in him getting flustered by an army of many of them. Aidan was keeping as cool as possible about it, he laughed, even as they tried to tug at his pants. It was almost as if he wished he could join them. He did.
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The class ended fairly quickly after that. It seemed, Genie's pop quizzes, were all live demonstrations. She wasn't about to settle for anything less! Harry and Aidan laughed hard as they sprang out of the classroom eagerly, draco racing out with Hermione trailing softly behind him. Once they had all met up again, it was easy to see they were al in great need of a quick nap. But Hermione had a better idea.
"Harry, didn't you say Lissa was visiting Durmstrangs for the next day or two? Why don't we go for the evening!?" Hermione smiled at the others, eyes dancing with wonder, "It could be exciting!'
Aidan nudged Draco, grinning thoughtfully, "Yeah, and then we would have an excuse to ditch that silly study some Gryffindor sixth year girl is holding tonight!... oh wait..." Aidan and Harry started laughing hard teasingly at Hermione, and Draco tried holding his hystaria back, but it couldn't be contained for long.
Hermione smiled and just shook her head. "Well, what do you think!? For real, we should go! I mean, what an adventure it could be! If only we knew where Ron was, to take him with us..."
Draco took her hand, and just shook his head slightly as they headed towards the new departure room.
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Lissa ducked inside the darkened chamber and peered around the room. Her dark black cloak hid all of her body, the thick rug-like fabric soaking up the heavy sweat from her skin. The silver paint on her face would have dripped off, had it not been specially purposed onto her.
People flooded around her busily, though there was nothing currently to do. She walked briskly forward and bowed deeply. The man before her seemed strong, but was failingly weak inside. Voldemort. She had waited so long for her chance to prove herself to him, and now with Harry, she had her chance.
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Harry looked to the bowls in front of him filled with red powder in one, blue in another, and the parchment above the hearth. Lissa's name was there, but under destination... it was blank. But the parchment was designed to record everyone who passed. Hermione was bent, studying the purple ashes at her feet. It seemed to her it must be from the combination of the powders... but they shouldn't have mixed to make purple ash, it just didn't seem right to her.
Draco saw the confused look and pulled her up into his arms, "'Mione, don't worry... it's just the magic of it. Really, I'm sure. Don't worry about a thing now, it's not to worry over. You can even check our ashes once we all come back, alright?" Draco smiled as she nodded. He didn't want her to be concerned now, not after the summer.
Hermione nodded and looked deep into his eyes. "Alright then, lets go!" She grabbed a handful of the deep red powder and shoved some into Draco's hand, pulling them into the fireplace. Harry and Aidan followed quickly.
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Ron sat comfortably, leaning against the window, his fingers gently drumming against the bench he and Pansy sat upon. Pansy was tensed, and it practically showed. Her body was upright, shoulders back, head trying to stay still, because inside she felt like shaking. Hard.
"So..." Ron coughed and looked over. "Have a good Summer break?" Ron was aware that Pansy would have only been allowed back ion to the school if she had made a good decision, but he still was forced to be wary; she could easily be fooling them.
Pansy nodded, slowly, as if afraid to move. "Yes... I was able to go on a vacation with Professor Snape. Dumbledore assigned him the duty of being my guardian, after all... my parents... Well, they decided it was best not to have me around anymore. I suppose I'm to expensive.. Or something." Pansy looked away. She hated to lie, she really did, but... it was what the Headmaster had told her to say. Besides, good students that knew Snape wasn't really a faithful DE would know she wasn't either, but the kids that came from dark families would easily be fooled tat she was well on her way now.
"Wow. That sounds cool. Snape must have had some really interesting things for you to do?!" Ron smiled, thinking of his potions master trying to entertain a teenage girl. That couldn't have been simple.
Pansy nodded again, and smiled truthfully for once, "Yes. He certainly has some... creative ideas, putting it mildly." She laughed, remembering the funny thinks Sevvie actually did do in his free time at home. "So what about you... I mean... with your dad here and all... what's that like?"
Ron smiled and laughed with her before answering, "Hmmm, It's interesting, a lot different than I thought it might be... but really good I think. Minus catching Blaise and my sister having a private snog session in the living room. I could have done without that for sure!" Ron laughed and watched Pansy burst out in laughter, her face turning a rosy shade of pink.
"Blaise and Ginny!? That's too funny! Blaise was always a sweet guy though, I think you would be considered wise to give him some trust... And Ginny is a good girl, I think she would be ready for a relationship, I know she has boundaries, and they both respect those..." Pansy smiled, and so did Ron.
He nodded, and though a moment before speaking again, "You know, your very smart. Thanks for the advice, I promise to put that to good use!" Ron flicked at his wrist, revealing something like a watch. "Almost dinner now, want me to walk you down?"
Pansy smiled and nodded, and as she stood up, she pulled her skirt down. She thought maybe one day she could be close to Ron, but for now, it was good just to have a solid friend... she wasn't bound to have many of those soon enough.
Ron took Pansy's arm gently, in a friendly matter, and walked her to the Great Hall, the pair both almost bursting with joy. It was good to have friends, even if that was all ou had left. And for most of the students, it was all they were about to have to depend upon.
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A/N: Alright! Freeze screen! I'm listening (oddly, and for possibly the third time in my existence) to John Mayer and so my comedy and dark scenes have suddenly become... not so dark and funny, which sucks I know, but please bear with me for at least the rest of this chapter. I promise to re inspire myself next time with my usual Evanescence, but for the time being, lets put up with the silly pop artists, alright!? *goes back to 'St. Patricks Day, and listens calmly*
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Harry and Hermione briskly walked ahead, joking around, playfully ducking fake punches thrown at one another, Aidan and Draco walking happily behind them, laughing hard at the faces of Karkaroff's students, who were staring Dazed at Harry Potter, and the beautiful girl with him, in th company of two following goth boys. Even if the Durmstrang students had known them well, it would have been a strange and unusual sight.
Igor certainly thought it was. And that's specifically why he approached them. It was Draco, who first spotted Karkaroff, headed directly for them.
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A/N: Yey! Sorry but I have to stop now, already to many distractions around me! Ack! Better to just leave you with a sort of surprise ending! Lol! I bet you weren't expecting Lisa to do that now were you!? I think I may have mentioned this before, but I may not have. Lissa should NOT BE MISTAKEN for Lisa Turpin. Lissa, is a shorter name for Alissa, NOT the same as Lisa in any way, shape, or form! I chose my original character to be my next villain, I thought it would be funny!
G2G! Nighty-night lovelies! -Campiongal