Dumbledore's Army ~ Chapter 2
By: MoonPaper
Summary: Just my idea of what it would be like if Dumbledore sent for talented students of magic from all over the world, to form the next Order of the Phoenix. How would the people of the magical world react, and what their talents wold be, and what adventures they would have to face.
Disclaimer: Harry Poter and related indicia are copyright, JK Rowling and Warner Bros.
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Chapter 2: Oh..man Catfight! And a little on the twins...
"Nice meeting you!" Ginny waved to the others at breakfast, where the Slytherins were quiet, seeing as all other houses had new addditions, and they didn't. Everyone waved back as she half-dragged Luna Lovegood, Vistra and Ahmad with her towards their Herbology classes. Harry looked at the schedules and brightened up slightly. "We have Defense Against the Dark Arts... for two periods... with the Ravenclaws!" Everyone gave sighs of relief. "Do we have any Potions today?" Celine asked. They were all seventeen, but they chose to stay in sixth year. Harry nodded, but raised his hand before anyone could groan. "But we have it with Hufflepuffs, right before dinner." There were some murmurs, but sighs of relief as well.
Hermione stood up. "Oh, really! It's not so bad to learn new things..." But she backed down at all the Gryffindor's glares. Dean Thomas stood up. "We'd better get to the classroom, then. At least, we don't have Umbi*ch teaching us anymore. You coming, Seamus?" Seamus nodded, and they walked out, chatting animatedly. Harry just looked around and sighed. Everyone was leaving. "We'd better get there early, then."
Ron looked at him, and at the rest, frowning as he saw Celine's downcast face. "Yo. What's up, Celine?" She looked up. "Oh. Nothing." He shared a look with Hermione, who shrugged and walked ahead. "You're Ronald Weasely, right?" He jumped at the sudden voice near his ear. "Maria! You scared the bloody hell outta me!" She giggled, and he could've sworn he saw Arashi shake her head and smile, before dragging Maria away with her by the scruff of her neck. "You shouldn't bother him. You can see he's thinking!" Maria giggled and ran on ahead. Arashi glanced at Hermione and Celine, before walking up to listen to Harry and Drake's conversation.
"No kidding! Seriously? Glad to be in the Quidditch Cup's house, then. I was Beater for my school. We didn't have houses, but the different schools played against each other. Oh- hey, Arashi." He flashed her a smile. "You said you were a Chaser, right? That's cool. Which team do you play for?" Arashi shook her head. "I play for fun- we don't do it for competition. Harry, you're a Seeker, right?" Harry nodded. "Yeah.Hey, we're holding auditions this year, because our Chasers all graduated! Wanna try out?" Arashi shrugged. "Sure, why not?" She smiled at them, and went off to join Hermione and Celine's discussion.
Harry greeted Lupin with a smile, and he felt the insides of him twist somehow, and the smile suddenly became forced. He could just remember... when last year... it happened. He just turned away quickly, not failing to see the hurt look on Lupin's face.
Lupin looked at the now sixteen-year old boy who had the weight of the world on his shoulders. Literally. He just needs more time. He sighed and looked at the waiting students outside, in the corridor. There seemed to be squabble going on. On their first day and all.... He shook his head and went out to break it up. Only to avoid a spell that flew a mere hair's width beside his head. He ran out, and so did most of the class. Behind him, Ron shook his head as the spell ricocheted off a mirror and hit Neville, who turned purple. and started singing Row Row the Boat. Hermione stayed back to reverse the spell, and they all watched as Robert tried to hold back Blanche, who was firing spells at Celine, who, true to what she said, had set up a durable shield, which made everything bounce off it.
Soon, most of the people in the hallways were green, purple, pink and multicoloured, singing nursery rhymes. Lavender couldn't stop sing Ring around a Rosie and kept on falling on her behind, not being able to stop himself. Peeves had come into the scene, cackling his head off. But with a large sweep of his wand, Lupin made everything disappear, and the hallway immediately went quiet. Celine's shield glimmered at them mockingly, as if to say Who's in trouble now? He looked at all of them and sighed. "Everyone inside the classsroom now, please?" They all nodded and shuffled inside. Lupin closed the classroom door behind him, and everyone kept their eyes on him.
"All right. What happened?" At that instant, a dam opened, and everyone started talking. He scanned the crowd, and his eyes found Celine half hiding behind her table. "Miss Desjardins?" Everyone stopped talking, except for Blanche. "She was like that, and then-" She looked around, and stopped. "Miss Celine, I mean." Celine blushed and looked down, Hermione, who was beside her, saw the French girl's face go pink. "Now, What happened?" Silence. Hermione nudged Celine, who stood up. "I'm sorry, it was my fault-" Ron suddenly stood as well. "Bloody hell, it wasn't!" Drake pulled him down, and raised his hand. Lupin looked at him. "Yes? Mister... Jackson?" Drake stood up. He was looking Lupin straight in the eye. "It wasn't Desja- Celine's fault, sir. I think Blanche was the one who started it." Everyone looked at the Metamorphmagus, who huffed and looked at Celine accusingly.
"It was not! You turned your charms on on him, didn't you?! Even after what I told you-!" Celine shook her head. "Sister! I didn't! You know I don't like using it!" But Blanche ignored her protests and glared at her. Everyone looked on as suddenly, she started to somehow change, even if nothing was different. The girls watched on, Celine in horror, as the guys started to act strangely, as if sleepy. Hemione, Lavender and Parvati started to cast deafening spells, and following their examples, so did Maria and Arashi. Celine set up another shield, something that looked like shimmery gazue settled over everyone, and they all stopped acting weirdly. Blanche shouted something in French at Celine, and raised her hand to slap her, but Drake stepped forward to stop her, holding her forearm tightly. "You will not hit her."
Blanche, surprised, suddenly looked outraged. "But- she- Drake-" He gave her a glare, and pulled Celine behind him. "That's Jackson to you." She glared at him and stalked off, slamming the door behind her. Lupin turned on all of them. "Jackson, Desjardins, Lin, stay back later. Now, back too class, we'll be learning about glamouring oneself. And I've got a treat for all of you, I found a Boggart in one of the broom closets, so we'll be using him later on, alright?"
"So, how'd it go?" Arashi looked at Xue Lang. He shook his head. "I told him the whole truth- what else would I say?" He looked on and walked away. Arashi narrowed her eyes at his back, and looked at her hand. "Fros-tee." She turned around and ran after the waiting group beside the Charms classroom. For all I know, you could've said something entirely different.
The rest of the day was fairly uneventful, and there was almost no homework for everyone in the Gryffindor common room. "Hey- Arashi. What does your name mean?" The Japanese girl looked up from a pair of origami cranes she was working on, and looked at Lavender. "My name? It means Tempest. Why?" Lavender squealed. "Oh, that is so cool. Tempest. Whoa. But what really happened this morning, in the hallway?"
Everyone perked up at the question. Arashi fingered one of the now- almost alive flying paper cranes, and sighed. "Blanche- she was complaining about something to Celine, who was completely innocent, and Blanche just started trying to hex her." Parvati leaned over. "What was she accusing Celine of?" Neville leant in. "I think, she was saying something like being in the same house as Drake, or something." Everyone looked at the blushing American, who suddenly found the necklace he was wearing very interesting.
"Oohh.... So she has a thing for you, huh, Drake?" He blushed some more as Ron and Maria teased him. "But I think he has a thing for someone else." Everyone looked at Harry, but he shrugged. "I said, I only think I didn't say I knew who." Hermione nudged him. "I think you do." He shrugged. Maria looked at Celine. "What was that thing Blanche did earlier, then?" Celine nodded. "We're both quarter Veela. But she likes using the power- I don't." Ginny went over. "Ooh... I hope you don't mind me saying, but I think she's not good enough to be your sister. You shouldn't take any crap from her." Celine nodded. "Yeah, I guess." She looked at Drake. "Hey- that's a cool necklace. Is that a bear claw?" He looked up, still red. "Er... ah... Yeah. It was my father's, and my grandfather's and all the men in our family line, except for my great, great great, great grandmother, who was an only child who saved the village." Everyone stared. "How many greats was that again?"
Laughter burst from the other side of the room as Maria started dancing to the WWW, and everyone watched, enthralled. "She's goo~ood." Everone agreed to Ginny's comment, and they all watched as the fire started to dance as well, coming close to the rug... "Maria! Stop that!" Immediately, she did, and smiled sheepishly at Hermione. "Sorry, I got carried away. What song was that?" Ron listened for a while. "It's an advertisment for Billy Goat's Gardening!"
After the laughter and the night greetings, everyone went to sleep, but in the middle of the night, the Sixth-year Girl's dorms opened. Chestnut hair caught the light as feet tiptoed past the fifth , fourth, third, second and first year girl's dorms, and a white nightgown swished as the body sat herself down in front of the fire's dying light.
"Celine? What are you doing here?" She looked around, and saw Ginny Weasely with her hair in a mess, and a three foot long Potions essay laid out on the table in front of her. A closer look revealed the subject as a The Boomslang Skin's Importance in a Polyjuice Potion. "Ginny?" But the girl was already snoring away again, head in her arms. Celine shook her head- she remembered her own OWLS, they were horrible. She looked at the essay, and tore it to pieces. It was totally rubbish. Slowly, she began to scan through the borrowed books, and started enchanting Ginny's quill to write for her.
She was halfway through the decaying process of Boomslang skin when Ginny groaned and looked up. "Celine? Is that my homework?" The French girl nodded and announced one last conclusion to the quill, before ending the charm. "There- It's all done. But don't expect me to do this again for you. You just reminded me of how pathetic I was when it was my OWLS." Ginny, now wide awake, scanned the parchment. "Whoa- This is what- 3 and a half feet long?!" She grinned at Celine. "Thanks!" Celine just shrugged, and watched as Ginny packed her things into a worn bag. "Hey- Celine? Do you have any other siblings- other than Blanche, I mean?"
Celine shook her head. "How bout your parents? Do they know your'e fighting against You-Know-Who?" Celine nodded. "They know everything Ginny, they're dead. I live with my Godmother and Uncle." Ginny gasped. "I'm sorry! I'm so, so Sorry!" Celine waved her off. "It's ok... They've been gone for thirteen years now, and I don't even remember what they looked like."
"Do you... Do you mind if I ask how they... how they..."
"Died? Of course not! Blanche and I were four years old... It was when He was still alive-" Ginny took note of how the gentle Celine suddenly became scary when she mentioned Voldemort, and then listened again. "Sorry, in power. My father was a Professor in Beuxbatons, my mother, a Bulgarian ambassador. They met in a party- but that's a long story. Anyway, a while after our fourth birthday, they were out to work, and from what I heard- He wanted some Death Eater in a Bulgarian prison, and was making demands through the Ambassador in England- here. But he wasn't very useful to the governement, I mean, letting the information of the prisoner's location leak in the first place and everything... So he turned to the nearest country accesible at that time- and it so happened that an English Abassador was taking a vacation, and another one was coming to replace him- and poof! He took my mother by chance.
He didn't get the prisoner, so my mom... she was allowed one last visit to us as a sort-of death wish, and right before our eyes... he didn't use Avada Kedavra, the people would've seized him at once, but he exploded her... middle out. My dad was so furious, he told me to protect my grandmother, while they dueled, but they lost, and I tried to shield him, attack You-Know, and failed in both. He had a shield, and mine wavered, and it was gone. My dad died of too many injuries, my grandmother, one strong Stunning Spell- right on the chest- she was gone. My sister and I cried... cried, and we just... got taken away."
Ginny covered her mouth, and Celine smiled dryly, wryly. "Sob story, isn't it?" Ginny shook her head. "You're one of the bravest people I know..." Celine shook hers back. "Go to sleep- you'll be needing it."
As soon as the youngest Weasely was gone, she sighed. She sighed and looked into the now dead embers, adn looked at the moon outside- it ws just beginning- there was a hairline of a moon only, and a cloudy, cloudy sky. "Mom, Dad- I still care you know...? And I'll never forget you." She looked at it one last moment, and stood up. "Maybe you just wanted me to get it off my chest- find a friend- but I have no idea wh you thought I should come down here."
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