AN: 7 REVIEWS! Craziness people! Thank you so much! I would have posted this chapter sooner but my siblings were hogging the computer. So here is Chapter Seven!
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Chapter 7: Parties and Letters
Lucy's POV
Unbelievable. My first night back at the renovated Hogwarts and I have to spend it with none other than Lysander Scamander. Instead of attending the wild welcome back party James and Fred are hosting in the Gryffindor common room, I'm stuck doing the night patrol with that vile creature, wandering the halls while deducting points from couples snogging in broom closets. Not how I would like to start the year personally. I met up with Scamander outside the Charms corridor.
"Scamander," I said with disgust as he finally decides to show up twenty minutes later, looking particularly cheery.
"Lucy," he says with his oh so "dazzling" smile. Although I have called him Scamander since we were seven, he still calls me by my first name. Probably just to make my blood boil.
"You're late. Where were you? Snogging some fourth year senseless in a broom closet and then ditched her?"
"What gave it away?" Scamander said with a smirk that I wanted to wipe off his pretty little face badly.
"Hmm, I don't know. Your hair is more disheveled than usual, your tie is undone, oh, and there is lip gloss all over your face and neck. Not really your shade," I said while scrunching up mu face.
"Impressive observations. And I whole-heartedly agree about the lip gloss. Something darker would work better with my complexion. A color your currently wearing would work splendidly," he said with a cheeky grin. After shooting a glare at him that could stun giants, I turned on my heel and walked down the hallway at a fast pace.
"Keep up pretty boy."
"Aww, thanks for the compliment. Your not so bad yourself, sweet cheeks," he said with a conceited tone. At times, he remind me a little too much of Louis, otherwise known as Ravenclaw's Golden Boy.
"Just shut it Scamander. Let's get this over with and then you can go back to that poor girl you have under a hypnotic spell of some sort."
"Come on Lucy, live a little. Everyone is having some sort of celebration right now. How about we just ditch this patrolling thing and go have some fun and a few Firewhiskey's," he whispered gently into my ear. His warm breath that smelled like cinnamon made me shudder slightly. After reigning control back into myself, I pushed him away from me.
"We can't leave! If you haven't noticed we have a duty to Professor Cartier, the students, the other professors, and Hogwarts. No way am I risking my badge to go off and have some "fun". Especially not with someone like you!" I shout angrily at him.
"What do you mean by 'especially not with someone like you'?" He asked sounding considerably hurt. Although my face softened at first when I noticed his sorrowful expression, I continued to berate him.
"Are you that thick? I don't want anything to do with you! You prance around these halls like you own them! You are an arrogant, egotistical, self-centered, pretentious, pompous little brat!" With every word I yelled at him, he cringed and slowly walked backwards.
"You act all "high and mighty" when you aren't. Worst of all, you treat girls like they are some sort of object that you can use and leave as you please. You're with one girl one day and the next, another one. You break their hearts and throw around their affection for you like it's nothing! That's just sick and wrong!" After I finished ranting off at him, Scamander looked at me for second. His expression was filled with hurt, guilt, confusion, and sadness. A look I wasn't used to.
"I…I…" He fumbled on his words before he quickly turned around and stormed out of the hallway, leaving me alone. Strangely, I wanted to run after him and apologize. Even though I knew what I said was true to some extent, he didn't deserve for me to throw words full of malice at him. After a while I pushed aside those thoughts and continued to patrol, alone. Yeah, this most definitely wasn't the best way to welcome the new school year.
Lily's POV
Music was roaring at the bash being thrown in the common room. It had become a tradition for Fred and James to host a gigantic party on our first night back. It was strange to think that next year they wouldn't be dancing on top of couches significantly drunk.
"Lily! Where have you been hiding! Hale and I have been scouring over this place looking for you!" My best friend and roommate Emmeline O'Hara exclaimed before wrapping me into a tight hug. Her dark brown curls cascaded over her heart shaped face with her twinkling blue eyes peeking out from the mounds of hair.
"Sorry, I was busy watching Hugo playing some muggle drinking game. Let's be glad Rose wasn't anywhere near him at the time. He may have lost several limbs," I say with concern before we both burst out into laughs.
"Its alright. Hale was the one worried. He was beside himself, really. He thought that some drunk guy had convinced you to go find a more private place if you know what I mean," Emmy said quietly. I rolled my eyes as I thought of our other best friend, Hale Wood. The son of Oliver Wood and Katie Bell, he certainly had plenty of good looks and skills on the Quidditch pitch.
"Somebody talking about me?" Hale asked smiling as he approached us with drinks in hand. At 6'3, he towered over my 5'4 and Emmy's 5'6.
"Possibly. So how have you guys been? I haven't seen you at all this summer! I'm sorry that I couldn't sit with you at the feast. It's sort of a family tradition to sit together," I said apologetic to the both of them.
"No worries. Summer was boring, as usual. Its no fun to be a muggle-born, especially from the town I live in," Emmy said with a thick Scottish accent. It was always most strong right after breaks.
"Had to be better than mine. I was in brutal training the entire summer. My folks are convinced that I am going to be the star chaser for Puddlemore United," hale said exhaustingly while rolling his hazel eyes.
"Not to brag or anything but my summer was fantastic!" I said cheerily. "Well, besides these last few weeks…" My voice suddenly got quiet and I looked at the floor, avoiding my friend's eyes.
"Hey," Hale said in a soft, soothing whisper while tilting my chin up with his finger. "If you want to talk about it, we are right here. No fourteen-year-old girl should ever have to go through that. And as long as I'm around, I'm going to make sure I never let them touch you again."
"You sound like every other male in my family," I said while chuckling. Soon, we were all laughing and Emmy trapped us in a large bear hug.
"We are going to stick by each other, no matter what. We are going to get through this, together. If both your guy's parents could get through this last time with Voldemort and that psychopath Lestrange, than we can do the same," Emmy said with a newfound strength and confidence in her voice.
"There is a reason we are Gryffindors," I added while silent tears fell down my cheeks.
"The night is still young and there is an epic party going on. Lets go have some fun!" Hale shouted jubilantly before departing into the large crowd.
"By that, he means lets get wasted," I said while taking Emmy's hand and going to enjoy myself for the first time in several weeks.
Hermione's POV
I was in a curled ball on Ron's lap in the new burrow. After we left the children at the platform three days ago, all the family member quickly went to work on rebuilding The Burrow. It amazed me how fast we got everything done. The new burrow looked quite similar to the old one, just the actual structure was firmer and there were extra floors added to provide extra rooms for the abundance of family members.
The living room was filled with all of my extended family, doing various things. Mrs. Weasley, Audrey, and Fleur were making a late dinner for all of us in the new kitchen. George, Angelina, Percy, Mr. Weasley and Bill were discussing new ideas for the shop. Victoire and Teddy were huddled together in the corner, giggling with hands interlocked. Harry, Ginny, Ron, and myself were seriously talking about the expected upcoming war.
"It doesn't look good at all right now. There have been attacks on both magical and muggle towns. There have been reports of dead muggles, with no sign of how they died on them. The death eaters are getting stronger and they are getting to quite a large number," Harry said with worry.
"Well, if they are recruiting, we should to," Ron said as if it was obvious.
"I know that Ron. Its just that… they are recruiting…" Harry's voice trailed off into a whisper and he mumbled the rest of the sentence.
"Where are the recruiting harry?" I asked seriously. I had an idea but I was dearly hoping that it would be wrong.
"Hogwarts." His voice was barely audible but everyone in the room had heard. A thick silence spread over the home as we stared at harry in disbelief.
"How?" Victoire finally spoke up, her voice shaking with fear and shock.
"I don't know," Harry said while burying his face into his hands. "A reliable source of mind told me that the death eaters have an inside man working at Hogwarts. They are supposedly recruiting Slytherins and children of old death eaters."
My eyes filled with tears as I imagined children being tortured and forced to join the cause, but for the wrong side. I thought of Scorpius and I started to sob harder.
"He'll be fine 'Mione," Ginny said, reading my mind. "Scorpius is a strong boy. He would never in a million years even think about joining them. Not even if they tortured or threatened him."
"But Draco joined them at Scorpius's age," Percy pointed out.
"True, but Scorpius is nothing like what Draco was at his age. He is much wiser than Draco ever was. Besides, h has someone to fight for," Ginny stated with a smile on her face.
"Who?" Ron asked dumbly.
"Rose, obviously," George said. Ron's face went white as snow and he looked like he was going to pass out.
"Ron, we all know they fancy each other. I bet they are going to get with each other by Christmas," Angelina said knowingly.
"No, no, no. It'll be by Halloween." Bill voiced his opinion.
"Are you mad? They'll start dating at Easter but won't tell us until James's, Fred's, Roxanne's, Dom's, and Molly's graduation," Fleur said smartly.
"Will you all stop it! Rose and Scorpius are not going to get together! Never ever ever!" Ron roared angrily and quite child like. I rolled my eyes at his stubbornness.
"What if they are already dating but they just aren't telling us? It would explain why Scorpius never left Rose's sight at St. Mungo's," Ginny said while pondering. Before Ron could explode at his little sister, there was a loud crash at the window. We all immediately extracted our wand and pointed in at the window before Harry cautiously opened it. In flew Zena, Dominique's owl.
"Look! The kids wrote us a letter!" Audrey said happily. "Should I read it out loud?" We all nodded eagerly.
Dear Everyone,
We arrived safely at Hogwarts so no need to worry. Hogwarts has changed quite a lot this year. Not only in physical appearance, but the curriculum as well. Wands now line the floor underneath the tile, along with other muggle weapons. The walls now show different defensive spells to use and bezoars are now inside the walls as well. There are hundreds of other changes as well but it would take much too long to write them all down. Professor Cartier has changed a lot of the teaching staff. Binns, Reolga, Neville, and Hagrid are still there though. She brought in Flitwick, Trelawney, and best of all, McGonagall! We also have this young pretty thing as our new DADA professor. Professor Green is her name I think. We are more than a little suspicious of her abilities to teach us but we won't know until our fist DADA class tomorrow. Everything we learn about now is all connected to the approaching war. All of the classes have been changed to fit the purpose of training us. In Transfiguration, we are trying to become Animagi. It's extremely confident and McGonagall doesn't seem like she wants to teach us. Professor Cartier and the Ministry of Magic are probably making her. Rose, of course, is already doing brilliantly and McGonagall think she may learn how to by mid October! In Potions, we are brewing all sorts of poisons and antidotes that we are supposed to carry with us at all times. In Care of Magical creatures, Hagrid is having us study deadly creatures that we can learn to tame and use to our advantage! I think he has gone mental. Even in Muggle Studies we are learning how to use swords, knifes, something called a gun, and other muggle weaponries by our professor who used to work undercover in the American military. It feels like they are preparing us for battle. The good thing is though that they didn't cancel Quidditch or trips to Hogsmeade, something we expect you all had a part of doing. James already has in mind of who he wants on the team. Himself and Fred as beaters, Albus, Roxanne, and Hale as chasers, Lily as seeker, and Scorpius as keeper. It should be a great season as always. We better jet, Professor Cartier is strictly enforcing bedtime. Lots of love to all of you! Please, stay safe.
Love,
James, Fred, Dominique, Roxanne, Molly, Albus, Rose, Alice, Scorpius, Lucy, Louis, Lily, and Hugo
As soon as Audrey finishes reading the kid's letter, anger started to bubble over. It seemed as if almost everyone, besides Harry and Ron, felt the same as me.
"They are training these kids to be an army! It's absurd!" Angelina screamed angrily while George took her wand way from her in case she accidently hexed something.
"They're preparing our kids to fight! If I ever get my hands on that woman, Professor Cartier, I swear-" Fleur started to shout something in French and Victoire looked very shocked at her mother. I'm lad I have no idea what she said.
"Well, its better than not have the kids prepared at all. There could very well be a battle at Hogwarts. They're just trying to prepare them for the worst case scenario," Harry said logically.
"Ron, what are you thinking about?" I asked concerned when I noticed my husband's expression. Nothing turns out well when he thinks.
"This Professor Green, She reminds me of someone. I can't remember who though…" Ron said before returning to his train of thought. "I got it! She was in the auror training program! Laurel Green I believe. She showed great potential but she left the program. Some said she went bonkers others said she got pregnant. Whatever the case was, she suddenly left and never returned."
"Ooh, I remember her! She was sort of mental if you asked me," harry admitted.
"Do you think she can properly teach our kids though?" Percy asked worried.
"Yeah, I think so. If she got over her slightly crazy ways, she will be absolutely perfect" Ron said.
Everyone let out a deep breath and looked relieved. Even though Hogwarts is training our kids for battle, at least they will be trained correctly. If they had a terrible DADA teacher, I don't know what we would have down. I probably would have volunteered to go down there myself and teach them.
"Food will be ready shortly so everyone wash up!" Mrs. Weasley said loudly. We all scurried out of the living room, not willing to disobey her.
"They'll be okay sweetheart. Don't you worry," Ron said while placing a light kiss on my temple.
"My heart wants to believe you Ron. But my head is screaming at me, saying I know something is going to go down. Something soon."
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