Amour

Chapter 3: Dragon Scales

The weekend came quickly, and as we headed out toward the forest James and Sirius seemed to get more and more excited with every step.

In the morning we all had completed our essays for History of Magic- courteous me. Again I still didn't go to that class. I wandered about the halls invisible to anyone passing by.

The bell rang and students started to flood the halls, meeting with their friends to go to lunch. I saw Lily walking to the Great Hall, I sped up to her and remembering I was invisible, I quickly became visible.

"Hello," I said catching up to her in one stride.

"Hey," she replied, "Um, can I ask you something?"

"Sure," I shrugged, "Anything at all."

"I'm going out with James, and I was wondering if that was ok with you?"

"Why wouldn't it be ok? You two are perfect for each other. I'm happy you decided to go out with him," I lied. In reality I wanted to be the one with Lily, but that could never work. Ever.

~3 Years Later~

After Hogwarts somehow I was still in touch with the Marauders and Lily. James and Lily had gotten married and I dropped by to see them; along with Remus and Sirius. I stopped seeing Peter, as his aura had grown steadily blacker.

I lounged about my house, I heard footsteps. Whoever it was knocked on the door. I got up and guardedly opened the door.

"Hello, I'm from Gringotts and we have a problem with your account, would you mind coming down to help sort it out?" the small person asked, and without waiting for a reply he grabbed my wrist and disapparated.

We arrived in a deep cavern of Gringotts, the man let go of my wrist and scampered out into the ring of people around me. All of their wands where pointed at me, I knew that in order to fight them off and come out unscathed I would have to be in my dragon shape.

I changed and then it happened. Shackles clamped down on my legs, I was confused. These things were sucking my magic from me! I tried to change back to my human form, but my attempt failed! I was stuck, as long as these chains were on me.

These damned chains also made my vision terrible, I was partially blind now. I shot a flame at them, they answered with several curses, I couldn't block them, and I have no magic left.

This routine was what happened now, they would come in, clank those things, and if I didn't recede from them; curses would come flying at me.

There I stayed, forever… lost in emptiness, aloneness… forever!