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This story is rated T for foul language

Chapter 13

Ari's POV

"WHAT? Where? The only person I see is the President…"

I pause the TV and get up off the couch, crossing the room in a few strides, and point to a spot behind the President. "He's right here!"

Standing behind the President, who is standing at a podium giving a speech, is a tall, lanky man with no hair. He is dressed in a black suit and has a sneer on his face. The image may be a bit pixelated and fuzzy, but I would recognize his face anywhere.

Freddie steps closer to the screen with narrowed eyes, trying to recognize Caledon's blurry face. "Bloody hell… It IS Caledon. Ariana this is BAD…"

"You think I don't know that Freddie? What are we going to do?"

Freddie looks at the TV screen again. "Um… Ariana? It's worse than we thought…"

"What Fred? How is it worse?" I can feel a group of eyes staring at me as my panic level rises.

He gestures for me to come forward and points at the President's eyes. "Look familiar?"

I clench my teeth and close my eyes. "Shit…"

Finally someone else speaks. "What the hell is going on? Why are you two freaking out so much?"

I turn around and rub my hands over my face. "He's under the Imperius curse…"

Brittney sighs. "That doesn't answer Eli's question. WHO is under the Imperius curse?"

"The President! Come here. Do you see how milky his eyes are?"

They get up next to the TV and narrow their eyes to see. Eli responds first. "Yea I see that, but how do you know he doesn't just have cataracts?"

I roll my eyes at him. "Because I'm not daft, Eli."

Freddie grabs my arm and gives me a stern look. "She knows it's the Imperius curse because she has seen it before."

Brittney gives us a curious look. "Where?"

I glance at Freddie then back to Brittney and Eli. "It doesn't matter where or when."

Freddie shoots me another stern look as he says, "How about we direct all questions at me for now? Ariana seems a bit testy… She saw it last year when I was under the Imperius curse."

Brittney nods. "What is it exactly? It's not really something we learn about here."

"We don't really learn about it at Hogwarts either." He says with a shrug. "But, it's a rather calming experience. Like all the worries in the world have disappeared and been replaced with relief. But you are at the complete control of whoever cast the spell, which is rather unpleasant. When I was under the curse last year, I ended up almost killing my cousin and James' younger brother Al. And that was just so I could get past him to kill Ariana! The President being under the Imperius curse is a really bad thing because it means Caledon has control of the American government."

I open my mouth to say something but Freddie points his finger at me. "NO! If you aren't going to be nice then you don't get to say anything!"

I roll my eyes and frown. "You're such a prat!"

Eli smirks at me and says "That didn't sound very nice…"

I flip Eli off and look to Freddie. "Fred, what are we going to do?"

He shakes his head with a sigh. "I don't know… But we'll think of something, I'm sure of it."

(Break)

I look at the clock as I crawl into bed. It's 12:15 am and I'm FINALLY getting to bed. I pull the covers up over me and rest my head on the pillow. The moment my eyes close I fall asleep.

I'm sitting in the Franklyn living room again, staring at the TV, which still has the frozen image of the President delivering a speech and Caledon smirking in the background. I let out a sigh and quietly say "What are we going to do?"

Suddenly the paused Caledon unfreezes and begins walking toward me. "Tsk, tsk little fireball. Giving up so soon?"

I glare at him as I stand up. "Like hell I am."

He chuckles cynically as he steps out of the television. "Good. I don't want to be robbed of the chance to kill you myself."

"Me either. What are you doing with the President?"

He sneers at me and wags his finger. "Oh I think you already know. But I do want to tell you that I'm not targeting who you think I am."

I continue to glare at him. "Who are you targeting then?"

"Now where would the fun be in me telling you?" He runs his finger along the couch as he speaks.

I grunt through clenched teeth. "Then why the hell even bring it up? Why do I make my dreams so freaking impossible?"

He cackles icily and gets in my face. "Oh this is very much so a real conversation." I glower at him and shove him away from me. He sneers and gets in my face again. "Do I frighten you, little fireball?"

I smirk at him and shake my head. "No. You just really need a mint. But I guess murderers don't need to worry about bad breath, do they? And STOP calling me that!"

His sneer turns to a grimace. "I can't wait to kill you, to wipe the smartass grin off your face. I will relish your death like a lover's embrace."

I laugh coldly. "Like you would know anything about love! You're just a bitter wizard who is stuck dwelling in the past."

His sneer returns. "Speaking of love, how's your little boyfriend? He did such a great job pretending to be one of us… He even had ME fooled. My oh my do I have plans for him the next time I see him… Until then, Andromeda will have to take care of him."

I pull out my wand and point it at him. "Don't you DARE threaten him you asshole!"

He backs away back into the TV with his hands raised defensively. "Until next time, little fireball. Oh, by the way, you might as well head back to Hogwarts. You aren't going to be able to get anywhere near my political puppet any time soon."

I close my eyes and wave my wand at the TV, causing it to explode. "Bloody asshole."

I open my eyes and see a smoking mass of what used to be a television in front of me. "Shit!"

Eli comes running out of his room with his wand raised. "What the hell?" His voice is still heavy with sleep. He catches sight of the charred remains of his TV and groans. "Really Ari? You couldn't have blown up ANYTHING else?"

I sit down on the couch and sigh. "I need Freddie. Can you go wake him up please?"

He takes a seat next to me. "What's wrong?"

"I had a dream, or a not dream, about Caledon."

Eli looks at me then stands up. "Um, yea. I'm going to go get Freddie."

I sleepily smirk at him. "I thought so…"

He throws open Freddie's door and drags him out of the room. "Let's go, Freddie. Ariana needs to talk."

Freddie flails his arms around. "Well I need to sleep! Can't I talk to her in the morning?"

Eli shakes his head and drops him on the couch next to me. "Obviously not! Look at what she did to the TV!"

I grin at Eli. "Thank you Eli-kins! I wuv you big brother!" Eli nods with a yawn and walks back to his room, shutting the door silently. I look at Freddie and shrug. "Sorry to wake you, but it's rather important."

Freddie yawns then looks at me attentively. "I'm listening."

I tell him about my "dream", making sure not to leave anything out. Once I finish, Freddie lets out a sigh and leans back on the couch. "What the hell did he mean by 'I'm not targeting who you think I am'? And what was with that 'little fireball' crap?"

I shake my head. "My father used to call me 'little fireball' when I was little. I didn't think anyone knew about that, but obviously I was wrong. As for what he meant, I honestly don't know… What I do know is that we should head back to Hogwarts. He's right when he says we won't be able to get anywhere near the President right now. Plus I don't think we would get anywhere talking to him, since he's under the Imperius curse."

Freddie frowns at me. "So we're giving up then?"

I shake my head again. "No, no. We're just biding our time is all. I think I have a plan…"

Eli comes back out of his room clothed for the day and says in his best accent, "Alright you lot. Fill me in on what's happening."

Freddie looks at me with wide eyes. "Ari, I didn't even think about it before! Eli, Bri and their mum are going to have to move…"

Landen's POV

I stuff a piece of toast in my mouth bitterly as I stare across the great hall to the Slytherine table. Sitting next to my dimwit of a stepbrother is the girl who murdered Bella and Logan, Arowena Malevon. Al comes in and sits next to me and smirks. "Did someone wake up on the wrong side of the bed today?"

I continue to glare at Castor and Arowena so Al follows my gaze. "Bloody hell… What is she doing here?"

I shrug my shoulders and shake my head but I don't say anything. Castor and Arowena get up from the table and wave at me and Al with a smirk. I slam my toast on my plate and get up from the table. I storm out of the great hall after them, Al hot on my tail. Before I can do anything rash, Al grabs my shoulder and shakes his head. "They're not worth it, mate."

I turn to him with wide eyes. "SHE murdered two, TWO, students! And he's a complete asshole! PLEASE explain to me how they're not worth it?"

He looks at me for a moment then releases my shoulder. "I'm coming with you then. I can't let you go get your ass kicked alone."

I smirk at him. "Would James approve of you coming with me?"

"Absolutely!"

I give him a skeptical look and he grimaces. "We just won't tell him…"

Just then, James comes around the corner. "Tell who what?"

I shake my head. "Nothing. Come on Al."

This time James shakes his head. "Actually, I was looking for you Al. Scorpius Malfoy says that Professor Clarimonde has been looking for you. She says you have detention with her."

I look at Al with wide eyes and see a bit of fear flash across his face. "You can't go to that Al…"

He smirks, his confidence coming back, and shakes his head. "I'll be fine mate. It's just detention." With that he walks away from us rapidly.

As soon as he's out of sight and earshot I turn to James and shake my head. "I thought the whole point of you coming back was to protect Al!"

"It is!"

I let out a laugh. "Well you're not doing a very good job of it! She'll hurt him if he goes to detention with her!"

He frowns. "Why? She's just a professor?"

I roll my eyes and run off after Al. "Such a daft son of a-"

"I can still hear you!"

I laugh angrily. "Good, you tosser!"

I look back and see him running after me. We round the corner and run directly into Castor and Arowena. I point my wand at Arowena and narrow my eyes. "You're bloody lucky I'm looking for someone or I would kill you right here and now."

She smirks, her hazel eyes showing the malice she feels, and looks to Castor. "That sounds like a threat… I think that earns him a detention, right?"

Castor nods with a menacing grin as he points to James. "Him too, right? He counts as an accomplice?"

They grab our shirts and drag us toward Andromeda's classroom. They open the door and drag us in. I look around and see Al sitting at a table. Andromeda sees us and claps her hands together. "Very good! I'm so glad you were able to find him! Who is zee ozher one? No matter." She looks at us and gestures to a chair. "Take a seat.

Arowena and Castor shove us into chairs and smirk at us before leaving the room, shutting the door with a resounding "THUD". As soon as it does, Andromeda looks at us sternly. "Do you know why you're here?"

I laugh loudly. "Please. Enlighten us."

She glares at me as she passes out parchment and quills. "You are here because you sink it iz okay to fight in school."

James clears his throat with a frowns. "Okay one: I wasn't fighting. And two: you can't give detention over a holiday so, if you don't mind, I will just be-"

"SIT DOWN MISTER POTTER!"

James drops back into his seat with wide eyes. I smirk at him as I shake my head. Andromeda clears her throat and straightens her robes. "You sree shall be writing lines."

I roll my eyes. "How many and what will they say?"

"You will write 'I will not start fights' one hundred times." She takes a seat behind her desk and begins working on something.

I let out a sigh and begin writing.

I will not start fights

I will not start fights

I will not start fights…

I glare at the paper for a moment, then smirk. I go back to the first line and change it to:

I will not start fights, only finish them.

I write the rest of my lines this way, finishing at the same time as both Al and James. We all get up and give her our parchments. She looks over James', then Al's, then mine. She nods to James and Al and says "You two are free to go. Landen, please stay back a moment."

James leaves the classroom hurriedly, dragging Al out behind him, but not before Al can shoot me a worried glance. The door shuts loudly again, leaving me alone in the room with Andromeda. She begins straightening things on her desk. I sigh loudly and say, "Why exactly do I have to stay after?"

She slaps a stack of parchments down loudly. "Landen, zee Dark Lord iz not pleased that you are still alive…"

I smirk at her and shrug. "Sorry to disappoint."

She grins maliciously at me. "Oh it iz no disappointment. Zat just means I get to do as I please wiss you. He haz said zat as long as I do not kill you, I can do as I please. And since you enjoy 'finishing' fights so much…" She draws out her wand and sneers. "Crucio!"

James' POV

Al and I are sitting in my room talking after our detention with Andromeda. "Al, what the hell were you thinking? Pushing Castor? Was that really your best decision? I can't keep you safe if you don't help me!"

He laughs and shakes his head. "James, this isn't like when we were six and seven and you used to take the fall for me, I'm sixteen! I'm pretty sure I can manage to take care of myself now! Not that I don't appreciate the gesture, but you can't protect me and take care of me forever. What exactly are you trying to protect me from, anyways?"

I let out a sigh and plop down on my bed. "Landen…"

Al laughs again, but this time it's more sarcastic. "James! Are you bloody kidding me? Landen is one of my mates! Why the hell wouldn't you trust him?"

"Because he's tricked us before! Who's to say he isn't doing it again? You don't know that he's not playing you for sure!"

Al shakes his head. "No, you're right. I don't know that. But Ariana and Freddie trust him so I trust him. He hasn't betrayed that trust yet, and I don't think he will."

I shake my head and frown. "I just don't want to lose my brother…"

Suddenly we hear "Aw! That was so sweet!"

We whip our heads around and see Ariana, flanked by Freddie, Eli and Brittney, leaning against the door frame with a smirk on her face. "Miss me?"

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