Chapter 17- The Book of Shadows
While Hogwarts was a very large school you couldn't avoid all the teachers for long. Especially Professor McGonagall.
"Mason." She said when class was over; Carlie had been hoping that she had forgotten detention. Apparently she hadn't.
She passed her a slip of parchment. "Take this to Professor Dumbledore. The password to his office is jelly babies."
Carlie took the parchment gingerly. She was in trouble, huge trouble if they were sending her to Dumbledore.
"Okay." Carlie's voice went up an octave.
The horrible expression gargoyle was staring down upon Carlie. She gulped and spoke the password and headed up the staircase.
Carlie had been to Dumbledore's office once before, in first year when Fred, George, Lee and her tried to sneak into the forbidden forest.
He wasn't waiting for her and the portraits were asking who she was and why she was here.
Carlie ignored them and looked around the office boredly. There had to be something of interest in here.
A book in the class case caught her eye. It had a black cover with a strange symbol on the front.
"I see my display case is of some interest to you." Dumbledore's voice said. Carlie turned to see the headmaster descending towards his desk. "Yeah. This book must be pretty old."
He nodded as he sat down at the desk. "It's the book of the elements."
Carlie looked over at it. Could it be? "You mean that's the book of shadows?"
He seemed suprised by Carlie's remark. "Yes. I got it off a friend of mine many years ago."
The one who stole it. Carlie thought. He stole it off mole man and gave it to Dumbledore.
Carlie thought."I'm supposed to give this to you." She passed him the parchment. His eyes followed the text and when he had finished he looked up at her with inspecting eyes but she ingored it. Should I ask him for the book? Would he believe me?
/Carlie must you broadcast your thoughts like that/ Nathan groaned.
/I found the book of shadows, Dumbledore has it./ Carlie messaged.
/Take it then/ Jess jumped into the conversation.
/How long have you been listening/ Carlie asked.
/Long enough. Take the damn book/ Jess snapped.
/I think I should ask./ Carlie replied.
/I wouldn't. Don't trust Dumbledore. My family always said he was the worst thing that happened to Hogwarts./
/You're family are evil Jess/ Carlie exclaimed.
/Excuse me would you shut up/ Lyndsay yelled.
Whilst all this was blaring in Carlie's mind, she was sitting with a glazed far away look.
"Carlie."
She jerked and blinked. "Oh yes. Sorry."
Dumbledore raised his eyebrows and one of the portraits grunted. Carlie looked up and a wizard wearing green and silver looked down upon her.
"In my day Dumbledore if a student missed that many detentions and ignored me I would have them expelled." The wizard said.
Carlie looked up at him. There was something familiar about him. "When were you headmaster?" Carlie asked wickedly. "The nineteen hundreds? Suppose back then people were stupid enough to let you be headmaster."
He narrowed his eyes at her. "In my dad children respected their elders."
"Yeah well this is my day and we don't." Carlie snapped.
Carlie was too busy arguing with the painting to notice Dumbledore standing up looking as if in a trance.
"I must go." He spun on his heals and walked out of the room. Carlie looked taken aback at the door and then a voice whispered:
"Carlie"
Carlie screamed and spun around. "Jess?" She whispered.
/I'm invisible. I'm here to take the book./
/Well do it then/
"I suppose you're some muggleborn who thinks they're so special because they're magic." He continued.
Carlie glowered at him. "I happen to be a pureblood!"
/Carlie stop arguing with him/ Jess snapped.
/What about Dumbledore/ Carlie asked.
/Don't worry. He's conveniently forgot about you./ Jess replied.
Carlie laughed out loud and followed Jess (or at least she thought she was) back out of Dumbledore's office.
Jess and Carlie immediately orbed back to the house where they met Nathan and Marcus.
"Give us a look at this thing." Nathan said. Carlie opened the book and sat down. Jess and Nathan sat either side of her.
"Fire, Wind, Earth and Water, the elements of the realms had many powers and as the heirs to them you shall inherit their powers" Carlie began to read "But you will also develop other powers that come from within"
Marcus looked surprised "I did not know that"
"So what its saying is, that we have other powers within us?" Nathan asked
"I'm not one hundred percent sure but yes" Marcus said
"These powers can form from personal experiences, backgrounds or strong emotions" Carlie continued
"Wow, too bad Lyndsay isn't here" Nathan said "She'd love this."
"This book contains potions, spells and information on demons" Carlie continued to read "And always remember regina nocis adiuvi me nunc tu es dea filia"
Carlie looked up at Marcus "what the hell does that mean?"
"Be true to yourself, your powers don't make you, you make your powers" Nathan said
Jess and Carlie turned to him with looks of both surprise and questioning.
"One of my powers is I am able to speak any language" Nathan shrugged "It's not as cool as turning invisible or burning things with your mind but--"
"Are you kidding?" Carlie cut him off "That's an awesome power plus you can hear what other people think and heal people, my only cool power is to shape shift."
"What about the burning thing?" Nathan asked
Carlie laughed "That so far is proving to be a hindrance more than anything, if I get to pissed off I end up burning people."
Jess laughed "I can imagine you frying people."
Carlie hit him playfully.
"What about you're other powers?" Nathan asked
.
"I can levitate stuff" Carlie said.
"We all can do that, come on, you must have another power" Nathan said.
"Demography or something" Carlie shrugged.
"Dreamography" Marcus corrected "It's the power to transfer images into other peoples mind or onto a videotape or paper."
"Can you do it?" Jess asked.
"I haven't been taught" Carlie said.
"Oh it's easy, pretend you are talking telepathically to them two and instead of talking, think of an image or a memory. Try sharing subliminal memories, like when you were three or something" Marcus said.
"What do you mean sharing subliminal memories?" Carlie asked.
"Memories of when you were very young and in a normal state of mind you would not remember."
"So I have to be asleep?" Carlie asked.
"Just relax and do not think of anything" Marcus said.
Carlie closed her eyes and tried not to think, it was quite hard but soon a memory began playing across her eyes like a movie.
Jess and Nathan couldn't believe what they were seeing; it was just like watching a movie in your head. A man with grey eyes and black hair and was reading to a black haired three-year-old in bed.
The little girl began to look as if she was half asleep as he read. He stopped and got up.
"Daddy! Keep reading!" She sai.
"Carlie, I think you need to sleep" He said, placing the book on the side table, cover up on the page he was up too.
Jess suddenly released, if that was Carlie. That was Sirius Black.
"No! I wanna read it now!" She demanded
"I promise I'll read it too you tomorrow. Now go to bed. Tomorrow you can stay up late, it's Halloween and we're going to the Potter's place."
"I get to see Harry" She grinned.
"Yes but you won't if you don't go to bed" He said.
She had a sour look on her face as she slipped under the covers.
"Goodnight Carlie" He said.
"Go away. I'm sleeping" She said from under her blankets.
Then everything went black and Jess, Nathan and Carlie opened their eyes.
Jess said nothing but Nathan started talking immediately.
"That was your dad! I thought you said you didn't remember him"
"I---don't I've never------seen that----memory-before" Carle choked out the words
"Maybe you have more like that!" Nathan continued. "Then maybe you can find out why he ran out on you."
"LOOK CAN WE JUST SHUT UP ABOUT MY DAD OKAY?" Carlie slammed the book shut that was in her lap and threw it across the room.
"I DON'T NEED YOU GIVING ME ADVICE ABOUT IT!" Carlie stood up and orbed.
Nathan and Jess sat there stunned.