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Chapter One

“Firelilian Marie Clayborne! Get down here your going to be late for school!!!” yelled her stepmother, Ann, Firelilian or Fire as she liked to be called got up.
“Coming, Ann.” Fire didn’t even hide her exasperation on her voice. It was ten o’clock and they lived barley thirty minutes away from Kings Crossing. Fire knew why Ann was yelling; she wanted Fire out of the house NOW. Ann had always hated Fire partly because Fire was her father’s heir, even though Ann had two older kids both boys both Harrison’s stepchildren who would be going to Hogwarts with Fire. Fire was also the heir of the kind and gracious Helga Hufflepuff.
Fire ran down stairs glad that only Ann and her were going, because Stephen and Christopher were with their father who would be taking them to Kings Crossing. The house elf, Dinky, had already put her truck and owl into the car. They got into the car and headed off toward London. Fire couldn’t wait to get back, besides the fact that she would rarely see Stephen and Christopher (both were in Slytherin) and the fact that this year she had been made Captain of her house Quidditch team. She was in her fourth year and was tall nearly six feet! Fire had curly auburn hair and fairly deep-set green eyes. She also couldn’t wait to see her friends (she had only seen three of her many friends) and a certain boy who had hinted that he would like to be more than just friends. His name was Cole Wood, the now famous Oliver Wood’s little brother. Cole was the keeper on the Gryffindor Quidditch team and should be a rival but… he was extremely cute and was sweet. Cole was tall with short black-brown hair and beautiful blue eyes he was going into his fifth year, the amazing thing is that he’s a head taller than her!
Fire was jerked away from her pleasant thoughts as Ann stopped the car and looked at her. Fire got out grabbed a trolley and heaved her truck onto it, then placed her beautiful great horned owl, Alfred on. Fire shut the truck and Ann sped away.
“Bye.”
“Fire!!!” yelled someone, Fire turned to see Cole walking toward her, Oliver behind him who pushed the younger ones trolley.
“Hey, Wood.” Fire said with a grin. “Did you have a good summer?”
“Great, Oliver was able to teach me some new moves, plus I made Perfect and Quidditch Captain.” said Cole.
“We’ve won for three years in a row we will continue too.” said Fire with a smile.
“Cole.”
“Oh yeah, Fire meet my brother Oliver Wood.” said Cole. “Oliver, meet Fire Clayborne, she’s a Hufflepuff and the Captain and Seeker on her Quidditch team.”
“Pleasure to meet you Mr. Wood.” said Fire with a smile. “I’m glad that England is finally winning more with you on the team.”
“Thanks.” said Oliver. “My brother says your one of the best Seekers there’s been in years.”
“Really? I still don’t think I can match Harry Potter.” said Fire with a smile.
“You have never lost a match and because of you Hufflepuff has been dominating. I think even Harry would be impressed.” said Oliver. “Thou Harry and I talked the other day and he seems mighty proud of you, even thou he’s head of Gryffindor.”
“Thank you.” said Fire.
“Where’s your family?” asked Cole.
“Dad couldn’t get off and Ann was…busy.” said Fire, Cole nodded understanding.
“You could come with us if you wanted?” asked Oliver.
“I’d like that.” said Fire. Oliver made Cole push his own and took Fire’s from her.
“How was your summer?” asked Cole
“As good as I can get with…” Fire trailed off not wanting to rag on Ann in front of Oliver.
“You can say whatever it is, I don’t care.” said Oliver.
“As good as I can get with Dad traveling and Ann in charge of the household.”
“Oh I’m sorry.” said Cole.
“Why it isn’t your fault.” said Fire as they strolled through the muggle train station.
“You two go first then I’ll follow.” said Oliver. Fire nodded and leaned on the barrier as Cole did. With a nod they both sunk through the barrier. Fire moved quickly away and smiled at Cole, he moved forward to say something as Oliver came through the barrier. Cole and Oliver stored away the luggage on the train and Oliver was about to say something as someone screeched Fire’s full name. Fire turned to see her best friend running toward her.
“Fire! Fire! Fire!” yelled Adeline Dolan, with a huge smile. Adeline was one of the most kind and noble person, Fire had ever known…except when on a broom playing Quidditch, with the Quaffle under her arm. Adeline had black hair that was slightly wavy stunning blue eyes, high cheek bones, a small nose, and was thin and curvy in all the right places… every guy in the school (even Slytherins) turned to look at her as she walked by and was asked out at least three times a week, sometimes by the same guy. Cole had never even glanced at Adeline in a checking out manner and hadn’t even asked her out, which was weird because almost every guy in the school had asked her. He had eyes for Fire and Fire only.
“Oh hey Wood, Fire I…” began Adeline.
“Not now we’ll talk about it later.” said Fire glaring at Adeline. Fire, Adeline and Dominic had been trying to figure out how to become Animagus from their third year. Fire had been called the brightest at school many times and could answer almost any question. Plus she had never had below a ninety-five percent correct, before.
“Alright, I have a cabin for us, Dominic, Zebina, and Ximen. You can join if you want, Wood?” said Adeline.
“Naw, I’m fine I’ll probably be sitting with the perfects but I’ll try to join you for lunch.” said Wood.
“Cool. Now Fire you have a lot of talking to do and a whole day to continue follow me.” said Adeline trying to be stern yet falling. “Bye Cole, Mr. Wood!” she turned and drug Fire away who was walking backwards.
“Bye Oliver! See you soon Cole, right?” called Fire.
“Yeah!” Fire glowed as he disappeared from her sight.
“Adeline stop pulling me!” said Fire frustrated. Adeline let go.
“Sorry, Fire.” said Adeline as Fire followed her. Adeline opened a door and went inside, Fire entered it and was embraced by Dominic Faolan. Dominic was an inch or two taller than Fire with brown wolf like eyes with shaggy black hair, a huge smile, and he was very muscular. Fire smiled and hugged him back. Dominic and Adeline were Fire’s best friends in the world. And plus Dominic was the Hufflepuff Keeper and could give Wood a run for his money.
“Dom, let go of her!” said Catherine Zebina who sat next to Landon Ximen. Dominic let go of her and smiled, as Catherine hugged Fire. Catherine was of average height with long brown straight hair, hazel brown eyes and a sweet loving smile. Landon was an inch shorter than Fire and had blonde hair with gray eyes and a very bright smile that could make Lockhart embarrassed. Some even joked he was a younger version of the fake. Fire was released by Catherine to be bear hugged by Landon.
“Alright I get it, you people missed me!” said Fire.
“Of course, Adeline and Dom were the only ones who saw you this summer… did Ann give you a hard time?” asked Catherine.
“Yes and no, Cat.” said Fire. “Where are all your families?”
“Well Mum and Dad are saying good-bye to Sandra whose starting this year and I ‘must keep a eye out for her’ basically mom is freaking out that the youngest is going to school.” said Catherine or Cat.
“Mine are telling Jerold that he is such a good boy for becoming Head Boy and in being a Gryffindor,” said Landon with a role of the eyes. His parents were both from Gryffindor and had been a little disappointed when he got into Hufflepuff.
“Yours?” Fire asked to Dominic and Adeline.
“Mine are already back home and are probably crying.” said Adeline. Her parents always made a big deal on her going back to school.
“Mine are saying good-bye to Kevin like it’s the last time they’ll ever see him.” said Dominic or Dom, as the door slid open and a brown-blacked haired girl peaked her head in, she had gray eyes and was grinning.
“Cat, Mom and Dad want both of us for a minute. Oh and Fire your Dad is outside waiting for you.” said Sandra, Catherine’s little sister.
“Really?” said Fire, she got up and walked out. Harrison Clayborne stood near the Zebina’s, he wore a gray pinstriped suit with a blue tie and smiled at his daughter as she walked toward him. He had brown hair turning gray with blue-green eye. He was taller than Fire and loved his daughter very much. He hugged her tight as soon as she was close.
“I thought Ann was going to see you off?” said Harrison.
“She had… urgent business.” said Fire. “I thought you had to work?”
“My boss decide to let me off long enough to see you off.” said Harrison. He reached into his pocket and handed Fire a heavy package. “For Hogsmeade.”
“Thanks, Daddy. Can I stay at Hogwarts this Christmas, please!” said Fire. “Because Dom, Adeline, Cat and Landon were going to stay and I wanted to join them.”
“Fine, I guess I’ll just be stuck with Ann and her boys.”
“Thank you, Daddy!!!” said Fire hugging him tight as the train whistled.
“Firelilian, when you come home next summer we are going to have to talk.” said Harrison.
“Alright…”
“Hurry up or you won’t be able to get on.” said Harrison.
“Yes, Dad.” said Fire with a smile.
“Go on and I’ll miss you!” said Harrison. Fire jumped onto the train after giving him one last big hug. The train speed away as Fire watched her father disappear around the bin. Fire turned and bumped into a fifth year Slytherin. He was very handsome, with red-black hair green eyes and a smile. He was also very tall. Fire knew he played Beater on the Slytherin Quidditch team but could not remember his name.
“I’m so sorry, I didn’t see you there.” said Fire, with a charming smile.
“No problem, Clayborne.” He didn’t sneer her last name like many Slytherins did. When he said it, it sounded decent.
“Call me, Fire.”
“You don’t remember my name do you?”
“I’m sorry, but I don’t.” said Fire blushing.
“Josh Kitoko.” said the handsome Slytherin. She noticed the perfect badge pinned to his shirt and smiled.
“It’s nice to meet you, Josh. Sorry about not remembering your name.” said Fire.
“Forgiven, especially since you’re the best Quidditch player in the whole school.” said Josh.
“Thank you. See you around, Josh.” said Fire with a smile. She squeezed pass him and was five or six steps before she turned around. “And Josh!”
“Yeah?”
“I’ll try not to flatten you Slytherin’s too bad this year!” called Fire. She turned around and only just heard him yell before she entered her compartment.
“Fire! I look forward to it!”
Fire glowed when she entered the compartment enough that Dom made a comment.
“I did nothing horrible.”
“Then why did a Slytherin Beater yell at you!” said Landon
“I was just being friendly!”
“You didn’t hex him did you?” groaned Adeline.
“I… can’t believe how little faith you people have in me!” said Fire, as Cat appeared her little sister in tow.
“Sandra, go away! Go make friends with someone your own age.” said an exasperated Cat.
“Fine!” huffed Sandra, she walked out swinging her long hair.
“You could have been nicer to her.” said Landon.
“I am tried of her following me everywhere!”
“As a little sibling I defend her right to follow you when she just started Hogwarts with all those mean grumpy Slytherins.” said Landon.
“I don’t-”
“Guys, calm down!” Dom said.
“All I will say is that I am glad I am a almost only child.” said Fire. The rest of the trip was fun as they all told what they had been doing and were laughing and joking. Cole joined them for lunch and was very suspicions when Fire smiled at a passing Slytherin but did not question it. They had such a good time they didn’t even notice when the train stopped. Fire looked out the window and smiled as she saw Hogwarts again.
“This is going to be a good year.”
And how right she was.


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Hey all sorry that it took a week to add another chapter but this one is kind of long and that is just how I write. Reminder if you liked this Fic or found a problem go to my Feedback section or PM me, oh and I invented the Sorting Hats song and I know it's not the best but I had to base it off some of the others from memory because unforuntely I only own 3 and 6.
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Chapter Two

Fire sat at the Hufflepuff house table waiting for the feast while looking up at the staff table. McGongall sat talking to one of Fire’s favorite teachers, Harry Potter. He taught DADA and was great at it. He was also head of Gryffindor house but did not favor his students as much as the potion master Servurs Snape, head of Slytherin. Fire was the one person who was not in his house who he liked. She matched his skill at potions and he was a friend of her fathers. Snape also liked her for she had cheek but not too much and did not come of as to much of a know-it-all. It was rare that he liked a Hufflepuff and even would not bully her friends…too much. Fire looked for her other favorite teacher and couldn’t find her. Then she realized that she would be greeting the first years.
“Why do I have this feeling that when Snape sees my essay he’ll sneer and give me a horrible grade?” said Landon. Who sat by Cat. On the other side sat Fire, Dom and Adeline, with Adeline in the middle.
“It’s a feeling that everyone but Slytherins have my friend.” said Dom.
“And Fire. He’d never give Fire a bad grade.” said Cat.
“That’s because I pay attention unlike you four.” growled Fire.
“I pay attention and he doesn’t score me to well.” said Adeline.
“You really thought Snape would give you great grades after you said no to his precious Captain!” said Dom. “Ha! That’s great!”
“Oh! Shut up!”
“Yeah, Dom be nice.” said Fire. “Or I will have to make Adeline move and sit between you two.”
“That’d probably be a good thing then I could but my arm around you and get the four guys staring at you to stop.” said Dom as Fire stood up and switched seats with Adeline.
“What about Adeline? She has half the room staring at her.”
“Yes but I have gotten use to that. But you can’t be stared at! You’re my holy-untouched-not-stared-at-to-much angel!” said Dom.
“Who’s staring at me?”
“Snape, and Harry.”
“Oh yeah big treat there.” said Cat rolling her eyes as Landon slyly but his arm around her. “Landon!”
“What? Just trying to protect you from scary Slytherins.”
“I don’t need your protection.”
“But you want like It.” said Landon.
“Who else, Dom?” asked Fire.
“That Slytherin Beater, oh what’s his name?”
“Kitoko one or the Larcener?” asked Adeline.
“Kitoko! That’s the one!” said Dom. “the on you talked to on the train.”
“And who else.”
“Wood,” said Adeline noting the Keepers gaze.
“Shock, shock, Wood always stares at her.” said Cat. “But Kitoko? My, Fire a Slytherin staring at you in a less than menacing way. Nice.”
“So you’d rather date a Slytherin than poor, poor Ximen?” said Dom. “My dude that got to hurt!”
“Oh the pain! Oh the inhumanity!” said Landon in a high voice withdrawing his arm as he got glances from around the room as Fire and Adeline started to cry from laughing so hard.
“Shut up!” said Cat.
“Amen!” said Dom. “I mean really, Landon, I get enough of the girlish attitude from them, I don’t need it from you to!”
“Now that was a stinger.” said Fire, glad for the distraction so she wasn’t interrogated by her friends about Josh.
“Don’t think your getting out of explaining bout the Slytherin Beater we’ll get to that later. Just Adeline, you and me.” whispered Dom in Fire’s ear so only hey could hear as the others laughed.
“Really? And how do you plan on that?” asked Fire in a whisper.
“Adeline thinks she found a-” began Dom but fell slinet when the first years came in following Hermione Weasly, the Deputy Headmistress and Transfiguration teacher. Fire smiled as she saw the old school hat on the stool as the first years stood in a shaky line to the left of it. The hat opened it’s mouth and sung

“Here we are another year with new ones to sort.
Where do they belong let’s take a look and see
Do they belong in Hufflepuffthe home of the loyal
And just where true friends live
Or do they belong in Slytherin the home of the proud.
Or in Ravenclaw the house of the smart, Quick-witted,
And the minds there are quickest to learn?
Or do they belong in Gryffindor the home of the brave
And courageous, who will fight for their friends?”

“That has to be the shortest of them all and none of it really rhymed!” whispered Dom to the table. “Ours took forever!”
“Silence!” yelled Hermione over the noise of whispering. The Great Hall fell silent. “You will come up and slip on the sorting hat when I call your name and then join your table. We will start with Adamson, William.” A small blonde boy ran forward took the hat and pulled it down as he sat down. The hat took two or three mintues then yelled
“GRYFFINDOR!”
The boy took of the hat then put it down and ran to join the Gryffindors table, which had roared with pride.
“Banson, Lorie.” A girl with brown pigtails walked towards the hat trebling. She picked it up and had just sat down when.
“RAVENCLAW!”
The girl yanked the hat off, put it down and joined the Ravenclaw table, which was still applauding. Many more came up and only two had joined the Hufflepuff table when the name “Kitoko, Mary Rose.” Was called, Fire’s stopped in mid-cheer when she heard it. Mary Rose look like her brother with the red-black hair (more red then black) and was sure she had the same eyes as she put it on. Fire glanced at Josh who was watching his sister closely.
“SLYTHERIN!”
Mary Rose took off the hat put it down and ran straight for her brother who stood up while cheering. She hugged him tight and he picked her up and spun her. Fire wished all a sudden that he would smile that big and pick her up and spin her when he saw her. She suppressed the urge telling by herself that she was being stupid.
“Lasa, Tamitha.” A girl with stark black hair that was shoulder length and blue eyes Fire could see from where she sat walked up calmly and slipped on the hat. It touched her head and was quiet for a moment.
“SLYTHERIN!”
Lasa took her seat next to Mary Rose who didn’t look at all thrilled but was silent. Before long only Sandra stood there looking nervous.
“Zebina, Sandra.” She walked forward as if for the gallows and slipped on the hat. It had just touched her head when it shouted.
“HUFFLEPUFF!”
Sandra took off the hat as Cat, and every other Hufflepuff cheered and ran to the Hufflepuff table and took a seat next to her sister.
“Settle down!” said McGongall as the last shouts came down. “I have a very important announcement before the feast. The Forbidden Forest is completely off limits! No class even Care of Magical Creatures will not take place in The Forbidden Forest. In fact I want no student with in ten feet of the edge of the forest. Hagrid informed us a very dangerous creature had moved in and that it will kill if it sees you. I want no one, not a teacher, not a student, not even a perfect in the forest. The ministry says it will send someone to try and get rid of the creature soon.
“Now let’s eat!”
Food appeared on the table and they dug in. helping themselves as thou they had been starved.
“No one makes food as good as Hogwarts, young first years, remember that.” said Dom as he waved a meatball that hung on the end of his fork.
“Dom, watch it!” said Fire as he nearly hit her with it.
“I’m sad that Mary Rose didn’t make it into Hufflepuff.” said Sandra quietly. “She was real sweet and we had hoped we’d make it into the same house.”
“I’m sorry.” said Cat.
“Her brother is real nice to He stopped in to check on her unlike some people!” said Sandra glaring at her sister.
“Nice? I didn’t know he could be since he hit a bludger at me once! Hit me right in the stomach had a bruise for weeks.” said Dom.
“Yeah and ever since Dom’s been trying to hex him, but can never get up the guts.” said Adeline.
“He hit you with a Bludger? What did you do!” Sandra said.
“I did nothing!” said Dom in a high voice.
“That’s right. I forgot about that. I still can’t believe your that big of a chicken!” said Fire with a smile. “He’d probably laugh.”
“Yeah well no offense but I won’t try it without back up, Dom. Kitoko looks like he could kill you with his pinky figure if he wanted to.” said Landon.
“That’s comforting.” said Dom with a roll of his eyes.
“Yeah and he knows more magic then you to! Oh can I watch as he tears you into pieces?” said Adeline.
“Thanks for the comfort, Adeline.” said Dom.
“Your welcome.”
“And why are you still holding onto this grudge it happened last year and it wasn’t like it was a foul or something.” said Fire.
“And if it had been we would’ve hit one or two nice and hard at him at the same time, last year.” said Jackson Roland, one of the Beaters for Hufflepuff, who sat next to Landon. Jackson was of average height but with huge muscles in his arms with a buzz-cut that showed he had midnight black hair. He also had brown eyes with flecks of gold in them.
“If you want we could send a Bludger or two at him this year? We’d be happy to.” said Jacklyn Roland who sat next to her brother. She also was a Beater (one of the few female Beaters but most people think Fire nuts for putting her on the team last year. They had won the Cup because of Jacklyn’s timely Bludger.) She was in there year, with black-brown hair that hung to below her waist and was a inch or two shorter than her older brother and was as muscular but with a feminine air about it. Her eyes were so dark brown they looked black, but unlike Snape’s they had flecks of green in them making them warmer and her less scary.
“Really? Would you?” said Dom. Fire slapped him over the head so his face landed in his pie, making them roar with laughter.
“Don’t. And you better try not and curse him because I’ll just sit back and laugh as you end up in the hospital wing.” said Fire.
“I can feel your love for me.” said Dom with a smile.
“You have pie on your nose.” said Fire with a yawn as she pushed away her plate. “I wonder what creature got the teachers so worried.”
“I do to. Do you think it’s a dragon?” said Dom.
“A dragon! Fire I think Dom’s nose need to go back into his pie.” said Jackson.
“No, Dom. If it was a dragon the ministry would have token care of it by now.” said Fire. “I wonder if the Centaurs are scared of it?”
“I do to.” said Adeline.
“I think it’s a werewolf.” said Jackson.
“Can’t be, because why would they never allow us in if it was just a innocent werewolf, who is only dangerous round full moon. Has to be something really rare and dangerous.” said Jacklyn.
“I agree. It’s not something talked about much.” said Fire.
“Maybe the centaurs are really mad at us.” Cat suggested.
“Doubt it.” said Fire. “They’d still allow us in for lessons.”
“Quiet!” said McGongall. No one had even noticed the food had disappeared from the tables. “I have announcements. Mr. Flinch wants me to remind you all Weasly Wizard Wheezes products are not allowed in the castle as well as the seven hundred and fifty-seven other various items. Plus as I said early no one is allowed within ten feet of the forest even if a teacher accompanies him or her. Also only third through seventh years that did not fail any subject can go to Hogsmeade it is a new rule I will enforce. That means if you got bad marks, using O.W.L. Grading system that will be in place also this year, you must have an A or higher to go. Also like I just said from now on we will be using the O.W.L. grading system for all ages. For you first years that means you must familiarize yourself with those grading scores.
“Also I want to congratulate those who made Perfect and Head Boy and Girl this year. Plus we have our Quidditch Captains both old and new. If you’re a Perfect or a Quidditch Captain please stand up so we can appalled you.” Fire groaned aloud as she was forced to stand up by Adeline and Dom. Fire looked for the other Quidditch Captains standing. She saw Cole Wood immediately, then Christopher Barren her stepbrother who was a Chaser and Quidditch Captain for the Slytherins. Then Shaun Tucker the Ravenclaw Captain and Seeker. Plus he made Perfect last year.
“Go ahead and sit down.” said McGongall. Fire dropped down to her seat wondering why McGongall had asked them. “And last but not least if you would like to sign up for your house Quidditch team please contact your Head of House. Now it is time to say good-night and I would ask the Perfects to make sure all the first years get to their common room alright.” Fire stood up as Sandra and a few other first years headed toward the new Perfects who were more than happy to show them where to go.
“The password is ‘Tassi’ from our motto.” said a passing Perfect.
“Yeah.” said Cat while pushing through the crowd.
“Miss. Clayborne I need a word.” came Snape’s voice, which made Cat cringe.
“Yes, sir.” said Fire turning around. Adeline and Dom stopped to wait for Fire but one glare from Snape made them leave.
“I wanted to ask you if you did the extra credit I gave you?” asked Snape. Fire sighed with relief. It had been the first thing Fire had done when she got home.
“Yes, sir, I did.”
“Have it on my desk by Wednesday.” Said Snape, it was Thursday.
“It’ll be there by tomorrow afternoon.” Said Fire as Snape stalked away. She saw him smile and shook her walking away.



The next day Fire rose at dawn and groaned as she rolled over. It was to early but she knew there was no way she could go back to sleep now. Fire pulled her bright yellow curtains aside, as sunlight slipped through the window. Fire got up slipped into some running clothes with her wand, which was twelve inches long with a single unicorn tail hair, made of holly, attached to her ankle so she could simply bend down and grabbed it. Fire sunk out and ran upstairs, with a smile, she threw open the doors and started to run. Fire was just starting her second lap when she heard someone’s footfalls behind her and speed up with a smile. The chase was on as she heard the pursuer increase speed. Fire ran faster enjoying the exercise. About the fifth lap Fire had started to tire as the person chasing her maintained speed. Fire was suddenly aware the person was right behind her and was just about to but on another burst of speed when she was tackled to the ground. Her hand went to her wand as she ducked and rolled. Fire lay on her back as someone pulled her so she was facing up. She punched the person in the jaw and pushed him so she was on top with her wand shoved against the attackers jaw. Fire recognized the person she was on top of and laughed moving off him.
“Josh! I am so sorry! I didn’t mean to I was just…sorry.” Fire said with a small grin which Josh returned as he sat up. “Are you alright?”
“I’m fine. You got a good punch by the way.” said Josh with a smile, as he rubbed his jaw. “You’re a fast runner.”
“Thank you. So are you.”
“I’m gonna to go and take a shower, see you later.” said Josh, He got up.
“Wait did I do?”
“Nothing,”
Fire watched him walk away and sat there, stunned. Why was he leaving now? With a shake of her head Fire put her wand back in its strap and got up. She glanced up to see Cole walking out as Josh walked in. they acknowledged each other with a jerk of the head upward. Cole ran out over to Fire and smiled as she waved at him.
“Mind if I run with you?”
“Not at all.” said Fire with a smile. She started to run with him in silence, but noticed how he glanced at her every once in awhile. After thirty more minutes Fire said good-bye and went inside.



She joined Adeline and Dom at the breakfast table, showered and with her bag.
“Where were you this morning?”
“Running.” said Fire with a yawn. “And dropping off my extra credit stuff for Snape, Harry, and Hermione.”
Adeline glanced up and down the table then leaned toward Fire who sat on the other side of the table. “I found a spell that’ll allow us to become Animagus’s. There are just two problems. One it will only allow us to turn into one animal we can’t change what we are and we don’t get to pick. It chooses for us on our personalities or something. Problem number two is the book that I found it in only has the first half of the spell. The other half is in another book, but the title is suppose to be English and it is written in some other langue and it isn’t ancient runes.”
“What, Adeline are you serious?”
“Yes.”
“Do you have the title written down?”
“Here.” Adeline handed Fire a piece of paper folded in half. Fire opened it and looked at it.
“Do you know what it is?” asked Dom. “I couldn’t figure it out.”
“I know, I know this.” whispered Fire.
“It isn’t Latin, Pig-Latin, German, French, or Russian.”
“Is it Spanish?”
“No.”
“I’ll work on it.” said Fire stuffing it into her pocket, as she eat. Fire noticed Josh get up and head out the door. “I got to go – do something.” Fire got up and walked out following the Slytherin Beater. Fire caught up to him in a deserted corridor.
“Josh! Wait up!” said Fire, josh turned began to smile then stopped. Fire caught up to him as he began to walk again. “What was that? Why didn’t you wait?”
“I didn’t want to.”
“Why? You liked me this morning or you wouldn’t have chased me for so long. What did I do?”
“Are you dating Cole Wood?”
“What?”
“I don’t like being strung along! That was what you were doing right? Flirting with me because it was fun? Or was it to make Cole jealous?” said Josh, his scowl making her step back.
“No. I’m not with Cole! And I wasn’t ‘stringing’ you along or using you!” said Fire letting that red haired temper show. “What is your problem? I was flirting with you because I liked you. But I now know I was a fool to ever think a Slytherin, who is loved by his fellow house, wasn’t a aragonite jerk like the rest!” Fire spun on her heel and walked off mad.
Fire was going through a corridor in a blind rage heading toward Defense Against The Dark Arts when she saw Mary-Rose and Sandra obviously lost. Forgetting her anger for a moment Fire stopped.
“Can I help you?” asked Fire.
“Yes, Fire, thank goodness you found us!” said Sandra. “We have double charms and can’t find where that is. Can you help us?”
“Yeah go straight down the stairs at the end of this corridor and go through Ivey the Idoit and take a left at the next inner section then go down another stair turn left and the charms classroom is the first door that opens on the left.” said Fire.
“What?”
“Here follow me, I got time.” said Fire. She led the two first years as they talked about their roommates and their new houses and family, till Sandra realized she hadn’t introduced their silent guide to her friend.
“I am so sorry, Fire! Fire this is Mary Rose Kitoko, Mary Rose this is Fire Clayborne she is the Captain and Seeker of the Hufflepuff Quidditch team and a good friend of my sister, Cat.” said Sandra. Fire smiled at Mary Rose and gave a polite nod.
“Your Firelilian Clayborne? Wow! That is so cool, my brother talks about you all the time! I mean he just started last year talking about the amazing third year Captain of the Hufflepuffs who is the reason they have had the Cup for two years! He really likes you, by the way. Even mention how jealous he is of that Cole Wood, how he can walk straight up and talk to you, plus how your friends accept Wood.” said Mary Rose.
“He talks about me?” said Fire before she could stop herself.
“Oh yeah, he even said he would love to go out with you, but doubt if you would say yes. Would you?” said Mary Rose with a smile.
“Yes – no I couldn’t. Um here’s Flitwicks class, I got to go before I am late.” said Fire surprised at how she had said yes. Fire ran toward her classroom taking as many short cuts as possible and had just got there in time in the back of the line when Harry Potter opened the door and allowed them to come in. Fire took her usual seat by Adeline in the second row as Harry started laying a three-page test on the desks for each of them. And taking the homework assignments he had set them at the end of last year.
“I want to see how much you remember from last year. You will have twenty minutes starting…Now.” said Harry. Fire looked at the questions and smiled. Twenty minutes later They handed in the tests as Harry started to talk about what they would be learning this year and was just about finished when he announced something that made everyone on the room smile.
“Starting next Friday we will be dueling for the Friday class only. I will pare you up and make it so that the fights will be even and teach you how to duel and what is most effective and whoever has won the most at the last lesson of this term will get the joy of facing me so they may learn a little more. Class dismissed, Clayborne stay behind please.” Fire walked up to Harry and waited for him to tell her why he had asked her to stay.
“I was wondering something.” said Harry.
“Yes, professor?”
“Do you want any extra credit work this year?” asked Harry.
“Yes, sir.” said Fire.
“Then why didn’t you hand in your extra credit work for summer?” asked Harry.
“I did, sir. It was on your desk this morning.” said Fire.
“Really? Good, I’ll give you the extra credit stuff if you get a E on it. You can go.”
“Thanks, sir.” said Fire. She turned and walked out trying to catch up to Adeline and Dom.



The next whole week Fire didn’t have time to work on the title of the book they needed between the regular homework and the extra credit she was doing for four of her teachers and Quidditch she was up till midnight or later. Then one night two weeks since the start of the term she was done early with everything thou Dom and Adeline had already gone up and it was only eleven or twelve it was still early for her. Fire had just about closed her book when some how the thing fell out. The piece of paper Adeline had given her was right there. Fire looked at it in shock. She knew this langue her great-grandmother had taught her this langue. It was Finnish. Fire translated it quickly with speed and a smile.
The book of spells to turn people into animals.
This book was in the library! She had seen it and had found the last half of the spell they needed and had dismissed it! She ran up stairs to get Adeline, and her notebook. Even though she had dismissed that spell as an incomplete spell she had still copied it down. Tonight they would finally become Animagus’

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“Cole isn’t the one I’d worry about. Dom still is holding a grudge from that Bludger you hit at him.” Said Fire with a smile.
“So we’re friends?”
“Friends.”
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Chapter Three

Fire met Adeline and Tom in the common room, after stinking into the boy’s bedroom and waking Dom up quietly. She had told him to get dressed and come down to the common room. Fire sat by the fireplace in a big winged-backed armchair, with the Marauders Map that was mysteriously given to her in her first year with instructions on how to read it by an unknown person (thou Fire suspected Harry) and her notepad. Dom sat down on the floor in front of her with a yawn as Adeline sat across from her.
“Why did you wake us up in the middle of the night?” asked Dom through another yawn.
“Because I know have the complete spell in front of Me.” said Fire with a grin.
“Where, how!” said Adeline in shock.
“Remember that incomplete spell we found in ‘The book of spells to turn people into animals.’ That was the last half.”
“What the spell thing I told you not to copy down, thou you did, is the last half! No way! That is so cool.” said Dom.
“More importantly where are we going to do this at? It says that it is extremely painful and we’ll wake up the whole House.” said Adeline.
“The Room of Requirement. Where else? No one will bug us and we can sneak up there and avoid anyone else with the map’s help.” said Fire, a grin spread over Dom’s face.
“Can we stop by the kitchens first and get some caffeine?” asked Dom.
“Sure.” said Fire, with a smile. They got up and stunk out and head toward the kitchens watching the map. Severus Snape was pacing in his office and nothing else moved on the map but themselves. Fire walked forward and opened the door to the kitchens, and popped her head in. Fire walked in and was greeted by the house elves who were very happy to see her, bowing and calling her “Mistress Clayborne” even thou she had asked them hundreds of times to call her by her nickname.
“What can we do for you, Mistress Clayborne?” asked a rather timid house elf who almost never spoke to anyone.
“Can I get two thermoses one full of hot chocolate the other of that fantastic coffee you make?” asked Fire.
“Another late night of studied, Miss. Clayborne?” asked the house elf Dora.
“And something to eat…” whispered Dom.
“Yes, and do you have any cake I could take? It might be one of those all night studying.” Fire said. She saw the house elves rushing around getting her for what she asked. Dora and the timid house elf, Sera, came up and gave her what she wanted.
“Thank you!” said Fire all the elves bowed low and she left as Adeline took the thermoses and Dom took the cake. Fire smiled as she saw the three forks. They knew her well… and they would never tell on her. They hurried upstairs and got into the Room of Requirement without a hitch. The Room of Requirement was perfect for what they needed, huge over stuffed pillows littered the floor and it was large enough that they could explore their new abilities if it worked. Fire looked at her notebook and wondered if there were any certain wand movements they needed.
“Fire it says that you must concentrate on yourself as you say the spell and that there is no way to stop the process once it begins.” said Adeline looking worried.
“So who goes first?” asked Dom as he poured him a mixer of hot chocolate and coffee into a cup.
“I will.”
“Fire are you sure?” asked Adeline worried.
“Positive. I was the one who originally had the idea and I will be the one to do it first. Besides I handle pain better than you two.” Fire said, with a shake of her hair that they knew meant there was no room for arguing with her. “Here we go. líkamlegur personalidade.” Fire felt as if someone slugged her in the gut as some pushed down trying to compress it. Fire fell to her knees as she heard Dom restrain Adeline. Gulping down air as searing pain exploded through her. Fire moved so she was in the fettle position but it did no good as she started twitching as the pain increased. She tried to scream but nothing came out. Fire rolled over so she was on her hands and knees despertaly trying to stop the pain. Fire looked down and was shocked to see her hands…no talons! Her arms were growing as were her feet changing as the pain became almost unbearable.
Fire was standing only on all four…feet. The pain had started to stop but then an explosion came from around where her shoulder blades as her face started to tingle. Fire couldn’t move her eyes and she saw…she had a beak. The pain stopped all a sudden and Fire tried to say something but a sound that should come from a falcon or eagle came out.
“Fire…” said Adeline quietly Fire stared at her as Dom let her go staring at her.
“Look in the mirror.” Said Dom nodding to the huge window that stood behind her. Fire felt werid as she turned having talons as toes and all seemed wrong. What greeted her in the mirror would have made anyone scream to see where he or she should be.
Fire was a red-brown hippogriff.
She had glossy feathers that varied in shade some almost to red some to red. She had a white belly and her legs were powerful. The face of a falcon stared back at her as her human mind wanted to reject it. The eyes were hers thou no mistaking them. The horse end almost matched her hair color (or what it should have been) but a shade or two to brown her tail was curly and beautiful. But nothing matched her wings that her huge and gave off a gust when she beaten them. But there was a way back to her human side and a way to severe it that Fire was aware of.
Fire took hold of the connection and started to change back the pain less and the transformation quicker.
Fire stood up with the help of Dom who looked amazed at her as she shook off her clothes.
“You two will have a hard time with it, if you change as much as I did.” Commented Fire as she took the cup Adeline offered.
Dom went after Fire and turned out to be a wolf, with black fur Dom’s eyes and a white strike down the muzzle. Adeline turned into a badger that looked good better than Fire had ever seen one in the pictures and Muggle zoos.
By four o’clock the three of them could change into their Animagus form without pain and in the blink of a eye.
“Night.” Yawned Dom as he headed up the boys dormitory steps as Fire and Adeline headed up the girls.
“Night.”



The next morning Fire got up and took her usual run at about seven only having had less than three hours, and was doing her last lap when Josh appeared at her side. She had avoided him as best as she could (which was really good between the map and her memory of all the passages not used by very many) Fire didn’t look at him more than a glance but kept on running. She stopped in front of the doors and was about to go back to the castle when Josh grabbed her wrist and made her follow despite her protests. He stopped when they were under the tree by the lake and turned to look at her.
“I’m sorry I was a jerk to you, I am sorry but it was just…” he just shook his head.
“Just what?”
“I was jealous, okay, how many times do I have to say it? Sorry I just don’t have a good hold on my temper when we talk about…Cole.” Admitted Josh. “I would like to be friends at least. Can we try? I am promise to keep my temper in control even around Wood.”
“Cole isn’t the one I’d worry about. Dom still is holding a grudge from that Bludger you hit at him.” Said Fire with a smile.
“So we’re friends?”
“Friends.”
“So I’ll see you around.” Josh said he smiled and started to walk away.
“Josh! My friends and I will probably be down here messing around later after breakfast if you want to join us.” said Fire. Josh turned and smiled at her.
“That’d be nice!”
Fire smiled as she watched him start to run again and jogged up to the castle. She showered and went to the Great Hall as Dom, Cat, Adeline, and Landon came out.
“Hey where have you been?” asked Adeline.
“Running, I’ll join you guys in a little okay.” said Fire. She walked in and sat down at the far end of the table pulling food and coffee towards her. She was just about done when Cole sat down next to her.
“Hey this is the Hufflepuff table not the Gryffindor.” Commented Fire.
“Yeah, yeah, can I get your help on a potions essay for Snape?” asked Cole.
“You’re a fifth year I’m a fourth how can I help you?”
“Word is your doing extra credit for Snape and that it is O.W.L. level. Please I really need your help.” Cole said.
“What is it about?”
“The properties of some weird herd name I have never heard of till we used it in potions.”
“Can you give me the first three or four letters?” asked Fire.
“It starts with a C or is it a K?”
"Caraoleaden ?"
“Yes! That is it!” said Wood.
“I’ll give you the books you need for the essay since I finished mine last night but you have to return them to the library as soon as you are done. And no you cannot copy because you do not learn that way and this is your O.W.L. year.” said Fire.
“I knew you could help me! Thank you!” said Cole.
“Meet me by the lake in fifteen minutes.” said Fire.
“Thanks!”
Fire got up and went to the Hufflepuff common room grabbed the stuff Cole would need and headed out. She nearly bumped into Josh who was just heading out.
“Hey,”
“Hey, I was just going out there.”
“Well it seems that you have perfect timing.” said Fire with a smile. “Come on, I’ll show you out there.”
“OK”
Fire led Josh out there and was laughing as they came up on Cat, Landon, Adeline (the only one who knew she had feelings for Josh), Dom, Cole, Jackson, Jacklyn, Alec Amish (Hufflepuff Chaser), Ballanca Ronnie (also a Chaser on the Hufflepuff team), Travis Johnson a fourth year Ravenclaw, Amy Sojo a Gryffindor fifth year and new Prefect, Shaun Tucker the Captain of the Ravenclaw Quidditch team and Alison Fox (A Gryffindor Chaser and a fifth year). Dom stopped and looked at Josh as he and Fire approached.
“Hey guys I invited Josh to join us.” She left no room for argument. Fire took her seat next to Adeline and Josh sat next to her. “Do you know everyone, Josh?”
“Most…” said Josh. “I know all the Quidditch people of course and I know Amy.”
“Alright.” Said Fire. “This is Catherine Zebina, Landon Ximen, Travis Johnson, and Ally or Alison Fox. Everyone this is Josh Kitoko.”
“I know Josh, you’re a great Beater. Wish you were in Ravenclaw all we have right now is morons who can’t hit a Bludger to save their life.” Said Shaun.
“Your in my potions class aren’t you?” asked Alison.
“Yep.” Answered Josh.
“Hey, Fire do you mind helping me?” asked Travis.
“No, she is helping me.” Said Cole.
“Isn’t she a year behind you!” said Travis.
“What do you need help on?” asked Fire and Josh at the same time.
“Potions.” Cole said.
“Transfiguration.” Travis said.
“Don’t you have homework?” Fire asked Josh.
“Nah, finished it last night.” Said Josh. “What about you?”
“I finished it last night to,”
“I’ll help you, Cole.” Said Josh. Fire laughed handed Cole the books she had promised him as Josh scooted over to Cole.
“Don’t let him copy from you.” Said Fire as Travis moved so he was next to Fire. The whole time Fire was helping Travis; she kept glancing at Josh who was very patient with Wood as he tired to explain the properties of the Caraoleaden flower. One of the times she glanced over at him, he looked up at her and smiled, she grinned and looked down, but still caught his wink at her.
“Fire, how do you do that?”
“What, huh?” asked Fire confused.
“How do you do O.W.L. level stuff and your regular stuff and not look like a zombie?” asked Shaun.
“You kidding me? Really Tucker I never pictured you as a idiot.” said Dom. “She’s Firelilian, she can do anything.”
“No, really? People are saying all the subjects you take you are also doing O.W.L. level stuff. And yet I can’t even keep up with all I have, and I am in my sixth year.” Shaun said.
“I am only doing extra credit for Snape, Harry, Hermione, and Vector.” said Fire (Potions, Defense Against The Dark Arts, Transfiguration, and Arithmancy).
“Those have to be some of the hardest subjects thou!” said Alison.
“They are, but that’s what makes them so fun.” Said Fire.
“You disgust me.” Said both of the Rolands, Shaun, Travis, Amy, Alison, Ballanca and Alec. Cole, Dom, Adeline, Cat, Landon, and Josh laughed.
“Is that Sandra and someone coming over here?” asked Landon who had one of the best views. “Yep, defiantly Sandra. I think the other one is your sister, Kitoko.”
“Probably. Mary Rose has been thinking of switching houses.” Said Josh.
“Why?” Alison asked.
“Her and Sandra are good friends. Plus there is someone she really does not like in Slytherin. And it is not me so don’t even make the comment about it, Faolan.” Said Josh as Dom was about to say something. Dom stopped and grinned.
“Looks like we’re going to have to name this little club of ours. And H.R.G. will not work, I always hated that.” Said Fire.
“H.R.G.?” asked Josh.
“It stands for Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw, and Gryffindor.” Said Cole. “That is what we call ourselves when we have a meeting like today. It actually started out with Landon, Cat, Dom, Adeline, Travis, Amy and Fire of course. Then it grew to this and we named it after Christmas last year.”
“It was voted on and unfortunately that’s what its name became. Ten to four.”
“So what are we going to rename ourselves? Oh then we’ll have to tell McGongall.” Amy.
“Of course we’re going to have to initiate Josh.” Said Adeline.
“Vote on the name first, bring him in later.” said Shaun.
“Okay how about, S.H.R.G.?” asked Cat.
“Alright, any others?”
“We need a name that doesn’t stand for our houses, but for something else.” Said Fire, a smile came across her face. “D.S. or Defense Study.”
“That works.”
“D.S.?” asked Josh.
“Sorry, every other week on Saturday evening we go to a certain place and practice dueling, but the between weeks we study together like today.” Explained Fire.
“Yeah and Fire is the Head of this little group. Dom’s the chairmen and Adeline is the… sectary?” Shaun said.
“Yep.”
“Anyways for a vote. If you support D.S. as our new name raise you left hands, if you support S.H.R.G. raise your right hands.” Said Dom, fourteen left hands rose into the air, and one right. “D.S. it is. Who tells McGongall?”
“I will.” Said Fire.
“So, Josh, meet us in the enterance hall about… seven and we’ll initiate you.” Said Adeline.
“Sure.” Said Josh.



Later that evening Fire was walking down to dinner by herself after having spending sometime in the Room of Requirement and rounded the corner when she stopped, wide eyed. There before her was Sandra with deep gashes… she recoigzed the cruse that did that to people. The Sectumsempra curse.
Fire rushed over to Sandra and fell on her knees, next to her covering herself in blood. Fire drew her wand raised it and said: "Expecto Patronum!" a slivery hippogriff brusted out of Fires wand heading for the teachers lodge. Fire looked at the wounds that were deep and prayed a teacher would come soon… but would they blame her?
Fire looked up to hear running both Harry and Snape were running toward her. Snape dropped by Sandra’s side and started murmuring the counter curse as Harry helped Fire to stand.
“Professors I didn’t do it.” Said Fire.
“You’re still going to have to come with me.” Harry said looking down at her, as a tear ran down her cheek as Snape said the counter curse a second time.
“Alright,”
Harry led her down some then looked back at Snape who was doing it one more time.
“Snape, will you join us once you take Miss. Zebina to the hospital wing?”
“Of course.”
It sounded as if that was Fire’s death sentence to her.
Harry led Fire to his office and made her sit down, covered in blood, and her wand hanging loosely at her side. Harry said nothing looking at her. Snape walked in and closed the door standing by it. Fire mentally cringed as she saw his wand was still at his side.
“Hand me your wand.” said Harry. Fire handed thinking he would break it, but instead Harry held his wand so the tips of the wands were almost touching and said:
"Priori Incantatem."
A smaller form of her patronus appeared.
“Do it again, Potter.” Said Snape.
"Priori Incantatem."
A key hovered between them.
“The last two spells were 'Alohomora and 'Expecto Patronum' I do not think Miss. Clayborne would attack the Zebina girl or use Dark magic like that while in her fourth year.”
“We’ll still have to integrate her.” Said Harry.

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Chapter Four


Fire stared at them in shock, what did they mean?
“Have you ever used a Pensieve, Clayborne?” asked Snape picking up the Pensieve that was on a shelf.
“Yes, sir.”
“Good, then please extract the memory of you finding Miss. Zebina.” said Harry. Fire took back her wand and held it to her temple trying with all her might to produce the memory they wanted in great detail. She dropped the memory into the Pensieve.
“After you Miss. Clayborne.”
Fire stepped forward and stuck her head into the gray shimmering liquid which was her memory and fell through she landed and Snape was next followed by Harry. She watched herself walk down the hall and they followed as her stomach made the funny sound it always did when she relived a memory. They rounded the corner and saw Sandra body. Fire looked around as Snape and Harry watched her other self, the memory self. Fire looked at the piece of thrown robe she hadn’t seen before and was shocked. That right there, meant that whoever had attacked Sandra had thrown their robe… she had a chance of finding the person or persons. Fire watched in awe and horror as she saw someone’s eyes glint in the shadows and then go down the corridor as the memory Snape ran towards them.
“Time to go,” Snape took Fire by the upper arm and helped her get out. Fire looked around the room, which was dim now in surprise, as her stomach growled.
“Take back your memory.” Commanded Snape. Fire dipped her wand into the shimmering liquid and a long sliver strand came out. She placed it to her temple and the memory started to disappear.
“Professors do you believe me?”
“We believed you from the start, that was just following protocol.” Said Harry as he looked at Snape who nodded.
“Thank – ”
She was cut off the door flung open and Fire saw Flitwick, McGongall, Sprout, Hermione, and Cat at the door. Hermione and Sprout trying to hold back the angry Cat who was trying to get at Fire.
“You – ” Cat started to use langue that made Fire blush and wonder how the sweet, innocent Cat knew it.
“Miss. Zebina, hold your tongue girl.” Said Professor McGongall. “Severus, Harry, do you think that Miss Clayborne did this to the young Zebina?”
“No, Headmistress.” Said Snape. “We have evidenced that she did not do it, and how would a fourth year, in a family who had always been disgusted with the Dark Arts, know this dark of magic?”
“You have a point.”
“She did it, Professor! She has always been disobeying rules and is a lying (she used more langue that was not appropriate and made Snape and Harry look very angry.) - she is a betrayer of trust!” yelled Cat.
“Miss Zebina if you cannot keep a civil tongue I will remove you from this discussion.” Said McGoangall. “Harry, do you think Miss Clayborne would do this?”
“There is no way, Professor.”
“Than the case is settled. Pomona please take Miss Zebina to her house common room while I talk to Miss Clayborne.”
“Yes, Minerva. Come on Catherine.” Sprout led Cat out and Flitwick followed as Hermione entered, closing the door.
“Miss Clayborne, I also do not believe you would attack one of your good friends little sister. But I do not think most of the school will agree. I cannot let you go back into the Hufflepuff common room or anywhere near it for a few days. So Mrs. Weasley will you show Miss Clayborne where she will be staying tonight, and for a few days. Oh and tell a house elf to get her stuff for her.”
“Yes, ma’am”
Hermione led Fire in silence till they reached a corridor with a painting of a Knight and a fair lady sitting together at a table.
“This is a special place, it is a room that was used by the prefects for years as a common room, but it was changed into a guest room for those visitors. You will be staying here for now and the password is ‘Siply’ it was the name of the Headmistress who changed it. Good-night.” Hermione left her, and walked away as it swung open. Fire entered and walked in and went straight up the stairs that said girls and into the first bedroom closing the door and flinging herself onto the bed, crying.


The next day Fire got up early and went down to the Great Hall and started to eat breakfast among the murmurings. Which consisted of her being a coward and murderer. Halfway through her breakfast Fire got up and left, having lost her appetite. Fire had just got to the door when a Ravenclaw Prefect walked straight up to Fire and looked down at her (even thou he was maybe a inch taller).
“Can I help you?” asked Fire with a glare at him.
“My name is Kelvin Darwin, and I will fight you any day, if your brave enough to handle facing someone, who can actually fight you, you coward.” Said the Ravenclaw. The, Great Hall that had stopped to watch this started to clap. Fire looked pass him and saw Josh walking in with Mary Rose. He had heard what the Ravenclaw had said. Fire pushed pass the Ravenclaw, narrowly missed hitting Josh with her shoulder and ran outside toward the willow tree by the bank. Fire sat down by it and started to cry wiping away tears with her hand.
“You shouldn’t run, it makes them talk more.” Josh said sitting down next to her. “You dropped this.” He handed her a book but on top of it was a handkerchief. Fire took it great fully and wiped her eyes.
“Thanks. But don’t you believe also that I was the one who…” her voice trailed off.
“Why? Both Professors Snape and Potter believe you and I believe you never could attack Sandra like that. Plus Mary Rose went to visit Sandra this morning and Sandra said the voice was a guys.” Said Josh. A few tears of gratitude slipped down her face. “Besides I am always here for you.”
“Thanks.”
“Besides Darwin is a jerk, and who’s ego needs to be deflated. I’ll be sure to hit a Bludger at him in the next Quidditch match.” Josh said making Fire laugh.
“That’s right he’s a Ravenclaw Chaser! Oh I am so going to flatten them.” Said Fire. “Thou that may be unfair to Shaun…”
“Why? Didn’t you hear? Shaun has said publicly he don’t want anything to do with you.” Said Josh.
“What?”
“Yeah last night.”
“Who else?”
“A lot of people.” Josh said. “Hey I got to go, I have class in five minutes.”
“Yeah, see you, Josh!” said Fire as he ran off. Fire got up and walked up into the school. Fire saw Cole and ran after him. “Cole! Wait up!” Cole stopped and looked down at her on the marble stairs.
“What do you want, Clayborne?” Cole said his eyes cold.
“You have to believe me, I won’t attack Sandra.”
“All I know is you were discovered at the scene of the crime, with your wand in your hand. I want nothing to do with you.” said Cole. Amy Sojo walked pass Fire up toward Cole. “Come on, Baby, we should go to class.” Amy smiled and took Cole’s hand and kissed him. They walked up the stairs and Cole turned and looked down on Fire at the top of them.
“Good-bye, Fire.”
Fire felt as if she had just been slapped across the face. And that betrayal was not the only one she would have to deal with that day.

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Chapter Five



Fire walked to class and was last there. No one had time to yell at her because luckily Hermione opened the door. Fire sat in the back of class and did not draw attention to herself, which was rare. She was the first out of the door and used all the passages not very many people used. But when she came to a intersection she was stopped by a Slytherin who was half way through challenging her when Josh appeared and treatened him with detention.
“Thanks, Josh.” Said Fire as he walked her down a hallway the Prefect badge scarying off would-be challengers. They started talking about nothing in dirticaully and he dropped her off at her class after taking several longer ways then she would usually take so she didn’t have to wait in line to long. She entered into the line once again just as the door opened.
So for the rest of the day it became a habit. Josh would find her right after class and walk her to her next taking some weird routes and they were even joined by Mary Rose once. As they walked down the hall after the school day yet another challenger who with a glare from Josh scurried away interrupted their conversation.
“I don’t know if I am either going to bother to go to Quidditch practice. No one will be there.” said Fire in a sully mood.
“Do you really believe that Dom and Adeline will desert you? Plus all you’re other players? Do you really believe that their loyalty to you could be broken so easily?” said Josh.
“I don’t know. I thought Cat and Landon would never hate me, but we see how that worked out.”
“Wait, Landon’s come up to you?” asked Josh.
“Yeah after lunch, when you had to go and find Mary Rose.” Said Fire.
“That jerk.”
“I knew he’d side with Cat, he’s liked her since first year.”
“Go to practice. I think you won’t be disappointed.” Said Josh. “Alrig ht I’ll leave you here. See you later.” He was half down the hall when he yelled:
“Fire, GO TO PRACTICE!”
Fire smiled and went on her way. When she got into her new home she saw a tray of food with a note. Fire picked it up and read


Dear Miss F. Clayborne.
I sent this tray of food up, because I noticed that you have barley ate today with everyone’s whispers and I thought you may like to eat in peace.



Fire looked at the writing again then at the food. She started to eat and was bugged halfway through by a knock on the portrait. Fire got up and walked over to it and opened up the door. Fire looked at Hermione in confusion then stepped back to let her in.
“Professor, can I help you?” asked Fire.
“I thought you could use some company.” Fire then noticed her plate.
“Thank you, Professor.” Said Fire. Hermione sat across from her and astarted talking about all sorts of things like how it was hard how she and her husband – Ron Weasley – being apart so much, as he was a Quidditch keeper star for the Chudley Cannons. Hermione left fifteen minutes later to go and grade papers as Fire went up to her room and changed into her yellow and black robes. She then grabbed her Nuimbus 2010 the newest there was and went outside to the Quidditch pitch. There she was shocked to see her whole Quidditch team sitting around finishing up dinner in the locker rooms. Adeline jumped up when they saw her and saluted her.
“Captain we believe you.” Said Alec.
“We were eating dinner in here – with McGongall’s permission – because we didn’t want you to come down here before us and see no one.” Said Ballanca.
“See we knew you thought all of us hated you.” Said Dom.
“But we know that you’d never attack Sandra.” Said Adeline. “You didn’t need to avoid us. We will follow you, no matter where you go.”
“And to quote a favorite Muggle author we all love: ‘You’ll have to tie us up in a bag to stop us!’” Said Dom with smile.
“Come on team, lets go practice.”
“WOWOH!” shouted all of them. They went out and praticed harder then ever, trying to prove that you never attack one Hufflepuuf without three or four more breathing down your neck.



So things picked up for Fire. She was now going from lesson to lesson with her Quidditch team, a few other people from various houses that Fire had talked to each briefly but had made a good impression, and Josh. In all her subjects Fire was getting O’s (except once in Astronomy where she got a E) all of the people she trusted knew where she was staying and even once she saw Dom or Adeline talking to Hermione trying to convince her to let them stay there to.
One Sunday night, Fire, Dom, and Adeline went out of the castle and changed into Amiagus form just outside the front doors. They automatically went towards the forest. But just as Fire took two steps she looked up and saw Harry Potter looking at them. He smiled and nodded. With that sign of permission Fire caught up to Dom and Adeline in three strides of her long legs, her talons stinking in. Fire looked at the badger, Adeline and the wolf, Dom. She smiled and took off hovering over them loving the feeling of flying without a broom. Just beating her wings, her stinking and rising, the rhythm soothing to her mind. She glided over the treetops as Dom and Adeline started to chase each other around the lake. She felt a tug on her mind.
Hey, Fire, why don’t you join us? It’ll be harder to catch you then Adeline. Said Dom.
Yeah, Fire come on and join us so you can pin Dom and then I can beat him up. Commented Adeline. She saw Dom stop and turn going low to the ground daring her to attack. Adeline lunged and they started roughhousing getting a little to rough. Fire swooped down and parted them with one screech.
Behave! You will draw attention to yourselves. Growled Fire.
Hey I have an idea. Why don’t we go into the Forbidden Forest? Asked Adeline. Both Dom and Fire looked at each other. A grin spread across Dom’s wolfly face and a look came into the sharp Hippogriff eyes of Fire. They took off racing each other but not going to fast as to loss Adeline. They entered into the forest but did not leave the path and stopped only when Adeline called to them. Both turned around and Dom went over to the now human Adeline and turned so himself to look at the weird stone she was holding.
“What are these?” asked Dom pointing to the claw marks. They were to narrow for a Hippogriffs but not anything right for a cat.
“Their talon marks.” Adeline said looking at them. Fire felt a something watching them and turned looking around with keen eyes. She saw it as it lunged to attack Adeline. It had the head, wings, chest and legs of a peregrine falcon and how a Hippogriff’s was. But the last half, the half that should have been horses was a wolfs. It was smaller than even the smallest Hippogriff. It lunged and Fire sprung forward and hit it in mid air. Dom grabbed Adeline as she screamed. Fire couldn’t contact them as she moved in front of them. The falcon-wolf crouched low and stared at her with a look of pure hatred, that was scary coming from a animal.
“Adeline change back!” said Dom and he turned into a wolf. Adeline changed quickly into her badger form, as Dom moved to stand by Fire. Fire fluffed out her wings and moved in front of Dom.
GO! You will not be able to fight it! Trust me! Go and guard Adeline. If I do not join you in ten minutes go and find Harry and Snape! Now leave, Dom. Said Fire. Dom looked at her and nodded forcing Adeline to follow him. Fire had just barley turned her head to see how far they had gone when the falcon-wolf jumped. She was hit in the chest as the talons started trying to rip and tear.
Fire let out a screech and ramed her head into the falcon-wolf’s and then turned using her hooves the hit the thing in the ribs. She heard a crack that made her know that she had hit her target. But it did not back down, oh no. It attacked ribbing into her side. Fire turned her head and snapped it in the rumba. Then started using her talons against it.
Feathers flew as Fire ribbed into it. Finally the thing backed off and ran. Fire went forward a step and then turned and flew off making sure she was not followed. She landed next to the now human Dom and Adeline and turned into herself. She fell to the ground in a heap and looked at her side.
“Oh my, oh my, oh my!” said Adeline as she dropped down next to Fire. The wound had turned around it a faint green.
“That cannot be good.” Whispered Dom, kneeling down next to them looking at the blood that trickled down Fire’s side.
“You think?” said Fire. “We have to get me up to my room.”
“What ‘bout the hospital wing?” asked Adeline.
“Oh yeah, lets explain to Madam Popfrey how the heck I got this nice size talon marks on my side, I’m sure she wouldn’t tell McGoangall and I am absolutely sure that McGoangall would A report us to the ministry and B expel us.” Fire said sarcastically, with a roll of her eyes.
“Alright I’ll carry you up there. Adeline you take the map and make sure we don’t bump into anyone. Then I’ll go and see about med supplies.”
To this day none of them remember how they were able to make it up so many stairs, how they got the supplies. That night Fire slept passed out in her bed and Adeline and Dom in theirs in the Hufflepuff house.
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Chapter Six



Fire walked down to the Great Hall trying not to over exert herself. The wound was stinging and it had gotten a little bit darker green, thou there was finally a blood clot. Fire was greeted by a hug Josh and barley touched where she was bruised from the bashing she had token from the creature, which Dom was calling a “Falolf”. She mentally cringed but didn’t show a sign of her pain.
“Are you alright?” asked Josh. “You look tired.”
“I spent all last night studying.” Lied Fire.
“Hey Fire you look good.” Said Adeline walking over.
“Really, you think so? I thought she looked tired.” Said Josh.
“Her? Naw that is the ‘I’ve been studied my butt of and playing Quidditch like there was no tomorrow’ look. It’ll be gone by – Halloween usually. By the way Joshy, my boy,” said Dom.
“Uh-oh you’re calling me ‘Joshy, my boy’ is never a good thing.” Josh said.
“It is nothing bad. Okay it’s kind of, but you’ll enjoy it.” Said Dom.
“And what is it?” asked Josh.
“I was getting to that!” said Dom. “I was hoping that since you are a Beater you’d hit Wood in the gut for me, like you did to me that one time.”
“Oh I can do it harder.” Said Josh.
“Boys!” said Adeline and Fire.
“Will you?” asked Dom.
“Absolutely”
“Come on, guys. Be nice.” Said Fire.
“Not after what he did to you, Fire. He minuswell have slapped you in the face; kick you as you lay on the floor, then spat in your face.” Dom said. “And you think we men defender of women, protector of their honor and sanity, will let him get away with that?”
“Protector of our honor?” asked Adeline.
“Yep,” said Josh.
“Then why is it all men can think about is taking our honor?” said Adeline, with a smirk.
“Uh – that’s not fair!” yelled Dom after Adeline and Fire who walked off grinning, as Dom and Josh stood shocked. As they sat down Dom and Josh caught up with them. Dom sat down next to Adeline as Josh leaned over and kissed Fire’s forehead.
“I’ll see you later?”
“Aren’t you going to be part of my fine escort?”
“No, I promised Mary Rose I’d escort her around today because she is feeling very neglect especially since she can’t walk around you.” Said Josh.
“Why can’t she?” asked Fire.
“Because everyone who supports you gets challenge to duals and hexed in the hallways.” Explained Adeline.
“And no offense, but I do not want my baby sister being challenge to duals and hexed. You must forgive me.” Said Josh.
“Forgive what? I see nothing wrong in you wanting to protected your sister, I think it’s awful sweet of you.” Fire said with a smile.
“Alright, see ya later. Hey I might even bring Mary to the D.S. meeting.” Said Josh.
“She can come to the studied but not the dueling till second or third year, it depends on the student.” Said Fire.
“’Kay I’ll tell her that, talk to you later.” Said Josh trying to leave for a third time. Fire grinned as Ballanca and Jacklyn made “Ohhing” noises.
“Shut up.” Growled Fire as her side gave her a sharp pain.
“He kissed you!”
“Joshy loves Firey, Firey loves Joshy.” Teased Jacklyn.
“Fire, I am hurt, you have never acknowledged my love for you and then the biggest insult! You fall for a Slytherin!” said Jackson, sarcastically.
“And I will never fall for you.” Said Fire.
“And I do not blame her.” Said Jacklyn his sister with a grin.
“Yeah who could fall for such a ugly – ” began Alec.
“I won’t start there, Amish, you aren’t that good looking either.” Commented Ballanca. “Unlike Dom.”
“Now, Bal, he’s Adeline’s man not yours.” Said Fire with a smile.
“Me? Heck no, not after what he did last night.” Stated Adeline.
“Ah, Addy honey, don’t fight it it’s natural.” Said Dom with a grin.
“As natural as me marching up to Snape and snogging him.” Said Adeline.
“OH! Burned, dude burned!” roared the Hufflepuff Quidditch team, as they laughed and hit the table crying from their laughter.
“Now Adeline, why go for Snape? Why not – Hagrid!” said Ballanca with a smile as she wiped away tears.
“Now, Bal, I was just then thinking of asking you out, but you ruined it!” Dom said. Ballanca and Adeline stopped laughing and looked at Dom, confused.
“Really?”
“No inner team dating without the whole team agreeing.” Said Fire trying to soothe everyone.
“Why I have no problem with it. In fact you two should go to Hogsmeade together.” Adeline said. Fire could tell she was trying to cover up the pain. Dom was clueless and was staring at Adeline. “Now if you’ll excuse me, I have to go and talk to Professor Weasely.” She got up and followed after Hermione. Fire picked up a piece of toast and ran after her, as Ballanca and Dom started flirting. Fire found Adeline crying under the same tree she had been when Josh had found her.
“Oh, Addy,” said Fire sitting down next to her friend who always looked beautiful and was loved by everyone.
“He’s never… he never…” Addy sobbed. Fire threw a comforting around her friend.
“I know, I know,”
“Why? I have always flirted with him I’ve thrown hints. Yet he never cares he’s always after some other girl.” Said Adeline. “First year Amy Sojo,”
“Goodness I despise that girl.” Said Fire, thinking of her and Wood walking down the halls arm and arm. Adeline giggled.
“Second year, Amelia Absater.” Said Adeline mentioning a girl a year younger than them, “Then you last year, and Doris.”
“He liked me last year?” said Fire shocked.
“You were to busy flirting with Cole to notice.” Said Adeline.
“I’m sorry.” Said Fire.
“And to think I turned down three good guys yesterday who I wouldn’t have mind dating.” Said Adeline.
“I hate to say this but… if you like someone go out with them. Dom is going to go out with Ballanca, why shouldn’t you go out with a tall dark and handsome?” asked Fire.
“Because…” Adeline stopped; she wiped away her tears and smiled a little. “There is no reason. Of course, I should.”
“And you can pay back Dom. Thou don’t do that on the Quidditch field because I need to kick Cole’s, and Shaun’s butts.”
“I won’t.”
“So whose going to be the luckily guy?” asked Fire. Adeline smiled.
“Captain, can I have your permission to date Alec?” said Adeline with a sly grin.
“Alec Amish? Dorky Alec?”
“Yep.”
“Your cruel to Dom.”
“Well it is between Alec, Jackson and Devon Jones.” Said Adeline, Devon Jones was a Gryfinndor fifth year. He was really cute with long shaggy blonde hair and beautiful hazel blue eyes; he also was part of Fire’s bodyguard.
“Do Devon, I like him and you won’t mess up anything if you break up with him.” Said Fire.
“Alright.”
“Now remember I want to be there when you turn on the old charm for Devon.” Said Fire with a smile. Adeline playfully pushed her and Fire held her side in pain.
“Oh I am so, so, so, sorry.” Said Adeline.
“We really need to figure out what that thing was.” Said Fire holding her side as it stung.
“Well we’re in luck. Hagrid is coming down from the castle.” Said Adeline. She went to get up but Fire grabbed Adeline’s arm.
“Adeline, we are going to have to work with Dom on this. He’ll kill us if we don’t include him. But can you? I need both of you.” Said Fire.
“Yeah, I can.”
“Good, then lets go.” Said Fire with a smile. She got up and headed toward Hagrid. She called out to him and he stopped smiling at her.
“Well, Fire and Adeline, it’s rare to see you two without a bodyguards and Dom.” Said Hagrid with affection in his eyes as he looked down on them. Fire smiled.
“Dom’s busy. Can we ask you a question?” asked Fire.
“Of course.”
“I read about a beast, magical of course, and it was half falcon, half wolf. But for the life of me I cannot remember where I read it from or what it was called.” Said Fire.
“Oh a half falcon, half wolf you say. Dangerous creatures. I can tell you all about them. They are called Hiwofal. They only attack humans and things they think are weaker then them, thou not much is stronger. Their talons are poisoned and if they hit their prey, they die a real slow and painful death. It takes a month to kill the prey. And they are especially viscous to anything that attacks them.” Said Hagrid. “Horrible creatures, cute looking but I would never own one myself. Ministry hates them. They cause trouble when they get out of the forest they are caged in.”
“What if a human gets hit by those talons?” asked Adeline.
“Why are you so confused?” asked Hagrid.
“We were thinkin’ of doing a essay on them, for extra credit.” Said Fire, trotting on Adeline’s foot to make her play along.
“Good look on finding any books on them in the library that are actually correct in their facts.” Said Hagrid.
“Thanks Hagrid. Just one question, is their a cure for the poison cause we’d want to have that written down to.” Said Fire.
“I believe so, called oh… I can’t think of it at the moment. You’ll have to ask Professor Snape.”
“Thanks.” Said Adeline. They ran up to the castle but Fire grabbed Adelines arm once they got to where she was staying.
“Poison? Real painful and slowly? I don’t want to die that way. I have to talk to Professor Snape.”
“If he finds out about your breaking like a dozen school rules and quite a few of the Ministries you’ll be gone in a minute.” Said Adeline.
“That’s why I’ll have to be careful and I can do occlumency.” Said Fire with a smile.
“Your doing it, I am not.”
“I know, besides Snape likes me better.” Said Fire with a grin. Just then the door opened and Fire’s guard entered. Jacklyn gave Adeline her stuff with a knowing smile. Dom and Ballanca were walking together in a spitting image of how Amy and Wood walked down the halls. Both Adeline and Fire inwardly blenched. But gave no outward side other than a significant glance at each other.
“Hey Devon.” Said Adeline with a smile at Devon who was a few inches taller than her. He smiled at her and walked over.
“Hey, Adeline. How are you?” asked Devon.
“Good, you?” asked Adeline as everyone filed out. Fire grinned and walked just behind them listening to the many conversations around her. Alec, Ballanca, Dom, Devon, Adeline, Jackson, Jacklyn, Sally Perkins a shorter stockier girl with blonde hair and light brown eyes, in fifth year in Hufflepuff, Gregory Whitehead a guy from sixth Ravenclaw with close cropped hair and brown eyes, Henry Whitehead his younger brother, in his fourth year, who had long short and sleek brown hair and the same eyes as his brother, Erica Quiver from Gryfinndor who was a sixth year with brown hair dark eyes and was taller than Fire, her boyfriend Benjamin (or Benji) Salos who had short and spiky brown-blonde hair, that could even sometimes look red, with blue eyes also in Gryfinndor and a seventh year.
“Fine, you seem in a good mood today.” Commented Devon.
“Really? It’s just a good day.” Said Adeline. “You look good.”
“Thanks.” Said Devon with a smile.
“So it’s a Hogsmeade weekend, that’ll be nice.” Said Adeline as Jackly came to stand next to Fire and listen to the conversation.
“Is she flirting with Devon Jones?” Jacklyn whispered barley able to hide her laughter.
“Shh, I’m listening to this.” Fire whispered back.
“Yeah, it will be. Do you have any plans?”
“None. Are you meeting your girlfriend there?” asked Adeline.
“I don’t have a girlfriend.” Stated Devon. Fire knew Adeline knew that perfectly well. “So… are you and Dom doing anything?”
“Dom? No. He’ll probably be sucking off Ballanca’s face.” Said Adeline.
“Really? So would you like to meet me… I mean if your free… why did I even ask.” Said Devon turning bright red.
“I’ll meet you in the great hall at ten?” said Adeline.
“Really? I mean that’ll be fine.” Said Devon with a smile.
“Under one condition.” Said Adeline with a smile.
“Yeah?” asked Devon.
“We go to the Three Broomsticks. I don’t like the tea place.” Said Adeline.
“Deal.” Said Devon with a smile.
“Ahh you two are so sweet.” Said Jacklyn and Fire with smiles, nearly bursting with their laughter.
“Shut up.” Said the new couple as Adeline playfully shoved them.
“Wait! Shouldn’t Jones be defending you two?” asked Fire.
“Ohh we know who wears the pants in this relationship.” Said Jacklyn with a smile as they both started laughing again.
“Don’t worry ‘bout it, Devon. Just be glad you and Adeline are going out and that you don’t have that for a sister.” Said Jackson appearing and throwing an arm around Devon’s shoulder.
“Your going out with Addy?” said Dom confused as he joined the conversation.
“Yep. She just now accepted me.” Said Devon with a smile.
“Good for you, sorry but Fire can I talk to you about – something.” There was no room for argument especially since he grabbed her upper arm and pulled her down a secret corridor.
“Dom, let go!” said Fire. He let go but forced her into the wall kind of.
“Why would Adeline go out with Devon Jones?” asked Dom, his face inches from hers.
“Why would you ask Ballanca Ronnie, who I might add is two years your senior out, Dom?” asked Fire.
“I know Adeline does not like him.” Said Dom.
“I know that you never looked at Ballanca till today in anyway that showed you had even the smallest bit of interest! And I know Dominic, that you have always liked Addy yet never had the courage to ask her out! So do not throw a fit.” Said Fire. “And if you think it is so doomed then why did you even bring me here? If you want her, Dom, you’ll have to fight for her.”
“Whatever, she doesn’t like him.” Dom stalked off but at the end of the passage way yelled: “I got to go find Bal, see ya!”
Fire rolled her eyes and exited the corridor on how they had came in. she put it into double time trying to catch up to her group when she dumped into a alone Cole Wood. She stepped back mumbled sorry thou not really and tried to walk off.
“Fire, I’m sorry.” Fire stopped and turned around. Wood walked toward her.
“What?”
“I’m sorry I was such a jerk. I should’ve believed you, but…”
“Why are you saying this? Is it some twisted game of yours?” asked Fire.
“No, no! Didn’t you hear about McGongall’s announcement?” asked Wood. “She, Harry and Snape told everyone that you were innocent and framed. And that they had so much proof of your innocent that any people they hear challenge you to a dual will get detention and if they do it another time, it’ll be a month and if they do it a third time, they are expelled. And if a perfect does it twice they are gone.”
“Wow, when did they do this?”
“This morning. You didn’t know?”
“No, I must have been outside with Adeline.”
“But Dom was there. Everyone but you two, it was like they herded everyone into the Great Hall.” Said Wood. “Why wasn’t Dom with you? He is usually with you and you with him.”
“Yeah well Dom is being a idiot about Addy. And Addy can’t wait no longer so she is dating Jones, and Dom is dating Ballanca, and to make it more confusing, Dom likes both Ballanca and Adeline and Adeline likes Jones and Dom, and I am ninety-nine percent sure Ballanca likes Jones and Jones likes Ballanca.” Said Fire.
“Sounds complicated, and strangely fun.” Said Wood making her laugh. “Truce?”
“Truce.” Said Fire. “On one condition.”
“What’s that.”
“If I date someone you cannot do what Dom and Adeline are doing.” Said Fire with a smile “Where is Amy? You two are like inseparable.”
“Ah, Amy she is probably with J.D. or that’s what she calls him.” Said Wood. “I won’t do that by the way.”
“Thanks,” said Fire, they started walking down the hall together. “J.D.?”
“Yeah, it turned out she was using me to get to some guy she liked and make him jealous.” Said Wood rubbing the back of his neck as he always did when embarrassed or uncomfortable. “Plus she still didn’t believe you.”
“Wow, teen drama is lots of fun.” Said Fire with a smile and a roll of her eyes.
“Oh yeah, lot’s of fun.” Said Cole sarcastically. “Ballanca and Dom thou, I never pictured that.”
“Seems Chasers and Keepers get together a lot.” Said Fire with a smile. “Neither did I but…”
“Dom is girl crazy.” Said Cole.
“Actually I don’t think that is what it is.” Said Fire. “I think it is his need for attention because he always hangs around Adeline and me, Adeline known for her beauty and her talent as a Chaser, and me as a Seeker who Harry admires. He is most of the time put in the back. Plus he likes Adeline but can’t get the courage to ask her. Plus with so many guys asking her, he feels threaten and knows if he has his own girl no one would ask, and Adeline might finally notice him, even if she’s liked him forever.”
“That’s just messed up.” Said Cole.
“That is Dom and my life.” Said Fire with a smile as she saw her group ahead.
“Fire wait.” Said Cole catching her arm she stopped and smiled at him. He didn’t release her arm but moved closer to her. “I missed you, and I am sorry.”
“I know, Cole.” Said Fire. Cole smiled and leaned down. He kissed her cheek and she smiled.
“I got to go, Transfiguration.”
“See you later.” Fire said as she watched him run off and smiling.
That day people surrounded Fire trying to apologize to her but were finned off by her more faithful friends. None of the D.S. members (other than Wood) who had sided with Cat came up thou and she saw them, glaring at her. She was finally able to shove off everyone in time to catch up with Snape who had just left the Great Hall.
“Professor!” yelled Fire running to catch Snape. Snape turned and slowed down a little she walked a step behind him, while making sure her occlumency was hard and impenetrable.
“You don’t need to say your thank you’s to me, Miss Clayborne.” Said Snape.
“I know I don’t,” said Fire. “I wanted to ask you a question about a potion.”
“Ask it, I don’t have much time.” Even thou he sounded annoyed she could tell he was happy and pleased with her.
“Um I ran across something about magical beast in a book, but I can’t remember the book, but it said that the talons were poisonous and that there was a potion that’d cure the poison. But I can’t remember what it was called, and I promised Professor Hagrid that’d Adeline and myself would do a essay on the beast and have some research on the potion to, sir.” Said Fire praying silently he’d believe it.
“What was the beast.”
“A Hiwolfal.”
“It’s called ‘beargerenfal.’ And the potion can be found in Moste de Potions.” Said Snape. “I have been excepting you to come and ask for it, because Hagrid told me about it. Here’s your permission slip.” He handed her a slip. Her heart skipped a few beats. She turned and walked away after saying thank you.
“Clayborne, you better get a O on that one.”
“Yes sir.” Said Fire. She ran up to the library and found Miss. Pince the librarian told her that it was checked out.
“What it can’t be! I mean who has it?” asked Fire.
“Some Prefect, new I believe. Always had Quidditch fans around him. His brother also was a Captain or some such nonsense. Wood or Leaf or something.” Said Pince.
“Thank you.” Fire walked as fast as possible out of the library then ran. At a deserted corridor she sunk down onto the floor holding her side, as it burned and stung. She looked down around her and saw no one. She lifted up her shirt enough that she could exam the wound but not show anything and looked at her side. It had bleed through or was very close. Fire took out some bandages and started wrapping more around her.
“Fire, what happened to you!?” said Josh. Fire looked up shocked. He was standing at the end of the hallway. He ran up to her as she pulled down the shirt hoping to convince him he had saw wrong.
“What? I don’t know what your talking about Josh.” Said Fire. Josh looked at her unconvinced.
“If I saw nothing than poking you in the side shouldn’t hurt.” Josh said.
“It’s nothing.”
“Fire you are bleeding, that is not nothing.”
“Josh drop it.” Said Fire.
“Did someone do this to you? Landon or that Kelvin do this to you?”
“Josh, please drop it.” Said Fire walking away he walked next to her.
“Who did it? I want to help.” Said Josh.
“Aren’t you spending the day with your sister?”
“She’s with Sandra,” said Josh. “Please let me help.”
“You cannot tell anyone not even a teacher not your sister no one, this. Josh no one I want your word.” Said Fire.
“But…”
“Josh.”
“I promise. You have my word.”
“I found out – by accident – what is in the Forest. I barley escaped with my life and I can’t let you tell a teacher because I will be expelled.”
“How did you…” Fire grabbed him and forced him into an empty classroom.
“I was out at night one night when I could not sleep, it attacked.” Said Fire. “It’s a Hiwolfal. I am lucky I am alive. But it gave me this wound and it is poisoned. I need Moste de Potions to get the cure or I will die, in less than a month.”
“I can get it for you.”
“No you can’t, it’s checked out.” Said Fire. “I can get it thou. Please Josh do not tell anyone.”
“I won’t.”
“Thank you,”
“Is there anything I can do to help you?” asked Josh.
“Don’t act like you know anything or draw attention to me.” Said Fire.



“Cole, can we talk?” asked Fire running up to catch up to him after dinner two nights later, a Wednesday night. Cole turned and smiled at Fire as the rest of his friends either acknowledged Fire with a nod or glared at her. “In private?”
“Yeah, yeah, we can take a hint and shove off.” Said one of his friends.
“Really, Aaron? I didn’t think you could.” Teased Fire.
“Don’t take the bait, Aaron.” Warned Cole.
“Ah come on Cole!” said Fire with a smile.
“Yeah, come one Cole!” said Aaron trying to pull off a high-pitched girly voice.
“Come on, Fire.” Said Cole taking Fire’s hand, he led her away and in a deserted corridor turned around and looked at her, smiling.
“Cole, I need a favor, but I can’t tell you why I need what I need, and you cannot tell anyone.” Said Fire.
“Are you in trouble or something?”
“Yes and no. Please, I need your word.” Said Fire.
“You have it. What do you need?” asked Cole moving forward a little.
“I need to barrow Moste de Potions.”
“What, why… alright.” Said Cole. He took out the old book out of his bag and handed it to her, she gently put it in her bag. “Fire, promise me, if you are in any mortal danger, you will tell me.”
“Would you tell a teacher?”
“Of course.”
“Then I can’t.”
“Fire,”
“You gave me your word, are you going to keep it?” Fire left him before he could answer her.
She met Dom and Adeline in her room, but was shocked when she saw Hermione there to. They all turned toward the door as she entered and smiled.
“We have decided to let Miss Dolan and Mr. Faolan stay here with you. But only because we trust them.” Said Hermione, Fire smiled.
“Thank you, Professor.” Said Fire. Hermione smiled and left. As soon as she was gone, Adeline and Dom started asking if she had got it or not at once trying to talk over each other.
“Shut up!” yelled Fire to be heard, as she pulled it out. She looked through the index and found the potion, not cringing as she passed gross and hideous illustrations. She found the potion and groaned as she saw the ingredients.
“How the heck are we going to get those?” asked Dom.
“Easily, there is a potion supply store in Hogsmeade. I’ll get it Saturday.” Said Fire.
“And sneak it in?”
“Leave it in the secret passage way from Honeydukes.” Said Fire. “Then I’ll go get it that night.”



Thursday morning Fire and Josh were alone for once, and were walking together next to each other and their hands bumping into each other.
“Okay this is stupid.” Said Josh stopping, Fire turned to face him.
“What is?” asked Fire afraid that he thought their friendship was or something.
“I like you and you like me. Why aren’t we doing something about that?” asked Josh. “I don’t like living like this Fire, just walking down the halls together when we both want to be going hand in hand, yet we’re not! Why? Because we are afraid our houses will disown us or something?”
“I don’t know why, Josh.” Said Fire. “But if it is torturing you so much, I will understand if you don’t want to be friends anymore.”
“What? No I’d rather live through it, then lose you. Fire you are the best thing that has happened to me in a long time.” Said Josh. “No I thought of something better.”
“What?”
He leaned forward and kissed her.
“Will you go to Hogsmeade with me, this Saturday?” asked Josh. Fire moved forward and wrapped her arms around his neck, standing on her tiptoes so she was eve with him.
“Yes.” Said Fire. She leaned forward and kissed him.



Fire looked out the window at midnight on Friday night, having woken up from the increasing pain in her side. She looked onto the grounds and saw two figures strolling outside. Was that Cat and Landon?
Her heart stopped.
The Hiwolfal was out and on the edge of the forest, crouched and ready to kill.
Fire didn’t know what made her do it but the window opened when she was looking for a latch. There was none, yet it had opened. She’d question it later. She jumped out of the window, which was looking over the lake, at least a hundred feet up. In midair she transformed, she went as fast as possible. She saw Snape and Harry running out but they’d be to late! The Hiwolfal was running toward them, they were just standing there shocked. Fire heard Snape yell. She dived and hit the animal so it rolled from the force of her hit.
She landed and placed herself in front of Landon and Cat. They may not believe her, but that was no reason for them to die. The Hiwolfal got up and stared at her. Something touched her mind. She threw up barriers, but the thing could still communicate to her, like Adeline and Dom could.
Why do you stand in my way, and protect these humans?
The voice sent chills down her back but she did not move or budge.
Why do you fight me and attack these humans?
You protect them. I hate humans. I hate everything. You must die for interfering a second time. Said the beast.
“Move you idiots.” Growled Snape. Fire didn’t look back; she just stared directly into the eyes of her enemy. It lunged she got in the way and head butted it, with a screech. The beast jumped back, but then attacked her, tearing another gash into her side, and overlapping with the first. She held back a groan and attacked ripping into its side with no mercy.
The battle raged on, both sides getting hurt. But it never left another scratch on her, even thou it bruised her and bit at her. Finally a spell hit the Hiwolfal, that sounded familiar but she could not recognize it because her mind had become more animal like in the battle. The Hiwolfal ran, and was limping with blood running down its sides and legs. Fire felt her side sear worse, but knew she had to get away from Snape and Harry before she transformed back.
“Snape, we should tend to the Hippogriff.” Said Harry. Fire turned around and bowed to them then turned and flew off. She saw something that made her stomach turn. The Hiwolfal was on his side with at least a score of centaurs around him. Fire landed and stood over him.
“Move, we will shoot you.” said Bane, fire recognized him.
Save yourself. Said the beast.
I will not let them kill you, when you cannot fight back. Said Fire. She turned back into herself and still stood over the Hiwolfal.
“You will not hurt him.” Said Fire her eyes with a fire in them that made even Bane step back. “You will not hurt him when he is defenseless. Or I will defend him.”
“He would as soon as kill you, as look at you.” said Bane.
“Do I look like I care?”
“Why do you challenge us, human?” asked a centaur.
“Because I believe it wrong to kill a defenseless animal, as I stated before.” Said Fire.
“It has been terrorizing us!” called another centaur.
“He will leave, once he is healed.” Said Fire. “Or I will be responsible for him.”
“We will accept that.” Said Bane. They turned and left as Fire changed back.
You’re a human? Said the Hiwolfal.
Yes, I am. Do you have a problem with it? Asked Fire.
No, but I thought all humans hated my kind. Said the Hiwolfal.
Most do.
I heard what you said. I will leave once I am healed. Said the Hiwolfal. Thou I may not live./i]
[i]Why do you say that?
If I cannot hunt I cannot eat, if I can’t eat I die of starvation. Said the Hiwolfal.
I will get you food. Said Fire. Get on my back; I will take you somewhere safe where I can find you.
I don’t even know what you call yourself. Said the Hiwolfal as he climbed onto Fire’s back. She didn’t stumble but walk slowly toward a cave she knew was hidden and safe.
Fire, my friends call me Fire.
Fire. It fits, though I would have called you “Strongwill”. I am Talons. Said the Hiwolfal. And I am sorry for having attacked you and any other human. As long as I live I will not ever attack another.
Well Talons I thank you. said Fire with a smile. My father calls me Firelillian if that helps.
Then I will call you Lilyfire. Said Talons.
That’s what my mom called me, before she died.

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Hey all, sorry i haven't updated in a little, heres a preview for the next chapter:

“Josh, Josh, dude can you hear me?” asked Cole. Josh’s shaking intensified and he started to sweat, his face now a gray.
“No teacher are going to be able to make it in time.” Said Fire as a crowd grew around them. Fire felt something tug at her consciousness. She ignored it looking at Josh, fear growing in her eyes. It tugged again. Fire followed it, and something formed on her tongue, that she did not understand. Fire pointed her wand at Josh and said quietly:
“Alatillanor!”
Josh stopped shaking, and some color came back, as Harry appeared.

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Chapter Seven

Fire woke up the next day and groaned. Her side hurt worse, her bones ached, she was still tired from all the things she had done to help Talons. She heard her door thrown open and someone landed on her full size bed next to her. Fire looked over to see Adeline next to her.
“Adeline I want to sleep.” Said Fire pulling the covers over her head.
“But I don’t know what to wear.”
“Sleep.”
“No thank you, I will not wear sleep.” Said Adeline she started tugging on Fire’s covers. “Come on!”
“No.” groaned Fire. “Wear clothes.”
“What outfit!”
“A cute one.”
“But that’s the problem! I can’t find any cute outfits please!” said Adeline.
“I was out till four last night oh wait this morning.” Groaned Fire.
“Why?” both Adeline and Fire jumped as they looked at the door. Dom stood there in his pajamas with his arms folded across his chest leaning against the door. Fire heard Adeline’s quick intake of breath as she had done every time she thought he looked hot.
“Saving idiots, protecting the helpless, taking care of the defenseless. The usual.” Said Fire with a yawn.
“Oh no, what did you do now?” asked both Dom and Adeline.
“I saved Landon and Cat,” said Fire.
“What!”
“Dom are you just going to stand there, or are you going to join us?” asked Fire. Dom grinned and pulled off the covers and joined them under the blankets. “McGoangall would kill us if she saw us now.”
“Yeah.” Said Adeline.
“Don’t try to change the subject.” Said Dom.
“I looked out my window last night and I saw them strolling the grounds. I also saw Talons or the Hiwolfal.”
“Talons?”
Fire told them her story how she protected Landon, Cat, Snape, and Harry then Talons and how she had gotten him food after settling him down and how she promised to visit him tonight.
“Are you crazy?”
“Talons could kill you!”
“He had his chance yesterday or this morning. He didn’t.” said Fire. “Trust me.”
“We do. We don’t want you to be killed.”
“Right now I have as big of a chance of being killed in here, then with him!” said Fire.
“Fire, we don’t want you to do anything stupid.” Said Adeline.
“If your so worried then come with me tonight.” Said Fire throwing off her blankets and getting up.
“Alright, alright.” Said Adeline. Dom got up kissed Adeline’s cheek then Fire’s cheek.
“Be safe okay?” asked Dom.
“I will.” Said Fire.
“I am coming with you tonight.” Said Dom as he left. Fire smiled then turned to her friend.
“Alright.” With that permission Adeline dragged Fire off to her bedroom to pick out an outfit.
Thirty minutes later Adeline and Fire appeared in the great hall, with their Hogwarts cloaks pulled tight around them. Fire came into the Great Hall and was greeted by Josh who smiled and whispered in her ear as he drew her in close.
“You look beautiful.”
“All you can see is my cloak which you see everyday on me.” Said Fire.
“You pulled your hair back into a lose half braid, and you have makeup on. You never wear that much makeup.” Josh said to her as he took her hand.
“So what. I put on a little makeup.” Said Fire.
“You do look nice.” Said Cole walking up. Fire looked between the two, there was a very subtle glare going between the two of them.
“Boys if you can’t play nice, you can’t play at all.” Fire said with a smile looking between the two of them.
“Who said we weren’t playing nice?” asked Cole.
“Yeah who?”
“Your eyes.” Said Fire with a smile, she turned and left them in the doorway. She sat down next to Dom and across from Adeline. Dom looked nice, his black hair was slicked back with a dark brown fleece sweater with the collar sticking up, and he also wore very dark blue jeans. Even Fire who had no interest in him more than a friend had to admit he looked hot.
“Fire, I see you have both Cole and Josh fighting over you.” said Jacklyn with a smile.
“I feel bad for the boy, having just been dumped by Amy.” Said Ballanca .
“He wasn’t dumped by her, they decide to spilt up.” Said Fire.
“And who’s your boyfriend again, Wood or Kitoko?” asked Jackson.
“Shut up. He’s my friend! Why wouldn’t you people get that through your head!?” Fire said irritated.
“Yeah shut up, Jack.” Said Jacklyn.
“Shut up Lyn!” said Jackson.
“Know what I think, Fire.”
“Do I want to?”
“Yes. I think that if you are confused about which one to pick you should go out with Josh and Cole.” Said Jacklyn. “It makes sense.”
“No. I am not doing that to them!”
“Fire, are you and Josh going to meet us at the Three Broomsticks?” asked Ballanca.
“And make it a triple, no way.” Said Fire.
“It wouldn’t be a triple. Benji and Erica said they’d be there.” said Ballanca.
“I’ll leave it up to Josh.” Said Fire.
“Come on, Fire you can’t let the man decide for you.” said Ballanca.
“Whatever. I’m going to go – check on something.” Fire got up and walked out running up the stairs. In her room she checked her side. It was bleeding, badly. Plus her shoulder was starting to hurt and get soar to the point it was losing muscle function.
“You okay?” Fire looked up to see Benji.
“Benji, what are you doing here?” asked Fire praying it wasn’t another suitor she already had to deal with Josh and Cole.
“I saw you get up and run out and I know Erica would have gone after you but she was grabbed by McGongall.” Said Benji.
“Yeah, I’m fine.” Said Fire with a smile.
“I also have a question to ask you.” said Benji.
“Yeah?”
“Well… you are a descendent from Helga Hufflepuff right?” asked Benji.
“How did you know that?”
“Dom and Erica.” Said Benji.
“Mental note: never tell them anything.” Said Fire.
“Well, see did you know that Godric Gryffindor had a daughter and a son. They both married Salos thou the Salos they married were third cousins.” Said Benji.
“Your Gryffindor’s heir!” said Fire with a grin.
“Yeah.” Said Benji. “Um, has anything weird happened around you lately?”
“What do you mean? We live in Hogwarts.”
“Like something do something it shouldn’t. Like yesterday I was walking along the fifth floor and you know the door that doesn’t open. It opened!” said Benji.
“Yeah something like that happened to me yesterday.” Said Fire.
“See the weirder thing is this: I was reading through Hogwarts, A History. Yesterday and I found this prophecy.” Said Benji.
“Prophecy?”
“Yeah and it was entitled ‘The Heirs’ I had to read through it twice for it to sink in.” said Benji.
“What did it say?” asked Fire. But just then they heard footsteps. Both Fire and Benji looked toward the door. It opened and Erica and Josh stood there.
“You two coming or are Josh and I going to have to go together?” teased Erica.
“Yeah,” said Benji he glanced at Fire and she knew it meant “Later”.
“Yeah I’ll be down in a minute. I’m going to grab a jacket; it’s to warm for my cloak.” Said Fire, they nodded and head down the steps. Fire took off her cloak and but on a long jacket that went to about mid-leg it was a dark brown and looked great on her. She turned and looked into the mirror. She wore dark jeans that were flare and were cut just right for her, and was barley a inch off the ground even with her two or three inch heels she wore dark brown boots. Fire also wore a white camisole and a green over tunic that had sequences all around the square collar, and it was long sleeve.
She went down the stairs three at a time and smiled at Josh with a sort of embarrassed grin. Erica and Benji the only other two in the room wolf whistled.
“My, Fire, you should wear Muggle clothes all the time.” Commented Erica.
“Nice, Josh, very nice.” Teased Benji. “Hey, Fire, want to date me to so I can have the two hottest girls in the school on my arm?”
“Ah Benji, I would accept but…”
“She can barley handle Jackson, Cole, and Josh fighting for her attention, plus Dom trying to get in there to.” Said Erica, as Fire took Josh’s hand. This was one of the first times they held hands or anything like that. They had kept it a secret not wanting either ones house to know, knowing each would disown them.
“Come on or we’ll be late.” Said Benji. Fire smiled and aloud Josh to lead her through the corridors, looking every once in awhile up at him with a dorky grin. Josh caught her eye once and smiled leaning down to whisper in her ear.
“Your still shorter.”
“I know.”
“We’ll have on butterbeer with them, then go off by ourselves.”
“I need to stop by the supply store.” Fire whispered back.
“’Kay.”
“Then I need to do some stuff alone.” Said Fire looking at Josh a little fearfully, hoping he wouldn’t be hurt.
“Well I need to go buy Mary Rose some stuff. So after our butterbeer, we spilt then meet back at the Three Broomsticks around… one thirty?” said Josh as they kind of lagged behind Erica and Benji.
“Yeah.”
They walked and talked occasionally joining into Erica and Benji’s conversation. They were into Hosmeade before they saw any other student. They were walking down the street when Fire noticed Landon and Cat, both of which had been talking in hushed whispers and looking around fearfully. Fire remembered last night and wondered if that had anything to do with it. She caught Cat’s eye and raised a eyebrow. Cat looked at her for a second then looked at her holding Josh’s hand.
“Looks like we have a new couple.” Said Cat aloud so everyone could hear. “Slytherin and Hufflepuff should never mix.”
“Shut up, Cat. No one cares what you think.” Said Erica.
So this is how you repay me for saving your life. Thought Fire.
“Look its Princess Prefect Erica Quiver, beware.” Said Cat with a roll of her eyes.
“Shut up, Cat. At least we don’t have detention for a month because we were wandering the grounds last night.” Said Fire.
“Come on, girls. There is no reason to get into a fight with them.” Said Benji dragging Erica along. Josh glared at Cat and led Fire who glared back at Cat.
“I can’t believe a Hippogriff would save her.” said Erica.
“A Hippogriff?”
“Yeah, didn’t you hear that there was a Hiwolfal out last night and it was about to attack them, but Snape and Harry were to far away to do anything, and this huge red-brown Hippogriff came and challenged it.” Said Erica.
“Hiwolfal’s are one of the most dangerous creatures ever. Some say they’d rather take on a dragon then a Hiwolfal.” Said Benji. “But this Hippogriff came out of no where and saved them. It actually won against the Hiwolfal. Harry, Snape, and Hagrid have been in the forest looking for it, trying to save it from the poison that is in the talons of the Hiwolfal.”
“Really?” said Fire.
“What would they do if they found out it was a student, who was a Animagus?” asked Josh.
“They’d give him or her a medal. Make them register, and a weeks worth of detentions.” Said Erica.
“Yes, because let’s reward you and punish you at the same time.” Said Fire.
“It is kind of funny.” Said Josh.
“I personally think it was a student. Probably from Gryffindor and a guy.” Said Benji. Fire resisted a smile.
“It could be a girl.” Said Erica.
“You kidding me, from what I heard, no girl could walk around with that serious of a wound. Plus according to Harry, it was already hurt and the Hiwolfal seemed doubtful about attacking it.” Said Benji. Josh turned and looked at Fire and raised an eyebrow.
“I think it could be a girl.” Said Josh. “I mean, I know some who could walk around with a serious wound for days.”
“McGoangall is going through each year and testing them.” Said Erica.
“Testing?”
“There’s a test to tell if you’re a animagui.” Benji said. “Only five animagui have been able to fake the test.”
“Who were they?”
“Godric Gryffindor, Helga Hufflepuff, Slazar Slytherin, Rowena Ravenclaw, and Albus Dumbledore.” Said Benji.
“Can we talk about something a little more cheerful?” asked Josh.
“Okay,” said Benji, he grinned all a sudden. “Gryffindor is going to win the Qudditch Cup this year, with Cole leading it.”
“Heck no, Hufflepuff!”
“No, Slytherin!”
“Gryffindor!”
“Hufflepuff!”
“Slytherin!”
“I’m telling you I am going to win here.” Said Fire with a grin.
“Then sorry honey, but I’m going to have to knock you off your broomstick.” Said Josh with a grin.
“Good luck getting near enough to get a chance.” Said Fire with a grin.
“No offense bubby, but Cole and Fire are going to be going at it so hard that no one will be able to take either of them.” Said Erica.
“Heck yes.”
“You should’ve seen them last year. Goodness it was almost like they were going to tear each others heads off.” Said Benji.
“Then use it as a Quaffle.” Said Erica.
“Ow, that’s very vivid.” Said Josh as he opened the door for them. Fire instantly spotted Devon, Adeline, Rowena and Dom. Dom and Devon looked like they were having a staring compotation only glaring. If looks could kill, they’d both be dead.
“Adeline, Devon.” Said Fire with a smile, she saw they’re hands were quiet far away, as Dom and Ballanca’s were intangled.
“What we don’t get a greeting?” asked Dom.
“I was about to.”
“Yes, now I don’t feel as out numbered by Hufflepuff’s, no offense Adeline.” Said Devon with a smile at Erica and Benji. Benji and Erica sat next to Dom and Ballanca and Fire and Josh sat next to Adeline and Devon. Fire leaned on Dom resting her head on his shoulder as his arm was around her holding her tight to him. Dom had an arm around Ballanca lazily but not as tight as he would have if it were Adeline, Fire noticed. Erica was curled up to Benji with her head also resting on his shoulder and Benji’s chin resting on her head, they held hands also. Devon and Adeline weren’t even touching, and Fire doubted if they would for a while. Fire saw that Dom had noticed this to.
“We need drinks or something.” Said Adeline with a smile.
“Yeah, I’m kind of cold.” Said Erica.
“I’ll get’em.” Said Benji standing up.
“I’ll help you.” said Devon getting up to.
“How ‘bout all the guys go?” asked Ballanca, who had noticed the fact Dom kept glancing at Adeline.
“Yeah, lets.” Said Josh getting up. Five minutes later, of awkward silence that Erica and Fire tired to fill with no avail, the boys came back with eight bottles of butterbeer. Everyone sat back how he or she was but Devon wrapped an arm around Adeline and gave a very sly glare at Dom.
“Did Dom say something?” asked Fire in a whisper to Josh.
“I’ll give you full details later.” Josh whispered back.
“Kay.”
“So… um I guess everyone got A’s?”
“Course.”
“I barley got here, Snape was in a foul mood with me earlier.” Said Devon.
“Why?”
“Because he’s a (nasty word that I’d rather not write or say).” Said Devon.
“Don’t call Snape that.” Growled Josh.
“Oh yeah I forgot your one of Snape ‘precious’ Slytherins and one of his favorites at that.” Said Devon bitterly. Fire noticed Josh’s fist clench into a fist.
“Professor Snape has more guts, brains, and power then you ever will, Jones.” Growled Josh.
“Plus, Devon, I’m one of Professor Snape’s favorite and I’m not a Slytherin.”
“But you’re dating one of his.”
“He liked Fire long before Josh and her started going out.” Said Erica.
“Well, Miss Clayborne, Mr. Kitoko, I thank you for your defense of me but I’ll take it from here.” Said a cold drawl everyone recognized.
“Please sir, don’t take any points off of Gryffindor.” Said Erica.
“I will not take any from Gryffindor, because of you Miss Quiver. But a week possibly a months worth of detenion for Mr. Jones, and if I can mange it no more hogsmeade visits for the next three.” Said Snape. “Come on Jones, up to Mrs. Weasley we go.” Devon got up looking glum and followed the angry Snape out.
“That is why you never say anything bad about a teacher when your not somewhere like your common room and in such a big room.” Said Josh with a smile as he took a sip of his butterbeer.
“You know what, Erica and I have some very important business to go on, so yeah we’ll see you all later.” Said Benji getting up he smiled then nodded to Fire, then looked down at her bottle and smiled.
“See ya,” said Erica as she got up.
Fire looked at her bottle as she said good-bye and saw written on it as it hit the light:
“Your Common Room, 4am.”
Fire slid her hand over the writing and smiled Dom got up and helped Ballanca up.
“Not leaving are you?” asked Fire.
“Yeah, we’re going to go and wander about.” Said Dom. “Bye,” they left as Josh turned to Adeline and smiled.
“Want to join us, since Jones is up at the castle?” offered Josh.
“Naw, it’s your first date, I don’t want to intrude.” Said Adeline with a smile. Despite their protests she would be Adeline just shook her head. “Fire I’ll go get the stuff what we need for…”
“Really? Thanks.” Said Fire. Adeline smiled got up and left leaving Fire and Josh at the table.
“So now that Adeline are getting the stuff do you want to go and do what?” asked Josh.
“We could go and get the stuff for your sister?”
“That’d be fun.” Said Josh getting up and then offering Fire a hand up. She took it and held his hand as they walked out, their hands swinging just a little. They were half way down the road when they saw someone they knew who automatically stopped them to talk.
“Hey, Fire, Josh.” Said Landon with a smile.
“Landon.” They both said.
“What are you two doing here?” asked Landon.
“It’s a Hogsmeade weekend, Ximen, what do you think?” growled an annoyed Josh.
“Shopping? Just the two of you, now that’d almost sound like a date. Especially with you two holding hands.” Said Landon.
“What are you doing talking to us, Landon? You haven’t talked to me except to say crude comments, in weeks.” Said Fire.
“It hasn’t been weeks Fire. We’ve only been here, what a month?” said Landon.
“What do you want Landon?” asked Fire in an exasperated voice.
“To talk.”
“Ximen, get away from Fire or I’ll beat you to a bloodily mess, you git.” Said Cole’s voice walking up. “Get your hands out of your pockets, and if they get anywhere near to your pockets then, I will curse you so hard that you’ll wish you were never born.” Fire turned her head to see Cole striding up looking seriously peeved. Fire saw Landon move his hand out of his pocket. She noticed that his wand was in his pocket.
“Landon, I never thought you a coward.” Said Fire looking at him.
“Shut up, Clayborne.”
“Do not talk to her, that way you useless little piece of – ” began Josh. Fire put a hand on his forearm, that was very hard and muscular she noticed, to stop him from saying anything.
“Walk away. Landon, go.” Fire eyes were deadly as she spoke and carried such an authoritative tone that Landon made take a step back.
“Fine, I’ll go.” Said Landon he turned and stalked off. Cole reached them and grabbed onto Fire’s arm holding tight.
“You okay?” asked Cole.
“Yeah,” said Fire, “Josh how about you?” Josh grunted and fell over unto the ground curled up in a ball. “JOSH!!!” Fire hit the ground next to him, as he started to shake and look sick, growing paler, and paler. Fire heard Cole cruse and kneel down next to her. Without thinking, or knowing what she was doing Fire drew out her wand and pointed it in the air conjuring up a happy thought. Her huge hippogriff patronus came out and started toward the castle.
“Josh, Josh, dude can you hear me?” asked Cole. Josh’s shaking intensified and he started to sweat, his face now a gray.
“No teacher are going to be able to make it in time.” Said Fire as a crowd grew around them. Fire felt something tug at her consciousness. She ignored it looking at Josh, fear growing in her eyes. It tugged again. Fire followed it, and something formed on her tongue, that she did not understand. Fire pointed her wand at Josh and said quietly:
“Alatillanor!”
Josh stopped shaking, and some color came back, as Harry appeared. Harry automatically dropped to his knees and started to look over Josh as Cole moved forward and wrapped an arm around Fire.
“He’ll live, but he is in serious condition. He is now in a comma.” Said Harry quietly. “What did this to him?”
“We don’t know, Professor.”
“Did anyone talk to you?”
“Landon Ximen. But that was serious magic how’d he know it?” asked Fire.
“How’d you know the counter charm?” asked Harry.
“I don’t know it just came to me…” Fire stopped.
“Come on we need to go up to the hospital wing.” Said Harry, Fire nodded as tears streamed down her face. He conjured up a stretcher, and it floated in frount of him as he walked. Cole supported the stunned Fire who leaned her head up against him.
“It was our first date.” Whispered Fire.



Fire sat by Josh’s bedside with Mary Rose till eleven o’clock that night; tears had been streaming down her face the whole day. Mary Rose had cried on Fire’s shoulder sat next to her, sat on her and even fell asleep. Luckily a friend of Josh’s came and took her to bed carrying her away and nodding to Fire quietly.
“I want to talk to you tomorrow. Ten, under the tree.” He had said before leaving. Fire had nodded and watched him walk away, carrying the little Kitoko girl. Fire left the castle at twelve and came to Talons cave who sensed her despair and went to her. Fire lay curled up to the Hiwolfal who just sat there, not looking at the huge pile of food. Even thou he was smaller than her it was beautiful to see.
Are you all right, Lilyfire?
As good as I could be seeing as Josh is in the hospital wing.
Josh?
My boyfriend, kind of. We were on our first date and he just collapsed after someone who hates him and me came to talk to us. But I know that person he’d never, never know how to do that dark of magic.
Why does this person hate you?
So Fire explained all her problems to Talons who sat and listened kind and attentive, as Fire wonder how an animal so feared could be so gentle and kind
May I ask you a question Lilyfire?
Of course, Talons.
Do you think someone is attacking all these people who are close to you, for a reason? Could it be they are trying to set you up?
It’s possible but who would do that?
That boy, Benji, he said there was a prophecy maybe he isn’t the only one who has read it. Maybe it directly says you’ll be one of the ones to stop this person.
Me?
Yes, you. You are Firelillian Clayborne are you not? You are the heir of Helga Hufflepuff. Firelillian Clayborne, the Heir.
An heir. Talons, I cannot be the only heir? Besides it was called The Heirs. Gryffindor’s, Ravenclaw’s, Hufflepuff’s and Slytherin’s. Besides Voldermort was the heir of Slytherin, and he’s dead so…
He could have had a child.
Voldermort with a kid, that’s funny.
It’s possible. Anything is. He may have wanted to continue the line of Salzar Slytherin.
I guess that is possible, but…
He may have not raised the kid. But I don’t know it may not be someone trying to set you up. I just think it is, because you are one of the better students you are popular –
Not anymore said Fire bitterly.
It makes sense. Trust me from my point of view it makes perfect sense.
Do you know who it is?
Their a thousand kids or more are in Hogwarts; it could be any of them, not even counting the teachers.
I know. It’s just don’t make sense to me.
Know what does not make sense to me, how you knew the counter curse.
I don’t know how I knew the counter curse it just… came. I can’t explain it.
It just came to your mind without you knowing how?
Yeah. Said Fire quietly. She stood up all a sudden and looked at Talons. I forgot about your wounds, I am so, so sorry.
No need.
I’m gonna turn back into my human form, please don’t attack me.
I think you’ve been attacked enough for one day. Besides I gave my word I won’t attack another human.
I know I was just reminding you of it. Fire turned back into herself and knelt next to Talons with her wand on the ground next to her, showing she didn’t have full trust in him. Out of the corner of her eye she watched him as she took off the bandages and rubbed a sickly yellow potion that had thickened making it a paste. She was gentle as she rubbed it into the wounds she had inflicted on the Hiwolfal.
A Healer and a Warrior.
Fire jumped at the sound of his voice in her thoughts and stared at the Hiwolfal.
“How’d you do that?”
Nothing.
“I just heard your voice in my head, why aren’t you talking?”
Still silence.
“How’d you do that, Talons?”
Do what?
“That! I can hear you!”
Silence.
“Talons answer me!”
Nothing.
“Talons!”
I don’t know how she can hear me then not! Women!
“’Women’?! I heard that! Now shut up and let me work in peace and quiet.” Fire nearly yelled it. She saw a smile pass over the face of the falcon-wolf. “Do not say ‘whatever’.”
She continued on her work as Talons watched her every move not taking a eye off her, as she worked on keeping his wounds clean and putting the white bandages on the Hiwolfal. Fire sensed his watching her but made no comment as she quickly finished her work. Fire got up and smiled at him, with a look mingled of fear, admiration, affection, and even a tiny pit which she tried but failed to hide. Pity.
“I’m going now, back to the castle I’ll try to come tomorrow and – um yeah. There is enough of food there to make it till tomorrow tonight. So yeah bye.” Said Fire she turned to go and found Talons blocking her path.
Thank you.
Fire jumped at the sound of his voice.
Your welcome. Fire didn’t know if it reached him but tried to move forward.
Be careful, Lilyfire. Always be alert. Do not tell anything more than you have to, too any one. Be careful. Fire smiled and walked away. She was about a quarter of a mile away from the cave where Talons lay when she heard this:
Be careful, my Lily. I’d die without you.



Fire got up early the next morning and sat with Benji on the couch in the common room, which Fire was starting to refer to as the “Castaway” common room. Fire had read over the prophecy three times and still couldn’t believe it.
“How’s that possible, Benji?” asked Fire.
Is everything okay? Came Talons voice.
How the – we’ll talk later. Fire said.
“I believe that it is true. Look what is happening. ‘Eight years after the Darkest fall’ that is now, Fire, rather you choose to believe it or not. Who else in history could be considered the ‘Darkest’ only one person comes to mind.” Said Benji.
“Voldermort.” Fire saw him gulp. Most wizards and witches were still afraid to say his name.
“Yes, plus look at all the facts. Josh being hit, the Heir –”
“An Heir.”
“Sandra’s attack.” Said Benji, ignoring her. “There’s so many things that point to the fact that we are the Heirs! Fire think about it, is there any logical reason that it couldn’t be! It points to you directly as the one who can stop this. Who will keep Hogwarts from total destruction! Fire you have to believe this! Why else would there be so many attacks.”
“Two! Two attacks!”
“On people you care about.”
“What about the ‘Guardian who is human but not’? I don’t have one of those.”
Yes you do. I am. Said Talons.
Shut up! He doesn’t know.
He’s Gryffindor you can trust him.
“The Hiwolfal. That’s who it is. You have to be the – you’re the Hippogriff.”
“Sh-ute!” began fire but stopped before she said a curse word. “You can’t tell anyone!”
“It makes sense. ‘An enemy to Her, but because she showed mercy, the Guardian who is human but not will protect her. Even if it costs the Guardian his own life.’” Said Benji.
“’They will have a bond that is usual but special. She will care for him and he will in turn guide, protect and save her.’” said both Talons and Fire, thou Fire said it out loud and Talons said it to her.
“You have that bond.”
“Yeah. Benji you cannot tell anyone.” Said Fire.
“I won’t, don’t worry.”
“I always worry. Don’t you have some Prefect duty or something?”
“Yeah, yeah, I’ll talk to you later.” Said Benji he got up and left as Fire felt the pain in her side increase.
Are you alright? Talons asked she felt his worry from where she was.
Just fine. Dandy. Replied Fire sacatically as the pain intensified.
Can you wake Adeline or something? Or should I come?
Don’t! They’ll kill you as soon as see you! I can wake Adeline. Said Fire.
“Adeline get your butt down here!” yelled Fire.
That works so well. Remarked Talons.
Shut up. said Fire then:
“Adeline!” the pain became unbearable and Fire felt she’d rather turn into the animagus for the first time again. “Adeline…” she panted. That moment both Dom and Adeline appeared rushing towards her.
“Tell your little dog to get out of my mind!” said Dom as Adeline knelt next to Fire concern in her eyes.
That is how you wake them.
Thanks for the lesson. Fire said her sarcasm making her feel the Hiwolfal’s laughter.
“It’s gotten worse, hasn’t it?” asked Adeline.
“The potion won’t be ready till this evening.” Said Dom, worry showing in his eyes
“It’s because I got a double dose.”
Sorry.
Not your fault. Okay it is but I sort of attacked you the second time. Said Fire.
“We might be able to hurry it along.” Dom said
“No that’s dangerous.” Said both Fire and Adeline.
“I can deal, I think.” Said Fire.
“One of us will be with you at all times. I promise.” Said Adeline.
“Yeah, we’ll be by you.”
“What time is it?” asked Fire.
“Five, why?”
“Five more hours and I’ll have to talk to Josh’s friend.” Said Fire quietly. “Whoever is farming me, I’m going to have to ripe off his head and…”
Not if I get there first. growled Talons.
“Out of curiosity you ‘Talons’ said that you had been talking to Benjamin why?” asked Dom. So as Fire lay on the couch curled up in a ball, she explained to them about the prophecy and how Benji was Gryffindor’s heir and that he and she believed that now, right now, was what the prophecy spoken of.
“So Talons, he’d be ‘the Guardian’?” asked Dom.
“Yeah, I believe so.” Said Fire.
“But how is he ‘human but not’?” asked Adeline.
I have a complicated past. I do not wish to explain. Said Talons.
“Yeah, we respect that but…” Began Dom.
There’s no “buts” here. And no matter how much you beg I will not explain if I do not want to or need to. Said Talons tensely which Fire felt but she could tell the others didn’t.
“It does not matter. What are we going to do.” Asked Fire.
“Well I am asmuing that the Ravenclaw is the one because well the Slytherin could not be much older than… twelve.” Said Adeline.
“How’d you figure that?” asked Dom and Fire.
“Well Voldermort was defeated eight years ago the second time through Lilyana and Harry, and He had only been alive again for what four years? So naturally He’d have done it with someone as soon as he got back and she gave birth to a daughter not quiet what he want so he sent them to some far off place where they were being watched, to make sure they don’t leave.” Said Adeline. “Because we know all the teachers here and none of them, other than Harry, fit in the right age bract.”
“How’d you know it’s a girl?” asked Dom.
“’Two heirs will be the gender of their forerunners and two will be opposites.’ Benji is a guy and I’m a girl last time I checked, Helga was a woman and Godric was a guy so naturally, to use Addy’s word, Ravenclaw be a guy and Slytherin a girl.” Said Fire.
“I think we need to make a list of likely suspects. Was there any new Slytherin with the last name ‘Riddle’ or something close to it?” asked Adeline.
“No.”
“Dang.” Said Adeline. “Guess that’d just be too easy. Um… we’ll think of it, Fire. I got to go check on the potion. Dominic go and carry her up to bed.”
“’Dominic’?” Dom and Fire asked, as Dom picked her up gently.
“Yes, Dominic.” Said Adeline with a glare at Dom, as she marched up the stairs.
“What did you do now?” groaned Fire.
“Nothing! I think.” Said Dom.
“You two wouldn’t you just kiss and get it over and hopefully clear some of the tension in the air!” said Fire exasperated.
“No. I want to believe me but she’s as stubborn as a… as you!” said Dom with a smile.

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Chapter Eight.

Fire lay in bed till nine o’clock and then dragged herself out of bed. Fire messed with her hair put on her cloak and went down to breakfast. (She had already been dressed for she never changed after talking to Benji and she was dressed in blue jeans and lose dark brown polo tee-shirt.) Fire went into the hall when there was hush from everyone as they stared at her. Adeline motioned to Fire who came and sat next to her looking sick.
“It’s still bad isn’t it?” Adeline asked to Fire in a whisper as Jackson sat next to Fire and put an arm around her in a protective gesture. Fire nodded to Adeline and then turned to look at Jackson as Jacklyn started laughing.
“What are you doing?” asked Fire with a raised eyebrow.
“Protecting you! What does it look like?” asked Josh.
“Like you are trying to steal an injured man’s girl, with no success.” Said Cole, appearing out of no where. “Scoot, Roland.”
“Now who’s trying to steal ‘an injured man’s girl’?” asked Jackson as he moved.
“I’ve always been fighting for her attention.” Said Cole, as he sat next to Fire. “Hey how are you this morning, you look sick.”
“Didn’t you just answer your own question?” asked Fire as Cole moved so his arm was around Fire.
“Yes I guess I did but I wanted to hear what you said. I heard you were going to meet David Samson. You aren’t going alone are you?” asked Cole.
“I am. I’ll be fine I promise.” Said Fire.
“He’s real mad about Josh getting attacked. Especially since you were around him.” Said Cole.
“Why would I attack Josh?” asked Fire. “I wouldn’t attack him, not for the world!”
“Yes but you were found with your wand out.” Cole said.
“I saved him you were there, Cole!”
“I know but I’m not for sure what Samson will do.” Said Cole.
“I’ll be fine. I’m a big girl and I know how to take care of myself.” Said Fire. “Why are you asking?”
“I don’t like the thought of you being alone with one of Josh’s friends, especially since he’s Slytherin.” Cole said.
“I’ve been alone with Josh, plenty of times, and he’s Slytherin.” Fire said.
“Yeah but he likes you.” said Jackson.
“So what? I’ll be fine, really.” Said Fire, to the looks of disbelief.
They are right, he could attack you. said Talons. Want me to come along?
Heck no, you’d scare him to death. No I will be fine! Said Fire. Why doesn’t anyone believe me?
They want to protect you. That is why. Said Talons. I’ll be close, just in case.
You are still to hurt to fly or move or defend yourself I’ll be fine. Said Fire as Adeline started to engage the others in conversation obliviously knowing that Talons was talking to her.
Take Cole or someone you trust with you. Or I will come. Said Talons.
Is that a treat?
You may consider it a treat, when it is me trying to protect a stubborn fourteen year old girl. said Talons.
Fine I’ll take Adeline.
No her reflects aren’t fast enough.
Who do you want? Asked Fire annoyed.
Cole.
No. he’ll curse Samson at the drop of a hat.
Exactly, that’s why I want him to go.
Dom?
No. Cole.
But…
Cole. Talons said. Fire felt there was no room for arguing so she gave up.
Fine, you stubborn pain in the –
I know you really mean that. Said Talons, cutting Fire off before she could finish.
“Cole?” asked Fire.
“What? Are you going to let me go with you?” asked Cole. “Because if not I am going to…”
“What eat me?” asked Fire. “No, I was wondering if you wanted to go with but you have to stay outside of his line of vision.”
“I can do that.” Cole said with a grin.
“You sure?” asked Fire.
“Yep.”
“You positive?” asked Fire.
“Yes.”
“Cole – dang what’s your middle name?” asked Fire.
“Cole Michael Wood.” Said Erica as she stood behind Fire with a smile at Cole.
“Erica you aren’t suppose to tell her that!” said Cole.
“To late now.” Said Erica.
“You are just so helpful.” Cole said getting up. “I’ll meet you in the entrance hall later Fire. I have to go and do some more fun Prefect duties.” He got up and left them not without one or two backward glances and smiles at Fire. Fire felt something in her want to smile back and even run forward and kiss him but stopped herself, mentally yelling at herself, for having even thought about it.
He’s Cole! I can’t kiss him!
Yes you can. Do it!
I am with Josh.
So what!
I couldn’t do that!
But you like him and he likes you!
He betrayed me! He left me for Amy!
You like him.
She argued with herself, when a voice popped into her head.
I personally don’t see what you like about them.
Talons! Leave me and my thoughts to myself they are none of your business! Yelled Fire.
No really what do you see in them? I look better. I know I don’t have Josh’s hair or Cole’s eyes, but really! At least you tell me almost everything. And you don’t keep secrets from me. Talons said.
Not like I have a choice. Whatever I hide or think you hear! When did start to happen? I know you could do it when I was animagus form but I’m human right now. Fire said.
I spent last night strengthening the bond of which we talked last night or what you heard some of. You could do the same only since I am a Hiwolfal you can’t read me as easy as I can you when in human. Talons said with a sheepish tone.
That explains it. I was getting worried somehow I had gone crazy.
You mean crazier?
“You’ve become quiet again Fire.” Erica said with a knowing smile.
“Sorry, I didn’t mean to be.” Said Fire.
“It’s okay. Fire’s always quiet in the morning after someone has attacked another person.” Jacklyn said with a grin.
“You know, Lyn, sometimes you and Jackson seem nothing alike and others you seem impeccably alike.” Retorted Fire, as Jacklyn looked hurt.
“Easy Fire, don’t go biting off her head.” said Adeline.
“Sorry, I just… I just need to get out of here.” Fire said standing up and leaving. She went to the hospital wing and sat by Josh’s bed.
You shouldn’t have snapped at her. If she’s attacked more blame will be placed on you. said Talons quietly.
Talons, do you ever just get tired… of everything? Just wanting to go and leave and do something other than… nothing. Something, I don’t know worth while? Asked Fire.
I cannot answer that. But I will tell you this: You are needed and loved here. Do not leave it. You will regret it. Talons said. He left her on her own as she sat one Josh’s bed moving the hair away from his face.
“Oh Josh, why you? Why’d they have to attack you?” asked Fire quietly. “I need you. There’s so much darkness ahead I need you to help me through it or I am afraid I wouldn’t make it. Oh Josh, my Josh…”
“You really like him.” Someone said behind her. Fire turned to see Cat.
“Yeah, I do.” Fire said wondering how much she had heard.
“Hey, look I’m sorry. I know you wouldn’t have attacked Josh… or Sandra.” Cat said.
“Caught on finally?” asked Fire coldly.
“I guess I deserver that. It was just I always walked in Adeline’s and your shadows and I got… jealous and – tired of it.” Cat said quietly.
“I’m sorry, it’s just… I feel – know someone is trying to set me up.” Fire said. “And I’m sorry you were kind of in the back and all.”
“It wasn’t your fault. I was never as good at Quidditch or as smart as you two.” Cat said. Fire moved forward and they hugged. “And Kelvin Darwin is a jerk.” She said making Fire laugh.
“I thought you liked him?” Fire asked.
“Once, but he’s a total jerk.” Cat said as Fire hugged her again.
“Glad to have you back, Cat.”
After they hugged one more time they left the hospital wing and went down to the entrance hall were they parted. Fire met Cole there and they went down to the big willow tree where Cole stayed out of site. Fire had just started to get restless when Samson appeared.
“I’m going to be straight with you. I do not trust you or like you. Did you attack Josh?” Samson said.
“Then I am going to be as straight forward with you.” Fire said stepping forward so they were almost touching. “I would never attack Josh! And if I had, do you really think I’d tell you? And why would I have counteracted the spell if I had?”
“How did you know what to do?” Samson shot back.
“Instinct, Samson, plus I listen during my classes and are doing O.W.L. level extra credit! That is how I knew!”
“Did you attack the –”
“Are you really that pigheaded? Why would I have attacked one of my best friends little sister and be able to fool the two most experienced wizards in the world?” Fire yelled.
“Whatever.”
“’Whatever’? You dragged me out here to say ‘whatever’?” yelled Fire. “I came out here to be attacked by you and get a ‘whatever’ for defending my innocence. Josh and Mary Rose believes me, why shouldn’t you?”
“Because…”
“Because you are showing just how stupid you are? Because it makes you feel better? Because you are a pigheaded, nitwit, and git from all mighty Slytherin?”
“Josh is from Slytherin, and so is Mary Rose.”
“No duh. They are decent and have a heart. It seems none of their fellow housemates have those two things.” Fire said.
“What?”
“Mary Rose and Josh fit more into Hufflepuff or Gryffindor or even Ravenclaw then Slytherin, you idiot! They are cunning yes but they are not overly ambitious to the point they’ll do anything to fulfill it.” Fire growled glaring at Samson.
“Do you really think I am one of the backstabbing, blood sucking, wanna be Death Eaters, and power leeches? Do you realize that my father was murdered, even thou he was Slytherin, because he would not join You-Know-Who? Do you really think all of us are like that?” asked Samson his eyes sparkling with anger and some pain in them. “Do you even know what it is like to hear your father die, because he wouldn’t kill innocent people and follow orders from the one of the darkest people ever? Do you really believe I came out here because I hated you, or something? I came out here to make sure Josh didn’t hook up with some backstabbing ****, who would hurt him because she thought it fun? Yes we can be evil and backstabbers but there is also loyalty that can match even those of Hufflepuff.”
Fire looked at Samson for a long moment looking into his eyes as he stared back. She saw the pain in them, not just from the death of his father but something… else. Fire spoke: “I am sorry; I have no right to have insulted you.”
“You had no right? I have no right to be attacking my best friend’s girlfriend, or be yelling at her.” said Samson. He held out his hand. “Truce?”
“First let me take back something I had no right to say.” Fire said looking at Samson. “I shouldn’t have called you a git, or all that stuff. You’re not and never have been. Even in my first year you were nice to me. I am sorry.”
“I forgive you, as long as you forgive me for thinking you were a ****…”
“I forgive.” Fire said shaking his hand with a smile.
“By the way call me David.”
“Sure, but no ‘Clayborne’ nonsense from you.” said Fire.
“Then can I call you – Firelilian?”
“No, only my father and step mother call me that. Fire.”
“Fire. Come on, I think Mary Rose is by Josh’s bedside all by herself and she shouldn’t be.” Said David. Fire smiled and they walked up to the castle as she forgot about Cole who had been listening.

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Okay heres nine. i felt like leaving it at a cliffhanger so be warned.

Chapter nine


Fire sat by Josh’s bedside with Mary Rose and David for most of Sunday they were laughing and smiling and it felt very wrong especially since Madam Pompfery kept shooting disgusted looks at them. Fire was once again the last one by Josh’s bed since David and Mary Rose had to go finish some homework. Fire sat on Josh’s bed and held his hand looking at his peaceful face as her pain increased all a sudden. She nearly jumped. She hadn’t felt it since this morning.
Sorry, I can’t take your pain anymore. Talons said quietly in the back of Fire’s mind.
You didn’t have to.
I did. Go see if the potions ready.
Talons?
Lilyfire?
Thank you.
Fire got up after giving Josh’s hand one final squeeze. She walked through the corridors that were deserted holding her stinging, throbbing, shoulder that she was pretty sure had bled through the bandages. Fire got to the common room and jumped at the site of Adeline and Devon sitting on the couch… entangled in each other.
“I’ll just…” Fire tired to stink up the stairs but heard Adeline tell Devon good-night and run after her. Adeline found Fire sitting with her back to the wall, a flight of stairs up. Adeline knelt down next to her as Fire lifted up her shirt enough to see her bandages. They were bright scarlet and threatening to bleed out.
“I’ll go get you new ones.” Adeline said standing up and running up the three flights of stairs and came back down with a huge wad of bandages.
“Why didn’t you just magic me some?”
“These are coated with Sltarlaian potion. It’ll held slow down the bleeding and cure any infection.” Said Adeline, as she helped Fire unwrap the bandages. Fire quickly grabbed a bandage and put it on the wound, which looked like someone with very long finger nails had done it to her with its five gashes. Adeline flinched and nearly gagged at the site of it. Fire took the bandages away from her and wrapped the wound by herself as Adeline fell back so she was leaning against the wall.
“Has it always look like –”
“That? Yes, well since the second attack.”
“How do you go around with that?”
“I have a high pain tolerance.”
“Fi, I know you. You hate pain, you and pain circle and growl at each other and you whine when you have a broken finger from Quidditch and that’s – that’s huge and disgusting.” Adeline said, using a pet nickname for Fire.
“Ad, I am fine, trust me.” Said Fire standing up, as she pulled her shirt down.
“No, we need to go see Harry or Snape or McGonagall.” Adeline said going to Fire and trying to help.
“No! they’d expel me and get rid of Talons!”
“Look at you, you are sick, weak and have a gash the size of…”
“Adeline, I appreciate your concern but it’ll heal as soon as the potion is ready. How is it?” asked Fire as she went up a flight of stairs slowly, holding her side gently. Adeline made a gasp and was able to slip by Fire running up the stairs as they heard someone enter.
“Girls? Girls where are you!” Dom yelled.
“Upstairs.” Fire yelled back in answer. She heard Dom coming up the stairs then him steadying her as she stumbled a bit. He sent her a questioning look and Fire shook her head with a raised eyebrow.
“Not now, Adeline might hear.” She whispered to Dom. He nodded his understanding. And helped her up to her room where she collapsed on the nearest chair.
“What’s a matter?” asked Dom in a whisper knelling next to Fire.
“It’s – worse. Dom I fear if the potion isn’t ready by tomorrow morning…”
“Don’t say that, don’t ever say that.” Dom said firmly.
I agree with him. If it’s not ready by midnight tonight you are going to Harry. Talons said in a low growl.
“Don’t let Adeline know.” Whispered Fire.
“You’ve always protected her.” Dom said. “It’s my turn.”
“But she’s mad at you.”
“Don’t matter. It’s my turn, you are too weak.”
“I’m not weak!” Fire said as she tried to stand up but fell back to the chair. “I’m tired.”
“Yeah, yeah, I’ll go check on her.” Dom said with a smile as he stood.
“Why are you still with Bal?” Fire asked. Dom stopped. “You don’t like her. And I know that’s what you and Adeline are fighting about.”
“I like her enough.”
“Dominic, I’m your best friend I know when you’re lying.”
“Firelilian, I don’t need you to – ”
“To tell you what you are already thinking? Dom, don’t lie to me and yourself. Adeline can’t see it, but I can.” Fire said.
“Fire, trust me. I like Ballanca, Adeline likes D.J.” Dom said. “We’ll be fine.”
“But do you like Bal to prove you do like Adeline? Or is Adeline trying to do that herself. Dom, Dommy, Dummy, just think about it.” Fire said.
“’Dummy’! I am no dummy, Fire. I feel hurt, and I would shove you but I might break a rib or something in your weaken state.” Dom said with a grin. Fire laugh and threw a pillow at him.
“Weak, Fire, weak!” Dom yelled as he ran out.
“Chicken!”
“You know it!”
Fire started laughing but stopped as she curled up in a ball, allowing one small tear fall down her face. She was able to recover as she heard dom and Adeline coming down the stairs laughing. Fire was sitting with a book in her lap and trying her hardest to look fine.
“It’ll be ready tonight. And if my calculations are correct, it’ll be done at nine.” Said Adeline.
“Ten.” Dom and Fire said at the same time getting a glare.
“What! You are always an hour off.” Dom said with a smirk.
“Not always.” Whined Adeline.
“Are you going to go down to dinner with us?” asked Dom looking at his watch. Fire saw it was six and nearly groaned.
“I should. But…”
“Come on we can link arms and make it look as if we were having fun, but you’re really leaning on us, in case.” Adeline said.
“I guess. But I’m wrapping another layer around my side.” Fire said. “Go away both you.”
“What? Why?” they both asked.
“You get squeamish.” Fire said pointing at Adeline. “And you are a guy! I am not lifting up my shirt in front of you!” Fire pointed at Dom.
“No fun.” Dom said as he steered Adeline out of there with a hand on her lower back. Once the door was closed Fire put five layers on and took a potion that dulled the pain and helped to produce more blood, fearing how much blood she had lost.
Fire, Dom, and Adeline sat at the Hufflepuff table a little late and Fire was eating very little but moving her food around to make Adeline believe she was eating most of it. Dom shot a significant glance at Fire once or twice and she answered with a slight shake of her head. Ballanca sat next to Dom and Fire on his other side with Adeline on Fire’s left. Fire had just forced down a mouthful that made her want to puke when Mary Rose walked over with a smile. Fire saw David watching them and others making sure no one hurt either of them.
“Fire, are you going to join Dave and me as we…” her voice trailed off and Fire saw a tear in her eye. Even thou Fire were three or four years older than Mary Rose she felt bad and the need to mother her.
“I’ll try.” Fire said. “Mary Rose have you met Dom or Adeline or the rest of the group?”
“I’ve met Cat and Landon before.” Mary Rose said nodding her head toward them, as they sat further down form the rest of the team, who hadn’t quite forgiven them yet.
“Okay, then. I think I need to introduce you to everyone else. Thou if you can’t remember all their names I won’t blame you.” Fire said making Mary Rose smile. “Guys this is Mary Rose Kitoko, my almost little sister. Mary Rose, this is Dom Faolan, Adeline Dolan, Jackson and Jacklyn Roland, Balance Ronnie, Alec Amish, and Sally Perkins.” Fire pointed to each in turn.
“Hey, Mary Rose.” Chorused the group.
“Hello.” She said shyly.
“Anything else, Mary Rose?”
“Why don’t you just call her, ‘M.R.’ like Josh and the rest of us do.” Asked David who had appeared.
“Because she hates it when Josh or you call her that, don’t you Mary Rose?” Fire said.
“I do.” Said Mary Rose.
“How ‘bout ‘Mary’ then?”
“Hates that too.”
“Dang, your to nice to her.” David said with a smile.
“You could call me ‘Rose’, Fire.” Mary Rose said with a smile.
“Go on and I’ll meet up with you two later, most likely.” Fire said. She got a squeal of delight from Mary Rose who hugged her. “It wouldn’t be for very long, I got some reading I got to do.”
“Yeah so she’s ahead of all of us.” Dom said with a roll of his eyes.
“Again.” Said those around her.
“Alright, see you soon, Fire.” Mary Rose said with a smile as David led her away.
“See ya, Rose.” Called Fire seeing Mary Rose smile.
So after visiting with Josh again, and talking and laughing a bit with David and Mary Rose, they left going their separate ways. Fire found herself greeted by an anxious Adeline who was waiting by the door.
“What?” asked Fire as she walked in doing a double take at the look on Adeline’s face.
“It’s ready. I was nervous you’d be to long. Go change.” Adeline ordered. As Fire looked at her watch it was only eight thirty.
“I’ll change – wait why do I need to change?” asked Fire.
“I – possibly Dom to – have to pour the potion over the wound. As many times till the green goes away. Not more then ten thou, and if by the tenth time it hasn’t worked…”
“Wait wouldn’t the potion be like burning hot?” asked Fire looking shocked.
“A little.” Said Dom, appearing. He picked up Fire all a sudden and started to carry her.
“Wait! Wait! Put me down!” Fire said.
“You don’t need to overexert yourself.” Adeline following behind. “You need to change into a bathing suit – bikini – and Dom will carry you up.”
“He’s not touching that much bare skin!” Fire said.
“Then throw a cloak over it or something!” Adeline said sounding stressed. She rushed passed them and Dom looked at Fire who looked back at him.
“I’m sure if Josh was – ”
“Shut up.” Fire said. Dom smiled and carried her to her room where he left her closing the door. Fire found a bathing suit and slipped it on, having to stop more than once because of the pain. She threw a cloak over her and had just opened the door to come face to face with Cole and Dom who was pickering.
Fire turned to close the door, but too late, they spotted her. Cole moved forward and grabbed her arm staring down at her, his glance long and calculating, with some of the affection she was use to, in it.
“Why didn’t you tell me?” he asked hoarsely.
“What?”
“Don’t lie to me. The fact you’re an animagus, the fact you were attacked by the Hiwolfal twice, the fact that you are so injured it could kill you. Everything!” Cole was livid and his eyes were now lit with his anger.
“I didn’t tell you, because I still felt like, I couldn’t – can’t trust you! Because Cole you left, you left with Amy and hurt me, so bad Cole! That’s why! I can’t – won’t let my guard down again!” Fire yelled, on her tip toes so she was level with him. “Cole, do you really think I was going to let you in on everything! Did you really think I’d forget what you did, when you left me on the stairs, feeling friendless? Did you really think I’d be that naïve and just let you back into the group like nothing happened?”
“I’m just going to leave and let you two duke it out,” said Dom stinking out as neither really paid him attention lost in the battle of wills that was going on.
“No, Fire, I did not except that, but I thought you’d tell after what we said when I gave you the book.” Cole said his voice lower. “I confess I wanted it to go back to normal. I wanted it to be Dom, Adeline, you and me again, or those times it was just you and me…” Fire looked at him for a moment and he looked down at her a small smile on his face. He leaned down and kissed her lightly, a hand going to her cheek as the other relaxed on the arm he held hostage. Her hands went up to his chest, as she kissed him back. Then something hit her and she pushed him away, stepping back and putting a hand over her mouth. She looked at Cole who was looking at her, a tenderness and love in his eyes that touched something in her, she shook her head.
“Cole…”
“Fire, please…”
“Cole, I’m with Josh.”
“Fire…”
“Cole. Please don’t, I can’t handle it if you do.”
“Fire, you know that we like each other more, know each other. Fire I – ”
“Don’t. Stop right there, Cole.” Fire said.
“Fire…”
“No. Cole, leave.”
“I can’t do that.”
If you really want him to leave I could…
Don’t Talons. Fire warned.
“Fire, I told Dom I’d carry you up there…”
“You will do no such thing. I’ll walk.” Fire said pushing past him. Before she could protest he picked her up and carried her despite the ugly looks she kept shooting him. He felt incredibly strong and was able to carry her up quiet a few stories and didn’t even look like he had any strain on him. He opened the door and set Fire down on a chair and went to stand by the doorway, his arms folded across his chest.
Adeline moved over to Fire and helped her to the bathroom shooting a look that clearly said ‘stay-where-you-are’ to the boys and closed the door. Fire slipped off her cloak and got into the bath tube that was there the drain being plugged. Fire lay in the bath tube on her unwounded side. Then unwrapped the bandages as Adeline got a ladle full of the potion. The bleeding was slower which Fire knew was not a good sign, it meant it was getting worse. Adeline gulped and as Fire nodded after looking at the potion. It looked right, at least to her. Adeline poured it over the wound slowly as Fire grimaced at the heat of it, the murky tan-blue that looked really bad. As the heat died a intense pain went through Fire. She closed her eyes as a tear fell and she gave a chocked groan.
“Fire?”
Fire waved for her to continue. After three more ladle full’s Fire was crying and almost screaming and it still didn’t look better. Cole and Dom came in the second they heard her. Dom went to Adeline who was almost in tears and Cole went to Fire who was curled up in a ball. Cole hopped into the tube and knelt holding Fire’s head making her sit up some.
“Shh. It’s all right.” Cole whispered as Fire cried.
“Adeline…” Fire whispered through her tears Adeline came over and Fire looked at her then nodded to the caldron.
“Ad, if you can’t I’ll do the rest.” Dom said gently.
“No, I can do it… but will you help?” Adeline asked quietly.
Dom nodded and helped Adeline as Cole got out of the tube but sat right outside stroking Fire’s cheek and murmuring something that sounded like a prayer. Adeline moved forward and poured it slowly on Fire, who started to shake as it hit.
It took four more ladles till the green was gone and the wound seemed to look better. The last ladle full had made Fire scream and Adeline cry. As Dom comforted Adeline, Cole sat by Fire rubbing her sweaty forehead as tears fell down her face.
I tired to take the pain away from you. I couldn’t. Talons said quietly and she could tell he felt horrible.
It’s okay. I needed to.
Yes but I was the one who gave you it. I deserver the pain. Talons said.
No you don’t, Talons. Fire said. I am going to send Dom out with your dinner. He’s the wolf. Is that okay?
Corsue it is. I do not want you to leave your room tonight.
I don’t think I could make it. Cole’s probably going to have to carry me.
Be careful. I still am not comfortable with you around anyone right now with the Heirs on the lose.
Yeah, yeah, go to sleep. Fire said. She looked at Cole and smiled.
“Umm… Cole.” Fire said.
“Yeah?”
“I’m bleeding with no bandages will you hand me some?” Fire ask with a grin.
“Oh yeah, I feel like an idiot now.” Cole said grapping some as Dom came over Adeline clamped to his side. Fire took them and started to wrap up her side put Cole moved forward and started to do it, his hand brushing her side.
“Adeline, you okay?”
“Look at you, Fire, trying to comfort me, when you were the one with the injury and having that nasty stuff being poured all over your side.” Adeline said wiping away tears. Fire noticed the brunt as soon as she moved her hand and tired to stand or even sit up but groaned and slid back down.
“Fire, lay still.” Cole said.
“Bite me, Cole.” Fire growled. “Adeline is your hand okay?”
“What? Oh yeah I did that, when trying to get some…” her voice trailed off.
“Cole, there is some burn potion in the cabinet in my bathroom and more bandages in there to. Will you go get them and tend Ad’s hand?” Fire asked. Cole nodded and stood up. He took Adeline away from Dom and steered her down stairs. Dom came over and knelt next to the tube.
“Will you take me down stairs, oh my strong Keeper?” Fire asked mockingly.
“Shut up or I’ll let Cole do it.” Dom said picking up Fire’s Cloak and wrapping it around her.
“Now that’s torture.” Fire said with a smile, which Dom returned as he picked her up gently.
“Will you get food and give it to Talons for me tonight?” Fire asked.
“Yeah.”


Fire woke up in the morning looking sick as she lay there. tears had streamed down her face some of the time because her side still hurt and she knew it would.
As the sun rose half the school seemed to as one. Fire got up and dressed in her Hogwarts gear and with ten or more layers around her side. She walked down to breakfast with a sleepy Dom and an Adeline whose tie was tied wrong and inside outside. Fire was the only one who was completely awake. She was almost cheerful at the fact her side was no longer stinging and a huge weight seemed to be lifted off her mind. She sat down to a table of people who were complaining and saying how they hadn’t finished all their homework.
“Okay Fire this isn’t cool, you seem almost… joyful.” Jackson said looking at fire in disgust.
“She does look it. Come on Fi that’s not right!” Jacklyn said with a smile. “And Adeline, your ties wrong.”
“What?” Adeline said looking up with sleepy eyes. She looked down then smiled. “Oh yeah, I knew that.”
“I’m sure.” Jacklyn said with a roll of her eyes.
“I think it’s cute.” Devon said walking over and bending down to kiss Adeline who returned it. Fire noticed Dom look down at his plate and stab at his eggs.
“A fashion statement, right?” Devon said with a smile. “Should I do mine to match?”
“’Stop! You’re supposed to be protecting me not mocking me!” Adeline said in a high pitched whinny voice. “So what, I am not a morning person!”
“Neither am I. And my tie is right.” Fire said with a smile.
“You’re fooling me, Fire.” Jackson and Jacklyn said.
“So what?”
“Fire! Fire! Fire!” Mary Rose yelled running in and running toward Fire. Fire stood up and caught Mary Rose who hugged her while bouncing.
“Mary Rose is everything alright?” Fire asked hugging her.
“Course it is! He’s awake! He’s awake! My brothers awake!” Mary Rose said nearly shouting with joy.
“What? Really?” Fire asked. Mary Rose just kept jumping and shouting. Fire jumped a little with her, then detached her and attached her to Adeline and ran out running to the hospital wing. She threw open the doors and ran to Josh’s bed. Josh was sitting up getting examined by Madam Pomfery, as Pomfery saw Fire running in she stepped aside in time. Fire hugged Josh tight as he held tight.
“Josh!” Fire said with a smile as a tear fell and hit his bare shoulder. Fire pulled away in time to realize he was shirtless and grin.
“Fire.” Josh said a grin from ear to ear.
“Can I finish my examination so you two can talk. Alone.” Madam Pomfrey said. Fire nodded and she finished leaving them alone. Fire kissed Josh and he kissed her back holding her close to him.
“I missed.” Fire said quietly as they pulled apart. Josh pulled Fire closer to him so she was leaning her head on his shoulder.
“I missed you two. I’m sorry we didn’t have a proper date.” Josh said.
“Ah I enjoyed the drama.” Fire said with a roll of her eyes.
“I’m sure you did.” Josh teased. He pulled away as David and Mary Rose entered. Fire moved aside in time for Mary Rose to hug him again as Fire stood by David who was smiling.
“Josh, what have you two been doing?” David said with a grin looking at Josh.
“Oh shut up, David.” Josh said as he moved toward his best friend. They did the shake-hug thing that Fire never understood. Mary Rose attached herself to Josh’s side as soon as they parted and Fire saw Josh smile and grin at his younger sibling. “Mary, I’m not going to disappear at any moment.” Mary Rose glared at him and held tighter making everyone laugh as Josh put on a shirt. At that moment Snape came striding in followed by Hermione and Harry.
“Mr. Kitoko, how are you feeling?” Hermione asked.
“Joshua?” Snape asked. Fire with held her smile. Snape only used the first names of people he liked.
“Fine, Ma’am, sir.” Josh said holding his little sister with a hand up against him.
“Will you be able to play in the upcoming torment against Gryffindor?” Snape asked.
“Yes, Sir.”
“Alright. But I must clear it with Madam Pomfrey, Severus.” Hermione said receiving a glare form the potions teacher. Hermione brustled on by toward Madam Pomfrey’s office as Snape turned to leave. Once he was out the door, Harry spoke.
“Mr. Kitoko, I’m glad your well.”
“Thank you, Professor.”
“Can I steal your girlfriend for a moment? I have some questions about the homework I assigned her.” Harry said.
“Of course.” Josh said. He moved forward and kissed Fire on the cheek. “See ya later, Fire.”
“Bye.” Fire said following Harry out the door. Harry led her to his office without a word. He opened it and motioned for her to go in. Fire entered to see Snape leaning against the wall opposite the door.
“You took your time, Potter.” Snape sneered his upper lip curling.
“I had to be polite, Snape.” Harry said going toward his desk and leaning on it. Fire stood by the open door, looking between the two.
“Would you mind closing the door, Miss Clayborne?” Snape said with a slight sneer thou his eyes never left Harry’s.
“Do you want me to leave…”
“No. Close the door.”
“Yes, sir.” Fire said closing the door and standing by it. Harry turned his head and smiled at Fire giving her an impression of Lupin.
“Do you know why we ant you in here, Fire?” Harry asked making Fire feel uncomfortable.
“No, sir.”
“Really? We have a Hiwolfal on the lose, a student who is a unregistered animgus who protected the Hiwolfal, and is hurt needing the potion that is in Moste De Potions and is a girl.” Harry said.
“Sound familiar, Clayborne?” Snape said with a deadly glare. Fire automatically threw up her defense and looked right back into his eyes.
“No, sir.”
“Really? Because you match the discretion the centaurs gave Potter and me.” Snape said.
“And if I was, Professor?”
“Then our work is done. We were told to find the animgus and we would have. We’re not out to punish you, Fire, no. We are here to make sure you are alright.” Harry said gently.
“And why would I want to register? Do you realize what’s even going on, or is about to, in school, Professors?” Fire asked.
“So you are the Hippogriff?”
“Yes sir.” Fire said. “But I wouldn’t tell you were the Hiwolfal is.”
Do not sacrifice yourself for me! Talons yelled.
Bite me, Talons. I’ll do what I will and you cannot stop me! Fire growled.
“That thing is dangerous, Clayborne.” Snape growled walking toward her.
“He is not!”
“One drop of this, Clayborne, and you’ll tell us everything.” Snape said drawing out a bottle of clear liquid potion.
“Veritaserum. It doesn’t work on me, Sir.”
“It works on everyone!” Snape growled.
“No, Severus it doesn’t. There is a few in history that it hasn’t. Why is that, Miss Clayborne?” Harry said.
“Who, Potter, are you talking about?”
“Lilyana James.” Harry said quietly looking down at the floor.
“It doesn’t work, Professors, because I always cheat the truth.” Fire said thinking of what one of her favorite Muggle TV show heroes had said with a smile.
“That is what she said.” Harry said quietly with a half smile.
“Talons will not hurt anyone. I swear.” Fire said.
“He is a…”
“Professor he is more human then you were in the war.” Fire growled her eyes deadly.
“Fire, please prove that you’re the hippogriff.” Harry said.
“Course.” Fire said. She closed her mind and felt the thing that made her a hippogriff and grabbed it. She opened her eyes through that of a hippogriffs.
“Merlin!”
Fire took that as her cue and transformed. As she opened her eyes Harry stood next to her lifting up her shirt. Her wound was black.
“You tired to do it yourself!” Snape said walking over as Fire felt sick she stumbled forward and was caught by Harry as everything went black.

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Fire heard voices above her and opened her eyes. She looked up and around to see Adeline, Dom, Josh, Cole and Mary Rose all sitting around her bed with smiles and talking and laughing. Fire sat up making everyone jumped and started saying her name.
“What’s going on?” Fire asked yawning as her stomach growled. It was dark outside.
“You fainted.” Cole said a grin on his face telling her he wasn’t going to let her forget it.
“No duh, Wood.” Fire growled with a slight smile. “No seriously.”
“You’ve been out for three days.” Adeline said.
“What’s today?”
“Thursday.”
“What happened?” Fire asked.
“What happened, Miss Clayborne, is that you brewed the potion wrong.” Snape’s voice came from the door. “Potter and I were barely able to save you. What were you thinking, you stupid girl, that is one of the most complicated potions ever!”
“Sorry, sir.”
“’Sorry’ sorry don’t cut it, Clayborne! You could’ve died! Then I would’ve had to answer to your father, who was in a right furry when he got here.” Harry said. He stood behind Snape and Fire could just see him.
“Where is my father?” Fire asked with a yawn.
“Down at the three broomsticks, he’ll be up soon. I sent him a message.” Harry said with a smile walking in.
“You did? When?” Fire asked yawning.
“Just now.” Harry said. He turned to her friends and smiled. “Will you please excuse us for now.” There was no room for debate.
“Yes Professor.” They mumbled filing out. As soon as they were gone Snape closed the doors and disappeared outside them. Harry pulled out his wand and started murmuring spells. As soon as he was done he turned and looked at her.
“Are you stupid, Miss Clayborne?” Harry asked. “I mean, I know you were poisoned and all, but letting Miss Dolan make the potion! I know you could barely do it! And you are the most talented at potions here!”
“Professor…”
“No, Clayborne, you could’ve killed yourself! People like you are rare, Fire, very rare. They usually give their own lives for others, but you, Fire, I will not let you die!” Harry was nearly yelling. “I already lost your cousin, I will not ever, ever, let you die.”
“Professor, I wouldn’t. Please trust me.” Fire said.
“Why didn’t you come to me? I could’ve helped.”
“You would’ve been forced to expel me.”
“No, I would’ve let it slide. Fire understand this: Your cousin, she died to save me. She was the most talented witch ever, and I loved her. You are the only James, left. The only. That line is so rare and more powerful than any other in this world. I know you know this, but you must understand. It is my duty to protect you, as your cousin saved me. It runs throw my blood.” Harry said this with tears of pain, passion, and saddens in his eyes. “You are the last true heir to Hufflepuff and to the James’.”
“I know.” Fire said quietly.
“Then why do you put yourself in danger?” Harry asked.
“What happened to the Harry Potter I know, Professor, who got into trouble all the time who even seemed to enjoy it! Now you are telling me off! You use to love having adventures! Then my cousin died!” Fire realized her voice was getting louder and shut up.
“I just don’t…”
“Harry, I am not Lilyana, or your daughter or something. Stop trying to protect me. Protect someone who needs it.” Fire said.
“I know you are not my daughter and you seem so much like her at times… I just...”
“You want her back. We all know, Harry. To think I met my cousin when I was four. That was it.” Fire said.
“I know but she seemed to really love you, and I feel as if it’s my…”
“Your job to, what, protect me? Harry, I don’t mean to be evil, but I can take care of myself. I’m fourteen. When you were my age, you were in the tri-wizard tournament, and you won.” Fire said with a smile.
“Yeah, yeah.” Harry said.



Lily spent the next few days dodging people who wanted to know everything about her, and how she had saved people and her side. Cole, Dom, and Josh seemed to be attached to her and not letting her out of their sight. She had to have at least three “bodyguards” to go to the bathroom who were girls. Then the second she stepped out they’d circle her and not let her move without touching one of them. What was worse was Snape and Harry hovering almost constantly, making sure no one tried to attack her. Fire’s one comfort was slipping out every night to visit Talons, who was worried about her, yes, but he never ever showed it as bad or was hovering. She knew he was ready to come to her aid at anytime or anyplace but all she wanted to do when she got there was to lie back against his feathered chest, and rest feeling and absorbing the comfort he showered around her. Fire was feeling closer to him then she did to Josh or Cole, or even her best friends. There was something between them that no one could beat. It was like they knew what the other was feeling, all the scars they carried around, emotional and psychical, and that they knew each one of their dreams and fears. Plus they knew how to comfort the other in ways no one else knew.
Talons. Fire said one night, three days after she woke up.
Yes, Lilyfire?
Do you think… her voice trailed off.
What?
Do you think that the… the Ravenclaw or Slytherin is close to me?
If you’re asking if I think Josh is the heir of Slytherin, then no. and I don’t think the heirs would be close to you, because you would have known. Trust me. Talons said. They trailed off into silence as Fire shifted to a more comfortable spot against the Hiwolfal.
Should I tell Josh?
About what? Talons asked.
Cole and I… Fire aloud her voice to trail off again.
“Cole and you” what? Talons voice said full well that he knew what she was avoiding saying, but there was no way that would happen.
Kissing! There I said it, happy?!
First step to admitting, Say the thing it is that you need to admit too.
Thanks. But that is not an opinion.
He is going to find out sooner or later. For instance if Cole gets mad or can’t handle seeing you two kissy-kissy smoochy-smoochy then he may busted and tell Josh in front of him. I’d do it. Talons said.
“kissy-kissy smoochy-smoochy”? Fire laughed.
Shut up.
Oh but how ever will I annoy you then? Fire asked. She stood up and brushed off the leaves and dirt from her clothes as she went toward the cave door. Night
Night.
Fire got back to her room and crashed thinking on what Talons had said. It was true their was a great chance Cole could and would blow, telling Josh all. But… fire was afraid of losing Josh.
Do it. Talons whispered
Go away! Leave me in peace!
Of course, just think about it. Talons said.
Fire closed her eyes and started steeling herself up to do the impossible. Courage was never her strong point when it came to something like this.



Fire appeared at the breakfast table later then normal having been up early running then taking a long shower where she was thinking about drowning herself in. Fire sat down and looked at the glares going between the Gryffindors and Slytherins. At her questioning look to Adeline, she was gently reminded of what tomorrow was.
“First Quidditch game.” Adeline said.
“Gryffindor versus Slytherin.” Dom said.
“Oh yeah. Ravenclaw in two weeks.” Fire said as she thought about the fact Cole and Josh would be facing each other tomorrow.
Josh versus Cole, how fitting? But what color will you wear? Talons said his voice full of sarcasm.
Yellow and black. Fire growled. As she saw Josh walking toward her table.
“Hey, I’ll be back. I got to go and talk to Josh.” Fire said standing up. Dom went to follow her but sat back down when she glared at him. Fire met Josh half way across the hall and said four simple words: “Abbiamo bisogno di verso discorso.” (“We need to talk”) the fact that she was speaking Italian (which both of them found out that they both knew how to speak, two weeks ago) clued Josh that is was something serious. Josh followed her out to the entrance hall but as she went to take a step outside he grabbed her arm and turned her toward him.
“What’s a matter?” Josh asked in Italian.
“Josh, can we go outside?” Fire asked in the same langue.
“Fire?”
“The night where we tired to cure my side… I…” Fire began not quiet knowing how to say this, and it was even harder doing it in a langue she knew but couldn’t manipulate as well as English. “Not ‘I’ but Cole, right before he… he kissed me.” Fire lowered her eyes to the floor as she felt his grip tighten on her arm.
“What?” Josh had dropped Italian as Fire winced at his tone, that was growing towards that of yelling “You kissed Cole! When I was in the hospital wing! You kissed him!”
“I didn’t kiss him he kissed me! It meant nothing!” Fire said her voice raising a bit. “Josh, I pushed him away! I didn’t want him to and I didn’t let it last long! Josh!” Fire yelled it as he started walking away outside. It seemed like half the great hall, were standing in the entrance hall watching. Fire ran after him, her hand enclosing around his forearm. “Josh, I don’t like Cole! You know that!” Fire saw his eyes and gulped at the pain in them. Yet there was something else in them that made her flinch. Rage.
“Fire, I won’t be with you in less I thought we could work. I know we aren’t that old but my family excepts certain things. And frivolous dating is not one of them!” Josh said.
“Josh.” Fire said her eyes mirroring his pain. “Josh, I would never do that. Cole did it. Josh, please you have to understand.”
“I understand perfectly, you don’t want to be with me. You want a Gryffindor so you aren’t glared at by your house, because ‘how dare their famous, glorious Quidditch Captain date a Slytherin.’ Right?”
“I don’t want Cole, Josh! I had the option for awhile before us.”
“I don’t think there is no more ‘us’.” Josh said. He turned and walked back inside.
“Josh! IO amore tu!” Fire yelled after him. He stopped for a second then he shook his head and went inside as Fire felt tears slip down her face. Adeline appeared out of nowhere it seemed and led her inside with a arm around her friends shoulder.


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So there you go, proabably the last installament for 2006, but i'll see if i can get one more before 2007. Oh and I will not tell you what Fire said in the last part till next installment, and i used a interent translater that i found on the interent and if you speak/read Italian it may be messed up a little
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How Fire got through her day she was never for sure. She knew Adeline was taking notes, but all of Fire’s were of her rambling in Italian hoping, no teacher knew how to read it. She knew Cole had heard her and Josh and had heard the part about their kiss meaning nothing to her. He was sending glares at her and Fire knew that all her teachers were getting frustrated with her, especially when Hermione threw out a surprise test and Fire hadn’t even done the first answer. By the time classes were over Fire was outside under the willow tree by the lake, with Talons trying to comfort her through their bond, even though he knew it was hopeless. Fire heard something move and didn’t pay attention, as she stared out over the lake.
“Fire, you okay?” it was a familiar voice but Fire couldn’t put a face to the voice or a name. Fire turned to see Erica standing there. Fire shook her head and Erica came and sat down next to her. “Josh is an idiot.”
“No he’s not, I am.”
“He left you, Fire, you top of your class, excellent Quidditch player, beautiful, and the fact you seemed to really love him.” Erica said. Fire gulped as Erica but an arm around her. “And think about this, at least tomorrow Cole and he can get all their anger out there.”
“That’s what I am scared of.” Fire said in a groan. “They’ll murder each other, and Josh isn’t even a Captain!”
“Ah poor Fire.” Erica said with sarcasm dripping from her voice. “Come on cheer up, he’s just a boy!”
“If Benji dumped you, would you ‘cheer up’ because ‘he’s just a boy’?” asked Fire.
“There is a difference you’ve been on one date with Josh that ended dramatically. I have been on hundreds and have been dating Benji since my fourth year.” Erica said. “So cheer up, or I’ll have to eat you. Besides you kissed Cole, remember.” Erica said patting her knee and getting up to leave.
“ He kissed [/i] me[/i]!!!” Fire yelled after her.
“Yeah, yeah, I know.”
She left Fire to her own thoughts who didn’t care it was becoming dark or that dinner would be soon. She just sat there. Fire knew Talons was at the edge of the forest looking out towards where she was, but she didn’t move. Fire looked up to the castle in shock as she saw it lit up with orange in the windows and that is black outside. Fire moved into a slightly more comfortable position as their came rustling from behind her. Fire drew her wand and looked behind her as she saw someone else’s wand lit up. Fire was shocked to see Josh move forward and sit down next to her twirling his wand in between his fingers.
“You’ve been out here for awhile.” Josh said quietly.
“Don’t feel like going in.” Fire’s voice was so low she almost doubted if he heard her. “I’m sorry Josh, I really am.”
“Did you mean it, what you said?” Josh asked.
“’ Josh! IO amore tu!’? ” Fire asked.
“Yeah…”
“I wouldn’t have said it if I didn’t mean it.”
Liar! You didn’t mean it; you just didn’t want to leave, because you know all the Puff’s will throw it in your face. Talons said.
Shut up.
“I don’t know; Fire, if I feel the same way.” Josh said. “Saying ‘I love you’ is a really big step. Plus I always knew you felt something for Cole that was quite the same as you feel – felt - for me. Just give me more time.”
“Does that mean – does it mean that you’re – that you’re breaking up with me?” Fire asked.
“Yes and no. it means I need time to think, and that if – if you see me with another girl it means that we are over.” Josh said.
“So yes it does.” Fire said her eyes turning cold.
“I guess… why are you going to go and –“
“Don’t insult me like that, Kitoko.” Fire said her eyes ablaze.
“Alright.” Josh took something out of his pocket and handed it to her. “I didn’t want you to starve, even if I am angry with you.” He got up and left. Fire felt something inside her snap and she transformed into her Hippogriff form flying over the grounds and going towards the Forbidden Forest moving as fast as possible. She landed around the cave Talons usually was and went down on her belly wallowing in her grief. The smaller magical creature came up and lay down by her laying him head on her shoulder.
He’s a fool.
No he isn’t. Fire said. I am.
Never, ever say that again! You are no fool, and no boy should be able to make you ever think that. He is the fool, for letting you go. Talons said. Fire changed into he human form and leaden against the hiwolfal, with her eyes shining from the tears in them.
Talons…
Yes, Lilyfire?
Would it be wrong of be wrong of me to destroy both Gryffindor and Slytherin, in Quidditch? Fire asked. She could feel the smile that would be on a humans face, radiated through their link.
Cruel and heartless. Talons said. And that is why I would do it.
Fire smiled and got up.
I’ll bring you out food, soon. I just need to get some of mine own. I’ll be back. Fire transformed back into herself and flew to the castle.



Saturday came and everyone was anxious to see the Quidditch match that had turned from “Gryffindor versus Slytherin” to “Cole versus Josh.” Plus people seemed to think that whoever won, won Fire. Fire having decide to where yellow and black in support of her house and no one else was soon followed by the rest of her team and even most of her house. So it came at the tables there was masses of red and gold, green and sliver, and yellow and black.
Fire sat, surrounded by her team, in the middle of the table with her back to both Josh and Cole. Fire had just finished breakfast when someone tapped her shoulder she looked up to see Josh standing behind her.
“Wish me luck?” he asked quietly. Out of the corner of her eye Fire saw everyone, especially Jackson and Dom, hands cur into fists.
Fire looked coldly up at him, Talons whispering words of encouragement in her ear, she said: “Why, Kitoko?”
“Because I’ your…” Josh said losing his nerve.
“Because your her ex-boyfriend?” Dom helpfully provided.
“Fire, have you decided…” Josh said.
“ IO fu un pazzo ieri verso per esempio 'I amore you', IO sapere meglio presente. SØ Josh siamo nessuno lungo datare. Tu fatto quello decisione la notte scorsa.” Fire said her eyes alight (“I was a fool yesterday to say 'I love you', I know better now. Yes Josh we are no longer dating. You made that decision last night.”) Fire turned to her friends and started talking ignoring Josh.
“[i] Inscatolare noi quieto essere amicizia o did IO fare quello decisione la notte scorsa anche?” Josh asked quietly. (“Can we still be friends or did I make that decision last night too?”)
“ Fare tu pensare noi inscatolare essere?” Fire asked. (“Do you think we can be?”)
“IO fare , con alcuno impegno.” Josh said. (“I do, with some effort.”)
“Poi siamo , perå niente più.” Fire said. (“Then we are, thou nothing more.”)
“Good-bye, then.” Josh said leaving thou she could tell he was still hurt. Frie turned back and joined in the conversation as Talons sent his approval over their link. Fire glowed inside but tired to let it no show except in her eyes.



Fire sat in the middle of the stands, surround by her friends watching Josh and the Slytherin’s walk in. Cole came in seconds later leading his team, she could see how hard his jaw was locked, his eyes deadly. Fire nearly laughed when she saw the gulf ball like things that always stood out on his Jaw when he was mad. Cole and Josh were trading deadly looks that could make anyone fall over dead. Josh’s hands were white on his club as Fire looked to Adeline a eyebrow raised.
“Looks like it is going to be deadly.” Adeline commented.
“Bloody, very, very, bloody.” Dom said.
“You sure it’s safe, Josh having that bat?” Jacklyn asked as Benji and Erica sat down.
“Oh that’ll be his best defense. Cole is going to murder him. I blame you.” Benji said nodding his head at Fire.
“Me? What did I do?”
“Dated Josh, choose Josh, looked at Josh,” Erica said.
“And many other crimes according to Cole.” Benji said pulling out candy and handing some to people who looked at it longingly. “Oh this is going to be fun.”
“I think that is what at least half the school is thinking.” Jackson said looking around.
“Shut up, the match is about to begin.” Adeline said as Madam Hotch signaled for quiet.
“Captains shake hands.”
Fire’s step-brother, Christopher Barren, and Cole seemed to trying to destroy the others fingers, their glares almost as deadly as Josh’s and Cole’s. Fire smiled as they mounted their brooms and the teams were off, Slytherin in possession. Fire saw Ryan Poole, one of the Gryffindor beaters shoot a Bludger at Joe Tankan the Slytherin with the Quaffle.
“And Poole shoots at the Slytherin… Come on!” the Commentator, a seventh year Gryffindor named Andrew Ebbs, yelled as it missed. “Slytherin Beater, Josh Kitoko intercepts as Tankan speeds toward Cole Wood.” Cole was following Tankan’s every move his broom moving to the left and right sawing as Tankan did.
“Tankan dodges Kim, and Farview, goes for the goal, and…” there was a boo from the crowd as Josh took advantage of Cole’s single-mindedness and hit a Bludger catching him in the stomach as Tankan shot for the goal, and scored. Fire couldn’t help but smile as Josh zoomed off with a triumphant smile on his face.
“Slytherin in the lead, ten to none.” The Commentator, Ebbs, said. “And Alison Fox has the Quaffle going towards the goal, with Christopher Barren flying next to her, trying to take her off her broom. Come on Alison take his eyes out!” Hermione raised an eyebrow at Ebbs but he just continued on ignoring her. Alison knocked into Fire’s step-brother and flew off flying as hard as possible. Fire saw Josh take aim at her as he went to swing, a well aimed Bludger from Ryan Poole, a Gryffindor Beater, hit him in the stomach. Fire grinned a little, as Alison scored making it ten to ten.
The game got rougher and rougher; many people squirting blood from their noses, bruises would not be in a shortage after this game. Each time seemed to be fighting not playing Quidditch. Fire had never seen it this bad. Fire spotted the snitch before either Devon Jones, the Gryffindor Seeker there newest one, and Greg Darren the Slytherin Seeker. As Jones went into a dive, Darren spotted him, going right at his tail.
“And there they go, after the snitch! It’s one hundred and ten to sixty, Gryffindor in the lead! Come on Jones!” yelled Ebbs, as both Seekers reached for the snitch, it avoiding them.
“Come on! I could’ve had it by now!” Fire yelled. Just then Jones grabbed it rising triumphantly, with the gold ball on wings clapped between his fingers.

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Fire spent the next few days trying, and not always succeeding, in avoiding both Cole and Josh, and they both seemed to be stalking her. Fire came back into the common room, Friday night just before the game between Hufflepuff and Gryffindor and flung herself onto the couch next to Dom.
“Murder me, Dom.” Fire said as she sunk into the couch cushions.
“Why now?” Dom asked not even looking up from his notes.
“I was cornered. By both of them.” Fire said. Dom looked at her with pity in his eyes.
“I thought Adeline was with you.” Dom said.
“She was. Cole had Devon following him, she left to go and talk.” Fire said.
“’Talk’ as in ‘stick each others tongues down their tarots’ or actually talk?” Dom said, his body language changing.
“Both.” Fire aid quietly. “Where’s Ball?”
“She is down in the Hufflepuff common room with some of her other friends.” Dom said his jaw tense as Fire looked up at him from her sunken position on the couch. “I am sorry you were complaining about Josh and Cole, carry on.”
“Dom, you are one of my best friends, talk to me. I can’t wait about thee dorks.” Fire said sitting up and looking at her friend. He looked at her, his eyes troubled, but shook his head and looked the other way.
“Fire, whatever I tell you will just get back to Ad.”
“No, Dominic it wouldn’t” Fire said, using his full name.
“I’m worried about Adeline.” Dom said his voice uncharacteristically soft. “I have heard some rumors about Jones that disturb me.”
“What are they?”
“That Jones has another girlfriend, and they are both – uh – very serious.” Dom said his eyes distant and his expression telling Fire he expected her to yell and scream at him at any moment.
“Whose spreading these ‘rumors’?” Fire asked.
“Gryffindors. They said they see them in the common room making out and stuff all the time.” Dom said.
“You sure they aren’t trying to throw Adeline off her game?” Fire asked.
“Why’d Gryffindors like Walter and Jared do that?” Dom asked.
“They are Gryffindor players, Dom.”
“Yes, but unless it came to their strategy why would Walter Scott, the most honest guy I’ve ever met and Jared Kim, the guy who cares for everyone, lie?” Dom asked.
“Cole made them?”
“Not even Cole would sink that far, even if he thought about it. And not to Adeline.” Dom said.
“Alright. But let me investigate it first before we tell Adeline.” Fire said.
“So you believe me?”
“Yes and no. I’ll find out one way or another.” Fire said.
“Alright, but can I help?”
“Can’t. It’ll reveal my sources.” Fire said getting up and stretching.



Fire sat at the table, half asleep for she’d been up since sunrise, working out, polishing and making sure her broom was perfect and moving about nervously. Something was in the air, something that spoke of change, problems. She moved a little as Dom sat next to her, and Adeline on the other side. Dom slipped her a note and fire looked down.



Fire looked at Dom and raised an eyebrow. Dom shrugged his shoulders and looked around the great hall his eyes falling and narrowing on the Ravenclaw team, who were sitting tight together and whispering.
“Why didn’t I bring an expendable ear with me.” Growled Dom.
“Because that would be unfair. I am glad we worked out ours last night.” Fire said. “Plus they haven’t said anything interesting in an hour.” Dom looked at her and smiled.
“We changin’ our plans, Captain?” Dom said.
“If we do, we’re doing it in the locker room with the best protection ever.” Fire said. “Team,” Fire got her teams attention, who sat with her, and around her. Their heads all snapped up. “The game starts at eleven: I want us down there in half an hour. We will walk down there together.”
“Aye, aye, Captain.” They said, smiles going around.
“Be prepared to get your brooms.” Fire said.
“Yes Cap.” They all said.
“Oh shut up.” Fire said getting up. “Entrance hall. Twenty-eight minutes. I am gone to get my broom.” Fire left the hall and ran up the steps two at a time, but stopped when she almost ran headlong into Cole. They both blushed and tired to move to the other side to get past and let the other pass.
“Sorry.” Cole said standing back and letting Fire pass. Fire smiled and walked by but stopped as Cole called out: “Good luck!” Fire turned smiled and started walking backwards as he watched.
“We’re going for three hundred and fifty, and you are saying: ‘Good luck’? We’re going kick you butt, and I am going to make Jones look like the rookie he is. Are you still going to say ‘Good luck’?” Fire asked her smile huge. She turned to walk away.
“Fire!” Cole yelled. Fire turned and looked back at him. “Good luck.” He walked off as Fire smiled and walked off.
She met her team in the entrance hall, all of which were laughing and joking as people passed looking at them as if they were mad people. Fire smiled rolled her eyes and signaled her team to follow. Once in the locker room everyone pulled on their yellow and black robes, laced up their boots and pulled on their gloves. Fire cracked her knuckles are she watched her team, her thoughts elsewhere.
Careful, I don’t want any broken bones from you, or any accidents. Talons warned. I’ll be near, I do not want anything to happen to you, and it’ll make you venerable to the Ravenclaw and the Slytherin heir.
Yes Teach.
And if they get within to close of distance to you, I will kill them.
The teachers already dislike you on the school grounds, if you hurt someone there is a chance they will kill you. Fire said. Fire was jerked awake by her Beaters shoving each other.
“Behave.” Fire said with a glare at them. “The Ravenclaws are pouring all their effort into defense and guarding their Seeker. A Beater has been told to fly around Shaun at all times. This means, if I see the Snitch Jackson you’ll have to take out the Beater.”
“Why can’t I?” Jacklyn objected.
“The Beater is Vaughn, Jacklyn. You can’t take out Eric Vaughn, I hate to say.” Fire said.
“Vaughn? I will happily – discharge Vaughn.” Jackson said with a smile.
“Jack, shut up. Just because I use to like him gives you no right to kill him.” Jacklyn said. “Fire go on.”
“Offense needs to be good. I will not get the snitch unless we are two hundred points up or Tucker is going for it. Dom, they may have been trying to throw us off, so you still need to focus. And no one is aloud to ‘conduct’ the ‘choir’ in a ‘Dolan’ or ‘Faolan’ or even a ‘Clayborne’ ‘is our queen/king’. Got it.” Fire glared at them as they all smiled.
“At the end?” Jackson asked.
“No.”
“Middle?”
“No.”
“Beginning?”
“No.”
“If we are three hundred points up, haven’t seen the snitch and they have ten?” Adeline asked.
“Maybe.” Fire said. “If they are fooling us, go back to the original plan.”
“Permission to send a few – presents to Darwin?” Jacklyn said with a smile. “I mean it is his last time facing us.”
Jackson looked at his sister and grinned. “Yes, can we Captain?”
“Only, and only, if it is legal.”
“Can we make it look ‘legal’?” Jackson said.
“No.” Fire said as she looked outside. “Alright it is time. Ready?”
“Ready Captain.” They all said with slightly Scottish accents to make Fire smile. “Come on.” Her tone was something between a sigh and a laugh, with sarcasm dripping in every word. She led them out and stood in the middle of the field as the Ravenclaws came out wearing their blue and bronze. Fire cracked her knuckles one last time as Shaun moved closer to them, leading his team. Fire smiled as she flexed her fingers staring at the Ravenclaws judging them.
Fire knew some of these people were new, but she also knew they were as good as last years. Chelsea Greger had been a replacement last year, having only played one game, she seemed nervous as the rest of the two new comers. Fred Johnson, their Keeper, and Taylor Kelly were new. Fire looked at the chasers again as Adeline smiled at Taylor Kelly, who seemed extra nervous. Ravenclaws Chaser consisted of Chelsea Greger, Taylor Kelly, a pretty third year girl, and Kelvin Darwin. The only one Fire had any real clue about was Darwin who was a wonderful Chaser, but didn’t know how to work with a team. Then there was the Beaters, Eric Vaughn and Adam Coral. Vaughn was a bulky six year who had the muscles to tell that he was a Beater; he also was extremely handsome, and smart. Coral fit the description for average beaters: big, stupid, but it still hurt to get a Bludger from. The Keeper, Fred Johnson a fifth year, was rather pimply, with bla features, but made up for it in his talent, especially when it came to the tricky shots. He gave even the Wood’s, Dom, and Ron Weasly, the now famous seeker for the Chuddley Cannons, a run for their money. Tucker, Fire knew was the only person in the other three houses who could give Fire a run for her money. He knew her tricks, and her weakness. As she knew his. Fire looked at Shaun and grinned her eyes twinkling as his was. Madam Hooch stepped forward and looked between the two, hardly able to restrain her giddiness. Everyone loved to watch Tucker and Fire go at it in the Quidditch field or just for fun.
“Captains, shake hands.”
Fire shook Shaun’s hand and mouthed good-luck, as she shook it. As she was just about to let go she added “You’ll need it”, as everyone mouthed their brooms.
The Quaffle flew into the air as Fire zoomed off, headed over the head of the crowd as Greger took the Quaffle.
“And its Chelsea Greger, with the Quaffle, headed toward the Hufflepuff goal, the keeper being none other than Dom Faolan. Come on Chesl!” Ebbs yelled. Adeline swerved in front of her, stealing the Quaffle and taking off before anyone realized it. Adeline dodged Darwin, flew between Kelly and Coral and flew pass Johnson scoring the first goal. “And Dolan scores, ten Hufflepuff zero Ravenclaw.” Darwin took the Quaffle and started down the pitch, his eyes narrowed toward Dom. He passed by Adeline who tired to intercept. Alec went to get in the way but received a Bludger to the stomach. Ballanca moved forward to steal it but received an elbow in the stomach, making her fall back. “And Darwin is preparing to shoot… Come on! That was from the female Roland, Darwin! Can you not take it!” yelled Ebbs as Jacklyn shot a Bludger, giving him one of her “Gifts”
“Go Lyn!!!” Fire yelled at the top of her lungs.
“That was a nice shoot.” Shaun said who was hovering two feet below and about five over, from Fire. Fire smiled at him but something caught her eye as it caught his. The Snitch! Skimming the grass below them. They both dived at once, go straight for it. Fire was level with Shaun she was pulling ahead from her superior broom, it was just out of reach as she flung forward a arm, the grass just below. A Bludger came from nowhere, making her pull up and over as it hit her fingers, but blocking Tuckers path as it disappeared. Fire flew straight up avoiding the Bludger that was chasing her, and flew it straight to Jackson who hit it at Shaun as he flew back up and out of action. Fire hovered over the action nursing three broken fingers on her right hand, and knowing the rest was going to be bruised or worse.
Hufflepuff scored almost a dozen and a half and Ravenclaw eight, when Fire saw the snitch again. Adeline had the Quaffle, with Darwin behind her. Shaun was watching them to notice it. Fire discreetly as possible dove headed toward it. As she was ten yards from it did people notice and ohh. Fire put on a extra burst of speed as she reached out with her left hand the other holding on limply to the broom. Her fingers touched it as Adeline passed to Ballanca who scored as Fire warped her hand around the little gold ball. Fire pulled up as a Bludger came out of no where, hitting her in the head, as she fell off.

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Fire woke up drowsily, her eyes trying to focus. She heard laughter close by and someone saying something. Fire felt Talons worry, as she saw Adeline’s back come into view. Adeline was sitting on Fire’s bed talking to someone or someone’s.
Never, ever, again am I going to let you play Quidditch. Never. Talons growled.
Can you yell later, my head hurts.
Yeah, yeah, well your luckily it’s still there.
Yes, mommy, but right now you only make it worse with yelling so, shhh[i]. Fire shushed. She went to move as she grumbled to Talons: [i]I’m still going to play.
“Fire!” Dom said seeing her awake and smiling. Fire grinned at her Quidditch team and the others standing around her.
“Be quiet, Dom. My head hurts.” Fire said in a very whinny voice.
“Madam Pompfery what did you do? You turned her into Adeline!” Dom said smiling. “I can barely stand her, I don’t need another.” Devon Jones stood by Adeline and was grinning when he heard Dom say that, but quickly wiped the grin off his face with a glare from Adeline.
“Oh shut up, all of you and go away, or fight and shout somewhere else.” Fire said, rubbing her head as the school nurse came over, and started shushing people. Madam Pompfrey started to exam her head and murmuring about dangerous sports as Fire smiled.
“You have a minor concussion but I want to keep you over night. Your friends may stay as long as they are quiet, loud noise is not going to feel – pleasant.” Madam Pompfrey said with glares for everyone. “Can you do that?”
“Yes ma’am. We can do that.” Dom said. Everyone nodded as Madam Pompfrey walked away. Fire looked around the group. All her Quidditch team was there still in their robes. Landon, Cat, Devon Jones, Erica, Benji, Sandra, Mary Rose, her Quidditch team and the part that made her groan, both Cole and Josh were there, shooting glares at each other. Fire looked at Erica and then the two boys her eyes pleading as Dom noticed. He burst up laughing trying to be quiet, as he threw his arm around Ballanca.
“What’s so funny?” Ballanca asked as Adeline glared at Dom and moved off Fire’s bed to stand next to Devon.
“Nothing.” Erica and Dom said at once.
“Okay, I have two problems.” Fire said, looking at everybody. People stiffen and looked down. “First where is my butterbeeer? You get some for yourselves and none for me?” people started laughing as Erica hand Fire an unopened bottle of butterbeer. “And second, how the heck are you two getting along? And why, Dominic, are they both here? You are suppose to be protecting me!”
“I’ll go if you want, Fire.” Josh whispered so she could barely hear him over Cole’s and Dom’s protests.
“Shut up, you two.” Fire yelled over them then turned to Josh and spoke quietly. “No, you do not need to leave. If there is any Pickering, Cole will be the one to leave, because Josh was polite.” Cole shot a glare at Josh which Josh returned with a smile. Josh moved closer to Fire’s bedside and sat next to her holding her hand.
“I’m glad you are okay.” Josh admitted his eyes soft.
“I am too.” Fire replied trying to flex her fingers as her right ones didn’t comply. Fire looked at her hand and groaned. Her whole hand was bandage and she knew her three middle fingers were taped and in some sort of brace so she couldn’t move them. “Oh no.”
“You should have gotten medical attention.” Cole commented.
“Why so you could have been in the lead?” Fire asked her smile devilish.
“Must hurt, Jones.” Dom commented glaring at Devon, who was holding Adeline with his arms around her waist and his head on her shoulder as she leaned into him.
“What, Dom?” Devon asked.
“That Fire can still out flying you, and get the Snitch with three broken fingers.” Dom glared at Jones who stood up straight taking offense as Cole and Adeline glared at Dom.
“Dom.” Fire warned drawing out his name.
“No, Fire, I can’t stand it! He is standing there like he is king of the world or something!” Dom yelled. “No, I will not let any of this happen!”
“Dom, I don’t know what it is that I did to tick you off, but we can take this outside if you want.” Devon said moving away from Adeline and standing nearer to Dom, in Dom’s face.
“Bring it, little man.” Dom said glaring down at him. Devon made to make a move but Cole grabbed him, dragging him back. Dom moved forward to take a swing at Devon, but before anyone could react, Fire was up and punched Dom across the face, knocking him to the ground. Fire shook her left hand as it stung, and she fell back in bed, dizzy as her head hurt. Dom looked up at Fire holding his cheek.
“You hit me,”
“You needed it.” Fire said, her glare silencing him. “And thanks now my other hand will need to be in a bandage.”
“Alright everyone! Out! Now!” Erica barked standing up. “Party is over. Fire is obviously not feeling good, and she don’t need you lot staring at her.”
People glared at ERica as they left, but not undermining her authority. They all left, both Josh and Cole kissed Fire on the forehead before leaving escorting Dom and Jones out. Erica and Adeline were the last to leave, telling her good night and letting her sleep as Madam Pompfery came out. Madam Pompfery handed her something to drink and Fire rolled over and fell asleep after a long draught.



Fire woke up and looked around. Something seemed to be in unrest. Hogwarts seemed to scream quietly in the night, the walls shrinking. Something was defiantly not right.
Do not go out from here, and do not move. Talons growled she sensed him moving closer to the school.
Talons, what is going on?
I do not know, but I think it has something to do with the Heirs but I am not for sure. Talons admitted. Is there anyway for you to get into contact with the Gryffindor guy?
[iBenji?
Yes.
Do you want me to wander the halls?
No.
Then no.
Then wait. We will know soon. And if you even get near to getting out of that bed I will burst into Hogwarts myself and guard you. Talons warned. Fire looked around; rubbing her head with her left hand, which in the moonlight she saw she had faint bruises. That was a nice punch.
I would have done better if I could have used my right hand. Fire said.
I’ll believe you.
Thank you.
I think Ravenclaw is getting revenge. Talons commented.
Why didn’t Slytherin, after the Gryffindor game.
Because, no Gryffindor players were injured in that game to the point they had to stay in the hospital wing and therefore no Gryffindor would be wandering the hall to go and see someone in the hospital wing.
How do you know so much?
I guess.
It can’t be all guess.
Really? You think?
Yes I do, Talons. Now how do you know?
The same way you know you are a girl. You just know.
Really? So we all just assume we are girls or boys?
Yepper.
You are such a pain.
I also listen to all your conversations; I find out stuff from the centaurs, I see what people do on the grounds. It doesn’t take much to but two and two together.
So someone on the grounds clued you in?[i] Fire asked
[i]Yes and no. I have my own suspect list.
Are you going to share it?
Naw, what fun would that be? Talons joked. Now seriously – there is movement in the castle. Lights are coming on, headed your way. Lie down and pretend to be asleep. With your wand!
Fire lay down holding her wand to her chest and breathing in and out slowly as the doors opened. Fire opened her eyes a fraction of an inch as Snape, Harry, and McGonagall came in. Snape and Harry were carrying someone in between them as Madam Pompfery came out rushing toward them.
“Minerva what happened?”
“He was attacked. We have no clue by what, but neither Severus nor Harry could do anything.” McGonagall said, swallowing. Fire saw the person and gulped. “Is Miss Clayborne out?”
“Yes.”
“Good. Poppy do everything for him please. Harry go and wake his sister. Severus, patrol the halls and check with the on duty Perfects and see if they saw anything. I will go and write his parents.” McGonagall said, leaving as Harry and Snape left and Madam Pompfery tired everything for five minutes then left to her office. Fire got up, against Talons warning and walked over to the body. Fire swallowed as she looked at Jackson, as he lay there, he had gashes, blisters and Fire could tell internal bleeding. She looked at him, a tear in her eyes. He was bleeding so much.
Without knowing how or why Fire closed her eyes pointing her wand at him, as something emerged in her conciseness, rolling onto her tongue.
“Beaaldoall.” She whispered her voice much deeper as she opened her eyes. A much smaller form, almost like a Patrouns came out of her wand, barely three inches tall. It looked like a Hippogirff one moment then a badger, then a Hiwolfal, as it grew into a sliver pool of light enveloping Jackson in light, and going into him, as Fire heard footsteps. Fire rushed to her bed and lay on her side leaving her wand on her bed table. She heard the doors open and with barely opened eyes she saw Jacklyn and Harry walk in as Madam Pompfery came out.
“I am so sorry, my dear. There is nothing –” Madam Pompfery’s voice trailed off as she looked at Jackson. His wounds were healing on there own, his blisters fading fast, as his gashes knitted themselves back together. Madam Pompfery moved forward and started excepting Jackson as Jacklyn sobbed. Fire was trying her hardest not to get up and comfort her, but stayed still. She saw Harry lean over to Madam Pompfery as she stepped back, aghast and Jacklyn sobbed onto her brother’s limp shoulder.
“Yes, Harry, I will. Give me a moment.” Madam Pompfery strode away from the bed and headed toward Fire who automatically closed her eyes. Fire felt a shiver go through her as her eyes jerked open. “Miss Clayborne,” Madam Pompfery’s voice was sweet as Fire sat up, rubbing her eyes, making it look like she had just woken up. “Miss Clayborne, a friend needs your support right now. Her brother has been attacked, and she needs you,” Fire looked toward Jacklyn and nodded getting up. Fire moved toward Jacklyn and tapped her on the shoulder. Jacklyn jumped and saw Fire, then hugged her tight, crying into Fire’s shoulder.
“Shh, Lyn, shh.” Fire whispered. “It’s alright; you’ll be okay, shh. Jackson will be okay, shh.”
“Fire…” Lyn sobbed as Fire felt a tear trickle down her face. “Fire, he’s my brother. My brother who –” she just sobbed harder as she leaned against Fire who supported her, as Talons whispered words of encouragement, and comfort to Fire who was fighting back tears.
“Lyn, it will be okay. See he is already healing. He’ll be fine.” Fire looked towards Harry as in a”he-will-be-fine-right?” way. Harry shrugged as he looked at Jacklyn who seemed to not be able to help herself.
“Fire…”
“I know.”
“Do you…”
“No. he is a fighter.”
“I can’t…”
“I know… I know.”



Fire was released from the hospital that morning and she sought out her team, and most especially Jacklyn. She was half way there, and was walking behind some Ravenclaws, she was just turning, when she noticed that one of there cloaks had a very bad patch, and it was torn remarkably like the piece of fabric from Sandra’s attack. Fire did a double take and went to follow them when she was cut off by Cole.
“Hey I heard about Jackson, I am sorry.” Cole said, as Fire tried to look past him at the Ravenclaws who disappeared.
Rats! Fire thought, she turned to Cole and lifted an eyebrow. “What? Sorry… I have just been really…”
“Distracted?” Cole helpfully supplied.
“A little,” Fire admitted, Obsessed. She added to herself.
And rightfully so.
Would you stop entering all of my thoughts! Fire growled as her and Cole walked silently down the hall toward Fire’s common room. They entered it and Fire almost yelled at Cole for following her into the Hufflepuff common room but stopped herself. She didn’t live there anymore, and wouldn’t, according to McGonagall, till the attacker was caught.
“Lyn.” Fire said running over to her and shoving everyone out of the way to hold the sobbing girl. Lyn took the most comfort from Fire and held tight to her. Adeline stood behind her, rubbing her back as the rest just watched uncomfortably. Everyone muttered words of comfort but none helped Lyn.
“Jacklyn…” Cole said quietly, his voice soft. Lyn looked up to Cole and looked at him, as Fire looked in between the two. Cole opened his arms to her, and she sobbed on his shoulder instead. Something akin to jealously roared into life in Fire as she watched them. Fire boiled over and felt Talons touch her mind. Fire kept in control of her magic, but barely. Fire grabbed Jacklyn’s shoulder gave it a squeeze and left, closing the door behind her quietly. Fire ran to the nearest desert corridor and snuck down on the wall, letting tears escape. Unshed tears from her break up with Josh, over Jackson, over the fact Cole always choose someone close, but not to close, to Fire to go out with. She allowed the tears to flow without stopping them or even making an effort to wipe them away. Talons tired to comfort her, but she shoved away his touch. He left her, quietly and knew what she needed was a human, something that hit him deep, but Fire couldn’t deal with it at the moment.
Fire had been crying for a little when she felt someone sit next to her. Fire looked over to see Josh who was holding a hankie to her. Fire took it and wiped her eyes.
“Josh –”
“You don’t have to explain. I am always here, Fire. Always. No matter what you do or say, I may be hurt, but I am here.” Josh said. “And you never have to explain.” Fire looked at him, her eyes grateful as he pulled her to him, allowing her to cry on his shoulder. After a little Fire sniffed and looked at him.
“You have to be somewhere, don’t you?”
“Yeah… but I would gladly blow it off, if it wasn’t Mary Rose.” Josh said his eyes sad as he looked at her.
“Go, I will be fine, I promise.” Fire shoved him up and he walked off, looking back at her often. Fire stopped crying not long after but closed her eyes, leaning her head up against the wall. She heard footsteps but ignored it, till the person stopped and sat next to her. “Josh, I told you to go and hang out with Mary –” Fire’s voice trailed off as she looked at the person. Fire swallowed and wiped furiously at her face, looking the other way. “Go away, Cole.”
“So you’ll accept Josh, but not me? What did I do now!” Cole said angrily.
“I hope you and Lyn have dozens of fat children. Now leave me alone!” Fire yelled getting up and walking toward the exit. Cole moved quickly and caught her arm spinning her around to look at him.
“I am not going out with Jacklyn! She is a friend, Fire!”
“Looks like you want to be more than friends, Wood!”
“That is not fair! I do not like Jacklyn as I like you!”
“Cole, I don’t know why we are ever near each other! You have to be one of the most arrogant people I know!” Fire yelled at him. Cole moved forward and kissed Fire, roughly and trying to draw her close to him. Fire pushed him away and cold clocked him. “No! Leave me alone, Cole!” Fire turned and ran off.



Fire came back to the dormitory at eight her eyes red and her left hand even more bruised then before. Fire entered the dormitory to see no one. Fire gratefully fell onto the couch. She laid facing the fire and watching it as the door opened and Adeline marched in followed by Dom, and they were yelling.
“He is cheating on you, Adeline! I promise you!” Dom yelled at her back. Adeline spun on him and stared at him, her expression deadly.
“Devon would never do that! You are just a jealous –”
“Guys what is going on?” Fire yelled over Adeline’s curse word as she stood up.
“ He says Devon is cheating on me!”
“And she does not believe me! Fire I caught him!” Dom yelled. They started yelling at one another as Fire tired to yell over them.
“So you are taking his side!
“You’re taking hers!”
They yelled at once glaring at their best friend.
“I do not take sides!” Fire yelled.
“I knew it!” They both cried.
“You know what! Shut up! You two are both being idiots because you can’t see that you love each other! You always push the other away! I am tired of being in the middle, having to be the peace maker! That is it, I am done!” Fire yelled running up the stairs, as her friends looked at each other.



A half an hour later, Dom and Adeline climbed the steps and knocked on Fire’s door. It opened to an empty bedroom, the window was open and some of Fire’s stuff was moved around.
“What did we do?” Adeline whispered
“She’s gone.” Dom said.

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Fire had ran out afterward, changing and getting a few things, but before she left she cut off her bandage around her hand. She turned into her animagus and flew out to Talons. She walked a little bit of the way, reflecting on her emotions but thinking on those she felt for Talons. She got there and looked at Talons in the moonlight the sliver dipping and touching his shinning black feathers and fur that looked almost blue, they captivated her. Fire looked into the blue eyes she had begun to love and smiled. Talons seemed to smile back when he moaned falling and hitting the ground. Fire was at his side instantly hitting the ground in her favorite pair of jeans. She watched in horror as Talons started twitching. Then all a sudden, light blinding, but beautiful made her fall back and hit the ground away from the Hiwolfal. Fire threw up her arm in front of her face, trying to shield her eyes. She fell back on her back as it disappeared. She didn’t move.
Someone hit the ground next to her and lifted her up so she was leaning on a strong muscular arm that’d make Jackson or Cole or Josh embarrassed. She looked up to see the most handsome guy she had ever seen. He had a hawk like nose, high cheek bones but a thick jaw bone. His brown-black brows were knitted together with worry and the eyes under them captivating, blue as the sky after a storm and but still holding some threat in them, yet peaceful and worried. Fire looked at his shinning black hair that glowed blue and was shaggy but looked perfectly combed.
“Where is Talons? Is he alright? What was happening to him?” Fire asked pulling out of the stranger’s arms and looking for the Hiwolfal.
“He’s right here.” Said the stranger, putting his hand on his chest. Fire shot a glare at him.
“You are not Talons. Talons is an Hiwolfal!” Fire said frankly, while searching for the Hiwolfal.
I am right here, Lilyfire. Talons whispered. Fire turned and looked at the stranger who was smiling. That is me. Let me explain. There was the laughter, Fire knew so well, in his voice
“Come on let’s get into the cave.” Said the guy, standing up and offering Fire his hand. She took it and felt as if her hands were small in his huge hands, that were comforting. He helped her up and led her to the warm dry cave. They sat in the far back corner as he explained:
“Nine years ago I left school. I was sixteen. I went to find Voldermort because he had murdered my family. When I found him, I fought him. He sent a spell that hit me. Nearly killing me. I turned into an animagus against my will. That is the worst thing in the world to have happen to you. I turned into a Hiwolfal because I was stubborn, proud, brave, loyal and in some ways I carried betrayal and lack of trust on my shoulder, the fact that I turned into a magical animal especially special. Voldermort was somehow able to server the link that would make me human again. I ran. I was scared. I met an old hermit-witch on my wanderings who understood me. She told me that the day someone learned to love me, even thou I was a Hiwolfal. That I would become me, again. All the damage undone, that I would be sixteen again. But it would have to be a true love for me to stay that way. But I could be human at night if I was just loved and trusted not truly loved but just loved, but as the sun rose I’d turn back into an animal. You make me human, Lilyfire.” Talons told her with a smile.
“What is your real name, your first name?” asked Fire, a smile on her face.
“I don’t know. I was succumbed by hate. Hate for everything. I forgot. A little while ago you asked me if I ever wanted to do something worth while and I didn’t answer. I did. I went to fight Voldermort. I nearly died in the try.” Talons said. “All I remember is this: my last name was Talons. I can’t remember my first.”
“Then I’ll have to name you…” said Fire with a grin as Talons wrapped an arm around her. She leaned into it and rested her head on his shoulder. “Nathan. How do you like it?”
“Nathan? No I don’t like it.”
“Fine then… Peter.”
“Peter… Peter Talons. I like it.” Talons whispered resting his chin on her head. Fire looked up at him and smiled. Without knowing why, she kissed him and the world seemed to stop. He held her tight as she turned. He wrapped an arm around her waist as another rested in her hair. She threw an arm around his neck while resting a hand on his chin. Her hand, which had been on his neck, went and got tangled into his hair that felt like silk. Peter pulled away and smiled at her.
“Can I stay here tonight…? I don’t want to go back with you know Dom and Adeline fighting, Cole and all.” Fire asked looking at him. Talons nodded and he lay down as she lay next to him. He took out her wand and transfigured a rock into a blanket he wrapped around them. Fire kissed him once more then fell asleep on his arm as a pillow.
She woke up before sunrise to feel Peter tracing her scars from his talons. It was as wide as his hands but only five marks for two had overlapped. Fire turned and smiled at him, then kissed him.
“You should get back.” Said Peter.
“I should. I don’t want to.” Fire said her hand still on his cheek.
“I know, but I want you to. I don’t know how I’ll react when I change back. I don’t want to hurt you… again.” Peter admitted his face down cast. With one gentle hand she raised his face and smiled.
“I will go. And come tomorrow.” Fire told Talons, who smiled and kissed her. She got up and turned to go out the cave when Peter grabbed her arm. “What is it?” She began but he pulled her into a bear hug.
“Be careful.” He said as he had done every time since he had heard the prophecy.
“Always.” Fire replied. He let her go and she left with more than one backward look.

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Chapter Fifteen
The fix-ups, and break ups

Fire entered her dorm through the window and looked around. She was shocked to see Adeline asleep on her bed and Dom on one of the chairs. Fire transformed back and looked around. They both looked like they had been in a panic. Fie smiled and knelt next to the window as thoughts rushed over her.
They must die. Especially whoever the Hufflepuff is. You know this, Claw. Someone said far away their voice feminine.
I know that, Slyth. But we can’t keep attacking random people.
She healed our victim.
I don’t care. I am not going to get kicked out for you, because you want revenge! The one called “Claw” growled. It was male and sounded familiar…
I know that! I just want to oust her! and what do you have against the Clayborne girl? Asked the girl.
She’s a prattt. That is what. Plus she never noticed me. I don’t care how much older I am. That still does not go unpunished. Claw growled.
Fine, get your revenge. I will work on finding out who is who. We might what to but some of Phase two into play. Slyth said.
I am running this one, Slyth. So let me make the calls[i/]. Growled Claw.
Fire opened her eyes as the voices faded. Fire walked over to Adeline and sat next to her, jerking her awake.
“Fire! Your back!” Adeline said relief crossing her face as Dom looked up. Before Fire could stop him, Dom punched Fire. Fire put a hand to her jaw, as she felt it swell.
“Don’t you ever do that to us again! Ever! Or I will lock you somewhere!” Dom yelled.
“Sorry.” Fire said, thou they both knew she didn’t mean. “You two, thou I love you to death, are a pain in the butt.”
“Yeah, well you and Cole are two.” Adeline stated. “One moment you are B.F.F.s the next more like boyfriend and girlfriend and then next you have a better relationship with you step-brothers than him.”
“I don’t like Cole anymore.” Fire said, getting up with a grin on her face as she walked down the stairs two at a time with them following. “I like a Peter.”
“Peter? There are tons of Peters! Give me more info!!!” Adeline yelled at Fire.
“Not Peter Drosser, right? Because he is plain boring and I am sure he don’t know up from down.” Dom said as he followed them.
“Yes, Dom, it is Peter Drossier - I mean Drosser.” Fire said as she turned to face them.
“Really? Because he just - isn’t you type.” Dom said.
“No, idiot.” Fire said smacking him in the back of the head, and getting a satisfying thumb from it. She turned and started walking back down the steps.
“Who? Come on Fire, tell us.” Adeline whinnied.
[i]You’re secret. You choose. Fire said quietly to Peter.
Do you really want them to know? Talons asked, in the wise voice Fire was use to.
Well, I mean they will find out eventually. Fire said trying to burry the fact she did not want to share with her best friends about the guy she likes is also her “mentor” in a way. And she wanted to keep this to herself, to enjoy it.
Let’s not, for now. Peter said quietly. And Fire knew he knew but was happy all the same.
“I told Peter I wouldn’t tell anyone, because we don’t want all the houses all over us.” Fire said, she turned and walked down the stairs and to the common room. “Why was I coming out here again?”
“You were trying to escape us.” Dom provided.
“Ah yes.” Fire shoved them playfully and ran up the stairs into her room where she locked the door.
Fire met up with them at the Hufflepuff table and sat down, her hair slightly wet from the hot shower she had took.
“’Peter’ isn’t a code name right?” Dom asked. “For like someone whose name is – “ Dom stopped under Adeline’s glare. “’Retep’, right?”
“”Retep? Very original there, Dominic.” Fire said with a laugh as she buttered her toast.
“Cole? It isn’t him, right?” Adeline asked quietly.
“Yeah, it isn’t him. Why?” Fire asked back.
“Because he is, uh, - engaged with a Ravenclaw at the Prefect table.” Dom whispered it. Fire shot Dom a glance then followed his. She saw Cole and a blonde haired Ravenclaw fifth year doing some serious snogging. Fire didn’t feel anything but disgust as she turned around and started eating her sausage. Fire felt Dom’s and Adeline’s eyes on her as Fire went at her food.
“What are you staring at? I am not the one sucking someone else’s face off at breakfast. I mean really do first years – or any year for that matter – need to see that when they just come down for breakfast.” Fire said shaking her head as she thought about her and Talons, with a smile.
“Whoever Peter is, he must be somethin’” Adeline said.
“You sure you don’t have a potion in you. Because even when you and Josh were dating you still would’ve cared.” Dom said, putting the back of his hand against Fire’s forehead.
“I do not care, Dom.” Fire laughed pushing away Dom’s hand.
“You sure?”
“Well I would care if my back wasn’t turned to them. because then I would have to eat and watch that at once. I’d plain lose my appetite.” Fire yawned.
“Who is Peter!” Adeline yelled in disgust.
“And did you two do anything last night that would –” Dom began.
“Yuck, Dom, yuck! And no! Do you really think I would?” Fire said. “And Addy, Peter asked me to keep it quiet.” Cat came in about that time and sat down next to Dom, who was on the other side of the table from Adeline and Fire.
“Did you see the bulletin board? Of course you didn’t, you don’t live with one anymore.” Cat said, “There is going to be a ball! Four weeks, from now on Christmas!”
“A ball?”
“Yes, like dancing, boys, dresses, boys, food, boys, dates, and did I mention boys? In tuxes?” Cat said. Fire smiled.
“I want to see Devon in a tux.” Adeline sighed as Jacklyn came in followed by Ballanca. Ballanca dropped on Dom’s other side and Jacklyn sat next to Fire.
“So who do you want to go with, Cat?” Fire asked.
“Okay, if we are going to get into ball discussion, then no offense but I am moving down by the guys.” Dom said standing up and walking away.
“I have hopes.” Cat smiled as Landon walked in.
“As do I.” Jacklyn said staring at Shaun Tucker and Eric Vaughn as they walked in.
“Tucker? And Vaughn?” Adeline laughed.
“What?”
“You really couldn’t get them.” Cat said.
“Why!”
“A. they are two years older, B. they are hot, C. they Ravenclaws and probably have every girl drooling over them and D. I really – no offense – don’t think you are either’s type.” Adeline laughed.
“I don’t know. I could probably fix you up with Tucker.” Fire said with a smile, looking over at the Ravenclaw Seeker.
By the way, you are going with me. Peter growled.
Okay.
Fire grinned and looked at her food, not realizing she had still been looking at Tucker.
“He isn’t ‘Peter’ right?” Adeline whispered in Fire’s ear, nodding to Tucker.
“No! Peter is Peter.” Fire whispered back.
“Could you really? Thanks!” Jacklyn said.
“I am not promising anything.” Fire laughed with a smile. “So Ball you going to go with Dom?”
“Yeah, that is if he asks.” Ballanca said with a smile.
“Who you going with, Fire?” Cat asked.
“Her mystery man.” Adeline said, with a yawn.
“’Mystery man’? Really? What’s his name?” Cat asked.
“She wouldn’t tell. I am really starting to think he isn’t real.” Adeline said.
Peter, how are we going to – well be at the ball? You aren’t exactly a student. Fire asked worried. She felt his concern over their link as well.
I will figure something out, but if I don’t go with someone else. Not any seventh years thou. Talons said. If you are asked and I tell you do it, then do. Unless you don’t like the person.
Peter!
Do it. Talons cut the link as Fire got up.
“I am going to go and get my stuff.”
“Could you get mine?” Adeline asked with a smile.
“Fine…” Fire sighed as she walked off. Fire was grinning and shaking her head as she walked up the stairs and heard someone following her. Instinct made her hold tight to her wand but keep walking.
“So you don’t even care when someone is following you?” Shaun asked picking up his pace so he was walking next to her.
“Nom I planned on turning a sharp corner and when you went to turn it hex you.” Fire said with a grin, as she kept walking. “What do you want, Shaun?”
“I admire how you are already making sure you beat Cole’s butt.” Shaun grinned.
“Of course I am. It’s Cole someone has to set him straight.” Fire grinned back as she kept walking.
“So did you hear about this ‘ball’ thingy?” Shaun asked.
Darn, they are already all over you. Say yes to him.
Peter?
Do it, he is nice and harmless enough.. Peter growled.
“Yeah, I did.” Fire said pulling her thoughts away from Talons.
“I already heard people murmuring names for who they wished to go out with.”
“Let me guess, Cole, Addy, Dom, and you are at the top.” Fire laughed.
“And you. And Josh. I don’t get him.” Shaun said.
“Josh has always been at the top, especially among the Slytherin ladies.” Fire said with a grin.
“So I was thinking, why make that list more – unavailable. Because Dom is going with Ronnie and Adeline with Jones, and Cole with whatever will let him suck their face off.” Shaun said.
“So not true! You people are so mean to him!” Fire laughed.
“Yeah, we know. He’s just such a easy target.” Shaun laughed as well. “So do you want to go – “
“I can’t go with you because you are already ‘dib’ by a friend. Well you and Vaughnl.” Fire added as an after thought. “And I just broke up with Josh… and you publicly ‘denounced’ me once.” and I have Peter Fire added silently.
“How about this. If I can get Eric to go with Jacklyn and we go as friends and if you have a good time, we can maybe have other outings. This is just making it so we don’t have to spend time with idiots who waste our time.” Shaun said. “and everyone did, and if I hadn’t my team would’ve rioted on me.”
“And if it is a one time thing?”
“Then it was fun, and I’ll take you to the ‘Valentine’ one if we don’t have dates.” Shaun said.
“If you can get Vaughn to go with Lyn.”
“Alright. I am a man on a mission! Now if you’ll excuse me, we can talk more later.” Shuan went to head off when Fire called:
“There’s a Valentine one?”
“Yeah. Or that’s the rumor.”
“I hate Valentines.” Fire groaned as he disappeared.
I didn’t know it was possible for a girl to dislike Valentine’s Day. Peter laughed.
It is. Now shut up.
“Fire!” Benji ran up behind her and Fire smiled at him.
“Hey,” Fire smiled, but at his frown her face turned grim. “You heard’em to?”
“Yeah, I did. Fire we need to watch our steps and those close to us. You realize I don’t have a suspect list?”
I do.
How can you, Peter? You aren’t even in the castle.
I can.
“I have a clue, a hunch but it’s a small one.” Fire said. “Well we have a hunch someone just wouldn’t share.”
“The guardian?” Benji asked.
“More like pain-in-the-butt-who-won’t-reveal-anything-to-save-our-lives.” Fire growled. “But yes.”
“So he won’t share.”
Tell him just not to let Erica or any of his closer friends around seventh year Ravenclaws or first year Slytherins. Talons said simply. Fire repeated it to Benji.
“So do you do not think that Tucker is one?”
“Tucker? Heck no.” Fire said, “His voice is all wrong. It isn’t like the one called ‘Claw’ who I assume is the Ravenclaw.”
“So it’s not just because he is your friend?”
“No,” Fire said. “Besides Talons trusts him, so I do.”
“The guardian?”
“Yeah, that is Talons.”
“Did you name him?”
“No. I would’ve picked something like Nathan, or Evan or somethin’” Fire laughed.
Evan? How is that fierce or scary?
Who ever said I thought you were “fierce” or “scary”?
“An hiwolfal? Evan? Okay I am going to walk away now.” Benji said leaving as he shook his head. Fire walked up to the common room and back down going toward her class. As Fire turned the corner she saw Cole and the Ravenclaw Prefect coming along. Murmuring all sorts of curses under her breath, Fire ducked behind a painting that would take her to another corridor. Fire turned to find herself looking at Amy Sojo snogging Devon Jones and it didn’t look like she was forcing him either. They both seemed to be trying to become one body or something as Fire made a coughing noise. They continued on oblivious to Fire.
“Excuse me.” Fire said. Jones jumped and Amy pulled away looking in every other direction. “You were blocking the corridor.” Fire pushed pass them sending a glare at Jones.
“Fire! Wait!” Jones yelled running after her. “Fire!” he caught up to her and grabbed her arm spinning her around. Fire pulled out her wand pointing it in his face.
“You cheating little –“
“I can explain, we were just -“
“It didn’t look like you were doing much talking.” Fire yelled at him. “Quiet the opposite. It looked like you were trying to ram your tongue down Sojo’s tarot! I can’t believe I allowed Adeline to even look at you!”
“You aren’t going to tell Ad, right?” Devon asked.
“Oh yes, I am not going to tell my best friend that her pratt of a boyfriend was snogging someone in a corridor!” Fire yelled at him.
Keep your emotions in check, because if something happens to the git then it will be your fault. Talons warned.
“Please, it’s a one time thing.”
“Devon, come back!” Amy called.
“One time, huh?” Fire scoffed. “Your not worth it, you know that right.” Fire turned and walked off, going in search of Dom, and then she’d find Adeline.
Peter, can you find Adeline? I know you’ve done something like that before. Fire asked.
She’s in the Great Hall, still. Peter said. What are you going to tell her?
The truth.
It may be harder then you think to do that. It will hurt her.
That’s why both Dom and me will be there. Fire said as she ran down the stairs towards the Great Hall. Fire got there as Dom was walking out with some of the guys.
“Dominic come with me.” Fire said, her tone leaving no room for argument. Dom followed her, his eyebrow raised as Fire went to a loner corner of the entranceway. “I found Devon.”
“Okay.”
“Snogging another girl.”
“What? I am going to kill that little – ” Dom began.
“Dom, A. we can’t. B. Addy needs to know.” Fire whispered. “Come on, she’ll need both of us.”
“You sure…?”
“I am.” Fire turned and walked into the Great Hall headed straight for Adeline.
“Fire, come to join the discussions?” Adeline asked, her smile huge. It dissipated as she saw the sober looks on both Fire’s and Dom’s faces. “What’s a matter?”
“Can we talk to Adeline? Alone.” Fire said. People looked at them and scooted down, or left quickly. Fire sat next to Adeline on the bench. “Ad, I just found Devon Jones cheating on you, with someone else.” Adeline looked between Fire and Dom a look of confusion and disbelief on her face.
“I know Dom doesn’t like him, Fire, but this is taking it a little far.” Adeline said.
“Ad, I wish I was kidding. Trust me.”
“No, you are just jealous because you couldn’t make you and Josh or even Cole for that matter, to work! No Dev would never cheat on me! I can’t believe you would stoop this low!” Adeline yelled.
“Adeline, I am not joking.” Fire whispered.
“That’s why you made up your mystery man isn’t it!” Adeline yelled, her face defiant as Fire looked down at the bench.
“She isn’t joking Adeline.” Dom said.
“No, you got to be kidding me! Devon is the sweetest guy in the world! He cares for me. He wouldn’t cheat on me!” Adeline yelled standing up. “No! I am not going to believe you! Devon is loyal to me!”
“No, Adeline!” Fire yelled. “You are loyal to him! Not him to you! The world doesn’t work that way!”
“No, I can’t believe you would be this cruel.” Adeline stood up as Devon ran in.
“Baby, don’t believe her, she made it up. I don’t even like Amy, I wouldn’t kiss her for the world.” Devon said. Adeline turned and looked at him, as Devon threw his arm around her.
“Fire never mention Amy.” Adeline said. Devon’s face turned rapidly.
“Well, she probably said any girl. I thought you were her friend.” Devon said, to Fire.
“You were making out with her!” Adeline yelled pushing him away and slapping him. “I trusted you! I stood up for you! You cheating scum!” Adeline whirled around and ran out.
“Great.” Fire said standing up to chase after Adeline. “You.” Fire jabbed her finger into Devon’s chest. “If you ever get near her again, I will turn you into pond scum. Thou I admitted, you wouldn’t change much.” Fire went to walk off, when she heard Dom move forward and punch him.
“You!” Dom looked ready to carry on the fight as Harry and Snape walked up the aisle.
“Dom, come on he’s not worth it.” Fire called.
“Mr. Faolan, detention for attacking another student.” Snape drawled.
“Sir, that is uncalled for.” Fire said walking up to Snape and standing in between him and Dom.
“If you aren’t careful, Miss Clayborne you will join him.” Snape sneered. Fire looked at him, shook her head and pushed Dom along.
“Come on, Dom don’t.” Fire warned as Dom looked at Devon as he stood up. Fire pushed Dom pass a group of Ravenclaws and up the stairs. “Let’s go find Adeline.”

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Chapter Sixteen
Asking and Answering

“Adeline, come out. Please.” Fire called through the door. She could hear her crying and no matter how many times Fire yelled at her through the door nothing happened.
“Please, Fire, just let me get the door open.” Dom whispered.
“We are here to help her, not barge in on her, Dom.” Fire growled quietly.
“Then let me go and punch Jones. It’ll make me feel better and it’ll help her in the long run.” Dom said, gesturing down the stairs. The look Fire gave him made him groan and harm on the door. “Addy, please let us in. or give me permission to do something to Jones that will make Snape justified in giving me detention!”
“Dom!” Fire yelled at him.
“Dominic, Fire, go away. Please!” Adeline cried through the door.
“Adeline Esther Dolan open this door. Now! Or I am coming through it.” Fire yelled.
“Firelilian Marie Clayborne, go away! Now!”
“That’s it I’m coming!”
“How’s that supportive?” Dom asked as Fire drew her wand.
“It’s a girl thing.” Fire said with a smirk.
“Fire you wouldn’t dare!” Adeline yelled. “Would she, Dom?”
“Looks like she is.” Dom commented as Fire pointed her wand at the doorknob.
“Fine!” Adeline yelled unlocking the door. Fire grinned at Dom then opened the door. Fire saw Adeline on her bed with her head buried in the pillows. Fire walked over and sat next to her.
“Dom, our first class is Hermione, right?”
“Yeah…”
“Go and take notes for us. She’ll understand.” Fire said.
“I thought we needed to be supportive.” Dom commented dryly. Fire got up and forced him to the stairs.
“A. I said that to get you away from Jones. B. Adeline likes you Dom and she don’t want you to see her all broke up over Jones. And C. one of us needs to go to class and I am the girl, therefore me being there will be much better then say… you. D. After Hermione’s class go down stairs and bring us some type of food. Better yet send Cat and Lyn here to do that.” Fire said pushing him down the stairs.
“Fine I get it, you just don’t love me! I know where I am not wanted, uh-um.” Dom yelled after Fire who disappeared into Adeline’s room closing the door.
“Adeline,” Fire whispered sitting next to Adeline on the bed.
“Is anyone other –”
“No, I promise.” Fire whispered.
“Why? Why did…” Adeline allowed her voice to fade into the pillow.
“Why did Jones cheat on you? Or why weren’t you enough? You have to help me, here.”
“Why did I let myself ‘let go’, why did I let myself trust someone? Why did I let someone in so fast?” Adeline whispered. Fire looked at her friends back tears forming in her own eyes. “I should have known better. Everyone other than you and Dom have always…”
“Hurt you.” Fire whispered. She saw Adeline nodded her head. “and you have to be thinking something along the lines of ‘why didn’t I try harder’ and ‘why didn’t I work harder or do more, or be a better girlfriend,’ or ‘why did I let my guard down, and why did it feel so good for such a little time.’”
“And why didn’t I see it coming,” Adeline said, sitting up to look at her friend. ”and why didn’t I choose someone better. And why weren’t I good enough.”
“And the answer is, he wasn’t good enough for you.” Fire said. Adeline nodded. “And Jones isn’t Ad, he never was and never will be. And do you want to know how to get back at him. To pretend you don’t care no matter how much you do. To get over him. And you can start by going to class.” Adeline nodded. “But first, we will make you look as smashing as ever, and then later tonight we will have a girls night, with every girl we like and be in pj’s and have cookie dough and ice cream, and all the get over him food possible.” Fire said standing up and walking over to Adeline’s make-up chest.
“Fire,” Adeline whispered. Fire looked over at her. “As little make-up as possible, I want to look my best.” Grins spread across their faces as Fire walked over to Adeline holding a massacre brush.
“Aye, aye Captain.”


Adeline for the rest of the day walked around her head held high, her eyes sparkling, and looking fabulous. She glared at anyone who dared to whisper near her, and used her new found confidence to make guys stare more than ever. Fire was almost embarrassed to be walking next to her. Fire, Adeline and their group of giggling girls walked into the Great Hall to see Eric Vaughn and Jacklyn talking and laughing, and it even looked like flirting.
“He’s good.” Adeline commented.
“Who?” Fire asked, knowing she hadn’t told anyone about Shaun asking her to the ball.
“The guy strutting over here like he won something.” Cat giggled as Shaun walked over with a grin on his face.
“Good luck!” called the group of girls as they walked away giggling. Fire stuck her tongue out at them as they walked away.
“Hey, Fire.” Shaun said walking up. He nodded to Vaughn and Jacklyn as they hugged and Vaughn walked away from her with a grin on his face. “See I got Lyn a partner she wanted. And I must admit Eric was easy to persuade to ask her.”
“What?” Fire laughed.
“Well it turns out Eric had been ‘eyeing’ – his word not mine – Jacklyn for some time and was over glad when I asked him to ask her out, and hinted that she had liked him for awhile,” Shaun laughed. “And now, you can see both are pretty excited.” Shaun turned to look at Fire, “How’s Addy?”
“Adeline is fine, wanting nothing to do with the opposite sex but I believe that is self explanatory. I am wondering who I will fine to take her thou…”Fire said with a laugh. “Want to help in that department? You were so good last time.”
“No offense to Adeline but most guys are afraid she’ll turn them into jelly or something if they ask right now.”
“You’re right, she probably would.” Fire laughed
“Wait you were going to willingly sacrifice one of my friends!”
“I am sure Madam Pompfrey can fix it, she can do anything.” Fire laughed as Shaun laughed along.
“Sodozztismeanwecanzzgoztothewallztogethera?” Shaun asked real fast.
“What?” Fire asked with a laugh.
Shaun coughed and started again. “Will you go to the ball with me, then?”
“Yeah, Shaun, I will.” Fire said with a grin and a laugh.
“You are not going to giggle now, right? I hate it when girls giggle.” Shaun added as a side note.
“No I am not. I am going to walk away now, and eat my lunch and as I laugh I am going to laugh.” Fire said with a smile, walking backwards as she talked. “See ya!”
“See you too.” Shaun called as Fire turned around and walked away.
“So Tucker. I thought you were going to go with Josh or someone.” Cat said as Fire sat.
“Oh I am tired of my triangle.” Fire said with a grin as she got herself a sandwich. “So anyone else get offers yet?”
“I did,” Jacklyn sighed looking at the Ravenclaw table and catching Vaughn’s eye, who winked at her.
“Ohh!!” the girls started shoving her and messing with Jacklyn all smiling and laughing.
“He said Shaun gave him the push he needed to ask me out.” Jacklyn said making Fire stop laughing. “He also mention that Shaun looked really happy when he admitted her liked me, and even more so when he walked over here. Did you set me up?”
“Maybe,”
“Thank you!” Jacklyn said hugging Fire tight to her. “Oh and have fun with Tucker, but thank you! Thank you! Thank you!”
“Alright, you are starting to cause a scene,” Fire laughed as she patted Jacklyn’s back.
“Alright, Roland. Back off you’re hurting my date.” Shaun laughed as he walked over. “Speaking of which any of you girls willing to go out with my Keeper? He is kind of down because his ex is going out with his ex-best friend and I am on a mission to find him a date because he wouldn’t.”
“Are you talking about Fred? Fred Johnson?” Ballanca asked.
“Yeah, I’m talking about Fred. But you can’t go out with my man, because you have a boyfriend.” Shaun said sitting next to Fire. “Fire can you think of anyone?”
“I don’t know. Addy can you think of anyone?” Fire asked nudging her.
“You two better not be trying to set me up. I’m not dating any more Quidditch jocks.” Adeline said.
“It’s Fred, Adeline, the only ones sweeter than him in this school is –no offense Shaun – Walter and Jared.” Fire said thinking of two of the members of the Gryffindor Quidditch team.”
“I don’t want to go to the ball, people!” Adeline said in disgust.
“I would say I’d go with him, but I have Dom.” Ballanca said.
“And I have Vaughn.” Jacklyn said with a grin.
“And I am ninety-nine present sure I have Landon.” Cat said.
“And I have you,” said Fire.
“What about… is Chelsea going with anyone.”
“I don’t like inter-team dating.” Shaun said.
“This isn’t dating,” Ballanca said.
“It’s dancing.” Cat finished.
“In low cut dresses, in a very romantic situation, were spirits are high and ‘love is in the air’,” said Shaun. “No.”
“Sally!” Fire said in an excited voice.
“Who?”
“Sally Perkins, she is a fifth year Hufflepuff and she use to talk about Johnson all the time, she would be more than willing.” Fire said.
“Perkins? Oh yeah.” Shaun said with a grin, he kissed Fire’s forehead as he got up to leave. “Thanks girls.”
“You are welcome!”



Fire spent the next two weeks trying to get Adeline to find a date, but none of it worked, and tensions escalated between Ballanca and Dom as Dom hadn’t found the time or had the effort to ask her to the ball, and she was getting to be cranky and they were seen arguing a lot in the corridors and standing away from each other till it led to the end of their last classes before Christmas break and the end of their relationship. Dom seemed more relieved then affected by it and didn’t want to explain to either Fire or Adeline why he broke it off and why he hadn’t chased after her. So the Outcast Common room seemed to be quiet and lonely as the three of them sat in front of the fire, reading or staring into it with glassy eyes.
“Addy?”
“Yeah, Dom?”
“Have you found a date yet?”
“No Dom,” said Adeline exasperated. “And I don’t want one with anyone.”
“Even if the person was… me?” Dom asked, looking at her.
“I guess I could deal with that.” Adeline said with a smile.
“Good.”
“So we all have dates.” Fire commented.
“We all have dates.”
“If you two mess up this ‘trio’ because you are both so pig-headed from this ‘date’ then I will kill you both, why because prison would be better than being stuck in between you two.” Fire yawned as she got up patting both shoulders as she walked by.
“We know,”
“Goodnight, guys.” Fire said going up the steps, but stopping to turn around and look at them.
“‘Night Fire.”
“Goodnight,”
“Oh and guys,” Fire said drawing their gazes to her, and off each other. “It’s about time.” And Fire ran up the stairs dodging pillows that were being hurled at her and laughing.

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There you go, next one is the going to be the ball, and yes there is still suppose to be a week between the end of this chapter and christmas (i did mention it is a Christmas ball right?) so i'll work on Seventeen,
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Chapter Seventeen
The Ball, Part One
Fathers, Boys, and Dates

Fire walked down to the kitchens and felt something… something was not right in the castle again. She knew it. How, Fire would never be sure. But she leant against the wall as she heard someone coming. Fire closed her eyes and gulped as the room felt as if it was spinning. Fire heard the footsteps stop next to her and Talons yelling at her to draw her wand.

“Fire?” someone asked. “Are you okay? You look sick.” Fire opened her eyes to see Cole and mentally scolded herself for going anywhere without Dom, who had token up the role as protector of both Fire and Adeline.

“Yeah, Cole I’m fine.” Fire said as se went to walk away. Fire stumbled as she heard and felt the screams of people far away, but growing louder. Fire felt Cole grab her arm and help her find her balance, as Fire tired to open her eyes.

“You are not, let me help you.” Cole said.

“I don’t need your help.” Fire growled as she walked towards the kitchens.

“Stop being so stubborn and let me get you back to your common room.” Cole growled back keeping a firm hold on Fire’s arm.

I’d let the boy help. Talons said quietly.

I do not trust the boy, Fire snapped.

I can’t help you, Fire. I trust him, and you trust me. Let him help you.

I can’t.

You can.

I can’t, I can’t trust him.

Then trust me.

“Fire,” Shaun said appearing out of no where and walking toward Cole and Fire. “You okay?”

“I’m not feeling too good. Shaun will you help me back to my common room?” Fire asked, she saw Cole’s face out of the corner of her eye and felt a little sorry.

“Course,” Shaun said, wrapping his arm around Fire for support as they left Cole standing there. Shaun half supported, half carried Fire back to the common room. where Adeline shooed him away so it was the two of them.

“Fire?”

“They are attacking someone. Again,” said Fire putting a hand to her head.

“Who? The Ravenclaw and Slytherin heir?” Adeline asked.

“Yes,” Fire said, and then she looked around. “Where is Dom?”

“Sending a letter to someone, why?”

Fire started rubbing her head as the screaming died down to the point of none existence.

“Their done.”

“What do we do now?”

“Wait,”

“Wait for what?” Adeline asked.

“I’m not sure.”

They found out that morning when they entered the Great Hall with Dom. There had been another attack, on a Ravenclaw student. And this time they had left a message. It was the number one rumor. Luckily people were scattered as it was four days before Christmas and almost all the school were staying for the ball. Fire sat down next to Dom, as Adeline sat across from them next to Cat, who eagerly leaned over to whisper to them.

“I saw the writing myself.” She said excitedly. “It read: ‘the time has come for the battle of the heirs. Enemies of our cause beware, and G&H we look forward to when we meet.’ It was written in red and yellow.”

“They are setting up the Gryffindor and Hufflepuff to look like the bad guys.” Fire said in outrage. “What else could ‘G&H’ stand for?”

“That’s what the teachers are thinking. And this time they attacked two. And both were six years.” Cat said.

“Two? I heard one!”

“A Ravenclaw and one of us,” Cat said.

“Who?”

“The Ravenclaw was Pete McDonald. And the puff was Andréa Simpson.” Cat said. “the rumor is that they were dating and the attackers caught them snogging and well you know.”

“Attacked?”

“Yeah,” Cat said as Landon came up and sat down next to her.

“I saw them, they looked real bad. Madam Pompfery had to call St Margo’s and they could barely help. They are thinking that they’ll be removed to St Margo’s.” Landon said. “And the real tragedy is: I can’t find myself a date.” Everyone started laughing as Cat smiled.

“Why haven’t you asked Cat, mate?” Dom asked, reaching over and playfully punching him on the shoulder.

“Because I am going with someone else.” Cat huffed.

“Ask someone else like…” Dom said looking around; he spotted a passing Gryffindor who was in their year. “Lisa!”

“No… Dom don’t!” Landon whispered as the Gryffindor turned and smiled at Dom walking over.

“What’s the matter? You’ve liked her for years and she doesn’t have a date.” Dom whispered back as Lisa stood in front of Dom, an eyebrow raised and a small grin playing over her face. “Landon here wanted to ask you something.”

“Lisa, will you go to the ball with me?” Landon asked.

“Umm let me see.” Lisa said biting her lip and eyeing him. “Wellllll…” she drew it out as long as possible watching Landon. “Sure,”

“Really?” Landon said his face lighting up.

“Yes, I’ll see you in the entrance hall at five forty-five?”

“Yeah, sure.” Landon said. He turned to Dom his grin huge, as Dom started laughing.

“You are such a wossa.” Fire said with a laugh.

“Firelilian?” Someone said. Fire turned her head looking around. She saw her dad walking up the aisle and got up and ran toward him. He picked her up and hugged her with a laugh. “My little girl, the trouble maker!”

“What are you doing here, daddy?” Fire asked with a laugh.

“I came to take you shopping. Your old dress robes won’t fit and I didn’t get to spend much time with you this summer.” Mr. Clayborne said with a smile. “And to meet young Josh and your date.”

“Now I see.” Fire laughed with a smile.

“Am I allowed to sit with you and your friends while you finish breakfast?” Mr. Clayborne asked.

“Come on,” Fire led him over and they made room for him where they were sitting. Dom and Adeline were the only ones half way comfortable with her dad. They were half way through breakfast when it was ruined by Cole walking over and Fire’s dad insisting that Cole sit with them and eat. Cole completely ignored the glares Fire sent him over her fathers shoulder and continued on with breakfast and talking to her dad. Fire leaned over to Adeline.

“What does he think he is doing?” Fire whispered angrily.

“Your dad or Cole?”

“Cole.” Fire whispered. “He’s talking to my dad as if they were best friends and he wanted Cole to become his son-in-law!”

“Wait are we talking about Cole wanting to be…”

“No! We are talking about my dad wanting Cole to be his son-in-law! Keep up Addy.” Fire growled. “I can’t believe him, sucking up to my dad! That little pain in the butt!”

“We are talking about Cole now, right?”

“Yes we are talking about Cole,” Fire sighed.

“What are you two whispering about?” Mr. Clayborne asked.

“Nothing!” They both said jumping.

“Dad, I am done, do you want to go meet Josh now?” Fire asked.

“Well I was having such a wonderful time talking to Cole…”

“I’ll go get him.” Fire said standing up and walking out of the Great Hall and going in search of Josh. She found him talking and walking with a group of Slytherins, and called out to him, running up. The Slytherins looked at each other and left Josh’s side.

“Josh! Josh!” Fire said running up and catching his arm. “Why didn’t you stop?”

“What do you want, Fire?” Josh asked, his voice harsher then normal.

“I’m sorry, did I do something to upset you recently?”

“No,”

“Is it because I am going with Shaun?”

“No,”

“Then what?”

“Cole. He was sitting with you.”

“I didn’t ask him to, and nor did I want him.” Fire said.

“Oh I thought that…”

“I was with Cole? No, goodness no.” Fire said.

“Okay, I just didn’t want to be your…”

“You are not. Nor will you ever be.” Fire said, with a smile.

“What do you want?”

“Will you come meet my dad, and scare away Cole?” Fire asked with a grin.

“Sure,” Josh said with a smile and walking toward the castle.

“Josh,” Fire called she hadn’t moved. Josh turned to look at her.

“Yeah?”

“I’m sorry if I hurt you.” Fire said her eyes soft. “I’ve wanted to say that for a while but with Addy needing me almost constantly….”

“I know,” Josh whispered walking up and letting his hand rest beneath her chin. “And I am sorry I didn’t try harder.”

“Oh stop being so noble,” Fire teased with a smile. “It’s my fault, because I didn’t try harder, and I was sort of a brat.”

“Oh come on, Fi, you are never a brat. My kid sister can be but you, nah.” Josh said using her pet name.

“Well, Joshy come meet my daddy.”

Fire led the way in Josh trailing behind her and laughing as Fire groaned when she saw her dad and Cole still sitting next to each other.

“Dad,” Fire said coming up and tapping him on the shoulder. Mr. Clayborne turned around and looked at them. “This is Josh Kitoko, Josh this is my dad.”

“Pleasure to meet you, sir.” Josh said as Mr. Clayborne stood up and shook his hand.

“Ho cameriere un molto tempo verso incontrare il uomo chi potei furto mio figlia cuore , e essere da Slytherin.” Mr. Clayborne said (I have waited a long time to meet the man who could steal my daughters heart, and be from Slytherin.) “Non quello IO tenere quello contro tu. molti di mio impiegato sei Slytherins. “(Not that I hold that against you. Many of my employees are Slytherins.)

“Sei dove Fuoco imparare suo Italiano poi.” Josh responded with a smile (You are where Fire learned her Italian then.)

“What are they saying?” Cole asked Adeline in a whisper.

“IO imparare mio Italiano da suo madre.” Harrison said with a grin. (I learned my Italian from her mother.)

“Well, I hate to say it but you said something about shopping earlier, can we go?” Fire asked.

“Fine,” Mr. Clayborne said getting up and walking out with her. McGonagall nodded to them as they walked by and Mr. Clayborne walked beside his daughter. As they neared the gates Mr. Clayborne made a noise and turned back toward the castle.

“What did you forget?” Fire asked him, as she looked back at the castle with him.

“I forgot –or you made me forget – about meeting your date. Unless it was Cole?” Mr. Clayborne sounded hopeful and Fire laugh as she continued down toward the gates. “It is Cole, right?”

“Come on, we’ll be late.” Fire said as she opened the gates and went through her father tailing her.

“How could we be late?”

“I know you, Father dearest, better than you think.” laughed Fire as she grabbed onto his arm and looked at him.

“Darn it, I had hoped to surprise you!” Mr. Clayborne said with a wide grin. “How’d you know?”

“I have sources other than Dinky, who didn’t reveal anything.” Fire grinned, amking reference to their house elf.

“Really? Who?”

“Mums the word.” Fire laughed.

“Alright ready?” Fire nodded and she felt the weird squeezing sensation that came along with apparition. Fire opened her eyes to see their “front parlor” - or the really fancy room they used when guests were there – loaded with seamstress and bolts or fabric and gowns or every color and style in the room, and handbags, jewelry, and shoes filling the room. Fire looked around surprised.

“That’s the look I love to see!” laughed Mr. Clayborne triumphantly.

“Its – wow.” Fire said looking around.

“Pick anything, anything.”

“Are you spoiling me? Because I love it.” Fire said with a sigh. She moved among the racks of dresses looking at each as a seamstress came up behind.

“Any style and color and we will make it ASAP.” She said, Fire could her the nervousness in her voice.

“Thank you.” Fire said with a grin.

“But most of those are your size if you want to try on to make sure the style is right.”

“Thank you again.”

Fire tired on many different things to no success. She knew she looked good, but they weren’t quite what she wanted. Fire warned the racks looking with her father behind her.

“Fire,” He said quietly.

“Mhuh?”

“What do you… are you…” He let his voice trail away and Fire knew better to look at him or say something. “Do you like Ann? Honestly.”

“Honestly?” Fire said looking back at him. He nodded. “I think she is a devil in disguise, is what I think. And do not get me started on my ‘step-brothers’.”

“So… if I said I was thinking of filing for a divorce you would say …”

“About time.”

“So you wouldn’t be a once upset?”

“No,” Fire said quietly. “Why?”

“I have thought about this for a while. She is cruel to Dinky, she is a absolute horror to you –I saw it once or twice – and she is…” Fire looked at her father as he looked down. “She is having a affair. With a muggle.” Fire’s eyes soften as she looked at her father. They liked muggles – not as much as Arthur Weasely perhaps but they tolerated them and didn’t think any less of them then they did of an average wizard or witch. But the fact Ann was having an affair with a muggle was still a blow to her father.

“I’m sorry.” Fire whispered.

“I’ve been thinking of doing it before I learned, now it just makes the part that say no, disappear.” Mr. Clayborne said. He stopped and lifted a gown for Fire to see. “I think we found it.” Fire loved the look of the gown and took it from her father and went to the bathroom that was set up as a dressing room. “Fire, who is your date?”

“His name is Shaun Tucker. He is a Prefect, his houses Quidditch Captain and Seeker.” Fire called through the door.

“I remember you mentioning him once.” Mr. Clayborne said. “I had hoped it’d be Cole…”

“Truthfully, dad, me and Cole are not in the best of relationships right now.” Fire said as she shimmied into the dress.

“Yeah, I got that from the tension between you two. Shame really, you two remind me of your mother and I.” Mr. Clayborne said. “Do you like this Shaun fellow?”

“We are going as friends dad, friends who like each others company and thought the evening maybe more enjoyable with someone we can stand.” Fire said with exasperation in her voice. “I’m coming out.”

“That is the one.” said Mr. Clayborne as she walked out. Fire smiled.



Fire walked into the Outcast common room with her dress in a black carrier thing she wasn’t sure what to call and her jewelry and other things in little boxes. Fire stopped at the sight that met her eyes.

“When I was gone, did somebody drug you guys?” Fire asked looking at Dom, Shaun, Josh and Cole all sitting they’re laughing at each other’s jokes.

“Fire!” the called in an almost drunk way. Fire fought the urge to runaway.

“Scary isn’t it.” Adeline called from the stairs, as she came down and towards Fire.

“the woman of the hour, is returned! Sit with us.” Dom said, as the others laughed.

Fire turned to Adeline. “You sure they aren’t drunk?”

Adeline shrugged her shoulders as she took some of the things and the girls ran up stairs.

“They all had a nice long talk outside after you left, with Dom mediating because it looked like they wanted to kill each other, but they came in buddy-buddy.” Adeline explained.

“Whatever.” Fire said. “Alright I have to show you may stuff…”

The next few days were weird for her as “three suitors” - as many called them – were around her constantly or at least near. Fire could hardly breath and “disappeared” a lot more, staying with Peter as much as possible. Fire woke Christmas morning in his arms with a smile. She got out of them silently not waking him and reached into her bag where she left the presents she got him at his feet like it would happen in Hogwarts and left. At the Castle Fire gently woke Peter, while she sat on her bed, with her mind.

Merry Christmas.

Fire looked up as Adeline and Dom banged in and jumped at the foot of Fire’s bed lying there presents next to hers. Fire looked at them for a moment and wished they could all be together: Fire, Dom, Addy and Peter. Adeline seemed to sense Fire’s thoughts and nudged Dom.

“Fine, lets go hang with Peter Talons.” Dom sighed.

“How’d you know! I didn’t tell you!”

“We guessed.” Adeline said standing up and pulling out three sacks and handing one each to Dom and Fire. They scooped up there presents as Fire told Peter. “You get to carry theses out the window. We’ll meet you by the lake.

So Fire introduced Adeline and Dom to Peter, and to Fire’s complete and under enjoyment it was cloudily enough that for some reason Peter didn’t change back. They opened presents, laughed, smiled and eat themselves full of the food Dom and Adeline had taken from the kitchens. Fire was smiling and laughing at Adeline; who was sporting a ridiculous hat from a “admire”. Fire grinned, Adeline got at least four from “admirers” who never left names. Fire knew who two were but kept quiet. Fires saw out of the corner of her eye Dom and Peter whispering something back and forth, as something seemed to buzz in the back of Fire’s head.

“Come on, guys. We should get leaving, no matter how much we don’t want to.” Fire said. Peter looked up and met her eyes. He nodded. He felt it too.

“I’ll see you soon.” Peter whispered in Fire’s ear as Adeline and Dom walked out. “And thanks for the presents.”

“Anytime,” Fire said as he kissed her cheek. “See you after the ball.”


Fire looked at herself in the mirror as she heard Adeline and Dom call they were leaving. Fire argued with herself for a little but finally left. She walked quickly knowing she would be a tap later then her and Shaun had planned but there before the doors opened. Fire came to the marble steps and looked down. There was Shaun looking up at her with a smile wearing a deep navy blue, his hair slicked back. Fire looked beyond him at Josh who was looking up at her, even if his date was on his arm. And beyond him Cole, who liked more dashing then ever, but he didn’t take her breath away, like he did with his date and the girls standing near. No the man in the corner of the hall, in a dark black suit and his black hair shaggy and a little tamed, his blue eyes standing out even from here. Peter stood leaning on the wall grinning up at her. Fire smiled and looked down blushing, as she went down the steps…
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you'll have to wait and yes i do know what the dress is going to look like but you wouldn't tell next time thanks for reading and like i said if i can pull myself away from the book i am reading i will try to get it up tomorrow, oh and here is the title for part two:
Partners, Dancing, and Stars
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Chapter Eighteen
The Ball, Part Two
Partners, Dancing, and Stars

Fire walked down the steps trying hard not to stare at Peter, but felt his amusement in the back of her mind.

Why didn’t you tell me you were able to find a way I would’ve –

Lilyfire, I won’t be able to stay long as you escort but I can blend in better than you think. Peter said laughter filled his voice. Don’t worry, I shall only dance with you, I promise.

Fire grinned as Shaun offered her his arm.

“You look good.” Fire could tell he was nervous and didn’t want to say something wrong.

“You look pretty good yourself.”

“You look good”? Does he have a brain? You look better than good, or great or fabulous. You are more beautiful then the stars themselves. Fire tried to hide her glow but could contain the small smile. His words were true. You are a vision of gold, Lilyfire.

You are making me blush stop it. Fire said with a small grin. She knew his words were true. Her gown was long and golden. It was halter-top with a golden lace around the ribs, showing off how small she was. Her gown showed off all the right spots and hid the wrong –not that there was much to hide – and it made Fire more confident especially when more of the guys looked at Fire as she passed then Adeline. Fire’s necklace was on a gold chain with a huge ruby heart at the bottom, her shoes embroidered with gold thread and a soft white-yellow. Her clutch matched the color of her dress and had a small clasp of real gold. She had rubies in her ears and a huge smile on her face, as her curly auburn hair, which had been tamed into perfect ringlets, hung down on her shoulders covering some of the exposed back. Fire held onto Shaun’s arm lightly as he led her toward the now open door. Fire spotted Adeline and Dom with Cat, her date, Landon and Lisa. Fire grinned at how Cat glared at the girl Landon was with, and how Landon glared at the guy she was with.

“They would make some couple, if they could think to see it.” Shaun commented with a grin as Fire felt Peter walk behind them.

“Landon and Cat? For awhile, maybe, but they have to much past if you know what I mean.” Fire said with a smile. “Don’t get me wrong they could be a cute couple, but I do not think if they were married it would last long. They are in some ways to similar.”

“You do not believe people similar can have relationships?” Shaun asked.

“No, but I think they need to balance each other out. For instance say… say there was a girl who was shy and quiet and let others constantly take advantage of her. I think she should be with someone who would speak up and be defense for her, protecting her and taking care of her. Like two loud people can’t be together – they both are use to getting what they want and being center of attention – but a loud person and a quiet person will usually work. But at the same time someone who feels worthless can’t be with someone who has a huge ego and it too… mastering.”

“I’ve known couples thou who are both very much so the same and never fight, they have spats but not fights. They both are impeccably loyal, they both can be shy but loud when they know you, and they both are kind and will to give anything for a stranger or friend.” Shaun said.

“Ah but see they are alike enough it wouldn’t cause riffs. The loyalty keeps them honest with each other. Being shy but loud when knowing someone keeps both of them in constant communication to each other. And the kindness keeps it so they are constantly giving and receiving. A perfect relationship.” Fire said with a smile.

I admit, I am falling more in love with you by the moment. Peter whispered quietly in the back of Fire’s mind

“Then by your own admittance we would never work, Shaun said.

“How so?”

Shaun smiled at her. “We both are far to popular, we both aren’t very good at relationships, we both are loud and like being the center of attention, we both like being stars in Quidditch and academics, and both have trouble dating competition.” Shaun said with a smile.

“’Competition? They only people my team has had trouble tackling was Gryffindor last year!” Fire said. “You are just practice.” Shaun smiled.

“Oh yeah? What makes you say that.”

“The points.” Fire said as he pulled back her chair and she sat. He took the seat on her left. “You have to admit, three-fifty to eighty is bad.”

“Yeah well you got the Snitch if we had…”

“You would’ve had two-forty and won by forty points.” Fire argued. “Besides you’re to slow.”

“Slow! I am not slow! You are just abnormally observant. If it was a flat out race where you only have to dodge not find I would be the victor.” Shaun grinned.

“Yeah, but it’s not that is why we are called ‘Seekers’ not ‘grabbers’ or something.” Fire laughed. “Besides I can still beat you in that.”

“No you can’t!” Shaun argued as McGonagall came out from nowhere. She nodded to the students who were looking for seats. Dom, Adeline, Sally Perkins and Fred Johnson. Fire smiled remembering Shaun asking her to find someone for it and his ‘no inter team dating’ policy.

“Hey guys, glad you could join.” Fire with a laugh. “Who do you think could win a in the air obstacle course, me or him?” Fire jerked her head at Shaun who laughed.

“You.”

“You.”

“Sorry mate, but you Fire.”

“I don’t know I think you, Shaun could at least give her a run for her money.” Sally said shyly.

“Thank you.” Shaun said oblivious to Sally trying to flirt subtly. “And you, Fred!” Shaun reached over to Fred who was sitting next to him and punched him playfully in the shoulder. Fire, as people were laughing, caught Peter’s gaze from the dark side of the hall.

“Et-um,” McGonagall coughed catching everyone’s attention. “Tonight is a very special night. We have debated on how we were going to do this and this is how it will go.” People looked at each other at McGonagall’s very stiff voice and raised an eyebrow. “The first dance you will dance with someone other than your escort.” There was a moan among the crowd. “hush! And it will be a member of the opposite sex. Now, let the dance begin.” Fire got up and looked at Shaun.

“Dom may I dance with Adeline?” Shaun asked.

Adeline turned to Fire. “I love how he asks Dom if he can dance with me, not me!”

“Have fun.” Dom said as Shaun offered Adeline his arm, which Adeline took willingly.

“Miss Perkins, if you will.” Dom asked offering his arm. Sally smiled and took it.

“Fire, may I?”

Fire tensed. She had hoped Peter would appear. Fire turned to Cole and raised an eyebrow.

“She can’t dance with you, she is dancing with me.” Josh said appearing out of nowhere.

“Wrong, gentlemen. She is dancing with me.” Peter appeared out of nowhere and offered Fire her arm. Fire grinned and took it, allowing Peter to lead her away. Fire placed her hand on his shoulder as his went to her waist and they held hands, dancing slowly and more romantically then most of the couples on the dance floor.

“I was hoping you’d ask.” Fire whispered in Peters ear.

“I wouldn’t miss the chance to dance with you for the world.”

Fire grinned big and moved even closer to Peter. They looked into each other’s eyes the whole time barely registering that the dance was over. Peter bowed and kissed Fire’s hand as Shaun walked over.

“Fire,”

Peter looked at Fire and nodded his head to the darkest corner and disappeared.

“Yeah, Shaun?”

“I hate to ask this but one of my Chasers dates stood them up, would you mind if I danced with them for a little? It’s just normally I wouldn’t but she’s been so fragile lately and all.” Shaun said.

“Go ahead, I’ll find a way to entertain myself.” Fire smiled. Shaun grinned back at her and kissed the back of her hand, like Peter had. He was walking away when Fire called: “Remember, this is just dancing in low cut dresses, in a very romantic situation, were spirits are high and ‘love is in the air’!” Shaun smiled turned his head and stuck his tongue out at her. Another dance was about to begin when Fire moved off the dance floor watching couples move to the floor.

“I know this may be out of line somewhat, but heck you minus well be a cousin. Fire will you dance with an old man like me?” Harry asked standing behind Fire. Fire smiled and took his hand.

“You are basically a cousin.” Fire said as Harry swung Fire into a medium speed dance that felt more like a jig.

“Fire, who was the guy you were dancing with? He looked vaguely familiar.” Harry asked.

“He is one of your students, of course he is familiar.” Fire said with a smile. She tried to hide the fact she was lying the best she could.

“Fire, I know each and everyone of my students. I do not know him.”

“You do to know him, Harry.”

“Fire, I know you are lying. Who is he?”

“Harry, if I could tell you I would.”

“And why can’t you.”

“Because, please just trust me.”

“Can you give me a name?”

“No,”

“Fire,” Harry’s tone held mixture of to many tones for Fire to pick out one, “I am going to trust you, now trust me. Do not put yourself on the line for him unless you truly love him.”

“Harry, I know the fact Lily died for you nearly killed you, but I am not you.” Fire whispered as the dance ended. Cole strode over and offered Fire his arm. Fire took the way out and allowed – to his shock – Cole to lead her away. By the time they were in the middle of the dance floor and in position to start dancing, Cole’s look of shock had turned into superiority. Fire rolled her eyes and winked at Peter who was leading Adeline out onto the dance floor. Peter grinned at her and Adeline caught Fire’s smile and walked over, leading Talons behind.

“Cole, I know you love Fire, but please can you dance with me. Pete’s to tall.” Adeline lied. Cole rolled his eyes and turned to Fire.

“Would you mind?”

“Not at all.”

“I still get to dance with you later!” called Cole as Peter led fire to the opposite side.

“Hey,” Fire grinned at Peter.

“Hey,” Peter replied his smile as wide. Fire blushed a little as Peter tucked a rebellious strand of hair behind her ear. The dance began.

Fire danced with only six guys that night. Peter, Cole, Shaun, Josh, Dom and Harry -that one time – each dancing with her at least twice. The ball was almost over when Fire felt Peter leave from where she was standing. Fire excused herself with the excuse of having to use the bathroom and left. Fire met Peter out in the courtyard, where ice sculptures surrounded them, beneath the stars. Peter heard her steps and turned moving toward her. He caught Fire up in his arms and kissed her, lifting her off her feet at the same time. He pulled back after several breathless moments and smiled at her.

“Merry Christmas.” Peter said with a smile.

“Merry Christmas to you too.” Fire smiled, as Peter started slow dancing with her. Some black shape moving very fast toward them drew her gaze away from Peter. Its shape turned into a fuzzy shape of an owl. Fire ignored it and went back to dancing; till the owl landed on her shoulder gently. Fire jumped and looked at it.

“It’s my dad’s owl.” Fire said lifting it off her shoulder and onto her wrist. The letter had her name written across it rather sloppy. “And isn’t my dads handwriting.” Fire took the letter and opened it as the owl flew off.



Mistress Firelilian,
I know it is not my place to ask but you must come home, even if it is only
for a few days. Your father is very ill. He needs you, mistress even if he
won’t admit it. Please come home, I do not know what to do.

Respectfully, your house elf,
Dinky

“I have to go.” Fire said her eyes wide as Peter read over her shoulder. “I have to go and tell McGonagall, and … oh god what am I going to do.”

“He’s sick it isn’t that bad.”

“Dinky would never write - unless me dad told her to- unless he was seriously sick.” Fire felt the panic rising in her throat and tried to force it down.

“Go, I’ll be fine.”

“Be safe.”

“I promise.”


Within a hour McGonagall was telling Fire she needed to be back by January first as Fire stepped into the fire and was whisked off by the Floo network.

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Chapter Nineteen
Memories

Fire stepped out of the fireplace as Dinky appeared, and gave a delighted squeal. Fire smiled what little she could and patted the little elf on the shoulder, while kneeling so they were almost even in height.

“Dinky, don’t get me wrong I love you, but where is my father?”

“In Her room, mistress.”

Fire nodded and ran out of the room, not taking in the familiar surroundings, and climbing up the lofty stairs three at a time. Fire came to the eastern wing and went to the huge double doors and opened them, her memory taking her away.


*Fire opened the huge door with great difficulty and walked in. she was only four years old and one of her favorite people in the world had just died. Fire walked to the woman who sat in a luxurious green wing-backed armchair by the fire. Fire stood in front trying to be a “good” and patient four year old to no avail. The woman looked up and smiled down at her. The woman had long red-gold hair that fell in perfect ringlets and deep-set green eyes. Fire’s eyes.

“Lilyfire, have you been naughty and Natalie sent you up here?” she asked.

“No, mama, I es…cap…ed.” Fire said trying to sound out the word she wanted to say.

“Escaped.”

“escap..ed.”

“Escaped.” Fire could tell that the woman loved her wholeheartedly.

“Escaped.” Fire said with a triumphant smile.

“So you ran away from your nurse, Lilyfire?”

“No I didn’t run,” Fire explained as if she was the old and wise one and the woman the young one, “I escaped.”

“Firelilian! There you are! What do you think you are doing!” yelled Natalie walking up. the girl was in her twenties with some brown hair falling out of her bun to settle in her hair.

“It is fine, Natalie.” The woman laughed.

“Bugging Mistress Clayborne like this.”

“She’s my mama.”

“She is not to be disturbed.”

“I do not mind, Natalie.”

“Of course you do,” Natalie went on heedless. “You are the mistress here, you have much to attend to!”

“How many times have I asked you to call me ‘Addison’, Natalie?” asked Addison Marie Clayborne, with a smile. “I think Dinky could use some help on dinner, and you are such a wonderful cook, why don’t you leave Fire with me.”

“Spitfire is more like it,” growled Natalie as she turned to leave.

“Now, where did we leave off yesterday?” asked Addison as she picked up her daughter and settled her on her lap.

“You were telling me why my mid-dl-le,” fire sounded the word out slowly. “Name is ‘Marie’.”

“Ah well it was a tradition for all the firstborn females to have the middle name Marie, because it means bitter.” Addison said. “Because long ago they use to be bitter when another girl was born into the family, it meant another dowry. So us Triles kept the tradition our many greats grandmother Helga Hufflepuff set in place for us.”

“Triles?”

“Yes, Triles.” *



Fire shook off the memory and walked toward the bed her mother use to sleep in to see her father just laying there, staring at the canopy.

“Dad,” Fire whispered crawling into the bed with her father. Harrison didn’t stir. He just lay. “Dad?”

“Addison?” asked Harrison looking around. He saw Fire and burst into tears.

“Daddy?”

“Firelilian, you look so like her.” Harrison sobbed as he rolled over and buried his face into his pillow.

“Dad, you need to eat or drink something.”

“You should be at school.”

“I am here now, and I am not going back until I know you are okay.” Fire said looking around, “and this is not okay.”

“Go back to school.”

“No. I am going to take care of you, got it. I know you miss mom, but I am the best you have.”

“Firelilian I am ordering you to go back to school!”

“And I countermand that order. You can’t push me out like you did when mom died! Dad you almost killed yourself!” Fire yelled over him as he started yelling at her to go back to school. “No, I am staying.”

“You are to much like Addison.”

“And you are fooling yourself if I am going to leave now.”


“I am your father.”

“And you need me. Don’t argue. I am going to go downstairs and make you… something.” Fire leaned over and kissed her father’s head before leaving and walking down the stairs. In the kitchen she made him a cup of cocoa and made cookies from the cookie dough in the fridge, all the time Dinky hovering trying to do this or that. When the cookies were done and the cocoa ready Fire took them upstairs. When Fire opened the door she was hit by no memories, just sadness from seeing her father this way… again.

“Dad,” Fire said handing putting the tray on the bedside table. he looked up and Fire handed him a cookie. They sat in silence for a little.

“I caught her.”

“What?”

“Ann, I came home real early yesterday and found her… with the muggle.”

“Dad I am so sorry.”

“I hand already filled for a divorce and had been coming home to tell her. But seeing her with someone else… I felt…” Harrison’s voice trailed off.

“Anger?”

“Nothing. I mean I felt a little bit of anger but that died. It was like… I don’t know. But the fact I hadn’t been enough for her, you hadn’t been enough, hurt deeper than seeing her with another man. Then we started yelling and she called you a ****, a coward, and insulted your mother. For the first time in over thirty years I lost control of my magic. My own elf had to stop me.”

“Dad, that is reasonable.”

“I lost… I should’ve seen your mother becoming sicker. I was so caught up in work, I couldn’t see… I didn’t see how much you needed her, and how much I needed her until it was to late.” Mr. Clayborne was crying now, harder then ever and Fire tried to control the tears she felt.

“It wasn’t your fault, dad. It wasn’t.”

“Just… let me be for a little…”

“Yeah,” Fire stood up and left, closing the door silently and running to her room. She hit the bed, as the tears exploded and she was hit with the old grieve she had thought she had buried.


*Fire walked into the room, as her “nurse” led her in. she was eight, and this was the first time Natalie didn’t have a haughty expression. Fire saw her father sitting by her mother in that huge bed. Mr. Clayborne saw her and beckon her forward, tears streaming down his face. Fire came closer to see a healer on the other side of the bed, in a chair watching her mother. Fire climbed up onto the bed to see her mother lying on the bed, pale as the sheets she was laying on. Addison Clayborne reached out to her daughter and Fire took her hand and held it against her cheek trying to act her age. Addison pulled Fire onto the bed next to her as a tear slid down her cheek.

“Harrison, would you and Healer Margo go outside so I can talk to my daughter alone.” Harrison nodded and left the healer following.

“Firelilian,” she whispered as the door closed. Fire dug her face into her mothers chest crying. “Lilyfire,” Addison stroked her hair. “My lily, my fire, please baby listen to me. I love you, and I always will. It is mean that I am being taken away from you, but I have to. I will always be with you, even if you can’t see me. Please, I love you more than anything. The world can’t handle Triles crying at once, so be strong for me. You are the last of us. The great hope. You are my heir, the heir, and my baby. Don’t cry, I love you more then the world itself, and oneday you will meet someone you feel comfortable with and love and he will be your knight. And when you do, think of me. I love you.”

“Mommy, please stay, I’ll be good I promise.” Fire begged.

“I wish I could baby.” Addison said. “I wish I could…”

Four days later Fire stood in a black gown that fell to her feet and matched her mood. She stood in front of the casket. Her mother was being buried muggle fashion. Harrison held her hand and squeezed it tight as more tears slipped down her face. Fire watched in grieve as the wizard spoke and the casket was lowered down. Fire throw the white rose on the casket and ran away faster than anyone.

Fire sat under the tree, rocking back and fourth crying, when someone she barely knew sat next to her and wrapped an arm around her. Fire at that moment didn’t care who it was but dug her head into his shoulder and cried. As the tears slowed Fire looked up at the man and tried to smile.

“Little Firelilian, I don’t think you remember me, but I was… I am Harry Potter, a friend of your mothers and your cousin Lily.” Fire nodded and didn’t speak. Harry smiled down at her. ”I lost my mother when I was much younger then you.”

“I know the story, mom…” Fire choked back a sob. “Mom, she told it to me.”

“You mother was a wonderful woman, Firelilian. Just like you will be.”

“Why did she have to die?”

“Why do any of us die? No one can ever explain it. We can blame people, we can blame ourselves, but that wouldn’t bring them back.”

“But why?”

“I do not know.”

“I miss her,” Fire whispered. “Will that ever change?”

“No, it never will. But I know this: you have a great father, friends, and you have me.”

“The hero of the world?”

“Maybe.” *


Fire woke up that morning to the door opening. Fire looked up as Harrison walked in. he sat on the bed next to her and tried to smile.

“See, I am up. I am moving.”

“You’re not better.”

“Why do you say that.”

“If you were you would be wet from having showered first.”

“Fire,”

“I am staying.”

“You are going to school. Now.”

“No.”

“Fire!”

“You need me, and you know it! If I left what would you do? Try to –”

“Fire,” his tone warned her she was pushing it.

“I miss her to! You have no right to be the one crying! I never got my chance! You always were the one walking around half dead, crying! I never got to cry! I had to learn how to take care of the house, and everything while you grieved! I was eight! And I still haven’t had to chance! Then you go and marry Ann while I’m at school! Giving me what? Two weeks notice! I am your daughter! You don’t get the right to send me back! For two years, dad, two years you paid me no attention. Then I come home one day from Adeline’s and find you trying to kill yourself! Having ordered Dinky not to stop you! No I am not going to let you walked around the house in this state again! Not until I am for sure you are better! I can’t lose you too!”

“Fire…”

“No.” Fire got up and left, heedless of him calling her back.



Fire sat in front of her mother’s grave as she heard footsteps coming toward her. Fire didn’t move or pay attention. She just sat there. Fire felt a person sit next to her, and wrap an arm around her.

“You could’ve told me, you know.” Harry whispered. “I would’ve taken you away and let you grieve. Hermione would’ve been there to.”

“Harry, don’t.”

“Your father flooed, telling me everything you said and what had happened. Fire, I get you being worried, but it might hurt you more then him to be here.”

“I need to be here, Harry.”

“Fire, it may kill you to be here.”

“I don’t care.”

“Fire. Go back to school, I can handle it.”

“He needs me.”

“And you need Peter Talons, Adeline Dolan, and Dominic Faolan and possibly even Cole Wood.”

“How did you find out about Peter?”

“He came to my office and told me.” Harry said. “Fire, listen to me, you could last a few days here, but eventually it would start to tare you apart. You need your friends, more than ever. Lupin, Tonks, Mr. and Mrs. Weasley and many of the other Order members will help take care of your dad. Addison and Harrison were essential to the Order. We payback our own, and take care of them. Please, trust me.”

“I can’t leave him, Harry. I can’t be sitting in between two graves, and I cannot go, because if I do…”

“Harrison will be fine, I promise you.”

“Harry,” Fire whispered, “I cannot let go. I can’t lose him. I can’t go back to school and act like everything is normal when there is a chance there may be two graves back here.” And it was as those words came out; Fire knew why she didn’t want to go back. It wasn’t just her father it was her fear. She was scared that if she did it would be her father sitting her, looking at her mothers and her grave. She was the last of the purest line of Helga Hufflepuff. The last. The Heir. And she was becoming a coward, in front of her hero’s eyes.

“Fire…” Harry knew, as he always did there was more meaning behind the words then what it looked like. “Is something… did someone threaten you?”

“Harry…” the urge to tell all popped up, but something deep down inside told Fire this was her time to deal with the problems that the school faced in the future. The future attacks that would happen. The chaos. The battles. It was her time to save Hogwarts. Harry had done it often enough, that it was and would be her time. And it was time to make her mother and cousin proud.

“Nothing is wrong. I will go back.” Fire said standing up. She added: “In a week.”

“Alright.”

“No sooner.”

“And that,” Harry whispered, “is true courage.”

“Did you know what I was thinking?”

“No, I guessed.” Harry followed Fire into the house.


*Fire opened the door, glad to be home. She was coming home from her second year at Hogwarts. Her father had been quiet the whole car ride home, but she didn’t mind. She was going home. What greeted her eyes made all the happiness of the twelve-year-old flea from her. The two people she had hated the most at school were standing there, with who she assumed to be their mother.

“Firelilian, this is Ann Barren, and her sons Christopher and Stephen.” Harrison said.

“I know who they are.” Fire growled, glaring at them. “What are they doing here?”

“I am going to marry Ann in two weeks.”

“What!” yelled Fire her outrage evident. “This is a joke right!”

“No,” Ann said. “I am your new mommy.”

“You will never replace her.” at that Fire ran up the stairs and slammed her door.
An hour later the door opened and Harrison came in, sitting down on the bed next to Fire, who had been sobbing into her pillow.

“Firelilian, I had hoped you would be happy for me.”

“Why her? You know how I hate the Barren boys.”

“I know, but as siblings I hope you will get along.”

“Their Slytherin, I can’t ‘get along’ with them.”

“They seem willing to make an effort. Make one for me, please.”

“That wouldn’t happen.”

“Firelilian.”

“Harrison, dear, let me talk to her.” came Ann’s voice making Fire cringe.

“Of course love,” Harrison left, closing the door behind him as Ann sat down.

“You, little brat, are not going to interfere with Harrison and me, got it? Or I will make your life miserable. And when your daddy is gone, you will say nothing and do only as you are told. I will not tolerate your little self absorbed self. Yes, Chris and Stephen have told me everything. You will behave or else. Now if you tell your daddy any of this, I will make your life even more pathetic then it is.” Ann stood up and left. *


Fire flooed back to the castle and went to her common room, without even talking to Harry. When she entered she was greeted by a delighted squeal and a bear hug.

“Fire!” Adeline said hugging her. Fire looked over her shoulder to see Cole, Dom and Peter there. Fire pushed Adeline away as Peter stood up. He greeted her with a kiss.

If you want, we can talk later.

Thank you.

“Fire,” Dom said pushing Peter out of the way, and hugging Fire.

“I’m back.”
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Chapter Twenty
Dreams, and Reality

Fire sat with her head propped up on Peter’s shoulder, her eyes half asleep.

“Fire,”

“Yeah?”

“You need to go back.”

“Why?”

“Because you have a full day tomorrow and need rest.”

“Fine,” Fire said with a grin, “but you owe me.”

“Good luck, by the way.”

“With what?”

“With the spells Harry is going to teach you tomorrow tonight you will need the rest. Trust me, little one.” his tone turned back into that of her mentor and protector before he became human, before he became in her knight in shining whatever.

“Oh shut up,” Fire teased pushing him away playfully. He smiled and wrestled her down to the ground digging his chin into her neck and kissing it repeatedly. “Alright, alright! I give, I will go!” Fire yelled, laughing, as she held her hands up in defeat.

“You’re to easy.” Said Peter getting off of her with a grin.

“For you, maybe.”

“Good, I have you wrapped around my peaky finger! The way I like my girls!”

“What? So they crawl all over you until you become the Beast and eat them?” asked Fire with a grin.

“Well, Beauty, every beast has his weakness.”

“I’ll see you tomorrow.” Fire said getting up. She flew back to her room where she slept peacefully until a strong hand grabbed her dragging her out of her bed. She tried to fight it, tried to scream but couldn’t, as she felt herself falling…. Falling. Then a light appeared, a bright, resilient light and she saw Talons fly out of nowhere, in his Hiwolfal form. He went to attack her kidnapper, but a blinding green light appeared, making him fall… his eyes lifeless as they looked at her, an unspoken word on his lips. He had changed back into himself. And as she watched him turn into her father… only a rope was around his neck…

Fire woke with a start as she jumped out of Talons arms, trying to fight the tears overwhelming her eyes. She knew then, what she felt… toward Peter, toward Cole, Josh… everyone she had ever thought of dating. And she knew that only one of the listed people could save her from an upending doom…

“Lilyfire?”

“Peter…” tears fell down her eyes, as he gathered her into his arms.

“It’s alright…” his voice was calm and it held warmth and comfort in it. So much so she wanted to fall into the tide of his words, and stay there. She dug her face into his shoulder and cried… and cried… until no tears were left in her. She cried for many people, for her mother, her cousin, Harry… it didn’t matter if they were alive or dead. She knew what they had endured and she cried for them, for her.

“Pete…”

“Yeah, Lilyfire?”

“Don’t ever let me go.” And with that she closed her eyes, and allowed herself comfort. For the love he had radiating from him to seep into her.

“There isn’t a chance of that, Fire, not a chance.” He held her closer to his chest so she could feel the steady rhythm of his heart. He held her for sometime before she told him of her dream, of her fear, of the loss she felt now more than ever, she wished for her mother.

“Tell me…”

“Of what?” asked Fire with a smile, as she finally felt safe in his arms.

“Of what all Ann did to you.”

“You don’t want to know, Peter, because if you do…”

“I won’t kill her, I promise.”

“Are you sure?” Peter nodded. And she began her tale. He listened, not making a comment, but she could feel his anger through the connection they had. She went on shakily as they heard rustling in the distance.

“So you are the heir of Hufflepuff,” Peter whispered quietly.

“I am,”

“I want you to know that no matter I am here. It don’t matter what you have done, or what you will do. I will always love you, protect you, and be by your side. Trust me.”

“I do, Talons.”

“I love you, Lilyfire. And I always will, no matter what.”

“I love you too, Pet.” Fire said leaning over and kissing him on the cheek with a grin. “Always.”

“Crucio!” someone yelled. Peter threw himself on top of Fire and she felt his pain ripple through their connection. She heard him scream as if it was her screaming instead of him. She pushed him off and looked at their attacker, her wand out. He wore a Hogwarts uniform and the hood covered his face. She pointed her wand at him, her eyes deadly as Peter fell quiet, breathing heavily behind her.

“You will pay for that.” growled Fire her eyes deadly.

“Your attachment makes you weak.”

“You being alone makes your death.”

“A fourth killing an seventh!” his tone was mocking as she looked at him, her glare deathly.

“You never know.” Fire smirked. She sent a spell at him without saying a word, his eyes wide he stepped back as pain swept through his body.

“That is magic two years beyond you!”

“Guess I’m special.” Fire shot another spell at him as he blocked it easily.

“Well, it seems you are an easier mark then I thought.” The man smiled and pointed his wand at Peter. He started to mutter a curse when he was cold clocked.

“You disgust me.” Fire spat on the ground next to him, stepping back.
“Crucio!” he yelled. Fire felt pain make her step back as the curse ran through her body making her stumble as she tried to think of a spell. Anything to make the pain go away. She felt her wand snatched out of her fingers and felt someone yell.

Peters gone… I’m next. She thought full of despair. Then like a shining light she heard his voice.

A white light flashed in front of her. And she felt someone kneel next to her, and arms wrap around her as she tired to push away from him.

“Shh, it’s me. Lilyfire!” it was Peter’s voice and it made her jump as she opened her eyes the spell dissipating. She allowed herself to melt into his arms, as tear spill down her face as she looked at him, a hand touching his face.

“I love you,” she allowed herself to slip away… her eyes closing.

“Fire! Fire!” she heard some choice curses as she looked up. She saw Peter’s tearstained face and his eyes looking at her. She saw Harry next to him on her other side. “Good, your alive. You know you are too much like me. It’s not healthy lifestyle.” Fire chuckled.

“How’d you get here?”

“Peter came and got me. You scared the carp out of us. What happened?”

“The bas – “ she stopped mid curse and used another word. “ – jerk hit me with a Cruciatus Curse and I couldn’t stop it.”

“Who was he.”

“A seventh year.” Fire growled with sarcasm dripping from every word.

“I guessed. Did you know him?”

“No, he had his hood up.”

“Is there anything you can give me to work with?”

“No…”

“Come on, let’s get you to bed. Peter… stay in the Room of Requirement for tonight.” Harry said getting up as he picked Fire up.

“I can walk.” Fire yawned.

“No, you can’t.” Harry growled.

“You are such a pain.”

“I know it.” Harry said as they entered the school.

“Please let me walk. I promise I am fine.” Fire complained as Peter laughed. Harry carried her up the stairs as if it was effortless. She quit complaining but just sat there, looking around for something to distract him.

“Not going to work.”

“You don’t know what I am thinking… right?”

“ Maybe I do, maybe I don’t” Harry grinned.

“Thanks for such a helpful answer.”

“You welcome.” Harry said as Peter opened the door. They took her up to her room where Adeline rushed in, glaring at them.

“What did you do to her!” she yelled.

“Nothing!” they yelled putting there hands up in defense.

“Fire, are you alright?”

“I’m fine, but they wouldn’t put me down or let me walk.”

“You were attacked!”

“And I was only hit once by the Cruciatus Curse!” Fire argued back at them.


“Still I don’t feel safe with letting you walk until you have had some sleep.”

“I had sleep.”

“Being knocked out does not count!”

“Oh…”

“You were knocked out! And hit by an unforgivable curse! In one night!” Adeline said.

“Oh yeah you didn’t know about that, did you?”

“No!”

“We’ll let you explain as I get Talons comfortable.”

“Couldn’t he just stay in the other wing for a bit?” asked Fire.

“I guess…” said Harry, “for now, we will make more arrangements later… I promise.”

“Thank you, Harry.” Fire said as Harry and Peter disappeared out the door.

“Your welcome.”

“Fire, what happened?.”

“I believe the Ravenclaw heir has found out who I am.” Fire whispered. “and he struck tonight at me. It’s only a matter of time before they found out that Benji is the Gryffindor heir. Then they will strike at Erica sooner than later, like they struck at Peter. I have to warn him.” Fire went to sit up, when Adeline pushed her down.

“You are not thinking straight. If they know who you are, they will be watching you. And if you warn Benji they will know who he is. Dom or I will talk to Erica and ask her and Benji to come to a big bond like fire in the hearth and we’ll invite tons of people and you two can slip away and talk. We’ll do it tomorrow.” Adeline said. Fire nodded and closed her eyes.

Her dreams were more unsettling then ever. Much like the one she had had earlier but they were different Peter would morph into her dad who in turn changed into Cole who changed into Adeline, then Dom, Erica and Benji. And each time she saw the man she had faced today. She woke up with tears in her eyes, her wand in hand. She slunk down onto the pillows, closing her eyes as her breath came in great gasps.

“Bad dream?” Fire looked up to see Cole standing in the doorway.

“Horrible.”

“Then maybe I can make it better.” He changed into the Ravenclaw heir, hood down, but his face blurrily. He murmured something and pain seared through her feet…? Fire jumped up looking around glad to be awake, but wondering if it was a dream. She looked at her feet to see Dom sitting on them. That explained the pain.

“What do you want?” Fire growled as he got off her feet, she rubbed them as he stared at her.

“You were attacked. And I didn’t find this out till this morning? I thought I was one of your best friends!” Dom said.

“I’m sorry… I didn’t really think about telling you last night.”

“I know… Adeline refuses to think of this… but if you need back up doing anything, I am your man.”

“Your wrong, Dominic. It would be me or Benji who went with her.” Talons said in the doorway leaning against it.

“No! I will go with her. I’ve known her longer than you and I have more the right.”

“Then her boyfriend, Dom?” Talons asked.

“How are you still human? Hasn’t the sun risen?” asked Fire.

“It’s another hour till sunrise.” Peter said with a smile.

“You’ll all come.” Fire yawned.

“Good,” Peter said. “Time to start working on narrowing down my list.”

“What were you thinking?”
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Chapter Twenty-one
Exchanging.

Fire walked down the stairs looking around for the people on Talons list. She saw a few and mentally grinned. Dom had agreed to fill in Benji, and Talons would be watching through Fire’s eyes looking for more clues. She was going to get revenge, and as she spotted two of the suspects watching her, her raw nerves nearly made her lose her composer.

Calm down, Harry is not far and I have… made a link with him so I can talk to him. Don’t worry.

I’d be dead without you I hope you know that.

I know, and I like the fact that you need me.

I don’t only need you I love you.

I love you, too.

Fire grinned as she disappeared down the steps. She sat at her usual spot as Dom joined her. He nodded ever so slightly and she grinned. Fire looked away for a moment as she smiled. It was about time this whole “prophecy” thing got resolved. She looked at the first year Slytherin girls and started sizing them up, and trying to decide who could be the person who was the Slytherin’s heir. Her eyes locked on one girl, sitting a little off from the others and playing with her food, her eyes moody. As Dom got off to chase after someone.

Peter…

I know she seems to fit the profile. We could have her absolutely wrong… it’s not fair for you to blame someone who isn’t guilty. Innocent until proven guilty… remember that. Peter warned.

I know… I know it’s just I want to find them so much.

“Fire?” Fire jumped and looked at Mary Rose who had appeared by her side. She smiled at her, trying to hide what she had been thinking.

“Yes, Mary Rose?”

“Can you help me latter with my Defense Against the Dark Arts? I’m not doing as well as I’d like and my brother doesn’t have the patience to explain it to me.” Mary Rose asked.

“Sure, I’d love to.”

“Thanks,” Mary Rose turned to leave but did a 180 and sat next to Fire with a smile. “What were you stewing over?”

“’Stewing’?” Fire asked with a laugh.

“Yeah when you are so busy thinking about everything that you ignore the world and are busy thinking about revenge and such.” Mary Rose said with a grin. “Stewing.”

“I am not ‘stewing’ I am… thinking, actually yeah stewing works much better.”

“Well, why are you stewing, dear one?” asked Mary Rose.

“Because I am… it’s none of your business, little one.” Fire said with a tug on her pigtails. “and if I am stewing it is because…”

“My brother. Blame everything on him when you get a chance, it’s so much fun.” Mary Rose grinned.

“I will from now on, I promise.” Fire said with a grin.

“By the way,” Mary Rose said getting up. “I prefer you to the girl Josh is dating now. She’s a pig, but don’t tell Josh that I said that.”

“Josh is dating someone?”

“Yeah… oops I wasn’t suppose to tell you that.” Blushed Mary Rose.

“It’s okay, I wouldn’t tell him you told me that. Besides for as big as this castle is rumors spread fast. It would’ve gotten to me.” Fire said with a smile.

“Alright.”

“Mary Rose,” Fire said, the little girl turned around. “Want to have breakfast with me and become my spy?”

“Sure!” Mary Rose said turning around and sitting with her.

“Why didn’t Josh want me to know?” asked Fire with a smile as Mary Rose ladled pancakes onto her plate.

“He was your first boyfriend and was afraid that if you knew there was someone else you might go crazy or something. And he still carryin’ a torch.”

“For me?”

“Course! He always will.”

“But… why?”

“Gosh.” Mary Rose said, as if she was the older one. “Josh is as loyal as any Hufflepuff in the world. You, Fire, were his first kiss and love.”

“Really?”

“When you said ‘I love you’ in Italian he was floating, even if his frustration made him not want to admit it.”

“How do you know so much for a eleven year old?”

“I’m smart, and I can get Josh to tell me anything!” Mary Rose laughed.

“Your evil!!!” laughed Fire with a grin. She saw one of her suspects leave the table and knew she needed to follow him. “Alright I got to go. I’ll see you later, I promise.” Fire got up, squeezed Mary Rose’s shoulder and ran off, as fast as she could. She tailed the guy with practiced ease and jumped when someone touched her shoulder. she turned to find someone standing right in front of her, his hand in a fist. She saw it swing toward her and ducked, ramming her own fist into the person’s stomach and backing up both fists up and ready, her knees slightly bent and ready to strike.

“Did you really think I would let you go, oh little girl?” he growled and she recognized his voice as her attacker last night. She held herself with her defiance evident.

“No, I just hoped to get off on the better end this time,”
Harry’s coming. But still be careful. Talons growled.

“Your beast has contacted Harry, I’d bet. But by the time I am – “ Fire moved fast cutting him off as she hit him with her right hook.

“I don’t need anyone’s help to beat you.” spat Fire.

“We’ll see about that before the end.” Said the man picking himself off the floor.

“I look forward to it.” Fire yelled, as he ran off. She gently touched her face as Harry appeared.

“Where is he?”

“Gone,” Fire traced the bruise gingerly.

Harry let out a few curses then walked over to Fire, lifting her face gently so he could see it. He pulled out a thick foul smelling green paste and handed it to her. “It’ll help with the bruise. You okay?”

“Besides this I got off with the better end of the deal.” Fire dipped her fingers in it and smeared it gently on where the bruise would be.

“By the size of that bruise he has to be on the bigger size.”

“Around six foot. He has brown hair I got a glance of it when he was picking himself off the floor.” Fire smiled at Harry’s shocked face. “Hey it’s only fair that I get to know him off his feet in exchange!”

Harry shook his head with a smile. “I want Dom or Cole or even Josh to go with you everywhere, hear me?”

“So you are condemning me to spend all my time with Dom?” Fire groaned with a smirk.

“Yes, if it keeps you safe.”

“Fine, but you owe me.” Fire said as they walked down the hall. “Luckily yours is my first class.”

“Luckily.” Harry said in a condoning voice.

So that strikes a few off the list, at least. Talons commented.

A few, but not as many as I’d like. Fire with a grin I still think it is a certain person!

Don’t condemn when you don’t have to.
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Chapter Twenty-Two
Repairing, Yet Destroying.

For the next few weeks nothing happened but Fire’s growing annoyance towards Cole, Josh, Dom and Harry. She couldn’t go anywhere without them tailing her, appearing suddenly when she had thought she had got away. Cole won against Ravenclaw by eighty points. Fire started to throw her bent up energy and frustration into her Quidditch. Needless to say, her team could barely keep up as she raced around the field catching anything that was thrown at her. She allowed the snitch to get further away from her then most people during practice and caught it with ease. But that didn’t help with her nerves. There was an attack once a week no matter what the teachers did. And they were growing worse as it unfolded, the latest getting transferred to St. Mungo's. Fire knew she should be stopping this, and couldn’t keep herself from nearly blowing up on unsuspecting victims. Her grades became a roller coaster ride as she paced around one night not able to do any homework, and the next threw herself at it with a vengeance.

No matter what Peter, Harry, or anyone said she was uncomfortable, edgy and snappy. People tended to shy away from her in the corridors and renewed whisperings followed her everywhere. Black circles encircled her eyes and Adeline insisted on making her wear make-up to cover it up. When Fire did escape at nights she went around in her animgus form, and destroyed young trees by ripping her talons into them, only to come back the next day and repair them. She was seen brooding more than studying and her laughter hadn’t been heard in weeks. Fire wouldn’t admit it, but she had also lost twenty pounds from lack of hunger. Talons constantly bussed around in her mind, trying to get her to eat or laugh or crack a smile to no avail. She was becoming a ghost before the few people who could tell, and they were powerless to stop it. Hogsmeade came and went, Fire heedless of almost everything. She spent that time in one of her increasingly rare study/junk food times.

The next weekend was a Quidditch weekend. Time to show off. Fire led her team out and onto the field, her stomach making a protesting growl at her for having not eaten. Fire shook hands with her soon to be former stepbrother and grinned, making him look nervous. Fire mounted the broom and flew off going high and looking for the glint of it gold as Hufflepuff took the Quaffle, Alec in control. Fire glanced toward him and she saw Christopher swoop in and steal the Quaffle. Fire swore under her breath as Jackson went to swing but missed the Bludger doubling over it pain caused from his not-so-recent-anymore injuries. She shouldn’t have let him play. Something deep down had told her that but she hadn’t paid attention to it.

“And it looks like something is a matter with the Hufflepuff Beater Jackson Roland.” Ebbs said with delight in his voice. “Could this help with the end of the Hufflepuff rein?”

Boos erupted from the yellow and black clad spectators. Fire flew up next to Jackson who was still doubled over.

“Jackson, if you can’t tell me now.” Fire whispered as the game went on around them.

“My shoulder is killing me, but I can keep playing.” Jackson said looking up at her.

“Looks like the Captain is spending some quality time with her beater… is there something between them?” asked Ebbs like someone writing a magazine article.

“Shut up!” Fire yelled at him, her voice carrying over everything like she had the megaphone; then to Jackson in a softer voice. “Are you sure?” she placed her hand on his shoulder trying to radiate comfort and peace. Hoping some how to heal his shoulder without her wand. She remembered the big gash on his shoulder that she had thought she had healed. She remembered the patrouns like thing that had come out of her hand. She her had radiate sliver a little as something deep down surfaced. She felt, rather then saw a lingering black poison in his shoulder. She saw the sliver light go and destroy it as she was brought back to reality. Jackson was looking at her, sitting straight up, a slight smile on his face.

“You were the one who…”

“Get back to the game, Beater.” Fire said turning her broom and going straight up.

The game went into full swing making it hard to think or breath. It last a good thirty minutes from the beginning for anyone to score. No matter how much she didn’t want to admit it Christopher had a good team, and he was an exceptional chaser. Adeline was the first to score, by stinking her foot out she had caught Christopher’s own foot and had made him do a cartwheel taking out his own Keeper. She had scored it easily and flew away with a triumphant smirk, only to have Christopher repay the favor by kicking her slyly and stealing the Quaffle scoring for his own team.

By two hours later everyone on both teams had bruise. Only two penalties had been called and the Snitch spotted only once. It was tied when Fire finally saw it. She dove faster than the Slytherin Seeker, Greg Darren. She had it in her hand as the Bludger came at her. She saw it and dove aside, it going up at the last second missing her by inches.

She landed as her team came around her with smiles. It was 200 – 50. They had won, finally. The scores were now: Hufflepuff in the lead with 550 points, Gryffindor trailing with 490, then Ravenclaw with 120 followed by Slytherin who were in last place with 110. Her team and the Hufflpeuff supporters lifted Fire up. She smiled and laughed allowing herself some moments of happiness, something Adeline, Dom and Cole looked on, smiling in relief.

All the happiness faded away in the morning when four people had been brutally attacked. Fire knew only one of them. Sally Perkins, Fred Johnson’s date and who had sat with her at the Dance. Fire had moved back into the sulky mood, thinking quietly. One of her suspects had an alibi. A friend had been with him all night, therefore leaving three left.

Three.

Plus all the Slytherin suspects.

It was feeling hopeless.

Fire felt someone tap her on the shoulder as she looked up. Cole was standing over her.

“If you are trying to guess what my plans are for our face off, disappear.” Fire snapped. She had circles under her eyes from the partying last night.

“Snappy. Alright. I wanted to talk to you about a few things.” Cole said sitting down and lowering his voice. “I know all this Heir stuff is getting to you, but you can’t do this, so much. You are starting to kill yourself. What I am trying to say is: be careful, I don’t want to lose you.” Cole went to get up, put Fire reach out and touched his shoulder signally her wanting him to stay. He sat and Fire placed her head on his shoulder, allowing a tear to slip down her face.

“Cole…”

“Yeah?”

“I’m sorry for being such a jerk to you,” whispered Fire. Cole wrapped an arm around her leaning his own head against hers. She used one hand to wipe away a tear. They didn’t realize that many other people were doing the same, fear in their eyes.

“I’m sorry for hurting you.” Cole whispered.





Fire walked down the hall of Hogwarts by herself, looking around worry evident in her eyes. Something wasn’t right…

They were attacking again.

She felt a surge of determination. She wouldn’t let more innocents get hurt. It was time to get all this stuff over with. Fire allowed her instinct to guide her down the halls, drawing her wand and holding it at her side.

“Hurry up. We got more to attack.” Slyth growled. Fire threw herself against the wall, peaking her head around the corner. There they were. Fire glared at the smaller ones back. She saw the cloak explode into flames, shock pouring throw Fire. She looked at it as the Ravenclaw heir disdainfully put it out. Fire jumped around the corner as they were arguing against Talons warning. She shot a stunner at the Slytherin heir and went toward the Ravenclaw heir as he sent a blue light in the form of a vulture. Fire was hit by it before she could deflect it.

Fire fell to the ground as she heard someone running toward them. She saw, before her eyes closed, the Ravenclaw pick up the Slytherin Heir and run off. Fire felt the pain as if it was happening to someone else as Harry hit the ground next to her, the other teachers slipping around looking at the other attacked student and Fire.

“Fire?” Harry yelled shock in his eyes, as her eyes start to blur.

“Who was it? Fire?” Hermione asked, kneeling next to her.

Fire closed her eyes, being engulfed in black, tormenting dreams.
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Chapter Twenty-Three
Finding Your Courage

Fire ran. She didn’t know why, or how she was able to. She just ran. Fire looked up and saw someone walking toward her and she slowed, not knowing why, because something said to continue running. She just walked toward the person. Fire smiled at the person as they stopped. She mentally flinched and started to wonder how this had happened.

“Fire, dear. You’ve been gone for four hours. I told you only to be an hour. I know you like exploring – goodness knows I loved it at you age – but four hours is awhile. What took your imagination away this time.” The person said with ease.

“Mom?”

“Don’t tell me you forgot your own mother. What did you think I was dead? The Woods will be here in half an hour. Try to get ready in time, and be nice to Cole for once you intimidate the poor boy.” Mrs. Clayborne said, with a grin.

“Cole? He is putting on an act like he always did.” Fire growled.

“Yes, I know. You always use that excuse. Now run and get washed up.” Mrs. Clayborne said. Fire nodded and ran to her house, and into her room. She leaned against the bedroom door and closed her eyes. What was happening? Her mother had been dead for six years. How was this happening? She had had dreams before… but not like this it felt so – real. This was her mother, in everyway just a little aged, nothing more. She looked quietly at the dress on the bed and knew she should put it on.

Fire didn’t move as tears spilled down her face.

Fire silently got ready; as the tears flowed she put on the green dress that was cut low. She looked down as she slid it over her stomach and stopped, running her fingers over the place she had gotten a scar, last year at Hogwarts. Something wasn’t right; it had been there, taunting her telling her she couldn’t wear a bikini. She stopped and looked in the mirror titling her head up so she could see where an old scar she had gotten when she was nine was there. Nothing. She remembered falling from that tree from to high and cutting herself on a branch, and breaking a few bones. She remembered it, and yet no scar.

Fire finished putting on the dress thinking real hard when she heard someone coming toward her room. She pulled back her hair as someone knocked. Something silently whispered not to do it. But she went to the door anyway and opened it. Cole stood there, as cocky as ever and she smiled at him, with the lose jeans and the red polo.

“Glad to see you again, Fire.” Cole said his grin evident. He stepped close to Fire and kissed her, drawing her close to him. Fire pushed back trying to get away but he held her tight. He pulled away when he seemed satisfied and closed the door. “Now we don’t have to act. I know your mother doesn’t quite approve of you dating, but really can we tell them?” Fire recoiled. This was not right. She knew it, but this seemed… right.

“Babe, you okay? Your mother said you didn’t look good.”

“Cole…”

“Come on, Let’s go down stairs.” Cole led Fire down, and skillfully dropped her hand when they came into view of all the parents. Fire mentally jumped at the sight of her mother again.

Fire made it through dinner without freaking out. She went to bed “early”. As soon as Fire let her eyes different she heard someone walking down the hall. Fire jumped up and looked at the door as it opened. A man stood in all black, his shaggy hair falling in his face, but you couldn’t see his face, scaring the **** out of her. It seemed to be pale but you could not see any features the person might have. He stood there looking at her.

“Who are you? Go away!!!” Fire yelled at the person. He stood there, making her even more nervous before he turned around and disappeared.

Fire fell against the pillow automatically falling asleep.


She woke up to someone sitting on her bed. Fire opened her eyes watching her mother smile at her. Mrs. Clayborne held out a glass of water. Fire took it and drunk it deeply.

“We heard you last night.” Mrs. Clayborne said quietly. At Fire’s curious look she explained. “You father and I. yelling at invisible people. Fire, we’re worried about you, and as such we are going to St. Mungo’s. Don’t fight us on this one.”

“I won’t.”

“Whatever it was you saw must have scared you. What to tell me about it?”

“No,”

“Are you sure?”

“Yes. When are we going?”

“An hour. Shower and come down to breakfast.” Fire nodded as her mother disappeared. Fire got up and showered quickly. Slipping on a pair of comfortable dark colored jeans and a light blue camisole with a black long sleeved shirt over it. She quickly combed her hair, and put it up in a tight bun. Fire slipped on a pair of comfortable black shoes and ran down stairs to the den where they usually ate breakfast.

Thirty minutes later the Clayborne’s flooed to Mungo’s. Her mother had already made an appointment and they went straight to the Healer’s office where are several minutes off explaining what it could be, he prescribe three different potions and a pill to be taken twice a day. After she was shooed out so her parents could catch up, Fire took the potions. They went home, and for the next few days Fire kept up with the meds and the person didn’t reappear. She became herself, seeing old friends and talking with people. But it didn’t last. Harrison and Addison went to some week thing for couples, leaving Fire with only Dinky to check up on her. Fire spent most of her time, thinking and writing about the memories of her “dream” life. It had all felt so real… every bit. Talons loomed in her mind, making her wonder if it was true.

She saw the gate to the mansion open up, making her jump. She saw Harry walk in and see her from across the room making Fire smile. Harry sat next to her after jogging over.

“You heard… didn’t you?”

“Course I did. Are you sure you are okay?”

“I’m fine, Harry. It’s just…. It felt real, if you know what I mean.”

“Yeah, all I can say is keep with the meds, and eventually it will go away.” Harry said, but then quietly to himself: “It’s about balance and strength.”

“So…”

“I came by so I could truthfully say to your parents that I checked on you.” Harry said with a grin.

“Alright, I’m going to go in. coming with?” Fire asked with a smile.

“Naw I got to go.”

“Have fun.” Fire said with a grin as he disappeared.

Fire went into her bathroom that night and started looking at the pills. She looked up and saw her own face blurred in the mirror like the other persons. Fire turned and looked around.

“Don’t do it. Fight it.”

Fire looked around again.

“Lily, don’t do it. Find your courage, beat this thing.”

Fire griped her hair, kneeling as she tried not to listen to the voice.

“Go away!!! You’re not real!!! Your not real…” she started swaying back and forth as tears rolled down her face.

“I love you,”





Peter sat in the hospital wing watching Fire, as she lay there unconscious. It had been three weeks since she had been attacked. Three long, painful weeks. Last week they had brought in some sort of Muggle equipment that detected brain function. And hers was too active for someone who was in something equivalent to a comma. It was nearing dawn and he knew he’d have to leave soon.

Peter sat there looking at her as something came to mind.

“Don’t do it. Fight it.”

Peter paused as the monitor that showed her brain function and pulse beeped.

“Lily, don’t do it. Find your courage, beat this thing.”

It beeped frantically as her lips moved motionless. With a tear Peter stood up and let the glass touch her head as if he was kissing her forehead whispering:

“I love you,”

Peter turned and walked away; the rubber suit that had been protecting him, he started to strip off after he got away from the protective plastic. The first time someone had touched Fire skin to skin they had started to grow sick. She had been in isolation since and only the Healers had been aloud in. this had been the first time since she had been brought in that he had been allowed to see her. Twice. He had been allowed to touch her twice though plastic gloves and with lots of layers between them.







Fire spent the next few days trying to get the image out of her mind, and put on a false happy face. It had been twelve days since she had woken up to see her mother. Fire thought closing her eyes and listen to the slit lull in the conversation her parents were having with the Minster of Magic. She was half asleep when she heard her name.

“Fire,”

“Yeah, mom?”

“You probably need to go and send a message to Adeline. You haven’t talked to her for a while and she’d love to hear from you, I’m sure.” Addison said with a smile. Fire knew she just wanted her away from them so they could talk more openly. She nodded and walked away. She hid behind a tree and listened intensely.

“Did you hear about her condition, Minster?” That was her mother

“Yes, unfortunately. Our prayers are with you, if there is anything I can do please tell me.” That was the Minster.

“Well, we were helping you’d say that. We heard about a program that helps those who were once normal… well become normal again. We can’t get her into it, despite all our effort. It’s in France, but the Minster of France’s government wife runs it. We need your help.” That was her father.

“They have had many successful treatments there. They could help drastically. Please, Minster, we need your influence.” Her mother.

“I will see what I can do.”

At that Fire ran. She was going to be put somewhere with a whole bunches of quakes. Fire sat on the grassy hill and closed her eyes tears rolling down them. Images. Flashes. Her fake life tormented her. She saw his eye color in the sky; the grass seemed to blow out the shape of his face. Her tears fell onto the ground as she tried to remember what the heck she was going to do. Go to a physic ward had never been in her plans. Hogwarts is where she wanted to be. Hogwarts…

Without knowing why Fire knew if she got to Hogwarts she might be able to stop this. End it. All would be set right. Fire got up and started heading toward the gate outside. Fire was halfway to the gate when she saw Hogwarts looming outside. She ran faster. Fire went to open the gate to find her mother standing in the way, and two people tackling her to the ground. The world went dark.

Fire woke up to a white walled room with a toilet on one corner and the bed she was on in the other. She had been transferred to the place her mother thought she’d be okay at. Fire looked around tears falling down her face. Everyone thought she was crazy. Fire pushed back the blankets as she sat up. She looked up to see the person walking by the foggy glassed window. Fire looked at the figure and hated it.

“Go away!!! Stop it! I just want to be normal!” Fire yelled. “Go away!”

The door opened suddenly and a woman with blonde hair and blue eyes came in, her eyes scary. Fire looked at her with deep frustration.

“Ms. Clayborne, I am glad you are awake. It’s been quiet sometime. I am sorry for the – inconvenience of this room. I plan on getting you a better one.”

“Who are you?” Fire asked looking away, her eyes unfocused.

“Mrs. Raveier.”

“The French Minster’s wife.” Fire stated.

“Yes, I am glad you know this stuff.” She said. “I will leave you to get ready to meet the others. We’ll begin the first group session in an hour. Bruce will come and get you.” She turned and left. Fire allowed her eyes to focus on the door. She felt the link that had been growing faint gain strength. Soon. Very soon she could change into a hippogriff.

Forty-five minutes later Fire saw “Bruce” who was a big tall black man who could take Fire easily even if she had her wand. Fire walked silently with him, thou was unwillingly to go into the session. Everyone was wearing bathrobes and pajamas. Fire sat down and listened to their stories all of them seeming more insane then the next. At the very end Mrs. Raveier turned to Fire and smiled.

“Deary, would you like to tell everyone of you experience?” she asked.

“No thanks.”

“Sharing helps, I know.” the man who spoke and spoken the most wild tales and had huge eyes.

“I said no thanks.” Fire growled the room shaking with the force of her anger.

“Fire, I’d behave.”

“This is behaving. Leave me alone. I don’t want to be here. I’m fine! I am normal, I promise. And trust me you don’t want to see me not behaving.” Fire stood up and tried to walk away but Bruce stood in the way.

“Firelilian turn around and tell us,”

“Move out of the way.” Fire growled.

“Ms. Clayborne. Turn around right now!”

“What are you going to do, stun me?”

“Yes.”






Fire didn’t wake up in the room. She woke up in a private room with people monitoring her. She closed her eyes as the nurse came.

“She stable. The meds are helping, madam.”

“Fight it!”

“She’s losing the fight, Peter. You can’t help. He’s won.”

Not for long. Fire thought to herself. The bindings ripped off her as she jumped up kicking the nurse and making a run for it.





“Fight it.” Peter growled through the plastic as he watched her. She was fading and there was nothing the doctors could do.

“She’s losing the fight, Peter. You can’t help. He’s won.” Harry said, a defeated look in his eyes.

“Not for long.”




Fire ran down the halls not knowing where to go but being guided by instinct. She ran down the stairs taking them two at a time, her eyes unfocussed. Seeing something beyond this world as she ran.



“Peter!” Harry yelled as he ran inside the curtained off wall. He grabbed a hold of Fires arm.





Fire saw him, right in front of her, leading her. She ran toward him, her smile evident. Suddenly he disappeared. Replaced by her Mother.

“Where are you going, Honey?”

“Home.”

“Fire.” Fire turned to see him standing twenty feet behind her between two gunmen.

“Run. Don’t stop, don’t look back. Run.”

Fire ran, in between the guard’s bullets flying past her. She ran for her life. Talons disappeared but she still ran.




Two people pulled Peter off Fire, as he held onto her arm, unprotected.

“What were you thinking!” Harry yelled at him as they escorted Peter into another contained area.


Fire looked up to see the gates of Hogwarts. Harry stood in front of them.

“I won’t try to go through them.”

“Move. Your not real.”

“How do you know?”

“I know.”

“Do you really know?” Harry changed into her mother and Fire gulped raising her chin in defiance.

“Yes, as a matter of fact people don’t turn into other people before my eyes.” Fire pushed through him.

“You’ll die!”

Fire stopped halfway through. “At least I’ll die standing up.”










Fire looked out over Hogwarts a sigh of relief on her lips as the sun came toward the horizon. She could feel it; Like the power that had been with her since she had woken up. Power that threaten to overwhelm her, to take control.

“So, you found your courage.” Peter said sitting next to her.

“Two months. I have been asleep for two months,”

“It’s Easter next week, and the final match of Quidditch a week after that.” Peter smiled. “Yeah Slytherin won. Three-fifty to fifty.”

“Ouch.” Fire smiled.

“Welcome back to the real world, by the way.” Peter said standing up. “I’ll see you tonight.”

“Aren’t you worried that you’ve been infected and all this is a dream?”

“No.”

“Bye,”

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Chapter Twenty-four
Winning, Yet Losing

“So, what’s the surprise? I know I woke up a week ago, but why do I get such special treatment. I mean picking me up at the door, walking with me. Then making me walk all the way back with you covering my eyes.” Fire said as she saw black, allowing Peter to guide her.

“I want to treat you special before your big day tomorrow. I mean taking on Cole and Gryffindor, lots of work for someone who just woke up.”

“Cole wouldn’t be a problem. His offense is weak and his Seeker sucks.”

“Yes but his defense is great. Plus he’s been nearly killing his team with his workouts.”

“Peter, where are you taking me?”

“Alright,” Peter said as they stopped. “Ready?”

“More than.”

“Here we go,” Peter uncovered her eyes and she saw his cave filled with decorations and a table set up for two. It had food on it and there were presents next to it. “Happy day before your birthday.”

“Peter,” Fire said her eyes welling up with tears. She had forgotten that her own birthday was tomorrow. The twenty-eighth of March.

“You’re welcome.”

Fire turned and kissed him, her arms around him holding tight. “Thank you, thank you, thank you!”

“You haven’t seen what I got you yet, you may change your mind.” Fire kissed him again getting a big grin in response to her affection. “Come on,” Peter took her hand and led her to her seat. He pulled out her chair that she took with a smile.

“Do I get to open presents now, or later?”

“One now, the other two later.” Peter said an evident smile on his face. “This one first,” he handed her a gift wrapped in yellow wrapping paper. With zeal Fire tore open the package to see a golden locket with a rose design on it, and little flames wrapping around it. Fire gawked at it, her eyes wide.

“Peter…”

“Do you like it?”

“I love it.” Fire said her smile wide.

“Look inside.”

“Alright.” Fire opened it up to see a picture of him. With a smile she leaned up and kissed him. “It’s perfect.”

“I’m glad you think so.”

“You are perfect.” Fire said kissing him again, “and charming and sweet.”

“I wouldn’t want to be just perfect. Charming and sweet are important to.” Peter said with a grin.

“Yes, what would perfect be without those?”

“Boring and prefect like.”

Fire laughed as she kissed him again.

“Now, my dear baby girl, I have a amazing evening planned for you, so let’s get on with it.”

“Course.” Fire smiled at him as he pulled out her seat and pushed her in. He started putting the food on her plate and all of it was her favorites. They eat talking, laughing and forgetting the troubles that had plagued them, forgetting about the other Heirs and all that could and would happen. They just sat eating their food, laughing, talking and acting like they were a normal couple. As they ate dessert Peter reached over and turned on a radio. I’ll Be by Edwin McCain started playing as Peter stood up offering his hand. Fire laughed and took it biting her lower lip as he spun her. Fire danced with him, a very romantic dance where Peter held her tight to him, her head digging into his neck as his cheek rested on her head.

“I love you.” Fire whispered.

“I love you too.”

At that moment something triggered in Fire’s heart as Peter gasped, stumbling back his breath ragged. Fire moved to his side and held onto his hand as it glowed. Fire looked at him her eyes glowing with unshed tears.

“Don’t you dare die on me, or I will kick your butt.”

True love, only true love would set you free Lorne. Now, young one, that you have found your Star you are yourself. No longer will the sunrise part you. But many will try to destroy what you have. Be careful Lorne the Peter.

A light beyond bright engulfed Peter, setting off Fire’s newfound heighten senses exploded landing her right next to him, curled up on her side. Fire opened her eyes to see Peter staring at her his hand holding hers, laying on his side. They both seemed devoid of strength. Fire stared at him, a smile playing on her lips.

“You planned this, didn’t you.” She teased.

“Course not.”

“I do love you,”

“What the heck just happened!” Harry yelled walking in. he looked around taking in everything. Before either of the two on the floor could say something he had moved and lifted Peter off the floor and threw him into the wall reaching for his wand. “I am going to kill you! How dare you force her to –“

“Harry! We didn’t do anything but dance!” Fire yelled getting up and pulling at his arm.

“Really?”

“Yes. But Peter’s well… Peter.”

“You two found the cure?”

Peter and Fire exchanged glances and nodded.

“Well then I am reenrolling you. You shall start where you left off. You are a transfer student from America.”

“Yes sir.”

“Move into Fire’s dorm. What house were you in before.”

“I wish I knew.”

“We’ll sort you later. Finish your dinner and then come back up. I better see you coming back in an hour.”

“See ya, Harry.” Fire called and then turned to Peter, wrapping her arms around his neck with a smile.

“Fine lets open the other gifts then we’ll pack.”

Peter got her a book she had been meaning to buy and a muggle thing called an “IPod” in a green color. On the back was a message engraved on it saying: “To my baby. These are all the songs I listened to while thinking of you.” Fire automatically put in the headphones and heard Here Without You by 3 Doors Down, Where’d You Go by Fort Minor, The Last Night by Skillet, I’ll Be by Edwin McCain, and Before Your Love by Kelly Clarkson were just some of the many.

“Okay the Kelly Clarkson one I’ve never listened to but Adeline made me put it on there.”

“I love you.” Fire said kissing him as she listened to the music.









Fire woke up to people bouncing on her bed yelling happy birthday at the top of their lungs. Fire rolled over, identifying each voice through the yelling with surprising acridly.

Your powers have grown. Peter commented.

I know. Wait get out of my head, and them out of my room!!! What time is it?

Six.

A.m.?

Yes.

“Go away!” Fire groaned, throwing a pillow at a random person. She didn’t see it but the pillow veered directions and hit two people.

Fire. You need to talk to Harry about all this. I think – keyword think – you wouldn’t need a wand someday.

That’s impossible! Right?

“Get up!!! We only have four hours to party!” that was Cat.

“No! Sleep.”

“Up! Or we’ll bounce on your bed. Or make Jackson kiss you.”

“I’m up.” Fire said sitting straight up, as everyone rolled with laughter. She was greeted with a cup of coffee. “Okay not so cruel.”

“I insisted that if they did this, they’d have to get you some coffee.” Peter said with a grin.

“You’re a good boyfriend.” Fire said, kissing him.

“Who didn’t get you a present.” Cole said from the back of the room.

“He got me three last night,” Fire growled as she sucked down the coffee.

“Three?” Cole said in disbelief.

“Oh let us see!” cried some of the girls.

“As soon as you get out of my room so I can get dressed!” Fire said.
There was a party going on in the common room Fire spent most of the time explaining how her and peter “met”. Cole watched with jealousy wherever she went. It was one of her best birthdays ever. At ten Fire and the team disappeared out the door, going down to the pitch. At ten to eleven Adeline stood up and faced the team.

“We’ve won the since Fire became Seeker. Never before has a match landed on our Captains birthday. Usually we are light hearted and don’t put much effort in at the beginning. We joke around and have fun. But this time, this year we’ve nearly lost Jackson and Fire. Rumors have spread around for a while about all sorts of stuff. It is time for us to show that no matter what you do, this team will defy the people who wish to tear us apart. We are called ‘loyal, and just. Hardworking.’ So today whenever this team needs to focus or needs an encouraging war cry just yell: ‘Invictus’. Unconquerable. Take it away, Fire.” Adeline said down as Fire stared at her.

“As Addy said, much has happened this year. Many people attacked for no purpose. Realize that no matter what happens I’d die for all of you. People have said that there is going to be a war in the school before this term is up. You’re probably right. There will always be those who strive to be a tyrant.” Fire looked at each of the six people closely. “But, lets go have fun today, and kick some butt.” Cheers erupted from her team, as Fire took her broom and went to lead the way.
Fire stopped a footway from Madam Hooch and smiled sweetly as Cole walked out, leading his team.

“Invistus, ” whispered Adeline behind Fire.

“Captains, shake hands.”

Fire shook Cole’s hand a smile evident on Fire’s face. Cole grinned wickedly and clutched her hand, holding tight. With a glance down at his hand he released hers, holding it back and at his side, flexing his figures.

“I want a decent game. No fouling. No mucking about,” Madam Hooch glared at Dom as she said it, “and absolutely no cheating. I see one ball moving wrong, and whoever is losing gets two penalty shots.”

“We can do that.” Fire said.

“Mount your brooms.”

Fifteen people swung a leg over their brooms.

“Ready!”

A whistle pierced the air as Fire flew straight up, her eyes already having seen a glimmer of gold. Devon flew after her, as she put on an extra burst of speed. Fire pulled to the left suddenly as a Blugder flew where she would’ve been.

“Dolan in possession of the Quaffle, heading toward Cole Wood, the best Keeper in the school.” Boos erupted at that.

“Come off it, Ebbs!” Dom yelled.

“Dolan dodges the beautiful Alison Fox. Poole sends a Blugder that is to short. Come on Cole!” yelled Ebbs. “And – Hufflepuff scores. 10-nothing. But Fox is heading toward the goal… Come on, Ally!!!”

“Block them…” Fire whispered as she watched Fox dodge Adeline, Dom and Lyn’s Bludger. Poole hit a Bludger at Dom, as Alison went to shoot. As if in slow motion Fire saw the Bludger go straight for Dom’s head. Fire stared straight at it, and the ball turned its course skimming over Dom’s shoulder. The world turned back into normal speed as the Gryffindor team scored.

Cheers erupted from the red and gold areas.

“Yes! It is tied at 10.”

The game turned dirty in seconds as Gryffindor tried to get between Hufflepuff’s defenses. Fire came close to the Snitch twice, to have to avoid a Bludger or another player. Even with her new revved up senses it made a pain to spot it.

By three o’clock Fire had her team on the ground for a quick break for water and to see the extent of their injuries. Fire seemed to have none despite all the Bludgers and fouls she had taken. Fire touched each wound with a slight glance at her team. Each bruise and broken bone mended itself before his or her eyes. Fire felt a new respect from each of her team members, she also knew they wouldn’t rat her abilities out. Fire spent her time on the ground taking care of her plans, a smile on her lips as she saw one of the Gryffindor team being taken away from injuries. Fire saw Harry talking to Cole and arguing with him. Harry walked over to the stands and started to talk to Peter.

Peter, what’s going on?

I got sorted today. I’m a Gryffindor.

They want you to be Seeker?

I will only accept if you don’t mind. But Lilyfire if I am the Seeker, I won’t lose for you. I forget all relationships when on a broom. Peter warned

Bring it, Bird-boy. Fire said with a grin. Besides, I’ll enjoy the exercise.

Come on, baby girl.

Fire severed the link and turned to Adeline.

“Looks like Devon is going to take over for Scott.” Fire said with a grin.

“Wait? Why?” Adeline asked.

“Because he’s next best Chaser.”

“But he’s the only good Seeker.”

“He’s the second best.” Fire smirked as Peter came out of the stands.

“Your boy?” Bal asked.

“’Course. Who do you think taught him the moves?”

“Oh this is going to be fun.” Dom said as he watched Peter take the broom Harry handed him, as Harry walked over.

“Sorry, but I love you, but I am Gryffindor and want my team to win.” Harry said to Fire as he walked by.

“I know, but Peter can’t slow me down.” Fire called after Harry. “Come on team.”

“On your brooms.” Madam Hooch called walking in. Both teams lined up and Fire winked at Peter. He smiled, as they all mounted their brooms and Addy took the Quaffle. Fire zoomed off, and for once no one followed.

You better not take advantage of me through our link. Fire said.

Once a gentleman always one.

Fire smiled and shook her head as Ebbs told the crowd the score.

“Forty to thirty.” Ebbs yelled over the shots of the crowd, as Adeline went toward the goal to be blocked by Devon. Adeline kicked him out of the way and scored, a smile on her face. “Come on, Ref! That is such a foul!”

“Shut up, Ebbs!” Fire yelled with an evil grin.

“Fifty to thirty. Devon takes the Quaffle and starts to head toward the Hufflepuff goal.” Ebbs said with a smile. “Come on, Jones, you can do it!”

“Block’em, Jackson!” Fire yelled, watching the game.

“And Roland male try’s to block Jones, but Jones moves and avoids!” Ebbs said with a smile, “Jones heads toward the goal and is – blocked by the Keeper Faolan.”

Fire saw it then. They were up by twenty, and she had to get it or Gryffindor would win by seventy points. Fire dived as Peter did. They had equal brooms and equal distances. It would come to skill. Fire got there and was even with Peter, as they both reached and Fire pulled ahead by a few inches evening the distances for his arms were long. Fire smiled with a devilish grin as she looked at him.

“Bye, Baby.” Fire severed and took the Snitch as it severed as well. Fire smiled as she raised it up.

“And Hufflepuff wins.” Ebbs groaned. “Two hundred to forty.”

“Yes!!!” Fire yelled as her team tackled her.

Over their link Fire heard, above the cheering, Peter say: How did you know? I know you wouldn’t willingly use your turning powers to your own gain. But that was impeccable.

Maybe I am “impeccable”, Fire said with a smile. No, I just know it.

Fire was hugged by her team and held tight, a smile playing on her lips.

Four years now Hufflepuff had won.







Fire walked down the hall a week later with a smile. Fire heard the commotion and ran, her wand not out. She had learned how to use her new powers more effectively then a wand. She just willed stuff to happen, and it did.

Fire was halfway to it and smiled her eyes distant. As she tried to realize what was ahead. She had learned to see what was ahead. But it didn’t help. Fire smiled and moved forward they were ahead, but not who they were trying to kill or hurt. She slid around the corner and drew her wand, firing stunners at the Ravenclaw and Slytherin heir. She took down the Slytherin and stood up dropping her wand and holding out her hand.

“I don’t want to hurt you, but I will.” Fire growled.

“That is the only way you’ll stop me.” He threw a light blue spell in the shape of a crow at her. Fire held up her hand and held it palm out. “Then I guess I’ll have to.” The spell disappeared as Fire moved to the side, a set of red light flashing from her fingertips and heading toward the Ravenclaw Heir. Then she noticed the person at his feet.

“Yes, I finally found him. He will die.” Ravenclaw heir spat.

“Benji.” Fire whispered. She moved quickly toward Benji’s body and kicked the Heir out of the way, falling next to the unconscious Benji.

“Now you’ll join him.”

“Desino! ” Fire said her fingertips pointed at him. He fell back stumbling as his hood fell. Fire looked upon his face and felt her own shock.

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Chapter Twenty-Five
Lost, Yet Found

“What the heck! You are the heir of Ravenclaw!” Fire yelled.

“Of course. I am the only one with the guts to take out so many!” yelled the Heir.

“Everyone else is to weak! You couldn’t destroy me despite all I have done to you. You are weak.” He spat.

“Weak?” Fire shot a stunner at him and moved quickly decking him while spitting at him. “I should’ve done this awhile ago. Did you really think you weren’t on my list? You made me more powerful then you could dream.”

“You have made yourself even weaker with your attachments.” The Heir spat from the ground.

“Weaker huh?” Fire kicked him in the head and turned to Benji falling on her knees next to him. “Curatio,” she saw the sliver hippogriff leave her palm headed into Benji.

Fire was tackled to the ground as she felt it begin to work. Fire lay flat on her back staring up at the Heir. Fire spat in his face as he held his wand to her throat.

“I always knew you played dirty, Darwin.”

“I always knew you were filth, Clayborne.”

“Glad we got that sorted out. Now get off me.”

“You wish.”

“Amlevo!” Fire yelled as Darwin flew across the room. Fire heard Harry and Snape running up. “I’d disappear now,”

“Next time, Clayborne.” Kelvin Darwin said with a sneer as he picked up the Slytherin Heir. Fire saw the face and smiled. She knew who both of them were now. Darwin turned and ran off as Fire knelt next to Benji. She knew Harry and Snape got a glimpse of the other two heirs disappearing around the corner. Fire kept her hand on his chest focusing on his many wounds.

“Firelilian?” Harry asked kneeling next to her as a tear fell down her cheek.

“Fire?” Benji coughed. “Fire,”

“I know, Benji.” Fire whispered as he looked at her straight in the eyes.

“Fire, you are supposed to do it. Not me, you. You, Firelilian, you are suppose to finish this. It was always you.” Benji coughed and she watched him close his eyes. She saw Harry’s hand rest on his throat.

“He’s fading! Snape, we have to do something now.”

Fire threw out her left hand, her wand flying into it as she held Benji up with the other. Fire saw Harry put his hand on her shoulder but she shrugged it off and looked at Benji. Without looking at either one of her teachers Fire closed her eyes pointing her wand at Benji’s chest concentrating.

“Don’t interrupt me, and don’t stop me.” Fire snapped at them as she whispered the word: “Curatio,” Fire saw the hippogriff go into Benji as Fire dove in after it taking care of the leftover poison that the first wave of the cure took out. Fire destroyed each part of it with a vengeance. She started to lose herself in it and never knew how much time past until the poison and wounds were healed and Fire came back to herself only to faint.







Fire woke up and saw ceiling of the hospital once again. She felt her body’s exhaustion, it’s searing pain, and the ache in her head. Fire stared at the ceiling not saying a thing as she thought about all she knew, what she had to do, the other heir and especially Benji. Was he all right, she had thought she had taken out all of the poison…?

“Your awake, thank all things good!” Fire heard Peter say as his face came into view.
“I’d hug you but….”

“But what?” Fire asked, as Peter helped her sit up.

“You didn’t feel the wounds leaving him and coming onto you. I don’t even know how that happened!” Harry said sitting on her bed.

“I don’t know how that happened either! I’ve done it before and that never happened. Wait I took on his injuries?”

“You don’t have the poison that has infected everyone else, but the physical is another question. It took Snape and myself the last two nights straight to get you into a state where you could awake with no pain.” Harry said.

“You still have all the wounds that weren’t the most serious.” Peter whispered.

“Benji?”

“Mungo’s. He’s in a comma. We aren’t for sure he’ll awake ever again.”

“I want to see him, at the end of the school year.”

“Do you think you can help more than you already have?” Harry whispered.

“Yes, I do.” Fire moved, swinging her legs over the bed. “I’m leaving.”

“Fire, you shouldn’t move!”

“Your hurt!”

“Am I?” Fire asked looking at her stomach. There were no wounds anywhere when she ripped off the bandages. “Don’t get in my way.” Harry went to stop her to find himself pinned against the wall as Fire walked out, leaving her wand. She didn’t see the people who tried to stop her, finding themselves unable to get near her. She walked with a vengeance knowing exactly where both of them were. Fire knew where both Darwin and the other were. They were together in the Great Hall.

It was time to end this.

Fire saw them leave the Great Hall as she ran down the stairs, her hair and cloak billowing behind her.

“Darwin! Tamitha Lasa! It’s time to end this.” Fire held out her hand, the people in between them were sent flying and hit the wall as Fire walked up to the stunned heirs. She looked at Lasa and the girl flew to the side her eyes wide as her wand fell out of her hand. “Face me like a man, Kevin.” Fire threw both her hands held out a little to the side a smile on her face as they began to glow a bright red.

“You fight me like this, Puff, you’ll lose.”

“You can never compare to my own power.”

Darwin’s hands glowed blue as if they were ice. Fire smiled at him and then her hands sprouted a flame that spun toward him. He threw up his hands palms up and Fire saw a blue shield in circle him. She closed her eyes and threw more at him; when she opened her eyes they had become gray, and the world was tinted gray through her eyes.

“You can’t win!”

“I bite back,” Darwin dropped his shield and hit her own attack with his, creating a collision point in the middle, both powers pushing it back and forth. “And play dirty.” He nodded and Fire felt Lasa lunged at her. Fire turned her head as the blue came toward her, a green headed straight at her as well. Fire saw Lasa get knocked off her feet from Peter tackling her. Fire turned her head and felt the heat of his attack as she knelt forming a solid shield around her as his attack intensified.

“I knew you couldn’t stand up to my power.” Fire gulped and reached out with her power tampering with his. She felt his weaken and slack and rose punching him in the face. She saw a burn on his skin with a smile as she threw a ball of the fire like substance at him.

“You are weak.” Fire spat.

“How did you learn so fast? It took me three years!”

“Try a week.” Fire smirked.

“That is not possible.”

“You helped me. I guess I should be saying ‘thanks’.” Fire saw him pull out his wand.

“Not even you can stop this.” Darwin smirked. “Sisto nex.” Fire saw it head straight for her and went to throw up a shield. She saw it happen in slow motion. He jumped. And he fell into her arms, shaking and looking horrible.

“Peter!” Fire cried as she fell to the floor, as he lay on her lap. She looked up at Darwin her eyes narrowed as he walked up a smirk on his face. Fire’s eyes became white as she moved. She punch him and felt her power seep out of her, tarring into Darwin as he screamed in pain. Fire turned ignoring everyone as she sank to the ground holding onto Peter and crying.

“Fire,”

“I love you, Peter.”

“I love you too. What would we have been if there had been more time? But live life love others. I will always be with you, and I will never truly leave you.”

“Peter…”







Fire sat in front of the fire in the Outcast Common room her eyes unfocused. It had been a month since Peter had died for her. His name hadn’t been Peter. It had been Lorne Marcus Talons. His Aunt had come and took him to be buried. His old friends and new were there and on his tombstone was written:







Fire remembered the service and cried, tears that had been coming for the last month. She missed the link they had had. She missed everything about him. Fire felt something no one had ever known. Peter. Her rock.

Darwin was now in Azakban. Benji was recovering. Life had come back to the norm. Her plain old boring life. It wouldn’t satisfy her. Not now. Not ever.

“Fire. Come on; let’s go to the end of term feast. You can’t stay up here forever.” Adeline had said before she had walked out with Dom leaving Fire to herself.

“You should go down.” Peter whispered as Fire looked over at the door she saw him for a moment and then the door opened and he disappeared. Fire felt the tears trickle down as she looked back into the fire. She felt someone sit next to her and wrap his arms around her.

“It kills me to see you like this.” Cole whispered, as Fire heard his voice mixed with Peter’s. “I hate seeing you so weak.”

“Cole…”

“Fire I know you feel like its you fault but it is not. Peter knew what he’s doing.”

“Then why did he do it?”

“To save your life.”

“I could have overcome it.”

“Your cousin couldn’t, what makes you think you could?”

“I’m… better.”

“Come on, you are getting to depressed.” Cole got up and dragged her to her feet making her follow him. She was forced into the great hall and made to sit between Dom and Jackson. They kept her from running and tried to cheer her up but nothing they said could even make her crack a smile.

Hufflepuff won again this year. Soon people started to ignore Fire, except for one person. Fire could feel him watching her as she looked up to the ceiling. It was raining. Without being noticed by her companions Fire slipped out of the great hall and outside. She walked down beside the lake, lifting her face so she could feel the gentle touch of the raindrops. She inhaled the smell and felt comfort no one else had been able to show. Right now it was better than snow and sweeter than candy. She felt close to her mother whenever it rained, and now she felt close to Peter.

Without knowing why, Fire just started to dance in the rain, feeling as if the rain was dancing with her. She lost herself in the feel and joy of it. She felt the sadness lift off her and get carried off her. Fire ran in it, twirling and looking totally different from the depressed person she had been thirty minutes ago. As she spun she felt someone catch her up in his arms and lift her, spinning her and himself faster. Fire smiled at Cole and they just started to mess around one moment dancing, the other chasing one another.

“Come on.” Cole said eventually after tackling her to the ground.

“’Come on’ what?”

“Let’s go inside. Before we catch a cold and die.”

“Fine. Help me up.” Fire reached out her muddy hand as Cole stood up. He looked at her doubtfully but took it. Fire pulled him down and jumped up running. “I can’t believe you fell for that!” Fire ran as he chased her, a smile on her face.







So it was, in the summer Fire and her father went away to America. Fire kept in touch with everyone and by the time her fifth year started Fire seemed herself on the outside while wallowing on the inside. She made Prefect, was still captain and had both Josh and Cole at her beckon. She looked like life was normal, but to her it never was. She had lost Peter but found something in herself. Strength she had never known




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