A/N O.k. first off I am so sorry I took so long to update , i've been so
busy lately that
I meant to post this chapter a long time ago (like the beginning of summer..oops). But from now on I do intend to update more often.
This chapter is dedicated to Rei Rei cause all of this never would have started without you and of course Mika your incessant bugging helped to. So guys here's the deal the more you review the better motivated I am at updating and posting new chapters so let me know how i'm doing. By the way this is the longest chapter I have ever written, so I hope it will make up for the wait.
Well I hope you enjoy.
Akira
Oh and I own nothing.
(how to get expelled) Chapter 6
Heart of a Lion
As the boys neared Moaning Myrtle's bathroom a gentle singing could be heard. It was a soft melody.. " a la Claire fountaine...", but one the boys had never heard before, except for a certain blonde Slytherin who ran in the direction of the song and his Head of house professor Snape who stayed behind holding the boys he had in contempt.
"Where's that music coming from..." Seamus asked in surprise, a look of puzzlement appearing on his face. Snape loosened his grip a bit on Dean and Seamus, but still maintained a strong hold on them as he stood listening a smile appearing on his face " That gentlemen, is my daughter singing...It's been so long since I've heard her sing." he sighed contentedly. "I had forgotten she had the voice of an angel" he said with sudden joy and pride in his voice, scaring the two Gryffindors surrounding him.
Malfoy was now leaning in the doorframe admiring his cousin's beautiful voice, when Harry suddenly appeared behind him and asked "What did Snape mean by it's been so long since he's heard her sing". Malfoy took his gaze away from Angelique to look at Harry "To make a long story short Potter" he scowled "when my cousin gets upset she stops doing things others enjoyed like singing for example .so count yourself lucky, this is a rare moment in time".
"Oh" was Harry's only response "but why?".
Malfoy rolled his eyes "Listen Potter, if I knew the answer, I would have told you, you git..but if I had to give you one my best guess would be is that when it came time to go to Hogwarts, her father sent her away to beauxbaton instead" he explained.
Harry raised his eyebrows in confusion "She seems more upset to have left beauxbaton....Malfoy that doesn't make any sense".
Malfoy became suddenly irritated by the Gryffindor and his twenty questions, so to finally shut him up he decided to indulge his curiosity and tell him the truth as best he could "Potter, because you obviously aren't going to drop the subject , Angélique and I grew up together, she was devastated when she found out we were going to be separated from each other, she was so angry with her father that it took her six months before she even spoke to him again, let's just say Christmas was interesting that year".
Angélique's soft voice could be heard in the background once again as she continued singing "..j'ai trouver l'eau si belle, que je m'y suis baigner..".
"hem, hem" Snape coughed in the background as he entered the washroom "move along boys, I do believe my daughter will be needing your help" Snape hissed , upset that Draco would share so much information with a Gryffindor.
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Angélique could now be seen scrubbing the floor on her hands and knees; a sight obviously a Malfoy or a Snape would be completely horrified by. Angélique's robe had been strewn across one of the bathroom stalls, leaving her with only her school uniform. Her blouse was slightly open revealing a silver chain with a star pendant hanging from it. Her sleeves rolled up Angélique set her scrubbing brush in the soapy water before continuing with her work.
"Angélique" Malfoy gasped in horror "what on earth are you doing on your knees ............your an aristocrat not a bloody servant".
Snape was furious, his nostrils flaring and his robes swishing around him with even more force and agility giving him the look of a crazed mad man on the loose from Azkaban. He had strictly told filch to take it easy on his daughter, nothing hard or demeaning, just plain and simple............but this, this was preposterous. "FILCH" Snape bellowed. In came running Filch, a little out of breath but none the less in due time. "Yes Professor" he said in between breaths of air. Snape pointed towards his daughter and glared "What is the meaning of this" he snarled "I thought I had specifically told you to give her something simple, not to make her out to look like a bloody common servant".
Angélique stopped her work for a moment to listen in on the conversation going on in front of her. Filch stood his ground before Severus only cowering every once in a while under his glare. "Sir, I did give her something easy......... I told her to mop and she did, that girl of yours she's quite something, she finished before you got here" he stammered slightly.
Filch stood waiting a moment for Snape's reply. Snape snapped his shoulders back, rolled his neck a few times to relieve the tension that had suddenly begun to form in his muscles since the arrival of his daughter before he proceeded to glare at Filch and open his tight lipped mouth to reply. "If that is the case, then WHY ON EARTH is she scrubbing the floor!!!" he asked puzzled "don't you have elves to do that!" he smirked.
Filch looked to Angelique for a little help in answering her father. "Well Professor she asked if she could do anything to make the room a little more spotless.................and I said yes there was...............so she decided she wanted to scrub the floor....................I didn't see any harm in letting her so I did..............I'm terribly sorry sir." Filch said as he lowered his gaze from that of Snape, but Snape was no longer looking at Filch, he was staring at his daughter shock and disbelief appearing in his eyes for Snape is a very passive man and would never let others see the way that he was feeling through expressive emotions. "Is this true" he asked as he looked down at her waiting for her answer.
Angélique looked down at her hands before she looked up at her father to face him shaking her head to the side a bit, to remove a few strands of hair that were obstructing her view. Angélique with a most defiant look on her face "Yes, 'e is telling ze truth Papa............I only offered to help because I believed it could use a little cleaning up...............I mean it was absolutely filthy....."
"You, WHAT?!?!!" Malfoy spat as he cut her off "You are my cousin, your rich" he started mumbling as he paced the room and then stopped abruptly to face her "YOU don't deliberately got out of YOUR way to CLEAN, let alone help people".
"Just because I'm rich COUSIN, doesn't mean I can't go around helping others every once in a while, I'm SORRY if I can't be as INCONSIDERATE as YOU are towards others" Angélique argued, her hands balling up into fists. "Now,now, Angélique, you don't want to get yourself all worked up........it isn't lady like" Malfoy hissed "I would hate to see a frown grace that beautiful face of yours".
"You're RICH" Seamus spluttered. "What!?!?".
Malfoy rolled his eyes in disbelief could Gryffindors really be that stupid "Of course she's RICH" he drawled "She's MY cousin".
Angélique looked puzzled // didn't they know that in order to be accepted into Beaux batons you had to have the talent, let alone the MONEY to back you up. It was a privilege to be accepted into an academy with such prestige, these days you couldn't always rely on talent, it was an all girls academy after all, how else would the school keep up such an excellent reputation//. Angélique inclined her head to one side "What would possibly make you zink I wasn't rich.........?"
Dean elbowed Seamus in the ribs, pushing him to go on. "Well,...........for one thing..................y-your father's a .....................how do you put this.................aah.......a greasy bastard...............and a slimy old git with ice for a heart" he spat out as quickly as he could "n-no............o-off-fence sir" he took a few steps back, ok several behind Dean sheilding himself before he continued seeing as Snape was now sending him death glares.
Seeing as Seamus was obviously too afraid to continue, Dean decided to go on for him "What my friend Seamus and fellow classmate meant to say sir" he rambled on nervously "was that...............well............considering your father's greasy hair..................and judging by his appearance..............I-I mean we always assumed that he couldn't possibly afford to bathe himself".
Angélique now stood before the boys by her father's side obviously annoyed by the two blubbering idiots, her left hand pressed firmly on her hip she leaned forward in a way so only they could hear "If you 'ad taken ze time to notice, which obviously you 'aven't, you would 'ave realized zat my father's isn't greasy at all........zat it is more like silk" she paused to take in a breath, before she continued on. "Zat is one thing, thankfully, zat I inherited from my father" she looked up towards him "besides 'is eyes 'is silky 'air................see". She pulled on her father's arm motioning for him to bend down so she could slide her fingers through his Ivory black locks. "See for yourselves boys, it is like silk, n'est-ce pas" she said as she continued to play with her father's hair"It is ze stupid lighting in zis school zat causes my poor papa's 'air to look greasy.............and 'e is not old, e is my father". Snape looked down at his daughter and gave her a warm smile. Angélique continued pointing her finger at Dean and Seamus after she had finished gliding her fingers through her father's hair "I am afraid zat you boys are ze ones who are ze stupid gits".
Snape sent his daughter a warning glare before he replied "Angélique darling, don't be curt. I taught you better than to act that way towards others, even if they are poor excuses for wizards."
Angélique took one long look at Seamus and Dean before she replied "I'm sorry Papa, I won't do it again, I don't know what got into me". She looked at the two boys as she advanced towards them her head held high before she stopped only a few centimetres away from them. "I'll 'ave you know" she said eyeing them suspiciously "zat I am richer zan my own dear cousin Draco, and perhaps every other student 'ere put together. All Beauxbatons students, 'ave to be extremely rich, and from pure-blooded families, in order to attend ze académie. I would 'ave zought zat you boys would 'ave learned zat by now..............my mistake."
Snape looked down at his daughter impressed with the way she was handling herself among the boys in the room. No worries here he thought. "Well now that you boys are getting along with my daughter, you'll have to excuse me, I have essays to correct, people to fail............." and after having said his piece, Snape made his way out the door leaving Angélique and the other boys to get on with their work in detention.
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"You so did that on purpose" Angélique yelled at Draco, water soaking her blouse from behind leaving her back completely drenched in the dirty soapy water. She was furious, of course she could feel every drop trickling down her back making it very uncomfortable for her. Malfoy had unbelievably slipped on the clean tile, causing the bucket he was holding to tip over unexpectedly onto his cousin, making her a very pissed off and very wet and lethal witch in the possession of a wand.
Malfoy was horror struck. "I did not......................I tripped" he protested "maybe if it hadn't been for the fact that your rear end was unmistakeably in my way , this never would have happened in the first place".
Angélique's nostrils flared, as she shot daggers at her cousin with her stare. The other boys in the room believed she looked about ready to jump him then and there. "Hey..............you leave my bottom out of this ..................you-you egotistical bastard". She snarled.
By now the two cousins had the attention of everyone present in the room. The three Gryffindor boys could feel the magical tension level rise in the room as both Angélique's and Malfoy's tempers flared.
"Why you little..................hormonal bitch!" he snapped. It was a battle of pure insults and something told them that nothing good was going to come out of it. "Why what's the matter Drackie too much of a pansy to come up with a better insult..............you fairy" she hissed. Malfoy's eyes narrowed as he thought of something that would truly insult her.
"It's a shame you couldn't live up to your father's name as a Slytherin, you impulsive-little-Gryffindor, now you've truly brought shame upon your family" he sneered with disgust drawn upon is delicate features.
The three Gryffindors who had been watching the scene instinctively reacted upon Malfoy's last insult, while Angélique slowly turned her gaze from her cousin to the floor. Seamus was the first to speak up among them "that was low Malfoy even for you".
"What's it to you 'half-blood'" Draco retorted. Seamus gripped his wand at the ready to curse Malfoy then and there into oblivion as the others cut in.
Harry being the hero that he is, tried to cut in before things got too messy or worse "Hey guys, let's not go too far here o.k., I mean you don't want to end up saying anything you'll regret later...besides, Malfoy I think you should apologise to Angélique, I mean, come on your practically family".
Malfoy stared straight ahead at Harry before he retorted "Correction Potter, we are family, honestly Potter what gives you the right to comment.....the last time I checked your family was dead." A dead silence filled the room, making everyone feel ill at ease.
Harry's emerald eyes suddenly glazed over and became a deeper shade of green as they began to dilate. Fury and rage was rising in his body, his fingers slowly but firmly began to grip his wand creating a fist, arms shaking he slowly began to raise his wand only to be stopped by Angélique who had been watching, never left her gaze from Harry as she now made her way between both her cousin and Harry himself.
"Excuse me Angélique, but your in my way" he said trying very hard to get out of her grasp. Angélique only held on harder. "No 'Arry you don't want to do zis, your better zan zat". Angélique held Harry's arms firmly in her hands, kepping his wand pointed to the ground. "Look at me 'Arry, you said it yourself, zere is no point in fighting what could it possibly solve". Harry cast his gaze downward as he realised what she was telling him was right as he held her hands in his own "you're right" he whispered "I'm sorry".
Malfoy shot a glance at his cousin "Oh so now you're defending the boy who lives, over me" MAlfoy turned his gaze menacingly towards Harry "What's the matter Potter, now you need a girl to fight your battles for you".
Harry looked up to Malfoy, anger burning in his eyes once again "It was never my battle to begin with Malfoy".
Dean a bag of popcorn in his hands as if he were watching a movie, suddenly reacted and decided to pipe up "that's it Harry, you tell ferret boy off". Seamus who had also been watching tentatively and enjoying the show started cracking up " Good one Dean, I had almost forgotten about that one...........what's the matter Malfoy , cat got your tongue", Malfoys jaw had dropped in utter shock, it had been years since the ferret experience. "What's the matter Malfoy" dean replied "you can dish it, but you can't take it".
Angélique shot a glare at the two Gryffindors "Nobody insults my cousin" she retorted as she slowly advanced towards them her wand at the ready "and gets away with it" she hissed "zat's my job". Dean and Seamus both dropped their popcorn "why you little traitor" Dean snarled as he backed away slowly "you're a Gryffindor, you're not supposed to be defending Slytherins".
Malfoy shot a retort to the boys "Hey she's my cousin. Back off you Gryffindorks, and leave her to her own devices".
All the students in the room then proceeded to throw insults at one another as the tension in the room continued to rise with the flaring tempers and bruised egos.
"Traitor"
"Misfit"
"Blonde"
"Bloody git"
"Tramp"
"Pig"
"Whore"
"Pimp"
"Bitch"
"Pumpernickel"
Everyone paused, staring in disbelief at Seamus Finnigan "What !!! I hate that bread" Angélique looked at him and sneered, very much resembling Snape "You called me a WHORE. DIE FINNIGAN".
Magic flared about the room as sparks began to fly in all directions from the many wands clasped in several hands. Spells could be heard yelled across the room as Angélique and Harry were centred in the middle, back to back watching as spells swirled around them in every which direction and path creating a purple haze and electrifying shield around them until "BOOM" the inevitable............
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"Are they dead"
Seamus, Dean and Draco hovered above the two bodies lying before them in a circle. Draco was the first to break the silence "You killed my cousin you blubbering idiots". Seamus looked up for a moment before he suddenly snapped and transfered his rage onto Malfoy "We, we killed her, we.............if I recall correctly Malfoy you hit her too".
"I did no such thing, it's not my fault she got in the way". Malfoy protested as he bent down trying to revive his cousin by patting her on the face. "Come on Angélique, please wake up. Your father will kill me if you don't , please wake up".
A little while later............
A sudden moan could be heard from the two bodies lying in a heap on the floor. Malfoy ran towards his cousins side hoping she had suddenly awaken only to find out that it was Harry who was waking up. "(moan)....Oh what happened" Harry said as he started to gain consciousness.
"Oh.. It's you" Malfoy said.
"I've only just regained consciousness Malfoy, the least you could do is show some interest". Harry snapped. "I am Potter, towards my cousin". Harry proceeded to get up slowly as both Dean and Seamus tried to help him up to his feet. As Harry stood up, he could feel a slight tug on his left hand. "Uh........Harry" Seamus pointed "Angélique's arm looks like it's stuck to your hand". Harry turned around suddenly to take a look, his eyes grew wide as he tried to pull away, yet nothing happened. Malfoy's gaze grew non-existent as he stared at the two hands suddenly linked to each other. "Merlin, you're linked..............professor Snape is going to kill you" Dean replied.
Harry gave Dean and Seamus a stern look "How is this all coming back to me, you guys are the ones who threw the spells, we were simply caught in the middle". Harry was completely exasperated.
"I believe what they're trying to say Potter, is that given Snapes animosity towards you, he'll simply kill you for the fact that you are linked to his daughter, the pride and joy of his heart". Realisation suddenly dawned on Harry's face, with the fact that Malfoy and the others were right //Oh why does this half to happen to ME//. "Snape is going to be back here any minute..........have any of you tried 'enervate'".
Malfoy, Dean and Seamus refused to give an answer as each of them suddenly became interested in the fabric of their sleeves. "I can't believe this, there are three of you and not one of you came up with 'enervate'". Malfoy was the first to respond from the group "It's not that we didn't think of it Potter, it just didn't come up". Harry shot Malfoy a glare "You are such a moron, all of you, especially you Malfoy" Harry never heard Malfoy's response since he lunged himself at Harry causing poor Angélique to be brought back to consciousness by the sight of her cousin flying atop of herd towards Harry.
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"AAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhh............"
Snape suddenly awoke from his nap atop the first years potions essays, unawares that the 'F' he gave that student was now plastered brightly to his cheek. Flustered, Snape rose quickly, his robes billowing behind him as he mumbled the word "Angélique".
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"AAAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhh............."
Seamus and Dean ran towards Angélique as they attempted to pull Harry and Draco apart. "Are you okay" Seamus asked as he knelt down beside her. "Yeah, that's quite a set of lungs you got there" Dean commented as he tried to squeak his hearing back into his ears by rubbing them.
Harry snapped around and immediately apologised to Angélique as he fell to his knees to make sure he hadn't caused her to much harm, because then Snape would not definitely harm him then. "I am so sorry" he said "I completely forgot we happen to be linked". Angélique's eyes suddenl grew very wide "You're joking right, cause if zat's ze case zen you do realise zat my arm 'appens to be attached to my body".
Just as Harry was going to help Angélique up off the floor, Snape walked in. "What on earth are you doing to my daughter, and what have you done to her".
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In the infirmary a little while later.................
"Alright dear, explain to me once again how this happened" Mme Pomfrey asked as she examined Harry and Angélique more closely in the examining room.
"What is there to explain Poppy, it is quite obvious that my daughter and Potter are linked due to the stupidity of Gryffindors" Snape hissed as he emerged from the shadows of the room. Angélique hissed back "Your precious Slytherin was a part of zis too".
Poppy scoffed at Snape "Well I'm afraid the both of you are going to be stuck for a few days......." she stopped in mid sentence as she turned to Severus and said after his incessant grinding of teeth and looks of seething rage directed at Harry "Please, calm yourself Severus, it's not as bad as it seems, it could have been far worse with the spells that were thrown around". Mme Pomfrey stared at the two Gryffindors as if she were trying to get a message across without having to say anything but obviously not getting through to the two of them as it were. She made a motion for them to finally leave as she shooed them away " Well off you go, there's nothing more that I can do for you, now off to your dormitories at once".
After Harry and Angélique left the infirmary, Poppy turned to Snape and said "At least some good will come out of all of this mess". Snape looked down at her blankly not understanding what she meant " and what good may come of this pre-tell" he queried.
Poppy rolled her eyes before she answered "Honestly Severus, they're both from the same house. It's obvious that the sleeping arrangements will be much easier to deal with because of it" she exclaimed. Poppy watched on in horror as Severus looked as if sickness was going to hit him and faint suddenly "Severus, are you certain your fine, you seem a bit ill and not to mention faint..........would you like some water". Severus moved suddenly as if he had awoken from a horrible nightmare "No thank you Poppy I'll be fine" he turned to her before he answered "If you'll excuse me I have some business to attend to, I really must leave" and ran out the door thinking //I have to go find those two before Angélique ends up in Harry's bed. I'll KILL HIM".
Well i think I will finish here for now and continue with the rest in the next chapter. Sorry about the cliffhanger but I thought it would bebest to stop the story here. Well now you know what to do give me some feed back and review, like , don't like let me know but remember flamers will be laughed at.
I meant to post this chapter a long time ago (like the beginning of summer..oops). But from now on I do intend to update more often.
This chapter is dedicated to Rei Rei cause all of this never would have started without you and of course Mika your incessant bugging helped to. So guys here's the deal the more you review the better motivated I am at updating and posting new chapters so let me know how i'm doing. By the way this is the longest chapter I have ever written, so I hope it will make up for the wait.
Well I hope you enjoy.
Akira
Oh and I own nothing.
(how to get expelled) Chapter 6
Heart of a Lion
As the boys neared Moaning Myrtle's bathroom a gentle singing could be heard. It was a soft melody.. " a la Claire fountaine...", but one the boys had never heard before, except for a certain blonde Slytherin who ran in the direction of the song and his Head of house professor Snape who stayed behind holding the boys he had in contempt.
"Where's that music coming from..." Seamus asked in surprise, a look of puzzlement appearing on his face. Snape loosened his grip a bit on Dean and Seamus, but still maintained a strong hold on them as he stood listening a smile appearing on his face " That gentlemen, is my daughter singing...It's been so long since I've heard her sing." he sighed contentedly. "I had forgotten she had the voice of an angel" he said with sudden joy and pride in his voice, scaring the two Gryffindors surrounding him.
Malfoy was now leaning in the doorframe admiring his cousin's beautiful voice, when Harry suddenly appeared behind him and asked "What did Snape mean by it's been so long since he's heard her sing". Malfoy took his gaze away from Angelique to look at Harry "To make a long story short Potter" he scowled "when my cousin gets upset she stops doing things others enjoyed like singing for example .so count yourself lucky, this is a rare moment in time".
"Oh" was Harry's only response "but why?".
Malfoy rolled his eyes "Listen Potter, if I knew the answer, I would have told you, you git..but if I had to give you one my best guess would be is that when it came time to go to Hogwarts, her father sent her away to beauxbaton instead" he explained.
Harry raised his eyebrows in confusion "She seems more upset to have left beauxbaton....Malfoy that doesn't make any sense".
Malfoy became suddenly irritated by the Gryffindor and his twenty questions, so to finally shut him up he decided to indulge his curiosity and tell him the truth as best he could "Potter, because you obviously aren't going to drop the subject , Angélique and I grew up together, she was devastated when she found out we were going to be separated from each other, she was so angry with her father that it took her six months before she even spoke to him again, let's just say Christmas was interesting that year".
Angélique's soft voice could be heard in the background once again as she continued singing "..j'ai trouver l'eau si belle, que je m'y suis baigner..".
"hem, hem" Snape coughed in the background as he entered the washroom "move along boys, I do believe my daughter will be needing your help" Snape hissed , upset that Draco would share so much information with a Gryffindor.
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Angélique could now be seen scrubbing the floor on her hands and knees; a sight obviously a Malfoy or a Snape would be completely horrified by. Angélique's robe had been strewn across one of the bathroom stalls, leaving her with only her school uniform. Her blouse was slightly open revealing a silver chain with a star pendant hanging from it. Her sleeves rolled up Angélique set her scrubbing brush in the soapy water before continuing with her work.
"Angélique" Malfoy gasped in horror "what on earth are you doing on your knees ............your an aristocrat not a bloody servant".
Snape was furious, his nostrils flaring and his robes swishing around him with even more force and agility giving him the look of a crazed mad man on the loose from Azkaban. He had strictly told filch to take it easy on his daughter, nothing hard or demeaning, just plain and simple............but this, this was preposterous. "FILCH" Snape bellowed. In came running Filch, a little out of breath but none the less in due time. "Yes Professor" he said in between breaths of air. Snape pointed towards his daughter and glared "What is the meaning of this" he snarled "I thought I had specifically told you to give her something simple, not to make her out to look like a bloody common servant".
Angélique stopped her work for a moment to listen in on the conversation going on in front of her. Filch stood his ground before Severus only cowering every once in a while under his glare. "Sir, I did give her something easy......... I told her to mop and she did, that girl of yours she's quite something, she finished before you got here" he stammered slightly.
Filch stood waiting a moment for Snape's reply. Snape snapped his shoulders back, rolled his neck a few times to relieve the tension that had suddenly begun to form in his muscles since the arrival of his daughter before he proceeded to glare at Filch and open his tight lipped mouth to reply. "If that is the case, then WHY ON EARTH is she scrubbing the floor!!!" he asked puzzled "don't you have elves to do that!" he smirked.
Filch looked to Angelique for a little help in answering her father. "Well Professor she asked if she could do anything to make the room a little more spotless.................and I said yes there was...............so she decided she wanted to scrub the floor....................I didn't see any harm in letting her so I did..............I'm terribly sorry sir." Filch said as he lowered his gaze from that of Snape, but Snape was no longer looking at Filch, he was staring at his daughter shock and disbelief appearing in his eyes for Snape is a very passive man and would never let others see the way that he was feeling through expressive emotions. "Is this true" he asked as he looked down at her waiting for her answer.
Angélique looked down at her hands before she looked up at her father to face him shaking her head to the side a bit, to remove a few strands of hair that were obstructing her view. Angélique with a most defiant look on her face "Yes, 'e is telling ze truth Papa............I only offered to help because I believed it could use a little cleaning up...............I mean it was absolutely filthy....."
"You, WHAT?!?!!" Malfoy spat as he cut her off "You are my cousin, your rich" he started mumbling as he paced the room and then stopped abruptly to face her "YOU don't deliberately got out of YOUR way to CLEAN, let alone help people".
"Just because I'm rich COUSIN, doesn't mean I can't go around helping others every once in a while, I'm SORRY if I can't be as INCONSIDERATE as YOU are towards others" Angélique argued, her hands balling up into fists. "Now,now, Angélique, you don't want to get yourself all worked up........it isn't lady like" Malfoy hissed "I would hate to see a frown grace that beautiful face of yours".
"You're RICH" Seamus spluttered. "What!?!?".
Malfoy rolled his eyes in disbelief could Gryffindors really be that stupid "Of course she's RICH" he drawled "She's MY cousin".
Angélique looked puzzled // didn't they know that in order to be accepted into Beaux batons you had to have the talent, let alone the MONEY to back you up. It was a privilege to be accepted into an academy with such prestige, these days you couldn't always rely on talent, it was an all girls academy after all, how else would the school keep up such an excellent reputation//. Angélique inclined her head to one side "What would possibly make you zink I wasn't rich.........?"
Dean elbowed Seamus in the ribs, pushing him to go on. "Well,...........for one thing..................y-your father's a .....................how do you put this.................aah.......a greasy bastard...............and a slimy old git with ice for a heart" he spat out as quickly as he could "n-no............o-off-fence sir" he took a few steps back, ok several behind Dean sheilding himself before he continued seeing as Snape was now sending him death glares.
Seeing as Seamus was obviously too afraid to continue, Dean decided to go on for him "What my friend Seamus and fellow classmate meant to say sir" he rambled on nervously "was that...............well............considering your father's greasy hair..................and judging by his appearance..............I-I mean we always assumed that he couldn't possibly afford to bathe himself".
Angélique now stood before the boys by her father's side obviously annoyed by the two blubbering idiots, her left hand pressed firmly on her hip she leaned forward in a way so only they could hear "If you 'ad taken ze time to notice, which obviously you 'aven't, you would 'ave realized zat my father's isn't greasy at all........zat it is more like silk" she paused to take in a breath, before she continued on. "Zat is one thing, thankfully, zat I inherited from my father" she looked up towards him "besides 'is eyes 'is silky 'air................see". She pulled on her father's arm motioning for him to bend down so she could slide her fingers through his Ivory black locks. "See for yourselves boys, it is like silk, n'est-ce pas" she said as she continued to play with her father's hair"It is ze stupid lighting in zis school zat causes my poor papa's 'air to look greasy.............and 'e is not old, e is my father". Snape looked down at his daughter and gave her a warm smile. Angélique continued pointing her finger at Dean and Seamus after she had finished gliding her fingers through her father's hair "I am afraid zat you boys are ze ones who are ze stupid gits".
Snape sent his daughter a warning glare before he replied "Angélique darling, don't be curt. I taught you better than to act that way towards others, even if they are poor excuses for wizards."
Angélique took one long look at Seamus and Dean before she replied "I'm sorry Papa, I won't do it again, I don't know what got into me". She looked at the two boys as she advanced towards them her head held high before she stopped only a few centimetres away from them. "I'll 'ave you know" she said eyeing them suspiciously "zat I am richer zan my own dear cousin Draco, and perhaps every other student 'ere put together. All Beauxbatons students, 'ave to be extremely rich, and from pure-blooded families, in order to attend ze académie. I would 'ave zought zat you boys would 'ave learned zat by now..............my mistake."
Snape looked down at his daughter impressed with the way she was handling herself among the boys in the room. No worries here he thought. "Well now that you boys are getting along with my daughter, you'll have to excuse me, I have essays to correct, people to fail............." and after having said his piece, Snape made his way out the door leaving Angélique and the other boys to get on with their work in detention.
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"You so did that on purpose" Angélique yelled at Draco, water soaking her blouse from behind leaving her back completely drenched in the dirty soapy water. She was furious, of course she could feel every drop trickling down her back making it very uncomfortable for her. Malfoy had unbelievably slipped on the clean tile, causing the bucket he was holding to tip over unexpectedly onto his cousin, making her a very pissed off and very wet and lethal witch in the possession of a wand.
Malfoy was horror struck. "I did not......................I tripped" he protested "maybe if it hadn't been for the fact that your rear end was unmistakeably in my way , this never would have happened in the first place".
Angélique's nostrils flared, as she shot daggers at her cousin with her stare. The other boys in the room believed she looked about ready to jump him then and there. "Hey..............you leave my bottom out of this ..................you-you egotistical bastard". She snarled.
By now the two cousins had the attention of everyone present in the room. The three Gryffindor boys could feel the magical tension level rise in the room as both Angélique's and Malfoy's tempers flared.
"Why you little..................hormonal bitch!" he snapped. It was a battle of pure insults and something told them that nothing good was going to come out of it. "Why what's the matter Drackie too much of a pansy to come up with a better insult..............you fairy" she hissed. Malfoy's eyes narrowed as he thought of something that would truly insult her.
"It's a shame you couldn't live up to your father's name as a Slytherin, you impulsive-little-Gryffindor, now you've truly brought shame upon your family" he sneered with disgust drawn upon is delicate features.
The three Gryffindors who had been watching the scene instinctively reacted upon Malfoy's last insult, while Angélique slowly turned her gaze from her cousin to the floor. Seamus was the first to speak up among them "that was low Malfoy even for you".
"What's it to you 'half-blood'" Draco retorted. Seamus gripped his wand at the ready to curse Malfoy then and there into oblivion as the others cut in.
Harry being the hero that he is, tried to cut in before things got too messy or worse "Hey guys, let's not go too far here o.k., I mean you don't want to end up saying anything you'll regret later...besides, Malfoy I think you should apologise to Angélique, I mean, come on your practically family".
Malfoy stared straight ahead at Harry before he retorted "Correction Potter, we are family, honestly Potter what gives you the right to comment.....the last time I checked your family was dead." A dead silence filled the room, making everyone feel ill at ease.
Harry's emerald eyes suddenly glazed over and became a deeper shade of green as they began to dilate. Fury and rage was rising in his body, his fingers slowly but firmly began to grip his wand creating a fist, arms shaking he slowly began to raise his wand only to be stopped by Angélique who had been watching, never left her gaze from Harry as she now made her way between both her cousin and Harry himself.
"Excuse me Angélique, but your in my way" he said trying very hard to get out of her grasp. Angélique only held on harder. "No 'Arry you don't want to do zis, your better zan zat". Angélique held Harry's arms firmly in her hands, kepping his wand pointed to the ground. "Look at me 'Arry, you said it yourself, zere is no point in fighting what could it possibly solve". Harry cast his gaze downward as he realised what she was telling him was right as he held her hands in his own "you're right" he whispered "I'm sorry".
Malfoy shot a glance at his cousin "Oh so now you're defending the boy who lives, over me" MAlfoy turned his gaze menacingly towards Harry "What's the matter Potter, now you need a girl to fight your battles for you".
Harry looked up to Malfoy, anger burning in his eyes once again "It was never my battle to begin with Malfoy".
Dean a bag of popcorn in his hands as if he were watching a movie, suddenly reacted and decided to pipe up "that's it Harry, you tell ferret boy off". Seamus who had also been watching tentatively and enjoying the show started cracking up " Good one Dean, I had almost forgotten about that one...........what's the matter Malfoy , cat got your tongue", Malfoys jaw had dropped in utter shock, it had been years since the ferret experience. "What's the matter Malfoy" dean replied "you can dish it, but you can't take it".
Angélique shot a glare at the two Gryffindors "Nobody insults my cousin" she retorted as she slowly advanced towards them her wand at the ready "and gets away with it" she hissed "zat's my job". Dean and Seamus both dropped their popcorn "why you little traitor" Dean snarled as he backed away slowly "you're a Gryffindor, you're not supposed to be defending Slytherins".
Malfoy shot a retort to the boys "Hey she's my cousin. Back off you Gryffindorks, and leave her to her own devices".
All the students in the room then proceeded to throw insults at one another as the tension in the room continued to rise with the flaring tempers and bruised egos.
"Traitor"
"Misfit"
"Blonde"
"Bloody git"
"Tramp"
"Pig"
"Whore"
"Pimp"
"Bitch"
"Pumpernickel"
Everyone paused, staring in disbelief at Seamus Finnigan "What !!! I hate that bread" Angélique looked at him and sneered, very much resembling Snape "You called me a WHORE. DIE FINNIGAN".
Magic flared about the room as sparks began to fly in all directions from the many wands clasped in several hands. Spells could be heard yelled across the room as Angélique and Harry were centred in the middle, back to back watching as spells swirled around them in every which direction and path creating a purple haze and electrifying shield around them until "BOOM" the inevitable............
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"Are they dead"
Seamus, Dean and Draco hovered above the two bodies lying before them in a circle. Draco was the first to break the silence "You killed my cousin you blubbering idiots". Seamus looked up for a moment before he suddenly snapped and transfered his rage onto Malfoy "We, we killed her, we.............if I recall correctly Malfoy you hit her too".
"I did no such thing, it's not my fault she got in the way". Malfoy protested as he bent down trying to revive his cousin by patting her on the face. "Come on Angélique, please wake up. Your father will kill me if you don't , please wake up".
A little while later............
A sudden moan could be heard from the two bodies lying in a heap on the floor. Malfoy ran towards his cousins side hoping she had suddenly awaken only to find out that it was Harry who was waking up. "(moan)....Oh what happened" Harry said as he started to gain consciousness.
"Oh.. It's you" Malfoy said.
"I've only just regained consciousness Malfoy, the least you could do is show some interest". Harry snapped. "I am Potter, towards my cousin". Harry proceeded to get up slowly as both Dean and Seamus tried to help him up to his feet. As Harry stood up, he could feel a slight tug on his left hand. "Uh........Harry" Seamus pointed "Angélique's arm looks like it's stuck to your hand". Harry turned around suddenly to take a look, his eyes grew wide as he tried to pull away, yet nothing happened. Malfoy's gaze grew non-existent as he stared at the two hands suddenly linked to each other. "Merlin, you're linked..............professor Snape is going to kill you" Dean replied.
Harry gave Dean and Seamus a stern look "How is this all coming back to me, you guys are the ones who threw the spells, we were simply caught in the middle". Harry was completely exasperated.
"I believe what they're trying to say Potter, is that given Snapes animosity towards you, he'll simply kill you for the fact that you are linked to his daughter, the pride and joy of his heart". Realisation suddenly dawned on Harry's face, with the fact that Malfoy and the others were right //Oh why does this half to happen to ME//. "Snape is going to be back here any minute..........have any of you tried 'enervate'".
Malfoy, Dean and Seamus refused to give an answer as each of them suddenly became interested in the fabric of their sleeves. "I can't believe this, there are three of you and not one of you came up with 'enervate'". Malfoy was the first to respond from the group "It's not that we didn't think of it Potter, it just didn't come up". Harry shot Malfoy a glare "You are such a moron, all of you, especially you Malfoy" Harry never heard Malfoy's response since he lunged himself at Harry causing poor Angélique to be brought back to consciousness by the sight of her cousin flying atop of herd towards Harry.
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"AAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhh............"
Snape suddenly awoke from his nap atop the first years potions essays, unawares that the 'F' he gave that student was now plastered brightly to his cheek. Flustered, Snape rose quickly, his robes billowing behind him as he mumbled the word "Angélique".
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"AAAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhh............."
Seamus and Dean ran towards Angélique as they attempted to pull Harry and Draco apart. "Are you okay" Seamus asked as he knelt down beside her. "Yeah, that's quite a set of lungs you got there" Dean commented as he tried to squeak his hearing back into his ears by rubbing them.
Harry snapped around and immediately apologised to Angélique as he fell to his knees to make sure he hadn't caused her to much harm, because then Snape would not definitely harm him then. "I am so sorry" he said "I completely forgot we happen to be linked". Angélique's eyes suddenl grew very wide "You're joking right, cause if zat's ze case zen you do realise zat my arm 'appens to be attached to my body".
Just as Harry was going to help Angélique up off the floor, Snape walked in. "What on earth are you doing to my daughter, and what have you done to her".
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In the infirmary a little while later.................
"Alright dear, explain to me once again how this happened" Mme Pomfrey asked as she examined Harry and Angélique more closely in the examining room.
"What is there to explain Poppy, it is quite obvious that my daughter and Potter are linked due to the stupidity of Gryffindors" Snape hissed as he emerged from the shadows of the room. Angélique hissed back "Your precious Slytherin was a part of zis too".
Poppy scoffed at Snape "Well I'm afraid the both of you are going to be stuck for a few days......." she stopped in mid sentence as she turned to Severus and said after his incessant grinding of teeth and looks of seething rage directed at Harry "Please, calm yourself Severus, it's not as bad as it seems, it could have been far worse with the spells that were thrown around". Mme Pomfrey stared at the two Gryffindors as if she were trying to get a message across without having to say anything but obviously not getting through to the two of them as it were. She made a motion for them to finally leave as she shooed them away " Well off you go, there's nothing more that I can do for you, now off to your dormitories at once".
After Harry and Angélique left the infirmary, Poppy turned to Snape and said "At least some good will come out of all of this mess". Snape looked down at her blankly not understanding what she meant " and what good may come of this pre-tell" he queried.
Poppy rolled her eyes before she answered "Honestly Severus, they're both from the same house. It's obvious that the sleeping arrangements will be much easier to deal with because of it" she exclaimed. Poppy watched on in horror as Severus looked as if sickness was going to hit him and faint suddenly "Severus, are you certain your fine, you seem a bit ill and not to mention faint..........would you like some water". Severus moved suddenly as if he had awoken from a horrible nightmare "No thank you Poppy I'll be fine" he turned to her before he answered "If you'll excuse me I have some business to attend to, I really must leave" and ran out the door thinking //I have to go find those two before Angélique ends up in Harry's bed. I'll KILL HIM".
Well i think I will finish here for now and continue with the rest in the next chapter. Sorry about the cliffhanger but I thought it would bebest to stop the story here. Well now you know what to do give me some feed back and review, like , don't like let me know but remember flamers will be laughed at.