A short jog to the dungeon that the Ravenclaw students used as their
portion of Hogwarts, a quick drink of water, and swiping her broom,
Rave found herself trotting outside. Divinations was her last class
for the afternoon, and as she had just walked out on it and had
nothing better else to do, well she was going for a ride.

She loved flying. She loved Quidditch, and above all, she loved the
look of the grounds from way above on her broom stick.

Walking down the hall, the dark haired girl passed several other
students who were going to their dungeon. Slytherins. All of which
made some comment or another to her so that she stuck her tongue out
at them after having passed them and was well out of sight.

There was only ONE Slytherin girl she could stand, and that was Isis.
Isis was like all the others, but not. It was hard to explain, but her
cruel streak didn't run nearly as deep as the others.

Folding her Ravenclaw scarf about her neck, she pushed back wisps of
hair and headed out the front doors of the great castle. Again, no one
saw her leave, and no one said anything else in regards.

Rave's dark purple eyes scanned the grounds, and after noting that not
a soul paid her any heed, she got onto her broom and took off. This is
what she had loved about the wizarding world from day one. She'd
always been on her broom, or mixing different potions.

Her pointed ears twitched a bit as she chuckled. Sliding down and
ducking through the trees of the forbidden forest she remembered her
Mother's reaction to her first failed experiment.

Rave's mother was an Elf from a country far away, and her father was a
Wizard who was in search of said Elves. Luckily he found them, and
her, and not long after settling, Ravindra was born. Ravindra was
Elven for Sun. Her mom had always said she was a bouncing ray of
light.

Having natural Elven abilities, and a knack of Wizarding from her dad,
she was invited to Hogwarts. That same year, she had blown up a
particularly smelly potion, to which her mother made her stew in
something that smelled worse then her potion, in order to get rid of
the smell.

Her parents still lived in those mountains. Sometimes she wished she
could go back. At least the Elves there accepted her. Maybe her
pointed ears, and sharp features were too much for the students here,
but that was no reason to act as if she wasn't here...

A black blob of a shadow crossed down below her. Getting a good look
at it was skewered from the branches of the huge trees. Rave snapped
her head around to see what it was, and upon looking back up came face
to face with the biggest tree trunk she'd ever seen.

She attempted to dodge, but her luck wasn't with her. As she
collided, she winced as the broom slid out from under her, and she
fell back. Having been so high up, as she started to fall, the long
braids that fell in front of her ears flew up and past her face. She
screamed as soon as she realized she was probably not going to survive
this fall.

Her heart skipped and she closed her eyes. Seconds later she opened
them after the feeling of falling left. The site before her made her
scramble and back herself into the very tree that had almost caused
her demise.

The creature, no, the Gryffin was laying down, it's paws crossed
neatly over one another. It's black fur glinting ever so slightly when
the rays of the dieing sun managed to hit them through the dense brush
of the trees surrounding them. Horns, and teeth, and EVERYTHING were
bigger then Rave's eyes could take in and she gulped.

"I'm not an IT, I'm a SHE. And you owe me."

The Gryffin leaned forward, narrowing her eyes and huffing at the
half-elf's hair.

"You should be dead ya know?"

"I...I..yes..I...um.."

"Did you bite your tongue off in the fall? SPEAK!" the gryffin smiled,
or...grinned.

Rave jumped and nodded.

"Yes Ma'am! I know! THANK YOU!"

Rave closed her eyes and bobbed her head. What was going on?!?! This
was the weirdest day ever, AND she was going to be EATEN!! She
suddenly wondered if her previous thoughts on Trelawney were true.

"I won't eat you, but I do have a request. And if you DON'T help me,
THEN I'll eat you. You see. My magick is quite powerful...powerful
enough to save someone from a 3 story fall...and if you don't do as I
say, I MIGHT be tempted to use it and my teeth in order to get you're
cooperation."

The griffin looked smug as she awaited the girls answer.

"Anything."

Rave looked into the Gryffin's eyes and wondered if she was telling the truth.

"I speak the truth, but what I want is far simpler...you see..." the
griffin turned it's head in the direction of the Castle, "There was a
man here, about two moons ago. Quite fetching. I've been camping out
here in hopes of snatching him and taking him to my Errie."

The Black Gryffin stood up and paced as it wound around trees, its
tail slashing at she grew more agitated.

"But he hasn't returned! I think the beautiful one caught site of me
and has not returned due to fear."

Tilting her large feather head, she peered at Rave, her large green
eyes glowing brighter.

"Jaw length black hair, black clothes, a beautiful sneer...do you know
of who I speak?"

Walking closer, she came face to face with the student.

"Sn..Snape. But he's not afraid of anything..."

"AH! Well good then. I shall meet him..and YOU shall help me!"

The gryffin's eyes twinkled. Rave slowly began to get used to her
gigantic presence.

"But...you're like 15 feet tall... and you're species..."

That thought was kind of funny. She might have to draw that. Her
wandering mind was brought back as the Gryffin scoffed, raised its
head and closed its eyes. The smuggest expression she'd ever seen on
any animal.

"I have magick you WIZARDS couldn't even fathom."

A purple mist surrounded the gryffin. Her eyes grew wide, and Rave
watched in rapt fascination at what was going on before her. She
didn't know WHAT was going on, but something spectacular was. Soon all
she could see were the glowing green orbs of the gryffin's eyes, and
then nothing.

Rave waited for the mist to disappear almost impatiently. Then,
without warning, a tall female figure strode out from the mist, stark
naked. A smile wrapped around her face and she pushed back white
strands of hair, emerald eyes fell on the shocked student.

"I will meet this Snape, and you will help me. My names Leiko, you
call me LEAKO and you die."

Rave was still in shock of the naked woman in front of her that USED
to be a gryffin.
Shaking her head, she put one hand to her face, and held the other out
to the woman, shaking it.
"Whoa. Whoa. WHOA! You can't just prance into...HOGWARTS naked. You're
going to need some robes of some sort, and I KNOW you're not a
Ravenclaw...no one threatens death if they can't snog a teacher in our
house..."

She knew exactly what robes she would need and who to get them from.
The thought occurred to her that she was a little too willing to help.
Maybe it was the exhilaration of this creature helping her into her
moment of fame.

"Fine. Get me what I need then..."

The gryffin...no, woman, crossed her arms and tapped her foot impatiently.

Rave just grinned, hoped on her broom, and sped to the castle. A
moments chat with Isis, and she was back in the forest. Leiko was
still standing where she'd left her, and STILL looking impatient.

Another toothy grin split Rave's face as she handed the woman her clothes.

"Here. You're in Slytherin. Most likely they won't have any room for
you in the dorm, but I imagine you wouldn't mind the owlry."

Leiko smiled herself, putting on the unfamiliar clothes awkwardly.

"I can make a place for myself. Don't mind that. But I will follow you
so that I can meet this...teacher? of yours."

The question was easy enough to answer; it was the rest that was
throwing Rave into fits of giggles.

"Yes, Snape is our Potions teacher. He's quite cruel and snarky if you
ask me. Though, I think you might just give him a run for his money."

She helped Leiko turn her robe around the right way.

"And if anyone asks, you're my half sister."

Leiko nodded and then looked at her.

"My names Rave, sorry I forgot about that. Wasn't the first thing on
my mind upon meeting you. In fact, I'm rather proud I didn't pee
myself."

Rave's grin was contagious as Leiko chuckled.

"I think I like you."

The unease between the two was gone. Rave felt this was an adventure
waiting to bite her, or her it. She'd never done ANYTHING remotely
like this and it was exhilarating!

Leiko's false bravado was soon gone, and Rave was able to joke around
with her as she had been able to do with no one else. Not that
anything about the woman was false, she WAS arrogant and not afraid to
show it, but Rave's willingness, and her ease at joking around with
her, had shown the gryffin that this girl was more then that shivering
mass that had been shivering against the tree.

They both entered the castle, and were soon bustled into a corner by
Isis wanting to know every detail.

Rave grinned. There was a new Terrible Trio in Hogwarts, and she
wondered what the other trio would think.