Alright here's the next chapter. We'll be finishing summer and starting with 2nd year. Without all the exposition and stuff it should fly by. Meaning hopefully I can get through it in a chapter or two. Now I want you guys to know, that this year and third year are going to be pretty much following cannon. However when fourth year rolls around things start to change. I won't give away what's going to happen, but I will give you a hint, we'll be meeting FemGaara, in fourth year. Anyway, let's begin.
Broken Angel
Chapter 13: Summer Time
Summer flew by fast.
With constant hardcore training, coupled with Fleur visiting every other day, Riley's days just seemed to vanish in moments. She was sitting on the beach of her island with Fleur, watching the ocean, when Fleur mentioned something about school starting again soon. It surprised Riley to hear just how fast summer had gone by.
She had been really enjoying her time with Fleur. The two had started working on their spell casting. Fleur was really into charms, so she had a great deal of skill in that area. By now, Riley had learned all of the wand movements for 2nd year Charms, and Transfiguration. She hoped they got a good DADA teacher this year so she could ask them about advanced lessons.
So while Fleur taught her the wand movements for some of the third year spells, Riley began to teach Fleur how to wandlessly cast spells. Fleur was already starting to get the hang of it. It was obviously draining for her, but she could almost transfigure a match into a needle, without needing a wand, and that was only after two weeks of studying wandless magic.
Over the summer, Riley was also beginning to become more self conscious of her appearance. She noticed more and more, that Fleur's eyes would be studying her, and it gave her a desire to impress her girlfriend more and more.
By now, Riley was beginning to develop a more womanly physique. She would be Thirteen in a few months, and puberty had struck hard.
Most of the time Riley would just use a spell to clean herself rather then bathe, since she was often busy. But nowadays she actually took showers, and tried to find shampoo's that Fleur would like.
She experimented with different ones until she came across a vanilla scented shampoo that Fleur commented that she liked.
The two talked a lot, and Riley learned more about how Fleur was often bullied by the girls at her school, namely one girl named Diana, whom seemed to be quite the racist when it came to Veela. Riley was seriously considering enrolling in Beauxbatons for a year just to teach those bullies a lesson.
It had surprised Fleur the first time Riley had angrily ranted about the injustice of people treating Fleur like crap. They bullied and berated her for something she had absolutely no control over. While Fleur didn't say it, she was deeply moved by Riley's words, and her willingness to defend Fleur's right to exist. She also got the sense that Riley's fury at the situation stemmed from something much more personal than just Fleur's involvement. An idea eventually formed in her mind that Riley herself, either knew someone or had personally faced similar treatment at one point, or another.
Fluer didn't immediately ask about it, sensing that it must have been something bad, to aggravate her normally composed and very mature girlfriend.
As time went by, Fleur began to learn just a little bit more about Riley's past, questions that formed out of natural curiosity, without fully realizing the gravity behind them.
Fleur had once asked about Riley's parents, since she never mentioned them, a part of her considering the prospect that Riley may have been an orphan, since she lived with her 'uncle' Remus Lupin, who Fleur now knew shared no biological relation to Riley and was merely a close family friend.
"My Parents are still around. I mean they're still alive." Riley replied quietly.
The two were sitting on the beach quietly conversing with one another. While the conversation had been rather pleasant up until now, this question had really soured Riley's mood.
Her depressed state didn't go unnoticed by Fleur.
"Do they live out in the Elemental Nations?" Fleur asked.
"Yeah." Riley answered, her eyes staring down at the sand.
"If this is a sensitive topic, you don't have to talk about it." Fleur offered, not liking how Riley seemed to deflate at the mere mention of her parents. She'd never really seen Riley like that before, just seeing her downtrodden like this really pulled at Fleur's heartstrings.
"No, it's fine. My parents didn't really treat me like a member of the family while I was growing up, so I don't really have the best relationship with them." Riley provided as an explanation.
"What? Why would they do that? You're their daughter!" Fleur said with a scowl.
"Yeah... Well... I guess that didn't really matter to them. They didn't really treat me very well, so the first chance I had, I left." Riley replied, her eyes flashing with anger as she glared out at the sea, images of several times she'd been locked out of the house, flashing into her mind. One, prominently stood out, because it had rained that night. Riley could remember it vividly she had never felt so cold before. Just remembering it, caused her to sink into herself, and wrap her arms around her body to fight off the metaphorical chill that began manifest around her.
"I'm sorry. I shouldn't have pried. I just... I'm so sorry that, that happened to you. You didn't deserve to be treated like you were unloved." Fleur said as she moved over and hugged Riley.
For a half moment, Riley tensed at the contact but then immediately settled into it. The feeling of another person wrapping their arms around you and trying to comfort you. It was truly something that Riley craved. Fleur's warmth also made the cold vanish in an instant, and Riley felt the urge to sink into her girlfriend's embrace.
Since that day, Fleur did not bring up Riley's family anymore. She was always sensitive when it came to talking about family, and for a short time, even hesitated to talk about her own, fearing that it may come off like she was gloating about having parents and a sister that actually cared about her. Riley picked up on this hesitance, as Fleur cared very deeply about her family and spoke of them often. So when she stopped, it didn't take much for Riley to figure out why.
Instead of just telling her it was ok, Riley instead simply chose to ask about them. Riley liked the Delacours, and wanted to know how they were doing. She could show Fleur that she liked hearing about them, by simply asking about them.
Eventually Fleur felt better mentioning her family, and her hesitance faded, which Riley appreciated. She enjoyed the affection, but pity was something that stung at her pride. She didn't want to be pitied. She just wanted someone to care.
The two continued to enjoy each others company, and spent their time growing closer. They even had their first make-out session, which left poor Riley starry-eyed for quite some time.
It was the last day, before Riley had to return to Britain and prepare for school, and the two found themselves sitting on the beach staring out over the water.
"I am going to miss being able to see you everyday." Fleur commented sadly as the two sat together watching the sun set.
"Yeah. So am I." Riley replied with a frown.
"I wish you could leave Hogwart's on the weekends or something, that way we both could meet here." Fleur commented.
"Wait. Can you leave Beauxbatons for the weekends?" Riley asked with a hopeful smile.
"Yes. Why?" Fleur inquired.
"Because, as a head of house. I can supersede Hogwarts' rules about leaving school grounds during weekends. All I have to do is explain to them, that I am busy courting someone, and not allowing me to leave is impeding on my ability to do that. The school can't refrain me from taking care of business that has to do with my house. And seeing as how you could be lady Slytherin in the future, I think this falls under that category." Riley explained with a wide happy grin.
"So I'll just bring my portkey to school, and we'll see each other on weekends. I think that could work." Fleur replied with a happy smile on her face.
"This has been a great summer." Riley commented.
"That is has. Hey, how has your training with your new eyes, been going?" Fleur asked.
Riley smiled widely, as the Rinnegan appeared in her eyes, she held her hand out towards the ocean, and stated in a calm voice, "Shinra Tensei."
Fleur was astounded to see a blast of energy shoot out of Riley's hand and push away everything in front of her.
The blast left a gorge in the sand, twenty meters long, and five meters wide.
"Will you never cease to amaze me?" Fleur asked with a smile.
"Nope... I'm just to damn awesome." Riley replied happily.
"Modest too." Fleur added with a giggle.
Riley just made a face at her before sitting next to her.
After a moment Riley glanced over at Fleur. The young Veela was watching the sunset with a content smile on her face. A few seconds passed by before Fleur noticed Riley staring at her. She stared back, the two locking eyes with each other.
"What are you zinking of, right now?" Fleur asked in English. The two rarely spoke anything but French around each other. Though very rarely Fleur would speak it, as if she were just practicing a bit.
"I'm thinking... I really wanna know what those lips taste like." Riley replied with a smirk. Fleur smiled at hearing that and quickly kissed Riley on the lips. The two held the kiss for a couple of moments, Riley even felt Fleur caress her cheek as they held their lips together.
After a moment the two parted, Fleur giving Riley a satisfied smile.
"Did zat answer your question?" Fleur asked.
"Well no... since those weren't the lips I was talking about." Riley replied, smiling in what she hoped was a seductive way.
It only took the Veela a second to figure out what Riley was referring too. Fleur blushed brightly and playfully slapped Riley's shoulder.
"You are far to young to be making those jokes." Fleur stated, going back to French.
Riley couldn't help giggling at how brightly Fleur was blushing. It was funny to see, since it was obvious the Fleur did not blush often... only when around Riley.
"Hey... I'll be thirteen in a few months. Besides, how old were you when you started to have perverse thoughts?" Riley asked, giving the Veela a look.
"I am a veela. We have a much greater connection to our sexual side then you do." Fleur replied.
"Yeah... uh-huh." Riley replied with a grin.
"Be careful Riley, one day you may make those jokes and I may decide to take you seriously." Fleur warned with a playful smirk.
Riley chuckled at that and locked eyes with Fleur.
"Hey um... You'll let me know if I push things too far, right? Or like if you think we're moving to fast?" Riley said after a quiet moment.
"What brought this on?" Fleur inquired.
"Nothing it's just... Well I think you realize that I've never done this before, and well... You know I'm not like other girls. I know tomorrow isn't a guarantee. I know anything could happen, so I like to live life in the now. So, I may come off strong sometimes, but I don't wanna make you uncomfortable. So just let me know if I'm pushing things alright." Riley explained, her words earning her a curious look from Fleur. After a few moments of silence, Fleur simply nodded, not knowing what to say to that.
A few moments passed before they both laid back on the sand. The two cuddled close to each other, and watched as the sky darkened. It didn't take long for the stars to begin shining.
"Riley?" Fleur asked after a moment, having taken the time to digest Riley's earlier statement, she now knew how to respond to it. If Riley was worried about making Fleur uncomfortable by moving too fast, then Fleur would tell her just how she felt.
"Yeah?" Riley replied with a smile.
"I love you." Fleur stated, after a short pause.
Riley glanced over at Fleur and looked deep into her eyes. She could feel the warmth in them. She could almost feel the love, the compassion, the happiness, and joy that was present in those dark blue eyes.
Riley felt a warmth pass through her whole being. It just felt so right, laying there next to Fleur, she just couldn't help replying. "I love you too."
Fleur's eyes lit up, at hearing Riley return her affections. She pulled her into a deep passionate kiss, which the two held for several seconds.
"You best be here every weekend. Because I will be." Fleur told her.
"Yes, ma'am." Riley replied.
"This is just beautiful." The Fox stated from within it's forest.
'I agree.' Madara replied.
"Hey... what's happening to you?" The Fox asked. It was looking in the direction of Madara's voice, and to its surprise it could just barely see him. It was like someone took Madara and set his opacity to 99%. He looked like a shimmer in the air, which only had a shape if you squinted.
'What the hell... am I starting to gain a physical body?' Madara asked, as he looked at himself.
"I hope so. If you have a body, then I can finally start kicking your ass." The Nine Tails replied.
'Bring it on fox. Though... I wonder what is causing this?' Madara mused.
"Would not surprise me if somehow you're leeching off of her power, and now that she is becoming more of a demon, you're regaining your body." The Fox offered, earning what it assumed was a nod from the ghost like Madara.
'Hmm. Should we tell Riley?' Madara asked.
"Nah... let her figure it out on her own. If it starts hurting her, then we'll tell her. Otherwise leave it as a surprise." The Fox answered, with a wave of it's paw.
Madara simply nodded and glanced down at his see-through hands. For a long time he had been forced to live with having his granddaughter fix his mistakes. But if he could regain a physical body, then maybe he could free her from that burden.
-Two days later-
Riley and Remus, were walking through Diagon Alley, busy buying up all of Riley's school supplies. Over the summer, her and Remus had been contemplating buying a house somewhere in Britain. So while Riley trained, Remus looked for a decent home to live in. He had found a small house that was secluded on a hillside not far from London. It wasn't much but it gave them a starting point. Plus they bought the surrounding land, so they could expand on the house as much as they wanted. It was a three bedroom, two bath home, that looked quite old.
So Riley was currently also looking for a house elf, to keep the place tidy. Luckily since Riley made the island, Remus would just go there whenever Moony needed to come out, so they didn't really have to worry about repairs. They just needed someone to keep the place clean, and orderly, and also help with the expansions Riley would add, when it was time to increase the size of her family.
Also Riley had put the Philosopher's Stone to good use. She had informed a goblin at Gringotts, as to her acquisition of a Philosopher's Stone. She did so, so that she could see what she should do in regards to the creation of gold. The goblin she met with was able to properly explain to her in detail, what she could do that wouldn't kill the economy, and it definitely raised her standing amongst the goblins, for informing them of the stone and not trying to pull a fast one, and mess up the economy they worked so hard to maintain and improve.
Basically what it came down to, was she would create a hundred galleons a week, and the Goblins would invest it, so that it would make more money for her. They got to keep 5% of her earnings from the investments, and everything was nectar.
Riley really didn't need the money, but it didn't hurt to increase what she had. As a means of repaying Voldemort when she met him again, she split her profits in half, taking half for herself, and storing away the other half in a private vault that she'd turn over to the Dark Lord whenever she ran into him. She was putting the Stone to use, but he was the who had successfully stolen it, so she wanted to make sure he didn't feel cheated or slighted by her profiting off of his hard work.
During the summer she also took the time to thoroughly explore Slytherin's vault. It was filled with gold, jewelry, paintings, books, tomes, armor, weapons, and the like. There was a lot of books on the dark arts in there, but Remus had asked her to hold off until third or fourth year before she began to read them. He knew she could handle the power of the spells, it's just that the dark arts drew from emotion and since she was still young, using them could mess up her emotional map. Riley reluctantly agreed, though there were other things she found that she could use.
One was a set of combat robes. The robes were dark green, with black edging. The robes themselves had a unique design to them, that made them look like they were made of scales when light reflected off it, even though it was obviously acromantula silk. The robes had Slytherin's house crest, embroidered on the back. The robes came with two sets of black dragon scale bracers for the forearms and shins that fit under the robes, as well as a custom dragon leather wand holster, that tied into both her bracers, so that with a flick of her wrist she could have her wand in her hand.
The robes had sizing charms so they fit quite well, and Riley liked them enough to take with her. She sealed them into one of her storage scrolls and continued to peruse the vault.
Another thing she came across was a book that detailed how to fight with a staff. This was definitely a keeper as Riley still hadn't learned how to do so. The final thing she found was a special book on Elemental Magic. Riley always loved to be prepared, even if it was redundant, since she could already use ninjutsu. Still, it never hurt to expand your skills.
Currently she and Remus were walking through Diagon alley in search of a place that sold house elves, when they suddenly heard someone call out to them.
Riley turned and saw Draco and his family walking towards them.
Riley smiled widely as she walked over to them.
"Hey Draco, how've you been?" Riley asked with a smile.
"Great. How was your summer?" Draco asked in reply.
"Fine. Spent most of the time training." Riley replied with a shrug.
"Speaking of that... look what I can do." Draco stated as he pulled out a tiny piece of paper and set it in his palm. A few moments passed by before blue energy began to faintly swirl in his palm and lift and spin the paper about.
"Great job Draco. You've got that down pat. From the looks of it, I'd say you have quite a lot of magic in your coils." Riley replied as she examined the magic that flowed from his palm.
"Cool. Can't wait to start learning how to perform jutsu." Draco replied excitedly.
"So, what sounds most interesting to you?" Riley asked.
"Hm... I like the idea of Ninjutsu, and Genjutsu. Mother says it's just as important to be able to fool your opponents as it is to beat them." Draco replied, earning a nod of agreement from the blond woman standing behind him.
"Ah Remus... it's been far too long." Stated the tall, blonde, aristocratic looking man standing behind Draco.
"Lucius. Always a pleasure." Remus replied kindly.
"So, this is the young lady Slytherin, that our Draco has been speaking so much of. It's very nice to meet you. I am Narcissa Malfoy." The Blonde woman behind Draco stated, formally as she stepped forward and offered her hand.
"Pleasure Lady Malfoy." Riley replied graciously shaking her hand.
"Lord Malfoy." Riley greeted Draco's father, with an offered hand.
"Please, Lucius." Draco father replied as he shook her hand.
"Very well Lucius, Lady Malfoy, "Narcissa, no need for formalities." Narcissa, it's nice to meet both of you. Draco's told me a lot about you." Riley replied.
"He's told us much of you as well. Mentioned your very sudden conquest of Slytherin house, can't say I've ever heard of a first year bringing down a seventh year, then again, you are one of the few practitioners of ninjutsu that lives outside of the Elemental Nations." Lucius replied, eying the girl curiously.
"He also spoke of your victory over the troll that snuck into Hogwarts. I must say, that is quite impressive." Narcissa added.
"Why thank you. Though neither of those two incidents were really all the astounding. Bullies often need to be reminded as to what they are, and as for the troll... well I have faced their kind before. I traveled with uncle Remus for a few years before coming to Hogwarts." Riley replied.
"Hm... well I would love to hear of your adventures." Narcissa stated with a smile.
"So spend any time with your girlfriend over the summer?" Draco asked teasingly.
"Have any wet dreams about Hermione?" Riley fired back causing Draco's face to redden, and his mouth to hang open.
"Riley." Remus said with a sigh at her language.
"Ah yes... Hermione. My little dragon talks about her often." Narcissa replied as she pinched Draco's cheeks, causing him to blush brighter.
"Mother!" He squeaked out, earning laughs from everyone else.
"So... a girlfriend? Quite an interesting direction for a young head of house to go." Lucius commented.
"No offense to men in general, but I've dealt with way too many rapists, assholes, bullies, and pedo-faced creepers, to be able to put the necessary trust in a man required for that kind of relationship." Riley replied with a sour look.
"No worries. You are free to do with your house as you see fit. I understand that the actions of a few individuals can muddy people's perspective on things." Lucius replied, a flash of nostalgia appeared on the man's face for the briefest of moments before it returned to its usual highborn stoicism. Women being with women in an official capacity was much the same as men being with men, when it came to witches and wizards. They preferred their traditions, but in most cases, they just didn't talk about it. The majority opinion was, you do you, leave us out of it.
"Indeed. So, moving on to less personal subjects, are you here shopping for your school supplies?" Narcissa asked.
"Yep... though mostly I'm looking for a house elf. We've just recently purchased some property, and we need someone to tend to it while we're off adventuring." Riley replied, earning a chuckle from Remus.
"A house elf you say? You wouldn't happen to be interested in purchasing the excitable little elf I've been looking to sell?" Lucius asked.
"Hm... what's wrong him?" Riley asked.
"Nothing... he's just very high strung. We kept him around because Draco enjoyed his antics when he was little. Though now that he's older, we're looking to replace him with a more relaxed elf." Narcissa replied, earning a nod from Draco.
"You should buy him Riley. You'd like him. He's got a lot of energy and loves to do things. I think you two would mesh well together." Draco told her.
"Hm... a hyper little house elf, that sounds perfect for me. Besides we've been looking for a place to buy one for like an hour now and haven't found anything. How much?" Riley inquired.
"Well... since he's experienced, I'd say two hundred galleons." Lucius replied.
"Alright!" Riley replied happily as she pulled out her money pouch and removed the necessary funds.
"Alright let's go somewhere a little quieter." Lucius stated as the five of them stepped over to an alley.
"Dobby!" Lucius stated.
A pop was heard, and a small frail little creature appeared before them. He was wearing what looked like a longer shirt, that happened to have the Malfoy crest on it, along with tiny shorts. The little elf had big eyes, and greyish skin, with long pointy ears.
"Yes, master Malfoy sir. What does master need of Dobby?" Dobby replied.
"Dobby. I would like to thank you for your service to our house, but your assistance will no longer be required..." Lucius began. The little elf looked terrified as he heard that.
"So, I will be passing your service on to Lady Slytherin here. She requires a house elf and has purchased you." Lucius informed him.
Dobby glanced over at Riley, and the two locked eyes for a moment.
"So's Dobby be working for missey Slytherin now?" Dobby asked.
"Yes... as my final order for you, perform the bonding to miss Slytherin." Lucius stated as he conjured a sock and handed it to Dobby.
"Good luck with her Dobby. Riley can be a handful." Draco said his farewells to the little house elf.
"So's Missey Slytherin wants Dobby to work for her?" Dobby asked.
"Yes Dobby. I would like that. Please perform whatever ritual you need to for the bonding process." Riley replied with a smile. That smile filled Dobby with warmth, and he quickly got excited. He nodded vigorously and magic began to appear from his hand. He waved his hand in the air a few times before snapping his fingers. Riley felt something come into contact with her magic, she then noticed that Dobby was holding his hand out for her to take. She did so without hesitation and felt something connect to her.
Dobby smiled, brightly and was about to start dancing, when he felt Riley magic pass back to him.
All five people present watched as Dobby's veins all glowed bright blue, and his eyes turned red for a moment, before it all faded leaving the little elf looking tired.
"Are you alright Dobby?" Riley asked with concern.
"Yes Lady Slytherin. Dobby be's alright. You's very powerful master." Dobby replied as he got back to his feet and smiled. A few moments passed before the elf started bouncing all around the alley hooting and hollering happily.
"You weren't kidding." Riley stated as she watched him.
"Nope... have fun." Draco replied with a chuckle.
"Dobby. Can you locate our home from here?" Riley asked.
"Yes... Dobby can find master's home." Dobby replied.
"Alright we'll be there later. I want you to go there and start cleaning up the place. Can you do that for me?" Riley asked.
"Of course! Call if you needs anything!" Dobby stated excitedly as he vanished in a pop.
"Well now that that's done. Perhaps we can finish shopping." Remus stated, earning a nod from Riley.
The five of them continued on their way, buying up the rest of their supplies. They stopped by the pet shop to buy owl treats, as, at least in Riley's case, she needed them to get Hedwig to do anything other than scowl at passersby's.
Draco and Riley were walking around the store when Riley heard someone speak.
"Idiot." She looked around for the source of the voice, it was low, kind of like a whisper, but loud enough to hear.
"What is it?" Draco asked, noticing the way Riley tilted her head, as if straining to hear someone.
"I think someone just called you an idiot." Riley replied, causing Draco to make a face.
"Fat assssss." She heard again. This time she located it. She saw a rather fat man, passing by the snake cages.
She and Draco made their way over to them and Riley looked in.
"Ponce." She heard the snake say, as it looked at Draco.
"What did you say?" Riley asked in reply.
"What di... DEMON!" The snake hissed in terror and dove into its little alcove, leaving Riley with a confused look on her face.
She looked over at Draco, whom was staring at her, mouth gaping wide.
"What?" Riley asked.
"You... you're a Parseltongue." Draco stated.
"I am?" Riley asked in reply, she had learned about parselmagic, from the Slytherin vault, the ability to speak in the language of serpents. Snakes, Basilisks, wyrms, wyverns, drakes, and dragons all spoke the different variants of the serpent tongue, but all of them understood parseltongue.
"Must be something you got from old Voldemort." Madara mused.
"Yeah... you just hissed at that snake." Draco replied, as their guardians walked up to them.
"Riley's a Parseltongue." Draco told them.
"Really?" Lucius replied with a surprised look, which was mimicked by Remus, and Narcissa.
"I don't know how I did it. I just did." Riley replied with a confused shrug.
"Probably need to stop by the Slytherin vault again and pick up that book on Parseltongue for you." Remus replied as he shook his head. These things just sort of happened to Riley, you eventually got used to it.
The five continued to talk about it, until they made it to the bookstore. Where they came upon a scuffle by the head of the Weasely family, Arthur Weasely, and Nott Sr. Theodore's father. Lucius and Remus tore the two men off each other and kept them from fighting.
Nott Sr. made a face at Arthur before looking down into the cauldron of a young girl standing next to him. She was red of hair and looked very much like a Weasely. He reached in and picked up one of her books, it was old and ratty looking,
"Take good care of these books girl. They're the best your father can afford." Nott Sr. stated as he dropped it back into her cauldron and motioned for Theo to follow him.
Young Theo greeted Riley and Draco as he departed, stating that he would see them on the train.
"Malfoy." Nott Sr. greeted Lucius as he passed him.
"Nott." Lucius replied as he eyed the angry looking man carefully.
The two Nott's quickly vanished from sight. Leaving the red faced Weasely's to leer after them.
"Thanks for the help, Remus." Arthur thanked Remus, as he calmed down.
"You need to learn better control Arthur. You can't let Nott rile you up." Remus scolded in reply.
"I know... thanks again for the help." Arthur stated again, as he motioned for his kids to follow him out.
"Well, that was exciting." Riley muttered.
"Theo's dad's kind of a ponce." Draco added, earning a nod from Riley and Narcissa.
"He put something in the girl's cauldron." Riley stated.
"Yes. I'd keep your distance from that girl this year. He's planning something and it wouldn't do to get overly involved." Lucius warned them.
The two children nodded, and they proceeded to finish their shopping, before going their separate ways.
Remus and Riley made it back to their new home and were pleasantly surprised to see the old place was now mostly spotless. It seems Dobby had been eagerly flying through his work.
It was later that night, that Riley and Remus were in the study, when Riley felt the need to ask something that had been bothering her all day.
"Hey Remus, how do you know the Malfoy's so well?" Riley inquired.
"Hm... why so curious?" Remus asked in reply.
"Well, when we saw them today, you greeted each other like old acquaintances. But from the way Draco talks about the pureblood agenda, I would assume his family, at the very least supported Voldemort's cause. I thought you were a member of the Order of the Phoenix?" Riley stated, giving him a curious look.
"True..." Remus replied carefully.
"I didn't sense any animosity between the two of you. One would assume having been on the opposite sides during the last war, you'd at least resent one another?" Riley added as she saw him fidget uncomfortably.
"Unless... you weren't on opposites sides during the war? That would mean either Lucius was a spy... or you were?" Riley guessed as a knowing smirk crept across her face. She loved unraveling mysteries and figuring people out.
"You know... you are too damn smart for your own good." Remus replied with a sigh.
"So... let me guess. You were a spy for Voldemort in the Order of the Phoenix, and they never found out about it?" Riley added on.
All Remus could do was sigh and nod again.
"So... did that mean that both you and Sirius sided with the Dark Lord? What happened between you guys and my mother and Pettigrew that led Sirius to betray her, and kill Peter?" Riley inquired.
"Actually, we all worked for the Dark Lord. Except for your mother. We all had our reasons for joining. I wanted to be treated as an equal, Peter wanted to belong, Sirius felt that the dark was right about everything wrong in Britain. We never hated Lily. She was our best friend in school. We were thick as thieves and even when we sided with Voldemort, we never had any ill will towards Lily. When it comes to Sirius... I just don't know. The Dark Lord told us to stay away from the Elemental Nations, and Lily. He didn't want to draw Minato or the Leaf into our war. Then Sirius goes and sells out Minato's squad to their enemies, which led to one of them dying. I have no clue why he went crazy and killed all those people along with Peter... it just doesn't make sense." Remus replied with a shake of his head.
"Hm... maybe some people just have too much darkness hidden away inside of them." Riley mused.
"Do you think less of me? Now that you know?" Remus asked.
"Of course not! If the Dark Lord were alive today, I would probably side with him. Don't know it I would follow him. But I agree with what he stood for. Britain needs to change, and I don't blame you or think less of you for trying to change it." Riley replied as she gave the man a warm hug.
"Thank you. That means a lot to me." Remus replied as he returned the hug.
"No problem, Remus... now before I go to bed. Do you have any idea why I had to buy six books about the adventures of Gilderoy Lockheart for DADA this year?" Riley asked. Remus just stared at her for a moment before bursting into laughter.
Time flew by, and Riley found herself on the train heading to Hogwarts. She was sitting in a cabin with her whole gang. Draco, Pansy, Theo, Crabbe, Goyle, Daphne, Tracy, Hermione, and Neville. Needless to say, their little cabin was quite packed, but none of them were that bothered by it. They were all busy showing Riley how they had mastered the leaf twirling exercise, just with paper. Hell, even Crabbe and Goyle could do it, which was a little surprising.
"So... what are you gonna teach us first?" Hermione inquired, her eyes sparkling with a thirst for knowledge.
"Well... the first thing I'm gonna teach you guys is what is known as the academy three, then wall walking, and water walking. Then we'll diversify into areas that you are either better suited towards or just prefer to study in." Riley told them, sounding very professor like.
"What do you think we'll be good at?" Crabbe asked.
"Do you all want to know what I can tell through your magic?" Riley asked, earning excited nods from all of them. She activated her Sharingan and proceeded to analyze their chakra.
"Alright. Starting with Crabbe. You have larger coils then most of the others, thus more magic to use, though your control isn't as high. I can tell your most suited for wide area ninjutsu, and your element is probably earth. I see you also being very skilled at defensive ninjutsu, and barriers." Riley explained earning a proud smile from him.
"Me next!" Pansy stated excitedly.
"Alright Pansy. You have average Chakra amounts, but higher control. I can tell you'll be proficient at Genjutsu, and medical Ninjutsu. If I had to guess your element is either water, or lightning. Though I am sure whichever it is, you'll be more proficient in pinpoint ninjutsu rather than area of effect." Riley told the girl. Pansy giggled excitedly at hearing that.
She turned to Theo and continued. "You have above average chakra amounts, and control. Though the physical side of your chakra is more potent than the spiritual side, meaning that you'll probably be better suited for Taijutsu. I can also see you being proficient at Kenjutsu as well. I'm pretty sure your element is lightning. It just fits your personality so well." Riley told him, earning a thoughtful nod from Theo.
"Goyle... you have high chakra levels, and low control. I can see you, like Crabbe, being great in area of effect type, ninjutsu. Though with your chakra levels, I can also see you being good at supplementary ninjutsu like the Shadow Clone technique. My guess is that your element is fire." Riley informed him. Goyle smiled at hearing that.
"Neville, you have very high amounts of Chakra... higher than anyone here, except for me. Your control is low, but not so low, that it can't be fixed. You'll definitely be a ninjutsu specialist. If you work on your control, you could even end up being as skilled as one of my friends back in the Elemental Nations. He's a ninjutsu specialist, and one of the strongest ninja there. Your element is either wind or water... though I can't tell which." Neville blushed at the praise and nodded his head. It filled him with confidence to be complimented by someone as strong as Riley.
"Tracy... you are a blank slate my friend. You have average chakra levels, and average control. You could easily peruse pretty much any field you wanted to, and I doubt you'd run across many issues. Plus, with your body type, you also aren't restricted in the areas of taijutsu, bukijutsu, shurikenojutsu, or kenjutsu. I would guess your element is lightning." Riley informed her. Tracy looked excited at the idea of becoming whatever she wanted. She could experiment in all of the fields and find one she really liked.
"Hermione... you have lower chakra amounts, which is to be expected since you don't come from a long line of magicals like the others, though that means that you'll be able to very easily control your chakra. You'll be very, very proficient in genjutsu, and medical ninjutsu. You'll also have a lot of skill in precision ninjutsu, and bukijutsu. Your element is probably wind or lightning." Riley told her. Hermione nodded in understanding having come to most of that conclusion after reading the scroll Riley had given her, about ten times.
"Draco you have higher chakra amounts, and decent control to boot. So, it looks like you'll get your wish of studying in the fields of ninjutsu and genjutsu. Though the latter will be more difficult, but it won't be ball-bustingly impossible. Not to mention it wouldn't surprise me if you have a tendency towards kenjutsu. My guess is that your element is either fire or lightning." Draco smiled happily at hearing that.
"And Daphne... hmm now that's interesting." Riley stated as she stared at her with her Sharingan.
"What?" Daphne asked trying her best not to appear excited to learn what she could do.
"Your chakra flow is erratic, one of the telltale signs of a chakra-based bloodline. I'm curious to see what it is. Hm... well with a chakra-based bloodline, you'll have a greater potential in ninjutsu. I also wouldn't be surprised to find you have a lot of skill in supplementary ninjutsu as well. Looks like I get to have fun figuring out what your bloodline is." Riley informed her. The others stared at Daphne in surprise, and for once the Ice Queen, dropped her aloof manner and just stared back in surprise.
"This year is going to be fun... I just know it." Riley said with a smile, as Hogwarts appeared in the distance.
-To be Continued-
Alright let me know what you guys think and if anyone wants to offer up a suggestion for Daphne's bloodline, I'd love to hear it. Try to make something up, rather then just stealing from cannon. I want it to be kinda unique. Also don't make it god mod her, put it on par with other chakra based bloodlines. And for those of you that don't know what that means, it means something about her chakra is unique. So no dojutsu, or physical bloodlines, like the sharingan or the Uzumaki's heightened vitality.
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