Gum Drops and Peppermints (Anyone)

[malfoy]

Isaac gave Angel's hand a gentle pat and mustered an encouraging grin. This was like being around a somewhat dim child. At least Angel was learning things a bit faster than that. "Very good, you're getting it now, we'll keep working at it. I will not be satisfied until you can remember everything." said Isaac.

[calcetines]

Angel grinned at Isaac, running everything she could remember through her head. "You're so nice." Angel said. Her name was Angel. This guy was a close friend of hers, his name was Isaac. She had a Chinese boyfriend named Wolfgang. They were magic. She had this stuff down. She was eager to learn more.

[malfoy]

"All right," Isaac said. "I'm guessing that they're going to bring your parents in soon," He looked at the clock briefly, then his eyes snapped right back to Angel. "Your mum is kind of short and has red hair like yours. Your dad is taller and skinny with messy black hair and glasses." explained Isaac so Angel wouldn't freak out when her mum and dad walked in.

[calcetines]

Angel nodded as she closed her eyes to absorb the information. "Mum is short with red hair like mine, and Dad is tall with black hair and glasses." Angel repeated. "I think that I can remember that." She could remember a little about her parents, but not a whole lot.

[malfoy]

Isaac nodded encouragingly. At least her near photographic memory had not been affected, just its contents. But that could be recovered with a little bit of work on their part. "Good, just don't freak out when they come in, the Healers won't let anyone in who can hurt you." said Isaac in his soothing tone that Gabriella loved so much.

[calcetines]

"Thank you for helping me," Angel said. "When I woke up I was so scared, but you made everything seem like it would be okay." Before her friend named Isaac could respond, the doors burst open. In ran a short woman with vivid red hair and a taller man with black hair and glasses. "Angie!" The woman nearly yelled, then sprinted to her bed and trapped Angel in a hug so tight her arms were pinned to her sides and it was hard to breathe. "Mum?" Angel wheezed. "Hear that Harry? She remembers me!" She squealed. "Ginny, strangling her to death won't help anything." said the man as he sat in a chair. The red-haired woman let go and seated herself on the foot of her bed. "Hey, what's that Malfoy boy doing here?" said her father, spring up from the chair, instantly looking angry.

[malfoy]

Isaac sighed, he had known that Mr. Potter would react this way toward his presence, and Mrs. Potter wouldn't be quite so mean, but she would certainly be tense and aloof. He stood up too, but decided he would try to be somewhat kind, although he knew the Potters loathed him. "I happened to save your daughter's life. And we happen to be good friends anyways." Isaac said coolly.

[calcetines]

Angel frowned, she could just feel the tension radiating off of everyone, she didn't like it at all. Her father was definitely getting very defensive, her mother aloof. "Could you just cool down everybody?" Angel said, still frowning. "It's frustrating enough trying to figure everything out without people being all tense!" She wished everything would just come back to her, Angel felt helpless, she did not like it.

[malfoy]

Isaac laid a comforting hand and Angel's shoulder and gave her a small smile. "You're right, Angie." he said, then sitting down in the chair he had sprung up from, not removing his cold hand from her shoulder, ready to turn nasty if Mr. and Mrs. Potter did.

[calcetines]

Angel gave a small smile to Isaac, but her father was hearing none of it. He still looked angry. "Get your hand off of my daughter!" He snapped. "Dad!" Angel said angrily. "Now listen up! Isaac just taught me everything I can remember, doesn't that mean anything to you?" Her father opened his mouth to say something, but seemed to think better of it. He sank back into his chair and fell silent, shooting the occasional glare at Isaac. "What did he teach you, Angie?" asked her mother, who was stroking her hand. "He taught me that my name is Angel, and his is Isaac's. He told me that my boyfriend's name is Wolfgang, he told me how to recognize you and that we have been friends for a long while despite our parents hate each other. And that we can do magic." Angel said.

[malfoy]

Isaac removed his hand from Angel's shoulder, in spite of the fact that she was defending him. He rather liked being alive and the expression on Mr. Potter's face was murderous. Why did he hate him so much? Sure, Isaac looked like his father, but he despised him. Isaac sat calmly, awaiting the time in which he would get thrown out.

[calcetines]

Angel looked from Isaac to her mother, and then to her father, then back to Isaac again. She could still feel the tension going on around her. On top of the frustration of not being able to remember almost everything about her life, it was unbearable. And she felt so very tired... Angel leaned back on her pillows. "Go ahead and rest sweetie," said her mother. "We'll be here when you wake." Angel nodded, then closed her eyes, easily drifting off to sleep.

[malfoy]

"Sweet dreams," said Isaac in a very soft voice. They were all very quiet, and the only noise that could be heard was the buzzing of the lighting overhead. He couldn't stand the tension anymore. "I'm going to get a cup of tea. Would you like some Mr. and Mrs. Potter?" said Isaac. He knew it would taste horrible, but he needed something to do. "No thank you, dear." said Mrs. Potter. "I'm sure you deserve a bit of a rest, you go right ahead to the tea room and stay a while. Isaac nodded, then walked from the room.

[calcetines]

She was bound and gagged on the floor in a dark, grimy room. She was just so scared, the people surrounding her had donned robes of black and silvery skull masks. They laughed as they began to beat her. Punching, kicking, stabbing, touching. A figure sprung from the shadows and killed all the figures, snapping their necks, slashing open their throats. The figure who had killed them all picked her up, mumbled something she was unable to hear, then all was black.

Angel tossed and turned in her sleep as this scene replayed itself in her sleeping mind. She was breaking out in a cold sweat. Why couldn't it stop? She was in a tangled mass of blankets...

[malfoy]

Isaac walked down to the tea room and poured himself a cup. It was too bad this would go to waste, its not like he was going to drink it all anyways. He forced himself to take a sip of it. The tea was awful, it stung his throat and tasted like as if he were licking the bottom of his shoe. Isaac tried not to make a face as he chugged the rest of tea. He threw the paper cup away, then took his time making his way back to Angel's room. He din't like this place, it smelled like blood.