Chapter eight
"I wonder what the chamber of secrets is?" murmured Myrtle. It was unusual for myrtle not to know something and the girls were left clueless. Annabella and Greta both agreed they had heard it mention but couldn't remember where.
Before long the girls had enough of the mystery and went to hunt down Icarus Black.
He seemed to know something, Annabella was sure. Growing up in a old pure blood family he was bound to know more then any of them. Myrtle was as muggle as they come in her up bringing, and the other girls were all half and half. Which left them a half short of a full.
"hey Black!" yelled Greta as the crossed the lawn to where he was sitting by the lake with of all people Hagrid.
"What do you want Lowgues?"
Greta scowled at the uses of her surname. "what's the chamber of secrets about?" she plonked on the grass by Hagrid without a care in the world. Myrtle screwed up her nose but sat down too. Annabella looked to Frida who just shrugged joining the others on the grass. Reluctantly Annabella sat down too.
"it's just some old legend."
"don't exist." added Hagrid.
"oh will you just get on with the darn story?" Grumbled Greta lying down on her back closing her eyes.
"fine." Icarus sighed. "once upon a time.." Greta opened a single eye giving him a filthy look. Black chuckled.
"trained this one in evil glares?" he teased Annabella. "ok the chamber of secrets. The tale goes that the founder of Slytherin didn't want mud bloods attending Hogwarts but the other founders didn't agree. In secret Slytherin built a secret chamber that only his heir could open. In side lays the horror within."
"what's the horror within?" Frida asked first.
"enough spandex to cover the world." joked Greta not moving an inch from her place in the sun.
"ha-diddy-ha." Myrtle dripped with sarcasm. Icarus gave Annabelle a sideways glance.
"what?"
"you've corrupted them all."
"nope Frida is proving to be incorruptible, she still to good for my likings." he laughed then went back to the question at hand.
"doesn't say anywhere, just that only the heir can control it." he shrugged his shoulders. "don't matter it's just a stupid prank."
Famous last words is the expression that springs to mind. Disaster stuck two weeks later. Frida was wondering down hallways while reading over her homework assignment. It probably wasn't the smartest thing to do given her history but she was in a hurry and late for class.
As usual Frida manage to skid through a puddle of water then tripped over something and land on her face. Groaning she picked herself up. She turn to see what she'd fell over. She let out a scream dropping to the ground.
"oh my gosh!" she looked down at the girl in shock. She wasn't moving she wasn't breathing. She shook her but nothing. "Help!" Frida cried out. Finally a teacher appeared, Professor Dumbledore. He moved swiftly to the girl, checking over her. Others came along with students pilling out of their classroom.
"she been petrified." he announced as he floated her off the ground and up and away to the hospital wing. Frida just stood there like a gaping fish until and arm wrapped protectively around her shoulder. "come on Frida, lets get out of here." whispered Annabella in her ear. They moved down the hall were Greta and Myrtle took Frida off Bella's hands. The next few days Annabella noticed the change in Frida. She had always had this no fuss, freedom thing but she was clammed up, tight and insecure. She was nervous, where she once had been bold, it had taken a lot of guts to live through a Frida day of accidents but now the trick step was a big deal. Greta and Annabella had agreed that maybe if she saw the frozen girl was alive and once the mandrakes were old enough cured too she would be herself again. Myrlte protested that it wasn't a smart idea refusing to join them in their effort to fix Frida.
They walled along the corridors and up to the wing. The nurse was in there attending to the frozen girl when they entered.
Frida stared at the girl. "is she going to be ok?" she whispered.
The nurse smiled.
"off course, she'll be fix in a second once the mandrakes are ready. It's just like a spell gone wrong, all she needs is a counter charm to undo it, just a month or two and she'll be right again you'll see."
Annabella and Greta stood back and listened as Frida asked more and more questions to the nurse. Bella looked to Greta who shrugged.
"I think she'll be right."
"me too."
The attack had students scared, some even left the school in favour of home learning and that was all before the second attack. Frida had brightened up but was spending a lot of hours helping out in the hospital wing, she decided she wants to be a healer when schools all over.
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Icarus was sitting down at the table read the paper with his breakfast when a familiar owl dropped a red letter on his plate. He raised an eyebrow as the owl took off extremely fast.
"ooh, Black got himself a howler." sung Greta a few seats down from in between Annabella and Myrlte. He glared at her then suddenly the red letter began to steam at the seals.
ICARUS BLACK HOW DARE YOU ASSOCATE WITH FILTHY MUDBLOODS AND DIRTY HALF BREEDS, DRAGGING OUR NOBLE NAME THROUGH THE MUD. THAT THE LAST STRAW WE BURNT YOUR NAME OFF THE TREE, WE DISOWN YOU. DON'T YOU DARE SHOW YOUR FACE AT OUR HOUSE AGAIN!!
He watched the letter burn as people all around stared at him. He however seemed unfazed dusting the ash off his robes. Slowly he got up and walked over to the Slytherin table to a pretty little dark haired girl who was grinning ear to ear.
" cute, real cute Libra." she smiled charmingly at him loving the ordnance of the entire school on her.
"I am your little sister, I had to get you a birthday present after all it's your big seventeenth."
"are you happy now?" he growled.
"lets see you have no friends, no money, no family." she ticked off on her finger. "yep I think I am good."
He turned from her fuming storming out of the great hall.
Icarus had sat himself down on the roof top and hadn't moved all day. He didn't dare half afraid of what he'd do if he ran into his sister.
He jumped as he felt a hand on his shoulder.
Annabella sat down beside him handing him a bottle of fire whiskey. She smiled. "your legal, no chess club punishments."
He took a swing of the whiskey letting it burn down his throat.
"what are you doing here?" she shrugged.
"guess you've kind grown on me and nobody should spend their birthday alone." She took a drink of her own bottle. "so when do I start playing chaser?" he smiled.
It was past sundown before Annabella moved to go back to the tower. She frowned looking down at him. He looked so sad, before she knew what she was doing she kissed him gentle on the cheek before flying down the stairs as fast as she could. She groaned thinking at least she could blame it on the alcohol.
Icarus had been startled when Annabella had kissed him a week ago. Now he was annoyed with her, she was avoiding him. What was worse was he realized he had feelings for her. He was beginning to think it was just the whiskey on her part but he however couldn't stop thinking about her. He was falling for her, the troublesome girl the kind his mother would hate. She wasn't what you would call beautiful, but she wasn't ugly either. She was well something else. He had never gone much on looks being who he was he had been with those sorts of girls and hated every one. Anna was different, she wasn't perfect but to him she was damn close. But now he didn't know what to do and it was so much harder now she wasn't around.
He sighed brushing his hair back, at least he knew she'd have to turn up to detention.
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Greta laid across a row of desks watching Annabella pace. She smirked. "you did bring this upon yourself."
Bella's eyes narrowed. " you are meant to help not hinder."
"but hindering is what I do best." Annabella scowled.
"well do you like him?" asked Frida sitting on the end desk next to Greta's feet.
"I don't know."
"how can you not know?" cried Myrlte outraged. "his gorgeous, no money but still with a face like that.."
"stop I think I am going to hurl." interrupted Greta sticking her fingers down her throat.
"how did you ever get into Ravenclaw?" moaned myrtle putting her hand to her head as if suffering from a headache.
"I am full of facts, I retain endless amounts information." grinned Greta.
"yes but lets be honest it's all useless facts it not like you know anything important." said Myrtle. Greta gave her a mock offended look turning up her nose before bursting out in laughter.
"she knows you too well." Frida said in what the other girls were now calling her doctor-ly tone.
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Detention had come around again and Icarus couldn't help but watch Anna out the corner of his eye. He had never noticed before she had a thin white scar running from just bellow her ear and drifted down and around her neck. It wasn't very visible but tonight Icarus was paying her way to much attention until finally she crack.
"look Black it was a kiss, hell only a peak I was drunk ok? Now will you quit staring at me?" he smirked.
"now why would I do that when it makes you so uncomfortable."
" Merlins you are annoying." she growled.
"but you love it." she glared hexing him.
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