Secrets in Waiting
Later that evening:
Returning in time for supper with Lupin and Sirius the group walks out of the fire one by one , being greeted by a grunt from Sirius in the shape of a big dog which had to move due to their means of travel. On his way out he muttered to them that they had better wash up as supper was ready.
After they had cleaned up some and made sure they weren't bringing the soot to dinner they presented themselves at the table. Sitting there waiting was Hagrid , Sirius , Lupin and Dumbledore , the table sat empty with the exception of the dinner ware and serving plates.
When everyone was seated Dumbledore stood up "I'd like to say a few words and I hope you will indulge me in this. I hope that all of you enjoyed yourself this afternoon but tomorrow the real work begins. I have placed you all in fifth year , after supper we will talk more about that , but for now lets enjoy the meal."
With that the table became laden with food , every platter filled as if by magic , the jugs filled themselves with pumpkin juice and the muted smells now filled the room as if the meal had been in the room the whole time.
Everyone started helping themselves now realizing how hungry they had been , with breakfast having been missed and nothing more then sundaes for lunch. There had been so much food laden on the table that even Jason ended up with his fill and still the amounts looked like it had just barely been touched.
Once the main course was finished the food was replaced by a bowl of ice cream , it had been three different flavors per bowl , covered in a mixture of caramel and chocolate sauce , topped with sprinkles and a single cherry adorning the top.
Six bowls stood on the table , unable to be finished by their owners , the amounts varied from half a bowl remaining to one that had just the cherry left and a moaning Jason seated behind it.
Again Dumbledore stood "Lets take this to the living room where there is a comfortable fire waiting."
Pushing themselves up and away from the table the group staggers after others , finding a cushy chair each around the fire as the room had been re-arranged to suit a meeting of ten with chairs enough to accommodate them all.
Sirius waylaid taking a chair for the comforts of curling up by the fire, After everyone was comfortable the discussion started.
"As I told you earlier all you will all be in fifth year, with Harry, Ron, and Hermine. I all ready know that you are all not the age to be in fifth year, but I have confidence that you will do well with your studies. If you will recall I told you that Lupin and Sirius will be your teachers. You will need to catch up with your classmate. Is there any question?" Dumbledore Looked around at the group to see who would speak first.
"Yes , why are we here?" Asked Matt.
"Hey hey hey , I wanna know what you mean by catching up on studies" says Trel.
"Well to answer the first question , as you all know or probably did hear the pop star Marilyn Manson has gone missing. Mr. Manson as he is called now is an expelled student from Hogwarts and is a wizard by birthrights" replied Dumbledore , gazing to the ceiling as he continued. "Have you found that your little trinkets from your journeys have not been working"
The group replied a resounding yes.
"May I please see one?" Asked Dumbledore , holding out his hand.
Niki gives Dumbledore her small crystalline figure of the fairy. Upon taking the fairy Dumbledore proceeds to drop it upon the hardwood floor where the figure smashes into multiple minute pieces. At this the group jumps to their feet , jaws gaping at what he had just done.
Dumbledore raises his hand to regain their attention. "If this had of been a true magical artifact it would not have smashed , it should have resonated off the floor by an inch and a half , this was finely crafted , but only crystal and nothing more ... repairo" he said , bringing the figure back to it's former state and returning it to Nikita.
Everyone calmed down slightly and sat back in their chairs nervously , lost in thought about what they had just seen while their soon to be headmaster gave them a few minutes to absorb the information before he continued again.
"For those of you that did not follow Mr. Manson's career he was on a world tour and as visited every city that you six pilots had lived in , exchanging the artifacts that you owned for those crystal trinkets. Upon his show in Brittan he used magic to remove himself from the stage and joined up with Voldermortt whom he idolized as a student to learn how to access the powers of your artifacts so he could use it to get away from here. Because your journeys and activities while you were there, you had broken the seals releasing the magic contained within your beings." Here he broke to take a drink and see if any of this was getting through to them.
"As for the second question , yes you will have to catch up to your classmates so you are not to far behind when you start school, any further questions?"
"You mean ... we have to beat Manson , defeat Voldermort , retrieve our figures to go back to where we wanna be , and what will we be doing tomorrow?" Said Savanna , throwing her hands up in the air.
"The same thing we do every night Pinky, try to save the world from impending doom" laughed Jason as the ending tune came to mind ... of course he tried to sing it as well.
"Actually tomorrow you will start your lessons with your new tutors" acknowledged Dumbledore , not understanding the Pinky comment.
"So where exactly are we going to be staying" asked Amy.
"I'm glad you brought that up Ms. Maxelle , during the week you will be staying at the castle and during the weekend I have gotten permission to return here to Hogsmead , which is highly recommended for you will have to attend classes as will every other student , the other reason you are here is added protection for our young Mr. Potter as he is a prime target for Voldermort and as students you are also expected to obey the rules , no extra passage or privileges will be granted except for your return here every weekend. Well that should do it for the night , I hope you all get a good nights sleep and work hard tomorrow" he paused.
"Dobby , could you come here a minute?" Called Dumbledore , to what seemed no one in particular.
Not even half a minute later a small creature with big ears wearing mismatched but magically changing socks scuttled out from under a chair. "Yes headmaster sir?"
"Could you please get these children a mug of hot cocoa before they toddle off to bed" with that Dumbledore swept out of the room with Hagrid close on his heels , which had been so quiet that everyone seemed to forget the half giant was even there , leaving them to discuss it all over cocoa.
With Sirius still by the fire and Lupin cozily nudged in his chair a silence had descended over the group when an owl swooped in and dropped something on Lupins lap.
The group blinked as the owl swooped back out of the room again. Sirius lifted his head and looked at Lupin who quickly read the letter and put it in his pocket. "Come on guys , finish your hot cocoa and off to bed , tomorrow is going to be a long day"
Sirius put his head back down and his eye lids closed heavily , everyone realizing how tired they had been from the days event plus the lack of sleep from the night before, so it took little time to finish their bedtime drinks.
One by one the group slowly made their way up the back stairs and to their bedrooms.
Earily the next morning Trel found that she just had to go to the bathroom so bad that she couldn't ignore it. So getting out of bed she headed to the bathroom. On her way she could hear voices float up from what would be the kitchen. After finishing what she had to do, Trel decided to go to see why other were up when it was still dark out side.
Slipping down the stairs as quitely as she could so no one would notice her. When she could hear the voices clearly she stop to listen.
"I don't know Remus. How can you be so sure that these jokes can help save not just this dimension but everyone of them."
"If they where chosen that is good enough for me Sirius."
Trel slowly when back to her room and waited for morning to come so she could talk with the others. There was a lot more at stake then they thought.
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