Choices
'Adriana?' Hermione asked the girl in front of her. Adriana slowly looked up to look into Hermione's eyes, her eyes void of all emotions. Just plain green pools, no pupil at all. 'You don't have to do this.'
'Yes I do,' Adriana looked at her. 'I may not want to, but I do have to.' Slowly Adriana exited Dumbledore's office.
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It was 8 am the next morning and Adriana was sitting outside by the lake. Harry approached her form behind. 'What do you want Harry?'
'Hi Harry, o Hi Adriana! How are you, I'm good! Would you like a seat? Sure!' Harry sat down next to her. 'I came to see if you were okay doofus! You're usually one of the most perky people I know, and you're out here talking to the squid in the lake.' A tentacle rose form the lake waving and Harry waved back.
'Harry, the magic is a part of me and today I'm giving it away. It's going to be really gone and not just the time when I tried to quit on cold turkey, I mean literally ripped from me! And I'm the one doing the ripping!'
'You know what?' Adriana looked at Harry, 'I think that for once in your life you're truly scared.' Adriana looked to protest but Harry stopped her. 'For once in you're life Adriana shut up and listen! You're scared because you think you're gonna be defenceless, you think you're not gonna be able to teach your course here anymore and you'll be forced back into the muggle world. Newsflash! They won't take you back! Because well guess what. You're still needed here. You took Tai Kwan do! You took Aikido! You 're a black belt in karate! You are gonna give back this magic, and you're not gonna be weak, you're gonna be stronger than you've ever been! Because you can live without it, a lot of witches can't do that.' Harry stopped talking and looked to Adriana for any sign on acceptance, he got that when she responded with a witty comeback.
'When did you become so spiritual?'
'Around about the time you forced me to go to Tai Chi with you!' The two friends laughed until they sobered up and realised what was about to happen. Harry gave Adriana a quick squeeze before the two of them stood up and walked to the castle.
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'Now Miss Smith,' Snape addressed her, 'You must put on hand on each of these walls and focus on your energy, then Dumbledore and I will perform the spell that must be cast to remove the magic, you will feel weak during the ritual so you must remember to stay awake until all the magic is gone.'
'Let's just get this over with okay?' Adriana moved away from the group and lay her hands on each wall on the sides of her and took a deep breath. 'Whenever you're ready Pops.' Adriana cheekily grinned at Dumbledore and Snape, Dumbledore chuckled and Snape sneered. The two of them pointed their wands at Adriana and shouted,
'Brutus Doamne Acum!' Nothing happened.
'You gotta be kidding me!' Adriana shouted them. 'You only know half the spell?!' Adriana took another deep breath then started chanting under her breath. Slowly it got louder but it was still uncertain what she was saying until she shouted the last two words. 'ACUM! ACUM!' Suddenly swirling lights surrounded her and she started breathing more heavily. 'Guiding spirits I beg of thee, Return what I have made a part of me, Hecate! Hecate! Here my plea, Send howling winds to remove your protection from me!' Adriana screamed in pain as a white cloud of smoke entered her body through her mouth, eyes and nose, and then seeped out a green colour to the swirl around her body as she panted harder and harder as her body grew weaker that she could only just whisper out the final words of her chant. 'Dissipate, be here no more.' Then the green energy swirling around her dissolved into nothing. Adriana fell to her knees as the onlookers just looked on speechless.
'If you want something done properly,' Harry stated.
'Do it yourself.' Adriana said clearly as she stood up. Harry rushed forward to her followed closely by Ron and Hermione. 'No.' They stopped in their tracks. 'I'm okay, in fact I feel normal, I feel great. Bring on my first class!' Adriana walked past the gobsmacked teenagers and adults to enter her classroom, which was just down the hallway. All was silent until she poked her head back out. 'Err Guys! Your first class is with me! Don't want to get detention do you? You've still gotta change!' Harry, Ron, and Hermione each looked at each other before rushing off into the classroom.
'Adriana?' Hermione asked the girl in front of her. Adriana slowly looked up to look into Hermione's eyes, her eyes void of all emotions. Just plain green pools, no pupil at all. 'You don't have to do this.'
'Yes I do,' Adriana looked at her. 'I may not want to, but I do have to.' Slowly Adriana exited Dumbledore's office.
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It was 8 am the next morning and Adriana was sitting outside by the lake. Harry approached her form behind. 'What do you want Harry?'
'Hi Harry, o Hi Adriana! How are you, I'm good! Would you like a seat? Sure!' Harry sat down next to her. 'I came to see if you were okay doofus! You're usually one of the most perky people I know, and you're out here talking to the squid in the lake.' A tentacle rose form the lake waving and Harry waved back.
'Harry, the magic is a part of me and today I'm giving it away. It's going to be really gone and not just the time when I tried to quit on cold turkey, I mean literally ripped from me! And I'm the one doing the ripping!'
'You know what?' Adriana looked at Harry, 'I think that for once in your life you're truly scared.' Adriana looked to protest but Harry stopped her. 'For once in you're life Adriana shut up and listen! You're scared because you think you're gonna be defenceless, you think you're not gonna be able to teach your course here anymore and you'll be forced back into the muggle world. Newsflash! They won't take you back! Because well guess what. You're still needed here. You took Tai Kwan do! You took Aikido! You 're a black belt in karate! You are gonna give back this magic, and you're not gonna be weak, you're gonna be stronger than you've ever been! Because you can live without it, a lot of witches can't do that.' Harry stopped talking and looked to Adriana for any sign on acceptance, he got that when she responded with a witty comeback.
'When did you become so spiritual?'
'Around about the time you forced me to go to Tai Chi with you!' The two friends laughed until they sobered up and realised what was about to happen. Harry gave Adriana a quick squeeze before the two of them stood up and walked to the castle.
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'Now Miss Smith,' Snape addressed her, 'You must put on hand on each of these walls and focus on your energy, then Dumbledore and I will perform the spell that must be cast to remove the magic, you will feel weak during the ritual so you must remember to stay awake until all the magic is gone.'
'Let's just get this over with okay?' Adriana moved away from the group and lay her hands on each wall on the sides of her and took a deep breath. 'Whenever you're ready Pops.' Adriana cheekily grinned at Dumbledore and Snape, Dumbledore chuckled and Snape sneered. The two of them pointed their wands at Adriana and shouted,
'Brutus Doamne Acum!' Nothing happened.
'You gotta be kidding me!' Adriana shouted them. 'You only know half the spell?!' Adriana took another deep breath then started chanting under her breath. Slowly it got louder but it was still uncertain what she was saying until she shouted the last two words. 'ACUM! ACUM!' Suddenly swirling lights surrounded her and she started breathing more heavily. 'Guiding spirits I beg of thee, Return what I have made a part of me, Hecate! Hecate! Here my plea, Send howling winds to remove your protection from me!' Adriana screamed in pain as a white cloud of smoke entered her body through her mouth, eyes and nose, and then seeped out a green colour to the swirl around her body as she panted harder and harder as her body grew weaker that she could only just whisper out the final words of her chant. 'Dissipate, be here no more.' Then the green energy swirling around her dissolved into nothing. Adriana fell to her knees as the onlookers just looked on speechless.
'If you want something done properly,' Harry stated.
'Do it yourself.' Adriana said clearly as she stood up. Harry rushed forward to her followed closely by Ron and Hermione. 'No.' They stopped in their tracks. 'I'm okay, in fact I feel normal, I feel great. Bring on my first class!' Adriana walked past the gobsmacked teenagers and adults to enter her classroom, which was just down the hallway. All was silent until she poked her head back out. 'Err Guys! Your first class is with me! Don't want to get detention do you? You've still gotta change!' Harry, Ron, and Hermione each looked at each other before rushing off into the classroom.