Late Night Conversations
Everyone stared, wide-eyed, at the sight before him or her.
Ev stood, her claws once more extracted and hanging limply by her side. Her eyes turned from the cloudy red they had been and quickly turned human again, and this time green. Were her eyes always green? Ah well.
In front of Ev, lying in a heap was some sort of animal. It looked like a wolf, but was much larger. It was most obviously dead, if the amount of blood covering it had any say. And Ev had obviously killed it, if the blood dripping down her arms and the claws had any say.
Ev looked slightly worse for wear, but seemed in okay health. A long cut ran down one arm and something had hit her face, because a delicate trickle of blood had run down the left side of her face from a sizeable cut. She picked up the animal and disappeared with it, only to reappear without it. Ev took a deep breath, prepared for what might come.
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Nothing came.
"Hi," Ev finally said, when she thought she might go crazy from the heavy silence.
The others just barely nodded in answer, too scared to speak. Sirius however walked closer to her.
"What happened?" he whispered.
Ev walked past him, straight to the small lake, where she bend over and began to wash off the blood that covered a vast portion of her body. She first let the blood rinse off of her claws, which then retracted.
Sirius bent next to her, waiting for her response.
Ev sighed in exasperation, realizing that the blood would not be coming off so easily. She stood up and dived quickly into the lake, which, considering it was now December was probably freezing. She came up with slight shiver and sighed, finally answering Sirius. "It attacked me, suddenly. I wasn't expecting it. It was a pretty quick fight, and the next thing I knew it was dead on the ground and you guys came walking up."
She was silent as she rubbed off all traces of the blood. "You tell 'em?" She whispered.
"Yeah, yeah I did. I, um, told them you don't want sympathy."
Ev nodded distractedly. "Okay," she looked at him and grinned weakly. "Let's do this."
She disappeared only to reappear a second later next to the lake with a towel and a blanket.
"It is convenient, you gotta give it that," she said to Sirius, as the others looked on in shock of what happened.
They grinned at each other and turned to the group of people gaping at them.
"What's up?" Ev asked, when no one said anything. No one answered.
Sirius let out his breath gustily. "Come on, you guys. Wake up. It's still Ev."
Everyone shook their heads as if to clear them. Remus was the first to speak. "Soooo," he said stupidly. "Does it hurt?"
"Does what hurt?" Ev responded to clarify.
"When you, with the claws, when they come out." Remus spluttered.
"A little bit every time, yeah." Ev answered.
"What else can you do?" James asked in a scared voice.
"I could kill you just by looking into your eyes," Ev answered, staring at him. James quickly jumped and averted his eyes to Lily. Ev laughed loudly. He turned around angrily at her.
"You're lying," he accused.
"Yeah, I was. Just a little X humor." Ev grinned. She quickly sobered. "I could kill you, if I wanted. It'd take but ten seconds of touching your arm or using any of my powers. They can be used for good or for evil, you see."
Ara now spoke, leaning over to whisper loudly in Remus' ear. "Remind me never to get on her bad side."
There were chuckles and suddenly Ev was laughing outright. She strode over to Ara and wrapped her arms around her.
"Thank you so much," she whispered. For some reason she was felling slightly vulnerable right now, having to reveal stuff about herself that she had planned on keeping a secret.
Ara hugged her back and Remus put a hand on Ev's back, reassuring her.
Still standing by the lake, Sirius grinned and walked up to them.
Ev pulled back finally, accidentally ramming her back into Sirius. "Ouch, mother!" he gasped, rubbing his chest where she had hit.
Ev turned to him. "Sorry," she said, laughing as she held him close too. He hugged her back, like Ara ignoring the fact that she was still very much wet.
They heard James go, "Aww, I think I feel a group hug coming on." He walked around Sirius and stood behind him, wrapping his arms around his neck and laying his head on Sirius' shoulder. He closed his eyes and put a contented look on his face, squeezing Sirius as the others laughed.
Everyone cried, "Group hug!" at the same time and all surrounded Sirius, James and Ev in a large hug.
After a moment, Ev and Sirius both simultaneously pushed out and left the large cluster, brushing themselves off as if they had been tainted. "That is so undignified," Sirius said, scolding, shaking his head in a mock disgusted manner. Ev nodded her head in agreement.
"What would people say?" she said, sounding scandalized. Everyone laughed.
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The group of now friends sat in the kitchen, joking and laughing. They were all feasting on a large selection of ice creams, pies, and cakes. Ev and Sirius once again had their ice cream with no bakes on it. They had the pot with the chocolaty substance sitting in front of them so they could add more anytime they wanted.
"You know, Ev, we don't really know that much about you? Other than you know, your past." Remus spluttered as he finished this sentence, turning white.
Ev grinned at him. "Well I don't know that much about you guys either. So all's fair." She took a large bite of ice cream, squeaking slightly when she realized that Sirius had been reaching for the no bakes. His arm was now trapped between the hand holding the spoon in her mouth. He laughed and tapped his fingers until Ev finally pulled the spoon from her mouth, thus releasing his arm. He scooped a large goop of no bakes into his bowl, grinning the whole time.
"Even if I were to die right now," he said dreamily, "I'd die happy." He scooped ice cream closer to his mouth, although most of it was chocolate. Ev reached over, pushing the spoon quickly and causing the ice cream to fall off onto the table instead of the direct target of Sirius' mouth. Sirius groaned and faked crying as the others laughed.
"I have an idea," lily said excitedly. "Let's take some food into the Room of Requirement. Once we enter," she added mysteriously, "we have to answer all questions asked of us truthfully."
The others rolled their eyes at her dramatics, but agreed.
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"So," Peter piped up from his pouf in the circle they had all created. "Who goes first?"
"Oh, I will, I will," Ara screamed like a child, bouncing on her knees on her pouf. Remus grinned at her. "Okay, here goes. Remus, boxers or briefs?"
The girls giggled uncontrollably and the guys, excluding Remus, joined in.
"Boxers," he stated calmly, raising his eyebrows at Ara suggestively. She rolled her eyes at him, turning red. "My turn," Remus pointed at Rae, "what is your middle name? You never want to tell us and it kills me."
"No, I don't want to tell," Rae moaned childishly.
"You have to," they all chorused.
"Fine," Rae said angrily, muttering under her breath, "It's Dairine."
"Dairine," James said as if deciding if she was worthy of the name. "All right. How come you never wanted to tell us?"
Rae groaned, rubbing her temple. "It means 'fertile'." She groaned as the others laughed.
"All right, shut it!" she finally yelled, "Okay, Lily what is your middle name?" Rae grinned, knowing the answer but knowing that Lily hated it.
Lily glared. "It's Alcyone."
"What?"
"Alcyone, al-see-oh-nee."
"And where did you get your middle name?" Ara questioned.
"My parents got it from the name in Greek mythology and it is also a name of a star in the constellation Taurus. How stupid!" She blurted at the end.
"Hey, hey, hey!" Sirius said disapprovingly, "and what in the hell is wrong with a name from the stars. It's very respectable. Heck, I'm named after the brightest star in the constellation Canis Major," the boy added proudly.
"You know, he's right. It's very reputable," Ev said sincerely, "My middle name, Adharah, is after the second brightest star in Canis Major."
"Ha!" Sirius exclaimed, "Second! I'm first!" He raised his fist in triumph. Ev, from her position next to him, merely reached out her arm and gave him a good push, causing him to fall off his pouf. "Doesn't matter," he said, rising, "I'm still first. Nothing you can say changes that."
Ev rolled her eyes.
"So, Ev," Sirius said airily, "you say you speak every language. Can you show us one of these languages?"
"Sure," Ev said and then stopped.
"Well go on," Sirius prodded.
"I just showed you English, what do you want from me?" Ev said, grinning.
"Something other than English," James said, through gritted his teeth.
"Fine," Ev said flippantly, "Here goes. Lle naa haran e' nausalle." She spoke the words softly, rhythmically, and fluently. Her tongue made a purring noise on the 'r.'
Eyebrows rose around the room and Rae and Sirius spoke at the same time. "What does that mean?"
Ev grinned. "You are king in your imagination." She looked pointedly at Sirius.
"Phfe," he said, waving his hand at her in dismissal of what she was implying.
"What language was that?" Remus questioned, leaning forward and sounding interested.
"Middle Earth Elvish."
"Middle Earth, like Lord of the Rings?" Rae spluttered. Ev nodded. "I love Lord of the Rings. But Middle Earth doesn't exist and only geeks speak that language. The ones who stare at pictures of Legolas and fondle themselves. I don't think that's you."
"No it isn't," Ev said with fervor. "However, Elvish is still a language. Tolkien made it decidedly so by making a full language out of it."
"It sounds really cool," James spoke.
"Yeah, well it is cool."
"What bra size do you wear?" James questioned suddenly to Lily. He gazed at the other girls as well. "All of you."
"I'm not telling you that!" Lily screeched, covering her arms over her chest and feeling quite uncomfortable. Ara, Rae, and Ev were doing different variations of the same thing, Rae holding a pillow to her chest.
"Yeah," Rae said defiantly, "Hell will freeze over before you know that tidbit."
"Excuse me," Remus said politely, "but can I quote someone? 'We have to answer all questions asked of us truthfully." He looked at Lily, who looked disconcerted, complacently.
"You know," James said slowly and thoughtfully, "having seen Ev in her bra more than once, I am a little curious as to how big her twins are." He looked at Ev and grinned roguishly.
The girls all groaned. "Fine," Ara said bitterly, "but we go from biggest to smallest." She looked at Lily, "Go ahead."
Lily spluttered. "What? These little things? There's nothing there." Her eyes fluttered around the room looking for an escape as she said, "Actually, I sometimes stuff."
"Your bra would still be the biggest," Peter pointed out in a rare moment of intellect.
Lily groaned. "Dammit. Fine!" She mumbled something incoherent.
"What?" Sirius said, putting his hand to his ear.
Lily gave him a death glare. "32 D."
"Hmmm," James mused, staring at her chest, at which Lily promptly crossed her arms again. He grinned and looked at the others. "Who's next?"
"38 C," Ev then told them, rolling her eyes when the boys once again stared at her bosom.
"34 C," Ara said, seemingly unabashed.
"22 C," Rae said, turning red with embarrassment at the fact that hers were so small.
Remus grinned at her and whispered so only she could hear, "Guys don't care how big they are, they just like boobs."
Rae grinned at him in turn and said loudly so everyone could hear, "Well, that may be true, but size matters to girls." She gave him a sympathetic look. "Good luck."
The girls burst into laughter while the boys looked troubled. What if what Rae said was true?
"Are you a virgin?" Sirius piped up maliciously, staring at Ara. She gasped and turned white.
"What are you talking about?" she muttered quickly.
"Mike," Sirius said softly, causing any color in Ara's face to drain.
"Waiiiit a minute," James cut in, "Are we talking about Mike the Plant Guy here?"
Sirius looked at him and grinned. "From what I hear, he is quiiiiite easy. Not as easy, however, as our dear Ara. What would her mother say?" He shook his head in mock repulsion.
"I can't believe you did it with Mike the Plant Guy!" Lily shouted at Ara.
"Yeah, Mike the Plant Guy, is like so beneath you," Rae reprimanded her.
"Mike the Plant Guy is with a different girl every night and you let him touch you?" Peter piped up.
Ev looked at Remus and was glad to see he was just as confused.
She leaned over to him. "Mike the Plant Guy. What does that mean? Does he garden, lay false evidence, or he just have something fake inside of him?" Remus shrugged.
Ara was currently covering her head, screaming as the others asked questions.
"Shut UP! Yes, okay, yes." Ara finally screeched.
"When?" James said interestedly.
Ara moaned and groaned then said, "At the end of fifth year. Just after Dad died."
The room immediately quieted and everyone became somber.
Ev spoke first. "Your dad died? How?"
Ara smiled contritely. "Voldemort," she whispered with loathing in her voice.
"Who?" Ev spoke.
Everyone whipped around to stare at her.
"He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named, You-Know-Who, the evil Dark Lord who's trying to kill off all Muggleborn and anyone who's not a pureblood."
"Oh," Ev breathed, "that Voldemort. Never heard of him, but I get the most of it now: evil, trying to rid wizarding world of muggles, ya da, ya da, ya da, the whole wazoo."
"Do you miss your dad?" Ev added, looking at Ara.
Ara shook her head in sad amusement. She glared at Ev. "Of course, I miss my dad." She spat at her. "Nobody wants their dad to die. No one dances around and laughs at the death of their father." A single tear ran down her face.
Ev looked at her and then looked off into the distance, her eyes glazed over, remembering something. "Some people do." She shook her head to clear it and glanced at Sirius before gazing at Ara again. "Some people want their fathers to die. Heck, I even got pleasure from in it." She smiled funnily before staring down to the floor.
There was a weighty pause. Suddenly Ev laughed bitterly. "Ah the awkward silences. I never did get used to them." She looked around the room. "Let's change the subject."
The new friends spent the rest of the night talking about anything and everything. Occasional questions about Ev's past were thrown in and there were several awkward silences, but they always got through them.
Ev went to bed happily that night, and slept without a dream. She had friends and for a moment she forgot about all the bad things.
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Review! And PS. I had to throw in Lord of the Rings. The third movie was awesome.
Everyone stared, wide-eyed, at the sight before him or her.
Ev stood, her claws once more extracted and hanging limply by her side. Her eyes turned from the cloudy red they had been and quickly turned human again, and this time green. Were her eyes always green? Ah well.
In front of Ev, lying in a heap was some sort of animal. It looked like a wolf, but was much larger. It was most obviously dead, if the amount of blood covering it had any say. And Ev had obviously killed it, if the blood dripping down her arms and the claws had any say.
Ev looked slightly worse for wear, but seemed in okay health. A long cut ran down one arm and something had hit her face, because a delicate trickle of blood had run down the left side of her face from a sizeable cut. She picked up the animal and disappeared with it, only to reappear without it. Ev took a deep breath, prepared for what might come.
. . . . . . .
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Nothing came.
"Hi," Ev finally said, when she thought she might go crazy from the heavy silence.
The others just barely nodded in answer, too scared to speak. Sirius however walked closer to her.
"What happened?" he whispered.
Ev walked past him, straight to the small lake, where she bend over and began to wash off the blood that covered a vast portion of her body. She first let the blood rinse off of her claws, which then retracted.
Sirius bent next to her, waiting for her response.
Ev sighed in exasperation, realizing that the blood would not be coming off so easily. She stood up and dived quickly into the lake, which, considering it was now December was probably freezing. She came up with slight shiver and sighed, finally answering Sirius. "It attacked me, suddenly. I wasn't expecting it. It was a pretty quick fight, and the next thing I knew it was dead on the ground and you guys came walking up."
She was silent as she rubbed off all traces of the blood. "You tell 'em?" She whispered.
"Yeah, yeah I did. I, um, told them you don't want sympathy."
Ev nodded distractedly. "Okay," she looked at him and grinned weakly. "Let's do this."
She disappeared only to reappear a second later next to the lake with a towel and a blanket.
"It is convenient, you gotta give it that," she said to Sirius, as the others looked on in shock of what happened.
They grinned at each other and turned to the group of people gaping at them.
"What's up?" Ev asked, when no one said anything. No one answered.
Sirius let out his breath gustily. "Come on, you guys. Wake up. It's still Ev."
Everyone shook their heads as if to clear them. Remus was the first to speak. "Soooo," he said stupidly. "Does it hurt?"
"Does what hurt?" Ev responded to clarify.
"When you, with the claws, when they come out." Remus spluttered.
"A little bit every time, yeah." Ev answered.
"What else can you do?" James asked in a scared voice.
"I could kill you just by looking into your eyes," Ev answered, staring at him. James quickly jumped and averted his eyes to Lily. Ev laughed loudly. He turned around angrily at her.
"You're lying," he accused.
"Yeah, I was. Just a little X humor." Ev grinned. She quickly sobered. "I could kill you, if I wanted. It'd take but ten seconds of touching your arm or using any of my powers. They can be used for good or for evil, you see."
Ara now spoke, leaning over to whisper loudly in Remus' ear. "Remind me never to get on her bad side."
There were chuckles and suddenly Ev was laughing outright. She strode over to Ara and wrapped her arms around her.
"Thank you so much," she whispered. For some reason she was felling slightly vulnerable right now, having to reveal stuff about herself that she had planned on keeping a secret.
Ara hugged her back and Remus put a hand on Ev's back, reassuring her.
Still standing by the lake, Sirius grinned and walked up to them.
Ev pulled back finally, accidentally ramming her back into Sirius. "Ouch, mother!" he gasped, rubbing his chest where she had hit.
Ev turned to him. "Sorry," she said, laughing as she held him close too. He hugged her back, like Ara ignoring the fact that she was still very much wet.
They heard James go, "Aww, I think I feel a group hug coming on." He walked around Sirius and stood behind him, wrapping his arms around his neck and laying his head on Sirius' shoulder. He closed his eyes and put a contented look on his face, squeezing Sirius as the others laughed.
Everyone cried, "Group hug!" at the same time and all surrounded Sirius, James and Ev in a large hug.
After a moment, Ev and Sirius both simultaneously pushed out and left the large cluster, brushing themselves off as if they had been tainted. "That is so undignified," Sirius said, scolding, shaking his head in a mock disgusted manner. Ev nodded her head in agreement.
"What would people say?" she said, sounding scandalized. Everyone laughed.
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The group of now friends sat in the kitchen, joking and laughing. They were all feasting on a large selection of ice creams, pies, and cakes. Ev and Sirius once again had their ice cream with no bakes on it. They had the pot with the chocolaty substance sitting in front of them so they could add more anytime they wanted.
"You know, Ev, we don't really know that much about you? Other than you know, your past." Remus spluttered as he finished this sentence, turning white.
Ev grinned at him. "Well I don't know that much about you guys either. So all's fair." She took a large bite of ice cream, squeaking slightly when she realized that Sirius had been reaching for the no bakes. His arm was now trapped between the hand holding the spoon in her mouth. He laughed and tapped his fingers until Ev finally pulled the spoon from her mouth, thus releasing his arm. He scooped a large goop of no bakes into his bowl, grinning the whole time.
"Even if I were to die right now," he said dreamily, "I'd die happy." He scooped ice cream closer to his mouth, although most of it was chocolate. Ev reached over, pushing the spoon quickly and causing the ice cream to fall off onto the table instead of the direct target of Sirius' mouth. Sirius groaned and faked crying as the others laughed.
"I have an idea," lily said excitedly. "Let's take some food into the Room of Requirement. Once we enter," she added mysteriously, "we have to answer all questions asked of us truthfully."
The others rolled their eyes at her dramatics, but agreed.
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"So," Peter piped up from his pouf in the circle they had all created. "Who goes first?"
"Oh, I will, I will," Ara screamed like a child, bouncing on her knees on her pouf. Remus grinned at her. "Okay, here goes. Remus, boxers or briefs?"
The girls giggled uncontrollably and the guys, excluding Remus, joined in.
"Boxers," he stated calmly, raising his eyebrows at Ara suggestively. She rolled her eyes at him, turning red. "My turn," Remus pointed at Rae, "what is your middle name? You never want to tell us and it kills me."
"No, I don't want to tell," Rae moaned childishly.
"You have to," they all chorused.
"Fine," Rae said angrily, muttering under her breath, "It's Dairine."
"Dairine," James said as if deciding if she was worthy of the name. "All right. How come you never wanted to tell us?"
Rae groaned, rubbing her temple. "It means 'fertile'." She groaned as the others laughed.
"All right, shut it!" she finally yelled, "Okay, Lily what is your middle name?" Rae grinned, knowing the answer but knowing that Lily hated it.
Lily glared. "It's Alcyone."
"What?"
"Alcyone, al-see-oh-nee."
"And where did you get your middle name?" Ara questioned.
"My parents got it from the name in Greek mythology and it is also a name of a star in the constellation Taurus. How stupid!" She blurted at the end.
"Hey, hey, hey!" Sirius said disapprovingly, "and what in the hell is wrong with a name from the stars. It's very respectable. Heck, I'm named after the brightest star in the constellation Canis Major," the boy added proudly.
"You know, he's right. It's very reputable," Ev said sincerely, "My middle name, Adharah, is after the second brightest star in Canis Major."
"Ha!" Sirius exclaimed, "Second! I'm first!" He raised his fist in triumph. Ev, from her position next to him, merely reached out her arm and gave him a good push, causing him to fall off his pouf. "Doesn't matter," he said, rising, "I'm still first. Nothing you can say changes that."
Ev rolled her eyes.
"So, Ev," Sirius said airily, "you say you speak every language. Can you show us one of these languages?"
"Sure," Ev said and then stopped.
"Well go on," Sirius prodded.
"I just showed you English, what do you want from me?" Ev said, grinning.
"Something other than English," James said, through gritted his teeth.
"Fine," Ev said flippantly, "Here goes. Lle naa haran e' nausalle." She spoke the words softly, rhythmically, and fluently. Her tongue made a purring noise on the 'r.'
Eyebrows rose around the room and Rae and Sirius spoke at the same time. "What does that mean?"
Ev grinned. "You are king in your imagination." She looked pointedly at Sirius.
"Phfe," he said, waving his hand at her in dismissal of what she was implying.
"What language was that?" Remus questioned, leaning forward and sounding interested.
"Middle Earth Elvish."
"Middle Earth, like Lord of the Rings?" Rae spluttered. Ev nodded. "I love Lord of the Rings. But Middle Earth doesn't exist and only geeks speak that language. The ones who stare at pictures of Legolas and fondle themselves. I don't think that's you."
"No it isn't," Ev said with fervor. "However, Elvish is still a language. Tolkien made it decidedly so by making a full language out of it."
"It sounds really cool," James spoke.
"Yeah, well it is cool."
"What bra size do you wear?" James questioned suddenly to Lily. He gazed at the other girls as well. "All of you."
"I'm not telling you that!" Lily screeched, covering her arms over her chest and feeling quite uncomfortable. Ara, Rae, and Ev were doing different variations of the same thing, Rae holding a pillow to her chest.
"Yeah," Rae said defiantly, "Hell will freeze over before you know that tidbit."
"Excuse me," Remus said politely, "but can I quote someone? 'We have to answer all questions asked of us truthfully." He looked at Lily, who looked disconcerted, complacently.
"You know," James said slowly and thoughtfully, "having seen Ev in her bra more than once, I am a little curious as to how big her twins are." He looked at Ev and grinned roguishly.
The girls all groaned. "Fine," Ara said bitterly, "but we go from biggest to smallest." She looked at Lily, "Go ahead."
Lily spluttered. "What? These little things? There's nothing there." Her eyes fluttered around the room looking for an escape as she said, "Actually, I sometimes stuff."
"Your bra would still be the biggest," Peter pointed out in a rare moment of intellect.
Lily groaned. "Dammit. Fine!" She mumbled something incoherent.
"What?" Sirius said, putting his hand to his ear.
Lily gave him a death glare. "32 D."
"Hmmm," James mused, staring at her chest, at which Lily promptly crossed her arms again. He grinned and looked at the others. "Who's next?"
"38 C," Ev then told them, rolling her eyes when the boys once again stared at her bosom.
"34 C," Ara said, seemingly unabashed.
"22 C," Rae said, turning red with embarrassment at the fact that hers were so small.
Remus grinned at her and whispered so only she could hear, "Guys don't care how big they are, they just like boobs."
Rae grinned at him in turn and said loudly so everyone could hear, "Well, that may be true, but size matters to girls." She gave him a sympathetic look. "Good luck."
The girls burst into laughter while the boys looked troubled. What if what Rae said was true?
"Are you a virgin?" Sirius piped up maliciously, staring at Ara. She gasped and turned white.
"What are you talking about?" she muttered quickly.
"Mike," Sirius said softly, causing any color in Ara's face to drain.
"Waiiiit a minute," James cut in, "Are we talking about Mike the Plant Guy here?"
Sirius looked at him and grinned. "From what I hear, he is quiiiiite easy. Not as easy, however, as our dear Ara. What would her mother say?" He shook his head in mock repulsion.
"I can't believe you did it with Mike the Plant Guy!" Lily shouted at Ara.
"Yeah, Mike the Plant Guy, is like so beneath you," Rae reprimanded her.
"Mike the Plant Guy is with a different girl every night and you let him touch you?" Peter piped up.
Ev looked at Remus and was glad to see he was just as confused.
She leaned over to him. "Mike the Plant Guy. What does that mean? Does he garden, lay false evidence, or he just have something fake inside of him?" Remus shrugged.
Ara was currently covering her head, screaming as the others asked questions.
"Shut UP! Yes, okay, yes." Ara finally screeched.
"When?" James said interestedly.
Ara moaned and groaned then said, "At the end of fifth year. Just after Dad died."
The room immediately quieted and everyone became somber.
Ev spoke first. "Your dad died? How?"
Ara smiled contritely. "Voldemort," she whispered with loathing in her voice.
"Who?" Ev spoke.
Everyone whipped around to stare at her.
"He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named, You-Know-Who, the evil Dark Lord who's trying to kill off all Muggleborn and anyone who's not a pureblood."
"Oh," Ev breathed, "that Voldemort. Never heard of him, but I get the most of it now: evil, trying to rid wizarding world of muggles, ya da, ya da, ya da, the whole wazoo."
"Do you miss your dad?" Ev added, looking at Ara.
Ara shook her head in sad amusement. She glared at Ev. "Of course, I miss my dad." She spat at her. "Nobody wants their dad to die. No one dances around and laughs at the death of their father." A single tear ran down her face.
Ev looked at her and then looked off into the distance, her eyes glazed over, remembering something. "Some people do." She shook her head to clear it and glanced at Sirius before gazing at Ara again. "Some people want their fathers to die. Heck, I even got pleasure from in it." She smiled funnily before staring down to the floor.
There was a weighty pause. Suddenly Ev laughed bitterly. "Ah the awkward silences. I never did get used to them." She looked around the room. "Let's change the subject."
The new friends spent the rest of the night talking about anything and everything. Occasional questions about Ev's past were thrown in and there were several awkward silences, but they always got through them.
Ev went to bed happily that night, and slept without a dream. She had friends and for a moment she forgot about all the bad things.
((((((((((((((((((((((((()))))))))))))))))))))))) Awwwwww.
Review! And PS. I had to throw in Lord of the Rings. The third movie was awesome.
