Disclaimer: I heart pygmy puffs. I really do. If they actually existed, I would own tons of them. But unfortunately, they don't exist, and I don't own them, nor anything else except my characters and plot. I don't own RENT, either. Damn.
A/N: I must give some of the credit of this story to Addie, Christine, and Kristin, for taking my weird ideas and making them plausable. Or, well mostly. I LOVE YOU!
Warnings: The usual. Slash and language.
Chapter Nine: Dusk Awakened
"What do you mean Jade is missing?" Sirius looked really worried.
"She's not in her room, or the gym!"
"We should wake up Addie." Sirius started running up the stairs, before getting knocked over.
"You already managed to do that," Addie grumbled. "What's all the noise?"
"Addie, Jade is missing." Remus was about to give her a hug, but she started laughing.
"What? No she's not! She's right…Jade! You didn't tell them, did you! Get back here now!" Addie was a bit angry, but trying hard not to laugh. She pointed to the kneazle, which seemed to glare at her. Slowly, the cat transformed into Jade.
"Nice to see you all too." Jade turned back into a kneazle.
"Jade! You had us worried sick!" Again, she turned back into a human.
"Hey, it's not my fault that Crystal and Christine didn't tell you." Again she transformed back, only to be tackled by a silver tigrin with green stripes.
"Crystal! Stop attacking Jade!" And before anyone knew it, a kneazle, a silver tigrin, a blue frexie (Addie) and a gold tigrin with red stripes were rolling around on the floor playfully. Highly amused by the situation, Sirius transformed into a dog and pounced on the four girls. After a few minutes of playing like this, they all went back to their human form, laughing hysterically.
"So you guys are all animagi! But don't you have to be registered? And aren't there age restrictions?" Ron looked quite jealous.
"Well, the people who go to our school all have special warrants to be able to become animagi early. We are all registered." Addie explained calmly.
"Right. And just what kind of animals are you three?" Ron pointed to Addie, Christine, and Crystal.
"Well I'm a frexie. It's basicly like a muggle fox, with poisonus fangs. I have a special power though. I can become invisible." She morphed, and sat on the couch. With a blink, you couldn't see her. "Crystal is–" She was cut off.
"I'm a tigren. It's like a muggle tiger, only smaller, and with a much different color variety." Crystal wiggled her nose. "Each tigren has a unique power. For Christine and my case, we can speak to eachothe telepathicly." All of a sudden, Jade shreiked.
"MY PYGMY PUFF IS GONE!" Everybody started laughing. Addie's eyes widened and she dropped to the floor to help Jade find the little creature.
"Jade, relax! It's just a pygmy puff. They sell them in every pet store!" Sirius attempted to calm the girl down.
"NO! IT'S NOT JUST ANY PYGMY PUFF! IT'S MY SPECIAL PYGMY PUFF! IF I LOSE HER THERE WILL BE DIRE CONSEQUENCES!" She was practically in tears.
"I found it!" Crystal had started searching as well, because she hated seeing her best friend upset. She crossed to the kitchen entrance, and picked up a small black pygmy puff will bits of blue. Jade ran over and smothered it in a hug-like thing.
"I'm going to get dressed, and to make sure that Varya is ok. I'll be right back." Jade started up the stairs, pygmy puff in hand, Addie trailing behind her.
"I didn't know pygmy puffs had a gender," Ron commented.
"Well, duh, Ron. How are they supposed to reproduce?" Hermione slapped his shoulder. (A/N: hehe. Can you imagine pygmy puff mating rituals? Teehee.) "Crystal, Christine, what's with the pet?"
"We aren't quite sure. She got that thing when our parents…" Crystal trailed off. The twins suddenly looked quite depressed.
"When your parents what?" Pansy put her arm around Crystal, Theo doing the same to Christine. The prior started crying, and the latter continued.
"Voldemort isn't just in the United Kingdom. He's also in the States. You guys know what Inferi are, right?" The rest of the room nodded, fear in their eyes. "He used them in the U.S. Two years ago. He, or one of his followers, turned both mine and Addie's parents into Inferi, and had them try to kill us. We barely escaped. Crystal was knocked unconcious while trying to escape. While I pulled her to safety, Addie and Jade used their power. It's weird, they just held hands, and their magic quadrupled. They sent fireballs at our parents, or rather, what were our parents. It knocked them back for a moment, which gave us all the chance to use the emergency portkey. As soon as we left, it automatically stopped working. That's why Silrena adopted Crystal and me. Addie and Jade still don't have parents; they live in their house alone with that pygy puff… Of course Madame Yvette checks in on them a lot. Still…" Crystal ran up to her room, Christine close behind.
"Well. That was certainly interesting." Remus sat on the couch, Sirius following suit.
"Inferi? That's horrible. I wonder what there parents did to piss Voldie off…" Harry sat beside Sirius.
"Well if you all really want to know, I'll tell you." Everybody jumped, and turned to see Dumbledore, freshly arrived via floo. "America also has a version of the Order of the Pheonix. It is called the Order of the Sphinx. They are sister societies. Dusk Awakened, as the girls call themselves, all had parents in that Order. America's force wasn't nearly as powerful as ours. There were also fewer members. There was one battle, in which all the members were in a battle against death eaters. None survived. Tom feared that the children would become very powerful, so he sent their dead parents after them. Unfortunately for him, they were already very powerful. If Crystal hadn't lost conciousness, and they had all joined hands, they would have destroyed the Inferi completely. Everything Addie and Jade owned was destroyed, except for that pygmy puff. It is their only connection to their parents that they have." In the middle of this speech, Dumbledore had conjured up his squishy armchair and sat. Dusk Awakened has since then become even closer than they were before the incident. The reason they all moved here was because Tom wanted them destroyed again, and it was no longer safe in America. Silrena volunteered to bring them here. That's why no attacks have been placed on you, Harry, this summer. His attentions were focused else where." The room was dead silent, every one thinking about what had happened to the girls. And since everyone keeps suddenly appearing, I'll follow that trend.
"Well now that you know our life story…" Jade walked down the stairs, now wearing tight black jeans and a black corset top, with jade silk on the trim and back. Addie and Christine were behind her, each wearing skirts, though Addie's was a dark corduroy and Christine's was a long, flowing, flowery tablecloth by the look of it. (A/N: That was all Addie, Chris. Attack her, not me.) Crystal wore the same as Jade, except with silver silk instead of jade, and had her arm linked with Jade's. Uh, they like to match. "Hey double D. Nice to see ya." Jade gave Dumbledore a hug, and the other girls followed suit. Damn twinkling eyes.
"As you can see, I've met Dusk Awakend before." Jade and Crystal smirked, while Addie and Christine blushed.
"So what are you guys planning to do today?" Remus was playing with Sirius' hair.
"I hadn't really thought of anything. Probably just chill all day," Harry said, his head on Draco's shoulder.
"Um, I heard somebody mention a gym earlier? Would that happen to have a badmitton court? Usually in the morning, we have a sisters tournament type thing." Addie stood up, walking towards Harry.
"Well, it doesn't. But we could easily put one there. I'll do that now." Harry quickly got up to change the gym around. Dusk Awakened said thank you and went upstairs to change into almost matching outfits, black tennis skort and racerback. Only difference was that the twins had a KC logo on theirs, and the others had a JA logo. When Pansy brought them to the gym, everybody had migrated there, even Dumbledore, to watch the match. The girls looked at eachother. "Well I guess I'll be referee…" The girls went to their assigned sides, and accio-ed their rackets and a few birdies. Harry went up to the net. "Who wants to serve?" Christine walked up to him.
"I will. Ready? Zero serving zero!" And hence, the games began. The game was very close, almost always tied. Draco and Harry both noticed that Jade was very good at hitting overhand hard and fast. Ron noted that Christine was better at underhand short hits. Pansy saw that Crystal had the same qualities as Jade. And since Blaise was still drooling over Addie and muttering about her in Italian, of course he noticed that Addie was better at fast underhand short hits. The game went on for about an hour before Dumbledore said it was time to stop.
"Girls, you are tied at 50 to 50, I think you have had enough of a work out. Despite the fact that you aren't even sweating… Well, I think it's time for lunch, seeing as you all skipped breakfast. (A/N: If Addie and I won, Christine would kill me. If Christine won, Addie would kill me. Hence, the tie.) Everybody nodded followed the headmaster down the stairs. Once they were all seated, Christine spoke up.
"Professor Dumbledore?" She seemed quite nervous.
"Yes my dear?" Dumbledore focused his attentions on her.
"Um, what will the sorting ceremony be like? Nobody has told me, and I'm a bit anxious about the whole thing…" She blushed.
"Well, all of the first years will be sorted first. Then I will make an announcement about you four, and how you are from America, and will be transferring to Hogwarts. I will first call you, since your last name, Aara O'loome, comes before Addie and Jade's, Lindelea, and your name is before Crystals. You will sit on a stool, and I will place the Sorting Hat on your head. It will then decide what house to place you in. When it is decided, you will sit with your fellow housemates. Crystal will be next, followed by Addie, and last will be Jade. Then the feast shall begin."
"You can just say Aara for our last name, sir. Aara O'loome is quite long. It's a combination of our parent's last names." Crystal interrupted.
"Duly noted. Well I had better leave now. I have a meeting with Minerva. Good day." The others said their goodbyes, and started chatting about random things. Nobody noticed when Addie and Blaise slipped up to the attic…
About an hour later, the two returned, looking very ruffled, thankful that no one noticed their absence. For the rest of the day, everybody hung out talking, getting to know eachother better. Slowly, the couples started going off. First Addie and Blaise (Man are they horny), Draco and Harry, Crystal and Pansy, Christine and Theo, and Ron and Hermione. Jade, of course was left alone. Remus nudged Sirius to go talk to her.
"Hey Jade. How are you?" He put his arm around her, in a friendly way. Unfortunately, since he likes leather too. Meh. Anyway, she looked up.
"I'm absolutely, completely, fabulous!" Sarcastically, of course. Sirius chuckled.
"Don't worry about it. You'll find some one. Hey, maybe you'll get lucky and get TWO somebodies. But I seriously doubt it. If I couldn't, you certainly have no chance." Remus walked up behind him.
"O, I don't know, Padfoot. She's pretty, and likes leather just as much as you, if not more." Sirius gasped, looking offended.
"MORE obsessed with LEATHER than ME? You must be JOKING!" Jade couldn't help but laugh.
"Hey, about the more than one somebody, been there, done that." She smirked at the two's reaction. "I'm kidding! I'm kidding! I think I'm going to go do some singing. Night Siri. Night Remus. She gave them both a hug, and Sirius a peck on the cheek. As she walked to her room, she couldn't help but feel a twinge of loneliness. (oh the emo-ness!) "I want some one to take me out tonight…" She cast a silence charm on her room, and started playing RENT again.
What's the time? Well it's gotta be close to midnight.
My body's talking to me, it says, 'Time for danger.'
It says, 'I wanna committ a crime! Wanna be the cause of a fight.
I wanna put on a tight skirt, and flirt with a stranger…'
We don't need any money, I always get in for free.
You can get in too, if you get in with me…
Let's go, out! Tonight… I have to go…
Out tonight. You wanna play? Let's run away!
We won't be back before it's Christmas Day.
Take me out, tonight.
As the song progressed, she started doing her choreography, and completely lost track of the real world. (Mind you, this song has a lot of pole dancing type dance movements. Hehe.)
Meanwhile…
Draco was lying awake in bed, listening to Harry's steady breathing. He could barely hear the music from Jade's room. She won't be in Ravenclaw. Not with THAT silencing spell… He figured no one else was up, so he went to her room. When he knocked, no one answered. He quietly opened the door, and sat on a couch, watching Jade's, um, unique dance moves and singing her song. She's not that bad. She DOES look good in leather…Well… Who DOESN'T look good in leather? Draco jolted back to reality when the song finished.
"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING IN HERE? HAVE YOU EVER HEARD OF KNOCKING? Jade was furious (and embaressed that she had gotten caught again.).
"Uh…I…Sorry… I DID knock." Draco blushed. "I'm sorry, I'll leave." Jade stopped him.
"No, I shouldn't have yelled… I just hate it when people watch me without me knowing. I get self-conscious. Normally it's the other way around with people."
"Well…er… you did a great job. Do you want to be on muggle Broadway or wizard?"
"Both, actually. Anything." She smiled, looking at the wall behind him.
"So… you look nice…"
"Thanks." Before she knew it, Draco had leaned in and kissed her. She was about to kiss him again, but quickly drew back.
"Wait…what? This can't happen. You have Harry, and I have… my music. Don't give up someone like Harry so quickly. He loves you. You are lucky to have him." She pushed him out the door, locked it, and placed another silencing charm on the room. It was a lot better than the previous one, almost like the first time she did it badly on purpose…
At about midnight, Addie went downstairs. Pansy was a cool person, but her snoring could start an avalanch. She layed down on the couch, and placed her blanket over her. Right before she drifted off, footsteps could be heard coming down the stairs. Not wanting to be seen or disturb anyone, she changed into a frexie and became invisible.
Blaise entered the living room, looking around, also not wanting to be caught. He took some floo powder and muttered a name. Addie tried to hear what Theo was saying, but couldn't. All she caught was the word murder. She tensed, and watched as the boy returned to his room. What was he doing…What about murder? I think I may have to see Dumbledore tomorrow…
A/N: Another chapter out. On time this week too! I feel accomplished. :) So this chapter wasn't so great, I know. The badmitton match was really stupid, I know, but for some strange reason unknown to me I had to put it in. Blame my muse. I don't have much to say this chapter, so here are the reviews.
K.Krum: So you didn't get to beta. You still love me. And you know it. :P
HalfSithalready: O shut up you. You have more stuff this chapter. Stop complaining. (love!)
Chocoholicbookworm: Yes, chapter out on time this week. Um, I guess I could give you a small cameo (sp?) in the story. Email me about it. Glad you liked that chapter!
Addie: Well of course YOU love the story, you are IN it. You just love me because I made you a prep and had you wearing your green jacket. Hmph. (love!)
Susan Potter: Here ya go!
Berserkergoddess: Lol, thanks. Chocoholicbookworm doesn't like slash unless it's really well written. Hehe, I'm getting people to like things they don't normally. I think I'm getting egotistical, lol.
That's it!
Me: Draco kissed me.
Draco: Shh!
Me: Heh. I'm pretty.
Draco: O shut up you.
Me: (sticks tongue out.)