When Honani came to, he was once again in a white room not the same room, but he had to ponder the reasoning of why white as a colour for someone who witnessed another 'murder'; perhaps it was for comfort, or to blind the evil 'memories' out of his mind. Honani was only getting a headache because of it. Everything around him was white; white thin cotton sheeted bed- brand new according to the rough, uncomfortable feel on his skin; white plain walls, dull which looked like a sickening sight for Honani to behold and matching white plain floor, white blank window which showed the colourful outside world, white bedside table which looked so new that it looked almost indestructible-leading him to believe he was in a fancy, expensive sort of place- the ideas reeled inside of his head at the possibilities of proving said table was as indestructible as it appeared. Overall, it was so plain. It needed a splash of colour… Maybe a colourful splatters here and there… A dripping sound as colour raced down the walls onto the table and fell onto the floor, perhaps, like beautiful raindrops… Maybe an echoing screams of pain to tie the room together. Honani smiled to himself, and smiled evilly as wild primal grin of blood thirst inwardly enveloped his senses. He almost missed the psychologist enter the room as he was caught in his daydream. Almost.
What he didn't miss was the fact that this female psychologist was the same he had when he was a little tot.
She was dressed in a blue midnight indigo dress and was partially covered due to her apron which covered her front; it was partly frayed and was greying and yellowing at the edges. She had greying hair as before, with deep brown yet old ageing eyes which had grown accustomed to crow's feet and slight bags underneath. She had a gentle face, although wrinkling, and sullen. She no longer held that plastic flower smile, it was gentler, and softer delicate Tulip than awful plastic daisy. She held a tray in her hand; it contained a delicately made meal of stew, and a side of bread with a glass of water.
Honani was not a fool.
He knew no matter how much a flower looked real, it was still plastic, through and through. No amount of cover up or delicious food could change that.
"Here you are dear, some lovely food," she said in an oh so fake caring voice, "Such a traumatic ordeal you must have gone through, that murderer must have walked right past you" Honani could tell they were questioning him and his reaction's to see whether it could be possible for him to be re-homed. Honani then thought out a plan so quickly, so slyly a fox would have been so very envious.
Honani nodded frantically, smirking inward, "It was terrible, F-father," Honani choked on the disgusting word," Just got home and then I was in my cupboard, and that's when the screams began… They were horrible, the sounds" Honani began to tear up, whilst laughing at the stupid hag in front of him, in his mind, "Were so wrong and horrible, and I feared making any noise in case he heard me…" Honani lowered his voice, as though the murderer was within the very walls of the white void like room, "I didn't do anything it was just; so unreal…"Honani paused. "Is… Is he gone; the mad man; is he following me, he's following me isn't he… He was there before… before something… ages and ages ago… like somewhere you can't remember, like childhood… I think he was there too… He is obsessed." Honani looked at her with wide pleading eyes, like a doe begging at the merciless hunter not to spare its life. "Is he going away?" He asked innocently. "Am I safe now?" This time he sounded tired. Honani was tired; he was completely drained of all magical reserves to fuel his dark side which appeared last night.
His vision started to fade; he looked at his hand… He never knew he was holding a cup, perhaps he was so caught up in acting he never realised the old wrench forcing spiked tea onto his person. The old cow grabbed his cup and placed it onto the test subject table, and wrapped her arms around him whispering over and over that he was safe.
Honani knew that she certainly wasn't. Mahi didn't take well to others touching him, apparently. Honani, in a misty daze felt Mahi coil tighter around his stomach and chest, not blocking any breathing but showing all who Mahi's snakeling or vineling was.
"Please, don't touch me." Honani whimpered before his vision faded to black and he fell into a deep sleep.
Mahi noticed the old wrench move her arms swiftly away from his Snakeling, he gave a gentle hiss of approval; he also noticed she looked surprised or shocked, Mahi was never good at reading human expressions they were just a gentle twist of muscles in the face muzzle area how was this supposed to show any signs of compassion and love, sure the eyes held depth but that was all they did, this is why other animals react to a snarl more than a loving look, there is nothing to compare it to, the snarl: Bares teeth, raises lip, causes an instinct to growl to occur, its easily understood as a sign of aggression and warning. It is very simple should anyone com across such a creature which showed a snarl of aggression it is pretty clear to remove yourself from the area in due haste. However, love or caring is show in different ways amongst us mammals and such, for example, nuzzling is a form of affection, or the butting of heads against one another in support, there is no complex emotions like humans, so it is very hard to figure them out.
However, one emotion which is clear in the animal kingdom is sorrow. Sorrow for the loss of one's friend, family or mate. Cases of these are rare but are a sight to behold, as a despite animal attempts to resuscitate his friend he cannot do anything, and seems to wait for the reality and mourn for a moment before continuing onwards. It's what all animals do, even humans, but they have so many healers that they can cause one's soul to forcibly be returned to one's body. But it doesn't work that well for the person as their soul turns out frayed and they live unhappily in pain in the afterlife. Sorrow is an emotion which we all need to be able to continue forward.
That is how his Vineling is coping so well, feeling the sorrow in his heart for those lives he's ruining is causing him to continue onwards. Mistress would be proud of Vineling at this moment, however Mahi knew that later in life, Honani would need to find a strong mate to love. Perhaps this was why Mistress sent Mahi, to join the two souls. Honani, although he never knew this had a very odd soul shape, in which it fitted like a glove to another. Mahi made it his unofficial quest to search for his vineling's soul mate.
Mahi uncurled himself from the sleeping Honani and flicked his toxic tongue against the sleeping cheek in farewell. Honani should be fine on his own, or at least for a little while, Mahi had no intention of handing him over without a fight. Mahi gently unwound himself from his fragile vineling, and turned to look at any means of escape. The old woman had hurried away a while back, what she was doing Mahi didn't care. Mahi spotted the window; it was much too high for him of his size to climb up. Mahi slid gracefully falling to the floor. Flicking his tongue out, sensing for danger, he concluded it was safe to continue onwards. He slid near the 'indestructible table' and stared at the window which was his only point of escape… well, his only option which mean that he didn't have to kill all in his path, not that he didn't want to but it would be time wasting and time consuming to try to clean up. Mahi gave a smirk, an expression which was taught to him by his little vineling, and he tilted his snakelike head down and bared the flowers on his forehead in a mock offering to the wall. The flowers unfurled and emitted a strange frequency in which the wall, almost like water the wall began to ripple. Soon small hooks like objects of different sizes, much like branches on a tree, were formed out of the wall in random places. Mahi slowly hooked his body up and around the hooks making his slow journey towards the window.
Mahi hadn't used that type of magic in a long time and was glad that the atoms in the wall were willing to form a shape to suit his needs, after all 'Atom Glassing' as his kind and himself called it, was a skill very few being aside himself had, after all being the last of his kind meant that very few, of the very few had this skill. There were muggle magicians, like Houdini could teleport out of the box at will as they asked to atoms to move, it was like apparating, Mahi concluded, but slightly more complex than that. Once the plant creature met the window after twisting his slim snake like body through and up over the hooks, he gazed through it, a small smirk was once again placed on his snake like mouth. Bowing his head once more small, tiny suckers shot out of the flower on his forehead and plunged into the glass. Like some sort of demented bugs attached by a length of silk, they began to move in a clockwise direction all in sync drawing a neat smooth hole in the glass. Mahi pushed the glass forward, and it fell out onto the grass below. Mahi smirked once more. Now he was getting somewhere.
Mahi then threw his head back and curled his body into a spring like shape, tensing his body as he prepared to propel himself over 10 feet across over the grassy field. The muscles in his long sheath like body twitched as Mahi gathered energy and strength. Mahi wondered how he was going to make it as far as he could to his vineling's mate without getting killed off by some sort of bird, or filthy muggle whilst on his travels. But then again, that never stopped him before, besides how many creatures in the world easily mistake a snake for… per say, a vine perhaps. It would be and has been all too easy to kill them off, but, Mahi thought, It would be time wasting and would cause him to be late. He knew that humans like his Honani's mate, would often move, and move to far greater distant places than Mahi could ever possible fathom attempting to match and travel to, even if he did, the odds were that they would move again, so time was of the essence. Mahi's eyes narrowed and he hissed deeply under his breath. Mahi suddenly sprung from the window, and soared through the air. The sky was a dull grey and looked as if rain was coming; this of course helped his situation more. The air was still for this moment but he could sense a fresh gush approaching fast. Preparing for this Mahi span his body, so that he was rotating whilst moving through the air; as the blast hit Mahi hissed deep under his breath, but kept spinning. By doing this Mahi was rising on the air currents, whilst moving diagonally over the metal mesh fence. Sensing the ground Mahi let the flowers bloom; this caught the wind and thus caused a fiction with the wind which slowed him down. Mahi landed safely on the other side of the fence.
Mahi took a moment to recollect himself for his head was spinning furiously.
"Never. Never Ever again will I be doing this, not for Vineling, or Vineling's mate not even for myself or my mate; No One can possibly make me do the spinning spider trick, in this life, or my next one ever again." Mahi grumbled under his breath in snake as he tried to identify earth from sky. After a few minutes, Mahi decided to depart, with a final glance at the odd building which kept his Honani contained, and kept his Honani protected from the strange German bloke that Mahi had heard Honani talk about; he slid towards the darkening forest; for it was getting to eve and Night had began to fall, Mahi knew to be extra careful, or he knew that others should be extra careful for he wasn't in a pleasant mood at all. Mahi pondered over the strange man his Honani muttered about. He looked rather beaten and ragged, but had a snarl over his face, even though Honani had the memories of a wizard or witch, doesn't mean that he can identify a werewolf when he first sees one, can he?
If it were a werewolf then Mahi swore he would never let the beast touch his vineling. It wasn't meant to happen but if a descendant were to be contaminated with lycanthropy then the bloodline heritage would be killed off by the disease, so there was no chance in Hell, Heaven or anywhere that that suspected werewolf was getting any were his Hatchling, or his hatchling's mate. Werewolves were often violent creatures and had tendencies to go rouge if not for a potion which in the near future would be developed. Besides all werewolves needed pack, heck, everything needed pack. It's simple logic. Animals especially humans, have families, otherwise known as pack. If someone of their pack betrayed them, not only do they feel confused but feel rejected as their pack no longer wants them. However they are strong together, so this lone man must be the scout for the pack. Ridiculous really considering he failed to gather enough data for his pack and got arrested in the process. Mahi slid around some tree roots whilst rolling his eyes. Moron.
Mahi blinked as he felt something splatter on his head. He grumbled and shook it off, another splatter hit the ground to his right, then left. Mahi hissed in aggravation, he couldn't be bothered to do this, but knew he had to. Slithering through the dampening mud, he felt disgusted as the dirt got beneath his scales. Letting out his anguish he let out a loud annoyed groan of anger. Mahi hated doing this, but it was the fastest way to travel. Mahi took a deep breath and dove into the wet waterlogged mud; his thin vine like body allowing him to glide through the dirt, like a bird through air or a fish through water. Mahi vanished under the dirt; the only thing visible was a small bunch of yellow flowers which seemingly flew across the ground at impeccable speed, so fast no one was quite sure they were there in the first place. Overhead, thunder smashed the sincere landscape with a slicing blade of blinding lightning. In an orphanage on the outskirts of London, beeline to where Mahi was heading, a small boy in a small cot like bed, on his own with his roommates bed vacant once again woke with a gasp, and he stared out the window. An enquiring eyebrow rose as he thought of all the possibilities of this phenomenon… Realising he was being stupid and that it was probably the thunder, he turned over and attempted to go back to sleep. He found this hard but eventually managed to, with a final thought he fell into a light sleep. Tom Marvolo Riddle could have sworn that someone was calling his name.
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By the time that Mahi had pulled himself out of the ground it was midday the next day, which caused him to conclude that he was quite far away from Honani. He would have said home, but Home was Honani so were ever he was, he was home, Mahi would never leave his side permanently, and Honani knew this, they had a bond like no other. Even when Honani died and the new body was born, he would find his Honani. Honani soon agreed not to change his name, he liked this form so, like many other descendants have done, and he will make a spell to chance his new body to be his old one, but only with DNA of the old body. This is where Mahi came in, Mahi would take a sample of Honani's blood as he died thus helping him. It was all planned, so nothing should go wrong… right?
Mahi stared up at the trees, they were lush and green, and with the sun overhead they emitted green beams of colour onto the forest floor. It was pure green it has hints of glimmer green all around. It was peaceful, Mahi thought. Honani would be so jealous, he would love this place. There were no flowers just gentle green leaves, bushes and overhead trees. The sun glittered through giving the dark grotto life, so that it shined with life that shined and sparkled. Mahi shook his head and made a gentle hissing noise. This place could be a fairy hollow, such places where rare but not uncommon. That is of course because they were only visible to magical eyes and animals, and many animals couldn't care less, and wizards and witches were more often than not too lazy to look for them. Except that Newt Scamander… he is actually respected in the magical creature world mainly because he does one thing that others don't; asks them. He always asks the magical creature for information so that other wizards don't have to and treats them with respect. Mahi knows that he is trying to find him but is too busy to give an interview.
Mahi slid out of the grotto and into the light. Blinking due to the blinding light he then stared as his vision cleared; in front of him stood an old greying building with human words written in bold along the top. Mahi couldn't really care less about what they said he was on a mission. Mahi was across from the building, however in between him and said building was a road, it wasn't particularly busy, but many snakes had been killed on roads, too many than necessary, so doing this was extremely hazardous, not that Mahi hadn't done this before, but that was taking a risk. Mahi was pretty confident that he would be killed by doing this. The road was not like the one that Mahi had travelled to get to Honani at his first house, it was far more lumpy and cobbled than that and it was a very dark grey, borderline black in some cases due to the rain which had passed. Taking a deep breath, Mahi flung himself out onto the road. It was empty so the trip across was rather fruitful. Mahi quickly hid in the shrubbery next to the building. The building had steep steps towards the front door and had overgrown shrubbery on either side; however behind the shrubbery was a small gate which had rusted and was almost part of the bush, due to the amount of growth.
Mahi gave a feral grin and slithered silently towards the gate. He slid under it facing no problems. Looking out at the back of the building he could see a playground of sorts with children running around everywhere. There was a swing set which two children were spinning on, screaming in joy, whilst other girls were playing hopscotch; the boys were having fun with a small deflated ball as they played football. However what caught his attention was a small pale boy covered in dirt, surrounded by a group of three children. Mahi narrowed his eyes and darted around the playground until he was in the bushes behind the boy on the ground.
"Look at you now Riddle, so helpless without a friend in the world, I mean come on, and your mother didn't even want you because she died just to escape you!" The girl obviously the leader exclaimed after laughing. Mahi could feel he poison in his flower becoming more deadly with every second. "Aw, poor Tommy, no one loves him or ever will!" she snarled. Tom looked pale and angry but knew that he couldn't do anything. A small tubby brown haired boy threw a rock which hit tom causing another bruise on his body, before saying.
"Let's go guys! I'm sure that I don't want any of Tom's freakishness near me!" He exclaimed, laughing. The girl agreed laughing as well, as they ran off. Mahi looked at Tom, the mere age of seven who had glassy looking eyes as he tried to hold the tears back. To Mahi he knew that this was his Vineling's mate, his senses told him so. Before he could assess the boy any longer a female voice called out from a few bushes near him.
"Tom! Are they gone? Are you hurt? Can I bite them? Tom you don't deserve this treatment!" It exclaimed. Mahi looked curious at the small young snake which slid graciously towards the injured boy. She was a very rare breed of snake, which was almost extinct, she had the venom which could swiftly kill anything if she could bite it, but being at this age, Mahi didn't think she had enough strength to give anything more than someone slight blood poisoning. She was about 75cm long Mahi guessed considering she was about half his size. But he knew he wouldn't get much bigger, however she would no doubt become about his full size at maturity as well. Mahi couldn't feint the surprise when he heard the young boy reply.
"They're gone Nagini, there is no need to bite Amy, Dennis or Billy, I will make them pay myself. I can't lie as I am a hurting a bit on my leg, but I'll be fine. I know I don't deserve this treatment, but…" He said trailing off; Nagini leaned forward into his face, caressing it gently.
"What is it Tom?" She asked, curious, yet cautious.
"What if they're right…? My mother abandoned me to this world and fate... I think it was because she hated me…" He said, twisting on his knees to star at the snake. Mahi could smell a lot of blood on his body; this caused him to narrow his eyes. Mahi was also surprised he managed to catch his Vineling's mate in a moment of braking, not only that but he would need to think of something fast.
"Tom, you know that's not true, your mother, must have… Had something wrong with her, or she couldn't handle your birth! It's not uncommon for human females to die during birth Tom, she couldn't have hated you!" Nagini exclaimed, Mahi found himself agreeing with her, it was also hazardous for a human female to … what was the term…?Abort the baby at this time, for the mother could die in this process too, but if she hated him she would have risked it so, if she didn't do it, she obviously wanted him. It was much like Honani and Mother Sally who loved him unconditionally, Mahi still didn't understand that, but it was a… nice sight to watch.
"So she was weak!" He cried back, but being in snake no one nearby overheard the loud tone, this caught Mahi's attention, so Honani's mate wanted to be strong, this was exactly what Mahi wanted his vineling's mate to be like. A sly grin sneaked onto Mahi's face. "I refuse to be weak Nagini, but… Perhaps they were right, if I could be loved someone would have adopted me by now… So no one loves me" he said slumping. Nagini was at a loss for words. Mahi decided now would be a great time to step in. He slithered forward so he was closer to the pair, so they could see the green like eyes stare at them, but not so they get scared off by how vine like his body was.
"Now this is nothing but a pathetic excuse. Someone out their loves someone else it's simple logic, jeez." Mahi said enjoying the startled look they both gave towards the bush beside them. Tom's eyes narrowed dangerously. Mahi's respect for the boy in front of him rose through the roof.
"Eavesdropping is considered rude in the human world." Tom said simply, whilst implying a hidden meaning of "Go away". Mahi laughed, and slid out a little further so that his snout was showing but the flowers were still covered.
"I would know considering I have lived longer than the both of you, and it's not eavesdropping if your next in line to talk to the person, it's more like, causally overhearing," Mahi sniggered. Tom growled and tried to move but winced as his wounds stung against his skin. Nagini who had been examining the creature in front of her, not sure what he was as she was sure he was no type of snake she'd heard of, turned sharply frantically looking for some way of relieving her Tom of pain. Mahi's eyes narrowed.
"Why would you want to talk to me? I'm not going to yell at your owner because you want to tell him you're sick of rats" Tom asked wincing. Mahi's eyes widened as he saw a drop of blood running down his arm.
"You're hurt." Mahi said plainly.
"And you're a snake, well done." Tom's sarcastic voice rang out. Mahi gave a dark chuckle.
"Am I? Well, I'm not going to have you wincing every time you speak during this conversation; I guess I'll have to heal you." Mahi said plainly. Tom's eyebrow rose as Mahi said this but his eyes and Nagini's widened as he revealed himself. His long black body covered in roots which resembled veins unveiled from the bush, the bright yellow flower bloomed delicately, and his green eyes shone bright.
Nagini spoke up in a quiet tone, "You can heal Tom? What are you exactly? How did you get here?" Mahi laughed cutting her off.
"You do ask a lot of questions, don't you, nestling" He said teasing her as he petted her on the head with his tail. She hissed defiantly, as if proclaiming not to be a child. This caused Mahi to laugh more. "Well, first off, yes, I can heal your Tom. Secondly, I am, what is known as, a Viper vine the last of my kind. Thirdly, I travelled through the ground to get here, not my favourite method of travel but it gets me where I'm going." Nagini absorbed his information as she looked at the elder with what looked like snake awe. Mahi turned his attention to the also information absorbing Tom. "Now, Nagini's Tom… Hold still, I haven't used this in this life yet so don't move" Tom nodded seriously and froze.
Mahi tilted his head towards the sun and accepted its heat, and directed his venom towards his spores a small section of the flower on this head which let out either healing dust or a toxic spray. As the sun heated up the flower the poison became dilute and because of this became a sort of elixir. Mahi's body glow a dull green and he tilted his head towards the bleeding Tom who looked pale enough to be in need of a healer. Suddenly a burst of orange dust exploded over Tom. Tom because of this looked affronted and began to cough. This cough breathed in the powder and the powder temporarily merged into his blood stream like an instant heal. The blood running down his arm like a rain drop on a window was absorbed back into the skin, the scent of blood over him soon vanished and Tom was left with a healthy pale glow in his cheeks. Nagini looked amazed at the spectacle and wrapped around Tom in a snake hug, before bowing towards the old Viper vine before her. Mahi smiled and nodded back, in the best way a snake creature could. Tom looked amazed and opened his mouth to speak. A loud bellow from the house interrupted him.
"EVERYONE BACK INSIDE! PLAYTIME IS OVER!" The old hag bellowed. Tom sighed and looked debated.
"I will be here until tomorrow, then I will have to return to my Ho-me" Mahi said. Tom's eyes lit up and he said farewell to Nagini before walked courteously towards the door. It was silent in the empty playground, aside from the two snakes.
Nagini turned and stared at the elder curiously.
"Who are you?" she asked simply.
Mahi replied with a simple smirk before he stared at the sky, which was turning red as the sun set. Nagini huffed and didn't question him any longer on it, but Mahi knew that she wouldn't drop it quite yet either, the two snakes took a moment to enjoy the world around them. The silence was comfortable, but was broken by Mahi.
"I am Mahi. I am a Viper vine. I am the last of my kind. Now answer my question." He said dramatically. Nagini looked cautious but nodded in acceptance. Mahi looked up at the red sky once more. "The sky is blood red… Someone must have spilt it across the sky-what a waste; but if God lives in the sky than isn't he the devil to do so? And if this happens every eve, then surely, it must be alright for everyone to do so too?" He asked. Nagini stared at him in amazement. He turned and slithered back into the bush. He could feel her eyes on him. "See you tomorrow"
Well, I'm glad that's done; I wrote about 2,000 words until today where I finished it in about four hours O.o so about 5,000 words, woop!
I must first thank everyone who has added me onto their story alert, author alert, favourites list, and favourite author list. I honestly didn't think this story could be that popular, it's my first one too :D
-Thanks to everyone who reviewed too -
I didn't really get how other authors say how reviews help them but now, I fully understand, a review is like someone giving you a cyber shove to get you moving because they want to know what happens next :D Thanks everyone so much
Lozzien Lavender
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Another disclaimer just cause I still have energy to write, I do not own Harry Potter, it belongs to J.K. Rowling… But I do own Mahi and Honani and Sally and everyone YOU don't recognise :D
Ciao and send me a review or any ideas I welcome them all :3
One more thing, I didn't mean to offend anyone in case I did with the comment made about god spoken by Mahi, I just... wrote it... It just y'know wrote itself, so if it offended you I am sorry... errmm that's all things I can think of... Ciao~ ^_^
