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..)

Disclaimer 2: Some of the Hogwarts Sisters' and Athena's lines come from "Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood" So you may find their lines familiar. And I don't own them.

Ships: AD/MM, Madam Hooch/OC

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*

To flamers: I don't take kindly to flames, so back off, if you know what's good for you.

Rated PG for a bit of swearing

Thank you for all your reviews!

Gross Reality: I have my own way of telling a story. If you don't like it, I believe you could go to hell.

Stoneygem: No, it is the Hogwarts Sisters who get to play matchmaking. And yes, I mean that AD/MM were married for about 40 years and after that Athena came along.

Freelancer: Yes, I am a fan of Greek mythology. And the relationship on Jonathan and Mandy is going to work out nicely.

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

Chapter 12: The Hogwarts Sisters Take Action

Athena looked at Jonathan from head to toe. Jonathan was wearing a pair of black boots, a pair of blue jeans, a white T-shirt and a brown jacket. His hair is brown with a bit of grey and he looks more like 50 years old instead of 70.

"G-Grandpa?" Wood managed to say after a minute of silence.

"Surprise!" Jonathan said cheerfully. "My, look at you! Father of two children!"

Wood blushed and smiled sheepishly.

"And this must be Katie!" Jonathan said, looking at Katie. "You have a very good taste, Oliver. Hey, does this grandson of mine give you any trouble?"

Katie smiled. "No."

"Good for you, he is such a naughty brat when he is little." Jonathan grinned when he saw Athena. His mouth dropped open, then he closed it and he did that for a few times. "A-Athena? Athena McGonagall, is that you?"

Wood raised an eyebrow and looked at Athena. "Since when did you change your surname?"

Athena shook her head frantically. "No, you....err...you must have been mistaken, I'm Athena Dumbledore, not Athena McGonagall. I'm Albus Dumbledore and Minerva McGonagall's daughter. And you are Jonathan Wood, right?" She said quickly. She is not ready to tell Jonathan or anyone about her time travel and that Athena McGonagall and Athena Dumbledore is the same person yet.

"Yep. Well, you look a lot like your mother's cousin. Is she all right?"

"Fine." Athena said finally.

"Grandpa, what are you doing here? I mean, I never know that you will come back..." Wood asked.

"Well, I want to see my two great-grandchildren. But I think you guys are not ready for my visit so I guess I will have to stay in a hotel for a month and....." Jonathan said, turning away from the Woods and Athena.

"W-Whoa! Wait a minute!" Wood exclaimed and grabbed his grandfather's arm. "I have not seen you since my 1st year in Hogwarts and since you are back, I am not going to let you out of my sight. You will not stay in a hotel, you will stay right here. We have an extra room here."

"Are you sure?" Jonathan asked.

"Yes, we are sure." Katie said firmly.

"Fine." Jonathan said.

"Err....Oliver? I think I should go home now." Athena said.

"Okay. Bye Athena." Wood said, standing aside to let Athena pass.

"Bye Athena! Say hi to your parents for me!" Jonathan called before he entered the house with Wood and Katie.

***

"Mom! Mom!" Athena called when she came home. She entered the living room and to her relief, Poppy, Georgia and her mother are sitting on the chairs, talking. "Hi."

Poppy, George and Minerva greeted her. And before Athena could stop herself, she exclaimed: "Guess what?! Jonathan is back!"

Silence.

"How do you know about Jonathan Wood?" Poppy asked in surprise.

"Oliver told me." Athena lied. "I also know the history between Jonathan and Mandy."

"Oh my God, Jonathan is back and Mandy is going to be so mad when she sees him." Georgia said and shuddered.

"Her heart is beyond repair." Minerva said, shaking her head.

"God damn Jonathan's parents." Poppy said quietly.

"All you know the truth? Then why didn't any one of you tell her? You are the Hogwarts Sisters, you are her best friends, why didn't you tell her?" Athena demanded, forgetting for a while that she is now in the year 2003, not 1950, and is talking to her mother and her friends.

"We tried, but she will not listen every time when we come to that topic." Georgia said, folding her arms. "When we try to talk about it, she either disapparate or put a deaf charm around herself so that she can't listen."

"So there is no way to get them back together?" Athena asked sadly. "I mean, Jonathan is back now for a month, this is a great chance to get them back together."

The Hogwarts Sisters didn't respond.

"Oh I give up." Athena said with a mixture of tiredness and frustration and went upstairs.

Silence.

"All I am saying is there is something that is just none of our business and we should stay out of it." Poppy said and Minerva glared at her. "I didn't mean this." She added quickly.

Minerva stood up from her chair and said: "We have an extreme situation here."

"And that requires extreme measures." Georgia said helpfully.

"But..." Poppy started.

"Look Poppy, if the Gryffindors, and that includes you, Mandy and Georgia didn't give a damn about the situation between me and Albus and Jonathan, will Albus and I be together? No. So sometimes true love needs a little help." Minerva said reasonably.

"Yeah, I guess you are right." Poppy said finally. "So what are we going to do?"

Minerva thought for a while. "Well, I don't have an idea yet. We will have a discussion next week, all right? In the meantime, all of us have to think of at least one idea. And not one word about this to Mandy or I will have your ass."

Poppy raised an eyebrow to Georgia. "Fine." They said finally.

***

"Looks like the old Minerva McGonagall is back. When is the last time you see her talking like that?" Georgia asked Poppy when they left the house.

"Since our 7th year." Poppy said.

***

"Hi Mandy!" Georgia and Poppy said on the way to the Dumbledores' a week later.

"Hi! Where are you two going?" Mandy asked curiously.

"Mi..." Georgia started, wanted to say "Minerva's."

Poppy elbowed Georgia and said quickly: "The mini shopping street. You know, at Helga Road? They sell all sorts of things there, even Muggle things. Georgia and I want to go there just to check it out."

Mandy raised an eyebrow. Poppy swallowed nervously.

"All right, have fun!" Mandy said cheerfully and waved goodbye to Poppy and Georgia.

"Phew, that was close." Georgia said once they were out of Mandy's hearing range.

Mandy turned around the corner of the street and stay there. She looked around the corner and watched as Poppy and Georgia walked away. "You are not a good liar, Poppy, I know that you don't like to shop." She said and began to follow her friends.

***

"Hi Poppy, Hi Georgia. Did you manage to slip anything out to Mandy?" Minerva asked when she opened the door. Dumbledore had gone to the Ministry for a meeting and Athena is in her bedroom, doing who-knows-what.

"Georgia almost did." Poppy said, giving Georgia a glance. "We saw her just now. I told her that we are going to the mini shopping street at Helga Road. Hope that she falls for that."

Minerva frowned. "I didn't know that you like shopping, Poppy."

"I don't. But that is the only excuse I could think of." Poppy said.

"All right, come in." Minerva said, standing aside to let Poppy and Georgia in. They went to the living room and sat down. "Now who goes first?" Minerva asked when someone knocked on the front door.

"Could be someone else." Poppy suggested.

"It is her, I know it." Minerva said, standing up to get the door when Athena came down the stairs, saying: "I'll get it." Minerva leaned on the wall in the hallway and watched as Athena opened the door.

"Hi Mandy." Athena said slowly when she saw Mandy had the usual "no- nonsense-or-you-will-get-detention" look on her face.

Mandy put her hands on her hips and glared at Athena with her sharp yellow eyes. "Now girl, you think you can get away with this? You think I don't know what you and your mother's friends up to?"

Athena looked confused. "What do you mean up to? Now what's that supposed to mean?"

Mandy narrowed her eyes. "You don't fool me for a sec, well...."

Minerva sighed, went to Athena, pushed her daughter gently aside and fixed Mandy with a stare. "We are not up to a goddamn thing and if we were, it will be none of your business."

"I just don't want to make a fuss, that's all I ask. I don't want Fred and George Weasely to be in charge of my birthday party." Mandy said and Minerva gave Poppy and Georgia, who were standing in the hallway, a look. Looks like Mandy don't really know what's going on.

"You know what did they put on my birthday cake last year? Explosive candles. It's horrible." Mandy said in disgust.

"Honey, when we want your advice, we will ask for it, got it?" Minerva asked, rolling her eyes.

Mandy stared at Minerva. "I have never seen you talking like that since our 7th year."

"I feel like talking that way." Minerva said.

Mandy raised an eyebrow. "Fine. I'm going back to Hogwarts to practice my Quidditch refereeing. Athena, get Fred and George Weasley and their wives, Sirius Black and Remus Lupin, we are going to have a game."

Athena brightened up. "Great!" She said and disappeared upstairs to get her broomstick.

***

When Athena and Mandy were gone, Minerva turned to her friends. "Mandy's birthday is around the corner and that gives me an idea."

"What?" Her friends asked.

Minerva grinned slowly. "Come on, let's go to the living room."