Chapter 6
-November 12th-
Both Rose and Hermione has returned to Hogwarts, rumors had spread of Hermione's changes and had gathered quite the attention, especially from the older students where she was asked for dates at least 7 times before they managed to find a spot at the Ravenclaw table that morning for breakfast, much to Hermione's to confusion.
"Why do I keep getting asked out for dates," Hermione asked much to her confusion as she loaded her plate.
"Hermione, you literally went from an ugly duckling to a swan princess, practically overnight," Rose explained, as she ate her breakfast.
"I don't see it," Hermione replied.
Rose swallowed before responding, "How many first years have been asked on a date to Hogsmeade by a fifth year or upper years?"
"I'm sure…" Hermione started with a blush on her face before Rose interrupted.
"I'm the only other one Hermione," Rose replied, "we may be prepubescent girls, but we look like like supermodel 16-year-girls."
Hermione blushed harder before they heard a familiar voice.
"I guess the rumors are true. The unlikeable mudblood know-it-all became an inferior fair…" Draco started as he and his goons came up to them before Rose snapped her fingers and his mouth was immediately covered by duct tape before he could finish. He tried to take the tape off but is unable too.
"Malfoy, how did you get into Slytherin, when you are more Gryffindor," Rose said with a stern look at the blonde.
"Detention Rose, And 5 points from Ravenclaw, for bodily harm on a fellow student," Snape said as he walked up from behind Malfoy.
Malfoy tried his best to ask Snape to remove the tape using crude body language and Snape seem to understand as he got out his wand and tried to magically remove the tape from the blonde princes mouth, with no success. Crabbe and Goyle seemed to catch on as they tried to physically remove the tape, without much success, but it harmed and humiliated Malfoy.
"Remove the tape from his mouth immediately," Snape demanded.
"Hmmm," Rose said as she pretended to think. "I will when he agrees to apologize for insulting Hermione."
"He did no such thing," Snape growled at the fairy but she was unflinching as she took another bite of her breakfast.
"What is going on here," the diminutive charms teacher asked as he seemingly appeared out of nowhere.
"Snape here gave me a detention and a point deduction for magically taping Malfoy's mouth closed after he called Hermione an 'unlikeable mudblood know-it-all,'" Rose responded without batting an eye.
"Draco wouldn't do such a thing," Snape responded, Draco couldn't defend himself as Crabbe and Goyle were still trying to physically remove the tape from his mouth. "You 2 dunderheads, stop trying to help Draco, you 2 look like undignified muggles. It was applied by magic!"
The two numbskulls stopped and looked at Snape in confusion as Flitwick raised an eyebrow, and responded, "Rose, as Head of your House, I'm reversing the point deduction but the detention will be held by me, as well as you Mr. Malfoy. I will not tolerate bullying any longer. Ms. Potter please remove the tape from Mr. Malfoy's mouth."
Rose snapped her fingers again and the tape disappeared from Malfoy's mouth and the first thing that came out of his mouth is, "Owww."
"How come I have to serve detention with the half-breeds," Draco asked with disdain, as he messaged his mouth.
"That will cost you 20 points Mr. Malfoy," Flitwick said as he casually walked away, with his hands behind his back, "I expect to see both of you in my office after dinner."
Draco, Crabbe and Goyle pulled out their wands at the two fairies, "You are going to pay for this!"
Before any of them could cast a spell, the three Slytherins wands flew out of their hands, "You haven't learned your lesson have you, Mr. Malfoy? Hmm?" It turned out it was Professor Flitwick, in his dueling position, who successfully disarmed the trio.
Snape, who had enough, grabbed Malfoy by the arm, and said, "You three are an embarrassment to Slytherin house and to your families."
As he dragged Malfoy off, Crabbe and Goyle followed, after they retrieved the wands, and they could hear Malfoy say, "Wait till my father hear about this!"
"That was amusing," Rose said with a smirk.
"You still got a detention," Hermione scolded.
"Yes, but Malfoy pretty much humiliated himself in front of everyone and only cast a harmless spell," Rose replied. "Though I am still curious on how he got into Slytherin. I know Gryffindors that have more tact."
"I don't know," Hermione honestly replied before changing the subject, "How does fairy magic work? Does it need a focus? Or maybe…"
"One question at a time Hermione," Rose said as she gave her a look. "I'm surprised nobody has came out and asked me about it till now. First off fairy magic has the same principle as wizarding magic. You need to focus on the spell you want and direct it to where you want it. It is all about intent. Second, fairies don't need a focus, me snapping, that is a habit I picked up when I first started learning. Though it is easier to use your hands to direct your magic."
"What about your wizarding magic?" Hermione asked as she tilted her head as she tried to process the information.
Rose smiled and replied as she pulled out her wand and replied, "I still need a wand, for the desired effect. A 9 ¾" wand made from an Ash tree from Ireland, the core is a hair from me mum."
Hermione glanced at her friends wand, and said, "I guess your wand is worth more to you than most."
Rose smiled at this.
Sometime later, both fairy hybrids are at there first class of the day, which is transfiguration.
Their assignment is to turn a small rock into a small statue of one of the professors at Hogwarts. Normally Hermione would have successfully completed the assignment before they hit the 10 minute mark of their attempts, but due to her recent changes, she keeps on somehow messing up the spell."
"Hermione, your mixing to much of your fairy magic with your wizarding magic," Rose said as she tried to help her friend.
Hermione gave her friend an annoyed look and said under her breath, "I've got this!"
With another swish of her wand, the rock somehow became a realistic depiction of both Ron and Draco, on their knees, as miniature statues, begging at Hermione's statue of herself.
Rose stifled a giggle and several of their yearmates, saw Hermione's work and outright laughed, causing Hermione to blush in embarrassment, and the fellow students stopped when they saw McGonagall's stern look at them.
"Perhaps you need to practice controlling your two different magic more Ms. Granger," The transfiguration mistress suggested, "Ms. Potter can you tutor Hermione until we can find a proper teacher.
"Of course I can," Rose replied with a reassuring smile at her friend.
"Thank You," Hermione said with embarrassment in her voice.
"You just haven't found your rhythm yet," Rose replied. "Book smarts is different from the practical part Hermione."
"Your much better than me," Hermione stated while she blushed.
"I have nearly three years of experience Hermione, you only have three days," Rose explained. "Before you try again, calm down by taking deep calming breaths."
Hermione took several deep breaths, before Rose continued, "Remember what I said at breakfast, it's all about intent. Focus on what you intend to do."
Hermione focused on the spell before she casted it and she got a 3" statue of Professor McGonagall.
"Good attention to detail, Hermione," Rose stated, "The only thing wrong is that you are missing her glasses."
"Despite that one minor flaw, you still get a passing grade," McGonagall stated, "Using transfiguration for art is much harder than it seems, even when you are using the same material you want in your sculpture, one has to pay more attention to the minute details. 5 points for Ravenclaw."
As the class continued on with the assignment, about a quarter of the class had managed to complete their assignment, to varying degrees of success, when Percy Weasley, the Gryffindor Prefect managed to deliver a message to Professor McGonagall.
She read the note and looked up at Rose and said, "Ms. Potter, it would seem that the Headmaster would like a word with you. Mr. Weasley here will take you to his office."
"Why would the Headmaster send for you," Hermione whispered urgently.
"It must be about the tutor I've been requesting since before the year started," Rose whispered back.
Rose followed Percy to the third floor in front of a Gryphon statue, "Lemon drops," Percy said as the statue moved to reveal a staircase, he gestured for her to go on, "He is expecting you."
Rose raised an eyebrow as she flew up to the office and the aged Headmaster is sitting at his desk writing on some parchment and a Phoenix sitting on a nearby perch. The Headmaster looked up as her feet returned to the ground.
"Ahh, Ms. Potter we finally meet," the Headmaster said with a twinkle in his eye.
"Is this about the tutor I've been requesting," Rose replied as she put a hand on her hip.
"Partly, and I wanted to talk to you about the Dursleys," he replied with a smile as he put down his quill as he started stroking his long grey beard,
"What about them? I haven't seen them since they kicked me out of their house after my change in appearance," Rose replied as she gestured to herself.
"About that, I've managed to convince them to take you in during the summer holidays," Dumbledore replied in his wise grandfatherly tone.
Rose snorted as she snapped her fingers and a piece of parchment appeared from a burst of flame, with an ICW seal on it, and then she levitated it to Dumbledore, and she said, "About that, I've only got a visa to only be in England for shopping for my school supplies and during the school year. Any violation of that could result in my expulsion of the British Isles. As I am a certified citizen of Magix, the Fairy Nation, as such I am not eligible for citizenship in any other nation, as rules set by the ICW before we fairies went into hiding and it is still in the books."
Rose then added as an afterthought, "Hermione is a whole nother can of worms."
As Dumbledore read the parchment, he was upset, but didn't let it show, as he wanted Rose to be in England so he could properly mold her, but a law older than him had to get in the way. He needed to rectify this as soon as possible.
"If that is the case, than I can't allow a tutor for you to come to Hogwarts, let alone England," said Dumbledore.
"If that is the case, I guess that means my time in this castle is over," Rose replied.
"What do you mean," Dumbledore replied.
"Continue reading that parchment," Rose replied. "I'm paraphrasing so it goes something like this, 'If my education is somehow impeded, than I can op to go back to Magix and continue my education there without any consequences or hindrance from the teachers or the government in general.'"
Dumbledore read the parchment further in sure enough in the small print, what she said is true.
"Now how about my tutor," Rose said with an innocent look on a face and a smile that couldn't fool anyone.
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Rose managed to return to Professor McGonagall's class just as the class letting out.
Rose greeted Hermione as she exited the class and Hermione said, "I have notes of Professor McGonagall's lesson after you left and a copy of your homework."
Rose smiled at her eager friend and said with a smile, "Thanks Hermione."
"What did Dumbledore want," Hermione asked eagerly as her wings twitched with excitement.
"Nothing much, just some talk about the tutors," came Rose's reply.
"Can I join?"
"Of course, that was part of the discussion," Rose replied with a smile. "How else will be able to learn fairy magic while we are stuck here at Hogwarts?"
Hermione playfully shoved Rose, which she accidentally Rose's uniform into an outfit made completely out of leaves, "Really Hermione, I didn't know you had a prankster streak to you," Rose said in a mock outrage as she looked at her new outfit.
To her credit Hermione looked embarrassed at her accidental burst of magic, while Rose had an amused smile on her face. Rose waved a hand over her current outfit and changed it back to her uniform.
"That was a neat trick," Rose stated with a giggle.
"I am so sorry," Hermione immediately apologized.
"No worries Hermione," Rose replied, "I once accidentally turned the toupee of my first grade science teacher blue for giving me a detention for something my cousin did in class, and we weren't even in the same class together!"
"Why would he do such a thing," Hermione asked in a horrified voice.
"His niece worked for my uncle and he used it as a bargaining chip to prevent his son from getting into trouble," Rose explained. "It usually winds up me getting the punishment instead though."
They continued to talk about their experiences with accidental magic as they walked down the corridors of Hogwarts, completely unaware that somewhere in the forbidden forest, a completely cloaked individual is drinking the silvery-blue blood of a dead unicorn.
To be continued…