Fairy Black XVI

Kraken

Fay Noire. No, she reminded herself. She was Ivy Potter – or something like that – she had to hide her not-so-secret identity as a Super Girl. She wasn't sure she was going to remember to answer to her given name, but she had to remember. Though, she had been Fay Noire for as long as she could remember. Fay had taken her name years back, and now she would be expected to be Ivy Potter?

She wasn't sure she was capable of just being Ivy.

That seemed so boring.

She would probably forget about in in a couple of hours.

It was all so messed up. However, on the bright side she had gotten an awesome lap dance on the train by a cute girl.

The train ride was awesome. Ivy thought giddily smiling slightly before she realised she was making a strange face and restored it to normal.

However, Fay – or Ivy wasn't so sure her next trip in a boat would be so good. The little boats the lard-arse, Hagrid expected her to ride in with the other first years looked terrible. The little things needed a lot of Tender Loving Care.

It didn't make Ivy feel better as she looked over at the giant guy as he climbed into one of the boats to himself and it sunk to a point where the edges were mere centimetres away from being under water.

Ivy was the last – well almost last to find a boat as none of the other first years seemed to have any doubts about the boats except a small brunette girl, but then five or six little first years to a boat was still a lot lighter than Hagrid.

The brunette was the tiniest first year Ivy could see, as she looked over the remaining empty boat dubiously. Ivy couldn't blame the girl for her scepticism as the small boat looked ready to turn to dust at a light breeze.

"After you, Shortcake!" Ivy whispered gently in the small girls left ear as she crouched down to her level more.

The small girl spun round in shock as Ivy stood up with a wicked grin on her lips; the girls eyes flowing up to meet Ivy's.

"Na-ah!" the girl replied with a few deep breaths to calm down, but her sky-blue eyes were still wide with fear and fright as they scanned the dark around them. "That thing looks like it's going to break in two if a froggy hopped onto it – and my name is Tabitha!" the small girl said with a pouting glare while using her right hand to point at the decrepit little boat. "Tabitha Lacy!" she added. "I am not getting in that silly little boat!" she finished off defiantly.

"Do you think I want to get in it?" Ivy asked while raising her eyebrows. "I'll tell you what… if the boat sinks or you fall in, I'll make sure to rescue you, deal?" she asked offering her right hand to the surprised small girl.

"How can you save me?" the girl asked as she hesitated. "You're… why are you even a first year?"

Ivy rolled her yes. "It's a long story Shortcake," she replied. "I might tell you about it someday, but trust me… I am super heroic!"

"Really?" Tabitha asked as she realised, she was shaking Ivy's hand.

"Totally," she agreed with a wide grin. "Fay Noire… I mean, Ivy Potter; at the service of adorable young ladies everywhere. I occasionally save the odd boy too, but that's because I'm a great gal."

"Okay," Tabitha said with a confused smile as she started as Ivy helped her into the boat and joined her moments later where they could sit opposite each other.

The boats started moving slowly across the quiet dark lake moments after the last two, Ivy and Tabitha finally settled in their boat. They looked out and around them at the dark lake with the massively impressive silhouette of the castle school overlooking the cool water.

"Wow…" Tabitha mumbled as she looked every which way as the half-moon lit the night and shone down on the crystal black lake. "Its so pretty," she said as she turned her smiling face back to Fay/Ivy.

"I guess," Ivy agreed while shrugging and looking unconcerned. "So… are you looking forward to learning some magical tricks?"

Tabitha nodded eagerly. "Yeah. Of course. Its going to be so much fun!" she readily agreed. "I hope I'm in Gryffindor. They're all the heroes like all the Slytherins are villains!"

Ivy rolled her eyes and laughed. "Who told you that, darling?"

"The lady who took us shopping," she replied with a confused frown. "Was she lying? I didn't like her at all. She was mean and everything."

"Yes, she was lying," Ivy said. "I have a few Slytherin subjects… and I can tell you that they are very naughty girls… but in a good way."

Tabitha looked confused. "But you said they're naughty," she replied. "And what do you mean, subjects?"

"I'm just that… augh!" Ivy sighed. "I will not be hateable like Rey from Star Wars, and certainly not like Captain Marvel!" she quickly said before she went off about how awesome she was – again.

"But Captain Marvel is awesome!" Tabitha said in offence.

Ivy started as she was almost tempted to forget the girl. "Did you watch that piece of crap?"

"Of course!" Tabitha said brightly. "I love the MCU! And Captain Marvel showed how awesome women are compared to men!"

Rolling her eyes, Ivy sighed. "No, darling. It showed that the only way women can reach the top is by dragging men down. It showed that female characters must be so perfect that they have no personality, so no flaws, which in itself is a flaw, but whatever! If you're going to write a Mary Sue at least make them lovably fun. At least I know I'm a bit of an arsehole. I don't try to justify beating someone up."

"Oh…" Tabitha said sadly as her mind whirled with confused thoughts.

"Plus," Ivy continued while clenching her fists. "It backtracks established canon! It devalues all the other characters, and did you not watch End Game?" she asked, and Tabitha nodded that she did. "Captain Marvel felt totally out of place, and for heck sake darling. She turns up and that all girl scene near the end made me feel murderous. Seriously… MCU is totes dead to me after the final Guardians of the Galaxy! Though that's probably going to be shit now…

"They just want to shove in things like everyone is racist so lets token in some more black characters, everyone is sexist – woe-men. Let's not give a shit about the fans – fuck em all. Fuck the story. Who wants consistency when we can just shove in some super-gay here, but we're all just trolls because we want our money's worth, and for our favourite franchises to not be ruined… keeping within canon is a sacred affair; we don't want this…?"

Ivy stopped her rant with a sheepish smile as Tabitha was looking at her nervously.

"Umm… identity politics," Ivy said. "The bane of existence. Especially for someone like me. My identity is not my sexuality, the colour of my skin, or my gender! My identity is that I like blowing stuff up…" she joked but the small girl just looked further confused.

"So, I should be a Slytherin?" Tabitha asked nervously. "And re-evaluate my opinion of Captain Marvel?"

Ivy sighed and shook her head. "No, Shortcake," she replied with a soft smile. "You can enjoy whatever you want. Its just… if the character was played by someone else… and written by someone else, someone who was an actual fan, loved the MCU, and knew what they were doing; it could have been good. But then, the comic suck too, so maybe nothing could save the MCU."

"And Slytherin?" the small first year asked.

Laughing, Ivy shook her head. "You be you. Don't let some bitch on a shopping trip push you into not being open to it-"

The boat shook. Ivy looked around while Tabitha clenched hold of the sides of the boat. They were all most halfway across the lake, and Hagrid and the other first years were also staring around the lake in concern when another ripple across the water shook and rocked the boats again.

"W-what was that?" Tabitha asked in a small whisper as she looked out over the wake rippling under the boats on the blackened surface of the lake.

"I don't know," Ivy frowned as she could feel something. Its presence was immense. "Just stay still and quiet-!"

Kids screamed as a huge wake shook the boats fiercely and the magic powering them along stopped, leaving them floating in the middle of the lake.

"The boats stopped!" Tabitha whimpered quietly as she held onto the boat tightly; her knuckles bright white.

The boats shook again, more violently this time. Kids screamed as the wake rushed faster and faster, not stopping. Ivy folded backwards as a huge black tentacle swished out of the lake flowing over her.

There was a scream of panic and terror a moment later as the tentacle splashed away back into the lake as the boats settled.

Ivy sat back up and stared in anger as that thing had stolen HER Shortcake. "She is not going to die liking shitty films! And she is way too young for hentai!" she said as she stood in the boat while all eyes were on her as she threw off her jacket and dived into the lake only hearing a cry of alarm from Hagrid before she slipped from sight into the lake.

She wasn't just Ivy under the water as her emerald eyes lit up and allowed her sight to cut through the water.

It was there. It was sinking lower as it swam. Tabitha wouldn't survive the pressure if she didn't drown first. She shot down, pulling at the water with her power, commanding it to bend to her will.

Fay pulled back her arms to her sides and kicked her legs as she rocketed down, closing the gap in just a few seconds, she could see the small form grasped in the monster's tentacle.

The octopus? No. Squid saw her. Stared with beady black eyes as Ivy reached it. Ivy pulled back and slashed her hands forward, holding the water, it shot forward highly pressurised and it screeched through the water as the tentacle holding Tabitha's unconscious form let her go.

The squid shot away and Ivy reached out and pulled the small body close to her. Tabitha wasn't conscious. Her heart had stopped beating, but she still seemed to have some mental activity.

Ivy locked her lips with Tabitha's as gills formed around her bare neck, and for the next minute Ivy breathed for Tabitha. Then the small girls' blue eyes flashed open as she tried to pull back. However, Ivy kept her lips firmly clamped over Tabitha's, and the small girl didn't fight as she went limp, but Ivy spread a warming charm through their connected bodies.

She felt it before she saw it coming from Behind Tabitha. Ivy moved them, dodging up and round, twisting like a gymnast, shooting through the water. Ivy could hear it, feel it – the malice and anger.

Then they broke the surface to the water a little way from the boats and kept going into the sky for about thirty metres.

Ivy pulled her lips back as her gills sank away and Tabitha had enough free space to finally throw up. Ivy let her. Moving her so she could empty her stomach while the monster squid broke the lake surface moments later, reaching up, trying to grab them, but Fay Noire kept them high enough to stay out of reach.

"Who the fuck released the Kraken!?" Ivy muttered while Tabitha was sobbing in her arms and holding onto her tightly with her face half burred in her chest. Ivy smiled at her. "I told you I would rescue you."

Tabitha sniffled and shivered while tears ran from her eye. "Y-you can fly."

"Its not as difficult as it would seem," Ivy replied with a gentle smile as she kissed Tabitha's forehead.

"Miss. Ivy!" Tabitha screeched as she pointed down, which was the moment the other boats full of kids screamed ass the giant squid turned to them and moved closer.

The small boats rocked as the squid drew closer and Hagrid was threatening the monster as if it would care.

Then, Ivy dropped down, hovering before the boats, Tabitha squeaked in surprise as she was tossed into the nearest boat and landed on another small girl. However, they turned to see Ivy floating before the beats as it roared and screamed as it swung a tentacle at her.

Ivy only watched dispassionately with her arms folded under her chest as the creature drew back when it hit her shield, rippling the burning invisible light.

"One warning, FISH!" Ivy said coldly; her voice echoing with suppressed rage.

The squid surprisingly paused and hesitated for two seconds before it attacked. Its tentacles heading to bypass Ivy altogether and headed to circle her and endanger the first years further.

Fire ignited in Ivy's hands azure flames. She flung her hands out either side of her and waves of beautiful blue heat melted the creature's tentacles to burnt and melted flesh clumping to float with little blue flames still alight on the lake.

The giant squid roared and screeched in agony as it flailed, rocking the boats before Ivy pointed her left hand with two fingers like a gun.

BOOM!

Thunder exploded over the lake as blazing red lightning condensed into a laser beam sliced what remained of the squid's torso in half, sizzling and electrocuting the water, blood coated the surface, as a few fish bobbed to the surface, but the first years could only see the two still pieces of squid floating motionless on the water.

Hagrid and the children had covered their ears at the sound of thunder, and silence followed with a slight ringing in everyone's ears, and stars in their eyes.

Ivy turned in the air as all eyes were on her as they slowly removed their hands from ears; their mouths hanging open in awe.

"Whoa!" Tabitha whispered as she looked up at Ivy in delighted wonderment.

"You okay there, Shortcake?" Ivy asked with a grin as she rocked the small boat a little as she landed on the side and crouched down as the water from her clothes drained away and flowed back into the water.

The other four first years were gawking at Ivy in as much awe and admiration as Tabitha as she nodded.

"Good," Ivy said offering her hand.

Tabitha expected Ivy to pull her up and take them back to their boat, but she just held her hand. It took Tabitha a moment to notice the water draining from her clothes and the warmth flowing back into her.

Once Tabitha was dry, clean, and warm, Ivy stood up and frowned as she balanced on the side of the boat.

"Some little fucker tried to kill me!" Ivy said while glaring towards the castle before turning to Hagrid causing him to flinch. "Tell that… Dumbledore that if he puts any more innocent children in danger while trying to kill me that I will be very displeased!"

"Dumbledore would never-!" Hagrid defended.

"So, you withdrew the magic from the boats?" she asked coldly while he shook his head. "I thought not," she added as she took a breath and spoke.

Ivy's words were like magic dripping through her tone. It was a language no one knew. No one could, would, or want to comprehend. Then there was a ripple of incoherence and feeling of disinterest, unreality, uncertainty, and things none of them, not even Ivy could understand. It was ripples on non-colour within a light and gentle breeze.

"Fay Noire!" Ivy said her name.

The magic returned to the boats and they lifted slightly as they returned their course across the lake.

Ivy crouched into a sitting position on the side of the boat with the grace and agility of a feline that didn't have a care in the world. She kind of felt uncomfortable with all the confused staring first years but she ignored them. She really didn't want to go off on a rant about Ghostbusters or that new Terminator film that was coming out soon to make women look like they need to look like Justin Bieber to kick arse.

She quivered in disgust. Ginny and her sister had already learned not to mention certain film and game franchises that make women look so weak and in need of better comedy writers at the very least-.

"Damn," Ivy muttered to herself with a sigh as she wouldn't be annoying herself if the kids stopped staring at her like she was a bomb about to blow or something.

"Oh look, shore!" she suddenly said startling the kids in her boat as it rocked as she jumped about fifteen feet to land on the pier dock next to the castle and bang on the huge backdoor.

Ivy waited a few minutes as the little boats docked up and Tabitha hurried over and snatched Ivy's surprised hand and arm, pulling it tightly to her and looking up with a cute little puppy dog pout.

Looking back to the door, Ivy smiled and held the small girls' hand in return before the large door opened to show off Professor Sinistra.

"Hey!" Ivy greeted with a wide smile. "Dumbledore's pet octopus is dead!"

Sinistra's eyes widened. "That thunder was you," she said as fact, not a question.

"That bastard thing almost killed my new friend, here," Ivy answered as she gestured Tabitha as the small girl tried to hide herself shyly behind Ivy.

Sinistra shivered with everyone except Ivy as they heard and saw the disjointed and unintelligible voice as it passed through them, within them, by them, and around them in every direction imaginable and them some no one could know about, should know about, and would ever know about.

"I shall!" Ivy answered as if she could understand that terrifyingly something voice, word, smell, taste, scent, sense of something, everything, nothing, and then nothing was amiss with the world.

The Professor look at Ivy as if she should ask a question but was certain she couldn't, so she changed her mind.

"My Lady," she said looking out over the scared and confused first years before back to Ivy. "Will they be okay for the sorting or should I speak to Professor McGonagall about some need for some… therapy?" she suggested uncertainly.

Ivy smiled as she looked back at the first years. "Their experience will build character," she replied before addressing the first years. "This is Professor Sinistra!" Ivy introduced their new teacher. "She teaches astronomy. She is a good person, so if you don't feel you can talk to your head of house – Slytherins especially, I'm sure you can go and see her."

"Of course," Sinistra agreed with a wide smile. "If any of you need anything, I'll be happy to help anyway I can. But for now; you do look fine for now, so I'll let you get sorted into your houses," she said as she turned and led the way into the warm and bright hallway.

to be continued...

Authors Note: Hey there. Sorry its been a while, but I have been too busy being a procrastinator (writing an original, working, and video games). Anyway, if you want to be able to bother me and demand that I get back to writing a few extra chapters of my fanfiction here and there you can follow me on Twitter (link in profile) and even subscribe to my gaming YouTube channel, which is... meh (link in profile).