A/n: Ok, I know that the last chapter was mainly an info thing, but don't worry! It's going to speed up real soon! Should be here!

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Chapter 6: "Cry Havoc and Let Slip the Dogs of War!"

"Prophecy? What prophecy?" asked Dumbledore.

"You know what I'm talking about; the one about Harry being the only one that can defeat Voldemort." Artemis replied coolly. "The one made by Professor Sybil Trelawney before Harry's birth; the one that totally explains why Lilly and James Potter died."

"I am afraid that you have suffered from nightmares, Miss Skyfox. There have been no prophecies that have ever come close to what you are describing. I suggest that"

Artemis, the forever determined, grabbed Dumbledore's hand, and concentrated on the first vision from the day before.

Dumbledore, who, like the Fat Lady, was able to see the transmitted vision, seemed to grow older with each passing moment.

The vision ended, and Dumbledore pulled away. "I see that there is no point in lying to you, Miss Skyfox; or to your fellow housemates. Though I am also quite sure that they haven't the slightest idea of what we are talking about." Dumbledore said as he cast a slightly amused eye over the others.

Artemis turned quickly to her friends saw their lost expressions, and sighed. "Ring!" She cried to the others.

As directed, the others linked hands, Hope and Hannah grasping Artemis's. Artemis closed her eyes and concentrated again on the prophecy.

Once it was over, the girls looked at each other in wonder and fear while Artemis turned back to Professor Dumbledore.

"Professor, you have yet to truthfully answer my question."

Dumbledore looked at her and sighed in resignation. "Harry doesn't know about the prophecy yet because the truth would dramatize and depress him to think that he was a marked man. He doesn't know for his own safety."

Artemis's eyes narrowed. " I see your point. But I also see the other side of this: May would say the same about us." And with that she turned on her heel and walked out of the office. The others followed. Annette, the last one out the door, turned back at the last moment.

"I'll talk to her." She said to Dumbledore.

The professor nodded. "Thank you, Miss Harris."

The girls sat at the Gryffindor table that day, and being early by about 10 minutes, waited for the food to appear.

"You know what? Even though we haven't gotten our schedules yet, I get the feeling that this is not going to be the best of days for us." said Marissa.

"How would you know? Artemis is the seer: you can just do mirages." Crystal stated, looking at Marissa with a glint of annoyance in her eyes.

"Crystal! You're the daughter of the world's biggest brainiac! Surly some trait passed on to you. How could you forget that Marissa's mom is the Time Gate Guardian?" Cherlyn shot back.

"Oh, yeah; and just when was the last time that Trista went to the gate?" Crystal replied.

"The night before we left." said Hope, quietly.

"How would you know? You were sleeping the sleep of the dead." cried Crystal angrily.

Hope froze at this insult, eyes burning. She started shaking as though an 8.0 earthquake was running through her.

Hannah and Devonny, seeing their friend's reaction, jumped to her defense.

Meanwhile, the food had appeared. Artemis had, even though it was still summer, ordered hot chocolate through her cup, and had pulled out the latest Magic Knight: Rayearth II, ignoring the fight that was escalating in volume next to her.

But, as others form the other 4 houses started to come into the Great Hall for breakfast, the noise became un-ignorable. As they were "undercover" and because they were already a semi-freak attraction, stares where unacceptable.

Artemis stood up, took out her wand, and started outlining and odd shape around her friends, enclosing them in a brilliant orange dome. As she couldn't go under the table, she drew the line going between the dishes and going across the seats.

As soon as the line was completed, everything within the circle went silent. Yes, the girls were still arguing, but the Hall was quiet now, and that was all that mattered. Meanwhile, Artemis had gone back to her book.

Eventually, Harry and his friends Ron and Hermione came down. He gave the quarreling group a curious glance, and then looked over at Artemis, who, sensing his gaze looked up at him. He motioned with his eyes towards the silent group, then look questioningly at her.

Artemis rolled her eyes. "They go a little loud, so I just put up a silencing circle. It's kind of like a portable sound proof room. Once they stop arguing and apologize, the spell goes offline."

Harry said "Uh-huh." s though he might slightly be a bit confused.

Artemis sent a 'never-mind' gesture, and then went back to her book.

Hermione meanwhile, looked between the two, shook her head, then asked "Artemis, why don't you come and sit with us? "

Artemis looked surprised. Then she pulled herself together, and nodded. She magiced a plate next to Hermione to switch with hers, then grabbed her shoulder bag and scooted over.

Ron looked at the fighting girls, and then turned to talk to Artemis. "What's with them?"

Artemis looked up, glanced at her friends, and then looked back at Ron.

"Oh," she said, laughing slightly "they're just releasing some tension. You know, new kids in a new school and country. Marissa said something, and then Crystal had to get technical. The others jumped in after that."

Hermione looked slightly interested. "What did you do to make that dome? I've never seen that in any of the books I've read."

Artemis pointed to the thin orange line that the dome originated from. "I used a compound spell of lines and silence and drew an enclosure. They can hear each other, but not us, and vise versa. I configured the matrixes of the spells' mixture so the spell will release the others into our radio dimension once they stop fighting and apologize. If any hold grudges against another, the grudge holder or holders will be put in their own separate bubble of silence until they let the grudge go. Follow?"

Harry and Ron were about to nod, but ended up shaking their heads. Hermione, however, nodded excitedly.

"Oh yes! But, it must have been very difficult to reconfigure a spell like that."

"Yeah, but when you're up at two in the morning form jet lag, you really get bored after giving up going back to sleep. But I did, eventually. Any way…"

Needless to say, they got into a highly complex and technical conversation. Eventually, Artemis caught the looks on the boy's faces, which were of total confusion. She stopped Hermione in mid-sentence, then motioned to Ron and Harry.

Hermione got the point, and turned back to the others. " Sorry, but the configuration and interiors of spells and their theories can be highly fascination." She apologized.

Ron tried to think of a topic that was on a basis of his understanding so that he and Harry would be able to follow. Harry, next to him, was attempting to do the same.

Ron finally settled on something. "Why are you drinking hot chocolate during the summer?"

"Well, it's been a rather stressing morning for me so far, and it's scientifically proven that chocolate calms girls, hot chocolate more then other forms. But if you give me the regular hard stuff, I become wilder than Fuji-Yama."

Harry had become confused at that last part. "Fuji-Yama? What's Fuji-Yama?"

Artemis sighed. This might take a while. "Fuji-Yama is one of the fastest roller coasters in the world. It's located at this amusement park at the base of Mount Fuji, which is an hour or two outside of Tokyo, Japan."

Hermione was surprised. "Japan? You've been to Japan?"

Artemis seemed to remember mentioning that the day before on the train, but oh well.

"Yes, I was born and raised there."

The trio was in awe. This caused much confusion on Artemis' part. "What? Lot's of people live in Japan. It's about the size of California in America, but about 5 times the population."

"So, why don't you look Japanese? You know, short with slanted eyes?" asked Ron.

Artemis' eyes narrowed. "First of all, that's a stereotype, like saying that all cheerleaders are pretty, popular, and only date guys on the football team. Second, I was only born in Japan. I have American and European ancestry." She replied coldly, looking him strait in the eyes.

Ron's POV

As she finished speaking, She looked up at me and our eyes met. 5 Seconds later, I got lost in her furious stare. I was falling! I couldn't get a foothold. Then I felt like I was being roasted over a fire. I could see the flames, and the ice right behind it. Merlin, what was going on? All I knew was I wanted nothing more than to look away. I tried to look away from Artemis, but I couldn't even blink! Then, I heard her gasp. Her eyes widened like hubcaps and I saw a flash of blue. Then she slumped over.

Hermione's POV

Artemis had slumped over. I looked around quickly to see if anyone had cast a spell at her. I noticed that her friends had stopped fighting, and they had clustered at the edge of the bubble, pushing and shoving for a clear view. The one with the short blonde hair, I think her name was Annette, shoved their way to the front, followed by the one called Hope. They hurriedly got the others to shut up and calm down, then started franticly motioned for Harry, Ron, and me to back off from Artemis and to leave her alone. Yeah, right, like I'm really going to let someone who's slumped over for no apparent reason, possibly in life-threatening danger ALONE? As the Americans say, Get real.

Just as I was about to get close enough to check her vitals, someone grabbed my arm. It was Harry! I looked at him angrily, but he just shook his head. Just as he opened him mouth to explain, I heard one of the worst sounds in my life, a voice that always signaled the approach of a person loathed by Harry, Ron, and myself for 4 ½ years.

"What's going on?" Asked Malfoy. Oh, I hate that git. "Why is this girl unconscious?"

"Why do you care Malfoy? I though Slytherins only cared about themselves." I answered, scowling.

"If you mean that we purebloods would actually have enough time on our hands TO care, yes we do only take care of ourselves/ Remember, Granger., The side on which the Phoenixflames reside has yet to be determined.

" I see that you've upgraded your vocabulary for the first time since what? First year? Second year vocabulary seem pretty complex for you, Malfoy. Your parents must be so proud."

I could tell by the look on Malfoy's face that he couldn't come up with a good retort. So he ignored it and turned back to Artemis.

Harry stood up quickly, wand out.

"Back off, Malfoy."

"Merlin's beard, Potter, you must be denser then I thought if you're just going to let her lie there. And here I am thinking that Gryffindors were supposed to be brave."

"This has happened before, Malfoy. Her friends came over and simply kept an eye on her. She was fine. Now back off!"

"And why, Potter, should I listen to you?"

"Because, Malfoy, I, unlike you, know what I'm doing."

Out of the corner of my eye, I saw Artemis stir. She opened her eyes, but something was wrong with them. Maybe it was just the angle, but her eyes looked empty, completely void. Then she blinked and the look was gone. She sat up, and Harry, Ron, and Malfoy stopped bickering to watch. Ron reached over, and to my surprise, asked "Are you Ok?"

Artemis nodded, eyes closed. She rubbed her temples as though trying to relieve a headache. She glanced up at the staff table, looking determined. Then she turned to her friends, still encased in the dome spell, and lifter her wand. The dome disappeared.

I watched her friends leap to her, asking a waterfall of questions.

Now I knew what Harry had meant last night when he mentioned how Artemis seemed like she had something to hide. And I knew that, from the incident that I had just witnessed that I didn't trust her, or her friends. Something was just wrong about them.

I saw Artemis stiffen out of the corner of my eye. She turned and looked at me. Her expression one of half-concealed hurt.

You don't trust very many people, do you Hermione Granger?

I shook my head violently. I could have sworn I'd just heard Artemis's voice in my head.

END PART ONE