A/N: hey, hey, hey! Well, it's summer break right now! I'm going to high school next year! Woot. Woot. Well, that means.... MORE TIME TO RIGHT MY STORIES! Yeah... review please!
Well, I don't know if Valentines Day is on the same date every year, so yeah, in this fictional world, V-day is on a different date then the last year, yeah...
Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter or any song/ quotes that I might use... they belong to their respectable owners/ creators! But I do own the plot and all OC characters! Blah!
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"Today, class, you will be learning how to transform this jar of peanut butter to a jar of jam, and this rock into a piece of bread. You will have to eat it at the end of today's lessons. If the jam taste like peanut butter, the bread taste a bit rough, hard, or both... you fail today's lesson." McGonagall then flicked her wand and a small size jar of peanut butter and a rock as big as a fist appeared in front of first year HufflePuffs and Gryffindors.
As the class went on a second year Slytherin walked into the class. "Miss Leila, what are you doing here?" the transfiguration teacher asked Leila as she walked in.
Leila had bags under her eyes, and looked sick. "I'm here for class." She stated.
"You don't have classes with me today..." she said slowly. "Are you okay, Miss Leila?"
Leila's eyes widen with surprise. "Oh... I'm late for Charms then!" she then turned around from the staring class and began to leave.
"Wait!" McGonagall stopped Leila just as she was about to leave. "Stay there," she told the Slytherin, "And go back to you work!" she addressed the first years.
The teacher then levitated a piece of parchment from her desk wrote something and then signed it. "Here is a note for you to skip classes for today." and then she tore it and made a separate note, "This one is a note to Madam Pomfrey, just encase you feel worst." McGonagall then handed it to Leila and told her to back to her dorm.
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"Have you seen Leila, Monica? She wasn't here for lunch." Jasmine asked her in the hallways on her way to Hagrid's class. Monica shook her head and told Jasmine that Leila wasn't feeling good and was staying at the dorm.
"I see. Thanks for tell me." Jasmine said with a smile and waved good-bye at Monica as she walked off to her next class.
Just a few feet away, was Chris. He heard Jasmine and Monica's little talk, and began to get worried. It was now February, and almost Valentines Day, heck it was in two days. Recently Chris has been noticing that Leila would appear tired, or slow, some times it took awhile to answer a question asked by a teacher, but she still would get it right.
Her grades have been really high lately, but her appetite seems small. He also noticed that she doesn't help Jasmine, Marisa and Tess in any pranks that take place during the night, but still looks as if she had no sleep.
'Don't worry, she is perfectly fine.' He convinced himself as he walked down the stairs to the dungeon for Potions. He came early, he didn't know why, but he knew that no one would be there in the classroom, well except for Snape. He kept a steady pace but slowed down when he heard voices coming from the potion classroom. Those voices belonged to Professor Snape and Professor McGonagall.
Chris hide behind a statue that was near the doorway. "She's been coming to my lessons sleepy, and tired for the past four weeks!" McGonagall's voice informed Snape. "I don't know her sleeping habits, or the contents of the two potions she drinks to go to sleep. But as her head of house and a master of potion you should know!"
"I know that she has stopped going out at night to help with the pranks that her friends pull off during that time, so she should be getting a good amount of rest but my guess it that her nightmares are going on to a new level and a new anti-nightmare potion needs to be made, her current one is too weak to handle it." Snape concluded.
Chris heard footsteps, it sound like Snape was pacing. "Is her grades still up?" McGonagall asked.
"Yes, oddly her test scores in all her classes are higher. Very odd for someone with a sleeping disorder." Snape told the Transfiguration professor. "Lunch is almost done." He then informed her again.
"Well yes, but please make a new potion, Sirius and Remus are getting quite worried about her." McGonagall told him before leaving.
"Afraid she will turn into a sixteen-year old Harry Potter, eh? Very well, I will start making one tonight... isn't tonight a full moon?" Chris wondered why Professor Snape was asking if tonight was a full moon. But he soon discards it when McGonagall left the classroom. Just as she did, students were descending down the steps.
Chris was just about to enter the dungeon when Monica and Deborah pulled him back. "Yes?" he asked the two girls.
"Leila wont be able to make it to you study thing tonight." Deborah told him.
"Is it because she isn't feeling good, eh?" he asked. The to girls nodded.
Then the two girls ushered him into the classroom, as then did Monica said, "Maybe you guys will be able to reschedule it for some other night." He nodded and they plucked him down on his seat and went over to their own spots in the classroom.
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"Jasmine, do you know what number 54 is?" Tess asked as stared at her parchment.
Jasmine rolled over to her back and placed her head on her pillow. "Nope, I'm on number 34." Both Jasmine and Tess were working on their DADA worksheet and Marisa was practicing wand movements for Charms.
"Tap two times, flick. Tap two times, and flick." Marisa muttered to herself. She then stopped and looked at the clock beside her bed. "Guys, it's eleven, we have a test in Herbs first thing in the morning, lets get some rest."
The girls nodded, and began to put their stuff away. They then got ready for bed and soon one by one the lights in the dorm room of Marisa, Tess, and Jasmine flickered off at 11:32 pm.
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"Here is your new potion, drink it before you take the sleeping one." Snape instructed Leila. They stood in his office. Her handed her a package containing a week supplies of new anti-nightmare potion.
"Where is Sirius and-"Leila began.
"Full moon tonight." The potion master said cutting her off. "Here is a note to show to anyone, like teachers, prefects, Filch and that cat of his, Peeves..."
"Thank you, Professor." Leila said with a bow and exited the office.
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"What are you doing out of bed?" Ginny asked Leila. Leila showed her the note that Snape gave her. "I see, well you better hurry it is almost midnight."
Leila nodded, still being quiet. "Have you seen Remus and-"Ginny began but Leila cut her off by saying, "Full moon tonight." Ginny nodded and told her to now go back to her dorm and get some sleep, they have a quiz tomorrow in History of Magic class.
"Good night, Miss Leila." Ginny then turned around and left to go to her own room.
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"You are my sunshine! My only sunshine! You make me happy when skies are gray! Uh... something, something... Don't take my sunshine awaaaay!" Jasmine sang as she entered the Great Hall and sat at the Gryffindor table.
Marisa shook her head at Jasmine's song as Tess burst out laughing. "Jasmine, you're late for breakfast... again." Marisa said, you could tell that she was trying not to laugh.
"Well, I have a good reason," Jasmine began.
Tess stopped laughing. "Really?" she asked raising her eyebrow. "And the reason is that you over slept, huh?"
"Nope." Jasmine gave them a toothy grin and said, "Keep guessing." They just stared at her, saying nothing. "Fine!" Jasmine threw her hands up in the air and took a seat between them. "I stopped by the Slytherin common room entrance."
"Why?" Marisa asked. "It has to do with a certain person with the name Leila, right?"
"Bingo!" Jasmine exclaimed gleefully. "Yup, and she is now feeling better and will help us on Sunday night's escapade." Jasmine was looking forward on the 'little' joke that they will pull on Flick and maybe his cat, with the much need help of some ghost and Leila, it would be really easy to pull off.
"Oh joy!" Marisa replied sarcastically.
"What's a joy?" they turned around to see...
"LEILA!" Jasmine and Tess exclaimed at lunged at her for a hug. Marisa shrugged and joined them. "WE M-I-S-S U!" Jasmine Tess said at the same time.
Leila laughed. "I was only sick for a day... right?" she then stepped out of the hug and looked at the clock. "Crap, I've gotta go see Professor Snape about yesterday's potion lesson, so I wont be all confused today." she lied. They nodded understandingly, said good-bye and she left for the dungeons.
Once Leila reached the potion classroom she was instantly greeted with, "Did it work?"
"Yes, sir." She said to Snape as she settled her school bag on the nearest desk. "Is that all you needed to ask, sir? Because, I need to eat breakfast..." but stopped when she saw food on Snape's desk. "Is that-?"
"Yes, since we are having this meeting so early in the morning, I took the liberty of bring breakfast here for you to eat." He beckoned Leila to eat at least a biscuit, which thankfully accepted.
She was buttering the biscuit when she heard the door open again. She looked up to see Sirius standing there. "Did the new potion work?" he asked her as he made his way to Leila. "Why are you eating here?" Leila shrugged and took a bite of her biscuit.
"Black." Snape 'greeted' when he came back from his office.
"Snape." Sirius said in return. Leila nudged him in the side causing him to yelp in pain. "What?" he asked looking down at her. She gave him this look. Sirius sighed and turned back to Severus. "Thanks for the potion." He mumbled.
"No thanks needed." Snape told him as he took his seat at his desk, leaving Leila eating at one of the student desk, and Sirius standing near her. "I brewed it because she is my student, and that I hate to see such talent be eaten way by old memories that lie in her sub-conscience."
"Well," Sirius began heading towards the door. "I'm going to go to the DADA classroom, subbing for Remus." Sirius also subs for Remus on days before, on, and after the full moon. "Bye, Leila." She waved at him as she ate her breakfast.
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"How was the quiz from Professor Weasley?" Jasmine asked Leila on their way to dinner.
"Well, first of all it is called a 'quest' (worth more then a quiz, but lest then a test), it is Professor Malfoy, they got married last weekend, remember? I attended it on Saturday. And last it is easy if you studied, but most people finished it in time."
"Okay, okay!" Jasmine smiled. "Care to give me some answers, I have to take it tomorrow..." Leila gave her a look. "Just joshing ya'."
Leila rolled her eyes. "Whatever, later Jaz." And made her way to the Slyhterin table.
When she got there, the first thing out of Deborah's mouth was, "Tomorrow's Saint Valentines Day." And she eyed Chris.
Leila filled her plate with food, "So? Point is?"
"Well," Monica began, "We took a liberty of rescheduling your study thing tomorrow...."
"What?" Leila said rather dully.
"We-"Deborah began.
"No! I mean- ARGH! Okay, whatever... I'll just cancel it right now." and she stood up.
"WHAT?" her roommates exclaimed at Leila's decision. But it was too late, she was already telling Chris that they should study on Friday night.
"After all our hard work to put them together." Monica sighed and took a spoonful of her mash potato.
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On February sixth, hearts, cards, candies, flowers, and balloons were everywhere, which made Leila feel even more depress. Luckily no one noticed it, because of all the merriment around. It was now eight at night; the St. V-day dance for fourth years and up was in full swing.
Knowing places like the Astrometry Tower and the Court Yard was full of hormone raging teen couples, Leila avoided it and headed for the lake. There was still snow on the grounds, but not as much back in December and January. But it was freezing outside.
She dressed herself up to battle against to coldness by wearing a pair of black baggy jean pants, held up my a studded pastel pink belt, a pastel pink turtle neck under a black witch robe that fitted the body. To finish off, she wore block boots, mittens, and her hair in a low ponytail. She started to wear a lot of muggle clothing, but still had more wizards clothing.
She sat at the on the ground, on the snow, staring at go knows what. She was reciting lyrics in her mind. She thought them up on that day she spent in her dorm. 'Sounds good...' she thought. 'I should sing it out loud to hear how I sounds...'
[1] "Dominus Deus
exaudi nos et misrere
exaudi, Dominus
Dona nobis pacem
et salva nos a hostibus
Salva nos, Deus
Dominus exaudi nos
Dominus misrere
Dona nobis pacem
Sanctus, Gloria
dona nobis pacem
e dona eis requiem
inter ovas locum
voca me cum benedictis
pie jesu domine, dona eis requiem
Dominus Deus, Sanctus, Gloria"
"Great song, care to tell me the translation?" Leila turned around to see Chris. "We've got to stop meeting like this." He told her as he made his way to her and sat next to Leila on the ground.
"What ever Hahn." She told him. "Why aren't you inside?"
"Shouldn't I be asking you that, Missy?" he retorted at her.
"I... I just wanted to get away from everyone else today," she answered. She pulled her knees closer to her and laid her chin on them.
"Why?' Chris asked looking at her.
"Do I have to tell?" she asked not even looking at him. He nodded. She closed her eyes. "My older brother, Lerato [2], was murdered on this day, along with five of my family's body guards." She bit her lip to try not to make herself cry. "They were murdered right in front of me, I can still feel my bother's blood. It's metallic taste and it's dark redness... it always haunts me..."
"I'm sorry, that I asked you and all." Chris said quietly. "I shouldn't be prying into your past, and opening up your wounds..."
"I'm sort of happy that I told though." Leila said through her tears. "I have no one to talk to about it, when I get all sad. I have Sirius, but it is hard because he is an adult. I've talked to Harry Potter and Draco Malfoy too, but their not here at Hogwarts. And I don't want to tell the girls, because they don't get it. I can't share pain with them for some odd reason. I just cant..."
Chris knew what she was getting at, she kind of wanted him to know, so he can understand and talk to her. "You have me."
"Really?' she asked drying her tears.
"Yeah." He placed his arm around her and tried to warm her up. "I'm easy to talk to right?" he asked as he replaced the warming charm over them, he noticed that his was going at, and also noticed that Leila's charm was going out too.
"T-t-thanks." She kept on drying her on coming tears. "I p-p-promise myself, many years ago that I would cry anymore, that I'll make up for my brother's death to my parents by being getting good grades, staying quiet, being like a pureblood lady, try s-s-so hard to be perfect. And then maybe they wouldn't h-hate me as much..."
Chris wanted to say something, but was shocked by her sudden confession. "You are perfect to me," he said in a whisper, causing her to turn to him. Before they knew it, their lips almost touch but Leila pulled back.
"I-I'm so sorry." she told him though her tears and ran back to the castle leaving him alone. She realized that she cared for him, and it scared her. As Chris watched her slowly disappear, it was then he noticed an odd sensation within him. He cared for her, and he wanted to heal those wounds from her past.
Unknown to both if them; a certain werewolf saw everything and heard everything. Remus Lupin made his way back to the Hogwarts castle deciding if he should tell his best friend about it or not.
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"Two weeks worth of detentions and minus 20 points each." Tess took a bite of her toast.
"One week of cleaning the Trophy Room with only a toothbrush and no magic." Marisa places her hair in a ponytail, leaving her bangs to cover her eyes.
Jasmine placed her arms around Marisa and Tess as they ate their breakfast. "I say we got off pretty easy."
"Snape caught us, Leila only got the one week of detention and had no points taken off." Tess told them. "If McGonagall caught us, we still wouldn't get off that easy!" she eyed Marisa's plate. "The game today against Slytherin is today, right?"
Marisa nodded. "Yup, must eat healthy!"
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A/N: well, I think that is enough for this chapter. Yeah! We see some Leila and Chris action going on (if that can only happen in real life...)! Well, this is the third to last chapter in ANA: Sorrowful... have to end it soon so I can start on my next installment in the series, ANA: Luminous.
Incase you haven't noticed, I am naming the stories by using the Mysteries of the Rosary. Sorrowful and Luminous are the first two titles of the first two parts; Joyful and Glorious will be the names of the third and fourth parts. The last installment will be named after the No Doubt CD 'Tragic Kingdom', i'm probably also title the chapters after No Doubt songs.
[1] Translations for the song Salva Nos (Save Us) from the Anime Noir. I think the song is in Latin...
Lord God
Hear us, the wretched
Hear us, Lord
Grant us peace
And save us from the enemy
Save us, God
Lord hear us
Lord have mercy
Grant us peace
Holy, Glory
Grant us peace
And give them rest
Amongst this rejoiced place
Call me with the blessed
Merciful Jesus, give them rest
Lord God, Holy, Glory
[2] Lerato- a Latin name, meaning song of my soul.
Well, yeah.... To my reviewers:
Lady Utopia- Hey thanks for reviewing! Thanks you for liking the poems and the new title! The poem made your teacher cry? Kick ass! Well, one of my poems freak everyone out when they read it... then another one made every laugh, it was called 'The Magical Back Brace', I love that one... well, please review other chapters as soon as you can. Cause I'm, starting to think that you stopped reading this story! And, have you found a name for the group yet?!
Nikinoksnix- Thanks for reading my story! Do the girls seem Mary-Sue? I don't know... well, that sucks about you having only 2 hours online... well, your story is good too!
URA1990- you better still be reading this! So now you know how Chris looks like... did you take any pictures of him on the last day of school that you can send to me? I videotaped him while he played basketball during the picnic... I am a stalker and proud of it!
-LaLathePanda
Well, I don't know if Valentines Day is on the same date every year, so yeah, in this fictional world, V-day is on a different date then the last year, yeah...
Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter or any song/ quotes that I might use... they belong to their respectable owners/ creators! But I do own the plot and all OC characters! Blah!
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"Today, class, you will be learning how to transform this jar of peanut butter to a jar of jam, and this rock into a piece of bread. You will have to eat it at the end of today's lessons. If the jam taste like peanut butter, the bread taste a bit rough, hard, or both... you fail today's lesson." McGonagall then flicked her wand and a small size jar of peanut butter and a rock as big as a fist appeared in front of first year HufflePuffs and Gryffindors.
As the class went on a second year Slytherin walked into the class. "Miss Leila, what are you doing here?" the transfiguration teacher asked Leila as she walked in.
Leila had bags under her eyes, and looked sick. "I'm here for class." She stated.
"You don't have classes with me today..." she said slowly. "Are you okay, Miss Leila?"
Leila's eyes widen with surprise. "Oh... I'm late for Charms then!" she then turned around from the staring class and began to leave.
"Wait!" McGonagall stopped Leila just as she was about to leave. "Stay there," she told the Slytherin, "And go back to you work!" she addressed the first years.
The teacher then levitated a piece of parchment from her desk wrote something and then signed it. "Here is a note for you to skip classes for today." and then she tore it and made a separate note, "This one is a note to Madam Pomfrey, just encase you feel worst." McGonagall then handed it to Leila and told her to back to her dorm.
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"Have you seen Leila, Monica? She wasn't here for lunch." Jasmine asked her in the hallways on her way to Hagrid's class. Monica shook her head and told Jasmine that Leila wasn't feeling good and was staying at the dorm.
"I see. Thanks for tell me." Jasmine said with a smile and waved good-bye at Monica as she walked off to her next class.
Just a few feet away, was Chris. He heard Jasmine and Monica's little talk, and began to get worried. It was now February, and almost Valentines Day, heck it was in two days. Recently Chris has been noticing that Leila would appear tired, or slow, some times it took awhile to answer a question asked by a teacher, but she still would get it right.
Her grades have been really high lately, but her appetite seems small. He also noticed that she doesn't help Jasmine, Marisa and Tess in any pranks that take place during the night, but still looks as if she had no sleep.
'Don't worry, she is perfectly fine.' He convinced himself as he walked down the stairs to the dungeon for Potions. He came early, he didn't know why, but he knew that no one would be there in the classroom, well except for Snape. He kept a steady pace but slowed down when he heard voices coming from the potion classroom. Those voices belonged to Professor Snape and Professor McGonagall.
Chris hide behind a statue that was near the doorway. "She's been coming to my lessons sleepy, and tired for the past four weeks!" McGonagall's voice informed Snape. "I don't know her sleeping habits, or the contents of the two potions she drinks to go to sleep. But as her head of house and a master of potion you should know!"
"I know that she has stopped going out at night to help with the pranks that her friends pull off during that time, so she should be getting a good amount of rest but my guess it that her nightmares are going on to a new level and a new anti-nightmare potion needs to be made, her current one is too weak to handle it." Snape concluded.
Chris heard footsteps, it sound like Snape was pacing. "Is her grades still up?" McGonagall asked.
"Yes, oddly her test scores in all her classes are higher. Very odd for someone with a sleeping disorder." Snape told the Transfiguration professor. "Lunch is almost done." He then informed her again.
"Well yes, but please make a new potion, Sirius and Remus are getting quite worried about her." McGonagall told him before leaving.
"Afraid she will turn into a sixteen-year old Harry Potter, eh? Very well, I will start making one tonight... isn't tonight a full moon?" Chris wondered why Professor Snape was asking if tonight was a full moon. But he soon discards it when McGonagall left the classroom. Just as she did, students were descending down the steps.
Chris was just about to enter the dungeon when Monica and Deborah pulled him back. "Yes?" he asked the two girls.
"Leila wont be able to make it to you study thing tonight." Deborah told him.
"Is it because she isn't feeling good, eh?" he asked. The to girls nodded.
Then the two girls ushered him into the classroom, as then did Monica said, "Maybe you guys will be able to reschedule it for some other night." He nodded and they plucked him down on his seat and went over to their own spots in the classroom.
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"Jasmine, do you know what number 54 is?" Tess asked as stared at her parchment.
Jasmine rolled over to her back and placed her head on her pillow. "Nope, I'm on number 34." Both Jasmine and Tess were working on their DADA worksheet and Marisa was practicing wand movements for Charms.
"Tap two times, flick. Tap two times, and flick." Marisa muttered to herself. She then stopped and looked at the clock beside her bed. "Guys, it's eleven, we have a test in Herbs first thing in the morning, lets get some rest."
The girls nodded, and began to put their stuff away. They then got ready for bed and soon one by one the lights in the dorm room of Marisa, Tess, and Jasmine flickered off at 11:32 pm.
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"Here is your new potion, drink it before you take the sleeping one." Snape instructed Leila. They stood in his office. Her handed her a package containing a week supplies of new anti-nightmare potion.
"Where is Sirius and-"Leila began.
"Full moon tonight." The potion master said cutting her off. "Here is a note to show to anyone, like teachers, prefects, Filch and that cat of his, Peeves..."
"Thank you, Professor." Leila said with a bow and exited the office.
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"What are you doing out of bed?" Ginny asked Leila. Leila showed her the note that Snape gave her. "I see, well you better hurry it is almost midnight."
Leila nodded, still being quiet. "Have you seen Remus and-"Ginny began but Leila cut her off by saying, "Full moon tonight." Ginny nodded and told her to now go back to her dorm and get some sleep, they have a quiz tomorrow in History of Magic class.
"Good night, Miss Leila." Ginny then turned around and left to go to her own room.
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"You are my sunshine! My only sunshine! You make me happy when skies are gray! Uh... something, something... Don't take my sunshine awaaaay!" Jasmine sang as she entered the Great Hall and sat at the Gryffindor table.
Marisa shook her head at Jasmine's song as Tess burst out laughing. "Jasmine, you're late for breakfast... again." Marisa said, you could tell that she was trying not to laugh.
"Well, I have a good reason," Jasmine began.
Tess stopped laughing. "Really?" she asked raising her eyebrow. "And the reason is that you over slept, huh?"
"Nope." Jasmine gave them a toothy grin and said, "Keep guessing." They just stared at her, saying nothing. "Fine!" Jasmine threw her hands up in the air and took a seat between them. "I stopped by the Slytherin common room entrance."
"Why?" Marisa asked. "It has to do with a certain person with the name Leila, right?"
"Bingo!" Jasmine exclaimed gleefully. "Yup, and she is now feeling better and will help us on Sunday night's escapade." Jasmine was looking forward on the 'little' joke that they will pull on Flick and maybe his cat, with the much need help of some ghost and Leila, it would be really easy to pull off.
"Oh joy!" Marisa replied sarcastically.
"What's a joy?" they turned around to see...
"LEILA!" Jasmine and Tess exclaimed at lunged at her for a hug. Marisa shrugged and joined them. "WE M-I-S-S U!" Jasmine Tess said at the same time.
Leila laughed. "I was only sick for a day... right?" she then stepped out of the hug and looked at the clock. "Crap, I've gotta go see Professor Snape about yesterday's potion lesson, so I wont be all confused today." she lied. They nodded understandingly, said good-bye and she left for the dungeons.
Once Leila reached the potion classroom she was instantly greeted with, "Did it work?"
"Yes, sir." She said to Snape as she settled her school bag on the nearest desk. "Is that all you needed to ask, sir? Because, I need to eat breakfast..." but stopped when she saw food on Snape's desk. "Is that-?"
"Yes, since we are having this meeting so early in the morning, I took the liberty of bring breakfast here for you to eat." He beckoned Leila to eat at least a biscuit, which thankfully accepted.
She was buttering the biscuit when she heard the door open again. She looked up to see Sirius standing there. "Did the new potion work?" he asked her as he made his way to Leila. "Why are you eating here?" Leila shrugged and took a bite of her biscuit.
"Black." Snape 'greeted' when he came back from his office.
"Snape." Sirius said in return. Leila nudged him in the side causing him to yelp in pain. "What?" he asked looking down at her. She gave him this look. Sirius sighed and turned back to Severus. "Thanks for the potion." He mumbled.
"No thanks needed." Snape told him as he took his seat at his desk, leaving Leila eating at one of the student desk, and Sirius standing near her. "I brewed it because she is my student, and that I hate to see such talent be eaten way by old memories that lie in her sub-conscience."
"Well," Sirius began heading towards the door. "I'm going to go to the DADA classroom, subbing for Remus." Sirius also subs for Remus on days before, on, and after the full moon. "Bye, Leila." She waved at him as she ate her breakfast.
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"How was the quiz from Professor Weasley?" Jasmine asked Leila on their way to dinner.
"Well, first of all it is called a 'quest' (worth more then a quiz, but lest then a test), it is Professor Malfoy, they got married last weekend, remember? I attended it on Saturday. And last it is easy if you studied, but most people finished it in time."
"Okay, okay!" Jasmine smiled. "Care to give me some answers, I have to take it tomorrow..." Leila gave her a look. "Just joshing ya'."
Leila rolled her eyes. "Whatever, later Jaz." And made her way to the Slyhterin table.
When she got there, the first thing out of Deborah's mouth was, "Tomorrow's Saint Valentines Day." And she eyed Chris.
Leila filled her plate with food, "So? Point is?"
"Well," Monica began, "We took a liberty of rescheduling your study thing tomorrow...."
"What?" Leila said rather dully.
"We-"Deborah began.
"No! I mean- ARGH! Okay, whatever... I'll just cancel it right now." and she stood up.
"WHAT?" her roommates exclaimed at Leila's decision. But it was too late, she was already telling Chris that they should study on Friday night.
"After all our hard work to put them together." Monica sighed and took a spoonful of her mash potato.
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On February sixth, hearts, cards, candies, flowers, and balloons were everywhere, which made Leila feel even more depress. Luckily no one noticed it, because of all the merriment around. It was now eight at night; the St. V-day dance for fourth years and up was in full swing.
Knowing places like the Astrometry Tower and the Court Yard was full of hormone raging teen couples, Leila avoided it and headed for the lake. There was still snow on the grounds, but not as much back in December and January. But it was freezing outside.
She dressed herself up to battle against to coldness by wearing a pair of black baggy jean pants, held up my a studded pastel pink belt, a pastel pink turtle neck under a black witch robe that fitted the body. To finish off, she wore block boots, mittens, and her hair in a low ponytail. She started to wear a lot of muggle clothing, but still had more wizards clothing.
She sat at the on the ground, on the snow, staring at go knows what. She was reciting lyrics in her mind. She thought them up on that day she spent in her dorm. 'Sounds good...' she thought. 'I should sing it out loud to hear how I sounds...'
[1] "Dominus Deus
exaudi nos et misrere
exaudi, Dominus
Dona nobis pacem
et salva nos a hostibus
Salva nos, Deus
Dominus exaudi nos
Dominus misrere
Dona nobis pacem
Sanctus, Gloria
dona nobis pacem
e dona eis requiem
inter ovas locum
voca me cum benedictis
pie jesu domine, dona eis requiem
Dominus Deus, Sanctus, Gloria"
"Great song, care to tell me the translation?" Leila turned around to see Chris. "We've got to stop meeting like this." He told her as he made his way to her and sat next to Leila on the ground.
"What ever Hahn." She told him. "Why aren't you inside?"
"Shouldn't I be asking you that, Missy?" he retorted at her.
"I... I just wanted to get away from everyone else today," she answered. She pulled her knees closer to her and laid her chin on them.
"Why?' Chris asked looking at her.
"Do I have to tell?" she asked not even looking at him. He nodded. She closed her eyes. "My older brother, Lerato [2], was murdered on this day, along with five of my family's body guards." She bit her lip to try not to make herself cry. "They were murdered right in front of me, I can still feel my bother's blood. It's metallic taste and it's dark redness... it always haunts me..."
"I'm sorry, that I asked you and all." Chris said quietly. "I shouldn't be prying into your past, and opening up your wounds..."
"I'm sort of happy that I told though." Leila said through her tears. "I have no one to talk to about it, when I get all sad. I have Sirius, but it is hard because he is an adult. I've talked to Harry Potter and Draco Malfoy too, but their not here at Hogwarts. And I don't want to tell the girls, because they don't get it. I can't share pain with them for some odd reason. I just cant..."
Chris knew what she was getting at, she kind of wanted him to know, so he can understand and talk to her. "You have me."
"Really?' she asked drying her tears.
"Yeah." He placed his arm around her and tried to warm her up. "I'm easy to talk to right?" he asked as he replaced the warming charm over them, he noticed that his was going at, and also noticed that Leila's charm was going out too.
"T-t-thanks." She kept on drying her on coming tears. "I p-p-promise myself, many years ago that I would cry anymore, that I'll make up for my brother's death to my parents by being getting good grades, staying quiet, being like a pureblood lady, try s-s-so hard to be perfect. And then maybe they wouldn't h-hate me as much..."
Chris wanted to say something, but was shocked by her sudden confession. "You are perfect to me," he said in a whisper, causing her to turn to him. Before they knew it, their lips almost touch but Leila pulled back.
"I-I'm so sorry." she told him though her tears and ran back to the castle leaving him alone. She realized that she cared for him, and it scared her. As Chris watched her slowly disappear, it was then he noticed an odd sensation within him. He cared for her, and he wanted to heal those wounds from her past.
Unknown to both if them; a certain werewolf saw everything and heard everything. Remus Lupin made his way back to the Hogwarts castle deciding if he should tell his best friend about it or not.
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"Two weeks worth of detentions and minus 20 points each." Tess took a bite of her toast.
"One week of cleaning the Trophy Room with only a toothbrush and no magic." Marisa places her hair in a ponytail, leaving her bangs to cover her eyes.
Jasmine placed her arms around Marisa and Tess as they ate their breakfast. "I say we got off pretty easy."
"Snape caught us, Leila only got the one week of detention and had no points taken off." Tess told them. "If McGonagall caught us, we still wouldn't get off that easy!" she eyed Marisa's plate. "The game today against Slytherin is today, right?"
Marisa nodded. "Yup, must eat healthy!"
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A/N: well, I think that is enough for this chapter. Yeah! We see some Leila and Chris action going on (if that can only happen in real life...)! Well, this is the third to last chapter in ANA: Sorrowful... have to end it soon so I can start on my next installment in the series, ANA: Luminous.
Incase you haven't noticed, I am naming the stories by using the Mysteries of the Rosary. Sorrowful and Luminous are the first two titles of the first two parts; Joyful and Glorious will be the names of the third and fourth parts. The last installment will be named after the No Doubt CD 'Tragic Kingdom', i'm probably also title the chapters after No Doubt songs.
[1] Translations for the song Salva Nos (Save Us) from the Anime Noir. I think the song is in Latin...
Lord God
Hear us, the wretched
Hear us, Lord
Grant us peace
And save us from the enemy
Save us, God
Lord hear us
Lord have mercy
Grant us peace
Holy, Glory
Grant us peace
And give them rest
Amongst this rejoiced place
Call me with the blessed
Merciful Jesus, give them rest
Lord God, Holy, Glory
[2] Lerato- a Latin name, meaning song of my soul.
Well, yeah.... To my reviewers:
Lady Utopia- Hey thanks for reviewing! Thanks you for liking the poems and the new title! The poem made your teacher cry? Kick ass! Well, one of my poems freak everyone out when they read it... then another one made every laugh, it was called 'The Magical Back Brace', I love that one... well, please review other chapters as soon as you can. Cause I'm, starting to think that you stopped reading this story! And, have you found a name for the group yet?!
Nikinoksnix- Thanks for reading my story! Do the girls seem Mary-Sue? I don't know... well, that sucks about you having only 2 hours online... well, your story is good too!
URA1990- you better still be reading this! So now you know how Chris looks like... did you take any pictures of him on the last day of school that you can send to me? I videotaped him while he played basketball during the picnic... I am a stalker and proud of it!
-LaLathePanda