There was a huge feast; I hadn't seen so much food before. I was hungry
too. I hadn't eaten my breakfast or lunch. I was overdue; maybe that was
why I was so tired right now. I finished my food; everyone was about to
fall asleep because they were so full. I followed Lily to our Dorm; thank
god I got to sleep with the 5th years. I walked over to my trunk, my owl
Haleigh wasn't there though. She must be with the other owls. My eyes
burned underneath my eyelids. I needed sleep, sweet, glorious sleep. My
head hit the pillow I pulled out from my trunk, I'll take a shower in the
morning, and I am tired. I slowly drifted to sleep.
"Help!" I heard my mothers voice yell. I turned to my left my mother was on the floor. A man with black hair helped her up and carried her into a nearby house. "Shhhh, you're going to be fine." He said to her. I recognized that voice; it was my dad's. "He will kill us if we don't keep moving." She said with pain in her voice.
"He's gone, he won't come back, I promise." My fathers voice was filled with passion. "Jon, he.... he ... killed my parents." "I know." He hugged her tight. "Mommy! Daddy!" I came running into the room, or at least the 4 year old me did. They both looked at my 3-year-old self.
I woke up sweating, I wasn't breathing right. I was hyperventilating; I didn't know what to do. I raced out of the dorm and down the staircase to the common room, I needed more air, I felt cramped in there. Claustrophobic. My breathing was slowing down somewhat. No one was in the common room, just me. It was 3 in the morning. I slowly walked back to my room. I was home sick, that's all it was. But that dream, it had to be just that. A DREAM. I never remembered that at all. Maybe it was caused by my dream earlier today. I went back to sleep, no dream this time.
"Ashleigh, you might want to wake up. We have to be in the great hall in half an hour." Lily said. I jumped out of bed and got into the shower, a majority of the girls took a shower the night before. Lily, Alyssa, Jezebel, and Courtney shared a dorm with me. I got out of the shower within 5 minutes short showers were my specialty. Jezebel and Courtney left for the great hall. Lily and Alyssa waited for me.
"You guys didn't have to wait, but thank you." I said in a small voice. I was pulling on shorts and a tank top under my robes. I put on one of my many necklaces and grabbed a tube of lip-gloss out of my trunk. We went down to the common room; Sirius, James, Remus and Peter were walking in front of us.
"They are the maurders... don't get involved with them, they will only use you and break your heart. Guaranteed." Lily said. Alyssa nodded. I watched them talk, laugh and play around on their way to the great hall. Even though I wanted Sirius, I wasn't going to get my heart broken, again.
At breakfast we got our "timetables" but I still call them schedules. It was weird, I wasn't used to things running like this. My first class of the day was Herbology, not my favorite. Lily had to back track to the dorm to get her book. I stood there right by the front doors waiting for her and Alyssa. I knew they wanted to talk about me, whether it was good or bad. I hoped it was good though; I wanted to fit in so badly.
"Hey." A sly voice came from my right. I turned to face a slick blonde headed guy. He was tall, and kind of cute.
"Hi." I said to him. For some reason he seemed arrogant to me. I didn't like his attitude.
"Hey Malfoy! Why don't you go and get yourself a slytherin you git!" I heard Sirius' voice over the crowd of noise. Sirius walked up toward Malfoy and me. His blue eyes were blazing like fire, he seemed mad.
"Why don't you go and mind your own business." Malfoy said to Sirius. I looked at both of them. A guy with greasy hair and a hooked nose stood behind Malfoy, as if to be his back up.
"I've got to go." I said turning to leave.
"See, you are chasing away the girls now." Malfoy said and then the dueling started. Sirius whipped out his wand first. He turned Malfoy's hair pink. Malfoy unarmed Sirius and he flew against the nearest wall. I ran to Sirius to help him but I was thrown against the same wall as well. My head hit it with such force; it felt like my eyes were going to be knocked out of their sockets. I fell to the floor, so much pain radiated from my head. It was screaming with pain. The only thing I could think of as I grabbed my wand out of my robes was to get this guy back. I counter their spell with a transfiguration spell, they both turned into large snails with bright pink shells and wigs on. That spell took the last of my strength; I fell to the ground again. My head pounding, I had never felt so much pain before.
"That's it! I want the four of you to follow me right now!" Professor Mcgonagall yelled as she turned Snape and Malfoy back into their human form. She couldn't turn the hair back because it was a sticking spell. We all followed her to an ugly gargoyle and up the spiraling staircase. Professor Dumbledore was sitting behind his desk writing something on his parchment. He looked up and his eyes stopped twinkling as he spotted me behind Sirius and Snape. He shook his head slightly. I knew what he was thinking. He was disappointed, but it wasn't my fault, I was standing there, minding MY own business and they attacked ME! I was only counter acting on that attack!
"Professor, all four of them were responsible for a duel in the hall outside the great door." Professor McGonagall said. Dumbledore nodded and dismissed her. He conjured up four chairs and placed them opposite of him.
"Now, I want ONE person to explain to me what happened. Ashleigh will start." He said looking at me, his long fingers touching. I looked at him and inhaled deeply.
"Well, see, Lily had forgotten her book and Alyssa went with her and I didn't want to go. I wanted fresh air, yet I didn't know where the herbology green house was. So I told them I would wait. And then this guy here, I think his name is Malfoy. He came up and said Hi. And then Sirius came and told him to go get a Slytherin girl and Malfoy said mind your own business and then I said I have to go cause I didn't want to get into the middle of something, and it turned into a duel. Sirius whipped out his wand the exact same time as Malfoy, and then He turned his hair pink. And then he disarmed Sirius and I went to help Sirius up and as I did, since I was...." I had to stop my head was swarming, I felt light headed. Hopefully there wasn't a concussion.
"Go on." Dumbledore urged her. I closed my eyes, they were burning again and my head throbbed. I didn't want to continue. But I did anyway.
"I was too close to the wall, I don't know if they were aiming at me or Sirius but I got the rough end of it and hit the wall full on, head first. I then whipped out my wand and turned them into Pink Snails." I said and I tried so hard not laugh at the last part. But when Sirius started to laugh at the sight of this I started to laugh.
"Hem hem." Dumbledore cough, I could see that he was trying to not laugh but his eyes held amusement.
"I am sorry Professor. Really I am." I said.
"What type of spell did you hit them with?" He asked me. I shrugged.
"A transfiguration spell. I think. And a switching spell for the hair, a sticking switching spell. Which means the color wont fade no matter what for about 2 weeks to a month. I didn't do a very strong one." I said snickering. I bit my lip to stop me from laughing.
"I see. And where did you learn this spell?" He asked me. I really didn't want to answer. I had learned it from my mom. She taught me a lot before she died. I definitely was not going to tell Dumbledore this in front of everyone. So I shrugged.
"I don't know, I just did." I said not looking him in the eye. He nodded.
"I see... well, regardless of what happened. All four of you will receive detention. Snape, Malfoy you will help Filch and Ashleigh, Sirius, you will help Hagrid. Tomorrow night. Understood?" He asked everyone nodded.
"You guys may go to your next class... Ashleigh please stay behind." He said kindness was in his voice. I obeyed him, but I felt mad, alienated. Once they were gone there was a few minutes of awkward silence.
"Where did you really learn that spell?" He asked her. I inhaled deeply.
"My mom." I stated and that's as far as I was going to go too.
"I see. Your mom was an outstanding person. Very brave. She was the top of her class also. Your dad was just under her. They fell in love at this school." Dumbledore said. His eyes were getting hazy. He looked like he was dreaming. He soon snapped out of it though.
"Well then, what class do you have next?" He asked her. I pulled my schedule out of my pocket. Muggle Studies.
"Muggle Studies." Ashleigh said. Dumbledore raised an eyebrow at her.
"What? I like to learn it from a wizards' perspective." I said innocently. He smiled and dismissed me. I looked back and he was writing on the same parchment.
"Help!" I heard my mothers voice yell. I turned to my left my mother was on the floor. A man with black hair helped her up and carried her into a nearby house. "Shhhh, you're going to be fine." He said to her. I recognized that voice; it was my dad's. "He will kill us if we don't keep moving." She said with pain in her voice.
"He's gone, he won't come back, I promise." My fathers voice was filled with passion. "Jon, he.... he ... killed my parents." "I know." He hugged her tight. "Mommy! Daddy!" I came running into the room, or at least the 4 year old me did. They both looked at my 3-year-old self.
I woke up sweating, I wasn't breathing right. I was hyperventilating; I didn't know what to do. I raced out of the dorm and down the staircase to the common room, I needed more air, I felt cramped in there. Claustrophobic. My breathing was slowing down somewhat. No one was in the common room, just me. It was 3 in the morning. I slowly walked back to my room. I was home sick, that's all it was. But that dream, it had to be just that. A DREAM. I never remembered that at all. Maybe it was caused by my dream earlier today. I went back to sleep, no dream this time.
"Ashleigh, you might want to wake up. We have to be in the great hall in half an hour." Lily said. I jumped out of bed and got into the shower, a majority of the girls took a shower the night before. Lily, Alyssa, Jezebel, and Courtney shared a dorm with me. I got out of the shower within 5 minutes short showers were my specialty. Jezebel and Courtney left for the great hall. Lily and Alyssa waited for me.
"You guys didn't have to wait, but thank you." I said in a small voice. I was pulling on shorts and a tank top under my robes. I put on one of my many necklaces and grabbed a tube of lip-gloss out of my trunk. We went down to the common room; Sirius, James, Remus and Peter were walking in front of us.
"They are the maurders... don't get involved with them, they will only use you and break your heart. Guaranteed." Lily said. Alyssa nodded. I watched them talk, laugh and play around on their way to the great hall. Even though I wanted Sirius, I wasn't going to get my heart broken, again.
At breakfast we got our "timetables" but I still call them schedules. It was weird, I wasn't used to things running like this. My first class of the day was Herbology, not my favorite. Lily had to back track to the dorm to get her book. I stood there right by the front doors waiting for her and Alyssa. I knew they wanted to talk about me, whether it was good or bad. I hoped it was good though; I wanted to fit in so badly.
"Hey." A sly voice came from my right. I turned to face a slick blonde headed guy. He was tall, and kind of cute.
"Hi." I said to him. For some reason he seemed arrogant to me. I didn't like his attitude.
"Hey Malfoy! Why don't you go and get yourself a slytherin you git!" I heard Sirius' voice over the crowd of noise. Sirius walked up toward Malfoy and me. His blue eyes were blazing like fire, he seemed mad.
"Why don't you go and mind your own business." Malfoy said to Sirius. I looked at both of them. A guy with greasy hair and a hooked nose stood behind Malfoy, as if to be his back up.
"I've got to go." I said turning to leave.
"See, you are chasing away the girls now." Malfoy said and then the dueling started. Sirius whipped out his wand first. He turned Malfoy's hair pink. Malfoy unarmed Sirius and he flew against the nearest wall. I ran to Sirius to help him but I was thrown against the same wall as well. My head hit it with such force; it felt like my eyes were going to be knocked out of their sockets. I fell to the floor, so much pain radiated from my head. It was screaming with pain. The only thing I could think of as I grabbed my wand out of my robes was to get this guy back. I counter their spell with a transfiguration spell, they both turned into large snails with bright pink shells and wigs on. That spell took the last of my strength; I fell to the ground again. My head pounding, I had never felt so much pain before.
"That's it! I want the four of you to follow me right now!" Professor Mcgonagall yelled as she turned Snape and Malfoy back into their human form. She couldn't turn the hair back because it was a sticking spell. We all followed her to an ugly gargoyle and up the spiraling staircase. Professor Dumbledore was sitting behind his desk writing something on his parchment. He looked up and his eyes stopped twinkling as he spotted me behind Sirius and Snape. He shook his head slightly. I knew what he was thinking. He was disappointed, but it wasn't my fault, I was standing there, minding MY own business and they attacked ME! I was only counter acting on that attack!
"Professor, all four of them were responsible for a duel in the hall outside the great door." Professor McGonagall said. Dumbledore nodded and dismissed her. He conjured up four chairs and placed them opposite of him.
"Now, I want ONE person to explain to me what happened. Ashleigh will start." He said looking at me, his long fingers touching. I looked at him and inhaled deeply.
"Well, see, Lily had forgotten her book and Alyssa went with her and I didn't want to go. I wanted fresh air, yet I didn't know where the herbology green house was. So I told them I would wait. And then this guy here, I think his name is Malfoy. He came up and said Hi. And then Sirius came and told him to go get a Slytherin girl and Malfoy said mind your own business and then I said I have to go cause I didn't want to get into the middle of something, and it turned into a duel. Sirius whipped out his wand the exact same time as Malfoy, and then He turned his hair pink. And then he disarmed Sirius and I went to help Sirius up and as I did, since I was...." I had to stop my head was swarming, I felt light headed. Hopefully there wasn't a concussion.
"Go on." Dumbledore urged her. I closed my eyes, they were burning again and my head throbbed. I didn't want to continue. But I did anyway.
"I was too close to the wall, I don't know if they were aiming at me or Sirius but I got the rough end of it and hit the wall full on, head first. I then whipped out my wand and turned them into Pink Snails." I said and I tried so hard not laugh at the last part. But when Sirius started to laugh at the sight of this I started to laugh.
"Hem hem." Dumbledore cough, I could see that he was trying to not laugh but his eyes held amusement.
"I am sorry Professor. Really I am." I said.
"What type of spell did you hit them with?" He asked me. I shrugged.
"A transfiguration spell. I think. And a switching spell for the hair, a sticking switching spell. Which means the color wont fade no matter what for about 2 weeks to a month. I didn't do a very strong one." I said snickering. I bit my lip to stop me from laughing.
"I see. And where did you learn this spell?" He asked me. I really didn't want to answer. I had learned it from my mom. She taught me a lot before she died. I definitely was not going to tell Dumbledore this in front of everyone. So I shrugged.
"I don't know, I just did." I said not looking him in the eye. He nodded.
"I see... well, regardless of what happened. All four of you will receive detention. Snape, Malfoy you will help Filch and Ashleigh, Sirius, you will help Hagrid. Tomorrow night. Understood?" He asked everyone nodded.
"You guys may go to your next class... Ashleigh please stay behind." He said kindness was in his voice. I obeyed him, but I felt mad, alienated. Once they were gone there was a few minutes of awkward silence.
"Where did you really learn that spell?" He asked her. I inhaled deeply.
"My mom." I stated and that's as far as I was going to go too.
"I see. Your mom was an outstanding person. Very brave. She was the top of her class also. Your dad was just under her. They fell in love at this school." Dumbledore said. His eyes were getting hazy. He looked like he was dreaming. He soon snapped out of it though.
"Well then, what class do you have next?" He asked her. I pulled my schedule out of my pocket. Muggle Studies.
"Muggle Studies." Ashleigh said. Dumbledore raised an eyebrow at her.
"What? I like to learn it from a wizards' perspective." I said innocently. He smiled and dismissed me. I looked back and he was writing on the same parchment.