Hello, Otter-chan here! I'm so sorry for taking so long! I hope you like this chapter! And I have to tell you that there may be a slowing down in chapters, as Otter-chan has work, then vacation! But I promise to write when I go on vacation, so I shall have chapters when I come back! So, hope you like this, reviews are loved! Happy reading! .
Allen sighed loudly when he was out of earshot of Kanda, out of the Hospital Wing with Lenalee. She looked at him, smiling.
"Did he bug you that much?" she asked as they walked back to the Griffindore tower.
"Hmph… he's just so… so… ah, I don't even know how to explain it," Allen said. He sighed again.
"It's alright Allen. That Akuma was weird, yeah, but at least it's not a threat any more. Let's go up and sleep. It's late," the Chinese girl said, coming up the portrait hole. She said the password and it opened, to the disgruntled mutters of the Fat Lady. "Out at this time." Allen heard her say.
They entered the common room to see that it was almost totally disserted. As Allen and Lenalee walked across the common room, a chair fell over and then Allen was getting suffocated.
"Uh… Lavi? What're you… doing?" Lenalee asked as she watched Lavi hanging off Allen's neck. Or more like he had Allen in a headlock. Allen flailed, trying and failing to get his head and neck free.
"Grroff… gre… canf breeff!" gagged Allen, pulling at Lavi's arm (translation : Get off me, can't breath!).
"Lavi," Lenalee said, crossing her arms. Lavi looked up at her then let Allen go.
"God Lavi. Did you really have to do that?" Ron asked, coming up to them. Allen was leaning on a chair, rubbing his neck. "You alright, mate?"
Allen nodded. "Ya, I'm fine. What'd you do that for, Lavi?"
Lavi grinned at him. "Oh nothing… just felt like doing that. Anyway, where did you two go off to? Alone, at this hour? If I even want to—"
"Lavi!" Lenalee said sharply, cutting Lavi off before he could finish the sentence.
"Just kidding! Geez… but really, where were you two?" he asked. Lenalee gave Allen a sidelong glance. How were they going to tell him with Ron, Fred and George around?
"Nothing important. Just missed a little meeting thing for our school, but since you weren't there, you missed out," Lenalee said. Lavi stared at Lenalee with a vacant expression.
"What?" he said and blinked. Allen sighed, then grabbed his arm and dragged him away from every one else. "Whaaat?"
"Akuma," Allen hissed, glaring at Lavi. How could he be so thickheaded?
"Oh…" he breathed, looking down at Allen. Then he smiled. "Well, didja deal with it?"
"No, Kanda did. But he got hurt."
"What? How'd Yu get hurt?" Lavi asked, shocked.
"The Akuma exploded… different from how Akuma usually explode. He got hit by a piece," Allen said, sighing exasperatedly. He glanced over at where Fred, George, Ron and Lenalee were looking at them, the redheaded brothers with puzzled expressions. "Well, thanks for telling me what happened at the meeting, Allen!" Lavi said louder, so that the twins and Ron could hear. Lenalee just looked at them. Lavi walked back over them, smiling."What was the meeting about?" Ron asked, slouching with his hands in his pockets.
"Just school stuff," Allen muttered, sitting down. He crossed his arms on the table and lay his head on them, moaning slightly.
"You ok Allen?" Hermione asked from where she was sitting by the fire, a book in front of her. She flipped through; looking for a page then scribbled something, looking back to Allen when she was done.
Allen looked up, resting his chin on his hands. "Mm-hmm." Then he slumped back down, his white hair covering his face.
Hermione hmmed, looking at Allen with a thoughtful look on her face. Then she turned back to her homework.
"Allen, see you tomorrow?" Lenalee asked, touching his shoulder. He looked up at her, smiled then nodded. "Ok, goodnight everyone!"
"I think I'll come with you Lenalee. Wait for me," Hermione said, closing her book and walking up to the Exorcist. Together they walked up into the girls' dorm.
"Al-len!" Lavi said in a singsong voice, walking over to Allen. Allen just muttered something incoherently. "What?"
"Nothing… I'm going up to bed," Allen said, standing up. He stumbled up the stairs. Lavi stared after him, then shrugged.
"Think I'm gonna go to. Talk to ya later Fred, George!" Lavi said, smiling widely and followed his friend. Soon Ron and Harry also followed. Fred and George went to their own dorm, leaving the common room empty. It grew darker, the fire dwindling until it went out completely.
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Lavi sat up in bed. He was woken up by a noise in the bed next to him. Allen's bed. He peeked out of his curtains and saw Allen sitting on his bed, pulling his shoes on.
"What're you doing Allen?" Lavi asked in a whisper. Allen turned to Lavi.
"Akuma," he whispered, standing up quietly and pulling on his Exorcists jacket.
"Well, I'm gonna come with you! I didn't get to come last time," Lavi replied, getting out of bed and getting his jacket and boots on quickly. "Where is it?"
"I'm not sure… but I think it might be in the castle!" Allen said, heading toward the door. Lavi followed, looking at the five other beds.
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A loud crash shook the castle, throwing Ron out of his bed and all the other boys awake.
"What the hell was that?" Ron asked as he got up off the floor. All the other boys in the dorm were as wide-eyed as he was.
"Wait, where're Lavi and Allen?" Harry asked, getting off his own bed and looking around. The two students from the other school were gone and their beds empty. "Look, their jackets are gone too… they must have left!"
"Let's go down to the common room!" Ron said, rushing downstairs. Harry followed, as did the other boys in the dorm, but more slowly.
Apparently everyone in Griffindore tower was in the common room. People were panicking, some asking loudly what was happening, and others, Fred and George for example, were laughing.
"Can you see Hermione?" Ron asked Harry. He shook his head, but then Hermione squeezed through a group of excited 3rd years with Lenalee following.
"Where're Allen and Lavi?" Lenalee demanded. Ron turned wide-eyed to her.
"They were already gone when we wo—" he was interrupted by another loud crash, seeming to come from the Great Hall.
"Figures. Of course they're gone… I bet its them," Lenalee muttered darkly.
"How could Allen or Lavi do this?" Harry asked, listening to another loud bang sounding like an old Muggle cannon.
"Uh…well…" but she was saved answering when a loud sound was heard in the from inside the common room.
"Attention all Griffindore students!" Professor McGonagall stood before all the students. "We have the situation under control. You must stay in the dormitories. No one is to leave!"
"I have to go!" Lenalee said in a hissed whisper. "Anyone have a way of getting out of here without getting seen?"
Ron looked at her, then at Harry. He whispered something, nodding enthusiastically. Harry looked nervous, but nodded reluctantly. Hermione narrowed her eyes. "Why? Lenalee, why do you have to go?" she whispered.
Lenalee looked at her with a panicky look. "I just have to! Please!"
Hermione sighed, then looked at the two boys. "A'right," she said, nodding at Ron and Harry. Harry nodded and disappeared up the staircase to his dorm. A minute later he appeared again, hiding something.
"What's that?" Lenalee asked, puzzled out of her panic. She was looking at the silvery, watery cloth that Harry was holding.
"An invisibility cloak," Ron said as Harry threw it over them. "Invisible?" Lenalee muttered. The four of them made it slowly over to the door, barely missing Fred and George and slipping out of the common room.
Another crash echoed up from the Great Hall, and the four stopped, holding onto a staircase. Once the stairs stopped shaking, they continued down. They passed ghosts whispering to each other and teachers walking quickly to and from different places with panicked or strained expression.
"Why do they look so… panicked?" Ron whispered, referring to the teacher that they had just passed.
Hermione made a short 'sh' noise, because the teacher turned to their way, looking puzzled. The teacher shook her head and sped away. "Oops," Ron muttered as they neared the area where the sound was coming from.
As one, the four leaned around the corner of the hallway, looking into the Great Hall. All was quiet, nothing seemed wrong. So where was the explosions coming from?
Something isn't right, Harry thought, searching the shadows in the corners of the Hall. "What's wrong? Where did the explosions come from?" Hermione whispered.
"I don't see any—" Ron was cut off by an earsplitting crash and the floor shook. The crash was followed by a yell of "Allen!" and then "AHHHHH!"
They watching in shock as a black and silver clad figure was hurled through the air from the opposite side of the Great Hall. One of the figures' arms was formed into a silver claw. Slamming into the Great Hall's door with a loud bang, the wood splintered slightly with the person's impact. There, they slid to the ground and lay slumped on the ground, would covering them.
"Oh God! Allen!" Lenalee cried, throwing the Invisibility cloak off and racing toward the pile of wood.
"Bloody Hell! What the Hell is that?!" Ron blurted out loudly, pointing at something that had come into the Great Hall from one of the Passageways.
"Lenalee?! What are you doing here?" someone shouted across the Great Hall.
"Lavi?" Lenalee stopped and turned, searching for the owner of the voice.
Lavi dashed out, wielding a hammer and aimed it at the floating… something that had turned to look at Lenalee. "Better duck!" he yelled, then swung the hammer.
"What in the world is going on?!" Hermione yelled. Lavi turned in surprise and tripped, falling down the stairs. Lavi was stunned for a second or so, sitting on the ground holding his head. Then he shook it vigorously and jumped up. They heard him say "Big hammer, little hammer… grow, grow, grow!" and the hammer grew enormous.
"Lenalee, watch out! This Akuma's stronger than other level 1's!" Lavi called as he swung his hammer once more. This time he brought it crashing down onto the 'Akuma', whatever that was.
It screeched then exploded and disintegrated. Lavi breathed out, his hammer shrinking again. He looked around then dashed to the pile of wood and started to rummage through the wood.
"Ow!" he said, jumping back and holding his hand. Lenalee ran over to him and knelt down.
"What's wrong?" she asked anxiously. Lavi held his hands out, showing a deep gash. "How'd you get that?"
Lavi shook his head, looking toward the pile of wood, where a silver claw was sticking out, one of the fingers tipped with red; Lavi's blood. "Allen! You just cut Lavi!" Lenalee said loudly to the pile of wood and silver claw.
There was a grunt then the wood shifted and Allen's white hair appeared. He shook his head violently, freeing it of splinters. Then he looked over at Lavi and his hand.
"Oh Lavi!" Allen gasped, trying to get out of the wood. "Ah, I'm—stuck!" Allen strained, trying to get up. "Lenalee, help me! I'm stuck on something!"
Lenalee looked up from where she was examining Lavi's hands. She gave Allen an odd look then walked over to him, leaving Lavi staring at the gashes in his hands. It was oozing and the blood was running down his wrists.
Hermione raced over to him and looked at them. She touched his palm gingerly, which caused a quick in-take of breath from Lavi. "Not to worry! Not that bad!" Lavi said, trying to act cheerful. "Allen, that arm of yours is sharp… you should warn someone about that."
"How'd that happen anyway?" asked Lenalee as she dug under the wood to see where Allen was caught. Allen wiggled slightly, trying to get loose, but when he tried to pull up, he had even less room. "Stop moving!"
"His claw cut me!" Lavi said, still holding his hands out in front of him.
"Yes, I know that Lavi," Lenalee said, finally finding where Allen was stuck. His jacket was stuck under a large chuck of wood and whenever he pulled, it tightened its grip. By now, he was having trouble breathing. His jacket was pulled tight and his head was all the way against the door.
"Here, move!" Hermione said, and waved her wand saying "Repairo!" The door flew back together again, letting Allen able to breathe. He stood up and rubbed his neck. Then he looked at Lavi.
"Sorry Lavi!" Allen said. This whole time Ron and Harry had been staring at them with very wide eyes.
"What was that? And what is that?" Ron asked. It sounded just like the question he'd asked before, when he was pointing at the Akuma, except now he was pointing at Allen's arm. The innocence was still invoked and the silver arm hung limply at his side.
"Allen!" Lenalee hissed at him. He turned to her, then looked at his arm.
"Oh…" he muttered, then all of a sudden it was his regular arm once more… not that his arm was regular.
"Um… well… you see… we aren't really from another school," Allen started.
Lavi cleared his throat though, bringing everyone's attention to him once more. "Could I… maybe have some… help? Hands—really—hurt!" he said, trying to stand without using his hands. He almost got up but his foot slipped on some of his own blood and he went crashing to the ground again.
"Here," Allen said, and pulled Lavi to his feet. The Hogwarts students stared at Allen. For someone so skinny he sure was strong. "What?" He looked around, confused.
"Uh… n-nothing," Ron muttered. "What the hell was that thing?!" he blurted out loudly.
"Um, well, you see… they are, uh," Allen spluttered, smiling nervously.
"They are Akuma!" a voice from behind all of them said. All of them spun around quickly, to stare at the owner of the voice.
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"AHHH! Stupid level 1's! Two got killed by the exorcists… TWO! And we're supposed to be in hiding! What are we gonna do if they find us?" the leader of the Akuma sent to Hogwarts was twisting her body into knots. Feathers floated down as the Akuma grabbed two trees with her long body and pulled in, snapping them.
The other three level 2's watched the leader. They didn't want to get in the way, in fear of loosing their lives.
"B-but, they're j-just level 1's. It can't waver our plans that much, can it?" one of the other Akuma asked.
The leader unraveled herself from the trees to face the Akuma who had spoken. It cowered in front of the Serpent Akuma. "Because they know that there's something up!" she hissed dangerously.
"Y-yes, yes, of course!" it spluttered, nodding quickly.
"Bring me the other level 1's! NOW!" she bellowed, and one of the other Akuma scurried off, its many legs thumping on the forest floor. The leader slumped, letting her many wings fall to the ground.
"Here they are," the Akuma said, leading some level 1's. The leader rose once more.
"You! Why did you let two of you get killed!? If any of you get killed before its time, then I will personally dismember you!" she snapped, drawing herself up.
The group of level 1's nodded. "Yes leader! We won't go to the castle!" they said in unison.
"Now go! I don't want to see you!" she said, whipping her tail. They turned and floated through the trees. The leader slumped to the ground once more, groaning.
"Level 1's are so annoying!" she growled, looking at the other level 2 Akuma. They all nodded.
"Yes, they are!" one answered. The other two looked from the leader, then to one another. When will it be time? They both wondered as they watched the leader.
Hope you liked it! Like I said before, there will be a gap in the time I post chapters. I really hope that I can get a few in before leaving for vacation, so please be patiant! Thanks for all the reviews for the other chapters, and I hope you like this one as well.
-special thanks to Wolf-of-Words, who got me into this in the first place, and is my best friend!