Disclaimers: As much as I may want to claim ownership of these two productions, I can't because both Harry Potter and Yu Yu Hakusho belong to a whole lot of different companies that I can't remember the names of at the moment. Any characters that appear in this fic that are not a part of either original series, belong to me so don't take them without asking first.
Timeframe: Story takes place thirteen years before the start of Yu Yu Hakusho, so all of the YYH gang (minus Hiei since there's no telling how old he really is when he first met the others lol) is one year old, including Kuronue/Melody, and will probably be around 15-16 years old when they all meet up with Melody. I've also updated this story, to make Melody, and everyone else she would have known in Hogwarts as well as the YYH gang, all be born in the 1990's instead of the 1980's.
Author's Notes: I don't know when and where exactly in the history of the Yu Yu Hakusho series that Kuronue died in or how long before Kurama dies afterwards, so I'm saying that he died in the Makai world, in the exact same way that it was shown in the movie, instead of the human world so it's not like he's been dead for centuries before he came back to life, with Kurama dying a few years later, so they can both be the same age when they meet up again. lol
Important Note for everyone: Depending on how this story goes, here's a special vote for everyone. Instead of just Kuronue being teamed up with Kurama in his past life as a bandit, I'm going to make it so that he knew Yomi too, which is mentioned in a paragraph in the prologue chapter, and will make more appearances in later chapters, though it would strictly be Kurama and Kuronue. You've seen what Kurama and Yomi are capable of in the anime and manga. So seeing how I depict Kuronue in this story when it comes to power, between the three of them who would you think would come in first, second and last when it comes to power in their old gang? lol I want him to be almost at the same level as the other two when it comes to power, because what would the point of them being a team if he couldn't carry his own weight when it comes to power the way Yomi and Kurama could? Especially since he now has his original demonic powers combined with the witch powers of his new body? lol
Word Count: 16,409
Summary: -(Yu Yu Hakusho crossover)- Unknown to the magical world, the night Voldemort attacked the Potters and their daughter, Melody Rose Potter died with her parents that night. What happens when her abandoned body is taken over by the spirit of a former demon bat thief? -(Independent!Powerful!Grey!Kuronue!Female Harry!Kurama pairing) -(slight Manipulative Dumbledore bashing, extreme Ron, Molly, Ginny Weasley bashing)-
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"ﾧﾧ ﾧﾧ" - Parseltongue
Night Guardian
Chapter 1: Prophecies Are For Suckers...
Written By: Sakura Lisel
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~-Headmasters Office, Hogwarts, July 31, 2001~-
Headmaster Albus Dumbledore was currently sitting at his desk in his office going over some important paperwork for the upcoming school year, as he sorted through the class schedules that the teachers had already submitted to him for final approval before classes started in two months, while happily sucking on his lemon drops as a slow smile appeared on his features.
This was the year that young Melody Potter would be coming to Hogwarts to start her education, and his plans for her future were finally about to come to fruitition. The owls with the first year acceptance letters had been sent out hours ago and it would be only a matter of time before Melody Potter would send back her letter accepting her future in the magical world. Gleefully he could already imagine the parties that will be going on across the magical world as the Light side celebrated the return of their savior, while Voldemort's remaining supporters sulked.
Over the past ten years he had received monthly reports from a woman named Mrs. Arabella Figg, who was a squib who he had stationed in one of the houses near the Dursley household to keep an eye on Melody for him to make sure the girl was okay and to report back to him if anything untoward happened to her. The reports he got from Mrs. Figg all stated that Melody was doing well with her relatives, and had seemed to be growing up to be a healthy and happy young girl who would make her parents proud if they could see her right now, who had also taken an interest in singing and performing for the neighborhood with some of her friends.
'Interesting little hobby little Melody has developed with her singing to keep herself busy over the years before her time at Hogwarts starts. It'll be too bad that she'll have to give it up when she comes to Hogwarts if what Mrs. Figg says about her talents is true. There will be no time for that sort of nonsense as she prepares to one day face off with Tom if he returns.' Albus thought silently to himself, as he popped another lemon drop into his mouth, as he looked back down at the papers while popping a few more lemon drops into his mouth as he eagerly sucked on them thoughtfully, 'I can't wait to see how young Melody has turned out over these past ten years. Once she gets here. I can start preparing her for the day when Tom returns so that she may save us all once more...'
Just then Albus became distracted as the door to his office was flung open with a bang, as Minerva McGonagall came hurrying inside, while clutching a letter tightly in her hands as she rushed towards his desk.
"Minerva, what's going on? Is something troubling you for you to barge in like this?" Albus said pleasantly, eyes twinkling a bit as the elderly woman made her way towards his desk.
"Albus! The impossible has happened! It's a complete travesty!" Minerva exclaimed as she reached the desk, and started pacing the office for a moment, "I told you sending her to those blasted muggles was a bad idea, and now this has happened! I completely blame you for this travesty!"
"Minerva, what is the matter and what 'travesty' are you talking about? Who are you talking about that has you so angry before school even starts for the year?" Albus demanded, as his eyes momentarily lost their twinkle as he saw the irritated look Minerva was now shooting at him, as he waved a hand towards one of the available chairs, indicating that she should sit down, "Has something happened? Why don't you take a seat and calm down while telling me what has you upset."
"I was sorting through the replies to the acceptance letters of this years incoming first years," Minerva said after a few seconds as she took a seat that was close to the desk, and placed the letter she was holding onto the desk surface, "when a reply letter from Melody Potter came in..."
"Why that's wonderful news! Ms. Potter has replied to her letter, and will be coming to Hogwarts then. For a moment there I thought something was seriously wrong, Minerva," Albus said, a huge smile appearing on his lips as the twinkle in his eyes returned in full tilt, as he dismissed the letter that Minerva had placed on his desk for the moment, as he reached into his lemon drop tin and popped a fresh piece of candy into his mouth, "so I will have to start making arrangements to have one of the teachers go get her to take her get her school supplies and..."
"That's just it, Albus. Melody's written back saying that she won't be coming to Hogwarts at all. Go ahead and read her response letter for yourself if you don't believe me." Minerva said, interrupting Albus, watching as the older man nearly choked on his lemon drop at her words, as he turned his gaze back on her with a stunned look on his features, as he finally reached for the letter and started reading it for himself as she started to pace around the office agitatedly, "I can't believe it. She claims that she has been accepted to a school that she prefers to go to that would help her on the 'path she's chosen for her future', whatever that is supposed to bloody mean, and doesn't want to waste her time learning magic instead of coming to Hogwarts where she belongs. I told you that sending her to those blasted muggles was a bad idea, but would you listen to me? But no, you just had to go and do what you thought was best for her and I was stupid enough to go along with it! Now those damned muggles have turned her against her heritage!"
"I'm sure it's not as bad as that, Minerva. The poor girl is probably confused and misguided in her decision depending on what her relatives have told her. I don't know what other school she may think she'll be going to, but let's go rectify the matter now." Albus said dismissively, though there was a worried look on his features as he frowned down at the response letter that Melody had sent back, as he pushed back his chair and stood up, and started making his way around his desk to stand before Minerva, "Let's go to the Dursley household and talk this over with Melody. Once we've explained things to her, I'm sure that she'll be more than happy to come to Hogwarts where she rightfully belongs."
"Yes, lets go. I would have headed over there myself to speak to the girl, but I was so mad that I came straight here to tell you myself," Minerva said with a small angry huff as she waited for him to approach her, as she shook her head regretfully for a moment, as her scowl deepened, "I'm sure that her parents would be rolling in their graves right now, if they knew she was ignoring her magical education because of those muggles."
'Young Melody simply must come to Hogwarts. She must come to be properly trained to fight Voldemort should he return so whatever her reasons,' Dumbledore thought furiously to himself as they prepared to head over to Privet Drive to fetch their wayward savior and stern but determined look appeared on his features as he imagined the coming conversation, 'for not coming to Hogwarts is not important. It's for the greater good of everyone involved that she drop whatever plans she has already made for the future, in order to be able to save the magical world once more when the time comes again. Too many innocent lives would be at stake if she doesn't come fulfill the prophecy.'
As Minerva moved to stand at his side, Albus grabbed a nearby object and turned it into a portkey that would transport them to the street Melody lived on, and the two of them disappeared from the office with a loud pop.
With a loud pop the duo arrived outside of #4 Privet Drive where they could hear loud muggle music coming from somewhere in the back of house, followed by the sound of children laughing and people talking over the loud music.
"I must say that the house seems pretty lively today," Albus said, as he eyed the area for a moment to make sure no one had been around to see their arrival, wincing a bit at the volume of the music that reached his ears, "I wonder what's going on today?"
"I'm surprised at you, Albus. Your forgetting that today happens to be Melody Potter's birthday," Minerva said in a scolding tone as she shot her coworker a look, before turning her gaze back towards the house as the duo made their way up to the front step, "Even you must know that by now. I'm guessing that the Dursleys must be throwing her a party."
"Ah, yes. It must have slipped my mind in the excitement over young Melody's letter," Albus said as he waved a hand dismissively for a moment, as a small smile appeared on his features.
Once they reached the front door, Albus reached up to ring the doorbell twice, before stepping back to wait for someone to open the door. It didn't take long before the door was pulled opened to reveal a chubby looking boy standing on the other side looking at them curiously.
"Yes? What do you want?" Dudley demanded a bit rudely as he glanced over his shoulder at the sound of laughter wrathed in from the backyard, "Can I do something for you?"
"Hello young man. You must be Dudley," Albus said, giving the boy a friendly smile as he dismissed the boys rudeness for the moment, as he started to take a step forward, "Are your parents home? There is something I wish to discuss with them involving your cousin."
"You'll have to come back later, mister, if you want to talk to my mom and dad," Dudley said, as he kept a firm grip on the door, blocking Dumbledore from trying to enter the household, as he glared at the older man for a moment, "we're having a party right now, and I don't know who you are so you can't come in..."
"I'm sure that your parents would be more than willing to stop what they are doing to speak with us, young man." Dumbledore said in a patronizing tone, interrupting whatever Dudley was about to say as he looked at the younger boy in disappointment when he wasn't immediately allowed inside, "It involves your cousin and it's imperative that we speak to them."
"Like I said, you'll have to come back later, because your still not coming in," Dudley said, looking like he was getting ready to slam the door shut, as his eyes narrowed suspiciously at the mention of Melody, as his protective side reared its head, "we're too busy right now to be dealing with you guys..."
"Dudley? Who's at the door?" Petunia's voice called from somewhere behind the boy.
"It's a couple of weirdoes in bathrobes who want to talk to you and dad, mom," Dudley called back, as he pushed the door closed a bit as he turned around to face his mother, as he ignored Minerva's spluttered response to his description of their clothes.
"Weirdo's in bathrobes? Let me see who it is... You? What the hell are you doing here?" Petunia said as she appeared in the doorway as the door reopened so she could get a look at who was on the other side of the door, who's eyes then narrowed in anger when she saw who was there, before remembering that her son was still there, as she turned from the front door a grabbed Dudley's shoulder and pulled him out of harms way and pushed him towards the backyard, "Dudley, go stay in the back yard and tell your father that I need him out here and try and keep Melody outside. Hurry now!"
Seeing the intense look on his mother's face, Dudley quickly turned tail and ran as fast as he could towards the back of the house where they could hear his voice calling out for his father, as Petunia turned her gaze back on the group of wizards.
"I'll ask you again. What the hell are you freaks doing here? Melody's not going to your school." Petunia demanded angrily as she glanced over her shoulder to make sure that none of the guests had wandered inside to see and hear what was going on, "Your kind aren't wanted here, so go away and don't darken our door again!"
"My dear Petunia, we are only here to speak to your husband and you, along with young Melody, about her schooling at Hogwarts," Albus said, as he tried to smile placating at the younger woman for a moment, as his eyes twinkled in amusement at the idea that this muggle seemed to think she could stop him, as he continued speaking, "we received a reply letter from Melody less than half an hour ago refusing our invitation to come to Hogwarts, and we've come to talk to her to find out why and convince her that its in her best interest to come."
'I can't believe it. Melody already refused to go to Hogwarts all by herself without either Vernon or myself saying anything to her about it?' Petunia thought silently to herself, as she at first felt a rush of fear when Dumbledore mentioned Melody receiving her Hogwarts letter, thinking that she had missed her chance to warn off her niece about the school, but then a smug smirk appeared on her face as pride filled her at the news of hearing what her niece's response to the invitation letter, before that too was replaced by anger at what Dumbledore said next, 'Good for her. There's still hope for her yet if she's not willing to follow in her parents footsteps and join the rest of the freaks...'
"I don't think so. You just said that Melody has already turned down your invitation to your stupid school so there's no reason for you to be bothering her. She's already enrolled into a school she's been waiting all year to hear from, and that's the one she wishes to go to if she really turned your school down in favor of the other one." Petunia said with a sneer, as she glared angrily at the group before her for a moment, "I don't know what rules you freaks have in that society of yours, but do you freaks harass all potential students into coming to your school the way you are trying to do with my niece, or is she a special exception or something?"
"Mrs. Dursley, whatever this other school might have to offer your niece is of no importance in the face of her being a witch." Minerva said dismissively, as she ignored the glare that Petunia was now directing her way, "she truly must come to Hogwarts whether she wishes to or not to gain knowledge and control over her powers now that she is of age. It's the law."
"Your laws maybe. Not ours! We are normal decent folk, and we don't have to obey your freak laws involving OUR kids. Melody hasn't shown any magic at all in the years she's been here with us," Petunia snapped angrily, her voice raising a few octaves at the disrespect she was being shown by the two freaks, "so there is no reason for her to go learn how to 'control' something she never had. Melody has made her choice concerning her schooling, and it won't be your blasted freak school she'll be going to, if we have anything to do about it. I'll be damned if I let you ruin her dreams because of your selfishness."
Before either Albus or Minerva could reply Vernon Dursley appeared behind his wife and glared darkly at their uninvited guests for a moment, as he had heard most of what his wife was saying as he made his way from the backyard.
"Pet, what's going on. Dudley said you told him to come get me." Vernon said as he wrapped an arm around his wife as he glared angrily at the intruders, "Are these people bothering you?"
"No their not Vernon, because they're just leaving. They're from that freak school Lily used to go to," Petunia said as she turned her gaze back on her husband, before turning her gaze back on the wizards and gave them a pointed look as she looked like she was ready to slam the front door in their faces at any second, "and they came here to bother Melody about attending even though they just told me she already wrote back to tell them she wasn't going, yet here they are trying to come and harass her."
"Oh then in that case, then you freaks should leave our doorstep immediately then and get on your way before we call the police and have you arrested for trespassing." Vernon said dismissively as he glared at the two professors for a moment in disapproval, as he glanced at his wife's angry face for a moment, "There's nothing here for you, since our niece has already turned your offer of schooling down like you've said she has, so stop bothering her about it."
"Why you impertinent muggles! Just who do you think the two of you are," Minerva exclaimed angrily as she listened to the Dursley's insult her and Albus, as she felt her anger rise with each passing second, as her stern face flushed in anger as she glared at Petunia and Vernon, "talking to us like that? Do you even realize exactly who it is that you're speaking to so disrespectfully?"
"We really don't care who you freaks are. Just because you wield those fancy sticks of yours, doesn't make you any different from us." Petunia said dismissively, as her eyes narrowed dangerously into slits for a moment as she turned her full glare onto Minerva, "you freaks put on your high and mighty airs, and think your better than us normal decent folks just because you have your precious magic, yet your just as human as the rest of us."
"Mr. and Mrs. Dursley, my colleague and I are not freaks, and I wish that you would desist in referring to us as such. Plus we are not here to harass your niece as you call it. If you and your wife would simply let us in, we'll leave as soon as possible once we've spoken to young Melody," Albus said as he quickly cut into the argument before Minerva had a chance to reply, as his eyes stopped twinkling as a frown appeared on his face at how things were going, as he couldn't believe that these muggles weren't letting him have his way, "Melody simply must come to Hogwarts. She's been enrolled since the day she was born, with full enrollment paid by her parents. Plus as we've already explained to your wife, your niece simply has no choice in the matter of whether or not she attends Hogwarts. Our laws..."
"Your dumb laws all can go straight to hell and you can go along with it." An unfamiliar voice said, causing all the adults to turn to see Melody standing a few feet away, leaning against the door frame that faced the entranceway that led to the front door, with her arms crossed over her chest as she glared at McGonagal and Dumbledore, as a silver furred, golden eyed cat sat at her feet with a look on its feline features that seemed to match his mistress, "I don't have to do a damn thing I don't want to do involving your school or your society. I'm not a member of your society, so I don't have to obey your laws."
"Melody! What are you doing in here? You're supposed to be in the backyard with your guests?" Petunia exclaimed as she looked at her niece worriedly for a moment.
"I was until I saw Dudley come rushing up to uncle Vernon and tell him something that had uncle Vernon rush back inside. After getting the story of him of what was happening, I came in to find out what was going on so I called a fifteen minute break with the girls and Dudley's stalling the guests from coming inside," Melody said as she reached up to brush a strand of her red and black hair away from her face, as she shot a look at Albus and Minerva as they stood behind her relatives, on the other side of the front door, as she cocked her head to one side curiously, "I only caught half of what you guys were saying, aunt Petunia, and what I did hear, I don't like. These guys are from that stupid 'magic' school that sent that letter by owl to me earlier?"
As the Dursley's were distracted by Melody's arrival, Albus took the moment to shove his way in through the door, nearly knocking Petunia and Vernon over when the door connected with them, as he walked into the house with Minerva right behind him.
"Melody, my dear girl. It's so nice to finally meet you again. I am Albus Dumbledore, headmaster of Hogwarts, the school where you will be attending this upcoming September. I was good friends with your parents, and would like to be the first to welcome you back to our society. I can't tell you just how proud your parents would be if they were here to see you enter the school that they themselves attended." Albus said cheerfully, all smiles as his twinkling eyes returned in full force as he made his way towards Melody, only to stop when the girl backed up a few steps from him, and turned her full angry gaze on him, as he nods his head in McGonagall's direction, knowing his introduction should activate the spells he had cast on her ten years ago, that should make her obey him, "This is Professor McGonagall who will be one of your teachers this upcoming year. We received your letter earlier, and have come to clear up any mistakes in whatever ideas you might have of our fine school and are here to take you to go get your school things."
"Good day Ms. Potter. It's good to again see you as well after all these years." Minvera said politely, a smile gracing her face that replaced her usual stern look as she stared at the younger girl, as she took in Melody's appearance for a moment with a thoughtful look on her features, as she waited for Melody's response, 'She looks just like her mother, though her hair color seems to be combination of both her parents, along with her mothers eyes. At least she didn't inherit the need for glasses like her father...'
"Hey! How dare you! You freaks aren't welcome here!" Petunia exclaimed as she steadied herself with Vernon's help as the duo turned towards the intruders angrily, her shrill voice cutting into Minerva's thoughts as she and Albus turned to face the duo, "You have no right to come barging in here uninvited!"
"I want you freaks out of here, before I have to call the police and have you taken out by force! Or better yet, I'll go get my shotgun!" Vernon thundered angrily, adding his own two cents into the situation, and not caring for the moment that they might be heard as his glare doubles, "You have some nerve coming in here like..."
"Silencio! We're here now, and don't have time to waste arguing with you muggles over trivialities," Albus exclaimed as he pulled out his wand and waved it towards the Dursleys, just as Vernon was about to say something else, only to discover no sounds were coming out of his mouth anymore, before returning the wand to his wand holster that was hidden in his sleeves, as he missed the intrigued look Melody had on her face as she watched his movements, "Unless all of you want to attract the attention of your party guests to our conversation, we'll be out of your hair once we settle more important things we must rectify concerning young Melody's mistaken decision of not coming to Hogwarts..."
"Okay, first off I'm not your 'dear' anything, old man, and I request you stop referring to me by my first name. We're not friends or even acquaintances so you have no right to act like we are, so you can address me as Ms. Potter. Plus There are no mistakes in my decision in where I go to school, unless you count the one your making by annoying my family. I'm not going to Pigpimples and that's that, old man, and I demand that you remove whatever spell you put on my relatives." Melody said, as a sneer appeared on her features as she glowered angrily at the two wizards, that reminded them of Severus Snape's sneers, as she shot a worried look at her aunt and uncle who were now grasping their throats in shock as they moved their mouths trying to say something but no sound was coming out, "I've more important things to do than learn useless things like magic. As far as I'm concerned, I'm already enrolled in the perfect school for me, and have no wish to give it up for your school."
"The school's name is Hogwarts and you will be going, you will be sure of that.. As your magical guardian it is up to me to decide that you will get your proper education and reintroduction into our world." Albus said, as a frown appeared on his features when he realized that things weren't going the way he had hoped when Melody continued to refuse to come along, as he wondered why the obedience and loyalty spells he cast on her didn't seem to be working, "A lot of people will be very disappointed that you don't show up to school."
"You're my magical WHAT? And why the heck would I care about whether or not people," Melody demanded incredulously, as her eyes seemed to darken a bit in anger at Dumbledore's words, "I don't know would be disappointed if I don't come or not? Its none of their business what I do."
"That's where you're wrong I'm afraid. You are the girl who lived and a lot of people have been eagerly awaiting your return to the magical world, so you really mustn't disappoint them," Albus said serenely as he ignored the incredulous look he was now receiving from the younger girl, as he continued speaking, "As for being your magical guardian, I was a close friend and teacher of your parents when they attended Hogwarts, and they named me as your magical guardian until you come of age at 17, and as your guardian I have final say in all matters concerning you, and I really must insist that you come to Hogwarts..."
"You can 'insist' all you want, old man, and what's with this 'girl who lived' nonsense. Still doesn't mean it's going to happen just because you say so. The only guardians I listen to are the Dursleys, and they at least know what matters to me more than you obviously do. Don't think you can just come barging in here and start making demands and claim to be my 'guardian' when you've had nothing to do with me for the past decade, and only want to get involved in my life now simply because I refuse to go to your blasted school?" Melody said, as she stepped back and leaned against a nearby wall as she stared at the intruders for a moment, before she moved away and walked right up to Dumbledore and McGonnagal so that she could glare right in their faces, "Then you show up out of the blue, and have to the nerve to expect me to drop everything and quietly go along with what you want for me? You can take your 'magical' guardianship and shove it, because I still wouldn't do a single thing you said, especially if its going to interferes with my plans. So go away now and bother someone else, because you're interrupting my birthday party, which is also celebrating me getting into my chosen school."
"Ms. Potter I'll have you know, that I'm only doing what's in your best interests. As for why you are called the girl who lived in our world, it is because you survived the night a powerful dark lord attacked your family, which left you orphaned." Albus said, as he tried to calm down the situation, though a frown creased his lips at the disrespect he was being shown by this little girl, as he let out a disappoint sigh as he tried to guilt trip her into doing what he wanted of her, "You are very famous in our world just because of that one small feat, and people are awaiting your return to our world. As your magical guardian it is my duty to see you follow the right path in life. You've been enrolled into Hogwarts by your parents since the day you were born, and your tuition already fully paid for the next seven years. Will you truly disappoint your parents by not following in their footsteps and..."
"So you think I should go into a society that worships me and sees me as a hero simply because I survived the night my parents were murdered and watch them celebrate it? You guys are crazier than I thought if you think I want to hear praise from complete strangers who celebrate the night my parents were killed." Melody snapped cutting of whatever Dumbledore was about to say, with another sneer on her face, not really caring at the moment about what the wizards did, since she never even knew the Potters, as she continued speaking, as she laid on the guilt trip to the two wizards, "Besides, my parents are dead, and have been out of my life for the last decade. Their final wishes have nothing to do with me anymore. I don't have the urge to give up what I've spent the last four and half years building just to go to a school that has no interest to me. Plus like I've already said, the only guardians I listen to are my aunt and uncle, so lets settle this. Aunt Petunia, Uncle Vernon, do you guys want me going to Pigpimples?"
At her question, the two Elder Dursleys spent the next few seconds shaking their heads negatively in answer, causing Melody to look even more smug for a moment as she and the two wizards watched.
"There you see? My only guardians don't want me to go to your school either as well, so I'm not going." Melody said confidentially, as she turned her gaze back on Minerva and McGonagal with a smirk, "Besides, I still wouldn't go even if they did want me to. We put too much work and money into my music to throw it all away now."
"Young lady, you will respect the headmaster! That is no way to speak your elders, and not the way a proper young lady should speak." Minerva exclaimed angrily, finally stepping in to confront the younger girl as she stared down at her, as she finally got over the shock of the blatant disrespect the younger girl was showing her and Albus, "You will apologize to him at once. Your mother and father will be rolling in their graves if they could see you right now and how you treat your betters."
"Look lady, you'll find I really don't care about being a 'proper young lady' or how they act, and I really don't care who he is since he's not my headmaster and never will be. I only show respect to those who show ME and my family respect, which this old man hasn't done. Plus who the hell are you to tell me what I can or can't say to a guy who was being rude to me and my family first? Do you think that just because your older than me justifies you ignoring your own manners in someone else's home, especially when you weren't invited inside?" Melody said with rancor in her voice as she turned her gaze on McGonagall now, causing the older woman to back up a few steps as she saw look in Melody's eyes, as the younger girls seemed to flash a dark violet color for a few seconds before returning to a dark emerald green, before Melody turned her back on both of them and started walking away and moving to stand with her back against a nearby wall as she faced them once more, as she pointed an accusing finger at McGonagal, "You people ignore our request to leave, and then proceed to force your way right on in like you have some right to do so, and then use magic to mute the owners of the house your in so they don't interrupt you. Then you have the absolute nerve to tell me to watch my manners around you, when you can't even bother to do the common courtesy of doing the exact same thing while in someone else's house. You two claim to have come here to simply talk with me and my family about going to Pigpimples, yet all I've seen so far from you since the very moment the two of you forced your way into our home is just how extremely rude your kind are if you think you can just waltz into someone's home like you own the place, which is considered breaking and entering and illegal and against the law if you didn't know that, and disregard other peoples rights to privacy. Not to mention that you people seem to make it the habit of using your magic to bully helpless mundane people who don't possess magic of their own that can help them defend themselves from your magic into doing what you want when they don't agree with you. I'll tell you this, if you were trying to make a good impression with me, then you failed miserably. Your as bad as he is. I can have you people arrested for this, so I advise you to remove the spell you cast on my relatives and let them have their voices back and don't let the door hit you on the way out. I can't stand bullies and will quite happily kick the ass of anyone who tried to bully me, no matter how much older they are to me."
At her words Petunia and Vernon had huge smiles on their faces as they smiled proudly at Melody as she made her way towards where they were sitting on the couch, as Petunia shot worried glances towards the back of the house where they could still here the sounds of the party going on.
"Now see here, young lady!" Minerva exclaimed angrily, as her face turned red in both anger and embarrassment as she was reprimanded and lectured by this mere slip of a girl, as part of her realized that half of what the girl had said was true, as her voice came out sounding upset and flustered, "I won't have you talking to me like that. I'm your elder and I demand respect or else I'll..."
"Or you'll do what? Besides haven't you ever heard of the term that respect is earned, not freely given? If you want my respect, lady," Melody cut in, smirking a bit, as she saw Minvera turn red in anger, "you have to earn it like everyone else, and the way the two of you are going, it'll be a long time before I show you any respect at all."
While Melody and McGonagal bickered with each other, Albus cast a quick and silent wandless legimency spell on Melody to see what was going through her mind, only to literally hit a brick wall as soon as he entered her mind. Narrowing his eyes a bit, he tried press on, as he applied more pressure against the wall to get past it, when all of a sudden there was a flash of light, as the wall disappeared completely, morphing into a humanoid, clawed figure that launched an uppercut punch to Dumbleodre's face as well as a punch to the gut that knocked the wind out of him with enough force that sent Dumbledore's mind flying back into his own body, causing him to stagger a bit, and nearly fall over before he straightened himself, as he winced in pain from a stinging sensation in his gut, as an echoing masculine sounding voice yelling "STAY OUT OF PLACES YOU DON'T BELONG IN OLD MAN OR YOU'LL GET PUNISHED!" echoed loudly in his now ringing mind.
'By Merlin, What the hell happened? I've never encountered a mental defense like that before, and why did I hear a male voice inside her mind ' Albus thought frantically to himself, as he came back to himself as he ignored the pain he was feeling in his gut, as he looked around and saw the stunned looks Minerva and the Dursley's were now giving him. But as he turned his gaze onto Melody, he saw the barely contained rage Melody was now exhibiting as she glared furiously at him worse than she had before, 'Oh dear, this isn't good. Though I also wonder why does her eyes keep flashing violet like that every time she's mad? No one in either the Potter or Evans family had violet eyes.'
"Dumbledore, I advise you NOT to try and mind rape me again. Or else I won't go so easy on you next time." Melody snarled angrily a bit, as her eyes flashed violet once more, "I don't like it when people try and invade my mind without my permission."
"Albus you didn't?" Minerva exclaimed, looking scandalized as she glanced from Melody to Albus and back again, not knowing who's side she should take in the matter, "You know it's illegal to use legimen's on a minor."
"I was only to assuage the situation to find out more about Ms. Potter, Minerva, but I didn't expect the reaction I got when I entered her mind. I'm sorry it has to come to this, Ms. Potter, but for the greater good of everyone involved, I really must have to insist that you come with us whether you want to or not." Albus said, looking sad as he reached into his robe sleeves for his wand, and pulled it out, "We've wasted enough time arguing about a moot point. I thought we could handle this reasonably, and that you would come willingly, but its for the greater good of everyone involved that I do this... What the hell?"
Albus' eyes widen in shock and horror as what he thought was his 'wand' came fully out of his sleeve as he stared down in shock at what he was holding instead. Instead of holding the elder wand, he found himself holding what looked like one of those fake muggle black and white rubber novelty wands instead.
Seeing what Albus was now holding, Minerva's own eyes widen in surprise as she reached for her own wand, only to come out with another novelty wand instead.
"Looking for these?" Melody asked in a singsongy voice, causing the two to turn towards her, and their eyes widen in shock as they spot her twirling their wands between her fingers like batons, as she smirked at them, "I knew it was a good idea to swipe these just in case you tried something."
"How in blazes?" Minerva sputtered indignantly.
"Ms. Potter, I must insist that you hand those over." Albus said, as calmly as he could, as he tried to hide the panic filling him as stared nervously at the young girl for a moment, "Those are not toys."
"Give me one good reason exactly why I should give them back? So you can hex me like you were getting ready to before you discovered your wands were missing? I don't think so." Melody said with a snort, as she scowled at the two angrily, as she continued twirling the wands, "I think I'll keep these as a souvenir. Or better yet, I think they'll make much better firewood, wouldn't you say Uncle Vernon?"
As Vernon stared wide eyed at the wands in his nieces hands, a slow smirk appeared on his and Petunia's faces at her question about what they should do with the wands, and he nodded his head in agreement."
"How in merlins name did you get your hands on our wands?" Minvera demanded as she stared in disbelief at the younger girl as she carelessly twirled the two wands between her fingers, "What you did is impossible..."
"I got them when I was up close to the two of you. You guys were so busy telling me off about what I will or not do that you didn't even notice me make the switch," Melody said, with a small smug smirk on her features, as she gave a dismissive shrug of her shoulders as reached up and stuck the wands behind her earlobes, as she noticed the scandalized looks her relatives were giving her, "Don't worry auntie, and uncle. I've always had a gift for pick pocketing, but never implemented it until today."
"Ms. Potter we need those wands so return them please." Albus demanded sternly.
"What do I get out of it if I give them back? Other than turn them as souvenirs or keep them as firewood, I can always just snap them in half right here and now, just so you don't try and hex me again." Melody asked, as she cocked an eyebrow at the two, as she plucked the wands out from behind her ears, and twirling them again, "So what do you say? If I give them back, will you leave me alone and go away, so I can attend my chosen school?"
"Exactly what kind of school it is that you find attending is more important than going to the school your parents attended?" Minerva snapped angrily, feeling frustrated in the situation that was happening now, as she stared worriedly at her pilfered wand, "It can't be that great in comparison to Hogwarts."
"My chosen school is a music academy of the performing arts. I'm considered a musical prodigy around these parts, and the school I'm going to only accepts the best, and I've worked my butt off for the last four years," Melody said proudly, as she ignored the scandalized looks Albus and Minerva were now shooting her way at her news, "to earn a place in the school. Now I'm in, there is no way in hell I'm giving it up to go to a school that doesn't interest me in the least."
"So your going to give up the chance to join a prestigious magic school like Hogwarts, and disappoint all your fans waiting for your return," Albus said with a scoff, as his eyes narrowed in anger at the girl before him, "and waste your life in the magical world, just so you can continue your hobby involving music..."
Whatever Dumbledore was about to say next, froze in his throat when he saw the sudden enraged look appear on Melody's face, at his words, as he watched as for just a second her eyes flashed violet once more before returning to their emerald green color.
"Hobby? Did your just call my music a hobby? Okay, now I'm definitely going to snap your wand." Melody demanded angrily with narrowed eyes as she made Minerva's wand disappear into thin air, as she places both hands on Albus' wand and got ready to snap it in half over her knee.
"No! I'm sorry! It was a slip of the tongue. If your music really is that important to you, then it's obviously not a hobby." Albus exclaimed as he started to lunge forward to try and stop Melody from snapping his wand, only for her to sidestep out of his reach easily, "Maybe we can discuss this."
"Let's get something straight old man. NOBODY insults my music. It's not a hobby and never has been." Melody practically snarled as she reluctantly eased up on her grip on the wand, as she glared furiously at Dumbledore for a moment, as she starts twirling his wand once more, "Its my life, and the last person who insulted it got their nose punched in by me. So if you don't want me to snap them, tell me the real reason why you are so insistent that I come. I doubt you harass all of your potential new students into coming to your school the way you do with me."
"If you really must know, the day your parents were killed there was a madman called Voldemort, who also tried to kill you, but the spell he cast on you rebounded and he was killed instead, and it left you with the lightning bolt shaped scar on your forehead," Albus said nervously, as he released an annoyed sigh, as he stared worriedly at Melody for a moment as she tightened her grip on his wand, as he realized the best way to fix the situation might be to give her a little bit of information about why she was so important to their world and hope she listened, "You are known as the girl who lived because you are the first and only person alive known to have survived the killing curse. Plus there is a prophecy that states that because of that scar on your forehead that you received the same night, it basically says that it is your duty to fight and defeat Voldemort again if he ever returns, so you must come to Hogwarts to learn how to use magic so that you will be properly prepared when the time comes."
"Now was that so hard?" Melody said as she crossed her arms across her chest once more, her tone making her sound like she was talking like she was speaking to a couple of preschoolers instead of adults, "the truth comes out."
"So does this mean you'll come to Hogwarts this semester?" Minerva said, as exasperation filled her own voice, as her left eye twitched a bit at Melody's tone.
"Nope. I'm still going to my music school." Melody said.
"Why not? After what we just told you, you still won't come to Hogwarts?" Albus demanded angrily once more, "You need to be trained so you'll be prepared."
"Prophecies are for suckers and chumps who don't have a brain cell in their heads, if they let a supposed prophecy rule their lives. I never believed in them, and don't plan to start now, or let it rule my life even if it did exist. As far as I'm concerned," Melody said with a dismissive wave of her hand as she glanced down at her wristwatch for a second to check the time, before turning her attention back on the witch and wizard for a moment as she continued speaking, "my only duty in life is to live an extremely long and fruitful life doing what I love, and not fight homicidal maniacs. Besides didn't you basically just say that I already fulfilled the prophecy when I defeated Voldemort when I was a baby? The prophecy's fulfilled on my part as I'm concerned, so you can go back where you came from and find someone else to deal with him if he comes back."
"Prophecies don't work that way, Ms. Potter. On the basis that what you just said is true or not is a moot point." Albus said sternly, as his frown deepened, while he rubbed his now throbbing temples, as he felt a headache started to come after the mental assault he had experienced, "Someone as young and inexperienced as you wouldn't be able to properly comprehend the significance of prophecies."
'That's where your wrong, Dumbledore. I know more about prophecies than you'll ever know. They can't come true unless all parties involved with it accept it as true before it becomes a true one that needs to be fulfilled, which I never will accept, it automatically becomes null and void if I chose to officially denounce it using magic to enforce it. ' Melody thought silently to herself for a moment, as she thought for a moment, before, as she weighed her options for a moment, as she thought over what she would say next that wouldn't give too much away on what she knew, 'Anyone who knows how prophecies really work would know that unless the one trying to enforce it were intentionally ignoring that little tidbit. If it was true, then it involves the girl this body used to belong to, and she didn't survive so I don't have to take it over for her. I didn't put up with the last 10 years with the Dursley's only to throw away this new life of mine on a stupid prophecy that has nothing to do with me.'
"I don't care. As far as I'm concerned, your precious prophecy is done and over with, and no longer involves me. If your Voldemort comes back, he's your problem, not mine," Melody said with another slight shrug of her shoulders, "so you can just go on ahead and find some other way to beat him that doesn't involve me. I'm not really into the whole save the world and self sacrifice thing. Especially if it possibly means my death in the process."
"But he killed your parents! Don't you want to get revenge?" Minerva exclaimed.
"Nope. Exactly why should I do something so stupid? I'm unhappy to hear the real reason why they died, but it's done and over with. Plus their dead. Getting revenge won't bring them back so why bother wasting the time energy doing so? It'll only get me hurt or killed in the end. Besides you said they died to keep me alive, so I should pay them back by doing something dumb like seeking revenge and putting my life in danger?" Melody said dismissively, as a thoughtful look appeared on her features for a moment, as she starts twirling the wands once more as she glanced at her wristwatch once again, before she tossed the wands towards their owners who barely caught them in time, "I know that this might seem like I'm speaking ill of the dead, but they weren't in my life long enough for me to want to throw away my life avenging two virtual strangers who I can't even remember, or do it to 'save' people I don't even know at all. Now if you'll excuse me, the fifteen minutes are almost up, and I have to go back to my party for at least one last song before the party's officially over so once again I ask that you release my aunt and uncle from the silencing spell you put on them."
Grumbling a bit as he handled his wand, Albus waved his wand in the direction of the Dursley's and said the reversal spell.
"Why you freak! How dare you do that to us!" Petunia shrieked angrily as loudly as she could as soon as her voice returned, as she stormed forward and slapped Dumbledore hard on the face, "Get the hell out of my house and never come back! You've had your answer from Melody, and you can just leave us be!"
"This isn't over yet, Mrs. Dursley." Albus said as he rubbed the side of his face where a blood red hand print was already starting to form on his skin from her slap, "Young Melody is very important to our society and we won't allow her to go that easily, without a fight."
"We don't care, you freaks don't have any right to harass us normal decent folks like us. Melody doesn't want to go to your freak school," Vernon spoke up as he glared at the witch and wizard, for a moment, as he placed a reassuring hand on his wife and niece for a moment, "and that should be the end of it, despite all that other nonsense you were just spouting. I don't believe in this prophecy nonsense either."
"I have another question before I go. What's with this scar business you keep talking about?" Melody asked as confusion filled her features "I don't have a scar. Never have and never will, especially not on my forehead for the world to see."
"What are you talking about? Of course there is a scar, young lady." Minerva said, confusion filling her voice for a moment, "I saw it myself when you were a baby. It's in the shape of a lightning bolt shaped scar, and is located right in the center of your forehead."
"No I don't. I'd think I'd have noticed one in all these years. Here look." Melody argued back, scowling a bit, Melody reached her hands up to her red and black hair, and pushed back her bangs that were covering her forehead, and showed the duo her unblemished, scar free skin, "You see? No scar whatsoever."
"What the? Where's your scar? It should be impossible for it to be removed!" Albus exclaimed angrily.
"We took Melody to the hospital to have the hideous thing surgically covered up a month after you left her with us," Petunia said, causing everyone to turn their attention on her and Vernon, who was nodding his head in agreement to what his wife had just said, "A scar like that had no business on a young girl, so we did the decent thing and had it removed before she was old enough to remember ever having it."
"Melody!" Dudley's voice cut in before anyone else could say anything, causing everyone to turn towards the back of the house to see Dudley standing in the entranceway that led to the backyard as he waved Melody over, "Come on already! Everyone's waiting for the Hexx Girls to do their last performance so they can go home."
"Fine I'm coming, Big D." Melody said, her face seemingly going through a transformation as the anger she had been displaying before disappeared completely as she starts heading to the backyard, "We're through here anyway so I'm heading on out."
"Wait the Hex Girls? What kind of name is that?" Minerva asked.
"My friends and I call ourselves the Hexx Girls, and before you get it wrong, its spelled with two X's in our name instead of the standard one X. The word sounded cool, and we decided to call ourselves it." Melody said, as she stopped walking long enough to turn back around to glowered angrily at the group of wizards, "We are the biggest thing in the neighborhood, and going to this school we enrolled into will hopefully help teach us to become better than we already. Come on, Yoko."
With those final words, Melody turned fully on her heel and made her way towards the back of the house, with her cat right behind her and the duo disappeared through the open sliding glass door with Dudley, where the sound of the partygoers got louder as she returned.
"I'm very disappointed in you, Petunia. I knew you hated your sisters magical heritage, but you've corrupted Melody, and turned her away from her heritage," Albus exclaimed angrily as he rounded on Petunia and Vernon as soon as the kids were out of sight, with fury burning in his eyes for a moment, before it disappeared as quickly as it had been there, "in a time when we need her the most. It will be a crime if she doesn't come to Hogwarts and take her place in our society."
"I'll have you freaks know that we did no such thing! We have never even spoken to her about her or her parents past in all the years she's been living with us, We've been waiting until the day she got her blasted letter to discuss her past with her," Petunia said with an angry huff, as her face turned bright red in anger for a moment as she glared angrily at the duo before her, "but we didn't even know that she had already received her letter and replied to it until you freaks showed up and tried to barge in, and throwing your weight around like you own the place and told us. Her choice in not going to your damn school has nothing to do with what Vernon and I have told her, since we never told her anything about where she and her parents came from. She made up her own mind about what she wants with no outside help from us. We raised her to be normal and she found a love interest in something she's really good at that doesn't need magic."
Frowning a bit at Petunia's words, Albus cast a quick legimency spell on the muggle woman to find out if her words were true or not, and after a quick search of her memories, could tell that that she was indeed telling the truth on what she had just told him and his frown deepened a bit.
"If you truly never said anything to her about her magical heritage that could turn her away from it, then you can help us get her to come to Hogwarts so she can be properly trained," Albus said in a cajoling voice, as his eyes twinkled a bit, as he stared intently at Petunia for a moment, "As it is, her magic is completely untrained, and if she doesn't go to Hogwarts, she might be a danger to everyone around her, if her magic remains left unchecked as she grows older."
"What makes you think that we'd ever help you out with anything that involves our niece? Especially after the stunt you just pulled? Besides she hasn't displayed any magic at all," Petunia demanded as she stared incredulously at the older man in disbelief, as she let out a disdainful sniff, "in all these years she's been with us, that could make her dangerous. If nothings gone wrong before now, then we'll take our chances as long as she's happy."
"Look, if your going to continue to make a pest of yourselves before you leave, why don't you come watch exactly what it is that your demanding Melody to give up, in favor of your school." Petunia said with a slight sneer, as she turned on her heel and started storming her way towards the back of the house with Vernon, "It'll be a crime for her to deny the world her talent just so she can go to a school that'll teach nothing that'll help her improve on what she already loves."
"It would be a crime if she gave up the opportunity to learn in the same school environment that her parents did to learn something so frivolous like music," Minerva said dismissively as her face became even more pinched by the moment, as anger filled her over the conversation she and Albus had just had with Melody Potter, "She needs to learn how to properly learn how to be a witch and take her place in our society."
"It's also obvious from her lack of manners to her elders, that you muggles," Albus said, sounding just as angry for a moment as he reluctantly followed after the two Dursley's towards the backyard, "haven't taught her anything worth her learning that can be rectified to make her an outstanding citizen of the magical world when she reenters our world and nip her thieving ways in the bud as well..."
Albus let out another yelp of pain, as Petunia suddenly rounded on him once more and slapped him again hard enough to nearly knock the old man back a few steps.
"Don't you dare bad mouth my family on how we raised my niece or I will take Vernon's gun and shoot you myself! I'll have you know that Melody is usually always the perfect little angel who's never back talked or sassed her elders before today. But until today, I never thought it was even possible for her to get as angry as she was when she confronted the two of you, let alone say the things she did." Petunia snapped as she glared angrily at the older wizard as he cradled his now bruising cheek for a moment as he stared in shock at her, as a smirk reappeared on her features as she glanced at her husband and saw him nod his head in her direction indicated that she should continue, "In the case of how Melody treated the two of you, I'm torn between rewarding her by taking her out later for cake and ice cream as a reward, or ground her for next few months as punishment."
"You really shouldn't encourage that kind of behavior from someone that young," Minerva said, as she felt her cheeks flush in anger for a moment, "especially if this is first time she's done it like you said it was,".
"I don't agree with a lot of things involving my sister and her husband or your society, but I have to admit that in a way," Petunia said as pride filled her voice as the group exited the house and entered the backyard, "Is that whether Lily knew it or not at the time when she gave Melody her name, was that Melody practically lives up to her first name in everyway possible."
As the group made their way into the backyard, Albus and Minerva's eyes widen a bit in surprise as they saw the large crowd that was gathered in the small backyard, as kids of different ages along with their parents were gathered to watch the performance.
While near the white picket fence that separated the Dursley's property from their neighbors, they could see Melody was standing front of microphone stands and was picking up a guitar, while Yoko sat on the ground next to her watching the crowd with a bored look on his young feline features, while off to the side of her were two other girls. One of the girls was a blonde with blue eyes, who was seated behind a large set of drums, while the third girl was a red head with violet eyes was also holding onto her own guitar as she fiddled with her microphone.
As the girls got themselves set up, Melody happened to glance up and see the two wizards exit the house with her aunt and uncle and take seats in the back, and smirked a bit, as she started speaking into the microphone.
"Hey everyone. Sorry for the delay, because I know some of you probably have other things to do today once the party is over, but I thank all of you for coming anyway." Melody said cheerfully as all sign of the anger she had displayed indoors seem to disappear completely off her face as she looked warmly at the crowd, looking almost innocent and angelic at the same time, as she reached up with her free hand to brush aside a loose strand of hair that had fallen in front of her eyes, "But I assure you the wait will be well worth it, since this will be the last time the Hexx Girls will be performing in the neighborhood for awhile. We have a couple of guests who decided to drop in unexpectedly today as the reason for the delay, so please welcome Albus Dumbledore and Minerva McGonagal to the party who are in the back standing with my aunt and uncle."
A few cheers and boos could be heard from the crowd at her words, as there were plenty of disappointed faces looking there way, though a few of the adults looked relieved at the prospect of finally getting some peace and quiet in the neighborhood again, as most of the audience shot annoyed looks at the two elderly professors who shifted a bit uncomfortably under the scrutiny they were receiving from the muggles.
"Aw... I feel the love out there you know." The blond said cheerfully said sarcastically through the microphone, chuckling a bit at the disapproving looks her band mates were giving her, "I really do."
"Shut it Luna, this isn't the time," the redhead girl said scoldingly, placing a hand over her own microphones' mouth piece so to muffle her words
"Bite me, Jade." `Luna said, sticking out her tongue childishly at her friend.
"Real mature, Luna." Jade said shaking her head ruefully for a moment, as a small smile crept to her lips in amusement at her friends antics.
"If you two are finished messing around, lets get this show on the road. We have to end the party quickly if we want to finish getting ready for the train trip," Melody said as she shot her two friends dirty looks, before turning back to their audience who were watching her friends antics with amused expressions on everyone's faces, "Everybody you know us, and you love our music, so how about a round of applause for the for the Hexx Girls! I'm Melody."
"I'm Luna," Luna said cheerfully, as she twirled her drumsticks between her fingers lazily.
"And I'm Jade." Jade said as she played a chord on her guitar.
"And we're the Hexx Girls! Hit it, girls." Melody called out, as the trio started playing the chords of a familiar song that the crowd recognized instantly, as they all became riveted on the spot as Melody started to sing, as her voice seemed to echo through the backyard, as her two friends soon joined in.
I'm going to cast a spell on you
You're going to do what I want you to
Mix it up here in my little abode
Say a few words and you loose control!
I'm a Hexx Girl!
And I'm going to put a spell on you!
Gonna put a spell on you!
I'm a Hexx Girl!
And I'm going to put a spell on you!
Gonna put a spell on you!
You'll feel the fog as I cloud your mind
You'll get dizzy when I make the sign
You'll wake up in the dead of night
Missing me when I'm out of sight!
I'm a Hexx Girl!
And I'm going to put a spell on you!
Gonna put a spell on you!
I'm a Hexx Girl!
And I'm going to put a spell on you!
Oh yeah!
With this little cobweb potion
You'll fall into dark devotion
If you ever loose affection
I can change your whole direction!
I'm a Hexx Girl!
And I'm going to put a spell on you!
Gonna put a spell on you!
I'm a Hexx Girl!
And I'm going to put a spell on you!
We're going to put a spell on you!
As soon as the music ended, the crowd broke into cheers and applause as everyone got up to surround the three girls and congratulate them. While this was going on, no one noticed Professors Dumbledore and McGonagal slip away and disappear around the side of the house as they make their way towards the streets.
"Oh my, that was beautiful." Minerva said, as she listened to the music being played, as the Hexx Girls came to the end of the song, as she felt, looking enthralled for a moment as she listened to Melody's voice singing, "though the song itself is inappropriate I think for girls their age to be singing, but still... I don't think I've ever heard a voice singing like that before."
"I'll admit that her singing is good, Minerva, but it doesn't matter. She still has to give it up to come to Hogwarts," Albus said stubbornly, as he tried to ignore the feeling he was getting after hearing Melody sing as he started feeling a bit guilty, "If she truly wants to be a common performer, it can wait seven years once her schooling at Hogwarts is over."
"The girl is obviously going to be trouble if we try and make her come along with us, Albus. Her poor parents will surely be rolling in their graves," Minerva said shaking her head sadly at the prospect that she might not get to teach the daughter of two of her favorite students any time soon, "right now if they could see her now. Though she did have a point on about half the things eh accused us of doing when we arrived."
"We mustn't give up hope Minerva. I'll have to pull some strings with the Wizmaengot, but I'll have Ms. Potter on her way to Hogwarts in a matter of hours," Albus said as he reached out to pat Minerva on the hand for a moment, as a slow frown appeared on his face as he thought for a moment as a new plan quickly came to mind, "no matter what the girl may seem to think, she really has no choice in the matter of coming to Hogwarts or not. It's imperative that she comes. Nothing else matters other than that."
"Yes, your right Albus," Minerva said as she nodded her head in agreement to what he had said, as the two of them walked back to the front of the house, and after making sure no muggles were around to see them, they both disappeared with a loud pop.
Half an hour later after the party had finally broken up for the day, and helping her relatives clean up the mess the guests had left behind Melody was busy dragging one of her two suitcases downstairs with one hand, while an empty pet carrier hung from her other hand. having showered and switched her clothes into a pair of plain jeans and a red shirt. She was also now wearing a long flowing black jacket that hung down to just above her knees. Dudley was helping her bring her by dragging her second suitcase down for her while also carrying a blue duffel bag slung over one of his shoulders, as she looked through her duffel bag for her money and train tickets, while strapped to her back was one of her guitars.
Her train to Liverpool would be leaving King's Cross in an hour and a half. Luna and Jade's parents had already arranged with Vernon that Jade's parents would take the three girls to the train station, since they had a car big enough to carry the girls and their luggage in it, and would be coming to pick Melody up soon after they picked up Luna from her home.
"Lets see, I have my boarding pass, couple of sandwiches and drinks to eat on the ride, my introduction letter to the school, laptop, books to read, and food and water for Yoko." Melody was mumbling softly to herself as she made her way into the living room where the Dursley's were waiting for her as she glanced around the room for anything she might have missed, "Dudley, am I missing anything?"
"Nope, if you are we can ship it to you, if you need it, can't we dad?" Dudley said as he set the duffel bags on the floor next to her suitcases.
"Sure we will, Dudley." Vernon said as he smiled proudly at his son for a moment, before turning his gaze on Melody as a serious look appeared on his features, as he sat on the couch with Petunia who was absentmindedly stroking a purring Yoko who was resting in her lap, "Melody, there is something your aunt and I have to talk to you about before you leave for school. Dudley you may as well hear this as well."
'Uh oh. This already doesn't sound good... I was so close to getting out of here without any trouble, and then those two just had to show up.' Melody thought silently to herself, as she hesitantly made her way into the living room and sat down on the couch with Dudley joining her seconds later, as they sat across from Vernon and Petunia with curious looks on their faces as they stared at the adults, "What's up, Uncle Vernon? Aunt Petunia?"
"It's about our two uninvited guests, who arrived here earlier," Petunia said carefully, as her eyes scanned the duo before her for a moment, before turning her full attention back on Melody, "everything about what they were telling you, Melody, about your parents is true. I always dreaded this day coming for the last decade."
"So why keep what my parents were a secret from me?" Melody asked, as she raised an eyebrow questioningly.
"It's because I always hated anything to do with your parents society. First they took away my baby sister and turned her against our parents and me with their freakish way of life, and then that damn world got her and your father murdered in cold blood," Petunia said as an embarrassed look appeared on her features, as she fiddled nervously in her seat for a moment, as she looked at Vernon for support, and he gave her a reassuring squeeze on her hand, before she took a deep breath and continued speaking once more, "I'm embarrassed even say this now, but I always resented your mother for being lucky enough to become a witch, while I was left behind, and I'm even more ashamed to say that when you first arrived here I even took out my anger and frustration on you before I came to my senses. I'd hate to think how things would have been like today if we had continued on the path we had started on back then."
'Tell me about it. I still remember that time, not that I'll tell you guys that.' Melody thought silently to herself, as she remembered those first two weeks with the Dursleys, and was really glad that her relatives had changed their ways, as a slow smile crept to her lips for a moment, 'If I had to put up with it the entire time I was stuck here, they wouldn't be alive by the time I finally decided to leave.'
"Hey how come I haven't heard of this before, mum?" Dudley demanded, as he stared at his parents in wide eyed shock for a moment, as he glanced at Melody worriedly for a moment before turning his gaze back on his parents with an accusing look directed at them, "What did you and dad do to her exactly."
"We didn't do anything too serious to her, and the two of you were too young to properly remember it anyway, son, and we've more than made up for it in the ensuing years since then," Vernon said, as he gave Petunia another reassuring squeeze, as he turned his gaze on his son once more, with a look on his face that quickly silenced any other questions that Dudley might have tried to ask, "we've done everything we could for the past decade to make up for it. You've become more than just our niece, Mels, but you're like the daughter we never had, and we wouldn't do anything to intentionally harm you."
"That doesn't explain why you guys still kept it a secret from me, if you were really over the whole magic thing, Aunt Petunia." Melody said as she looked at her aunt and uncle questioningly for a moment, "why keep mum about my past until now?"
"Frankly, we were afraid that we'd lose you if we ever told you about your past. That you would chose that other world over this one once you found out who and what you were the way your mother did." Vernon said, as a small flush crept to his cheeks as Melody turned her attention on him once more, "Though there's the fact that you never showed any signs of magic in all these years, other than your eyes changing colors every now and again, but we chose to ignore it since it wasn't doing any harm to anyone."
'So they did notice my eyes changing colors, and never said anything about it?' Melody thought silently to herself, as she let out a small sigh as she glanced worriedly at her relatives for a moment, "I was wondering when my eye color changes would be brought up."
"It surprised us at first, I'll admit, but we decided to ignore it." Petunia said dismissively for a moment, as she smiled a bit at Melody reassuringly, as she continued stroking and petting Yoko for a few more minutes, "It started right after you got sick for a week with the flu, didn't it? We hoped that it would eventually stop after awhile, or if it didn't we'd just have to live with it."
"Yeah it did, aunt Petunia." Melody said as she felt a blush of embarrassment creep up to her cheeks for a moment, "I can't control what my eyes do, but it only happens when I'm upset or something."
"I saw it too, and I thought your eye changing colors looked cool," Dudley said, laughing a bit at the look Melody turned on him at her words, "The guys and I think you look better with violet eyes, than your green ones, anyways."
"Gee, thanks a lot, Dudley." Melody said sarcastically, as she shifted uncomfortably for a moment in her seat.
"Whatever the cause of your eyes changing colors, after awhile we decided to simply wait until your school letter came in, and told you in person about your past. We knew we couldn't keep it a secret forever," Vernon answered, before Petunia could say anything, before chuckling a bit at the incredulous looks the two youths were now giving him and Petunia, "so we just stalled for as long as possible. We figured we'd let you have a normal life before bringing up the possibility of going to a school that would teach you magic."
"For the last decade I was dreading what I was going to have to tell you when your acceptance letter arrived. Plus with the way you were so into your music, we didn't know for sure if you would chose one or the other when the time came," Petunia added in, as a rueful smile appeared on her features as she grinned slightly at Melody for a moment, "so we decided to wait it out until that exact moment when you got your letter to tell you the truth. But it seems you beat us to the punch by getting the letter first and sending your reply in already."
"I was in a hurry, and didn't want to bother you guys with that nonsense, so I just wrote back saying I wasn't interested, why would I want to give up the chance of the lifetime to perfect my music and singing skills," Melody said with a slight shrug of her shoulders as a small blush of embarrassment crept up to her cheeks at her relatives words, as she nods her head in understanding to what they were trying to say, "to go learn something that won't help me at all? I mean who knows what my voice will sound like seven years from now, so I want to get an early start while I'm still young and good at what I'm doing now. I put too much time and work into my music to have it all be ruined by that old crackpot."
"That's good to hear dear, when that 'old crackpot' showed up and told me what you had done, I felt proud," Petunia said, smiling a bit once more, as she chuckled a bit at the memory of what happened earlier, "that you chose to not go to Hogwarts without Vernon or myself having to say anything about it to you. It saved us a lot of heartache."
"Well I'm glad that you did choose to continue with your music." Vernon said, nodding his approvingly for a moment as he stared at his niece for a moment, "I'd hate to have to think that I wasted all that money on your lessons just so you can throw it all away because of magic. It would have been a total waste of good money and talent like yours."
"Hey, I did promise you guys four years ago, that I wouldn't change my mind about it, didn't I, Uncle Vernon?" Melody said cheerfully as she glanced back at her aunt and uncle for a moment, "I always keep my promises when it matters, ya know."
"That you do, dear, and we're always glad for those times, and I'm glad you stood up for us the way you did." Petunia said as she shooed Yoko off her lap, and quickly stood up and walked over to Melody and Dudley, and enveloped her in near bone crushing hug, as Vernon came over and joined in the hug, "I'm going to miss you, now that you're not going to be here full time anymore."
"Ack! You guys I can't breath! And I'm going to miss you guys too while I'm gone." Melody muffled voice exclaimed jokingly, as she reluctantly reached forward and wrapped her own arms around Petunia, in a lose hug, as her aunt and uncle finally let her go, as she glanced around at the three Dursleys as they surrounded her, "You welcome about the whole saving you guys, aunt Petunia. Nobody messes with my family and gets away with it, ya know. I hate it when creeps like those two think they can get away with pushing their weight around, and think we'd just take it."
Just then, the doorbell rang, and Dudley immediately got up to go answer it, pulling the door open to reveal Jade's father, Alex Pearson on the other side.
"Hello, everyone. I'm here to pick up Melody if she's ready to go." Mr. Pearson said, as he greeted everyone as he glanced at the bags that were waiting by the door, "Is this everything?"
"Yes, Mr. Pearson. I'm ready to go whenever you are, just give me a minute please." Melody said, as she pulled out of her aunt and uncles grip as she stood up, and walked over to where Yoko's cat carrier was, and opened the carrier door and pointed at it as she turned towards her cat with a stern look, "Yoko, inside now so we can go."
Yoko let out a rumbling meow as he stood up off the couch where Petunia had left him when she went to hug Melody, stretched a bit and took his time as he twirled around the legs of Dudley, Petunia and Vernon in goodbye before walking into the carrier without a fuss, as Melody shut the door behind him and locked it securely, before picking it up along with the handle of one of her suitcases while Dudley grabbed her other two bags, and started lugging them out of the house with Mr. Pearson's help.
"I swear that kitten is way too smart for its own good," Vernon muttered to himself, as he and Petunia Melody to the door, and he placed a kiss on her forehead, "Be good at your new school, and make us proud, young lady."
"Yes, Uncle Vernon." Melody said grinning a bit as she reached out to hug the two for a moment after setting down her suitcase and cat carrier.
"One more thing, we're going to let you off with a warning right now, young lady, since what you did and said was for a good cause," Petunia said as he hugged Melody, as he scowled down reproachfully at his niece for a moment, "but if I ever catch you talking to any normal adults like that again, or find out you've been stealing things again, though where you learned how to do it I'll never know, your going to be grounded for three months, am I clear?"
"Okay, okay, I'll catch you guys later." Melody said, giggling a bit mischievously as she turned around and started making her way towards the Pearson car, where Jade and Luna were waving at her from the car windows. Once she reached the car, she handed her remaining suitcase to Mr. Pearson who stuck it into the back of the car with the rest of the suitcases, while she said her goodbyes to Dudley.
"So what do you think we should do if that Dumbledork guy shows up again while your gone, Melody?" Dudley asked as Melody walked towards the passenger side of the vehicle and pulled it open and climbed in while Mr. Pearson slammed the trunk closed and moved to get into the front seat and started the car.
"If he comes back let him, he can't do anything to me. I'll be long gone when he shows up, and he won't be able to find me" Melody said confidentially, as a small smirk appeared on her features for a moment, as she settled Yoko's carrier on as she waved goodbye to her relatives as Mr. Pearson pulled out of the driveway and drove off, as she settled calmly into her seat, 'Besides he'll have more pressing matters to deal with, thanks to my 'gift' I gave him when he tried to mindrape me. That'll teach him not to trespass in other peoples minds and think he can get away with it without punishment...'
Meanwhile back at Hogwarts, a few hours after Melody had left for the train station a fuming Albus Dumbledore stormed into his office, as he racked his brain trying to figure out just how all his plans seemed to fall apart in a matter of hours, as he absentmindedly rubbed at the stinging sensation coming from his gut in the area where he had been struck while he was Melody's mind.
He had just returned from the Dursley house with a court order from the Wizengot that ordered Melody Potter to come to Hogwarts, only to find the brat gone. The wretched muggles had told him that she was already on her way to her music school nearly half an hour before he had arrived with the court order, and wouldn't be back for the rest of the year, and refused to tell him where she was headed so he could go get her no matter what he said, and also told him where he can shove his court order in no polite terms.
Feeling newfound frustration at the latest situation, he had even went so far to activate all of the tracking charms he had placed on the girl as an infant, only to find the tracking charms had been removed from her and placed on random household objects around the Dursley household, and not a single one of the trackers would point him towards his target, before storming out of the muggle household in anger.
'Bloody hell. What could have gone wrong with that girl? None of the spells I cast on her as a baby seem to be working, and how did she even remove the tracking charms, let alone place them on things around the house?' Albus thought angrily to himself as he reached into his lemon drop candy dish, and popped a few candies into his mouth as he sucked furiously on them for a moment, as he remembered what happened earlier, as he tried to figure out how things had gone so wrong in his plans for Melody Potter, 'As soon as I introduced myself to her, the obedience and loyalty charms should have activated, and she should have immediately started doing what I wanted of her, yet the spell wasn't working. None of them were. Somehow she managed to break the spells but how?'
Scowling a bit angrily for a moment, as he reached up to idly tap his hands on the desktop surface, as he glanced up when Fawkes let out a trill as his song filled the office, "Thank you Fawkes, I can always depend on you to make me feel better in my time of need, it also helps with the pain in my chest."
When he had first arrived back at Hogwarts with Minerva, the pain in is chest where he had been struck in Melody's mindscape had doubled, so he had headed for the school infirmary for some pain medicine from Poppy. After describing what was causing the pain, Poppy had done a quick medical scan of his chest, before paling and ordering him to strip, where they discovered five claw marks on his chest where he had been hit in Melody's mind. The wounds didn't bleed at all or life threatening, but they gave off a strange red glow that sent small bouts of pain through his body every once and awhile, but it was Poppy's worry over the injuries that caused him to be late in getting the court order on Melody Potter as the mediwitch had tried to treat the odd injury as best as she could, before finally calling in St. Mungo's for additional help, and they could only prescribe strong pain potions to take whenever the wounds flared up, as they told him that the cuts seemed to be some kind of cursed scar, that their healing magic weren't even able to touch.
Another problem he also discovered with the scars, was that they became extremely painful if he tried probing someone's mind along with a throbbing headache that had lasted for two hours after he returned to Hogwarts, which he discovered the painful way when he had attempted to probe the Dursley family's minds to find Melody's location when the tracking spells failed. At first he had thought the pain was caused when he probeed the muggle family's minds, until he tested that theory out when he tried to probe Poppy's mind while she treated him once again with headache potions, and the pain in his gut as well the headache returned in full swing.
'What the heck did the brat do to me? She shouldn't even know magic yet, yet she was able to put this strange curse on me, that will cause me pain every time I try and probe someone's mind? I guess this is the 'punishment' that voice I heard in her mind was talking about. Plus what was with her eyes. Unless she's suddenly become a metamorphmagus, the way her eyes kept changing colors while she was yelling at Minerva and me,' Albus thought silently to himself, as he suddenly flinched in pain as the stinging sensation around his gut grew stronger, as he started to sweat a bit in pain, as he popped another lemon drop into his mouth, 'and what was that male entity that attacked me when I tried to enter her mind. Once I find her and get her under control, I'll have to look more into whatever that thing in her mind is, and deal with it accordingly, and make it reverse what it did to me.'
To be continued...
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Author's Notes:
I'm glad to see that so many people seem to like this story so far. Thanks for the nice reviews and comments made for the previous chapter. I Though I advise old readers of the Prologue to reread it, because I've edited and added stuff to it, including what kind of hair color she has, and what year the fanfic takes place in. This chapter ends at a whopping 28 pages. I know it seems a bit long and a bit sappy, but I'm skipping ahead in the next chapter and you MIGHT see some of the YYH gang appearance.
So how do you guys think of how I portray Melody (Kuronue) in this story? Since there's barely ANYTHING on the character known beyond what was shown in the movie, I created my own idea of what he's like. Remember she might look like a kid now, but inside he's still a centuries old demon who doesn't like taking crap from anyone. He's not going to cave in and quietly do what others expect him to do without a fight, and will make anyone who tries something miserable for the rest of their lives if they annoy him enough. lol He'll also treat those he likes and trusts with respect, like any kid his 'age' should, unless he's pissed off, like he was after witnessing Dumbledore and McGonagal's treatment of the Dursley's, then the gloves are coming off on how polite he treats a person. He's grown attached to the little humans after all these years, and protective of what he considers his, in a way similar to what Kurama does with his human 'mother', and doesn't hesitate in showing his displeasure short of doing serious bodily harm on those who hurt him and those he cares about. lol I'm also sorry about all the long speeches Melody gave. Once I started her ranting at the two professors, I couldn't stop. lol
Plus does anyone have a proper word for the type of hair color I've given Melody, that's a combo of black hair with NATURAL red highlights? I got the idea for the hair color from the lead singer from Hexx Girls in the Scooby Doo series, and used it because I couldn't decide on what hair color Melody should have, and decided on a combo of both parents hair colors, with the black hair the dominant color, while the red highlights are a naturally mixed in, where you can see splashes of red mixed in with her black hair. Another example of that kind of color mix is Setsuna from Sailor Moon with her black and green hair. lol
The Hexx Girls song obviously comes from the Scooby Doo series, with the song first being sung in the animated 'Scooby Doo and the Witches Ghost' movie. I like the original character design on Thorn better than her later incarnations. Her black and red hair was cool the way the brightness of the red kept reappearing and disappearing into the blackness of her hair when she moves! lol and if you want to know what Melody looks like while performing, imagine what Thorne from Scooby Doo did when she performed the song.
Started On: October 29, 2011
Finished On: January 17, 2012