Sorry for taking so long to update. I had writer's block. That could be helped if more people would review please!!!
Sorry if some of it is a bit cliché. I couldn't help it. Give me tips please!!
As Raksha lay down on her bed in the girl's dormitory, she found that there was no way she was going to fall asleep. What she had just learned was bouncing around her head, making adrenaline flow. She could go to the nurse for a sleeping potion, but questions would be asked. She couldn't take that risk. She sighed, rolling over to rest on her stomach, head resting on her arms.
You asleep yet sis?
No…I'm guessing I won't be able to for a while. Do you want to talk?
I suppose we should. Raksha closed her eyes. It was far easier to communicate with Malaika when her eyes were closed. This was going to be a long conversation.
Raksha if someone is hunting you simply to close the "window", it would be safe to assume that they'll come after me next.
The why didn't Sarai see you in the vision?
Maybe the vision only showed your possible fate because she was only looking for you. Nobody thinks I would be a target because they won't know about the "window". There was a long pause. Raksha, we need to tell them. They need to know, especially if we put them in danger again.
No! You know what will happen…what has happened..
This time it is different. We have friends now. I think that they would understand. At least Drake would.
And if they don't? Raksha's thought sounded bleak.
Then we still have each other. Promise me that if I get targeted, you'll tell. Promise!…Fine.
The two sisters spoke for another hour, trying to figure out why their ability was threatened. They came up with only half-hearted guesses, nothing concrete. By the time the next morning came, Raksha had only gotten a few hours of sleep. It was the day of the Hogsmeade visit. As she made her way to the Common Room, she tried to get excited about the trip. She was fighting a losing battle. Drake was waiting for her by the stonewall. He put his hand on her shoulder and said nothing. He didn't need to. Raksha knew he had her back. For now. As the wall slid open and they walked silently to the Great Hall, she wondered if the Hogsmeade visit was going to be silent and awkward. She hoped not.
Nearly all of Hogwarts was gathered in the Hall, dressed not in their robes but in comfortable Muggle clothes. Raksha was wearing a jean jacket with a fleece lining with frayed jeans. Drake was wearing a green zip-up hoodie and black jeans. Everyone was wearing a similar outfit. It wasn't warm enough to go outside without a jacket and long pants. Drake and Raksha stayed at the back of the crowd, not wishing to be jostled. Too many people had gotten their shopping money stolen that way. Not that it would have worked on them. Drake simply would have broken the thief's fingers and Raksha could draw her wand so quickly no one would escape.
"Drake! Raksha! Over here!" Connor squeaked. He was also at the back of the crowd, waving his hand to signal them. It was a good thing he did because his skinny frame blended in with the students around him. As they made their way over, Raksha spotted Malaika and Helen doing the same. They only had to wait a few minutes before Sarai and Lei showed up, quietly conversing in Japanese. Everyone looked a little tired, as though they had gotten the same amount of sleep that Raksha got. Before she could comment on this, a whistle was blown and everyone started to move out of the Great Hall. Between keeping an eye on her purse and trying not to get run over, she didn't speak until they arrived at Hogsmeade.
"So, where do we go first? Honeydukes? Or the Three Broomsticks?" There were a couple of chants of Honeydukes, so the shivering group started to walk quickly to the sweet shop. The only sign that yesterday's events had occurred was that everyone stuck a little closer to Raksha than usual, putting her in the centre of the group. She didn't mind. It kept out the wind and they were right to be a bit tense. Still, she was determined that it would not spoil the trip.
The warmth and mouth-watering smells of the sweet shops quickly thawed any students walking in from the chill. Already a couple of escaped chocolate frogs were making their way towards the door, only to be scooped up by their careless owners. Raksha smiled. She remembered her first chocolate frog. It had been on the twins seventh birthday.
"A chocolate frog! For us! Thank you!" The two little blond girls chorused. They really did look like twins with their identical grins of happiness as they held the pentagon shaped boxes. Malaika opened hers and squealed as the frog jumped out. Raksha quickly dove and caught it before giving it back to her sister.
"Be careful Mal! Hold on to it!" Raksha giggled. "What card did you get?"
"Harry Potter!"
They had both gotten Harry Potter. At the time, they both idolized him. Now, while they still admired him, they didn't hero-worship him like Connor still did. Raksha started to walk toward the back of the shop. These were where her favourite sweets were. Chocolate frogs, Bertie Botts every flavour, Acid Pops… Drake often said that she must have zero tastebuds and a stomach as hard as iron. Raksha just thought he was soft. It wasn't her fault that she loved strong flavours. However, her friends' intolerance for the stronger sweets meant that she didn't have to share these ones.
"Yes!!!!" a delighted squeal resounded throughout the shop. Raksha turned to see her twin jumping up and down in front of a table of fresh treacle fudge. Malaika sometimes stole a few of these, but she wasn't as addicted as Raksha. No. Malaika's sweet of choice would always be treacle fudge. Something about the rich sweet made everything right with Malaika's world. If she was in a bad mood, all her twin would have to do was get a piece of the fudge and give it to her. Beside the excited girl was Helen, fighting laughter as she tried to drag the blonde away. Drake who had moved up beside Raksha rolled his eyes in amusement and picked out a bag of sherbet lemons. While these were a normal Muggle sweet, many young witches and wizards had taken a liking to them. Drake was one of these people. It made shopping for birthday presents very easy for the group. As long as Drake always had a stash of sherbet lemons, all was good.
"Arigato!!" This squeal was from Lei. From what Raksha could remember, that meant thanks in Japanese. All heads turned and started laughing. Lei was currently doing a happy dance as she held tightly onto a package of Chocolate frogs. This was a package that just happened to have cards featuring the best Quidditch players of all time. Sarai stood by, grinning like the Cheshire cat. Lei loved anything to do with Quidditch and she was very good at it too. Hufflepuff was actually in the lead in the House Tournament for the first time in a decade. The Hufflepuff captain had even predicted that she would be scouted before she finished sixth year.
It was only after she had stopped laughing that Raksha realized that she couldn't see Connor anywhere. That was odd. Usually he was in the thick of things, trying to look at everything at once. He would also scout out the prank candies, such as the toffee that would make your tongue grow, and the hard candy that was as spicy as chilli peppers. In Ravenclaw, he was infamous as a prankster. The only reason a housemate hadn't killed him before now was his duelling skills. You went up against Connor, and you might be lucky if all he does is tie you up with a spell.
Hey have you seen Connor?
Umm…no. I haven't seen him since we entered the shop. That's strange… BOOM!!! The shop shook from some unseen explosion. Raksha looked at Drake and he nodded. They both sprinted outside. There was a crater the size of Raksha's bed in the ground outside the entrance. On one side there was Connor, standing with his wand out with blue sparks jumping from the tip. On the other side was nothing…no! There was a shape, but it was transparent, like someone's Disillusion charm was wearing off. The shape was tall and thin. Red sparks seemed to be jumping from wherever his wand was.
"Connor! Are you ok?!" Raksha cried. He didn't seem to be hurt, but that didn't mean he wasn't.
He lumped and his head swivelled towards her. A look of panic appeared on his face as he pointed his wand at her and shouted "PROTEGO!" Not a moment too soon. As soon as the shield was up, it exploded from the force of an enemy spell. Raksha fell back and landed on her right wrist. A crack could be heard clearly. Before she knew it, Drake had pulled her to her feet by her left arm and had his wand at the ready. However, Raksha thought she saw his eyes changing again. She could see the slit pupils.
"Drake! Calm down! You'll hurt Connor this way!" Raksha shouted into his ear. It seemed to work. His eyes stopped shifting and they settled in a normal shape. His wand was still held out.
"Raksha, get back." He murmured softly. Raksha stared up at him with a look of scorn. There was no way she was leaving her friends. Her arm might be causing her a lot of pain, but she was left-handed. She could fight. In response, she took out her wand and pointed it at the shape, which was quickly becoming clearer.
"Sectumsempra!" The person hissed pointing his wand at Connor. He ducked and with a yell of "Confringo!" sent a spell speeding toward the attacker. The man dove to the side as the spell rushed past him and hit a box. It burst into flames and exploded. Where had he learned that spell, Raksha wondered.
"Stupefy!" Drake shouted, aiming at the figure. The Disillusionment charm had faded enough so that the students could see him. He had on a black hoodie and black jeans. He had covered his face with the hood. The person waved his wand and the stunning spell was blocked. Whoever this person was, he was good enough to cast spells without a word.
"Avada kadavra!!" Raksha heard a scream behind her. She dove to the ground, pulling Drake down with her. She gasped through clenched teeth as she landed on her arm, tears threatening to fall. She felt a wind blow over her head and heard a window shatter. I hope no one got hit, she thought, as glass shards rained over her and Drake.
Raksha! Get out of there and RUN!!!!!
I need to help Connor!
Raksha got up and looked for her geeky friend. He was still standing with a murderous expression on her face. It was actually slightly scary.
"STUPEFY!!!" the boy screamed. This time, he didn't miss. The spell hit the assailent in the chest and brought him down. Connor ran over to check that the spell worked. Satisfied, he ran over to where Raksha was still crouching outside Honeydukes.
"Are you ok?" Raksha nodded mutely. Dimly, she felt herself being pulled to her feet by her left arm. When Connor grasped her right arm to help, she couldn't hold back the yelp of pain that burst through gritted teeth. She was not going to cry, she chanted to herself.
Raksha! Hold on, Helen and I got Professor Cherub. We're coming to you.
'Kay…
"Do you need to sit down? Raksha?" Raksha looked at Drake. His face was stony, but his eyes were that strange grey colour again. She wondered what colour her hair was. Probably some ugly colour.
"No, I can stand." she replied trying to hide the shakiness in her voice. She turned to see Lei and Sarai rushing up to them. They had come from behind the window. Both of their faces were tight with concern and some panic. Lei was babbling in what the group assumed to be Japanese and Sarai looked to be on the verge of hysterics herself.
"Miss Werth! Are you and your friends okay?" The diminutive professor's voice boomed across the street. Malaika and Helen were running behind him.
"I think I broke my wrist… Anyone else hurt?" Raksha looked at her friends. Besides the glitter of glass shards in Drake's hair and the dirt and soot on Connor's face, no one seemed to be hurt. She sighed with relief. If one of her friends had gotten hurt again… well… she didn't want to think about it. She started to walk toward the professor. She didn't get far before the ground tilted and rushed up to meet her.
What's wrong with Raksha? Wjat is with Drake's eye's changing that causes Raksha to panic? Who is the attacker? How come no one's reviewing?
You'll just have to wait muahahaha!