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I do not own Harry Potter or Maximum Ride.
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Alright, so probably a lot of you wonder why I don't really update, two reasons come to mind when I try and answer this:
1. I'm a drama geek. I devote most of my life to the stage. Ex. For the last few weeks I've been giving all my time to putting on Annie Jr. But now it's over and I'm starting... High School. No, not a musical, couldn't pay me to do that, the actually thing that most people in America go to between the ages of 14-18.
2. I'm lazy and procrastinate. Yes, that's right. I'm just like most teenage girls in America *gasp*. I'll say, yeah, I'll do that in a minute, then I won't remember or something comes up, blah blah blah. Yay procrastination! Or, in your case, it's probably a boo...
Anyway, on to a Nudge chapter!
"Oh you're going to love it!" Fleur continued. I looked to her, my eyes wide with amazement. Sometimes I really couldn't believe all the things she told me about Beauxbatons. Singing wood nymphs, never-melting ice at Christmas, it all sounded so beautiful.
We were sitting in Fleur's room with our friends, and Fleur's little sister Gabrielle, who seemed more attached to her sister since the second task. I felt more welcomed here than I usually did at Hogwarts.
"Fleur, shouldn't you be practicing?" Gabrielle asked, looking to her older sister with wide eyes. "What if you have to leave the contest again? I don't want you to lose."
"I 'ave plenty of time," Fleur said, looking to her sister. "And bezides, there eez little way I'll win now." She looked to the ground. "I'm in last place, and if they add points at the end, then I'm sure to lose." The room went into a strange quiet. We knew that it was true. It would be so hard for her to win now, and none of us really wanted to accept it. "Unless..." The group looked to me, each with a smirk on their face.
"Uh... What?" I asked, not understanding. Then, something clicked in the back of my mind. They didn't really think that- "No, I'm not going to get Max to fail!"
"I thought you wanted to be a Beauxbatons student, you need to go all out," one of the girls, Alexis, snapped. I looked to them, surprised. They had to be joking, right? They weren't really thinking about using me, were they? Weren't they my friends? They wouldn't make me do this, would they?
"But, Max is one of my best friends, and family, I couldn't-"
"You 'aven't talked to her in almost a month," the second girl, Rene, said. "She's not much of a friend."
"Do you want to be a Beauxbaton, or don't you?" Fluer said.
I looked to them, my eyes wide. I slowly nodded. "But- I can't. She trusts me!"
"You can't 'ave close relationships with somebody who'll live far away from you," Fluer said. "Now, what do you want Nudge? Do you want to be in a nice school where everyone will accept you, or do you want to live a beautiful outcast the rest of your life?"
I looked to the ground, and thought for a moment.
"Okay, what do you want me to do?" I asked, feeling something shatter in my heart. I had to do this. I had to betray her.
"We need you to fool her, tell 'er to trust me so I can take her out early in the competition. It'll be easy to get the boys out probably," Fluer said. "I mean, I am a quarter Veela, so I'll get her male companions to trust me if I must first." Alexis, Rene, and Gabrielle nodded, as if used to her plan by now. "We'll pretend that she's our friend, so she'll trust me."
"She's not one to trust people very easily," I explained, looking away.
"Okay then, just get 'er to talk to me," Fluer shrugged. "I know a potion and spell that can make her trust me. I'm a witch after all."
I looked away, and closed my eyes, and nodded slowly. "Okay," I whispered. Fluer nodded, and watched as I walked out of the room. I couldn't believe I was really going to do this. I ran out to the castle grounds and looked around. Knowing Max she would probably be anywhere Angel was, especially since it was a Saturday. I started running to their cottage, thinking things over in my head. Was I really about to do this, I felt so bad. Soon enough, I reached the door, and knocked on it. Gazzy answered.
"Nudge!" he cried, looking at me. His eyes were large with surprise.
"Hey Gazzy," I said. I looked into the cottage. Everyone was there, including the non-winged everyone. Max was standing, looking at me with a fierce gaze.
"Hi," I said, shyly. I cleared my mind when I noticed Angel. Though, she was so surprised I didn't think she would read my mind. "Um, Max, can I talk to you?"
Max nodded, and walked outside with me. "I'm sorry," I said. "I- I was hoping you would come with me, just for a few minutes. Fluer wanted to tell you something about the third task." I thought quickly, "She says that girls should stay together."
"Really?" Max asked.
"She says it's two girls against three boys, she needs somebody on the inside that she can trust."
Max nodded. "I'll think about it, okay?" I didn't like her tone of voice. I felt like she didn't believe me. I nodded. "If you want to talk to her, just talk to me, okay? I'll bring you straight to her." I started to walk away, feeling terrible. Soon enough, I started walking faster and faster, until I was practically running toward Fleur. I couldn't believe it. I was betraying the person who I'd known and trusted for so long. I started running through the few halls until I reached Fleur's room. I stopped outside when I heard voices. They were speaking in French, but I could understand some of what they were saying.
"I feel bad... tricking Nudge," Fluer said. "She... trust me."
"...Closer to winning," I heard Rene said.
"I can't believe... she believes she'll be accepted," Alexis said.
"I know," Fluer said. "...Poor girl."
I froze. They were lying. I would be accepted. The promised!
I couldn't stand this any longer. I started sprinting away, getting tired really fast. I ran back to the cottage and opened the door. When I opened it, Max, Iggy, Fang, Angel, and Gazzy were standing, like they were ready to fight, blocking Harry, Hermione, Luna, and Ron, who were fumbling for their wands. "Nudge, what's wrong?" Max said, breaking her stance. She had seen my tears, and was walking over to me. Angel followed.
"They were using me," I cried. "Fleur and everyone. They just wanted to use me to get to you so that she could win. I'm so stupid!"
"Oh, great, more girl problems," I heard Gazzy moan. This earned him a glance from most of the girls, but I didn't, I was running to Max.
"I'm sorry," I said. "I should have listened to you."
"It's okay Nudge."
"Welcome back Nudge!"
"So you're the one we hear so much about."
"It's nice to meet you."
I was home.
Suddenly, there was a knock on the door. We all turned around. This time, Luna was closest to the door and opened it. There stood Fleur, Alexis, and Rene.
"What do you want?" I asked, intentionally making my voice cold.
The three seemed surprised by my tone. "We just wanted to know why you didn't come back," Fleur said.
"I did, then I heard you talking about how you tricked me, how you were using me for the competition! How I wouldn't even be accepted at Beauxbatons!" I yelled at them, my face growing hot with anger.
"You 'eard that?" Rene asked. I nodded fiercely.
"Okay, the truth is we did use you," Fleur said. "When I first met you, I recognized you as one of Max's friends. I thought I could use you to get close to Max to possibly fool her, okay?"
"So you did lie to me," Nudge said. "And I thought you were my friend."
"I believe you've overstayed your welcome," Luna said, her voice still calm and airy, though it was slightly tense. She closed the door, and then looked over to us. "I think that went over nicely. So, Nudge, what do your wings look like?"
"Wings?" I asked, shifting my shoulders gently.
"They know," Max nodded. I tore off my jacket, where my normal shirt was, and gently took out one of my wings.
Luna gently started to touch them. "It's a shame none of you have black raven-like wings," she said.
Rene, Fleur, and Alexis looked to each other. "Wings?" Fleur said in French. The three had been listening to their conversation.
"Well, this makes things much more interesting, right Fleur?" Rene said.
"Very," Fleur said, nodding. "Come, we have to go tell Gabrielle, Damsella, and Angelica, I have an idea."
Alexis and Rene nodded, and quickly started back to Fleur's room.
*Paces around in front of computer.*
Okay, I admit this wasn't my... best chapter ever. And I'm sorry if anyone is disappointed in it. I know I am. I didn't exactly know how to write this one out, but I really wanted to do one with Nudge since I felt that I haven't done one in a while. I'm disappointed and annoyed with the chapter, but I don't know what else to say. I didn't know what else to write, so I feel it's to short, and I wasn't sure that I should get Nudge to join back up with them yet. And I don't want you guys/gals mad at me.
(Okay, I haven't updated in like five months, so that's hard for you peoples NOT to be mad at me.)
Uh... So, that's how I feel about this.
And thanks to all those people who are withstanding my random updates.
You're all awesome.
Oh, and I have a DeviantArt page now, look at my profile for more information. I'm going to post up some pictures later today. I may/may not do some pictures for this story, and if I do... I can't draw wings.
Ah well... That's all.
Please don't hate me.
*Hides in pillow fort with spoon in hand.*
Just in case.
