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Chapter x. - A very stormy meeting!

Wind pulled tighter her cloak around herself, trying to keep warm in such cold places. It wasn´t only a bit of rain – no, it nearly seemed as though the sky was going to fall, in the form of what we normally call rain.

"Why did Nightmare had to ask me to do this now?" she muttered quietly to herself, her voice still that of a child.

It had only been two years since Nightmare of Midnight had rescued from the orphanage, and at eight years old, Wind still possessed some of a little girl.

She stopped in front of a shop, and abstinently checked her reflection on the glass. She saw a girl, with wild brown hair, and brown eyes; her complexion pale. She wondered if she had stayed too much time in the cold, when she saw her cheeks were tinted with red.

And, of course – she was soaking wet.

Sighing, Wind continued with her task. She would deal with her friend´s ideas later. Right now, she needed to check a suspicious location, where Death Eaters were supposedly been sighted.

They reason of why would Nightmare send her instead of one of her friends, she would never know.

Wind entered cautiously an abandoned building, frowning when she didn´t see anything. All that coldness for nothing; she thought bitterly. Oh, Night, wait until I get my hands on you. You´ll be so –

CLUNCK!

Wind frowned again. What was that? Or, more correctly, who was that?

"Who is there?" she asked quietly. Wind didn't exactly expect an answer, so she was surprised when a child's voice sounded, rebounding on the building's walls.

"No one." Wind narrowed her eyes, and then rolled them in irritation.

Yes, no-one. And then, who answered? Marie Antoinette? As if!

"I know you are there!" she exclaimed. Her mind was telling her this was unwise, but her heart told her to stay. And for once, she followed her heart. "Come on, show yourself!"

"Why do you want to see me?" the kid answered, his voice confused. "No-one w-wants t-too see m-e in ho-home."

Wind took a step towards the voice. Clearly, she thought, the voice was coming from a kid, like herself. A kid in problems, like she had been, once. She groaned. Wonderful. Why couldn´t have Nightmare came with her? He was better with those things than she was. He was able to use his heart more than she did. She normally thought, not felt.

"Look, I'm Wind," she said carefully. "Wind of Lightning. What's your name?"

By this time, Wind was so close to the boy, she could almost see his silvery-blonde hair, and pale skin. He was sitting, and had his knees pulled to his chest.

"Wind of Lightning," he repeated, and Wind caught the smirk on the tone of his voice. "That's a weird name."

Wind smiled.

"Well, it's not actually my name," she explained.

The boy stood up slowly up slowly and made his way towards her. She could now see his eyes. They were a clear blue color, and Wind frowned when she saw they were hidden fear beneath a shaking mask.

"Then, what's your real name?" he asked, intrigued.

"My name's Hermione Granger," she told him with a grimace at her old name. She liked the name Hermione. She really did. But Granger just made her remember so many things she didn't want to remember. "What's yours?"

The kid dropped his eyes, suddenly interested in the dirty floor.

"Draco," he whispered, and Wind had to step closer to him to understand him. "Draco Malfoy. I don't like it tough; do you like your family?"

"I haven't seen my family in years," she confided in him.

Draco looked at her in surprise. "Oh! Why?"

"They didn't like me very much," she said sadly. She missed her parents, sometimes. She could remember her life before her magic was discovered, and it had been great.

Draco frowned. "Why didn't they like you?"

Wind shuddered. "I guess they didn't like I have magic."

She said it very quickly, and then realized what she had said.

"Oh, no," she said, preoccupied. "I didn't really mean it. I mean, magic? How ridiculous. How could I have magic? It's impossible-"

"Wait," he stopped her, and looked at her in curiosity. "You have magic too?

Wind stopped hyperventilating when she heard that, and looked at his new friend in surprise.

"Too?" she repeated, half-asking. "You're a wizard?"

Draco nodded.

Wind smiled widely, and clapped her hands in happiness. "Great! I was worrying I'd had to leave you here, you know. Now, I can take you to Night, and he can explain all to you, and welcome you into the group, and then meet the other Lightnings, and then you would never need your family again – trust me, it's wonderful," she said all of that very quickly. Draco nearly didn't understand her.

"Lightnings?" he asked the first thing on his mind. "What's that?"

"Oh, I can't wait!" Wind said excitedly, ignoring his question, and pulling him towards the door. "Come on, Draco, come with me. Oh, everybody is going to be so surprised when I introduce you. I mean, after Frosty arrived last December, we didn't realize we would have another member.

Oh, this is so exciting!"

And so, she pulled a very confused Draco towards the way she had come from.

"Come on, Draco, come on," she urged him.

"But where are we going?" Draco asked, nearly crying in frustration.

"WAIT!" Tornado exclaimed, looking at Wind as she recounted their meeting all those years ago. They were all hanging out in the Headquarters, sharing stories from when they meet, and such. It was the time they saved for bonding with each others.

"I did NOT cry!" his statement was followed by laughs from all the other Lightnings. "I didn't laugh!" he repeated, irritated that his friends where laughing at him.

"Yes, you did," Wind said, between laughs.

"No, I didn't!" he said again, crossing his arms, and pouting.

This only made the rest laugh harder.

"Okay," Nightmare said, trying to stop the laughter. "What happened then, Wind?"

"Well," Wind said, twirling a lock of hair on her fingers, and looking smug. "I continued ignoring him until we arrived here, and you all know what happened."

"Yeah," remembered Echo, smirking. "Two figures; Wind and Tornado, arrived at the Headquarters for the Lightnings, where every single member got confused at the arriving of not only Wind, who Nightmare had sent to a mission that day, but that prat, too." He said, pointing at Tornado.

"Hey!"

"And Draco Malfoy disappeared forever," Flame grinned.

"And Tornado of Lightning was born."

AUTHOR NOTE.

Tornado and Wind's meeting! THAT's your surprise!

Here it is! Finally! Someone had asked me to write the character's backgrounds, and here it is!

But, its only Tornado and Wind's meeting right now. Later, when I got more time, I may write about the rest.

So? What do you think of it? Tell me, please, I love to hear your opinions.

Oh, and happy King's day!

Lily