I am SO sorry that I didn't post sooner. The first week of school killed me, seriously. And I kept having writers block and not wanted to type any. But, here it is... Chapter 17. I hope you forgive me for taking such a long time. This chapter's kinda boring... sorry. I dont own DGM or HP.
"If that's all, I'm leaving," said Kanda, stalking to the door. He looked back and glared at Allen, as if daring him to stop him.
"You can leave if you want," said Lenalee. He walked from the room, closing the door loudly behind him.
Silence fell in the room once he left.
"Hey, what're you doing—" There was a crash from the hallway.
Allen and Lenalee dashed to the door, followed by Miranda and Lavi.
"Ow… damn it…"
Kanda was lying at the feet of a suite of armor, holding his head.
"Kanda! What happened?" They all rushed forward and Lenalee helped him to his feet.
"There was… a kid standing outside the door, listening in. He… attacked me!" said Kanda.
"Someone heard us? Oh no… what will we—"
"Its ok. They wouldn't have heard anything," said Lenalee.
"Why?" asked Lavi.
"There're spells around this room. Komui told me that people can't listen in," she explained.
"Oh… well, that's good," said Lavi, sighing with relief.
"He attacked you?" asked Allen.
"Yeah, that's what I said didn't I?" said Kanda, rubbing his head.
"But… how?"
"Didn't really see how Bean Sprout, just know that he did," Kanda said. He glared at the white haired exorcist.
"Was he a student?" asked Miranda, looking down the hallway.
"Don't know," answered Kanda.
They all looked at each other, then at Allen.
"What?" he asked blankly.
"Could it have been… an A-Akuma?" asked Miranda, looking slightly scared.
"Strong enough to be one," muttered Kanda.
"B-But Allen didn't see anything! He should have seen something! If it was an Akuma, he should have seen! Couldn't it have been just a student? It couldn't have been an Akuma! It just—"
"Miranda! Calm down! We lived without Allen's eye before, and we will again, if its true that it isn't working," said Lenalee, placing a hand on Miranda's arm. Miranda sniffed, shaking.
"Miranda. It doesn't matter. We'll get the Innocence and the Akuma, don't worry." Allen smiled his smile and she calmed visibly.
"B-but… oh… ok. Yeah, you're right," mumbled Miranda.
"It's ok. Everything'll be fine," said Allen, still smiling.
She swallowed, then breathed slowly, calming slightly more.
"Send a golem if you need anything. I'm leaving," Kanda said abruptly, taking everyone by surprise. No one spoke as he walked away and turned around the corner.
"Ok, well, I better check in with Komui. Bet he'll want me t-to do something. I'm wondering if I'll get covered in paperwork…" Miranda sighed and left the three younger exorcists watching them.
"Well! That was exciting," said Lavi.
Allen and Lenalee both looked at Lavi.
"Ok, really, I'm sorry. I didn't know what happened. It all happened really fast. I don't know why I was so angry," he said, his shoulders sagging.
"Yeah…" muttered Allen. He frowned for a second then something seemed to click in his mind and his face lit up then darkened.
"What's with you?" asked Lenalee, noticing his change.
"Oh… some…thing just made sense," he said slowly.
"Well, tell us!"
"That…'boy' who was… sneaking outside of the room. Could he have been responsible for yours and Kanda's fight? I've never seen you fight before…like that." Allen frowned again.
"Maybe," said Lavi slowly.
"We should go patrol guys," said Lenalee, looking around. "What time is it?"
"Dunno. I can't tell by looking out of the window. Its all cloudy," said Allen.
Allen stared out of a high window. Wind rattled the windowpane.
Lenalee moved from foot to foot, then said, "Well, I'm gonna get going." She turned and started to walk down the hallway, following the path of Miranda.
Allen struggled with something, but gave up and watched her go. Then he turned to Lavi. The older boy was staring at his feet, his shoulders slumped.
"I…" he started, his voice no more then a whisper. Then he looked up at Allen with such a guilty look in his green eye.
"It wasn't your—"
But Lavi cut him off. "Yeah, it was. That fight. I don't know what we would have done if you hadn't stopped us. I don't know why that made me so angry. But then I was on fire…I was so mad, like I was burning. We could have really hurt each other."
Allen stared at his fellow exorcist. Lavi seemed to be having serious mood swings that he didn't usually have.
"C'mon. Lets go see what time it is and see if there's anything we can do," said Allen, patting Lavi on the back then turned. Lavi nodded, smiling slightly, and followed the younger boy down the hallway.
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It was late. The sky outside was dark, clouds obscuring the light that the moon might have provided.
"Is there anything I can do? Being stuck in this castle is…I have to get out."
"I understand Kanda. And yes, I have a mission for you, if you'd like to go take it. It's a little ways away, but you have to come back here. That's important. We still need you here," said Komui, looking at his paper work.
"Doesn't matter. Just get me out for a little bit." Kanda was sitting at the table next to Komui, fingering the wand that he had been given. He had got it today, not that he knew many spells. He could do some. Dumbledore had told him a couple to test out, and he already knew how too. He wondered if the other exorcists had wands as well.
"Leave your wand here," he said, holding out a hand.
"Fine, here…I'll practice later." He handed the wand over to the chief and brushed back some stray hairs from his face.
"Ok, here's the paper. You should leave now, when everyone's up in the dorms. Be careful…I think Umbridge is lurking. Good luck," the older man handed Kanda some papers. Kanda nodded and stood, walking to the door.
"I'll be back," he said. "I have my golem." And he left. Komui sighed. Kanda could be impatient at times. He needed something to do, or else he would start getting even more short-tempered than normal.
There was a light knock on the door and Komui looked up. "Come in." The door opened and Lenalee came in. She glanced behind her, then came to sit next to her brother.
"Hello Lenalee…" he said, smiling as she sat down.
"Hi Nii-san. Found anything?" she asked, picking up a paper and reading it. "Kanda's going on an assignment, isn't he? I saw him leaving the room."
"Yes…he said he had to get out of the castle."
"Hmm…"
"Lenalee?"
"Oh, nothing. Just thinking. But its nothing," she said, smiling. Komui smiled as well then rummaged around, looking for something.
"Here, I have something for you. Dumbledore told me to give this to you. You can see him later, but he asked for you to have this, as well as Allen and Lavi." He handed her a slender, dark walnut brown wand. She gasped, taking it and sliding her fingers down it.
She felt a slight pulse go through her, as if it knew that she was there.
"And this is Lavi's,"—he handed her a longer, lighter colored wand—"and this one's for Allen."
The wand in question was made of rather dark wood, darker than the one given to her. She made a mental note, remembering which one was for Allen and which one was for Lavi.
"We get wands?" she asked. She hadn't even had to ask for them. It was easier than she had thought it would be.
"Yes. Professor Dumbledore thought that it would be good for you to have them. He's going to teach you some spells, and you can stop in classes if you like too," said Komui.
"Yes Nii-san. I'll give the wands to them," she said and got up.
"Goodnight Lenalee."
"Goodnight Nii-san." She left the room carrying the three wands. She walked down the corridors. Something about the castle was peaceful…maybe that had something to do with it being rather late. She passed a ghost gliding in the other direction. He tipped his hat, smiled and continued on his way.
"Mimbulus Mimbletonia," she said when she reached the portrait hole. When she entered, she saw Allen and Lavi sitting at a table, talking.
"Hello," she said, coming to sit with them. She noticed that they were the only ones in the common room.
"Oh, hello Lenalee!" said Allen, smiling. Lavi grinned, then turned back to the book he had in front of him.
"Komui told me to give you these," she said, holding out the two wands. Lavi looked up again.
"Wands?" he asked curiously. She nodded. "Which one is mine?"
She held out the longer, light colored wand and he took it. He felt its smooth surface with his fingers.
"This one's for you Allen," said Lenalee, holding out the dark, almost black wand. He took it, smiling.
"Thank you! Now we can learn those spells that Harry keeps talking about," said Allen, looking at the wand closely.
"Well, I think I'm gonna go to bed. Goodnight," she said, motioning to the girls' dorm.
"Ok, goodnight! Thanks for the wands," both boys said, smiling then going back to what they had been doing before.
Once she was gone, Lavi picked up the wand again.
"That's so cool…we can do magic," he muttered. Allen grinned, staring at the wand still in his hand. He turned to the portrait hole when he heard it creak and two people walked in. It was Harry and Ron. They caught sight of the exorcists.
"Hello," said Allen. Ron muttered a 'hello', casting a nervous glance at Harry. Allen watched them as they pulled out homework and set to work.
"I'm going to go to bed. 'Night Allen," said Lavi, closing the book he had been reading and walked up the stairs, holding his wand. Ron followed.
What time is it? Allen asked himself. He glanced at Harry's watch. It was after 12. His eyes flickered. He was so tired.
Harry was reading his potions book, but didn't seem to be concentrating. Allen lay his head down, still reading. His eyes closed and before he knew it, he was asleep.
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Allen blinked in the bright sunlight. Where was he? He looked around. The grounds by the lake…yes, that's where he was.
It was so bright! And warm. He closed his eyes, letting the sun warm him but he opened them again when he heard a scream.
The sun was…gone.
The scream echoed across the grounds again. He tried to run toward it, but he couldn't move.
"Oh no, my prince is going to leave without me!"
He whipped around. It was her again.
"Why black?" Why was he asking such a stupid question? He heard more screams, and someone called his name.
"Haven't we already gone through that?" she giggled, walking up to him, her black dress swaying. He stared wide-eyed at her.
"I have to help my friends!" he yelled, turning sharply and trying to run. His feet would just not move.
"Tsk, tsk…leaving your princess without a protector?" Slender arms wrapped around him, and her chin rested on one of his shoulders. He turned his head, staring at her.
"Get off me!" he cried, trying to pull away. She tightened her grip.
"No!" The sky was turning darker still, the grounds melting away. Trees replaced it.
He gasped. She was tightening her grip still, and it hurt. She moved a hand to his face and made him look at her. Her touch burned, and he could feel warm blood running down in his cheeks.
"No! Stop!" He tried to pull his face away from her fingers, and fought to get away.
Her grip tightened even more and he couldn't breath.
"Harry Potter, Allen Walker, sirs!"
He gave an enormous jump, eyes flying open and toppled off his chair, landing on the ground. He blinked several times to clear his head, then noticed something standing in front of him. He looked over to where Harry had been sitting.
"Dobby!"
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"I… think it worked…" panted Ghost. His eyes were slightly out of focus as he slumped on the ground. Widow stared at him with all eight of her eyes.
"You know that if its too hard on you, don't do it," she advised.
"Well, it worked, didn't it? In both accounts," he said, looking over at the leader. Her eyes flickered open, and a smile spread across her face.
"Yes, I think it did," she hissed.
"I definitely heard something…sounded like shouts," said Ghost, straightening up.
"Yes, yes…Great work Ghost. Great work indee—"
"Oh yes, great work! For what very little work you did!" remarked Ichi-Tamashii-sama, looking at its twin.
"I agree. They don't really do anything!" said Ni-Tamashii-sama.
"Neither do you!" snapped the Leader venomously.
"Ah, we will, don't worry! But you're just wasting time!" they said in unison. Then they turned away from the three Akuma and walked across the clearing, where Silk had been watching.
"When are we going to attack?" inquired Silk. How many times had she asked this question? She was tired of sitting here. She wanted to kill someone, or a number of someone's.
"Didn't we tell you Silk? Soon!"
"But how soon is soon?" she asked.
"Soon! As in… a time that we can attack! Without having someone stop us!" one of the twin Akuma said, looking at Silk. Silk nodded slowly.
"Ok…"
Well, there it was. Reviews? Comments? Cookies? Hope you liked it and I will try to update soon.