Melody's pov
I got up from the couch and ran up the stairs to change out of my pajamas. When I was changed and I had brushed my teeth I ran down the stairs.
Frankie was just getting the fire ready. The emerald flames were bright and alive.
"You know what to do right?" asked Frankie as he helped me into the fire
"Yeah"
"I'll go ever during break to see how things are going so I'll be seeing you there" he said
"All right"
He gave me an encouraging smile and stepped away from the fire
"Grimmauld place!" I shouted and instantly the flames devoured me.
After some time of spinning around I started to slow down until I was able to see the kitchen of grimmauld place. I came to a complete stop and stumbled out side. Sirius got up from the table were he had been sitting and engulfed me in a hug before I made sure my head wasn't dizzy anymore.
"How's it going squirt" he told jovially. He let go of me and I waited a moment to get my mind straight from all the spinning.
"Not so good right now…are you alone?" I asked looking around
"Well I'm the only human…kreacher and buckbeak are here too"
"Right"
As if he had been called kreacher walked into the room he bowed to Sirius and muttered something about the depressed brat being back towards my direction.
"Hello kreacher" I said bitterly and he began to mutter more things
Sirius was about to say something to him and I cut him off
"Leave him I guess you could call it amusing" I said
There was a loud crack beside me that caused me to jump back and trip over a chair then fall. I fell just as other five people fell to the floor a large old kettle fell to the ground making much noise.
"Back again" said kreacher in his nasty voice "the blood traitor brats, is it true their fathers dying?"
"OUT!" roared Sirius
I quickly got up as all of them did the same. It was harry, Ron, Fred, George, and Ginny. I hurried to harry and hugged him knocking the air out of him in the progress.
"Did you see it?" I whispered frantically and he nodded.
"What's going on?" interrupted Sirius.
Both harry and I explained what had happened though we didn't say that we had watched it all happen from the snake's point of view. Then Fred, George and Ginny began that they wanted to go to st. mungos to see their dad. Sirius then argued that they couldn't go right now. They were furious.
In the end we all waited to hear for some news quietly. I couldn't bring myself to sit down and I couldn't walk back and forth because that would make the others more nervous. The tension in the room was unbearable.
What if it was too late? What of he dies? Why am I such a pessimist? What if I was the one that had attacked him? What if he died because of me?
Finally after what seemed ages, Mrs. Weasley arrived she had just comed back from st. mungos she said Mr. Weasley would be alright hearing those words just caused me to slump down the wall. Harry hurried over to me to help me up.
"Breakfast!" said Sirius happily. "where's that accursed house elf? Kreacher! KREACHER!"
Kreacher did not come
"Oh forget it then. So it's breakfast for –let's see- eight…bacon and eggs, I think, and some tea, and toast-"
Harry and I hurried over to help him I was nest to harry watching him take down some plates when Mrs. Weasley took them away from hi hands and brought us both into a hug.
"I don't know what would have happened if it hadn't been for you two" she said in a muffled voice "they might not have found Arthur for hours, and then it would have been too late, but thanks to the both of you he is alive and Dumbledore has been able to think up a good cover story for Arthur being where her was, you have no idea what trouble he would have been in otherwise, look at poor Sturgis…"
Then we talked to Sirius privately about the whole snake situation but Sirius said that if something had been wrong Dumbledore would have told us. It wasn't comforting at all
Harry and I were the only ones that did not fall asleep. Everyone else slept for the most of the morning. There was no way I was going to sleep what if I attacked someone else while I slept? But then again how is that both harry and I had been the snake? Did the both of us attack Mr. Weasley?
Whoever had done it I wouldn't take risks. I wasn't even tired anyways. I sat on my bed my arms wrapped around my legs my mind re living my old memories.
Everything around me blurred and suddenly I was in a forest. I saw a big group of people and I looked to my right and there I was. I was talking to Hermione
We were in a forest on our way to the quidditch world cup.
"Everyone" said Mr. Weasley "this is Amos diggory" we all said hi to him then someone fell from a tree right in between Hermione and I. I jumped back and fell with a small thump.
I heard roars of laughter coming from Fred George and Ron
"Sorry didn't mean to startle you" said a kind voice I looked up and my eyes met with a pair of kind gray eyes
"Well you did" I said chuckling he helped me up and then introduced himself. Everyone said hi back except for Fred and George. They were still bitter that they had won the quidditch game last year. Even though we all knew that it really wasn't cedric's fault that I fell of my broom.
We continued walking
"Fred and George are still mad at me huh?" he said matching my pace
"Don't mind them they're sore losers" right then a stick hit me at the back of my head and Fred and George were suddenly deep in conversation
"Nasty nooga's" I muttered and cedric laughed
"I don't see what's so funny" I said indignantly looking up he was very good looking with tousled light brown hair. With faint spots of red in his cheeks. And high cheekbones and a strong jaw.
"Sorry but what did you say?"
"Nasty nooga"
"What does that mean?"
"Do I look like someone that would know? It's the first word that came to my mind"
"Do you do that often?"
"Yeah you get used to it"
We talked the rest of the way…
Everything around me blurred and I was back in grimmauld place
"What are you?"
The words came back into my mind I could almost hear Edwards voice again.
So did that mean he suspected I wasn't a muggle? So much for pretending I was.
This was bad. I couldn't give him any reason to suspect him and yet I did. No one else suspected anything but him, and he was the person I suspected was something that was far from human. Maybe that is why he noticed many different things about me. My question was, what the hell was he? Should I try to find out?
Being the awfully curious person that I was it was so tempting to figure out this mystery. But I also had to think of the fact that I couldn't let him find out what I was so the best idea was to probably stay away… but dammit nothing has ever grabbed my attention so much in so long as the Cullen's have. And that curiosity began only now that I had been thinking about them. I've never really thought about them at all….
That same day we went to st. mungos to visit Mr. Weasley. He would be alright and that was such a good thing to hear and see.
There was something that scared harry and I a lot. We were eavesdropping along with the twins Ron and Ginny on the conversation of mad-eye, tonks, lupin, and Mr. and Mrs. Weasley. Could voldemort really be possessing harry and I?
I was in the room harry was staying at with Ron. It was only him and me in that room. He was pacing and I sat on his bed.
"What if he is using us to get information on the order?" I said
"I'm thinking the same" he seemed frustrated.
"We leave" I said as calmly as I could manage
"Where?" he said but neither of us answered we knew exactly where we would go to keep everyone safe. The thought of going back to privet drive to the dursleys was sickening. But if that's what it took to make everyone safe then I wouldn't argue. They wont be too happy when we turn up at the house way before we are supposed to come back…
I helped harry pick up all his stuff and then I would go to get mines.
"Running away are you?" came phineas nigellus voice from his portrait
"not running away, no" said harry as I helped him drag his trunk
"I thought" said phineas nigellus "that to belong in Gryffindor house you were supposed to be brave? It looks to me as if you both would have been better off in my own house. We slytherins are brave, yes, but not stupid. For instance given the choice, we will always choose to save our own necks"
"sounds to me like you are just-" I was cut off by harry
"its not our own neck we are saving"
"oh I see, this is not a cowardly flight- you are being noble"
His tone is getting on my last nerves.
We ignored him
"I have a message for you from albus Dumbledore" he called lazily.
We instantly turned around
"what is it?" asked harry
"stay where you are"
"we haven't moved!" I said angrily "what is the damned message!"
"I have just given it to you, dolt" he said " Dumbledore says 'stay were you are'"
"why?" said harry eagerly "why does he want us to stay? What did he say?"
"nothing whatsoever"
What the heck!
"so that's it, is it?" I growled "stay there? That's all anyone could tell us after we got attacked by all those dementors too!"
"just to stay put while the grown ups sort it out harry and Alex!" harry interrupted "we wont bother telling you anything, though, because your tiny little brains might not be able to cope with it!"
"you know,"said phineas nigellus louder "this is precisely why I loathed being a teacher! Young people are so infernally convinced that they are has it not occurred to you…"
I stopped listening put my hands over my ears and sat on the floor with my knees to my chest….
I lost track of time and suddenly I was walking down that empty corridor again getting closer to the black door reached it. But I could not open it…there was something that I wanted so badly and it was in there. But my scar was prickling a lot making me start losing my temper…
Ron woke us up to tell us dinner was ready if we wanted to go down and eat.
The next day everyone was putting up Christmas decorations and never had I seen Sirius so happy. You could hear him walking down the corridors singing Christmas carols.
I wouldn't leave harrys side he was the only company I wanted at the moment.
That same day Hermione came and she proved to us that we weren't being possessed and that brought relief to us.
Everyone was content for the break. I tried my hardest to try and join the group. Everyone seemed happy that I was trying. Still most of the time they would find me in my room looking out the window. I spent a great deal of time back in those memories. I had an excuse for going back to those memories. As long as I lived in the past I was somehow happy but if I came back to the present everything was unbearable. It was like a drug.
on Christmas I woke up with a stack of presents at the foot of my bed. I looked though them as Hermione and Ginny looked through their own. Their was one more parsel left and I grabbed it to open it. I read the card.
I know how much you fought over this picture and it is time it was returned to you. He would have wanted you to have it back I hope you like his present this year it formed a great part of his life. Take care of yourself sweety
-Ava diggory
There was a knot in my throat and my hands trembled as I opened the parcel. I opened the box and I saw a picture.
It was us at the Yule ball. There he was in his black dress robes he was holding me to him I was wearing silver robes and was smiling up at him then we turned to the camera and waved happily.
I remember how much we fought over who would get to keep that picture. In the end he won. There was something else in the box it was his wand. I had made sure to bring back his wand along with his body from the graveyard. A strangled sob escaped my mouth. Ginny and Hermione walked towards me. I gave them the not to read and then showed them what they had given me. Hermione and Ginny hugged me and cried for me. I couldn't cry I was too perplexed and crying didn't seem enough.
"We miss him too" whispered Hermione "we had gotten do used to him…"
I nodded as more dry sobs escaped me.
Even though the house was full with people I had never felt so alone in my life. I replayed that Christmas with him over and over. Memorizing his face in that day. And how he attacked me with snowballs. The day of the Yule ball it was such a memorable night.
The time for us to leave came nearer and each day Sirius seemed in a worst mood. On the day before our return I found out that we would be sent to a different type of hell than the one I was in at the moment.
Dumbledore wanted harry and I to take occlumency lessons. To block our minds to voldemort. Yeah that was all good. What wasn't good was that our accursed teacher would be snape. So I would have to go to Hogwarts once a week now and the first lesson was Monday. I would have to use the floo network directly to snape's office so no one would see me.
Mr. Weasley was back from the hospital that very same day for which everyone was happy
I left the next day back to forks were Frankie happily awaited me.
"How's it going munchkin" he said pulling me in for a hug.
"It's good" I replied he had been continually going to grimmauld place during the break and he spent Christmas there
"Ready for school tomorrow?"
"Just hope I didn't fall behind too much"
I was up early as usual the next day though I stayed in my bed a long time just staring at the picture of cedric and I. it was now in a frame in my bedside table. His wand was there too right next to mines. I stared at it for so long that when I looked at my alarm clock it was already late for me. I quickly got up and began the hair and eye color changing process then threw on the first thing I found. I ran downstairs and into the kitchen not bothering to get breakfast that I wouldn't eat.
"Slept in?" said Frankie reminding me that he was there.
"Not exactly" I said looking for my keys.
"What are you looking for" he said as I opened the fridge door to look for them.
"My keys" I said moving on to the oven
"Why would you look for them in the kitchen?"
"It is where I find them the most"
Frankie took out his wand and pointed it at the living room.
"Accio keys" the keys came zooming into the kitchen and he caught them.
"Remember that next time" he said tossing them to me
"Okay, bye Frankie!" I said running out the door
For once I didn't mind my fear for going too fast. And in turn I arrived with time to spare. I found a parking space and got out.
I walked to my first class were Erika cornered me.
"Where were you the last week of school" she demanded good thing I didn't talk to her much or It would have been much worse
"Family issues" I responded automatically then she questioned me about how my break was and how was Christmas.
All day long I was bombarded with questions about where I was what I did etc. for someone who barely talks to anyone I sure was well known.
I walked into biology pretty early. I took my usual seat and did my normal routine except now I didn't want time to pass I was dreading having to go to Hogwarts to meet snape.
"Hi" said a voice next to me that made me jump I turned to look at the owner of that voice. Why was Edward talking to me? This was not routine. I wasn't mad at him or anything it's just that we both subconsciously avoided each other.
"Uhm hi" I said then went back to my notebook.
"Why weren't you here the last week?"
I groaned
"How many times will I have to repeat myself?"
"I can't answer that"
"I had….family issues"
"Aunts and uncles?" He asked.
"Yeah I guess"
"Everything all right?"
"Yeah everything turned out just fine"
"Then I trust you had a nice Christmas?"
If lonely is you definition of a good Christmas then yes
"Yeah it was fine and yours?"
He shrugged "it was alright"
"That's good"
He sighed frustrated
"will I ever know?"
What is he ranting about now?
"Know what?"
"What you are"
"I'm a female human"
He laughed
"I mean it"
"What makes you think that I'm something other than a human?" i challenged
"I could ask you the same thing and would you answer me?"
"You're different"
"So are you"
"This is the longest conversation I have ever had with you"
"Want to keep it going?"
"I call for a change of topic"
He stared at me
"What?"
"I like this game"
"The keep- the –conversation-going- game?"
"Yes"
"To bad it has to come to an end" I pointed to the teacher who was settling down the class.
He chuckled then turned his attention to the teacher.
He wasn't so bad it was easy to talk to him he showed no expression on his face and there was something comforting in that. It seemed like he didn't look too deeply into the conversation which I think is good and even if that's not true I like to content myself with thinking of it that way.
Class droned on and I groaned when I heard the bell ring.
"Something bothering you?"
"Yes the thought of going home"
He looked confused. So much for not showing emotion.
"Its complicated"
I walked out of the classroom then.
This guy is strange why is he suddenly so talkative? Well a girl can never really understand a guy especially one she doesn't know at all. People are so strange I walked out the school and into the rain them into my car. I drove to the house cursing snape beforehand.
okay so once again what do you think
i think that went well but its up to you guys
so tell me about it
-airali
