CHAPTER NINE
Dia Diamond was reintroduced to the Yule Ball at dinner on her seventh day at Hogwarts.
"...and a reminder that the Yule Ball will be held again this year on Christmas Day. A memo that only fourth year and above may attend, unless asked by an upperclassman. Now, let us eat!" Dumbledore commanded, and the once empty plates and goblets magically were filled with delicious food and drink.
Dia excitedly turned to Snape, who was eating his dinner and looked in no mood to be bothered. "The Yule Ball. I had forgotten about that. Never went when I was at Hogwarts, even even I was a fourth year."
Snape murmured under his breath.
Dia continued, ignoring this. "Would like to go this year. Did you go last year?"
Snape ignored her.
"Severus?"
Snape sharply turned towards her, his eyes flashing. "Since when may you regard me by my first name, Diamond?"
Dia sank into her chair under his angry eyes. "I...it's just..."
"Until you are a professor at Hogwarts may you call me by my first name. To you I am still Professor Snape," Snape snarled, returning to his meal.
Dia kept cool under his remark. "The Yule Ball..." she said, a wicked smile spawning her face. "Who did you go with last year, Professor Snape?"
Dia could tell she did it by the way Snape held the fork in his hand mid-air. A pale red turned to a dark crimson red as he struggled to keep his rage under control.
As if it couldn't get any better, a handsome seventh year from Gryffindor who was sitting close to the High Table called to Dia, "Hey, Miss Diamond, y'wanna go to the Yule Ball with me?" His section of the table erupted into hollors.
Dia only smiled, regarding Snape's crimson face, and said under her breath, "Silly boy..."
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Professor Wichard Prighter was in a corner of Three Broomsticks, sipping on a butterbeer alone when he saw three children take a booth in front of his. All three, undeniably, were students at Hogwarts.
A boy with bright red hair spoke: "Madam Rosmerta has the best butterbeer in the world!"
"Got that!" a boy with jet black hair responded.
"I am so glad it's Saturday," the red head sighed.
"Yeah," the black haired boy agreed. "No Defense Against the Dark Arts..."
The red head groaned. "Don't ever mention those words around me again. Curse Snape! He made us take so many damn notes I think me hand is going to fall off."
"Honestly," a female with bushy brown hair said irritably. "I wish Goddlin was back!"
"And that's saying alot about Hermione!" the red head and black hair boy laughed.
"It's true!" Hermione, the girl, argued. "I thought Potions was bad with Snape..."
"Potions..." the two boys exchanged dreamy looks.
"Honestly, Ron and Harry!" Hermione hissed. "The only reason you like Potions is becuase of the veela."
Ron and Harry laughed. "Got that right."
"But she is a good teacher, Hermione. She knows a lot about potions," Harry said, seriously.
"And she's also gorgeous!" Ron excalimed, sending Harry and he into laughter.
Veela?, Professor Wichard Prighter's ears perked up.
"You didn't think she was all that gorgeous when she first came to Hogwarts," Hermione snapped.
The boys shut-up.
"Well, yeah, she was hiding behind those glasses!" Ron made a disgusted face.
"Dunner is so lucky to have her as a sister!" Harry said.
"I wish I was Dunner," Ron hoped.
"Yes," Hermione interrupted. "But did you know that both Miss Diamond and Dunner's parents are dead?"
"Really?" Ron asked.
Hermione nodded her head. "Yes, you mean to tell me you haven't heard of the Dia Diamond scandal?"
"Scandal?" Harry and Roncried in unison.
Hermione nodded again. "Yeah, see when her father used to be the Defense Against the Dark Arts Teacher at Hogwarts. His name was Arthur Diamond. He was also totally againt You-Know-Who and was one of the heads of the campaign to bring You-Know-Who and his followers down. Well, anyway, when Miss Diamond was a seventh-year, her mother, Andromena--a veela--somehow died and this cuased Arthur Diamond to go even crazier. He wanted Miss Diamond to fill in his position as Defense Aginst the Dark Arts master, but she refused. When she graduated from Hogwarts she got a job at the Ministry of Magic, and one day--POOF--she was gone. Just like that. Disappeared. Nothing else really happened to the Diamonds except Arthur Diamond retired and a man named Professor Jenkins became the new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher. And of course Dunner was enrolled into Hogwarts. Then, just recently, Arthur Diamond was unmasked as a Death Eather after a plot was intercepted that a band of them
were planning to help You-Know-Who grow more powerful. Everyone was shocked that a man who could be so against You-Know-Who could now serve him. Well, anyway, Arthur Diamond was given the Kiss of Death in Azkaban..."
"Yeah," Harry piped in. "I read about that in The Daily Prophet. Do you think that's why Miss Diamond came back to Hogwarts?"
Hermione nodded. "I think she came back to Hogwarts because she was summoned for Dunner's sake. But there still is a missing gap. How could a man that was so against You-Know-Who suddenly serve him? And why did she disappear into oblivion for five years?"
The three were silent until Ron said, "D'ya think she'd go to the Yule Ball with me?"
"Ron!" Hermione giggled as Harry burst into laughter.
"D'ya want to go to Honeydukes? I want some more Every Flavor Beans," Ron asked.
"Yeah," Harry and Hermione agreed at the same time.
Soon, the three had disappeared out of Three Broomsticks and Professor W ichard Plighter was left alone, with his almost empty mug of butterbeer.
So, Miss Diamond was at Hogwarts? Professor Wichard Plighter suddenly felt an itching to pay Hogwarts School of WItchcraft and Wizardry a visit.
Dia Diamond was reintroduced to the Yule Ball at dinner on her seventh day at Hogwarts.
"...and a reminder that the Yule Ball will be held again this year on Christmas Day. A memo that only fourth year and above may attend, unless asked by an upperclassman. Now, let us eat!" Dumbledore commanded, and the once empty plates and goblets magically were filled with delicious food and drink.
Dia excitedly turned to Snape, who was eating his dinner and looked in no mood to be bothered. "The Yule Ball. I had forgotten about that. Never went when I was at Hogwarts, even even I was a fourth year."
Snape murmured under his breath.
Dia continued, ignoring this. "Would like to go this year. Did you go last year?"
Snape ignored her.
"Severus?"
Snape sharply turned towards her, his eyes flashing. "Since when may you regard me by my first name, Diamond?"
Dia sank into her chair under his angry eyes. "I...it's just..."
"Until you are a professor at Hogwarts may you call me by my first name. To you I am still Professor Snape," Snape snarled, returning to his meal.
Dia kept cool under his remark. "The Yule Ball..." she said, a wicked smile spawning her face. "Who did you go with last year, Professor Snape?"
Dia could tell she did it by the way Snape held the fork in his hand mid-air. A pale red turned to a dark crimson red as he struggled to keep his rage under control.
As if it couldn't get any better, a handsome seventh year from Gryffindor who was sitting close to the High Table called to Dia, "Hey, Miss Diamond, y'wanna go to the Yule Ball with me?" His section of the table erupted into hollors.
Dia only smiled, regarding Snape's crimson face, and said under her breath, "Silly boy..."
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Professor Wichard Prighter was in a corner of Three Broomsticks, sipping on a butterbeer alone when he saw three children take a booth in front of his. All three, undeniably, were students at Hogwarts.
A boy with bright red hair spoke: "Madam Rosmerta has the best butterbeer in the world!"
"Got that!" a boy with jet black hair responded.
"I am so glad it's Saturday," the red head sighed.
"Yeah," the black haired boy agreed. "No Defense Against the Dark Arts..."
The red head groaned. "Don't ever mention those words around me again. Curse Snape! He made us take so many damn notes I think me hand is going to fall off."
"Honestly," a female with bushy brown hair said irritably. "I wish Goddlin was back!"
"And that's saying alot about Hermione!" the red head and black hair boy laughed.
"It's true!" Hermione, the girl, argued. "I thought Potions was bad with Snape..."
"Potions..." the two boys exchanged dreamy looks.
"Honestly, Ron and Harry!" Hermione hissed. "The only reason you like Potions is becuase of the veela."
Ron and Harry laughed. "Got that right."
"But she is a good teacher, Hermione. She knows a lot about potions," Harry said, seriously.
"And she's also gorgeous!" Ron excalimed, sending Harry and he into laughter.
Veela?, Professor Wichard Prighter's ears perked up.
"You didn't think she was all that gorgeous when she first came to Hogwarts," Hermione snapped.
The boys shut-up.
"Well, yeah, she was hiding behind those glasses!" Ron made a disgusted face.
"Dunner is so lucky to have her as a sister!" Harry said.
"I wish I was Dunner," Ron hoped.
"Yes," Hermione interrupted. "But did you know that both Miss Diamond and Dunner's parents are dead?"
"Really?" Ron asked.
Hermione nodded her head. "Yes, you mean to tell me you haven't heard of the Dia Diamond scandal?"
"Scandal?" Harry and Roncried in unison.
Hermione nodded again. "Yeah, see when her father used to be the Defense Against the Dark Arts Teacher at Hogwarts. His name was Arthur Diamond. He was also totally againt You-Know-Who and was one of the heads of the campaign to bring You-Know-Who and his followers down. Well, anyway, when Miss Diamond was a seventh-year, her mother, Andromena--a veela--somehow died and this cuased Arthur Diamond to go even crazier. He wanted Miss Diamond to fill in his position as Defense Aginst the Dark Arts master, but she refused. When she graduated from Hogwarts she got a job at the Ministry of Magic, and one day--POOF--she was gone. Just like that. Disappeared. Nothing else really happened to the Diamonds except Arthur Diamond retired and a man named Professor Jenkins became the new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher. And of course Dunner was enrolled into Hogwarts. Then, just recently, Arthur Diamond was unmasked as a Death Eather after a plot was intercepted that a band of them
were planning to help You-Know-Who grow more powerful. Everyone was shocked that a man who could be so against You-Know-Who could now serve him. Well, anyway, Arthur Diamond was given the Kiss of Death in Azkaban..."
"Yeah," Harry piped in. "I read about that in The Daily Prophet. Do you think that's why Miss Diamond came back to Hogwarts?"
Hermione nodded. "I think she came back to Hogwarts because she was summoned for Dunner's sake. But there still is a missing gap. How could a man that was so against You-Know-Who suddenly serve him? And why did she disappear into oblivion for five years?"
The three were silent until Ron said, "D'ya think she'd go to the Yule Ball with me?"
"Ron!" Hermione giggled as Harry burst into laughter.
"D'ya want to go to Honeydukes? I want some more Every Flavor Beans," Ron asked.
"Yeah," Harry and Hermione agreed at the same time.
Soon, the three had disappeared out of Three Broomsticks and Professor W ichard Plighter was left alone, with his almost empty mug of butterbeer.
So, Miss Diamond was at Hogwarts? Professor Wichard Plighter suddenly felt an itching to pay Hogwarts School of WItchcraft and Wizardry a visit.