Eternity's child: Hello all! I'm sorry for not updating in awhile! I've been so busy! But now I'll try to update lots! So anyway, I own Shay and Jemma, the plot (sorta) but nothing else.
On with the show!
Chapter 2
For once Shay was actually having a good summer. She now lived with her Aunt Keahi and her sister Lani. Lani was the only downside to the whole arrangement. She kept avoiding Shay unless she wanted something from her. Shay had a pretty good feeling that her sister was plotting something.
Shay had been at her Aunt's house for almost 2 months now and hadn't heard anything from Jemma. She had sent a letter to her explaining what had happened at the King cross station.
Midget, Shay's, owl had gotten very jumpy in its cage. Shay after a few minutes had decided to go and write Jemma another letter. She got some parchment and began writing.
Hey Jem,
Where have you gone!! I've written you twice and haven't heard anything from you! I suppose I might be a little worried about you. 7 more muggles have been killed. I think two other people that were killed might have gone to our school. They weren't purebloods either. Thing's are getting bad and no one is doing anything about it. On to lighter matters anyway, I hope you're safe and happy. Things here are actually going pretty good. Although I'm pretty sure Lani's up to something. Speaking of Lani, I think I hear her coming. I hope to see you soon Jem.
Shaylee
She folded up the note and tied it to Midget's leg. Midget flew happily around the room until Shaylee opened the window and watched the small fly out.
" What are you doing loser? Trying to runaway? By all means please do. It will save us all the torment of seeing your ugly face." Came a voice from the door. There leaning on the door frame with her arms crossed was Lani.
"No." Shay didn't bother to tell Lani what she was really doing. She didn't try to tell her family about anything to do with the wizarding world.
"Where's your skirt, loser?" Lani spat.
" You aren't borrowing it."
" You have no say in the matter freak." Lani said as she walked over to Shay's closet.
" Lani!" Shay said getting up from the window seat. Lani grabbed the red skirt and so did Shay. Lani smiled evilly and gave a tug at the skirt making it rip in two.
"Who would want to wear anything that you have? You know it's your entire fault that mom and dad are in jail. If you hadn't of become a freak none of this would have happened. Why couldn't you just stay the same? You're a freak and no one wants you here. Aunt Keahi is scared of you. Uncle Fred is too. You know what, stay away from me. Get out. Get out of my life. I hate you. Freak." Lani left the room.
Shay hurt more then she had ever hurt before. Some of the things Lani had done were awful, but this was by far the worst. A tear slid down her face as a small tapping nose came from her window. She saw a small brown owl and quickly opened the window.
Shay,
Sorry I haven't written you! Granny and I have been so busy. We were going to come and get you at 3:00pm today. Try and be ready. Talk to you really soon.
Jemma
Shay quickly looked at her watch.
"2:45, better hurry." She whispered. She started throwing random objects into her now open trunk. From downstairs, she heard a scream. "Jem must be here." She thought. Shay hastily grabbed her wand and raced downstairs.
"Shay!" called a voice. Shay let out a breath of relief.
"Oh thank God Jemma." Shay said as she walked over to the fireplace and hugged her friend.
" I'm glad your ok." Jemma said. She followed Shay up the stairs and grabbed the trunk. Jemma shoved the trunk into the fireplace as soon as they hauled it down the stairs. She gave Shay a little smile and threw the Floo powder into the fire. "Stone house!" She called forcefully. Within a second, Jemma and the trunk disappeared.
"Bye Aunt Keahi, I'll see you next summer. Bye Lani." She climbed into the warm green fire and smiled a tiny smile. "Oh yea, say goodbye to Uncle Fred for me." She threw the powder into the fire and yelled " Stone house!" With the now familiar whirling sensation, she found herself being hurled out of the fireplace onto something soft.
"Sorry Jemma." She said getting herself up and dusting of her clothes.
"It's alright." Jem said doing the same thing.
"I'm so glad you wrote back. I thought something happened to you."
" I didn't mean to worry you but I had no time to send and owl. Gram got hurt when one her spells backfired on her. I had to take her to St.Mungo's."
"Is Gram okay?" Shay asked worriedly.
"Oh I think she actually might be better then she was before she got hurt. She hurrying around everywhere determined to get everything possible done." Jemma laughed.
"That sounds like Gram." Since most of Shay's family didn't like the fact that Shay was a witch, Shay spent most of her time with Jem and her Grandmother. She had adopted Jemma's Grandmother as her own, and Gram's didn't mind that at all.
"It's so good to finally have you hear Shay!" Jemma said excitedly. Shay smiled.
After much chatting, Jemma helped Shay drag her trunk up her stairs. They came into a purple room, with butterfly enchanted to fly around the walls.
" I know I say this every time I come here, but Jemma I love the butterfly's on your walls."
" Yea me too. I can remember the day that Granny bewitched them to fly. They day my- my parents were killed."
"Yea I know. I'm glad they didn't kill you, or I'd be very lonely right now." Shay said gratefully hugging her friend.
"Anyway, your bed is right there. Tomorrow we have to get up early and go to Diagon ally to get our school supplies."
"Okay."
That night Granny cooked them dinner and they played exploding snap until nearly 9:00. Two Hogwarts owls flew gracefully in the open window and landed on the table.
"Hey, our lists are here." Jemma said shaking her black and purple hair back over her shoulder. She untied the two letters from the owl's legs and gave them a treat. The owls flew out the window into the darkness. She handed Shay her letter and tore into her own.
"Hey! I made Headgirl!" Shay said happily.
"That's wonderful dear." Jemma's Grandmother said as she walked into the room.
"Yea, that's great Shaylee." Jemma's said a little disappointed.
"Oh Jem, I'm sorry. I know you wanted I know you wanted to get Headgirl."
"Well at least you got it and not one of those bubble heads Megan and Ray."
Shay smiled and yawned.
"I'm tired I think I'm going to go to bed." Jemma waved at Shay and started to talk to her Grandma. When she was upstairs, she tiredly pulled on her pj's. She climbed into her cot and thought about her day.
Tears slid down her face uncheck as she thought about her sister and what she had said. Briefly, she heard Jemma come in and she held back her tears. Slowly through her thought's she drifted off to sleep.
The next morning, she was awakened by a voice yelling up the stairs.
"Shay! Jemma! Get up! We have to go to Diagon ally!" Granny called.
"It's to early!" Jemma moaned. Shay rolled over in her cot and got out of bed. She took a shower and read peacefully on her cot. (An: Sorry if that makes no sense.)
" Shay what are you doing we have to go!" Jemma said trying to pull back her hair into a messy bun. Shay smiled and put her book aside. Slowly she followed Jemma down the stairs and toward the fireplace.
" You seem quite today Shay, what's wrong?"
"I'll tell you when we get home." Shay answered. She noticed that Jem's Grandma had stepped into the room.
After taking some floo powder, Shay climbed into the emerald fire.
"Diagon ally!" She said dropping the powder into the fire. She felt herself whirling around and then landing painfully in a shop. Jemma landed on top of her. Grandmother stepped out of the fire and glared at them both.
" One should have enough sense to wait for the person before them to get up." She said. "Now get up, we have lots of shopping to do."
After getting new books, robes, and getting Jemma a cat, the three stopped for ice cream.
"Mmm, thanks Granny." Jemma said.
"Yea thanks." Shay agreed.
"Your very welcome my dears."
After a few more hours of shopping, they finally decided to go home. Thought Shay hadn't been at Shay's house for more then a day, when they woke up tomorrow they would be getting ready to board the train back to Hogwarts.
The next day they both got up and piled into a car and headed for the station.
"Bye Granny! I see you in the summer!" Jemma said as she headed for the train.
"Goodbye dear! Stay safe Jemma." Her Grandmother said gently.
"Bye Granny Stone. Thank you for letting me stay with you during the summer."
"Oh your very welcome darling. Now you go meet boys and have fun, both of you."
Jem and Shay waved as they climbed onto the train. They found and empty compartment and sat in it.
"It's good to be going back." Jemma said.
"Yea." Shay said.
"Shay you told me you would tell me about why you're being so distant again." Jemma knew she had broken through to her that it was all right to tell people what was wrong.
"Oh yea." Shay started to tell her story about the skirt and what her sister had said just before she left for Jemma's. Shaylee sniffed back various tears through out her story. Until the end. Her tears were too much to bear anymore so she finally spilled a few.
"Oh Shay. I'm so sorry, I knew your sister was a dip. But I didn't know she was that bad."
"Who's bad?" came a male voice. A red haired boy came into the compartment.
" Ron!" Jemma said rather loudly. Ron smiled and sat down next to her. A black haired boy also followed in. Shay quickly used the cuff of her sleeve to wipe her tears away. But not soon enough, Harry seen them and her look of pain. As Jemma and Ron talked about their summer, Harry had his attention focused on Shay. Shay could feel his eyes on her.
"Shay are you alright?"
"Ya, fine." She croaked.
"Are you sure?"
"Please don't worry about me. I'll be fine."
"I'll find out later." Harry smiled. "Anyway are you looking forward to going back?"
"Not really." Shay said.
"Yes!" called out Jemma.
"Why not?" Ron asked Shay.
"A lot of reasons." Shay answered.
"Oh well you're here now." Harry said hugging her. Shay gave a small giggle. "I've never really heard you laugh." Harry said still holding her.
The dark came soon and Jemma had fallen asleep on Ron's shoulder. Shay was asleep against the ledge of the window. Harry and Ron were embraced in a conversation about Quidditch. Gently Ron shook Jemma awake.
"Mmm, what?" Jemma said drowsily.
"We're here."
"Oh okay."
"Shay wake up." Harry said shaking her softly. She moaned and leaned more towards Harry. "Come on Shay wake up." Harry said smiling a bit. Shay shook her head. Harry smiled more and finally just picked her up. She immediately woke up and looked at Harry. "I thought that would get you up."
"Yea, I think it worked..now if only my heart would beat." She said smiling. Harry laughed.
"Let's go I'm starving." Ron said loudly. Jemma followed him out leaving Harry and Shay.
"So do you think there's something between those two?" Harry asked.
"One would think so." Shay said. "Consider the way they act around eachother."
"I guess we'll just have to see." Shay got up and went to the door.
"Coming?" she asked.
"Oh yea." He stood up and noticed he was a whole head and shoulders taller then Shay. Shay gave small smile and walked out of the compartment into a flood of people.
"Oh no." Shay whispered. All the sudden she felt two hands on her shoulders.
"Don't worry. You can get through it. Just breathe." Harry's voice whispered in her ear. Shay took his advice and took a deep breath. She began to walk and found that Harry's hands made her feel much better.
They made it to the platform where there were spaces that are more open.
"Thanks Harry. You made me feel a lot better."
"Your wel-." Harry started.
"Shay, Harry we thought you were right behind us!" Ron yelled.
"Sorry." Shay said quietly.
"Let's get a carriage." Harry said. They found one and climbed into it. They all gagged a bit due to the musty smell in the carriage. They mostly talked about random things along the way (though Ron and Jemma did most of the talking)
When finally back at Hogwarts they all entered the great hall and sat at the table.
"Welcome everyone to yet another year at Hogwarts!" Professor Dumbledore said loudly. "Before we start the sorting I would like to take the time to remind the students of a few rules. The Forbidden forest is exactly as it's name states forbidden. There is a list of things that are not allowed at this school posted on Mr.Filch's office door. Now," The old wizard said merrily. "I would like to introduce our two new Head student's at the school this year. They are Miss. Shaylee Reynolds as our headgirl and (An: Our very own man with a scar! Sorry my friend made me put that ) Mr. Harry Potter as our headboy." Both Harry and Shay stood up. Harry smiled and Shay could feel the blood rushing to her face. Quickly she sat back down beside an ever-smiling Jemma.
" And now let the sorting begin." Professor Mcgonagall stated naming out names.
"Abbot, Zachary." A tiny little boy stood up and sat on the stool.
"Ravenclaw!" The old hat shouted.
"Ashen, Melody." After a few seconds of waiting a girl with brown hair stepped up and sat on the stool.
"Gryffindor!" Everyone at the table stood up and cheered.
"Shay, I'm proud of you getting headgirl." Harry said.
"You'll probably make a good headboy Harry." Shay replied smiling.
After about fifteen more minutes, the sorting was finally over and everyone was waiting to eat.
"Everyone dig in!" Dumbledore said raising his hands into the air. Piles of food appeared and everyone literally attacked them. Shay sighed and put a few things on her plate.
"Shaylee." A cold voice sneered from behind her. She turned and seen a blonde boy. It was Malfoy. He roughly grabbed her arm and got her up. Nobody managed to see what Malfoy did. (An: Lets say that everyone was overly obsessed with getting his or her food so no one noticed ok? Ok) Malfoy brought Shaylee out into a dark hall.
"That job of headboy was mine. I would go after Harry for this but a mudblood like yourself, this should be fine. Just fine." (An: For all Malfoy lovers reading this, I'm sorry.) Malfoy swung his arm back and slapped her hard on the cheek. Shaylee let out a tiny squeak of surprise. Malfoy kicked her legs out from under her and then kicked her in the stomach. Shay withered on the ground in pain. She had landed on her wrist and broke it. Memories of what her parents did to her as well came flooding back. Shay couldn't hold back any longer. Tears fell down her pale cheeks.
"Leave her alone Malfoy." A strong voice called.
"What are you doing here Potter?" Malfoy hissed.
"75 points from Slytherin." Harry said edging toward the girl.
"Coming to see your girlfriend Potter?" Malfoy said completely undaunted by his great loss of points.
"Malfoy, what did she ever do to you?" Harry asked leaning over Shay. He brushed a strand of red hair out of her face. As he touched her, he felt her whole body tense up as if prepared for another hit. She was clearly very afraid.
"Get out of here Malfoy before I take more points." Harry said angered.
"This isn't over Potter. Not even close." Malfoy said turning on his heel. He turned back to Shay and saw her looking at him. She had a cut on her cheek and a lot of bruises forming on her arms.
"Are you okay?" He asked. To his surprise Shay leaned up and hugged him.
"Thank you." She whispered. Harry felt his heartache. He felt that he wanted to be close to her and help her in anyway he possible could.
"Let's take you to the hospital wing." Harry put his arm under her legs and another under her back. He scooped her up and found she weighted practically nothing. He picked up his pace and burst though the doors of the hospital wing.
"Madame Pomfrey!" he yelled. Madame Pomfrey hurried out and saw Shay.
"What happened?" She asked.
"Malfoy did." Harry said angrily.
"Put her here dear." She said pointing to a bed. Shay winced as he put her on the bed. Madame Pomfrey shooed him away and began working. After about a half-hour the nurse said he was able to go in and see her. He took a deep breath and walked in.
Shay was looking around the room and breathing lightly. She didn't have any cuts left but a few bruises were still visible. Her wrist was healed to perfection and she looked perfect to Harry. He soft red hair was spread across the pillow and her green eyes flicked to his.
"Shay?" He asked as he pulled a chair to the bed.
"Hi." She said softly.
"How are you feeling?"
"Fine, I guess. My back and stomach hurt but Madame Pomfrey said that would go away soon."
"God, I'm sorry." Harry said resting his head on the side of her bed. Shay's face darkened.
"It's not your fault." Shay said making him look at her. "It was mine. For being different in Malfoy's eyes. Though Malfoy doesn't have much of a view towards people who are different then him."
"It's is not nor is it anywhere close to your fault." Harry nearly yelled. "Malfoy wants me. He hates me. Not you. But he knew if he faced me, he would get hurt too. So, he came after you. Someone close to me. Every last bruise you have is my fault. Not yours. "
"Harry, don't bother. I'm not worth much to anyone in this world. It doesn't matter. Why don't you go back to the common room and have fun with your friends?"
"Because I want to be here with you." Shay just looked at him. She couldn't understand. "I wanna know. Is that what you really think? That you worth nothing?"
Shay didn't answer. "Shay, that's completely not true."
"Okay young man. Time for you to leave." Harry tried to argue with her but it was no use Madame Pomfrey stood her ground. Shay gave a small breath of relief.
"See ya tomorrow Shay." Harry said slowly.
"Bye Harry."
An: Finally done that chapter! Took me forever. I promise I'll have the 3rd chapter up real soon. Please please review!