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Chappie 5. For lack of a better name.
Bellatrix picked up a silvery-white ferret, grinning. "Not even cute as a ferret are you?" Aira growled, sinking teeth and claws into her flesh. Bellatrix winced. "Now, what to do with you...Hm. Hey Jon, you still got that snake of yours?" Jon nodded. "Well, it'll be eating well tonight, isn't that right you stupid rodent? Lets see your muggles help you now." Aira squeaked, biting and clawing Bellatrix furiously, trying to squirm out of her clutch. "Argh. Stupid rodent. Lets hurry and get this done with." With that the Slytherins, and Aira, set off for the Slytherin Common Room.
"You suspect Bellatrix?" Sirius hissed at his cousin's name. Ava was near the hissing stage as well. This was the woman that had killed her brother. And now was probably going to hurt her friend. 'She's probably a death eater already,' Avateine thought with distaste. "So we're going to the Slytherin common room then?" asked James. Ava grinned at him. "Maybe." Armed with their wands, the group sauntered off towards the approximate entrance to the common room.
It was all to easy to get in. They'd simply stopped off at the Gryffindor common room, and Ava had faked surprise as James emerged from the boy's dormitories with a shimmering cloak. They quickly slipped into the common room, after some rather loud Slytherin first years. Going down a winding set of stairs, they emerge into a dark emerald room; its only light came from a simple chandelier above. There were no windows, and Ava suspected that they were now in the dungeons. The common room was practically empty, save for a small group of people; huddled around something in the corner.
Aira hissed viciously at the snake, trying to scare it off. The snake just stared at her, with its yellow reptilian eyes; hungry. She lunged for its throat, sinking her teeth into it. The taste of blood filled her mouth, and she all but choked. The Boa constrictor hissed in rage, trying to fling her off. She held on tighter, blood oozing everywhere. 'Oh Merlin, don't faint, don't faint' Aira thought frantically, trying to ignore the warm fresh blood in her mouth. "She's killing my snake!" Aira heard someone shout, her sight going blurry. "Well, get her off it then, you idiot." She heard someone mutter something, and the next thing she knew she had been flung across the cage, hitting the wire wall.
Aira fell to the ground, too tired even to scream. She looked up. She could just barely see the snake, approaching her, an evil glint it its eyes. Aira felt something wrap around her, her bones being crushed. She gasped for air, trying desperately to escape with what energy she had, but her efforts were fruitless. Another one of her bones was shattered, and with that she fainted.
Ava heard the squeals of terrible pain, from within the group of Slytherins. Every one of their faces bore a smile that glinted with an evil malice. She felt Sirius and James flinch beside her; still under the invisibility cloak. "This is sick.." Murmured James quietly, as the ferret convulsed in pain. Why were they torturing a ferret? Ava asked herself. Suddenly everything clicked into place. It was Aira. Anger built up inside Ava; anger she didn't even know possessed her. It filled her to the brim, pushing to get out with an explosive power. She wanted revenge. She wanted Bella to die. It was all to much. Avateine threw off the invisibility cloak, and shouted. "CRUCIO!" The room rocked, throwing her off balance. She felt Sirius's arms steadying her. The chandelier far above was swaying dangerously. Bellatrix screamed. Her agonized voice sliced through the air, as she collapsed with a convulsive shudder. It was the strongest Crustacious curse ever performed.
"Why did you do that?!" Sirius hissed into her ear, though when Ava looked up, he was smiling. "Why?!" Ava hissed back. "Why?! Because that ferret is Aira!!!" The whole room went silent. James, Sirius, and Remus stared at the ferret, eyes wide. The ferret was no longer moving. Remus leapt from behind James and Sirius, pointing his wand at Jon. "Petrificus totallus!" Instantly Jon fell over backwards.
Severus Snape was bent over Bellatrix, who was still not moving, but looked up in time to join the fight. "Protego" he muttered, and Sirius' stunning charm bounced off of the invisible wall. Avateine was incredibly shaken, tears streaming down her cheeks. 'No. I've done unforgivables before. I had to...why am I so frightened?' but she knew. It was the sheer power of the curse that scared the life out of her. James went down with a thud next to her.
She looked blankly at him. 'No time to brood now. My friends need my help...I'm as close to an Auror as we've got.' "Enervate." She said, pointing her wand at James. "Stupefy!" screamed a Slytherin girl, just come from the dormitories. Avateine recognized Narcissa Malfoy-erm...Black. She looked horror stricken at the sight of her sister on the floor, and her make up was streaming down her cheeks. "Protego! Impedimenta!" Avateine roared. The spell missed.
Somewhere nearby a Slytherin went down in a full body bind. "Teglaruos!" Ava shouted, at Snape. The spell struck home, and he was flung across the room; slamming into the opposite wall with a crack. By now Jon was up again, and pointing his wand at Ava. Sirius leapt in front of her, yelling, "Expelliarmus!" Jon's wand went flying. Of the six slytherins, one was out cold, two were stunned, one was wand-less, and Narcissa was in hysterics.
Ava pointed her wand at Jon. "Obliviate!" The charm took effect almost instantly. "What am I doing here?" he asked confused, just before Ava's fist struck home. "Sweet dreams." She muttered, looking at her hand. The muggle way was actually very effective....
Now only Snape was left functional, unless you counted Narcissa, who was in a rage, and throwing things at people. Meanwhile, the Gryffindor team wasn't at its best. Remus was writhing on the ground, James under the effects of a vicious Bat-Bogey hex, Sirius had a severe nosebleed, and Ava bore a strange limp as she hobbled over to the unconscious ferret. Sirius was behind her, keeping Snivellus at wand point. "You're lucky I don't hex you to hell and back, just for being involved in this, Snivellus." Sneered Sirius. "Padfoot." Ava said quietly, but with a firm edge. "What?" "Shut up, or I'll hex you."
"Stupefy!" Ava hissed at the snake as it stiffened and fell over. Ava bent over, picking up Aira. She stroked the ferrets fur, ruffling it before looking her over. Aira was a mess. As far as Ava could tell, she had broken at least 3 bones. Her breathing was ruff and ragged, and she was covered in blood. "Here," She handed Aira carefully to Sirius, before going over to Bellatrix.
Bellatrix was only regaining consciousness when Ava stepped over to her, shading her from the light. Ava bent down close to Bellatrix's terrified face, and whispered into her ear. "If you ever hurt Sirius," She said raggedly, impressing the words into Bella's mind, "I will hunt you down. And I will kill you." Bellatrix looked surprised. "What did I eve-r do to you?" she whispered, hoarsely. Ava laughed harshly, "More then you could ever know, Lestrange." With that she moved back to Sirius, who had just cured James, and was working on helping Remus.
Severus Snape had fled; and Sirius had watched him go quietly, knowing that he could not reveal any of the previous happenings, without adding Aira into the story. Sirius looked at Ava now. 'Where in the seven hells did she learn that?' he thought, quietly. It had not been Ava he had witnessed moments ago. It was a voracious monster. Sirius wondered how Ava could possibly harbor so much hatred for someone she barely knew. He shrugged it off. Not that he cared. Bellatrix was horrible to him. Had been, all her life.
The tempest was gone now, and Ava's face was brimming with concern. "Is she alright?" The pale girl asked him, motioning to the unconscious ferret. "It's bad; but I've seen worse. I'll heal her though. No use sending anyone to Madam Pomfrey. All she'd do is ask questions. Merlin knows I've got enough experience in healing, with all the situations I've gotten myself into," he exclaimed, grinning. Ava smiled weakly. "So I've heard." James walked over to Bellatrix. "Oi, what's this?" he asked, snatching an envelope out of her pocket. She lunged for it, but James was quicker. Remus took it from him. "It's a letter to Bellatrix from....." Remus's eyes clouded over as he read the note. "Sirius, you'd better take a look at this." He muttered, tossing the paper at his friend.
Sirius caught it and read. He looked up at Bellatrix, pain and sorrow sketched into his eyes. He growled suddenly, stuffing the paper into his pocket. Ava looked over at Sirius, who was muttering to himself. James and Remus were exchanging looks. "Sirius...we need help with Aira.." Sirius looked up at them, glaring. "Oh yes...yes." He took out his wand, and turned Aira back into a human. "Okay, we can fix up her rib cage first, okay, on three. One. Two. Three!"
In unison they pointed their wands on the broken bone, and a blue light filled the room. Aira's eyes snapped open, and she kicked James. She tried to get up, but Remus and Sirius held her down. "You're okay, it's us. Sheesh. You're so squeamish." The blue light cleared, and Aira saw Sirius' face. She looked around, relaxing. "What did you do to me? That hurt!" "That hurt?" James asked, getting up. "You kicked me!" Aira grinned lopsidedly, wincing. "We were trying to fix your bloody rib bone." Sirius growled, in a horrible mood. "So hold still!" Aira made a face at Sirius, but held still.
They healed her rib cage, and then moved on to her ankle. Finally they were finished. "Better?" Remus asked, and Aira made another face. "I feel like I've been ripped apart and put back together." "Oi! Sirius! Where are you going?" James asked as Sirius stormed out of the room. Ava went after him. James and Remus both sighed, following. "Hey! Wait for me!" Aira growled, limping out of the Slytherin Common Room.
Ava had to run top speed to catch up with Sirius. His stride was larger, and he was walking so fast…. "Sirius!" Ava yelled, from behind him. Heads turned in the hallway, to witness what they made out as a lover's spat. Sirius didn't stop. "Sirius-bloody-Black!" She yelled again, further ahead. He just kept going, leading her up numerous flights of stairs. By the time she had chased him to the seventh floor, Avateine had had enough. She'd gone through so much that day. That week. It was bad enough to be stuck in another time, lying to everyone. Now this rested on top of it, the stress was pounding on her; willing to be released. She put a hand on his shoulder, gripping him like a vice, until he swung around. Avateine slapped him roughly across the face. "I'm not sure I deserved that." Sirius said quietly.
"Oh yes you did, Mr. High-and-mighty Black. There are other people in this world then yourself; other people that care about you, and want to help. So if you'll just forget about your pride, and shove off your high rocker; maybe we could do something about your problem. Together. Now what is on that paper, and where in bloody hell are you going? It's cold up here!"
"The Astronomy Tower." Sirius said, smiling.
Chappie 5. For lack of a better name.
Bellatrix picked up a silvery-white ferret, grinning. "Not even cute as a ferret are you?" Aira growled, sinking teeth and claws into her flesh. Bellatrix winced. "Now, what to do with you...Hm. Hey Jon, you still got that snake of yours?" Jon nodded. "Well, it'll be eating well tonight, isn't that right you stupid rodent? Lets see your muggles help you now." Aira squeaked, biting and clawing Bellatrix furiously, trying to squirm out of her clutch. "Argh. Stupid rodent. Lets hurry and get this done with." With that the Slytherins, and Aira, set off for the Slytherin Common Room.
"You suspect Bellatrix?" Sirius hissed at his cousin's name. Ava was near the hissing stage as well. This was the woman that had killed her brother. And now was probably going to hurt her friend. 'She's probably a death eater already,' Avateine thought with distaste. "So we're going to the Slytherin common room then?" asked James. Ava grinned at him. "Maybe." Armed with their wands, the group sauntered off towards the approximate entrance to the common room.
It was all to easy to get in. They'd simply stopped off at the Gryffindor common room, and Ava had faked surprise as James emerged from the boy's dormitories with a shimmering cloak. They quickly slipped into the common room, after some rather loud Slytherin first years. Going down a winding set of stairs, they emerge into a dark emerald room; its only light came from a simple chandelier above. There were no windows, and Ava suspected that they were now in the dungeons. The common room was practically empty, save for a small group of people; huddled around something in the corner.
Aira hissed viciously at the snake, trying to scare it off. The snake just stared at her, with its yellow reptilian eyes; hungry. She lunged for its throat, sinking her teeth into it. The taste of blood filled her mouth, and she all but choked. The Boa constrictor hissed in rage, trying to fling her off. She held on tighter, blood oozing everywhere. 'Oh Merlin, don't faint, don't faint' Aira thought frantically, trying to ignore the warm fresh blood in her mouth. "She's killing my snake!" Aira heard someone shout, her sight going blurry. "Well, get her off it then, you idiot." She heard someone mutter something, and the next thing she knew she had been flung across the cage, hitting the wire wall.
Aira fell to the ground, too tired even to scream. She looked up. She could just barely see the snake, approaching her, an evil glint it its eyes. Aira felt something wrap around her, her bones being crushed. She gasped for air, trying desperately to escape with what energy she had, but her efforts were fruitless. Another one of her bones was shattered, and with that she fainted.
Ava heard the squeals of terrible pain, from within the group of Slytherins. Every one of their faces bore a smile that glinted with an evil malice. She felt Sirius and James flinch beside her; still under the invisibility cloak. "This is sick.." Murmured James quietly, as the ferret convulsed in pain. Why were they torturing a ferret? Ava asked herself. Suddenly everything clicked into place. It was Aira. Anger built up inside Ava; anger she didn't even know possessed her. It filled her to the brim, pushing to get out with an explosive power. She wanted revenge. She wanted Bella to die. It was all to much. Avateine threw off the invisibility cloak, and shouted. "CRUCIO!" The room rocked, throwing her off balance. She felt Sirius's arms steadying her. The chandelier far above was swaying dangerously. Bellatrix screamed. Her agonized voice sliced through the air, as she collapsed with a convulsive shudder. It was the strongest Crustacious curse ever performed.
"Why did you do that?!" Sirius hissed into her ear, though when Ava looked up, he was smiling. "Why?!" Ava hissed back. "Why?! Because that ferret is Aira!!!" The whole room went silent. James, Sirius, and Remus stared at the ferret, eyes wide. The ferret was no longer moving. Remus leapt from behind James and Sirius, pointing his wand at Jon. "Petrificus totallus!" Instantly Jon fell over backwards.
Severus Snape was bent over Bellatrix, who was still not moving, but looked up in time to join the fight. "Protego" he muttered, and Sirius' stunning charm bounced off of the invisible wall. Avateine was incredibly shaken, tears streaming down her cheeks. 'No. I've done unforgivables before. I had to...why am I so frightened?' but she knew. It was the sheer power of the curse that scared the life out of her. James went down with a thud next to her.
She looked blankly at him. 'No time to brood now. My friends need my help...I'm as close to an Auror as we've got.' "Enervate." She said, pointing her wand at James. "Stupefy!" screamed a Slytherin girl, just come from the dormitories. Avateine recognized Narcissa Malfoy-erm...Black. She looked horror stricken at the sight of her sister on the floor, and her make up was streaming down her cheeks. "Protego! Impedimenta!" Avateine roared. The spell missed.
Somewhere nearby a Slytherin went down in a full body bind. "Teglaruos!" Ava shouted, at Snape. The spell struck home, and he was flung across the room; slamming into the opposite wall with a crack. By now Jon was up again, and pointing his wand at Ava. Sirius leapt in front of her, yelling, "Expelliarmus!" Jon's wand went flying. Of the six slytherins, one was out cold, two were stunned, one was wand-less, and Narcissa was in hysterics.
Ava pointed her wand at Jon. "Obliviate!" The charm took effect almost instantly. "What am I doing here?" he asked confused, just before Ava's fist struck home. "Sweet dreams." She muttered, looking at her hand. The muggle way was actually very effective....
Now only Snape was left functional, unless you counted Narcissa, who was in a rage, and throwing things at people. Meanwhile, the Gryffindor team wasn't at its best. Remus was writhing on the ground, James under the effects of a vicious Bat-Bogey hex, Sirius had a severe nosebleed, and Ava bore a strange limp as she hobbled over to the unconscious ferret. Sirius was behind her, keeping Snivellus at wand point. "You're lucky I don't hex you to hell and back, just for being involved in this, Snivellus." Sneered Sirius. "Padfoot." Ava said quietly, but with a firm edge. "What?" "Shut up, or I'll hex you."
"Stupefy!" Ava hissed at the snake as it stiffened and fell over. Ava bent over, picking up Aira. She stroked the ferrets fur, ruffling it before looking her over. Aira was a mess. As far as Ava could tell, she had broken at least 3 bones. Her breathing was ruff and ragged, and she was covered in blood. "Here," She handed Aira carefully to Sirius, before going over to Bellatrix.
Bellatrix was only regaining consciousness when Ava stepped over to her, shading her from the light. Ava bent down close to Bellatrix's terrified face, and whispered into her ear. "If you ever hurt Sirius," She said raggedly, impressing the words into Bella's mind, "I will hunt you down. And I will kill you." Bellatrix looked surprised. "What did I eve-r do to you?" she whispered, hoarsely. Ava laughed harshly, "More then you could ever know, Lestrange." With that she moved back to Sirius, who had just cured James, and was working on helping Remus.
Severus Snape had fled; and Sirius had watched him go quietly, knowing that he could not reveal any of the previous happenings, without adding Aira into the story. Sirius looked at Ava now. 'Where in the seven hells did she learn that?' he thought, quietly. It had not been Ava he had witnessed moments ago. It was a voracious monster. Sirius wondered how Ava could possibly harbor so much hatred for someone she barely knew. He shrugged it off. Not that he cared. Bellatrix was horrible to him. Had been, all her life.
The tempest was gone now, and Ava's face was brimming with concern. "Is she alright?" The pale girl asked him, motioning to the unconscious ferret. "It's bad; but I've seen worse. I'll heal her though. No use sending anyone to Madam Pomfrey. All she'd do is ask questions. Merlin knows I've got enough experience in healing, with all the situations I've gotten myself into," he exclaimed, grinning. Ava smiled weakly. "So I've heard." James walked over to Bellatrix. "Oi, what's this?" he asked, snatching an envelope out of her pocket. She lunged for it, but James was quicker. Remus took it from him. "It's a letter to Bellatrix from....." Remus's eyes clouded over as he read the note. "Sirius, you'd better take a look at this." He muttered, tossing the paper at his friend.
Sirius caught it and read. He looked up at Bellatrix, pain and sorrow sketched into his eyes. He growled suddenly, stuffing the paper into his pocket. Ava looked over at Sirius, who was muttering to himself. James and Remus were exchanging looks. "Sirius...we need help with Aira.." Sirius looked up at them, glaring. "Oh yes...yes." He took out his wand, and turned Aira back into a human. "Okay, we can fix up her rib cage first, okay, on three. One. Two. Three!"
In unison they pointed their wands on the broken bone, and a blue light filled the room. Aira's eyes snapped open, and she kicked James. She tried to get up, but Remus and Sirius held her down. "You're okay, it's us. Sheesh. You're so squeamish." The blue light cleared, and Aira saw Sirius' face. She looked around, relaxing. "What did you do to me? That hurt!" "That hurt?" James asked, getting up. "You kicked me!" Aira grinned lopsidedly, wincing. "We were trying to fix your bloody rib bone." Sirius growled, in a horrible mood. "So hold still!" Aira made a face at Sirius, but held still.
They healed her rib cage, and then moved on to her ankle. Finally they were finished. "Better?" Remus asked, and Aira made another face. "I feel like I've been ripped apart and put back together." "Oi! Sirius! Where are you going?" James asked as Sirius stormed out of the room. Ava went after him. James and Remus both sighed, following. "Hey! Wait for me!" Aira growled, limping out of the Slytherin Common Room.
Ava had to run top speed to catch up with Sirius. His stride was larger, and he was walking so fast…. "Sirius!" Ava yelled, from behind him. Heads turned in the hallway, to witness what they made out as a lover's spat. Sirius didn't stop. "Sirius-bloody-Black!" She yelled again, further ahead. He just kept going, leading her up numerous flights of stairs. By the time she had chased him to the seventh floor, Avateine had had enough. She'd gone through so much that day. That week. It was bad enough to be stuck in another time, lying to everyone. Now this rested on top of it, the stress was pounding on her; willing to be released. She put a hand on his shoulder, gripping him like a vice, until he swung around. Avateine slapped him roughly across the face. "I'm not sure I deserved that." Sirius said quietly.
"Oh yes you did, Mr. High-and-mighty Black. There are other people in this world then yourself; other people that care about you, and want to help. So if you'll just forget about your pride, and shove off your high rocker; maybe we could do something about your problem. Together. Now what is on that paper, and where in bloody hell are you going? It's cold up here!"
"The Astronomy Tower." Sirius said, smiling.