Major Trouble
By
Hermonie and Selena Silvermoon
Rated: PG
A/N: We do not own, I repeat do NOT own Harry Potter. JK Rowling owns Harry Potter. I, Selena Silvermoon, own Hempstead, the le Therone family, the Hardings, and the Kasmirs.
Now on with the story…
1 Chapter Seven Learning the Ropes
Kali woke Angel up at five, and then she woke Selena and Hermione. Ques pulled Val out of his bed. The girls struggled into their training clothes while Val left saying he had to go get something. He returned with Ron and Harry dragging their feet behind him, Ginny was trying to pull her hair up and run down the staircase at the same time. Val changed clothes and the seven of them left the common room.
Once outside they ran around the castle sticking close to the outline of the Forbidden Forest. Ron and Ginny were both tired when they finished and collapsed on the ground. Harry was breathing hard while Hermione was standing over the two on the ground with a smile on her face. Ron looked up at her from the ground.
"What are you smiling about that must have been at least twelve kilometers? What are you trying to do kill me?" Ron said as he tried to move.
"Oh Ron please. It was three and a half kilometers to be exact. It took you fifty-two minutes to run it. You are going to have to almost cut that time in half if you want to train with us. Oh and quit whining." Angle glared at him as she spoke. Her hair began to fly as if caught in a breeze.
"Calm Angel. Calm down girl there is no reason to get all puffed up he's not a warrior. He's not even Society. He doesn't know." Selena said, as she was the only one daring enough to say something to Angel when she got like that.
"Actually, he's Tamer's sixth son and Ginny is his little sister."
"He's Society! Why hasn't he attended HAGS with us since tenth summer? Why isn't Ginny registered?" Selena gasped.
"May I present Lord Ronald Avery Weasley Hearth and Lady Virginia Constantine Michaela Weasley Hearth. Now I do believe that we have a quick conference with Headmistress de Maria before classes begin. She wanted anyone that is going to study with us to attend as well. They need to be sorted." Selena and Angel agreed and the group headed back up to the common room. Once Ron, Harry and Ginny had entered the castle Val grinned at the girls and called ahead, "We'll race you three back to the dorm. You can have a head start." The three began to run and Selena turned to Val.
"Lets go. That's enough of a head start." She said.
"What about Catilia?"
"We already taught her thank you very much." With a flurry of stars, flower, leaves and gold mist the four materialized up to the common room. They turned around in time to see the other three come puffing into the room.
"No time for question Mr. Hearth we have a meeting." A small jewel on Val's bracelet glowed orange. "And I do believe that she is ready for us now." Selena said as she noticed the jewel.
"Go ahead Madame Headmistress." Val, Angel and Selena said as a hologram appeared.
"Good morning students. Let's get this meeting underway for breakfast begins shortly. How many students are applying to study with you." The image of a tall woman spoke. Hermione stepped forward and curtsied to the image.
"Madame Headmistress there are four of us applying. I thank you for accepting me into your school so late in my education." Hermione said making her presence know.
"Good to finally see you Lady Granaldi you learn fast. May I have the names of the other three students?"
"Mr. Ronald Weasley, Miss Virginia Weasley and Mr. Harry Potter. All are children of that last Quartet."
"Parents names please?"
"Duchess Molinda Weasley Hearth and Arthur Weasley for Ronald and Virginia and Lady Lilianna Harding Potter Gryffindor and Lord Jameson Ash Potter Gryffindor for Harold. Madame." Val spoke up.
"Very well. Do you have CSPs for them it would help in the sorting all four?"
"Yes Madame. Selena has Catilia's and I have the other three. It will take but a second to upload them." A computer screen appeared next to the hologram.
"Very well upon seeing the CSPs as a primary sorting I would place R. Weasley in G6, V. Weasley in G5, H. Gryffindor in G6 and C. Granaldi in G6. That may change. If you decide to add any other students please contact me. Your lesson plans and catch up lessons will be delivered every morning at Breakfast and we require them returned the next morning. De Maria out." The hologram faded.
"Well I do believe that we need to get dressed for school." Angel said as she glanced around. Ginny stifled a yawn.
"Breakfast starts in fifteen minutes. Wake up call is in ten." Val glanced at the moon dial over the mantle.
Ron, Harry and Ginny left to get dressed. Hermione opened the door to her room and headed over to her wardrobe. She selected her long blue HAGS skirt, a white tank top and her HAGS vest to put over it. From her trunk she grabbed her Hogwarts robes and her wand. When she got back to their joint sitting room Angel and Val were walking out of their rooms. Selena exited her room a few seconds later carrying a laptop in one hand. The door opened and the other three stood ready to leave.
They were the first to enter the Great Hall a few Ravenclaws entered behind them. A few minutes later the Hall was teeming with students as most decided to be on time for the first day of classes. Suddenly hundreds of owls appeared bearing packages and letters of all shapes and sizes. Someone gasped and pointed up. Three phoenixes burst through the mass of owls that were leaving the Hall after delivering their loads. The three were quickly followed by seven black phoenixes with orange tips. Selena and Angel rose, Val motioned for the others to stand.
"Familia le Therone." Three of the phoenixes broke away and headed towards the twins.
"Familia Harding." Val spoke up as a phoenix headed towards him.
"Familia Granaldi." Hermione smiled. Most of the Hall gasped.
"Familia Hearth." Ginny called to the phoenixes and two headed her way.
"Familia Potter" the seventh phoenix flew to Harry. A single phoenix remained in the above the rest. It swooped down over the tables causing quite a few students to duck out of the way. The magnificent bird came to rest on Angel's outstretched arm.
"Gremoria." Angel said as the bird preened his feathers. "Antonio sent me a letter. Here's one from Shari too. Oh and our class assignments. Cool." She unwrapped the assignments and began to read them. * We can't do these practice exercises. We can't. They can't find out. * She told Selena and Val.
* Why can't we? Its nothing to hard I mean schools only been in session for about sixteen days. *
* We have to do some things that may get us kicked out if they found out we did them. * Professor McGonagall walked up behind the students as they opened their mail.
"Headmaster Dumbledor requests to see you seven in his office immediately."
"Yes miss." The seven left the table after gathering their mail and dismissing their birds. Arc, Tracer and Gremoria flew off towards the dorms. Harry led the way to the Headmasters office.
"Gummi Bears." Harry said and the gargoyle jumped aside. Dumbledor waited for them at the door to his office. "You wanted to see us sir?"
"Yes please sit." He waved his hand at a row of chairs across from his desk. "Headmaster Hatyn from Hempstead has just informed me that your classes are different from the ones we take here. Could you please tell me what classes you have taken at Hempstead?"
"We took all six standards plus electives. Standards are Rank, Heritage, Fighting, History of First World, History of Gifted, Governing and Magick. Our electives are control shifting (1-3), English (1-6), History (1-3), Ancient Spells (1-5), Heredity (1-3), Old Wars (3-4), Innocents (3-4), Blurring Boundaries (4-6), Science (4-5), languages (5-6), Council Ways (5-6), Strategies (5-6) and sixth years take astronomy. This was to be our sixth year. We are to graduate at the end of this year." Selena ticked the classes off on her fingers.
"Those classes are all fine but what about the basic functions of potion making, transfiguration, herbology and care of magical creatures?"
"We don't take primary school classes in secondary schools unless we plan on majoring in that but that's when we normally take an apprenticeship. The classes you mentioned were taught to us as children when we are more able to succeed." Angel said.
"That's great. Anyways I have your schedules here somewhere. Ah here they are." A schedule appeared in everyone's hands. "Oh and Miss Weasley, you have been moved up to the fifth year."
"Sir, may I ask a question?"
"Harry you already did but you may ask another."
"Since we will be studying with Selena, Val, Angel and Hermione may we also room with them? It would make it a lot easier for us to study together." Ginny asked.
"Now that is a good idea. You rooms will be ready by dinner and your stuff will be moved for you. Selena you and Valerian will be announced at lunch. I believe that if you hurry you can still beat Snape to class." The seven left the office and headed towards the dungeons.
"Why do we always have Potions with the Slytherins?"
"What's so bad about potions?" Angel asked confused.
"Professor Snape hates us, Harry mostly, and the Slytherins are awful. They are all purebloods and are mostly stuck up." Hermione piped up.
"This should be fun. I excelled in Potions at Dark Primary." Selena grinned. They skidded through the door just as Snape came out of his office. He glared at them but didn't say anything and allowed them to take the back two tables.
"Today we will see how much you have forgotten over the summer. I want the potion on page one hundred and three done before the bell rings. And for a quiz one member of each group will have test it on themselves. Groups of four only. Begin."
"Val read the directions, Angel arrange the ingredients and Catilia set the cauldron to boil." Selena was in her element.
"Faeish Flight. Set the first three ingredients to steep for five minutes in on gallon of water. When orange add the last three. Stir five minutes and take off heat. Cool and bottle. Sounds easy."
"Dragon scale (powdered), beetle eyes and a phoenix feather go first followed by…" Angel paused and looked at her twin, "followed by faerie wings (six should do), shadow dust and pixie dust."
"Professor Snape, I refuse to complete this assignment. It's cruel." Selena announced as Snape came their way.
"Miss le Therone what do you mean cruel? Faeish Flight gives the drinker the gift of flight."
"I refuse to use faerie wings in anything."
"Then you will fail. You will make the potion and you will test it on yourself. Oh and fifteen points from Gryffindor." He stalked away.
"Yes sir." Selena refused to look up. Angel and Val each slid an arm around her shoulders to support her.
"What's wrong? Why is Selena shaking? Snape yells at everyone its nothing personal." Harry said as he looked up from supervising Neville adding things to their cauldron.
"She has been told by that overgrown bat that she has to drink this potion and she can't do it." Val explained while Hermione and Angel finished the potion and bottled it.
"Why can't she?" Ginny asked as she sprinkled shadow dust into the cauldron.
"Because she is Society… because of what she and all seven of us are. She will become very sick and she could die the minute it touches her lips."
"Why? Gram used to sell potions with faerie wings in them to people all the time. They make some very strong potions. Don't they?"
"No she was probably using faerie dust. It used to be a crime to kill faeries. But a hundred years ago it became legal to hunt them whether it is for slaves or for their potent parts. I can't tell you much more but lets just say this might kill her." Val muttered as he gave his fiancé a hug.
Most of the class finished a few minutes later. Snape called one person from each group up to the front. Selena rose and glided up to the front of the dungeon. The vial containing the potion held tightly in her hand. There were four other students besides her standing up front. Draco Malfoy stood there with a vial of bright blue potion in his hand, Neville held one that was a pale blue, Selena's was also pale blue. The other two students had potions that were green.
"Each of you should take a sip of the potion and if you have created it correctly should sprout a pair of dark blue wings on your back for five minutes." Snape grinned maliciously at Selena and Neville.
* Val, Angel... I know how to beat this. I am not going to kill myself for his stupidity. * Draco popped his potion open and drank some. His face became pale and contorted with pain. Selena looked over at him and cursed. Snape looked confused and began to walk towards Draco.
"Stop right there Professor Snape. You have no clue what has happened and anything you do could hurt him more than this already is." Selena closed her eyes and a vial of bright pink liquid appeared in her hand. She walked over to Draco. "Listen Draco I know that you don't trust me but you have to drink this. It will relieve the pain. Drink." Selena poured the potion into his waiting mouth.
"Thank you." Draco whispered as he collapsed on the floor.
"What do you think you are doing young lady?" Snape swooped down on Selena. "That's it I have had it with you. We are going to Dumbledor's office immediately. Class dismissed." Snape grabbed Selena's wrist and dragged her down the hallway. They arrived at the headmaster's office Snape muttered the password and hauled her up the staircase. "Headmaster, I want this student removed from Hogwarts immediately. She poisoned Mr. Malfoy."
"I did not you almost killed him and me." Selena said in her defense.
"What do you mean Miss le Therone? How was Professor Snape trying to kill you?" the Headmaster looked at the princess skeptically.
"Did you know that today's potions assignment today included the use of Faerie Wings? I don't know if you understand how deadly that is." Selena paused. "We cannot eat of the bits of our own people. It is cannibalistic."
"What do you mean cannibalistic. They are Faerie Wings. Bought and sold in Diagon Alley." Snape snapped at Selena.
"You really have no clue about your own students do you sir." Selena glared at him for his ignorance. "I can't tell you. But I can show you." Selena touched her necklace and her disguise faded, Snape gasped, then she closed her eyes. Slowly she sprouted wings and turned a pale shade of blue. She opened her eyes and put a hand back to her necklace. Her disguise snapped back into place and her wings faded. Dumbledor smiled and professor Snape looked like a gapping codfish. "Now do you see what I mean?" Selena got up and left the room. Val was waiting outside.
"You showed them didn't you?"
"Yes Val. I showed them one of my other forms. Oh and he will be calling us to his office after dinner. We need to get to transfiguration. Lets go." Val and Selena materialized outside of the transfiguration room. The two entered holding hands and went to sit near the others.
"Today we will begin a year of learning human transfiguration." Professor McGonagall began her lecture on the dangers of transfiguring oneself. The bell rang and she called out their homework. "Please read the first thirty pages and write an essay summarizing it. Two feet should do." The seven headed to lunch.
Fred and George Weasley were waiting for them when they approached the Great Hall. "Helpful hint for lunch don't drink the pumpkin juice." The pair left smiling and they claimed their seats at the end of the table. They looked around as the food appeared. They began to eat thinking that the twins were just joking them. Suddenly half of the students in the hall had sprouted bright orange wings and were hovering three feet off the ground. Harry, Val and Ron fell off their seats because they were laughing so hard. The girls were struggling to hold back their laughter. Selena waved her fingers and all of the silverware got up from the plates and began to reenact wars. The forks were against the spoons and the knives were being used as guns and swords. Angel glared at a nearby bowl of fruit. The bananas shot out of their peels and the grapes fired themselves at random people. Val smiled at Selena and turned his eyes to a bowl of fruit sitting on the Slytherin table. Someone screamed as the bowl of fruit began to fire its contents at the people sitting at the table.
"Okay now that the fruit has become bored I guess it is time for me to make my announcement." Dumbledor stood up from his place at the head table. "I would like to introduce our Head Boy and Head Girl for this year. This year's Head Girl may be new but she's a pro in leading people. Miss Selena le Therone. And this year's Head Boy is also new. Mr. Valerian Harding. If ever you need anything you can look to these to."
Everyone got up and left for their afternoon lessons. They entered the Charms classroom to find Professor Flitwick sitting on top of a pile of books reading a book. The class passed uneventfully since they were reviewing the stuff they had learned last year. Selena, Angel and Val took notes in order to make sure they were caught up. Hermione read over her notes from last year before handing them to Val.
"This should help you three get caught up. I have listed every charm we have done by the year and whether or not it appeared on the final for that year."
"Thanks Catilia this should help us if they make us take the end of the year tests." Val said as the class began to pack up. The seven of them traipsed outside to Hagrid's hut.
"Hi Harry. Who are these three?" Hagrid asked as they approached.
"These are the transfers. Selena and Angel le Therone and Valerian Harding."
"Oh then there are four crates waiting for you behind my hut. May I ask what is in them?" Hagrid smiled through his beard.
"Would you like to see them Hagrid? They are beauties." Angel asked as Val and Selena ran off towards the back of the hut. Hagrid nodded and the rest followed Selena and Val. Selena stood in front of three crates and Val stood beside the other one. "You guys need to build a paddock for them first before you can uncrate them. You don't them to get free and terrorize people do you?"
"I have a paddock that is not being used anymore? Its quite large it should work for what ever you have in those crates." Hagrid said. They nodded and Hagrid led them to the paddock used for the horses from Beauxbatons last year. "Here you go. Now what are they?"
"Well we have two level one magical horses, one level three magical horse and three Dire Wolves." Angel ticked off the animals on her fingers. Hermione gasped and pointed over Angel's shoulder. Everyone turned around and a loud pop sounded. Five crates appeared on the ground behind the hut. A second later four cages appeared above the crates. Selena left her crates and walked over to the others.
"These are the rest of your Sorting presents. Lets get them into the paddock before we open them." Selena touched each one and they flew into the paddock. "Ginny this one is yours, Ron this is yours and Harry this is yours. Catilia those last two are for you. They are familia gifts. Go ahead open them." Ginny pressed her hand into an imprint on the crate and a side disappeared revealing a beautiful chestnut mare with a white star on not only her forehead but on her back a small cub tumbled out and landed next to Ginny's feet. Ron and Harry opened their crates and found their animals. Ron got a white stallion with reddish flame spots. Harry got a black stallion with a silver lightning bolt on his forehead. Together they took the covers off of the cages to reveal three exquisite phoenixes. Hermione unlocked her crates and out of one tumbled a Dire Wolf cub and a War Horse out of the other stepped a two-foot tall elf and a silver kitten with a black dot on its tail. Her cage also contained a phoenix.
"Selena could we possibly use these animals for class. I think I've got the perfect lesson plans."
"Sure Hagrid, but class is about to start. Don't you need to be over there? Bring the class over when you're ready." Hagrid left to find the class. A few minutes later he came back around the paddock leading the Gryffindor and Slytherin fifth years. The class surrounded the gates. Selena stood in the middle of the field with her riding habit on. "What are we studying first Hagrid?" she yelled from the middle of the field.
"Well I was thinking we'd start with magical horses."
"Okay, Starbright come here girl." Starbright galloped over to Selena's side and rested her head on Selena's shoulder.
"Selena?" Hagrid asked. "Do you want to teach the class about your horse or should I?"
"I'll do it Hagrid. First off does anybody know what this is?"
"Me!" Angel shouted waving her hand around in the air. Angel knew exactly how her twin sister would react, but she felt like making her sister mad.
"Angel, shut up. Now does anyone else know what a magical horse is?" Draco raised his hand leisurely Angel glared at him.
"Like Blondie over there knows anything."
"Actually Angel, I do know what magical horses are. To begin with there are three stages one magical horses, two war horses and three elemental horses. Magical horses also can help mages balance their powers." He answered returning Angel's glare.
* Selena can I hit him? *
* NO *
* Can I run him over with a carriage? *
* NO *
* Can I create a strong wind and blow him away? *
"NO Angel!" Selena yelled out loud. Angel bit her tongue to keep from laughing at her older sister while everyone stared.
"Anything else you would like to enlighten us with Blondie?" Angel asked sweetly.
"No that's about it." Draco replied.
"Okay we're gonna split up into five groups next class so today you are going to learn the basics. I want each of you to try and approach Starbright here." No one moved not even Draco. "She won't bite." Still no one moved. "Fine I'll prove it to you. Catilia, Ron, Harry, Ginny and Draco Malfoy come here." Harry, Hermione, Ron and Ginny came out from behind a fence and walked over to Selena. Draco didn't move from his place behind the fence.
"Draco's a baby… Draco's a baby. Is poor little baby scared of the big bad horse?" Angel teased as she walked away to go take care of Splash. Draco stepped closer to the gate and climbed over the fence.
"Okay Ginny I want you to curtsy slightly to Starbright never losing eye contact once she agrees then you can put your hand on her shoulder and pet her." Ginny did as she was told and the whole class gasped as Starbright bowed her head and allowed Ginny to touch her. One by one the other three did the same leaving Draco to stand alone. Draco studied Starbright for a few seconds before stepping forward and bowing slightly. Starbright again bowed her head and then much to Selena's surprise lowered her front legs to the ground. "Mr. Malfoy, Starbright has given you permission to ride her. But I wouldn't try it just yet." Selena turned back to the class. "Now does anyone else want to try or do I have to call names?"
The other female prefect that Selena hadn't known the day before walked forward.
"May I try Selena?" she asked.
"Sure what is your name?"
"Oh I'm Lavender. Lavender Brown." Lavender walked forward and curtsied to Starbright. After a few seconds Starbright bowed her head and Lavender was allowed to pet her. Pavarti took confidence from her best friend and went next. Dean and Seamus followed suit and then dragged Neville up to Starbright. Blaise looked at her fellow Slytherins and walked over to Starbright with her head held high. She stopped in front of Selena and curtsied slightly.
"Now why did you do that?" Selena asked wanting to know the answer.
"Isn't it customary to ask of permission of the owner before approaching such a beautiful majestic creature?" Blaise said as she rose.
"Well it was a custom that many people don't go by anymore. And yes you can pet Starbright." ~ Blaise, Blaise Zambini sounds Italian to me. She knows our customs like to back of her hand. I'll run a scan of her later. Oh great that awful girl and her best friend are trying to approach Starbright now. This should be fun. ~
Millicent Bulstrode and Pansy Parkinson pushed their way over to Starbright and curtsied awkwardly before almost toppling into a pile. ~ Starbright be nice and let them near you. ~ Starbright bowed her head and the two girls began to pet her.
"Oh what a cute little horsy." Pansy said. "She's as harmless as a flubberworm."
"My cats hairballs are more dangerous then she is." Millicent added dragging her nails across Starbright's back.
Starbright had had enough with one quick movement Pansy and Millicent landed on their backs. Looking up both girls muttered all of two words. "Oh Shit." And that was exactly what they found themselves buried in.
"Starbright. You are not supposed to fertilize people." Selena said as she regained the ability to speak. The laughter Starbright had caused was dieing down to a dull roar. "All fertilizer must go into the correct collection bins. Oh right there isn't much difference is there?" Starbright ambled away leaving the two girls under twin piles of manure. Pansy and Millicent struggled to stand up.
"That evil horse. Wait till I tell my father. You'll be sorry." Pansy threatened while she glared at Selena who has smiling slightly at their predicament. Pansy and Millicent walked back to the castle to get changed before dinner.
"Okay, I have decided the groups for the next few units. Now we have five level one horses that we can use. Group one is going to be Harry Potter, Seamus Finnigan, Gregory Goyle and Angel le Therone. Group two is Ronald Hearth, Dean Thomas, Vincent Crabbe and Morag MacDougal. Group three is Virginia Hearth, Catilia Granaldi, Lavender Brown and Millicent Bulstrode. Group four is Valerian Harding, Neville Longbottom and Pavarti Patil. Group five is Blaise Zambini, Draco Malfoy, Pansy Parkinson and myself. Class is dismissed." Everyone left the paddock. Selena looked around and caught sight of a single person standing off to the side. Selena walked over to him.
Draco stood on the far side of the paddock watching Starbright and Moonlight chase each other around the field.
"Look at them run. They have no fears and no problems. They can just run and not have to worry about pleasing their parents or their grandparents."
"Is this a conversation for one or can I join in?" Selena asked.
"Oh, sorry I didn't think you would have stayed here. Dinner starts in a few minutes doesn't it?" Draco asked not taking his eyes off of the horses.
"Yeah well I was on my way into the castle for dinner. You looked kind of lonely so I came over to talk."
"Potter didn't escort you into the castle. Besides didn't he warn you not to talk to me? I'm Draco Malfoy the insanely annoying pureblood who loves to pick on mudbloods. I am not a very nice person."
"Harry and Ron did tell me to stay away from the bouncing ferret boy but I told them that I would find to if you were a bad person on my own. I don't care for going by people's reputations."
"You are different from your sister. After whatever happened in Potions she dragged me down to the Hospital wing after I came to. She was complaining about how stupid weakbloods were and how I could have gotten myself killed if you hadn't given me that potion. She also said something about not knowing my family's history and therefore dishonoring a whole generation of people. What did she mean by that?"
"She was only trying to get you to the Hospital wing incase you relapsed. The weakblood she was complaining is most likely Snape and she is right you could have gotten yourself killed. Doesn't this school make you know your family tree?
"No they stopped using pedigrees as teaching tools about a hundred years ago."
"Well I can fix that. Meet me outside of the Library at nine twenty five tonight. I'll explain all later." Selena said with a smile.
"Okay Miss le Therone I believe we need to get to dinner. Your sister and friends may be getting worried. Its getting dark and a lady such as yourself does not need to be out in the cold September night air." Draco said as he straightened out his robes. "I walk you back to the castle Miss le Therone." He offered her his arm.
"Thank you and please call me Selena." She accepted his arm and they began to walk towards the castle.
"Draco." He said suddenly.
"Excuse me?"
"You can call me Draco." They kept walking and soon the Great Hall came into view over the side of the hill. Selena flicked her free hand at the doors and they opened. The Hall was deathly silent as the pair mad their way to the Gryffindor table. Draco pulled the empty chair away from the table on Val's left. Draco bowed slightly and took her hand Selena curtsied and he kissed her lightly on the hand. Selena sat down the pale blue skirt of her HAGS uniform swaying around her. Draco walked over to the Slytherin table and sat down near Blaise. With a rush the voices of all the students returned. The Gryffindors were asking questions of Selena while the rumor mill had already began to make up its own version of the tale.
* Selena Daphne Athena Kima le Therone, what took you so long and what were you doing with ferret boy? *
* Selena, darling, what happened? *
* Nothing, We were talking merely talking. *
"Before you four even ask Draco and I were talking in the pasture. Nothing more nothing less." Feeling somewhat dismissed everyone returned to their meals. A soft song was heard and suddenly Selena, Angel and Val stood. A phoenix flew through the Great Halls doors and hovered in front of the trio. There were two letters hanging from the phoenixes leg. One bore the HAGS seal and the other bore the word VASKAS in bright purple and orange letters. Selena grabbed the one from HAGS while Angel took the VASKAS one. Selena slipped the seal off of the scroll and unrolled it.
Dear Quartet,
Greetings. You have obviously settled into your new school and we wish you luck. We need you to make a suggestion to your new headmaster for us. With his permission we will accept twenty students for two semesters. You four will be our link to the school and will be conducting the tests to choose the students. Please choose wisely. You have two weeks. A full CSP on each candidate is due then. No more than thirty candidates please. The exchange will take place the day Christmas break begins at your school. The four students we have discussed earlier are already counted as four of the twenty.
Good luck,
Nicholas Haytn Headmaster of Hempstead Academy for Gifted Students.
Selena passed the letter to the others and they all smiled.
* We're going home!!!!!!!! *
* I can see Antonio. *
"Now students I do believe that it is time for you to all head up to your common rooms. May Selena and Angel le Therone, Valerian Harding and Draco Malfoy come to my office immediately." Dumbledor left and Draco approached the trio.
"Do you know what this is about Selena?" Draco asked.
"I have a feeling we are going to be discussing the Potions accident. I still say he was trying to kill us all."
They walked on in silence. Val wrapped his arm possessively around Selena while Draco and Angel glared at each other. They reached the gargoyle and Selena muttered the password. They climbed slowly towards the door leading into the office and Draco knocked on the door. Dumbledor called them in and told them to sit.
"Miss le Therone are you sure Mr. Malfoy is like you? Are you sure it would have killed him? Why are you not this worried about Marchioness Catilia, Mr. Potter or the Hearths?"
"Sir, the professor had insisted that only one person per group have the potions tested on themselves. Neville Longbottom was unable to be hurt by the potion so in the group containing the Hearths and Mr. Potter I was able to convince him to test it. Mr. Malfoy's potion although it was supposed to be a light blue was shockingly electric blue and therefore it most likely would have hurt him only enough to be healed by the infirmary matron. I did not suspect that Mr. Malfoy was a member of the Society until he began to change. His face became pale and he looked like he was in pain. I knew it wasn't just from a slight problem in the potion. Oh by the way next time let the potion steep for the full five minutes. The dragon scales weren't fully diluted yet. Anyways, I had a potion made for me when we got the materials list. Since faerie wings were listed I had a case of Oracla made for me to keep incase any of the three of us got sick."
"What is Oracla?" Albus asked looking tired.
"Oracla can protect a member of the Society from anything deadly long enough for them to get to help. With faerie wings it will cure the person instantly if they are not completely Society. Draco has a single grandparent I think that is Society." Angel replied as if reading it from the dictionary.
"So that's what the pink potion you gave me was." Draco said.
"Well Mr. Malfoy you are dismissed. It is eight twenty. Goodnight."
"As for you three. What was the letter you got tonight about?"
"Thank you for reminding me." Selena fished it out of her bag. "Here you go." She handed him the scroll and he looked at it.
"I am quite sorry could you please read this to me. The language escapes me."
"Sorry it's in Empirical Italian. Headmaster Nicholas Haytn has asked that we do a full fledge exchange at Christmas. We have space available for twenty students and would like to draw from the population of Hogwarts. The transfers would have to be under the age of sixteen and below sixth year. He has left us to get the details worked out and have the student candidates chosen in two weeks time."
"Let some of my students go to HAGS without even knowing anything about the school? You can choose you candidates but I would like to tour your school and the surrounding facilities and meet your Headmaster."
"I'll arrange that with Headmistress de Maria tonight when we start class. I'll also make the announcement at breakfast tomorrow." The trio left after receiving Dumbledor's permission.
The trio teleported into the common room and scared some first years that were about to sit on the sofas that they landed on. Angel pulled out her homework and worked on it. Val grabbed his packet from HAGS and opened it.
"Val lets work on that stuff later. We have to finish the work we were assigned today. Just because HAGS has given us more work does not make it priority over the Hogwarts work."
"Fine Angel. Besides you can help me with my Blurring Boundaries homework." Selena got up and walked over to their rooms. She opened the door and entered her room. She threw her robe onto her bed and opened her trunk. She grabbed her cloak and wrapped it around her shoulders immediately she felt warm and snuggled in against the fur that lined the top. She fixed the clasp so that it clicked and she became invisible she teleported outside of the library.
By
Hermonie and Selena Silvermoon
Rated: PG
A/N: We do not own, I repeat do NOT own Harry Potter. JK Rowling owns Harry Potter. I, Selena Silvermoon, own Hempstead, the le Therone family, the Hardings, and the Kasmirs.
Now on with the story…
1 Chapter Seven Learning the Ropes
Kali woke Angel up at five, and then she woke Selena and Hermione. Ques pulled Val out of his bed. The girls struggled into their training clothes while Val left saying he had to go get something. He returned with Ron and Harry dragging their feet behind him, Ginny was trying to pull her hair up and run down the staircase at the same time. Val changed clothes and the seven of them left the common room.
Once outside they ran around the castle sticking close to the outline of the Forbidden Forest. Ron and Ginny were both tired when they finished and collapsed on the ground. Harry was breathing hard while Hermione was standing over the two on the ground with a smile on her face. Ron looked up at her from the ground.
"What are you smiling about that must have been at least twelve kilometers? What are you trying to do kill me?" Ron said as he tried to move.
"Oh Ron please. It was three and a half kilometers to be exact. It took you fifty-two minutes to run it. You are going to have to almost cut that time in half if you want to train with us. Oh and quit whining." Angle glared at him as she spoke. Her hair began to fly as if caught in a breeze.
"Calm Angel. Calm down girl there is no reason to get all puffed up he's not a warrior. He's not even Society. He doesn't know." Selena said, as she was the only one daring enough to say something to Angel when she got like that.
"Actually, he's Tamer's sixth son and Ginny is his little sister."
"He's Society! Why hasn't he attended HAGS with us since tenth summer? Why isn't Ginny registered?" Selena gasped.
"May I present Lord Ronald Avery Weasley Hearth and Lady Virginia Constantine Michaela Weasley Hearth. Now I do believe that we have a quick conference with Headmistress de Maria before classes begin. She wanted anyone that is going to study with us to attend as well. They need to be sorted." Selena and Angel agreed and the group headed back up to the common room. Once Ron, Harry and Ginny had entered the castle Val grinned at the girls and called ahead, "We'll race you three back to the dorm. You can have a head start." The three began to run and Selena turned to Val.
"Lets go. That's enough of a head start." She said.
"What about Catilia?"
"We already taught her thank you very much." With a flurry of stars, flower, leaves and gold mist the four materialized up to the common room. They turned around in time to see the other three come puffing into the room.
"No time for question Mr. Hearth we have a meeting." A small jewel on Val's bracelet glowed orange. "And I do believe that she is ready for us now." Selena said as she noticed the jewel.
"Go ahead Madame Headmistress." Val, Angel and Selena said as a hologram appeared.
"Good morning students. Let's get this meeting underway for breakfast begins shortly. How many students are applying to study with you." The image of a tall woman spoke. Hermione stepped forward and curtsied to the image.
"Madame Headmistress there are four of us applying. I thank you for accepting me into your school so late in my education." Hermione said making her presence know.
"Good to finally see you Lady Granaldi you learn fast. May I have the names of the other three students?"
"Mr. Ronald Weasley, Miss Virginia Weasley and Mr. Harry Potter. All are children of that last Quartet."
"Parents names please?"
"Duchess Molinda Weasley Hearth and Arthur Weasley for Ronald and Virginia and Lady Lilianna Harding Potter Gryffindor and Lord Jameson Ash Potter Gryffindor for Harold. Madame." Val spoke up.
"Very well. Do you have CSPs for them it would help in the sorting all four?"
"Yes Madame. Selena has Catilia's and I have the other three. It will take but a second to upload them." A computer screen appeared next to the hologram.
"Very well upon seeing the CSPs as a primary sorting I would place R. Weasley in G6, V. Weasley in G5, H. Gryffindor in G6 and C. Granaldi in G6. That may change. If you decide to add any other students please contact me. Your lesson plans and catch up lessons will be delivered every morning at Breakfast and we require them returned the next morning. De Maria out." The hologram faded.
"Well I do believe that we need to get dressed for school." Angel said as she glanced around. Ginny stifled a yawn.
"Breakfast starts in fifteen minutes. Wake up call is in ten." Val glanced at the moon dial over the mantle.
Ron, Harry and Ginny left to get dressed. Hermione opened the door to her room and headed over to her wardrobe. She selected her long blue HAGS skirt, a white tank top and her HAGS vest to put over it. From her trunk she grabbed her Hogwarts robes and her wand. When she got back to their joint sitting room Angel and Val were walking out of their rooms. Selena exited her room a few seconds later carrying a laptop in one hand. The door opened and the other three stood ready to leave.
They were the first to enter the Great Hall a few Ravenclaws entered behind them. A few minutes later the Hall was teeming with students as most decided to be on time for the first day of classes. Suddenly hundreds of owls appeared bearing packages and letters of all shapes and sizes. Someone gasped and pointed up. Three phoenixes burst through the mass of owls that were leaving the Hall after delivering their loads. The three were quickly followed by seven black phoenixes with orange tips. Selena and Angel rose, Val motioned for the others to stand.
"Familia le Therone." Three of the phoenixes broke away and headed towards the twins.
"Familia Harding." Val spoke up as a phoenix headed towards him.
"Familia Granaldi." Hermione smiled. Most of the Hall gasped.
"Familia Hearth." Ginny called to the phoenixes and two headed her way.
"Familia Potter" the seventh phoenix flew to Harry. A single phoenix remained in the above the rest. It swooped down over the tables causing quite a few students to duck out of the way. The magnificent bird came to rest on Angel's outstretched arm.
"Gremoria." Angel said as the bird preened his feathers. "Antonio sent me a letter. Here's one from Shari too. Oh and our class assignments. Cool." She unwrapped the assignments and began to read them. * We can't do these practice exercises. We can't. They can't find out. * She told Selena and Val.
* Why can't we? Its nothing to hard I mean schools only been in session for about sixteen days. *
* We have to do some things that may get us kicked out if they found out we did them. * Professor McGonagall walked up behind the students as they opened their mail.
"Headmaster Dumbledor requests to see you seven in his office immediately."
"Yes miss." The seven left the table after gathering their mail and dismissing their birds. Arc, Tracer and Gremoria flew off towards the dorms. Harry led the way to the Headmasters office.
"Gummi Bears." Harry said and the gargoyle jumped aside. Dumbledor waited for them at the door to his office. "You wanted to see us sir?"
"Yes please sit." He waved his hand at a row of chairs across from his desk. "Headmaster Hatyn from Hempstead has just informed me that your classes are different from the ones we take here. Could you please tell me what classes you have taken at Hempstead?"
"We took all six standards plus electives. Standards are Rank, Heritage, Fighting, History of First World, History of Gifted, Governing and Magick. Our electives are control shifting (1-3), English (1-6), History (1-3), Ancient Spells (1-5), Heredity (1-3), Old Wars (3-4), Innocents (3-4), Blurring Boundaries (4-6), Science (4-5), languages (5-6), Council Ways (5-6), Strategies (5-6) and sixth years take astronomy. This was to be our sixth year. We are to graduate at the end of this year." Selena ticked the classes off on her fingers.
"Those classes are all fine but what about the basic functions of potion making, transfiguration, herbology and care of magical creatures?"
"We don't take primary school classes in secondary schools unless we plan on majoring in that but that's when we normally take an apprenticeship. The classes you mentioned were taught to us as children when we are more able to succeed." Angel said.
"That's great. Anyways I have your schedules here somewhere. Ah here they are." A schedule appeared in everyone's hands. "Oh and Miss Weasley, you have been moved up to the fifth year."
"Sir, may I ask a question?"
"Harry you already did but you may ask another."
"Since we will be studying with Selena, Val, Angel and Hermione may we also room with them? It would make it a lot easier for us to study together." Ginny asked.
"Now that is a good idea. You rooms will be ready by dinner and your stuff will be moved for you. Selena you and Valerian will be announced at lunch. I believe that if you hurry you can still beat Snape to class." The seven left the office and headed towards the dungeons.
"Why do we always have Potions with the Slytherins?"
"What's so bad about potions?" Angel asked confused.
"Professor Snape hates us, Harry mostly, and the Slytherins are awful. They are all purebloods and are mostly stuck up." Hermione piped up.
"This should be fun. I excelled in Potions at Dark Primary." Selena grinned. They skidded through the door just as Snape came out of his office. He glared at them but didn't say anything and allowed them to take the back two tables.
"Today we will see how much you have forgotten over the summer. I want the potion on page one hundred and three done before the bell rings. And for a quiz one member of each group will have test it on themselves. Groups of four only. Begin."
"Val read the directions, Angel arrange the ingredients and Catilia set the cauldron to boil." Selena was in her element.
"Faeish Flight. Set the first three ingredients to steep for five minutes in on gallon of water. When orange add the last three. Stir five minutes and take off heat. Cool and bottle. Sounds easy."
"Dragon scale (powdered), beetle eyes and a phoenix feather go first followed by…" Angel paused and looked at her twin, "followed by faerie wings (six should do), shadow dust and pixie dust."
"Professor Snape, I refuse to complete this assignment. It's cruel." Selena announced as Snape came their way.
"Miss le Therone what do you mean cruel? Faeish Flight gives the drinker the gift of flight."
"I refuse to use faerie wings in anything."
"Then you will fail. You will make the potion and you will test it on yourself. Oh and fifteen points from Gryffindor." He stalked away.
"Yes sir." Selena refused to look up. Angel and Val each slid an arm around her shoulders to support her.
"What's wrong? Why is Selena shaking? Snape yells at everyone its nothing personal." Harry said as he looked up from supervising Neville adding things to their cauldron.
"She has been told by that overgrown bat that she has to drink this potion and she can't do it." Val explained while Hermione and Angel finished the potion and bottled it.
"Why can't she?" Ginny asked as she sprinkled shadow dust into the cauldron.
"Because she is Society… because of what she and all seven of us are. She will become very sick and she could die the minute it touches her lips."
"Why? Gram used to sell potions with faerie wings in them to people all the time. They make some very strong potions. Don't they?"
"No she was probably using faerie dust. It used to be a crime to kill faeries. But a hundred years ago it became legal to hunt them whether it is for slaves or for their potent parts. I can't tell you much more but lets just say this might kill her." Val muttered as he gave his fiancé a hug.
Most of the class finished a few minutes later. Snape called one person from each group up to the front. Selena rose and glided up to the front of the dungeon. The vial containing the potion held tightly in her hand. There were four other students besides her standing up front. Draco Malfoy stood there with a vial of bright blue potion in his hand, Neville held one that was a pale blue, Selena's was also pale blue. The other two students had potions that were green.
"Each of you should take a sip of the potion and if you have created it correctly should sprout a pair of dark blue wings on your back for five minutes." Snape grinned maliciously at Selena and Neville.
* Val, Angel... I know how to beat this. I am not going to kill myself for his stupidity. * Draco popped his potion open and drank some. His face became pale and contorted with pain. Selena looked over at him and cursed. Snape looked confused and began to walk towards Draco.
"Stop right there Professor Snape. You have no clue what has happened and anything you do could hurt him more than this already is." Selena closed her eyes and a vial of bright pink liquid appeared in her hand. She walked over to Draco. "Listen Draco I know that you don't trust me but you have to drink this. It will relieve the pain. Drink." Selena poured the potion into his waiting mouth.
"Thank you." Draco whispered as he collapsed on the floor.
"What do you think you are doing young lady?" Snape swooped down on Selena. "That's it I have had it with you. We are going to Dumbledor's office immediately. Class dismissed." Snape grabbed Selena's wrist and dragged her down the hallway. They arrived at the headmaster's office Snape muttered the password and hauled her up the staircase. "Headmaster, I want this student removed from Hogwarts immediately. She poisoned Mr. Malfoy."
"I did not you almost killed him and me." Selena said in her defense.
"What do you mean Miss le Therone? How was Professor Snape trying to kill you?" the Headmaster looked at the princess skeptically.
"Did you know that today's potions assignment today included the use of Faerie Wings? I don't know if you understand how deadly that is." Selena paused. "We cannot eat of the bits of our own people. It is cannibalistic."
"What do you mean cannibalistic. They are Faerie Wings. Bought and sold in Diagon Alley." Snape snapped at Selena.
"You really have no clue about your own students do you sir." Selena glared at him for his ignorance. "I can't tell you. But I can show you." Selena touched her necklace and her disguise faded, Snape gasped, then she closed her eyes. Slowly she sprouted wings and turned a pale shade of blue. She opened her eyes and put a hand back to her necklace. Her disguise snapped back into place and her wings faded. Dumbledor smiled and professor Snape looked like a gapping codfish. "Now do you see what I mean?" Selena got up and left the room. Val was waiting outside.
"You showed them didn't you?"
"Yes Val. I showed them one of my other forms. Oh and he will be calling us to his office after dinner. We need to get to transfiguration. Lets go." Val and Selena materialized outside of the transfiguration room. The two entered holding hands and went to sit near the others.
"Today we will begin a year of learning human transfiguration." Professor McGonagall began her lecture on the dangers of transfiguring oneself. The bell rang and she called out their homework. "Please read the first thirty pages and write an essay summarizing it. Two feet should do." The seven headed to lunch.
Fred and George Weasley were waiting for them when they approached the Great Hall. "Helpful hint for lunch don't drink the pumpkin juice." The pair left smiling and they claimed their seats at the end of the table. They looked around as the food appeared. They began to eat thinking that the twins were just joking them. Suddenly half of the students in the hall had sprouted bright orange wings and were hovering three feet off the ground. Harry, Val and Ron fell off their seats because they were laughing so hard. The girls were struggling to hold back their laughter. Selena waved her fingers and all of the silverware got up from the plates and began to reenact wars. The forks were against the spoons and the knives were being used as guns and swords. Angel glared at a nearby bowl of fruit. The bananas shot out of their peels and the grapes fired themselves at random people. Val smiled at Selena and turned his eyes to a bowl of fruit sitting on the Slytherin table. Someone screamed as the bowl of fruit began to fire its contents at the people sitting at the table.
"Okay now that the fruit has become bored I guess it is time for me to make my announcement." Dumbledor stood up from his place at the head table. "I would like to introduce our Head Boy and Head Girl for this year. This year's Head Girl may be new but she's a pro in leading people. Miss Selena le Therone. And this year's Head Boy is also new. Mr. Valerian Harding. If ever you need anything you can look to these to."
Everyone got up and left for their afternoon lessons. They entered the Charms classroom to find Professor Flitwick sitting on top of a pile of books reading a book. The class passed uneventfully since they were reviewing the stuff they had learned last year. Selena, Angel and Val took notes in order to make sure they were caught up. Hermione read over her notes from last year before handing them to Val.
"This should help you three get caught up. I have listed every charm we have done by the year and whether or not it appeared on the final for that year."
"Thanks Catilia this should help us if they make us take the end of the year tests." Val said as the class began to pack up. The seven of them traipsed outside to Hagrid's hut.
"Hi Harry. Who are these three?" Hagrid asked as they approached.
"These are the transfers. Selena and Angel le Therone and Valerian Harding."
"Oh then there are four crates waiting for you behind my hut. May I ask what is in them?" Hagrid smiled through his beard.
"Would you like to see them Hagrid? They are beauties." Angel asked as Val and Selena ran off towards the back of the hut. Hagrid nodded and the rest followed Selena and Val. Selena stood in front of three crates and Val stood beside the other one. "You guys need to build a paddock for them first before you can uncrate them. You don't them to get free and terrorize people do you?"
"I have a paddock that is not being used anymore? Its quite large it should work for what ever you have in those crates." Hagrid said. They nodded and Hagrid led them to the paddock used for the horses from Beauxbatons last year. "Here you go. Now what are they?"
"Well we have two level one magical horses, one level three magical horse and three Dire Wolves." Angel ticked off the animals on her fingers. Hermione gasped and pointed over Angel's shoulder. Everyone turned around and a loud pop sounded. Five crates appeared on the ground behind the hut. A second later four cages appeared above the crates. Selena left her crates and walked over to the others.
"These are the rest of your Sorting presents. Lets get them into the paddock before we open them." Selena touched each one and they flew into the paddock. "Ginny this one is yours, Ron this is yours and Harry this is yours. Catilia those last two are for you. They are familia gifts. Go ahead open them." Ginny pressed her hand into an imprint on the crate and a side disappeared revealing a beautiful chestnut mare with a white star on not only her forehead but on her back a small cub tumbled out and landed next to Ginny's feet. Ron and Harry opened their crates and found their animals. Ron got a white stallion with reddish flame spots. Harry got a black stallion with a silver lightning bolt on his forehead. Together they took the covers off of the cages to reveal three exquisite phoenixes. Hermione unlocked her crates and out of one tumbled a Dire Wolf cub and a War Horse out of the other stepped a two-foot tall elf and a silver kitten with a black dot on its tail. Her cage also contained a phoenix.
"Selena could we possibly use these animals for class. I think I've got the perfect lesson plans."
"Sure Hagrid, but class is about to start. Don't you need to be over there? Bring the class over when you're ready." Hagrid left to find the class. A few minutes later he came back around the paddock leading the Gryffindor and Slytherin fifth years. The class surrounded the gates. Selena stood in the middle of the field with her riding habit on. "What are we studying first Hagrid?" she yelled from the middle of the field.
"Well I was thinking we'd start with magical horses."
"Okay, Starbright come here girl." Starbright galloped over to Selena's side and rested her head on Selena's shoulder.
"Selena?" Hagrid asked. "Do you want to teach the class about your horse or should I?"
"I'll do it Hagrid. First off does anybody know what this is?"
"Me!" Angel shouted waving her hand around in the air. Angel knew exactly how her twin sister would react, but she felt like making her sister mad.
"Angel, shut up. Now does anyone else know what a magical horse is?" Draco raised his hand leisurely Angel glared at him.
"Like Blondie over there knows anything."
"Actually Angel, I do know what magical horses are. To begin with there are three stages one magical horses, two war horses and three elemental horses. Magical horses also can help mages balance their powers." He answered returning Angel's glare.
* Selena can I hit him? *
* NO *
* Can I run him over with a carriage? *
* NO *
* Can I create a strong wind and blow him away? *
"NO Angel!" Selena yelled out loud. Angel bit her tongue to keep from laughing at her older sister while everyone stared.
"Anything else you would like to enlighten us with Blondie?" Angel asked sweetly.
"No that's about it." Draco replied.
"Okay we're gonna split up into five groups next class so today you are going to learn the basics. I want each of you to try and approach Starbright here." No one moved not even Draco. "She won't bite." Still no one moved. "Fine I'll prove it to you. Catilia, Ron, Harry, Ginny and Draco Malfoy come here." Harry, Hermione, Ron and Ginny came out from behind a fence and walked over to Selena. Draco didn't move from his place behind the fence.
"Draco's a baby… Draco's a baby. Is poor little baby scared of the big bad horse?" Angel teased as she walked away to go take care of Splash. Draco stepped closer to the gate and climbed over the fence.
"Okay Ginny I want you to curtsy slightly to Starbright never losing eye contact once she agrees then you can put your hand on her shoulder and pet her." Ginny did as she was told and the whole class gasped as Starbright bowed her head and allowed Ginny to touch her. One by one the other three did the same leaving Draco to stand alone. Draco studied Starbright for a few seconds before stepping forward and bowing slightly. Starbright again bowed her head and then much to Selena's surprise lowered her front legs to the ground. "Mr. Malfoy, Starbright has given you permission to ride her. But I wouldn't try it just yet." Selena turned back to the class. "Now does anyone else want to try or do I have to call names?"
The other female prefect that Selena hadn't known the day before walked forward.
"May I try Selena?" she asked.
"Sure what is your name?"
"Oh I'm Lavender. Lavender Brown." Lavender walked forward and curtsied to Starbright. After a few seconds Starbright bowed her head and Lavender was allowed to pet her. Pavarti took confidence from her best friend and went next. Dean and Seamus followed suit and then dragged Neville up to Starbright. Blaise looked at her fellow Slytherins and walked over to Starbright with her head held high. She stopped in front of Selena and curtsied slightly.
"Now why did you do that?" Selena asked wanting to know the answer.
"Isn't it customary to ask of permission of the owner before approaching such a beautiful majestic creature?" Blaise said as she rose.
"Well it was a custom that many people don't go by anymore. And yes you can pet Starbright." ~ Blaise, Blaise Zambini sounds Italian to me. She knows our customs like to back of her hand. I'll run a scan of her later. Oh great that awful girl and her best friend are trying to approach Starbright now. This should be fun. ~
Millicent Bulstrode and Pansy Parkinson pushed their way over to Starbright and curtsied awkwardly before almost toppling into a pile. ~ Starbright be nice and let them near you. ~ Starbright bowed her head and the two girls began to pet her.
"Oh what a cute little horsy." Pansy said. "She's as harmless as a flubberworm."
"My cats hairballs are more dangerous then she is." Millicent added dragging her nails across Starbright's back.
Starbright had had enough with one quick movement Pansy and Millicent landed on their backs. Looking up both girls muttered all of two words. "Oh Shit." And that was exactly what they found themselves buried in.
"Starbright. You are not supposed to fertilize people." Selena said as she regained the ability to speak. The laughter Starbright had caused was dieing down to a dull roar. "All fertilizer must go into the correct collection bins. Oh right there isn't much difference is there?" Starbright ambled away leaving the two girls under twin piles of manure. Pansy and Millicent struggled to stand up.
"That evil horse. Wait till I tell my father. You'll be sorry." Pansy threatened while she glared at Selena who has smiling slightly at their predicament. Pansy and Millicent walked back to the castle to get changed before dinner.
"Okay, I have decided the groups for the next few units. Now we have five level one horses that we can use. Group one is going to be Harry Potter, Seamus Finnigan, Gregory Goyle and Angel le Therone. Group two is Ronald Hearth, Dean Thomas, Vincent Crabbe and Morag MacDougal. Group three is Virginia Hearth, Catilia Granaldi, Lavender Brown and Millicent Bulstrode. Group four is Valerian Harding, Neville Longbottom and Pavarti Patil. Group five is Blaise Zambini, Draco Malfoy, Pansy Parkinson and myself. Class is dismissed." Everyone left the paddock. Selena looked around and caught sight of a single person standing off to the side. Selena walked over to him.
Draco stood on the far side of the paddock watching Starbright and Moonlight chase each other around the field.
"Look at them run. They have no fears and no problems. They can just run and not have to worry about pleasing their parents or their grandparents."
"Is this a conversation for one or can I join in?" Selena asked.
"Oh, sorry I didn't think you would have stayed here. Dinner starts in a few minutes doesn't it?" Draco asked not taking his eyes off of the horses.
"Yeah well I was on my way into the castle for dinner. You looked kind of lonely so I came over to talk."
"Potter didn't escort you into the castle. Besides didn't he warn you not to talk to me? I'm Draco Malfoy the insanely annoying pureblood who loves to pick on mudbloods. I am not a very nice person."
"Harry and Ron did tell me to stay away from the bouncing ferret boy but I told them that I would find to if you were a bad person on my own. I don't care for going by people's reputations."
"You are different from your sister. After whatever happened in Potions she dragged me down to the Hospital wing after I came to. She was complaining about how stupid weakbloods were and how I could have gotten myself killed if you hadn't given me that potion. She also said something about not knowing my family's history and therefore dishonoring a whole generation of people. What did she mean by that?"
"She was only trying to get you to the Hospital wing incase you relapsed. The weakblood she was complaining is most likely Snape and she is right you could have gotten yourself killed. Doesn't this school make you know your family tree?
"No they stopped using pedigrees as teaching tools about a hundred years ago."
"Well I can fix that. Meet me outside of the Library at nine twenty five tonight. I'll explain all later." Selena said with a smile.
"Okay Miss le Therone I believe we need to get to dinner. Your sister and friends may be getting worried. Its getting dark and a lady such as yourself does not need to be out in the cold September night air." Draco said as he straightened out his robes. "I walk you back to the castle Miss le Therone." He offered her his arm.
"Thank you and please call me Selena." She accepted his arm and they began to walk towards the castle.
"Draco." He said suddenly.
"Excuse me?"
"You can call me Draco." They kept walking and soon the Great Hall came into view over the side of the hill. Selena flicked her free hand at the doors and they opened. The Hall was deathly silent as the pair mad their way to the Gryffindor table. Draco pulled the empty chair away from the table on Val's left. Draco bowed slightly and took her hand Selena curtsied and he kissed her lightly on the hand. Selena sat down the pale blue skirt of her HAGS uniform swaying around her. Draco walked over to the Slytherin table and sat down near Blaise. With a rush the voices of all the students returned. The Gryffindors were asking questions of Selena while the rumor mill had already began to make up its own version of the tale.
* Selena Daphne Athena Kima le Therone, what took you so long and what were you doing with ferret boy? *
* Selena, darling, what happened? *
* Nothing, We were talking merely talking. *
"Before you four even ask Draco and I were talking in the pasture. Nothing more nothing less." Feeling somewhat dismissed everyone returned to their meals. A soft song was heard and suddenly Selena, Angel and Val stood. A phoenix flew through the Great Halls doors and hovered in front of the trio. There were two letters hanging from the phoenixes leg. One bore the HAGS seal and the other bore the word VASKAS in bright purple and orange letters. Selena grabbed the one from HAGS while Angel took the VASKAS one. Selena slipped the seal off of the scroll and unrolled it.
Dear Quartet,
Greetings. You have obviously settled into your new school and we wish you luck. We need you to make a suggestion to your new headmaster for us. With his permission we will accept twenty students for two semesters. You four will be our link to the school and will be conducting the tests to choose the students. Please choose wisely. You have two weeks. A full CSP on each candidate is due then. No more than thirty candidates please. The exchange will take place the day Christmas break begins at your school. The four students we have discussed earlier are already counted as four of the twenty.
Good luck,
Nicholas Haytn Headmaster of Hempstead Academy for Gifted Students.
Selena passed the letter to the others and they all smiled.
* We're going home!!!!!!!! *
* I can see Antonio. *
"Now students I do believe that it is time for you to all head up to your common rooms. May Selena and Angel le Therone, Valerian Harding and Draco Malfoy come to my office immediately." Dumbledor left and Draco approached the trio.
"Do you know what this is about Selena?" Draco asked.
"I have a feeling we are going to be discussing the Potions accident. I still say he was trying to kill us all."
They walked on in silence. Val wrapped his arm possessively around Selena while Draco and Angel glared at each other. They reached the gargoyle and Selena muttered the password. They climbed slowly towards the door leading into the office and Draco knocked on the door. Dumbledor called them in and told them to sit.
"Miss le Therone are you sure Mr. Malfoy is like you? Are you sure it would have killed him? Why are you not this worried about Marchioness Catilia, Mr. Potter or the Hearths?"
"Sir, the professor had insisted that only one person per group have the potions tested on themselves. Neville Longbottom was unable to be hurt by the potion so in the group containing the Hearths and Mr. Potter I was able to convince him to test it. Mr. Malfoy's potion although it was supposed to be a light blue was shockingly electric blue and therefore it most likely would have hurt him only enough to be healed by the infirmary matron. I did not suspect that Mr. Malfoy was a member of the Society until he began to change. His face became pale and he looked like he was in pain. I knew it wasn't just from a slight problem in the potion. Oh by the way next time let the potion steep for the full five minutes. The dragon scales weren't fully diluted yet. Anyways, I had a potion made for me when we got the materials list. Since faerie wings were listed I had a case of Oracla made for me to keep incase any of the three of us got sick."
"What is Oracla?" Albus asked looking tired.
"Oracla can protect a member of the Society from anything deadly long enough for them to get to help. With faerie wings it will cure the person instantly if they are not completely Society. Draco has a single grandparent I think that is Society." Angel replied as if reading it from the dictionary.
"So that's what the pink potion you gave me was." Draco said.
"Well Mr. Malfoy you are dismissed. It is eight twenty. Goodnight."
"As for you three. What was the letter you got tonight about?"
"Thank you for reminding me." Selena fished it out of her bag. "Here you go." She handed him the scroll and he looked at it.
"I am quite sorry could you please read this to me. The language escapes me."
"Sorry it's in Empirical Italian. Headmaster Nicholas Haytn has asked that we do a full fledge exchange at Christmas. We have space available for twenty students and would like to draw from the population of Hogwarts. The transfers would have to be under the age of sixteen and below sixth year. He has left us to get the details worked out and have the student candidates chosen in two weeks time."
"Let some of my students go to HAGS without even knowing anything about the school? You can choose you candidates but I would like to tour your school and the surrounding facilities and meet your Headmaster."
"I'll arrange that with Headmistress de Maria tonight when we start class. I'll also make the announcement at breakfast tomorrow." The trio left after receiving Dumbledor's permission.
The trio teleported into the common room and scared some first years that were about to sit on the sofas that they landed on. Angel pulled out her homework and worked on it. Val grabbed his packet from HAGS and opened it.
"Val lets work on that stuff later. We have to finish the work we were assigned today. Just because HAGS has given us more work does not make it priority over the Hogwarts work."
"Fine Angel. Besides you can help me with my Blurring Boundaries homework." Selena got up and walked over to their rooms. She opened the door and entered her room. She threw her robe onto her bed and opened her trunk. She grabbed her cloak and wrapped it around her shoulders immediately she felt warm and snuggled in against the fur that lined the top. She fixed the clasp so that it clicked and she became invisible she teleported outside of the library.