Hey I'm back! Well, here's the third chapter! This is sorta two chapters. Please R&R?

"So? What's she like?" Ron badgered.

"She's really nice, but… there's something.. eh… off about her." Hermione answered.

"Really? What?" Ron asked.

"Well…. She has a scar… like Harry… but it's around her belly button. I asked her where she got it, but she claimed she couldn't remember." She said.

"Oh… it's probably nothing. I mean, lots of other students have scars. Not just Harry." He said.

"Yes I know, but… her's is shaped like a sun. How many other students have scars shaped like elements?" She asked. They were both quiet for a while when Paige came up behind them and broke the silence.

"Hi Hermione!" she greeted. A little loud too.

"Goodness! You startled me!" Hermione laughed. Paige caught up and walked next to her.

"Oh, hi Ron. I forgot about you" she laughed.

"How are you?" he replied.

"I'm good thanks!" she said then looked around. A black cat was perched across her shoulders. Hermione noticed him and squinted her eyes.

"Didn't you arrive here on a black Pegasus?" Hermione asked.

"Nope. I came on Apollo here." She said then stroked the cat's sleek black coat.

"But…that's a cat!" Ron said very…..very…confused. Apollo let out a small "raow". Paige covered her mouth and laughed.

"Apollo, that's not very nice" she giggled. Ron and Hermione exchanged confused looks.

"You can talk to cats?" Hermione asked.

"No, just Apollo." She laughed. "I was a very curious kid. I always ran tests on him. Some changed him forever. I was working on a spell that would allow animals to speak human. I thought I had it all worked out but when I cast the spell…it backfired on me. So now I can talk to Apollo. Not exactly a bad consequence. He can also change his from to any other animal when he wants." She explained. Apollo then melted into a puff of black smoke then shaped himself into a black Phoenix and perched on Paige's shoulder.

"Of course he can only be black. Comes in handy when I need him to spy. He'll turn into an unnoticeable cockroach or something small and slip under a door or in between cracks and stuff." She said.

"Ah" Hermione said. "But, when you were riding him, you said you cast a spell on him." She said.

"That's because he can be stubborn sometimes and I turn him into what I need him to be…. He can't change back for at least and hour when I do that." She explained. The black Phoenix let out a small growl, then changed back into a cat. He glared at Ron. He jumped from Paige's shoulder to the ground and stopped in front of Ron. He melted into a puff of smoke. Ron's expression went from confusion, to pure horror. Apollo was now an oversized, shinny, black spider.

"Ah…ah!…. What the bloody hell is he doing!" Ron shouted.

"He's afraid of spiders" Hermione sighed. Paige quickly snatched Apollo up. His jaws snapped and his legs moved fast and freakishly.

"Did I forget to mention he can read minds and loves to pick on people with their worst fears?" Paige laughed while struggling to keep her grip on him. Ron just stood still…pale white.

"Apollo…stop it right now!" she scolded. He muttered something no one could understand and changed back into a cat. Paige sighed. He made his way back to her shoulder. Ron came out of his scared trance. He glared at Apollo, his eyes then descended down to Paige's belly. Her stomach was covered by her uniform and robes but Ron was still curious as to how she got that scar. He was determined to find out.

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'W-where am I?' Paige's voice echoed. Its dark all around her. She can't see anything. A beam of light flickers then shines yards away from her. A figure appears in the light. Its back is turned to her, it's a woman.

'Hello? Can you tell me how I got here?' She asks the figure as she walks closer to it. It turns to her slowly. She is then overwhelmed by a flood of shock and horror as she stares at a mangled bloody face. There is no skin left of the face. The blood is dark red, fresh in some places and dried, cracked and purple in others. The teeth are fully exposed and the bulging eye balls stare at her. The figure then collapses to the ground leaving a single bloody spatter mark. Paige gasps in horror. She knows who this is…

'Paige? Paige!' someone called…………

Paige woke up to Hermione shaking her shoulder. Cold sweat ran down her face and her heart was pounding. She sat up.

"Paige, are you alright?" Hermione asked, worried.

"Yeah, yeah… I-I'm fine… it was just a nightmare. Not real, heh" She lied. Her voice was shakey.

"Are you sure? People don't wake up in cold sweats for nothing." She asked. She was still breathing a little heavy, but her heart had slowed to an almost normal pace.

"Yeah, it's nothing." She said and smiled…….