Chapter 1
"Hermione?!" " Oh! Hi! We've been expecting you. Come in" And with that Hermione motioned for them to enter the house and follow her down a side hallway. At first glance, the hallway seemed to be a dead end, but on closer inspection you could just make out a door, outlined by light, at the end of it. As they approached , they started to hear the conversation that was going on inside. "Albus, how could you have invited the three of them? It's bad enough that you insisted that Hermione come, and she's ---" "For once, I have to agree with Menerva; they are just kids---" "These kids, as you call them, have saved our world more than once, without being trained; just imagine what they could do if we did train th ---" " How can you say that? How can you knowingly place them in danger?" "Training them would be a way of protecting them. They're already in the middle of this entire thing; they might as well go through with the training to, at least learn some common sense ---" "Sirius! How can you say something like that when you are responsible for two of them?!" "Mum, leave Sirius alone. I think he and dad are right" "Anastasia. You aren't thinking straight ---" "Yes, I am." "No, you ar -" "Shouldn't you let the four of us decide whether we want to do this or not?" The adults finally turned to acknowledge the fact that there were other people in the room beside themselves.
"Hermione?!" " Oh! Hi! We've been expecting you. Come in" And with that Hermione motioned for them to enter the house and follow her down a side hallway. At first glance, the hallway seemed to be a dead end, but on closer inspection you could just make out a door, outlined by light, at the end of it. As they approached , they started to hear the conversation that was going on inside. "Albus, how could you have invited the three of them? It's bad enough that you insisted that Hermione come, and she's ---" "For once, I have to agree with Menerva; they are just kids---" "These kids, as you call them, have saved our world more than once, without being trained; just imagine what they could do if we did train th ---" " How can you say that? How can you knowingly place them in danger?" "Training them would be a way of protecting them. They're already in the middle of this entire thing; they might as well go through with the training to, at least learn some common sense ---" "Sirius! How can you say something like that when you are responsible for two of them?!" "Mum, leave Sirius alone. I think he and dad are right" "Anastasia. You aren't thinking straight ---" "Yes, I am." "No, you ar -" "Shouldn't you let the four of us decide whether we want to do this or not?" The adults finally turned to acknowledge the fact that there were other people in the room beside themselves.