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A/N: Thanks again for the reviews. I'm writing fast since I'm still on vacation. I have nothing to do. I had fun reading fan fiction so I decided to write one on my own. I only have this week and next week free so I want to finish it all before classes. But we'll see if I can finish what I planned.
Title: Models
Chapter10: Arabelle
Dumbledore led the two into his office. As soon as Dumbledore closed the doors, he cast a spell so that no one would be able to hear their conversation. He then nodded to Sirius as if trying to say that it is all right to return to his human form.
Sirius did as he was told and noticed that there was already a person inside before they came in. The person looked up and glared at the people that he saw. Sirius glared back at him realizing that it was Snape. Remus stood back trying to avoid the mini war that was going on with their deadly stare.
Dumbledore saw this and began to clear his throat. "We have settled this before. I thought that you two were on a truce until this is all over?"
Both Sirius and Snape caught the impatience in the headmaster's tone.
"So the truce you said about you and Snape was true then?" Lupin could not hide amusement. "Then I guess there's no impossible in this world. Is there?" Nobody answered him back.
"Let's get down to business," Dumbledore started. "What's going on now?"
"At first they could not believe that Voldemort is back but when they heard about you calling them, they eventually believed. They are already preparing themselves as so should Harry." Sirius reported.
"Harry is merely a boy. How do you think that he can compare to him? He is gaining power as we now speak. His powers are now more powerful that I can even sense him. And I must say that he is very close here." Snape was frightful at remembering Voldemort's powers.
"Harry may be a boy Serverus but he was destined to fight against him. No one can deny that he is not merely a boy. For such a young age he already accomplished a lot of things." Lupin agreed with his friend.
"You are correct in saying that Remus but I think that for now, we should be recruiting as much witches and wizards in our side. We need to know who is with and against us. Voldemort is increasing his powers and we must do the same. Hagrid is still convincing the giants not to side with Voldemort. We must build old alliances that were made before the fall of Voldemort. The Weasley's have chosen their side. The Fudge won't accept the fact that he is alive once again. There are powerful wizards and witches out there that we have to get on our side. I believe that the Weasley's will take care of that. We are looking at a war and we need reinforcements." Dumbledore explained their situation. "Harry may have accomplished great things but I say that he wouldn't be able to stand against Voldemort."
"That's why we have to prepare him," Harry's godfather was showing concern. "Voldemort will not wait for Harry to increase his powers. He would want to seek revenge. Harry is the only one who lived from him and not only once but twice. Surely, his pride would have hurt. He'll hunt Harry down. It would be better if Harry is prepared."
"Potter is not in the same league as Voldemort. I say all Harry should do is to hide. He was the one who dug his grave by putting his head where it didn't belong." Snape was now showing his emotions towards the idea of a Potter saving the world.
"Sirius, I know that you are concerned with Harry but you must know that he is only on his 5th year. Even if I would allow him to prepare to fight Voldemort, he would not be able to do the spells correctly. He is not powerful enough." Even when Dumbledore said this, he did listen to Sirius' reasoning.
"Don't you think it is regretful that the world hang on the shoulders of a mere boy?" Snape surely didn't want Harry ending up a hero.
"Sirius, I see Dumbledore's reasons. He is but a child. He is already stressed with pre-adolescence. It would only stress him more if he bore the idea that everybody is expecting him to defeat Voldemort. It is not his time yet. For now I think that it is best that he lives normally for a while until the time comes." Lupin was clearly concerned too with Harry's disposition.
"So what you're all saying is that we be resourceful and find other recruitments? That's good for all of us, but what happens when he attacks Harry?" Sirius posed his question eager to hear an answer.
Dumbledore looked Sirius in the eye and said, "For now, we would have to be enough for him."
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"So, this is the last room. This is the potions lab. Our professor is Professor Snape. He keeps some of his ingredients in his office. The ingredients that we need for class is stored at the back." Hermione was glad that she finished the tour. She was itching to ask her some things. She knows that's against the rule but it wouldn't hurt to try, would it? "So, I'm supposed to bring you back to the headmaster's office."
"Very well." She didn't seem to be interested. "I noticed that you were familiar with the dog and so was he."
"We've met before." Hermione was getting nervous. She doesn't know if she knew Sirius' secret.
"How did you two meet?"
"Um. Harry. ah." She can't believe that for the first time in her life she was stuttering.
"Oh, Harry then."
Hermione was glad she didn't press on and just nodded.
"So you and Harry must be very good friends."
"Well, yes we belong in the same house. And we have another best friend. His name is Ronald Weasley." She was glad that she was staring to trust her.
"I see. So what's your name little girl."
"Hermione Granger," she was glad that she was finally opening up but the little girl thing annoyed her a bit.
"So how is it that you get to be a Prefect and Harry didn't," the witch pried.
"Well, uh maybe because I got better grades than him. It's not that Harry's not a good student."
"A little arrogant aren't you, little one?" She laughed when she saw Hermione's face grew bright red. "So, you've got the brains then?"
"Studying is my forte."
"I bet. I heard that Harry and his friends always gets in trouble, why is it?"
"Trouble actually follows him. He cannot get away."
"I guess that comes with the territory of being a hero at such a young age."
No one talked until they reached the corridor to Dumbledore's office. "You know what people say about how to get to know a person? They would get to know the person by the friends that he or she is keeping?" "I've heard of that."
"I suppose, Harry is not a bad person. That is, if you spoke about the truth of being close to him."
Hermione couldn't help but smile as she whispered, "thanks."
"For some unknown reason, I like you and somehow, I trust you. If you need any help in anything, as long as I'm not doing my business, I'd be happy to help." 'It's a good thing that our world is in the safe hands of a Harry Potter. Let's just hope that his attitude would not change as he grows up. We wouldn't want another Voldemort in the making.' "Thank you for the tour Hermione."
"It was my pleasure," she turned her back to go meet her friends in the Great Hall.
"Oh, by the way, you can call me Arabelle." She called out to her.
Hermione waved back. 'Arabelle. I like her. It's a pity I cannot even talk to my friends about her.'
A/N: Thanks again for the reviews. I'm writing fast since I'm still on vacation. I have nothing to do. I had fun reading fan fiction so I decided to write one on my own. I only have this week and next week free so I want to finish it all before classes. But we'll see if I can finish what I planned.
Title: Models
Chapter10: Arabelle
Dumbledore led the two into his office. As soon as Dumbledore closed the doors, he cast a spell so that no one would be able to hear their conversation. He then nodded to Sirius as if trying to say that it is all right to return to his human form.
Sirius did as he was told and noticed that there was already a person inside before they came in. The person looked up and glared at the people that he saw. Sirius glared back at him realizing that it was Snape. Remus stood back trying to avoid the mini war that was going on with their deadly stare.
Dumbledore saw this and began to clear his throat. "We have settled this before. I thought that you two were on a truce until this is all over?"
Both Sirius and Snape caught the impatience in the headmaster's tone.
"So the truce you said about you and Snape was true then?" Lupin could not hide amusement. "Then I guess there's no impossible in this world. Is there?" Nobody answered him back.
"Let's get down to business," Dumbledore started. "What's going on now?"
"At first they could not believe that Voldemort is back but when they heard about you calling them, they eventually believed. They are already preparing themselves as so should Harry." Sirius reported.
"Harry is merely a boy. How do you think that he can compare to him? He is gaining power as we now speak. His powers are now more powerful that I can even sense him. And I must say that he is very close here." Snape was frightful at remembering Voldemort's powers.
"Harry may be a boy Serverus but he was destined to fight against him. No one can deny that he is not merely a boy. For such a young age he already accomplished a lot of things." Lupin agreed with his friend.
"You are correct in saying that Remus but I think that for now, we should be recruiting as much witches and wizards in our side. We need to know who is with and against us. Voldemort is increasing his powers and we must do the same. Hagrid is still convincing the giants not to side with Voldemort. We must build old alliances that were made before the fall of Voldemort. The Weasley's have chosen their side. The Fudge won't accept the fact that he is alive once again. There are powerful wizards and witches out there that we have to get on our side. I believe that the Weasley's will take care of that. We are looking at a war and we need reinforcements." Dumbledore explained their situation. "Harry may have accomplished great things but I say that he wouldn't be able to stand against Voldemort."
"That's why we have to prepare him," Harry's godfather was showing concern. "Voldemort will not wait for Harry to increase his powers. He would want to seek revenge. Harry is the only one who lived from him and not only once but twice. Surely, his pride would have hurt. He'll hunt Harry down. It would be better if Harry is prepared."
"Potter is not in the same league as Voldemort. I say all Harry should do is to hide. He was the one who dug his grave by putting his head where it didn't belong." Snape was now showing his emotions towards the idea of a Potter saving the world.
"Sirius, I know that you are concerned with Harry but you must know that he is only on his 5th year. Even if I would allow him to prepare to fight Voldemort, he would not be able to do the spells correctly. He is not powerful enough." Even when Dumbledore said this, he did listen to Sirius' reasoning.
"Don't you think it is regretful that the world hang on the shoulders of a mere boy?" Snape surely didn't want Harry ending up a hero.
"Sirius, I see Dumbledore's reasons. He is but a child. He is already stressed with pre-adolescence. It would only stress him more if he bore the idea that everybody is expecting him to defeat Voldemort. It is not his time yet. For now I think that it is best that he lives normally for a while until the time comes." Lupin was clearly concerned too with Harry's disposition.
"So what you're all saying is that we be resourceful and find other recruitments? That's good for all of us, but what happens when he attacks Harry?" Sirius posed his question eager to hear an answer.
Dumbledore looked Sirius in the eye and said, "For now, we would have to be enough for him."
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"So, this is the last room. This is the potions lab. Our professor is Professor Snape. He keeps some of his ingredients in his office. The ingredients that we need for class is stored at the back." Hermione was glad that she finished the tour. She was itching to ask her some things. She knows that's against the rule but it wouldn't hurt to try, would it? "So, I'm supposed to bring you back to the headmaster's office."
"Very well." She didn't seem to be interested. "I noticed that you were familiar with the dog and so was he."
"We've met before." Hermione was getting nervous. She doesn't know if she knew Sirius' secret.
"How did you two meet?"
"Um. Harry. ah." She can't believe that for the first time in her life she was stuttering.
"Oh, Harry then."
Hermione was glad she didn't press on and just nodded.
"So you and Harry must be very good friends."
"Well, yes we belong in the same house. And we have another best friend. His name is Ronald Weasley." She was glad that she was staring to trust her.
"I see. So what's your name little girl."
"Hermione Granger," she was glad that she was finally opening up but the little girl thing annoyed her a bit.
"So how is it that you get to be a Prefect and Harry didn't," the witch pried.
"Well, uh maybe because I got better grades than him. It's not that Harry's not a good student."
"A little arrogant aren't you, little one?" She laughed when she saw Hermione's face grew bright red. "So, you've got the brains then?"
"Studying is my forte."
"I bet. I heard that Harry and his friends always gets in trouble, why is it?"
"Trouble actually follows him. He cannot get away."
"I guess that comes with the territory of being a hero at such a young age."
No one talked until they reached the corridor to Dumbledore's office. "You know what people say about how to get to know a person? They would get to know the person by the friends that he or she is keeping?" "I've heard of that."
"I suppose, Harry is not a bad person. That is, if you spoke about the truth of being close to him."
Hermione couldn't help but smile as she whispered, "thanks."
"For some unknown reason, I like you and somehow, I trust you. If you need any help in anything, as long as I'm not doing my business, I'd be happy to help." 'It's a good thing that our world is in the safe hands of a Harry Potter. Let's just hope that his attitude would not change as he grows up. We wouldn't want another Voldemort in the making.' "Thank you for the tour Hermione."
"It was my pleasure," she turned her back to go meet her friends in the Great Hall.
"Oh, by the way, you can call me Arabelle." She called out to her.
Hermione waved back. 'Arabelle. I like her. It's a pity I cannot even talk to my friends about her.'