Princess of Darkness
Chapter:8 Truce
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Wake up.......
Faye........
Slowly, Faye opened her eyes. It was the middle of the night and she was in the hospital wing. The moonlight shown through the window like a billowing lace curtain. In the small cot to the left of her was Malfoy. He was still uncontious. She slowly turned her head to her right.
Just as she thought. A tall boy, seventeen years old, was relaxing in a chair next to her. He had messy hair, much like Harry's. His eyes, which were closed until now, opened lazily. A luminous emerald green and deep saphire eye stared at her.
"Hello, Maximillian Sonata" she rasped. It hurt to talk. Every muscle in her body ached.
"Glad to see you up, Faye," the boy replied. "And please, it's Maxx to you."
Dispite her pain, Faye smirked. "I thought I told you, no personal treatment."
"True. I've told everyone else to just call me Maxx, but no one listened..."
"hahahah...ouch!"
"Hmmm. Hang on" Maxx took a strand of hair and transfigured it into an incence burner. He placed a white stick of incence in it and lit it. Whitish-gray smoke rose from it. Closing his eyes, he waved his hand in it. The tips of his fingers glowed white-gray. Gently, he placed his hand an inch from Faye's neck.
Faye felt the pain wash away. In its place was a warm, soothing feeling.
Maxx took a quick glance at Draco. "Does he need help to?" He asked.
"Yes" Faye said.
Maxx stalked over to Draco's cot and pulled out a velvet pouch. He held the pouch on Draco's nose.
~~~
tea leaves...
lavender...
ginger...
salt...
cloves...
smells that don't mix...
Mother must be cooking again...
Draco slowly regained conciousness. He heard the deep mysterious voice of another boy beside him.
"Oei id-toj-kamu-ot xam" the voice said in a stern tone.
Then Draco heard Faye. "Tat kaxo Ju kaxad-be xo ijo kaxo Cruciatus?!"
'So they were talking about me' thought Draco.
"De. A mij we don" the boy replied. He walked over to the wall and took out his wand. A quick rap on the wall opened a glowing purple and black portal. He steped through it and dissapeared. 'That's powerful black magic! It's used as a means of transportation without Floo powder!' Draco exclaimed to himself.
Faye sat up in her cot looking pensive. This was the first time he saw her without her gloves. Her arms were long and thin. There were many deep looking scars on them. He could also see a strange hole in her wand arm. She stood up mechanically, grabbed her duffel bag, and walked out the Hospital Wing door.
Draco followed.
~~~
'How did I get here?' Faye thought.
She was on the roof again. Something just led her there. She sat down and stared at the beautiful full moon. 'I must have been out for at least a week...' she thought. She fumbled with her many necklaces (they were normally hidden by her school robe) until she found the one she was looking for. She held a light red ocarina pendant. Slowly she put it to her mouth and blew. A mysterious, hollow sound came out.
~~~
As Draco stepped onto his former battlefeild, he heard a strange song. It was beautiful in a deadly sort of way. Entranced by it, he walked forward. Forward to the edge of the roof.
~~~
The crackle of a stone slipping made Faye stop playing. Looking behind her, she saw Draco barely balancing on the side of the roof. She darted over to him. Leaning her head on his shoulder with her ocarina in her mouth, she played a shrill high note. His trance broke and he stumbled backward.
"What a fool I am, playing that song here!" Faye scolded herself.
"What was that anyway?" Draco asked.
"Shii no Uta . The Death Song. My older brother Luka was ticked at our parents so he shut himself in his room and played it. I snuck in and was immidiatly transfixed by it. I almost stabbed myself with his penknife! He agreed to teach it to me if I kept it a secret but...oh well..."
"Why did you just start playing it here?"
"Its my favorite song. It just seems to take me away from all my troubles."
Draco scoffed. "Sounds like a cheep, mudblood way of handling things."
Faye sat for a moment. "Muggles have a very interesting sort of magic."
"And what, praytell, might that be?"
Once again Faye paused before answering. "...Did you know that at this moment, we are moving about one thousand miles per hour?"
"But we're sitting still!"
"That's an illusion. The earth spins, and moves everything along with it. Because everything else is moving at the same speed we are, it appears that we are sitting still."
'Pfft. She's insane. Everyone knows everything revolves around the earth." Draco thought. "Well, what does that have to do with muggle magic?"
"Muggle magic is the use of knowledge. They take what they learn from their surroundings and use items like lightbulbs to manipulate it so that they can use it."
"What's a lightbulb?"
"It's a device that harnesses the power of lightning."
'I never thought they could have that much power!' Draco thought.
There was a long pause. Then finally, Draco spoke up. "Why were you being so rude to me for the past month?"
Faye looked straight into his eyes. "Karma. You deserved a taste of what you've done. But I guess
you've learned your lesson. Only one thing remains..." She reached into her duffel bag and took out Draco's hair jell. Then, she transfigured two stones into a bow and arrow. After tying the hair jell to the arrow, she aimed straight at the moon. She shot the arrow. It soared across the full moon, and through the brightest star in the sky. With a soft -swish- it landed on a tree in the Forbidden Forest.
"What did you do that for?!" Draco exclaimed.
"You remember that incident with Neville? When you threw the Remembrall torwards the forest?" She asked.
"Yeah, but Potter was there to give it back!" Draco hissed.
"The rule of karma is that whatever you did comes back to you ten fold" Faye replied.
"Hmph. Fine then." Draco stormed off the roof. Faye stayed up there deciding to watch the stars.
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If anyone can tell me the relationship between the full moon and the brightest star in the sky, I'll give you a cookie!
R&R for cookies!
Chapter:8 Truce
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Wake up.......
Faye........
Slowly, Faye opened her eyes. It was the middle of the night and she was in the hospital wing. The moonlight shown through the window like a billowing lace curtain. In the small cot to the left of her was Malfoy. He was still uncontious. She slowly turned her head to her right.
Just as she thought. A tall boy, seventeen years old, was relaxing in a chair next to her. He had messy hair, much like Harry's. His eyes, which were closed until now, opened lazily. A luminous emerald green and deep saphire eye stared at her.
"Hello, Maximillian Sonata" she rasped. It hurt to talk. Every muscle in her body ached.
"Glad to see you up, Faye," the boy replied. "And please, it's Maxx to you."
Dispite her pain, Faye smirked. "I thought I told you, no personal treatment."
"True. I've told everyone else to just call me Maxx, but no one listened..."
"hahahah...ouch!"
"Hmmm. Hang on" Maxx took a strand of hair and transfigured it into an incence burner. He placed a white stick of incence in it and lit it. Whitish-gray smoke rose from it. Closing his eyes, he waved his hand in it. The tips of his fingers glowed white-gray. Gently, he placed his hand an inch from Faye's neck.
Faye felt the pain wash away. In its place was a warm, soothing feeling.
Maxx took a quick glance at Draco. "Does he need help to?" He asked.
"Yes" Faye said.
Maxx stalked over to Draco's cot and pulled out a velvet pouch. He held the pouch on Draco's nose.
~~~
tea leaves...
lavender...
ginger...
salt...
cloves...
smells that don't mix...
Mother must be cooking again...
Draco slowly regained conciousness. He heard the deep mysterious voice of another boy beside him.
"Oei id-toj-kamu-ot xam" the voice said in a stern tone.
Then Draco heard Faye. "Tat kaxo Ju kaxad-be xo ijo kaxo Cruciatus?!"
'So they were talking about me' thought Draco.
"De. A mij we don" the boy replied. He walked over to the wall and took out his wand. A quick rap on the wall opened a glowing purple and black portal. He steped through it and dissapeared. 'That's powerful black magic! It's used as a means of transportation without Floo powder!' Draco exclaimed to himself.
Faye sat up in her cot looking pensive. This was the first time he saw her without her gloves. Her arms were long and thin. There were many deep looking scars on them. He could also see a strange hole in her wand arm. She stood up mechanically, grabbed her duffel bag, and walked out the Hospital Wing door.
Draco followed.
~~~
'How did I get here?' Faye thought.
She was on the roof again. Something just led her there. She sat down and stared at the beautiful full moon. 'I must have been out for at least a week...' she thought. She fumbled with her many necklaces (they were normally hidden by her school robe) until she found the one she was looking for. She held a light red ocarina pendant. Slowly she put it to her mouth and blew. A mysterious, hollow sound came out.
~~~
As Draco stepped onto his former battlefeild, he heard a strange song. It was beautiful in a deadly sort of way. Entranced by it, he walked forward. Forward to the edge of the roof.
~~~
The crackle of a stone slipping made Faye stop playing. Looking behind her, she saw Draco barely balancing on the side of the roof. She darted over to him. Leaning her head on his shoulder with her ocarina in her mouth, she played a shrill high note. His trance broke and he stumbled backward.
"What a fool I am, playing that song here!" Faye scolded herself.
"What was that anyway?" Draco asked.
"Shii no Uta . The Death Song. My older brother Luka was ticked at our parents so he shut himself in his room and played it. I snuck in and was immidiatly transfixed by it. I almost stabbed myself with his penknife! He agreed to teach it to me if I kept it a secret but...oh well..."
"Why did you just start playing it here?"
"Its my favorite song. It just seems to take me away from all my troubles."
Draco scoffed. "Sounds like a cheep, mudblood way of handling things."
Faye sat for a moment. "Muggles have a very interesting sort of magic."
"And what, praytell, might that be?"
Once again Faye paused before answering. "...Did you know that at this moment, we are moving about one thousand miles per hour?"
"But we're sitting still!"
"That's an illusion. The earth spins, and moves everything along with it. Because everything else is moving at the same speed we are, it appears that we are sitting still."
'Pfft. She's insane. Everyone knows everything revolves around the earth." Draco thought. "Well, what does that have to do with muggle magic?"
"Muggle magic is the use of knowledge. They take what they learn from their surroundings and use items like lightbulbs to manipulate it so that they can use it."
"What's a lightbulb?"
"It's a device that harnesses the power of lightning."
'I never thought they could have that much power!' Draco thought.
There was a long pause. Then finally, Draco spoke up. "Why were you being so rude to me for the past month?"
Faye looked straight into his eyes. "Karma. You deserved a taste of what you've done. But I guess
you've learned your lesson. Only one thing remains..." She reached into her duffel bag and took out Draco's hair jell. Then, she transfigured two stones into a bow and arrow. After tying the hair jell to the arrow, she aimed straight at the moon. She shot the arrow. It soared across the full moon, and through the brightest star in the sky. With a soft -swish- it landed on a tree in the Forbidden Forest.
"What did you do that for?!" Draco exclaimed.
"You remember that incident with Neville? When you threw the Remembrall torwards the forest?" She asked.
"Yeah, but Potter was there to give it back!" Draco hissed.
"The rule of karma is that whatever you did comes back to you ten fold" Faye replied.
"Hmph. Fine then." Draco stormed off the roof. Faye stayed up there deciding to watch the stars.
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If anyone can tell me the relationship between the full moon and the brightest star in the sky, I'll give you a cookie!
R&R for cookies!