-Blue on Black-
Disclaimer: I do not own Sailor Moon or Harry Potter. If I did, I'd be writing actual books or episodes not fan-fictions.
CHAPTER TWO
It was lunchtime, and Ami had skipped breakfast, but as usual, she was not hungry. She went up to her dormitory, and dropped her book bag on her bed, before picking up a blue compact, and watch, and walking back down the stairs to the Ravenclaw common room, with comfortable chairs and desks neatly laid out around the room. There were a few couches around the fire and lots of bookshelves on the walls. It looked more like a study room than anything else, but it was still very homey.
Having had enough of books for that afternoon, she left the common room and slowly walked down the stairs leading to the Entrance hall. As she was walking outside, she didn't realize the two pairs of eyes had seen her leaving.
"Its lunch isn't it?"
"Yes." Riddle answered just as baffled
"So where is she heading? Lunch is in there."
"Dunno. She's probably not hungry. Let's go eat, and torment some muggle loving fools. The new standard's been set." Smirked Tom
A laughing Malfoy followed.
Ami sat down by the lake, hidden from view of the castle by the oak tree she was leaning against. Snapping the compact open it turned out to be a small computer-like object, made of blue topaz, sapphire, and diamond. The basic frame and wiring were made of a special water and ice resistant metal found only on Mercury.
Her fingers glided smoothly across the keypad as she opened her system search and did her daily check for her friends' energy signals, and any Nega-energy building up. Sadly there was no trace of her friends, but the good news was that the Nega-verse was still trapped, and unable to escape.
"Sigh When are they going to come back?" she whispered to the wind. As if feeling her sorrow, one of the snow covered branches of the oak tree behind her, bent down until it was level with her. It shook the snow off like a wet dog, and slowly blossoms formed on it branches, attracting her pet from the Owlery. Unlike everyone else at school, she did not have an owl. She had very unique animal that no other person in the world had.
An Ice Phoenix.
He was very loyal to her, and never listened to any other person unless she specifically told him to... in Mercrian of course. "Hello Indivar"
'My princess, your sorrow is immense. What ails thee?' Asked the Phoenix telepathically.
Smiling softly, she stroked his cotton-soft feathers, "I'm just a little lonely... that's all Indivar."
'It must be more than what you speak of, my future Queen. Thy heart is crying and thy mind is keeping it well hidden. You are in pain. Might this be of reason with the betrayal of his lordship General Zoicite?'
Looking out over the shimmering lake, tears slowly formed in her eyes, though she refused to allow them to fall. "I- I don't know Indivar. I. I just don't think I can trust people like I used to."
'Tis understandable... but thy heart is thy soul. Never cut yourself off from its wisdom and the happiness it brings'
"It may bring the happiness, but it blinds the eye. Besides, the happiness is ALWAYS short lived."
'Don't be so sure my princess, for good things appear in the most unexpected of times...'
It was getting dark before Ami began to head inside but she could care less. She heard some people coming up from the dungeon but ignored them. She could see most going into the great hall, and dodged through them, cutting in front of a few people. Finally managing to get to the staircase, but missing that the people she cut in front of were the only two people who would care that she was skipping a second meal.
"Where's she going now? It's dinner, and she didn't have lunch." Asked Malfoy,
"I don't know. But she does seem slightly pale doesn't she."
"Yeah, and thin too. Ok yes she is slim, but she's getting a little bony."
"Do you recall seeing her in the great hall at all since... the incident?"
"..." There was silence as both stood, their large group stopping too.
"What's up with you guys? Come on there is food just waiting to be devoured in there!!!" Exclaimed Goyle as Crabbe nodded eagerly beside him.
"Yeah... go ahead, we'll be there in a minuet." said Malfoy, brushing them off.
"Alright. Hurry up though." once their group had entered the hall, Malfoy, and Riddle turned and headed up the stairs, after the blue haired Ravenclaw.
It took them a while, but they eventually found her walking out of an empty classroom, and into the girls' bathroom opposite it.
"Great. We can't go into the girls bathroom... what now?" asked Lucius, turning to his most trusted friend
Pausing for a moment, Tom looked around, "Let's see if she left anything in there. She didn't come out with anything that's for sure."
"Yeah you're right! Like always." and they walked into the classroom, noticing that she had pushed a few desks together and had a Care of Magical Creatures assignment spread out over them. Her bag was sitting on the floor half open, revealing a pile of parchment and a few blue objects.
"Aren't I happy I didn't take that subject!" said Riddle in a calm yet amused voice.
"Yes it is a lot for just one assignment...unless it's more than one," mumbled Lucius, referring to what looked to be at least a 10 ft long essay.
Just then Ami walked back in, and almost screamed in shock, not expecting anyone to be there, "Ahh! Oh my goodness! Don't scare me like that!" she had a hand clutching her heart.
"What's so scary about us?" asked Riddle, amused.
"Oh NOTHING!" she grumbled, "Aside from the fact that I didn't think anyone would care to follow me." she sat back down grumbling incoherent words. She picked up one of the open books, and read a little before she put it back down and continued writing, one hand still clutching her heart as she tried to get her breathing back to normal and her heart rate down.
Malfoy and Riddle chuckled at her sarcasm but didn't say anything. Malfoy just walked over and leaned over her shoulder, reading what she was writing, while Riddle took a seat on the edge of the desk beside her.
After 5 minuets of silence she got frustrated. Throwing her quill down she looked up at them, "Can I help you two with something, or are you just trying to annoy me?"
"Feisty." laughed Riddle, but when he saw her getting angrier, he stopped laughing, though Malfoy kept going.
"Are you quite finished or are you deliberately trying to sink to the level of those Gryffindors?"
"Ouch. We weren't doing anything of the sort. Honest." laughed Malfoy. If he were trying any harder to look innocent, a halo would have appeared above his head.
"Yes, we were just curious as to why you skipped lunch, and now your not going down to dinner..." added Riddle, though his comment was said a little more seriously.
"Oh how observant of you." Ami mumbled, not expecting them to hear her, but they did...
"Huh? Are you like on that time of month? Cause you're really snappy today." grinned Malfoy.
Gritting her teeth, Ami tried to ignore them as she went back to her assignment. She remained silent.
"Hellooooo? You alive in there?" Malfoy waved his hand in front of her face and she was seriously getting pissed off.
The deep calming breathing wasn't working very well, and she was slowly getting madder as the light snowing outside was slowly turning into a blizzard.
"Lucius." came Riddle's voice. For some odd reason, the voice calmed her down a little too. 'Weird' she thought,
"Oops. Sorry" mumbled Malfoy. Silence fell over the room as Malfoy berated himself quietly, Ami worked on her assignment, and Riddle observed her intently. Suddenly, a loud grumble was heard, followed by Lucius' face turning red, "Heh, I guess I'm really hungry. Can we go eat?"
"By all means, go right ahead. Nothing's stopping you... Either of you." said Ami, not stopping her work.
"You are." stated Riddle matter-of-factly.
"How so?" she questioned, looking up at them, or mainly, Riddle. "It's not like I've put a locking charm on the door, or even asked you to stay." she said
"Awe. Don't you want our company?" asked Malfoy.
"I never said that either. It's nice to have someone to talk to. But if you're hungry then by all means go down and eat. I won't stop you." she motioned to the door but neither moved.
"What about you?"
"What about me Riddle? I'm not hungry so I'm not eating."
"But you didn't have lunch." he answered surprised.
"So? I wasn't hungry then either. Riddle, I've been without food for longer than this, and no, I'm not anorexic, I'm just not hungry." she shrugged.
Getting a sad contemplative look in his eyes, he looked her over and noticed that yes indeed, she was looking thinner. MUCH thinner. "When was the last time you ate Ami?" he questioned
Shock. That was all that registered. It wasn't the fact that he could read her like an open book, and it wasn't that his hand had reached up and sat comfortably on her shoulder. It was the fact that this was the first time since the sorting, that any student had called her by her real name. Perhaps it was because of her shock, that she had answered truthfully "Two days ago breakfast." She mumbled. Instantly realizing what she had done, she clamped a hand to her mouth, and looked down, picking up her quill and beginning to write furiously.
OK this morning he could handle, yesterday night... maybe, but TWO-DAYS- ago, at BREAKFAST!!! That was like 8 meals ago. His eyes got large, as did Malloy's. "T-t-two days ago?!" he exclaimed softly.
Sighing, Ami nodded. No point in trying to cover it up. The truth was out about her eating habits. "Yeah... Like I said, I'm not hungry. I don't eat when I'm not hungry."
Snapping out of his shock, Riddle spun Ami around, and took a good look at her. Yep she was definitely telling the truth. "You're coming with us, and you're eating something now. NO buts. I don't take no for an answer."
"But my work..."
"Finish it later, you need to eat. You are GOING to eat. Whether you want to or not. This is not healthy. How long have you been skipping this many meals for?"
Looking down sadly, she held up 4 fingers, "four weeks."
"Since just before Christmas. The day before Christmas eve this started?" asked Malfoy whom had been quiet for a while, just listening.
She nodded, "I'm sick of them... of Hog warts... of all this bullshit... I don't need it. If I could, I'd go home right now, and I don't mean to Derrick and Nicole Anderson." she sucked in air quickly, 'Note to self, keep mouth in check when Riddle is around!'
"Ami..." growled Malfoy, "You're coming and that's that." he continued, picking up her bag and plonking it on the table, "pack this up and come on." he wasn't mad at her, but at the people that made her like this... Especially those shit-for-brains Gryffindors. "And your sitting at the Slytherin table too."
"But-"
"No buts." Riddle stated, cutting her protests off, "You're sitting between me and Lucius. If anyone gives you a hard time, they'll have to answer to us." smiled Riddle. He really felt bad about how she was treated around here, and she was really a nice girl. He knew, if she wanted to, she could look really beautiful. But first she needed to get some food in her.
Sighing deeply, she nodded, and slowly, began to pack away her books and parchment although as usual, she never took off her –unneeded- glasses.
Malfoy, being impatient as always, began to pace back and forward, as he waited, while Riddle helped her by rolling up her parchment. Finally, she swung her bag onto her back. "Done." she said softly. (This has all happened in about twenty minuets)
Standing up, she followed Riddle to the door, as Malfoy fell in step beside her. Silently she was praying for an escape route but with one of them on either side of her, that wasn't likely going to happen.
As they arrived in the entrance hall, Ami took a deep breath, before stepping in...
The hall fell silent as the two most wanted guys in Slytherin walked in with the 'freak' of the 4th years. Whispers flew around and quickly; a low murmur filled the hall. Shaking his head in irritancy, Riddle took Ami's arm in his hand and led her to the Slytherin table.
"Ignore them," mumbled Malfoy, when he noticed Ami's hesitance. He took her other arm gently, and they sat her down between them.
"What are YOU doing at the Slytherin table freak?" asked Crabbe snidely
"She's with us Crabbe. If you have a problem with it, then I'll gladly help you DEAL with It.," the threat was clearly outlined in Riddle's voice,
"Besides, she earned our respect the day she started taking on Gryffindor. You should be praising her not insulting her." Malfoy continued, this time coming close to laughing, but settling for a smug grin instead.
"Hey girl. If you earned those two dumb-asses respect, then you've got mine," grinned an ebony haired girl sitting across from her. Her aqua eyes gave her an exotic beauty, but her slim face and set jaw gave an image of arrogance, " I'm Britony Greenbax. Friends call me Tony or Brit." she looked thoughtful for a moment, "I never did catch your real name though..."
"Ami. Ami Anderson." she said quietly.
"Girl, speak up. Don't be so damn shy. Listen if dumb and dumber over there give you any trouble, just tell me. I'll deal with 'em." she giggled, referring to Crabbe and Goyle.
"Hey! Lay off Tony!" whined Goyle.
"Make me!" and they continued to squabble
"Ignore that. That's norm-" Malfoy began to speak but was cut off as a voice called out from the Gryffindor table,
"And we thought Slytherin could sink no lower! Now you're with the freak?!!" she could feel the empathy of anger building up within Malfoy and Riddle but didn't know why. She did know who said that however. It was Black.
She saw Malfoy's fist clench, as did Riddles, so to stop any kind of brawl she shook her head and stood up. Instantly 6 voices said the same question,
"Where are you going?" Asked Malfoy, Riddle, Greenbax, Crabbe, Goyle, and surprisingly, Snape.
"I'll be back in a moment. Just need to do something." she walked across the noiseless hall swiftly, and up in between Hufflepuff table and the Gryffindor one, right behind Potter, Lupin, Black and Pettigrew. Her eyes filled with an angry glint that looked almost evil... but not quite.
"Yes freak?" asked Black smugly
"Ok firstly, it's Anderson to you Black. Not freak... unless your small vocabulary limit's you to one syllable words." she paused when she noticed his blank look, "my point is made." she heard soft laughter behind her, "Secondly, you should think before you act Marauder."
"And why the hell should I?" he grinned
"Because things such as these are liable to happen if you don't." and all of a sudden, a bucket appeared above Black, and dumped some sort of potion on him. Seconds later he turned neon pink, and his hair turned bright purple. "Now who's the freak?" she asked maliciously before a foul smell filled the room and another bucket appeared, this time dumping a sloppy brown substance, that was causing the odor (gee, now I wonder what that was?). "And that was payback for trying, please note, I said TRYING to pull that stupid door prank on me last night." she shot him one of her worst death glares before taking a step back and pinching her nose, "Argh! I knew Gryffindors were filthy but this is ridiculous. It's called a shower Black. Learn to use It." she smirked
"Hey! He does shower!" yelled three different Gryffindor girls at the same time
"Yes And I'm sure you would know that... However I mean a shower where water is what washes you, not thestral.... droppings..." she indicated the bucket still hovering above Black, and then she turned and walked back to the Slytherin table who were almost falling out of their seats with laughter.
But before she sat down she called out one last thing, "Oh and Black! If you think that being kind to someone makes them low, then you have some serious moral issues." and she sat down calmly and spoke softer with a sigh, "Ok done." and she started serving herself some food. By now, most of the hall was laughing, and others just shook their heads in amusement as she began to eat graciously from her plate.
"Th-THAT WAS HILARIOUS!!!" laughed out Britony, clutching the stitch in her side
"Maybe you're not so bad Anderson." smirked Bulstrode
"Gee thanks." she said sarcastically
"Quit raising the standard Ami!" laughed Malfoy
She looked at him with an adorable puzzled face, "What standard?" she asked, cocking her head to the side cutely
"The standard of how bad we can insult Gryffindors." smirked Riddle, before he put a fork-full of mashed potatoes in his mouth
"Oh... that's ok then...I think..."
Time Passes
Things had been looking up for Ami since Malfoy and Riddle offered her their friendship. Though the Gryffindors hated her even more now, they dared not do anything or fear the wrath of Tom Riddle and Lucius Malfoy, the two most gifted and dangerous students in the school. And because of the friendlier environment, Ami was slowly, bit by bit, coming out the shell she had put herself in.
The year had gone by relatively fast, and now, it was during the last exam of the year that it happened. Ami had finished her transfiguration exam as her Professor winked at her behind his sparkling half moon glasses and held a finger to his lips as she dropped her quill onto the desk and leaned back, stretching. Though her face presented a happy and peaceful facade, she a feeling of foreboding in the pit of her stomach that would just NOT go away. It felt like a volcano in her. Building and building until it got to big and would erupt. And 'erupt' it did, making the blue haired girl wince visibly ouch! I hate it when that happens. She had to refrain from grumbling out loud.
Dumbledore noticed her uneasiness and got up, walking to her, "Miss Anderson, are you ok?" he whispered once he had reached her desk.
"No. Not really... What's the time sir?" she whispered back
"It is..." he stopped and looked out at the brightly shining sun outside, measuring its position, "It is roughly around 1:45 in the afternoon."
"Oh ok..." she mumbled wincing again
"Miss Anderson, maybe you should go out and get a drink of water, and some fresh air. You don't look too well."
Nodding slowly she packed away her ink and quill, handing the test to the Transfiguration professor. She got up and left swiftly, heading to the Ravenclaw wing and depositing her bag there, before walking into the bathrooms and taking off her overly thick glasses, splashing her face with the coldish water and drying it. She took a good look at herself in the mirror and staring straight back at her was the same face she used to see on Mercury. Back when she did not feel a need to hide her true self from the world. Her ocean blue eyes stood out beautifully on her ivory skin, and her beautiful blue hair that, she had just let out of the bun, gave her the look of rare beauty. It reach just below her bottom
Sighing sadly, she took the hair tie, and pulled her hair back into her usual style these days (That's a moderately tight and secure bun), before putting back on the unnecessarily large and ugly glasses. Now taking a look at herself again, she saw what looked to be a dorky nerd-like person, with huge geeky looking glasses and weird blue hair that looked short and ugly. Yep. Now she knew where she got the name, 'The Freak'. "sigh Oh well. If others can't like me for my personality, then why would they like me for my looks. I guess the Slytherins really are nicer people to their friends than Gryffindors..." she mumbled, before turning the running tap off and exiting the bathroom.
Thank Serenity for Tom and Lucius. Things would have only gotten worse without them... she walked into the entrance hall and was about to enter the Great hall when a last gut wrenching pain hit her stomach and she keeled over in pain. She moved into the shadows and out of site, still clutching her gut in pain. What the hell?! This has never happened to me before! Only when...oh no her mind went into turmoil as her she recalled that the last time she had gotten this sort of thing, was seconds before she got the vision of the moon kingdom being attacked... (aka, seconds before a tragedy was made known)
"Oh no." she moaned out loud as a second pain jabbed at her gut, just as strong as the first, making her want to tip out her insides. Her knees gave out and she collapsed in the corner of the hall eyes clenched shut in pain. She didn't notice when a large group of people surrounded her and watched, not wanting to do anything incase they would be blamed for her state. When she finally realized she was being watched, she tried to stand. But the pain only got worse and worse, until tears began to fall from her eyes, involuntarily. To hide them, she buried her head in her knees, and because of this she didn't notice the four boys coming to the front of the crowd, but what she was more worried about right now, was the wound that started to bleed in her gut. Though the blood was coming out slow, it was swiftly quickening. Oh no! What's going on?! I haven't even been near a sharp object in 10 days! And I've never been hurt there! Her mind was panicking when all of a sudden a bright flash filled her mind and she began to see many images.
#(FLASH)#
Mr. and Mrs. Anderson were walking through the park, arms linked, and looking quite content.
#(FLASH)#
A mob of muggle were beating Mr. Anderson to the ground as some more men held his wife's hands and legs, while they took turns raping her.
#(FLASH)#
The vision broke off quickly, leaving her with a violent headache.
"Well, well, well. What have we here? Do my eyes deceive me, or has the freak finally gotten what's coming to her?" asked Black in a highly amused tone.
"Sirus that's not funny! She could be really hurt!" was all she heard before she was pulled back into her minds eye.
#(FLASH)#
She saw the gleam of a knife, as a man stabbed her father through he chest 20 times over, and a group of 30 or so people, watched him. Most were laughing and if they weren't, then they probably were raping her mum. The same man stepped back and went over to her now battered, bruised, and violated mother, before pulling off his pants and pushing the man whom had just emptied his load into her, out of the way.
She saw her mum take a deep breath and was about to scream when a dick was shoved into her mouth and down her throat. She heard the guy moan, If you know what's good for you witch, you'll suck nice and long on this, he thrust his stiff prick deeper into her mothers throat, and Ami saw her mum's jaw clench as she bit down on the man's staff. Naughty girl. grinned the man, But I said SUCK! and he roughly grabbed her hair.
#(FLASH)#
A different man was now having his way with the Woman near death. I've had enough of this. We've all had a turn. and with that, the man took the same knife out and cut a slice along her stomach and then carved a wolf into her palm. Then they straightened out their clothes and left her to die.
#(FLASH)#
Once again she came back just in time to here Black's harshest words yet towards her. "-So Alyssa? Who gives a damn about Freak? She can die for all I care-" but he stopped abruptly as he noticed a shiny liquid drip onto the floor beside the balled up girl, "What the?" again he stopped but this time was because Ami's head had snapped up to look at him. He wouldn't have cared except for the fact that he saw she was crying. The freak never cried!
"Glad you feel that way Black." she mumbled but everyone heard the pain in her voice.
"Anderson what?" asked Crabbe, popping his head into the crowd. "What's going on here?"
No one said anything because truthfully, no one knew.
Finally getting up enough strength, Ami looked over to the boy who once caused her so much pain, "Nothing's going on." she stated firmly as she saw the circle part for Tom and Lucius
"I wouldn't call this nothing Ames." stated Lucius matter-of-factly.
"One of my visions just got a little too real..." she sighed as she slowly got to her feet and looked down. One large gasp was heard in unison from the crowd as Ami brought a finger covered in some sort of red substance, to her lips, "Way too real." she stated when she tasted the familiar metallic- ness, of blood.
"Holy shit! Ami!" exclaimed Tom running to her side just before she fainted from blood loss, and fell into his arms. Blood began to seep onto his robes but Tom couldn't care less. "Who the fuck DID THIS?!!!" he yelled angrily as Malfoy growled while holding her wrist in his hand, checking for a pulse.
"She's ok. Just fainted, but she's lost a lot of blood. We need to get her to the hospital wing and fast."
"I swear on my life, if I find out who did this to her, then may the gods have mercy on you, because I sure as hell wont!" his voice sent unpleasant shivers down everyone's spines. For some unknown reason, Tom's eye's flickered a red color before he looked back down at Ami and it vanished.
Tom picked Ami up princess style and began walking towards the hospital wing, cradling her close to him in hopes of giving her cooling body some warmth.
Upon arrival, an old nurse came rushing out towards them in a panic, "What happened? When did this happen? Is she ok? Who did this? How did this-"
"Not now Madame Shields! Ami needs your help!" Tom growled as he gently placed her down on the bed.
"Oh, quite right, quite right." she mumbled walking back into her office and coming out with her wand. She said a few different spells and Ami's wounds closed themselves right on up.
Both boys let out a sigh of relief, but their worries were not over yet, "Boys. Don't relax just yet... just how much blood did she lose?" Asked the Matron
Both boys paled considerably. They had grown quite attached to their shy but witty friend. "Quite a bit." Lucius informed the matron.
"Oh dear me... and I don't know her blood type..." shaking her head. She swooped down to the puddle of blood at the side of the bed and made a needle appear out of thin air. She sucked up a considerable amount of blood into the needle and stood back up. "This wont take long. Could one of you go get professor Dippet for me. He'll want to know what's going on."
"Ok. I'll go." announced Malfoy before he jogged out of the Hospital Wing.
Tom pulled up a chair and sat beside Ami's bed as her shallow breaths lengthened and her pained face eased. He noticed her glasses were still on her face, so he gently took them off and placed them on the bedside table. Looking back, he had a near heart attack. "Hey you scared me." grinned Riddle brushing a few strands from her eyes as she sat up a little. He hadn't noticed it before but her eyes were the prettiest shade of blue he'd ever seen. Why she hid behind the weird glasses was beyond him, but she was a very beautiful girl, inside and out.
Ami managed to form her lips into a weak smile, "Don't let the Gryffindors hear you saying that. They may start calling you a freak too," she stated, bitterly recalling Black's harsh words.
"If they even tried, I'd hurt 'em. Ami, who did this to you?!" he growled placing a hand where the wound on her stomach had been just moments ago.
"No one Tom. I already told you. A vision of mine got a little out of hand, and what I saw was sorta inflicted on me..."
"You get visions?" asked a stumped Tom looking at her in a funny way.
"Yeah..." she mumbled, "But I never normally get them unless I'm dreaming. On the RARE occasion that I get one like this..." she drifted off as a dull pain began in her head
"Yes? What happens? is this normal?" he asked worried at her hesitation
"No. This is not normal. I couldn't control what I saw." she snapped, as tears formed in her eyes again.
"Ami, what did you see?" he asked getting up and sitting next to her on the bed, and pulling her into a loose hug, offering her some comfort, as Lucius and Professor Dippet stepped through the door. Ami hadn't seen them so Tom held a finger to his lips telling them to be silent as Ami began her tale.
"My- my mum and dad... they well were attacked by a big group of muggls. I saw them kill my father then... they raped my mum before slashing her stomach and cutting a wolf into her palm. They left her to bleed to death..." Ami said in a shaky voice. She tried hard to hold the tears back, but was quickly losing the battle.
Tom growled. He was no stranger to the mistreatment muggles gave, but this was stepping over the line. Hurting him was ok.... but Ami had never done anything wrong in her life, "I'm sorry Ami..." he mumbled tightening the hug trying to help her stop the tears. " I guess all muggles are the same..." he paused a little before continuing, "Do you know if it was past, present or a future premonition?" he asked gently as Malfoy and the headmaster came forward slowly, in complete shock.
"I- I don't know." she sobbed into his shoulder, clinging to the only apparent source of comfort she had.
"Shhh... it's ok, don't cry, it'll be alright don't worry." he whispered into her ear softly.
"Ms Anderson... I think I can answer that question for you...when you had this... vision... it was around 2 o'clock yes?"
"Sniff yes...Sniff"
"Then it was... I don't know how to soften this any further, but it was a vision of the present... Your parents were killed at 1:59 Thursday afternoon, at Little Whining Park... I'm sorry Miss Anderson, but it wasn't a completely random muggle gang event. It could have happened to anyone with magical blood. The gang responsible somehow know who's a witch or wizard and who's not..." he tried in vein to ease the blow of the news.
Ami froze. This had to be some sort of nightmare. It couldn't be real. She couldn't have lost another two parents. This had to be a bad dream. A nightmare. She was going to wake up any minuet now... any minuet..."This can't be real..." she whispered trying to assure herself that this was all a dream.
"I'm sorry Miss Anderson... but this is a reality." sighed Professor Dippet, producing a piece of parchment covered in writing. Ami shakily took it from him and began to read it out loud
"To whom ever this may concern...
Earlier this afternoon two magic users, a wizard and a witch, were found dead at Little Whining Park. The cause of death to Mr. Derrick Anderson was obvious multiple stabbings in the chest. The cause of death to his wife Nicole Anderson, was blood loss and internal bleeding. There are signs of rape on both of the victims' bodies and both bare the symbol of a known muggle gang in the area. All witches and wizards are advised extreme caution for if these muggles catch one with magical blood, they are ruthless. Time of deaths: 1:59pm
Ministry of Magic Health department official notice."
"Damn Ames! I'm so sorry!" exclaimed Lucius as he went over and gave her a tight squeeze. He normally wasn't one for getting all-emotional but it wasn't every day that your friend's parents were brutally murdered by filthy muggles.
"Professor Dippet... A word?" asked Madame Shields motioning to the door.
"What is it Sylvia?" asked Professor Dippet
"It's Miss Anderson's blood Professor... I think you should see this..." she walked into the office and stood over the brewing potion. "Professor, I do not think Miss Anderson is entirely human..." she said as she scooped a ladle full of the potion and dropped it into a cup, followed by two drops of blood.
There was a puff of smoke and the once clear potion turned yellow before silver and metallic blue swirls also appeared, "What on Earth? Sylvia... explain please?"
"Well Professor... See the potion is a majority of yellow? Well that means the blood type is O and because the yellow is dark, that makes it O negative..."
"What's the problem then?"
"Well professor... these swirls shouldn't be there."
"Pardon?"
"See, this potion shows you not only which blood type a person has but it separates the different particles." she paused and pulled out a thick leather bound book, "You see these silver swirls?" she asked pointing to the visible silver in the yellow.
"Yes."
"Well if this book is correct, then silver is the color of Unicorn blood yes?"
"So she has unicorn blood in her?"
"In a way. It is part of her... and you see these metallic blue swirls?"
"Yes I see them too."
"Well... if you look back here, metallic blue is the color of the blood of an ice phoenix."
"So you are saying?"
"Ms Anderson is not as human as we thought. I'm not sure her body will accept just O negative blood... And on top of that, it is a very rare blood type. It will be hard to find a volunteer for a transfusion..."
"Will her body accept the blood though?" asked Dippet quite worried.
"It is a fifty, fifty chance."
"Then we must take it... Now I will ask Riddle and Malfoy if they know of anyone with that blood type..." said a near frantic professor. When he walked back to Ami's bed he found her sound asleep, with her head resting on Riddle's shoulder and his arms still around her in a loose hug. "Is she ok?"
"Yeah she just fell asleep." said Tom softly.
"Very well... I need to ask you two, if either of you know of anyone with O negative blood, that is willing to give some to Miss Anderson?"
Before Malfoy could say anything, Tom spoke up, "I do. I have O negative blood. I'll give some to Ami if it'll help."
"That's great. Ok Mr. Malfoy, can you go to your current class and tell your teacher that Mr. Riddle and Miss Anderson wont be attending... and will not be attending classes for the next 2 days... Blood donors tend to be exhausted after the transfusion." nodding, Malfoy gave a half smile to his friend, and then jogged out of the hospital wing.
"Mr. Riddle, you will need to lay down on this bed next to Miss Anderson so we may begin the transfusion immediately." ordered Madame Shields as a second bed appeared right next to Ami's one, not even a millimeter's gap between the two.
Nodding slowly, Tom moved Ami slowly from his hold and lay her down as if she were the most fragile thing on earth. He then lay down beside her, on the second bed waiting for the matron, whilst she connected the tube and needles between them. She then used a spell that began to extract blood from his right arm, passing it through the tube, and into Ami's left one.
Tom watched Ami closely. He could see a little color returning to her ivory skin. In fact he could see a faint pink hue in her cheeks, but it vanished just a quickly as it came. Sighing softly, he closed his eyes as the loss of blood began to make him tired. This was helping Ami, he reminded himself... this would keep her alive...
Alright people! I want fifteen reviews before I post next chapter. That shouldn't be too hard. I need to know if the story is good enough to continue. So RR and tell me what you think. I accept constructive criticism but flames will either be ignored or retaliated against.Giggles Hopefully that wont be necessary. Till next time!
CHERRY
Disclaimer: I do not own Sailor Moon or Harry Potter. If I did, I'd be writing actual books or episodes not fan-fictions.
CHAPTER TWO
It was lunchtime, and Ami had skipped breakfast, but as usual, she was not hungry. She went up to her dormitory, and dropped her book bag on her bed, before picking up a blue compact, and watch, and walking back down the stairs to the Ravenclaw common room, with comfortable chairs and desks neatly laid out around the room. There were a few couches around the fire and lots of bookshelves on the walls. It looked more like a study room than anything else, but it was still very homey.
Having had enough of books for that afternoon, she left the common room and slowly walked down the stairs leading to the Entrance hall. As she was walking outside, she didn't realize the two pairs of eyes had seen her leaving.
"Its lunch isn't it?"
"Yes." Riddle answered just as baffled
"So where is she heading? Lunch is in there."
"Dunno. She's probably not hungry. Let's go eat, and torment some muggle loving fools. The new standard's been set." Smirked Tom
A laughing Malfoy followed.
Ami sat down by the lake, hidden from view of the castle by the oak tree she was leaning against. Snapping the compact open it turned out to be a small computer-like object, made of blue topaz, sapphire, and diamond. The basic frame and wiring were made of a special water and ice resistant metal found only on Mercury.
Her fingers glided smoothly across the keypad as she opened her system search and did her daily check for her friends' energy signals, and any Nega-energy building up. Sadly there was no trace of her friends, but the good news was that the Nega-verse was still trapped, and unable to escape.
"Sigh When are they going to come back?" she whispered to the wind. As if feeling her sorrow, one of the snow covered branches of the oak tree behind her, bent down until it was level with her. It shook the snow off like a wet dog, and slowly blossoms formed on it branches, attracting her pet from the Owlery. Unlike everyone else at school, she did not have an owl. She had very unique animal that no other person in the world had.
An Ice Phoenix.
He was very loyal to her, and never listened to any other person unless she specifically told him to... in Mercrian of course. "Hello Indivar"
'My princess, your sorrow is immense. What ails thee?' Asked the Phoenix telepathically.
Smiling softly, she stroked his cotton-soft feathers, "I'm just a little lonely... that's all Indivar."
'It must be more than what you speak of, my future Queen. Thy heart is crying and thy mind is keeping it well hidden. You are in pain. Might this be of reason with the betrayal of his lordship General Zoicite?'
Looking out over the shimmering lake, tears slowly formed in her eyes, though she refused to allow them to fall. "I- I don't know Indivar. I. I just don't think I can trust people like I used to."
'Tis understandable... but thy heart is thy soul. Never cut yourself off from its wisdom and the happiness it brings'
"It may bring the happiness, but it blinds the eye. Besides, the happiness is ALWAYS short lived."
'Don't be so sure my princess, for good things appear in the most unexpected of times...'
It was getting dark before Ami began to head inside but she could care less. She heard some people coming up from the dungeon but ignored them. She could see most going into the great hall, and dodged through them, cutting in front of a few people. Finally managing to get to the staircase, but missing that the people she cut in front of were the only two people who would care that she was skipping a second meal.
"Where's she going now? It's dinner, and she didn't have lunch." Asked Malfoy,
"I don't know. But she does seem slightly pale doesn't she."
"Yeah, and thin too. Ok yes she is slim, but she's getting a little bony."
"Do you recall seeing her in the great hall at all since... the incident?"
"..." There was silence as both stood, their large group stopping too.
"What's up with you guys? Come on there is food just waiting to be devoured in there!!!" Exclaimed Goyle as Crabbe nodded eagerly beside him.
"Yeah... go ahead, we'll be there in a minuet." said Malfoy, brushing them off.
"Alright. Hurry up though." once their group had entered the hall, Malfoy, and Riddle turned and headed up the stairs, after the blue haired Ravenclaw.
It took them a while, but they eventually found her walking out of an empty classroom, and into the girls' bathroom opposite it.
"Great. We can't go into the girls bathroom... what now?" asked Lucius, turning to his most trusted friend
Pausing for a moment, Tom looked around, "Let's see if she left anything in there. She didn't come out with anything that's for sure."
"Yeah you're right! Like always." and they walked into the classroom, noticing that she had pushed a few desks together and had a Care of Magical Creatures assignment spread out over them. Her bag was sitting on the floor half open, revealing a pile of parchment and a few blue objects.
"Aren't I happy I didn't take that subject!" said Riddle in a calm yet amused voice.
"Yes it is a lot for just one assignment...unless it's more than one," mumbled Lucius, referring to what looked to be at least a 10 ft long essay.
Just then Ami walked back in, and almost screamed in shock, not expecting anyone to be there, "Ahh! Oh my goodness! Don't scare me like that!" she had a hand clutching her heart.
"What's so scary about us?" asked Riddle, amused.
"Oh NOTHING!" she grumbled, "Aside from the fact that I didn't think anyone would care to follow me." she sat back down grumbling incoherent words. She picked up one of the open books, and read a little before she put it back down and continued writing, one hand still clutching her heart as she tried to get her breathing back to normal and her heart rate down.
Malfoy and Riddle chuckled at her sarcasm but didn't say anything. Malfoy just walked over and leaned over her shoulder, reading what she was writing, while Riddle took a seat on the edge of the desk beside her.
After 5 minuets of silence she got frustrated. Throwing her quill down she looked up at them, "Can I help you two with something, or are you just trying to annoy me?"
"Feisty." laughed Riddle, but when he saw her getting angrier, he stopped laughing, though Malfoy kept going.
"Are you quite finished or are you deliberately trying to sink to the level of those Gryffindors?"
"Ouch. We weren't doing anything of the sort. Honest." laughed Malfoy. If he were trying any harder to look innocent, a halo would have appeared above his head.
"Yes, we were just curious as to why you skipped lunch, and now your not going down to dinner..." added Riddle, though his comment was said a little more seriously.
"Oh how observant of you." Ami mumbled, not expecting them to hear her, but they did...
"Huh? Are you like on that time of month? Cause you're really snappy today." grinned Malfoy.
Gritting her teeth, Ami tried to ignore them as she went back to her assignment. She remained silent.
"Hellooooo? You alive in there?" Malfoy waved his hand in front of her face and she was seriously getting pissed off.
The deep calming breathing wasn't working very well, and she was slowly getting madder as the light snowing outside was slowly turning into a blizzard.
"Lucius." came Riddle's voice. For some odd reason, the voice calmed her down a little too. 'Weird' she thought,
"Oops. Sorry" mumbled Malfoy. Silence fell over the room as Malfoy berated himself quietly, Ami worked on her assignment, and Riddle observed her intently. Suddenly, a loud grumble was heard, followed by Lucius' face turning red, "Heh, I guess I'm really hungry. Can we go eat?"
"By all means, go right ahead. Nothing's stopping you... Either of you." said Ami, not stopping her work.
"You are." stated Riddle matter-of-factly.
"How so?" she questioned, looking up at them, or mainly, Riddle. "It's not like I've put a locking charm on the door, or even asked you to stay." she said
"Awe. Don't you want our company?" asked Malfoy.
"I never said that either. It's nice to have someone to talk to. But if you're hungry then by all means go down and eat. I won't stop you." she motioned to the door but neither moved.
"What about you?"
"What about me Riddle? I'm not hungry so I'm not eating."
"But you didn't have lunch." he answered surprised.
"So? I wasn't hungry then either. Riddle, I've been without food for longer than this, and no, I'm not anorexic, I'm just not hungry." she shrugged.
Getting a sad contemplative look in his eyes, he looked her over and noticed that yes indeed, she was looking thinner. MUCH thinner. "When was the last time you ate Ami?" he questioned
Shock. That was all that registered. It wasn't the fact that he could read her like an open book, and it wasn't that his hand had reached up and sat comfortably on her shoulder. It was the fact that this was the first time since the sorting, that any student had called her by her real name. Perhaps it was because of her shock, that she had answered truthfully "Two days ago breakfast." She mumbled. Instantly realizing what she had done, she clamped a hand to her mouth, and looked down, picking up her quill and beginning to write furiously.
OK this morning he could handle, yesterday night... maybe, but TWO-DAYS- ago, at BREAKFAST!!! That was like 8 meals ago. His eyes got large, as did Malloy's. "T-t-two days ago?!" he exclaimed softly.
Sighing, Ami nodded. No point in trying to cover it up. The truth was out about her eating habits. "Yeah... Like I said, I'm not hungry. I don't eat when I'm not hungry."
Snapping out of his shock, Riddle spun Ami around, and took a good look at her. Yep she was definitely telling the truth. "You're coming with us, and you're eating something now. NO buts. I don't take no for an answer."
"But my work..."
"Finish it later, you need to eat. You are GOING to eat. Whether you want to or not. This is not healthy. How long have you been skipping this many meals for?"
Looking down sadly, she held up 4 fingers, "four weeks."
"Since just before Christmas. The day before Christmas eve this started?" asked Malfoy whom had been quiet for a while, just listening.
She nodded, "I'm sick of them... of Hog warts... of all this bullshit... I don't need it. If I could, I'd go home right now, and I don't mean to Derrick and Nicole Anderson." she sucked in air quickly, 'Note to self, keep mouth in check when Riddle is around!'
"Ami..." growled Malfoy, "You're coming and that's that." he continued, picking up her bag and plonking it on the table, "pack this up and come on." he wasn't mad at her, but at the people that made her like this... Especially those shit-for-brains Gryffindors. "And your sitting at the Slytherin table too."
"But-"
"No buts." Riddle stated, cutting her protests off, "You're sitting between me and Lucius. If anyone gives you a hard time, they'll have to answer to us." smiled Riddle. He really felt bad about how she was treated around here, and she was really a nice girl. He knew, if she wanted to, she could look really beautiful. But first she needed to get some food in her.
Sighing deeply, she nodded, and slowly, began to pack away her books and parchment although as usual, she never took off her –unneeded- glasses.
Malfoy, being impatient as always, began to pace back and forward, as he waited, while Riddle helped her by rolling up her parchment. Finally, she swung her bag onto her back. "Done." she said softly. (This has all happened in about twenty minuets)
Standing up, she followed Riddle to the door, as Malfoy fell in step beside her. Silently she was praying for an escape route but with one of them on either side of her, that wasn't likely going to happen.
As they arrived in the entrance hall, Ami took a deep breath, before stepping in...
The hall fell silent as the two most wanted guys in Slytherin walked in with the 'freak' of the 4th years. Whispers flew around and quickly; a low murmur filled the hall. Shaking his head in irritancy, Riddle took Ami's arm in his hand and led her to the Slytherin table.
"Ignore them," mumbled Malfoy, when he noticed Ami's hesitance. He took her other arm gently, and they sat her down between them.
"What are YOU doing at the Slytherin table freak?" asked Crabbe snidely
"She's with us Crabbe. If you have a problem with it, then I'll gladly help you DEAL with It.," the threat was clearly outlined in Riddle's voice,
"Besides, she earned our respect the day she started taking on Gryffindor. You should be praising her not insulting her." Malfoy continued, this time coming close to laughing, but settling for a smug grin instead.
"Hey girl. If you earned those two dumb-asses respect, then you've got mine," grinned an ebony haired girl sitting across from her. Her aqua eyes gave her an exotic beauty, but her slim face and set jaw gave an image of arrogance, " I'm Britony Greenbax. Friends call me Tony or Brit." she looked thoughtful for a moment, "I never did catch your real name though..."
"Ami. Ami Anderson." she said quietly.
"Girl, speak up. Don't be so damn shy. Listen if dumb and dumber over there give you any trouble, just tell me. I'll deal with 'em." she giggled, referring to Crabbe and Goyle.
"Hey! Lay off Tony!" whined Goyle.
"Make me!" and they continued to squabble
"Ignore that. That's norm-" Malfoy began to speak but was cut off as a voice called out from the Gryffindor table,
"And we thought Slytherin could sink no lower! Now you're with the freak?!!" she could feel the empathy of anger building up within Malfoy and Riddle but didn't know why. She did know who said that however. It was Black.
She saw Malfoy's fist clench, as did Riddles, so to stop any kind of brawl she shook her head and stood up. Instantly 6 voices said the same question,
"Where are you going?" Asked Malfoy, Riddle, Greenbax, Crabbe, Goyle, and surprisingly, Snape.
"I'll be back in a moment. Just need to do something." she walked across the noiseless hall swiftly, and up in between Hufflepuff table and the Gryffindor one, right behind Potter, Lupin, Black and Pettigrew. Her eyes filled with an angry glint that looked almost evil... but not quite.
"Yes freak?" asked Black smugly
"Ok firstly, it's Anderson to you Black. Not freak... unless your small vocabulary limit's you to one syllable words." she paused when she noticed his blank look, "my point is made." she heard soft laughter behind her, "Secondly, you should think before you act Marauder."
"And why the hell should I?" he grinned
"Because things such as these are liable to happen if you don't." and all of a sudden, a bucket appeared above Black, and dumped some sort of potion on him. Seconds later he turned neon pink, and his hair turned bright purple. "Now who's the freak?" she asked maliciously before a foul smell filled the room and another bucket appeared, this time dumping a sloppy brown substance, that was causing the odor (gee, now I wonder what that was?). "And that was payback for trying, please note, I said TRYING to pull that stupid door prank on me last night." she shot him one of her worst death glares before taking a step back and pinching her nose, "Argh! I knew Gryffindors were filthy but this is ridiculous. It's called a shower Black. Learn to use It." she smirked
"Hey! He does shower!" yelled three different Gryffindor girls at the same time
"Yes And I'm sure you would know that... However I mean a shower where water is what washes you, not thestral.... droppings..." she indicated the bucket still hovering above Black, and then she turned and walked back to the Slytherin table who were almost falling out of their seats with laughter.
But before she sat down she called out one last thing, "Oh and Black! If you think that being kind to someone makes them low, then you have some serious moral issues." and she sat down calmly and spoke softer with a sigh, "Ok done." and she started serving herself some food. By now, most of the hall was laughing, and others just shook their heads in amusement as she began to eat graciously from her plate.
"Th-THAT WAS HILARIOUS!!!" laughed out Britony, clutching the stitch in her side
"Maybe you're not so bad Anderson." smirked Bulstrode
"Gee thanks." she said sarcastically
"Quit raising the standard Ami!" laughed Malfoy
She looked at him with an adorable puzzled face, "What standard?" she asked, cocking her head to the side cutely
"The standard of how bad we can insult Gryffindors." smirked Riddle, before he put a fork-full of mashed potatoes in his mouth
"Oh... that's ok then...I think..."
Time Passes
Things had been looking up for Ami since Malfoy and Riddle offered her their friendship. Though the Gryffindors hated her even more now, they dared not do anything or fear the wrath of Tom Riddle and Lucius Malfoy, the two most gifted and dangerous students in the school. And because of the friendlier environment, Ami was slowly, bit by bit, coming out the shell she had put herself in.
The year had gone by relatively fast, and now, it was during the last exam of the year that it happened. Ami had finished her transfiguration exam as her Professor winked at her behind his sparkling half moon glasses and held a finger to his lips as she dropped her quill onto the desk and leaned back, stretching. Though her face presented a happy and peaceful facade, she a feeling of foreboding in the pit of her stomach that would just NOT go away. It felt like a volcano in her. Building and building until it got to big and would erupt. And 'erupt' it did, making the blue haired girl wince visibly ouch! I hate it when that happens. She had to refrain from grumbling out loud.
Dumbledore noticed her uneasiness and got up, walking to her, "Miss Anderson, are you ok?" he whispered once he had reached her desk.
"No. Not really... What's the time sir?" she whispered back
"It is..." he stopped and looked out at the brightly shining sun outside, measuring its position, "It is roughly around 1:45 in the afternoon."
"Oh ok..." she mumbled wincing again
"Miss Anderson, maybe you should go out and get a drink of water, and some fresh air. You don't look too well."
Nodding slowly she packed away her ink and quill, handing the test to the Transfiguration professor. She got up and left swiftly, heading to the Ravenclaw wing and depositing her bag there, before walking into the bathrooms and taking off her overly thick glasses, splashing her face with the coldish water and drying it. She took a good look at herself in the mirror and staring straight back at her was the same face she used to see on Mercury. Back when she did not feel a need to hide her true self from the world. Her ocean blue eyes stood out beautifully on her ivory skin, and her beautiful blue hair that, she had just let out of the bun, gave her the look of rare beauty. It reach just below her bottom
Sighing sadly, she took the hair tie, and pulled her hair back into her usual style these days (That's a moderately tight and secure bun), before putting back on the unnecessarily large and ugly glasses. Now taking a look at herself again, she saw what looked to be a dorky nerd-like person, with huge geeky looking glasses and weird blue hair that looked short and ugly. Yep. Now she knew where she got the name, 'The Freak'. "sigh Oh well. If others can't like me for my personality, then why would they like me for my looks. I guess the Slytherins really are nicer people to their friends than Gryffindors..." she mumbled, before turning the running tap off and exiting the bathroom.
Thank Serenity for Tom and Lucius. Things would have only gotten worse without them... she walked into the entrance hall and was about to enter the Great hall when a last gut wrenching pain hit her stomach and she keeled over in pain. She moved into the shadows and out of site, still clutching her gut in pain. What the hell?! This has never happened to me before! Only when...oh no her mind went into turmoil as her she recalled that the last time she had gotten this sort of thing, was seconds before she got the vision of the moon kingdom being attacked... (aka, seconds before a tragedy was made known)
"Oh no." she moaned out loud as a second pain jabbed at her gut, just as strong as the first, making her want to tip out her insides. Her knees gave out and she collapsed in the corner of the hall eyes clenched shut in pain. She didn't notice when a large group of people surrounded her and watched, not wanting to do anything incase they would be blamed for her state. When she finally realized she was being watched, she tried to stand. But the pain only got worse and worse, until tears began to fall from her eyes, involuntarily. To hide them, she buried her head in her knees, and because of this she didn't notice the four boys coming to the front of the crowd, but what she was more worried about right now, was the wound that started to bleed in her gut. Though the blood was coming out slow, it was swiftly quickening. Oh no! What's going on?! I haven't even been near a sharp object in 10 days! And I've never been hurt there! Her mind was panicking when all of a sudden a bright flash filled her mind and she began to see many images.
#(FLASH)#
Mr. and Mrs. Anderson were walking through the park, arms linked, and looking quite content.
#(FLASH)#
A mob of muggle were beating Mr. Anderson to the ground as some more men held his wife's hands and legs, while they took turns raping her.
#(FLASH)#
The vision broke off quickly, leaving her with a violent headache.
"Well, well, well. What have we here? Do my eyes deceive me, or has the freak finally gotten what's coming to her?" asked Black in a highly amused tone.
"Sirus that's not funny! She could be really hurt!" was all she heard before she was pulled back into her minds eye.
#(FLASH)#
She saw the gleam of a knife, as a man stabbed her father through he chest 20 times over, and a group of 30 or so people, watched him. Most were laughing and if they weren't, then they probably were raping her mum. The same man stepped back and went over to her now battered, bruised, and violated mother, before pulling off his pants and pushing the man whom had just emptied his load into her, out of the way.
She saw her mum take a deep breath and was about to scream when a dick was shoved into her mouth and down her throat. She heard the guy moan, If you know what's good for you witch, you'll suck nice and long on this, he thrust his stiff prick deeper into her mothers throat, and Ami saw her mum's jaw clench as she bit down on the man's staff. Naughty girl. grinned the man, But I said SUCK! and he roughly grabbed her hair.
#(FLASH)#
A different man was now having his way with the Woman near death. I've had enough of this. We've all had a turn. and with that, the man took the same knife out and cut a slice along her stomach and then carved a wolf into her palm. Then they straightened out their clothes and left her to die.
#(FLASH)#
Once again she came back just in time to here Black's harshest words yet towards her. "-So Alyssa? Who gives a damn about Freak? She can die for all I care-" but he stopped abruptly as he noticed a shiny liquid drip onto the floor beside the balled up girl, "What the?" again he stopped but this time was because Ami's head had snapped up to look at him. He wouldn't have cared except for the fact that he saw she was crying. The freak never cried!
"Glad you feel that way Black." she mumbled but everyone heard the pain in her voice.
"Anderson what?" asked Crabbe, popping his head into the crowd. "What's going on here?"
No one said anything because truthfully, no one knew.
Finally getting up enough strength, Ami looked over to the boy who once caused her so much pain, "Nothing's going on." she stated firmly as she saw the circle part for Tom and Lucius
"I wouldn't call this nothing Ames." stated Lucius matter-of-factly.
"One of my visions just got a little too real..." she sighed as she slowly got to her feet and looked down. One large gasp was heard in unison from the crowd as Ami brought a finger covered in some sort of red substance, to her lips, "Way too real." she stated when she tasted the familiar metallic- ness, of blood.
"Holy shit! Ami!" exclaimed Tom running to her side just before she fainted from blood loss, and fell into his arms. Blood began to seep onto his robes but Tom couldn't care less. "Who the fuck DID THIS?!!!" he yelled angrily as Malfoy growled while holding her wrist in his hand, checking for a pulse.
"She's ok. Just fainted, but she's lost a lot of blood. We need to get her to the hospital wing and fast."
"I swear on my life, if I find out who did this to her, then may the gods have mercy on you, because I sure as hell wont!" his voice sent unpleasant shivers down everyone's spines. For some unknown reason, Tom's eye's flickered a red color before he looked back down at Ami and it vanished.
Tom picked Ami up princess style and began walking towards the hospital wing, cradling her close to him in hopes of giving her cooling body some warmth.
Upon arrival, an old nurse came rushing out towards them in a panic, "What happened? When did this happen? Is she ok? Who did this? How did this-"
"Not now Madame Shields! Ami needs your help!" Tom growled as he gently placed her down on the bed.
"Oh, quite right, quite right." she mumbled walking back into her office and coming out with her wand. She said a few different spells and Ami's wounds closed themselves right on up.
Both boys let out a sigh of relief, but their worries were not over yet, "Boys. Don't relax just yet... just how much blood did she lose?" Asked the Matron
Both boys paled considerably. They had grown quite attached to their shy but witty friend. "Quite a bit." Lucius informed the matron.
"Oh dear me... and I don't know her blood type..." shaking her head. She swooped down to the puddle of blood at the side of the bed and made a needle appear out of thin air. She sucked up a considerable amount of blood into the needle and stood back up. "This wont take long. Could one of you go get professor Dippet for me. He'll want to know what's going on."
"Ok. I'll go." announced Malfoy before he jogged out of the Hospital Wing.
Tom pulled up a chair and sat beside Ami's bed as her shallow breaths lengthened and her pained face eased. He noticed her glasses were still on her face, so he gently took them off and placed them on the bedside table. Looking back, he had a near heart attack. "Hey you scared me." grinned Riddle brushing a few strands from her eyes as she sat up a little. He hadn't noticed it before but her eyes were the prettiest shade of blue he'd ever seen. Why she hid behind the weird glasses was beyond him, but she was a very beautiful girl, inside and out.
Ami managed to form her lips into a weak smile, "Don't let the Gryffindors hear you saying that. They may start calling you a freak too," she stated, bitterly recalling Black's harsh words.
"If they even tried, I'd hurt 'em. Ami, who did this to you?!" he growled placing a hand where the wound on her stomach had been just moments ago.
"No one Tom. I already told you. A vision of mine got a little out of hand, and what I saw was sorta inflicted on me..."
"You get visions?" asked a stumped Tom looking at her in a funny way.
"Yeah..." she mumbled, "But I never normally get them unless I'm dreaming. On the RARE occasion that I get one like this..." she drifted off as a dull pain began in her head
"Yes? What happens? is this normal?" he asked worried at her hesitation
"No. This is not normal. I couldn't control what I saw." she snapped, as tears formed in her eyes again.
"Ami, what did you see?" he asked getting up and sitting next to her on the bed, and pulling her into a loose hug, offering her some comfort, as Lucius and Professor Dippet stepped through the door. Ami hadn't seen them so Tom held a finger to his lips telling them to be silent as Ami began her tale.
"My- my mum and dad... they well were attacked by a big group of muggls. I saw them kill my father then... they raped my mum before slashing her stomach and cutting a wolf into her palm. They left her to bleed to death..." Ami said in a shaky voice. She tried hard to hold the tears back, but was quickly losing the battle.
Tom growled. He was no stranger to the mistreatment muggles gave, but this was stepping over the line. Hurting him was ok.... but Ami had never done anything wrong in her life, "I'm sorry Ami..." he mumbled tightening the hug trying to help her stop the tears. " I guess all muggles are the same..." he paused a little before continuing, "Do you know if it was past, present or a future premonition?" he asked gently as Malfoy and the headmaster came forward slowly, in complete shock.
"I- I don't know." she sobbed into his shoulder, clinging to the only apparent source of comfort she had.
"Shhh... it's ok, don't cry, it'll be alright don't worry." he whispered into her ear softly.
"Ms Anderson... I think I can answer that question for you...when you had this... vision... it was around 2 o'clock yes?"
"Sniff yes...Sniff"
"Then it was... I don't know how to soften this any further, but it was a vision of the present... Your parents were killed at 1:59 Thursday afternoon, at Little Whining Park... I'm sorry Miss Anderson, but it wasn't a completely random muggle gang event. It could have happened to anyone with magical blood. The gang responsible somehow know who's a witch or wizard and who's not..." he tried in vein to ease the blow of the news.
Ami froze. This had to be some sort of nightmare. It couldn't be real. She couldn't have lost another two parents. This had to be a bad dream. A nightmare. She was going to wake up any minuet now... any minuet..."This can't be real..." she whispered trying to assure herself that this was all a dream.
"I'm sorry Miss Anderson... but this is a reality." sighed Professor Dippet, producing a piece of parchment covered in writing. Ami shakily took it from him and began to read it out loud
"To whom ever this may concern...
Earlier this afternoon two magic users, a wizard and a witch, were found dead at Little Whining Park. The cause of death to Mr. Derrick Anderson was obvious multiple stabbings in the chest. The cause of death to his wife Nicole Anderson, was blood loss and internal bleeding. There are signs of rape on both of the victims' bodies and both bare the symbol of a known muggle gang in the area. All witches and wizards are advised extreme caution for if these muggles catch one with magical blood, they are ruthless. Time of deaths: 1:59pm
Ministry of Magic Health department official notice."
"Damn Ames! I'm so sorry!" exclaimed Lucius as he went over and gave her a tight squeeze. He normally wasn't one for getting all-emotional but it wasn't every day that your friend's parents were brutally murdered by filthy muggles.
"Professor Dippet... A word?" asked Madame Shields motioning to the door.
"What is it Sylvia?" asked Professor Dippet
"It's Miss Anderson's blood Professor... I think you should see this..." she walked into the office and stood over the brewing potion. "Professor, I do not think Miss Anderson is entirely human..." she said as she scooped a ladle full of the potion and dropped it into a cup, followed by two drops of blood.
There was a puff of smoke and the once clear potion turned yellow before silver and metallic blue swirls also appeared, "What on Earth? Sylvia... explain please?"
"Well Professor... See the potion is a majority of yellow? Well that means the blood type is O and because the yellow is dark, that makes it O negative..."
"What's the problem then?"
"Well professor... these swirls shouldn't be there."
"Pardon?"
"See, this potion shows you not only which blood type a person has but it separates the different particles." she paused and pulled out a thick leather bound book, "You see these silver swirls?" she asked pointing to the visible silver in the yellow.
"Yes."
"Well if this book is correct, then silver is the color of Unicorn blood yes?"
"So she has unicorn blood in her?"
"In a way. It is part of her... and you see these metallic blue swirls?"
"Yes I see them too."
"Well... if you look back here, metallic blue is the color of the blood of an ice phoenix."
"So you are saying?"
"Ms Anderson is not as human as we thought. I'm not sure her body will accept just O negative blood... And on top of that, it is a very rare blood type. It will be hard to find a volunteer for a transfusion..."
"Will her body accept the blood though?" asked Dippet quite worried.
"It is a fifty, fifty chance."
"Then we must take it... Now I will ask Riddle and Malfoy if they know of anyone with that blood type..." said a near frantic professor. When he walked back to Ami's bed he found her sound asleep, with her head resting on Riddle's shoulder and his arms still around her in a loose hug. "Is she ok?"
"Yeah she just fell asleep." said Tom softly.
"Very well... I need to ask you two, if either of you know of anyone with O negative blood, that is willing to give some to Miss Anderson?"
Before Malfoy could say anything, Tom spoke up, "I do. I have O negative blood. I'll give some to Ami if it'll help."
"That's great. Ok Mr. Malfoy, can you go to your current class and tell your teacher that Mr. Riddle and Miss Anderson wont be attending... and will not be attending classes for the next 2 days... Blood donors tend to be exhausted after the transfusion." nodding, Malfoy gave a half smile to his friend, and then jogged out of the hospital wing.
"Mr. Riddle, you will need to lay down on this bed next to Miss Anderson so we may begin the transfusion immediately." ordered Madame Shields as a second bed appeared right next to Ami's one, not even a millimeter's gap between the two.
Nodding slowly, Tom moved Ami slowly from his hold and lay her down as if she were the most fragile thing on earth. He then lay down beside her, on the second bed waiting for the matron, whilst she connected the tube and needles between them. She then used a spell that began to extract blood from his right arm, passing it through the tube, and into Ami's left one.
Tom watched Ami closely. He could see a little color returning to her ivory skin. In fact he could see a faint pink hue in her cheeks, but it vanished just a quickly as it came. Sighing softly, he closed his eyes as the loss of blood began to make him tired. This was helping Ami, he reminded himself... this would keep her alive...
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