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I'll SEEK you OUT
FLAY you ALIVE
One more WORD and you won't SURVIVE
And I'M not SCARED
Of your STOLEN POWER
I SEE right through you any HOUR

MARINA EUGENIE ALDRED
PROUD HALFBLOOD
SLYTHERIN THIRD YEAR

I won't soothe your pain: Irritated | I won't ease your strain: Oh, come on! | You'll be waiting in vain: Dominic | I got nothing for you to gain: Whomping Willow | Wearing

Marina watched at the turmoil of emotions that suddenly surfaced on his face, and she felt a twinge of pity for him, before her cold, rational side caught up with her warm, emotional side. She was full prepared to just watch him leave, sitting there silently, and then he spoke. He... what had she done to show any different. She froze, and there was shock visible in here eyes and expression before it tightened and smoothed over into a look of vague irritation. He was right, in a way. she could be just as bad to him as he was to her. She knew that. She knew her own dark side; Marina knew just how far she could go and what her limits were. She could be cold, cruel, and emotionless if she wanted to. But more often she was lively, a blazing little flame that refused to be put out, and she liked that part of her better. She chose how to act, nothing influenced her. Maybe she really was worse.

Then he had the gall to try to pin this on her and the others; for not enlightening him before now! What?! Marina rolled here eyes. "Oh come on. Montague. You might be ignorant, but that's partly your own fault. You have eyes, you have ears. Wake up and look at the world around you. I think you know the difference between right and wrong, regardless of what dearest mum and dad taught you." Her ringing, sarcastic tone followed him. "And what should we have done? Elected someone to sit you down for a cup of tea and a chat on blood equality? Can you honestly say you would have listened? The only reason we're even having this conversation is because I beat you in a duel." If he had won, things would have gone very differently. She suspected it would probably involve gloating on his part, and extreme rage on hers.

Prejudice is stubborn and ignorance is hard.

EYES on FIRE
Your SPINE is ABLAZE
Felling any FOE with my GAZE
And JUST in TIME
In the RIGHT PLACE
STEADILY emerging with GRACE

I'll SEEK you OUT
FLAY you ALIVE
One more WORD and you won't SURVIVE
And I'M not SCARED
Of your STOLEN POWER
I SEE right through you any HOUR

MARINA EUGENIE ALDRED
PROUD HALFBLOOD
SLYTHERIN THIRD YEAR

I won't soothe your pain: Surprised | I won't ease your strain: .....The hell? What is he coming back here for? | You'll be waiting in vain: Dominic | I got nothing for you to gain: Whomping Willow | Wearing

Marina watched him go with a scowl and then went to get her book, smoothing the wrinkled pages and closing it. Now what? She didn't want to stay here, and if she left she might run into him again.... Where was a friend when you needed one? She really needed to talk to someone about this, like Ada or Nell. Well, only them actually, because they were her only friends besides Damien and he would probably get mad at her if she told him. She sighed and felt a headache coming on. Why did her life have to have so much drama in it? She was constantly getting herself into dangerous situations or getting into awkward situations. Just once, she'd like to have a normal, boring school year. Yeah.... that probably wasn't going to happen.

Then Dominic came back. "Oh you have GOT to be kidding me," she muttered under her breath. Did he not get the message? This whole thing was over. Done. Ended. What could he possibly want? To hit her with a bludger on purpose this time? Then he spoke, and she simply stared at him in disbelief for a few moments. "You're not serious with this, right? What part of me yelling at you do you not understand?! You're supposed to go sulk in the dungeons or better yet, whine about me to the other Slytherins and come up with some horribly bad plan for revenge that will end up backfiring. That's what people like you do, mate." She half turned to storm off and then stopped. "Wait, wait. Did you say you want me to teach you? On what, pray tell? How to not be a prat? I'm pretty sure they have professional help for stuff like that."

Prejudice is stubborn and ignorance is hard.

EYES on FIRE
Your SPINE is ABLAZE
Felling any FOE with my GAZE
And JUST in TIME
In the RIGHT PLACE
STEADILY emerging with GRACE

I'll SEEK you OUT
FLAY you ALIVE
One more WORD and you won't SURVIVE
And I'M not SCARED
Of your STOLEN POWER
I SEE right through you any HOUR

MARINA EUGENIE ALDRED
PROUD HALFBLOOD
SLYTHERIN THIRD YEAR

I won't soothe your pain: Upset | I won't ease your strain: I... What's wrong with me?! | You'll be waiting in vain: No one | I got nothing for you to gain: Whomping Willow |

Marina didn't know how to stop, didn't know if she could stop. It just kept coming up, out of her mouth, tongue lashing like a whip. And Dominic Montague had just been scourged. She didn't know what to say until he was already gone, and she heard his last words. "Yeah. It was," she whispered to herself, feeling all of the anger wash out of her like a wave. What was wrong with her? She'd never, ever, spoken so harshly to another human being like that in her entire life, not when she was mocked and taunted in muggle school,and she had promised herself they would regret ever crossing her. They had, but it had not made her feel any better about herself.

She sort of knew why she got like this sometimes. Inside, she was scared. She was still that shy little girl with wide, fearful eyes, sitting in the corner at recess because no one wanted to play with the freak. That child always bracing for the next attack. She'd spent a good part of her childhood being the victim, and she realized that she unconsciously wanted to be the perpetrator, just so she wouldn't feel scared anymore. Marina was now scared of herself. She'd had a right to be upset with Dominic, but she had taken her anger way too far, and in the end only further alienated him. She wasn't all that heartbroken about that, but it wasn't right to use someone else as an outlet for her rage.

And she wasn't even all that angry with him. Marina was also angry about a lot of things. She was angry at her grandfather for dying without reconciling with her mum, at her mum for being so depressed, at her dad for paying more attention to her mum then her, at Damien for making her feel so awkward and nervous around him, and at herself for not being as strong as she should be. She was supposed to be strong! She was supposed to be able to handle everything, because she was Marina bloody Aldred, and she could handle anything! Except her own emotions. Her emotions, when they got out of control, reduced her to a terrified child, who had absolutely no clue what to say or do.

Now she watched Dominic go, motionlessly, and felt sick inside. She swallowed hard and noticed the trunk. She approached it slowly, and dropped to her knees to read the inscription."My dearest nephew, never forget, you're only human," she whispered aloud as she read it. Whoever had written that was right, she realized. Everyone was only human, and they all made the same stupid mistakes. Even her. The words rang in her ears as she staggered back from it, and sat down a little bit away. Tears welled up in her eyes, and she made a sort of gasping sound, as everything sank in. She was a horrible, pathetic girl who made everyone around her a target for one of her rages. She couldn't even control her own emotions, never mind anything else. She was going to die alone and unloved, because no one would ever want to be friends with her, never mind love her. She was her own greatest enemy.

She ran away from the trunk like it was a monster coming to get her, and didn't stop running until she was at the bottom of the hill the Whomping Willow was at. Marina stopped there, curled up into a ball, and sobbed, shaking violently and burying her face in her knees. The sun no longer seemed to smile down on her and the cloud seemed a little bit more cloudy.

Prejudice is stubborn and ignorance is hard.

EYES on FIRE
Your SPINE is ABLAZE
Felling any FOE with my GAZE
And JUST in TIME
In the RIGHT PLACE
STEADILY emerging with GRACE

 
 



¤¤¤¤¤¤Michelle had been wandering by herself as per usual, keeping her eye out for that annoying prat White Fox or whatever the hell his actual name was when she heard Adalaide pracically squeal in delight. She raised an eyebrow and walked towards the voice. She easily found the girl next to the....still... whomping willow. She blinked quietly and headed over to her friend. "How'd you get this monster to stop moving?" She asked curiously, not realizing how quietly she had walked up behind her friend, or how easily she could scare the crap out of her friend with her silence. The Slytherin had gotten so used to moving as quiet as possible, especially when she spent a good portion of her time around Tay, where it was practically expected to move in near silence. Plus she liked to try and sneak up and catch the golden eyed boy unaware. It was one of her favourite games to play. 

 
 



¤¤¤¤¤¤Michelle stood, smirking nonchalantly at her best friend as the girl yelled at her. She waited silently, knowing the tiny girl would run out of steam quickly. And she was right. With in minutes, Ada was apologizing and explaining what she was doing. She nodded her head at the explanation and watched Ada try and climb the tree again. A snort escaped from her as the tiny girl barely made it up a foot if that. "You know, climbing trees might work better if you were tall like me." She teased her Hufflepuff, laughing. She knew what it was like to feel tiny though, seeing as next to Tay she felt like a friggen dwarf. She was what.. 5'6'' ish and still he towered over her. She shook thoughts of the boy from her mind and smirked at Ada. She really should stop letting her mind wander to the golden eyed Slytherin, but she couldn't seem to help herself.

 
 



¤¤¤¤¤¤Michelle smirked, watching her friend scurry up the tree as if to prove her wrong. At the Hufflepuff's words, Michelle realized that is exactly what Ada was doing. She chuckled as the girl challenged her, and approached the trunk of the tree quietly. In a few quick easy movements she found a handhold, dragged her self up, grabbed onto the branch Ada was sitting on and swung herself up to sit next to her best friend. "Did you expect that to be hard on me?" She asked, teasing the sensitive girl. She knew she shouldn't make fun of the Hufflepuff's height, but sometimes it was just to tempting to not do so. Ada had one thing running for her though, she was still taller than Olyvia. The day Olyvia out grew anyone, would be the day pigs fly.

 
 



¤¤¤¤¤¤Michelle snorted at the gentle shove and wrapped her arm around the tiny girl. "Aww come on Ada. I'm just kidding." She said, smirking at the Hufflepuff. Michelle knew she knew all the right buttons to push to piss the girl off, but she was only teasing! She would never intentionally actually hurt the girl."You know I love yo-" Her words were cut off as Ada gave her another push and she lost her balance on the branch. That was totally not fair! The Hufflepuff had caught her off guard and when she had only just sat down. Plus she would never expect her sweet little hufflepuff to attack her! On instinct, she reached up to grab hold of the branch and stop herself from falling, but her pale hands missed the branch and ended up grabbing hold of Ada instead. Of course the girl was a lot smaller than the Slytherin, so grabbing hold only proved to drag both of them down instead.

 
 



¤¤¤¤¤¤Michelle groaned as she landed on the ground, and then a second later Ada landed on top of her and they were suddenly falling again. A moment later she was lying on the ground, her Hufflepuff still on top of her. She was about to complain at the girl, when Ada climbed off and apologized. The Slytherin shrugged and pushed herself into a sitting position. She looked up and down the tunnel, before pulling out her own wand. "Lumos." She muttered, her own wand lighting up and glowing. She glanced at Ada, at the girl's question and shrugged, before dragging silver eyes away from her friend and peering down the tunnel curiously. "Only one way to find out." She said simply, before gesturing down the tunnel. "We've got to explore this, find out where it goes!"

¤¤¤¤¤¤Briefly, Michelle wondered if her shy goody-two-shoes best friend, would be up for exploring the tunnel, but the Slytherin shook her head. She had decided the brunette didn't have a choice. They were going to explore and adventure, whether the tiny girl liked it or not. A smirk crawled onto her face at this, and she readied herself to grab Ada if the other girl tried to run off before they could adventure. The tunnel had, of course, piqued Michelle's interest, and as always, she wasn't one to let something interesting just glide on by and drift away into the past.