Chapter 1
The Meeting
"Dumbledore, I'm sure you know why we're taking security precautions and combining school between Hogwarts and Aviar. Sir, its for the best," said Ildare, a representatives of the Committee of the Schools of Sorcery and Wizardry and Witchcraft.
He was standing there looking at Dumbledore, the headmaster of Hogwarts. Ildare was a tall, dark haired man with brown dark eyes and he always wore a grayish black suit with a pointed violet hat. Ildare was walking around the headmaster's room and decided to sit down. He looked like a man without a care in the world, except with one look in his brown eyes you can be sadly mistaken.
"Yes I know Ildare that your intentions are not harmful but I'm afraid that since Aviar is a school of sorcery that there might be problems among the students of the two schools," Dumbledore said with a glance at Ildare.
"I know what you mean, Dumbledore but believe me these teachers don't full around when it comes to rivalry between well anyone," Ildare said with a look on his face that said that he was being drop dead serious.
"Alright, Ildare I agree but if things get out of hand…" Dumbledore started.
"Then things will go back to normal from what it was last year. And Aviar will go back to its normal spot in the world of Magic," Ildare finished. He smiled at Dumbledore and got up from where he was sitting. "I'll be checking in to see how things are going later on in the year."
With that he went up to Dumbledore and took a good look at him then shook hands then left. Dumbledore then took a second to think of what just happened and sighed. This year is going to be a very interesting year I could feel it, he thought to himself.
Dumbledore then called a meeting of all the teachers before sending an owl post to the students saying that a new year is coming and what books they should buy for the year. All the teachers came one by one, this year no one yet was asking for the position of teacher of the Defense of the Dark Arts teacher. And because of this Snape smirked.
"Headmaster, may I make a suggestion about the position?" Professor Snape said looking at Dumbledore.
"Yes, you may," Dumbledore answered.
"This is my suggestion…." Snape started. He was interrupted by a sudden knock at the door. Everyone turned to look at the door. It opened and there came burst of laughter. A few voices were speaking in between laughs.
"I can't believe you did that!" one voice said. It was obviously a woman.
"Well, what else was I suppose to do, wait for you to arrive. Then I swear you would probably personally kill me yourself! And not that I can't handle it, right?" another voice said. It was obviously a man's voice. And indeed it was no other than Ildare.
After this conversation was still going on they finally entered the room and they were still laughing. The lady was dressing rather odd clothing, not your average wardrobe you can expect such a lady to have. She wore a reddish-pink long dress and a red long robe covering her dress. She smiled at everyone in the room then she looked at Ildare. He was looking at her with a twinkle in his eye.
"Dumbledore, I'd like to introduce you to someone, this is Professor Lindquist. She teaches Defense of the Dark Arts Class at Aviar. I'm aware that Hogwarts still has an opening for a teacher," Ildare said looking at Dumbledore. He wondered whether or not he told the others yet that they were combining schools.
With the mention of Aviar, there was a lot of whispering going around the room. Wizards aren't really fond of Sorcery and their ways. They considered some of them to threatening because they might over power things to their wills. Snape was talking to Professor McGonagall were talking about how some cannot be trusted.
"Now, here comes the reason for this meeting, the CSSWW is considering combining Hogwarts with Aviar for this year," Dumbledore said. He got the kind of response he thought he would have. There was quite a commotion going around the room. Dumbledore raised his hand and everyone was quiet again and he decided to speak," since last year's experience we all now know that safety of all our students is at risk. This is for safety precautions I can assure you that but I have agreed with the committee that if anything goes wrong then things will go back to normal like they were at the beginning of each year at Hogwarts. We all have to put behind us for one year about what we've heard of such schools and work together to make Aviar and Hogwarts a safe place for students."
As Dumbledore said this he was remembering last year's experience with the dementors and Sirius Black breaking into the school. Even though, Sirius was doing no harm to anyone, it was still a safety disaster because he still got in Hogswarts. Dumbledore now coming back to present time in his mind looked around at everyone. They were all nodding their heads and were agreeing to what Dumbledore said. Then he noticed that Professor Lindquist was still standing up and holding her briefcase.
"And now since we're combining schools we're also sharing classes. This is also including Defense of the Dark Arts," when Dumbledore said this Snape's smirk at the beginning of the meeting was nowhere to be found. Instead he was muttering stuff underneath his breath and was looking at Professor Lindquist.
Dumbledore then asked Lindquist if she had any records of experience that he should see before officially agreeing with letting her teach the Defense of the Dark Arts Class. She then smiled again at the headmaster and put her briefcase on the table in front of her. The briefcase looked old and beaten up and shabby, she was looking for her file while everyone was watching her. She finally picked up the right file. She then handed it to Dumbledore. While Dumbledore was looking at the file everyone else was looking at her. Then something caught Snape's eye, that briefcase it looks like the one that Lupin had last year when he arrived, could it be? He thought to himself. He looked up at her and saw that she had a marking on her shoulder. He tried to see what it was but she turned away and was walking around the room. It was obvious that she saw that Snape was looking at her.
"Well, quite impressing records we have here, professor, no wonder Aviar hired you," Dumbledore said handing back the records to Lindquist. "Now for another reason for calling this meeting now and not before we've sent out the letters for the students. We must tell of our changes before they arrive."
He took out his quill and some paper then started to write. He wrote:
Dear Students and Parents,
There have been some changes in this year during school
and for now its temporary. For we are not sure of the outcomes
of this combination and later you will receive more information
on this issue. There is no need to worry.
But here's the issue: For this year Hogswarts is combining
schools with Aviar the school of sorcery and mystic ways. Please
note that this is temporary.
Yours Sincerely,
1 Dumbledore
Headmaster
"This letter will be sent to the students with the schedule and instructions for next year."
The Meeting
"Dumbledore, I'm sure you know why we're taking security precautions and combining school between Hogwarts and Aviar. Sir, its for the best," said Ildare, a representatives of the Committee of the Schools of Sorcery and Wizardry and Witchcraft.
He was standing there looking at Dumbledore, the headmaster of Hogwarts. Ildare was a tall, dark haired man with brown dark eyes and he always wore a grayish black suit with a pointed violet hat. Ildare was walking around the headmaster's room and decided to sit down. He looked like a man without a care in the world, except with one look in his brown eyes you can be sadly mistaken.
"Yes I know Ildare that your intentions are not harmful but I'm afraid that since Aviar is a school of sorcery that there might be problems among the students of the two schools," Dumbledore said with a glance at Ildare.
"I know what you mean, Dumbledore but believe me these teachers don't full around when it comes to rivalry between well anyone," Ildare said with a look on his face that said that he was being drop dead serious.
"Alright, Ildare I agree but if things get out of hand…" Dumbledore started.
"Then things will go back to normal from what it was last year. And Aviar will go back to its normal spot in the world of Magic," Ildare finished. He smiled at Dumbledore and got up from where he was sitting. "I'll be checking in to see how things are going later on in the year."
With that he went up to Dumbledore and took a good look at him then shook hands then left. Dumbledore then took a second to think of what just happened and sighed. This year is going to be a very interesting year I could feel it, he thought to himself.
Dumbledore then called a meeting of all the teachers before sending an owl post to the students saying that a new year is coming and what books they should buy for the year. All the teachers came one by one, this year no one yet was asking for the position of teacher of the Defense of the Dark Arts teacher. And because of this Snape smirked.
"Headmaster, may I make a suggestion about the position?" Professor Snape said looking at Dumbledore.
"Yes, you may," Dumbledore answered.
"This is my suggestion…." Snape started. He was interrupted by a sudden knock at the door. Everyone turned to look at the door. It opened and there came burst of laughter. A few voices were speaking in between laughs.
"I can't believe you did that!" one voice said. It was obviously a woman.
"Well, what else was I suppose to do, wait for you to arrive. Then I swear you would probably personally kill me yourself! And not that I can't handle it, right?" another voice said. It was obviously a man's voice. And indeed it was no other than Ildare.
After this conversation was still going on they finally entered the room and they were still laughing. The lady was dressing rather odd clothing, not your average wardrobe you can expect such a lady to have. She wore a reddish-pink long dress and a red long robe covering her dress. She smiled at everyone in the room then she looked at Ildare. He was looking at her with a twinkle in his eye.
"Dumbledore, I'd like to introduce you to someone, this is Professor Lindquist. She teaches Defense of the Dark Arts Class at Aviar. I'm aware that Hogwarts still has an opening for a teacher," Ildare said looking at Dumbledore. He wondered whether or not he told the others yet that they were combining schools.
With the mention of Aviar, there was a lot of whispering going around the room. Wizards aren't really fond of Sorcery and their ways. They considered some of them to threatening because they might over power things to their wills. Snape was talking to Professor McGonagall were talking about how some cannot be trusted.
"Now, here comes the reason for this meeting, the CSSWW is considering combining Hogwarts with Aviar for this year," Dumbledore said. He got the kind of response he thought he would have. There was quite a commotion going around the room. Dumbledore raised his hand and everyone was quiet again and he decided to speak," since last year's experience we all now know that safety of all our students is at risk. This is for safety precautions I can assure you that but I have agreed with the committee that if anything goes wrong then things will go back to normal like they were at the beginning of each year at Hogwarts. We all have to put behind us for one year about what we've heard of such schools and work together to make Aviar and Hogwarts a safe place for students."
As Dumbledore said this he was remembering last year's experience with the dementors and Sirius Black breaking into the school. Even though, Sirius was doing no harm to anyone, it was still a safety disaster because he still got in Hogswarts. Dumbledore now coming back to present time in his mind looked around at everyone. They were all nodding their heads and were agreeing to what Dumbledore said. Then he noticed that Professor Lindquist was still standing up and holding her briefcase.
"And now since we're combining schools we're also sharing classes. This is also including Defense of the Dark Arts," when Dumbledore said this Snape's smirk at the beginning of the meeting was nowhere to be found. Instead he was muttering stuff underneath his breath and was looking at Professor Lindquist.
Dumbledore then asked Lindquist if she had any records of experience that he should see before officially agreeing with letting her teach the Defense of the Dark Arts Class. She then smiled again at the headmaster and put her briefcase on the table in front of her. The briefcase looked old and beaten up and shabby, she was looking for her file while everyone was watching her. She finally picked up the right file. She then handed it to Dumbledore. While Dumbledore was looking at the file everyone else was looking at her. Then something caught Snape's eye, that briefcase it looks like the one that Lupin had last year when he arrived, could it be? He thought to himself. He looked up at her and saw that she had a marking on her shoulder. He tried to see what it was but she turned away and was walking around the room. It was obvious that she saw that Snape was looking at her.
"Well, quite impressing records we have here, professor, no wonder Aviar hired you," Dumbledore said handing back the records to Lindquist. "Now for another reason for calling this meeting now and not before we've sent out the letters for the students. We must tell of our changes before they arrive."
He took out his quill and some paper then started to write. He wrote:
Dear Students and Parents,
There have been some changes in this year during school
and for now its temporary. For we are not sure of the outcomes
of this combination and later you will receive more information
on this issue. There is no need to worry.
But here's the issue: For this year Hogswarts is combining
schools with Aviar the school of sorcery and mystic ways. Please
note that this is temporary.
Yours Sincerely,
1 Dumbledore
Headmaster
"This letter will be sent to the students with the schedule and instructions for next year."