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: Minerva's and Mandy's action and some of their words came from "Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood" So you may find their action and their words 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*

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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 14: Suspicions and Memories

Ding dong.

Mandy waited outside the Dumbledores' door and Dumbledore opened it. "Hey, Headmaster, is Minerva here?"

Dumbledore shook his head. "No, but I thought she said that she is going shopping with the Hogwarts Sisters and that includes you."

Mandy's mouth dropped open. "What? They have gone shopping and they didn't even invite me! Where the bloody hell did they go?" She asked with her hands on her hips.

"The mini shopping street at Helga Road." Dumbledore said, not a bit surprised about Mandy's reaction.

"Ok, thanks!" Mandy said quickly, mounted her broom and zoomed off.

***

The moment she landed outside the entrance of the shopping street, Mandy dashed into the entrance and started looking for Minerva, Poppy and Georgia. For a few minutes she couldn't find them, for the shopping street was fully packed. The new shopping street is opened only a week ago and all witches and wizards have come to check it out, for it sells wizarding goods and Muggle stuff (except for the Malfoys, of course, they don't want to be caught dead in this kind of street) Mandy tore her eyes away from the shop that sells fancy Muggle clocks and looked at the Muggle florist shop. No, no Minerva, Poppy and Georgia.

"Hi Madam Hooch!" Someone called.

Mandy turned around and saw Fred and George Weasely. "Boy, this place is great, isn't it Madam Hooch?" Fred asked.

"Yeah, Dad is thrilled about the Muggle shops and this place even have Muggle trickery shops, we are going to buy tons for experiment!" George said cheerfully.

"Yeah yeah, whatever, listen, you two, have you seen Professor McGonagall, Madam Pomfrey and Professor Sprout?" Mandy asked quickly.

"No." The twins said in unison.

"Hey, we gotta go and buy our stuff, bye Madam Hooch!" Fred called and they left.

Madam Hooch narrowed her eyes and continued walking through the crowd. She walked past the Magic Sweets Shop and spotted Neville, Dean and Seamus choosing over the wide variety of sweets. She stepped into the shop and asked the boys about the Hogwarts Sisters.

"Yeah, we saw them at the boutique at the end of the street." Dean said, pointing down the street.

Mandy gave her thanks and headed straight to the end of the street. She stopped outside "Elegant", a neat little shop that sells all sort of dress robes for witches, and saw Minerva, Poppy and Georgia, with their backs facing her, immediately, looking at dress robes.

She was just about to call them when she heard Minerva asking: "How about this for Mandy?" She asked and showed Poppy and Georgia the red and golden dress robes.

"Really, Minerva, does she have to be remind that she is a Gryffindor all the time?" Poppy said, rolling her eyes.

"Guess not." Minerva said, putting back the dress robes.

"What we need an unique dress robes that can sweep Jonathan Wood off his feet...." Poppy said, searching through the dress robes.

Georgia and Minerva winced at the ear-piercing sound of the metal head of the hanger as it slid along the steel rod.

Mandy froze. Did Poppy just say Jonathan Wood?

"How about this?" Poppy showed Minerva and Georgia a dark green trimmed with golden threads.

"Looks like her Holyhead Harpies Quidditch robes." Georgia said.

"I think it is attractive enough to make him to propose." Mandy said loudly and the Hogwarts Sisters froze. They turned slowly around, watching Mandy folding her arms and she asked: "So, is Mr. Jonathan Wood back from France?"

The Hogwarts Sisters didn't respond.

"Trying to help that cad and me together? Dream on." Mandy hissed, gave them an angry glare and stormed out the shop. She mounted her broom and flew off.

"This is bad." Georgia managed to say.

"Minerva, do something!" Poppy said frantically and Minerva rushed out of the shop, grabbing her broom and called: "Wait until I come back!"

She mounted her broom and chased after Mandy as fast as she could. (The town where Dumbledore and the others living in is invisible to Muggle eye, so witches and wizards can fly as high as they want on their brooms)

"Oh, what a surprise. Mr. Jonathan Wood is back from France; Oliver must have known where he is now. I will ask him and go to Mr. Wood to give him a warm welcome!" Mandy said angrily. She heard something behind her and looked: "Oh, look who it is? My ex- best friend!"

Minerva flew beside her and called: "Pull over!"

"I can't hear you!" Mandy sang.

"Pull over!" Minerva called louder.

Mandy struck out her tongue and flew faster, leaving Minerva behind. But soon Minerva caught up on her easily and yelled: "Pull over, Mandy!"

"No!"

"Pull over, Mandy!" Minerva said sternly.

Mandy mouthed the words "Fuck off" and ignored her.

Minerva narrowed her eyes and flew right past Mandy.

Mandy smirked as she thought that she has won. "Now on to Oliver Wood's....." She turned around the corner. "OH MY GOD!" She screamed as she saw Minerva sitting sideways on her broom with her leg crossed and her hands on her hips, blocking her way. She pulled her broom as hard as she could and her broom stopped just a few inches in front of Minerva's.

Minerva looked at the distance between Mandy's broom and hers and said: "You are so lucky, if you put one scratch on my broom, I will have your ass."

"Minerva, I demand that you take this piece of shit out of my way, this very instant!" Mandy snapped.

Minerva raised an eyebrow. "Who do you think you are talking to?"

For a moment, Mandy doesn't know what to say. She threw up her hands. "I know he is there, now what's going on? Are all my friends turning against me?!"

Minerva rolled her eyes. "Yes, your life-long friends are ganging up with Mr. Jonathan Wood to destroy you." She said sarcastically.

Mandy frowned. "Well, somebody better tell me what is going on!" She said hysterically.

"Mandy, calm down. You just going to have to trust us! Jonathan Wood is not in Britain." Minerva lied.

"Then who the hell are you talking about just now?" Mandy demanded.

"Oliver's son. Didn't we tell you that his son's name is Jonathan?" Minerva asked, trying to be as surprised as she could.

"All you did tell me is that he has twins." Mandy said dryly. "A baby boy will be sweep off his feet because he sees me in beautiful dress robes? What kind of nonsense is that?"

Minerva didn't answer that. "Go, go home now."

"No." Mandy said stubbornly.

Minerva's face darkened. "You want to see Jonathan Wood? Fine, go to Oliver's and ask him if he has seen his grandpa since he left Britain!"

Mandy raised her eyebrow. "Wait a minute, if Jonathan Wood is really at Oliver's, you won't dare to let me to go there. You just want me to make a fool of myself in front of Oliver and Katie."

"Say whatever you like. Now do you want to go the Woods' or not?" Minerva asked impatiently.

"Maybe next time." Mandy said.

"Then turn your goddamn broom and go home." Minerva ordered.

Mandy turned her broom and zoomed off.

Minerva sighed, caught hold of her broom and swung her leg over it. "That was close." She muttered.

***

In Mandy's apartment at night, Mandy opened a bottle of cold sherry and poured it unsteadily into her glass. She drank it in one go, slammed down the glass hard on her white kitchen counter. She grabbed the bottle and poured another glass. Then she opened her wall cabinet, rummaged around for a while and found an old pack of cigarettes. She snatched the box, opened it, took one and lighted it with her wand. She put it to her mouth, took the glass and went straight to her balcony.

She took a puff on her cigarette and sighed at the night scene of the town. (She lives at the 21st floor) "What a familiar feeling." She thought as the cigarette smoke fills her lungs. She hadn't smoked since her graduation. Jonathan Wood helped her to quit by saying: "I'll break up with you if you don't and I don't think that the Holyhead Harpies allow the players to smoke." She stared at the cigarette in her hand, crushed it in frustration and threw it neatly into the ashtray on top of her dustbin without leaving her place. Smoking reminds her of him. She took a sip of her drink.

She hates him and she will probably skinned him alive if she sees him.

Probably?

"Oh no, don't tell me that you still love him?" A voice in her head asked frantically.

Mandy didn't answer. For some reason, memories began to flood back to her mind. She remembers her first kiss with him up on the tree during Christmas, him putting his arms around her and hugs her when the Gryffindor team won the Quidditch Cup during their 7th year, him whispering "Will it be our turn soon?" in her ear when Minerva said: "I do" during hers and Albus' wedding day, him saying proudly: "That's my Quidditch Queen" when he saw her in her Holyhead Harpies Quidditch robes, his promise of going to see her off for the Holyhead Harpies' train to Italy.....

And his goddamn letter of breaking up.

"I will never forgive him." Mandy muttered and drank the rest of her sherry in one go.