Misadventures at Hogwarts: Term 2

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Berii closed the book she was reading and hid it under the couch. She stood up and walk towards Andrew.

"Hey, Andy." she greeted, smiling as bright as ever. Stretching her arms, she remembered that their mother had arrived. "Where's your mother?" she asked, tucking some strands of hair behind her ear.
 
I looked at Cassidy like she was crazy. "Hey don't get mad at me! I did nothing. Flame forced me, and I was already tired from my violin playing, so he took the upper hand to take my body. I had no say in the matter. But right now all I want to do is sit back relax and take care of my sore legs. Is that to much to ask. I'll take care of Flame when I'm done." I said now rubbing my arms since they became sore too.
 
On my bed now, with the curtains closed, an only my favorite Quidditch team poster up of the 'cieling' of it, I just stared at it, watching the players zoom around, and twisting the ring that Flame gave me.
A lot of things have been happening lately.
First, I assume that Beri and Andy had become a couple.
Second, the 'concert'.
Third, the dance.
Four, I.. Haven't seen Josh lately.
Last of all.... The voice...
All of these things happening... All these things.
 
"Well, I'm going to go soak in a nice hot bath to see if that sooths my muscle pain. Then I'm going to bed. Good night." I said out loud to anyone who was listening. I stumbled up the stairs to Ravenclaw common room. And no one there, I walked up stairs to the boys dorm and got out a pair of pajama bottoms and then I went into the bathroom.

After about 45 minutes of soaking in the bath, I got up, dryed off and put my clothes on. I walke dout of the bathroom and yawned. I looked out side to see the sun had already moved behind the mountains. I put my dirty clothes away and slipped under the covers. I closed my eyes and went to sleep with thoughts of Karli still lingering in my mind.
 
"Dumbledore's got a guest room made up for her," Andrew told Berii, flopping down on a chair. "You know, it's funny. I thought I'd be glad to see her, but...I dunno. Something's changed, and I'm not sure what."

He folded his hands on his lap, glancing at the fireplace. He had been doing a lot of thinking these past few hours, especially about Cassidy. Her relationship with their mother was nothing short of minimal. Yes, she had been very pleased that Cassidy had opted to go to Hogwarts instead of staying in Japan, but Andrew had more magical power. She noticed that more than Cassidy's accomplishments, despite Cassidy's accomplishments. Cassidy had come really far. You would never know that she had little power with how well she could cast spells.

He was especially impressed with how well she had combined her martial arts with her magic. She was clever, original. Andrew was just powerful. He knew that Cassidy would succeed over him in the long run. For the first time, that thought didn't make him jealous.

"Are you going to the Quiddich match this Friday?" he asked Berii finally, feeling bad for just leaving her standing there. "It'll be cool to see Cassi play."

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Cassidy headed back to Gryffindor Tower, feeling really uneasy and upset, but once more, she pushed the feelings aside, and contained them within her heart.

Andrew and Berii were chatting when she reached the common room. She said a polite hello to them, and smiled weakly at the mention of Quiddich. Despite her condition, she had to admit that she was excited to play in her frist game. She only hoped Terra was feeling better so they wouldn't have to forefit the match.

"Night, all," she said softly, disappearing upstairs. She threw on her pajamas, and hopped into bed, falling asleep instantly.
 
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I woke up about 30 minutes later, I was mad for some reason. I got off my bed and got changed back into my normal clothes. I jogged to the locker room, my eyes darkened to the point that anyone could guess I was mad to the point of killing something. I took my sword from it's hook and put it on my belt. I walked out to an empty courtyard, i unseathed my sword and started my drills to warm up.

When I was done with my drills, I went through the motions of a Dragon battle. Then I went through the motions of a Orc battle, each sequence the only sound that could be heard was the rush of my sword cutting through the air.
 
I opened up the curtain after a couple of hours of thinking, and discovered that it was late, so I changed into my blue pyjamas with little gold, moving fish on them (My favorite pyjamas by far.), and quickly went to sleep...
 
Berii nodded approvingly. "Yeah, it'll be cool to see her play." she said softly. She was then greeted by Cassidy, who by now, was already asleep. She bid Cassidy a quick 'goodnight' then spun around to face Andy.

"I better sleep, too. G'night, Andy." she said.

After bowing politely, she walked upstairs and dressed in her sleep attire; a long shirt (kinda like her dad's) and green shorts. She jumped on her bed fell asleep at once.
 
I went through the motions of a Dragon Battle, over and over. And each time I kept mumbling "Too slow. Too slow" Although every muscle in my body acked I kept up the speed and power.

When I was finished with the battle motions. I heard clapping from behind me, I turned around, my hair spiked and red hightlights running through my hair. Light green scales appeared on my legs and arms, like armor. And my face was lightly scaled. My tongue became a snake tongue and one eye was brown and the other was red.

I hissed as I saw a cloaked figure come from the shadows. When he spoke I automatically reconigized him, "Very good, boy. Never knew you had that much control over a sword, and never knew you had that much control over yourself. The way you transformed like that, it's very unique."

It was Karli's father, what was he here for? Was he here to finish me? Was he here to make a bargain? Or was he here to test my skill?. "What are you here for? Dumbledore has this castle warded against any teleporting magic." I hissed but my voice was shaky.

He pulled out his sword and said, "I've always been in here. I never left in the first place. Waiting for the day my daughter would come. But I should have known she fell in love with you. now that your her sworn protector I have no choice but to go through you to get to her."

I purposefully let Sabastian take over, cause he seemed to know what to do. He smirked, "Your right, and I promise you your not geting through me."

"Ah! Nice to see you again Sebastian, my old friend!" The cloaked man said happily. "Why don't you let me through to my daughter?"

Sebastian laughed evilly and said, "I've also fallen in love with your daughter along with Johann, since we share the same emotions. And I'm not letting you get passed me! Your threat stops here!"

"Your quite wrong. I'm just going to test your skill. Let's see what you got!" The man said laughing too.

Sebastian disappeared and stabbed the man through the stomach. Or so I thought. Karli's father teleported leaving a after image behind. Sebastian knew this and flung around and slashed Karli's father in the biocepped.

"No! How could you have done that with only you and Johann!" He said dropping his sword and grabbing his bleeding arm.

"We're not the only ones in here." We both said.

The mans eyes widened and he said, "That dragon!"

"That's right now get up, before I kill you!" Sebastian said. Raising Karli's father to his feet, with magic. He closed his fist and Karli's father began to choke.

"You wouldn't do this to an old friend would you?" He said smiling.

Sebastian thought a moment and then let go. "no I wouldn't" Sebastian said hanging his head in shame. What are you doing! I yelled in my head.

I can't kill him! You do it! Sebastian snapped.

I can't without your help, Flame and I aren't enough. I argued.

The scales disappeared from my skin and when I looked where Karli's father was sitting. He had disappeared to nurse his wounded arm. I finally turned back to normal including my eyes and hair. Even my tongue. At least I help you. Sebastian said, now fearing my anger.

What do you mean!? You left him escape! I yelled at him.

Then Flame broke into the arguement. Sebastians right. The arm he hit, was his main sword arm, he won't be able to swing a sword anymore. He'll have to use his other arm, which he is very poor with. Flame said taking the side of Sebastian.

Get some rest, little one. You've had a long day, and you're now worthy of my respect. Sebastian said, for the first time, softly. We all agreed and I went back to bed and fell asleep on contact with my bed.
 
I soon went upstairs to bed. I layed in bed, looking at the moon. I heard my mothers flute playing. I noticed the wooden flute on my bedside table, and picked it up. It was the same one my mother played to me. I sat up, and fiddled with it. I soon fell asleep, with it clutched in my hand.
 
I woke up the next morning with a bloody sword in my hands. I washed it off, put it in its seath, then ran it down to the locker room. Once it was safely away, I went to the Great Hall for breakfast. When I sat down at the table, I realized my enegry had been restored and my sores were gone. And for once in my life I felt whole, with Sebastian now respecting me. It was funny though, I covered his weaknesses and he covered my weaknesses so I felt like one whole body, that was undefeatable. But I was since my limits in magic, for being so young. Once I started eating I found myself thinking about Karli again.
 
When I w9oke up the next morning, I jumped out of bed and got ready. I tucked the flute in my book bag. I raced outside without breakfast. I went down to the lake, and called Soraya and Zach. This time they had another Unicorn with them. It was pure white like Soraya, but had black at the end of its tail. I pulled out my wooden flute, and began to play a slow song. It was the song my mother played. My Animagus medallion glowed once the song began. I kept playing, and the unicorns calmed down, and started to graze.
 
YOU MUST OBEY...
YOU MUST OBEY ME...
Those were the last words I heard in my nightmare, after waking up, by using a succesful method (Closing your eyes in the dream, and counting to ten. then wrenching your eyes open to get out of it).
When I awoke, I was sweating. But I didn't know why...
Leaping out of bed, I hurried into the showers, maybe some cold water would bring me to my senses...

It did help, actuallly. I thought as I dressed in my usal, followed by my Quidditch robes.
Afraid?..... Something hissed.
The voice was back.
NO, I- GO!
You...... Must. Obey. Meeee.
And with that, it hissed something in Parseltounge, something that I couldn't understand, even though I did speak Parseltounge, due to my being in Slytherin for a short period.
Go away!!! I hissed back, then it vanished.
Breathing a sigh of relief, I grabbed my broom and other stuff, pulled my hair back into a ponytail with a scarlet ribbon, then hurried down to brekfast...
 
I soon wiped Karli off my mind by remembering my violin. I wanted to play it in peace, with out corruption of other humans. There was only one place, and that was the forbbiden forest. I got up after I swallowed the rest of my breakfast, and got my violin. I went outside and headed toward the forbidden forest. I stopped half way there because I heard music. I looked to see Karli playing the flute. I took a deep breath and absorbed as much of the peaceful music as I could and then I entered the fores. I found a big rock some distance away from the castle. With my violin in hand I started playing a soft ballad that I had wrote. I named the ballad, "The Song of the Soothing Beast" cause it had that exact effect. It seemed to be a sort of inchantment, that soothed all animals into a peaceful state. It even worked on me, I felt light and calm.
 
Cassidy awoke the next morning, feeling a little homesick. She missed her father, despite his hard, outer shell. He was so proud of her, so happy that she had come as far as she did. Deep down, she knew that he was also proud of her magical accomplishments, though getting him to awknowlege it, much less admit it, was another story.

She took a quick shower, and got dressed. She threw on a pair of cargo khakis, a black, leather belt, a black 3/4 sleeve shirt, and a pair of black converse sneakers. She brushed her hair out quickly, drying it so it would not freeze if she went outside.

Down in the common room, she sat down by the fire, working on the last of her assignments. She was happy to finally get them over with, and put her books away for the rest of the holiday.

Making her way down to the Great Hall, she looked over her shoulder to see her mother trying to catch up with her. Cassidy rolled her eyes out of her mother's view, and prepared herself.

"Good morning, Cassidy," her mother said, walking at her side. Her dark curly hair was down and flowing around her energetically. Cassidy kept her eyes cast away. "Honey, I've got something I want to talk to you about after breakfast, okay?"

"Sure," Cassidy shrugged apathetically. She wished it had been her father who had come to visit.

They entered the Great Hall to eat some breakfast, and did not speak to each other. Cassidy felt really awkward, though she tried not to show it. Staring at her plate of bacon and eggs, she began to eat slowly.

They had finished breakfast before the rest of cassidy's friends had come down, so Cassidy's mother took a walk with her around the school.

"Now, dear, there's something we need to discuss," her mother said, her pace quick and lively. Cassidy plodded alongside, and nodded. "I've been talking to your father a lot about it, and we think it would be best if you came back with us to Japan after the spring term. Really, we know you've been struggling with a lot of things here, and your father seems to think that it would be important for you to further your martial arts training, since that is what you are good at."

Her mother's words stung like a slap in the face. How could she say that martial arts was the only thing she was good at? Cassidy had received high marks in all her classes, even potions! Disgruntled, Cassidy kept her eyes on the ground, her pace slowing. Her footsteps were heavy.

"Well, don't you have anything to say?" her mother asked, her voice tight with frustration.

"I don't want to leave Hogwarts," she told her mother. "But if Dad really thinks that it's what's best for me, then I guess I have to go."

"Well, it isn't really your father who thinks it would be best..." her mother admitted. "What with the dark arts rising, and some strange wizzards lurking about, I don't think this would be a good place for you to be...especially since you don't have very much magical power..."

"What does that have anything to do with it!?" Cassidy demanded defensively. Finally, the truth had come out. Her mother doubted her abilities. "Just becasue I don't have the brute force Andrew does doesn't mean I can't defend myself, or do well in my magic studies!"

"No...that's not what I'm saying...!" her mother protested.

"No....that's exactly what you're saying," Cassidy squeaked, tears clouding her eyes. She forced them back as best she could. Her side with the scar hurt tremendously. "You don't believe in me! My own mother!"

Cassidy took off down the hallway, blinded by her tears She couldn't believe her mother had said that, had compared her to Andrew in that way, and told her she wasn't good enough. Enraged, Cassidy sprinted up the stairs, seven flights, to Gryffindor Tower, where she changed into her gi grabbed her weaponry, and went in search of her the room she had used so many times before.

It was there, right next to the porthole this time. She flung open the door, and found herself in the dojo once more. Only this time, Dumbledore was there.

"Ah...hello sir," Cassidy said meekly, leaning her bo against a wall, and placing her numchaku on a table. "I'm sorry if I'm intruding..."

"No...no..." Dumbledore assured her gently. He looked around at his surroundings, looking rather impressed. "This is quite a nice place. You have a very vivid imagination."

"Thank you, sir," Cassidy said, her head bowed, and her eyes lowered.

"Your mother has spoken to me, concerning your attendance here at Hogwarts," Dumbledore began. Cassidy's eyes widened. "I really do respect her opinions. She was one of the best students this school has ever had."

Cassidy frowned and prepared herself for another disappointment.

"However," Dumbledore said, noticing her saddned expression. "I do not wish for you to leave Hogwarts."

Cassidy's head snapped up to look at him in suprise. Had he just said that?

"I believe you will be great," he told her honestly, walking towards her, and laying a hand on her shoulder. His blue eyes were filled with compassion and kindness. "I will try to convince her to let you stay. I can tell, despite your effort to banish your emotions, that you love it here."

"I do," Cassidy agreed, looking up at him. "But, sir...how did you know...?"

"About your lack of emotions?" Dumbledore asked. "Well, everyone can see that. It's very obvious. Whereas most children your age are going through a wide range of emotional feelings, you have a very limited range. While this can serve you well, it also hinders you."

Cassidy looked at him puzzled.

"You have great control over your negative emotions, because you neglect to feel the positive emotions. But don't you long to feel those happy feelings? Doesn't it make you feel incomplete?" Dumbledore asked her gently.

Cassidy nodded, hardly able to believe herself. She could not be angry, but she could not smile. She could not feel jealousy, but she could not feel proud of herself and her friends. She could not hate...but she could not love.

"I knew your father," Dumbledore told her, much to her suprise. He looked at her gently, a slight sympathetic smile crossing his face. "He does not wish to involve himself in magical acts because he himself is a wizzard who lacks magical power."

"He's a Squib?" Cassidy asked, her eyebrows narrowing.

"Well...yes," Dumbledore told her. "He lived in Japan al his childhood, and came here with his parents when he was eleven. He had a wonderful, golden spirit, and was a very kind and generous boy. However, he became hard as stone when he could not use magic at all, and was made fun of quite a bit. He dropped out after his first year. The only person who had been kind to him was your mother."

Cassidy listened, suprised. Her father's nature had been explained in just a few moments, after years and years of wondering.

"He is a good man, but I regret how rigidly he has raised you and Andrew," Dumbledore said sadly. He was quiet for a moment, letting it all sink in. "I should go so you can practice. Don't think too harshly of your mother, Cassidy. She only looks out for you."

With that, he was gone, and Cassidy was left to her thoughts. She picked up her bo, and swung it around in her warm up drills, and then proceeded straight to her kata. Letting her heart guide her for the first time since she could remember, her movements were stronger, more fluid, full of energy and feeling.

After about two hours, she turned to meditation, but found herself crying heavily instead. She lay sprawled on the floor of the dojo, her face buried in her arms, sobbing loudly. Momentarily, she wondered if anyone could hear her outside the room, but her mind was clouded with so much confusion, emotion, and information, that she didn't care who came through that door.
 
I stopped playing once I heard the music coming from the forest. I transformed, and flew towards it, still carrying the flute. I found Johann, and perched on a tree. Feather Duster landed beside, and a nother owl. The collar around Feathers neck said something besides "Feather". It said, "The music heals, it helps...."
The other owl had a collar on it to, and it said "Follow the melody..."
I spread my wings in confusion, but didnt make a sound.
 
On my way down the stairs, I noticed Dumbledore and Cassidy talking.
Seeing that it probally was a private conversation, I just stood there, untill the headmaster left, and then...
Cassidy started crying.
Confused about why she was, maybe about something upsetting, I gently tiptoed down the stairs, and made my way over to her.
"Cassidy? Are you... Alright?" Softly, I asked her, with a confused, yet pitying face, wondering why tears spilled down her face.
 
I had noticed Karli there on a tree branch. But all I did was smile and kept playing, not letting her on to the fact that I knew she was there. My song then came to an end, and i put my violin away to think. I looked up at Karli and said, "Come on down. I need someone to talk to, it's awfully lonely by myself."
 
I flew off the branch, and a few times around the rock. Finally I stopped and transformed.
I put the flute in my pocket, and sat down beside Johann.
"Hello" I said. "Your good at playing the violin"

I watched the owls fly away, still curious about their message. My mother had given me Feathers before she died. Did it have to do with that at all?
 
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