Chapter five: The teachings and learnings of the fire hearts!
It was the day before classes began at Hogwarts. Everyone in the DragonTora house was still in their rooms. Some were still asleep after exploring their rooms for half of the night. The others were just now exploring this new part of their world. Amber had been the first to wake up and she was awestricken that she hadn't noticed her room last night. She looked around and everything in her room looked like a pumpkin patch in the middle of fall. There were fresh pumpkins and apples everywhere. Jack-o-Lanterns were the only source of light in her room, but they were everywhere. They were floating above her head and sitting on her night stand and on her dresser. She took a deep breath and noticed her room even smelled like fresh fallen leaves and fall spices. She got out of her bed and noticed that her sheets were all shades f beautiful deep orange and dark red hues. Her night stand and dresser were charmed to be any color of any tree the owner wanted, and right now, they were a dark brown apple tree, that even smelled like sweet apples. She looked around again and saw a door on the far wall. She new it wasn't her bedroom door, because that one was pumpkin-orange colored. This door was the same dark brown color as her furniture. She opened the door and saw it was a walk in closet.
In awe, she stepped in and looked around. It had a small sofa and two shelves. On the top shelf was all of her school books, and the second shelf was her cauldron and supplies and such. Below the two shelves was her school trunk, in which, when she opened it, had her pet cat inside. It was an orange and white cat, with beautiful turquoise eyes. "Why hello, Jasper", Amber said. "Did you sleep well?" Jasper looked at her and mewed. Amber giggled and picked him up. He purred in her ear as she walked around the closet some more. She now noticed that the small sofa was shaped like a giant apple. She set Jasper down on the small quilt that was lying on the sofa and went over to her clothes that were hanging neatly or folded perfectly on another, slightly hidden shelf. She her towel and toothbrush and she left her closet. She went down the stairs from her dorm and found the shower room. She chose the farthest shower from the door and turned on the water. She was almost surprised when the water ran clear. She was almost expecting purple water from the showers, too. She laughed at herself. She quickly took off her pajamas and stepped under the water.
There was a rack of shampoos and soaps in the shower. She quickly found her favorite scent, apple of course, and washed her hair. She smelled incense coming from somewhere and she poked her head out from her shower. She saw a small female house elf lighting some incense in a little dish close to the ceiling. She smiled and went back to her shower. She turned off the water and grabbed her towel. She went over to the sink and brushed her teeth, for there was a large toothpaste dispenser at the sink. When she was finished she grabbed her pajamas and looked around. She saw the little house elf again and approached her. "Excuse me, what is your name?" The house elf looked down from the ceiling and then floated down to the floor. "My name is Witzy miss Amber. I already know your name. There is a select group of house elves that are allowed to come into your dorm. We were chosen by the maker of the house himself. There are three others. Lendra, Sindel, and Dobby." Amber nodded understandingly. "I was wondering, Witzy, is there a way to get back to the girls dormitory without walking through the common room?" Witzy nodded. "Please follow Witzy. Witzy will show you the way."
Witzy walked to a little space between the showers and the sinks. She touched the wall and pushed it to the side lightly. The door instantly slid to the side and revealed a winding staircase. Amber turned to the little elf. "Thank you, Witzy. You have been a great help." Witzy beamed. "Witzy is thanking the kind Miss Amber." Amber smiled back and began ascending the stairs. The door slid shut behind her. When she reached the top she saw there was only a wall. Remembering how the elf opened the wall she touched the wall and slid it to the side. The door slid aside instantly, and she saw that she was at the end of the hall of girls rooms. "Hmm, sliding doors. That is really interesting." Amber said to herself. She heard a meow and she looked down. "Hey, Jasper. Were you waiting for me, baby?" She was answered with a mew, and she giggled. Sometimes it was like he could really understand her.
She shook her head and went to her room quickly. She skipped to her closet and put on her favorite pair of blue jeans and a black tank top. She looked around for something to go with her outfit. Suddenly her eyes lit up and she looked toward her door. She suddenly looked at Jasper. "Jazzy, go ahead of me and find Softie's room for me?" Jasper mewed at her and left. Amber smiled. She grabbed a brush and quickly brushed out her hair. She found her favorite leaf-shaped clip and put it in her hair and left. She found the upper hallway and crossed over to the boys hallway. When she saw jasper sitting outside an amber colored door, she had to smile. "Thanks, Jazzy". She looked at the plaque next to the door, just to be sure. It read: "Robbie Joseph Armstrong". She smiled and opened the door. An amber mist flew to her and surrounded her. " its me. It's Kitty." The mist tickled her and she laughed. It flew back into the room and she followed it, and Jasper followed after Amber.
The mist disappeared and she looked around. His room had small lights in the shape of stars all over, like her room had pumpkins floating. She looked around and saw his furniture looked like it was made of hard stone, but was actually very soft. She saw his room was a dark blue color, almost blue. She looked closer at the stars, but this time noticed they were dim and they were actually glowing amber rocks. She blushed at the coincidence of her name and his heart color. She saw him sleeping in his bed and quietly moved over to a set of shelves. She saw her favorite button up shirt of his and slipped it on over her tank top, but left it open. She smelled the shirt and marveled at his smell. She saw a mirror and walked over to it. She loved seeing herself wear his shirts. This particular was her favorite one. It was a dark crimson color that she loved when he wore. She spun around and giggled. She clasped her hand over her mouth and quickly looked at Robbie. He was still sleeping. Amber walked over and sat on his bed . She started to brush his hair out of his eyes softly when she got a vision from him through their fieren connection. He was having a nightmare again. It was always the same nightmare.
It was the night he had come into his powers. It was midnight and they were both in a graveyard, they had been running away from a group of their friends. They were laughing and sitting on a step that was at the bottom of a staircase to a grave. It was obvious they liked each other, and they were now staring at each other laughing at the game they were playing. When they got a hold of themselves. Robbie was still staring at Amber and she looked away to hide her blush. Robbie was hurt and thought she didn't like him. The hurt over took him and he started to glow. Amber quickly looked at him and saw one tear leave his eye. She watched it fall and she grabbed his hand tightly. She liked him so much and she was worried that he was glowing. They weren't supposed to let anyone know they were a wizard and witch. His eyes were glazed over and she could see all the hurt and pain in his expression. They had been friends since they met before third year and now they were about to start fifth year. Everyone thought they were dating, but they were just really close.
His light was glowing brighter now. She noticed it was amber colored. She blushed even more and held his hand even more tightly. His light was starting to take form of a pair of arms. She didn't even notice because she was crying at the hurt he was in. She didn't understand what was happening or why he was upset, but she was scared and wanted it to stop. Her tears made her start glowing orange and their colors mixed perfectly. Robbie's Firen instincts took him over and the arms of light grabbed her. She tried to scream, but she was too scared. It picked her up and was shaking her. She was holding herself and trying to stop crying. The mark on her ankle was glowing Amber and she saw it. She wiped her eyes and looked at his ankle but only saw an orange blur, but that was enough for her to make the connection. Suddenly the arms of light were tearing at her. She knew she was going to have bruises in the morning, but she didn't care about herself. She wanted to make sure Robbie was okay.
Amber was watching Robbie's dream play out in his head, she knew what was about to happen, but didn't know how to stop the dream. She had never been able to stop his dreams before, and now was no different. She decided to just watch the dream with him.
The arms of light were now ripping at her clothes they successfully ripped her shirt to shreds. She was crying convulsively now. She gathered all of her strength and screamed, " Robbie help me please!! You're hurting me!! Robbie, I love you!!! Robbie!!" Suddenly Robbie's eyes cleared and he jumped up and ran to Amber as his light dissipated from her and she started to fall. He caught her and fell to the ground himself. She was still crying and covered in scratches and bruises from the encounter. He hated himself for what had happened. He held her close and wished she wasn't hurt. He opened his eyes and saw her cuts healing and her bruises disappearing. Her tears were ending and she was trying to move. He loosened his grip on her and looked at her. He realized her shirt was gone and there were shreds of material that must have been her shirt all over the ground. He quickly took off his own shirt and put it on her shoulders. It was a crimson button up short sleeved shirt. She opened her eyes and realized she was wearing his shirt. She looked at him and her heart bloomed. He looked pained, but in a way that she could tell it was at himself. She reached up and wrapped her arms around his neck. He pulled her even closer and kissed her head. She was trying to stop shaking from the tearless sobs that were shaking her frame.
He squeezed her and she held him tighter. "I'm so sorry, Amber. Oh my God, I am so sorry. I can't believe this happened when you were here." She took one of her hands and placed a finger over his lips. "Shhh" she told him. He instantly stopped talking. She buttoned up the shirt and then she reached down and pointed to something on her ankle. He thought it was another cut at first and then he saw it glow amber, he knew what it was. He looked at his own ankle and saw the same mark on his own ankle, except his was orange. He knew that color from somewhere. His eyes shot up to Amber in realization and saw the color he was looking for. Amber's orange eyes. His eyes widened in shock. "Amber you're a ... a...you're a ..." He was in shock that he couldn't even form coherent words.
"A firen." she finished for him. "And your fieren apparently." She wrapped her arms around him again and took in a deep breath of his scent. He was holding her so tightly that she couldn't have gotten out of his arms if she had tried. She whispered in his ear, "I love you, you big softie." He smiled at the nick name she had given him so long ago. He loosened his grip a little and looked into her eyes. "I love you, my little kitten" He said to her. She giggled at his nick name for her. He brushed a strand of hair out of her face. She blushed and he pulled her closer to him so he could kiss her. All Amber could smell was the smell of Robbie's shirt and all she could feel was Robbie's arms around her waist, protecting her from further harm.
Amber looked at Robbie and saw the familiar Amber glow that signaled tears. She leaned over and kissed his lips. She brushed his hair completely out of his face. "Robbie, wake up softie." Robbie's eyes slowly opened and he took in her image. He noticed her shirt. "You couldn't have picked a different shirt of mine to borrow?" Amber looked at the shirt again and made the connection. She looked at him in a loving way. She wrapped her arms around his waist and he pulled her into his lap. She whispered, "I love you, you big softie." He smiled at her words and felt better. "You watched it with me didn't you?" Amber nodded. "I love you, Kitty. He said. She smiled and kissed him. She broke their kiss and said, "You should go get dressed. I want to go explore the castle with everyone today." Robbie smiled at her and then got up with Amber still in his arms. He kissed her again and then let go of her, grabbed his towel and left for the showers. Amber shook her head to gather her thoughts and then went out into the hall. "C'mon, Jazzy. Lets go down to the common room." She said. "Mreow" was all she heard and then Jasper jumped into her arms. She laughed as she caught him and he started purring. She went down to wait for everyone else to wake up.
Harry was the next one to wake up. He felt around for his glasses, and when he found them, he looked around. His room looked like giant garden. There were plants everywhere, and small garden snakes poking their heads out from behind the leaves. Harry saw one small snake in particular that he liked. It was a dark green snake with blue stripes. He had never seen a snake like it before. He got out of bed and walked over to the plant with the strange serpent in it. The snake saw him approaching and slid out onto a branch and curled itself around it so it could talk to Harry. Harry sat down on the floor and the snake looked at him expectantly. Harry marveled at how intelligent the snake was. "Hello. I'm Harry. Do you have a name I can call you?" Harry hissed in Parseltongue. The snake shook his head sadly. "My mother didn't name me or my siblings. All of us have been living here in the castle for years, but when you came to this house, our plants were moved here, so we came with them. Apparently we were supposed to, seeing as you are a parselmouth. If you like, you can name all of us. There are thirteen of us in this room. I am the youngest.", it hissed to Harry.
Harry nodded his head. "What kind of snakes are you? I've never seen a snake like you before." The snake nodded. "That is because we are a rare type of serpent. We are baby basilisks. Now, we are basilisks, but we don't really grow as big as our father did. Our father was bewitched into that size. We usually don't attack people either. Our nature is to protect humans from evils of dark magic, not the other way around. But all of us in this room are glad that you put our father out of his misery. He hated being controlled the way that boy did fifty years ago. Listen, Harry. Voldemort isn't dead like you thought all these years. He is barely alive, but he is trying to get stronger. If you ever need to hide or be protected, come here and all of us will protect you and any one else that you need to protect." Harry nodded. "You are extremely intelligent for a small snake. But I guess you have been in the castle for a long time. Thank you for your protection. It probably would be best to name you all. You remind me of something... Oh! I'll name you Sev. That's it. Sev. The name suits you very well I think." The snake smiled at Harry.
"Thank you, Harry. I rather like that name. After the Potions Master, am I correct? I always liked him. He was like a father to you. He watched out for you for years. He was tough on you, but he cared. He always used to tell me about you and your sister. Your sister was always doing anything she could to keep you out of trouble. The Slytherins were always hard on her for being nice to the Gryffindors. Your sister really cares for you, and you are very lucky, Harry. Watch out for your sister. She has a tendency of getting herself in trouble trying to keep everyone else out of it." Harry smiled knowingly. "Yeah I know she does. Thanks again, Sev." Harry stroked the snake's head gently, then he went and explored his room. Harry went to all the plants and met all the snakes. Afterwards, he found his clothes and he got dressed. He was wearing a Emerald green T-shirt with black jeans. He was still getting used to his new appearance, but he wasn't too miffed about the green hair. It didn't look half bead. He wondered why all of the firens were so good looking. He walked over to the basilisk Sev and held out his wrist. The snake slid on silently and wound itself around so that it looked like a bracelet. They smiled at each other and Harry walked over to another plant that sheltered a blue basilisk with a green stripe. He had named this one Trix. He held out his other hand and she slid onto his wrist like Sev was. Then Harry grabbed his toothbrush and went down to the bathrooms hissing to the snakes the whole time.
Draco was the next to wake up. As soon as he opened his eyes, he saw his room and he was shocked at what he saw. His room looked like Lina's underwater cave that he saw once. The walls were a dark grey color with a silver sparkle to it. There was a crystal blue light dancing across the walls. His furniture looked like it was made of water, as it kept shimmering and sparkling. He touched it and it felt wet, but he pulled his hand away and his hand was dry. "I never get tired of magic.", he said. He looked at his bed and his sheets looked like a pool of water, but were very soft and warm midnight blue sheets. "Lina would love this room. It reminds me so much of her. But that's probably the point if I think about it. I would know these colors of blue anywhere. No one except her has these beautiful colors in her eyes.", Draco said to himself. "I wonder if she is awake. She is probably with Harry if she is. Or probably playing in the purple water like she was last night... I should go find her."he thought. He went through his drawers until he found his light blue faded jeans and a black button up shirt that he left open halfway. He quickly brushed through his silver, grey hair. He looked around his room for a minute, but soon he gave up and then charmed a beautiful silver rose out of the air. Satisfied, he left the room and made his way to the bridge-like hall that led to the girls dormitory.
As he was crossing over the bridge, he looked down and saw Amber teasing an orange and white cat with her black tail. He heard a door open and saw Harry come in from , he guessed, the bathroom. He saw Robbie joining Amber on the sofa as he kissed her. He called down to the three of them, "Good Morning, Guys!" They looked up at him and waved. "Hey, Drake!", Harry called. "You going to wake up my sister?" Draco nodded. Harry nodded back. "Well, could you tell her to hurry up? I want to give her something." Harry held up his wrist to show Draco the blue basilisk, Trix. Draco nodded. "Yeah, I'll tell her. We'll be down soon. Amber, I have to say, your cat is adorable. What's his name?" Amber smiled up at him and said, "his name is Jasper, but everyone calls him Jazzy."Draco smiled. "Jazzy suits him." Just then Jasper mewed and jumped into Robbie's lap, then onto the arm of the couch and started playing with Harry's lion tail. They all started laughing. Draco waved at them and went to wake Lina.
Lina woke to the sound of quiet laughter. She stretched herself out and opened her eyes. She instantly jumped out of her bed and looked around her room. On the ceiling of her room was a large picture of a thunder cloud with exactly two lightning bolts shooting out. They were shaped exactly like the scars on her and Harry's forehead. She looked around some more and saw that her and harry's owl were both sitting together on a stand sleeping She always had a soft spot for Harry's snow white owl, but her owl was also precious. Her owl, Skie, had all black feathers and green eyes. She looked around her room some more and took in her surroundings. Her room looked like a giant garden. She noticed that there were paintings of snakes on the walls. She giggled. She knew Harry had to have the same thing, since he loved plants and snakes. She realized that the rooms must be personalized by the Mists to portray the most important things, or at least there favorite things. As she looked around, she saw everything in her room had something to do with her brother. The lightning, the owls, the garden theme, the snake pictures, everything.
There were even sconces on the walls shaped like snakes to light the room. She loved her room. She loved her brother dearly and she wanted them to be very close. They had a strong bond ever since she was born, because he was older, but they had been separated for so long, there was a void in her that she couldn't fill, but she wasn't going to stop trying. She knew Harry loved her, but she was so insecure. She remembered every minute of the night she lost her parents, and it broke her heart to remember herself being taken away from Harry. She looked at her bed and saw that it was her and Harry's favorite color. Her sheets were baby blue. No one knew that was Harry's favorite color except Lina, but everyone knew the two of them liked a lot of the same things. Lina could also talk to snakes and she often got up early in the summer to go talk to the little garden snakes. She found it amazing to talk to such graceful creatures. And they were so polite. Thinking about Harry and snakes made her remember that she had gotten harry a necklace. She ran over to her bedside and opened a hidden drawer she had found last night. She pulled out a little box and opened it. Inside was a silver chain with green accents woven through it, holding a little charm at the base of the necklace. The charm was a small snake that was charmed to change color with the mood of the wearer. It was also alive in a way that it have conversations with any parselmouth.
She closed the box and set it on her dresser. Then she heard her door open. .she turned around and saw her fieren standing there smiling at her and holding out a silver rose for her. She skipped over to him and smelled the rose. It smelled like a waterfall, which he knew she loved. She smiled brilliantly at him and he wrapped his arms around her waist. She kissed him and he tickled her. She giggled and pretended to run away, but he caught her and held her. They were laughing playfully with each other. Draco took the rose and put it behind Lina's ear. She blushed and hid her face in his neck. He looked around her room and chuckled. "Your theme is really easy to pick out. It's Harry isn't it?" She looked up with a worried expression. "You can tell that easily? Your not upset are you? Draco I love you. Please don't be upset, I mean he is my brother and I love him, too, and I"- He cut her off with his finger over her lips.
"No Lina, I'm not upset. I know how much your brother means to you. I can tell what your theme is because of how well I know you. I love you, too, Lina. I would never be upset at a cute little creature as you. Sev said you would probably be a fairy. That's probably why you are so charming to everyone. No one can resist you when you are in a good mood. I love you so much Lina. Never go away, okay?" Draco said. Lina was blushing and giggling. She kissed him and whispered, "I promise never to leave or go away". He picked her up and carried her over to her bed where he dropped her and started to tickle her. She was laughing and kicking and he was laughing at the funny sight.
He stopped to let her breath and told her, "Hey hurry up and get dressed. Harry is waiting to give you something. She smiled at him. "Thanks, Drake. You're the best. You can stay here if you want. I''l be right back." With that she leaned up and kissed him, then she got up and went over to her closet and went inside. She had a walk in closet like Amber's, but Lina's was furnished different. She had pictures all over the walls. There were pictures of her and Draco, her and Harry, her and Bellatrix, Bellatrix and Sev, Lucius and Draco, there were a few recent ones of her, Harry, and Draco, and then she had sketches that Bella had drawn, and some that she had drawn herself. She ran inside and shut the door. She went over to the drawers and pulled out a pair of ripped jeans that she loved. Then she went over to the hanging clothes and found her favorite white baby doll tank top. She quickly got changed and she grabbed a black hoodie. She walked over to her mirror and brushed her hair. Her curls didn't straighten out the least bit and all she could do was pull some of her blue hair back into a half pony tail, with the rest of it hanging down. She put the silver rose in the pony tail in the back and nodded in satisfaction. She ran out of the closet and over to the dresser and grabbed the box for Harry. She went over to Draco, who was giving the owls treats, and grabbed his hand. She started running from the room and instead of running to the stairs she ran to the bridge.
When she was in the middle of the bridge she looked down and saw Harry playing with a cat, and Amber talking with Robbie. She called down to Harry. "Aww, Harry has a soft spot for kitties! We really are alike in more ways then people see." Harry chuckled at her. " I know what your thinking Lina. Don't do it." Lina just got a look in her eyes. Draco looked at her worriedly. Draco looked through their link to see what she was going to do, but she blocked him. He only understood when she said, "Won't you catch me, Harry?" Draco's eyes widened, but before he could grab her, she jumped over the side of the bridge and he could only watch her as Harry ran to catch her. Harry caught her just as she reached him. Everyone marveled at how lightly she had fallen, and Harry's knees didn't even buckle. Lina laughed and the sound was crystal bells. "Good Morning, Harry! I have something for you." She opened the box and pulled out the necklace as Draco jumped over the side of the bridge and landed lightly next to them.
He looked at Lina warily and just shook his head warily. She shrugged at him and then she narrowed her eyes. "Hey why is it bad for me to jump off the bridge, but okay for you to do it?" draco stared at her with wide eyes. "Lina, I'm part Dragon. I can fly. Plus, even if I couldn't, I already came into my powers and would have been able to levitate myself without a wand. Does anyone know where the heads of house put our wands?" Robbie was the one to answer, "Professor Snape has the boys wands and Professor McGonagall has the girls wands. We can go get them all together when the rest of them wake up." Lina nodded and hooked the necklace around Harry's neck. The chain was sizeable and she left it long enough so that she could lift it enough for him to look at. At the moment the snake was grey, for curiosity, and then it turned blue for happiness, then it turned yellow from surprise, Harry didn't know it changed color. Once he understood, it turned back to baby blue, for happiness. He squeezed Lina, who was in his arms, bridal style. He walked over to a sofa and set her on the arm. Then he took her wrist and put it next to his. Lina's eyes lit up as he saw a little blue basilisk with a green stripe slide onto her wrist.
"Hello, you must be Lina. Harry named me Trix. I am for you. I can protect you from anything you need protecting form. Harry has my brother, Sev on his wrist. Me and Sev are two special snakes. We are twins, but we have opposite scales. If you ever need to find Harry, I can lead you to Sev, which will also lead you to Harry. We are basilisks, and we change size depending on the situation. I just wanted to let you know before I get bigger, so your not surprised when you have a really big snake all of a sudden." Lina nodded in understanding. She hugged Harry and hopped of the arm of the sofa. She went over and hugged Amber and Robbie. " Hello Jasper, how are feeling this morning?" Jasper mewed at her and rubbed her leg. Harry looked surprised at her. "How did you know Jazzy's name, Lina?" Lina looked at her brother in mock offense. "Who do you think your talking to, Harry? You should know that if there is a cat within a ten mile radius, that I would find it." Everyone started laughing at that. Lina stood up then and walked over to the fountain. She sat on the edge with her back to the water.
She started talking to Trix, who was still wrapped around her left wrist. "So, Trix you said you could change size?" Trix nodded in response. Lina smiled at her. "Could you show me? Just so I'm not surprised when I no longer have a cute bracelet sized protector, but a huge boa around my neck?" Trix giggled at her. "Of course I will show you. But you shouldn't be surprised when I change. You will be able to sense when I will change size to protect you. If we ever get separated, I will be able to sense where you are, because I am your snake, and I am loyal to you first. Here, this is my warning size." Amber felt a tingling sensation as Trix slowly unwound herself from Lina's wrist and slid up to her shoulder. She watched in awe as Trix, very quickly grew to the size of a large boa constrictor, and simply hung very loosely around her shoulders and arms. Trix raised her head around and licked Lina's nose. Lina giggled at Trix and stroked the scales on her head. Then Trix remembered something. "Oh, and you never need to worry, if I, or any of my siblings, were ever to bite you or your brother, or the other fierens in your house, it would not be venomous in any way, it would only feel like a mosquito bit you. But if we bite someone else, they may not survive, depending on the severity of the bite. There is only one way we would ever bite someone, and that is if they are trying to attack you, or hurt you in any way. Iwould turn to a larger size for biting tough, for biting is always a final resort. We would never bite someone if there was another way to stop what they are doing. Also, if they were to try and hex or jinx you, it would simply be reflected, even if I was on your wrist. Me and my brother are special, as we have a magical force field around us." Lina looked at Trix gratefully. "Thank you for telling me this now. I would have never known what was going on if you were to tell me later." Drake laughed at his girlfriend and she mock glared at him. Trix caught on to her joke and quickly slid to the floor. Draco eyes went wide with actual worry and then slight fear, as Trix grew even more in size and slowly started to pursue him, for Draco was now trying to get away from her.
Everyone was laughing hysterically as Draco and Trix started to pick up in speed. Everyone was surprised when Draco suddenly undid his shirt, threw it on the nearest couch, and then jumped into the air, because dragon wings had sprouted from his back and he was now flying through the dorm. Trix simply lifted herself up, and made herself longer so she could mock-nip at his feet when he got low enough to reach. When Draco realized she was just playing, he calmed down and flew closer. Trix smiled at him and licked his outstretched hand. He flew back to the ground as Trix shrank back down to bracelet size and Drake absorbed his wings back into his skin. He quickly found his shirt and buttoned it back up halfway. Then he walked over to Lina and tickled her as payback for the near heart attack her snake had cause him. Trix hissed a small laugh and slid back onto Lina's wrist when Drake had finished his tickle fest. Harry went over and hugged his sister and they all finally calmed down. The three of them decided to join Amber and Robbie on the couches while they waited for Ania, Lacey and Nick.
Ania awoke with a sudden start. Hero looked at her with worry when she started to quiver, as if she was afraid. "Tulip? Tulip? Tulip, what's wrong with you? You don't remember me anymore? Harry fixed me for you last night. Why do you look so afraid? Do you not remember the name Tulip? Your dad called you that. And now so do I. Are you alright, Tulip?" Hero was growing more worried with every question he asked Ania. She wasn't responding to his questions. He didn't know what to do. He wrapped his arms around her arm, for that was the only thing he could hug. She was wrapped in a ball, and she was slightly rocking herself. He suddenly realized what had happened and knew there was no bringing her out of her state at the present moment. "You had that dream again, didn't you, Ania?" It wasn't really a question, but he was desperate to find what was wrong with his Tulip. Suddenly the door to Ania's room burst open and a green light was shining from the door. Hero recognized the light and called out to the figure. "Harry! Harry, come help. She had a nightmare and she won't answer me. She is scaring me!" Harry nodded at the little bear and quickly went over to Ania. He sat down next to her shaking figure, and the sight broke his heart. He wrapped his arms around her and he lifted her up onto his lap. When he was sure he had her safe in his arms, he wrapped her in a death grip hug. Her quivering slowed and he realized that she had dry tears on her face. "Were you crying in your sleep? Ania, what did you dream about?" Ania responded, but only by shaking her head. Harry was relieved that she acknowledged him at least. He stroked her hair quietly and started humming a lullaby to her. It was a lullaby that his mother used to sing to him and his sister when they were infants. He remembered it when he came into his powers and saw his suppressed memories replay in front of him. She stopped shaking after a while and she wrapped her arms around him. "Don't let them hurt me, Harry. Please. They hurt me so much. It hurts so bad. Please, tell them to stop." Harry nodded and promised he wouldn't let any harm come to her, but he had no idea who 'they' were. He heard Lina's voice in his head.
Is she alright yet? Everyone else is awake now, but we are all worried about her. Amber, Robbie, Nick, and Lacey are even more worried. It's like they know something, but they say they're just worried about her. They know she does this sometimes, but they weren't expecting it today. I'm really worried. Harry? Is she okay?
Harry smiled at his sister's thoughts.
Yeah, she is fine now, but she is scared out of her mind. She keeps begging me to make them stop hurting her, but I have no idea who 'they' are. I'm worried, but I won't press her for answers. Don't ask the others yet. They probably know what's happened, but I know Ania will tell me when she is ready.
He could sense Lina's acceptance of what he had said and he knew she understood. He looked around the room and noticed everything looked like it was the middle of a town square, in Europe. Her walls were painted with the most beautiful picture of a European town. There were shops and cafe's and carriages that are sometimes found in small towns. He was blown away. He looked at one of the shops and his eyes widened. There were people inside. He looked around again and noticed that the walls were like wizard portraits, they could walk around and talk inside. But that isn't what surprised him. It was the actual people in the picture that did. It was them. He saw Ania, Lina, Draco, Amber, Robbie, Lacey, Nick, and himself. They were all there. They were sitting at a table at an outdoor café with a sun umbrella over it. He watched himself and Ania as they sat close to each other. He flushed with emotion as he watched himself lean down and kiss Ania. He was even happier when he heard the portrait version of Ania say 'I love you, Harry'.
"You know that's true, right, Harry?" Harry looked down and saw Ania staring at his eyes. He couldn't even respond under the intensity of her eyes. " You do know I love you, right, Harry. You know I would be lost if you weren't here to hold me when I'm scared? You do know, Don't you?" Harry eyes filled with love and he was at a loss for words. He knew they were meant to be together, but they couldn't be fierens until she came into her powers. " I-I- I " he was tripping over his words. Ania looked away from him, for she couldn't breath under all the love she saw in his eyes. Harry took one of his hands from around to make her look at him. "I...." Harry was still stuttering. Ania smiled a little. He eased up when she did. She started to blush as she took in their position. His heart melted every time she blushed. "You know I love it when you blush." He finally said. She looked back into his eyes and she felt her heart swoon. He leaned down to kiss her and she kissed him right back. When they pulled apart, they started laughing, because they saw their mists in the form of people again and they were waltzing, which looks really funny when they're floating and there isn't any music playing.
"Yes Ania, I know you love me. And there is no doubt in the world that I wouldn't do anything for you, because I love you so much it hurts." This time, Ania kissed Harry and she just as suddenly broke it. She crawled out of his lap grudgingly and then she stood up. "Wait here, I'm going to go get dressed." with that she disappeared behind a door. He quietly stood up and waved his hand over her bed, and watched as it made itself. He noticed there was an emblem on her sheets. It looked like a mermaid with a sword and shield. This confused him but he just looked around. He read the names on the shops from her walls, but they were all in another language. "If only Hermione were here..." He noted. "What was that?" Harry looked up and saw Ania coming out of the door and now she was fully dressed. He realized now that is must be a big closet. "I was marveling at your room, and saying it's a shame Hermione isn't here. She would be able to tell me what all of these are." he gestured with his hand at the bed and the walls. Ania laughed at him. "You don't need Hermione here to tell you. I can tell you. I told you I was from Poland. This is a small town where I grew up. It called Stare Miasto. That there is my favorite café. On the bed is the emblem of Serena. A famous statue in Poland. It's located in Warszawa, though." Harry nodded. It did make sense now. "So you can read the names on all the shops?" She giggled. "Of course! I can also speak Polish, but I'm out of practice, so I'm probably not good at it anymore." Harry just shook his head. "Come on, everyone wants to go to breakfast together and then we will get our wands from the heads of house." She nodded. They went down to the others and they all hugged her good morning. Once they were all ready they set out headed for the Great Hall for breakfast.
Once they finally got to the lower floors, the students they passed just kept staring at them. No one could get over their amazing beauty. Even if most of them had tails and all of them had they same color hair as their strange colored eyes, they were all very attractive. They barely kept from laughing when some girls tried to get their attention, but everyone one of the boys either picked up their girlfriend, kissed their girlfriend, or took their girlfriends hand in theirs. This sent most of the girls giggling and all of the boys chuckling. As they passed the other students from their year, they started to wave to the ones they knew. They slowed down as they saw their friends from Slytherin and Gryffindor arguing a floor above the Great Hall. Lina hopped off of Draco's back and ran over as fast as she could. She could sense Trix was on edge. She could also sense Harry right behind her. When they got close enough, they were glad they got there before hexes started flying. The insults that were flying were bad enough in the first place.
Hermione was the first one she heard. "They can do whatever they want to Parkinson! They have their own lives to live, and it doesn't matter what you were raised to believe, the world doesn't actually revolve around you, so stop trying to force Draco to love you. He loves Lina, so just leave them alone!" Lina felt a surge of pride for her friend, but she was still two flights of stairs away from her, and she couldn't protect her if she tried. She pushed herself faster when she saw the look on Pansy's face. She felt Harry right on her heels and she doubted if they could get to their friends in time. She could hear the slytherins responses now. " You think your so smart, don't you, Granger? Well here is a news flash for you.." Ron was now moving to stand in front of Hermione. "Your nothing better than the filthy Mudblood that you are." When Lina heard this, she shot a glance back to Hermione's face, and saw the hurt there. The fury inside her built up and she ran even faster. She jumped up onto the banister and slid down, going even faster still. When she reached the bottom she jumped high up in the air and flew several feet in the air, and landed right in front of Pansy just as she started screaming a hex at Ron and Hermione. As soon as her feet were planted on the floor, she shot out her hand and smacked the wand right out of Pansy's reach, and it went sailing across the room to land at Harry's feet. Harry then kicked it and it went flying right back to Lina's open hand. Harry ran blindingly fast to her side and pointed his wand at Pansy. Pansy stood in shock that they had appeared so suddenly in front of them, and even more surprised that a Gryffindor pointed a wand in her face. "What the hell? Who do you think you are, Potty? Pointing your wand at me? That is one of the biggest mistakes you have ever made. That and taking the side of your slut sister are tied for first place."
Harry's eyes glowed bright with rage. Ron decided to help the situation. "Mate, you need to calm down. She doesn't realize what she's doing. You know how stupid she is, just leave her be, she's not worth it." Harry was still fuming when he responded, "But she deserves what's coming for her." Pansy decided to disregard the warning that was clear in Harry's face. "Wow, Lina, you were always low on the expectation scale, but now you've lowered yourself to hiding behind a Gryffindor? That is the lowest thing you, no, anyone in the Slytherin house, could ever do. Even if he is your brother, but then again, hiding behind your brother? C'mon, Lina. Even you have to admit how low that is." She sneered in Lina's face, disregarding the complete fury in Harry's face and the complete boredom in Lina's face. "You really shouldn't insult the person holding your wand. Or the person pointing a wand at your face.", Lina stated. Pansy had turned pale at the tone of voice coming from Lina. It sounded indifferent, and Pansy now realized that Lina wasn't as weak as she used to be. She tried to take control of the situation and didn't even notice Crabbe, Goyle, and Blaise walk past her to make sure Hermione was feeling okay after Pansy's poison tongue remarks.
Pansy now stood alone facing two firens when she said, " Are you trying to talk down to me, Lina? Tsk, Tsk. You don't remember how to respect those above you, and that will get you into a lot of trouble. Heh... you're just a little girl, hiding behind a little boy. You're never going to get anywhere in life.", Pansy sneered. That's when Harry lost it. "And what makes you think anyone wants to be around a whore like you?" Pansy glanced behind her looking for the other Slytherins that she had been walking with, but she finally realized they weren't there. She looked around and saw them walking with Hermione and Ron towards the rest of the DragonTora house members, who happened to be staring at her with pity. She was about to ask why when she looked back to Harry and saw the answer. He was furious.
He had put his wand away, for he didn't need to use it. His eyes were glowing green, so brightly it hurt Pansy's eyes to look at them, but she couldn't look away, for her eyes were frozen in fear. His hair was blowing from his mist, which was now swirling around him and his little sister. He wrapped one of his arms around her and glared at Pansy. "How could someone as ugly, stupid, and worthless as you, try to act as if you are better than someone as important as my little sister. You need to learn your place in this world. Now I'm going to teach it to you." As soon as he said this Pansy's eyes went even wider with fear and she turned to run, but it was too late. Harry waved his arm at her and his mist flew fast on her tail when she looked over her shoulder, she saw the mist and she screamed. The mist surrounded her and lifted her in the air then dropped her to the floor and dragged her back to Harry and Lina.
Suddenly Ron stepped up to stop Harry. "Look, Mate, I know your seriously pissed off at Pansy right now, but Snape is on his way and I don't think he'll be happy about the situation. She's a whore, Harry. She's not worth it!! Leave her be, Mate. Let's just all go get some breakfast. I'm starving." Lina tried not to giggle at how predictable Ron really was, now that she knew him a little better. He grinned at her and Harry finally calmed down and sent away the green mist that had been painfully torturing Pansy.
Pansy started crawling away as fast as she could until she was far enough away to stand and run. Draco was quietly chuckling as he watched with mildly pitying eyes. He could only imagine trying to defend himself against and angry Harry, and without any magic. The thought itself was truly terrifying. Harry, Ron, and Lina had rejoined them, and this time Lina walked with Hermione and Ron as they went down the last set of stairs to the Great Hall.
Harry was a little sad that he didn't sit at the Gryffindor table anymore when he got an idea. "Hey why don't we sit at our old tables today? Just for breakfast. It feels wrong not sitting there anymore..." He broke off and saw everyone nodding at him. Robbie spoke up. "McGonagall said we all would have been in one or the other of Gryffindor or Slytherin, so I guess we could just split up for breakfast. When we're all done, we'll all go over to the regular table." Everyone nodded and then went to the separate tables. Harry, Ron, Hermione, all sat down at the Gryffindor table, followed by Ania, Robbie, and Amber. Lina and Draco went to the Slytherin table, followed by Nick and Lacy. Lina couldn't stop smiling all through breakfast. She was so happy to be back with some of her old classmates. All the new stuff was truly a lot to take on all at once.
Lina barely noticed when a certain dumb brunette came and stood behind her. Pansy tapped her on the shoulder and when she turned around, she was face to face with Pansy's wand. "Not so tough now are you, Little Potter? That's what you are now, isn't it? A Little Potter. Heh...." Pansy laughed in Lina's face. Lina could feel a tingling run through her arm and knew Trix was preparing to defend Lina from Pansy. Lina tried to stop Pansy. "Pansy, just let it go, okay? There is nothing that is going to change the situation, and if you try to hex me, something really bad will happen, so just give it up already will you? Jeesh you are one seriously annoying brat, you know that? Just grow up Pansy." Lina said and turned her back to her.
Draco was now furious. "Pansy, I think it's time you try to understand something. I don't like you. At all. And I sure as hell don't love you. So you need to back off and give us our space. And that goes for the Gryffindors too. Leave them alone. They don't bother you, so just grow up and leave them alone. Go away Pansy." Draco finished, and he turned away from her too. Nick just glared at her and Lacey didn't even acknowledge her. Pansy could feel her anger at losing Draco bubbling. She raised her wand and whispered the first ex she could think of. "Pertificus Totalus." Suddenly there was a loud hissing sound and a piercing scream as Trix grew to an amazingly large size and glared daggers at Pansy. Pansy was screaming as she ran from the huge basilisk that had appeared.
Draco was trying not to smile, as were the other three of them. When Pansy had finally fled the Great Hall Trix licked Lina's face and Lina held out her arm to her. "C'mon Trix, breakfast for the Firens is over." Trix immediately started shrinking and she slithered up Lina's arm. They all stood and joined the other four Firens who were waiting at the DragonTora table. Robbie was hiding a smirk. "What was with the screaming and the running girl?" He asked mockingly. Lacey dramatically sighed. "Oh! It was that President girl of Drakie Poo's fan girl club... Sigh...." Everyone was now laughing at Lacey pretending to swoon. Draco was pretending to whisper in her ear and she pretended to faint, when Nick caught her and Mock glared at Drake.
"You goin' for my girl, Malfoy?" Nick asked accusingly. Harry's eyebrows shot up in surprise. He shared a look with Draco and they started laughing. Nick just looked between them and shrugged. "I don't want to know about any of your petty little dark past jokes, so don't tell me what I reminded you of." This resulted in more hysterical laughter from both Harry and Draco who were close to tears now. Even Lina had caught on and was laughing hard along with them.
Lina was the first to control herself. She explained to Nick. "It wasn't a joke you reminded them of. It was them. They used to hate each other, and they used to be really petty and fight all the time, and thay way your voice was all serious and your eyes were mocking, you looked like a mixture of both of them, which is why they're laughing at each other now. They have been bickering for four years straight. They haven't fought yet this year, but I wonder how long that will really last." Harry stopped laughing finally and smack ed Draco on the back a few times. He was still chuckling with Harry as they made their way to the dungeons and for Snape's office. When they got there, they found him having a discussion with Professor McGonagall, who had the girls' wands with her.
"Come in, young Firens. We have your wands here, and we would like to talk to you about the classes you will be taking starting tomorrow." they all filed in and sat down for an insight into the very beginnings of the mysteries of the fifth house of Hogwarts.
So sorry it took me so long to update!!! Writers block ya know??? How did you like it?? Did it seriously suck?? Be honest... Review!!!!!!!