The Hogwarts Sisters Strike Back
Disclaimer: See "Stories of the Hogwarts Sisterhood"
Disclaimer 2: A scene and a few lines come from "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie" and "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" so you may find them familiar, and I certainly don't own them.
To flamers: I don't take kindly to flames so get out of here, if you know what's good for you.
Note: This is a sequel to "Stories of the Hogwarts Sisterhood"; taken place several months later during Easter holidays, so read that first.
Rated PG-13 for Content
Chapter 6: It's May! (Part 2)
"I don't believe this." Sirius said grumpily near Minerva's office.
"Oh come on, Sirius, just shut up already, you have been grumbling about Narcissa's wedding for a long time." James said in annoyance.
"How could she marry him?" Sirius demanded, ignoring James. "I mean, there are...."
Sirius didn't finished his sentence as Peter came running towards them and nearly knocked him over.
"Hey!"
"Oops, sorry, Sirius...." Peter said quickly and tried to run around Sirius to get back to the Gryffindor Tower.
"Whoa, hold it right there, Peter! What's the rush?" Sirius asked, forgetting about Narcissa's wedding for a moment as he grabbed Peter's robes to stop him from running away.
"I...err..." Peter started when Minerva and Dumbledore came out of the office, saw them and came towards them.
Peter gave a small squeal and hid behind Remus.
"Good afternoon boys." Minerva and Dumbledore greeted.
"Good afternoon, Professors." The boys greeted back.
Peter peeped out at Minerva behind Remus timidly and noticed that Minerva was raising her eyebrow at him. Turning paler, Peter hid his face behind Remus again.
"Now what are you boys planning to do for the whole day?" Dumbledore asked kindly.
"We are not sure yet. I wanted to play Quidditch but Achilles and Athena are not available." James said and gave a sideward glance at Peter, wondering what the hell he was doing, hiding behind Remus.
"Well, whatever you are doing, I hope that you are enjoying yourself." Dumbledore said.
"We will." The boys said.
"Well, Professor McGonagall and I must be off. See you later." Dumbledore said and they left.
"Bye Professors." The boys except Peter greeted.
When they left, Sirius said: "Peter, you can come out now."
Peter came out of his hiding place and James stared at him. "Okay, Peter, what the hell is going on?"
"Err..." Peter started.
"Oh come on, tell us." Remus said.
"I.can't." Peter stammered.
"Tell us." Sirius demanded.
"I won't tell you, I respect Professor McGonagall." Peter said. He had stopped stammering but there's a nervous note in his voice when all the boys were staring at him.
"Is this has something to do with McGonagall?" James asked.
"I won't tell you." Peter said again.
"Tell. Or we will hang you upside down over the railing of the top of the staircase." Sirius threatened.
"I won't..." Peter started. "It's none of your...(Sirius and James looked at each other, both of them grabbed him, and dragged him towards the nearest staircase, which led to the Gryffindor common room)....BUSINNNNEEEEESSSSSSSS!!!!!" He ended with a shriek.
Remus followed them wordlessly and watched as Sirius held Peter's legs as he hung him over the railing at the top of the staircase. Remus folded his arms and still didn't say anything.
"Oh come on, tell us! Did you see something that you weren't supposed to?" James asked as he looked at Peter over the railing.
"Peter, just tell them already!" Remus said finally.
"It was an accident!" Peter said in fright, his voice was higher than usual. He swallowed at the distance from the floor to where he was hanging, if Sirius dropped him...."I didn't mean to!"
"What did you see?" Sirius asked excitedly.
"I was just going to Professor McGonagall's office to get my textbook, I left it there. I opened her door without knocking and..." Peter started, not answering Sirius's question.
"And what?" Remus asked curiously.
"...there they went!!!!" Peter cried.
"Who went?" James asked from upstairs.
"Oh, McGonagall and her husband, right?" Sirius asked.
"No, it was Professor Dumbledore!" Peter said as his face went redder and redder from hanging upside down. "They were kissing!"
"Kissing?!" James and Sirius exclaimed.
Remus's mouth dropped open. James and Sirius looked at each other again before they finally pulled Peter up.
"I saw Professor McGonagall and Professor Dumbledore, kissing....together." Peter said once he had gotten over his fright.
"Are you sure?" Sirius asked.
"Damn right I am sure." Peter said quickly, nodding his head.
"But Professor McGonagall is married." Remus said, frowning.
"Maybe she is having a love affair with Dumbledore." Peter muttered, and Sirius and James stared at him. "I'm just kidding!" He said frantically.
"That may be possible." James said thoughtfully.
"That's ridiculous. McGonagall is not that kind of woman." Remus said quietly and Sirius heard him.
"Yeah, Remus is right, McGonagall is not that kind of woman....." Sirius looked at Peter. "Pete, was it a long lingering kiss?"
"I sh-shouldn't have told you." Peter said.
"Well, since you did, was it a long lingering kiss?" Sirius asked, ignoring Peter's words.
"Um...." Peter started, trying to remember.
"Was it like this?" Sirius asked and beckoned James to come forward.
"Keep it clean, all right, I want to save my first kiss for Evans." James muttered.
"Don't be an idiot, of course I won't kiss you." Sirius said, rolling his eyes.
They walked to the middle of the staircase, with Sirius's back facing the boys and the direction to the common room. James closed his eyes, wrapped his arms around Sirius's body and moved them so that from behind, they looked like they were kissing. As he did, Sirius rested his head onto James's shoulder and looked as if he was infatuated with James. Peter was the first one to laugh, then Remus. Sirius wrapped his arms around James and closed his eyes.
"Yeah, that's it!" Peter cried as he laughed.
"Oh my!" Remus exclaimed when he saw someone at the corner of his eyes.
He stopped laughing immediately and slapped Peter's back to get his attention. Peter turned around, went pale again and fell silent.
"Hey, why did you stop laughing?" Sirius and James asked, still not facing them.
Nobody responded.
James opened his eyes, gasped in fear and pushed Sirius away immediately. Sirius turned around. He took his second sharp breath of the day and swallowed nervously at whom he saw.
Achilles and Athena.
***
Achilles glared at Sirius with a very disapproving look on his face. He narrowed his green eyes and asked slowly: "What the hell do you think you are doing?"
"Err..." The boys started and went quiet.
Athena looked amused while Achilles's nostrils flared. "I want an explanation. Now." He said coldly.
"Acting?" Sirius suggested timidly and wished that he hadn't because he noticed that Achilles's face darkened.
"Yeah, right." Achilles said, rolling his eyes.
Peter seemed to miss the sarcasm. "Their acting are pretty good, don't you think so, Achilles?"
"Peter, don't..." Remus whispered frantically when Achilles shouted: "I'm disgusted! Two MALE students kissing and hugging each other in broad daylight, outside the Gryffindor common room! I have never heard of such thing before! To make the matter worse, one of them is the Gryffindor team's star Chaser!"
The boys looked down at their feet and said nothing.
Achilles turned sharply to Remus. "You, Lupin (Remus winched at his address, Achilles had never used his surname unless he was very mad with him), I thought that you have more sense. You are a Prefect and it is your job to stop this kind of behaviour from taking place! What if the younger students have seen this? Especially the Slytherins! If they see this, the whole school will know about it in just half a day and they will be laughing at us!"
Lupin licked his dry lips and muttered something like the word "Sorry".
"One more time I catches you doing this, it will be a month of detention! Understand?!" Achilles asked loudly.
"Yes." The boys said quietly.
"Now go back to the common room! And I will ask Mom to take away 30 points from Gryffindor for such disgusting behaviour....." Achilles started.
"30?" Peter asked hopefully, despite that Achilles had shouted at them.
"Each." Achilles snapped, breathing heavily through his nose. "That makes 120 points."
The boys went pale. James's mouth went open for a while before he recovered from his shock.
"Achilles, please..." He started.
"You can't...." Sirius protested weakly.
"Don't tell me what I can and can't do, Black!" Achilles ordered. "Now get back to the common room, all of you. I have never been more ashamed of my fellow schoolmates."
The boys looked at each other and they went towards the common room. When they were further away, Athena could hear Remus saying: "Maybe we really shouldn't do that...."
Then Sirius said: "Great, great, 120 points gone!"
"The Gryffindors are going to hate us when they see the hourglass." James moaned.
"But if we don't tell, how will they know?" Peter asked.
"Use your brains, Pete, they will definitely ask Achilles or Professor McGonagall." She heard Sirius snapped.
Finally she heard they yelling the password: "Diana Barrie!" and a "You don't have to shout!" from the Fat Lady.
"What a disgrace." Achilles said in disgust.
"Come on, Bro, let's go. I don't want to miss the "a-Maying" !" Athena said, grabbing her brother's hand and walked down the stairs.
***
"Boy, you two sure take a long time!" Mandy complained outside the Hogwarts school gates, where two carriages were situated.
Athena and Achilles stopped right in front of Mandy, panting. "Sorry, but...." Athena started.
"Save your explanation later. Now, you two are here, good....Poppy, check, Georgia, check, Minerva, here...and.hey, where's Albus?" Mandy asked and frowned.
"He was called away at the last minute by the Ministry." Minerva said and sighed.
"So he can't come?" Athena asked desperately.
"Oh yes he can," Minerva said determinedly. "He said that he would try to get away as fast as possible. But we could go one without him first."
"Well, that will have to do." Mandy said and went to open a carriage door. "Hop in." She said to Achilles and Athena.
"Where will we be going?" Athena asked after Achilles got in.
"The usual. The Dumbledores' summer house." Mandy said and smiled. "You will love it."
Disclaimer: See "Stories of the Hogwarts Sisterhood"
Disclaimer 2: A scene and a few lines come from "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie" and "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" so you may find them familiar, and I certainly don't own them.
To flamers: I don't take kindly to flames so get out of here, if you know what's good for you.
Note: This is a sequel to "Stories of the Hogwarts Sisterhood"; taken place several months later during Easter holidays, so read that first.
Rated PG-13 for Content
Chapter 6: It's May! (Part 2)
"I don't believe this." Sirius said grumpily near Minerva's office.
"Oh come on, Sirius, just shut up already, you have been grumbling about Narcissa's wedding for a long time." James said in annoyance.
"How could she marry him?" Sirius demanded, ignoring James. "I mean, there are...."
Sirius didn't finished his sentence as Peter came running towards them and nearly knocked him over.
"Hey!"
"Oops, sorry, Sirius...." Peter said quickly and tried to run around Sirius to get back to the Gryffindor Tower.
"Whoa, hold it right there, Peter! What's the rush?" Sirius asked, forgetting about Narcissa's wedding for a moment as he grabbed Peter's robes to stop him from running away.
"I...err..." Peter started when Minerva and Dumbledore came out of the office, saw them and came towards them.
Peter gave a small squeal and hid behind Remus.
"Good afternoon boys." Minerva and Dumbledore greeted.
"Good afternoon, Professors." The boys greeted back.
Peter peeped out at Minerva behind Remus timidly and noticed that Minerva was raising her eyebrow at him. Turning paler, Peter hid his face behind Remus again.
"Now what are you boys planning to do for the whole day?" Dumbledore asked kindly.
"We are not sure yet. I wanted to play Quidditch but Achilles and Athena are not available." James said and gave a sideward glance at Peter, wondering what the hell he was doing, hiding behind Remus.
"Well, whatever you are doing, I hope that you are enjoying yourself." Dumbledore said.
"We will." The boys said.
"Well, Professor McGonagall and I must be off. See you later." Dumbledore said and they left.
"Bye Professors." The boys except Peter greeted.
When they left, Sirius said: "Peter, you can come out now."
Peter came out of his hiding place and James stared at him. "Okay, Peter, what the hell is going on?"
"Err..." Peter started.
"Oh come on, tell us." Remus said.
"I.can't." Peter stammered.
"Tell us." Sirius demanded.
"I won't tell you, I respect Professor McGonagall." Peter said. He had stopped stammering but there's a nervous note in his voice when all the boys were staring at him.
"Is this has something to do with McGonagall?" James asked.
"I won't tell you." Peter said again.
"Tell. Or we will hang you upside down over the railing of the top of the staircase." Sirius threatened.
"I won't..." Peter started. "It's none of your...(Sirius and James looked at each other, both of them grabbed him, and dragged him towards the nearest staircase, which led to the Gryffindor common room)....BUSINNNNEEEEESSSSSSSS!!!!!" He ended with a shriek.
Remus followed them wordlessly and watched as Sirius held Peter's legs as he hung him over the railing at the top of the staircase. Remus folded his arms and still didn't say anything.
"Oh come on, tell us! Did you see something that you weren't supposed to?" James asked as he looked at Peter over the railing.
"Peter, just tell them already!" Remus said finally.
"It was an accident!" Peter said in fright, his voice was higher than usual. He swallowed at the distance from the floor to where he was hanging, if Sirius dropped him...."I didn't mean to!"
"What did you see?" Sirius asked excitedly.
"I was just going to Professor McGonagall's office to get my textbook, I left it there. I opened her door without knocking and..." Peter started, not answering Sirius's question.
"And what?" Remus asked curiously.
"...there they went!!!!" Peter cried.
"Who went?" James asked from upstairs.
"Oh, McGonagall and her husband, right?" Sirius asked.
"No, it was Professor Dumbledore!" Peter said as his face went redder and redder from hanging upside down. "They were kissing!"
"Kissing?!" James and Sirius exclaimed.
Remus's mouth dropped open. James and Sirius looked at each other again before they finally pulled Peter up.
"I saw Professor McGonagall and Professor Dumbledore, kissing....together." Peter said once he had gotten over his fright.
"Are you sure?" Sirius asked.
"Damn right I am sure." Peter said quickly, nodding his head.
"But Professor McGonagall is married." Remus said, frowning.
"Maybe she is having a love affair with Dumbledore." Peter muttered, and Sirius and James stared at him. "I'm just kidding!" He said frantically.
"That may be possible." James said thoughtfully.
"That's ridiculous. McGonagall is not that kind of woman." Remus said quietly and Sirius heard him.
"Yeah, Remus is right, McGonagall is not that kind of woman....." Sirius looked at Peter. "Pete, was it a long lingering kiss?"
"I sh-shouldn't have told you." Peter said.
"Well, since you did, was it a long lingering kiss?" Sirius asked, ignoring Peter's words.
"Um...." Peter started, trying to remember.
"Was it like this?" Sirius asked and beckoned James to come forward.
"Keep it clean, all right, I want to save my first kiss for Evans." James muttered.
"Don't be an idiot, of course I won't kiss you." Sirius said, rolling his eyes.
They walked to the middle of the staircase, with Sirius's back facing the boys and the direction to the common room. James closed his eyes, wrapped his arms around Sirius's body and moved them so that from behind, they looked like they were kissing. As he did, Sirius rested his head onto James's shoulder and looked as if he was infatuated with James. Peter was the first one to laugh, then Remus. Sirius wrapped his arms around James and closed his eyes.
"Yeah, that's it!" Peter cried as he laughed.
"Oh my!" Remus exclaimed when he saw someone at the corner of his eyes.
He stopped laughing immediately and slapped Peter's back to get his attention. Peter turned around, went pale again and fell silent.
"Hey, why did you stop laughing?" Sirius and James asked, still not facing them.
Nobody responded.
James opened his eyes, gasped in fear and pushed Sirius away immediately. Sirius turned around. He took his second sharp breath of the day and swallowed nervously at whom he saw.
Achilles and Athena.
***
Achilles glared at Sirius with a very disapproving look on his face. He narrowed his green eyes and asked slowly: "What the hell do you think you are doing?"
"Err..." The boys started and went quiet.
Athena looked amused while Achilles's nostrils flared. "I want an explanation. Now." He said coldly.
"Acting?" Sirius suggested timidly and wished that he hadn't because he noticed that Achilles's face darkened.
"Yeah, right." Achilles said, rolling his eyes.
Peter seemed to miss the sarcasm. "Their acting are pretty good, don't you think so, Achilles?"
"Peter, don't..." Remus whispered frantically when Achilles shouted: "I'm disgusted! Two MALE students kissing and hugging each other in broad daylight, outside the Gryffindor common room! I have never heard of such thing before! To make the matter worse, one of them is the Gryffindor team's star Chaser!"
The boys looked down at their feet and said nothing.
Achilles turned sharply to Remus. "You, Lupin (Remus winched at his address, Achilles had never used his surname unless he was very mad with him), I thought that you have more sense. You are a Prefect and it is your job to stop this kind of behaviour from taking place! What if the younger students have seen this? Especially the Slytherins! If they see this, the whole school will know about it in just half a day and they will be laughing at us!"
Lupin licked his dry lips and muttered something like the word "Sorry".
"One more time I catches you doing this, it will be a month of detention! Understand?!" Achilles asked loudly.
"Yes." The boys said quietly.
"Now go back to the common room! And I will ask Mom to take away 30 points from Gryffindor for such disgusting behaviour....." Achilles started.
"30?" Peter asked hopefully, despite that Achilles had shouted at them.
"Each." Achilles snapped, breathing heavily through his nose. "That makes 120 points."
The boys went pale. James's mouth went open for a while before he recovered from his shock.
"Achilles, please..." He started.
"You can't...." Sirius protested weakly.
"Don't tell me what I can and can't do, Black!" Achilles ordered. "Now get back to the common room, all of you. I have never been more ashamed of my fellow schoolmates."
The boys looked at each other and they went towards the common room. When they were further away, Athena could hear Remus saying: "Maybe we really shouldn't do that...."
Then Sirius said: "Great, great, 120 points gone!"
"The Gryffindors are going to hate us when they see the hourglass." James moaned.
"But if we don't tell, how will they know?" Peter asked.
"Use your brains, Pete, they will definitely ask Achilles or Professor McGonagall." She heard Sirius snapped.
Finally she heard they yelling the password: "Diana Barrie!" and a "You don't have to shout!" from the Fat Lady.
"What a disgrace." Achilles said in disgust.
"Come on, Bro, let's go. I don't want to miss the "a-Maying" !" Athena said, grabbing her brother's hand and walked down the stairs.
***
"Boy, you two sure take a long time!" Mandy complained outside the Hogwarts school gates, where two carriages were situated.
Athena and Achilles stopped right in front of Mandy, panting. "Sorry, but...." Athena started.
"Save your explanation later. Now, you two are here, good....Poppy, check, Georgia, check, Minerva, here...and.hey, where's Albus?" Mandy asked and frowned.
"He was called away at the last minute by the Ministry." Minerva said and sighed.
"So he can't come?" Athena asked desperately.
"Oh yes he can," Minerva said determinedly. "He said that he would try to get away as fast as possible. But we could go one without him first."
"Well, that will have to do." Mandy said and went to open a carriage door. "Hop in." She said to Achilles and Athena.
"Where will we be going?" Athena asked after Achilles got in.
"The usual. The Dumbledores' summer house." Mandy said and smiled. "You will love it."
