Lady of the House-Elves
by WinkyBells
A/N: Another chapter!!! How exciting! I just want to thank all of you that have been keeping up with the story. It really makes me feel good. Oh! I almost forgot! I have one part in here that I lifted from other stuff. From Blast From the Past with the Early French Colloquialism remark. Have to give props to the person that thought that line up. I love it!! I want you to know that I also have other stories under the same name. Please r/r! Now, on with the show!!!
Chapter 5: First Day(Oh no...)
The girls stayed at Hogwarts the last few days before the start-of-term. April and Dawn had fun their last few days of freedom by visiting Hagrid and getting the elves together for wild games of tag, hide-n-seek, all the things that children do. But, finally, the big day came for April and Dawn to don their new regalia and to be introduced to the students.
"Dawn-Dawn, I'm so nervous! What if I'm a Slytherin? Eeee! I don't want that to happen!" April whispered nervously.
"Don't worry about it, Squab. You'll get into a good place. Now, go!"
"But I..."
"GO!" Dawn whispered, before shoving April into the Great Hall. Murmurs went through the crowd as Dumbledore introduced her.
"This is our newest student. Her, and her sister, are from America and this young lady has been crowned queen of the house-elves. May I present April Nagy."
April stood before the crowd in hunter-green silk robes held by a gold belt with a gold circlet crown resting on her unbound, oaken tresses. She bowed, slightly, and placed the Sorting Hat onto her head. A few moments later the Hat shouted ,"Gryffindor!" and April beamed as she jumped up, removed the hat, and ran to the table.
'Wow, HOTTIES!' April thought as she sat next to Hermione and the guys and watched her sister get sorted into Gryffindor, all the while noticing the Weasley Twins staring quite intently at the Queen-Miss, herself.
"Squab! We're in!" shouted Dawn while their fellow Gryffindors screamed with delight.
"YEAH, BABY!!" April replied as Neville, red-faced, offered Dawn his chair and they sat down to eat.
The girls quickly became friends with the Weasley family, Hermione, Harry, and the other Gryffindors. After everyone was stuffed, fat and happy, the Houses started to file out to their dorms.
"What was the password again?" Neville asked.
"BAT-TOES!" someone shouted.
The portrait of the Fat Lady swung open allowing the students to go to bed. The next morning April woke early, got dressed, and went to wake Dawn.
"Wheezy," she whispered to no avail. "Wheezy. WAKE UP GOLDILOCKS!" she said loudly while shaking her sister.
"Whathe..?"
"C'mon! Let's go get breakfast," April said hurriedly.
"Do they have salad?"
"I'll get Winky to fix you a salad. Now c'mon!"
Dawn got dressed and they bounded down to the Great Hall. April asked Winky to bring Dawn a salad with fat-free Italian dressing as the Hall started to fill up more. Soon after the post arrived with Kiwi, April's macaw, carrying her schedule.
"Ah, crap. I've got Potions with the Slytherins today," April sighed, "Maybe I can blow up someone's cauldron."
"You better look out," Dawn warned while Fred and George started to hit each other in a fight over who would get to sit by April, "I don't think Professor Snape likes you."
"Nah," said April as Fred settled next to her with mussed hair and a rapidly blackening eye, "Snapey thinks I'm cool. After the flower-incident, I think we bonded."
"Flower-incident?" Fred questioned as Harry, Hermione, Ron, and Ginny sat down. April relived her and Snape's adventures in Diagon Alley. By the time Dawn and April reached the end of the tale Fred, George, Harry, Ron, and Ginny were laughing hysterically and Hermione was scowling.
"You really shouldn't be disrespectful to the professors," Hermione started.
"She was just having a bit of fun," Harry stated, "Hey! We need to get to class!"
"Bye Dawn-Dawn!"
"Have fun, and don't give the Professor a hard time," Dawn shouted.
"I'll try!" April screamed as the four of them ran down the halls to the dungeons. The Slytherins and Gryffindors stood outside the door with visible tension. Just as a fight was about to break out Professor Snape flung the door open as he said, "In. NOW." The students flooded in and took their seats as Snape frowned at them all before beginning the lesson. After that he told everyone to get out their cauldrons and to start making a Restorative Draught with their partners.
"I'll cut up the Mandrake roots, if you put stuff in," April told Ron as she grabbed the knife.
"OK."
April began to dice the roots when she saw that they were supposed sliced.
"Awww shit!"
"What was that," Snape said from behind as he added with a sneer, "Your Highness?"
April straightened quickly, ideas acing through her head, before thinking, 'I hope this works like in the movie!'
"It's, uh, early French COLLOQUIALISM!" April managed to splutter out while looking kinda innocent, "It means, um, 'Awfully Good'!" April continued to grin as the class held it's collective breath, waiting for the screaming to begin. But Snape just stood there, regarding her, before saying, "Well, you're not as big of a heathen as one would think ," and he swept away to the Slytherin half of the class. He looked into Draco and Millicent's cauldron and said loudly, "Shit, Malfoy, shit," and walked off. It was all the Gryffindors could do to keep from busting out laughing for the rest of the class.
A half-hour later, Harry, April, Ron, and Hermione were heading toward Defense Against the Dark Arts.
"I wonder who's teaching it this year?" April asked, "Hope he's not a wanker." Hermione raised an eyebrow and chuckled while Harry and Ron laughed openly. They continued on and April started to space out from looking at the hall decorations.
"Hey! Check out this tapestry you guys!" exclaimed April to silence. "Guys?"
She turned around and saw that she had strayed and was now lost. As panic set in she started to run down the halls at breakneck speeds and after 5 minutes April started to hyperventilate.
"Gotta...(huff)...find...(pant,puff)class..," she panted before running into a very toned chest.
"Miss?" was all she heard before passing out into the owner of the chest's arms.
"Miss. Miss," a kind voice called to April as she tasted something sweet being fed to her.
'Mmmm, chocolate. I think I could dig this guy,' April thought, 'This could be the the beginning of something sweet! Better take a look at him.' April's eyelids fluttered before she opened her eyes and looked at her rescuer. A tall, lanky, pale man with silver-framed glasses, tattered robes and light brown hair flecked with gray stared at her with kind smile on his face.
"I don't believe I know you personally. Which makes you the House-Elf Queen, right?" he said as he helped her up.
"You, you're,...Professor Lupin," she stated, too awestruck at how fine he looked in the flesh to say anything else.
"Yes. And you must be Miss April Nagy," Remus said while smiling, "What is your next class, Your Highness?"
"Uh. It's your class and, please, just call me April," she replied breathlessly to the man that had stolen her heart.
"Well then! Would you do me the honor," Lupin asked while offering the crook of his arm, "of allowing me to escort you to class?"
"Sure. Why not?" April said as she took his arm and began walking. She snuggled into his arm and sighed happily as he began to ask her some questions.
"Have you been enjoying your first day?"
"Yes."
"Have you met Harry and the other Gryffindors?"
"Uh huh. I was with Ron and them earlier."
"So, I'm curious, how did you get lost?"
"I *blush* wasn't paying attention to where we were going and I took a few wrong turns."
"Well, at least you were found. We're here," he finished as he opened the door and they stepped into the class. The Professor released April as Ron came up looking worried.
"Where did you go? We couldn't find you and if anything had happened they would have made me tell your sister!!" he exclaimed, "She'd kill me if that'd happened."
Lupin asked for quiet, which was readily produced, and began to give some background information on vampires.
'Wow, he's hot! The Weasley boys are nice, even Malfoy's not bad looking, but Remus is a man,' April thought as her eyes glossed over.
"...Miss April?" the professor asked.
"I love you," she said.
"Excuse me?"
" I mean, I love your teaching style," April covered up while blushing and asking for him to repeat his question. After she answered, April slouched down while trying to remain unobtrusive the rest of the period.
A/N: I hope you all realize that I really DO love Remus Lupin. Just the name gives me shivers. *sigh. My professor. Mine. MINE!! MINE!!!!!!!* (blushes) Oops. Got a little carried away! Well I gotta go and work on the story somemore. Later!! WinkyBells
by WinkyBells
A/N: Another chapter!!! How exciting! I just want to thank all of you that have been keeping up with the story. It really makes me feel good. Oh! I almost forgot! I have one part in here that I lifted from other stuff. From Blast From the Past with the Early French Colloquialism remark. Have to give props to the person that thought that line up. I love it!! I want you to know that I also have other stories under the same name. Please r/r! Now, on with the show!!!
Chapter 5: First Day(Oh no...)
The girls stayed at Hogwarts the last few days before the start-of-term. April and Dawn had fun their last few days of freedom by visiting Hagrid and getting the elves together for wild games of tag, hide-n-seek, all the things that children do. But, finally, the big day came for April and Dawn to don their new regalia and to be introduced to the students.
"Dawn-Dawn, I'm so nervous! What if I'm a Slytherin? Eeee! I don't want that to happen!" April whispered nervously.
"Don't worry about it, Squab. You'll get into a good place. Now, go!"
"But I..."
"GO!" Dawn whispered, before shoving April into the Great Hall. Murmurs went through the crowd as Dumbledore introduced her.
"This is our newest student. Her, and her sister, are from America and this young lady has been crowned queen of the house-elves. May I present April Nagy."
April stood before the crowd in hunter-green silk robes held by a gold belt with a gold circlet crown resting on her unbound, oaken tresses. She bowed, slightly, and placed the Sorting Hat onto her head. A few moments later the Hat shouted ,"Gryffindor!" and April beamed as she jumped up, removed the hat, and ran to the table.
'Wow, HOTTIES!' April thought as she sat next to Hermione and the guys and watched her sister get sorted into Gryffindor, all the while noticing the Weasley Twins staring quite intently at the Queen-Miss, herself.
"Squab! We're in!" shouted Dawn while their fellow Gryffindors screamed with delight.
"YEAH, BABY!!" April replied as Neville, red-faced, offered Dawn his chair and they sat down to eat.
The girls quickly became friends with the Weasley family, Hermione, Harry, and the other Gryffindors. After everyone was stuffed, fat and happy, the Houses started to file out to their dorms.
"What was the password again?" Neville asked.
"BAT-TOES!" someone shouted.
The portrait of the Fat Lady swung open allowing the students to go to bed. The next morning April woke early, got dressed, and went to wake Dawn.
"Wheezy," she whispered to no avail. "Wheezy. WAKE UP GOLDILOCKS!" she said loudly while shaking her sister.
"Whathe..?"
"C'mon! Let's go get breakfast," April said hurriedly.
"Do they have salad?"
"I'll get Winky to fix you a salad. Now c'mon!"
Dawn got dressed and they bounded down to the Great Hall. April asked Winky to bring Dawn a salad with fat-free Italian dressing as the Hall started to fill up more. Soon after the post arrived with Kiwi, April's macaw, carrying her schedule.
"Ah, crap. I've got Potions with the Slytherins today," April sighed, "Maybe I can blow up someone's cauldron."
"You better look out," Dawn warned while Fred and George started to hit each other in a fight over who would get to sit by April, "I don't think Professor Snape likes you."
"Nah," said April as Fred settled next to her with mussed hair and a rapidly blackening eye, "Snapey thinks I'm cool. After the flower-incident, I think we bonded."
"Flower-incident?" Fred questioned as Harry, Hermione, Ron, and Ginny sat down. April relived her and Snape's adventures in Diagon Alley. By the time Dawn and April reached the end of the tale Fred, George, Harry, Ron, and Ginny were laughing hysterically and Hermione was scowling.
"You really shouldn't be disrespectful to the professors," Hermione started.
"She was just having a bit of fun," Harry stated, "Hey! We need to get to class!"
"Bye Dawn-Dawn!"
"Have fun, and don't give the Professor a hard time," Dawn shouted.
"I'll try!" April screamed as the four of them ran down the halls to the dungeons. The Slytherins and Gryffindors stood outside the door with visible tension. Just as a fight was about to break out Professor Snape flung the door open as he said, "In. NOW." The students flooded in and took their seats as Snape frowned at them all before beginning the lesson. After that he told everyone to get out their cauldrons and to start making a Restorative Draught with their partners.
"I'll cut up the Mandrake roots, if you put stuff in," April told Ron as she grabbed the knife.
"OK."
April began to dice the roots when she saw that they were supposed sliced.
"Awww shit!"
"What was that," Snape said from behind as he added with a sneer, "Your Highness?"
April straightened quickly, ideas acing through her head, before thinking, 'I hope this works like in the movie!'
"It's, uh, early French COLLOQUIALISM!" April managed to splutter out while looking kinda innocent, "It means, um, 'Awfully Good'!" April continued to grin as the class held it's collective breath, waiting for the screaming to begin. But Snape just stood there, regarding her, before saying, "Well, you're not as big of a heathen as one would think ," and he swept away to the Slytherin half of the class. He looked into Draco and Millicent's cauldron and said loudly, "Shit, Malfoy, shit," and walked off. It was all the Gryffindors could do to keep from busting out laughing for the rest of the class.
A half-hour later, Harry, April, Ron, and Hermione were heading toward Defense Against the Dark Arts.
"I wonder who's teaching it this year?" April asked, "Hope he's not a wanker." Hermione raised an eyebrow and chuckled while Harry and Ron laughed openly. They continued on and April started to space out from looking at the hall decorations.
"Hey! Check out this tapestry you guys!" exclaimed April to silence. "Guys?"
She turned around and saw that she had strayed and was now lost. As panic set in she started to run down the halls at breakneck speeds and after 5 minutes April started to hyperventilate.
"Gotta...(huff)...find...(pant,puff)class..," she panted before running into a very toned chest.
"Miss?" was all she heard before passing out into the owner of the chest's arms.
"Miss. Miss," a kind voice called to April as she tasted something sweet being fed to her.
'Mmmm, chocolate. I think I could dig this guy,' April thought, 'This could be the the beginning of something sweet! Better take a look at him.' April's eyelids fluttered before she opened her eyes and looked at her rescuer. A tall, lanky, pale man with silver-framed glasses, tattered robes and light brown hair flecked with gray stared at her with kind smile on his face.
"I don't believe I know you personally. Which makes you the House-Elf Queen, right?" he said as he helped her up.
"You, you're,...Professor Lupin," she stated, too awestruck at how fine he looked in the flesh to say anything else.
"Yes. And you must be Miss April Nagy," Remus said while smiling, "What is your next class, Your Highness?"
"Uh. It's your class and, please, just call me April," she replied breathlessly to the man that had stolen her heart.
"Well then! Would you do me the honor," Lupin asked while offering the crook of his arm, "of allowing me to escort you to class?"
"Sure. Why not?" April said as she took his arm and began walking. She snuggled into his arm and sighed happily as he began to ask her some questions.
"Have you been enjoying your first day?"
"Yes."
"Have you met Harry and the other Gryffindors?"
"Uh huh. I was with Ron and them earlier."
"So, I'm curious, how did you get lost?"
"I *blush* wasn't paying attention to where we were going and I took a few wrong turns."
"Well, at least you were found. We're here," he finished as he opened the door and they stepped into the class. The Professor released April as Ron came up looking worried.
"Where did you go? We couldn't find you and if anything had happened they would have made me tell your sister!!" he exclaimed, "She'd kill me if that'd happened."
Lupin asked for quiet, which was readily produced, and began to give some background information on vampires.
'Wow, he's hot! The Weasley boys are nice, even Malfoy's not bad looking, but Remus is a man,' April thought as her eyes glossed over.
"...Miss April?" the professor asked.
"I love you," she said.
"Excuse me?"
" I mean, I love your teaching style," April covered up while blushing and asking for him to repeat his question. After she answered, April slouched down while trying to remain unobtrusive the rest of the period.
A/N: I hope you all realize that I really DO love Remus Lupin. Just the name gives me shivers. *sigh. My professor. Mine. MINE!! MINE!!!!!!!* (blushes) Oops. Got a little carried away! Well I gotta go and work on the story somemore. Later!! WinkyBells