Chapter 4

Icarus leaned against the tree by the lake watching his friends across the bank. David was sitting with his blonde girl in his lap and Benny was by the looks of it recounting a quidditch match. Icarus would never admit it but he was missing them. He sighed turning to watch the boy who was to big to be real. The boy was in his third year but he was big as a full grown man. He was holding some sort of container making his way over to the lake. Curious Icarus made his way down to the edge of the lake to see what the boy was up too.

The boy was up to his knees lowering the white container down to the water.

"Rubeus? What are you doing?" Hagrid jumped turning.

"oh blimey it's you Black. I was just letting Squirt 'ere free." Hagrid lowered the box showing Icarus Squirt. Inside the container was a squid the size of his forearm. "you're not gonna tell'em are you Black?"

Icarus mulled it over for a moment. Techniqually he was a prefect and it was probably his duty to turn Hagrid in for illegal animals but it was only a little squid. The mermaids or even the little monsters that lurk at the bottom of the lake would probably kill it and besides he kind of liked the over sized bashful kid.

"no Rubeus your secret is safe with me but promise me next time you'll name a pet give it a decent name." both boys grinned before returning back on their own separate paths.

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"what news from the outside world?" Zachariah asked Annabella. She smiled lightly at the sight of him pacing. Zachariah was not a sight you could ever get use too. His magical ability was limited to his odd gift. When Bella first meet him he referred to it as a birth defect. He was one of the rare few Metamorphmagus. From what Annabella had learned about Zachariah was that something bad happened a few years back and sent him insane. He was barely more then a nervous wreak. With every turn at the end of the cave came a switch of appearance. Anna stared at him fixated.

"nothing out of the ordinary, the Gringotts goblins found a body in a vault they suspect has been down there for forty years."

Zachariah chuckled. "guess you're here for a match?" she grinned. She had meet Zachariah two years ago and it all started with a bet over chess. Nothing had changed the stakes had just got higher.

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Greta sat alone in the great hall. This was just peachy she grumbled chomping on an apple.

Not only had Myrtle and Frida not turned up but now Annabella had left her to find them. She took another bite of the apple wondering if she was better off going to find them.

In the end Greta's stomach won out, they could all come find her for once.

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"I am sure the halls this way." Frida pointed ahead.

"and I am sure its back that way." Myrtle said huffy.

" but we just come from that way and I didn't see it."

"well if we had turned left instead off right we would of found it."

"I am positive.."

"lost Moan-a?" the two girls jumped. Frida tripped over the foot of a suit of armour falling butt first onto the floor. There was a howl of laughter from Olive and her cronies.

Myrtle helped Frida up. "come on lets go."

"with glasses as big and ugly as yours you'd think that she'd be able to see that she's going the wrong way." called Olive loudly amongst her pack of giggling girls. Myrtle wild, spun around.

"how dare you, you, you squib!" yelled Myrtle.

Unfortunately that was not the thing to say to miss Hornby. Olive raised her wand and uttered a spell.

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Annabella checked cautiously around the one eyed witch statue before entering back into the hall. She decided to go back down to the great hall and see if Greta was still there.

"Anna." she cringed. "Bella." she spun around glaring at Icarus. " I found something you lost."

"I didn't lose anything." her eyes narrowed. He chuckled.

"yeah ya did." he flicked his head sideways indicating to the door on the left. "just because I am prefect doesn't mean I have to deal with that. It all yours." he laughed. "have a nice day Anna."

She frowned as he walked off laughing to himself.

Slowly she approached the door with caution not trusting Icarus Black. She swung the door open and gaped.

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Greta slammed down her mug. This was getting ridiculous where were they? She begrudgingly got up to search for her friends.

She started where you could normally run into Myrtle, the first floor bathroom. If anything had happened that's where they'd be. She turned the corner and walked into Tom Riddle literally. She fell backwards on to the floor.

"watch it Riddle!" she spat pulling herself up.

"what's with you Ravenclaws? First Bolts now you." he growled.

" you've seen Annabella? Which way did she go?"

He scowled. "honestly." he shook his head and pointed to the corridor that turned at the girls bathroom. Greta shoved passed him and followed the hallway.

"unbelievable not even a thank-you." growled Tom.

When Greta finally stumbled upon Bella she was rolling around on the ground laughing, tears pouring down her face.

"what the hell?"

Annabella pointed through the doorway she was in front of. Using the palms of her hands she paused herself up.

"you have to see this." she giggled.

Greta leaned around the doorframe and there was the other missing girls. Myrtle and Frida were hanging upside down with their underwear on the outside of their robes and their hands were bound with their shoelaces and their mouths corked with their socks.

"Bella!" Greta scorned her, trying very hard herself to keep a straight face. "get them down!"

"ok, ok." She wiped her eyes. "accio socks."

Myrtle was the first to recover.

"Annabella get us down now!" she screeched. Bella rolled her eyes and said the counter charm which sent the pair of them crashing to the ground with a large bang.

"that Olive Hornby!" moaned Myrtle rubbing her head. "and you Bell aren't any better your meant to be on our side. "

Annabella sighed waving her wand and the poked a dot knickers disappeared back where they belonged.

"I guess this means revenge?" Greta grinned and Bella suddenly perked up.

"revenge say you, I feel a change in the tides say I." Annabella pulled out a sword from the suit of armour Frida had tripped over earlier. "we'll pillage and plunder Slyhterin's until they hand over all their gold and also hand across the ruthless Hornby and we will make her walk the plank like the scurvy dog she is."

"do you think she's cracked?" Frida leaned over and poked Anna.

"what are you talking about she was broken before we got her." Greta whacked her around the back. "our shott-y glue job is the only thing keeping her from self destruction." the other two girls laughed and Annabella rolled her eyes. Together they began walking back to the raven claw Tower.

"I can't believe one of the most handsomest guys in school saw me in my undies." groaned Myrtle.

"who?" Greta asked.

"Icarus Black." chorused Frida and Myrtle. Annabella scoffed still swinging her sword.

"yeah Anna since when are you friends with Black?" accused Myrtle.

"we're not friends, acquaintances maybe, but I'd go with enemies. I meet him first year in the middle of a bar fight. The leaky cauldron never seemed as exciting since."

"what?" they yelled in unison. Annabella shrugged and walked off ahead with a smirk plastered across her face.

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