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and McGonagall's schoolmates and teachers, (except for young Madam Hooch,
young Professor Sprouts, Professor Dippet and young Madam Pomfrey) belongs
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Chapter 20: A Big Misunderstanding
A few weeks later.
"Hey Minerva, did you think you will pass your Transfiguration test?" Daisy asked during one morning at breakfast.
"Of course she will, her fiancé is the Transfiguration teacher himself." Madeline grinned. "I bet Dumbledore will pass her."
"No way, that test is totally inhuman. If he dared to pass me just because I am his fiancée, I will break off the engagement." Minerva said seriously. "Besides, I have not seen him lately, he claims that he is too busy.."
Madeline gasped. "No way!"
Minerva smiled. "Gotcha."
Robert and Joe laughed as loudly as possible and Madeline yelled embarrassedly, "Shut up and eat your breakfast!"
Robert and Joe shut their mouths, trying not to laugh.
"But the last part is true, I really have not seen much of him lately.." Minerva said truthfully.
Robert looked up and saw a hundreds of owls streaming into the Great Hall. "All right! The mail's here!"
Robert and Joe got a letter each and Minerva's owl dropped a thick and heavy envelope onto her scrambled eggs.
"Yuck!" was what Minerva could say.
"Better train your owl a bit more." Poppy said as she watched Minerva picked up the letter in disgust.
"Look, Wood sent us the same letter." Joe said as he showed his and Robert's letters to Daisy.
"Maybe because both of you are Beaters and he thought of giving you two the same tips." Daisy said.
"Why don't he just send one letter to us then? That will save him all the trouble to write another one." Robert asked.
"In case one of you loses your letter." Daisy said simply.
"Minerva, who sent you that letter?" Madeline asked as she watched Minerva peeled open the sticky, gooey envelope carefully with her fingers.
"I don't know, there's no name." Minerva said, taking out the stack of things that was stuffed into the envelope. She raised her eyebrows. Photographs? She flipped through the photographs and frowned. She went ghastly pale as she flipped through the photographs once more with her trembling hands. She turned the photographs around and went paler.
"Minerva?" Madeline asked, sensing that something was wrong.
Minerva didn't respond. She clutched one of the photographs tightly, stood up suddenly from her seat, glared at the teachers' table and stormed off.
"MINERVA! MINERVA! WHERE ARE YOU GOING?!" Madeline cried and looked at the pile of photographs that Minerva had left on the table. She picked them up, flipped through and drew her breath sharply at them.
"Hey, what's going on?" Robert asked in bewilderment.
Madeline stood up angrily with the photographs in her hand. "YOU MALES ARE REALLY..." She started yelling and all heads turned around to look at her.
"Madeline, please! Calm down!" Poppy screamed as she tried to get Madeline to sit down.
Madeline sat down, fuming.
"What? What did we do?" Joe asked.
"Look. Look at this!" Madeline said furiously and slammed the photographs down on the table.
The Gryffindors leaned forward to see and gasped in horror.
"I don't believe this!" "No, it can't be!"
"That's not his kind of behavior!"
"But there's the evidence!"
Madeline frowned, sighed in frustration and clutched her head as if it hurts. She continued to stare at the photographs of Albus Dumbledore kissing a pretty stranger with dark hair. One of the photographs had its picture facedown and on the back, it said, "You are too young to be his wife. He is engaged to me so why don't you just run off and play with your toys?"
***
Minerva banged on the door at Dumbledore's bedroom loudly. "ALBUS DUMBLEDORE! OPEN UP!"
The door swung open and Dumbledore stood there in his usual robes. "Hi Min...." He started but before he could finish, Minerva pushed him roughly into his bedroom and slammed the door shut.
"Minerva, what...." Dumbledore started again.
"What. Is. This?" She asked coldly, showing Dumbledore the picture.
Dumbledore leaned forward and looked at the photograph closely. He turned pale and took a nervous step backward. "I...I..." He threw up his hands. "I don't know." He said quietly.
"You don't know?" Minerva asked angrily. "Who is this then? Your brother?" She hissed.
"No! Minerva, I didn't do anything like this! Never!" Dumbledore said frantically.
Minerva just frowned deeply. "I thought that I am your fiancée." She choked.
"You are!"
"NO! You have another fiancée behind my back!" Minerva screamed and threw the photograph on the floor.
"Minerva, Minerva! Please!" Dumbledore pleaded, trying to hold Minerva's hand. Minerva shook his hand away angrily. "I will not do anything like this to you. Never. Don't you know me? I will not go around flirting or kissing another girl behind your back." Minerva gazed into his blue eyes sadly. "Trust me. I will never do something like that. Someone is playing a joke on us." Minerva thought deeply, smiled a little and just wanted to hold Dumbledore's hand when the door flew open and the woman in the picture came in, yelling, "ALBUS!" She flung her arms around Dumbledore's neck and kissed him. Dumbledore went red and looked as confused as Minerva. "Miss, who..."
"Albus, why didn't you come and look for me last night? You promised me last week!" The woman said in a sexy tone.
"I..I.." Dumbledore said in shock.
"Albus, who is this?" Minerva asked with her voice trembled.
"Hm?" The woman turned to look at Minerva and frowned. "Albus, what is this kid doing here?"
"Minerva! This is not what you think!" Dumbledore said, trying to get away from the woman's clutch.
Minerva shook her head and yanked her ring off her finger. "I don't want to listen!" She screamed and threw the ring to the floor. "The wedding is off and I don't want to see you again!" She threw open the door and ran off.
"MINERVA! MINERVA! HEY, LET GO OF ME!" Dumbledore yelled and suddenly the woman let him go. "What the.."
"Sorry, I am just a woman hired by Mr. Aidoneus Malfoy. He told me to do this and I will have 20 Galleons."
Her words struck Dumbledore like thunder. "MALFOY?!" He roared.
The woman nodded. "I'm sorry. Now if you don't mind, I shall take my leave." She walked to the door, paused and picked the ring up. "Maybe it is not too late to get her back." She gave it to Dumbledore and left.
Dumbledore slumped down on his chair and fire blazed in his eyes. "DAMN YOU MALFOY!!!!" He yelled and shoved his things off his desk.
CRASH
He breathed heavily and sat back on his chair. No, Minerva was too angry to listen now. Maybe he would wait until tomorrow when she was calmer.
***
Minerva came out of the Headmaster's office with a letter clutched in her hand. She walked back to the common room slowly, gave her password to the Fat Lady ("Queen Elizabeth") and went in. Her eyes swept across the empty Gryffindor common room sadly, sighed and went back to the Girls' Dormitories.
She put the letter down on her bedside table, took out her school trunk and began to pack her robes and books slowly. When she was done, she looked around to see if she had left out anything. She glared at the roses, yanked the necklace off her neck and lay it on the table. No way was she going to take those. Then she walked to the window and saw Madeline and her friends trying to be polite with Hippogriffs.
"Goodbye." She whispered.
She closed her trunk and took a last look at the room. Then she lifted her trunk and left the room.
Wherever she's going, she's not going to come back to Hogwarts anymore.
Thank you for all your reviews! : ) I'm glad that all of you like this. : )
Chapter 20: A Big Misunderstanding
A few weeks later.
"Hey Minerva, did you think you will pass your Transfiguration test?" Daisy asked during one morning at breakfast.
"Of course she will, her fiancé is the Transfiguration teacher himself." Madeline grinned. "I bet Dumbledore will pass her."
"No way, that test is totally inhuman. If he dared to pass me just because I am his fiancée, I will break off the engagement." Minerva said seriously. "Besides, I have not seen him lately, he claims that he is too busy.."
Madeline gasped. "No way!"
Minerva smiled. "Gotcha."
Robert and Joe laughed as loudly as possible and Madeline yelled embarrassedly, "Shut up and eat your breakfast!"
Robert and Joe shut their mouths, trying not to laugh.
"But the last part is true, I really have not seen much of him lately.." Minerva said truthfully.
Robert looked up and saw a hundreds of owls streaming into the Great Hall. "All right! The mail's here!"
Robert and Joe got a letter each and Minerva's owl dropped a thick and heavy envelope onto her scrambled eggs.
"Yuck!" was what Minerva could say.
"Better train your owl a bit more." Poppy said as she watched Minerva picked up the letter in disgust.
"Look, Wood sent us the same letter." Joe said as he showed his and Robert's letters to Daisy.
"Maybe because both of you are Beaters and he thought of giving you two the same tips." Daisy said.
"Why don't he just send one letter to us then? That will save him all the trouble to write another one." Robert asked.
"In case one of you loses your letter." Daisy said simply.
"Minerva, who sent you that letter?" Madeline asked as she watched Minerva peeled open the sticky, gooey envelope carefully with her fingers.
"I don't know, there's no name." Minerva said, taking out the stack of things that was stuffed into the envelope. She raised her eyebrows. Photographs? She flipped through the photographs and frowned. She went ghastly pale as she flipped through the photographs once more with her trembling hands. She turned the photographs around and went paler.
"Minerva?" Madeline asked, sensing that something was wrong.
Minerva didn't respond. She clutched one of the photographs tightly, stood up suddenly from her seat, glared at the teachers' table and stormed off.
"MINERVA! MINERVA! WHERE ARE YOU GOING?!" Madeline cried and looked at the pile of photographs that Minerva had left on the table. She picked them up, flipped through and drew her breath sharply at them.
"Hey, what's going on?" Robert asked in bewilderment.
Madeline stood up angrily with the photographs in her hand. "YOU MALES ARE REALLY..." She started yelling and all heads turned around to look at her.
"Madeline, please! Calm down!" Poppy screamed as she tried to get Madeline to sit down.
Madeline sat down, fuming.
"What? What did we do?" Joe asked.
"Look. Look at this!" Madeline said furiously and slammed the photographs down on the table.
The Gryffindors leaned forward to see and gasped in horror.
"I don't believe this!" "No, it can't be!"
"That's not his kind of behavior!"
"But there's the evidence!"
Madeline frowned, sighed in frustration and clutched her head as if it hurts. She continued to stare at the photographs of Albus Dumbledore kissing a pretty stranger with dark hair. One of the photographs had its picture facedown and on the back, it said, "You are too young to be his wife. He is engaged to me so why don't you just run off and play with your toys?"
***
Minerva banged on the door at Dumbledore's bedroom loudly. "ALBUS DUMBLEDORE! OPEN UP!"
The door swung open and Dumbledore stood there in his usual robes. "Hi Min...." He started but before he could finish, Minerva pushed him roughly into his bedroom and slammed the door shut.
"Minerva, what...." Dumbledore started again.
"What. Is. This?" She asked coldly, showing Dumbledore the picture.
Dumbledore leaned forward and looked at the photograph closely. He turned pale and took a nervous step backward. "I...I..." He threw up his hands. "I don't know." He said quietly.
"You don't know?" Minerva asked angrily. "Who is this then? Your brother?" She hissed.
"No! Minerva, I didn't do anything like this! Never!" Dumbledore said frantically.
Minerva just frowned deeply. "I thought that I am your fiancée." She choked.
"You are!"
"NO! You have another fiancée behind my back!" Minerva screamed and threw the photograph on the floor.
"Minerva, Minerva! Please!" Dumbledore pleaded, trying to hold Minerva's hand. Minerva shook his hand away angrily. "I will not do anything like this to you. Never. Don't you know me? I will not go around flirting or kissing another girl behind your back." Minerva gazed into his blue eyes sadly. "Trust me. I will never do something like that. Someone is playing a joke on us." Minerva thought deeply, smiled a little and just wanted to hold Dumbledore's hand when the door flew open and the woman in the picture came in, yelling, "ALBUS!" She flung her arms around Dumbledore's neck and kissed him. Dumbledore went red and looked as confused as Minerva. "Miss, who..."
"Albus, why didn't you come and look for me last night? You promised me last week!" The woman said in a sexy tone.
"I..I.." Dumbledore said in shock.
"Albus, who is this?" Minerva asked with her voice trembled.
"Hm?" The woman turned to look at Minerva and frowned. "Albus, what is this kid doing here?"
"Minerva! This is not what you think!" Dumbledore said, trying to get away from the woman's clutch.
Minerva shook her head and yanked her ring off her finger. "I don't want to listen!" She screamed and threw the ring to the floor. "The wedding is off and I don't want to see you again!" She threw open the door and ran off.
"MINERVA! MINERVA! HEY, LET GO OF ME!" Dumbledore yelled and suddenly the woman let him go. "What the.."
"Sorry, I am just a woman hired by Mr. Aidoneus Malfoy. He told me to do this and I will have 20 Galleons."
Her words struck Dumbledore like thunder. "MALFOY?!" He roared.
The woman nodded. "I'm sorry. Now if you don't mind, I shall take my leave." She walked to the door, paused and picked the ring up. "Maybe it is not too late to get her back." She gave it to Dumbledore and left.
Dumbledore slumped down on his chair and fire blazed in his eyes. "DAMN YOU MALFOY!!!!" He yelled and shoved his things off his desk.
CRASH
He breathed heavily and sat back on his chair. No, Minerva was too angry to listen now. Maybe he would wait until tomorrow when she was calmer.
***
Minerva came out of the Headmaster's office with a letter clutched in her hand. She walked back to the common room slowly, gave her password to the Fat Lady ("Queen Elizabeth") and went in. Her eyes swept across the empty Gryffindor common room sadly, sighed and went back to the Girls' Dormitories.
She put the letter down on her bedside table, took out her school trunk and began to pack her robes and books slowly. When she was done, she looked around to see if she had left out anything. She glared at the roses, yanked the necklace off her neck and lay it on the table. No way was she going to take those. Then she walked to the window and saw Madeline and her friends trying to be polite with Hippogriffs.
"Goodbye." She whispered.
She closed her trunk and took a last look at the room. Then she lifted her trunk and left the room.
Wherever she's going, she's not going to come back to Hogwarts anymore.