It is I, Otter-chan! TaDa! It's rather longer than chapter 9! I hope you like it! My land mark! Chapter 10! lol. Ok, well, I hope you like this chapter. I thought I was gonna have a Quiddich game in this chapter, but I guess not. Well, I hope that I can get another chapter in before I have to leave for vacation.
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Timcanpy fluttered on a breeze. He looked around… or more moved his body in the direction of the castle. If he had thought, he would wonder how Allen was doing, but since he didn't, all he knew was that Allen was alive and up in the castle.
He stilled his wings for a second, floating on a breeze. Out here was great! Lots of places to explore, and not a cat in sight.
The breeze grew stronger and then Timcanpy was fighting to stay up. His wings pounded the air as he fought against the growing wind. After a few seconds of this battle, the wind overpowered the golden golem and he tumbled through the air.
Falling, falling, falling… landed. Onto the branch of a tree. His tiny feet gripped the tree tightly, trying to steady himself. He had just about steadied himself on the leafy branch when the branch itself twitched.
The snitch-like golem gripped the branch tighter when the tree gave a huge jerk and Timcanpy was pulled through the air in an amazing speed. If he could speak he'd be squeaking in surprise and fear.
The tree that the misfortunate golem had lightened down onto was none other than the Whomping Willow. It thrashed its branches as Tim held on for dear life. Finally it flicked Timcanpy off its branches.
Tim flew through the air, hitting a tree and falling into a bush.
Peering out of the bush, Timcanpy watched the Whomping Willow whip around. Maybe he should find Master Allen now. Yes. He knows when he is needed. Now Master Allen needs him. He fluttered off in the direction of the castle. Thankfully the strong wind was blowing toward the castle, so he didn't have to fight it.
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Allen was slumped in a chair near the blackened remains of last night's fire. He had gotten up early to maybe look for Timcanpy, but he'd gazed longingly at the chair and ended up sitting down. Once there, he'd fallen straight back to sleep.
Lenalee walked down the stairs from the girls' dormitory. The first thing she saw was Allen dozing in a chair. She chuckled to herself and walked over to him.
She leaned down and looked at his face. He looked so cute when he was sleeping. But he always looks cute. No… don't think about that Lenalee. But he's so cute! She thought, leaning in closer. Now she was kneeling by his chair.
She watched him for a few moments with her hands on the chair arm. She leaned in closer. Closer, closer… no Lenalee. Not when he's asleep! She blinked. He mouthed something.
"Ma…na…No! Run father! G-get away! No!" Allen muttered in his sleep, his head turning from side to side. Lenalee backed up. His father…Lenalee reached out and touched his cheek lightly, running the back side of her finger down. It seemed to comfort him because he stopped muttering.
"L-Lenalee?!" Allen said sleepily. Lenalee drew back quickly and stood up.
"Allen, you fell asleep in a chair," Lenalee said softly. Allen blinked sleepily up at her.
"W-what? Oh… look at that," Allen said, looking around and yawning. "What're you doing down here?"
For some reason, Lenalee blushed slightly, then looked at him. "Its morning. I was gonna head down to the Great Hall and grab something before having a look around the grounds. Do you… wanna come with me?" she blushed again.
Allen blushed as well but nodded. "I'll come… I still don't know where Tim is. I'll look around."
Allen offered Lenalee his arm. "Shall we?" Lenalee giggled, blushing even more but taking his arm. He's such a gentleman. Lenalee thought as he helped her out of the portrait hole. He was being a little exaggerated, but that didn't matter.
Lavi peered down the staircase of the boys' dormitory, just catching Allen exit with Lenalee. Their arms were hooked together and they were both laughing. Lavi grinned.
"Oh Allen, such a gentleman!" Lenalee commented as they made their way down to the Great Hall. Allen grinned.
"Really?" he asked as they passed a portrait of a lovely woman. She smiled at them and whispered something about 'young love'.
Entering the Great Hall, they walked over to the Griffindore table. Only a few people were sitting there, eating toast or dozing on the table with books in front of them. They sat down next to each other.
"Allen… you muttered something in your sleep before I woke you," Lenalee said, helping herself to a piece of toast.
"I diff?" Allen asked, looking up from the very large plate of eggs that he had been shoveling into his mouth. He swallowed. "Sorry… I did?"
Lenalee nodded. "Didn't sound to happy," she said quietly. "Was it a bad dream?"
Allen stared at the tablecloth. "Yeah," he muttered. Lenalee chewed some toast.
"Wonder where Tim is," she said, putting her elbow on the table. Allen knew that she was changing the subject, but he was glad. He nodded, starting to eat again.
"Me too… he's been gone for a couple of days or so."
"Hope he wasn't eaten by anything," Lenalee commented. She looked around. More people had entered by now. "You wanna go around the grounds before people come in?"
Allen swallowed. The plate before him was totally empty of any food. "Ok… let us go!" he offered his arm to her again.
"Allen! You're so silly. But of course!" Lenalee said, standing up and taking his arm once again. Together they headed toward the doors, giggling. Just as they exited, Lavi entered with Fred and George.
"Look!" he whispered, pointing towards the door where Allen's cloak had just vanished.
"Ah, young love!" Fred said. George nodded. "True, very true! Should we tell everyone? Spread it around?"
"Spread what around?" Lavi asked. Some times he didn't follow what the twins said. Something about twins and being connected, Lavi thought.
"Spread around that Allen Walker and Lenalee Lee are going out! I want to see the look on some of those girls' faces when they hear that! Allen's popular," George said. Lavi grinned evilly.
"I'll help with that!" he said enthusiastically. He laughed, looking around, then walking into the Great Hall. Fred and George followed him as he sat down at the Griffindore table.
Soon after that Lee Jordan joined them. Fred and George eagerly told their friend about the plan and he agreed to help as well.
Out side the castle, Lenalee and Allen were walking down to the lake. The black surface of the lake shimmered in the early morning sun.
"Allen… what were you dreaming about?" Lenalee asked as they neared a group of trees by the waters' edge. Allen stopped walking, looking down at the ground. "Come'n, lets sit down."
Lenalee took his gloved hand and led him over to sit under a tree. He followed her without resistance. She sat down on the grass and leaned against the trunk. She looked at him when he sat down.
"I was dreaming about… when my father died," Allen said, looking at her and giving her a very sad smile. "Some times I do. Not a big deal though. Don't worry."
"O-ok. Well, do you see any Akuma? You'd see them wouldn't you?" the Chinese girl asked. He nodded.
"Yeah, but maybe they're hiding in the forest… I mean, it's huge!" Allen said, gesturing toward the shadowy forest and then making a 'its-this-big' hand motion. Lenalee laughed.
"Oh… look! There's people over there," Lenalee said, pointing over to the castle steps, where they could just see a small group of students.
"Oh no!" Allen muttered, staring at the students, all who seemed to be girls from various houses.
"What? Is one an Akuma?" Lenalee asked him urgently. Allen chuckled and shook his head. "Then what?"
"It's… it's… I don't know. They seem to follow me around," he said, blushing slightly and scratching the back of his head.
At this, Lenalee burst into laughter. "What?!" Allen asked, looking at her with wide, surprised eyes.
"T-they're y-your fan club!" Lenalee laughed, smiling widely at him. "I've heard some of them talking about you, especially the girls from Griffindore tower. Sometimes they ask me about you, seeing as we're from the same 'school'!"
Allen stared at Lenalee as she continued to laugh. Fan club? I have a fan club? When did this happen? He thought, bewildered.
"Oh yeah, that Hogsmead village thing is happening this Saturday, isn't it?" Allen asked, trying to get off the subject of his 'Fan Club'. Lenalee breathed in deeply, stopping her laughter to answer her friend.
"Ya. We should go. I think that this village would be a perfect place for Akuma to hide," she said, plucking at some grass.
"What day is today?" Allen asked, trying to figure out how many days until Saturday. Lenalee started to laugh again.
"Its Friday!" she laughed.
"So its tomorrow?"
"Yes Allen, tomorrow! Come on… let's see if we can find Timcanpy," Lenalee said as she stood up and brushed off her skirt.
"Ok," Allen replied, standing up as well. He looked around, his eye traveling over a large willow tree that seemed to be moving of its own accord. "What's that?!" He pointed over at the tree.
"Oh, that's the Whomping Willow. Hermione told me about it. It moves," Lenalee said, looking over. Then she squinted. "Is that Timcanpy?"
"Looks like it," the white haired Exorcist said as he shielded his gaze from the sun with a hand. Tim was flying at top speed toward them. "Why's he flying so fast?"
"Allen! Look!" Lenalee gasped, pointing at something slightly above the golden golem, following him wing flap by wing flap. An owl. A snowy owl, chasing Tim through the air. "It's Hedwig!"
Back in the Great HallFred, George, Lee Jordan and Lavi huddled together at the Griffindore table as it slowly filled up with students. Fred reached for some juice, looking at George with feign interest.
"Lenalee and Allen are going out?" he asked loudly as a group of Griffindore girls passed them. They stopped in their tracks and stared at the twins. Behind them, Lavi was having a fit and Lee was watching them, smiling widely.
"That's what I said, didn't I? Ya, Lavi saw them in the Common Room this morning, didn't you?" George said, asking the redheaded Exorcist.
Lavi stopped his fit and nodded, ignoring the girls. "Yeah, I did. I saw them leaving together! It's so cute, don't you think?"
"Awe yes, young love!" Fred and George said at the same time, sighing. Lee glanced at the group of girls. They had shocked expressions on their faces. When they sat down, the group of mischief-makers stopped to listen.
"I can't believe Allen is going out with Lenalee! That's no fair!" one said, sounding hurt.
"Me neither!" another said. The group of older boys smiled evilly.
On the grounds"Whoa, it is! Call her over," Allen said, heading in the direction of the panicking Tim.
"Hedwig! Come here!" Lenalee called out. The owl slowed, swiveling her head toward Lenalee. Allen heard the owl let out a soft hoot and turned away from Timcanpy. She glided over and lighted down on the Exorcists arm.
Timcanpy hit Allen full speed in the shoulder. "Ugh… Tim!" Allen said harshly as he stumbled back slightly. Tim ran up and sat snuggly at the base of Allen's neck, away from the owl.
"Timcanpy, where've you been?" Allen asked the golem. Tim just fluffed his tail. Allen sighed.
"Come'n Allen. We should get back inside. You didn't see any Akuma, and class will start soon. I wanted to sit in Charms with Hermione and them, you wanna come?" Lenalee asked as they headed toward the castle again.
The group of girls, Allen's fan club, had disappeared and they were able to get into the castle without anyone noticing them. Once inside, Hedwig took off from Lenalee's arm and flew up to the Owlry.
Tim stayed nestled against Allen's neck the entire time, causing Allen to fidget every now and them. Lenalee laughed whenever he twitched.
They entered into the Great Hall again. Since there was still ten minutes until class, it was still somewhat full. They wandered over to where Hermione was sitting, reading the Daily Prophet.
Passing a group of girls, Allen thought he heard his name but when he turned to look at them, they were huddled in a group, unaware of his presence. When they sat down, Ron looked hard at Allen and Lavender sent a glare at Lenalee.
Lenalee and Allen looked at each other confused.
"What'd we do?" Allen asked. Harry looked from Ron to Allen and blinked. From the look on his face, he didn't have a clue as to why Ron had just glared at the white-haired Exorcist either.
"Oh, there's a rumor that you two are going out," Hermione said, not looking up from the newspaper. Allen's eyes widened.
"What? Where'd everyone get that?" Lenalee asked, just as shocked as Allen. Hermione lowered her newspaper. She thought for a second then sighed.
"I heard it when I was passing Fred and George this morning," she finally said.
"Was Lavi with them?" Allen asked. Usually Lavi hung out with them. Hermione thought for a second then nodded. Allen went slightly pale. "Spreading rumors!" he muttered under his breath.
Lenalee, on the other hand, flushed angrily. "He's doing this on purpose!" she said, looking around for the large amount of red hair and headband of Lavi. She didn't see him.
"When I get my hands on him…" Lenalee breathed. Only Allen heard her but he felt the same.
"So you aren't going out?" Ron asked. Allen turned slowly to face him.
"No. We aren't going out. You actually believed Lavi?" Allen replied. He ran his gloved hand through his hair. "Oh yeah, there's that Hogsmead visit tomorrow. Are you guys going?"
Ron nodded enthusiastically. Next to him, Hermione snorted and muttered something about Ron having a one-track mind. Allen pretended not to hear her. "So, what do you do there?" he asked Ron.
"There are all sorts of shops and stuff! You can buy stuff there. Honey Dukes is the best!" Ron said then said, "It's this really awesome candy shop. It has everything!" when Allen gave him a puzzled look.
"That sounds really cool!" Allen said. Ron nodded.
"There's a Quiddich game soon," Harry said, his head on his hand.
"Oh yeah!" Ron said, then became pale.
"It'll be fine Ron. You'll do fine!" Hermione said, looking at her friend. Allen looked from Ron to Hermione to Harry. He opened his mouth to ask a question but was cut off by the bell.
"Come on Allen. Hermione, Ron, Harry, we're gonna come with you to Charms," Lenalee said, taking Allen's arm and dragging him away from the table. He had started eating again. "No more Allen. How much food can you eat?" she asked playfully as he snatched a piece of toast before she could stop him.
"You know I need a lot!" he said, munching on the toast. Lenalee sighed and followed Hermione. She grabbed Allen's arm again and pulled him out of the Great Hall. She had a feeling that if she hadn't, he would've stayed there.
Harry and Ron followed more slowly, but caught up with them outside Flitwicks' classroom.
"You know Allen, Lenalee, that some of those girls were glaring at you when you left?" Harry said. Lenalee turned. Harry nodded to her hand, which was still on Allen's arm. She jumped and quickly pulled it away, blushing.
Allen was oblivious of what had just happened, absorbed in asking Hermione what they were doing in Charms. "Silencing Charms? Sweet! That's really cool. Oh, how I wish I could use that on Kanda!" Allen said.
"He'd murder you Allen," Lenalee said, controlling her blush. Harry watched her carefully, smiling.
"Ya, I know, but if it would stop his annoying comments, then it'd be worth it!" Allen said, smiling childishly. Lenalee laughed.
At that moment, the small Professor Flitwick opened the door. Everyone filed inside.
"Now, today we shall be continuing our work on Silencing Charms! You will find your raven or toad at your desk. Begin!" he squeaked from his perch on a stack of books. He looked around as everyone started and spotted Lenalee and Allen. He hurried over to them.
"Will you be watching this class?" he asked the Exorcists. They nodded. "Well, you can try this spell. I don't know if you can, since you aren't… from here, but you can try!" Lenalee and Allen nodded. Apparently Professor Flitwick was one of the teachers who knew about the Black Order.
"Here," the short wizard said, handing them two wands. Allen looked at it curiously. "Just be careful!" and he walked away, to observe the class.
Lenalee and Allen walked over to Harry, Ron and Hermione, who were sitting at a table near the back.
"So, you're gonna try too?" Ron asked. Allen nodded. Ron turned his attention back to his fat toad and said "Silencio!", jabbing his wand at the toad. The toad didn't do anything, just continued to croak.
"Ron, you didn't practice at all, did you?" Hermione said from across the table. The raven in front of her was opening and closing its beak, but no sound was coming out. She had done the charm correctly.
"No, I didn't. Harry, having any luck?" Ron asked his friend. Harry was staring at his own raven with an amazed look. It was glaring at him, trying to make sound, but failing.
"Whoa! I did it!" Harry said. Ron stared at him.
"How'd you do that?" he asked. Harry shook his head. "I don't know!"
"Well done Mister Potter! Now, you try!" Professor Flitwick had come over and was now looking at Lenalee and Allen.
"Um… ok, Here goes" Lenalee muttered and looked at her toad. It was croaking loudly. "Silencio!"
The toad turned to look at her, and croaked. It was quieter, not completely silenced, but the sound was dampened.
"Good job Miss Lee! Keep trying, let's see if you can get it completely!" Flitwick said excitedly. "Mister Walker, you try!"
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"I'm sick of waiting! I want to kill someone!" one of the level 2 Akuma said angrily. It stamped its doll feet. "All we've been doing is waiting here in the dark forest for ever! Why can't we go kill someone?"
Another Akuma looked at the first, shrugging its shoulders. "Don't know. Leader has a plan, that's all I know. She'll let us know. For now, just wait!"
"I can't wait! I wanna kill something!" the first said loudly.
"Calm down, or someone might hear you," a smooth voice floated through the clearing where the two Akuma had been arguing. They both spun around.
"Where are you, Widow?" one of the Akuma asked the air.
"Above you, Ghost," the voice said again. The Akuma, Ghost, looked up, along with the other.
"We can't see you," the other said.
"If you'd open your eyes, then you'd see me Silk," the voice said, from behind them this time. Both Ghost and Silk spun around. Widow was standing before them, smiling. "Now, if you are both done arguing, then I can tell you what Leader and I thought of!"
"Widow, I think I shall explain!" hissed the serpent Akuma as she flew out of the trees.
"Yes Leader," the Akuma called Widow said, bowing her head.
"Now, the Millenium Earl said to split them up. That they are stronger together. I have thought of a plan that will separate them. They won't want to work together after we're done!" the leader hissed.
"Will we be able to kill?" Silk interrupted. Ghost smacked Silk over the head.
"Yes Silk, we will be able to kill, but not the Exorcists! That would just ruin our plan. And not yet! After we have them, then we can. But you aren't going to do anything. Widow shall go, Ghost shall accompany her—"
"What?" Silk interrupted again. "Why does he get to go?"
"You know very well why he gets to do! Now, shut up and let me tell you the plan!"
I hope you liked it! Reviews! Cookies! lol, just kiddin' but reviews are nice. Thank you all for reading this chapter, and past chapters. I hope that I make it enjoyable for you!