Charming Hogwarts*~~
Chapter 9*~~
Attack*~~
Harry sighed as he stared at the flames that danced in the fireplace. He was in the Room of Requirement with Ginny, Ron, and Hermione. He and Ginny were sitting cuddled on the loveseat while Ron and Hermione lay in each others arm on the couch.
"Are you sure you're okay now?" Hermione asked worriedly.
"Yeah, I just feel bad for Phoebe," Harry said. Ginny kissed his lips lightly.
"She must have gotten that vision for a reason. You shouldn't feel guilty," Ginny said sharply.
"I don't," Harry lied automatically.
"I know you better than that," Ron said. "You're lying. I can tell. You do feel guilty."
"What I don't get is what she said right before she fainted," Hermione said slowly.
"Professor Mathews said that Phoebe could see the future," said Harry. "That's what had to have happened."
"But." Hermione never finished. "GRR! Oh well, you're right Harry. Time will tell."
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Paige slipped into her seat beside Remus and started taking some eggs and bacon and putting them on her plate. "Morning," Remus said.
"Hey," Paige replied.
"Snape's going to be thrilled with your outfit today," Remus said sarcastically. Paige smiled vindictively.
"Good." She was wearing her black and white checkerboard short skirt with a white shirt that had the Charmed symbol spray painted in black on it. She wore a checkerboard tie loosely at her neck and a black artist's cap on her head. Her nails were half black and half white. "I was dressing to please."
"Him or me?" responded Remus. Paige smiled and finished her food. She stood and left, her black heels clicking on the stone. Snape's black cloak swung as he stood and followed her quickly.
"Mathews!" he said sharply.
"I am not your student," Paige said coldly.
"Then don't act like one. Dress how a professor here should, even if you have no magic, at least pretend you do," Snape sneered.
"What is your problem with me anyways?" Paige asked quickly, hoping to startle an answer out of him.
"Why the hell do you care?!" exclaimed Snape.
"I-"
"You know what, it doesn't matter," Snape began. He trailed on and Paige let his voice flow together and make no sense.
Suddenly her eyes grew wide as a demon shimmered in behind Snape. He formed a fist of flame in his hands. The doors flew open to the Great Hall and students flowed out. They stopped dead seeing their professors and then the demon.
"Shut up and get down!" Paige said. She slammed Snape to the ground just in time as the fire ball flew overhead. She shot up just as the demon formed another one. "Fireball!" Paige called. It appeared in her hand and she threw it back, then shielded her eyes. The demon began to burn. "Who sent you?!"
"AHHHHHHHHHHH!" The demon exploded, dust flying everywhere. Remus rushed quickly to her side.
"Like I thought he'd answer," Paige muttered. "Re, you have to take over my classes for the day. I don't care what they do, but I have to get my sisters. Time for a little Power of Three." Remus nodded and kissed her quickly as she orbed away.
"Good luck," he said softly. Then he spun around to face the rest. "You heard her. If you're in her class today, report to your common room and have fun. Your homework is to be lazy." There was scattered applause form her classes for that day. Then they all scattered. Snape stared dumbfounded at what had happened, being the only one besides Remus who saw why the demon had been on fire.
Well, Remus and Harry, Hermione, Ron, and Ginny.
Paige landed in the entry way to the house. Darrel was sitting on the couch, talking to Piper and Leo. "Thank god you guys are here! A demon- wait, why are you here Darrel?" Everyone had turned to look at her.
"I came to tell you guys about the murder. Some dancing mystic girl was killed last night. She was with the traveling circus. All that was found was this symbol burned in the grass. Other than that, the guy didn't leave a trace," Darrel said. He handed Paige a slip of paper. She slid into a chair and studied the symbol.
"It looks like a cross between the Chinese symbol for demon and fire," Paige said thoughtfully.
"Why are you home?" asked Piper.
"Oh, right! I was talking to Snape and then a demon shimmered in and shot a fire ball at him. I burned him with his next fire ball. He was a lower class demon sent to do someone's bidding, I know it," Paige said.
"But was he there for you or for Snape?" asked Phoebe.
"Who knows if it was either of us. There's probably about a thousand people living in that castle," Paige said. "Maybe they were after some sort of magic."
"The two forms of magic don't often interact," Leo said. "What could they be after?"
"I don't know, maybe they want the house elves' magic or something!" burst Paige. "All I know is everyone in that castle is an innocent and that's a lot of people."
"Well, I guess we're coming to Hogwarts then," Piper said.
"Darrell, why don't you come and look around," suggested Phoebe. "See if you can find anything with inspector instinct."
"Alright, as long as Wyatt stays with me. I have no desire to be on my own in a school full of witches and wizards," Darrell said. "I happen to have no magic, in case you forgot."
"We should check the book for the hit demon first," Paige said. "And Leo, go see if the Elders know about any power for the other magic type that this guy could be after." Leo nodded and orbed out. The sisters and Darrell headed to the attic.
"Okay, so what should we look under?" asked Piper.
"Uh, check lower class fire ball demons," Paige said. "I'll see if any match." They flipped through the book, searching for the demon. "There!" Paige was pointing to the picture of a demon with a black line down the center of his face with blood red dreadlocks.
"Abitroscs," Piper read.
"That was him," Paige said.
"They're very low demons. Their powers consist of only fire balls and shimmering but they are usually pretty fast. Hit demons. Sent to do easy jobs for high class demons with plans," Phoebe said.
"Guess we were right, there is a master mind," Piper said.
"Obviously he didn't expect Paige," said Phoebe.
"What do you mean?" asked Darrell from his seat on an old trunk.
"Well, if he had known Paige was there he wouldn't have sent such a powerless demon. Most likely the leader sent an Abitrosc because he figured it would be a quick and easy job if it was there to kill someone of another form of magic," Piper explained.
"Yeah, if he knew there was a Charmed one there, he'd have come up with something better," Paige agreed.
"Right," said Darrell. Leo orbed in.
"The Elders don't know anything," he said.
"Typical," said Piper easily. "We found our hit demon. An Abitrosc."
"Really?"
"Yup."
"So, are we ready to go?" asked Paige.
"Wait, why don't you guys come check out that murder scene first," Darrell suggested. "I need to tell them I'm going away for a while anyways."
"Lead the way," Phoebe said. They all trooped out and got into Darrell's car.
A while later they were at the ground of a circus. It seemed they were packing up. A few people had swollen eyes, red with tears. "Wow, they seem really upset," Paige said.
"I guess they were close to the dancer," Leo responded.
"Yeah, they all were. There's no one here under suspect for the murder," Darrell explained. "Her name was Sandra and I'd use that instead of the dancer around here. They're pretty defensive."
"Did you find anything out?" asked a quick male voice form behind them. They all spun around to face a man about 25.
"Sorry, Rob," Darrell said. "But these are some friends of mine that think they can help. This is Phoebe, Piper, Paige, and Leo. Guys this is Rob, Sandra's twin brother."
"Nice to meet you," Rob said smoothly.
"You guys were twins?" asked Leo.
"Yes."
"Do you have any idea who would kill Sandra?" asked Phoebe. "Maybe why?"
"I-I don't know," Rob breathed exasperatedly.
"Look, we know how much it hurts to loose a sister," Piper said softly. "But we want to help you. We really do."
"Well, she- we- have a special gift. You can't tell anyone this," warned Ronb. "Not even he rest of the inspection team."
"Alright," Darrell said. "We all know how to keep a secret."
"We could always hypnotize people, and I mean real hypnotism. Sandra did it best with her dancing and me the good old fashioned way. No one has ever tried to get us to work for them or anything, but I'm worried and scared," Rob said.
"We have magic powers too," Phoebe said.
"You can come with us," Paige said. "We can protect you; bring you to a safe place."
"I... alright," Rob said.
"I'll take him and Darrell to Hogwarts," Paige told Leo. "You get Phoebe and Piper." They each grabbed who they were orbing and arrived in the empty Great Hall. "I have some rooms. This way."
As they walked quickly down the winding corridors, Darrell and Rob looked around in fascination. Paige stopped dead when she heard two voices arguing loudly. It was Remus and Snape. The others halted beside her, giving her curious stares and then listening.
"You don't understand any of this!" Remus cried in frustration.
"Then explain it!" hissed Snape.
"It's not my story to explain," Remus said in a low, cold voice.\
"Oh really?" he snarled.
"Yes, really, Snivellus!"
"Listen, I will tell the headmaster that Mathews MURDERED someone unless you explain," threatened Snape.
"Do and you'll have a large problem with walking, as you won't have any legs. I', not telling you anything!"
"Alright then-"
"There a problem?" asked Darrell as the group stepped into the corridor.
"Who are you?" snapped Snape.
"None of your business," Darrell responded.
"Ah, Mathews," Snape said, seeing the witch in question.
"I didn't murder anyone Snape," Paige said.
"You see that's what we do," Phoebe said. "We stop demons. And one was trying to kill you."
"But you don't really need and explanation as it's none of your business. Paige saved your ass, that's all there is to it," finished Piper.
"We have classes to teach, don't we Snape?" Remus said icily. Remus walked away swiftly after giving Paige a peck on the cheek. Darrell raised his eyebrows at her.
"Not a word," Paige warned Darrell shrugged and they continued. Once agan hey heard voices and stopped short.
"Must you do that?" asked Ron's voice.
"Yes, after all, we're discussing something important," Hermione's voice said.
"If that thing is something of Voldemort's and it's after Professor Mathews's magic or something," Ron added. They turned into the corridor to see Harry and Ginny leaning against a wall kissing while Ron and Hermione wait impatiently for them to stop.
"Mind breaking it up?" asked Darrell. The two pulled apart and the four aimed wands at him. They relaxed seeing what he looked like and who he was with.
"We have to talk to you, Professor Mathews," Ginny said.
"Can it wait? I have to do something important," she said.
"No, it's important," Harry said emotionlessly. He met her eyes and stared hard. Paige stared back.
A/N Sorry for the wait. I got a new computer and had to transfer all my stuff and things.
Chapter 9*~~
Attack*~~
Harry sighed as he stared at the flames that danced in the fireplace. He was in the Room of Requirement with Ginny, Ron, and Hermione. He and Ginny were sitting cuddled on the loveseat while Ron and Hermione lay in each others arm on the couch.
"Are you sure you're okay now?" Hermione asked worriedly.
"Yeah, I just feel bad for Phoebe," Harry said. Ginny kissed his lips lightly.
"She must have gotten that vision for a reason. You shouldn't feel guilty," Ginny said sharply.
"I don't," Harry lied automatically.
"I know you better than that," Ron said. "You're lying. I can tell. You do feel guilty."
"What I don't get is what she said right before she fainted," Hermione said slowly.
"Professor Mathews said that Phoebe could see the future," said Harry. "That's what had to have happened."
"But." Hermione never finished. "GRR! Oh well, you're right Harry. Time will tell."
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Paige slipped into her seat beside Remus and started taking some eggs and bacon and putting them on her plate. "Morning," Remus said.
"Hey," Paige replied.
"Snape's going to be thrilled with your outfit today," Remus said sarcastically. Paige smiled vindictively.
"Good." She was wearing her black and white checkerboard short skirt with a white shirt that had the Charmed symbol spray painted in black on it. She wore a checkerboard tie loosely at her neck and a black artist's cap on her head. Her nails were half black and half white. "I was dressing to please."
"Him or me?" responded Remus. Paige smiled and finished her food. She stood and left, her black heels clicking on the stone. Snape's black cloak swung as he stood and followed her quickly.
"Mathews!" he said sharply.
"I am not your student," Paige said coldly.
"Then don't act like one. Dress how a professor here should, even if you have no magic, at least pretend you do," Snape sneered.
"What is your problem with me anyways?" Paige asked quickly, hoping to startle an answer out of him.
"Why the hell do you care?!" exclaimed Snape.
"I-"
"You know what, it doesn't matter," Snape began. He trailed on and Paige let his voice flow together and make no sense.
Suddenly her eyes grew wide as a demon shimmered in behind Snape. He formed a fist of flame in his hands. The doors flew open to the Great Hall and students flowed out. They stopped dead seeing their professors and then the demon.
"Shut up and get down!" Paige said. She slammed Snape to the ground just in time as the fire ball flew overhead. She shot up just as the demon formed another one. "Fireball!" Paige called. It appeared in her hand and she threw it back, then shielded her eyes. The demon began to burn. "Who sent you?!"
"AHHHHHHHHHHH!" The demon exploded, dust flying everywhere. Remus rushed quickly to her side.
"Like I thought he'd answer," Paige muttered. "Re, you have to take over my classes for the day. I don't care what they do, but I have to get my sisters. Time for a little Power of Three." Remus nodded and kissed her quickly as she orbed away.
"Good luck," he said softly. Then he spun around to face the rest. "You heard her. If you're in her class today, report to your common room and have fun. Your homework is to be lazy." There was scattered applause form her classes for that day. Then they all scattered. Snape stared dumbfounded at what had happened, being the only one besides Remus who saw why the demon had been on fire.
Well, Remus and Harry, Hermione, Ron, and Ginny.
Paige landed in the entry way to the house. Darrel was sitting on the couch, talking to Piper and Leo. "Thank god you guys are here! A demon- wait, why are you here Darrel?" Everyone had turned to look at her.
"I came to tell you guys about the murder. Some dancing mystic girl was killed last night. She was with the traveling circus. All that was found was this symbol burned in the grass. Other than that, the guy didn't leave a trace," Darrel said. He handed Paige a slip of paper. She slid into a chair and studied the symbol.
"It looks like a cross between the Chinese symbol for demon and fire," Paige said thoughtfully.
"Why are you home?" asked Piper.
"Oh, right! I was talking to Snape and then a demon shimmered in and shot a fire ball at him. I burned him with his next fire ball. He was a lower class demon sent to do someone's bidding, I know it," Paige said.
"But was he there for you or for Snape?" asked Phoebe.
"Who knows if it was either of us. There's probably about a thousand people living in that castle," Paige said. "Maybe they were after some sort of magic."
"The two forms of magic don't often interact," Leo said. "What could they be after?"
"I don't know, maybe they want the house elves' magic or something!" burst Paige. "All I know is everyone in that castle is an innocent and that's a lot of people."
"Well, I guess we're coming to Hogwarts then," Piper said.
"Darrell, why don't you come and look around," suggested Phoebe. "See if you can find anything with inspector instinct."
"Alright, as long as Wyatt stays with me. I have no desire to be on my own in a school full of witches and wizards," Darrell said. "I happen to have no magic, in case you forgot."
"We should check the book for the hit demon first," Paige said. "And Leo, go see if the Elders know about any power for the other magic type that this guy could be after." Leo nodded and orbed out. The sisters and Darrell headed to the attic.
"Okay, so what should we look under?" asked Piper.
"Uh, check lower class fire ball demons," Paige said. "I'll see if any match." They flipped through the book, searching for the demon. "There!" Paige was pointing to the picture of a demon with a black line down the center of his face with blood red dreadlocks.
"Abitroscs," Piper read.
"That was him," Paige said.
"They're very low demons. Their powers consist of only fire balls and shimmering but they are usually pretty fast. Hit demons. Sent to do easy jobs for high class demons with plans," Phoebe said.
"Guess we were right, there is a master mind," Piper said.
"Obviously he didn't expect Paige," said Phoebe.
"What do you mean?" asked Darrell from his seat on an old trunk.
"Well, if he had known Paige was there he wouldn't have sent such a powerless demon. Most likely the leader sent an Abitrosc because he figured it would be a quick and easy job if it was there to kill someone of another form of magic," Piper explained.
"Yeah, if he knew there was a Charmed one there, he'd have come up with something better," Paige agreed.
"Right," said Darrell. Leo orbed in.
"The Elders don't know anything," he said.
"Typical," said Piper easily. "We found our hit demon. An Abitrosc."
"Really?"
"Yup."
"So, are we ready to go?" asked Paige.
"Wait, why don't you guys come check out that murder scene first," Darrell suggested. "I need to tell them I'm going away for a while anyways."
"Lead the way," Phoebe said. They all trooped out and got into Darrell's car.
A while later they were at the ground of a circus. It seemed they were packing up. A few people had swollen eyes, red with tears. "Wow, they seem really upset," Paige said.
"I guess they were close to the dancer," Leo responded.
"Yeah, they all were. There's no one here under suspect for the murder," Darrell explained. "Her name was Sandra and I'd use that instead of the dancer around here. They're pretty defensive."
"Did you find anything out?" asked a quick male voice form behind them. They all spun around to face a man about 25.
"Sorry, Rob," Darrell said. "But these are some friends of mine that think they can help. This is Phoebe, Piper, Paige, and Leo. Guys this is Rob, Sandra's twin brother."
"Nice to meet you," Rob said smoothly.
"You guys were twins?" asked Leo.
"Yes."
"Do you have any idea who would kill Sandra?" asked Phoebe. "Maybe why?"
"I-I don't know," Rob breathed exasperatedly.
"Look, we know how much it hurts to loose a sister," Piper said softly. "But we want to help you. We really do."
"Well, she- we- have a special gift. You can't tell anyone this," warned Ronb. "Not even he rest of the inspection team."
"Alright," Darrell said. "We all know how to keep a secret."
"We could always hypnotize people, and I mean real hypnotism. Sandra did it best with her dancing and me the good old fashioned way. No one has ever tried to get us to work for them or anything, but I'm worried and scared," Rob said.
"We have magic powers too," Phoebe said.
"You can come with us," Paige said. "We can protect you; bring you to a safe place."
"I... alright," Rob said.
"I'll take him and Darrell to Hogwarts," Paige told Leo. "You get Phoebe and Piper." They each grabbed who they were orbing and arrived in the empty Great Hall. "I have some rooms. This way."
As they walked quickly down the winding corridors, Darrell and Rob looked around in fascination. Paige stopped dead when she heard two voices arguing loudly. It was Remus and Snape. The others halted beside her, giving her curious stares and then listening.
"You don't understand any of this!" Remus cried in frustration.
"Then explain it!" hissed Snape.
"It's not my story to explain," Remus said in a low, cold voice.\
"Oh really?" he snarled.
"Yes, really, Snivellus!"
"Listen, I will tell the headmaster that Mathews MURDERED someone unless you explain," threatened Snape.
"Do and you'll have a large problem with walking, as you won't have any legs. I', not telling you anything!"
"Alright then-"
"There a problem?" asked Darrell as the group stepped into the corridor.
"Who are you?" snapped Snape.
"None of your business," Darrell responded.
"Ah, Mathews," Snape said, seeing the witch in question.
"I didn't murder anyone Snape," Paige said.
"You see that's what we do," Phoebe said. "We stop demons. And one was trying to kill you."
"But you don't really need and explanation as it's none of your business. Paige saved your ass, that's all there is to it," finished Piper.
"We have classes to teach, don't we Snape?" Remus said icily. Remus walked away swiftly after giving Paige a peck on the cheek. Darrell raised his eyebrows at her.
"Not a word," Paige warned Darrell shrugged and they continued. Once agan hey heard voices and stopped short.
"Must you do that?" asked Ron's voice.
"Yes, after all, we're discussing something important," Hermione's voice said.
"If that thing is something of Voldemort's and it's after Professor Mathews's magic or something," Ron added. They turned into the corridor to see Harry and Ginny leaning against a wall kissing while Ron and Hermione wait impatiently for them to stop.
"Mind breaking it up?" asked Darrell. The two pulled apart and the four aimed wands at him. They relaxed seeing what he looked like and who he was with.
"We have to talk to you, Professor Mathews," Ginny said.
"Can it wait? I have to do something important," she said.
"No, it's important," Harry said emotionlessly. He met her eyes and stared hard. Paige stared back.
A/N Sorry for the wait. I got a new computer and had to transfer all my stuff and things.