The Truth is Told
Chapter 8: What the....
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*** Starz: Hello everyone! This chap. is long. Shimmersea helped with the beginning but that's all. Ladysilverdragon didn't help much; she is losing her inspiration. So my friend sapphire999 has agreed to help me out. By the way, thank you to the reviewers of the last chapter. Sorry it took so long to update.
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From where Harvey sat, camping out in his empty dorm, he was extremely bored. Sirus the dog was stretched across the couch, and he yawned from time to time.
"I'm bored," he told the dog. The dogs eyes went to his.
/That's not my fault./ Sirus replied. /Make use of yourself./
"You aren't much help!" Harvey groaned, tossing a pillow at the dog. The dog, in response, left. "NO LUNCH FOR YOU TODAY!!" Harvey threatened, but the dog replied casually,
/The houselves feed me. I'm not lacking in food./ The dog told him haugtily. Harvey groaned and flopped back onto the rather comfortable couch. Now, what could he do? Go to class and hear all the females wonder if he's a good kisser or what hair color he liked. Or he could see how many times he could bounce a ball. Maybe he should write to Hannah.
That's it! He hadn't written her since he had gotten here! It was decided, he'd write a letter to Hannah.
After collecting all the necessary things, he sat at the table and held his pen above the paper. Finally, he found the words and began to write.
September 12, 2003 Beauxbutton Castle
Dear Hannah,
How are you? I hope you are having more fun than me. Some good your dog does! All he does is sleep! I really miss you and Maya. Don't tell her though. She'll laugh at me.
I don't go to classes because there are so many girls here and I can hear their thoughts of molesting me. Even the teachers do it! Where were these people raised, in space?!
I met this woman named Fluer Delacour at the train station. She was in the Twizard Tournament that Dad won. She didn't like Mom in the least bit. She's paying me to 'take care' of her daughter. She thinks I should be responsible because 'Varry Otter' is my Dad.
Did I mention that all these girls are unspeakably french and horribly vain? Not that I have anything against the French, but all the mispronunciations are driving me up the wall! And they are always asking each other if their make-up is mussed or if you can see their panty line.
Speaking of panty lines, once, this girl came up and asked me if I could see hers. I told her no. She giggled, and lowered her cherry red painted lips to my ear and told me 'Er's no 'anty line because 'ers no 'anties.' She told this to me like it were the most valuble secret in the world! I was personally disgusted.
Fluer Delacour's daughter's name is Jasmine. She's okay, I guess, but she acts like I'm her boyfriend. She visits me in my dorm from time to time with my schoolwork, and her company is better than your stupid dog's. But still, she dosen't even compare to you and Maya.
I'm so bored I can't see straight! What do you do when you are bored? I've run out of ideas. I'm ready to jump out the window if I don't find something to do soon. It really bugs me that there isn't anyone interesting around here for me to talk to.
Blarg. I say that a lot lately.
Alright, I'll let you go now. But please, write me back. I know you can!
Your tormented brother, Harvey
PS: If you don't, I'll be mad!! I'm warning you!
He read his letter, and decided it was good enough for his sister. All the things he said were true. Sirus had been reunited with the couch and now was blinking at him innocently.
/Will you take me out for a walk?/ he asked.
"No."
/Please?/
"No!" Harvey groaned, grabbing the nearest heavy book and hit himself in the head with it.
/Yes./
"No."
/Yes./
"No."
/Yes./
"Stop that!"
/Stop what?/
"That!"
/What's that?/ asked the dog, knowing perfectly well what Harvey meant but ignoring his wishes.
"Fine!" Groaned Harvey, grabbing a blue leash and clipping it on the dogs collar. "Stupid dog..."
***
Harvey glared at all the girls that dared be near him. Sirus simply dragged him where he wanted to go, and Harvey, wrapped in sweaters, scarfs, and coats, huddled after him. He really had to drop his knitting habit. The fact he knitted actually scared him. Everything he knitted was partial too. So whoever decided to sashay into his dorm would see half-knitted things stwern over the floor. He'd probably send Hannah a pair of mittens for Christmas, and maybe he'd send Maya a scarf-if he managed to finish something.
That awful god forsaken habit had to stop! No matter what, by the end of the school year there would be no scarf, mitten, or sweater lying around his dorm. It was embarrassing having stuff like that all over the floor, especially where the other boys his age could see it. Once he got back to the dorm he would have to clean that mess up. Being teased because he was so cute was one thing, but being teased because he could knit was a completely different matter.
He had no idea what he would do when he was done walking this stupid mutt. Suddenly it hit him--why not go to the library? He did love to read, besides, he knew his mother would be happy that he was at least IN the library.
But how would he get there without anybody noticing him? Now that would be hard. How did his dad do it when he was Harvey's age again? Then he remembered his dad's invisibility cloak. Harry had given it to Harvey before he left for school saying that he hoped it could be of some use. He would put on the cloak and go to the library with it on. No one would be able to see him.
Taking a sharp turn in the path, Harvey had to gasp. There in the middle of the path was none other then Jasmine, walking straight towards him. Calming himself so he'd be ready to hear her do most of the talking, he braced himself for shameless flirting. It was embarrassing being around her.
"Ello Arvey!" Jasmine actually yelled out loud. -Oh he's so cute. And the best thing is, he is all mine.- Jasmine thought to herself, not knowing that Harvey could hear her every word.
'Just great she thinks I'm all hers.' Harvey thought. Turning to leave and walking away Harvey heard Jasmine protest. -Fool! No one walks away from Jasmine Delacour.-
Without thinking Harvey snapped out loud, "I will and I can!"
"What?" Jasmine asked confusion clearly expressed on her face. - Can he read people's thoughts? Oh, I was so stupid to even think that he could. After all he is a human being!-
"Oh...ah...nothing. I'm just having a bad day. And I kind of want to be left alone today," Harvey said, hoping that the girl would just leave him alone. After seeing her face go from a look of confusion to one of concern he added hastily, "I'm fine. Really. Do I look unwell to you?"
"Are sure you're all right Arvey?" She asked, her face still showing some concern. But not as much as before.
"I'm fine," Harvey said putting on his best reassuring face."
Okay. Well I'll see you later," Jasmine told him. Her worried look lingered for a few seconds more.
He started walking away as fast as he could. Half dragging half pulling poor Sirus along as he went. Jasmine just stared. -How Peculiar- she thought.
"No walking today," Harvey flat out told the dog. "YOU should know I hate being out of the dorm by now!"
/I wanted to go on a walk/ Sirus told the boy, becoming annoyed at him for interrupting HIS walk outdoors which he hadn't had since the second week of school. /I don't care if you do hate it, we're going for a walk!/ and with that, Sirus began to pull on Harvey. This was not going to get him anywhere fast. He wasn't ready for inside time, so he wasn't about to give up. It wasn't fair that just because his master was afraid of potential stalkers that just happened to be his classmates, didn't mean he should have to rot inside that accursed dorm! It was just ridiculous. It was hard to believe that his master was popular at all, much less with the ladies.
"I DON'T CARE IF YOU WANTED TO GO ON A WALK, YOU STUPID DOG." Harvey screamed at Sirus, not noticing the stares from the girls around him.
-He's strange- thought a blonde with this disgusted look on her face -Why does he talk to his dog like it can understand him.-
'That would be because I can, and he can understand me.' Harvey thought like he was actually speaking to the blonde. Just after he thought this he heard a scream coming from the very same girl. He turned to watch her running around in panick.
"VOIVES! I AVE VOIVES IN MY EAD!" The poor girl screamed.
'Now that's strange. And she thought I was strange because I was yelling at Sirus.'
Harvey walked over to the blonde girl. "What exactly did hear this voice say in your head?"
"It sai tha vould be bevause it can, and 'E can unverstand me."
"Will you walk with me, please?" He had to get to the bottom of this. How did this girl know what he had thought? She obviously, could not read thoughts. If she could read other peoples thoughts then she wouldn't have freaked out like she did.
Harvey was perplexed by this and deciede to take her someplace not quite so in the open and walked the blonde around the grounds for about three minutes. Sirus complained because he didn't get to have nearly as much freedom, but he was still happy to finally be outside again.
Harvey practically flew back to his dorm turning his head every now and then to make sure that she was following. Satistfied he wispered the password.
Looking around the dorm, he was shocked to see that his knitting things where all over the place. Soon he was rushing into the room to put away all of his knitting things, including his knitted creations. Satisfied with the way his dorm now looked, he turned to the blonde.
"What is you name?" Harvey asked, wanting get to know the hot blonde girl in front of him.
"Corina Varens," the girl said.
"Well now that we have a name for you, let me tell you something. But you can't tell anyone. Savvy?" Harvey said with some sternness in his voice.
Turning around he looked out the window. It had just started to snow outside. The snow.he wondered if Hannah and Maya had gotten snow yet, the snow made him wonder about people, but mostly he wondered what it was like over there in Hogwarts.
Remembering how much he'd wanted to go there instead of here made him even more depressed. Already, he could hardly wait for Christmas, when he could go home. So he turned back to Corina and began to explain about his...'gift.'
***
Hannah was walking down to the Great Hall for breakfast. Alone once again. Maya was off running around the with Hannah's cousin, Diana Dursley, who just happened to be a Slytherin. Very strange. She still hadn't told her dad. He would definitely be suprised about that.
Over the past few weeks Diana had taken Hannah's place as Maya's best friend. It was always Diana this, and Diana that. She was just plain sick of it. Those two were always together, planning some new prank, and without her. Maya knew how much she loved to pull pranks.
Leo 'Marks' was turning out to be good friend. He was 'trying' to teacher her how to fly. Which was quite stupid. Her father wasn't Harry Potter for nothing. She and her brother, Harvey could fly brooms since they were 3 years old. But it was fun acting like she didn't now a thing about flying. It gave her plenty of chances to mess up and get rescued.
Samuel Chang was as cute as ever. She had inherited her father's fetish for Changs. It seemed as though She was always caught between Leo's charm and Sam's good looks. Sometimes Hannah would get complaints from Maya about her muttering things about them in her sleep. What was the girl to do?
She kept walking straight into Professor Snape. She immediatley relived her father's memories about Snape. If all of the stories were true, which she really hoped they weren't, She was in for a bad year. She was quick to apologize and try to escape, but she failed.
"Ms. Potter, two points taken from Gryffindor for your thoughtlessness. Oh yes, and Ms. Potter?" he sneered.
"Y-yes professor?" Hannah squeaked out.
"What plant has two names and wards off werewolves?" he asked slyly.
'Oh crap! Where's Maya when you need her?' Hannah thought to herself. ' Hey wait a sec, he asked my dad this question...it had something to do with monks and bane...what was it? Crap!'
She decided she had to say something, so she blurted out the only things she could think of.
"Monksbane and wolveswood?" she asked, painfully aware of his awful smirk growing and becoming more evil by the syllable.
"Wrong, you failed just as your father. A pity really... I shall give you one last chance to redeem yourself. What sleeping potion would I get if I mixed powdered root of asphodel to an infusion of wormwood?" he asked her looking even more evil than before, if that was possible.
'He asked dad this one too, something about drafts and death? Oh man, this won't end well. I'm gonna die!' she thought.
She decided to go with an awkward educated guess.
"Isn't it something like Draft of the Dead?" she asked.
"No, let's try once more. What does a bezoar do?"
'I remember this one!' she thought as she finally answered.
"It saves you from most poisons!" she answered gleefully.
The smile immediately left his face. It was replaced with a look of hate that was so vile, she nearly screamed. He glared at her with the look of hate that could only come from his deep seated hatred for the Potter line.
He answered with, "That is correct. However, ten points are to be taken from Gyffindor for your past failures. Only two will be given back for your mediocre knowledge of the subject of potions."
With that, he left Hannah confused, outraged, and alone once more in the hall.
'This day can't get much worse, can it?' she thought to herself in aguish.
As it turned out, it could, and it did. As she entered the Great Hall, she heard something she was hoping to avoid all year...
"Hey Malfoy!" she heard someone shout.
She immediately turned around to see this person and saw something that made her blood turn to ice. Leo was talking to the person who called out to a Malfoy. Immediately her heart began beating faster, her mind raced, and all of the memories of him flew past her eyes. A dark feeling of betrayal fell across her. She turned and ran to the table, grabbed a plate of food, ran to her dorm.
Leo didn't even notice her run by him. Once she got back to the dorm she set down the food and began crying. It was then that her brother's owl Aerowyn decided to drop in through the crack in the door. She dropped a letter in Hannah's lap. It was, of course, from her brother Harvey. There was a big letter and a small attatchment that said to read the smaller one last.
Hannah pulled the parchment off of Aerowyn and gave it some of her food. She then began reading about her brother's life in the big letter. She couldn't help but feel sorry for the poor little bugger. After all, it wasn't always nice to have people who don't even speak the same language as you to fawn over you day and night. She was a little jealous though, that her little brother (by about two minutes) was getting to be more popular with the opposite sex than she was!
She opened the little attatchment that said the following:
I ran into a girl named Corina. She's pretty cool, at least she doesn't always want to rape me. She knows about my gift. I have telepathy! That's pretty cool! I made her promise she wouldn't tell anyone, but I don't know what to do. What if other people can hear me thinking things to them or about them? Can you please help me out Hannah? I'm really confused, and to tell you the truth I'm a little scared of what would happen if anyone finds out. I'm going to use my invisibility cloak to go into the library tonight and look it up. Help if you can, 'cause if you don't I'll never forgive you!
Your paranoid brother, Harvey
Hannah sighed and decided to suck it up. Her brother needed her help, and she wasn't about to start crying over a Malfoy. She was starting to understand why her dad hated them so much. She got out a quill and some parchment and searched for some ink. She crammed some toast into her enormous trap and began to eat her now cold breakfast. Aerowyn had long since left her alone. She began to write. This letter was going to be a long one. It was so Harvey would have something to do besides cower beneath his bed. Later however, she admitted to herself that it was because she didn't want to think of Leo.
"Dear Harvey," she began.
Dear Harvey,
It's good to here from you. It's been a long time little brother. I wish you'd write to me more often. I've been pretty much on my own here for a while because Diana practically kidnapped Maya. It's a miracle if I see her at all anymore. It really is a sad thing. Maybe I shouldn't rely on her so much, but I feel like she just deserted me. I've been making some friends, but none are as close as Maya. I'll tell her Merry Christmas for you though, even though the break hasn't even started yet...I suppose you'll be going home for Christmas? I probably have too then...Maya has to come too.
So who is this Corina person? It sounds like you found someone interesting to talk to after all. So...do you like her? Aww, my wiwwle bwower is gwowing up. But seriously, who is this chick? Sure sounds like somebody has a crush...hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha! Anywho...My day's been rotten.
She stopped writing for a minute debating whether or not to tell her brother everything about what happened today. She decided that she needed her privacy too and left out the part about Leo. She decided to never speak to him again after she told him off. With that she set back to work, writing and trying to forget about Leo, but whenever she ran out of things to say, her mind drifted back to him and that awful feeling in her heart returned to haunt her.
Professor Snape stopped me in the hall today after I ran into him. I was thinking about something else and not paying attention. He took off two points and decided to test my knowledge. He asked me all the questions he asked dad the first day he was here. I only know the answer to one of them; you should have seen how mad he was! He took off ten points for me not knowing the answers to the questions he asked before and only gave me two for the one I knew the answer to. Is it really so much to ask that I not have to take potions ever again? Is it really?
After that I felt really lonely and bad. Until I got your letter, I was in a really bad mood. Now I have something to distract me. I'll do what I can for you, but I'm afraid I won't be much help. Maybe you should ask Mom or Dad. They might know something we don't. Well, ta for now. Be good liwwle bwowwer. I miss you.
Your incredibly unlucky sister, Hannah
PS: tell me more about this Corina chick.
She stopped writing here feeling that it was just good enough. If anyone were to intercept the letter for any reason what so ever, they wouldn't expect a thing. So, hoping that the day would get better she headed for the owlry to send her brother the letter. Luck must be holding a grudge against her. It was not as she'd hoped after all...
She ran into one of the last persons she wanted to see right now...Leo. He was really in for it now. He'd made a bad move by lying to her. She was ready to give him an earful. He smiled when he saw her and got ready to say something as he drew closer. Then something happened that neither of them were expecting.
SLAP!!!!!!!
You could have heard it from New York. An unsitely red mark attactched itself to Leo's cheek and as he spun and headed for the ground, he heard something that hurt more than the slap.
"You Malfoys are all alike. You're a bunch of dirty liars with no honor at all! I hate you!" she screamed in tears.
Then she ran off to the owlry, leaving a thouroughly trashed Leo to wonder how she found out, and why it turned out this way.
***
Harvey dug through his trunk looking for his invisibility cloak. Corina waited patiently for him outside watching for fellow classmates. She knew that if they were to find out about anything, Harvey would have to be not noticed. It was the only way that people wouldn't grow suspicous. That, and she wasn't ready to die from a feirce assault form her classmates. It wouldn't do for them to be found together.
"Got it!" he shouted.
Corina breathed a sigh of relief and waited for Harvey to get out of the dorm. Soon she was nearly being pulled by the wrist to the library. It was strange...noone was there. The librarian was asleep and there were no girls in sight. Except, of course, for Corina who vacantly stared ahead of her waiting for instruction.
He removed the cloak and stuffed it in his briefcase. Corina began looking on shelves that were mainly catagorized by subject. Apparently, she was the only one who visited the library to read. So, for the next few minutes she pulled books from the shelves with titles like: Telepathy; A Look Into the Mind, Communication Through Thoughts, and Psychic Powers. There was quite a lot of dust covering Psychic Powers which they didn't bother to clean off. They decided to look at different books and see if they found anything simultaneously. No such luck. So they looked at what appeared to be Psychic Powers together. They realized as soon as they read the page they opened to, that it wasn't what they'd originally thought. It contained the following:
Psychic's Name: Olivia Trelawney
Psychic's Discovery: The Potter line, which has dwindled, has a divine connection with He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named. Incredible power has been passed down through Harry Potter's blood. It is difficult to say if his wife (Hermione Granger) had anything to do with these powers. A prophecy came to me one night after reading about some of his accomplishments. It went like this.
A great darkness approaches Four stars will cut through this darkness One star is surrounded by the elements: water, wind, thunder, and lightning One star is able to call on even the heavens One star is all-hearing And one star is able to make things fly without wings or brooms When joined together, these stars will light even the darkest times, But while they are separated they are in danger They are the keys to saving us from the darkness that threatens to swallow even the greatest of our known heroes. While they are separated, they are weak and vulnerable. If the shadows reach them before they can unite, The stars will fall, And darkness will once again rule.
The page ended there and immediatley Harvey grabbed his wand and a peice of parchment. He used a copying spell to translate the page onto a piece of parchment and scribbled something underneath the print he put his cloak back on and ran to the owlry where Aerowyn was resting.
He tied the parchment to the owl's leg and sent her on her way. Hannah's owl, Kandahar, immediatley flew through with Hannah's letter. As he read her letter he felt a little bit better and waited for her next reply.
Chapter 8: What the....
Discaimer: We own nothing that belongs to J.K. Rowling. We do own the plot along with Hannah, Harvey, Maya, Leo, and some of the other charicture you do not reconize. That is all we own so don't bug us. Thanks!
Rate: PG-13
It will most likely stay that way for the rest of the fic. Oh, and it will be rated because of the lanuage. Thanks!
*** Starz: Hello everyone! This chap. is long. Shimmersea helped with the beginning but that's all. Ladysilverdragon didn't help much; she is losing her inspiration. So my friend sapphire999 has agreed to help me out. By the way, thank you to the reviewers of the last chapter. Sorry it took so long to update.
Sapphire: It's my first time working on a HP fic. I'm so proud. It's a really good chapter. So you must read!
Starz: Once again, it was MY IDEA!!!!!!!!!!
Sapphire: ^-^* It never stops. It's always 'my idea' this, and 'my idea' that. But I have one up on you! hahahahahahahhhahahahahaha!
Starz: huh?
Sapphire: I wrote the prophecy! It was me! ME!!!!!!!!! Mwahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Starz and Sapphire: Now read or we'll hunt you down! Don't forget review. Tell us how we did. Oh and to Darkstorm Dragon, this bud's for you! Well, okay, this chapter is for you, and all the others who reviewed!
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From where Harvey sat, camping out in his empty dorm, he was extremely bored. Sirus the dog was stretched across the couch, and he yawned from time to time.
"I'm bored," he told the dog. The dogs eyes went to his.
/That's not my fault./ Sirus replied. /Make use of yourself./
"You aren't much help!" Harvey groaned, tossing a pillow at the dog. The dog, in response, left. "NO LUNCH FOR YOU TODAY!!" Harvey threatened, but the dog replied casually,
/The houselves feed me. I'm not lacking in food./ The dog told him haugtily. Harvey groaned and flopped back onto the rather comfortable couch. Now, what could he do? Go to class and hear all the females wonder if he's a good kisser or what hair color he liked. Or he could see how many times he could bounce a ball. Maybe he should write to Hannah.
That's it! He hadn't written her since he had gotten here! It was decided, he'd write a letter to Hannah.
After collecting all the necessary things, he sat at the table and held his pen above the paper. Finally, he found the words and began to write.
September 12, 2003 Beauxbutton Castle
Dear Hannah,
How are you? I hope you are having more fun than me. Some good your dog does! All he does is sleep! I really miss you and Maya. Don't tell her though. She'll laugh at me.
I don't go to classes because there are so many girls here and I can hear their thoughts of molesting me. Even the teachers do it! Where were these people raised, in space?!
I met this woman named Fluer Delacour at the train station. She was in the Twizard Tournament that Dad won. She didn't like Mom in the least bit. She's paying me to 'take care' of her daughter. She thinks I should be responsible because 'Varry Otter' is my Dad.
Did I mention that all these girls are unspeakably french and horribly vain? Not that I have anything against the French, but all the mispronunciations are driving me up the wall! And they are always asking each other if their make-up is mussed or if you can see their panty line.
Speaking of panty lines, once, this girl came up and asked me if I could see hers. I told her no. She giggled, and lowered her cherry red painted lips to my ear and told me 'Er's no 'anty line because 'ers no 'anties.' She told this to me like it were the most valuble secret in the world! I was personally disgusted.
Fluer Delacour's daughter's name is Jasmine. She's okay, I guess, but she acts like I'm her boyfriend. She visits me in my dorm from time to time with my schoolwork, and her company is better than your stupid dog's. But still, she dosen't even compare to you and Maya.
I'm so bored I can't see straight! What do you do when you are bored? I've run out of ideas. I'm ready to jump out the window if I don't find something to do soon. It really bugs me that there isn't anyone interesting around here for me to talk to.
Blarg. I say that a lot lately.
Alright, I'll let you go now. But please, write me back. I know you can!
Your tormented brother, Harvey
PS: If you don't, I'll be mad!! I'm warning you!
He read his letter, and decided it was good enough for his sister. All the things he said were true. Sirus had been reunited with the couch and now was blinking at him innocently.
/Will you take me out for a walk?/ he asked.
"No."
/Please?/
"No!" Harvey groaned, grabbing the nearest heavy book and hit himself in the head with it.
/Yes./
"No."
/Yes./
"No."
/Yes./
"Stop that!"
/Stop what?/
"That!"
/What's that?/ asked the dog, knowing perfectly well what Harvey meant but ignoring his wishes.
"Fine!" Groaned Harvey, grabbing a blue leash and clipping it on the dogs collar. "Stupid dog..."
***
Harvey glared at all the girls that dared be near him. Sirus simply dragged him where he wanted to go, and Harvey, wrapped in sweaters, scarfs, and coats, huddled after him. He really had to drop his knitting habit. The fact he knitted actually scared him. Everything he knitted was partial too. So whoever decided to sashay into his dorm would see half-knitted things stwern over the floor. He'd probably send Hannah a pair of mittens for Christmas, and maybe he'd send Maya a scarf-if he managed to finish something.
That awful god forsaken habit had to stop! No matter what, by the end of the school year there would be no scarf, mitten, or sweater lying around his dorm. It was embarrassing having stuff like that all over the floor, especially where the other boys his age could see it. Once he got back to the dorm he would have to clean that mess up. Being teased because he was so cute was one thing, but being teased because he could knit was a completely different matter.
He had no idea what he would do when he was done walking this stupid mutt. Suddenly it hit him--why not go to the library? He did love to read, besides, he knew his mother would be happy that he was at least IN the library.
But how would he get there without anybody noticing him? Now that would be hard. How did his dad do it when he was Harvey's age again? Then he remembered his dad's invisibility cloak. Harry had given it to Harvey before he left for school saying that he hoped it could be of some use. He would put on the cloak and go to the library with it on. No one would be able to see him.
Taking a sharp turn in the path, Harvey had to gasp. There in the middle of the path was none other then Jasmine, walking straight towards him. Calming himself so he'd be ready to hear her do most of the talking, he braced himself for shameless flirting. It was embarrassing being around her.
"Ello Arvey!" Jasmine actually yelled out loud. -Oh he's so cute. And the best thing is, he is all mine.- Jasmine thought to herself, not knowing that Harvey could hear her every word.
'Just great she thinks I'm all hers.' Harvey thought. Turning to leave and walking away Harvey heard Jasmine protest. -Fool! No one walks away from Jasmine Delacour.-
Without thinking Harvey snapped out loud, "I will and I can!"
"What?" Jasmine asked confusion clearly expressed on her face. - Can he read people's thoughts? Oh, I was so stupid to even think that he could. After all he is a human being!-
"Oh...ah...nothing. I'm just having a bad day. And I kind of want to be left alone today," Harvey said, hoping that the girl would just leave him alone. After seeing her face go from a look of confusion to one of concern he added hastily, "I'm fine. Really. Do I look unwell to you?"
"Are sure you're all right Arvey?" She asked, her face still showing some concern. But not as much as before.
"I'm fine," Harvey said putting on his best reassuring face."
Okay. Well I'll see you later," Jasmine told him. Her worried look lingered for a few seconds more.
He started walking away as fast as he could. Half dragging half pulling poor Sirus along as he went. Jasmine just stared. -How Peculiar- she thought.
"No walking today," Harvey flat out told the dog. "YOU should know I hate being out of the dorm by now!"
/I wanted to go on a walk/ Sirus told the boy, becoming annoyed at him for interrupting HIS walk outdoors which he hadn't had since the second week of school. /I don't care if you do hate it, we're going for a walk!/ and with that, Sirus began to pull on Harvey. This was not going to get him anywhere fast. He wasn't ready for inside time, so he wasn't about to give up. It wasn't fair that just because his master was afraid of potential stalkers that just happened to be his classmates, didn't mean he should have to rot inside that accursed dorm! It was just ridiculous. It was hard to believe that his master was popular at all, much less with the ladies.
"I DON'T CARE IF YOU WANTED TO GO ON A WALK, YOU STUPID DOG." Harvey screamed at Sirus, not noticing the stares from the girls around him.
-He's strange- thought a blonde with this disgusted look on her face -Why does he talk to his dog like it can understand him.-
'That would be because I can, and he can understand me.' Harvey thought like he was actually speaking to the blonde. Just after he thought this he heard a scream coming from the very same girl. He turned to watch her running around in panick.
"VOIVES! I AVE VOIVES IN MY EAD!" The poor girl screamed.
'Now that's strange. And she thought I was strange because I was yelling at Sirus.'
Harvey walked over to the blonde girl. "What exactly did hear this voice say in your head?"
"It sai tha vould be bevause it can, and 'E can unverstand me."
"Will you walk with me, please?" He had to get to the bottom of this. How did this girl know what he had thought? She obviously, could not read thoughts. If she could read other peoples thoughts then she wouldn't have freaked out like she did.
Harvey was perplexed by this and deciede to take her someplace not quite so in the open and walked the blonde around the grounds for about three minutes. Sirus complained because he didn't get to have nearly as much freedom, but he was still happy to finally be outside again.
Harvey practically flew back to his dorm turning his head every now and then to make sure that she was following. Satistfied he wispered the password.
Looking around the dorm, he was shocked to see that his knitting things where all over the place. Soon he was rushing into the room to put away all of his knitting things, including his knitted creations. Satisfied with the way his dorm now looked, he turned to the blonde.
"What is you name?" Harvey asked, wanting get to know the hot blonde girl in front of him.
"Corina Varens," the girl said.
"Well now that we have a name for you, let me tell you something. But you can't tell anyone. Savvy?" Harvey said with some sternness in his voice.
Turning around he looked out the window. It had just started to snow outside. The snow.he wondered if Hannah and Maya had gotten snow yet, the snow made him wonder about people, but mostly he wondered what it was like over there in Hogwarts.
Remembering how much he'd wanted to go there instead of here made him even more depressed. Already, he could hardly wait for Christmas, when he could go home. So he turned back to Corina and began to explain about his...'gift.'
***
Hannah was walking down to the Great Hall for breakfast. Alone once again. Maya was off running around the with Hannah's cousin, Diana Dursley, who just happened to be a Slytherin. Very strange. She still hadn't told her dad. He would definitely be suprised about that.
Over the past few weeks Diana had taken Hannah's place as Maya's best friend. It was always Diana this, and Diana that. She was just plain sick of it. Those two were always together, planning some new prank, and without her. Maya knew how much she loved to pull pranks.
Leo 'Marks' was turning out to be good friend. He was 'trying' to teacher her how to fly. Which was quite stupid. Her father wasn't Harry Potter for nothing. She and her brother, Harvey could fly brooms since they were 3 years old. But it was fun acting like she didn't now a thing about flying. It gave her plenty of chances to mess up and get rescued.
Samuel Chang was as cute as ever. She had inherited her father's fetish for Changs. It seemed as though She was always caught between Leo's charm and Sam's good looks. Sometimes Hannah would get complaints from Maya about her muttering things about them in her sleep. What was the girl to do?
She kept walking straight into Professor Snape. She immediatley relived her father's memories about Snape. If all of the stories were true, which she really hoped they weren't, She was in for a bad year. She was quick to apologize and try to escape, but she failed.
"Ms. Potter, two points taken from Gryffindor for your thoughtlessness. Oh yes, and Ms. Potter?" he sneered.
"Y-yes professor?" Hannah squeaked out.
"What plant has two names and wards off werewolves?" he asked slyly.
'Oh crap! Where's Maya when you need her?' Hannah thought to herself. ' Hey wait a sec, he asked my dad this question...it had something to do with monks and bane...what was it? Crap!'
She decided she had to say something, so she blurted out the only things she could think of.
"Monksbane and wolveswood?" she asked, painfully aware of his awful smirk growing and becoming more evil by the syllable.
"Wrong, you failed just as your father. A pity really... I shall give you one last chance to redeem yourself. What sleeping potion would I get if I mixed powdered root of asphodel to an infusion of wormwood?" he asked her looking even more evil than before, if that was possible.
'He asked dad this one too, something about drafts and death? Oh man, this won't end well. I'm gonna die!' she thought.
She decided to go with an awkward educated guess.
"Isn't it something like Draft of the Dead?" she asked.
"No, let's try once more. What does a bezoar do?"
'I remember this one!' she thought as she finally answered.
"It saves you from most poisons!" she answered gleefully.
The smile immediately left his face. It was replaced with a look of hate that was so vile, she nearly screamed. He glared at her with the look of hate that could only come from his deep seated hatred for the Potter line.
He answered with, "That is correct. However, ten points are to be taken from Gyffindor for your past failures. Only two will be given back for your mediocre knowledge of the subject of potions."
With that, he left Hannah confused, outraged, and alone once more in the hall.
'This day can't get much worse, can it?' she thought to herself in aguish.
As it turned out, it could, and it did. As she entered the Great Hall, she heard something she was hoping to avoid all year...
"Hey Malfoy!" she heard someone shout.
She immediately turned around to see this person and saw something that made her blood turn to ice. Leo was talking to the person who called out to a Malfoy. Immediately her heart began beating faster, her mind raced, and all of the memories of him flew past her eyes. A dark feeling of betrayal fell across her. She turned and ran to the table, grabbed a plate of food, ran to her dorm.
Leo didn't even notice her run by him. Once she got back to the dorm she set down the food and began crying. It was then that her brother's owl Aerowyn decided to drop in through the crack in the door. She dropped a letter in Hannah's lap. It was, of course, from her brother Harvey. There was a big letter and a small attatchment that said to read the smaller one last.
Hannah pulled the parchment off of Aerowyn and gave it some of her food. She then began reading about her brother's life in the big letter. She couldn't help but feel sorry for the poor little bugger. After all, it wasn't always nice to have people who don't even speak the same language as you to fawn over you day and night. She was a little jealous though, that her little brother (by about two minutes) was getting to be more popular with the opposite sex than she was!
She opened the little attatchment that said the following:
I ran into a girl named Corina. She's pretty cool, at least she doesn't always want to rape me. She knows about my gift. I have telepathy! That's pretty cool! I made her promise she wouldn't tell anyone, but I don't know what to do. What if other people can hear me thinking things to them or about them? Can you please help me out Hannah? I'm really confused, and to tell you the truth I'm a little scared of what would happen if anyone finds out. I'm going to use my invisibility cloak to go into the library tonight and look it up. Help if you can, 'cause if you don't I'll never forgive you!
Your paranoid brother, Harvey
Hannah sighed and decided to suck it up. Her brother needed her help, and she wasn't about to start crying over a Malfoy. She was starting to understand why her dad hated them so much. She got out a quill and some parchment and searched for some ink. She crammed some toast into her enormous trap and began to eat her now cold breakfast. Aerowyn had long since left her alone. She began to write. This letter was going to be a long one. It was so Harvey would have something to do besides cower beneath his bed. Later however, she admitted to herself that it was because she didn't want to think of Leo.
"Dear Harvey," she began.
Dear Harvey,
It's good to here from you. It's been a long time little brother. I wish you'd write to me more often. I've been pretty much on my own here for a while because Diana practically kidnapped Maya. It's a miracle if I see her at all anymore. It really is a sad thing. Maybe I shouldn't rely on her so much, but I feel like she just deserted me. I've been making some friends, but none are as close as Maya. I'll tell her Merry Christmas for you though, even though the break hasn't even started yet...I suppose you'll be going home for Christmas? I probably have too then...Maya has to come too.
So who is this Corina person? It sounds like you found someone interesting to talk to after all. So...do you like her? Aww, my wiwwle bwower is gwowing up. But seriously, who is this chick? Sure sounds like somebody has a crush...hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha! Anywho...My day's been rotten.
She stopped writing for a minute debating whether or not to tell her brother everything about what happened today. She decided that she needed her privacy too and left out the part about Leo. She decided to never speak to him again after she told him off. With that she set back to work, writing and trying to forget about Leo, but whenever she ran out of things to say, her mind drifted back to him and that awful feeling in her heart returned to haunt her.
Professor Snape stopped me in the hall today after I ran into him. I was thinking about something else and not paying attention. He took off two points and decided to test my knowledge. He asked me all the questions he asked dad the first day he was here. I only know the answer to one of them; you should have seen how mad he was! He took off ten points for me not knowing the answers to the questions he asked before and only gave me two for the one I knew the answer to. Is it really so much to ask that I not have to take potions ever again? Is it really?
After that I felt really lonely and bad. Until I got your letter, I was in a really bad mood. Now I have something to distract me. I'll do what I can for you, but I'm afraid I won't be much help. Maybe you should ask Mom or Dad. They might know something we don't. Well, ta for now. Be good liwwle bwowwer. I miss you.
Your incredibly unlucky sister, Hannah
PS: tell me more about this Corina chick.
She stopped writing here feeling that it was just good enough. If anyone were to intercept the letter for any reason what so ever, they wouldn't expect a thing. So, hoping that the day would get better she headed for the owlry to send her brother the letter. Luck must be holding a grudge against her. It was not as she'd hoped after all...
She ran into one of the last persons she wanted to see right now...Leo. He was really in for it now. He'd made a bad move by lying to her. She was ready to give him an earful. He smiled when he saw her and got ready to say something as he drew closer. Then something happened that neither of them were expecting.
SLAP!!!!!!!
You could have heard it from New York. An unsitely red mark attactched itself to Leo's cheek and as he spun and headed for the ground, he heard something that hurt more than the slap.
"You Malfoys are all alike. You're a bunch of dirty liars with no honor at all! I hate you!" she screamed in tears.
Then she ran off to the owlry, leaving a thouroughly trashed Leo to wonder how she found out, and why it turned out this way.
***
Harvey dug through his trunk looking for his invisibility cloak. Corina waited patiently for him outside watching for fellow classmates. She knew that if they were to find out about anything, Harvey would have to be not noticed. It was the only way that people wouldn't grow suspicous. That, and she wasn't ready to die from a feirce assault form her classmates. It wouldn't do for them to be found together.
"Got it!" he shouted.
Corina breathed a sigh of relief and waited for Harvey to get out of the dorm. Soon she was nearly being pulled by the wrist to the library. It was strange...noone was there. The librarian was asleep and there were no girls in sight. Except, of course, for Corina who vacantly stared ahead of her waiting for instruction.
He removed the cloak and stuffed it in his briefcase. Corina began looking on shelves that were mainly catagorized by subject. Apparently, she was the only one who visited the library to read. So, for the next few minutes she pulled books from the shelves with titles like: Telepathy; A Look Into the Mind, Communication Through Thoughts, and Psychic Powers. There was quite a lot of dust covering Psychic Powers which they didn't bother to clean off. They decided to look at different books and see if they found anything simultaneously. No such luck. So they looked at what appeared to be Psychic Powers together. They realized as soon as they read the page they opened to, that it wasn't what they'd originally thought. It contained the following:
Psychic's Name: Olivia Trelawney
Psychic's Discovery: The Potter line, which has dwindled, has a divine connection with He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named. Incredible power has been passed down through Harry Potter's blood. It is difficult to say if his wife (Hermione Granger) had anything to do with these powers. A prophecy came to me one night after reading about some of his accomplishments. It went like this.
A great darkness approaches Four stars will cut through this darkness One star is surrounded by the elements: water, wind, thunder, and lightning One star is able to call on even the heavens One star is all-hearing And one star is able to make things fly without wings or brooms When joined together, these stars will light even the darkest times, But while they are separated they are in danger They are the keys to saving us from the darkness that threatens to swallow even the greatest of our known heroes. While they are separated, they are weak and vulnerable. If the shadows reach them before they can unite, The stars will fall, And darkness will once again rule.
The page ended there and immediatley Harvey grabbed his wand and a peice of parchment. He used a copying spell to translate the page onto a piece of parchment and scribbled something underneath the print he put his cloak back on and ran to the owlry where Aerowyn was resting.
He tied the parchment to the owl's leg and sent her on her way. Hannah's owl, Kandahar, immediatley flew through with Hannah's letter. As he read her letter he felt a little bit better and waited for her next reply.