Stories of the Hogwarts Sisterhood

Disclaimer: Athena belongs to me. As for the rest, see "What can I do to forget about the love between us" (why the hell did I make such a long title..)

Ships: AD/MM

Note 1: Ok, like what Freelancer said: My fic, my rules. So instead of 80 years older than Minerva, I make Dumbledore to be 8 years older than her! *grins*

Note 2: I don't own the creature Dugbog, J.K Rowling does (At least I think so)

Rated PG for a bit of swearing

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Dedicated to my friends in the Albus/Minerva group-Thank you for consoling me.

Chapter 3: Attending Lessons with Mom

The weekend passed by quickly. On Monday morning, Minerva was eating her breakfast in a relaxing way while her friends were flipping through their Transfigurations textbooks frantically and comparing notes.

"Minerva, don't you need to study for the test?" Athena asked.

Minerva took a sip of pumpkin juice. "No."

"Don't bother about your mother, she is a genius in Transfigurations." Mandy whispered.

"So what lessons are we having today? Besides Transfigurations, that is." Athena asked.

"Here's the timetable, memorize it." Minerva said and passed it to her. "I think it is better for you to stick with me." She whispered.

Athena looked at the timetable and read it out loud:

9 o'clock, Potions with Slytherin

10 o'clock, Care For Magical Creatures with Slytherin

11 o'clock, Transfigurations with Hufflepuff

12 o'clock, Lunch

"WHAT?! Two subjects with that greasehead and Narcissus?!" Wood exclaimed, who didn't even bother to memorize his own timetable.

"Who?" Athena asked confusedly.

"Sam Snape and Aidoneus Malfoy." William said in disgust.

"The two leaders of the Slytherin boys." Don said and jerked his thumb at the Slytherin table. Athena looked and saw a boy with short, greasy hair and a handsome boy with short pale blond hair and blue eyes.

"Two hours with them?" Nicholas asked. "I think I am going to be sick."

"Will anyone notice that there's an extra student in the class?" Athena asked nervously.

"Don't think so. They don't take attendance and we can say that you are a new student who has just transferred from....." Mandy paused. "Ireland."

***

During Potions, Athena set up her cauldron (which she borrowed from Mandy because Mandy bought herself a new one) beside Minerva and was beginning to put the ingredients in when....

"So this is the new student, eh?"

Athena turned around.

"Aidoneus Malfoy. I'm pleased to meet you." Malfoy said politely and held out his hand.

Before Athena could take it, Minerva slapped Malfoy's hand away hard. "Get the hell out of my sight, Malfoy. And don't you dare to get close to Athena or I'll hex you." She hissed.

Malfoy's face fell. "Fine." He snapped and went back to his seat.

"Don't be deceive by that slimeball, he has some kind of slimy stuff in his hand and your fingers will get all gooey if you shake it." Minerva said.

"How did you know?" Athena asked in amazement.

"Poppy, Georgia and I fell for it during our first year. Mandy didn't shake his hand because she had her hands full with her new Quidditch handbook and she refused to put it down." Minerva said flatly.

***

During Care For Magical Creatures, Professor Kettleburn gave each student a small pot and a pair of earmuffs. "Class, today we are going to feed Dugbogs."

"Oh no!" Nicholas groaned.

"As we have learned during the last lesson, Dugbog's favorite food is Mandrake. And I assume that in your second year, you learned that once it is pull out from the soil, it will cry and its cries is fatal to anyone who hears it. However, these Mandrakes are only babies, so their cries won't kill you yet but they will knock you out for hours." Professor Kettleburn gave a box with a Dugbog to every student. Athena thought that the Dugbog looked like a piece of dead wood but then when she looked closer, she saw that it has finned paws and very sharp teeth.

"After you have pulled out your Mandrakes, just put it into the box and observed closely now it was devoured by the Dugbogs. Everyone put on your earmuffs."

The students put on their earmuffs. (Mandy and Poppy were not around because they had special Quidditch lessons and Medical lessons respectively.) Athena swallowed nervously and gripped the leaves tightly. She pulled the Mandrake out of the pot, lowered it to the Dugbog and stared in disgust at the Dugbog, which was ripping the Mandrake's legs off.

Minerva just dropped the Mandrake into her box and then backed away when the Dugbog bite his prey madly like a crocodile.

Nicholas tossed his Mandrake into the box and covered his eyes, unwilling to look at it.

William was staring at the Dugbog when suddenly he vomited on the grass.

"That's disgusting, William!" Don said and watched his Dugbog tearing off the Mandrake's body. Of course, William couldn't hear him.

Robert and Joe looked as if they were going to be sick.

Malfoy sneaked up behind Wood and yanked his earmuffs away.

"No!!!" Wood yelled but before he could cover his ears, he fainted. No thanks to the Mandrake cries. As he did, he accidentally knocked over the box and the Dugbog glided out slowly.

"Aaahhhh!!!" The students screamed in panic, dropped their Mandrakes and scampered off in every direction, knocking over a few more boxes of Dugbogs. Malfoy screamed, went to the nearest tree and climbed on it. Minerva grabbed Athena's hand and ran towards Hagrid's hut (Yes, I think Hagrid is the gamekeeper by then) William and Don carried Wood with great effort and followed the rest.

Athena saw Minerva's mouth forming the words (because Athena still had her earmuffs on): "Hagrid! Hagrid, open up!" and Hagrid opened his door. For a moment Athena couldn't believe that he's Hagrid, because he looked so different. He is a big man with no beard at all. He has short, messy hair and black eyes. He let the students in and they took off their earmuffs. William and Don put Wood down on Hagrid's couch.

"Wat's going on?" Hagrid asked and all students started talking at once.

"-We are feeding the Dugbogs-"

"-Malfoy took Wood's earmuffs-"

"-He fainted and knocked over his box-"

"-And we accidentally knocked over ours too-"

Hagrid looked very interested. "I'll help Professor Kettleburn ter put them back!" He said eagerly, took out his enormous earmuffs from his cupboard and put them on. "Yeh jus' stay here." He said and left.

The students looked out of the window and watched Hagrid and Professor Kettleburn wrestled the Dugbogs back to the boxes, and the Mandrakes back to the pots. They heard Professor Kettleburn bellowed: "That's fifty points from Slytherin, Mr. Malfoy!"

"Looks like Hagrid is having fun." Nicholas said dryly as he watched Hagrid fooling around with a Dugbog that was lying safely in the box.

***

After sending Wood to the hospital wing, helping their friends to bandage their ankles (Because Dugbogs can do severe injuries to the ankles of humans) Minerva and Athena rushed to Dumbledore's lessons because they were late.

"Ah, you are here at last! Now sit down and take your test." Dumbledore ordered and they sat down. "Err, hey you, the new girl."

Athena turned around.

"You are excused from the test."

"Why?"

"Because the test is based on the lessons last Monday. Since you have not arrived until last Friday, I excused you."

"Oh, okay." Athena said happily. "Dad, you are the best." She thought to herself and sat down beside Minerva.

Dumbledore looked at Athena, then at Minerva, then back to Athena. "I need glasses! There are 2 Minerva McGonagall in this school!" Dumbledore cried and the class (except the Hogwarts Sisters and Athena) laughed. Minerva just narrowed her eyes and bended her head down to do her test.

After the test, Minerva refused to look at Dumbledore and Athena saw her gripping her quill tightly as Dumbledore teased her throughout the whole lesson. When the lesson was over, Minerva jumped up from her seat and rushed out of the classroom.

"Just a min, Miss McGonagall, I need to speak to you." Dumbledore said and Athena stopped in her tracks.

Athena turned around and walked to Dumbledore slowly. "Yes, Dad?" She put her hand to her mouth and changed quickly, "I mean, yes Professor?"

Dumbledore didn't look surprise at all. He leaned forward and studied Athena's face carefully.

Athena shifted uncomfortably under his gaze. "Err, Professor? Can I go back to the common room now? I think Minerva is wondering where I am..."

Dumbledore smiled gently. "You mean your mother, my dear daughter."

Athena dropped her textbook with a THUD.