Chapter 5 the tattoo symbols revealed
Harry woke in the hospital wing that morning to look over to find Nikore was gone and another student put in her place. He grabs hold of his glasses and stood up to find his clothes and robes folded neatly for him. He soon dress and went down stairs to find something had went wrong.
Everyone gathered round a piece of paper, everyone trying to hush the other. Harry stood waited, not wanting to speak. Students whisper and Harry waited for what was the excitement of this little piece of papers. One kid finally yelled out; "Quiet let me read for all to know:
Today school will not be in session, few of the teachers found that today is an important holiday and so we must take the day off for there beliefs. That is all students.
Harry was quiet, a holiday, what holiday could be so important that school would not be in session, yet no one allowed going home. He shrugs at this small thought and left to go outside to get the fresh air and to see Hagrid. More questions soon rise in Harry head as to why he fell ill yesterday. He felt simply refresh like the one he was ready to take on the day, yet the nightmare was fresh in his mind.
The nightmare thoughts of little Nikore back being prick for few hours for nearly a week. Why did she think her parents did not love her? Only because she had to get it done and they did not argue or fight for her? So many questions was rising and none could be answer, only by Nikore, but how in the world could he step up and ask her about such things he himself is not suppose to know?
Ron and Hermione were outside picking purple with black spots flowers. It was early morning and since school we not in session at t his moment they had went through a library book of changing a rock into a bird. Ingredients seem hard nothing seemed to grow or not sold anywhere no more.
"Can we go in now, what if Harry awake?" Ron wined watching Hermione pull at a flower that was snapping at her.
"Ron, please be quiet. You are not even doing anything but watch me." She replies, putting the flower in a jar. "As for Harry, he will be fine, he and Nikore maybe talking of as now and do not want us to bother them." She said. Ron finally plops down, not wanting to be in the cold whether any longer.
Something began to stir and Hermione and Ron hurried and stood. Hermione grab the jar and they ran behind a tree. They stood quiet as Hermione look and saw it was Draco and Nikore.
Nikore was clenching her wand as she look at Draco, but something seem different. Hermione squint her eyes and saw she had marks on her face. Her hair was not hair but it look like water with red on the end.
"You should have never come to Hogwarts." Draco said, grabbing Nikore arm.
"I will not stay in doors, I am tired of liven like I am some kind of freak." She yanks her arm from him and look deeply in his eyes.
"You are different Wolf; I have kept your dark secret, and cover your tracks when something went wrong."
"Yet I embarrass you? I embarrass the Malfoy's all because of my blood line!"
"You do not embarrass the family Wolf; you need to return home."
"And talk to unicorns, you know my fate can not be hidden no longer."
"Your fate! You are my cousin; I am supposed to protect you! You know my father; your uncle will have my skin if he finds out that you even have a scratch from a desk on you!"
"I am not little no more! I am older then you, older then your father! I am curse and yet it can not be undone!"
"What you have been doing, exposing your magic to everyone, even to Hermione, that filthy little mud. . ."
Nikore then walk up closer to him and put her wand to his neck and it lightly glowed. She looks at him and her hair went into a red fire as did her tips turn into the darkest red you could ever think of. "Don't you say it, Hermione, is my friend now, because you are full blooded does not meen I am also. I am half-and-half; I have the dirty blood to running through my veins, so I rather you not speak of it never more, nor of Harry and Ron."
"That's right, you like Harry Potter, the most famous boy who lived." He grin, Nikore poke her wand to his throat and the light grew brighter
"That's enough; I will not be spoken to like so!" She then mumbles something and he flew back. She soon turns to leave.
Ron and Hermione soon look at one another at what just happen. Did Nikore just made Malfoy fly across the field? How could she of done that to her own family. She even stood up for them, and called them her friends.
"What did she mean she was locked up?" Ask Ron looking at Hermione.
"I don't know, it seems there is more to her then we had thought."
"You see her hair, and her face?"
"Of course I am not blind, she a siren."
"Yet? I know there is more."
"I don't know it seems she something I never seen or read about." She answer Ron, she was indeed puzzled on what just happen and knew then that they had to find Harry and tell him what had just happen.
They reach the hospital wing; to find him he was gone. The nurse releases him as soon as he awoke and no idea where he had gone to in the early morning. They had an idea, to Hagrid; where else would he be on a day off?
They soon ran down to find Harry on the stairs going down to Hagrid "Hello Harry." Hermione voice rang to his ears. He looks to give a smile to his friends. "Seem you are doing better."
"Yes fine thank you." He replies his face look blank as though he was trying to think.
"We heard something today from Nikore and Malfoy mouth." Ron blur out. This got Harry attention he look at his two friends as they explain what happen, and the way she stood up for the three of them, but leaving out Nikore liked Harry, and the way she made Malfoy her own cousin fly back.
"We need to go see her then." Harry said, he look at the two, "You know where she going?"
"No we do not; it seems she was in a rush to leave." Hermione said.
Harry sat and thinks for a minute, they were near Hagrid place, but they would have seen her come down, would not they? She couldn't invisible, could she? If she could turn against her cousin does that mean she could also turn against them as well, but she stood up for them against her cousin. So many questions came, and none could be answer without Nikore.
"We should go into the library she likes it there." Hermione finally said. Harry and Ron gave a knob and turn to run up to the library. Everyone seems in a good mood today with no school in session. They finally turn and open the door to find Nikore there at a table by herself with her book. The book she was so keen to keep out of everyone else eyes but hers. They walk to closer to find books were flying everywhere over her.
"Um. . . Nikore, how you doing today?" Hermione asked quietly. Nikore lifted her hand up and all the books soon fell to the ground, she wave her hand like she was saying good by to a friend, and they put themselves up. Hermione notice that the marks were no longer on her face and her hair was normal with the normal glow of red on the tips and bangs. She finally drew her face from the books and smiled softly, closing her book. In addition, with her hand, she asks them to sit down.
"Hello, good morning to all of you." She said putting her book away.
"You should really show me how to do that with her hand, how to put books away." Ron said looking in amazement.
"Thank you Ron, I am sure I will before I leave school." She said, that is when everyone finally notices the sadness in her eyes.
"You're leaving?" Ask Harry.
"Yes, I am afraid I am too ill for this fast paste school."
"We could help, or maybe the teachers could give you lesser work then us." Ron started to ramble on.
"Its ok, I'm use to it, I am not well enough, have not been well since I was young." She said smiling.
"I hope to send an owl to each one of you when I get the chance to write, you guys have been such good friends to me." She said, tears finally gather up and spill. "They said I be transferring after Christmas.
"Well then I say we make the best out of for Nikore then." Hermione said aloud.
"YEAH!" Both Harry and Ron said at once.
"Thank you" She said quietly. "Anyone had seen Hagrid today at the hut?"
"No" They all three said at once.
"OK I am up to see him" She said jumping up, she grab her bag, along with her the three friends stood at once and started walking behind her down to the hut where there friend had been living for the longest time.
Not knowing that a creature was watching them with eyes that were only the deepest purple, the eyes was so dark purple it could look black. Creatures stood quietly, watch, and listen to the words that were coming out of Nikore mouth. She was being transfer once more and the creature too would have to follow once more. Could the girl not stand still for more then four months? Creature soon takes its exit and leaves to go back to its own little nest.
As Harry and his two friends leave Hagrid's place, leaving Nikore there, they walk up to the school, it was a little warmer and it seem the day never wanted to end.
"Um Hermione what all do you know of tattoo's on the back." Harry asked unwilling to look at Hermione and Ron.
"It depends on the tattoos and the places, as you said on the back, which kinda brings it down little under half of what someone could be." Hermione said, wrapping herself up in her cloak.
"What I could see of the back was stars and the different sides of moons, in a pattern, like making a picture. Then at the top was something was written and it looks like it was in different language."
"On Nikore face was marks of the elements, air, fire, water, earth. Her hair turns from water to fire." Ron said aloud. He looks at Harry and Hermione. He steps forward, going a little faster to keep up.
"But they were not tattoos Ron, they are birthmarks, which are a siren she is, the tattoos you said Harry could be anything." She said.
"What of the book she carries, you both saw she carries a book that no one but her can see." Harry said looking forward as they saw Hogwarts in sight.
"That book seems to be a power source then, after Crabbe and Goyle looked into it, Malfoy was skeptical about them getting into it. What ever it is, Malfoy didn't want them in it either." Ron said
"I am going back into the filing room tomorrow then. We need to know if she dangerous." Harry said.
"Could you anyway on parch draw the pattern of what the tattoos and the words, just like on her back?" Ask Hermione
"Yea, I remember it, it was horrible watching it in the dream."
Hermione knob as they reach the staircase and then up to the Fat Lady Hermione spoke firmly, "Scruples", the door open, and they walk into it. As they reach the room they sat down, Hermione ran up stairs quickly and came back with parch and quill and gave to Harry.
He begins drawing the stars and the shapes of the moon, then the words. He gave it Hermione who seem to be interesting into it, the stars in between of the moons, and the moons were in order they appeared on the calendar, but in circle routine, she look up at Harry and ask, "You remember colors?"
Harry was quiet for a minute, did colors appear in the dream, that's when he remember the color of the tattoos he seen on accident, he look up at Hermione, "Yes I do, blue was the star and silver was the moon, and the words were written in gold."
She read the words, "Harry 'Soy Accedo Senshi Soon' can't be what's on her back, because these are four different languages, Soy means in Spanish I, Accedo means in Latin approach, Senshi in Japan means Silver and well soon is in English. Why would she have four languages on her back in gold?" Hermione look at the two.
"Cause it is birth curse." Spoke a voice; they turn slowly to find Nikore behind them. She did not look angry. "I take it you look me up." She walk around the couch and sat down across from them. "My illness is not an illness; it's a curse the moon is where my people come from, well half of my blood line anyways, the moons are the deadly and the stars are saints." She sighs. "You know I am a siren Hermione, you are too smart not to know, yet you can not get the idea what my other half is, I am a Mixizrites, yet Hermione you know there are four different kinds, so you don't know which I am."
"Your correct Nikore, why keep it a secret from us."
I am putting you and everyone else in danger, Headmaster knows, but the monster is afraid of him. Hermione let you know there is one more Mixizrites left and no one knows it but me and Dumbledore, no worries Hagrid doesn't not know of anything of me." Nikore said.
"We will stand by you Nikore." Harry said.
"Yea," Ron and Hermione said at once.
"Thank you guys, I guess you know I am 208 huh? Let you guys know all through my life I was known as 'The One' you guys are my only friends I had ever made."
"Yea, why have you not age?" ask Ron.
"After the marks were made on my back, I was made to be the key to the worlds."
They talk on that night laughing and giggling over silly things, and that night no music made, only silence, Harry slept on, as did everyone else. Nikore slept peaceful knowing she had friends, and her feelings for Harry grew, yet she left out a sad part of it all, but she could not reveal it, for it is full of danger.
Sleep came to everyone but one, the creature watch in the corner of the girl's room, the creature simply wanted to watch with eagerness to see her in person, to have the key close to itself made it want to grab hold of Nikore more and more, yet it had to stay, keep an eye on things.
It was angry at the thought of not to be able to at least to have the taste of the hair off her head. It licks its lips and its nails digging into its scaly stomach, it took a step forward then step back. It knew someone was watching, and to step out of shadow into the moonlight, it burn its skin causing the stench to wake everyone and the alarm would go off.
The creature had begged at least taste one of the clothing Nikore wore that day to ease the tension in its belly, but no, nothing should give off that a watcher was there. Therefore, it must stay and look at the girl that night.
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