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A/N: Okay, just a little note – I am SO thrilled that many readers love this story! Thank you so much for your support and kind words. However, just to respond to the many reviews I've been getting, just to clear the air: Some of you are asking me to elongate the future happenings of Venus, while some of you are asking me to summarize it more and make it shorter. …I know it can get confusing, but I'm having the Supernaturals witness the important events of Venus' future because I want to speed through it and reach to Part 2 of my story which is where Klaus makes the decision on whether or not he would change the future of his daughter.
I'm terribly sorry if some of my readers don't like the system I provided for this story, but I don't want to waste too much time having them observe Venus' life play out since I have all seven books to cover.
Venus Jamie Potter – Mia Hays.
Alex Russo – Selena Gomez.
Chapter 7:
"This is Venus' first day of classes," Lily beamed, watching as her daughter marched her way over to the Great Hall, sandwiched by Alex and Neville.
Rebekah scoffed and glared at the annoying children who instantly began muttering and pointing at Venus, "How rude! Leave my niece alone."
"There look."
"Where?"
"Hey! Why don't you take a picture?! It'll last longer," Alex snarled at them, causing all the students to scuttle away from the trio.
"Thanks Alex!" Venus beamed, looping arms with the dark-haired girl and grabbing Neville's hand over to the Gryffindor table.
"I like her. She's funny," Kol smirked.
Klaus nodded, a small smile splayed on his lips, "Yes, I deeply approve of Venus' decision to befriend Alex."
"Neville is family, and Alex doesn't care about her fame; both are good loyal traits," Lily smiled fondly.
The Ten Supernaturals observed in stunned surprise as they shadowed the trio map their way around the castle. Ghosts in a pearly form, talking portraits, moving staircases … it was all incredibly unbelievable. They knew that if they hadn't witnessed it all with their own eyes, they would never have believed such a thing existed.
They observed in pride as Venus excelled in her first Transfiguration class, succeeding in transfiguring her match into a sharp, pointy needle before offering aid to Alex and Neville.
"James excelled in Transfiguration. It was his favorite subject," Lily smiled sadly; James would be so proud of his little girl. Elijah flashed the dead mother a soft smile and pleasantly asked, "What about you, Lily? What subjects did you excel in?"
"Charms and Potions," Lily beamed.
"I'm sure Venus will take after you, Lily," Elena said kindly, prompting a grateful hand squeeze.
"So, I heard the greasy Professor teaches us potions and favors the Slytherins," Alex casually commented, filling her mouth with food. Neville nodded nervously, "He scares me."
"As long as he's not a bully, I don't care," Venus shrugged nonchalantly.
"Yes, because she has dealt with more than enough bullies throughout her life," Klaus growled, his eyes flashing golden for a second before returning to its regular blue-green.
"Oh, Severus," Lily sighed sadly under her breath, uncaring that the supernaturals were able to hear her loud and clearly. The dead mother's emerald eyes were boring sadly into the blank onyx ones of her old childhood friend as the scene changed, depicting Venus' first Potions lesson.
Severus Snape started the class by taking the roll call; when he reached Venus' name, he paused and sneered, "Ah, yes. Venus Potter. Our new – celebrity."
"You son of a bitch!" Rebekah, Kol and Damon yelled loudly.
Klaus didn't bother uttering a word; instead, he clenched his fists hard enough to draw blood as he stared at his daughter's enraged visage.
"Oh dear, Venus won't take his words lightly," Lily moaned, both hands against on her cheeks in distress.
"Why should she? This teacher already began bullying her, singling her out from the rest of the class," Stefan stated grimly.
After Professor Snape ended his speech, he suddenly barked, "Potter! What would I get if I added powdered root of asphodel to an infusion of wormwood?"
"Severus! That's a third year question!" Lily screeched, ignoring the mutterings and cussing from the Ten Supernaturals.
Elijah's brow rose in shock, "Why does Miss Granger know the answer?"
And indeed, she did; the girl was practically bouncing off her seat, her hand waving manically in the air.
"In the train, Hermione told them that she read ahead," Bonnie shrugged in response.
"I don't know, sir," Venus spat out through gritted teeth. "I only read the book for this year, so I wouldn't know."
Snape's lips curled into a sneer, ignoring her smart remark, "Tut, tut – fame clearly isn't everything. Let's try again, Potter, where would you look if I told you to find me a bezoar?"
"Okay, at least that is a first year question. However, they don't learn it until second term," Lily snarled, glaring at Snape as though he were a complete stranger.
Leaning back against her chair, Venus crossed her arms and coolly said, "I'd tell you to search your private cupboard. But, if you want an exact, detailed reply, then I'd tell you it is a stone found in the stomach of a goat."
The class all laughed at her cheeky retort, Alex gave her a high-five and Snape glared at her menacingly, "One point for your cheek, Potter!"
"She's got your dark sense of humor, Nik," Rebekah smiled fondly.
"And Kol's causal, mostly uncaring demeanor with a penchant for disobedience and stirring trouble," Elijah added, his compressed lips quirking into a fond smile.
Lily emitted a light laugh, "James was one of the biggest troublemakers at school, him along with Sirius… oh, to this day McGonagall swears that those two are the sole reason for all the white in her hair."
"What is the difference, Potter, between Monkshood and Wolfsbane?"
"I am assuming from your raging temper, that is not a first year question, either?" Elijah guessed coolly.
"No," Lily snarled vehemently. "It is a sixth year question!"
"I think I will enjoy torturing him, starting by tearing him limb from limb before I begin gutting his innards and reveling in his desperate and pained screams," Klaus growled sounding like the wolf within.
Lily shook her head rapidly, imploring him with her eyes, "Don't!"
"Darling, he's bullying Venus, what do you expect?" Kol gaped, scandalized. Rebekah nodded in agreement.
Sighing, Lily rubbed her temples and spoke in a saddened tone. "Severus and James were rivals. They loathed each other. James and Sirius despised him because he was so immersed in the Dark Arts, but James also hated him because he was my best friend and grew jealous. In our fifth year, things got out of hand… story for another time," she quickly informed them upon noticing the curious and questioning glances. "And I ended our friendship. A year later, James and I started dating, and then we got married. Severus is obviously taking out all his anger on my daughter. In his opinion, he wants James' daughter to suffer for his mistakes and for bullying him during Hogwarts."
"That doesn't make it right! Children should never have to suffer for the sins of their father," Klaus bitterly spat, memories of Mikael flittering through his eyes. Kol, Rebekah and Elijah spared him pitying glances, but didn't utter a word in fear of provoking his ire toward them.
"Look, as long as this Snape guy doesn't harm her, besides verbally, let's discuss his punishment at a later date, when all this is done and over," Caroline suggested in an attempt to establish peace.
"Again, Professor," Venus sneered, shocking Snape slightly. "That is not a first year question, so I wouldn't know."
"What a dick," Alex muttered to Venus who agreed wholeheartedly. Once Snape gave them the correct answers to his questions, he paired them off to mix up a simple potion to cure boils. Alex and Venus were paired together, while Neville was paired with a sandy-haired boy, Seamus Finnigan.
Suddenly, Neville somehow managed to melt Seamus' cauldron and the whole class jumped onto their stools as the potion began seeping, burning holes into their shoes.
"Idiot boy!" Snape snarled.
"SEVERUS TOBIAS SNAPE! Why I ought to strangle you! How DARE you!" Lily bellowed at the top of her lungs, prompting all the Supernaturals to wince and cover their ears.
Once he finished berating poor Neville, he ordered Seamus to take him to the hospital wing before turning on Venus, "You, Potter, why didn't you tell him not to add the porcupine quills? Thought he'd make you look good if he got it wrong, did you? That's another point you've lost for Gryffindor!"
Before any of the observers could even think about screaming or yelling profanities, or, in the Originals' case, snarl threats, Alex Russo retaliated.
"Okay that's it!" Alex muttered, glaring at Snape with hate, "Venus was busy with our potion. You on the other hand, failed to do your job correctly while you were over by the Slytherins marveling their work!"
Silence filled the classroom as Snape approached her slowly, "Fifty points from Gryffindor. Next time it will be a hundred and two weeks' worth of detention."
As they left the class, Alex stated with a smirk, "It was so worth it!"
"Something tells me that Alex and Venus are going to be nothing but trouble for that greasy bastard," Damon smirked triumphantly.
"He deserves it!" Elena snapped, "How the hell were you able to be friends with him, Lily?"
Smiling sadly, the dead mother said, "He was different during our childhood. Now… now he's bitter, consumed with envy and hatred."
"Well, he better control it before he meets his end by my hands," Klaus sneered.
After Neville returned from the hospital wing, the trio made their way over to Hagrid's hut for a visit.
The Supernaturals observed as they got to know each other better and everything was going swimmingly until Venus located a newspaper clipping on his table and began reading it out loud.
"I thought Hagrid said nobody would ever dare break into Gringotts," a bewildered Jeremy commented.
Lily grimaced, knowing the identity of the person who attempted to steal from goblins, "Some would risk it if they were desperate enough."
The scene changed; Neville sat in the Gryffindor table at the Great Hall opening a package he received from his grandmother.
"Nev, what is that?" Venus asked curiously. The two girls stared in bewilderment at the glass ball the size of a large marble that lay in the palm of his hand.
"It's a Remembrall!" he explained, "Gran knows I forget things. This tells you if there's something you've forgotten to do. Look, if you hold it tight like this and if it turns red-" His face fell as the marble glowed scarlet, "… you've forgotten something…"
"What a remarkable creation," Elijah breathed out in wonder.
Lily snickered, "Alice had a horrible memory too. She was given a Remembrall by her mother… unfortunately, the only problem, is it doesn't tell you what you have forgotten."
"Neville, the password is pig snout," Venus giggled. Just then, Draco snatched the Remembrall from Neville's hand, making Venus and Alex stand up instantly to defend him. Fortunately for them, McGonagall approached them at that moment, forcing Draco to return it.
"She knows when to show up after teaching the Marauders for seven years," Lily smiled fondly, a gleam of mirth in her eyes.
They then passed through the events of the first Quidditch lesson, watching as Neville lost control of his broomstick and had to be taken to the hospital wing, followed by Draco snatching the fallen Remembrall from the grass and Venus riding a broomstick for the very first time as she retrieved the Remembrall when he threw it away, and lastly, McGonagall giving her the position of Gryffindor Seeker.
"The blonde ponce's plan backfired," Kol smirked.
"Your father would be proud," McGonagall smiled fondly. "He was an excellent Quidditch player himself."
"He would," Lily smiled tearfully, eliciting a pang from Klaus. "James is probably dancing with glee as we speak, smiling down in pride. Venus is the youngest player in a century, a very remarkable feat."
They were then forced to witness as Draco challenged Venus to a wizard's duel; Venus named Alex as her second, while Draco named Crabbe.
"He's egging her on. He won't show," Bonnie stated matter-of-factly.
And the witch was right; Hermione attempted to stop them from leaving, but Alex threatened her and scared her into leaving them alone. Venus and Alex ran into Neville who had forgotten the password and the trio set off to the duel… but he didn't show.
"No! Don't hide there!" Lily shrieked after Peeves began yelling and caused a commotion, "That's the forbidden third floor corridor!"
"Maybe the old geezer was bluffing," Damon supplied weakly.
"Venus, Alex, look!" Neville whined in fear. The two girls turned around to see a monstrous three-headed dog looming over them threateningly.
"A CERBERUS! ALBUS DUMBLEDORE WHAT WERE YOU THINKING!" Lily screeched, automatically clutching onto Klaus' arm in fear.
"That's, that's a Greek myth, they're real?!" Rebekah gasped unattractively.
Damon and Kol were unusually solemn as they stared fearfully at the monstrous creature. Elena, Bonnie and Caroline clutched onto each other tightly; Stefan and Jeremy gaped in astounded shock; Elijah blanched, paling rapidly; but Klaus, Klaus' eyes were flashing with a rare emotion, an emotion that only appeared when Mikael happened to be close by… fear.
"You guuuuys… I don't know about you two, but between Filch and death, I'd rather choose death," Venus whimpered, prompting a harsh nod from Alex as she opened the door and the three first-years scampered off to the Gryffindor common room, out of breath and as white as a sheet.
"Venus Jamie Potter! Never scare me like that ever again," Lily breathed out, releasing Klaus' hand; he had indented moon crests marked on his tanned arm from her nails, so deep in fact, it produced a few droplets of blood.
"Never, never, never, ever, ever again," Neville choked out, his eyes wide in fear.
"You guys, remember when I told you about my first time in Diagon Alley when Hagrid withdrew a strange package from some super-secret vault?" Venus rattled out excitedly.
"Yeah… what about it?" Alex asked curiously. Venus' eyes gleamed, "That dog was standing over a trapdoor, I bet you anything that package is hidden down there."
Groans reverberated from the observers' mouth.
"No! You stay away from that corridor!" Lily yelled, wagging a finger at her daughter.
"You do know that she can't hear you," Kol said snarkily; he was feeling very protective over his little niece. If it was him, he'd thirst for the adventure and run head-first into danger, but he was an Original, a thousand year old vampire… Venus on the other hand was a tiny frail and fragile little girl.
"I can't believe you managed to look at its feet! Three gigantor heads, Vee! Three!" Alex groaned, but she too, looked excited. Neville shook his head, "You two are crazy. I'm going to bed."
Scenes flew by, and Lily couldn't help but smile fondly when Venus received a Nimbus Two Thousand from McGonagall.
"That Granger girl is so bloody annoying," Rebekah ground out. "Why won't she leave them alone and mind her own business?"
Before they knew it, Halloween arrived and they were witnessing Venus' first feast when Quirrell suddenly came barging in.
"Troll! In the dungeons – thought you ought to know," Quirrell bellowed to Albus before fainting onto the ground.
"WHAT!" the women all screamed at the top of their lungs.
"How the bloody hell would a troll get released in the castle?" Klaus demanded, eyes flashing.
The students began screaming until Dumbledore let out fireworks from his wand, demanding the prefects to lead their houses back to their dormitories.
Venus, Alex and Neville huddled together side by side in the common room. McGonagall later informed them that Hermione Granger was severely injured as she had been in the bathroom all day when the troll got in.
"Oh the poor girl," Lily fretfully cried out. "Ronald Weasley must have really hurt her feelings after Charms class."
"As long as Venus is alright, I don't really care," Klaus sneered; he wasn't enjoying fearing for his daughter's life. Love was a weakness in his opinion, and Venus was bringing out all emotions he had long ago deftly hidden away, out to the surface.
"How can you say that? Don't you even care that a young girl was hurt?" Elena barked angrily.
"Not to sound heartless darling-" Kol glared at Elena, he was tired of everyone thinking the Originals were that cruel, and he was going to put the annoying doppelgänger in her place once and for all, "-but the girl brought it onto herself. She's bossy, and rude and very patronizing. It is her own fault she is unable to make friends. She was the one who spent all day crying in a bloody bathroom of all places where everyone could hear her or intrude on her, she should have stayed in her room, or grown a pair, keeping her head held high. My niece spent ten years living in utter hell, being bullied, starved, beaten and friendless and you don't see her acting like an annoying twit, crying when somebody says something rude about her, do you!? So keep your bloody comments to yourself."
Silence met Kol's words; Klaus felt gratitude over his brother's protectiveness while the Scooby Gang all gaped unattractively at the mischievous and usually laidback Original.
Scenes kept on flickering by and the Ten Supernaturals and Lily stayed quiet, observing the happenings in tranquility, that is, until Venus' first Quidditch game approached.
Venus noticed the snitch and dived down immediately after the streak of gold; the Slytherin Seeker was at her heels but before she could reach out and grab it, the Slytherin captain who greatly resembled a troll, blocked her on purpose, causing Venus' broom to spin off, holding on for dear life.
"You bastard!" Lily yelled.
Klaus growled, "He could have killed her!"
"You know, I was just thinking how cool it was to fly on a broom… now? Not so much," Jeremy commented grimly.
"You and me both," Kol and Damon muttered, glaring at each other again for speaking the same words at the same time.
"Wait, why is Venus' broom bucking-" Rebekah was unable to complete her sentence as a horrified gasp escaped her throat and she clutched on tightly to an equally worried Klaus; Venus fell off her broom, holding on with one hand as it kept trying to buck her.
"Someone is cursing her broom!" Lily yelled in recognition, angry emerald eyes searching the crowd for the culprit.
"What do you mean, cursing her broom?" Klaus snarled ferociously.
Lily barely spared him a glance as she frantically searched through the crowd, "I mean, Dark Magic! Someone is purposely trying to kill your daughter, Nik! What else would I mean!?"
Venus' broom stopped shaking and she jumped back on making a dive before tumbling from her broom and onto the ground.
"Ooh, she looks like she's about to hurl," Kol winced, pointing out the obvious.
Coughing, something gold fell into her hand and she stared in shock and victory at the snitch.
"GRYFFINDOR WINS!"
Everyone applauded in awe and Lily smiled fondly, James would have loved that… so proud of their little girl.
"It's like she can do the impossible," Caroline piped up.
"It was Snape!" Alex informed Venus as they sat in Hagrid's hut. "I saw him through the binoculars and set his robes on fire," she smirked.
"No! I refuse to believe it. Severus may hate James, but he would never kill my daughter, my flesh and blood," Lily shook her head vehemently.
"Don't you think that maybe you're being too trusting?" Bonnie gently addressed their distressed guide.
"Wishful thinking," Rebekah scoffed. "Your old pal nearly killed my niece- Nik, say something!"
"If I say something, then heads would begin to roll," Klaus said harshly, his eyes never straying from his little girl. He found that staring at her was quite calming.
"Am I the only one exuberant over the fact that Alex set the greasy bastard's robe on fire?" Kol commented, receiving no response.
"Rubbish," Hagrid waved her off. "Why would Snape do somethin' like that?"
"Well, we think that he's trying to steal whatever the three-headed dog is guarding and let the troll out as a diversion during Halloween," Venus stated matter-of-factly. Dropping the teapot, Hagrid gaped at them in surprise, "How do you know about Fluffy?"
"Fluffy?" the trio parroted in shock.
"Fluffy?" the Ten Supernaturals mirrored the trio's reaction.
"This is a bloody joke, right? Where are the candid cameras?" Rebekah asked in disbelief.
Once she recovered from her shock, Lily laughed much to the others' immense surprise, "Oh, Hagrid." She then addressed the surprised Ten Supernaturals, "One thing you must know about Hagrid, he has a habit of naming dangerous creatures' cute names and harmless animals' dangerous ones."
"Like Fang the Boarhound," Stefan chuckled.
Lily smiled, "Exactly."
Shaking his head in disbelief, Kol scoffed, "Mental."
"Yeah – he's mine – bought him off a Greek chappie I met in the pub las' year – I lent him to Dumbledore to guard the-" Hagrid snapped his mouth shut.
"HAGRID! Don't you dare!" Lily growled in warning.
"Oh, come on, I want to know," Jeremy said.
Shaking her head, Lily huffed, "Hagrid is horrible at keeping secrets, I'm sure he'll squeal sooner or later. Hopefully much later."
"Ya know, Hagrid. Snape is trying to kill Vee, you'll be doing more harm than good if you don't tell us what Fluffy is guarding," Alex spoke up in an innocent tone, batting her eyelashes.
"Cute," Kol snorted.
"Cheeky," Lily retorted. "Such a Slytherin move," she quipped.
"My Gran told me about curses Hagrid," Neville frantically said. "You've got to keep eye contact and Snape wasn't blinking."
"Also, the same could be said for the counter-curse," Lily pointed out; she didn't know why she was bothering at all… everyone was quite adamant in blaming Severus. His attitude wasn't doing him any favors whatsoever.
"I'm tellin' yeh, yer wrong!" Hagrid said hotly, "I don't know why Venus' broom acted like that, but Snape wouldn't try an' kill a student! Now, listen to me, all three of yeh – yer meddlin' in things that don' concern yeh. It's dangerous. You forget that dog, an' you forget what it's guardin', that's between Professor Dumbledore an' Nicolas Flamel–"
"Aha!" Alex and Venus cried out in victory.
"HAGRID!" Lily half-groaned, half-shouted.
"Nicholas Flamel? Who is he?" Damon quizzically asked.
But he was met with simultaneous shrugs of confusion.
"Never heard of him, mate," Klaus said offhandedly.
"Huh, that's odd. Nicholas Flamel is famous in both the Wizarding and the Muggle world. In all your thousand years you've never heard of him? … Not one of you?" Lily asked the four baffled Originals who responded by shaking their heads in unison.
"Who is Nicholas Flamel?" Venus instantly asked Alex and Neville as they left Hagrid's hut.
"He sounds familiar, I think I've heard of him before, but if I ask my Gran then she'll get suspicious and probably send an owl to McGonagall and Dumbledore, asking what I'm involving myself in at school," Neville sadly revealed.
Alex snorted, her eyes lighting up with an idea, "I know! We'll ask my brother."
"Why would Justin know?" Venus asked in confusion.
Rolling her eyes, Alex scoffed, "He's a bookworm, he probably read half the library, and I'd rather die than look through those stuffy books searching for the geezer."
"Is it too much to ask for my daughter to immerse herself in Quidditch, studies and her friends? I can't believe I'm saying this, but I'd prefer her to be a prankster and spend most of her time in detention like James and Sirius than go looking for danger!" Lily ranted.
"She's going to be the death of me," Klaus groaned, dragging a weary hand down his face.
A/N: Sorry for the wait… so half her year at Hogwarts is done … I think by next chapter we'll be done with Book 1.
Do you think Justin Russo would know the answer? Did you like Venus & Alex teaming up against Snape and causing mayhem together? Will they become pranksters…?
R&R.
