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Mrs. J.K., Thank you for the playground and the puppets, I love to play with them for free. Hmm, that sounded better in my head than on paper.
Previous:
Lying in my bed I was going over my feelings, that Horcrux is affecting my temper, no, not the Horcrux alone, but also the abuse I got from the Dursleys.
I lashed out like an angry cat to everyone, Lockhart was making fun of, and with everyone, I am turning everyone against me. Once the Headmistress is here the Horcrux got to go, and maybe I visit a mind healer.
Wisdom +1
20 Salem Witches.
The next morning I woke up, Luna is a bloody Koala, she held me in a death grip. Gently I woke her up: "Wake up honey, it is almost time for breakfast. The RoR provided a nice shower, Luna got most of her stuff back and I have my new school uniform.
From a boy's point of view, this uniform is way better, the skirt is above the knee, the shirt allowed some cleavage, all in all, an improvement. From a girl's point of view… I look mighty sexy in it, but I don't like the draft down below. The wind has free range down there.
I ended with the most important part: the spell that prevents boys to look up the skirts. I showed the spell to Luna, she shrugged: "They never tried to look up my skirt." I answered: "We will give them some reasons to do so, come here and let me fix your hair."
I Paste Wandless on Luna and taught her the sparkling eyes and billowing cloak, even the shine on the teeth. Next, I explained to instead of radish-ear-rings she should use the essence as a perfume to deflect the nargels, lining her clothes with cork instead of necklace and a few rings with the same metal as the butterbeer caps. Luna's eyes were sparkling with my suggestions, but then again it could be the spell.
A year with Lockhart was an eye-opener, soon Luna was a solid 8.7, with the right clothes and attitude she can even go above 9.5.
Xxxxx
We made heads turn when we entered the Great Hall. Eyes sparkling, cloaks billowing and our head held high with a big smile. We made a big impression.
I sat next to Fleur and put Luna on my other side: "Miss Delacour, meet Luna Lovegood, Luna, this is Miss Fleur Delacour. Miss Delacour, Luna here has a special gift, she has mage sight, she can see magic interact with people and enchanted items."
Fleur smiled at Luna: "Pleased to meet you, Miss Luna, I envy you for that ability. I want to be an enchanter and that would be a great help."
Flitwick came to our table: "Miss Lovegood? Where were you last night? The prefects told me two phoenixes took you away." Ah, it is time to have some fun: "I can answer that Mr. Flitwick. Those phoenixes delivered Luna to me. They noticed Miss Luna is bullied by some nasty Nargels and delivered her to me so I can put her in House Potters protection.
It is sad, that you are too busy to care for your students and that your prefects are part of the problem. But don't worry, I will protect Miss Luna from now on. Favored by two phoenixes is special don't you think so? I already asked house elves to search for the possessions that were stolen from Miss Luna.
Being bullied for possessing Mage sight, Rowena's gift they call it shows that your Claws are not so intelligent after all."
Flitwick was stunned: "Bullied for having mage sight? That is unheard of! "I looked at him with pity: "Mr. Flitwick did those Prefects never report that Luna was missing on other nights? Those Nargels often locked her out of the dorm so she had to sleep in an abandoned classroom."
Flitwick went to the prefects for an explanation.
I said to Fleur: "Luna had her mage sight on all day, and explained the things she saw with names she and her mother came up with. Luna's mother passed away a few years back, so she kept the names to feel connected to her mum. The names sounded a little silly and she is getting bullied because of it."
Fleur was touched: "Luna dear, you must come to Beaubatons! Girls with such a rare gift are cherished." I nodded: "Yes Luna or you come with me to Salem, this school is subpar anyway."
Flitwick hear my last remark: "Miss potter! That is slander. Don't do baseless accusations, that can get you in trouble." I rolled my eyes: "Mr. Flitwick, the History of magic is taught by a ghost, that has the ability to get you asleep in ten minutes. He is just reciting from the textbook anyway. Muggle studies are so far behind that she thinks muggles ride in horseless carriages, I bet she thinks those lines airplanes make in the sky are new kinds of striped clouds.
Divination is taught by a drunk woman that predicts my death every two days. Care for magic creatures is taught by a man without common sense. Crossbreeding Fire crabs with Manticores is sane? Flying classes are taught on brooms that are not even good enough for firewood. Dada has a different teacher each year, most are incompetent idiots. Remember Lockhart?
The biggest incompetent teacher is Snape, if you are not a Slytherin then you will never get into his Newt class, our you have to be tutored at home. He may be a potion master, but he is not, and never will be a teacher. His teaching skill is copying the recipe on a blackboard and insulting the students from the other houses.
Those are seven courses, Mr. Flitwick. Can you deny what I said? And a lot of courses are dumbed down because there may be a dark spell somewhere in it."
Flitwick sighed and left, there was no way he could defend the school against what I said. My rant was heard by a lot of people. Fleur commented: "Morgana! Is it that bad? Luna! You must come to our school."
We checked our food and ate, Fleur complimented my uniform: "You look pretty in it Rose, it is much more flattering than the Hogwarts uniform." I flipped my hair and said: "Yes, I am sexy, I am Rose Potter, Vanquisher of Voldemort three times over, Slayer of Basilisks, the Bane of Dementors, the Heroin in several books, and currently competing in Teen Witch Weekly for first place on the most beautiful smile. I think the other one is cheating though."
Hah! I did a Gilderoy! Fleur was puzzled: "Three times over? I thought you only have to kill him once?" I shrugged: "The bastard cheated, somehow he is still here as a wraith of some kind. In my first year he possessed our DaDa teacher, I killed the bastard at the end of the year, the year after he possessed a student by a cursed book, I killed that bastard too. He keeps on coming back."
Xxxxx
The rumor mill reported that Dumbledore is at St. Mungo's with heavy burn wounds, Fawkes lit his face on fire, I am surprised he kept him alive. Anyway, Dumbledore is out for a week or two. I am skipping classes to spend some time in the library.
Pince grumbled, but as a champion, I have free access to the library. Too bad I know everything already, last level, I Copied everything from the teachers, and as a teacher myself, I raided the library completely… I am bored.
Hmm, what to do… Ah! The Secret Chamber! Myrtle was in her toilet, she is my besty now. The sink had a lot of monitoring spells on it, so I moved them to another sink and opened the passageway. On the way, the cave-in was easily fixed, the shed skin went into my Inventory, The Basilisk was still fresh, my Inventory took him in too. The treasure Luna found at the previous level is mine now. Greed, thy name is Rose Potter!
The books, I left them behind after I learned them all. That is the only useful thing about the Game, it views all books as Skill books. I closed all doors and went upstairs.
Xxxxx
To kill some time, I hunted the Horcruxes down. The trill is gone if you know where they are and how to Dispel them, the moment I got the ring…
Title Reactivated: Master of Death
Cheapskate didn't even give me a reward.
New Skill: Baseless Complaining 5
Son of a bitch! Anyway, I went to the graveyard, and was pondering on how to contaminate those bones, Squirrel? No that has been done, rabbit is out of the question too. That naffer probably would hump me. Turtle? Nah, that gives him a shell. Birds will give him wings… no matter how I look at it, it would turn him into a fucking Pokemon. I decided on a toad, then he would match Umbitch.
I accio'd some toads, gave them a painless death, I am not a monster… I think. I summoned the bones of Riddle senior, grind them together with the toad bones and transfigured them back to the original size, and returned them back into the grave. I did all this invisible, the mansion was close by and I have to fill my year. Technically I just could have grabbed him in his homunculus body, destroy all Horcruxes, and kill the other champions. That would make me the winner of the Tri-Wizard cup. It is just those dungeons are a pain in the ass. It takes forever to gain a level.
Baseless Complaining 8
Wtf? Has it found another Skill to sass me with? Well, I am going to take my time with it… Not! It sucks to be a girl! I miss my dingeling. Peeing sitting down is sort of ok, but the maintenance of those fucking periods sucks big time, even with sanitary spells.
Am I going Yuri? What happens when I level up? Will she find a boy when I'm gone? Then again, what will happen with the Gilderoy now that I am gone? Will he keep the memories and skills?
Xxxxx
Lunch with Fleur and Luna was fun, Luna explained the nargels and their function, the Claws cringed every time she said Nargle. Fawkes came for a visit and sat on my shoulder… does that peacock have a crush on me? There is no way that I am going to lay eggs and sit on them! Maybe I am overthinking it, although he is looking strange at me.
McGonagall came to me for a talk: "Miss Potter, why haven't you gone to your classes today? Attendance is mandatory for students." I looked at her with a smile: "So young and already senile? Did you forget that old goat who made me a champion? He expelled me from Hogwarts, so I am preparing for my first task. Sleeping in History class won't help me at all. And getting insulted by that death eater in that useless potion class either.
Are you here to show me my private quarters? As a Champion from a foreign school, it is my right to have them. Or do I have to set a tent up on the front lawn?"
McGonagall protested: "You need to sleep in your bed at the Gryffindor dormitory Miss potter!"
I sighed: "Listen, and listen good Minerva when this tournament is over I leave this school forever. I am a student of Salem Witches Institute now, your boss in all his wisdom expelled me by declaring me a champion from another school. Now private quarters or do I have to go to the papers and explain some of the things that are happening here?"
McGonagall paled: "Surely you don't mean it Miss potter, how can you leave this life behind?"
I shrugged: "Laughing, singing, and dancing? This school is a hell hole and the teachers are responsible for creating it. Remember in my first year? When you send me for detention to Hagrid to look for something that was killing unicorns? Imagine that Miss Fleur, an eleven-year-old girl is forced to scout the forbidden forest to look for something that is capable of killing unicorns? I even found the bastard, a Centaur had to intervene to save my life."
Fleur swore: "Merde! Madame, you are insane! How are you allowed to be around children? Rose, if Salem does not want to take you in, Beaubatons surely will. Madame, Rose has a right to private quarters, refusing them is a breach of contract and heavily fined. That will be on top of the fine for poisoning us."
This was something Kitty was not used to. Students were berating her behavior. The sad part was that we are right to do so. Almost every Claw and Puff was following the conversation.
I added: "Second year was a blast too, students get petrified, Collin Creevy in November, and guess what? They waited until May for their mandrake's to mature for the antidote. So Collin was six months petrified. SIX MONTHS! Clearly, the only mandrakes in the world are grown in Hogwarts. There was nowhere in the world that have mandrakes in season.
And guess what Fleur? Collin was brought to the hospital wing when I was there to regrow the bones of my left arm. And still, they blamed me for it! To top it all, those incompetent teachers allowed the students to bully me. Just because I can talk to snakes. Am I wrong Minerva?
You know what Fleur? I did find the thing that was petrifying students and killed it. A Basilisk of more than seventy feet long. Do you know a fun side effect of it? Every student in school that year has a life debt to me. Even the teachers."
Fleur started laughing: "Morgana! When I think this school can't sink any lower, you push it further down."
The students could not laugh at all, having a life debt over your head is horrifying.
I continued: "Third year was fun, my Godfather by ritual escaped Azkaban, he saw the real traitor on the cover of the Daily Trash in his rat animagus form. So the idiots from the ministry thought it was a good idea to station Soul sucking demons around the school, to catch him.
Three times did they attack me. The last time I had to chase more than a hundred Dementors away from me and my godfather. Dumbledore knows he is innocent but does nothing about it. Now Minerva, point me to my private quarters or I do I call in your life debt and order you point me to one?"
McGonagall sighed and asked: "What happened to you, Miss Potter?" I glared at her: "You and that old bastard happened to me! You dropped me at the Dursleys as a piece of garbage. They treated me like a dirty slave, I had to fend that pervert away from me, and every holiday you send me back there."
I stood up and said: "Private quarters now." McGonagall showed me quarters on the fourth floor, I set the password, and said to Kitty: "You claimed to be friends of my parents, what would they say on how I was treated here?" Without a word she turned and left. I changed the password again and called Dobby to move our stuff.
Xxxxx
I went over the conversation again, with every sentence I got angrier. Each event I recalled, played in my head and fired my temper up. It is hard to joke about, hehe, I just chased a hundred dementors away and almost died. A hundred demons wanted to snog me.
My first kiss was almost my last? Hey? Did I kiss someone already? I went over my memories, nope not one, but I did notice Ron and Hermione shielding me from everyone. I hope they are not Dumbledore's stooges. I called Winky to fetch Luna, to show her the new quarters and password.
Xxxxx
Anyway, classes began, and I visited Grimmauld place 12. I knocked on the door, Kreacher was his nasty self but was happy to present the locket, the Dispelling was easy. I ordered him to tell Sirius and Walburga the tale from master Regulus and deliver a note to Gringotts telling them about Bella's Vault.
What to do… to get Sirius free I need the support of the majority of the Wizengamot. The light side is getting buggered by Dumbledore, and Lucius has the Dark side in his control. That left the Gray's… It is convenient that the Greengrasses have that blood curse, I can use that as leverage. I think Astoria is in the first year now.
First things first. I changed galleons into pounds and went shopping. That bitch Petunia only bought granny underwear for me, I made my face look older and visited a few shops.
Shopping as a girl takes forever! With every piece of clothing I had to check if it made my ass look fat, or that my boobs had the right push-up to accentuate my assets. Dinner was already served when I returned.
Xxxxx
I took a seat next to Daphne Greengrass and asked: "Miss Greengrass, I have a business proposition for your family, can you meet me after dinner in my private quarters? If you like, you may bring your sister and Miss Davis with you."
Daphne looked calculating at me, the last days were not normal ones, from the selection of the champions I behaved very differently: "Alright, after dinner, we will follow you there."
Ferret boy could not help himself: "What are you doing here Potty? Shouldn't you be with your loony and the Veela?" I rolled my eyes: "Put a sock in it ferret face, be sure to thank your daddy for being responsible for all those life debts the students owe me. It was his cursed artifact that was responsible for opening the Secret Chamber after all."
Several Slytherins swore. Daphne asked me: "Why do you think we owe you a life debt?" I shrugged: "I killed single-handed a seventy-plus feet long basilisk down there, imagine what would happen if that snake came to dinner here? How many would survive? And it was daddy Malfoy causing it with that cursed artifact. I can show you the shed skin I found along the way to the chamber, it is in my room. I am certain there are spells that can show who has a life debt to who."
Manipulation 52 Bullshitting 60 Acting 45
Ow! it is not that bad! Snape came snooping: "Potter, get back at your table. Ten points from Gryffindor." I grinned at Daphne and said: "Did that idiot forget I am from Salem now? I even have the uniform! Oh, I have it! I'll prove the life debt right here and now. Severus Snape! I call in your life debt to me. From this day forth you are in service of House Potter. You are to teach potions equal to all houses. You have to explain and show the proper way to prepare the ingredients and tools. You are to guide the students through the complete brewing process. You are to grade and behave fair to all students. So, Mote, It Be."
Well, Snape with a glow on him is an improvement in the looks department. Tattoos appeared on his neck and wrists. His face was going through every emotion, from surprise, a shock to amazement, fear, anger, and finally, pain when he wanted to hex me.
I shoo him away: "Go back to the teacher's table Sevvy, and remember, Slytherin dorm is not a death eater training camp." I turned to Little Draco: "Look at what you made me do! Now I have that disgusting creep as a servant! Why do you always open your big mouth when grown-ups are talking?"
The Slytherin table was dead quiet after I slaved Snape, suddenly making fun of Rose Potter lost its appeal.
I happily ate my dinner, Krum, who was listening in, asked me: "Miss Rose, can I see the snakeskin too? I am curious about the size."
I nodded: "You are welcome for a visit Mr. Krum, I can even do better. Yesterday those Phoenixes returned my family pensive that Dumbledore stole from my parents. I can show you the memory of the kill.
Bragging 44
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After dinner I invited Fleur and Luna to come along, the group expanded with Krum, Daphne, Astoria, Tracey, two Slytherin prefects, Cedric and Neville. Neville was just passing by, I dragged him along.
In my quarters Winky prepared tea and biscuits while I went to my bedroom to supposedly take the skin out of my trunk. The skin left everyone shocked, they half expected me to exaggerate my story.
I Levitated my Pensive in the middle of the room and extracted the memory of the kill. I put it in the pensive and warned them: "It is messy and disturbing, enter at your own risk. Don't blame me for your nightmares."
Everyone was too curious, the memory started with Lockhart obliviating himself till I helped Ginny up. When we came out of the Pensive everyone was messed up. The girls screamed themselves hoarse, the Slytherin prefects were especially disturbed with the news Voldemort was a half-blood.
Tracey panted: "Morgana's saggy tits! That beast is bigger than a whale! And you killed it with a freaking sword? How crazy is that? How are you even alive? You got bloody bitten by a giant basilisk!"
Cedric said: "Rose if you had put your name in the goblet, your name would have been chosen for Hogwarts. No doubt about it."
Fleur hugged me: "Rose, you are definitely not a little girl. Those life debts are well deserved." Krum confirmed it: "Da, you are a worthy opponent, Miss Rose. We have to take you seriously now." Crap, there goes my pity scheme.
Xxxxx
When people left, Daphne, Tracey, and Astoria stayed behind, Luna went to her room to do her homework. Daphne asked: "Can you tell me your business proposition Heiress Potter?"
Heiress Potter? She too got a wake-up call, I started explaining: "It is not one but several Heiress Greengrass. My Godfather Sirius Black was put in Azkaban without a trial, a trial that would have proved that he was innocent. I want a trial for Sirius. Malfoy will block it because the ferret is next in line. Fudge is Malfoy's butt boy so he won't help either.
I want to hire you to sell the basilisk body, I only need the skeleton. I offer a 5% commission for negotiating with the buyers.
Last but not least, I met someone that is capable of removing the blood malediction curse from your Family. My demands are that House Potter and Black are accepted in your alliance and protected by it. Especially me, as the last of the Potters I am an easy target. I want to choose my own husband instead of being forced to one."
Daphne looked troubled: "If you didn't show the basilisk, I would never have believed you. Are you certain your friend is able to remove the curse?"
I shrugged: "Yes I am sure. She was the one that examined me and found everything that is wrong with me. She told me to go to Gringotts to prove there was a mail-block on me, every letter was diverted away from me. When enough people have examined me, she will fix me too."
Xxxxx
The Greengrasses left with a series of memory vials for Daddy Greengrass, including the memory of Madam Bones denying aid to me because of political reasons. I recon a few days for processing it all before they will contact me.
The next morning I received a letter from Salem:
Dear Miss Potter,
We are very troubled by the news of you being selected to represent our school. Our professors are as we speak going over the history and the rules of that contest. I have to be honest with you Miss Potter, going on the previous tournaments, the chances of getting out unharmed are very low.
It is customary to send a delegation to the tournament, but we have trouble finding any that want to witness a young witch going through dangerous trials.
Expect our assistant Defense professor and four Newt students sometime next week.
We send a letter to Hogwarts with this information, and our representative of the ICW will make certain that you are properly treated.
Yours truly
Mrs. Weissmuller.
Principal of Salem Witches Institute.
I went with the letter to McGonagall: "Mrs. McGonagall, the delegation from Salem, can you house them close to my room please?" She nodded stiffly, the message I sent through Snape shook them up.
New Title: Bane of Hogwarts
