Yawning tiredly, Selena glanced around the sleepy classroom. Only Hermione seemed to be fully awake. She had her quill out and was starring breathlessly at Professor Flitwick as he explained the next charm that they were going to learn, something about Banishing Spells. Selena glanced down at her notes and sighed deeply. She was really bored. This lesson would have snagged her attention if only she hadn't read several chapters ahead and learnt of the spell several weeks ago in one of her and Jake's midnight classes with several of the teachers. It had been an utter nightmare, but they had finally caught up with their year. Dumbledore had insisted that the lessons continue since they needed all of the training they could get if someone tried to kidnap them magically.
A note materialized beside Selena's left hand. She opened up the paper and read the note.
Are you as bored as I am?
-Jake
Selena grinned and wrote on the back of the paper. With a quick spell, the note was back on Jake's desk. He smirked and picked it up from two seats behind her.
You bet your ass I am. I almost wish Voldemort would show up just to make something interesting happen.
-Selena
Jake smirked as he wrote a hasty reply on the parchment.
Do you think Hermione will fall asleep anytime soon? She knows it all anyway.
-Jake
Probably when Hell freezes over.
-Selena
Has Shadow been showing up in your dreams again? You look a little twitchy.
-Jake
No thank God! How about Fleur? Have you kissed her yet or not?
-Selena
Not quite yet but I'll have you know that it'll be soon. And our dear Harry? What are you going to do about him?
-Jake
Just as Selena was going to send a tickling charm along with her reply to Jake, the door flew open and Professor McGonagall stormed in! Flitwick fell off his cushioned seat and Parvati's book fell off her desk! McGonagall was breathing heavily but she pointed at Selena and Jake shakily.
"Dumbledore's office . . . urgent . . . take your wands . . . ." She managed to gasp before Flitwick righted himself and transfigured a bottle of ink into a glass of water for the exhausted professor. Selena and Jake glanced at each other and then left quickly for Dumbledore's office.
When they arrived, they found Minister Fudge standing in front of Dumbledore's desk, screaming angrily. As the two teenagers entered, Dumbledore interrupted Fudge swiftly.
"Ah! So you have come at last." Dumbledore said with a warm and somehow relieved smile.
"Sure. What can we do for you Dumbledore?" Jake asked as he sat at one of the chairs. Selena sat beside him, her eyes locked on the Minister. She didn't like him, especially because he had the nerve (and dumb idea) to yell at Dumbledore. The Minister, however, managed a very annoying smile.
"Finally! Some people with sense!" Fudge came to stand right above Jake, smiling that same flattering smile. He even went so far as to take Jake's and Selena's hands in his, eyes bursting with energy. Selena tried to creep away but Jake simply glared a Hell-freezing glare.
"What exactly were you guys fighting about?" Selena asked slowly, her fingers squirming to escape from between Jake's and the Minister's.
"It seems that the Minister wishes to enlist the aid of several demons to protect the school." Selena and Jake blinked and turned to each other.
"Demons?' Jake asked, as if testing the word doubtfully. "As in the ones with pointy horns and live in Hell to torture sinners forever?" Dumbledore nodded with an amused smile on his face. Jake raised one eyebrow and turned to the minister with a facial expression saying, "Have you lost your mind?" "Er, Minister, no offense but are you crazy?"
"Of course not!" Fudge said quickly, his face turning a bit red. "They have agreed to protect the school for a minimum wage of two unicorn hairs a month as well as free reign over the grounds after dark." Jake and Selena blinked. And then they started laughing hysterically.
"What is so funny?" The Minister asked, slightly flustered.
"You're . . . dear God! You want to give freaking demons permission to run around the grounds of a school full of children?! You ARE insane!" Jake said, his eyes streaming with tears.
"Well, I had another offer as well." Fudge said with slight annoyance. "Several angels have offered to protect the school instead in exchange for a favor." The teenagers stopped laughing immediately but before they could speak, Fudge began to speak more confidently, thinking that they thought his idea was fantastic. "According to them, the favor is very small and they even agreed to let us use their army against any who try to hurt the innocent people of England!"
"What is the favor exactly?" Jake asked slowly. Thinking, Dear god don't let it be whom i think it is!
"I don't know." Fudge said, pushing the matter aside as if it wasn't important. "Imagine it! Even if You-Know-Who really IS still alive, then an army of angels would easily beat him for good!" Selena swallowed.
"I think I know what the favor is." She said as her face paled.
"It's you my dear." Jake instantly bared his teeth and rushed to shield Selena from Shadow, who stepped forward slyly. He was smirking nastily and nodded at Dumbledore and Fudge with mocking respect. "Hello my beautiful angel. And of course her little keeper is here too." Shadow rolled his eyes as he sat down in one of the seats casually.
"May I ask your name and business here?" Dumbledore asked with cold politeness. Shadow smirked.
"I am Prince Shadow Flight, the prince of Heaven and Angels. I have come here as a representative of my people." He smirked at Selena but frowned when Jake sat between them.
"I see." Dumbledore said slowly. "Are you the same angel who has been molesting one of my students?" He motioned towards Selena, who paled more and tried to melt into her seat. Fudge glanced in shock at Selena. Jake bared his teeth and eyes burns into Shadow's with great hatred and dispite.
"I believe that I am. Of course I have a good reason to." He turned to Fudge seriously. "My offer is this. My army shall be at your disposal if you give me her." He pointed to Selena.
"You can't have her." Jake hissed angrily. "I would suggest the demons over any angels if I were you. If you agree to his proposal, then the American Ministry of Magic shall hear of this. They shall be incredibly disappointed to know that they have sent us into a country full of idiots with the top pig as their Minister." Fudge quickly blushed and glared at Shadow.
"No deal." He said quickly, his eyes nervously shifting to Jake. "I would have NEVER in my life allowed a person to be exchanged for your army!" Jake nodded and glanced at Dumbledore.
"Sir, we'll be leaving now. Good day to you Minister." Jake pulled Selena to her feet and began to pull her towards the door.
"Bastard. He wanted to send me right into his arms." Selena grumbled loud enough for the entire room to hear her. Fudge made no indication that he had heard anything out of the ordinary.
As the two walked out of Dumbledore's office, Selena allowed Jake to tug her towards their Charms classroom. On the way, Jake was muttering things about a hit list and making sure that Fudge and Wormtail were going to suffer long and hard before being severely killed.
"Jake!" Both teenagers turned and smiled when Fleur came running towards them briskly. "I was wondering where you went. Someone said something about having to see Dumbledore?" Fleur glanced thoughtfully at Jake and then Selena. Without warning, Jake pulled Fleur towards him and kissed her. After a moment of silence and shock from both girls, Jake released her and grinned.
"Sorry about that. You just looked damn hot today." Fleur touched her lips and blushed a crimson red. She smiled so broadly that Jake wondered what she would have done if he had kissed her sooner.
"Well, I assume that we shall be going to the Yule Ball together? Or are you simply leading me on just to get another girl?" Jake laughed.
"Nope, I'll be taking you!" Fleur smiled and blushed before waving and leaving swiftly. Selena giggled before turning to Jake with a quizzical glance.
"What brought about this sudden drop of acting?" Jake shrugged.
"I guess your note just reminded me how much I wanted to kiss her. How about you? Any chance I'll get to witness something like that between you and a certain famous guy who will remain nameless." Jake coughed, but it sounded suspiciously like he was saying 'Harry'. Selena blushed.
"Sorry. I don't have nearly as much courage as you do. It would be really nice, though, if that certain someone who will remain nameless kissed ME the way you just kissed Fleur." Jake smirked.
"That can be arranged." He twirled his wand between his fingers before Selena gasped and choked.
"Er, no, that's okay." She said weakly. They began to walk towards the Charms room again to get their things since the class had already ended. After grabbing their bags, they headed for the Divination Tower where the rest of the Gryffindors had gone.
"And now the plot thickens! Juicy plot!" Jake said excitedly.
"What in Hell are you talking about? Don't tell me you just thought of another way to torture Wormtail!" Jake laughed.
"No. I was just thinking about what Fudge is going to do now that Shadow's around. He didn't look too upset that he couldn't trade his army for you. Still, that's a pretty big thing to trade." Selena rolled her eyes.
"I think I would be a little more impressed if he didn't try to seduce me in my dreams or scare me in the hallways or kidnap me whenever we have a Care of Magical Creatures class." She shrugged. "I might have been interested in him if he had just ASKED me out or said something instead of that wonderful show of magic in the Tower of Roses. Maybe then I would have considered giving him a chance. Too bad for him. He fucked it up."
"Ah, such terrible reprimands on my poor dating skills! I'm truly wounded." Shadow said as he came up behind them. He attempted to put his arm around Selena but he was immediately pushed out of the way as two streaming bodies crashed into them!
"When's your birthday?!" The white blur demanded hastily.
"What's your favorite color?!" The black blur asked breathlessly, her quill in Jake's face.
"What are the American children like?!"
"Do you have any words for the Minister of Magic in your home?!"
"GET THE HELL AWAY FROM US!!!" Jake screamed. Jake was shaking with utmost rage and fury. Pushing the two moromic reporters off and hands were shaking to strangle them. Rita and Darla stepped back and put their hands over their ears in shock. Shadow had disappeared in the chaos but he had whispered some very steamy words into Selena's ear before vanishing. She was still blushing as she remembered them. "WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU?!?!? WHAT PART OF 'NO INTERVIEW' DON'T YOU UNDERSTAND?!?!?!?" Jake screamed angrily.
"The 'no' part." Darla said smugly, her quill tickling Selena's face.
"Look! We're going to be late for our next class!" Selena yelled angrily.
"Correction, you are already late." A cold voice said behind them. Selena gulped as she turned towards Snape, who was towering behind them triumphantly. Rita swallowed and her face turned slightly red. Selena was about to ask why Rita was blushing when Snape took a taunting step towards them. "You are late for you class and, as I recall, the Headmaster left with the Minister several minutes ago. What could have kept you tardy?" Jake's eyes narrowed dangerously.
"It's not our fault!" Selena said defensively. "These two idiots won't leave us alone!" Snape turned to the reporters snidely.
"Ah yes, your publicity. Well, you make thank these two women for the week's detention each of you have earned. Hagrid shall be needing some help in the Forbidden Forest." Selena paled drastically. Jake has wide eyes that looks ready to prefer life in Azkaban by using the Avada Kedavra curse on the Reporters, Shadow, Wormtail, Fudge, And especialy the tick sucking, butt ugly, greasy head, overlarge nose and arse, stupid Professor SEVERUS SNAPE.
"Er, Dumbledore DID mention to you something about a certain person named Shadow, right?" Snape shrugged emotionlessly.
"It is not my problem if some boy is obsessive over you. Fame isn't everything, after all." Jake stepped forward to tell Snape exactly what he thought of that load of bullshit when Rita stepped right in front of him.
"What do you feel right now?" She demanded hastily.
"What is detention like in the eyes of an American student?" Darla edged forward, standing right in front of Selena.
"Is he your least favorite teacher?"
"What will you do in the Forest?"
"GET THE BLOODY HELL AWAY FROM US!!!" Jake shrieked at the top of his lungs. he had snapeed. Selena had took notice of this. Both reporters fell back, momentarily deafened. Without a look back, Jake grabbed Selena and began to tug her towards the Divination Tower again, promising to add Snape to his hit list along with Wormtail, Voldemort, and Fudge.
"Can this day get any worse?" Jake mumbled.
"Why did you have to say that?!" Selena demanded angrily.
"Say what?" Jake asked.
"That the day can't get worse! You jinxed it! Now something is DEFINITELY going to happen to make the day worse! We have DIVINATION now for Christ's sake!" Jake shrugged.
"So what?" Selena shook her head weakly.
"Think about all of the things that could go wrong." Jake stood for a moment and then paled.
"Shit." Jake growls.
"That's what I was thinking!" Selena yelled angrily.
A note materialized beside Selena's left hand. She opened up the paper and read the note.
Are you as bored as I am?
-Jake
Selena grinned and wrote on the back of the paper. With a quick spell, the note was back on Jake's desk. He smirked and picked it up from two seats behind her.
You bet your ass I am. I almost wish Voldemort would show up just to make something interesting happen.
-Selena
Jake smirked as he wrote a hasty reply on the parchment.
Do you think Hermione will fall asleep anytime soon? She knows it all anyway.
-Jake
Probably when Hell freezes over.
-Selena
Has Shadow been showing up in your dreams again? You look a little twitchy.
-Jake
No thank God! How about Fleur? Have you kissed her yet or not?
-Selena
Not quite yet but I'll have you know that it'll be soon. And our dear Harry? What are you going to do about him?
-Jake
Just as Selena was going to send a tickling charm along with her reply to Jake, the door flew open and Professor McGonagall stormed in! Flitwick fell off his cushioned seat and Parvati's book fell off her desk! McGonagall was breathing heavily but she pointed at Selena and Jake shakily.
"Dumbledore's office . . . urgent . . . take your wands . . . ." She managed to gasp before Flitwick righted himself and transfigured a bottle of ink into a glass of water for the exhausted professor. Selena and Jake glanced at each other and then left quickly for Dumbledore's office.
When they arrived, they found Minister Fudge standing in front of Dumbledore's desk, screaming angrily. As the two teenagers entered, Dumbledore interrupted Fudge swiftly.
"Ah! So you have come at last." Dumbledore said with a warm and somehow relieved smile.
"Sure. What can we do for you Dumbledore?" Jake asked as he sat at one of the chairs. Selena sat beside him, her eyes locked on the Minister. She didn't like him, especially because he had the nerve (and dumb idea) to yell at Dumbledore. The Minister, however, managed a very annoying smile.
"Finally! Some people with sense!" Fudge came to stand right above Jake, smiling that same flattering smile. He even went so far as to take Jake's and Selena's hands in his, eyes bursting with energy. Selena tried to creep away but Jake simply glared a Hell-freezing glare.
"What exactly were you guys fighting about?" Selena asked slowly, her fingers squirming to escape from between Jake's and the Minister's.
"It seems that the Minister wishes to enlist the aid of several demons to protect the school." Selena and Jake blinked and turned to each other.
"Demons?' Jake asked, as if testing the word doubtfully. "As in the ones with pointy horns and live in Hell to torture sinners forever?" Dumbledore nodded with an amused smile on his face. Jake raised one eyebrow and turned to the minister with a facial expression saying, "Have you lost your mind?" "Er, Minister, no offense but are you crazy?"
"Of course not!" Fudge said quickly, his face turning a bit red. "They have agreed to protect the school for a minimum wage of two unicorn hairs a month as well as free reign over the grounds after dark." Jake and Selena blinked. And then they started laughing hysterically.
"What is so funny?" The Minister asked, slightly flustered.
"You're . . . dear God! You want to give freaking demons permission to run around the grounds of a school full of children?! You ARE insane!" Jake said, his eyes streaming with tears.
"Well, I had another offer as well." Fudge said with slight annoyance. "Several angels have offered to protect the school instead in exchange for a favor." The teenagers stopped laughing immediately but before they could speak, Fudge began to speak more confidently, thinking that they thought his idea was fantastic. "According to them, the favor is very small and they even agreed to let us use their army against any who try to hurt the innocent people of England!"
"What is the favor exactly?" Jake asked slowly. Thinking, Dear god don't let it be whom i think it is!
"I don't know." Fudge said, pushing the matter aside as if it wasn't important. "Imagine it! Even if You-Know-Who really IS still alive, then an army of angels would easily beat him for good!" Selena swallowed.
"I think I know what the favor is." She said as her face paled.
"It's you my dear." Jake instantly bared his teeth and rushed to shield Selena from Shadow, who stepped forward slyly. He was smirking nastily and nodded at Dumbledore and Fudge with mocking respect. "Hello my beautiful angel. And of course her little keeper is here too." Shadow rolled his eyes as he sat down in one of the seats casually.
"May I ask your name and business here?" Dumbledore asked with cold politeness. Shadow smirked.
"I am Prince Shadow Flight, the prince of Heaven and Angels. I have come here as a representative of my people." He smirked at Selena but frowned when Jake sat between them.
"I see." Dumbledore said slowly. "Are you the same angel who has been molesting one of my students?" He motioned towards Selena, who paled more and tried to melt into her seat. Fudge glanced in shock at Selena. Jake bared his teeth and eyes burns into Shadow's with great hatred and dispite.
"I believe that I am. Of course I have a good reason to." He turned to Fudge seriously. "My offer is this. My army shall be at your disposal if you give me her." He pointed to Selena.
"You can't have her." Jake hissed angrily. "I would suggest the demons over any angels if I were you. If you agree to his proposal, then the American Ministry of Magic shall hear of this. They shall be incredibly disappointed to know that they have sent us into a country full of idiots with the top pig as their Minister." Fudge quickly blushed and glared at Shadow.
"No deal." He said quickly, his eyes nervously shifting to Jake. "I would have NEVER in my life allowed a person to be exchanged for your army!" Jake nodded and glanced at Dumbledore.
"Sir, we'll be leaving now. Good day to you Minister." Jake pulled Selena to her feet and began to pull her towards the door.
"Bastard. He wanted to send me right into his arms." Selena grumbled loud enough for the entire room to hear her. Fudge made no indication that he had heard anything out of the ordinary.
As the two walked out of Dumbledore's office, Selena allowed Jake to tug her towards their Charms classroom. On the way, Jake was muttering things about a hit list and making sure that Fudge and Wormtail were going to suffer long and hard before being severely killed.
"Jake!" Both teenagers turned and smiled when Fleur came running towards them briskly. "I was wondering where you went. Someone said something about having to see Dumbledore?" Fleur glanced thoughtfully at Jake and then Selena. Without warning, Jake pulled Fleur towards him and kissed her. After a moment of silence and shock from both girls, Jake released her and grinned.
"Sorry about that. You just looked damn hot today." Fleur touched her lips and blushed a crimson red. She smiled so broadly that Jake wondered what she would have done if he had kissed her sooner.
"Well, I assume that we shall be going to the Yule Ball together? Or are you simply leading me on just to get another girl?" Jake laughed.
"Nope, I'll be taking you!" Fleur smiled and blushed before waving and leaving swiftly. Selena giggled before turning to Jake with a quizzical glance.
"What brought about this sudden drop of acting?" Jake shrugged.
"I guess your note just reminded me how much I wanted to kiss her. How about you? Any chance I'll get to witness something like that between you and a certain famous guy who will remain nameless." Jake coughed, but it sounded suspiciously like he was saying 'Harry'. Selena blushed.
"Sorry. I don't have nearly as much courage as you do. It would be really nice, though, if that certain someone who will remain nameless kissed ME the way you just kissed Fleur." Jake smirked.
"That can be arranged." He twirled his wand between his fingers before Selena gasped and choked.
"Er, no, that's okay." She said weakly. They began to walk towards the Charms room again to get their things since the class had already ended. After grabbing their bags, they headed for the Divination Tower where the rest of the Gryffindors had gone.
"And now the plot thickens! Juicy plot!" Jake said excitedly.
"What in Hell are you talking about? Don't tell me you just thought of another way to torture Wormtail!" Jake laughed.
"No. I was just thinking about what Fudge is going to do now that Shadow's around. He didn't look too upset that he couldn't trade his army for you. Still, that's a pretty big thing to trade." Selena rolled her eyes.
"I think I would be a little more impressed if he didn't try to seduce me in my dreams or scare me in the hallways or kidnap me whenever we have a Care of Magical Creatures class." She shrugged. "I might have been interested in him if he had just ASKED me out or said something instead of that wonderful show of magic in the Tower of Roses. Maybe then I would have considered giving him a chance. Too bad for him. He fucked it up."
"Ah, such terrible reprimands on my poor dating skills! I'm truly wounded." Shadow said as he came up behind them. He attempted to put his arm around Selena but he was immediately pushed out of the way as two streaming bodies crashed into them!
"When's your birthday?!" The white blur demanded hastily.
"What's your favorite color?!" The black blur asked breathlessly, her quill in Jake's face.
"What are the American children like?!"
"Do you have any words for the Minister of Magic in your home?!"
"GET THE HELL AWAY FROM US!!!" Jake screamed. Jake was shaking with utmost rage and fury. Pushing the two moromic reporters off and hands were shaking to strangle them. Rita and Darla stepped back and put their hands over their ears in shock. Shadow had disappeared in the chaos but he had whispered some very steamy words into Selena's ear before vanishing. She was still blushing as she remembered them. "WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU?!?!? WHAT PART OF 'NO INTERVIEW' DON'T YOU UNDERSTAND?!?!?!?" Jake screamed angrily.
"The 'no' part." Darla said smugly, her quill tickling Selena's face.
"Look! We're going to be late for our next class!" Selena yelled angrily.
"Correction, you are already late." A cold voice said behind them. Selena gulped as she turned towards Snape, who was towering behind them triumphantly. Rita swallowed and her face turned slightly red. Selena was about to ask why Rita was blushing when Snape took a taunting step towards them. "You are late for you class and, as I recall, the Headmaster left with the Minister several minutes ago. What could have kept you tardy?" Jake's eyes narrowed dangerously.
"It's not our fault!" Selena said defensively. "These two idiots won't leave us alone!" Snape turned to the reporters snidely.
"Ah yes, your publicity. Well, you make thank these two women for the week's detention each of you have earned. Hagrid shall be needing some help in the Forbidden Forest." Selena paled drastically. Jake has wide eyes that looks ready to prefer life in Azkaban by using the Avada Kedavra curse on the Reporters, Shadow, Wormtail, Fudge, And especialy the tick sucking, butt ugly, greasy head, overlarge nose and arse, stupid Professor SEVERUS SNAPE.
"Er, Dumbledore DID mention to you something about a certain person named Shadow, right?" Snape shrugged emotionlessly.
"It is not my problem if some boy is obsessive over you. Fame isn't everything, after all." Jake stepped forward to tell Snape exactly what he thought of that load of bullshit when Rita stepped right in front of him.
"What do you feel right now?" She demanded hastily.
"What is detention like in the eyes of an American student?" Darla edged forward, standing right in front of Selena.
"Is he your least favorite teacher?"
"What will you do in the Forest?"
"GET THE BLOODY HELL AWAY FROM US!!!" Jake shrieked at the top of his lungs. he had snapeed. Selena had took notice of this. Both reporters fell back, momentarily deafened. Without a look back, Jake grabbed Selena and began to tug her towards the Divination Tower again, promising to add Snape to his hit list along with Wormtail, Voldemort, and Fudge.
"Can this day get any worse?" Jake mumbled.
"Why did you have to say that?!" Selena demanded angrily.
"Say what?" Jake asked.
"That the day can't get worse! You jinxed it! Now something is DEFINITELY going to happen to make the day worse! We have DIVINATION now for Christ's sake!" Jake shrugged.
"So what?" Selena shook her head weakly.
"Think about all of the things that could go wrong." Jake stood for a moment and then paled.
"Shit." Jake growls.
"That's what I was thinking!" Selena yelled angrily.