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Minerva McGonagall walked through the hallway. She went up to an ugly stone gargoyle. She said the password and the gargoyle sprang aside revealing a secret staircase. Minerva walked up the staircase to Dumbledore's office. She opened the door. "Albus?" she asked.
"Yes, Minerva," said Dumbledore. He was sitting at his desk writing a letter.
"Something is wrong," she said stepping into the office. "And unless I'm mistaken, it has to do with the reason you left dinner. Your niece has never been wrong before and I don't think that she's about to break herself of that habit."
"We'll discuss it tomorrow," he said. "Arethe girlsin bed?"
"Probably not," said Minerva. "They're probably making mischief in the Gryffindor Common Room."
"Do you really think so? They seemed to be in more of a mood for destroying the Slytherin Common Room," he said.
"What fun would that be?" asked McGonagall. "There aren't any Slytherins in it."
"Let's go check on them," said Dumbledore. He walked out of his office with McGonagall at his heels.
They walked to the portrait of the Fat Lady and said the password ("Merlin's Wand"). The portrait swung open and they peeked inside.
"No, Jen. You have to concentrate. Like this," Cadance was saying to Jen. She held out her hand and focused on an apple sitting on the table. The apple disappeared, then reappeared in her had a second later. Jen held out her hand and focused on the apple hat was now in Cadance's hand. The apple flew into Jen's hand as if she used the summoning spell. "So it works a little differently with you," said Cadance. "Either way it's Telekinesis. You've mastered your first power."
McGonagall looked at Dumbledore. They were both still standing in the doorway. He nodded. They quietly closed the portrait and walked back down the hallway. They said goodnight and went to their rooms for the night.
"Goodnight, Harry!" said Sirius. "Sorry your birthday wasn't great."
"Yeah, Harry," said Remus.
"Are you guys nuts!" exclaimed Harry. "I just left the Dursleys'!"
"I guess that is a pretty good present," said Remus. "Well, sweet dreams."
"Morning!" said Cadance cheerfully as she walked into the Great Hall for breakfast. She was the only one wide-awake. Cadance had taught Jen the finer points of sneaking around the castle late last night. Minerva was trying to figure out what possibly could be so wrong that Albus would leave dinner. Albus stayed up half the night writing letters to the ministry. The House-Elves demand that they be down to breakfast by 8:00, which doesn't leave much time for sleeping in. Cadance took a seat next to Jen. She looked as if she would fall asleep in her eggs. "Morning, Sunshine!" said Cadance to Jen.
"Shut up, Cadance," said Jen.
"Spread the love," said Cadance. "Can you feel the love in the room?" They ate the rest of their breakfast in silence.
When they had finished their breakfast, Cadance went upstairs to unpack her stuff in the room she shared with McGonagall (different bedrooms, same Common Room). Minerva and Jen went to the Gryffindor Common Room to finish Jen's Charm work. Dumbledore went to finish writing letters to the ministry.
It only took Jena short timeto master the few charms she had left to learn. "Good. Now we have to pack three years of Defense Against the Dark Arts in 1 month. Well, actually two years of Defense Against the Dark Arts because Lockhart didn't teach anything," said Minerva.
"What about Care of Magical Creatures and Divination?" asked Jen.
"I talked to Hagrid. He said that if you just skim over Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them and you'll be ok," said Minerva.
"And Divination?" asked Jen.
"How good are you at guessing?"
