Major Trouble
By Hermione and Selena Silvermoon
Chapter Three: Settling In Part One
Selena and Angel arrived five minutes later in the living room of a quaint little house. A young girl of about fifteen sat on the sofa reading a fifth year potions book.
"You're here!" she gasped as she stood up. A slight pop and a wisp of smoke appeared behind the twins as Kali appeared with their belongings. "My name is Hermione Granger. You must be Selena and Angel le Therone." Hermione said holding out her hand for them to shake. Selena and Angel just stared unmoving. Selena held out her hand palm down and Hermione shook it
"My sister has not dishonored you or your family; why must you dishonor her?" Angel's eyes flashed as she spoke. Kali came over to the twins and stood next to Selena.
"What do you mean dishonor? It's a greeting."
"In our country, you shake hands when someone is defeated or lower than you. It is a sign that you are better." Selena answered quietly still frozen where she stood.
"Oh my god. I didn't know that. They sent me an extremely thin information packet on the two of you. It said nothing about your customs."
"It's okay then. I am Selena le Therone of Night Harbor Society." Selena curtsied. "Many thanks for allowing us to stay here while we attend Hogwarts."
"Yes, thank you." Angel curtsied stiffly. "I am Angel le Therone."
"You are both welcome. Would you like to go see your rooms?" Hermione smiled.
"Thank you very much. May I ask where your parents are?"
"Oh, they are at a conference in Vienna. They will be back at seven o'clock in the morning of September 2nd. They said for you two to make yourselves comfortable and arrange your rooms any way you want. They are sorry that they couldn't be here for your arrival; if their presence wasn't demanded they would be here."
"We understand perfectly don't we Angel? Our parents have been so busy this summer that we rarely see them. And when we do get to see them they get called away to handle problems."
The girls climbed the staircase and walked down hallway after hallway. Portraits of past family members and mystical landscapes lined the walls. Hermione stopped at the end of the hall. There were two doors at her right and one on her left. She opened one of the doors on her right and ushered the twins inside.
"One of you can have this room and the other can have the room next door. My bedroom is across the hall. Would you like to go get your school supplies today or tomorrow?"
"How about we go tomorrow. We can settle in and get to know each other today." Selena smiled and called her trunks to her.
"Give us thirty minutes to settle in and then we can talk." Angel left the room and pushed open the door of the room next door.
"I'll leave you to get situated."
"No, Hermione, you can stay. Surely there are things about us that you would like to know, and I am more likely to tell you than Angel is."
"Actually, I wanted to know about where you came from. What is it like there? Who were your friends? What did you do for fun? What was your school like? What kind of classes did you take?"
"Oh, its awesome. I am from Night Harbor Island of the Night Harbor Society. I loved it there. Perfectly maintained villas, manicured gardens and lawns, ancient castles with tons of hidden passages and rooms and miles of white crystal beaches. My two best friends were my fiancé Valerian Harding and Kenalria Kasmir also known as Val and Ke. We were part of a group known as V.A.S.K.A.S. For fun we rode horses, swam and pulled pranks." Selena pulled open her personal trunk and began with the few things that she would need for the two days she was at the house. Her hands passed over her pensieve and her spellbook. Selena sat hem both on her bed.
"Selena, what's this?" Hermione picked up the book that the pensieve had been balanced on.
"Oh that's my Heredity textbook."
"Heredity?" Hermione was confused. "What kind of class is that?"
"We research our families after making a pedigree for ourselves. Do you want to see who lives in your families past?" Selena flipped through the pages. "How far back do you want to go back?"
"Could you take it back to 1350? The only family trees I've seen only go back to the 1560s when my family arrived in England. Nothing before that."
"Here goes nothing." Selena dropped the book and raised her hands. "Hermione Granger Pedigree post 1350." She muttered in Italian. A pale yellow and gold scroll appeared in Selena's hands. "Would you like to do the honors?"
"Yeah thanks. What do I do?"
"The ribbons represent the flag of the country your family originated from as of 1100 AD. The gold disk on the blood red ribbon is your family crest."
Hermione looked at the four ribbons on the scroll in her hands. One was red, one white, and one was green. She flipped to the flags until she found the matching one. Italy. 'So my family is from Italy.' She rolled the scroll in her hands until she saw the golden disk. She flipped through page after page of colorful crests until she found the one that resided in her hand. 'Familia Granaldi page G116.' She flipped the pages and saw an enlarged crest. Two swords crossed with a wand between them a silver ribbon ran around the edges tying the swords and the wand together. She read on discovering more about her family before they had moved to England. 'Duchesses, Dukes, Lords, Earls, Barons, and other high-ranking people. What's this under my name? Royal Given Name: Marchioness Catilia Hermione Angelic Granger Granaldi.'
"So what's up with your family? You must have found something interesting."
"Have you ever heard of the Granaldi family from Italy?"
"Yeah when the Highbloods left Italy to search for a private place to allow our society to sprawl the Granaldi family chose to stay behind and run the country until they returned with news. Why do you ask?"
"Because I'm a Granaldi."
"That means you're one of us. You are a descendant of a Night Harbor family that has a rich past. They are even in our History of The Gifted textbooks."
"What does it mean now? Tell me more about. I guess our home."
"What does she mean our home? Selena what is going on?" Angel stood in the doorway of Selena's room. Kali stood behind her, the two and a half foot elf red headed elf had just finished creating a room for Angel that resembled a majestic suite with private bath. She was about to begin on Selena's room.
"Angel its okay. Hermione or, rather, Marchioness Catilia is of Night Harbor blood. She's a Granaldi."
"They are almost as important as some other families." Angel looked at Hermione skeptically.
"That would explain why there is a charm on the whole of this villa. I didn't have to enlarge the room or put up walls, they just sprung up as I created the furniture." Kali spoke softly as she began to rearrange Selena's room. The walls turned an electric blue and the whole room appeared to be underwater. Selena began to explain to Angel what had happened in the last thirty minutes and Hermione kept reading the textbooks that mentioned her family.
"Let me get this straight. You called forth a pedigree that links Hermione here to the missing Granaldi family. You know we have to inform Karema about this. She has the right to know before she dies that she has an heir. Karema is getting to be about seven hundred years old. She left Italia and never heard from another member of her family and then Magickal Italy was overthrown by that pompous jerk Kremor."
"I totally forgot about Karema. I'll send a link in the morning. She's still at work right now." Selena spun the bracelet on her wrist as she spoke. Kali finished the room and went to see about the rest of the house.
The girls talked for hours while sitting on Selena's bed. They went through her pensieve and taught her everything that she needed to know about the Society. Teaching her what they had learned while at Hempstead Academy. They discussed classes and what would be required of her as a member of the Society. Hermione listened and occasionally took notes. They talked about why her family had been overthrown and why they were a lost clan. Kali came up the stairs and called them for dinner. The girls looked at the moon dial over Selena's desk and gasped. It was already seven. They had arrived at 3:30 and had spent three and a half hours getting settled and playing in Selena and Angel's pensieves. They raced down to dinner talking and laughing. The girls skidded into the dining room and almost collided with an unsuspecting usher.
"Who are you, and what are you doing in my house?" Hermione said as she caught sight of the tall blonde man.
"Good evening girls. My name is Antion. Kali has hired us to work here."
"Us?" Hermione looked around sure enough there were strange people all over her house.
"Yes. Kali heard that you were a Marchioness and took the liberty of fixing your lovely villa to befit your station. That includes servants. This way ladies, your dinner is ready."
An hour later the girls trudged up to bed candles floating above them and protesting all the way. Kali forced them to go to bed saying that hey had a big day a head of them and they needed sleep. Selena changed into her pale blue silk pajamas and climbed into her bed. Angel grabbed a pair of black silk pajamas with flames crawling up them and also climbed into her bed. Hermione lay down and as her head hit her pillow she was out and on her way to dream land.
Chapter Three: Settling In Part One
Selena and Angel arrived five minutes later in the living room of a quaint little house. A young girl of about fifteen sat on the sofa reading a fifth year potions book.
"You're here!" she gasped as she stood up. A slight pop and a wisp of smoke appeared behind the twins as Kali appeared with their belongings. "My name is Hermione Granger. You must be Selena and Angel le Therone." Hermione said holding out her hand for them to shake. Selena and Angel just stared unmoving. Selena held out her hand palm down and Hermione shook it
"My sister has not dishonored you or your family; why must you dishonor her?" Angel's eyes flashed as she spoke. Kali came over to the twins and stood next to Selena.
"What do you mean dishonor? It's a greeting."
"In our country, you shake hands when someone is defeated or lower than you. It is a sign that you are better." Selena answered quietly still frozen where she stood.
"Oh my god. I didn't know that. They sent me an extremely thin information packet on the two of you. It said nothing about your customs."
"It's okay then. I am Selena le Therone of Night Harbor Society." Selena curtsied. "Many thanks for allowing us to stay here while we attend Hogwarts."
"Yes, thank you." Angel curtsied stiffly. "I am Angel le Therone."
"You are both welcome. Would you like to go see your rooms?" Hermione smiled.
"Thank you very much. May I ask where your parents are?"
"Oh, they are at a conference in Vienna. They will be back at seven o'clock in the morning of September 2nd. They said for you two to make yourselves comfortable and arrange your rooms any way you want. They are sorry that they couldn't be here for your arrival; if their presence wasn't demanded they would be here."
"We understand perfectly don't we Angel? Our parents have been so busy this summer that we rarely see them. And when we do get to see them they get called away to handle problems."
The girls climbed the staircase and walked down hallway after hallway. Portraits of past family members and mystical landscapes lined the walls. Hermione stopped at the end of the hall. There were two doors at her right and one on her left. She opened one of the doors on her right and ushered the twins inside.
"One of you can have this room and the other can have the room next door. My bedroom is across the hall. Would you like to go get your school supplies today or tomorrow?"
"How about we go tomorrow. We can settle in and get to know each other today." Selena smiled and called her trunks to her.
"Give us thirty minutes to settle in and then we can talk." Angel left the room and pushed open the door of the room next door.
"I'll leave you to get situated."
"No, Hermione, you can stay. Surely there are things about us that you would like to know, and I am more likely to tell you than Angel is."
"Actually, I wanted to know about where you came from. What is it like there? Who were your friends? What did you do for fun? What was your school like? What kind of classes did you take?"
"Oh, its awesome. I am from Night Harbor Island of the Night Harbor Society. I loved it there. Perfectly maintained villas, manicured gardens and lawns, ancient castles with tons of hidden passages and rooms and miles of white crystal beaches. My two best friends were my fiancé Valerian Harding and Kenalria Kasmir also known as Val and Ke. We were part of a group known as V.A.S.K.A.S. For fun we rode horses, swam and pulled pranks." Selena pulled open her personal trunk and began with the few things that she would need for the two days she was at the house. Her hands passed over her pensieve and her spellbook. Selena sat hem both on her bed.
"Selena, what's this?" Hermione picked up the book that the pensieve had been balanced on.
"Oh that's my Heredity textbook."
"Heredity?" Hermione was confused. "What kind of class is that?"
"We research our families after making a pedigree for ourselves. Do you want to see who lives in your families past?" Selena flipped through the pages. "How far back do you want to go back?"
"Could you take it back to 1350? The only family trees I've seen only go back to the 1560s when my family arrived in England. Nothing before that."
"Here goes nothing." Selena dropped the book and raised her hands. "Hermione Granger Pedigree post 1350." She muttered in Italian. A pale yellow and gold scroll appeared in Selena's hands. "Would you like to do the honors?"
"Yeah thanks. What do I do?"
"The ribbons represent the flag of the country your family originated from as of 1100 AD. The gold disk on the blood red ribbon is your family crest."
Hermione looked at the four ribbons on the scroll in her hands. One was red, one white, and one was green. She flipped to the flags until she found the matching one. Italy. 'So my family is from Italy.' She rolled the scroll in her hands until she saw the golden disk. She flipped through page after page of colorful crests until she found the one that resided in her hand. 'Familia Granaldi page G116.' She flipped the pages and saw an enlarged crest. Two swords crossed with a wand between them a silver ribbon ran around the edges tying the swords and the wand together. She read on discovering more about her family before they had moved to England. 'Duchesses, Dukes, Lords, Earls, Barons, and other high-ranking people. What's this under my name? Royal Given Name: Marchioness Catilia Hermione Angelic Granger Granaldi.'
"So what's up with your family? You must have found something interesting."
"Have you ever heard of the Granaldi family from Italy?"
"Yeah when the Highbloods left Italy to search for a private place to allow our society to sprawl the Granaldi family chose to stay behind and run the country until they returned with news. Why do you ask?"
"Because I'm a Granaldi."
"That means you're one of us. You are a descendant of a Night Harbor family that has a rich past. They are even in our History of The Gifted textbooks."
"What does it mean now? Tell me more about. I guess our home."
"What does she mean our home? Selena what is going on?" Angel stood in the doorway of Selena's room. Kali stood behind her, the two and a half foot elf red headed elf had just finished creating a room for Angel that resembled a majestic suite with private bath. She was about to begin on Selena's room.
"Angel its okay. Hermione or, rather, Marchioness Catilia is of Night Harbor blood. She's a Granaldi."
"They are almost as important as some other families." Angel looked at Hermione skeptically.
"That would explain why there is a charm on the whole of this villa. I didn't have to enlarge the room or put up walls, they just sprung up as I created the furniture." Kali spoke softly as she began to rearrange Selena's room. The walls turned an electric blue and the whole room appeared to be underwater. Selena began to explain to Angel what had happened in the last thirty minutes and Hermione kept reading the textbooks that mentioned her family.
"Let me get this straight. You called forth a pedigree that links Hermione here to the missing Granaldi family. You know we have to inform Karema about this. She has the right to know before she dies that she has an heir. Karema is getting to be about seven hundred years old. She left Italia and never heard from another member of her family and then Magickal Italy was overthrown by that pompous jerk Kremor."
"I totally forgot about Karema. I'll send a link in the morning. She's still at work right now." Selena spun the bracelet on her wrist as she spoke. Kali finished the room and went to see about the rest of the house.
The girls talked for hours while sitting on Selena's bed. They went through her pensieve and taught her everything that she needed to know about the Society. Teaching her what they had learned while at Hempstead Academy. They discussed classes and what would be required of her as a member of the Society. Hermione listened and occasionally took notes. They talked about why her family had been overthrown and why they were a lost clan. Kali came up the stairs and called them for dinner. The girls looked at the moon dial over Selena's desk and gasped. It was already seven. They had arrived at 3:30 and had spent three and a half hours getting settled and playing in Selena and Angel's pensieves. They raced down to dinner talking and laughing. The girls skidded into the dining room and almost collided with an unsuspecting usher.
"Who are you, and what are you doing in my house?" Hermione said as she caught sight of the tall blonde man.
"Good evening girls. My name is Antion. Kali has hired us to work here."
"Us?" Hermione looked around sure enough there were strange people all over her house.
"Yes. Kali heard that you were a Marchioness and took the liberty of fixing your lovely villa to befit your station. That includes servants. This way ladies, your dinner is ready."
An hour later the girls trudged up to bed candles floating above them and protesting all the way. Kali forced them to go to bed saying that hey had a big day a head of them and they needed sleep. Selena changed into her pale blue silk pajamas and climbed into her bed. Angel grabbed a pair of black silk pajamas with flames crawling up them and also climbed into her bed. Hermione lay down and as her head hit her pillow she was out and on her way to dream land.