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Summary: Winter Rosa Potter has always been diffrent from people. Being a witch hadn't changed that due to her near death experiences. After nearly dying of hunger due to being forced home during the Christmas holidays in second year, she finds an odd fruit and eats it. She doesn't care if it could kill her, the school hating her and always being alone was already doing that. She was rather surprised to see the results of doing that, but she can't help it if she's happy with it. After all, it gave her what she wanted most in the end and that was enough for her. Fem!Harry. Ministry/Dumbledore/selective!Weasley!Bash!

Pairing: Fem! Harry, Winter/Trafalgar Law

QUESTION:

Should I do this as a multi-year story or split it into a series?

"Normal Talk"
"Snake Language"

Let's get started!

Chapter Twelve

A deep howl rang through the air even as ice seemed to gather at my paws. A growl wrenched itself from my chest as I stood next to the obsidian haired male. He gripped his sword, a nodachi, with a single hand as the other lay uselessly at his side. I pressed closer to him and murmured, "This isn't good Law. The bastard has cut us off from the crew and your arm is useless."

He chuckled though it wasn't a humorous one. His normally guarded grey eyes were bright with pain making my chest ache. His classic smirk was gone and replaced by a frown. He spoke as he leaned against me slightly, "I know SOX-ya you don't have to tell me, but you need to remember we've been giving as good as we've been getting."

The scent of blood rent through the air at that moment making my chest rumble and my hackles raise, "You're right," I glanced at him with a wry grin, "I thought I was supposed to be the one to look on the bright side."

"We've seemed to have switched personalities today," He commented with a slight smirk prompting a small wave of warmth to settle in my chest, "I can see why you act like you usually do,"

I chuckled before crouching slightly when the deep crunch of snow and twigs breaking met my ears, "Looks like he's heading straight for us," I glanced at him and didn't try to repress the feral grin that spread across my face, "Permission to let loose?"

"Granted," He chuckled softly with a deep sadistic edge to his gaze before he commented, "Though you never needed it. I'm somewhat shocked you've held back so well,"

"Well don't stay that way, Law," A small rumbling sound left me, "I still need you,"

I pressed closer to him as the loud crunching grew impossibly louder. When a roar sounded through the area and eyes filled with hate caught my own, I steeled myself as Law's hand clenched around his Nodachi and heard him murmur, "I still need you too."

~Line~Break~

My eyes snapped open as burning pain ran across my skin like half remembered bruises that ache when you twist the wrong way. Warmth settled in my chest as a comfortingly strong, commanding, and male voice murmured, "I still need you too."

It ran across my mind even as I struggled to remember what I had dreamed. The warmth seemed to surge each moment the words ran through my mind and made something in me scream with feral approval. Confusion spread through me like wildfire and made me growl at myself for not knowing what the hell was going on with me. After a while of staring at the top of my four-poster bed, nature kicked in and made me rush to go to the bathroom to take care of my needs. A distracted use of my magic to procure my clothes for the day allowed me to take a shower as soon as I took care of my business. It was as I was taking off my clothes that I noticed something. The burning pain, while dulled, was still there and I had some fairly unwelcome additions to my skin. Half-healed bruises and dark imprints on my skin glared up at me as I stared at them in shock. The dark imprints were in the shape of claw, fang, whip, and some kind of blade making me shudder at the sight. I wanted to scream, but settled for calling Boreas. He appeared through the doorway that I had forgotten to shut, took one look, and growled deeply, "Where did those come from?!"

Anger and no small amount of fear rang through the bond making me slow to respond. When I finally gained my voice, I stared at my familiar with worry, "I don't know. I was dreaming, but woke up when I felt burning pain," My familiar's eyes widened as shock radiated from him, "Boreas?"

"Little one what did you dream of?" A half-whisper/half-shout came from him.

"I can't remember," I felt dazed as relief and sadness filled our bond, "What's going on Boreas?"

He seemed to sigh for a moment before he answered, "I had hoped that those dreams and knowledge you had were just your magic having a weird effect on your devil fruit, but it seems that I was mistaken. Shower and I will explain."

I opened my mouth to argue when I caught my own scent. With a grimace, I nodded and quickly took my shower. I noticed as I showered that the water seemed to be rushing the marks and bruises away like grains of sand. They seemed to create a black residue that clung to the water like ice to warm skin. It was an oddity that made me stare more than learning new magic. A part of me practically rumbled at the sight while another part growled darkly at seeing it happen. I pushed those parts of me down and finished my shower. I pulled on my clothes and relished in the fact that it was a Sunday which meant I could wear what I wanted. I ran a hand through my dripping hair as I left the bathroom. I glanced around the room and finally noticed the time. My eyebrow twitched as I realized that it wasn't even dawn yet prompting me to swear lightly in the languages I knew. With a small growl, I headed downstairs where Boreas sat waiting near one of the large window. With spring here, it was harder to find places to sit where we wouldn't overheat. The window he sat by was one that a previous ice elemental had charmed to always be cold making it the perfect place to find solace. I took a seat on the window seat and asked, "Can you explain now?"

He nodded though his gaze remained locked on the slowly lightening world outside, "The dreams you dream of aren't actually dream."

"What are they?" He shook his head lightly, "Boreas?"

"I cannot tell you," A small pang of betrayal hit me only to vanish as he murmured, "I want to, but it's up to you to figure out what they are. The clue I gave you should be enough of a start,"

I frowned at the lack of an answer before asking, "Why can't you tell me?"

"It would shatter your mind and soul if I did," He looked at me and the sheer pain in those eyes made me pick him up to cuddle him against my chest, "I don't want to lose you as I try to help you. I just found you," His voice was a faint whisper making me feel bad for causing him pain, "Please don-"

"It's alright Boreas," I ran my fingers through his fur, "I understand," I felt him relax against me, "Can you tell me what those marks were?"

He nodded as he nosed his way deeper into my embrace, "They were injuries that you gained during your dream."

I frowned and asked, "But I get hurt in my dreams all the time, so why would this happen?" He merely shook his head and burrowed deeper into my embrace, "You won't tell me or you can't?" He didn't answer only burrowed further while making me sigh softly, "Alright you don't have to tell me," I mentally shook myself to keep from growling at the lack of information before asking, "How about we talk about what I'm going to be learning over the summer?"

He perked up upon hearing that, "Alright. Over the course of the summer..."

~Line~Break~

I ran a hand through my hair when I heard, "ALL STUDENTS PLEASE RETURN TO YOUR DORMITORIES IMMEDIATELY!"

Everyone froze and Hermione murmured, "I wonder what that could be."

Frowning, I stood from my seat and spoke softly to the quiet room, "It should be obvious."

"What do you mean Potter?" I looked at Malfoy upon hearing that.

"The snake has attacked and now they want all the students in their dorms to take care of it," I answered before moving towards the door.

"You're going to obey the rules?" The incredulousness that coated Tracy's voice almost made me chuckle.

"Hell no," I heard a few gasps and rolled my eyes, "I'm going to go hunting,"

With that said, I left the room behind me and began to make my way through the castle. Hermione quickly caught up with Luna on her tail at the end of the corridor. She was frowning, but I ignored it as I listened for footsteps as we made our way through the halls. She spoke softly as we crept through a portrait lined hall, "Winter what are we going to do?"

"Find out what's going on, find the entrance to the snake den, I go in, you stay out, and I kill the snake," I answered as my ears twitched, "Shush. Someone's coming,"

We quickly pressed close to the wall as Lockhart's voice could be heard, "...I need to get out of here."

I growled softly upon hearing that as Hermione gasped, "What?"

I covered her mouth with my hand as we listened into the idiots rambling, "They're expecting me to take on the beast, but I can't! I need to hurry and get out of here before they find me. It's just lucky they think I've gone to where the beast dwells," I growled softly, "Finding that message near the girls toilet on the first floor..."

I tuned him out as pieces began to snap together in my mind. The bathroom on the first floor was Moaning Myrtle's bathroom where she supposedly died. Filch's cat was found hanging on a lamppost near there. The scent of snake always seemed to disappear because of the water that was permanently on the floor near there. I felt Boreas' shocked happiness from putting it all together. I spoke softly as I removed my hand from Hermione's mouth, "The bathroom holds the entrance. C'mon! We need to go."

"But what about the Professor?" Hermione asked causing me to frown at her with a raised eyebrow, "We can't just let him leave like that. Who knows where he'll go?"

My frown deepened before I nodded, "You're right. I'll go grab him."

"What?" Hermione nearly shrieked.

I ignored her as I moved past the corner of the corridor. Lockhart stopped his muttering and stared at me in shock as I took out my wand, "Potter?"

"Professor I must ask you to come with me quietly," I cut off the inevitable questioning.

"Potter what do you mean?" I heard the nervousness in his voice and smelt something on the air that made something inside of me perk up, "You should be in your common room like Professor McGonagall asked,"

I shook my head as I heard a small rustle, "Professor I would suggest that you cut the crap and come with me quietly. I know what you plan to do and it won't work."

Something inside of me screamed to move. In shock, I followed the scream and a red spell that I knew to be a stunner slammed into the stone at the far end of the corridor. I didn't even think as I disarmed him and caught him in the rope charm. Hermione and Luna entered the hallway while staring at me. I continued to stare at the Professor as I tossed Luna his wand. She stared at the wand curiously and to my surprise a crack appeared on it's surface. I ignored it for the moment as Hermione asked, "Winter what are we going to do now?"

"Now we go to the first floor bathroom," I answer and began to move, "Please cast the moving charm on the idiot please,"

She frowned, but did as I asked. We moved through Hogwarts like the castle ghosts which left a surprisingly warm feeling in my chest. I brushed it off as we made it to the bathroom. Hermione finally spoke again once we were inside, "Winter what are we doing here?"

"The entrance is here somewhere, but we need to find it," I answered while observing the room, "Let's look around,"

Her frown deepened as we looked through the bathroom. I ignored Myrtle as she appeared before catching a tidbit that sounded important, "...They said something kind of funny...Like a made up language."

"What did it sound like?" I cut her off and gained a glare.

"I can't remember," She frowned at me, "Why?"

I frowned softly before trying something. I pictured a snake in my mind and spoke, "Can you understand me?"

"That sounded just like it!" She shouted causing me to nod lightly, "As I was saying, I realized it was a boy and opened the door to yell at him to get out. I died,"

I blink slightly at the anticlimacticalness of the moment while something inside my mind muttered that there were way cooler ways to die. Another part muttered that only an idiot died in a bathroom. Another part growled that it should be impossible prompting me to ask, "Did you see something?"

"A pair of great, big yellow eyes," Snakes don't usually have yellow eyes save for Duncan.

I frowned at that thought just as Hermione asked, "Where did you see them?"

Myrtle pointed at the sink that I was standing near, "Right around there."

Ignoring the others, I took a closer look at the sinks close to me. All of them were the generic type found all over the school save for a single one. Sunken into the faucet as if a hot poker was pressed against the otherwise smooth metal, a snake glared. It was small and I would have missed had it not been for two facts. One my eyes seemed to become sharper and two a single emerald the size of a pen-point gleamed softly in the light. The hairs on the back of my neck raised and something inside of me growled in satisfaction as the scent of snake emanated from the sink. With a pleased rumble, I turned to the others, "Found the entrance!"

"A sink?" Hermione muttered dubiously, "The entrance is a sink?"

"Yup," I turned towards Luna, "Bring Lockhart forward. I'll open this thing and we'll send 'im down to make sure nothing's going to kill us,"

"Winter?!" Hermione shouted causing me to roll my eyes.

"You had us bring him along," I replied before looking at the snake marking, "Open,"

I heard a low clicking sound before the ground around the sink and under my feet shook. Without a second thought, I moved backwards and smirked at the shocked look on Hermione's face as a gaping hole was revealed. Hermione muttered, "A fucking sink..."

"Alright," I grabbed a fist full of Lockhart's robes as I dubiously wonder about why I don't feel bad about doing this, "Fraud's first~"

"Now Ms. Potter you don't need to do this," He began making me curious about what he was about to say, "The girl's probably dead, so it shouldn't matter," Any bad feelings vanished the moment those words left his mouth, "We stars must-"

I pulled against him and sent him flying down into the hole. I listened intently before nodding when I heard a small crash and a groan, "Alright let's head down."

"We're going to jump?" Hermione asked causing me to nod.

Only for Luna to say, "Slytherin most likely has stairs hidden."

"What makes you say that?" I asked while looking closely at the dark area inside of the hole.

"A proper Pompous Star Snake would do that," She answered making me nod while Hermione stared at her incredulously.

Ignoring the impending argument on how that doesn't make sense, I spoke curiously into the whole using Parseltongue, "Stairs?" A low grinding sound echoed through the air before a set of stairs appeared prompting me to comment, "Useful."

"What about lights?" Hermione asked with curiosity burning in her eyes, "Can you see if we can get lights?"

Nodding in slight bemusement, I asked, "Lights?" A dark blue blaze lit the stairwell prompting me to say, "Down the rabbit hole we go."

"Winter?" Hermione asked as we began to descend, "If we're going down the rabbit hole, who's Alice?"

"Luna of course," I chirped while wondering why she asked, "Hermione are you feeling alright? You never go along with me saying stuff like that,"

"I am nervous, working on an adrenaline rush, and trying to cope with the teacher I enjoyed most of the year turning into a fraud," She said flatly causing me to flinch slightly, "We're about to go into a giant snake's den. I think I'm allowed to go along with what has to be the only sane thing going on at the moment,"

Hearing that, I couldn't fault her for going along with that. After all, Penguin usually turned wonderfully sarcastic when faced with his fear. I almost stumbled upon thinking that and mentally wondered if it had anything to do with my dreams. After a brief moment, I stomped on those thoughts and shoved them into the back of my mind in order to properly function. We had reached the bottom of the stairs at that point and I had to snicker at seeing the usually clean freak of a fraud was now covered head to toe in what could only be slime mixed with dust. My nose twitched as Hermione used her magic to pull him to his feet and I murmured, "I can smell the snake. Let's go."

As we moved, the sound of bones crunching under our feet met my ears...

~Memory~

Bones crunched under Luffy's fist as he sent Marine's flying as we raced through a crowd. A sense of needing to get somewhere as soon as possible echoed through me and prompted me to run faster. My breath came fast as Luffy shouted, "ACE!"

~End ~of~ Memory~

I felt like cursing upon tripping on the gigantic snake skin. I settled for growling as Lockhart yelped and fell down. Hermione steadied me as she said, "Luna help him up."

Luna nodded as I moved away from Hermione and looked towards the front. A small scuffle and a gasp caused me to turn. A growl left me up seeing Luna on the ground and Lockhart smiling a slightly insane smile...

~Memory~

"Oh you'll be such a good pet!" A giant of a man in a pink coat cooed with an equally giant grin on his face, "I just need to break you!"

~End ~Of~ Memory~

"Luna!" Hermione shouted causing me to break from the memory.

"Oh don't worry she'll be just fine," My hackles raised and I began to bare my teeth at the blonde as anger began to sear through my gut, "I'll make sure of it," He held his wand in one hand, "But you two won't," He seemed almost sad as he spoke, "Oh how the world will cry when they find that two of the three brave students that ventured with me into the chamber died protecting their friend from the beast when we came upon it feasting on the body of Chang,"

A growl left me even as Hermione moved forward a bit, "Professor why are you doing this? What about your book-"

"Oh the stories are true, but you see I wasn't the hero in them," He sighed dramatically while I focused on the sound of someone taking in a sharp breath, "I merely wrote down the stories before taking the memories of those that did the deeds away," Luna's eyes slid open and stared at me while a silent message seemed to be conveyed in them, "You see I couldn't risk them telling the truth," I got the message as her eyes went to Lockhart's wand and back to me," It wouldn't do for that at all after all I was getting fame and money for it," I looked at the wand and my eyes widened upon seeing the hairline cracks racing across it, "Oh well it's time to end this charade,"

"Professor please-" Hermione began as he raised his wand.

I moved back as something screamed at me that something was going to happen. I reached for Hermione when Lockhart shouted, "OBLIVIATE!"

The wand glowed brightly as it backfired causing Lockhart to go flying. The frail stones that he hit began to crack as the arc of magic caused something to crack. Stones began to fall and Hermione screamed as she dove out of the way. I moved back and found myself staring at a wall of stone that took up the entire corridor we had been walking in. I ran to the stone and shouted, "Hermione?!"

"Winter!" She shouted in return.

"Is everyone okay?" I asked and heard some shuffling.

"Yeah all three of us are okay," She answered before asking, "Are you?"

"Yeah I'm fine," I looked for a way through, "There isn't a way through,"

"Damn it!" Hermione growled, "What are we going to do?"

"You need to grab Luna and the Fraud," I answered while turning to look at my surroundings, "You'll get out and get some help. I'll take care of the snake,"

"But Winter-" She began only for me to growl at her.

Something in me howled that she needed to listen to her Alpha. It was weird and kinda felt wrong, but Hermione did need to listen, "Hermione!" She went silent, "I know, but you need to get those two outta here. Luna needs medical attention because we don't know what he did to her. I'll be fine long enough for you to come along. Plus, I've got Boreas."

Hermione was silent for a moment before murmuring, "I thought he was sleeping."

"Nah he's just a little lethargic from the heat," Boreas stirred against my neck as the temperature seemed to become far more comfortable, "Hermione go. I promise everything'll be alright,"

I heard small mutters before Hermione said, "Alright. Be careful."

"You too," I said before concentrating on the area in front of me as I walked forward.

The temperature cooled drastically as I moved and the area became more damp. Something inside of me said that we were under water. I frowned at the thought and wondered if I was under the lake. Boreas stretched against my neck and murmured, "The scent of snake is getting closer."

"Yeah," I soon found myself in front of a large doorway clearly meant for snake speak, "Boreas we'll make it outta this right?"

"Of course," He tried to assure me even as I felt his dread.

"Good," I tried to push down my fear at what's going to be behind the door, "Cause it would suck if I lied to Hermione. She would beat my head in with a book,"

He chuckled wearily even as I stared at the door. Something inside of me screamed danger and death was in front of me. I took comfort in my familiar's presence as I spoke...

End of chapter!