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"Parseltongue"

"Normal Talk"

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"Wow," the Gryffindor's murmured. Within days, the whole school now knew that Kiru was a necromancer, but would only summon someone that she had summoned previously. Which – as the other students soon learned – only included three people: Sarabella Peverell, Lily Potter, and James Potter.

The two Potters sat on each side of Harry, with Ron, Hermione, and Neville across from them. For some strange reason that they refused to explain, they'd taken Neville in under their wings. He'd enjoyed it when Lily had helped him in Potions, and James had helped in Transfiguration. Lily and James were quick to diagnose the problem – simple lack of self-confidence was Neville's only problem.

Kiru, meanwhile, was constantly surrounded by overexcited Slytherins who were overjoyed at having their female prefect in Azkaban for ten years. Snape hadn't set up a new one yet, but the role had unanimously fallen onto Kiru's vigilante shoulders. Draco Malfoy was more than eager to share his wealth and wisdom with her, even giving her new spells to work on during free time when Snape was busy.

"Draco," a slimy voice came from behind, and the third year turned around.

"Father!" he jumped up, hugging his father. "It's so good to see you! What brings you here?"

"I just came to see the first year friend you've been writing about all year in your letters," he smirked. "A first year a prefect has taken to torturing, if my memory serves me right. The prefect is now is Azkaban, yes?"

"Ah, yes. Dad, this is Kiru. Kiru, this is my dad," Draco introduced, and the girl jumped up from her seat like it was electrified.

"It's so nice to meet you, Mr. Malfoy," she grinned, bowing before hesitantly shaking his hand. "I'm sorry, my mother drilled Japanese customs into my head as a child."

"Ah, then you're Sarabella's girl," Lucius said with his eyes twinkling with recognition. "Then, you've found your father?"

"Yup! I had him wrapped around my finger as soon as I put on the sorting hat!" she boasted, then flinched as something hit her from behind. "Wh-Oh snakes…"

"What?" Draco asked, and she handed him the note, blushing dark crimson, twiddling her index fingers. (A/N: Think Hinata off of Naruto.) "I swear, if it wasn't illegal to use the Unforgivable curses…"

"They're illegal for a reason!" Kiru objected, hurt evident in her eyes. "My mother and I were tortured with one simple one of those from Wormtail's mouth, Draco…"

"I'm sorry," Draco said immediately, sorrow filling his eyes, and a cold half-empty sympathy from the older Malfoy. "I didn't know."

"Draco," Lucius urged, nodding at Dumbledore. The two sat down, with Goyle scooting down to make enough room for Lucius to join them. Lucius snuck a look at the note, and frowned, glaring at the youngest male Weasley who was laughing his head off. Granger and the Potters were frowning at him as well.

"As you can all see, we have a few guests among us! Let us give them our warmest welcome in these final days of terms!" Dumbledore began, his eyes twinkling. "As I'm sure you all know, Peter Pettigrew has confessed to committing the crimes that Sirius Black was accused of, and was tried and placed in Azkaban for the rest of his life. Black is currently at the Gryffindor table with his two best friends and his godson. In other news, our Slytherin heiress is back."

The Slytherin house burst out into applause, the Gryffindor house – except the Weasleys, Hermione, Neville, Sirius, and the Potter trio – to burst into loud Booing. Kiru simply blushed deeper, and Draco held her hand under the table. She smiled at him, and turned back to the headmaster.

"And you were saying everyone hated you," Draco grinned. "Look how much we missed you!"

"Only cause dad was in a bad mood with me gone or hurt," Kiru retorted, jabbing him.

"I am pleased to inform you that Professor Slughorn is no longer teaching, and Professor Snape will be returning to his post now that his daughter is healthy once more!" Dumbledore continued once all the noise died down, only to have the entire Great Hall burst into applause.

"What happened while I was gone?" Kiru asked, extremely confused, looking at the Potions Master, who was equally as appalled, but his face never showed it.

"Slughorn was a menace," Draco shuddered. "No brewing, no wands, just lecture and notes. And review what we learned in our first years."

"Ah," Kiru grinned, her two corpses looking over their shoulders at her. She shook her head, motioning for them to stay seated.

"So, you're the necromancer I keep hearing of in the hallways," Lucius grinned.

"Yes, sir," Kiru returned to normal. "But, I can only summon the dead if I've summoned them before, or if I'm in dire need of them. I've only managed Mr. and Mrs. Potter, so far."

"I see," Lucius frowned. "Perhaps Salazar Slytherin?"

"Um…I'm not sure if I can go that far back or not… I'll be happy to try when I'm not using a steady stream of magic to keep the Potters out, if that's alright with you, sir," she said politely.

"Father, you're scaring her," Draco frowned.

"Ah, no, it's okay!" Kiru said shyly. "It's not that! It's…well…my past, to say the least."

"Ah. Your mom?" Draco asked, and Kiru nodded. "Why not summon her to see if she's truly sorry? Or, better yet, just to taunt her and have your dad get mad at her."

"Now, now, Draco," Lucius scolded. "You were accusing me of scaring her?"

"Sorry," Draco flushed lightly.

"You like her!" Pansy spat angrily, and Kiru grinned.

"Pansy, would you like me to summon a Basilisk to petrify you until I'm out of school?" Kiru asked sweetly, and the older girl immediately fled to the other side of the table, far away from her. Draco laughed and couldn't help but pound his fist on the table. Lucius simply smiled and rubbed his son's back.

"Genius," Draco gasped when he finished laughing, tears coming from his eyes. "Do that again!"

"I wish, dad's keeping an eye on me," Kiru grinned, and the young Malfoy's eyes snapped up to Snape's, who was leering at them. Kiru waved giddily, and Draco saluted the Potions master. "I wish we could keep in touch during the summer…"

"We can! Owls and letters," Draco said happily, writing down his address. "Here – something tells me I'm the only one who will write you during the summer. Write me when you get home so I know where to send the letters, okay?"

"Thanks, Draco," Kiru grinned. "That makes me feel better that I won't be without contact from another Slytherin who isn't my dad. Not that I have anything against him!"

"Kiru," Lucius said suddenly. "Who is your father?"

Kiru said nothing, blushing deeply, looking off to the right. A loud noise came from the left, and the entire school's eyes widened.

"You little bitch, Snape! I'll kill you if it's the last thing I'll do, you Gaki!" the prefect screamed, her wand brandished. Kiru raised her arms, and within moments, the two Potters were at a fighting stance with the girl. "Stop hiding behind your damn corpses and fight me like a woman, you coward!"

"Obliviate," the small girl whispered as the teen dueled the two adults, whose eyes were now blank, along with their faces. The teen dodged, and the two adults destroyed the curse. The teen whirled around, sending the small girl flying backwards.

"Die! Avada Kedavra!" the teen yelled.

"Protego!" the two adults yelled, bringing up another corpse. This one was different, pale, onyx eyes glaring into that of a teen. "May we?"

"Have fun," Kiru gasped, bleeding profusely from her side. The two adults began weaving around, turning the Great Hall into an elegant ballroom. The two Malfoy's raced up to her, the elder of the two next to her, and the latter stitched up her wound easily. She gasped audibly, grasping the younger Malfoy's left arm in pain. Her head was killing her, but nothing she couldn't handle.

"Kiru," Lucius began, but she grinned.

"If it's alright," she said quietly. "I want to see what I can do."

"Very well," he said nodding, jerking his head to let them know to back off.

"Your curse once made me pay, but I found a way away. Ariadne beware, young Snape is awake! Revenge will be sweet, once my curse is complete! As the pieces fall into place, I'll watch you writhe into place! Sayonara, Ariadne, yerou. Terror's the least I can do! Soon you will feel that your nightmares are real," Kiru sang darkly in a light soprano. Draco's eyes widened in confusion, but he was held back by his father. "You'll be through! Prefect, here's a sign, it's the end of your line. Come my minions, rise for your mistress, let your powers shine! Bind her now, yes, fly ever faster!"

The two Potters, as well as a few other skeletons, rose angrily, screaming "in the dark of the night! in the dark of the night! in the dark of the night!"

"She'll be mine!" Kiru screamed as the corpses drank all the magic from the ex-prefect, Kiru's wizarding robes turned black, the majority of the corpses not needed further. Well, with one exception. "Myrtle, come here!"

"Yes?" the preteen asked, grinning widely. She saw the contract, and immediately drew blood. "If I may, may I have the same one as the Potters?" Kiru nodded, and she put her bloody fingerprint on the bottom of the fresh parchment. Kiru wrote out the same words for Myrtle that she did for the Potters, with the exception of the names, date of death, and the reason for death.

"Thank you, Myrtle," Kiru grinned sweetly, eyeing the girl's Ravenclaw's robes. "The rest of you – except the Potters – may go." Within seconds, Myrtle and the two Potters were the only summoned corpses around. "Myrtle, feel free to go taunt Peeves or someone else. For good measure, why not spend time with an outcast Ravenclaw?"

"Yes, ma'am!" Myrtle saluted, dashing above the tables and landing next to Luna. The two were immediately immersed in conversation.

"A real piece of work," Snape said. "I can hardly believe you got her to stop shrieking. She was driving Filch and me mad. Well done."

"Kiru," Lucius smirked, trying not to laugh. "Did you base that off of a movie called Anastasia by chance? A song called In the Dark of the Night?"

"I never watched movies as a kid," Kiru said simply. "I never had a childhood period."

"Nice job with all those corpses," Draco grinned. "But why'd you keep her out?"

"Because," Kiru said falling backwards into Snape and Draco's waiting arms. "She kept me alive that first night."

"Oh, when the prefect drove you to almost commit suicide?" Draco asked gently, and Kiru nodded. "How did she stop you?"

"Sob stories," Kiru shrugged. "It's weird. She fits in now better than she did fifty years ago. And you wanted a muggle born to die last year."

"I was hoping for Granger," Draco frowned. "She gets on my every nerve."

"Don't blame you," Kiru grinned. "Hey, Draco? Would you be able to understand me if I spoke in Japanese?"

"No, sorry," he said shaking his head, and Lucius chuckled. "What?"

"I could teach him," the older Malfoy offered, and both students' eyes lit up. "I'll take that as a yes, please."

"Yeah!" Kiru grinned, a sinking in her gut. She pulled out the Ocarina, and began playing a swift tune lightly (A/N, think Zelda's Lullaby). The two Potters and Myrtle got misty eyed, and they began disappearing in a swirl of dust. She could vaguely see Harry upset, and quickly getting a few last words in before they left.

The two leapt away from the Gryffindor table just in time to be returned to dust. Kiru yawned widely, sleep threatening on the edge of her vision. She could hear Draco trying to get to her, but she couldn't seem able to reply. She knew it was him and his father next to her, so she let herself fall asleep in their more-than-capable care.

.o0O0o.

"Kiru-san," she heard a worried male.

"Reenervate," she heard another say, and her eyes struggled open. She shook her head slightly, furrowing her brow. Her head was on her place at the house table, her father's brow furrowed.

"Tha-!" she began, but a yawn cut her off. "I'm sorry."

"Don't be. Your body's tired, I understand entirely," the man said tartly. She sighed and turned away with a frown – she'd just made a bad impression on Draco's father. Well, she was screwed.

"Well, I most certainly don't blame you for getting kidnapped by Pettigrew more than a dozen times this school year and that prefect attacking you on an almost daily basis," Draco nodded emphatically, "Especially since she fired a killing curse at you in the Hospital wing this past time."

"What?" Lucius hissed, his eyes narrowing.

"Yeah, one of the ghosts jumped in the way, and Kiru somehow used her as a shield, so it just knocked her out for a few minutes," Draco said confused. "I thought it was normal since she was a necromancer, and all."

"No, Draco," Lucius corrected, "Potter is the only one that has survived it before."

"Hey, Mr. Malfoy," Goyle said innocently as he could. "Would you mind if Draco dated Kiru? I mean, they spend a lot of time together with their studies and all."

"Goyle, I help her with Defense Against the Dark Arts and she helps me with Potions," Draco objected loudly, but Lucius knew enough to know he was trying to deny anything.

"Well, if it were to escalate into something more than tutoring, I would prefer to have her father's permission first," Lucius said calmly. "However, I would not be objecting to it. We'll discuss this more in the summer, Draco. Severus tells me you can conjure a Patronus, Kiru. What is its form?"

"An ancient Japanese symbol," Kiru replied innocently, dodging any qualms from her fellow Slytherins. "It is said that a white snake symbolizes rebirth and renewal."

"I see," Lucius said, knowing by the look in her eyes that she was talking about Draco when she replied on the first part, the second being an act to stop rumors.

"Snape and Malfoy sitting in a tree! K-I-S-S-ING!" the Weasleys began loudly, and the Gryffindors all rang out in approval, all of them soon joined in. "First comes love, then comes marriage, then comes death eater in baby carriage!"

"Why you-!" Kiru glared outraged. "That's it! Serpents, I know you're there! Scare these Gryffindor into submission once they get back to their homes for the summer! I want an avid report on your deeds when we come back for school next year!"

"My, my," Lucius smirked. "We are a hotheaded little one, aren't we?"

"Mum," Kiru huffed. "Dad's been teaching me to try to control it. But I hate it whenever someone teases me like that. It makes me want to cry."

"If it's all the same to you," Draco said quietly. "It makes me want to cry whenever you're crying."

"Hey, why don't you try a Patronus thing, Draco?" Pansy suggested, and he stared. "What, you don't know how? You're dad's right there!"

"Expecto Patronum," Lucius said calmly, and a fox burst out of the end of his wand. "Thing of the strongest happy memory you can, Draco, let it fill you, and cast the charm."

"If it's all the same to you, father, I'd rather not," Draco said calmly, his eyes panicking. "I've been working on it in the room of requirement, but I haven't gotten a full form out yet for very long."

"What were you thinking of?" Lucius asked, Kiru's eyes alight with curiosity and exhaustion.

"The first time I beat Potter at something," Draco said immediately. Lucius' smile widened, but he hid the fact that he knew his son's lie to appease him. He knew already that his son had been thinking of Kiru – they were destined to be together, inseparable, even. He didn't need Severus' Legimency for that.

"Liar," Kiru accused. "I know you better than that, Draco Malfoy. What were you thinking when you cast that charm?"

"Showing you to the owlrey," he whispered so quietly in her ear that she could barely understand him. Her eyes widened as she backed off and looked at him, and he nodded an affirmation.

"Draco," she said at last. "Maybe…maybe…Never mind."

Draco furrowed his brow, this wasn't like her. He'd squeeze it out of her later like he always did. She trusted him with her darkest secrets, ones that she felt fit to only share with him as either an older brother or a lover. Then again, she'd confided in the Potions Master as both the head of the House and her father, so that was a two-person road.

"I'm going to bed, if it's alright with you," Kiru said getting up at last. She looked at her watch – one in the morning, no wonder she was so tired! "I'd best head to bed so I don't get sick."

"Oyasumi," Draco said, wondering if he'd got it right.

"Nice job," Kiru appraised. "Oyasumi, Draco-san, Malfoy-sama. It was nice meeting you, Mr. Malfoy."

"You're going to end up marrying her," Lucius whispered to his son, who sprayed pumpkin juice all over Pansy Parkinson. "Don't deny it."

"Father," Draco said stunned, not knowing where to go with this subject.

Okay, so, um... yeah, everyone's partying, having a good time, and she gate-crashes. Sounds about right.

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