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Kyo
wants to play, please?

A
pack of students were gathered in the common room of Slytherin. They
talked all at once, arguing about Snape’s visit at the
infirmary. Draco was the most infuriated one. He was, of course,
accusing Sirius Black. The news of this fugitive was on every pages
of the Daily Prophet. As far as he was concern, Sirius could be
roaming within the castle under the nose of Dumbledore. He could have
attacked Snape any given time. Other students, on the other hand,
thought that some other Houses students were the culprits, all odds
pointing to Gryffindor or course. However, this theory was not
possible, because there is no way in hell that Snape would have fell
from any trick laid by this worthless House.

Kyo was sitting, reading in silence. Jonathan entered the common room
at this moment.

“Hey
Kyo, how are you? I heard you were the one who found Professor
Snape.” Jonathan wore an innocent look which made Kyo breath
more easily.

“You
may say so, yes” she had not intention in getting further into
this situation. It was bad already that everybody knew she had been
the one to warn Mme Pomfrey that something dangerous had befall the
teacher. She was also scared the Jonathan would remember that
dreadful day, two weeks ago. After all, he had seen her in front of
the Professor’s office that same day. Fortunately, he did not
seem take this as a proof of her involvement, but the boy was not
witless. One day or another, he would come up with this.

“Look, Mr. Lent, I really don’t feel like discussing this
matter. If you wish, there is that pack of wolves over there that
seems ready to bite as soon as they found any culprit.”

“Not
really. I just assumed that you might feel like talking to someone
about this. I mean, the rumours say that he was in a terrible
condition.” He said in an apologizing tone.

“I’m sorry Mr. Lent. I did not mean to sound harsh or
anything.” Kyo was getting better in recognizing the human’s
constant swirl of emotions. “I just don’t feel like
remembering that day. I was so worried about Professor Snape when I
found him”

“I
bet!” his eyes once again filled with genuine concerns toward
his friend. Christmas was coming soon and yet, Kyo had not made any
more friends. Oddly though, her roommates seemed to have become
quite polite towards her. Even odder, was to see that older guy he
had talked with, the one that gave him the letter, he was also
showing respect and even greeted her whenever he would see her. He
guessed that the party had really worked things out. But it did not
explain the behaviour or that elder student. Kyo had never brought
the subject during their numerous discussions and he never asked.
She was the type of person, who will say what she thought necessary,
leaving many aspects of her past hidden. He respected that.

“So, what are you reading?”

“A
book of transfiguration I was given by Mr. Langley”

“You mean Sarah’s brother? Did you know that he was the
one who gave me that note back then?”

“Yes, actually I do. A fine gentleman he is. Always eager to
share his knowledge with me.” Something flashed in the eyes of
Kyo, but Jonathan could not grasp its meaning.

“But,
isn’t it difficult to understand? I mean, this is a 5^th
year book”

“Not so bad really, the concepts are more detailed, but the
whole idea is the same you know. Magic is magic, no matter the level
of practice.”

This
girl was brilliant. Even if Kyo kept to herself, the words that
spread about her were all coming down to the same; unbelievable. She
was not just good; she was perfect in regards to magic handling. She
has scored hundred percent in every single class and all the
teachers, including the Headmaster were comparing her to that 3^rd
year girl, Hermione Granger. It was good for Hogwarts reputation.
However, when it came to human relationship, she showed no sign of
interest, except towards him.

“I
wish I could grasp those concepts like you do, to be brilliant that
you are. You will end up with the best jobs around.”

Strangely,
Kyo’s met the boy’s eyes and stayed fixed for a moment.

“Maybe
you do wish to be like me. But hear this. I read once that in every
success hides a deeper failure. I am well aware of the fact that
everyone thinks I’m a bookworm, cold and snotty kid. So you
see; I am far from being a model to follow, just like you, or like
any other. You must thrive for you goals based on what you know
about yourself. You must be aware of what you are, who you are; at
all time.”

Jonathan
mouth dropped open. Kyo always succeeded in impressing him with her
worlds of wisdom. It was so awkward to be talked this way by an
eleven years old kid. Not that he was older then she was, but words
like that normally come from elders.

“Thanks for the tip. You seem to know how a lot about human’s
evolution. We should have more talks about this, I would really enjoy
it. Can I confess something to you?” his heart felt like it was
going to explode, but the words were out before he could hold them.

“Sure, what is it?”

During her studies Kyo had skipped the part in regards to man and
woman relationship. She did not know why, but the subject never
interested her. Her brother had tried to talk to her about this, but
she had cut him short, saying that this was way to complex and that
he should concentrate in his studies. For God sakes, they were
Elemental. She taught him how to study faster, using his inner self,
but the twit had refuse, saying that it was much more enjoyable to
read with all the lovely girls of his House.

Imbecile!
She had thought for herself. What was so interesting about
reading with students? It was only time consuming, plus the fact that
child had a tendency to talk and cut your concentration by half. A
waste of time! He had better finished his map of the hidden
passageways and found more information about the school wards. That
was his part of the job.

“Kyo? Were you listening?”

“Sorry? Oh Lord! Please accept my apologies Mr. Lent. If you
don’t mind, please say again.”

“I said that you’re the best friend I ever had. Thank you
for taking the time to explain things to me like you always do.”

Her heart squeezed, taking her by surprise. A wave of heat touched
her face instantly. God, what is happening to me now? She touched her
cheek, only to find them hot like a blazing fire. Her childish
persona seemed to understand the situation perfectly, as she replied,
like in a daze

“Thank
you! This is so sweet of you. You are my best friend also!” she
trailed off before falling on the ground.

“What
was that about?”

“The
boy just paid you a compliment moron”

“Wait, who are you?”

“What
do you mean who am I. I’ am me silly girl.”

“No,
I’m me. I mean, my name is Kyo in this world, but I’m
Dunia.”

“Duh!
Ding Dong, wake up call. I’m human, and human only has one
persona, I am me.”

“Wait
a minute. Let’s put light here. You cannot be me if I am me.
You must logically be

someone
else. So tell me your name”

“My
name is Kyo.”

“Good.
Tell me your real name now.”

“My
name is Kyo, I just told you.”

“Kyo, Kyo, are you okay?” Jonathan had knelt next to the
unconscious little silhouette.

“Look,
the boy is calling my name; I can’t talk to you all day”

“But this is impossible.”

“Whatever
you say, if it makes you feel better; I’m bored and I want to
play.”

“Stop
right now. Whoever you are, you will listen to me.”

“Blah!
Blah! Blah! The voice giggled and went on. You know we should
get up before someone gets very worried.”

“What
do you mean get up?”

“Silly
creature, can’t you feel your own body?”

Dunia stopped her argument to concentrate on her shell of flesh. She
finally realized that it had lost consciousness and she had drifted
inwardly, causing to meet with, whoever that voice claimed to be.

“What
do you mean whoever? I am Kyo”

“ Shut
up”

“Tra
la la la la laaaa”

“Shut
UP!”

“See
you, I’m waking up now.”

“Jonathan?
Is that you?”

The boy
was taken by surprise as the girl spoke his name freely for the first
time.

“Yes…Yes
it’s me, are you hurt?”

“Not
at all; actually…” she took a deep breathe, as if it was
for the first time “Actually, I’m feeling more than
okay.”

“Well,
I’m relieved to hear that. I hope I did not scare you with
what I said earlier. I am not expecting you to be my best friend in
any way. I just felt like telling you.”

Kyo
giggled and touch his hands.

“But
I see you as my best friend also Jonathan.” She grinned at him
adding a amused wing.

Jonathan
hands retreated slowly from hers. Something was very odd. She might
have used his name and tell him her heart’s feeling, but to
actually grin and wink was not Kyo at all.

“Kyo,
tell me again, are you sure you are okay”

“I’m
fine. Trust me. I just got a moment of weakness. I have not been
sleeping enough lately. I study too much” again, winking at him
and giggling.

God,
she’s acting like a normal first year girl. Somehow, it
pleased him, reassured that she was a normal human being after all.
Maybe his confession had unblocked something inside her. She might
now understand that she’s no longer alone.

Without
knowing it, Jonathan had effectively pinpointed the truth. Kyo was no
longer alone, but she would insure to keep that other annoying brat
in the dept of her mind. It was time to have fun, after this severe
diet of pleasure.

***

Her
potion class would start soon. She ran as fast as she could.
Playing in the snow had been so much fun, but she had forgotten her
schedule. Bah! The teacher is an ass anyway. Ugly old bat! She had
like how the Gryffindor used that nickname for the Potion master.
She laughed as she ran towards the dungeons.

She made
a noticeable entrance. Her garments were half wet and loosely
arranged. Her hair was a mess, even short as they were, but the two
threads were sticking on her face due to the accumulation of water in
them. Nonetheless, she walked in as if owning the place, taking her
time to choose her sit.

“Ms.
Shirei! You will not stay in this class ragged like that. You may
turn back and meet me at the end of class for your detention.”
said Snape in a smooth tone, as soon as he saw sat down.

Sighing
deeply, Kyo looked around, ignoring impudently the teacher’s
command.

“I
said, Get out!” anger flaring up in the teacher’s heart.

“Why
should I leave? I arrived on time, and I have not been disturbing any
one. Haven’t you ever play in the snow where you were young?
This is so much fun, as soon as this class finishes I’m so
going back outside.”

The room
felt silence at once, all eyes directed to Kyo. What’s
wrong with those weaklings? Can’t they see that this man is not
that impressive after all?

The not
so impressive man stood up from his chair and reached Kyo’s
desk in three swift strides, standing tall, and towering her frail
body.

“You
can either get out by yourself or I’ll trail you all the way
back your common room.”

At
everyone disbelief, she seems to ponder which of the two choices
would be the wisest. Of course, she chose the worse one.

“You
may trail me I guess. I’m a bit tired actually.”

All the
students gawked. It was obvious that Snape could not let such
directed insult go unpunished. His jaw tightened and he could have
puked when he pronounced the dreadful words.

“Ten
points from Slytherin, and detention for the remaining of the month.”

“Alright!”
she replied as if she could have refused his sentence. “Are you
going to trail me out now? Because you’re class should have
started two minutes ago.”

Snape’s
face turned whiter than it already was, his nostrils dilating from
the anger. He grabbed the girl by her wet cloak and brought her up,
his face inches from her. She did not flinched in the least; instead
she was closed to let out a yawn before she caught the head movement
of her friend Jonathan, silently warning her not to make the matter
any worse.

“If
you think that your perfect scores allows you to act as you please,
you are sadly mistaking. You are expelled from my class for the
remaining of the year. I don’t want to see as much as your
nose in my class, for any reason, is that clear?”

“Yeaaaah
and talking about nose…”but she was cut short in her
comment.

“Three
months of detention and another ten points from Slytherin. You will
say, Yes Professor Snape and learn to speak with respect.”
emphasizing on the last word.

“Look
I could not care less about this idiotic contest between Houses. We
have not reached half the year yet and Gryffindor is leading way
above all the others. This is obvious that this attribution of
points is completely subjective.” And as if she just remembered
the teacher’s last word she added, not so quickly though.
“Professor Snape”

Snape
found himself unable to reply to this comment, knowing perfectly
enough that she was right. She was of course, pointing out the fact
that Gryffindor was only blessed because of the annoying Harry
Potter.

“Dumbledore
will hear about your recent misbehavior. I don’t know what got
into you, but until now, I was willing to admit that were acceptable
enough as a student, but lately, I’m just waiting for one more
false step before expelling you from this school.”

Alarmed
rang inside Kyo’s mind. Something told her that she should not
get herself expelled. Her mouth open, controlled by an unknown force.

“I
am terribly sorry Professor Snape. I really can’t tell what
had gotten into me. I beg of you, do not expel me, I can’t…I
mean, I don’t want to be expelled.”

Snape’s
eyes were fixed on the girl and he noticed as her gaze flickered for
a moment. Is this girl suffering of a double personality? She
was brilliant, and as he said before, her behavior so far, had been
flawless. He frowned slightly; he could use his Occlumency, but now
was not the time.

“If
you get out now, I might give you more than another chance, but at
the moment you better not show yourself to me for the remaining of
the day.”

“Yes
Professor Snape” the girl said, genuinely closed to tears.

He
released her and watched as she almost ran out of the class, not
taking the time to close the door.

Something
was wrong with that girl.

***

“You
witless bitch, If you thought to keep me at bay much longer, think
again.” said Dunia in the girl’s head.

“Well,
I did succeed to have you leashed for nearly a full month. Christmas
is coming soon. You know about that day right?”

“What
I know is not of your business.”

“HA!
I knew it, you are totally clueless. I wonder how you managed to
hold on your masquerade so long with so few knowledge of this world.”

“Every
day is the same to me. If human needs Religion to fill up their
boring life, this is of no consequence to me. Now listen well. All
this time, where you thought I was under your command, I took it to
understand things through.”

“Oh
la! I am impressed” the voice drawled in her mind

“Oh,
but you should be. As you said, you are Kyo, I won’t deny it.
You were created from those months of I performed day after day about
human behavior. All you know is what I know, except that you have an
advantage. You think like those weaklings and it allows you to blend
with them.”

“Is
that all? Because I’m bored already, Kyo wants to play,
please?” but the voice didn’t sound like pleading.

“I’m
far from being done. Now that I know about your creation, I can
control you and use you as I see fit. I proved it to you earlier with
the teacher. You showed me how self-centered a human can be but I
wanted to know at what extent. Hear my plan and keep quiet.”

To her
dismay, the girl could not utter any more thoughts. She stayed
immobile, in the middle of the corridors, forced to listen as voice
spoke the plan in her head. God, she could have wept.

***

“Mr.
Lent, can I talk to you please?”

The boy
lifted his head, unable to admit that the voice belonged to who he
thought it was.

But his
eyes confirmed his worries as he met hers. That was too much for him.
It has been two weeks since her display with Snape and she had not
been talking to him since.

“Kyo,
I am worried about you, what is going on?”

“Listen,
lately I was not…myself. I was probably tired from all this
study and lack of sleep. Anyhow, I’m back on track and for
good. I just wanted to thank you for not letting me down during that
time.”

She
offered her hand, and waited for him to take it. He hesitated for a
moment, but finally joined his with hers, and shook it.

“We
are best friends right?” Kyo asked, with a bit of uncertainty.
She hoped it sounded true. Actually, she wanted it as much as she
denied it. Having friends was not that bad after all.

“Yes,
we are, definitely.” As if nothing happened, Jonathan launch
into an idle conversation. Human can be surprising sometimes, she
thought, or it might also be that they’re too easy to control.

“You
know, you are amazing. To hold up to Snape like you did. But again, I
am happy that you realized how pointless it is. You need to be
careful, especially with him.”

“As
I said, no worries, it won’t happen again. Now, the only
problem is I have been banned from his class for the rest of the
year. That does not do well on my reputation now does it?”

The boy
blinked, bewildered. Since when did she care about something like
that?

“You
are right. But I don’t know how you can fix that mess. Maybe if
you talk to Dumbledore it could ease the situation. Then again,
Snape is known for his persistence and ego. He will not have you back
in class after pronouncing this sentence in front of so many
students.”

“I
know.” She sighed. “I don’t really need to assist
those classes, but I really want to right the wrongs.”

“Well,
you might want to try talking to him during your next detention.”
He hated to point this out to her, but it was the only thing he could
think of. For Merlin Sake, the girl had received three months of
detention and hadn’t blinked at all.

“Yes…yeah,
this is a good idea. Thanks Mr. Lent”

“Look,
if you really want to thank me, could you please make an effort to
call me Jonathan again, like you did during those past weeks?”

Kyo
smiled knowingly and nodded. She would have to start acting more like
a kid, and the one in her head would help her achieve that goal.

“Sorry
about that Jonathan. Alright, let’s go to the library, I’ll
help you with that homework.”

“How
do you know I need help?”

“You’ve
been working on the same question since yesterday.” She replied
mockingly, not without adding a friendly wink.

The boy
grinned and followed her to the library, happy that she was back to
her normal self.

***

Kyo
pushed open the door to the teacher’s office. Silently, she a
pile of papers and a vial waiting for her on the desk started her
work without as much as a glance at the man standing in front of his
cauldron.

Her
detention turned out to be correcting the other student’s
potions. It was really annoying, not to mentioned the waste of time.
She had began to read about the man they were suppose to fight, if
need be, and it was fascinating. Sure, the guy was a freak, but she
could not deny the length of his knowledge. The books about
Voldemort were of course, tainted by the opinion of the writers, but
the facts repeated themselves books after books.

With a
sigh, she started at one of the vial. Yeurk! The greenish
liquid inside was still bubbling, as if alive. No way in hell was
she to open that one. He was a fail for sure. Tossing it away, she
retrieved the parchment matching up with the name on the vial. Trisha
Johns. Kyo was not surprised, but had also no intention of helping
her roommate. Thinking about her suddenly brought back memories and
she could not suppress a faint laugh.

“I
gather that you are enjoying your detention. Maybe you wish to have
me add more months?”

“I
am sorry Professor Snape. I did not mean to disturb.” she was
happy that her laugh had started a resemblance of discussion. Now
was the time to explain her earliest behavior.

“Could
I talk to you Professor?”

“Are
you not doing it already?” he drawled in his usual low voice.
At least he was not mad, yet.

“I
wish to discuss…I mean, apologize for the other day.”

“Ms.
Shirei, your detention should serve as a silent confirmation of your
repentance.”

Alright,
she was not aiming well, not want me; but it had to be done.

“This
is correct, but there is something I need you to understand.”

“There
is nothing you need me to do, to listen to, or to understand for that
matter. I am the judge of your misbehavior. You go back to your work
or I will add another month.”

Kyo was
in no way afraid of the man, but more detention meant less time to
study her future enemy. The hint of a headache was building up inside
her head. It seemed to happen a lot lately. It was nothing that
kept her from her work, but it was just strong enough to unable her
to ignore it.

“I
understand Sir” she replied, not wanting to fight with the
block especially with the beginning of the headache.

Snape had
not even turned towards her during the whole exchange. That man
is worse than a kid. Was it possible that adults were actually
huge kids? Maybe this whole concept of baby, kid, teenagers, adult
and elders was not actually true for this species? She would think
about this later.

She had
to finish correcting all the students’ homework, and then wash
all the dirty cauldrons, without her wand of course and under the
tight supervision of Mr. Nightmare.

She
smiled; following her inward speech with the girl in her head, she
had concluded that her behavior was not to be banned completely.
Instead, she started using some of her expression in the open and she
found out that people were slowly attracted to her. It had brought a
new perception to Dunia. She would have better access to learn how to
control the human mind. The girlish soul had is limits however. She
could get excited, happy, sad, angry, snotty and more, but she based
all her emotions from what Kyo had studied. Dunia’s personality
was using her only when it was useful.

Somehow,
all the concepts she had learned had created a soul apart from her
Elemental one. Fortunately, she had gain complete control over this
new personality.

She
wondered if Tama had discovered the same thing. Then again, he was
much more knowledgeable when it came to controlling the mind of this
specie, so he probably did not have to go through a situation like
this.

She
sighed inwardly and went back to work. Her eyes fell on Ms. John’s
vial once again, but this time she only smiled, wickedly. Vengeance
had felt so good, although she promised herself not to get used to
it. She had waited two weeks after regaining her memories. Wanting
to give them a feeling of security, then she had struck and taught
them a lesson they had not yet forgotten. Her brother had asked to
help her out with this, and she had accepted. After all, they had
been three when they attacked, so two was simply playing fair.

***

She had
caught them laughing not too far from the greenhouse. Sarah’s
brother was with the group as well. It was as if they were waiting
for her revenge, regrouped like that, so easy to crush.

They did
not hear her come nearer, because Kyo was actually floating slightly
above the ground, using a levitation spell. Before joining them, she
had given a last glanced around, to insure that nobody would witness
this little encounter. Then, she had restored the bond long enough to
call her brother. They both knew what the plan was in case a good
opportunity showed up. Finally, that day had come.

They were
about to part when they saw her, standing so close that it was almost
impossible to have missed her.

“What
do you want?” The boy tried to look undisturbed, but his voice
betrayed him.

“Why,
isn’t it my school as well? I can be anywhere, almost anytime I
wish to. Let’s say I’d wish to take a walk towards the
Forbidden Forest, I would have no restriction to do so, unless I
enter it, which is not going to happen of course. I am, after all,
just a first year student.”

“What
do you mean by this? Look, it’s none of my business anyway, I’m
leaving”

“None
of your business you say? I would think that it would be interesting
to talk about our party. After all, you did had a blast didn’t
you, Mr. Langley!”

The boy
went for his wand, but Kyo did not feel threatened. Instead, she
blocked his movement, grabbing the boy’s wand herself. As
expected, the three girls were too scared to act at all.

“Give
me back my wand”

“No.
I don’t want to.” She played with it, unconcerned, wand
joggling between her fingers. She went on with her plan.

“I
have a great idea. I learned some trick this morning and I have not
been able to practice it yet. Would you like me to show you?”

“Buzz
off you twit.”

“I’ll
take that as a yes.”

But
before she could went on, the boy threw himself at her. Kyo had
absolutely no problem to apprehend the boy’s arms and, using
his own strength she sent him crashing on the hard ground, frozen by
the coming winter. Snow had not yet piled up, but the trees were
already naked and the ground had turned hard with the harsh weather.

The last
time, she had been stunned and had to rely on her instinct, but today
was different. She was fully in control of her body and ready to get
on with her vengeful plan. Tama did not take long to arrive, but
without letting the other aware of his presence. With the bond,
however, she felt him very close, and stopped herself from glancing
towards the greenhouses, as he had chose it for his hideout.

Kyo held
her wand towards the group and started to spoke as if joking around.
She waved her wand ridiculously.

“This
is nonsense” the boy said, slowly gathering himself from the
fall. “You are not even using a real spell”

But as
his finished his sentence, fire seemed to jolt from her wand and
encircled them, just far enough to insure that would get burned. The
girls started crying at once, begging for her to stop. The boy would
be tougher to break though. He started at her, the flames we low
enough to them to jump over it. But fear of getting burned was a
barrier greater than the fire itself.

“Why
are you glaring at me like that? You know you could jump out of this
circle very easily.”

Langley
boy stepped forward, his ego touched. But as he raised his feet, the
flames suddenly grew taller and he backed off, this time, unable to
hide the panic from his eyes.

“You’ll
get expelled for that. I’ll tell the Headmaster.”

Kyo
raised an eyebrow, and smiled softly.

“Don’t
worry; I’ll use an obliviate potion, like you did.”

“Bitch!”
he shouted

“Careful
Langley, mind your speech.”

“I
was not there when they attacked you; I swear I did not want them to
do it, but…”

“Trisha,
my sweet, you will have to get a brain of your own if you do not wish
to end up like a worthless followers of a pack of idiots.”

Now was
the time to give them their real fright. Waving her wand once again,
she spoke some meaningless words together. This time, the whole
group was on their guard, fearing what would come next.

The
circle of flames grew stronger and wilder, slowly closing the wall
around the group, getting higher as it moved towards them. The
brother held the three crying girls around him as close as he could,
his eyes wide with distress. With their attention focused on the
flame, Kyo summoned a thin layer of water around the group,
protecting them from her brother’s fire. None of them realized
any of this though, thinking that they would be scarred for life.

Before
raising her wand again, she spoke to the group.

“If
you have something to say, better do it now. After that, the flame
will start licking your body, melting is just enough for the three of
you to survive. After that, I will personally force the obliviate
potion in each of you. You will never know how you became
disfigured, but you’ll still have to live with it. Aren’t
you happy? It could have been worse. I mean, you could have been
expelled if I had decided to tell the whole story to the Headmaster,
but no, I am sparing you of this ultimate shame. Who cares about the
look anyway, the mind is stronger, so you’ll survive. Ugly and
alone, rejected by all, but you’ll survive.”

This
time, the boy pleaded the first, tears running down his cheeks, his
eyes no longer holding trace of anger or hatred. Kyo faked to back
down, wanting to see the reassured glanced, and once all four were
smiling, eager to be freed, she lifted her arms. This was the signal
for Tama. Instantly, the wall of flames closed on itself, trapping
the four students inside a ball of fire.

Their
screams could be heard faintly; Kyo did not want to be caught, but
she had needed that revenge, she had craved for it. She folded her
arms as she listened to their terror. Fifteen minutes should be long
enough; she did not wish for them to lose their sanity. But after
five minutes she could not hear anything at all. She signaled her
brother to lower the wall. All four had fainted out of fear, not to
mention the boy’s wet pants. Kyo could not hold herself from
laughing.

Tama left
his hideout and approached the group.

“Sister,
you know you can be scary when you want to.”

“Not
at all, this was child’s play. I wanted them to feel trapped
and helpless, just like that time. But using the Petrificus Totalus
spell would not have been as much fun.”

Tama
smiled knowingly.

“Alright,
let me complete our plan.”

“Yes,
rid their mind of the memory of the circle, but do not consume the
emotions of fear and eagerness. I want them to feel like that every
time they look at me. With people like them, compassion and talks
just won’t work.”

“That’s
good with me.”

***

Kyo was
now cleaning the cauldron, but this time, she was doing it with a
huge smile on her face, fighting strongly not to burst in laughter.
Oh yes, they had been eager to help and fearing her dissatisfaction.
Revenge! It felt amazingly good. However, she hoped never act this
way again.

She
finished her task after two hours of scrubbing those dirty cauldrons.
She was about to leave and the teacher halted her retreat.

“Ms.
Shirei, there is something I wish to experiment.”

“Professor
Snape?”

“Stand
in front of me and do not move. Keep your eyes fixed on mine.”

“Not
that I wish to disobey you, but would do be so kind to explain what
will happen?”

“I
wish to confirm some doubts I have” he said curtly.

She
frowned slightly, wondering what he intended to do, when the obvious
finally touched her mind. She had read about this of course. He was
going to use his Occlumency on her. Wasn’t it against the
school’s law?

“Professor,
I thought that you were not supposed to use this spell on any
student, whatever the reason.”

“I
see that you are well informed. But it so happens that I have a good
reason to indulge you with that spell. How do you explain that a
quiet student like you suddenly become worse than the Potter’s
trio in less than a month? Then, for unknown reason, you are back
your old self.”

If she
refused, he would suspect her of having a personality problem or
wishing to hide something. But if she indulged him, he could
discover her inner self. Either way, she was trapped. That man was
insufferable.

“If
you suffer from a double personality syndrome, it would be best to
cure it as fast as possible. Who knows what trouble you could cause
when controlled by this witless brat, especially with all the bad
news we hear day after day.”

She felt
insulted, even if it was not directed towards her entirely. That
little girl’ soul was still a part of her.

“I
am in my right to refuse your request. I will not be subjected to
your mind wandering.”

“Is
that so? Do you have something to hide then? Maybe an action related
to my ‘incident’ last month. Mme Pomfrey told me that
you were the one to find me in my classroom. But if I remember
correctly, you did not have potion class that day. So what were you
doing in my office?”

Damn,
with his memory gone, he also forgot the part when he asked her to
fetch her cloak. Beads of sweat appeared on her forehead and the
headache, which had been only a whisper, was fighting its way to
crush Kyo’s concentration. She had no choice now.

She
placed herself in front of the teacher, emptying her mind in the
process, as much as her headache allowed her to. Based on Tama’s
lecture about mind wandering, the idea was to bring forth any
unsuspicious memories to hide the others. But the ‘victim’
had to hold on to those memories as strongly as possible, to unable
the caster to slip through an opening.

Snape
peered into her eyes, slightly disconcerted by their deepness. The
dark blue eyes of Kyo were intriguing; the color appeared like
swirling slowly, creating a movement like the surface of the sea.
When did he think about someone’s eyes like that? He could not
remember. Pushing this thought aside, he insured that she was not
going to run away at the first attempt.

“Legiliment”
he shouted, enough to insufflate a good amount of power.

To his
surprise, nothing happened. She did not try to block him, but the
spell just did not got through to her.

Kyo was
more than relieved, but she could not show it to the teacher.
Instead, she did not move, as if waiting for the teacher to try
again.

“What
did you do? How can you block my spell without doing it purposely?”

“I
am as clueless as you are Professor Snape.”

His mouth
twitched, failure always sickened him. “I will try once again,
and I forbid any trick of some sort. Actually, turn out your pocket.
You might be hidden some artifact full of dark magic.”

She
stopped herself from laughing. She used the excuse of searching in
her garment to hide head feature and smile at the professor’s
anger. He knew something was wrong, but he did not really believe
that she would possess any object strong enough to block as spell as
powerful. As funny as it was though, she wondered how come he was not
able to pass through her mind.

When she
certified that she was free of any kind of artifact, and after
putting her wand on a desk near her, he went on with a second
tentative and again, it failed.

Snape
could not believe it. This girl would be a dangerous tool if she was
to fell in the wrong hands. Was she immune to other spells as well?

“You
may leave. I will have a word with the Headmaster. You are the first
witch ever to successfully evade this spell. And trust me; I am a
master in this art.”

“Yes
Professor. I will see you tomorrow night then.”

She left,
her heart leaping with joy. No matter what was blocking his spell,
it was probably the greatest news of the day. She had read that
Voldemort was also fond of this spell.

She
whistled as she made her way to the common room which startled her
for moment, but she quickly winked at herself, and kept walking.
Everything was under control at last.

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