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Chapter Eleven
"You can't be serious! Spin the bottle?!" said Astra.
Sirius had a wide grin as he held the offending bottle in his hand. Fred and George came up behind him and took the bottle. "We have an idea!" said George.
"Merge spin the bottle with truth or dare and seven minutes in heaven." George said.
"I'll bite... how exactly is this supposed to go?" Sirius said with a grin.
Fred raised his hand like he was in school and smiled. "Professor Weasley! What are the rules of the game?"
"Well, thank you for asking, Mr. Weasley...Everyone sits in a circle and one person spins the bottle. Whomever it lands on has to choose either truth, dare or heaven. If truth or dare, the person who spun the bottle has to come up with something." George said as he did a Professor McGonagall impersonation.
"Those two are getting scary...." said Ron.
Everyone got into a circle and sat down. Severus, who was slightly drunk, put the bottle down in the center and spun it. Everyone was nervous and jumpy as it spun. It slowed and then landed on Nevaeh, who was making weird nervous noises. "Nngh!"
"Dare..." said Severus.
Nevaeh suddenly grinned evilly. She put her index finger to her lips and thought for a moment. Severus must have realized what he had said, because he suddenly became very nervous.
"I want you to put Harry's tartan boxers on your head, my bathrobe around your neck like a cape and use my broomstick. I want you to walk outside in only your underwear with the boxers, broom and bathrobe and scream to the school 'I am Arthur, King of the Britains!' over and over until people come out to see who the idiot is..."
"You're bliven insane... you know that..." Severus gulped.
"Hush up and strip!" Nevaeh grabbed his sweater and started pulling it over his head. He started protesting and ran.
Sirius got up and ran after Severus. "Rules are rules, Sevie!" he cackled madly. Astra stood up and tripped Severus.
"Gerroff me!" He shouted as the two girls and Sirius started taking off Severus' clothes. Pretty soon, he was in nothing but his underpants. Ginny went into Harry's trunk and took out a pair of his tartan boxers. She put them on Severus' head and smiled.
"Perfect fit! Now you have your crown Arthur!"
"Shut it!" Severus growled.
Nevaeh tied the bathrobe on and handed him her broom. Then, Astra booted him out the common room door. Everyone in Gryffindor house was watching now. Seamus at the top of the stairs started yelling catcalls. "OOOH! Pretty ickle Snape is going to proclaim his kinghood!"
"Somehow, I don't think he'll need to scream it repeatedly. There seems to be plenty of people willing to laugh..." said Harry with a smirk. He was having fun.
When they got outside, Severus screamed at the top of his lungs in the cold weather. "EVERYONE! LISTEN TO ME! I AM ARTHUR! KING OF THE BRITAINS! AND THIS IS MY MIGHTY EXCALIBUR!"
When the humiliation was basically over, Harry watched an indignant Severus walk back inside shivering from the cold. From that point on, no one picked Dare unless they had a death wish.
The next spin was Harry's. It landed on Hermione. "I'll take the closet... at least it will be quiet...." Harry sighed. He wasn't going to let Hermione prank him, he knew better than that.
Hermione stood up and went into the nearest closet in the common room. It was locked behind them. Harry stood in the cramped area. Hermione was right in front of him, pressed rather close. Harry knew why. The closet was really only large enough for almost two people.
They waited patiently until someone opened the door on them. Fred opened it and smiled. "Nice going, Harry... I didn't know you had it in you!"
"WHAT!?" came an enraged Ron's voice from the other side of the room. Harry raised an inquisitive eyebrow. Ron came into view and he suddenly gulped. "S-sorry... didn't mean to... er... I'm going back now.."
"Good... because you are being absolutely ridiculous!" Hermione said in a sniffy voice.
It was Sirius' turn to spin the bottle now. The bottle spun in a tiny circle until it landed on Astra. Astra huffed indignantly. Sirius smiled. Remus leaned over and whispered something into Sirius' ear.
Harry noticed that Draco had his wand out and watched Sirius like a hawk. Sirius glanced over at Draco and gulped. "Okay... I guess traditional... I'll just kiss you here..."
Astra sighed and walked across the circle to Sirius and knelt down. He took her chin and kissed her on her lips gently. Astra felt a little electricity at the contact. It was a little like being kissed by Draco. He deepened the kissed for a split second and then he broke away. He smiled at her. "That's better.."
Astra shrugged as she blushed and stood up. She walked back to her spot in the circle and smiled at Draco. She stuck out her tongue at him playfully. Draco stuck his out and blew a raspberry. "Brat!" he said.
Nevaeh spun the bottle now. It went in a tiny circle until it hit Remus, who kept a smile on his face, even though Harry could tell there was shock on it. "Kiss... I'm in no mood to deal with pranks or the closet."
George sat cross legged across from Harry. He looked slightly miffed, but didn't say a word.
Nevaeh walked across the floor and knelt down in front of Remus. Their faces were centimeters from each other. She pressed her lips to his and he made a small squeak. He closed his eyes and kissed her back. Then, she broke away and smiled. "It's too bad that yer too old for me... yer very sweet..." she said softly. Harry heard every word of it though.
It was Hermione's turn now. She spun the bottle and it landed on Harry. Harry stared at the bottle incredulously. "That's ridiculous!"
"Feh... Might as well get it over with now..." Ginny handed Hermione her lipstick and held her compact up for Hermione. The lipstick was bright pink.
"That's good.. Now go kiss him..." Ginny said brightly.
Harry stared at Ginny in absolute shock. Hermione stood up and walked across the circle. Harry thought he heard Fred mumble something like, "--So much for the rules..."
Hermione knelt down in front of Harry and took his face in her hands. Her bright pink lips were mere centimeters from his own. Harry closed his eyes and waited for it. Her lips gently pressed to his for a second and then she kissed his cheek. "That's better... now he has the dreaded pink lipstick mark that doesn't come off!" she grinned at him.
She sat down and it was Ron's turn now. Harry tried to rub the lipstick off, but it wouldn't come off. "Damn it! How long is this stuff supposed stay on?!" Harry said gruffly.
"Don't worry about that... now... Ron? Would you like the lipstick as well?" asked Ginny with a wide devious grin. Harry noticed why. The bottle had landed on him.
Ron batted his eyes playfully at Harry and puckered his lips. Harry grimaced at him and threw a nearby book at him. "Kiss that!" It hit Ron on the head and he fell over.
Avalon was next and she looked nervously at Kennedy. She spun the bottle and it landed on Kennedy. Harry noticed that Astra had her wand out and was grinning madly as she magiced the bottle to her will.
"Aw... ickle Avalon is worried about being a failure to that ditzy Kennedy...." Draco said with an evil grin.
Avalon stopped and glared at him. "Avalon? Did you just call me.... Avalon?" she said through gritted teeth.
What ensued from this was a battle fraught with pain and pressure points. Afterwards, Draco was a beaten mass on the floor holding up a white flag. Astra stood over him and shook her head at him. "I told you not to call her that..."
Avalon straightened herself up and brushed a lock of black hair out of her eyes. She blushed when Kennedy looked at her. "Is something wrong, Avalon?" asked Kennedy.
She puffed up and looked like she was readying herself for battle. She walked over to Kennedy and knelt down to him. He smiled at her pleasantly. She took his face in her small, thin hands and pressed her lips to his. Avalon had her eyes shut tightly. Kennedy closed his eyes and brought his arms around her. There was a small gasp from Avalon and she opened her eyes. He seemed to be kissing her back with equal fervor.
Harry decided to look away and go back to the game. "Leave them be... they'll be like that for a while...." Astra said with a smile.
It was Albus' turn. He spun the bottle and it landed on Astra. He smiled pleasantly at Astra. "I choose..... a kiss from the lovely lady knight."
Astra blew a strand of silvery hair out her face. "Back to work... what do I look like... a girl at a kissing bazaar booth?" She stood up and walked over. She knelt down and huffed. "Alright.. Go on..." She closed her eyes and waited.
She felt his lips press against her skin. The skin of her cheek. It tingled where he had kissed her. It was an odd sensation. She blushed slightly and opened her eyes. She saw the eyes of professor Dumbledore looking into her own, but from a young face.
He smiled at her. "Thank you... you are a very nice girl..." He got next to her ear and whispered. "I wish I had known you back in my days... you would've been a great friend to me.... take care of them...."
The heat in her cheeks increased and she stared at Albus with her wide, slightly slanted blue grey eyes. "Thank you..." she said as she smiled at him. When she stood up, she curtsied to him and walked back to her spot.
After everyone had one turn, it was Severus' turn again. He spun the bottle and it landed on Minerva. He smiled and said, "Heaven..."
There was a long silence amongst everyone. Suddenly, there was a loud KER-THWAK and Severus was on the floor. Minerva was standing over him with her reddened hand as she glared down at him.
Harry noticed some whispering amongst the girls. Nevaeh handed Ginny something and passed it to Hermione, who passed it to Avalon. Avalon put on a pair of fake glasses and held out her wand. Kennedy kept his arms wrapped around her waist in a protective manner.
Severus finally awoke and sat up. He glared up at Minerva. "Bitch! Why did you have to hit me!"
"You are a vulgar... ill-mannered... prat!" Minerva growled up at him when he stood up.
Nevaeh and Astra picked them up and threw them into the closet. They closed the door and locked it. "If ya didn't want it, then you shouldn't've joined the game!" Astra said.
"Ladies! Does everyone have a pair of enchanted glasses?" Nevaeh said cheerfully.
All of the girls put on different pairs of glasses. "Get out your wands and tap them.. They're already enchanted with the x-ray charm..." Astra said as she tapped her own glasses.
They sat in a row and watched the closet. Ron nudged Harry in the ribs. "Should I ask what's going on?"
"I think I already know....." Harry said.
From inside, he heard someone getting thrashed. He figured I was Severus getting beaten within an inch of his life.
Astra munched on some kind of snack Fred and George had brought. "I could sell tickets for this!"
Avalon was rooting Minerva on. "Kick his sorry ass!"
Nevaeh munched on popcorn.
Hermione clung onto Ginny. "ACK! Will Professor Snape know that we were watching him like this? Will he take away points?!"
"Herimone..." Ginny sighed.
Astra watched as Severus finally grabbed a hold of Minerva's mighty fists of fury. He pulled them behind her back and held her tightly. "Let go of me!" growled Minerva loudly.
"Calm down!" Severus looked like he was on the receiving end of a bulldozer. "You don't need to try to kill me!"
"Says you!"
"Excuse me... but all I was trying to do was avoid truth or dare and being in front of everyone!" Severus growled.
Minerva looked like she was ready to pulverize him Her hands were slipping from his grasp as she growled furiously. "THAT'S ALL!?"
He pulled her closer and let go of her arms. There was shock evident on his face. He kissed her. She made muffled protests, but in the end, she closed her eyes and calmed down.
"I'm sorry... I didn't mean to surprise you like that, professor...." Severus Snape said.
She gazed up at him. He let her go and he fell back to the other wall. "Severus...I..."
"Don't... I've had my heart trampled on enough times to know that I'm always going to be alone...." Severus said softly as he held up a white hand. "Those other Slytherin girls.... Lily... Everyone within twenty feet of her fell for her..."
"If only Harry heard this... he'd have a fit!" Astra smirked as the other girls sighed blissfully. "Shoujo romantics to the end...." she sighed and shook her head at them.
Minerva looked like she was going through an internal struggle. "You..." Then, something hit her. "You're Professor Snape.... potions master at Hogwarts... I am Minerva McGonagall... deputy headmistress of Hogwarts.... I remember... it's starting to come back."
Astra started feeling something inside her trying to come out. She kept her gaze locked on the two in the closet. Minerva walked over to Severus and smiled at him. "Don't you see? We're going back to what we used to be..."
Astra felt like this one she could control. She smiled at Albus as he gave her a wink. "You can do it... just concentrate...." he whispered in his softest voice. Only her elfin ears could pick it up.
"It will be the same as it was before.... I don't know why I ever felt anything for you... you're old enough to be my grandmother...." Severus said.
"So... you really do.. You mean that you meant what you said last year...?" Minerva stammered.
Severus' face went into shock. "Yes..."
Astra concentrated hard on what she needed to do. She concentrated on their age. She concentrated on all of them.
Minerva was glowing now and there was a sort of wind around everything in the common room. Minerva latched onto Severus. She was crying as she pressed herself to him. "It doesn't matter how old we are! I don't care!"
"Yeah, but I kinda do!"
The wind was deafening. The other girls were starting to cling to anything that they could get to. Ginny clung onto Harry. He held her protectively as he watched. Astra was in the air. Her shoulder length silvery hair swirled about her and there was a glazed look in her eyes. The second stone on her left ear was glowing brilliant green. The light stone was activated.
Minerva clung onto Severus. He held her against the wind that carried them out of the closet. Every one of the teachers was circling around Astra now. They each glowed bright white.
Minerva shouted above the roar of the wind. "I LOVE YOU!"
Suddenly, everyone dropped to the ground. Only Astra floated to the ground. She was standing on the ground, her skirt stopped blowing around now. Draco ran over to her and tapped her on her shoulder. She went limp and she fell into his arms.
Harry looked out to the teachers. He had heard Minerva's testament. He watched as Professor Dumbledore stood up and brushed himself off. Somehow, he was in his original robes. His long silver beard brushed the hem of his robes.
"Ah... that was a fun journey indeed!" He said. He walked over to Harry and smiled. He knelt down to Harry and touched Harry's forehead. "I see that you have your arms full..." He indicated Ginny, who was asleep in Harry's arms.
"What happened?"
"Miss Knight turned them back into themselves again. She's getting very good at using that stone..." Dumbledore said lightly.
"How did you know you were...."
"Oh... I knew since I woke up in the Hospital wing... no sense in telling what doesn't need to be told..." Dumbledore said as he stood up.
The teachers were stirring now. Professor Lupin sat up and brushed his longish bangs out of his eyes. He too was in his original robes. The odd thing was... he didn't look a day over twenty-five.
Professor Trelawny sat up and yawned. "How interesting... I wonder why I didn't fore see that coming..." she said mildly. She too didn't look much older than twenty-five.
"Probably because you can't see much of anything..." said Sirius as he stood up. "Oh... I'm getting too old for this shit..." He looked the same as Lupin and Trelawny. He looked at himself in surprise. "Maybe I'm not..."
Snape stirred on the floor. He still held onto McGonagall tightly. He lifted his head up and looked around. "Well... this is certainly interesting... how many points do I get to take away from Gryffindor now?"
"None, Severus...." Dumbledore said in a voice that sounded something like sternness.
McGonagall stirred in Snape's arms. She breathed in and gasped. "Wha--?" Snape still had his arms around her. "What happened?"
"We're back to ourselves...." said Lupin. "Only not..."
"Yeah... we're younger than when we started off as. Especially you and Trelawny here..." Sirius said as he looked at his hands. "Wow! Nice job, Astra..."
Snape finally let go of McGonagall and sat up. He leaned on his hands. McGonagall sat up as well. McGonagall's long black hair was out of it's braid and flowed around her. Harry realized that she was very pretty.
She straightened her glasses and blushed. "Oh dear... this is strange..." She looked at her hands and checked her arms. "I'm deffinantly younger...."
"Minerva... what you said before we blacked out..." Snape said as he looked at her hopefully.
"Oh for heaven's sake! Just kiss her already!" Astra snapped.
Snape shrugged and brought McGonagall into a kiss. Harry smiled and hugged Ginny. Ron looked like he was turning a slight greenish color, but Hermione attached herself to him and he regained his color. "This is definantly something to get used to...." said Lupin mildly.
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Chapter Eleven
"You can't be serious! Spin the bottle?!" said Astra.
Sirius had a wide grin as he held the offending bottle in his hand. Fred and George came up behind him and took the bottle. "We have an idea!" said George.
"Merge spin the bottle with truth or dare and seven minutes in heaven." George said.
"I'll bite... how exactly is this supposed to go?" Sirius said with a grin.
Fred raised his hand like he was in school and smiled. "Professor Weasley! What are the rules of the game?"
"Well, thank you for asking, Mr. Weasley...Everyone sits in a circle and one person spins the bottle. Whomever it lands on has to choose either truth, dare or heaven. If truth or dare, the person who spun the bottle has to come up with something." George said as he did a Professor McGonagall impersonation.
"Those two are getting scary...." said Ron.
Everyone got into a circle and sat down. Severus, who was slightly drunk, put the bottle down in the center and spun it. Everyone was nervous and jumpy as it spun. It slowed and then landed on Nevaeh, who was making weird nervous noises. "Nngh!"
"Dare..." said Severus.
Nevaeh suddenly grinned evilly. She put her index finger to her lips and thought for a moment. Severus must have realized what he had said, because he suddenly became very nervous.
"I want you to put Harry's tartan boxers on your head, my bathrobe around your neck like a cape and use my broomstick. I want you to walk outside in only your underwear with the boxers, broom and bathrobe and scream to the school 'I am Arthur, King of the Britains!' over and over until people come out to see who the idiot is..."
"You're bliven insane... you know that..." Severus gulped.
"Hush up and strip!" Nevaeh grabbed his sweater and started pulling it over his head. He started protesting and ran.
Sirius got up and ran after Severus. "Rules are rules, Sevie!" he cackled madly. Astra stood up and tripped Severus.
"Gerroff me!" He shouted as the two girls and Sirius started taking off Severus' clothes. Pretty soon, he was in nothing but his underpants. Ginny went into Harry's trunk and took out a pair of his tartan boxers. She put them on Severus' head and smiled.
"Perfect fit! Now you have your crown Arthur!"
"Shut it!" Severus growled.
Nevaeh tied the bathrobe on and handed him her broom. Then, Astra booted him out the common room door. Everyone in Gryffindor house was watching now. Seamus at the top of the stairs started yelling catcalls. "OOOH! Pretty ickle Snape is going to proclaim his kinghood!"
"Somehow, I don't think he'll need to scream it repeatedly. There seems to be plenty of people willing to laugh..." said Harry with a smirk. He was having fun.
When they got outside, Severus screamed at the top of his lungs in the cold weather. "EVERYONE! LISTEN TO ME! I AM ARTHUR! KING OF THE BRITAINS! AND THIS IS MY MIGHTY EXCALIBUR!"
When the humiliation was basically over, Harry watched an indignant Severus walk back inside shivering from the cold. From that point on, no one picked Dare unless they had a death wish.
The next spin was Harry's. It landed on Hermione. "I'll take the closet... at least it will be quiet...." Harry sighed. He wasn't going to let Hermione prank him, he knew better than that.
Hermione stood up and went into the nearest closet in the common room. It was locked behind them. Harry stood in the cramped area. Hermione was right in front of him, pressed rather close. Harry knew why. The closet was really only large enough for almost two people.
They waited patiently until someone opened the door on them. Fred opened it and smiled. "Nice going, Harry... I didn't know you had it in you!"
"WHAT!?" came an enraged Ron's voice from the other side of the room. Harry raised an inquisitive eyebrow. Ron came into view and he suddenly gulped. "S-sorry... didn't mean to... er... I'm going back now.."
"Good... because you are being absolutely ridiculous!" Hermione said in a sniffy voice.
It was Sirius' turn to spin the bottle now. The bottle spun in a tiny circle until it landed on Astra. Astra huffed indignantly. Sirius smiled. Remus leaned over and whispered something into Sirius' ear.
Harry noticed that Draco had his wand out and watched Sirius like a hawk. Sirius glanced over at Draco and gulped. "Okay... I guess traditional... I'll just kiss you here..."
Astra sighed and walked across the circle to Sirius and knelt down. He took her chin and kissed her on her lips gently. Astra felt a little electricity at the contact. It was a little like being kissed by Draco. He deepened the kissed for a split second and then he broke away. He smiled at her. "That's better.."
Astra shrugged as she blushed and stood up. She walked back to her spot in the circle and smiled at Draco. She stuck out her tongue at him playfully. Draco stuck his out and blew a raspberry. "Brat!" he said.
Nevaeh spun the bottle now. It went in a tiny circle until it hit Remus, who kept a smile on his face, even though Harry could tell there was shock on it. "Kiss... I'm in no mood to deal with pranks or the closet."
George sat cross legged across from Harry. He looked slightly miffed, but didn't say a word.
Nevaeh walked across the floor and knelt down in front of Remus. Their faces were centimeters from each other. She pressed her lips to his and he made a small squeak. He closed his eyes and kissed her back. Then, she broke away and smiled. "It's too bad that yer too old for me... yer very sweet..." she said softly. Harry heard every word of it though.
It was Hermione's turn now. She spun the bottle and it landed on Harry. Harry stared at the bottle incredulously. "That's ridiculous!"
"Feh... Might as well get it over with now..." Ginny handed Hermione her lipstick and held her compact up for Hermione. The lipstick was bright pink.
"That's good.. Now go kiss him..." Ginny said brightly.
Harry stared at Ginny in absolute shock. Hermione stood up and walked across the circle. Harry thought he heard Fred mumble something like, "--So much for the rules..."
Hermione knelt down in front of Harry and took his face in her hands. Her bright pink lips were mere centimeters from his own. Harry closed his eyes and waited for it. Her lips gently pressed to his for a second and then she kissed his cheek. "That's better... now he has the dreaded pink lipstick mark that doesn't come off!" she grinned at him.
She sat down and it was Ron's turn now. Harry tried to rub the lipstick off, but it wouldn't come off. "Damn it! How long is this stuff supposed stay on?!" Harry said gruffly.
"Don't worry about that... now... Ron? Would you like the lipstick as well?" asked Ginny with a wide devious grin. Harry noticed why. The bottle had landed on him.
Ron batted his eyes playfully at Harry and puckered his lips. Harry grimaced at him and threw a nearby book at him. "Kiss that!" It hit Ron on the head and he fell over.
Avalon was next and she looked nervously at Kennedy. She spun the bottle and it landed on Kennedy. Harry noticed that Astra had her wand out and was grinning madly as she magiced the bottle to her will.
"Aw... ickle Avalon is worried about being a failure to that ditzy Kennedy...." Draco said with an evil grin.
Avalon stopped and glared at him. "Avalon? Did you just call me.... Avalon?" she said through gritted teeth.
What ensued from this was a battle fraught with pain and pressure points. Afterwards, Draco was a beaten mass on the floor holding up a white flag. Astra stood over him and shook her head at him. "I told you not to call her that..."
Avalon straightened herself up and brushed a lock of black hair out of her eyes. She blushed when Kennedy looked at her. "Is something wrong, Avalon?" asked Kennedy.
She puffed up and looked like she was readying herself for battle. She walked over to Kennedy and knelt down to him. He smiled at her pleasantly. She took his face in her small, thin hands and pressed her lips to his. Avalon had her eyes shut tightly. Kennedy closed his eyes and brought his arms around her. There was a small gasp from Avalon and she opened her eyes. He seemed to be kissing her back with equal fervor.
Harry decided to look away and go back to the game. "Leave them be... they'll be like that for a while...." Astra said with a smile.
It was Albus' turn. He spun the bottle and it landed on Astra. He smiled pleasantly at Astra. "I choose..... a kiss from the lovely lady knight."
Astra blew a strand of silvery hair out her face. "Back to work... what do I look like... a girl at a kissing bazaar booth?" She stood up and walked over. She knelt down and huffed. "Alright.. Go on..." She closed her eyes and waited.
She felt his lips press against her skin. The skin of her cheek. It tingled where he had kissed her. It was an odd sensation. She blushed slightly and opened her eyes. She saw the eyes of professor Dumbledore looking into her own, but from a young face.
He smiled at her. "Thank you... you are a very nice girl..." He got next to her ear and whispered. "I wish I had known you back in my days... you would've been a great friend to me.... take care of them...."
The heat in her cheeks increased and she stared at Albus with her wide, slightly slanted blue grey eyes. "Thank you..." she said as she smiled at him. When she stood up, she curtsied to him and walked back to her spot.
After everyone had one turn, it was Severus' turn again. He spun the bottle and it landed on Minerva. He smiled and said, "Heaven..."
There was a long silence amongst everyone. Suddenly, there was a loud KER-THWAK and Severus was on the floor. Minerva was standing over him with her reddened hand as she glared down at him.
Harry noticed some whispering amongst the girls. Nevaeh handed Ginny something and passed it to Hermione, who passed it to Avalon. Avalon put on a pair of fake glasses and held out her wand. Kennedy kept his arms wrapped around her waist in a protective manner.
Severus finally awoke and sat up. He glared up at Minerva. "Bitch! Why did you have to hit me!"
"You are a vulgar... ill-mannered... prat!" Minerva growled up at him when he stood up.
Nevaeh and Astra picked them up and threw them into the closet. They closed the door and locked it. "If ya didn't want it, then you shouldn't've joined the game!" Astra said.
"Ladies! Does everyone have a pair of enchanted glasses?" Nevaeh said cheerfully.
All of the girls put on different pairs of glasses. "Get out your wands and tap them.. They're already enchanted with the x-ray charm..." Astra said as she tapped her own glasses.
They sat in a row and watched the closet. Ron nudged Harry in the ribs. "Should I ask what's going on?"
"I think I already know....." Harry said.
From inside, he heard someone getting thrashed. He figured I was Severus getting beaten within an inch of his life.
Astra munched on some kind of snack Fred and George had brought. "I could sell tickets for this!"
Avalon was rooting Minerva on. "Kick his sorry ass!"
Nevaeh munched on popcorn.
Hermione clung onto Ginny. "ACK! Will Professor Snape know that we were watching him like this? Will he take away points?!"
"Herimone..." Ginny sighed.
Astra watched as Severus finally grabbed a hold of Minerva's mighty fists of fury. He pulled them behind her back and held her tightly. "Let go of me!" growled Minerva loudly.
"Calm down!" Severus looked like he was on the receiving end of a bulldozer. "You don't need to try to kill me!"
"Says you!"
"Excuse me... but all I was trying to do was avoid truth or dare and being in front of everyone!" Severus growled.
Minerva looked like she was ready to pulverize him Her hands were slipping from his grasp as she growled furiously. "THAT'S ALL!?"
He pulled her closer and let go of her arms. There was shock evident on his face. He kissed her. She made muffled protests, but in the end, she closed her eyes and calmed down.
"I'm sorry... I didn't mean to surprise you like that, professor...." Severus Snape said.
She gazed up at him. He let her go and he fell back to the other wall. "Severus...I..."
"Don't... I've had my heart trampled on enough times to know that I'm always going to be alone...." Severus said softly as he held up a white hand. "Those other Slytherin girls.... Lily... Everyone within twenty feet of her fell for her..."
"If only Harry heard this... he'd have a fit!" Astra smirked as the other girls sighed blissfully. "Shoujo romantics to the end...." she sighed and shook her head at them.
Minerva looked like she was going through an internal struggle. "You..." Then, something hit her. "You're Professor Snape.... potions master at Hogwarts... I am Minerva McGonagall... deputy headmistress of Hogwarts.... I remember... it's starting to come back."
Astra started feeling something inside her trying to come out. She kept her gaze locked on the two in the closet. Minerva walked over to Severus and smiled at him. "Don't you see? We're going back to what we used to be..."
Astra felt like this one she could control. She smiled at Albus as he gave her a wink. "You can do it... just concentrate...." he whispered in his softest voice. Only her elfin ears could pick it up.
"It will be the same as it was before.... I don't know why I ever felt anything for you... you're old enough to be my grandmother...." Severus said.
"So... you really do.. You mean that you meant what you said last year...?" Minerva stammered.
Severus' face went into shock. "Yes..."
Astra concentrated hard on what she needed to do. She concentrated on their age. She concentrated on all of them.
Minerva was glowing now and there was a sort of wind around everything in the common room. Minerva latched onto Severus. She was crying as she pressed herself to him. "It doesn't matter how old we are! I don't care!"
"Yeah, but I kinda do!"
The wind was deafening. The other girls were starting to cling to anything that they could get to. Ginny clung onto Harry. He held her protectively as he watched. Astra was in the air. Her shoulder length silvery hair swirled about her and there was a glazed look in her eyes. The second stone on her left ear was glowing brilliant green. The light stone was activated.
Minerva clung onto Severus. He held her against the wind that carried them out of the closet. Every one of the teachers was circling around Astra now. They each glowed bright white.
Minerva shouted above the roar of the wind. "I LOVE YOU!"
Suddenly, everyone dropped to the ground. Only Astra floated to the ground. She was standing on the ground, her skirt stopped blowing around now. Draco ran over to her and tapped her on her shoulder. She went limp and she fell into his arms.
Harry looked out to the teachers. He had heard Minerva's testament. He watched as Professor Dumbledore stood up and brushed himself off. Somehow, he was in his original robes. His long silver beard brushed the hem of his robes.
"Ah... that was a fun journey indeed!" He said. He walked over to Harry and smiled. He knelt down to Harry and touched Harry's forehead. "I see that you have your arms full..." He indicated Ginny, who was asleep in Harry's arms.
"What happened?"
"Miss Knight turned them back into themselves again. She's getting very good at using that stone..." Dumbledore said lightly.
"How did you know you were...."
"Oh... I knew since I woke up in the Hospital wing... no sense in telling what doesn't need to be told..." Dumbledore said as he stood up.
The teachers were stirring now. Professor Lupin sat up and brushed his longish bangs out of his eyes. He too was in his original robes. The odd thing was... he didn't look a day over twenty-five.
Professor Trelawny sat up and yawned. "How interesting... I wonder why I didn't fore see that coming..." she said mildly. She too didn't look much older than twenty-five.
"Probably because you can't see much of anything..." said Sirius as he stood up. "Oh... I'm getting too old for this shit..." He looked the same as Lupin and Trelawny. He looked at himself in surprise. "Maybe I'm not..."
Snape stirred on the floor. He still held onto McGonagall tightly. He lifted his head up and looked around. "Well... this is certainly interesting... how many points do I get to take away from Gryffindor now?"
"None, Severus...." Dumbledore said in a voice that sounded something like sternness.
McGonagall stirred in Snape's arms. She breathed in and gasped. "Wha--?" Snape still had his arms around her. "What happened?"
"We're back to ourselves...." said Lupin. "Only not..."
"Yeah... we're younger than when we started off as. Especially you and Trelawny here..." Sirius said as he looked at his hands. "Wow! Nice job, Astra..."
Snape finally let go of McGonagall and sat up. He leaned on his hands. McGonagall sat up as well. McGonagall's long black hair was out of it's braid and flowed around her. Harry realized that she was very pretty.
She straightened her glasses and blushed. "Oh dear... this is strange..." She looked at her hands and checked her arms. "I'm deffinantly younger...."
"Minerva... what you said before we blacked out..." Snape said as he looked at her hopefully.
"Oh for heaven's sake! Just kiss her already!" Astra snapped.
Snape shrugged and brought McGonagall into a kiss. Harry smiled and hugged Ginny. Ron looked like he was turning a slight greenish color, but Hermione attached herself to him and he regained his color. "This is definantly something to get used to...." said Lupin mildly.