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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

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"Snake Language"

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Previously on Racing through the darkness:

"I'll try burning it," Hedwig suggested as lightning radiated from her form, "Stand back a bit,"

I moved Chang back as Boreas settled on her stomach, "What are you-"

I didn't get to finish the question as Hedwig suddenly opened her mouth while shouting, "Lighting God's Breath!"

Chapter Fourteen

A stream of lightning left Hedwig's mouth and slammed into the diary. A brilliant white light filled the air prompting me to cover my eyes with my arm as heat flooded the room. When I uncovered my eyes, I couldn't help it when I said, "Well damn remind me to never piss you off enough to hit me with that."

The area where Hedwig's blast had was now a blackened crater about the size of my head with steam coming out of it. Hedwig smirked at me and said, "That's what lightning can do. The diary is toas-"

"The diary is still there," Boreas cut in as he moved off of Cho and onto the floor where he walked over to the crater, "It is still intact,"

"What?!" Hedwig stared at my familiar like he had just said that he was a pink, dancing rabbit wearing a tutu, "That's one of my strongest attacks! The damn thing couldn't have survived!"

He shook his head as an icy blue glow surrounded him and a second icy blue glow came from inside of the crater, "Close your eyes and sense the area around you."

I frowned and realized that the dark aura was still there. The scent of death just got worse making my frown turn into a grimace. I looked at Cho and saw that she was getting worse, "Damn it she's getting worse."

I turned towards Boreas as he set the smoking dairy on the ground and stepped away from it, "It is far stronger than it looks."

"Of course it is!" The shade boasted loudly, "My Horcrux will survive anything that you throw at it!"

I frowned before something rose up in my mind once more...

Flashback

"So what is that sensei?" I pointed to the odd skull on the table.

"That brat," My sensei glared at the skull, "Is a soul anchor, or as most like to call it, a Horcrux,"

"Horcrux?" I murmured and looked at the skull, "What does it do?"

"It anchors the creator's soul to this plane of existence," She explained while taking out a vial filled with liquid, "It's a very dark magic that only those truly in the depth of madness would use for it splits the soul like one splits a log for firewood,"

I backed away from the skull immediately as my nose scrunched up, "So that's why it smells like death? Yuk!" I looked at the vial in her hand, "What's that stuff?"

"This is basilisk venom," She unstoppered the vial, "It is one of the few ways to destroy these things,"

"Why?" I asked as she poured the venom on the skull.

"Horcrux are protected by something that renders regular methods useless," She explained as the skull hissed and screamed, "Because of this fact, items such as basilisk venom or fire of horrors can destroy it,"

End of flashback

"...hat are we going to do?!" Hedwig growled darkly.

"Where's the snake?" I asked as I stood up from my knelt position.

"Dunno," Hedwig replied while eyeing me, "Why?"

"We need it's venom to destroy this thing," I answered causing Hedwig to look at me for a few moments before nodding.

"Alright let's look," She replied while I looked at Boreas.

"Boreas is there anyway to move the diary?" I asked causing him to nod.

The blue glow surrounded him and the diary once more, "I will hold onto it for now. Let's find the snake."

I nodded and began to scent the air. My eyebrows scrunched up together when I caught two diffrent scent trails, "Two?"

Hedwig growled softly, "It looks like we may have to split up. You go one way and I'll go the other."

"Alright," A sense of dread filled me at those words, "Be careful,"

"I will," She offered me a grin, "I've lived long enough to learn that lesson,"

I felt laughter bubble up in my throat and shook my head at her. She took off after one scent trail and I turned to go after the other. I grimaced at the sight of the tunnel and knew that something bad was going to happen if I ran head first into it. I shook my head and took off down the tunnel. My lips quirked into a smile as I murmured, "Time to see if I can live up to the Gryffindor name. Recklessly diving in head first."

The tunnel was longer and had more twists and turns than the others. A low chill was building up inside of me the further I went. The light in the tunnel slowly began to fade out until only a dim glow was left. Strange symbols stretched across the wall causing unease to fill me. The musty scent that spoke of age slowly became heavier and heavier in the air until it was almost suffocating. My unease grew and grew as the air grew stale revealing that the tunnel hadn't been used in a while. It was odd because the scent of the snake grew fresher the more I walked. I suddenly stopped when it seemed that the pathway was blocked. I frowned at that as I looked for a way around the odd stone formation only to find nothing. It couldn't be right since the scent of the snake was coming right from...the...rock...My mind blanked for a moment just as there was movement and suddenly I felt hot breath on my skin. The snake hissed softly, "Sssso the little girl my massster sssent me after comesss straight to me," I began to back away only for the snake to follow, "How nice of you little one,"

I turned and ran as fast as possible as I shouted, "FOUND IT!"

The snake let out a hissing laugh and chased after me, "Oh another chasssse. Sssuch a delicious morssssel making me work for my meal. It will be nice to crunch your bonessss," I tried to ignore it as I shot down the tunnel, "You ssssmell sssoo goood. Ssssalty fur, warm lightning, cold air, and warm blood. It will be sssso nice to sssee what you tassste like."

I shot onto the ice and heard the snake let out a roar as it followed after me. I skated across the ice and landed on the platform just as Hedwig did the same. She panted softly and stared at the giant snake before looking at me, "Okay so we have the snake now how the hell are we supposed to get the venom?"

I tried to think of a plan as the snake tried to get close. My dread rose as a plan came to mind and I mentally winced before asking, "Boreas how long would I be able to hold that diary without it affecting me?"

"Five maybe six minutes," He answered causing me to nod and turn to Hedwig.

"How fast can you kill that snake if it's mouth is open?" I asked.

She looked at me in confusion as she said, "Not even five seconds. All I need is to charge up an attack."

"How long will it take you to charge it?" I asked causing her to frown.

"A few minutes," She answered and gained a nod from me.

"Alright," I took a deep breath and looked at the snake, "Start charging. I have a plan,"

She frowned at me as electricity started to swirl around her form. I closed my eyes for a few seconds before opening them to look at Boreas. I bent down and ran my fingers across his furry body. He leaned into my touch and whispered, "What are you planning?"

"You'll see," I looked at the girl, "You'll keep her safe?"

"Of course," I smiled softly down at him as he asked, "Winter what are you planning?"

"You'll see," The snake was getting closer and closer, "Let's hope my plan works,"

I reached for the diary as Hedwig said, "Alright I'm good."

"Good," I replied as I grabbed the diary and shuddered at the feeling of it, "Wait until I give you the signal and aim for the mouth,"

She nodded and asked, "What are you going to do?"

"Run," I say before shooting forward with the diary in hand.

The freeing feeling of running came upon me as I shot towards the snake. It turned it's head towards me and hissed out, "I'm going to kill you for this ice!"

An image floated in my mind as time seemed to slow down...

Flashback

"I'm going to kill you!" The man roared as I ran towards it.

Time seemed to slow as I shot towards him.

My blood ran through my veins and roared in my ears.

My mind was strangely clear as I stared into those hatred filled eyes.

I couldn't hear anything anymore.

I wasn't even worried.

Everything faded away,

Until all that was left was the man...

The snake and I.

I knew that I should be afraid.

But I strangely wasn't.

Everything was peaceful.

I almost thought...

It was all a dream,

But I knew it was reality.

I should be scared of what was most likely to come,

But I was resigned.

It was my duty to protect them.

They were counting on me.

So

I

Wasn't

Afraid

To

Die. The image faded as time sped forward once more. The diary was held tightly in my hand and I thrust it forward. The snakes mouth opened as it got ready to swallow me causing my lips to twitch into a grin. I reached the snakes mouth and watched as it came down. Pain blared through my mind as the left incisor of the snake sank into my arm as the smaller fangs close by bit into the diary. A loud howl of pain mixed with confusion filled the air as the snakes mouth opened once more and my arm slid off of the incisor. The pain was bad, but I ignored it for the moment as I shouted, "Hedwig! Now!"

A wave of heat ripped through the air next to me and something bright hit the open snake's mouth. The world seemed still for a moment before I was sent flying back by a ripple of power. I barely felt the pain of my back hitting something hard as a burning feeling emanated from my arm. My eyes closed as the burn slowly ran up my arm along side of my blood. I opened them again when I heard, "Winter!"

"Hedwig," I gasped out, "Is the snake dead?"

"Yes," She answered and suddenly her head was in view, "Shit your arm-"

"Help me over to Boreas and Chang," I said only to growl when she opened her mouth to argue, "Please Hedwig,"

She closed her mouth and nodded before somehow dragging me up onto my feet. With her help, I stumbled over to where Boreas sat with Chang. I fell onto my back as Boreas moved towards me whispering, "No..."

"Boreas," I turned my head towards him, "Get Chang out of here,"

He shook his head, "NO! I'm not going to leave you here."

"Boreas you know that I'm going to-" I began only to stop as the burning feeling got worse, "Fuck,"

"Winter!" He shouted as my world seemed to dim.

"Damn," I murmured softly, "I'm going to die," My eyes closed for a moment, "Boreas, Hedwig please get Chang out of here and find Hermione. Tell her...Tell her that I'm sorry I couldn't keep my promise to her. Tell her that even if I had only known her for two years. that they were the best two years of my life. Tell...Tell Luna that n-no matt-er w-what e-ever-ery t-thing w-will be alright,"

"Winter," Boreas whispered and I felt his warm little body on my neck.

I felt the wetness of tears on my skin and opened my eyes. Weakly, I turned over and reached towards him with my uninjured arm. I wrapped my hand around his body and cuddled him into my chest, "I...I'm sorry Boreas," Tears gathered in my eyes as the situation hit me, "I'm sorry that I'm dying. I'm sorry that I failed to live longer. I'm s-s-sorry."

"You're not a failure," He hissed even as he curled closer, "I am because I didn't protect you like I was meant to-"

"It was my choice," I growled at him only to wince as the pain grew worse, "It was my choice,"

Hedwig's body wrapped itself around me and brought me into a sitting position. Her head settled on my lap as she whispered, "I'm losing you again...I..." She shuddered, "I failed you again my Saiken..."

I shook my head and murmured, "No I failed both of you."

I leaned back against Hedwig and stared at the ceiling as my world slowly darkened. Did I want to die so young when I had finally started finding myself? No I did not. Could I have come up with a better plan? Yes, but we didn't have the time. Law would have killed me for this if he was around. My lips twitched at the odd thought. It's a shame that I would never find out where they came from; what that dream from this morning meant. The words that had echoed in my mind came back to me, "I still need you too."

My heart began to ache as anger filled me. I didn't want to fucking die! Not here, not like this! I still had too much to do, too many places to see, too many people to steal from, and too many people to see again! I couldn't die like this no matter how cool it was. I was a mother fucking D. I had to blow the world order sky high and tear every fucking rule of humanity to shreds. I had to make my mark on this world and sail the seas with my Nakama again. I can't die until I see them again. I...I...can't...die...just...yet...The ceiling was gone and darkness was swarming my eyes. I felt the painful burn get closer and closer to my heart when suddenly a warm hand touched my face. The pain faded away just as a voice whispered, "Do you want to die or do you want to live?"

"I...I...wa-nt t-t-to l-li-ve," I stuttered out and heard a soft laugh.

"The so you shall," The warm hand left my face just as my world was consumed in golden flames.

The flames seemed to burn away the pain of the basilisk venom and healed the ache that it left behind. I felt my body relax as something seemed to wipe away the years of stress and pain away from my body. I almost whimpered as the warmth of the flames left me and opened my eyes. Dimly I wondered when I had closed them, but pushed that thought away as I found myself looking into a pair of warm brown eyes. The eye belong to boy with golden skin and golden wings. My mind went blank for a moment before the image before me made some sort of sense, "Angel?!"

The boy chuckled and offered me a grin that was downright mischievous, "Of course my dear Winter. What else would I be?"

I felt my eyebrows scrunch together in confusion at hearing the angel say my name, "How do you know my name?"

The boy-angel began to laugh before stopping as if he had just noticed that I wasn't doing the same. He frowned at me and muttered something under his breath before asking, "Don't you know who I am?"

I snorted upon hearing that, "I think I would remember meeting a freaking angel."

His frown deeped and his eyes suddenly glowed golden like those flames from before. He began to curse when the glow faded and my confusion grew. My two companions, who had been silent at that point, finally spoke up. Boreas was the first to speak, "Little one how are you feeling?"

"Like I haven't been abused for years," I answered while watching the angel-boy, "I feel a hell of a lot better,"

"Good," He moved from my lap to my left shoulder and bit my ear, "Never do that again,"

"Ow," I groaned as he let go, "I'll try, but no promises,"

He sighed and nuzzled me lightly, "That's all I can hope for."

I looked at Hedwig and saw that she was frowning. Her eyes were narrowed in confusion as her head tilted to the side. When the Angel-boy spoke to me, I almost jumped, "Your memories were sealed."

"What are you talking about?" I asked him in confusion, "What memories?"

"The memories between the time you turned 5 and the time you turned 10," My eyebrows scrunched together again.

"How is that possible and wouldn't I notice that big of a fucking gap?" I demanded causing him to shake his head.

"You have false memories," He explained causing me to frown, "Whoever sealed those memories wanted you to become weak and easily manipulated. He didn't want you to remember the other's and I because if you did, you would've never listened to anyone. It just isn't in your nature to unless they somehow proved themselves worthy of listening to,"

I frowned at that just as I heard a groan. I remembered Chang and sprung to my feet. A wave of vertigo hit me causing me to almost fall just as a warm arm wrapped itself around my waist. I stiffened at the contact for a single moment before my body relaxed on it's own as if it knew that the person holding me would never harm me. My frown deepened, but I ignored it for a moment as I tried to regain my bearings. Once I did, I immediately pulled away and glared at the angel-boy, "Do not touch me."

Hurt flashed through those brown eyes before he shook his head and turned to Change. He bent down by her side and held his hand over her. His hand was soon covered in that golden fire from earlier. He hummed after a few moments and nodded to himself. Standing up, he turned to me, "She'll need to see a healer as soon as possible. Spending most of a year with a parasite sucking away at your life force is a big no no," He then gestured to me, "You need to see one too since you're currently running on the energy I put into you. It'll last about an hour before you collapse, so get what you need to get done quick. I only got rid of the poison. The rest of my work is temporary."

I nodded to him and he picked up Chang, "Let's get out of here."

"You're helping me?" I asked him and gained a nod, "Why?"

"Because, even if you don't remember," He smiled at me causing something in me to warm up, "I'm your friend and nothing will stop me from being that,"

I opened my mouth to argue only to shut it and shake my head. For some reason, it felt best not to argue with him. Instead, I led the way out of the chamber and into the tunnel that led to the girls bathroom. As we walked, I had to ask, "How did you get down here?"

"I felt that you needed my help and used my transportation ability to get here," He answered with a grin, "It's a rather cool ability,"

"I thought you couldn't transport yourself out of Hogwarts since the wards would prevent it," I murmured causing him to laugh.

"The wards are so fucking weak that even a baby can do it," He shook his head, "My kind can get through these wards since they aren't made to prevent us from getting access,"

"Your kind?" I asked and gained a sigh.

"You'll find out later when we get those memories of yours unsealed," Was my answer.

"When will that happen?" He shrugged his shoulders.

"When you can be knocked out for about two or three days without it going amiss," He answered causing me to stare at him in shock, "Yeah with the amount of memories that are locked away, your going to need those days to sort them out," He grinned at me, "But in the end, it'll all work out,"

I could only shake my head at the sheer optimism that this angel-boy was showing. It was almost too much, but seemed to fit him for the most part. I decided to ask another question to get off the topic, "So are you going to teleport out of here after helping me get Chang into the bathroom?"

He nodded causing an almost empty feeling to fill me, "Yeah I kinda left without tellin' anyone, so the others are gonna be pissed.

"Oh," I couldn't stop myself from feeling sad.

"But don't worry," He seemed to dislike me being sad, "I'll make sure to pop in after I get everything settled," He stopped for a moment and looked at me sheepishly, "That's if you want that,"

"I do!" I said suddenly causing him to brighten.

I however frowned at that. Something about him made me feel safe, but why? He seemed to know me and my body surely knew him, yet I didn't. Something was telling me to trust him and that he would never betray that trust, it was maddening; however, I knew those answers would have to wait. He seemed to notice where my thoughts were, "Hey don't sweat it. Everything'll be alright. You'll remember and it'll be like it used to be."

I nodded as we reached the area where the rocks had caved in prompting me to call out, "HERMIONE!"

A rush of relief hit me when there was no answer. The boy looked at the caved in rocks, shrugged, and waved his hands. The pathway was suddenly clear as the rocks returned to their former resting places. I looked at he unblocked pathway warily before following the boy as he said, "It's perfectly safe."

When we reached the pipe/stairway, the stairs and lights were gone, but reappeared when I hissed, "Stairs and lights please."

We started moving up them as the boy whistled, "Damn this is cool! If I knew that you could speak snake, we woulda had a lot more fun pulling pranks on the others!"

"I only found out about this recently," I explained causing him to nod.

"Oh that makes a lot of sense," He hummed softly, "We probably shoulda did a test on ya ta see what powers you had,"

I blinked at him before shaking my head and continuing on my way as I asked, "So what's your name? You know mine, but I don't know yours."

"Right forgot about that," He chuckled sheepishly, "You're usually calling me Angel-Boy or somethin' similar, so it didn't come to mind to tell ya my name," He shook his head, "Names Gabriel D. Valor,"

"Valor?" I asked him, "D?"

"You'll find out when you remember," He replied as we reached the top of the stairs, "Mind openin' this thing up?"

I nodded and hissed, "Open."

The door opened and we walked into the empty bathroom. Gabriel set Chang down and smiled at me. Now that we were in the sunlit bathroom, I could properly see him. He was taller than me, but that wasn't a surprise since everyone in my age group was taller than me. His eyes were more of a hazel color than brown, but still held warmth in them. His hair was a russet colored brown with the occasional blonde streak and fell down to his shoulders in a pony tail. His skin was like milk chocolate and he was shirtless. He had wings that were bigger than he was and they were emitting a soft golden glow that warmed the air around him. I yelped when he suddenly moved forward and hugged me. I was about to push him away when I felt something wet hiss my shoulder causing me to still. He buried his face into my hair and murmured, "I'm sorry it took me so long to find you Winter. I promised you that I would when you were taken away, but it took so damn long," He pulled me closer when my arms moved on their own accord to hug him, "I promise you that I won't let you down like that again," He pulled away from me and grinned at me with slightly watery eyes, "I'll be keeping track of you and popping in to make sure no one hurts ya again. I promise ya that," He began to glow slightly, "As your best friend and brother, I promise you."

He disappeared in a flash of gold before I could speak. I stared at the spot he had been standing in for a few moments before seeing a golden feather floating down. I caught it in my hand and felt the warmth it was giving off. I was staring at it when I heard rushing footsteps and shouting prompting me to shove the feather into my pocket. Hedwig returned to her owl form and left with a mutter of, "I'll be around later."

Boreas settled on my shoulder as the opening to the chamber of secrets closed and I lost the strength in my legs. He nuzzled my chin and murmured, "Things just got even more interesting."

End of chapter