The hunter and the prey (Artemis, Open)

[matthiasojanpera]

Matthias found it to be particularly easy to follow the young Demetriou around when he was by himself, which was happening more and more as of late. He trailed behind the male at a very good distance, far enough so that anyone watching the two of them would assume that they were merely heading in the same direction.

No one would bother to warn the male that the demon of Hufflepuff was following after him and that was the way that Matthias liked it. He hated it when people interfered with his plans, hated it when people got in his way and ruined his fun. His teeth grit together and his eyes almost seemed to glow red in anger for a second before reverting to their not-so-natural blue as he thought about the last time that someone had gotten in his way.

He had wanted to end the life of his ex boyfriend, Xayden Andrews. He had been so close to doing so when the damn boy interfered. Arsenic Lockeheart. Just the name was enough to send his blood boiling. He had come out of nowhere, and had claimed Xayden as his own in body, mind, and soul. Matthias could even smell Arsenic on Xayden, even when the other man wasn't around him and the realization of what must have transpired sent his mind whirling, and his blood boiling yet again.

He would kill one of them, he would do so in the most painful way preferably in front of their lover. He would make them suffer. His eyes landed on the boy that he was following and a sweet, twisted smile made its way on his face. First there was Demetriou to deal with.

Artemis Demetriou was one of the sweetest, gentlest beings that resided at Hogwarts. He was kind, and had one of the purest hearts that Matthias had ever come across, and it was making him sick. Why would people value such fragility, such weakness inside of a man? It was absolutely ridiculous. Purity was meant to be destroyed, meant to be crushed. To find that there were beings that were as pure as the Demetriou twins, absolutely disgusted him.

So he would destroy them. Kill them off one by one starting with the one that he deemed easier to get rid of. He waited until they were isolated in a place far away from the other students. Yes they could still see them, still witness what was going on but they were far away that if anyone tried to help the young boy, he could easily strike them down. With that, the young Fin smirked and drew his wand raising it at the boy's back.

"Incendio."

Yes, maybe a nice firey, and painful death would suit the young Demetriou the best.

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It was just supposed to have been a normal day for him, he was just supposed to have gone for a walk before going back into the castle to enjoy the rest of the evening in the castle. Unfortunately, things did not always seem to go as planned especially not for him.

Someone had been following him for the past few minutes, he felt the piercing gaze on his back, heard the footsteps that mimicked his own. A frown made its way across his lips and he quickened his footsteps, trying his best to lose whoever it was that was currently following him only to be disheartened when it did not work.

His frown deepened as he realized that with every passing step he was getting further, and further away from any possible help that he could receive from his classmates, and as he turned to head back, he accidentally caught a glimpse of the person behind him. His eyes widened and his blood ran cold with fear as he locked eyes with none other then Matthias Ojanpera.

He was arguably one of the cruelest, darkest people at the school. He loved to see people suffer, and loved to inflict pain on people no matter who they were. There were rumors spread, saying that he had nearly beat Xayden Andrews to death before his older brother interrupted.

They said that Matthias had used Crucio on Xayden, the person that Matthias had once loved. Those rumors made Artemis very nervous for if the blond was able to do that to someone that he had once cared for, he did not want to even think about what Matthias would do to someone like him.

His fears were answered when the other man uttered a spell, and a wave of fire was aimed at his back. Artemis quickly drew out his own wand, and shouted out the counter spell to it.

"Augamenti!"

A cool stream of water burst out of the tip of Artemis's wand, effectively canceling out Matthias's spell. Warm brown eyes looked fearfully into darkened, gleeful blue and he stuttered out quietly while backing away from the other male.

"P-Please stop this m-mister Ojanpera...I-I have nothing against you a-and I don't want to fight y-you!"

[matthiasojanpera]

Matthias allowed a chuckle to escape from his lips as he heard the other boy's pleas. Begging him to stop what he was doing, begging him to let him go. A dark smile made it's way on his face as he stepped forward, laughing growing louder when the boy stumbled back to get away from him.

It was hilarious, the fact that the other male was so scared of him despite towering over Matthias's small frame in height, and build. It made him feel so powerful, so well respected. He knew that he was one of the most feared people in the school, and it was that sort of power that made him feel amazing. The fear of the others was so delicious, so fun that he hoped that this would never end.

" Do you really think that I'm going to stop because you have asked me to, little Artemis?"

His smirk grew when he saw the other flinch back at the sound of his name coming from Matthias's lips.

" I'm having so much fun...so much fun. You are such a pathetic little human. Such a pathetic little parasite that lives off of the strength of others in order to survive. You have been protected, sheltered and because of that you are weak. People like you don't deserve to live on in this world, so please allow me to fix that, and remove the burden of looking after you from your sister's shoulders. "

His wand was raised up again this time aiming for Artemis's heart. He would draw this out slowly, carefully and relish the screams that he would tear from the boy's lips. He would enjoy the begging, and the sobs that would come from Artemis as if they were his favorite type of music. He would completely tear the boy apart physically, mentally and emotionally and then he would drop his lifeless corpse in front of his sister. He would see her reaction before he ridded the world of her as well.

" And after I'm finished breaking you. I'll leave your body for your sister to find. It'll be the last thing that she sees before I kill her as well."

A chuckle left his lips at the horrified look on his face as he heard the words that Matthias was saying. He looked at Matthias as if he were a monster of some sort. If only he knew the truth. There was a quick swish of his wand, and a single cursed word was uttered. One that would cause him only a small amount of pain, one that would give him a small taste of what was to come.

"Mordaxacis!"

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Just the mere sound of the Finn's laughter was enough to send shivers down his skin. This was not like normal human laughter, this laughter was cold and cruel, brought on by the joy at seeing the fear and pain of others. Artemis wondered just how many people had been subjected to the cruelty of that laughter. He wondered how many people had suffered at the hands of the psychotic blond and as the smile darkened he couldn't help but wonder if he were going to be added to that number. He knew that in order to get out of this alive, he would have to be quick on his feet and very fast. He would have to stay focused, something that was proving to be very hard, especially as he heard Matthias's next words.

" You may be able to beat me, but you will never be able to even make a scratch on my sister. She will always be stronger then a-anyone...especially someone as evil as you."

His words were filled with pure anger, and pent up frustration. He could handle someone threatening to hurt him. He had dealt with it all of his life, it was nothing new for him. However, he would not stand for someone threatening the life of the person that he loved the most. He would not tolerate someone trying to hurt the person who had spent her entire life trying to protect him. If he wanted to get to his sister, he would do his best to protect her in the same way that she had him, even if he had to give his life to do so. When Matthias was distracted his wand was raised and he quickly shouted out a spell.

" Incarcerous!"

He watched as thick ropes shot out of the end of his wand, flying towards Matthias as they attempted to tie him up. A frown made its way on his face as he spell was deflected. His eyes narrowed as Matthias sent a hex towards him.

" Protego!"

He stumbled back as the force from the hex caused him to lose his balance. His brown eyes narrowed in concentration and as he regained his balance, he immediately cast another spell, this one a bit stronger then the last one.

"Stupefy!!!!"

[matthiasojanpera]

He was getting to be very annoyed with the younger male as time passed. He said that his sister was strong, said that she would be able to beat him with him not even being able to scratch her. It pissed him off more then mere words should. It made him want to drag the male by his long hair until he found her, it made him want to make the boy watch as he tortured her,make him watch as he broke the normally emotionless woman.

He wanted everyone to watch as he made the feared woman writhe on the ground in pain before he ended her life, her broken and battered form lying against the pure snow in a disturbingly beautiful way. Soon after that, her brother would join her form, followed by the form of Xayden, and possible Arsenic if he tried getting in his way again. One by one he would eliminate them until they were all gone.

" You know not of what you speak boy. Do you really believe that that little girl could stand up to the likes of me? I know more then most people could ever hope to learn in their lifetime. You, and she combined would stand no chance against me..."

When the boy began casting spells, Matthias's smile grew. So the boy was going to go down fighting then? This was definately going to be fun then. He was very quick to cast the protection spell when Artemis shot two spells at him, his eyes shining with pure amusement as he did so. Did the boy really think that he could win using such weak spells? It was like he was dueling with a second or third year.

" Do you really think you can beat me with such simple spells? Please. Let me show you what real magic is like."

Another wicked smile was given, and this time a single word was shouted, a word that would cause the boy an unbearable amount of pain if he was not able to sucessfully protect himself.

" Crucio!"

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It was obvious that he was angering the older fin that stood in front if him with his words. He frowned as the other's eyes seemed to darken even more then what seemed to be natural. Had the boy's eyes always been that dark color, had they always been that evil, that disturbing? Those eyes didn't even appear as if they belonged to a human. They were the animalistic eyes of a predator, and it was obvious that he himself was some sort of prey in the eyes of the very disturbed young fin.

Artemis's eyes eyed him as he went through numerous different facial expressions, ones that both interested and frightened him at the exact same time. What kind of horrible thoughts was the young boy thinking in order to get such a dark, and twisted expression of joy on his face? Artemis wasn't sure, the only thing he truly was sure if was the fact that those thoughts involved either him, his sister, or the both of them and was mixed with death or pain if not both. When Matthias started talking again, bragging that he and his sister couldn't defeat him even if they fought him together Artemis's eyes narrowed.

" You're lying. If that were true then you would have attacked us a long time ago and even if you were telling the truth, why would you go after me first? E-Everyone knows that I'm the weaker twin. The t-truth is that you're scared of my sister. You t-think the only way you can beat her is if you get rid of m-me first, then attack her w-when she's down."

His eyes stared almost cooly at the other man, daring him to tell him that he was wrong.

" Y-You're nothing but a coward..."

It was after all of his words were said, that he heard the unforgivable curse uttered and suddenly white hot burning pain flooded his senses, invading his nerves and embedding itself into his very core. It felt as if he had been stabbed repeatedly. It hurt, it hurt so bad. Part of Artemis wanted to give up right then and there, wanted to curl up and cry for his older sister to come and save him as she always did. He wanted her to comfort him, and wanted her to come and take the pain away as she always did, and yet there was also another part of him.

This one screamed at him to stand, and fight. How could he ever expect to protect Luna, to protect Bella if he couldn't even handle a little physical pain? Thoughts of both of them hurt, injured by the same manic that was trying to end his life right at that moment gave him the strength he needed to stay standing. He would never let that happen to them. He would give his own life up fighting this monster of that was what was needed to protect them.

His hand shakily moved up to his face, wiping away the tears that had gathered there as a result of his pain. Every muscle in his body ached, screamed against the movement, but still he ignored it refusing to cry out and give the fin the satisfaction of knowing that he caused Artemis pain. His wand raised to the tree that was directly next to the blond, and with a silent mutter of apology to the tree, he uttered the one word needed to distract the blond.

" Expulso."

[matthiasojanpera]

He didn't know weither or not the boy was actually trying to piss him off but it was working. How dare that ignorant little boy stand up to him, how dare that sickly coward stand there and tell him that a pathetic little girl with an attitude problem was stronger then he was. Did he really not understand that the more he ran his mouth, the more Matthias wanted to make him suffer? Wand grasped in his hand, he gave the boy a rather dark smirk. Voices in his head began to encourage him, telling him to make an example of what would happen to those that dared get in his way. Others said to just get this over with, this was getting boring and they wanted to move on and go after the person that he knew would be the real challenge.

When Artemis called him a coward he stopped all movement and just stood there while staring blankly at the boy. Did the boy realize just how ironic he was being by calling him (or anyone else for that matter) a coward?

" You who chooses to hide behind your sister at every chance you get has the nerve to call me a coward? You allow the one that you are supposed to be protecting to fight your battles, to get injured so that you don't have to. You are so selfish, such a greedy little leech. It's a miracle that your sister doesn't just let you die. It would save her a lot of time, and maybe then she could finally learn how to be happy."

When the other boy had been hit with the Cruciatus curse, Matthias merely watched the boy, waiting to see him on the floor writhing in pain, wanting to hear the other's screams and cries fill the air. He was greatly surprised when neither of those two happened. His dark eyes widened when Artemis not only stood through the pain of the curse, but kept quiet as well. He watched as Artemis wiped calmly at his eyes, ridding himself of the pained tears that had gathered there before glaring at him.

" Y-You...How could you stay standing through that?! That's not normal, not human!!!!! You should be on the floor screaming!!"

His wand was raised again, ready to cast more rounds of the Cruciatus curse on the poor boy, when he saw the other's wand raised. He heard the word uttered, and his eyes widened in surprise.

" Prote-" He was interupted when there was a loud explosion right next to him. He felt an intense pain, and a scorching heat before he was thrown back a short distance, landing on his back. After a few moments of lying there in a stunned silence, he made to get up, gasping in pain as his hand moved to grip at his right shoulder. The skin was burned, and he felt as if there was something embedded deep inside of the fragile flesh. When he moved his hand away, he was both stunned and a little bit impressed to see that it was completely caked in blood.

The little boy was stronger then he had previously thought.

" So you do have some fight in you." The blond smirked as he rose to his feet. His right arm lay limp at his side, useless for the time being but his wand was still gripped tightly in his left hand.

" Good, that will make killing you that much more fun! I will not rest until your body is broken, and bleeding. I will relish your screams, and laugh as the life leaves your eyes. Better yet, Maybe I'll just immobolize you and make you watch as I finish your sister off. Make you watch as your hero suffers, and watch her as she dies."

The more that he thought about that idea, the more he began to like it. He would beat the boy into a bloody mess, and then drop his battered form at his sister's feet. He would fight her while she was distracted, and kill her in front of everyone who dared to watch. Artemis would follow her into death, and he would be followed by Xayden, and everyone else that he wanted dead.

" Crucio!"

Again he cast the Unforgivable curse determined to cause the boy as much pain as possible.


" Avis-Oppungo! "

A small flock of birds burst out from the very tip of his wand, flying at Artemis in a mad rage the second Matthias's wand pointed at him.

" Petrificus Totalus!!!"

A smug smirk of sastisfaction made it's way across his face, enjoying the chaos for a moment before raising his wand again.

" Crucio."

He was known for being particularly skilled at using that curse so why not use it as often as he wanted.

[Bella Walsh]

Have you ever had the feeling that something was happening to someone close to you and you just had to interfere? That was the feeling sweeping over Bella as she fidgeted nervously at the Hufflepuff table. She felt sick and her heart ached and she leaned up to try to spot her boyfriend at the Ravenclaw table, only to see the twins' seats empty. Her brows furrowed and she flagged down a passing housemate to ask if they had been seen. She was informed that Luna was in Ravenclaw tower, but Artemis was no where to be seen.

The panic set in and she grabbed up her wand before setting off toward the door, casting a glance to Andrei Winter for a fleeting moment, her face ashen and afraid. Her gaze flicked to Jari as well, the rest of the color draining from her face. Something felt wrong and the longer she waited, the more afraid she felt.

She went into the grounds and called out for him a few times, peering through the grounds to see if his frame was approaching the school. There was no sight of him and her stomach tied in a tight knot. She started moving through the grounds to try to discover where he went. If he was in trouble...

She heard a voice speaking from a distance and as she processed the voice, she placed the dark whispers as Mattie and if there was any color remaining in her face, it was missing now. The girl made a smooth transition from human to panther and peered through the trees. Who was this bastard torturing now? When she saw the shadowy figure he was casting relentlessly against, she took a slow sniff to the air. Artemis's cologne was on the wind and panic set in.

He was attacking Artemis.

She couldn't stop herself, the very large panther took off at a sprint through the trees without a sound and lunged harshly at the Fin's back with an angry roar that echoed off the trees until the very shadows rang it through the vast expanse of land. She could have ripped his throat out easily, but...she could not. She wanted to, but could not do it.

The panther left the Fin and moved closer to Artemis, as if needing him to see him for herself. The panther's eyes were heartbroken to see him in pain like this, and her head turned back to the Fin angrily snarling, blocking Artemis from range.

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He flinched at the words that Matthias said to him, knowing that he honestly could not deny the fin's accusations. He did hide behind his sister, selfishly expecting her to protect him from any trouble that came his way. He knew that he was cowardly, he knew that there was a good chance that his sister did hate him for everything that she had been through because of him, and that was something that he was willing to accept. He knew that if she hated him, that he more than likely deserved it. It was okay, he had the rest of his life to make it up to her. Which is why he couldn't, wouldn't die here, no matter what Matthias said.

" I know that I am a cowardly boy that does nothing but burden my sister. I know that I'm selfish and that my sister is more often then not injured by it. However, I know my sister. I know that despite all of this, she'd give her life to protect me. My sister wouldn't do that for someone that she didn't care for. I know that I make her happy. You will never convince me otherwise."

After he had been Crucio'd and saw Matthias's reaction to him he couldn't help but feel smug. He had not only withstood the curse, but he had managed to even scare the vicious blond a little bit, something that he was able to use to his advantage when he casted his own spell. Watching Matthias fly back a few feet due to the explosion, he immediately casted the protection spell on himself, prepared for any attacks sent towards him by the other student.

He was not prepared for the next two things that happened. The first was that Matthias had sent a barrage of spells towards him. He was able to deflect a few of them, but despite his best attempts he was hit by another curse, and while he was still able to stay standing, he couldn't stop the cry that came out of his throat this time. It hurt. It hurt far too much. The second thing, was when a panther suddenly attacked Matthias, knocking him to the ground before running over to him, looking at him with heartbroken eyes. It was Bella, his Bella. She had come to save him, and had placed herself in danger because of him. His warm brown eyes filled with tears, and fear.

"B-Bella you need to run, and escape. T-This boy is dangerous...h-he'll try to hurt you...t-try to kill you...p-please....I don't w-want you to get hurt because of m-me!"

Tears ran freely down his cheeks, and his words were filled with emotion. He was so scared now. So scared that Bella would get hurt, that he would lose her. He wouldn't be able to live with himself. He would hate himself forever. He had to protect her, had to save her now. He wouldn't let Matthias lay one finger on her.

[matthiasojanpera]

" If that is true, then why would she allow you to wander around unattended with people like myself and Xayden wandering aroud this school. She is no fool, she knows what we have done, she knows what we are capable of. Why, oh Why would she let her precious twin brother wander around without protection? unless, of course, she actually wants something to happen to him...."

His tone had gone from dark, and harsh to sweet and gentle, a tone that he often used on people while trying to lure them in. He spoke as if he was speaking to a child, and yet that only further added to his painful words. A smile made it's way across his face as he looked into the other man's eyes. He could see doubt, and pain starting to build up in them, which was something that thrilled him.

He knew that he was finally starting to affect the other male, starting to make him question the one person that he was supposed to trust. Short bursts of pleasure ran throughout his body, and his smile grew wider. There was nothing quite like destroying trust. It was something so fragile, and so easily broken and best of all once it had been broken once, it was nearly impossible to fix.

" My, My. It seems as if Demetriou really is more clever then I gave her credit for. To set this all up, and to reap the benefits of this secretly...what a brilliant woman."

With the final seed of doubt planted into Artemis's head, he waited to reap the benefits of what he had done. He waited for Artemis to finally break from the impact of his words. He wanted Artemis to be convinced that his sister was out to have him killed, he wanted the close bond that the twins had to be broken. He opened his mouth to spread more words, to spread more lies when something attacked his back, knocking him to the ground and momentarily immobilizing him, before running off to Artemis's side, blocking him from Matthias's range.

At first glance, he was surprised to see that it was a large panther that it had saved the other boy from his rage, but upon further inspection, and after hearing the heartbroken cries from the boy, he realized that it was none other than his underclassman, and fellow Hufflepuff, Bella Walsh. A cold sneer formed on his lips, and his eyes narrowed dangerously.

" Of course it would be the outcast of Hufflepuff coming to the outcast of Ravenclaw's aid. The two biggest freaks in the school, ending up together. What a big surprise."

The tone of his voice was icy cold, and filled to the brim with mockery, and sarcasm.

" I will be kind and give you once chance to heed your lover's cries. Step aside and leave this place Walsh. If you are stupid, and choose to stay, I will make sure that you die here as well. I will torture you as I have done him, just to the brink of immobilization, and I will make you watch as I finish lover boy here off. No matter what you do, he will die here. Might as well spare your own life and get out of here."

He tried to be reasonable with the girl, tried to get her to leave them be. When she did not move, he gave her a mocking, sad smile.

" Have it your way then. Serpensortia."

With a wave of his wand, one of the largest serpents; a hooded cobra burst from the tip of his wand landing on the floor a few feet away from the young couple. It's slitted eyes narrowed on them, and an angry hiss left it's throat before it slithered towards them, swaying dangerously from side to side in a mocking dance. It was very much like the one that had summoned it in the way that it was determined to cause pain to the ones that stood in front of it, in one way or another.

[Bella Walsh]

Bella was never one for hesitation, so when that serpent was summoned, she was well on her way back to human form with wand in hand. When she spoke, her voice was far from fearful...it was pure calmness. She didn't even flinch as her wand came swishing down and she uttered a simple "Sectumsempra." The spell was aimed toward the weaker midsection of the serpent and the connection sent blood spewing across pristene snow. She didn't wait to see if the serpent died, as there was no time to waste. Her wand turned to Mattie, "You. You don't scare me. You are nothing more than blood and bone." There was something more austere in her features than ever before, she looked cold and it was all directed at the blonde Fin.

The snake was not yet dead however. As it snapped back to attack her, her wand flicked to one side, "Impedimenta." Her gaze went back to the Fin. "As for me moving, I'd rather die."

[Andrei Winter]

A face like that, you don't ignore. Andrei was well aware of the connection that love could bring from one person to the other and he never questioned connections like that. That sickening expression on Bella's face however, suggested something far worse than a possible slip in the snow occurred to his housemate. Green eyes followed her gaze to a blonde Scot down the table and after she didn't seem to be returning with her normal speed, he rose up and walked close to the Scot, uttering quietly, "Something's wrong, Jari...we need to find out what's going on."

He left the hall and stepped onto the grounds and an instant wave of sick rushed over him. Smells were magnified, he could hear his own heartbeat thundering in his chest. The moon...was it full? It was cloud covered at the moment, so he set off in the direction where her footprints headed, wand out just in case.

There was a feeling of malaise covering his senses and when that sticky smell of blood hit his senses, it was as if his vision shattered. There was the worst sort of headache brewing in him and he only picked up the pace. Where did she go? When the footsteps turned to pawprints in the snow, he slowed and ducked down to see what was happening. Running in spouting off hexes was one way to get someone hurt.

He could see the back of someone blonde, a huge snake spouting blood, Bella...and...was that Artemis? A sudden searing rage rushed through him and his eyes lacked focus, "He dares attack Ravenclaw house..." His muscles flexed and rippled beneath his skin, beneath his robes. Fingertips on the tree pressed so roughly that they left indents in the wood. What worried him was the haze and fog that seemed to take over his mind.

It was as if all he could feel was rage. Sheer rage.

Green eyes went opaque, and the sound of a cracking ribcage would sound below his skin as ribs expanded and sinew thickened. Thinking quickly, he looked back to Jari and hissed, "I've got the snake..." He seemed to be getting taller, muscles beginning to buldge through the slim fit of his shirt. There was no guessing what he was now. Especially when he took off running.

The speed was inhuman and the height achieved when the man jumped from one place and landed with a solid connect near the snake. By this point, the rage was seething and all he could taste was bitter bile. Lengthening fingers plunged through snake scales and hurtled it further away from Bella and Artemis before the man let out a savage growl and rushed after it.

[shava4444]

While Fredrik wasn't house focused, he understood why they had been divided into them probably better then some did. it certainly made it far easier for a small number of adults to keep herd on a larger number of students and gave them distractions enough to allow for an outlet for the normal teenage issues. However, when Andrei spoke to him, his eyes came up startled; he had seen Bella going by fast, but he hadn't connected it to anything that bad till Andrei began to growl out words. Frowning, he hesitated only a moment before his instincts told him this would be a good time to follow; something was up or about to happen and it seemed something which might need a cooler head.

Fredrik followed Andrei and found himself surprised at how fast the other could move! Running himself, he nearly ran into the back of the other as he suddenly ducked down. Having hunted for his dinner many times in the wilds, he recognized what that meant having already been looking at the pawprints in the snow, but saw his focus still on Andrei who was setting off many of his internal alarms. No, his sharp eyes didn't miss the indentions in the tree nor the sounds under the other's robes which were very disturbing. Enough so he was glad the other had a focus elsewhere and not on him! Soon enough as Andrei turned his head and spoke, Fredrik knew he had been right to come; how often did one get to see an actual transformation in front of their eyes??

As the creature leaped after the snake, Jari stepped into sight behind Matthias seeing Bella fending off spells but not attacking directly. Behind her was a boy from Ravenclaw as well, apparently the defending victim of the Hufflepuff. A number of spells jumped to mind, but there were a few he thought made the most sense to use before this escalated any farther. Pulling out his wand, Jari pointed it at Matthias and aimed carefully. While a nasty variant they did not teach at Hogwarts, it should distract his target enough to allow him to hit him with other stuff. Casting non-verbally the Confundo first, he then added a babbling curse which would prevent most spells being cast, and followed that with his first non-silent spell "Incarcerous!"

Stepping forward and keeping his wand pointed on the Hufflepuff, Jari raised an eyebrow at Bella, as if asking if she was okay or needed anything, but it was a matter of a second before he turned his attention back on the boy, frowning as the sound of Andrei and the snake fighting sounded just out of sight...

[Samantha Walters]

The small female had whistled for her owl earlier so she could walk with a companion and now Scar was nestled nicely on her shoulder. She reached her hand up and stroked the wing closest to her hand. He hooted with pleasure and shuffled his feet along her shoulder. ”Well whose a softie today?” She chuckled to Scar who just hooted again in response. She smiled at him and looked back to the castle where she was heading.

Samantha had been out all day doing rounds in between classes and was hurrying back to her dorm. She wanted to get inside to get changed into a clean uniform. She usually changed into another uniform earlier in the day but today had been one of those extremely busy days. It had been filled with detentions and warnings from start to finish which didn’t exactly put her in a good mood. The Yule Ball was getting closer and the students were getting rowdy like before anything else exciting. Samantha took no pity on those who she had barred from attending the Yule Ball, she’d spoken with the Head Mistress on all counts and those who were reported were stricken from the Ball.

It gave her no shame when those students looked at her with loathing; it was their own measly faults that they were barred from the ball. She would go unless she did something so terrible to get on the naughty list and that wasn’t going to happen so she was home free.

When Samantha passed the pumpkin patch near the gamekeepers hut she allowed another smile to trickle onto her lips. It was filled with birds that made caws and chirps as they passed, Scar hooted along with them like usual. Samantha knew he enjoyed being with the other animals around the grounds so she liked to walk with him. It was comforting watching him interact with the others like while he was at home with her. ”You’re always going to think you’re one of them aren’t you?” She questioned, flicking her eyes up to him before hurrying away from the hut.

Scar did a little dance on her shoulder which was a known yes.

Samantha giggled and took the stones up towards the courtyard as quickly as she could, getting inside was now of utmost importance so she could change.

As she neared the courtyard she heard voices, some sounded light, some were airy, and those were the normal voices she liked to hear. What came next was not something she wanted to hear, angry voices, ones that were necessary for her to listen to.

Then she heard the spells. The spells!

Samantha’s eyes widened as she took off quicker which forced Scar to flap off of her into the air. Samantha’s ears were open and her hand gripped her wand as she skidded into the area. What she saw made her mouth fall open, several students and a panther?

But before she could say another word the panther transformed into a female student. A student using their animagus powers outside of their training? No, definitely not.

Samantha opened her mouth with a snarl, ”Scar, bring me a professor. Now!” She barked to her owl that had been swirling over their heads. Scar flew off the minute she spoke and Samantha whipped out her wand but again before she could get another word off she watched as a tall hufflepuff male screeched out a spell that was never supposed to be uttered.

”Crucio”

The sound was like glass breaking in Samantha’s ear and she whipped her wand towards the male in a silent spell, petrificus totalus, She whipped her head around at another student who jumped into the area. Whether or not her spell had hit her target she was not going to stand for what was going on.

Her lips curled into another snarl and she began to bark out orders. ”How dare you children begin this before the Yule Ball.” Her words dripped with malice, ”You will ALL be lucky if you are able to step foot into that hall. I will make sure that all of you have detentions and possible bars from the Yule Ball.” She scowled.

”I have no patience for children who begin fights before this holiday. I will not stand for it.” She whipped her head around, ”And for you! Mr. Ojanpera. You will be LUCKY if you are allowed back at Hogwarts after our break.” Her voice continued to get higher.

”I will be taking you straight to the Head Mistresses office and you will be lucky if you are not taken by the Ministry.” She growled.

”The next person that throws another spell, hex, or curse will herby become barred from the Ball for attacking your Head Girl.” She knew she would have to speak with a professor about that but saying it often stroke fear in the student.

"And you, Ms. Walsh, using your animagus..." She snipped, that would be immediately brought up to the first professor on the scene.

She made note of all the students there as her eyes continued to flick back and forth, Demetriou, Ojanpera, Walsh, Winter, Aalto. Names, names, names! The one thing she had to remember from tonight so she could continue to watch the troublemakers closely.

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[Andrei Winter]

There was a sound of a pained growl as claws jutted from his fingers. "Sam!" He wailed, this wasn't going to end well. The massive snake was ripped to shreds, but not before it managed to bite him. The turn was not able to be stopped. "I...have....to...go...." His chest violently expanded, and opaque eyes swirled with the loss of humanity. The staff had been warned of a possibility of his infection, but it had been thought dormant. It was not, and he was in agonizing pain, not only from the change, but the bite.

"I can't....stop...." The next sound to escape his mouth was a blood curdling howl before he turned and tore away, away from the castle. He couldn't endanger anyone by waiting for a professor. What if he couldn't recognize any of them and snapped? That was a very real possibility.