Chapter 26
Finals came up fast much to everyone's cringe. Hermione battered everyone into studying. Isis slept through these cramming sessions and she only got hit with a book twice.
"If I don't know the stuff by know I won't know it tomorrow. And staying up all night cramming makes you tired during the test so you'll fail any ways. Its ten o'clock go to bed," Isis said still trying to sleep on her books after Hermione's lecture on study habits.
After a week of testing everyone was relieved to be done. Isis was literally floating.
Ron, Hermione, Neville, Luna, Harry, Ginny and Isis were sown by the lake. Isis was levitating herself over the water about twenty feet out.
"Those tests were brutal," complained Ron.
"They were challenging," said Hermione while reading.
Neville and Luna were playing exploding snaps.
"I thought they were kinda easy," said Isis.
"Me too, said Harry lying on the ground next to Ginny who was asleep.
"Well I covered a lot of that at my old school," said Isis brushing her hands against the water.
After about five minutes all the people on shore heard Isis scream.
A fishy hand sprung out of the water and pulled her in.
When she resurfaced there were two mermen and two mermaids about her age in front of her laughing and talking.
"You should have seen your face," said a merman.
"It was hilarious," said the other.
The girls just laughed.
"Obviously you came for some other reason than to sink me so what's up?" said Isis in their language.
"The head merman wishes to speak to you fairy princess," said one of the girls.
"By the way our names. I am Neptune, she is Venus, he is Ulysses and he is Uric," she said indicating each of them.
"Well I'm Isis, but you probably know that."
"We should go," said Uric.
"One minute. I need to change," she snapped her fingers and her jeans and t-shirt changed into a black haulter to and skirt, "ok lead the way."
With that they dove under. Isis transfigured gilled onto her neck. About fifteen minutes later they reached the edge of the town. They finally reached the headman's palace.
"Princess Isis Dark. It is a pleasure t finally meet you," said the headman.
"You as well headman and please call me Isis."
"Only if you call me Curron."
"Very well Curron. What did you wish to speak with me about?"
"I have heard rumors that the people topside believe that magical creatures/beings will side with the Dark Lord. I wish to inform you that we as well as Sebastian will not join him and we wish to help in whatever way we can."
"That's great I'll keep in touch with you so we can work together," Isis said, "I think is should be getting back soon, they may suspect I have drown."
"Very well it was a pleasure to meet you."
"You as well," Isis bowed and turned away, before she reached the surface she retracted her wings.
Isis resurfaced to come face to face with Dumbledore, McGonagall, Flitwick, Sprout, Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Ginny in a boat.
"Hey," said Isis, "what are you guys doing here?"
"We could ask you the same thing," said Dumbledore.
"Well," said Isis as she was pulled into the boat by Harry and Ron, "I was talking to the head merman. He is very polite."
"You speak merish?" said Snape incredulously.
"I speak many languages," Isis explained. She cast a drying charm on her cloths and hair, "it's expected of my family."
"Don't you mean head of your family? With Sirius Black dead?" said Flitwick as the boat rowed to shore.
"Nope Harry's head of the Black family. I was never recognized. I mean the Dark family. My mom's older brother didn't want it so being second born she got it. When she died I was her only heir so it moved to me. If I didn't want it, it would go to Aunt Colleen."
"So you're going to take it?" asked Sprout.
"Yaeh, I've been training for it most of my life. Even if I am a half blood to grams."
They landed and got out of the boat. Ice just started to walk off.
"Miss Black," said Dumbledore, "how did you stay under water so long?"
"Human transfiguration. I gave myself gills," she smiled.
"What did you speak about? You could have broken the tentative alliance we hold with them," Dumbledore held onto her shoulders.
"That is between him and me. It is no business of yours. And if you don't let go of me now I'll have you sued for assault. I don't like being touched."
He let go, "Miss Black as headmaster I am ordering you to tell me what you spoke of."
Ice smirked, "as a higher family name I am ordering you to fuck off."
"Family name has nothing to do with this. And yours is not higher."
"What's it to do with then? Power? Money? Your becoming as corrupt as your government? Got a letter from Cornelius Fudge when I got enrolled here, asked if my family would join the Ministry in support and I wrote a two word letter to him. The same words I told you. And if you figured to look into the bloodlines of your students you'd see that my name is higher, not Black or Dark but the one that the Dark name came from."
