IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT: I have decided to remove the section that involves the Cantamos potion, for the simplereason that it's huge. Gigantic. Big.That will make the fic a LOT shorter and add to the chance of people reading it. I will make it a seperate mini-fic, though, so people can read it if they want. I hope this doesn't create much confusion.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, sillydillydylan, FOR REVIEWING!!!!!

::dances happily::

I still want to know who your favorite Odd is, by the way.

1. Rachelle

2. Bita

3. Tiffany

Chapter 36

The next day, a Sunday, Tiffany, Rachelle, and Bita avoided their concerned friends as much as possible. Bita stayed in the Hufflepuff dormitory, where no one had heard Rachelle mention that The Odds had paranormal powers and that Zastrin was trying to kill them. Tiffany and Rachelle avoided Hermione, Ron, Harry, and Matt (who was also in Gryffindor) by running out of the common room when one of them turned up and going into crowded places where their friends would never mention their worries for fear of being overheard on something important.

That evening, however, when Tiffany and Rachelle were leaving the now deserted library for the Great Hall long after dinner began so that they were sure everyone was already in the Great Hall, Hermione popped out of a nearby empty class room, grabbed them both, and pulled them in, locking the door behind her.

When Rachelle and Tiffany looked around the empty classroom, they saw that Matt and Jonny were with Hermione; Matt had a look of confusion and curiosity, and Jonny looked extremely worried.

"You've been avoiding us," Hermione said accusingly.

She paused as if waiting for a reply, and then continued when it was obvious that Tiffany and Rachelle weren't going to say anything.

"Now you have no where to go. You have to tell us what's wrong, otherwise I'm not letting anyone out of this room."

Tiffany sighed then began the story of how she, Rachelle, and Bita had been abandoned as babies. This reminder made Rachelle depressed and upset, an emotional trigger, apparently, for her pyrokinesis. She was staring unseeingly at Bita's feet when suddenly, Bita's left shoe burst into flames.

"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Bita screamed hysterically, staring at her foot. "MY TOES!!!!! SOMEONE SAVE MY TOES!!!!!!!!"

"I'm sorry!" Rachelle said. "I'm really, really, really sorry!"

Bita stomped on her burning shoe with her ok one with vigor, putting out the fire but practically breaking her toes.

"Ow!!" she howled in pain, taking off her burned left shoe and holding her toes affectionately.

Everyone stared at Rachelle for a moment.

"Go on," Rachelle instructed Tiffany, as if the previous incident was just a minor interruption.

Tiffany continued with The Odds' story, ignoring the confusion on the faces of Matt, Jonny, and Hermione. She explained how Mr. Vilner found the girls at an orphanage, recognizing their powers right away. The mention of the word "powers" added to Matt, Jonny, and Hermione's looks of confusion.

"Rachelle is pyrokinetic and has telekinesis, Bita can levitate and astral project, I'm clairvoyant and can read books by touching the cover for a second (I'm not sure if there's a name for that), and we're all telepathic," Tiffany explained.

Matt, Jonny, and Hermione stared at her.

Hermione summed up all of their feelings with one word, "Wow."

Rachelle continued where Tiffany left off, telling about how Zastrin was determined to kill all three girls and somehow make their powers his own. She also told them how Tiffany had a vision of Zastrin finding out that they were at Hogwarts.

After a few moments, Bita said, cheerfully smiling, "And now we're here!" She then began to sway slightly from left to right, still smiling.

Matt looked extremely shocked, as did Jonny. Hermione had a look of dawning comprehension.

"That explains a lot," she said.

"That's…um…neat…about your powers and stuff…" Matt said slowly.

Jonny's shocked expression disappeared and he began to happily sway with Bita; Tiffany raised an eyebrow at them.

"Can you control all of your powers?" Hermione asked after a while.

"Well…the telepathy, my weird reading-power-thingie, Bita's levitation and astral projection, and Rachelle's telekinesis are completely controllable…I get weird visions at random moments and Rachelle's pyrokinesis sometimes acts on it's own accord (as you saw), though," Tiffany said.

There was another long silence, and finally, Rachelle broke it, asking Hermione, "Can we go to dinner now? I'm really hungry."

"Oh, yes, let's go," Hermione said, pulled out of what looked like deep thought.

"Thank you!!" Tiffany said, relieved.

"FOOD!!!" Bita said, almost viciously.

Everyone left the classroom and when the group of friends reached the Great Hall, they split up, Bita going to the Hufflepuff table, Hermione, Tiffany, Rachelle, and Matt going to the Gryffindor table.

At their table, Hermione, Tiffany, Rachelle, and Matt joined Ron and Harry, who had already finished eating and were sitting in front of empty plates.

"There you are! What kept you?"

"Nothing, Ron, I'll explain later," Hermione said, sitting next to him.

"But -" Ron began.

"NOTHING, RON, I'LL EXPLAIN LATER!" Hermione repeated, louder this time.

Ron, looking very scared and confused, looked at Harry, who looked just as scared and confused as he did.