Hey everyone its me with the next installment of my story. There will be some inflections of romance but I haven't decided with which characters yet. Well now on to the story!

Family Matters

Chapter 9- Hogwarts

Mackenzie woke up with a shock and took as many things into mind as she possibly could in a split second: 1) There were four different men in front of her, none of whom she knew. 2) She was in a bed in a stone room that looked to be some sort of a makeshift hospital and 3) Lauren was in the bed beside her either sleeping or unconscious. The men kept looking at her seeming to be searching for a reaction. Mackenzie as always blurted the first thing that came to mind, "You better let me and my friend go or my mom will kick all of your asses. I will too." The men in front of her (A man with long silver white colored hair and beard with glasses was the closest and three men were behind him- three men that were oddly familiar.) "Hello Mackenzie, my name is Albus Dumbledore." The older man in front of her said. Three things simultaneously 'clicked' in Mackenzie's head: The three younger men were the ones that had kidnapped her and Lauren, she knew the old man from her latest dream and he knew her name- "HE KNOWS MY NAME!!!!" Mackenzie said inside the privacy of her mind. "Well it's very spiffy and everything to meet new people but I have a few questions." Mackenzie said looking at Albus Dumbledore, "One, Mr. Dumbledore- "Professor" "I'm sorry, Professor Dumbledore, How would you know my name? Where in all of Holy Hell am I and why have you taken my friend (gesture to Lauren) and I here?" Mackenzie said assuming her 'business-woman-nothing- ruffles-my-feathers' pose. "To answer those questions in order it would be; my friends here, (gesture to the three men behind him) overheard your conversation with your friend. That's how I know your name. As for where you are you are in Hogwarts School Of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Why you are here is the same answer to your first question. My friends overheard your conversation having to due with some mysterious dreams and that concerns me greatly." Professor Dumbledore said. Despite her 'pose' Mackenzie's feathers were more than ruffled. She was feeling like a plucked chicken at that moment: naked and afraid. These men knew about her dreams and they were speaking about some school that Mackenzie had never heard of and she was nowhere near to understanding her situation than she had been five minutes ago. "I'm sorry but, ummmmm, I don't even understand those stupid dreams and you're saying you do? And I don't even know where this supposable school is much less who the three of you are that kidnapped my friend and I. Do you know that you're seriously breaking the law by kidnapping us? And on top of that, what the hell are you talking about- Witchcraft and Wizardry?" Mackenzie said giving up her first pose and not donning the 'holy-shit-I-don't-know-where-the-hell-I-am-but-I'm-still-going- to-be-a-bitch-anyway' look. "There is a lot to explain to you and your friend and I expect there will be time to do it. But first I'd like to ask you some questions and tell you that no harm shall come to you if I can do anything to stop it while you're here. That goes for Lauren too." Professor Dumbledore said. "Ok, I guess there's no harm in answering the questions since I'm basically completely at your will anyway. But can you answer one more question first?" Mackenzie said looking at Dumbledore. "I suppose I can answer your question." Dumbledore said looking at Mackenzie with intelligent blue eyes. "I already know your name Professor but can I have the names of the three men behind you. They've been standing there the entire time and haven't even said anything." Mackenzie said looking at the three men. "Yes, of course. The man closest to me would be Severus Snape. Professor to be more specific. Then Remus Lupin and Sirius Black would be the farthest from me." Dumbledore said, each of the men slightly nodding as their name was said. "Well very nice to meet you under the strange circumstances." Mackenzie said nodding also. "Now Professor Dumbledore onto those questions..." ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ "So you're basically saying that I'm related to one of the people in my dreams?" Mackenzie said after all the questions were answered and Dumbledore was explaining her situation to her. Lauren had been woken up prior to the questioning so she had been involved. (Needless to say she was nothing short of hysterical when she woke up). The questions were overall very general except for a few strange ones. Such as; What are your full names? How old are you? Where are you from? Do you have any immediate family in England? And probably the weirdest to Mackenzie and Lauren was the question of if they have any 'magical ability'. "Ummmmm, what would you mean by that?" Lauren asked. "Have you ever done anything you can't really explain and the such." Dumbledore said looking intently at them both. Mackenzie glanced at Lauren and she just shrugged. "Well 'Deja Voue' and that sort of stuff yeah." Lauren said. "Both of you?" Dumbledore asked. "More Mackenzie than me. Well that's besides those messed up dreams." Lauren said. "What do you mean by 'Deja Voue' Mackenzie?" Dumbledore said looking at her with inquisitive eyes. "Well you know, that feeling where you've seen something or heard something before." Mackenzie said looking down at her fingernails: she was starting to feel just a bit uncomfortable. "Ah, I see." Dumbledore said, "Well you ladies have been very cooperative and I appreciate it. I fear you will be staying here for your own safety and I have to think of a way to mask your. how should I say? Ah, 'disappearance'. Severus, Remus and Sirius will now speak to you for a while." Dumbledore said getting up and walking to the door. "I will be seeing both of you in the very near future. Until then." And he walked out of the room. Lauren and Mackenzie glanced at the three men sitting around the two beds. "Uh, hi." Lauren said looking at them. "Hello, we're still here to answer some questions you may still have." Remus said quietly. "I have one." Mackenzie said looking at him. "Can you tell me about the people in my dreams?" She asked hopefully. Remus looked at Sirius on his right and Severus on his left before he said, "Well I can tell you that the boy you've seen, Harry, is a student here and both of you may get to meet him. Lilly and James, his parents, went to school with the three of us.- "Were all of you friends?" Lauren asked which earned a snort from Severus. "We'll not go into details." Lupin said quickly. "What about the evil man?" Mackenzie said. "That is another place I don't wish to go. I can tell you that his name is Voldemort and, yes, he is a very evil man." Remus said shuddering. "I've forgotten my manners! You girls haven't eaten in a while, you must be hungry. We'll go get you something to eat." Remus added rising from his chair with Sirius and Severus following example. "I have to grade some papers." Severus said simply. "I should go to Dumbledore's office. It's not safe for me to roam the halls." Sirius said following Severus out the door. "Well then I will be the only one coming back with some food for you both. I'll be back in a few minutes." Remus said following the other two out the door. After she was sure all three were gone Lauren spoke up and said, "Well Mackenzie, what the hell have we gotten involved in?" To this Mackenzie replied, "Something not good. Not good at all."



And that Ladies and Gents is where I shall leave it. I'm sorry for the long wait but my teachers are slapping all of us with end of the year projects. Review please and both of my questions still stand: Romance and Relations. Until next chapter Yours truly, -Mongoose

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