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*

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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 11: The Story Between Jonathan and Mandy

"Excuse me? Michelle?" Athena asked.

Wood stopped making funny faces for his daughter. "Yeah. Why? Does it sounds awful?"

"No, just that..." Athena started when the door opened and Fred, George, Angelina, Alicia, Percy and Penelope came in noisily.

"Hi!" They said cheerfully.

As the group crowded around the babies, Athena rolled her eyes. Looks like she has to ask her questions tomorrow.

***

Athena pressed the Woods' house doorbell and a few minutes later, Katie (St Mungo's gives their patients special potions so that they don't need to rest in the hospital) opened the door. "Hi Athena."

"Hi. Is Oliver here? I want to ask him something."

"In the babies' room. He can't remove himself from there." Katie said and she escorted Athena upstairs.

When Katie opened the door, she whispered: "Oliver, Athena is here, she wants to talk to you."

Athena bites her lip and tried not to laugh when she saw Wood making funny noises for his daughter, who is lying safely in his arms. His son is sleeping in the blue crib. His daughter giggled and caught hold of his finger.

"Okay, I...coming?" Wood whispered and tried to tug his finger of his daughter's hold. "Michelle? Michelle, let go of Dada."

Michelle pouted and refused to let go.

"Michelle, please, or I will not let your Mama to sing you to sleep. Now let go." Wood whispered firmly.

Michelle let go of Wood's finger immediately. Wood smiled and gave Michelle to Katie.

"Close your eyes, Michelle, Mama is going to sing you to sleep now..." Katie said softly.

"Let's go downstairs." Wood said quietly to Athena and they left Katie alone.

***

"Okay, shoot." Wood said as he sat down on a chair in the living room.

"Why is your grandmother Michelle?" Athena asked anxiously.

Wood blinked. "Excuse me?"

"I mean, I thought your grandmother is Mandy, I mean, Madam Hooch..." Athena said slowly and clearly.

Wood's mouth dropped open. "How do you know about this?"

"Never mind about how I know about this, just tell me why didn't Jonathan marry Mandy? How did this Michelle girl wind up in the hot seat?" Athena asked impatiently.

Wood stared at her for a while and sighed. "Very well, now let's see, where am I going to start....how much do you know about my grandfather and Madam Hooch?"

"Not much, just that they are together in their 7th year at Hogwarts." Athena admitted.

"Okay..." Wood said slowly. "Want some tea?"

"Oliver." Athena growled.

"All right, all right... so, Jonathan and Mandy loves each other since their 7th year. After their graduation, Mandy went to join the Holyhead Harpies, you know, the professional Quidditch team. And that's the problem."

"What's wrong with a girl joining a Quidditch team?" Athena asked in confusion.

"It's all right with everyone else but not with Jonathan's parents. They have this really old-fashioned, annoying, stupid idea that women shouldn't work and should stay at home and have children. Good thing that my and Katie's parents don't have this kind of idea, or else Katie and I will have to kill ourselves so that we can be together. You know, Katie used to work before she is pregnant."

Ignoring Athena's shock expression, Wood continued: "So they don't like the idea of Mandy joining the Holyhead Harpies. They said that if Jonathan wants to be with Mandy, he would have to talk her to quit the Holyhead Harpies, or else."

"Or else what?" Athena asked and Katie came down the stairs saying: "Or they will disown him. I know the story too." She said and sat on Wood's lap.

"No way!" Athena said with her mouth dropped open.

"Way. Mandy refuses to quit the Holyhead Harpies, it's her dream to join the Holyhead Harpies and Jonathan understands. But Jonathan's stubborn parents don't. They said if Mandy doesn't want to quit the Holyhead Harpies, Jonathan would have to break up with her and marry someone else. Or the consequence would be the same: they will disown him." Wood said.

"What happened then?" Athena asked softly.

"They had an argument. Jonathan decided to be with Mandy even if it means being disowned by his parents. His parents won't allow that either, Jonathan is the only child in the family and they don't want the pureblood family line or family tree or whatever they call it to end like that. I don't understand them, they are so confusing.... In the end they don't allow Jonathan to speak to or go out with Mandy. One day, the Holyhead Harpies needed to go to Italy for the World Cup. Jonathan promised Mandy in owl post that...." Wood frowned and sighed.

"What's the promise?" Athena asked.

Katie looked at Wood, who nodded. She continued the story: "Jonathan promised that he would see her off at the train station on the day the Holyhead Harpies left for Italy, no matter what. He even said confidently that his parents couldn't stop him."

"That's what he thought. His parents managed to find out about it and they locked him up in his room on the day the Holyhead Harpies left for Italy so that he couldn't go to the train station." Wood said flatly.

"Locked?" Athena said blankly. "Can't he...."

"It is more than just a lock. They put charms and enchantments around his room so that he couldn't disapparate, he couldn't send an owl post, and he couldn't even blast his way out of his room. And then his parents.....oh great, I'm so proud of them." Wood said in a sarcastic tone. He had a look of disgust that Athena has never seen before.

"What?" Athena asked.

Wood scowled darkly, took a deep breath and said slowly: "They sent a letter in Jonathan's handwriting to Mandy, saying that he wouldn't see her again because he is in love with someone else."

"Oh shit." Athena said softly.

"That's right, you should see how angry Jonathan is when he found out about that. He hates his parents from that day onwards. He tried to send owl post to Mandy but she didn't reply any of his letters." Wood said quietly.

"I think she hates him from the moment she received the fake letter." Katie said.

"What happened to Jonathan?"

"Jonathan's parents introduced him to my grandmother Michelle. Jonathan likes her, I repeat, likes, L-I-K-E-S, but he doesn't love her. He told me that Mandy is the love of his life and Michelle can't replace her." Wood said softly.

"Where's Jonathan now?" Athena asked.

"When Michelle passed away a few years ago, he refuses to stay in Britain, since there's nothing left for him to stay there. He left Britain, went to France and didn't come back since."

"Do you think he will be back to see your children?" Athena asked hopefully.

"I don't think so. He didn't even come for my wedding. Even though he did send his apology and congrats." Wood said.

A second later, the doorbell rang and Katie went to get the door. A few moments later, Katie's voice could be heard from the hallway: "Oliver! Oliver, come quick!"

Wood got up from the chair and went to the door. Then Athena heard Wood saying: "Oh Great Wizards."

Athena got up from her chair and went to see who is at the door. Her mouth dropped open and she looked as shock as Katie and Wood.

Jonathan Wood is standing at the door.