Chapter Six- Haunting Past

The memories was just rushing in her head. Everything started to blur out again and then she fainted, from the late night sleep (barley asleep) and the early wake up. There she laid and that's when her worst memories started to flow into her head.

She was 13, and she was happy. She was outside with her boyfriend, celebrating the New Year. There were lights everywhere, beautiful lights. The bright colors of red, pink, yellow, blue, green and white. There were beautiful lanterns in all sorts of shapes, round, square, fish-shape and other types of shape. She was holding hands with her boyfriend, Phoung. They were having loads of fun. All around the village was small little carts filled with foods and toys and especially candies. The buildings were lit and decorated with Chinese letters and symbols. The 12 Asians zodiac signs were all over the place. They stopped at every other cart until finally the were at their destination. The center of the town.

Finally the drums started to bang very loudly and very excitingly. It was drummed to a fighting beat which in a house burst opened and out came a dragon. Unfortunately it was fake. It had cotton for its eye brows and wings and linings, buttons for eyes and noses, feathers for eye lashes and a long tail, and it also had glittered paper for its scales. It's mouth opened and closed repeatedly and so was the eyes. Inside you could see the people from temple running around and switching places, talking for their position and doing all sorts of stuff. Their legs were like a cat's leg, fast, light, and quite. It jumped up on a wooden poll and ate the cabbage, when it came down, dragging the cabbage with it, it also pulled a string that opened a message on a long red piece of cloth with huge black letters.

"Happy New Years, The Year of the Dragon. How nice!" said Phoung. He was tall and thin, muscular and had spiked hair. His face was a serious looking face and very heroic.

"wow, that was great, every year they made it looked so much better. REMEMBER WHEN I WAS ON THE DRAGON TEAM!!!" yelled Dise. Phoung rolled his eyes thinking there she goes….again! "I was great wasn't I? I was fast and smooth not like those guys!! I was quick like a cat and strong as a bull. And Sifu would always choose me as the guide!!"

"yes I remember Dise"

"hmmm…… I wish I was still 12, it would've been great."

"its ok Dise" he said while wrapping his arms around her waist. "come on let's go your mom might be waiting."

They walked home, still stopping at every cart until they reached her house. He opened the door and gestured her in. she walked in and her mom was already there to greet her with a smile and her warming hands opened to her.

"welcome home, dear, how was the dragon dance?" she said, her voice was old but still so warming that it would turn and frown into a smile.

"it was great, Me (mae), we saw Tuan and Hiep. Tuan took my place as a guider. And we went to go and eat candies and even New Years bread. This year they made chicken stuffing's, taste weird at first but then it just starts to get better!"

"Chao, Mrs. Rave, I hope I didn't bring her home too late,"

"no, no, dear you brought her even earlier than I had expected"

"so do I still have time to go out, Me?"

"hahaha no dear, you don't. now you go to bed"

"bye, Phoung" waved Dise.

"bye, Dise." he stayed there until Dise's mom walked inside, Dise tip-toed and looked over the table. Once Mrs. Rave was out of sight, she smiled. Phoung leaned in and kissed her while holding her tight. He held her by the waist and then finally let go.

"bye, I'll see you tomorrow, ok? Be a good girl!"

"I AM always good, Phoung." she smiled and he left closing the door behind him.

She went into her room, and changed. After she was done, her mom knocked on the door and asked if she could enter.

"Certainly"

"honey, how's Shin gun (like hog warts but in Chinese version)."

"Great Me"

"good, that's nice to hear. Dise, I have something to tell you. I wanted you to have a great time first before I broke the news to you."

"what is it Me you look really worried. You look just happy earlier."

"Dise, Have you ever heard of a Dragle?"

"no Me I haven't" Ms. Rave explained what it is.

"wow, those people sound cool."

"well, yes, it does sound cool. But there's this bad thing to it. Once your turned into a Dragle, you loose completely your mind. Nothing is what as it seems. You are just yourself and you don't know anyone except yourself, and that you're a dragon. But as you get older you start to gain control and you loose less of your mind. And especially when you turn 15. You sometimes know what your doing, but sometimes you don't. but that's a good thing, because most of the time you know exactly and clearly what your doing!" Dise opened her mouth in amazement. "and honey, no one likes Dragles"

"why?!"

"just as they don't like witches dear, they come as evil and wicked."

"but they celebrate the Year of the Dragon."

"yes, but that's a different kind of Dragon, that's heaven dragon. They're part human, witch, and dragon.

"oh, well what happens to them once they find out you're a Dragle."

"We get burned honey. Then they doom your ash to hell, which means they put voodoo on it and burn it again until it vanishes. That's what happens to Dragle's ashes." Dise opened her mouth in horror.

"Me, what did you mean by 'we'?"

"I mean that, your Grandma married your Grandpa who was a Dragle. They gave birth to me, Uncle Shing, and Aunt Sae. Out of those three, I was chosen as the next generation for the Dragle's. and then I married your father, a wizard, and we gave birth to you and your brother Kago. and you are the next one to continue the generation. See this is my scar." she said while pointing at her upper shin. "and this is yours" she made Dise stand in front of the mirror and pointed behind her thigh. She turn around so she can see the scar and it looked like a baby dragon.

"I'm-I'm a Dragle?"

"yes dear, you are."

"wow, I don't know if I should be sad, or mad that I am what I am? There's too much good into it but also too much bad."

"honey, there's also another thing. Since your only 13, I have to tie you up and lock you in a dungeon until you are done transforming and once you turned back into your self again, I can let you go!"

"oh no!, every time I transformed?"

Ms. Rave laughed. "Dise you only have to turn once a year, if you want to."

"oh, so when will I know that it's coming?"

"when you feel a burn on your scar, and then that following night will be your transformation"

"ok.."

It was days and days and she looked at the big news as something that just wasn't big enough to worry about. She didn't really care. They sounded cool, but when you get caught. It wasn't really cool at all. Days after days and months after months, when finally her scar burned. She told her mother and that night she walked down to the dungeon.

"are you excited Dise?"

"I really don't know Me, I'm part scared and part happy."

"I know what you mean, dear. Now the first time you transform will be the most painful but remember it won't hurt that bad anymore."

"Me? Mt chest is hurting."

"Then we better hurry dear."

They walked out of the house and into the backyard. And behind the bush they went. There was a wooden door on the ground that Dise had never noticed before. Ms. Rave opened it and went down. The dungeon was nothing that Dise thought it would be. Instead of being cold, dark, gloomy and scary. It was bright, warmful, and welcoming.

"Me? Why is it so-"

"honey, you expect me to let you be locked up in here, all ugly and scary?, no way!!"

Dise laughed and then there was a bed. There were chains tied to it, which was the only thing that scared Dise. She suddenly clutched her chest and fell to the ground.

"it's time dear."

She pulled Dise onto the bed and chained her up. Dise didn't care anymore, all she cared was to be pain free again. Then finally she was transformed. Her mother stayed with her was she wailed and roar and cried. Finally an hour later she was turned back.

"how do you feel Dise?"

"I'm fine, just a little tired."

"ok. I told your sifu by the way."

"oh, no Why?"

"because he knows about Dragle's more than I do! And he was the one who helped me when I was young, Dise. It won't be long until he leaves though. And I'm sure he wouldn't want to."

"but he hates half-blooded people! He told me so."

"he knew I was a half-blood he didn't treat me any different!"

"that's because he never had a chance to kill you Me.."

"how dare you Dise, I hope you know that , that man is as gentle as a bird and as caring as anything you can think ok. I better not hear you say any criticism about him anymore. He is your sifu."

"Me, I heard he burned a witch that was his niece last Halloween. Isn't that true? He did, and he is a bad sifu Me!"

"no he is NOT he did not burn anyone or anything last Halloween. You were there Dise, you should know!"

"ok, ok, Me."

"do ever say anything of the sort again."

They went back into the house and into her room. She rested there and slept. Soon her mother convinced her that her sifu was actually a really wise and nice man like he always was. She began to get closer and closer to him everyday. She was like another father to her. The next day was school day for her. She went traveled to school and then said her goodbyes. School went by fast, and fine until there was an incident with her and Phoung. They had a argument about whether they should stay back for Christmas for not.

"I want to spend time with you, Dise."

"I have to get home to my mom, we have some things to discuss. And it's really important."

"more important than me?"

"I'm sorry Phoung. But I can't this time."

As she walked away, he grabbed her by the arm and told her she can't leave. He then hugged her. She didn't know why but she felt mad.

"why do you have to do this Phoung. Why can't you just let me do things that I wanted to do for once. Everything is always about you! Everything you want me to do is only because its good for you!"

"don't you say that. It's for the both of us and for our relationship!"

"that's always your excuse Phoung. You can't ever let ME BE!!"

He stared at her. Then some students behind her came out. It was her worst enemy Chishu.

"awww. Look at Dise and Phoung arguing. How cute does that look!"

"stay out of it Chishu. Its none of your business."

"don't you use that tone with me PARADISE!"

"I just did! Loser!"

"oh! How dare you!"

"Dise, stop, just turn your head, and keep it high. She wont--"

"no! I won't listen to you anymore Phoung I want to do what I want to do now!" she turned to Chishu. "mind you own business and YOU won't get hurt Chishu"

"HOW DARE YOU DISE, YOU'VE GONE TOO FAR NOW!!" she took off and through it at Dise. It hit her square on the head and knocked her over. She laid there for a while, and when she got up her eyes were glowing red.

"DON'T YOU EVER DISHONOR ME CHISHU!! EVER!!" she roar, throwing a shoe at someone, means that the person is being dishonored by the thrower. She turned into a dragon and flew straight to Chishu. But Phoung go tin the way she screamed. "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" and she accidentally clawed him, which went straight threw him and into Chishu. She suddenly was hit with her conscious. you just killed Phoung!! You just killed him!!. she suddenly turned back and there she was, her hand all bloody and two dead bodies right before her. She knelt down to look at Phoung, the person she loved was killed with her own hands. After a little while, she heard screams. The people behind Dise, who was Chishu's friend just snapped out of their senses and started to scream. People ran down from everywhere. Not long now, she was surrounded by student. She didn't care she just wanted to reverse the time so she can listen to Phoung, and none of this wouldn't have happened.

The Professors came down and looked at Dise and the bodies of Chishu and Phoung. They looked at her in surprise and disgust. She looked up at them in tears.

"oh, my goodness!" yelled one Professor in a white hat and gown, he looked young, but with a black mustache.

"a-a-DRAGLE?" shrieked another Professor with long silky hair she was young, too. She had a lot of make-up on, but looked very pretty.

"GET HER!!!" screamed another Professor in a long white gown with a beard to his shin.

Two Professors grabbed her and brought her back to her village. They tied her up to a poll on a wagon. And pulled her to the center of the village. As they pulled her there, the rang gongs and yelled out, 'burn, Burn, BURN' all the people in village began to came out and little by little they joined. She was terrified, she was so scared she didn't know what to do. She was so afraid and didn't even want to think of what's going to happen. She cried and screamed. But she can't do anything. All she did was shiver. Her friends hid, her neighbors didn't believe it and then they joined too. Her mother was in grief and then she was gone from the crowd. Her dad was also no where to be found.

Like her dream, she was about to be burned, when suddenly she woke up and she was in a car the floated by itself to Hogwarts with a letter written to her from her mother.

Dear my lovely Dise,

I wish to apologize that I didn't believe you when you said that sifu was a bad man. And indeed he is. I want you to continue your life, as a normal witch and Dragle. Let's just say that you were saved by me and your father. For you information you are being sent to a wizarding school much like Shinga, but it's called Hogwarts. You will follow every rule that Professor Dumbledore has set upon you., the headmaster that is. You are being sent there by a muggle transportation called a car. Your father picked this up by one of his friends, that worked in the Ministry. I hope you will enjoy your ride, for I have stored in the back seat loads of food, your things and some magazines in case you get bored. I hope you enjoy it. I love you my dear Dise. Your brother misses you already and so does your father they both say good-luck and happy trip. When ever schools about to start I shall come visit you and bring you back to a place where you can stay for the summer. Good-bye my lovely daughter. Go out there and make me proud.

--Songha Rave, your mother

Shintu Rave, your father

Parchi Rave, your brother

Dise awoke with a jerk and found her self lying in the Hospital wing. Madam Pomfrey walked out of the back and walked towards her.

"finally awoke have you now?"

"oh, whoa…" she fell back again on her back. "what the he--ck, happened?"

"you fainted during breakfast dear. You are lucky that it's Saturday, or you would have thought to be using that Skiving Box, thingy. --Oh those Weasley twins can be a pain."

"oh, um…who brought me here Madam Pomfrey?"

"your friends they saw you near the lake, and brought you up here."

"where are they now?"

"they just went out to buy you some fruits, it helps get the blood flowing easy again."

"umm, when isn't the Wizard Challenge tomarrow?"

"yes dear, it's the Hufflepuff and the Slytherins"

"oh yea"

"yes, and I am so excited to go see it. I wonder how the houses are getting along…"