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rest belongs to J.K Rowling.
Note: Athena's owl, Bubo, belongs to creators of the movie "Clash of the Titans" (I think)
Thank you for all your reviews!
Chapter 7: First day of school
The next morning, Athena had a fine time studying Transfiguration, except that the teacher, Sirius Black, called her "Professor McGonagall" whenever he tried to call her to answer his questions. When he addressed her wrongly for the fifth time, Sirius threw up his hands and asked tiredly, "Why the hell do you have to look like Professor McGonagall so much?!"
"Is it my fault that I look like my mother?" Athena asked Lethe, Eric and Damon exasperatedly.
"No." Three of them replied.
During Potions, Professor Snape began the class by giving a small speech about Potions and that he could teach them how to bewitch the mind, ensnare the senses, bottle frame, brew glory and even put a stopper in death.
"Miss McGonagall, careful with your potion, I don't want your mother to come after me if you hurt yourself." Snape said in a low tone as he walked pass Athena's seat.
"Looks like your mother has a big influence over Hogwarts." Narcissus Malfoy sneered when he heard Snape.
"Ignore him." Lethe said when she saw Athena's deep frown. "That's his nature, his whole family behaves like that. In fact, the Malfoys and the Weasleys hate each other."
In Defense Against the Dark Arts, Harry taught his class on the Three Unforgivable Curses.
"The use of any one of the three Unforgivable Cures on a fellow human being is enough to earn a life sentence in Azkaban, the wizards' prison."
After that, Harry demonstrated the three curses by using 3 cockroaches. First he used the Imperius Curse, then the Cruciatus Curse, then the Killing Curse.
"AVADA KEDAVRA!" Harry yelled and the students jumped as a blinding flash of green light shone the entire room. When Athena opened her eyes, she saw that the cockroach is dead.
"Now, the killing curse is the worst curse ever. There's no counter-curse and no way blocking it."
"Sir, is this the curse that Voldemort used on you and your parents?" Malfoy asked.
Harry swallowed and nodded. "Voldemort also used this curse to kill my schoolmate and my favorite Headmaster, Dumbledore." He said flatly.
"Are you nuts? Why the hell do you have to ask that?" Eric hissed angrily.
Malfoy just smirked.
***
After lunch, the first-years were having their first flying lesson. "Great, I can't wait to ride a broomstick!" Athena said excitedly to Lethe when they arrived at a smooth lawn on the opposite side of the grounds to the Dark Forest.
They saw 20 school brooms lying neatly on the ground and since there's no teacher around, Eric decided to tell what happened during his father's first flying lesson.
"..So your dad pushed off hard immediately even before the teacher could blew her whistle, Lethe."
"And Madam Hooch had to bring him in the hospital wing in the end. He will not dare to go near a broomstick since." Lethe said.
"Then Malfoy's father went to challenge Dad on the broomstick, I think. I can't remember that part. All I remember is that Dad went flying on his broom and a teacher put him in the Gryffindor Quidditch team immediately. And that time, he is the youngest house player in about a century." Eric said proudly.
"What are you children standing there for?!" A sharp voice barked and Athena and her friends jumped.
Athena turned around and saw a teacher with short grey hair and sharp yellow eyes. She had a no-nonsense-or-you-will-have-detention expression on her face and Athena decided quickly that she better not provoked this teacher.
***
When the lesson was over and Athena was just about to go back to the castle with her friends, Madam Hooch said suddenly, "Miss McGonagall, I want to have a word with you."
Athena turned around slowly and her friends gave her a "What have you done?" look. They waved goodbye to her reluctantly and left.
Athena walked to Madam Hooch slowly and asked, "Yes? I mean, what can I do for you, Madam?" She asked quickly without really looking at Madam Hooch.
"Lifted your head up." Madam Hooch ordered and Athena's head snapped up, looking at her directly.
Madam Hooch leaned forward and stared at Athena closely. Then she cracked a smile. "Sure enough, you looked just like your mother, no wonder Professor Black looked so pale when he first saw you yesterday. He was a little terrified of your mother when he was studying here."
Athena didn't know what to say.
"Of course, I will not blame him, your mother is pretty strict with her students." Madam Hooch said, standing back straight. Then she folded her arms and grinned. "But thanks to me, she always gets to loosen up once and a while. By the way, how's your mother?" She stared at the astonishing look on Athena's face. "What?"
"You....behaved so differently from just now." Athena said.
"What..oh that! Hey I am the flying instructor, of course I have to be strict." Madam Hooch grinned again. "Of course, unlike your mother, I reveal my true self after lessons. So, how is she now?"
"All right." "And sometimes a little sad when I mention Dad." She added before she could stop herself. "Athena, you idiot. Why telling your teacher about that?" She scolded herself.
Madam Hooch sighed sadly. "It have been 11 years and she still can't get over your dead father."
Athena looked at Madam Hooch in surprise. "You know my father too?"
"Uh oh." Madam Hooch thought and asked quickly, "What do you mean by "too" ?"
Athena smiled. "Well, yesterday, a giant named Hagrid said that he knows my father too and that I got my eyes and hair colour from my father."
"Did Hagrid mention your father's name?" Madam Hooch asked, trying to sound as curious as possible.
Athena shook her head. "He stopped halfway due to the short amount of time."
"I don't know your father, just that he died before you were born." Madam Hooch said, mentally told herself to remind Hagrid strictly not to say anything to Athena about Dumbledore. "Err..Athena, have you ever thought of what's your mother like during her school days?"
"Sometimes. Mom never tells me about her schooldays." Athena said.
"Why don't you come to my office tomorrow, I will show you my Hogwarts yearbook. There is tons of interesting stuff in there about your mother." Madam Hooch said.
"Sure! Can I come after lunch?" Athena asked excitedly.
"Of course." Madam Hooch said and unfolded her arms.
"Great! Well, I will see you tomorrow, Madam Hooch."
"Oh please, call me Mandy when nobody is around. Well, my actual name is Madeline, but that's beside the point. Anyway, don't tell anyone that I am behaving like this after lessons." Madam Hooch said as she played around with her whistle.
"All right, see you tomorrow, Mandy." Athena smiled and she made her way back to the castle.
Madam Hooch frowned after her. Maybe she should call Professor Sprouts, Madam Pomfrey, Snape and Hagrid for a short meeting.
***
At night, Athena lay flat on her stomach and began to write her letter to her mother when Lethe came in panic. "Athena, are you all right? What did Madam Hooch say?"
"Nothing." Athena lied.
Lethe narrowed her eyes. "Really?"
"Really. Anyway, what's so bad about her, didn't you say that she brought your dad to the hospital wing during his first flying lesson?"
"Err..." Lethe couldn't think of anything to say.
"Now please don't disturb me, I am writing a letter to my mother." She said and drew her curtains shut.
Note: Athena's owl, Bubo, belongs to creators of the movie "Clash of the Titans" (I think)
Thank you for all your reviews!
Chapter 7: First day of school
The next morning, Athena had a fine time studying Transfiguration, except that the teacher, Sirius Black, called her "Professor McGonagall" whenever he tried to call her to answer his questions. When he addressed her wrongly for the fifth time, Sirius threw up his hands and asked tiredly, "Why the hell do you have to look like Professor McGonagall so much?!"
"Is it my fault that I look like my mother?" Athena asked Lethe, Eric and Damon exasperatedly.
"No." Three of them replied.
During Potions, Professor Snape began the class by giving a small speech about Potions and that he could teach them how to bewitch the mind, ensnare the senses, bottle frame, brew glory and even put a stopper in death.
"Miss McGonagall, careful with your potion, I don't want your mother to come after me if you hurt yourself." Snape said in a low tone as he walked pass Athena's seat.
"Looks like your mother has a big influence over Hogwarts." Narcissus Malfoy sneered when he heard Snape.
"Ignore him." Lethe said when she saw Athena's deep frown. "That's his nature, his whole family behaves like that. In fact, the Malfoys and the Weasleys hate each other."
In Defense Against the Dark Arts, Harry taught his class on the Three Unforgivable Curses.
"The use of any one of the three Unforgivable Cures on a fellow human being is enough to earn a life sentence in Azkaban, the wizards' prison."
After that, Harry demonstrated the three curses by using 3 cockroaches. First he used the Imperius Curse, then the Cruciatus Curse, then the Killing Curse.
"AVADA KEDAVRA!" Harry yelled and the students jumped as a blinding flash of green light shone the entire room. When Athena opened her eyes, she saw that the cockroach is dead.
"Now, the killing curse is the worst curse ever. There's no counter-curse and no way blocking it."
"Sir, is this the curse that Voldemort used on you and your parents?" Malfoy asked.
Harry swallowed and nodded. "Voldemort also used this curse to kill my schoolmate and my favorite Headmaster, Dumbledore." He said flatly.
"Are you nuts? Why the hell do you have to ask that?" Eric hissed angrily.
Malfoy just smirked.
***
After lunch, the first-years were having their first flying lesson. "Great, I can't wait to ride a broomstick!" Athena said excitedly to Lethe when they arrived at a smooth lawn on the opposite side of the grounds to the Dark Forest.
They saw 20 school brooms lying neatly on the ground and since there's no teacher around, Eric decided to tell what happened during his father's first flying lesson.
"..So your dad pushed off hard immediately even before the teacher could blew her whistle, Lethe."
"And Madam Hooch had to bring him in the hospital wing in the end. He will not dare to go near a broomstick since." Lethe said.
"Then Malfoy's father went to challenge Dad on the broomstick, I think. I can't remember that part. All I remember is that Dad went flying on his broom and a teacher put him in the Gryffindor Quidditch team immediately. And that time, he is the youngest house player in about a century." Eric said proudly.
"What are you children standing there for?!" A sharp voice barked and Athena and her friends jumped.
Athena turned around and saw a teacher with short grey hair and sharp yellow eyes. She had a no-nonsense-or-you-will-have-detention expression on her face and Athena decided quickly that she better not provoked this teacher.
***
When the lesson was over and Athena was just about to go back to the castle with her friends, Madam Hooch said suddenly, "Miss McGonagall, I want to have a word with you."
Athena turned around slowly and her friends gave her a "What have you done?" look. They waved goodbye to her reluctantly and left.
Athena walked to Madam Hooch slowly and asked, "Yes? I mean, what can I do for you, Madam?" She asked quickly without really looking at Madam Hooch.
"Lifted your head up." Madam Hooch ordered and Athena's head snapped up, looking at her directly.
Madam Hooch leaned forward and stared at Athena closely. Then she cracked a smile. "Sure enough, you looked just like your mother, no wonder Professor Black looked so pale when he first saw you yesterday. He was a little terrified of your mother when he was studying here."
Athena didn't know what to say.
"Of course, I will not blame him, your mother is pretty strict with her students." Madam Hooch said, standing back straight. Then she folded her arms and grinned. "But thanks to me, she always gets to loosen up once and a while. By the way, how's your mother?" She stared at the astonishing look on Athena's face. "What?"
"You....behaved so differently from just now." Athena said.
"What..oh that! Hey I am the flying instructor, of course I have to be strict." Madam Hooch grinned again. "Of course, unlike your mother, I reveal my true self after lessons. So, how is she now?"
"All right." "And sometimes a little sad when I mention Dad." She added before she could stop herself. "Athena, you idiot. Why telling your teacher about that?" She scolded herself.
Madam Hooch sighed sadly. "It have been 11 years and she still can't get over your dead father."
Athena looked at Madam Hooch in surprise. "You know my father too?"
"Uh oh." Madam Hooch thought and asked quickly, "What do you mean by "too" ?"
Athena smiled. "Well, yesterday, a giant named Hagrid said that he knows my father too and that I got my eyes and hair colour from my father."
"Did Hagrid mention your father's name?" Madam Hooch asked, trying to sound as curious as possible.
Athena shook her head. "He stopped halfway due to the short amount of time."
"I don't know your father, just that he died before you were born." Madam Hooch said, mentally told herself to remind Hagrid strictly not to say anything to Athena about Dumbledore. "Err..Athena, have you ever thought of what's your mother like during her school days?"
"Sometimes. Mom never tells me about her schooldays." Athena said.
"Why don't you come to my office tomorrow, I will show you my Hogwarts yearbook. There is tons of interesting stuff in there about your mother." Madam Hooch said.
"Sure! Can I come after lunch?" Athena asked excitedly.
"Of course." Madam Hooch said and unfolded her arms.
"Great! Well, I will see you tomorrow, Madam Hooch."
"Oh please, call me Mandy when nobody is around. Well, my actual name is Madeline, but that's beside the point. Anyway, don't tell anyone that I am behaving like this after lessons." Madam Hooch said as she played around with her whistle.
"All right, see you tomorrow, Mandy." Athena smiled and she made her way back to the castle.
Madam Hooch frowned after her. Maybe she should call Professor Sprouts, Madam Pomfrey, Snape and Hagrid for a short meeting.
***
At night, Athena lay flat on her stomach and began to write her letter to her mother when Lethe came in panic. "Athena, are you all right? What did Madam Hooch say?"
"Nothing." Athena lied.
Lethe narrowed her eyes. "Really?"
"Really. Anyway, what's so bad about her, didn't you say that she brought your dad to the hospital wing during his first flying lesson?"
"Err..." Lethe couldn't think of anything to say.
"Now please don't disturb me, I am writing a letter to my mother." She said and drew her curtains shut.
