Author's notes: Love is in the air in this chapter when two best friends finally tell themselves they love each other. No, this is a straight story, bad people who think i'm going to do that, but there is something cool about this chapter as well, Hermione, Ron, and Harry become Animaguses, Sorry about the mess in the first chapter 10, i forgot to add the lines in chapter 10. enjoy and please review.
Chapter 10: Moolight's Love
It seemed like the Christmas holiday went by quickly for Laura and her brothers. Drake only left the school for Christmas because according to Karen, Drake had detention that day for cursing Laura, which in truth, she didn't mind having pink hair for the day and she knew he could've did worst like the Samuel's gang did. Billy and Robby were some sneaking with Laura down to the room of requirement for training with Drake, but neither Ron, Harry, or Hermione knew what was going on when their were in there.
There were a few attempts by Harry is see what the four (If Drake was in there too) was up too but every attempt end in failure because when he enter the room it was empty. Hermione asked Laura a few times what her and her brothers were up too, yet Laura keeps saying "Its training, Hermione, I'm trying to prepare my brothers for the coming war since my mom can't train them herself at the moment."
Neither of the three would believe Laura would do that but according to some of the professors, they saw a change in the two brothers, they've been less with the pranks against Flich, but somehow they look a little more mature. What ever Laura was doing to her brothers, she was really changing them around to a point.
Everyone knew Valentine's Day was coming up, and Gryffindor Tower was being decorated for Sunday. Laura didn't want to come down and help with the decorating, she felt like there was void in her heart or something. She didn't know what it was, she just didn't feel right. Back home at Salem, Laura and other students in Eaglehorn house would sneak out at night on Valentine's Day and try to find each other the woods, and it was always Drake who found her. Maybe it homesickness, or it could be something else she couldn't describe.
A few minutes Polaris came flying to the girls' dormitory with a letter from Drake, No one was up there with her, she open the letter and began to read it.
Come out to the Forbidden Forest tonight when everyone is asleep, I want to talk to you.
Laura's heart skipped a beat, was Drake serious, Laura thought, Polaris flew away to the owlery, Laura looked to the forest and saw a black panther at the forest's edge. He is serious about seeing me.
"Shadowclaw, you risking the mission doing this…" the mountain lion, Grayclaw, said lightly to the panther that was leaping tree from tree. The Panther stopped for a second and looked at Grayclaw with his soft green eyes, "Everyone thinks I'm away seeing my pure-blood father for the weekend, Grayclaw, not Laura." Shadowclaw purred lightly to Grayclaw.
Grayclaw growled lightly, the sounds of footsteps coming was heard by Grayclaw towards them as the mountain lion quickly hides. The white wolf smiles lightly as she looks up at the panther, "Well, I'm surprise at you, Shadowclaw." The wolf bark up to the pantherShadowclaw then had a playful grin on his face and pound on the white wolf. The white wolf played along with the panther. Then Shadowclaw let the wolf up after five minutes. "Why did you tell everyone you were going to see your father this weekend?" the wolf ask, Shadowclaw growled lightly, "I wanted to get away from Draco for the weekend. He was driving me nuts."
"He drive me nuts in class, you be surprised how many detentions I've given him so far." The wolf chuckle lightly, Shadowclaw sighed lightly as he leaped back in the tree. "I'm not going to make you go back if you don't want to, Drake, you know that." The wolf said with a smile.
The Panther shook his head and the panther tried to smile back, "I know, Karen, but I'm going to be back tomorrow morning, I promise." Grayclaw wasn't far, he heard the whole thing, and it brought a tear to his eyes knowing that Karen care for his son and she wasn't forcing Drake into this.
It was midnight, Laura sat by the fireplace waiting for the last person as the he headed up to dormitories for the night. Laura sighed lightly as she quick put on her cloak and start down to the Forbidden Forest. Unknowing to her, Ron, Harry, and Hermione were following her down. Two foxes were also followed the four as they sneaked down of the school.
Laura took off her cloak after she passed Hagrid's hut, and there Drake standing by the tree, and smiling at her. "Hey, Drake," Laura said and Drake nodded his head as they both when in to the forest. Harry pulled off the cloak as the trio followed closely behind them, but out of their sights. The foxes brushed up next to them scaring Hermione. "What the…" The two foxes looked up smiling at Hermione. Then a mountain lion growled at the trio and they thought they were going to be eaten.
The Mountain lion's form melted away as a wizard stood in front of them, "What are you five doing here?" The wizard said in a whisper. Harry and Ron took out their wands and aimed them at the wizard but the foxes form also melted away as both Billy and Robby stood in front of the wizard. "Harry, Ron, don't hurt him, this is Zack, Drake's father." Robby said in a whisper.
Harry and Ron quickly put their wands away, "All of you guys are animagus?" Harry asked and the three of them nodded their heads, "Yes, we are, my culture knew an easier way to become animagus, and that was by finding our animal spirits who guide us." Zack said lightly, then he place his hand on Hermione's head, "Like you for explain, Hermione, I see the wise owl within you," then Zack place his hand on Ron's head, "Ahh, you have the timber wolf, loyal, brave, and strong to your friends," finally he placed his hand on Harry's head, "Hmm, your is hiding, but I found him, a tiger I see within."
Then after a quick fifteen minute animagus training, an owl, a wolf, and a tiger followed behind the mountain lion and the two foxes as they continued to follow Laura and Drake's scents.
Drake and Laura stood by the lake looking up at the clear night skies, "It's so beautiful out here. It reminds me of home." Laura said lightly, Drake nodded his head and smiles, "Yeah, It reminds me of the lake where the tribe is, something I hope that my father and I could catch up by camping in a place like this."
"At least you still have your father…" Laura said with a bit of sadness in her voice as the group of animals found the two and found prefect places to see what was going on. Drake took Laura's hand and sighed, "I'm sorry, I forgot that upsets you."
"He wasn't my real father, but he was a part of me, he was a part of my life." Laura said, and then Laura began to cry. Drake turn towards her and gently wiped her tears, "I know, he was, "Drake began to said looking into her gentle brown eyes, "But you know you have someone else, Silvercloud."
"Silvercloud?" The owl hooted, the mountain lion purred lightly, "The name the tribe gave her."
"I do?" Laura said questionability to him. Drake nodded his head with a smile on his face as he pulled out an Indian necklace from his robe. Drake sighed. "I mean…Umm… I guess…what I'm trying to say is," then he gently placed the necklace around her neck and sighed again, "It's me, Silvercloud, I love you and I'll always love you."
Laura looked at the necklace Drake placed around her neck, then she looked him, "What about me being a…"
"I don't care about what you are, Silvercloud, I love you because of who you are." Drake said as both Laura and Drake came close to each other, and for the first time in their lives, they kissed each other under the glow of the moonlight, not afraid of what others would say about them being in love, and with a great hope in their heart that they can stay like this forever.
End Notes: Okay, I know the ending was sappy, heck it gave me a sick feeling in my stomach from writing it, but if I feel that two characters should be in love, then let them. The next chapter is a betrayal made by a character you would never guess would attempt to kill Karen. Yes, Karen's life is in danger next chapter and you'll never guess who going to try and end it, and it's not a death eater! Stay Tune.