There was no news the next day about an arrest, and to Rivers relief, she saw Aden two days after they had walked into the headmistress office. He walked towards her with a huge grin and said, "miss Blackwell, can I have a moment of your time? I just want you to know that your recipe on blueberry muffins seem to be immensely popular with my tester. I was wondering if you have any more recipe as we plan to make a coking issue." River smiled and said, "sure," and She Aden and Rosie walked to an empty classroom. Aden looked around that smiled broadly at them "I cannot thank you enough for conversing me to turn myself in. It was close for them to turn their focus on Spider as their trail had started to dry up, but thanks to my information and theirs, we might have a shot." Still, a recipe," River said, "Aden smiled. "I needed an excuse for why we talked yesterday, and it was the best I could come up with on short notice. I did sacrifice my secret recipe. I have not slept this good since this all began. I will not waste the chance you help give me, and I will forever be in your debt." Thank you again," that he turned around and headed back. The next week was calm. All the teachers seemed distracted, and Aden was going around interview people left and right.
River a Rose was headed to Transfiguration class as a thought struck her, and River said, "do you think that…" she never finished that sentence. She feels the incredible need to go to the bathroom. She excused herself from Rosie and ran to the nearest bathroom. She told Rosie as she went to not wait for her. River cursed that there was such a long way to the closest bathroom from there. She took a left turn, then up several stairs, then down a long corridor. She could not think of much else than that she needed to go. She met no one when she entered the final stretch to the bathroom, and it seemed like this part of the castle was empty. She rushed into the bathroom, took the nearest stall. She collapsed and only then realized something was very wrong. River had gone to the toilet not too long ago, and the need had arrived too suddenly.
There was silence for a couple of seconds as she needs to go to the bathroom completely disappeared. Then she heard panicked whispers, "why is not the other one coming? we were supposed to take out both of them. "That sent shivers down her spine as two girls took positions around the stale. River noticed that she could see one girl in the gap. She had taken a very exposed place as she would be blocked when she opened the door. River noticed that the girl was so close that she would hit her if she opened it. She had no desire to find out what they wanted to do with them.
She did not want to take the risk. The door was not even locked; they could just open the door. They could use Almora to open it also if she had closed it. They seemed content with waiting for her but probably not for much longer. She took a deep breath and flushed, covering the noise of the strength charm. Then she heaved the door with all her magical strength. It flew open, and it was a crunched as the door shattered the girl's arm. Then continued past as it flew off its hinges and landed with a heavy thud. Startling the other assailant, a dark-haired Ravenclaw fifth-grader and before she could recover River shouted "Petrificus Totalus." Her arm and leg forcefully looked together. She then tipped over fell backward toward the stall opposite the one River had chosen her wand clattering to the floor. She looked down on the first assailant; a pretty blond that was gasping on the floor her arm destroyed. River winced. That would alert Rosie that something was going on, and she would be making her way over here. River felt her magical strength leave her as the charm had not probably applied.
She heard someone opening the door and not knowing if it was friend or foe. She turned a bit too quickly and yelled expelliarmus. It hit a Ravenclaw boy. She felt a brief moment of disbelief as her incorrectly performed counter jinx disarmed them both. The wands collided in the air and landed on the ground, almost precisely an equal distance between them. They just looked at each other in disbelief. He was a dark-haired fifth year. They recovered at the same time and charged. She lagged a bit so that just before he dived for the wands, River kicked him. He staggered back, and she followed him and tried to get a clean hit on the head, but he was just out of reach. He charged past her, surprised her, and dived for the wands.
River jumped on top of him, pinning his wand arm and trying to punch him in the face with the other. His other hand was in her face trying to push her away. River bit into his hand as hard as she could. The boy screamed far more than from the pain. It was a sound of pure terror. River was able to think "Werewolf." Curses flew everything as he tried to point the wand toward her, but she managed to keep the wand away from her. He hit her in the head, sending her head spinning. She got a lucky hit in return and managed to stun him temporally. She took that moment of respite to punch him over and over until River realized that he was not fighting back anymore. For a moment, she thought she might have killed him, but to River's relief, she noised that he was breathing at least.
She picked up both wands and put the boy's wand in her poked as she was surveying the damage his curses had done. Some of them had hit the paralyzed Ravenclaw, and now she looked a lot more pinkish, and I looked like steam rose from her. The blond girl had passed out. River wondered if Rosie could still feel the pain.
She heard steps, and she knew that she did not have another fight that River just had in her, so when the door opened, she imminently yelled, "Petrificus Totalus." It was Ravenclaws Headboy Nehemaih her Petrificus Totaluswere deflected by a flick of his wrist. Before she was able to anything else, her wand flew out of her hands. She then just stood there completely at a loss of what to do when he shot out ropes from his wand that tied her up, and she fell to the ground.
He looked around with a baffled expression. I sent the three of you to take down two practically third years, and you all get beaten by one? Where not you supposed to be the elite inner circle" He shook his head. "you are Phoenix" River on a hunch. He smiled a sinister smile, "no, we all are" and stretch out his arms in a gesture that would be much more impressive if the others were not out cold.
He got a calculating expression as he looked at his subordinates. He was displeased with how his plan was proceeding. River needed to by the time she knew that Rosie was on her way here and that if she did not have the element of surprise, there was no way she would be able to win. She looked at the blond member hoping that Rosie would arrive soon. River tried to reach her pocket with the extra wand but was unable to reach it.
River asked the first thing that came to her mind, "why us?" "his expression turned into a snarl, and he almost spat out "Did you think your visit to the headmistress went unnoticed?" She was desperately trying to find something to distract him. She snickered to get HIs attention "do you think you are some sort of heroes you are just cowards. The reason I could beat all of your subordinates is that they were incompetent as are you"
He smiled at her "I cannot argue on my supporters as they did lose three against one. It a great final act for you" River felt cold, and her voice shaking said, "final?" His smile widens, and he said "Yes I have a fall guy that I will have to kill you, and the fall will take suicide" River felt could and her eyes drifted to the blond now both hoping that Rosie would come and save her and to stay away so that they did not kill her as well. "What are you looking at, "Nehemaih said. River tried to make her expression a blank as possible as she meets his compilating expression, then his eyes widen, and he was laughing. That is right; she probably felt the pain before she passed out and is perhaps on her way here. River was unable to keep the horror from her face
He looked calculating and said to himself, "there is enough time" He looked at River said, "I am sorry, but I need her to pick up the pace" he pointed his wand at her and said "crusio" she like her entire body was on fire ever part screaming. It felt like it lasted a long time. And then suddenly it was over. He smiled as something on his watch there she is. She should be here in a couple of minutes if she hurries. Oh, and by the way, the room is charmed, no sound escapes, so screaming is pointless River knew that this might be her last chance, so she asked" at least tell me who Dragon is" His expression turned dark, and he said "Sebastian Foster. He continued the poison I wanted to use would have sent a strong message without getting the entire ministry on us, and we could have advanced to phase two that we had planned in detail, and all of it ruined by that guy and his stupid house elf. A house-elf had poisoned the food River felt confused, but he was on a roll. Talking about all the details of his plane and all that Dragon had destroyed them all up. Even in all his ranting, he never took his eyes and wand away from the door."
He finished his monolog, and she knew she had to if River wanted to live River started to fling every insult she could think of at him. That he had a stupid name, they were all cowards, that they were crazy if they thought that they could escape Hermione Granger "to Rivers delight and horror it worked his smile completely disappeared he said with a voice that was dripping with poison "crusio ".
Everything was pain. She forgot her name, reality, her plan everting. She could not scream; she could not cry; it was all pain. The pain where there at the beginning of her existence, and when it ended, she returned to reality sobbing. Nehemiah's smile returned, and he said:" do you doubt me now, bitch, or do you want another demonstration." She just shook her head he smiled widen and said in a false "to bad" He let it hang for a moment then with disdain in his voice said "Crusio" It was not as bad as the last one as she could scream and did that. He was so distracted that he had not noticed that his crusio curses had damaged the ropes.
He looked away from her and focused on the door. She knew that she should insult him to try to distract him, but she was unable to form the words. Then she felt anger and hatred that were not her own. Nehemiah got an expression of triumph, then he staggered back, clutching his head.
A second later, Rosie opened the door. A look of absolute focus on her face. River started to try to get free from the damaged ropes. She began to get an arm free as Rosie started to weaken. Nehemiah began to utter half-formed curses before Rosie was able to disrupt him. River was almost free with one arm when she heard Nehemiah say "avada "before he was interrupted by Rosie unleashing a desperate attack. River almost cried in relief when River was able to reach her pocket, and with the borrowed wand, River used strength charm. She heard "avada ka…" before she used her strength to break her bonds and lunged at Nehemiah. He had almost recovered enough to try a third time, but River grabbed his arms. His ways widen in fear as she, with the full force of her enhanced strength, snapped his arms. She used so much power that her wrist snapped, and they both collapsed, screaming in pain.
Rosie almost collapsed as well but had the presence of mind to collect all the wands and then collapsing by River's side. They needed to tell someone, but they were both so tired. The pain made it hard for River to think. They both sat there, not having the energy to even get up. River almost passed out, and Rosie looked like she was going to try to get up. When Professor Sprout and McKnight, as well as Hemione, busted in. They all three looked like they had run a marathon and were breathing heavily. They were surveying the situation noticing River and Rosie. "What happens here, professor Sprout" explained River opened her mouth to tell her then promptly passed out.
River woke up in the hospital wing and felt much better. There were a lot of teachers plus Hermione Granger around her bed. The first thing she told them was what the leader had said about Dragon as it was vital that they got to him before he heard about Phoenix capture. Professor Mcknight went Immediately
along with professor sprout. River wondered if the two that had the messed-up body slowing charm had not been an accident, but something dragon had done on purpose.
Then she told them exactly what had happened from her toilet emergency to braking his arms and her wrists.
After she finished, there was a moment of silence. McGonagall smiled "very well done you two" River realizing something, "how did you know that we were in trouble.?" "Hermione said, "we have a way to keep tabs on students, and so we found our lead suspect where somewhere where he should not be. We investigated we found him unconscious, and then we saw some strange moment around another of our suspect which was Nehemiah." When we saw that you were there, we sent a couple for you, and the rest stayed with Elliot Lee. How he intended to move you from one location to the other is still a mystery". Then Madam Pomfrey threw the other out to let River and Rosie rest.
After an hour, Granger came back and looked into how she was doing. Then Professor sprout entered and said, "I have bad news. Dragon is dead. It looks like suicide, and he killed the house elf. He left a note he nodded it is his handwriting with a manifesto" Hermione screamed "That basted! Do he think he owns that poor creature". River relaxed, glad that everything was over.
According to the rumors, she had single handily beaten all of them without a wand with her super-strength. It did not matter that she tried to tell them she used a strength charm or that it was luck. The masses had already made up their mind, and this just confirmed that she was a super werewolf. She even got a nickname bone crusher.
Two weeks later, the Slytherin retuned. The time had come to tell her sister everting, so she invited her to her room. Her sister asked, "Why are no one complaining that you are taking a Slytherin into the common room". River smiled and said, "they do not dear oppose the bone crusher." Her sister raised an eyebrow ad River said:" It is a long story and some things I do not want to get overhead."
They arrived at their common room, and Vivi looked impressed "I did not know that your common room was this specious" She investigated River's room. "Why do you get such a big room and I have to share with three others." River smiled "it is one of the privileges of being a freak as is a weak a moth when you do not have to go up at a specific time."
Vivi gave her an apoplectic smile and said, ". So, what are you wanted to talk about?" River started her story from the beginning and told her everting. When she finished, her sister hugged her. She smiled at her and said, "amazing work sis do not do it again, or you will make me have a heart attack" River returned her smile and said "I will try" "I wonder how they were able to track you and the others. It was not possible last year otherwise ether we or the other side would have played thing differently." Vivi shrugged
River said, "now is it your turn to tell me how your time has been". Vivi said, "We moved to a secret location where we studied. We have the option to take the finals later or retry this year."
River said, "can you at least tell me what you have planned now?" Vivi nodded and said casually, "me and three others are going to open an orphanage." River just stared at her sister and said, "a what?" her sister said, "orphanage it is the place children with nowhere else to go" She stuck out her tongue at her. She said, "you know what I mean" her sister turned seriously" It something that much needed, and I and three others have decided to open one. River did not know what to say for a couple of seconds, then said: "When did this happen?" Vivi said, "we started to talk about it at the start of the year, but I did not want to say anything before everything was set in stone. It's me, a girl from Hufflepuff, a guy from Gryffindor and a guy from Ravenclaw." River felt even more confused "How did you meet them?" Vivi shrugged, "we meet last year as I helped them out of some tuff spots, and we kept contact." River had one more question "what is its name?" Vivi sighed and said, "that undecided yet. My suggestion in the four rivers but the others have fascinating suggestions themself" When she finished, she started laughing at River's expression.
The rest of the year, the teacher compensating for the laxness they had doing the incident with an insane amount of homework and River, and Rosie spent a lot of time studying. In defense against the dark art, they had lupins terrain course which River nailed. The bogart, in the end, she had to skip as it could not decide what it was going to look like as the charm looked the memories it tried to access.
Flitwick was proud of her results at charms and asked her to show off her strength charm. This time she used a durability charm on herself and lifted a desk one-handed and tossed it lightly in the air. Unfortunately, a couple of students went by and saw her. Thankfully, they read the situation somewhat correctly and did not assume that she was threatening a professor, but from that point on, she could not escape the rumor that she had super strength.
Transfiguration and cere of magical best continued to be a struggle for River, and Rosie was often called one of the most gifted students Slughorn ever had.
Summer came, and she had to say goodbye to Rosie. River almost said she would call her but caught herself before saying something that stupid. They came to an agreement that they would write to each other.
River arrived at the place of the new orphanage. It looked like an empty field to the muggles. To River she saw what looked like an old boarding school. "What is this place?" River asked, "it was an attempt forty years ago to start a new school for Witcraft and Wizardry. It failed miserably, but it is big, its locales are in good condition, and it was dirt cheap," Vivi answered. Rosie looked at the sign atop the gate. In beautiful cursive, it spelled out "Crooked Lightning orphanage" The end
End of 1,0
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