ONE WEEK LATER...
Dumbledore, after talking to Remus, called in Minerva and told her to gather the staff for a meeting about Remus, a new teacher, and the parentage of two current students. Minerva frowned, but did as he asked.
"Attention! Due to an important meeting, classes will be canceled and an unofficial Hogsmeade day will occur on this Friday. That is all."
All the students in Gryffindor common room were buzzing excitedly... except for four of them.
Harry, Hermie, Ron, and Sephie sat in the corner, barricaded by books. Considering Hermione was there, it didn't seem that unusual, but this was just a front for the conversation they were having.
"Is this about..."
"Yes, Ron."
"Are you going to..."
"YES, RON!" the twins said together.
"I wish you two wouldn't do that!"
Sephie grinned at her sister, and they replied in unison,
"Do what, Ron?"
"That's it! I'm going up to bed!! Tell me how it turns out."
He stomped out of the room.
The three remaining friends smiled, then Harry said, "I think I'm going to join him. See you two tomorrow night."
The next day, Hermie woke up to find her sister humming merrily as she slipped on a small, odd looking necklace.
"It's a camera," she explained before Hermione could open her mouth. Seeing her sister's puzzled expression, Sephie continued, "I want a picture of Snape's face when he finds out to laugh at forever!"
The laughed together and left the dorm. Supposedly everyone was at Hogsmeade already...
They stopped in their tracks when they saw Harry and Ron in the Common Room.
"What are you two doing here?"
"We just wanted to wish you luck," explained Ron.
"But how are you going to get to Hogsmeade? The Invisibility Cloak?"
"We got permission from Dumbledore to go late. So... see you later."
The girls proceeded outside, where Professor McGonagall was waiting.
"Ready, girls?" she asked sternly.
They nodded in unison.
She led them through various hallways and into a staff room off of her Transfiguration classroom.
"In you go," she said, gesturing them through. Almost all the other teachers were already there.
"Ah, Minerva, Hermione, Persephone. Good. Now, as soon as..." Dumbledore was cut off by the entrance of Remus and Ally.
The sight of Ally cause quite a few of the teachers to become VERY excited. Dumbledore allowed about ten minutes of exclamations and hugs before telling them all to take a seat.
The Lupins were quite surprised to see their twins take seats directly opposite the hated Snape.... not to mention what Snape himself thought. They stared at him, not blinking, as if challenging him to say something. He quickly shifted his gaze to Dumbledore. Dumbledore just shrugged and began to talk.
"Now, as you all know, we have been on the watch for a new DADA teacher. Dear Mrs. Lupin has kindly consented to fill in the position, and Remus will be doing some work for me."
He allowed a moment for congratulations to die down.
"Which brings us to the point where we must clarify a few things. Incidentally, the reason Hermione and Persephone are here. As you all know, the hour a child with magical talent is born, their name is placed in the Book. Quite frankly, as of right now, there has never been a Granger in the Book. Ever."
The teachers stared at him. Finally Minerva said, "Albus, that doesn't make any sense. Are you saying that Hermione and Persephone aren't supposed to be here? Because they would have to be two of the most..."
"Now, Minerva, I didn't mean that at all. It simply means they aren't Grangers."
Minerva was about to open her mouth, but her mind was racing. She put all the pieces together.
"I should have known... only the daughters of those two could cause THAT much trouble," she laughed, pointing to Remus and Ally.
Remus smiled. "You always were quite good at logic, Minerva."
"I'm right? Very good! Who else knows?"
"Harry and Ron," said Ally after getting a sharp look from Remus; no one knew about Sirius or Jessi except for Snape and Dumbledore.
"Which means... the girls are Hermione and Persephone Lupin. Please address them as such, and make the necessary changes in grade books, seating charts, etc."
Dumbledore left the family surrounded by teachers... and observed Severus pick himself casually up off the floor, slip out from the room, and stalk back down to his dungeon.
Three hours later the girls went back to their common room, exhausted beyond imagination, but grinning happily. As they flopped into chairs in the common room, Hermie suddenly let out a squeal.
"What?"
"The pictures!!! Let's develop them!"
"Oooh, I forgot all about them! Come on!!"
They ran up to their dorm, and Hermione set about closing all the curtains and shutting off the lights... even wizard cameras needed to be developed in total darkness.
"Ready?" whispered Hermie, after locking the door.
"Ready... one... two... THREE. Deriendum!"
Silver mist came out of their wands... the necklace floated for a moment, then with a *POOF* a package of pictures landed on the bed, and the necklace was gone.
"Darn! One-time use. Oh, well..."
While Sephie was rambling, Hermie waved her wand and opened all the curtains. She unlocked the door and opened the packet. At the sight of the first picture she started laughing so hard that she rolled off the bed onto the floor.
"What? What? Let me see!" demanded Sephie, trying to snatch the picture. Hermione, however, was too hysterical. She kept flipping the pictures.
"Oh... my God...." she gasped, still laughing.
Finally Sephie managed to take the picture... and the end result was her on the floor as well.
When the girls finally composed themselves, they looked over the pictures again, planning what to do with them.
"Sephie, my dear," said Herm with a perfectly straight face, "you should be a professional photographer.. these are so lifelike." She picked up a picture and held it up to the light.
"Yes... hmmm... I think THIS one will be quite nice on top of the flagpole."
Sephie spun and grabbed the front of her sister's robes.
"Flagpole? FLAGPOLE! You never told me we have a flagpole! Where?"
"Between the Quidditch field and the Forest, you twit... what?"
"Do you KNOW how many PRANKS can be pulled involving a flagpole!!!???"
"No, but I'm sure I can guess... if you decide to let me go anytime soon," Hermione said wryly.
"Ooops. Sorry, sis." Suddenly Sephie grinned devilishly.
"You know who would REALLY love these?"
"Mum and Dad! Come on, let's go!"
The girls ran out and down the stairs, almost running into Professor McGonagall, who smiled and shook her head as they cried, "Sorry, Professor!"
"Hey, Mum, Dad!" cried Sephie as they burst into their parents' quarters. Remus and Ally looked up in surprise.
"Look what we've got," laughed Sephie, snickering as well. She handed the best one to her mother, who burst out laughing and closed her eyes before passing it to Remus. He took one look at it and was hysterical.
" Dear Lord, where did you get these?"
"The meeting."
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Hermie, Sephie, Harry, and Ron went to DADA the next day, smiling happily at the though of being taught by Ally. The other kids had no idea, though.
"I wonder, who's subbing today?" asked Dean Thomas.
"Someone good," said Sephie.
"How do you know?"
She folded her hands primly in her lap. "I'm not at liberty to reveal my sources."
"Yeah, or maybe you have no idea," drawled the unmistakable voice of that unmistakable bastard, Draco Malfoy.
"And maybe you should take your head out of Professor Snape's ass long enough to actually learn something," Sephie shot back.
Again, a Lupin had struck Malfoy speechless.
Hermie and Ron gave her high-fives. Harry nodded to her.
"Now that you're done, Draco... I'd like to show you something my friend in America taught me," said Sephie sweetly. "You. There. Now."
She pointed... without a wand... and Draco went flying into a chair on the Slytherin side of the room. The room fell silent. Sephie winked at him and sat. She gave Hermie a low five under the table... after Hermione had taken her wand out from underneath it. While Malfoy though she had the power to do magic without a wand, Hermione had simply shot the spell under the table at him without him noticing.
"You... you..."
He got no further.
"Quiet down, please."
The room immediately fell silent as a short blonde witch strode up the middle aisle with a light stride and hopped up to sit on the desk. She swung her legs playfully.
"Good morning."
They answered her.
"Well, this could be quite confusing. Shall I start from the beginning, or go in circles?"
Her laughter was contagious. Soon all the Gryffindors were laughing, and some of the Slytherins.
"Now that we've gotten that out of our systems. I believe most of you remember Professor Lupin?"
Affirmative nods. Malfoy whispered loudly, "Served him right, that werewolf."
Ally stood up, twirling her wand... and Malfoy's... idly between her fingers.
"I didn't just hear you insult my HUSBAND, did I, Mr. Malfoy?"
Malfoy's eyes were the size of dinner plates. He hadn't even heard her say, "Expelleramus." Everyone else's eyes were riveted on Ally.
"No, ma'am," Malfoy finally muttered. She threw his wand back to him; he caught it.
"Good. Let's start over. My name is Alison Lupin, and I'll be your DADA teacher... hopefully for longer than a year."
A few chuckles escaped.
Ally threw a look at her daughters, who nodded. She cleared her throat.
"I need to make a small... well, not really... announcement. Hermione, Persephone, will you stand up, please?"
They grinned at each other and rose; they knew what was coming.
"Most of you know these two as Hermione and Persephone Granger. I assure you, that isn't so. I should know... I was there when they were born."
This caused snickers from the twins and their two friends.
"What?" asked Ally innocently, winking at Sephie to alert her that she could finish this little escapade.
"Well, DUH, of course you were there, Mum."
A/N:
Hermie_Lupin: Sorry, everyone!!! Took us a bit to finish this part. New characters in the next one... and more to do with Sirius, for all you Padfoot lovers!!!!! BTW, "You.There. Now." Saw that in Hocus Pocus. Couldn't resist. We WISH we could do that, right, Seph?
Sephie_Lupin: Definitely! Some people we know could REALLY benifit from that.
READ, REVIEW, AND KEEP THE STORIES COMING!!!
The Terrible Trio (Hermie_Lupin, Sephie_Lupin, Alexia_Varen)
Dumbledore, after talking to Remus, called in Minerva and told her to gather the staff for a meeting about Remus, a new teacher, and the parentage of two current students. Minerva frowned, but did as he asked.
"Attention! Due to an important meeting, classes will be canceled and an unofficial Hogsmeade day will occur on this Friday. That is all."
All the students in Gryffindor common room were buzzing excitedly... except for four of them.
Harry, Hermie, Ron, and Sephie sat in the corner, barricaded by books. Considering Hermione was there, it didn't seem that unusual, but this was just a front for the conversation they were having.
"Is this about..."
"Yes, Ron."
"Are you going to..."
"YES, RON!" the twins said together.
"I wish you two wouldn't do that!"
Sephie grinned at her sister, and they replied in unison,
"Do what, Ron?"
"That's it! I'm going up to bed!! Tell me how it turns out."
He stomped out of the room.
The three remaining friends smiled, then Harry said, "I think I'm going to join him. See you two tomorrow night."
The next day, Hermie woke up to find her sister humming merrily as she slipped on a small, odd looking necklace.
"It's a camera," she explained before Hermione could open her mouth. Seeing her sister's puzzled expression, Sephie continued, "I want a picture of Snape's face when he finds out to laugh at forever!"
The laughed together and left the dorm. Supposedly everyone was at Hogsmeade already...
They stopped in their tracks when they saw Harry and Ron in the Common Room.
"What are you two doing here?"
"We just wanted to wish you luck," explained Ron.
"But how are you going to get to Hogsmeade? The Invisibility Cloak?"
"We got permission from Dumbledore to go late. So... see you later."
The girls proceeded outside, where Professor McGonagall was waiting.
"Ready, girls?" she asked sternly.
They nodded in unison.
She led them through various hallways and into a staff room off of her Transfiguration classroom.
"In you go," she said, gesturing them through. Almost all the other teachers were already there.
"Ah, Minerva, Hermione, Persephone. Good. Now, as soon as..." Dumbledore was cut off by the entrance of Remus and Ally.
The sight of Ally cause quite a few of the teachers to become VERY excited. Dumbledore allowed about ten minutes of exclamations and hugs before telling them all to take a seat.
The Lupins were quite surprised to see their twins take seats directly opposite the hated Snape.... not to mention what Snape himself thought. They stared at him, not blinking, as if challenging him to say something. He quickly shifted his gaze to Dumbledore. Dumbledore just shrugged and began to talk.
"Now, as you all know, we have been on the watch for a new DADA teacher. Dear Mrs. Lupin has kindly consented to fill in the position, and Remus will be doing some work for me."
He allowed a moment for congratulations to die down.
"Which brings us to the point where we must clarify a few things. Incidentally, the reason Hermione and Persephone are here. As you all know, the hour a child with magical talent is born, their name is placed in the Book. Quite frankly, as of right now, there has never been a Granger in the Book. Ever."
The teachers stared at him. Finally Minerva said, "Albus, that doesn't make any sense. Are you saying that Hermione and Persephone aren't supposed to be here? Because they would have to be two of the most..."
"Now, Minerva, I didn't mean that at all. It simply means they aren't Grangers."
Minerva was about to open her mouth, but her mind was racing. She put all the pieces together.
"I should have known... only the daughters of those two could cause THAT much trouble," she laughed, pointing to Remus and Ally.
Remus smiled. "You always were quite good at logic, Minerva."
"I'm right? Very good! Who else knows?"
"Harry and Ron," said Ally after getting a sharp look from Remus; no one knew about Sirius or Jessi except for Snape and Dumbledore.
"Which means... the girls are Hermione and Persephone Lupin. Please address them as such, and make the necessary changes in grade books, seating charts, etc."
Dumbledore left the family surrounded by teachers... and observed Severus pick himself casually up off the floor, slip out from the room, and stalk back down to his dungeon.
Three hours later the girls went back to their common room, exhausted beyond imagination, but grinning happily. As they flopped into chairs in the common room, Hermie suddenly let out a squeal.
"What?"
"The pictures!!! Let's develop them!"
"Oooh, I forgot all about them! Come on!!"
They ran up to their dorm, and Hermione set about closing all the curtains and shutting off the lights... even wizard cameras needed to be developed in total darkness.
"Ready?" whispered Hermie, after locking the door.
"Ready... one... two... THREE. Deriendum!"
Silver mist came out of their wands... the necklace floated for a moment, then with a *POOF* a package of pictures landed on the bed, and the necklace was gone.
"Darn! One-time use. Oh, well..."
While Sephie was rambling, Hermie waved her wand and opened all the curtains. She unlocked the door and opened the packet. At the sight of the first picture she started laughing so hard that she rolled off the bed onto the floor.
"What? What? Let me see!" demanded Sephie, trying to snatch the picture. Hermione, however, was too hysterical. She kept flipping the pictures.
"Oh... my God...." she gasped, still laughing.
Finally Sephie managed to take the picture... and the end result was her on the floor as well.
When the girls finally composed themselves, they looked over the pictures again, planning what to do with them.
"Sephie, my dear," said Herm with a perfectly straight face, "you should be a professional photographer.. these are so lifelike." She picked up a picture and held it up to the light.
"Yes... hmmm... I think THIS one will be quite nice on top of the flagpole."
Sephie spun and grabbed the front of her sister's robes.
"Flagpole? FLAGPOLE! You never told me we have a flagpole! Where?"
"Between the Quidditch field and the Forest, you twit... what?"
"Do you KNOW how many PRANKS can be pulled involving a flagpole!!!???"
"No, but I'm sure I can guess... if you decide to let me go anytime soon," Hermione said wryly.
"Ooops. Sorry, sis." Suddenly Sephie grinned devilishly.
"You know who would REALLY love these?"
"Mum and Dad! Come on, let's go!"
The girls ran out and down the stairs, almost running into Professor McGonagall, who smiled and shook her head as they cried, "Sorry, Professor!"
"Hey, Mum, Dad!" cried Sephie as they burst into their parents' quarters. Remus and Ally looked up in surprise.
"Look what we've got," laughed Sephie, snickering as well. She handed the best one to her mother, who burst out laughing and closed her eyes before passing it to Remus. He took one look at it and was hysterical.
" Dear Lord, where did you get these?"
"The meeting."
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Hermie, Sephie, Harry, and Ron went to DADA the next day, smiling happily at the though of being taught by Ally. The other kids had no idea, though.
"I wonder, who's subbing today?" asked Dean Thomas.
"Someone good," said Sephie.
"How do you know?"
She folded her hands primly in her lap. "I'm not at liberty to reveal my sources."
"Yeah, or maybe you have no idea," drawled the unmistakable voice of that unmistakable bastard, Draco Malfoy.
"And maybe you should take your head out of Professor Snape's ass long enough to actually learn something," Sephie shot back.
Again, a Lupin had struck Malfoy speechless.
Hermie and Ron gave her high-fives. Harry nodded to her.
"Now that you're done, Draco... I'd like to show you something my friend in America taught me," said Sephie sweetly. "You. There. Now."
She pointed... without a wand... and Draco went flying into a chair on the Slytherin side of the room. The room fell silent. Sephie winked at him and sat. She gave Hermie a low five under the table... after Hermione had taken her wand out from underneath it. While Malfoy though she had the power to do magic without a wand, Hermione had simply shot the spell under the table at him without him noticing.
"You... you..."
He got no further.
"Quiet down, please."
The room immediately fell silent as a short blonde witch strode up the middle aisle with a light stride and hopped up to sit on the desk. She swung her legs playfully.
"Good morning."
They answered her.
"Well, this could be quite confusing. Shall I start from the beginning, or go in circles?"
Her laughter was contagious. Soon all the Gryffindors were laughing, and some of the Slytherins.
"Now that we've gotten that out of our systems. I believe most of you remember Professor Lupin?"
Affirmative nods. Malfoy whispered loudly, "Served him right, that werewolf."
Ally stood up, twirling her wand... and Malfoy's... idly between her fingers.
"I didn't just hear you insult my HUSBAND, did I, Mr. Malfoy?"
Malfoy's eyes were the size of dinner plates. He hadn't even heard her say, "Expelleramus." Everyone else's eyes were riveted on Ally.
"No, ma'am," Malfoy finally muttered. She threw his wand back to him; he caught it.
"Good. Let's start over. My name is Alison Lupin, and I'll be your DADA teacher... hopefully for longer than a year."
A few chuckles escaped.
Ally threw a look at her daughters, who nodded. She cleared her throat.
"I need to make a small... well, not really... announcement. Hermione, Persephone, will you stand up, please?"
They grinned at each other and rose; they knew what was coming.
"Most of you know these two as Hermione and Persephone Granger. I assure you, that isn't so. I should know... I was there when they were born."
This caused snickers from the twins and their two friends.
"What?" asked Ally innocently, winking at Sephie to alert her that she could finish this little escapade.
"Well, DUH, of course you were there, Mum."
A/N:
Hermie_Lupin: Sorry, everyone!!! Took us a bit to finish this part. New characters in the next one... and more to do with Sirius, for all you Padfoot lovers!!!!! BTW, "You.There. Now." Saw that in Hocus Pocus. Couldn't resist. We WISH we could do that, right, Seph?
Sephie_Lupin: Definitely! Some people we know could REALLY benifit from that.
READ, REVIEW, AND KEEP THE STORIES COMING!!!
The Terrible Trio (Hermie_Lupin, Sephie_Lupin, Alexia_Varen)