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Chapter 10
Odd Occurrences
At least a hundred Death Eaters apparted into the middle of the street. Flashes of green light spurt out of the Death Eaters wands at the people running away from them. Harry, Ron, and Hermione dragged Cleo, Mêlée, A'lira, and Curania into an alley out of the line of fire. The cats were still hidden across the street. Callie saw Cleo in the alley and left her hiding place to get to her owner. She raced across the street but a stray killing curse hit her. The cat dropped dead and Cleo shrieked.
20 Death Eaters heard her and hurried to the alley where they hid. The Death Eater advanced on them and they backed up until their backs pressed against the wall behind them. Harry and Ron managed to disarm and stun four of them. The Death Eaters pulled out their wands and began to curse them when their cloaks burst into flames all at once. The Death Eaters screamed as the flames burned through their black cloaks. They ran out of the alley and into the streets where aurors were appearing to fight the Death Eaters. Several aurors managed to put the Death Eaters out and took them into custody.
Harry and Ron gave a short laugh and turned to the girls. Cleo sat in a trance; her eyes had gone blood red. Suddenly she snapped out of it looked around quickly before her eyes rolled into the back of her head and she passed out.
Her sisters, Ginny and Hermione ran to her.
"What happened to her?" A'lira asked placing Cleo's head in her lap.
"She just passed out?" Curania asked.
"Duh? We got that. But why?" Mêlée stated looking around quickly.
"She was in some kind of trance." Harry said.
"Yeah and her eyes went all red." Ron added stupidly.
"Do you think she was the one that made the Death Eaters catch fire?" Ginny asked and began walking toward the street. "Somebody ought to go get help. She needs medical care. "
"Do you think it's safe to go out there?" A'lira asked quietly.
They waited a couple of minutes when someone started coming toward their alley. They readied their wands and were ready to defend themselves when Professor Dumbledore came around the corner. He playfully raised his hands in a sign of surrender.
"Are you eight alright?" he asked lowering his hands as they lowered theirs.
"NO! Cleo went into a trance and the Death Eaters caught fire and then Cleo passed out," Ron rambled.
"We think that maybe Cleo made them catch fire," Hermione stated as Dumbledore came closer to inspect Cleo.
"No one was near them?" He asked.
"We need to get her to the train. It's safe now." Dumbledore said, "Let's get you all back to school and Miss Black, here, to the Hospital Wing of Hogwarts." Just then Cleo began to stir. Her eyes opened and she looked around.
"What happened? Dumbledore?" she asked staring at him in disbelief.
"Yes it is me, Miss Black and from what I have heard you have had quite an ordeal tonight. Lets get you and your friends back to the train for Hogwarts.
The sun had begun to lighten and order was returning to the streets of Hogsmeade. They were almost to the train for the ride back to Hogwarts when Chris and Katherine came running towards them; worried looks on their faces.
"Thank God, you are alright!" Katherine exclaimed as she hugged her daughters. As soon as she let go Chris took her place.
"Everyone okay?" he asked Hermione, Harry, Ron, and his daughters.
"We're okay." They said at once no one wanting to mention Cleo's performance in the alley.
"They killed my cat!" Cleo cried. Just then Curania, Mêlée, and A'lira's kittens jumped from behind another barrel into their arms.
"We'll get you a new cat, Cleo." Katherine promised. Cleo was silent. The professors started ushering the students onto the train. The girls said goodbye to their mother and boarded the train with their friends.
The trip back to Hogwarts was fairly quiet. And before they knew it they had arrived at the station. They climbed into the carriages and were soon entering the castle that was Hogwarts. Harry, Ron, Ginny, Curania, A'lira, Mêlée, and Hermione escorted Cleo to the Hospital Wing.
Madame Pomfrey checked Cleo out and asked her to stay the night.
"But Madame Pomfrey, can I go to dinner then come back and stay the night?" Cleo begged her. It took a while to convince her but finally Madame Pomfrey let her go for dinner. By time they had gotten out of the Hospital Wing it was dinnertime and they headed down to the Great Hall to eat.
Madame Pomfrey waited until they had left before rushing out of the Hospital Wing. She ran through the halls until she reached the large golden Griffin that was the entrance to Dumbledore's office.
"Lemon Drops." She said and the Griffin moved to reveal a spiral staircase.
She ran up the stairs and into Dumbledore's office. Dumbledore sat at his desk looking over reports from the aurors and answering letters from the ministry.
"Albus!" she said.
"Poppy! What's the matter? Sit down." He said standing as she sat down then sat down again.
"I was examining Cleo Black as you had asked. She passed out from magical exhaustion. I believe that she is the one that made the Death Eaters catch fire." Pomfrey explained.
"Do you have any theories, Poppy?" he asked his brow wrinkled in a frown.
"The last person who could make people catch fire was Christy Blanc. I think that Cleo and her sisters are the next generation of Elementals."
"You truly believe this?" Dumbledore asked.
"It is too much of a coincidence. They are the only quadruplets to be at Hogwarts since the Blanc sisters. And they were Elementals! Albus, I think that they are the reason that they were attacked at their house and why the Death Eaters were at Hogsmeade today. Voldemort knows who and what they are!" Pomfrey declared.
"I think you may be right and it does make sense. They turn 18 on Halloween. The Blanc sisters' birthday was on Halloween, too." Dumbledore stated plainly. "Cleo was the first born, so of course her powers were the first to surface. Lets not make any announcements until we know for sure. We need to keep an eye on Mêlée. She is the next born so if what we think is right then hers powers will be the next to surface."
Hermione and Ginny escorted Cleo back to the Hospital Wing just like Madame Pomfrey had wanted after dinner. Cleo was not happy. All she wanted to do right then was crawl into her own bed and sleep till noon the next day. Hermione and Ginny stayed with her for a while, talking. Hermione had finally gotten over her dislike for Cleo; discovering that the one thing they had in common was not grounds for rivalry but for friendship and it wasn't like Cleo was trying to take over Hermione's place.
"Be glad you didn't take that extra credit project for Professor Ashkevron." Cleo was saying.
"Why? It's extra credit!" Hermione exclaimed.
"That report is extremely hard! Even for me!" they all laughed. Just then Madame Pomfrey came into the area where they were all sitting.
"Alright, alright, you two head up to your dormitory." She said to Ginny and Hermione. "And you, Miss Black, are here so that you can rest and ensure that you are alright. So to bed with you." Hermione and Ginny said their goodbyes and left. Cleo settled into bed and went to sleep.
Up in the Slytherin common room however things were not going well.
"Did you hear, Draco? That Mudblood, Cleo Black, just passed out at the sight of those Death Eaters today." Pansy Parkinson was saying in her high pitched, squeaky voice. She was half sitting on Draco's lap on the leather couch in the Slytherin common room.
"Yes, Pansy, only the fourteen time you've said it." Draco laughed. "But it doesn't surprise me. If one of the aurors had not come along and made them catch fire, her, her sisters, Weasel, Potty, and Mudblood probably would have died." The entire common room roared with laughter.
Mêlée was sitting in a chair, just like she had on the first night in the Slytherin dormitory. "What did you do, Draco? Run and hide? Or did you put on a mask and join them?" she asked.
Draco stood, his face twisted in outrage. "What do you know?"
Mêlée causally stood. She knew that he wouldn't try a physical attack since the last time he did it ended in embarrassment for him. "I know," she said. "That my sister made the Death Eaters catch on fire. Oh, and maybe you didn't hear this, there were over twenty Death Eaters. Oh, Draco, talked to your father lately?"
Draco's anger took over. He pulled out his wand and prepared to curse her when the room got dark. Clouds began to swirl around in the high ceiling. Thunder roared and lightning flashed. Everyone screamed and ran all around. Suddenly the clouds let loose and rain poured from the ceiling.
Soon everyone was drenched and still screaming. The screaming had found its way to Professor Snape's ears. He came running into the Common room. Rain still poured from the clouds in the ceiling. Mêlée still stood in the middle of the common room, she seemed to be in a trance and her eyes had gone completely aquamarine.
Chapter 10
Odd Occurrences
At least a hundred Death Eaters apparted into the middle of the street. Flashes of green light spurt out of the Death Eaters wands at the people running away from them. Harry, Ron, and Hermione dragged Cleo, Mêlée, A'lira, and Curania into an alley out of the line of fire. The cats were still hidden across the street. Callie saw Cleo in the alley and left her hiding place to get to her owner. She raced across the street but a stray killing curse hit her. The cat dropped dead and Cleo shrieked.
20 Death Eaters heard her and hurried to the alley where they hid. The Death Eater advanced on them and they backed up until their backs pressed against the wall behind them. Harry and Ron managed to disarm and stun four of them. The Death Eaters pulled out their wands and began to curse them when their cloaks burst into flames all at once. The Death Eaters screamed as the flames burned through their black cloaks. They ran out of the alley and into the streets where aurors were appearing to fight the Death Eaters. Several aurors managed to put the Death Eaters out and took them into custody.
Harry and Ron gave a short laugh and turned to the girls. Cleo sat in a trance; her eyes had gone blood red. Suddenly she snapped out of it looked around quickly before her eyes rolled into the back of her head and she passed out.
Her sisters, Ginny and Hermione ran to her.
"What happened to her?" A'lira asked placing Cleo's head in her lap.
"She just passed out?" Curania asked.
"Duh? We got that. But why?" Mêlée stated looking around quickly.
"She was in some kind of trance." Harry said.
"Yeah and her eyes went all red." Ron added stupidly.
"Do you think she was the one that made the Death Eaters catch fire?" Ginny asked and began walking toward the street. "Somebody ought to go get help. She needs medical care. "
"Do you think it's safe to go out there?" A'lira asked quietly.
They waited a couple of minutes when someone started coming toward their alley. They readied their wands and were ready to defend themselves when Professor Dumbledore came around the corner. He playfully raised his hands in a sign of surrender.
"Are you eight alright?" he asked lowering his hands as they lowered theirs.
"NO! Cleo went into a trance and the Death Eaters caught fire and then Cleo passed out," Ron rambled.
"We think that maybe Cleo made them catch fire," Hermione stated as Dumbledore came closer to inspect Cleo.
"No one was near them?" He asked.
"We need to get her to the train. It's safe now." Dumbledore said, "Let's get you all back to school and Miss Black, here, to the Hospital Wing of Hogwarts." Just then Cleo began to stir. Her eyes opened and she looked around.
"What happened? Dumbledore?" she asked staring at him in disbelief.
"Yes it is me, Miss Black and from what I have heard you have had quite an ordeal tonight. Lets get you and your friends back to the train for Hogwarts.
The sun had begun to lighten and order was returning to the streets of Hogsmeade. They were almost to the train for the ride back to Hogwarts when Chris and Katherine came running towards them; worried looks on their faces.
"Thank God, you are alright!" Katherine exclaimed as she hugged her daughters. As soon as she let go Chris took her place.
"Everyone okay?" he asked Hermione, Harry, Ron, and his daughters.
"We're okay." They said at once no one wanting to mention Cleo's performance in the alley.
"They killed my cat!" Cleo cried. Just then Curania, Mêlée, and A'lira's kittens jumped from behind another barrel into their arms.
"We'll get you a new cat, Cleo." Katherine promised. Cleo was silent. The professors started ushering the students onto the train. The girls said goodbye to their mother and boarded the train with their friends.
The trip back to Hogwarts was fairly quiet. And before they knew it they had arrived at the station. They climbed into the carriages and were soon entering the castle that was Hogwarts. Harry, Ron, Ginny, Curania, A'lira, Mêlée, and Hermione escorted Cleo to the Hospital Wing.
Madame Pomfrey checked Cleo out and asked her to stay the night.
"But Madame Pomfrey, can I go to dinner then come back and stay the night?" Cleo begged her. It took a while to convince her but finally Madame Pomfrey let her go for dinner. By time they had gotten out of the Hospital Wing it was dinnertime and they headed down to the Great Hall to eat.
Madame Pomfrey waited until they had left before rushing out of the Hospital Wing. She ran through the halls until she reached the large golden Griffin that was the entrance to Dumbledore's office.
"Lemon Drops." She said and the Griffin moved to reveal a spiral staircase.
She ran up the stairs and into Dumbledore's office. Dumbledore sat at his desk looking over reports from the aurors and answering letters from the ministry.
"Albus!" she said.
"Poppy! What's the matter? Sit down." He said standing as she sat down then sat down again.
"I was examining Cleo Black as you had asked. She passed out from magical exhaustion. I believe that she is the one that made the Death Eaters catch fire." Pomfrey explained.
"Do you have any theories, Poppy?" he asked his brow wrinkled in a frown.
"The last person who could make people catch fire was Christy Blanc. I think that Cleo and her sisters are the next generation of Elementals."
"You truly believe this?" Dumbledore asked.
"It is too much of a coincidence. They are the only quadruplets to be at Hogwarts since the Blanc sisters. And they were Elementals! Albus, I think that they are the reason that they were attacked at their house and why the Death Eaters were at Hogsmeade today. Voldemort knows who and what they are!" Pomfrey declared.
"I think you may be right and it does make sense. They turn 18 on Halloween. The Blanc sisters' birthday was on Halloween, too." Dumbledore stated plainly. "Cleo was the first born, so of course her powers were the first to surface. Lets not make any announcements until we know for sure. We need to keep an eye on Mêlée. She is the next born so if what we think is right then hers powers will be the next to surface."
Hermione and Ginny escorted Cleo back to the Hospital Wing just like Madame Pomfrey had wanted after dinner. Cleo was not happy. All she wanted to do right then was crawl into her own bed and sleep till noon the next day. Hermione and Ginny stayed with her for a while, talking. Hermione had finally gotten over her dislike for Cleo; discovering that the one thing they had in common was not grounds for rivalry but for friendship and it wasn't like Cleo was trying to take over Hermione's place.
"Be glad you didn't take that extra credit project for Professor Ashkevron." Cleo was saying.
"Why? It's extra credit!" Hermione exclaimed.
"That report is extremely hard! Even for me!" they all laughed. Just then Madame Pomfrey came into the area where they were all sitting.
"Alright, alright, you two head up to your dormitory." She said to Ginny and Hermione. "And you, Miss Black, are here so that you can rest and ensure that you are alright. So to bed with you." Hermione and Ginny said their goodbyes and left. Cleo settled into bed and went to sleep.
Up in the Slytherin common room however things were not going well.
"Did you hear, Draco? That Mudblood, Cleo Black, just passed out at the sight of those Death Eaters today." Pansy Parkinson was saying in her high pitched, squeaky voice. She was half sitting on Draco's lap on the leather couch in the Slytherin common room.
"Yes, Pansy, only the fourteen time you've said it." Draco laughed. "But it doesn't surprise me. If one of the aurors had not come along and made them catch fire, her, her sisters, Weasel, Potty, and Mudblood probably would have died." The entire common room roared with laughter.
Mêlée was sitting in a chair, just like she had on the first night in the Slytherin dormitory. "What did you do, Draco? Run and hide? Or did you put on a mask and join them?" she asked.
Draco stood, his face twisted in outrage. "What do you know?"
Mêlée causally stood. She knew that he wouldn't try a physical attack since the last time he did it ended in embarrassment for him. "I know," she said. "That my sister made the Death Eaters catch on fire. Oh, and maybe you didn't hear this, there were over twenty Death Eaters. Oh, Draco, talked to your father lately?"
Draco's anger took over. He pulled out his wand and prepared to curse her when the room got dark. Clouds began to swirl around in the high ceiling. Thunder roared and lightning flashed. Everyone screamed and ran all around. Suddenly the clouds let loose and rain poured from the ceiling.
Soon everyone was drenched and still screaming. The screaming had found its way to Professor Snape's ears. He came running into the Common room. Rain still poured from the clouds in the ceiling. Mêlée still stood in the middle of the common room, she seemed to be in a trance and her eyes had gone completely aquamarine.