The Hogwarts Sisters Strike Back

Disclaimer: See "Stories of the Hogwarts Sisterhood"

Disclaimer 2: The song that the Hogwarts Sisters sang comes from "Camelot" and I certainly don't own it.

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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 7: A-Maying

"Here we are!" Mandy announced happily as she hopped off the carriage three hours later.

"Finally! The only thing I hate about this place is that we have to take three hours to get here." Georgia complained as she got off.

Achilles got off and looked around at the place. "I have not seen this place for three years and it didn't change at all!" He said delightfully.

Athena stared at the building in front of her when she stepped off the carriage. "House? You called this a house?" She asked Mandy as Poppy tossed a picnic basket to Mandy.

"Okay, it is a bit bigger than an ordinary house....."

Athena stared at Mandy. The Dumbledores' summer house was actually a three- storey white building which was so big that Athena had to turn her head in two directions to see the whole house. "It is more than a house!"

"All right, it is a mansion, who cares? I am not very good at describing things.... anyway, Minerva, go and open the door, you are one of the owners after all."

"Right." Minerva said, walked up the white steps that led to the pouch, to the brown, well-polished double wooden doors and opened one of them easily.

Once she did, Athena could hear someone screaming in a high pitched voice: "Madam is back! Finally! Dilly has been waiting for you, Master, young Master and the Hogwarts Sisters for a long time!"

"Hey there, Dilly!" Mandy called as she rushed to the door with the basket in her hands.

Poppy and Georgia followed quickly.

"Come on, I want you to meet Dilly, the house elf." Achilles said, taking Athena's hand and bringing her into the mansion. "Hi, Dilly." He greeted.

Dilly, who was wearing a small white blouse and skirt, squealed in excitement. "Is this Young Master Achilles? You have grown up after three years!"

Achilles grinned. "Yep. Oh yeah, Dilly, I want you to meet Athena, my sister."

Dilly's eyes widened. "Sister? But Dilly doesn't know that there is a girl in the family!"

"Well, there is now." Achilles said.

Dilly looked at Minerva and Minerva nodded. Dilly squealed again and took Athena's hand. "Dilly is very delighted to see you, Young Miss! Where is you after all these years?"

"Long story." Athena said shortly.

"Dilly, do you mind to go and carry the stuff that we have brought?" Minerva asked, indicating the carriages outside.

"Dilly doesn't mind to carry out Madam's orders! Dilly is a good house elf and is happy to do so! But..." Dilly looked around. "Where is Master?"

"He is busy but he will be here soon." Minerva said.

"Oh. Well, Dilly must not stay here, Dilly must carry out Madam's orders now!" Dilly said and scampered to the door while Mandy cried: "See ya, Dilly!"

"This place is cool." Athena said, looking around at the entrance hall. Like the exterior, the interior was white and at the four corners of the hall, a statue of a goddess was situated. On the walls, paintings by famous Muggle painters were put up. A crystal chandelier was hanging from the ceiling.

"Yeah, good for parties." Mandy said and grinned. "Well, the Hogwarts Sisters, including your mother, will be at the swimming pool. Want to join us?"

"Later, I want to see Thunder first." Achilles said and beamed.

"Thunder? Who is Thunder?" Athena asked.

"You will see." Achilles said excitedly.

"Oh yeah! Before I forget...." Mandy said and turned to Minerva. "Sing."

"No way." Minerva said.

"I led the singing last year, now it is your turn. Hogwarts Sisters' rule number 8: 'A Hogwarts Sister must lead the singing of the song of May in the do-everything-you-want day.' You and I set it, remember?"

"I...forgot the lyrics." Minerva lied.

"You are lying." Poppy said.

Minerva pouted and Achilles and Athena stifled their giggles at their mother's look.

"Sing or we will throw you into the swimming pool." Mandy threatened and grinned again.

"Fine, I will sing!" Minerva said, throwing up her hands.

"Good!" Mandy said, putting her arm over Minerva's shoulders. "That's the spirit, Queen Cold-As-Ice!"

Minerva cleared her throat.

"This is great, I have not seen Mom's leading the singing for three years." Achilles mumbled beside Athena.

Minerva started to sing:

It's May

It's May

The lusty month of May

That lovely month when everyone goes

Blissfully astray

It's here

It's here

That shocking time of year

When tons of wicked little thoughts

Merrily appear

It's May!

(It's May)

That gorgeous holiday

When every maiden itches for fun

Wholesome or "un"

It's mad!

(It's May)

Depraved in every way

Those dreary vows that everyone takes

Everyone breaks

Everyone makes divine mistakes

The lusty month of May

It's May

(It's May)

The lusty month of May

That darling month when everyone throws

Self-control away

It's time to do

A wretched thing or two

And try to make each precious day

One you always rue

It's May

(It's May)

The month of "Yes, you may"

A time for every

Frivolous whim

Proper or "im"

It's wild!

(It's wild! It's gay!)

A libellous display

The birds and bees

Will all of their vast

Amorous past

Gaze at the human race

Aghast

The lusty

Month

Of May!

"Come on, Sis, let's dance!" Achilles cried and grabbed Athena's hands.

Athena smiled and danced along with her brother as the Hogwarts Sisters (excluding Minerva) started to sing loudly:

It's May

It's May

The lusty month of May

That lovely month when everyone goes

Blissfully astray

It's here

It's here

That shocking time of year

When tons of wicked little thoughts

Merrily appear

It's May!

(It's May)

That gorgeous holiday

When every maiden itches for fun

Wholesome or "un"

It's May

It's May

The lusty month of May

That darling month when everyone throws

Self-control away

It's time to do

A wretched thing or two

And try to make each precious day

One you always rue

It's May

It's May

The month of "Yes, you may"

A time for every

Frivolous whim

Proper or "im"

It's wild! It's gay!

A libelous display

The birds and bees

Will all of their vast

Amorous past

Gaze at the human race

Aghast

The lusty

Month

Of May!

It's May..

It's May!

It's May!

It's May!!!

Achilles and Athena stopped dancing when the Hogwarts Sisters finished and applauded.

"Bravo, still as good as ever!" Achilles praised.

"Thank you, thank you..." Mandy said, bowing as low as she could go.

"Now can we go to the pool?" Minerva asked impatiently.

"Sure....see you later, you two!" Mandy said.

***

Achilles took Athena out of the house and they stopped in front of a stable.

"Oh, so Thunder is a horse?" Athena asked.

Achilles shook his head. "Nope." He went to the stable, opened the door and looked into the stable. "No, he is not in here. Bet that Dilly let him out so that he could stretch his legs by running around ...."

"Is it a Thestral?"

"No, and I don't want to see one." Achilles said and shivered. "Scary creature, it is. No, my Thunder is better..."

"Don't tell me that it is a Hippogriff." Athena said in fear.

"No. Let me tell you this, I bet you my broomstick that I am the only male in this world who has one as a pet. Hagrid gave him to me when I was five as a birthday gift and Thunder was just a foal at that time... maybe I will whistle and he will hear it....."

Achilles took a whistle with a shape like a shooting star from his pocket.

"Cool, isn't it? Mandy gave it to when I was six." He said when he saw Athena staring at it in awe.

Achilles brought the whistle to his lips and blew. Instead of sounding like a whistle, the whistle sounded like loud pigeons.

A few seconds later, Athena heard quick, loud hooves coming towards them. She turned around and gaped at the creature in front of her.

A pure white unicorn.

"Oh my goodness! You actually have a unicorn as a pet?!" Athena exclaimed as Achilles patted his unicorn, stroked its mane and fingered its horn.

"Yep, he is used to me because he knows me since we were little. So I am the only male who can ride him, right?" He asked Thunder.

Thunder responded by lowering himself to the ground, clearly wanted Achilles to climb on.

"All right! Come on, sis, let's climb on him." Achilles said and before Athena could answer, he pushed her to Thunder.

"Let my sister ride on you too, okay?" Achilles asked Thunder and he didn't respond.

"That's means ok. Go on, climb on him." Achilles said and Athena nervously climbed on.

Achilles mounted on behind Athena and Thunder stood up. "Ready, sis?"

Athena nodded.

"Okay, Thunder, go around the house!" Achilles ordered and Thunder raced forward.

As Thunder galloped like the wind, Athena could see nothing but blur while Achilles yelled: "Yahoo!!!"

Clearly, Achilles enjoyed the ride more than Athena did. Athena could do nothing except wounding her hands into Thunder's mane tightly and all the while hoping that she wouldn't slip off.

And before Athena knew it, Thunder slowed down to a halt right back where they had started. Thunder lowered himself again and Achilles dismounted. As he helped Athena down, he said: "Nice, isn't it?"

Athena gave a weak smile.

"Thunder is an excellent unicorn. Too bad I can't bring it to the Auror Headquarters if I become one." Achilles said sadly as he ruffled Thunder's mane.

"You want to be an Auror?" Athena asked and stopped herself from saying: "And Mom didn't quarrel with you for that?"

"Yeah, I have thought about it for a long time. No other jobs interest me except being an Auror. I told Mom during the Careers Advice in my fifth year but I don't think she took me seriously, I wondered why. Hey, did I become an Auror in the future?"

"Err....." Athena started.

"I am sure that I can, in my OWLs, I got an 'Outstanding' in Transfiguration, Charms, Potions and Defence Against the Dark Arts, okay, so I just got a 'Exceeds Expectations' in Herbology, Care of Magical Creatures and Ancient Runes. Unlike Dad, I am not very good at Astronomy, so I just got "Acceptable" and a 'Dreadful' in the History of Magic, but it is not my fault that Professor Binns is such a boring teacher... I think I need to ask Hagrid or Georgia for extra lessons, or my dream will go down the drain.."

Athena just stared at her brother, wondering whether Achilles really became an Auror when he left a year later.