Aqurthia and Saphyria: Part 3!!!
A/N :: Hey there, sorry about the time. I had trouble fitting
everything into it, so it took a while. Last time, we met the rest of
Dumbledore's crew and showed everyone how much of an idiot Snape is. This
time, we do it again, and meet our FAVORITE guys in the process!! Yeah! Two
birds with one stone, you see? I hope you enjoy it, tell me if you do. AKA::
Review it…
Disclaimer:: I own none of the HP characters, though I wouldn't say no
to Remus…hmm… All I own is myself, Alana owns herself, though I get to
mess with her character.
(A week and odd days later.)
"Are you sure this'll work out right?" Alana asked while she held the
ladder against the wall of Snape's office.
"Is Snape slimey? Of course this'll work!" said Traci, up on the ladder
with a bucket full of a bluish-black liquid. She held up the bucket until it
was about five inches above the door. "Stay," she said to the bucket, "You
know what you're here to do, so do it." She took her hand away from the
bucket, leaving it hovering, unsupported. Then she stepped down from the
ladder, which disappeared as soon as she stepped off.
"Good work," she said, wiping her hands together, "Now when Snape
steps in, he'll get soaked with our SPECIAL solution."
"When do you think he'll get here? Any minute, I'm guessing," said
Alana excitedly, "Let's get some good seats! I would not miss this for the
world!!"
They chose to sit on Snape's desk. They sat down after some quick
jar-shoving and then blinked out of sight. They sat there, invisible, waiting,
every once and a while, one of them broke off into giggles of excitement.
After five minutes, they heard footsteps echoing in the corridor
outside the door. The two girls listened with bated breath as a sharp voice
barked a password. Their eyes fixed on the door, it slowly opened and Snape
stepped in.
The bucket fell.
* * * * * *
(Meanwhile, on the other side of the castle.)
"Morning Padfoot," greeted Remus when he spotted his friend coming
towards him.
"Mmm, Morning," Sirius replied, yawning. He and Remus met in front
of the front doors of Hogwarts and went in together.
"Did Professor Dumbledore tell you why he wanted us to come?" said
Remus as they crossed the Great Hall and went through a side door.
"Only that it was something to do about our assignment." Sirius said,
when he stopped suddenly and held up a hand to warn Remus to be silent,
since he had started to ask what was wrong.
Soon it became evident to Remus what Sirius had been listening for.
Shouting was coming from another side corridor, leading down towards the
dungeons.
"It's been a LONG time since I heard that voice yelling." Said Remus
smiling. Sirius looked up questioningly, "That's Snape's voice. There was a
time when you could pick out just what trick of yours he was yelling about
just by the sound of his voice." Remus said.
"I wonder what's wrong with him this time. Hope it's really hurting
him, whatever it is." This sounded like the Sirius of old, thought Remus. But
Remus didn't want any more trouble between Sirius and Snape.
"Didn't Dumbledore make you two shake hands?" he asked.
"Yeah," said Sirius, "But come on Moony, let's go see what's bothering
our poor ole friend Snape." He grinned evilly.
Remus smiled and shook his head at Sirius, but he had already started
down the corridor. Remus walked after him to catch up. He didn't want his
friend alone with Snape, one of them would most likely end up dead.
The yelling seemed to be coming from Snape's office. Both of them
paused down the hall from his door and listened.
"…Third time this week! First the blindness! Then the ice-water
wake-up call!! Now THIS!! If this doesn't stop, I'm going straight to the
headmaster!!"
The two eavesdroppers out in the corridor heard the sound of
laughter in response to Snape's threats.
"You are a menace! Fifty points from Gry…Never do that again!!" This
was again greeted by laughter.
"Man," whispered Remus, "Whatever these people did to him, they're
putting off his rocker."
Sirius grynned, "I really must remember to congratulate them…"
* * * * * *
Traci and Alana were sitting calmly on the edge of Snape's desk, not
even listening as Snape yelled loudly and incoherently at them.
When Snape paused for breath, Alana suddenly sat straight up.
Our partners are outside, listening, she thought at Traci.
Traci thought back eagerly, Shall we go meet them?
Yeah, Alana kythed to Traci, is my hair okay?
Fine, Traci answered silently, Mine?
Looks good, Thought Alana, let's go.
Snape was still shouting as they got up off the desk and calmly walked
out. Behind them, they left a very confused, wet Snape.
* * * * * *
Both Remus and Sirius looked surprised as the tow girls stepped out
of Snape's office. They were smiling broadly and were dressed as muggles.
"Hallo," they said simultaneously.
"Hi," said Sirius.
"Hello," Remus said. The two girls held out their hands. Traci held
out hers to Remus, trying to stop grinning so broadly. "I'm Traci," she said.
Alana held out her hand to Sirius. "I'm Alana. We are to be your
partners."
"First of all," said Sirius, smiling, "I want to see what you did to
Snape."
"I know, I want to see too," said Remus.
"Enjoy," said Alana, and Traci bowed them towards the door, smirking
broadly.
Sirius and Remus hurried forward to Snape's office door. When they
saw what Snape looked like, Sirius had to duck back into the hall to keep
himself from bursting out laughing in Snape's face. Remus couldn't keep a
straight face for even a second before joining Sirius in the hall, howling with
laughter. Snape was standing there, soaking wet. His hair had reacted
strangly to the contents of the bucket and was now bright red with gold
highlights and curly. His face, however, hadn't changed from his usual sneer,
not a very flattering look.
It was a while before Sirius was able to pause from laughing to croak
out, "…good work…" and then shakily stand back up next to Remus.
Remus asked Snape weather or not he knew what Dumbledore wanted
with them, all the while he was shaking with suppressed laughter.
"How should I know what he wants with you, Lupin? Leave now, I need
to…uh…work this out." Snape replied bitterly, not even looking at Remus, but
staring at the two girls as if he were afraid to have them out of his sight.
Then he went back into his office and slammed the door in their faces.
"How rude." Said Traci, still grynning.
Sirius leaned close to the door and yelled, "Nice hair, Severus! Glad
to see you're showing some house spirit!!" Almost immediately after he said
this, the sound of breaking glass was heard from within the room, as though
Snape had chucked a jar at the door.
Sirius chuckled and ran to catch up with the others as they went back
up the corridor towards Dumbledore's office.
* * * * * *
"I'm GLAD to see you've met each other," said Dumbledore, looking
stern but with a twinkle in his eyes, "But I'm not sure it was NESSISARY to
do that to Professor Snape. You could have really hurt someone and I don't
want that to happen. You are all important to what we need to do."
Traci and Alana both looked guilty.
Could've put an eye out, thought Traci mockingly.
Probably Snape's eye, so there wasn't any danger, thought Alana.
Sirius and Remus could see the gleeful glimmer in both girls' eyes, for
they had done the exact same gesture of mock-guilt when they were still in
Hogwarts. Remus silently wondered who these girls really were.
"Still," said Dumbledore, breaking the silence. "We need to talk of
your upcoming mission."
"These are our partners?" asked Sirius a little more incredulously than
he'd intended.
"Yep!" said Alana brightly.
"We told you that when we met." Said Traci.
"I thought you were joking," said Remus.
"Yeah, so did I," agreed Sirius.
"These girls are of a higher branch of magic than wizards are."
Explained Dumbledore while Traci and Alana look smug. "They are the heirs
of Sappho, and immortal. Traci, there, controls Fire and Wind," Traci waves
at Remus, smiling, "While Alana controls Water and Earth." Alana waves at
Sirius, grynning broadly. Remus and Sirius feel a little silly as they wave
back hesitantly, since they are only about six feet from them.
"Now," continued Dumbledore, "To business."
Dang, thought Traci to Alana, I always hate the explaining part. (And I
DO hate explaining things, so I'll try to cut this short. };))
All four partners listened intently as Dumbledore explained in detail
who they were up against and who they were trying to rescue. He showed
them maps of the area around the Black forest and explained where they'd
be apparating to.
"None of the Black Forest itself has ever been mapped. There are no
villages in the area so there's no one there to map it. And even if there is
someone there, no sensible person would want to go anywhere near it.
They're afraid to."
Sirius looked over a chart of wild animals living areas around the
forest and said, "No sensible person would want to go anywhere near it? Is
that why you chose us?"
"No," said Traci, "That's probably why he chose US."
"Actually," said Dumbledore, "You were the only ones who didn't yet
have an assignment to work on, because you didn't have any partners before
Traci and Alana showed up." He leaned over to pull over another chart and
said, "The Death Eaters have put a lot into the protection against being
detected by other Aurors and Ministry workers."
"How are we going to get there and rescue the Aurors?" asked Remus.
"Yeah," said Sirius, "How should we do this if it's so well protected?"
"By MAGIC!!" chorused Traci and Alana. They collapsed into giggles.
Sirius and Remus both gave them an "I'm not amused," look.
"What?!" said Traci and Alana, innocently.
"We need to be serious, this is not the time for jokes."
Alana smiled at Sirius, "Yes, we must be Serious."
"Stop that," growled Sirius, trying not to smile. Remus was grinning
broadly, then he buried his face in his hands, so to not let Sirius see he was
laughing.
"I was serious, Sirius. I'm dead serious." She replied calmly.
That was a very low pun indeed, Alana, thought Traci.
Dumbledore broke into the conversation with, "I'll get you
reservations at the Leaky Caldron for tonight, so you'll have time to come up
with a plan of action." He smiled grimly. "We could all do with a plan of
action, nowadays."
* * * * * *
A/N:: Well, how do you like it? Tell me! Also, read my other stories
and lists. The lists are now positioned in the "Lists" section since it kind of
made more sense to put them there. Imagine that. It will be a while before
the next part is up, for I'm going to be busy when my relatives arrive for
Christmas. Merry Christmas everyone!!! Blessed Be the Wild Magick!
Traci of the Wild Magic };)
A/N :: Hey there, sorry about the time. I had trouble fitting
everything into it, so it took a while. Last time, we met the rest of
Dumbledore's crew and showed everyone how much of an idiot Snape is. This
time, we do it again, and meet our FAVORITE guys in the process!! Yeah! Two
birds with one stone, you see? I hope you enjoy it, tell me if you do. AKA::
Review it…
Disclaimer:: I own none of the HP characters, though I wouldn't say no
to Remus…hmm… All I own is myself, Alana owns herself, though I get to
mess with her character.
(A week and odd days later.)
"Are you sure this'll work out right?" Alana asked while she held the
ladder against the wall of Snape's office.
"Is Snape slimey? Of course this'll work!" said Traci, up on the ladder
with a bucket full of a bluish-black liquid. She held up the bucket until it
was about five inches above the door. "Stay," she said to the bucket, "You
know what you're here to do, so do it." She took her hand away from the
bucket, leaving it hovering, unsupported. Then she stepped down from the
ladder, which disappeared as soon as she stepped off.
"Good work," she said, wiping her hands together, "Now when Snape
steps in, he'll get soaked with our SPECIAL solution."
"When do you think he'll get here? Any minute, I'm guessing," said
Alana excitedly, "Let's get some good seats! I would not miss this for the
world!!"
They chose to sit on Snape's desk. They sat down after some quick
jar-shoving and then blinked out of sight. They sat there, invisible, waiting,
every once and a while, one of them broke off into giggles of excitement.
After five minutes, they heard footsteps echoing in the corridor
outside the door. The two girls listened with bated breath as a sharp voice
barked a password. Their eyes fixed on the door, it slowly opened and Snape
stepped in.
The bucket fell.
* * * * * *
(Meanwhile, on the other side of the castle.)
"Morning Padfoot," greeted Remus when he spotted his friend coming
towards him.
"Mmm, Morning," Sirius replied, yawning. He and Remus met in front
of the front doors of Hogwarts and went in together.
"Did Professor Dumbledore tell you why he wanted us to come?" said
Remus as they crossed the Great Hall and went through a side door.
"Only that it was something to do about our assignment." Sirius said,
when he stopped suddenly and held up a hand to warn Remus to be silent,
since he had started to ask what was wrong.
Soon it became evident to Remus what Sirius had been listening for.
Shouting was coming from another side corridor, leading down towards the
dungeons.
"It's been a LONG time since I heard that voice yelling." Said Remus
smiling. Sirius looked up questioningly, "That's Snape's voice. There was a
time when you could pick out just what trick of yours he was yelling about
just by the sound of his voice." Remus said.
"I wonder what's wrong with him this time. Hope it's really hurting
him, whatever it is." This sounded like the Sirius of old, thought Remus. But
Remus didn't want any more trouble between Sirius and Snape.
"Didn't Dumbledore make you two shake hands?" he asked.
"Yeah," said Sirius, "But come on Moony, let's go see what's bothering
our poor ole friend Snape." He grinned evilly.
Remus smiled and shook his head at Sirius, but he had already started
down the corridor. Remus walked after him to catch up. He didn't want his
friend alone with Snape, one of them would most likely end up dead.
The yelling seemed to be coming from Snape's office. Both of them
paused down the hall from his door and listened.
"…Third time this week! First the blindness! Then the ice-water
wake-up call!! Now THIS!! If this doesn't stop, I'm going straight to the
headmaster!!"
The two eavesdroppers out in the corridor heard the sound of
laughter in response to Snape's threats.
"You are a menace! Fifty points from Gry…Never do that again!!" This
was again greeted by laughter.
"Man," whispered Remus, "Whatever these people did to him, they're
putting off his rocker."
Sirius grynned, "I really must remember to congratulate them…"
* * * * * *
Traci and Alana were sitting calmly on the edge of Snape's desk, not
even listening as Snape yelled loudly and incoherently at them.
When Snape paused for breath, Alana suddenly sat straight up.
Our partners are outside, listening, she thought at Traci.
Traci thought back eagerly, Shall we go meet them?
Yeah, Alana kythed to Traci, is my hair okay?
Fine, Traci answered silently, Mine?
Looks good, Thought Alana, let's go.
Snape was still shouting as they got up off the desk and calmly walked
out. Behind them, they left a very confused, wet Snape.
* * * * * *
Both Remus and Sirius looked surprised as the tow girls stepped out
of Snape's office. They were smiling broadly and were dressed as muggles.
"Hallo," they said simultaneously.
"Hi," said Sirius.
"Hello," Remus said. The two girls held out their hands. Traci held
out hers to Remus, trying to stop grinning so broadly. "I'm Traci," she said.
Alana held out her hand to Sirius. "I'm Alana. We are to be your
partners."
"First of all," said Sirius, smiling, "I want to see what you did to
Snape."
"I know, I want to see too," said Remus.
"Enjoy," said Alana, and Traci bowed them towards the door, smirking
broadly.
Sirius and Remus hurried forward to Snape's office door. When they
saw what Snape looked like, Sirius had to duck back into the hall to keep
himself from bursting out laughing in Snape's face. Remus couldn't keep a
straight face for even a second before joining Sirius in the hall, howling with
laughter. Snape was standing there, soaking wet. His hair had reacted
strangly to the contents of the bucket and was now bright red with gold
highlights and curly. His face, however, hadn't changed from his usual sneer,
not a very flattering look.
It was a while before Sirius was able to pause from laughing to croak
out, "…good work…" and then shakily stand back up next to Remus.
Remus asked Snape weather or not he knew what Dumbledore wanted
with them, all the while he was shaking with suppressed laughter.
"How should I know what he wants with you, Lupin? Leave now, I need
to…uh…work this out." Snape replied bitterly, not even looking at Remus, but
staring at the two girls as if he were afraid to have them out of his sight.
Then he went back into his office and slammed the door in their faces.
"How rude." Said Traci, still grynning.
Sirius leaned close to the door and yelled, "Nice hair, Severus! Glad
to see you're showing some house spirit!!" Almost immediately after he said
this, the sound of breaking glass was heard from within the room, as though
Snape had chucked a jar at the door.
Sirius chuckled and ran to catch up with the others as they went back
up the corridor towards Dumbledore's office.
* * * * * *
"I'm GLAD to see you've met each other," said Dumbledore, looking
stern but with a twinkle in his eyes, "But I'm not sure it was NESSISARY to
do that to Professor Snape. You could have really hurt someone and I don't
want that to happen. You are all important to what we need to do."
Traci and Alana both looked guilty.
Could've put an eye out, thought Traci mockingly.
Probably Snape's eye, so there wasn't any danger, thought Alana.
Sirius and Remus could see the gleeful glimmer in both girls' eyes, for
they had done the exact same gesture of mock-guilt when they were still in
Hogwarts. Remus silently wondered who these girls really were.
"Still," said Dumbledore, breaking the silence. "We need to talk of
your upcoming mission."
"These are our partners?" asked Sirius a little more incredulously than
he'd intended.
"Yep!" said Alana brightly.
"We told you that when we met." Said Traci.
"I thought you were joking," said Remus.
"Yeah, so did I," agreed Sirius.
"These girls are of a higher branch of magic than wizards are."
Explained Dumbledore while Traci and Alana look smug. "They are the heirs
of Sappho, and immortal. Traci, there, controls Fire and Wind," Traci waves
at Remus, smiling, "While Alana controls Water and Earth." Alana waves at
Sirius, grynning broadly. Remus and Sirius feel a little silly as they wave
back hesitantly, since they are only about six feet from them.
"Now," continued Dumbledore, "To business."
Dang, thought Traci to Alana, I always hate the explaining part. (And I
DO hate explaining things, so I'll try to cut this short. };))
All four partners listened intently as Dumbledore explained in detail
who they were up against and who they were trying to rescue. He showed
them maps of the area around the Black forest and explained where they'd
be apparating to.
"None of the Black Forest itself has ever been mapped. There are no
villages in the area so there's no one there to map it. And even if there is
someone there, no sensible person would want to go anywhere near it.
They're afraid to."
Sirius looked over a chart of wild animals living areas around the
forest and said, "No sensible person would want to go anywhere near it? Is
that why you chose us?"
"No," said Traci, "That's probably why he chose US."
"Actually," said Dumbledore, "You were the only ones who didn't yet
have an assignment to work on, because you didn't have any partners before
Traci and Alana showed up." He leaned over to pull over another chart and
said, "The Death Eaters have put a lot into the protection against being
detected by other Aurors and Ministry workers."
"How are we going to get there and rescue the Aurors?" asked Remus.
"Yeah," said Sirius, "How should we do this if it's so well protected?"
"By MAGIC!!" chorused Traci and Alana. They collapsed into giggles.
Sirius and Remus both gave them an "I'm not amused," look.
"What?!" said Traci and Alana, innocently.
"We need to be serious, this is not the time for jokes."
Alana smiled at Sirius, "Yes, we must be Serious."
"Stop that," growled Sirius, trying not to smile. Remus was grinning
broadly, then he buried his face in his hands, so to not let Sirius see he was
laughing.
"I was serious, Sirius. I'm dead serious." She replied calmly.
That was a very low pun indeed, Alana, thought Traci.
Dumbledore broke into the conversation with, "I'll get you
reservations at the Leaky Caldron for tonight, so you'll have time to come up
with a plan of action." He smiled grimly. "We could all do with a plan of
action, nowadays."
* * * * * *
A/N:: Well, how do you like it? Tell me! Also, read my other stories
and lists. The lists are now positioned in the "Lists" section since it kind of
made more sense to put them there. Imagine that. It will be a while before
the next part is up, for I'm going to be busy when my relatives arrive for
Christmas. Merry Christmas everyone!!! Blessed Be the Wild Magick!
Traci of the Wild Magic };)