Hey! a bit more action in this one. I hope you like it.
As time went by Sebastian had grown completely accustomed to her new surrounding. Heck, this was the closest she's had to a home in a very long time.
She never felt happier then when her sister was around and now she had that all the time.
On top of that, Sebastian had friends.
Friends. Sebastian was not used to that, even the word itself sounded strange coming from her. She didn't have many friends over the past few years, and the few she had – she was forced to push away.
Back in Durmstrang, things were different. You didn't have friends – you had allies, and even of those she only had a few. As for real friends, well, it seemed she wasn't destined to have them, until now.
Sitting at the Gryffindor table during lunch, she closely watched everyone around her, a small smile gracing her features.
"Oh Ron, that's just disgusting!" she heard Hermione exclaim.
"What's disgusting?" Ron asked, some of his food spilling out of his mouth.
"Ahhh!" her sister dropped her head in frustration as Ginny started giggling.
"See Mia, I told you he's not totally useless" the little red head piped in, "He can be used as a bad example!"
Everyone around her laughed as Ron's face turned into a scowl and he glared at his sister.
"Hey! No glaring at my girlfriend!" Harry said, putting an arm around Ginny.
"Uh..Great, laugh at me then make me sick. Sure, kick me while I'm down, why don't you!" Ron said now frustrated as well.
Looking at her watch Sebastian motioned her sister it was time to go.
Hermione moved to get up from the bench, "let's go guys" she said still laughing, "you too Ron".
The red head looked at her, he seemed perplexed "go where?", he asked.
"Well Ron, it's time to change the air in your head, so I thought we could do that now" he was about to reply when Hermione continued, "the lesson is about to start! Lessons, school, remember what we're here for?" she concluded as everyone started laughing again.
Ron was still scowling as he also got up and walked around the table, "Did I miss the opening of "Ron season" or something?" He muttered as the laughing bunch made its way out of the great hall.
From across the great hall, a blue eyed boy followed the departure, his eyes never leaving Sebastian.
Draco silently watched as his friend intently stared at the mysterious girl.
As the doors of the hall slammed shut, Blaise sighed and ran a hand through his hair.
"She avoids me like the plague" he said dejectedly, "almost as if she's afraid of me".
He clearly remembered running into Sebastian a few days after the 'argument', as he called it. She was coming through the portrait hall as the boys were heading out. She seemed to be deep in thought since she didn't even notice Blaise and walked right into him.
He remembered so clearly the panic that crept into her eyes as she realized who she bumped into. She recoiled as if burned.
Her reaction hurt him and he couldn't keep the emotion from showing in his eyes.
Sebastian obviously saw it. Blaise noticed her eyes soften and it appeared as though she was about to say something. Her lips parted a bit but no sound came out, suddenly she shook her head and ran past them into her room.
Draco also clearly remembered that incident.
"I think she's more afraid of what she might do to you if she gets mad again" He said with a frown, "you didn't forget your previous encounter, now did you?"
"How can I forget? I couldn't breathe normally for a few hours after our 'lovely' meeting, and her golden eyes still haunt my dreams"
"So you noticed that too, I've been meaning to ask you about that. Though there is something else that also bothers me.
Why the hell did you call them mudbloods? You don't believe in that whole superiority crap and neither does your family so why even bring it up?" Draco asked.
"I'm not sure mate" Blaise answered, "I guess I just wanted her to feel some of the pain I felt when she disappeared"
"Well, that one completely backfired on you" Draco said chuckling. But his face became serious again a second later, "Her eyes, you noticed it, didn't you?" he asked Blaise.
"Oh yeah, that was impossible to miss. Like the eyes of a tigress on a hunt, but golden. I've never been so afraid and mesmerized at the same time."
"I was just wondering" Draco continued a bit later, "how can muggle parents have two magical children, especially as strong as these two?"
Blaise thought about it for a minute, "they are twins though" he finally said.
"I don't think that matters mate" Draco replied while standing up, "come on, the lesson's about to begin".
The Gryffindors and Slytherins were all assembled outside waiting for Hagrid to arrive. The half-giant finally appeared at the edge of the forbidden forest and motioned them to come over.
As the students approached him they noticed little cat like creatures running around in a secluded area behind him.
"Hello everyone" Hagrid began, "today we will be studying about the Felidae, that's what these little ones are called" he added gesturing to the small creatures playing behind him.
He then went on to explain that the Felidae were like miniature tigers, only friendlier.
The ones playing behind him were only cubs but it appeared that the grown specimens were not much larger then that.
"Be careful though, they choose who they want to play with, and if they don't like someone they can be quite dangerous" Hagrid warned, "just go over there and wait till one of them comes to you"
The excited students rushed toward the "kittens" and surrounded the secluded area, waiting for the Felidae to notice them.
"Are you coming Bastian?" Hermione prodded. All of their friends had already moved forward and now stood looking at the hesitant creatures bunched at the center of their playground.
"Bastian, is everything alright? Are you ok?" Hermione glanced at her sister, worry creeping into her eyes.
Sebastian appeared to be intently staring into the distance, her fists clenched tightly by her sight. Her breathing was labored and her skin frighteningly pale.
As Hermione repeated her name over and over trying to gain her attention, there was absolutely no response.
After a few excruciatingly long minutes her eyes seemed to refocus and she took a deep breath.
"Sebastian! Can you hear me?" Hermione asked again.
"Yeah, I can hear you" Sebastian whispered
"What happened?"
"I'm not sure Mi, it's been happening for a while now, the pain hits and I can hardly breathe. It's gotten worse since our lessons began, the pain intensified"
"Why didn't you tell me?" Hermione almost shouted.
Their argument was interrupted as one of the cubs climbed over the low fence that surrounded their playground and made its way towards the sisters.
As it came closer to them, the cub headed straight to Sebastian and started clawing at her pants.
"Oh, look at that, he's so cute!" Hermione said, her anger momentarily forgotten.
"Actually, I believe it's a she" Sebastian replied as she picked up the cub.
The little creature purred in content as she scratched behind its ear.
A moment later however, Sebastian was forced to return the cub to the ground as the pain in her chest grew again.
Both the cub and Hermione looked at her with worry in their eyes.
"Mia, it's happening again" she whispered as her face became pale and she slightly stumbled backwards, "I need to get out of here".
She tried to walk away but it was too late. As she turned to leave, Sebastian lost her balance and collapsed to the ground.
A few of the students turned to see Hermione crouched down near her sister's motionless body.
"What is going on there?" Hagrid exclaimed.
Realizing what happened he moved towards the girls, "go get Dumbledore" he told one of the students.
Draco saw his friend freeze for a second as he saw Sebastian's still body lying on the ground. The worry was clearly visible in Blaise's eyes as he rushed to her side.
Only remotely aware of his own actions, Blaise hurriedly kneeled beside Sebastian and took her hand.
Had the eyes of every student not already been focused on Sebastian prior to that, such a gesture from Slytherin's Blaise Zabini was bound to grab anyone's attention.
"Tay, can you hear me?" he gently whispered, while Hermione and Draco just stared at him. "Please baby, open your eyes" Blaise continued.
She was struggling to open her eyes as her hazy mind cleared a bit.
Her head felt like someone took a hammer to it and the first rays of light filtering through blinded her as she slightly opened her eyes.
She heard a soft voice calling her. 'Tay', only one person called her that.
Her vision slowly focused and she saw Mia and Blaise by her side.
A few steps behind them, the rest of the students were bunched together, trying to see what was going on.
'No', she thought, 'they can't see me like this'.
"Keep them away" she said, her voice barely above a whisper.
Blaise and Hermione were too busy worrying about her to take care of that, however it seemed that the cub, that was still by her side, heard her loud and clear.
Jumping to her feet, the little tigress moved to stand between Sebastian and the crowd of students that was slowly edging closer.
Taking up a predatory stance that clearly conveyed her intentions towards anyone who'd dare come closer, she emitted a growl.
The crowd moved back and Sebastian attempted a smile.
"I think I should keep her" she said.
Her head now lay on her sister's lap and Hermione soothingly ran her fingers through Sebastian's hair while Blaise was still holding her hand.
"Blaise", she began, "I really need to talk to you". He never saw her look so frail.
"I'm so.." she began, but her words turned into a loud gasp and she snapped her eyes shut.
"What happened? Where is she?"
Those were the last words Sebastian heard before her body began to convulse in pain again and the darkness swallowed her.
"No!" Dumbledore heard Hermione shout.
"Not again!" she looked at him in despair, "this is the third time in the last hour! What is going on?"
Third time. Her words echoed in his mind. But wasn't it too soon?
Looking at Sebastian again he noticed the faint golden glow of her skin. It was time.
"Only you can help her now Hermione" he said, looking into her eyes.
Understanding what he meant, Hermione took both her sister's hands in hers.
"What is she doing?" Blaise asked when Hermione shut her eyes and began whispering something in a language he didn't understand.
"Fighting to get her back" Dumbledore replied and urged him to be quiet.
All Blaise could do now was stare, dumbfounded, as the situation unraveled before him.
The golden hue surrounding Sebastian's body was getting stronger, as was the violent shaking of her body.
A silvery-white glow now surrounded Hermione as well, while her chanting grew louder and louder.
As the wind picked up, the entire atmosphere seemed to change around them and everything became darker.
Jumping up, the cub settled itself on Sebastian's chest, which seemed to calm the shaking a little.
As both glows intensified and molded, Blaise understood pieces of what Hermione was saying.
"You can't have her" she repeated again and again, "she's MY sister, MY family and this is where she belongs! You can't have her!"
The wind howled as Hermione's eyes flew open.
Silver. In the second before she fixed her gaze on the sky, Draco and Blaise both saw the long oval silvery pupils that replaced her usual warm brown ones.
She looked just like Sebastian did, during her first encounter with Blaise, only the colours where different.
"You can't have her!" she repeated again, practically screaming, "She's staying here!" were her final words.
It was as though nothing had happened, suddenly there was no wind and the sky was as bright as always.
Hermione sat there, panting, looking every bit like her usual self.
And only Sebastian still lay unconscious on the ground.
"Why didn't she wake up?" Hermione whispered, lifting her eyes to meet Dumbledore's gaze, "she was supposed to wake up" she said as the tears started streaming down her face.
Dumbledore was about to speak, but the cub meowed slightly from its position on Sebastian's chest, earning everyone's attention.
Sebastian stirred a little, the headache was almost gone but her eyelids were just so heavy.
While fighting to open her eyes, she felt a weight upon her chest, slowly moving upward and opening her eyes, Sebastian encircled the little cub within her arms.
"Oh Gods, the sun is way too bright" she slowly began.
"How are you child?" Dumbledore asked, his voice full of concern.
"I've had better days" came the quiet reply "but I've had worse too", she added and the others couldn't help but frown.
Only after they made sure Sebastian was alright, they finally took in her appearance.
Her black hair now had golden streaks running through it, and her pale skin adopted a golden tan with a slight glow.
Her ears were now more pointed at their ends and her eyes were large with oval golden pupils.
All in all, it seemed that Firenze's 'golden eyed, pointy eared' creature, was back.
A/N: Well, what do you think? plz plz plz review! Reviews are good! even great!I love them and all those who review:)
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