Chapter 3
A Few Questions and A Couple Answers
"Okay, so we've lasted 'til Christmas."
"Yea, so I win!" Hermione was telling Kendall and Melissa in the Library one Monday morning. It was the Christmas holidays, Hermione was about to leave to spend the time at home, Kendall and Melissa were staying, but they didn't say why, Harry and Ron were also staying, but that was because (of course) Harry didn't want to go home, and Ron didn't want to leave Harry alone.
"Last call for those of you going home for the holidays," Professor McGonagal echoed through the halls.
"That's me," Hermione said as she hugged Melissa and Kendall goodbye. They had become close friends, maybe not as close as Hermione would of liked, but she didn't want to pry with their secrets, and from what she could tell, these two girls had plenty.
"Bye, Hermione," Harry and Ron said together as she neared them. She hugged them too and then was off. Afterwards, Ron and Harry walked over to Melissa and Kendall who were reading silently.
"Listen, girls, we were just wondering if maybe ya'll would want to..."
"Stop!" Kendall yelled. She smiled at her sister widely and, unexpectedly, jumped up and ran out.
"What we say?"
"Uh..." Melissa, also, got up and darted after her sister.
Outside in the halls Kendall was hugging a tall chocolate haired boy who seemed to be a little older.
"Who's that," Ron asked Melissa when he saw.
"That's him," she smiled.
She ran over to the boy and hugged him also, "Great to see you... I'll leave you two alone."
"Who's this?" Ron asked.
"Ron, this is Russell. Russell, this is Ron."
"Is he your boyfriend?"
"Not yet," he replied.
Ignoring the um... weird answer he protested, "I've never seen you before..."
"Yes, that because, Russell has already graduated," she smiled.
"Got to go now," he said as he pecked her on the cheek, "Nice meeting you... what ever your name is."
Kendall watched him walk out the doors and to a white carriage that took him away.
"What did he mean, 'not yet'? And didn't he just arrive? Why did he have to leave so soon?" Ron asked pulling Kendall back to reality.
"Mind your own business!" she griped.
Afterwards Ron ran to find Melissa, "Why didn't you tell me?"
"Tell you what?"
"That she has a boyfriend!"
"She doesn't, so I've done nothing wrong."
"What about that... Russell?"
"Ron, you shouldn't ask me any questions about him," Melissa replied uncomfortable.
"What? Why not?"
"Asshole, leave that subject alone!"
"Melissa," he whimpered, "I really like your sister. Please! If there's anything I need to know, tell me now!"
"Ron, you don't like her the way you think you do. Kendall is something that you um... shouldn't get near..."
"What are you talking about?" Ron said nervously.
"She's um... she's a... amontes (pronounced: o-man-tee's)," Melissa took a deep breath, but Ron was still confused so she had to explain, "An amontes is uh... I can't," and she scampered the opposite way of Ron.
"A what?" Ron went in the Library to (gasp) read!
*Amcrese... Amneps... Amontes!* he examined in a dictionary that evening, *'Amontes: a curse that is bestowed on the least likely. It is a curse usually formed on a witch or wizard that have superfluous powers'... superfluous? What the hell does that mean? Anyway... 'It places a new kind of power in their eyes that will harm other people. It may come in lots of different varieties the most common are: when that person looks in another's eyes they kill them, or they steal their powers, or they automatically make that person fall in love with them, but they all have downfalls. This curse is like a disease and can get worse with age, if not treated properly, it WILL kill the person beholding the malady'... Kill?!?!?!* Ron snapped the book close and ran from the Library.
*****
"What time will you be back?" Melissa was asking Kendall as she was leaving.
"Uh... not until tonight, bye!"
She ran outside to meet Dumbledore who would take her to where she left to everyday, "Thanks again, Professor."
"Miss Grempet, you say that every day."
They both got on two different horses and began on their journey. *Another day, another hour* she thought to herself,
"How are you, Miss Grempet?"
"You can call me Kendall. And I'm fine..... for now."
"Well... Kendall, how are treatments for this curse going?"
"I don't know why I go to them!" she went off, "They do nothing for me! Everyone knows that I'm dying, but they think that I'll be... scared or something if they just come out and say it! But in the meantime, they're putting me through all this crap!"
"Just give them time." He whispered reassuringly although he knew her pain. Nothing they were doing was helping this poor child. She had a curse placed upon her since birth and has been going through all this since then! And through all of she's stayed strong, but her courage was quickly fading. It was coming to an end and she knew it, she had already admitted it to herself and accepted it. It was just a matter of time before what she was waiting for to take place.
A/N: More to come!
A Few Questions and A Couple Answers
"Okay, so we've lasted 'til Christmas."
"Yea, so I win!" Hermione was telling Kendall and Melissa in the Library one Monday morning. It was the Christmas holidays, Hermione was about to leave to spend the time at home, Kendall and Melissa were staying, but they didn't say why, Harry and Ron were also staying, but that was because (of course) Harry didn't want to go home, and Ron didn't want to leave Harry alone.
"Last call for those of you going home for the holidays," Professor McGonagal echoed through the halls.
"That's me," Hermione said as she hugged Melissa and Kendall goodbye. They had become close friends, maybe not as close as Hermione would of liked, but she didn't want to pry with their secrets, and from what she could tell, these two girls had plenty.
"Bye, Hermione," Harry and Ron said together as she neared them. She hugged them too and then was off. Afterwards, Ron and Harry walked over to Melissa and Kendall who were reading silently.
"Listen, girls, we were just wondering if maybe ya'll would want to..."
"Stop!" Kendall yelled. She smiled at her sister widely and, unexpectedly, jumped up and ran out.
"What we say?"
"Uh..." Melissa, also, got up and darted after her sister.
Outside in the halls Kendall was hugging a tall chocolate haired boy who seemed to be a little older.
"Who's that," Ron asked Melissa when he saw.
"That's him," she smiled.
She ran over to the boy and hugged him also, "Great to see you... I'll leave you two alone."
"Who's this?" Ron asked.
"Ron, this is Russell. Russell, this is Ron."
"Is he your boyfriend?"
"Not yet," he replied.
Ignoring the um... weird answer he protested, "I've never seen you before..."
"Yes, that because, Russell has already graduated," she smiled.
"Got to go now," he said as he pecked her on the cheek, "Nice meeting you... what ever your name is."
Kendall watched him walk out the doors and to a white carriage that took him away.
"What did he mean, 'not yet'? And didn't he just arrive? Why did he have to leave so soon?" Ron asked pulling Kendall back to reality.
"Mind your own business!" she griped.
Afterwards Ron ran to find Melissa, "Why didn't you tell me?"
"Tell you what?"
"That she has a boyfriend!"
"She doesn't, so I've done nothing wrong."
"What about that... Russell?"
"Ron, you shouldn't ask me any questions about him," Melissa replied uncomfortable.
"What? Why not?"
"Asshole, leave that subject alone!"
"Melissa," he whimpered, "I really like your sister. Please! If there's anything I need to know, tell me now!"
"Ron, you don't like her the way you think you do. Kendall is something that you um... shouldn't get near..."
"What are you talking about?" Ron said nervously.
"She's um... she's a... amontes (pronounced: o-man-tee's)," Melissa took a deep breath, but Ron was still confused so she had to explain, "An amontes is uh... I can't," and she scampered the opposite way of Ron.
"A what?" Ron went in the Library to (gasp) read!
*Amcrese... Amneps... Amontes!* he examined in a dictionary that evening, *'Amontes: a curse that is bestowed on the least likely. It is a curse usually formed on a witch or wizard that have superfluous powers'... superfluous? What the hell does that mean? Anyway... 'It places a new kind of power in their eyes that will harm other people. It may come in lots of different varieties the most common are: when that person looks in another's eyes they kill them, or they steal their powers, or they automatically make that person fall in love with them, but they all have downfalls. This curse is like a disease and can get worse with age, if not treated properly, it WILL kill the person beholding the malady'... Kill?!?!?!* Ron snapped the book close and ran from the Library.
*****
"What time will you be back?" Melissa was asking Kendall as she was leaving.
"Uh... not until tonight, bye!"
She ran outside to meet Dumbledore who would take her to where she left to everyday, "Thanks again, Professor."
"Miss Grempet, you say that every day."
They both got on two different horses and began on their journey. *Another day, another hour* she thought to herself,
"How are you, Miss Grempet?"
"You can call me Kendall. And I'm fine..... for now."
"Well... Kendall, how are treatments for this curse going?"
"I don't know why I go to them!" she went off, "They do nothing for me! Everyone knows that I'm dying, but they think that I'll be... scared or something if they just come out and say it! But in the meantime, they're putting me through all this crap!"
"Just give them time." He whispered reassuringly although he knew her pain. Nothing they were doing was helping this poor child. She had a curse placed upon her since birth and has been going through all this since then! And through all of she's stayed strong, but her courage was quickly fading. It was coming to an end and she knew it, she had already admitted it to herself and accepted it. It was just a matter of time before what she was waiting for to take place.
A/N: More to come!