Major Trouble
By: Hermonie and Selena Silvermoon
Rated: PG
Disclaim: We do not own, I repeat do NOT own Harry Potter. JK Rowling owns Harry Potter. Would we be writing fanfic if we did…. I, Selena Silvermoon, own Hempstead, the le Therone family, the Hardings, the Hearths, the Granaldis, and the Kasmirs. AS well as any characters that you do not recognize and the torture I have put Mrs. Rowling's poor creations through.
Now on with the story…
1.1.1 Chapter Eight: Setting the Scales Part One
Draco stood against the doors reading a book. ~ Where is she? I wonder what she actually wanted? Maybe she'll tell me about this society and I can go back to hating the Gryffindors. They are all so damn happy. They all have the perfect little lives. Harry Potter is famous and is more than likely treated like royalty. Miss know-it-all Granger is the top of the class in every class. Weasely is the chess master or so some stupid third year was telling the first years in Ravenclaw. The Weasely are one of the poorest families in the school but they are happy. They all care about each other. All my family cares about is the Dark Lord. Where is she? ~
"I'm right here Draco. No need to fret. And no you cannot go back to hating the Gryffindors after we talk. Come on lets go find somewhere where we can talk without being overheard." Selena led him into a nearby classroom and locked the door. "Draco do you want to know about your family? If you don't I can still get you into the Academy but you will have to come to grip with your family history good and bad. Are you ready to see the truth?"
"Sure why not I have nothing to loose. My life is already set. My parents have arranged everything. Show me my family secrets."
"I warned you. Draco Malfoy Pedigree post 1350." A scroll like the one before appeared in her hands. "No matter what this scroll says you are going to get a surprise in the morning. Are you ready Draco?"
"Yes, it can't be that bad can it?"
"Whatever it is you will know who your family really is and you will have to act accordingly. Oh and you will be brought back to HAGS with me soon. Now read it."
Draco unrolled the scroll and looked down at the bottom of the page. He ran his name down a branch until he found his. "Draco Gregorio Michael Malfoy Hearth. Hearth where have I heard that name before?" Draco thought for a moment and looked at Selena. "You said the name the earlier today and the Weaselette said it this morning. So what does that mean?"
"Well Draco it confirms that you are in fact Society because you have four Society names. It also means that you have living Society members that would like to meet you. Surnames are taken from the higher-ranking family. In your case the Hearths are very high ranking and the Malfoys aren't Society members and therefore don't count. Draco would you like to go meet some of your family later?"
"I'll think about it. I gotta go." Draco opened the door and left. He raced back to the Slytherin common room. Draco walked up to his room to find his three roommates already fast asleep. He climbed into his bed and yanked the green velvet hangings closed. ~ Now what else is on this family tree? ~ Draco begun tracing his branch back towards the center and crossed over a few names that surprised him. ~ The Gryffindors, the Slytherins, the Hearths, The Potters and the le Therones. Cool. Look at these ranks. Always knew my family was better than the Weasleys. ~ The clock in the corner chimed the half hour and Draco blew out his candle and put the scroll into his bag.
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Selena pulled her cloak back over her shoulders and teleported back into her room. She slid her cloak on to the hanger in her wardrobe. Selena grabbed her packet of papers from HAGS and walked into their little sitting room. Val and Angel were heading out of their rooms and Hermione sat with Ron, Ginny and Harry.
"Where were you Princepessa?" Val asked as he saw his fiance enter the room.
"I was in my room. Where else would I be?"
"Wrong we checked in there. We were worried until Harry brought us an ingenious little invention of Lord Jameson's. A certain map that will show members of Society as long as they have used magic in the last fifteen minutes. You just happeen to appear in one of the empty classrooms near the library. Now what were you doing in there and to make things more interesting what was ferret bot doing in there with you?" Angel smiled at her older sister knowing that she was trapped.
"I do not have to answere your questions. I am Princepessa not some common harlot."Selena's said as her normally green eyes flashed blue. "How could you two question my integretity? Angel you are my twin, Val you are my fiance, couldn't you two find a shred of belief within you to not question my judgement and my actions? I have honor, dignity and self- respect. Val I love you. Angel you, both of you actually, should know me better."
"Selena I know you are not a harlot and I do trust your judgment. I just don't trust that Malfoy boy he's got a weird aura. There is something he is not telling us. I know you love me. I know you have more dignity, honor and self-respect than to do something to jeopardize your reputation."
"Val, believe me please just trust my instincts on him. Draco is not as bad as he seems. He is the product of a bad up bringing. And yes he does have secrets some he knows and others are unknown to them but they will come out in due time."
"Okay let's do our homework for HAGS." Hermione said as she slipped her package out of her bag. She undid the clasp that held the canvas bag closed and pulled out a laptop, a box of disks and a typed sheet of paper. "Okay this is an outline of today's assignments. I guess we are starting out in first year and speeding through till sixth year."
"Today we have HoFW, Rank, HoG, Govrng, Magick, and Fitng. Six classes a day! That's got to be hard. Which should we do first?" Ginny asked as she looked at the outline and her multi colored disks.
"Okay let's start you four out with something easy. Rank. You are going to be doing a week's worth of assignments at once. There is a spell that we are going to teach you first that should help. I guess you can use your wands for this since you can't do wandless work yet. Catilia you can so no wand. Now say 'Ingrandito Apprendere'. The spell will speed up your learning ability. And now for the book lessons. Follow the directions on the outline. If you have any questions you can either ask Val, Angel or myself. Catilia did you cover this when you were studying on your own?"
"Yes, Grandmamma must have told this to Headmistress because my packet is different than everyone else's. By the way could you help me with this?"
"Sure what are you working on? Angel could you and Val help Ron and Harry they look confused." Selena leaned over Hermione's bookwork. "You are coming at it from the wrong angle. To work with the Governing Studies Disk you need to work from the point of view of a noble or an heir. You are taking it as a student does. At face value. Think it through as if the lives of everyone around you depend on you making the best decision and then try writing your essay. Headmaster Hatyn teaches this class and since this is a semester essay test you have to sound like you are part of the nobility and part of a ruling family. It teaches us to see things from other points of view."
"Thanks." Hermione finished her essay and opened the rest of her files to reveal that only two of her other teachers had assigned homework and the rest had just given her reading and taking notes.
Selena took notes on her assignments from her two history classes. ~ Cuppins and Hallows went slack on me today. Each only assigned me a single page essay. Highcroft on the other hand wants a fully thought out and planned essay on the pros and cons of my station in life. Aunt Zinnia just wants us to do some simple spells and by the end of our time hear she wants an essay describing the differences and similarities between wandless and wand magic. The only hard part is having to practice my fighting skills. I guess I will wait for Angel to finish so that we can spar. ~ Selena finished her essays and took some notes on the noticeable differences for Magick class. Angel and Val finished quickly after her and they slipped their homework disks back into the canvas bags. Hermione and the Ginny were done and cleaning up their belongings. Ron and Harry finally finished fifteen minutes after everyone else.
"Put all of the disks marked Work and put them back into the canvas bag. Each teacher will take their assignments out when they arrive there in a few minutes. If we send them out now we will get a return phoenix with our work for tomorrow at breakfast. Okay everyone off to bed. You will be having some changes in your daily life in the morning. Good night all." Val said as he showed them how to seal the bags with their own seals. Ron, Harry and Ginny disappeared into their new rooms and went to sleep. Hermione and Angel said good night to the other two and then disappeared into their rooms and with a slight click they both locked their doors.
"Val, he's one of us."
"Who is baby?"
"Draco. I called forth a pedigree on him. The only problem is that it has him as being a Hearth. Which means that his mother's parents or at least one of them was a member of Society. He is related to Ron and Ginny. The problem is that they hate each other. If you and Angel cannot get over your dislike for the boy how can we convince the others to trust him enough to let him and the Zambini girl move in here?"
"Okay, I'll be nice to the boy. Now how many people are we going to take back with us after Christmas?"
"Well Ron, Ginny, Harry, Catilia are absolute. Draco and Blaise are also on the list. Fred and George are going to be returning with the rest of the Hearth clan this summer right before our coming out party and the public announcement of our marriage."
"So that leaves us with how many people to use as transfers?"
"Fourteen transfers from Hogwarts based on our criteria. How are we going to test the students?"
"We will figure that out in the morning. Goodnight Beautiful." Val gave Selena a hug and kissed her.
"Goodnight Beloved." Selena opened the door to her room and walked through.
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The next morning Kali and Ques woke up everyone. The pair of elves was surprised when they entered Hermione's room to find another elf in there doing Hermione's hair.
"Who are you and what are you doing in Marchioness Catilia's room?" Kali asked.
"Oh I am sorry for not introducing myself before now. I am Apple, Apple Blossom. Catilia's Great grandmother sent me here to help Catilia adjust to a more suitable life. I do not mean to intrude upon your work. I will be attending to her needs from now on."
"Very well we will leave you to your work." Ques said as he pulled Kali out of the room.
Soon everyone was awake, dressed and outside exercising and sparing. After Angel had tired out Ron, Harry and Ginny and the other three were starting to break a sweat she decided to end the training session. Everyone headed back inside and got dressed for school. The night before each had decided to wear their HAGS uniforms under their Hogwarts robes in order to make them look different and recognizable. The girls sported skirts that swirled to their ankles and white tank tops that clung to everything they had. The guys wore dress pants and white tee shirts. A small crest appeared on the back of their Hogwarts robes. Together the seven of them walked down to the Great Hall. When they got there Hermione flicked her hand at it and the doors swung forward and they entered. The mail arrived carrying their assignments and letters for the twins and Val from home. Hermione received a few letters from not only her younger sisters but also from Adam who had moved to Night Harbor.
Dear Catilia,
How are you doing at Hogwarts? I am having so much fun
at Hempstead. Grandmamma has been helping me to adjust to
being here. I moved into the school the day after I got here. HAGS
is awesome. The building is huge; they have pools and gardens. It
looks like a giant villa nothing at all like a school. I have been
sorted into Genesis. They have four houses like they do at Hogwarts.
They are Genesis, Hope, Temperance and Bliss. Temperance is
kind of an oxymoron. They are like the Slytherins at your school.
Anyways I can't wait till you get here. It was just announced that
We are excepting transfers from Hogwarts for the first time since the
Islands were formed. Well I have to go they just called lights out. I
will write more later. Love you sis, Adam Carson Gregory Granaldi
"So how are we going to select the other fourteen transfers? Someone give me an idea." Selena said as she signed a stack of papers and handed them back to the silver phoenix in front of her.
"Well you could quiz them on things they will need to know to attend HAGS as well as things they need to know about the Society in general." Ginny said as the food appeared on her plate.
"Good idea Gin. Angel how about you make the announcement."
* Headmaster may I make my announcement now? *
"I believe that it is time for morning announcement times. Miss le Therone if you please." Dumbledor stood and addressed the Great Hall.
"Thank you Headmaster. Good morning staff and students. For those of you who do not know me I am Angel le Therone and I am a transfer from Hempstead Academy for Gifted Students commonly known as HAGS. HAGS would like to offer twenty lucky students the opportunity to be one of the first transfer students to attend HAGS in its one thousand six hundred year history. To be considered three will be a series of tests given. All scores will be combined and the highest will be invited to attend. The program is open to any student under sixth year not including sixth year. Their will be a sign up sheet posted outside of the Great Hall after dinner and a poster in your common room announcing the dates, times and subjects of the tests. Thank you." Angel sat down and the seven finished breakfast.
"What do we have first today?" Ron asked as he stood up.
"Well today we have Herbology followed by History, Defense, and you have to suffer through Divination." Hermione said as she pulled her schedule out of a pocket in her robe. "Well lets get going. We are in Greenhouse two today."
Professor Sprout had them replanting some plants that had been destroyed over the summer vacation during a violent storm. When they were dismissed, filthy but laughing hysterically because Neville had splashed some dirty water on Pavarti and she had screamed, they trekked into the castle and climbed through the mass of people in the hall to the History classroom. There was a surprise waiting for them when they arrived in the classroom.
Old Professor Binns was missing. There was a note on the door that said to go to the library. Ron, Harry and Ginny began to run. They knew that they couldn't get to the library before the bell rang. The others vanished from the corridor leaving everyone around them standing confused. The Gryffindors arrived in front of the library panting and struggling to make it into their seats as the bell rang. The Ravenclaws were already inside sitting at a few of the tables that were arranged in rows in a corner. Everyone looked around as the bell rang and once again professor Binns was nowhere to be seen. Suddenly the doors blew open and in floated professor Binns looking tired, if that was possible for a ghost, he approached the group of students.
"This year I have decided to teach you about the Ancients. Does anyone know who or what the Ancients were?" as always Hermione's hand was the first to go up. "Miss Granger."
"The Ancients were a late civilization that is said to have died around the fourteen hundreds. The Ancients were the first completely magical civilization. They also went far in the fields of genetic crossbreeding and the development of wandless magic."
"That is correct except for the part where you said that they were said to have died out. The Ancients are long gone. No one has heard from them since the end of the fourteen hundreds. Now I want all of you to read the first five pages of your new books and then I will give you some information that the book doesn't cover." Professor Binns floated over to where Madam Pince was standing off to the side and had a hushed conversation with her.
~ Hey this stuff is talking about the Ancients being from Magical Italy. Isn't that where the Society is from? ~ Harry thought as he read.
"Yes, Harry, the Society is from Magical Italy. Why do you ask?" Angel said as she stared out one of the windows.
"Angel, I didn't say anything. I was thinking that you guys were the Ancients when you answered my thoughts."
"Do you see what happens when I don't get enough to eat? I get grumpy and can't keep my powers under control." Angel grumbled and returned to starring out the window into the suddenly darkening sky.
"Angel, we just ate breakfast how in the world you hungry?" Dean looked up from his book. For once most of the class was awake.
"You wouldn't understand Dean. Things are different at HAGS. Way different." Angel turned to her sister. "You are okay right? Not feeling hungry? Faint? Tired?"
"Ang, I am fine it is yourself you should be worried about. When was the last time you fed yourself?" Selena asked as she picked up her book and a quill to take notes.
"Toni made me eat before he let me leave his villa but not since then. Same as you and Val." Angel switched from English to Italian. "Besides if anyone should be fiending it's the others not me. Ron, Harry, Ginny and Catilia have never been hunting nor do they have the power that they need to be trying to excess their Society powers." Angel said looking at the others that were hunched over their books. Ron was struggling to stay awake and Harry was talking to Ginny while staring at his book. "I feel sorry for them when the fiending hits. Do you remember the morning of our first time hunting? We were going crazy with the pain and you passed out. Calista just sat there and laughed saying she had never fainted."
"Was your sister Calista really that mean?" Hermione stopped pretending to take notes and asked the girls in Latin. Angel and Selena snapped their heads up and looked at Hermione. "I didn't mean to listen in on your conversation. Your Italian just caught my ears. I don't know why. I never learned any languages."
"Catilia we need to explain some things to you tonight. Angel what's wrong?" Selena said.
"Nothing…" Angel collapsed in her chair her head rolling to one side. Suddenly she sat up and looked around the room. Angel's eyes turned silver and her front two canines extended. Selena jumped back knocking into Val who had just finished taking notes. Val looked startled at Angel's face and also backed up. Ron and Harry edged closer to Angel trying to find out what was wrong.
"Get back you morons she doesn't know you." Harry and Ron jumped away because Selena sounded just a bit agitated both boys were confused. "Catilia we are going to have to jump your training up a level. I will tell you the reasons behind all of this later just listen. We need to get Angel out of here before she attacks one of the other students. Now she has vamped out so we need to do the same thing in order to get her out of here safely. Do feel a wave of power rising inside of you? The only thing you have to do is let that wave go. You will feel really strange for a few seconds but it will pass. You are going to turn into a vampire but I will help you keep yourself under control. Here goes nothing." Selena and Val allowed their fangs to grow and indent their bottom lips while Hermione looked like she was concentrating very hard on something. Suddenly her canines lengthened till they showed when she smiled.
The three of them surrounded Angel and led her out of the library and down the hall. Professor Dumbledor was walking down the hallway and spotted the four of them.
"What are you four up to?" Angel just looked at him licked her lips.
"Angel is hungry." Val latched on to Angel's left arm while Selena grabbed her right one and Hermione pulled a chair away from Dumbledor's desk and pushed Angel into it.
"The school forgot to send us our breakfast and so she is fiending. Val and I have another day before we start. Ron, Ginny, Harry and Catilia will be by dinner tonight because they have been using their powers to do their homework and have no sustenance to back it up."
"Why does Hempstead have to send you special food?"
"Catilia show him while I sedate my twin. Val catch me." A blue haze formed around Angel and Selena then it rushed into Selena's body and left both girls unconscious. Selena's body crumbled and Val caught her and sat her down in a chair. Hermione looked at Dumbledor and grinned. He stumbled backwards and fell into his chair causing Fawkes to take to the air as the falling Headmaster jarred his stand.
"What has happened to you Miss Granger? Who bit you? When did it happen? And what is wrong with her?"
"First off Catilia is fine, no one bit her and she changed just a few minutes ago. Angel is just fiending for blood and Selena used one of the powers of twins to take Angel's bloodthirstiness from her, which knocked both girls out. When Angel comes around she won't remember changing in the middle of class and Selena will need to be on liquids for a while because she will need to recharge her blood. The school normally supplies the whole of the student body with blood every morning. Everyone in the Society needs at least one glass a day. It helps us remain immortal. Much like the stone Harry found in his first year." Val, Selena and Angel's bracelets glowed orange for a second before a pale gold beam shot out of each and began to create a small tornado in the center of Professor Dumbledor's office. The swirling lights combined and Headmistress de Maria, Headmaster Nicholas Hatyn and Mistress Carnelian stepped into the office.
"Allow us to introduce ourselves Headmaster Dumbledor. I am Headmistress Lilee de Maria of Hempstead, this is Headmaster Nicholas Hatyn also of Hempstead and lastly this is Mistress Circe Carnelian our hospital matron. We have come to check up on our students and see if any arrangements need to be made before the exchange." Headmistress de Maria spoke softly but it drew the attention of everyone in the room. She waved her hand at the twins and they awoke seemingly fine except for they still had their fangs.
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Okay we have finally finished enough of chapter eight. We decided to post it in two parts so enjoy. We'll put the next part up if we receive three reviews on this part.
By: Hermonie and Selena Silvermoon
Rated: PG
Disclaim: We do not own, I repeat do NOT own Harry Potter. JK Rowling owns Harry Potter. Would we be writing fanfic if we did…. I, Selena Silvermoon, own Hempstead, the le Therone family, the Hardings, the Hearths, the Granaldis, and the Kasmirs. AS well as any characters that you do not recognize and the torture I have put Mrs. Rowling's poor creations through.
Now on with the story…
1.1.1 Chapter Eight: Setting the Scales Part One
Draco stood against the doors reading a book. ~ Where is she? I wonder what she actually wanted? Maybe she'll tell me about this society and I can go back to hating the Gryffindors. They are all so damn happy. They all have the perfect little lives. Harry Potter is famous and is more than likely treated like royalty. Miss know-it-all Granger is the top of the class in every class. Weasely is the chess master or so some stupid third year was telling the first years in Ravenclaw. The Weasely are one of the poorest families in the school but they are happy. They all care about each other. All my family cares about is the Dark Lord. Where is she? ~
"I'm right here Draco. No need to fret. And no you cannot go back to hating the Gryffindors after we talk. Come on lets go find somewhere where we can talk without being overheard." Selena led him into a nearby classroom and locked the door. "Draco do you want to know about your family? If you don't I can still get you into the Academy but you will have to come to grip with your family history good and bad. Are you ready to see the truth?"
"Sure why not I have nothing to loose. My life is already set. My parents have arranged everything. Show me my family secrets."
"I warned you. Draco Malfoy Pedigree post 1350." A scroll like the one before appeared in her hands. "No matter what this scroll says you are going to get a surprise in the morning. Are you ready Draco?"
"Yes, it can't be that bad can it?"
"Whatever it is you will know who your family really is and you will have to act accordingly. Oh and you will be brought back to HAGS with me soon. Now read it."
Draco unrolled the scroll and looked down at the bottom of the page. He ran his name down a branch until he found his. "Draco Gregorio Michael Malfoy Hearth. Hearth where have I heard that name before?" Draco thought for a moment and looked at Selena. "You said the name the earlier today and the Weaselette said it this morning. So what does that mean?"
"Well Draco it confirms that you are in fact Society because you have four Society names. It also means that you have living Society members that would like to meet you. Surnames are taken from the higher-ranking family. In your case the Hearths are very high ranking and the Malfoys aren't Society members and therefore don't count. Draco would you like to go meet some of your family later?"
"I'll think about it. I gotta go." Draco opened the door and left. He raced back to the Slytherin common room. Draco walked up to his room to find his three roommates already fast asleep. He climbed into his bed and yanked the green velvet hangings closed. ~ Now what else is on this family tree? ~ Draco begun tracing his branch back towards the center and crossed over a few names that surprised him. ~ The Gryffindors, the Slytherins, the Hearths, The Potters and the le Therones. Cool. Look at these ranks. Always knew my family was better than the Weasleys. ~ The clock in the corner chimed the half hour and Draco blew out his candle and put the scroll into his bag.
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Selena pulled her cloak back over her shoulders and teleported back into her room. She slid her cloak on to the hanger in her wardrobe. Selena grabbed her packet of papers from HAGS and walked into their little sitting room. Val and Angel were heading out of their rooms and Hermione sat with Ron, Ginny and Harry.
"Where were you Princepessa?" Val asked as he saw his fiance enter the room.
"I was in my room. Where else would I be?"
"Wrong we checked in there. We were worried until Harry brought us an ingenious little invention of Lord Jameson's. A certain map that will show members of Society as long as they have used magic in the last fifteen minutes. You just happeen to appear in one of the empty classrooms near the library. Now what were you doing in there and to make things more interesting what was ferret bot doing in there with you?" Angel smiled at her older sister knowing that she was trapped.
"I do not have to answere your questions. I am Princepessa not some common harlot."Selena's said as her normally green eyes flashed blue. "How could you two question my integretity? Angel you are my twin, Val you are my fiance, couldn't you two find a shred of belief within you to not question my judgement and my actions? I have honor, dignity and self- respect. Val I love you. Angel you, both of you actually, should know me better."
"Selena I know you are not a harlot and I do trust your judgment. I just don't trust that Malfoy boy he's got a weird aura. There is something he is not telling us. I know you love me. I know you have more dignity, honor and self-respect than to do something to jeopardize your reputation."
"Val, believe me please just trust my instincts on him. Draco is not as bad as he seems. He is the product of a bad up bringing. And yes he does have secrets some he knows and others are unknown to them but they will come out in due time."
"Okay let's do our homework for HAGS." Hermione said as she slipped her package out of her bag. She undid the clasp that held the canvas bag closed and pulled out a laptop, a box of disks and a typed sheet of paper. "Okay this is an outline of today's assignments. I guess we are starting out in first year and speeding through till sixth year."
"Today we have HoFW, Rank, HoG, Govrng, Magick, and Fitng. Six classes a day! That's got to be hard. Which should we do first?" Ginny asked as she looked at the outline and her multi colored disks.
"Okay let's start you four out with something easy. Rank. You are going to be doing a week's worth of assignments at once. There is a spell that we are going to teach you first that should help. I guess you can use your wands for this since you can't do wandless work yet. Catilia you can so no wand. Now say 'Ingrandito Apprendere'. The spell will speed up your learning ability. And now for the book lessons. Follow the directions on the outline. If you have any questions you can either ask Val, Angel or myself. Catilia did you cover this when you were studying on your own?"
"Yes, Grandmamma must have told this to Headmistress because my packet is different than everyone else's. By the way could you help me with this?"
"Sure what are you working on? Angel could you and Val help Ron and Harry they look confused." Selena leaned over Hermione's bookwork. "You are coming at it from the wrong angle. To work with the Governing Studies Disk you need to work from the point of view of a noble or an heir. You are taking it as a student does. At face value. Think it through as if the lives of everyone around you depend on you making the best decision and then try writing your essay. Headmaster Hatyn teaches this class and since this is a semester essay test you have to sound like you are part of the nobility and part of a ruling family. It teaches us to see things from other points of view."
"Thanks." Hermione finished her essay and opened the rest of her files to reveal that only two of her other teachers had assigned homework and the rest had just given her reading and taking notes.
Selena took notes on her assignments from her two history classes. ~ Cuppins and Hallows went slack on me today. Each only assigned me a single page essay. Highcroft on the other hand wants a fully thought out and planned essay on the pros and cons of my station in life. Aunt Zinnia just wants us to do some simple spells and by the end of our time hear she wants an essay describing the differences and similarities between wandless and wand magic. The only hard part is having to practice my fighting skills. I guess I will wait for Angel to finish so that we can spar. ~ Selena finished her essays and took some notes on the noticeable differences for Magick class. Angel and Val finished quickly after her and they slipped their homework disks back into the canvas bags. Hermione and the Ginny were done and cleaning up their belongings. Ron and Harry finally finished fifteen minutes after everyone else.
"Put all of the disks marked Work and put them back into the canvas bag. Each teacher will take their assignments out when they arrive there in a few minutes. If we send them out now we will get a return phoenix with our work for tomorrow at breakfast. Okay everyone off to bed. You will be having some changes in your daily life in the morning. Good night all." Val said as he showed them how to seal the bags with their own seals. Ron, Harry and Ginny disappeared into their new rooms and went to sleep. Hermione and Angel said good night to the other two and then disappeared into their rooms and with a slight click they both locked their doors.
"Val, he's one of us."
"Who is baby?"
"Draco. I called forth a pedigree on him. The only problem is that it has him as being a Hearth. Which means that his mother's parents or at least one of them was a member of Society. He is related to Ron and Ginny. The problem is that they hate each other. If you and Angel cannot get over your dislike for the boy how can we convince the others to trust him enough to let him and the Zambini girl move in here?"
"Okay, I'll be nice to the boy. Now how many people are we going to take back with us after Christmas?"
"Well Ron, Ginny, Harry, Catilia are absolute. Draco and Blaise are also on the list. Fred and George are going to be returning with the rest of the Hearth clan this summer right before our coming out party and the public announcement of our marriage."
"So that leaves us with how many people to use as transfers?"
"Fourteen transfers from Hogwarts based on our criteria. How are we going to test the students?"
"We will figure that out in the morning. Goodnight Beautiful." Val gave Selena a hug and kissed her.
"Goodnight Beloved." Selena opened the door to her room and walked through.
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The next morning Kali and Ques woke up everyone. The pair of elves was surprised when they entered Hermione's room to find another elf in there doing Hermione's hair.
"Who are you and what are you doing in Marchioness Catilia's room?" Kali asked.
"Oh I am sorry for not introducing myself before now. I am Apple, Apple Blossom. Catilia's Great grandmother sent me here to help Catilia adjust to a more suitable life. I do not mean to intrude upon your work. I will be attending to her needs from now on."
"Very well we will leave you to your work." Ques said as he pulled Kali out of the room.
Soon everyone was awake, dressed and outside exercising and sparing. After Angel had tired out Ron, Harry and Ginny and the other three were starting to break a sweat she decided to end the training session. Everyone headed back inside and got dressed for school. The night before each had decided to wear their HAGS uniforms under their Hogwarts robes in order to make them look different and recognizable. The girls sported skirts that swirled to their ankles and white tank tops that clung to everything they had. The guys wore dress pants and white tee shirts. A small crest appeared on the back of their Hogwarts robes. Together the seven of them walked down to the Great Hall. When they got there Hermione flicked her hand at it and the doors swung forward and they entered. The mail arrived carrying their assignments and letters for the twins and Val from home. Hermione received a few letters from not only her younger sisters but also from Adam who had moved to Night Harbor.
Dear Catilia,
How are you doing at Hogwarts? I am having so much fun
at Hempstead. Grandmamma has been helping me to adjust to
being here. I moved into the school the day after I got here. HAGS
is awesome. The building is huge; they have pools and gardens. It
looks like a giant villa nothing at all like a school. I have been
sorted into Genesis. They have four houses like they do at Hogwarts.
They are Genesis, Hope, Temperance and Bliss. Temperance is
kind of an oxymoron. They are like the Slytherins at your school.
Anyways I can't wait till you get here. It was just announced that
We are excepting transfers from Hogwarts for the first time since the
Islands were formed. Well I have to go they just called lights out. I
will write more later. Love you sis, Adam Carson Gregory Granaldi
"So how are we going to select the other fourteen transfers? Someone give me an idea." Selena said as she signed a stack of papers and handed them back to the silver phoenix in front of her.
"Well you could quiz them on things they will need to know to attend HAGS as well as things they need to know about the Society in general." Ginny said as the food appeared on her plate.
"Good idea Gin. Angel how about you make the announcement."
* Headmaster may I make my announcement now? *
"I believe that it is time for morning announcement times. Miss le Therone if you please." Dumbledor stood and addressed the Great Hall.
"Thank you Headmaster. Good morning staff and students. For those of you who do not know me I am Angel le Therone and I am a transfer from Hempstead Academy for Gifted Students commonly known as HAGS. HAGS would like to offer twenty lucky students the opportunity to be one of the first transfer students to attend HAGS in its one thousand six hundred year history. To be considered three will be a series of tests given. All scores will be combined and the highest will be invited to attend. The program is open to any student under sixth year not including sixth year. Their will be a sign up sheet posted outside of the Great Hall after dinner and a poster in your common room announcing the dates, times and subjects of the tests. Thank you." Angel sat down and the seven finished breakfast.
"What do we have first today?" Ron asked as he stood up.
"Well today we have Herbology followed by History, Defense, and you have to suffer through Divination." Hermione said as she pulled her schedule out of a pocket in her robe. "Well lets get going. We are in Greenhouse two today."
Professor Sprout had them replanting some plants that had been destroyed over the summer vacation during a violent storm. When they were dismissed, filthy but laughing hysterically because Neville had splashed some dirty water on Pavarti and she had screamed, they trekked into the castle and climbed through the mass of people in the hall to the History classroom. There was a surprise waiting for them when they arrived in the classroom.
Old Professor Binns was missing. There was a note on the door that said to go to the library. Ron, Harry and Ginny began to run. They knew that they couldn't get to the library before the bell rang. The others vanished from the corridor leaving everyone around them standing confused. The Gryffindors arrived in front of the library panting and struggling to make it into their seats as the bell rang. The Ravenclaws were already inside sitting at a few of the tables that were arranged in rows in a corner. Everyone looked around as the bell rang and once again professor Binns was nowhere to be seen. Suddenly the doors blew open and in floated professor Binns looking tired, if that was possible for a ghost, he approached the group of students.
"This year I have decided to teach you about the Ancients. Does anyone know who or what the Ancients were?" as always Hermione's hand was the first to go up. "Miss Granger."
"The Ancients were a late civilization that is said to have died around the fourteen hundreds. The Ancients were the first completely magical civilization. They also went far in the fields of genetic crossbreeding and the development of wandless magic."
"That is correct except for the part where you said that they were said to have died out. The Ancients are long gone. No one has heard from them since the end of the fourteen hundreds. Now I want all of you to read the first five pages of your new books and then I will give you some information that the book doesn't cover." Professor Binns floated over to where Madam Pince was standing off to the side and had a hushed conversation with her.
~ Hey this stuff is talking about the Ancients being from Magical Italy. Isn't that where the Society is from? ~ Harry thought as he read.
"Yes, Harry, the Society is from Magical Italy. Why do you ask?" Angel said as she stared out one of the windows.
"Angel, I didn't say anything. I was thinking that you guys were the Ancients when you answered my thoughts."
"Do you see what happens when I don't get enough to eat? I get grumpy and can't keep my powers under control." Angel grumbled and returned to starring out the window into the suddenly darkening sky.
"Angel, we just ate breakfast how in the world you hungry?" Dean looked up from his book. For once most of the class was awake.
"You wouldn't understand Dean. Things are different at HAGS. Way different." Angel turned to her sister. "You are okay right? Not feeling hungry? Faint? Tired?"
"Ang, I am fine it is yourself you should be worried about. When was the last time you fed yourself?" Selena asked as she picked up her book and a quill to take notes.
"Toni made me eat before he let me leave his villa but not since then. Same as you and Val." Angel switched from English to Italian. "Besides if anyone should be fiending it's the others not me. Ron, Harry, Ginny and Catilia have never been hunting nor do they have the power that they need to be trying to excess their Society powers." Angel said looking at the others that were hunched over their books. Ron was struggling to stay awake and Harry was talking to Ginny while staring at his book. "I feel sorry for them when the fiending hits. Do you remember the morning of our first time hunting? We were going crazy with the pain and you passed out. Calista just sat there and laughed saying she had never fainted."
"Was your sister Calista really that mean?" Hermione stopped pretending to take notes and asked the girls in Latin. Angel and Selena snapped their heads up and looked at Hermione. "I didn't mean to listen in on your conversation. Your Italian just caught my ears. I don't know why. I never learned any languages."
"Catilia we need to explain some things to you tonight. Angel what's wrong?" Selena said.
"Nothing…" Angel collapsed in her chair her head rolling to one side. Suddenly she sat up and looked around the room. Angel's eyes turned silver and her front two canines extended. Selena jumped back knocking into Val who had just finished taking notes. Val looked startled at Angel's face and also backed up. Ron and Harry edged closer to Angel trying to find out what was wrong.
"Get back you morons she doesn't know you." Harry and Ron jumped away because Selena sounded just a bit agitated both boys were confused. "Catilia we are going to have to jump your training up a level. I will tell you the reasons behind all of this later just listen. We need to get Angel out of here before she attacks one of the other students. Now she has vamped out so we need to do the same thing in order to get her out of here safely. Do feel a wave of power rising inside of you? The only thing you have to do is let that wave go. You will feel really strange for a few seconds but it will pass. You are going to turn into a vampire but I will help you keep yourself under control. Here goes nothing." Selena and Val allowed their fangs to grow and indent their bottom lips while Hermione looked like she was concentrating very hard on something. Suddenly her canines lengthened till they showed when she smiled.
The three of them surrounded Angel and led her out of the library and down the hall. Professor Dumbledor was walking down the hallway and spotted the four of them.
"What are you four up to?" Angel just looked at him licked her lips.
"Angel is hungry." Val latched on to Angel's left arm while Selena grabbed her right one and Hermione pulled a chair away from Dumbledor's desk and pushed Angel into it.
"The school forgot to send us our breakfast and so she is fiending. Val and I have another day before we start. Ron, Ginny, Harry and Catilia will be by dinner tonight because they have been using their powers to do their homework and have no sustenance to back it up."
"Why does Hempstead have to send you special food?"
"Catilia show him while I sedate my twin. Val catch me." A blue haze formed around Angel and Selena then it rushed into Selena's body and left both girls unconscious. Selena's body crumbled and Val caught her and sat her down in a chair. Hermione looked at Dumbledor and grinned. He stumbled backwards and fell into his chair causing Fawkes to take to the air as the falling Headmaster jarred his stand.
"What has happened to you Miss Granger? Who bit you? When did it happen? And what is wrong with her?"
"First off Catilia is fine, no one bit her and she changed just a few minutes ago. Angel is just fiending for blood and Selena used one of the powers of twins to take Angel's bloodthirstiness from her, which knocked both girls out. When Angel comes around she won't remember changing in the middle of class and Selena will need to be on liquids for a while because she will need to recharge her blood. The school normally supplies the whole of the student body with blood every morning. Everyone in the Society needs at least one glass a day. It helps us remain immortal. Much like the stone Harry found in his first year." Val, Selena and Angel's bracelets glowed orange for a second before a pale gold beam shot out of each and began to create a small tornado in the center of Professor Dumbledor's office. The swirling lights combined and Headmistress de Maria, Headmaster Nicholas Hatyn and Mistress Carnelian stepped into the office.
"Allow us to introduce ourselves Headmaster Dumbledor. I am Headmistress Lilee de Maria of Hempstead, this is Headmaster Nicholas Hatyn also of Hempstead and lastly this is Mistress Circe Carnelian our hospital matron. We have come to check up on our students and see if any arrangements need to be made before the exchange." Headmistress de Maria spoke softly but it drew the attention of everyone in the room. She waved her hand at the twins and they awoke seemingly fine except for they still had their fangs.
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