AKS: Second chapter. Again. Actually, I changed a few things. Anywho...yeah. Here it is.
Disclaimer: My name is not J.K. Rowling or whoever came up w/ Charmed. Therefore, I do not own Harry Potter or Charmed. And if I did, do you really think that I would be writing fanfiction?
Time Period: After 'The Courtship of Wyatt's Father' in Charmed and after OotP in HP. However, it is June instead of February in the Charmed time period, and Chris is born March 15, 2005.
Reviews:
Meghan: thanks, but I was having trouble keeping everything straight. Now I have an outline for the story and I have a clear idea of where I want to go, and I can get things out faster. Ill get the chapters I've already posted earlier out withing the week, and the newest one soon. Please keep reading, I'm glad you enjoy it. And I am writing the story a little bit different, so you might want to read this again.
Craziweirdo: thanks. Glad you like it.
Last time on Charmed at Hogwarts:
Suddenly the Charmed Ones came down the stairs. "Chris?" Paige called, "Are you ready to go see Gideon?"
Chris nodded. "Yeah."
"Let's go then," Phoebe said. Piper opened the door and the three others followed her to Gideon's office.
"Gideon," Piper said somewhat impatiently, "I think we need to talk."
Chapter two: Gideon
"Gideon, we need to know about Hogwarts," Piper said to the Elder.
Gideon sighed. "It is a magic school."
Phoebe voiced everyone's thoughts. "But I thought that this magic school was the only one."
Gideon nodded. "This is the only magic school. At least of this type of magic."
Paige was confused. "What do you mean, this type of magic? I thought there was only light and dark."
The Elder shook his head. "No. In fact, there's four main types of magic. There's us, the Classical magic, which is rhyming spells and powers and such; then there's Demon magic, which any magic a demon or warlock uses is part of (or spells for bad purposes); God Magic, much like when you all had powers from past gods (powers over nature, love, etc.); and then there's Traditional magic, which I suspect this school is a part of. Traditional magic is latin-based, and the spells are only one or two words. The magic is used with a wand. They don't associate with normal humans; they even have villages that people without magic cannot find."
"How do you know all this stuff about Traditional magic?" Chris asked.
"Because I can do Tradtional magic," Gideon answered. "Let me show you my wand."
All four Halliwells stared. "You have a wand? And you can do Traditional magic? And you never told us?" Chris asked.
Gideon sighed. "Yes I have a wand, yes I can do Traditional magic, and I've never told you because it's never come up." He took out his wand. "This was made from oak. It's nine and a half inches long, and the core of the wand has a unicorn tail in it."
"Wow. Nice wand there," Phoebe said. "May I hold it?"
"Sure," Gideon said, "Go right ahead."
Phoebe took ahold of the wand, and asked, "So, what do I do with this?"
"You say a spell in Latin while making a hand movement with the wand. Uh...point the wand to that book over there. Say Wingardium Leviosa while swishing and flicking the wand like this." Gideon showed Phoebe the hand movements.
"Uh, ok..." Phoebe pointed the wand to the book. "Wingardium Leviosa."
To everyone's suprise (even Gideon's – he thought she wouldn't be able to do it first try) the book levitated over the table.
"Wow," was all anybody could say.
Chris asked, "Can I try that?" He was handed the wand. He tried the spell, and the book levitated off the table too.
Paige and Piper also tried it, and it worked for them too.
"Well," Gideon started, "It looks like you have an affinity for this type of magic."
"It certainly does," A voice from the doorway said.
Piper turned, startled, and froze the man who spoke. He was old, with a white beard as long as his hair, which was very long. He had glasses, but the Charmed Ones and Chris couldn't help but notice his sparkly blue eyes behind them.
"Gideon, do you know him?" Paige asked.
"Yes, in fact I do. Unfreeze him." Piper did as she was told.
"Well," Gideon said, "I wasn't expecting you for another few days, Albus."
"Woah, wait. Albus? As in Albus Dumbledore? The guy who randomly wants us to teach?" Chris asked, suprised.
"Yes, I am Albus Dumbledore, headmaster of Hogwarts School," he said, his blue eyes twinkling.
"Sorry for freezing you," Piper said, "You suprised me."
Albus smiled. "It's quite all right, Ms. Halliwell."
"So why did you choose us, out of all the people out there, to be teachers at your school?" Paige asked.
"Well, for two reasons actually. The first is that I need powerful witches surrounding Harry Potter to protect him from Voldemort -"
"Wait, Harry Potter? Voldemort? Who the hell are they?" Chris asked.
"Voldemort is a man named Tom Riddle. He is a very evil and very powerful wizard. He has killed over five hundred muggles, witches and wizards in the past thirty years. Fifteen years ago he went after the Potter family because of a prophecy that said that the Potter's son had the power to destroy him. Voldemort killed James and Lily Potter and tried to kill their son, Harry, but the spell backfired onto him and he was turned into a spirit. Two years ago, he returned with a body and now Voldemort is out to destroy Harry once and for all."
"Geez, sounds like another Cole," Paige said.
"Who?" Dumbledore asked.
Phoebe sighed. "To make a long story short, he was my ex-husband. It turned out that he was the Source of All Evil and we had to kill him before he killed us and many innocents. We ended up having to vanquish him a few times before we got it right."
"This Harry fellow actually seems like someone you can relate to, girls," Chris said to his mother and his aunts. Not to mention myself and Carrie, he thought to himself.
Chris missed his friend and relative. Carrie was a witch, like him, and had a few more tricks up her sleeve, much like himself. She, Chris, and their family lived in the abandoned P3, moving there when Wyatt commandeered the manor. Chris wished she could be there with him, she'd enjoy going to the school. Well, enjoy pranking it. He shook his head, smiling. Only she could be able to have a sense of humor in a time of war, which she was a huge part of, in more ways than one. If she switched sides...they'd all die. Though the same could be said about himself as well.
He was snapped out of his thoughts when Phoebe said, "I guess I can believe that. I mean, he does have to fight someone because he's destined to, not because he necessarily wants to. Like us."
Dumbledore got back to the problem at hand. "Anyway, the other reason I would like you there is because we have a shortage of teachers because of the war between Voldemort and Harry. I decided that perhaps instead of looking at people that are masters at our type of magic, that it would be helpful if the students got a look at another type of magic. The teachers that you will be replacing will be coming back a few times in the year just to check up on you, but other than that, you will be on your own."
"What about me?" Piper asked. "I'm pregnant and I'm going to need maternity leave for at least a month."
"And during that time we shall have a substitute. Don't worry. When is the due date?" Dumbledore asked.
Chris was the one to answer. "March 15, 2005."
Dumbledore was suprised. "The Ides of March? That's interesting. That baby is sure to be powerful when they grow up."
Piper was curious. "Why do you say that?"
"Well, it turns out that the Ides of March is one out of three days in the year when all powers are stronger. The other two days are the summer and winter solstices. If someone was born on one of those three days, good or bad, the strength in their powers would triple then what it really should be and stay that way. It is said that they are the most powerful beings in the world."
Chris smiled. "Sweet! I'm going to be all powerful!"
Dumbledore raised an eyebrow at that. "Well, just in case that I'm wrong about hiring you, I would like to give all of you an interview. I know that Gideon trusts you, and you're the Charmed Ones, but this is just a safety precaution. I've had Voldemort's followers pose as teachers before. I don't want it to happen again."
All four of them shrugged. "Sure, why not," Paige said.
Dumbledore smiled. "Alright. Let's start the interviews then."
AKS: so here's the updated version. If you want the original, I'm keeping the other story up until I finish up to that point in this one.
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