The Hogwarts Sisters Strikes Back

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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.

Note 2: Spoilers from Chapter 28: Snape's Worst Memory, "Harry Potter and the Order of Phoenix"

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Translation for Achilles's spells: Venas-Cut one's veins, Tardesco-To slow down

Rated PG-13 for Content

Chapter 10: NEWTs

The next morning, Achilles didn't speak to his mother or anybody except Athena. He continued to do so on their way back to Hogwarts. He didn't say a word until lunch break, when he and Athena came to the Great Hall, James and Sirius ran up to them with Remus and Peter behind.

"Achilles, do you know..." James started.

"What?" Achilles snapped irritably.

James ignored his tone. "I thought you said you were going to ask your mother to take away 120 points from Gryffindor.."

"Yeah, so?" Achilles asked, as if he was challenging James to continue.

"Then why did we lose 160 points?" Sirius demanded.

"Because Mom wants to take 20 points away from Remus and Peter for not stopping Potter and Black."

"Oh no! Can't you at least lie a bit?" James asked in annoyance. "We are your friends! Don't you want our house to win the house cup?"

"I can't take sides. An Auror never take sides." Achilles said as he sat down.

"But you are NOT an Auror." Sirius protested.

"But I want to!" Achilles snapped. "Now will the four of you just leave me and Athena alone?"

Athena sighed softly so that Achilles would not hear. Looks like Achilles still wanted to be an Auror. He was just like Minerva: Stern and stubborn.

"Well, that's the McGonagall temper, good thing that I got Dad's temper instead of Mom's," Athena thought. "Why is Mom so uptight about Aurors? What did she have against them?"

***

As the NEWTs drew near, Achilles was found studying furiously while Athena helped him to revise (Sine she doesn't need to, she doesn't belong to 1983 anyway). He stopped the cold war between himself and his parents and the Hogwarts Sisters, since he had too much in his mind to keep it up.

"Okay, tell me anything about an Acromantula." Athena said, looking at Achilles's Care For Magical Creatures textbook when they were in the Gryffindor Common Room. Sirius and Remus were on the other end of the room, discussing something.

"Hm..Acromantula...Athena, you know that I am weak in this!" Achilles said.

"That's the way to make you learn." Athena said sternly.

"You remind of Mom." Achilles said.

"I'm your sister, of course I remind you of her."

"Let's see.... Acromantula is an eight-eyed spider that has thick black hair that covers its body and its legspan, which may reach up to 15 feet."

"Hm-mm." Athena said, nodding her head. "Is it capable of human speech?"

"Don't think so..." Achilles said uncertainly.

"It is."

Achilles sighed.

"Don't give up, Bro." Athena said and smiled encouragingly.

"Okay. It lives in dense jungle in..." Achilles paused. "Now where exactly does it live...." he said to himself.

"Borneo!" Athena said tiredly.

"AH! With this rate, I will never get an "Outstanding" in Care For Magical Creatures!" Achilles said before he threw up his hands.

"I can't believe it! Malfoy is actually announcing his marriage to my cousin on the Daily Prophet?! As if it is a big thing..." Sirius said to Remus loudly.

"Shut up, Black!" Achilles yelled in frustration.

***

The N.E.W.Ts and the O.W.Ls finally arrived and Athena decided to stay in the common room while Achilles and the rest went to take their tests.

After the tests, Achilles often came back to the common room with different looks on his face. On the first day of the tests, the school had Transfiguration. He came back to the common room after the test, looking as if he had already won the war against the NEWTs. Unfortunately, he came back the next day after the History of Magic test with a stunned look on his face, which probably meant that he didn't do well in the test. The third day, he came back with a smile. On the fourth day, which was Care For Magical Creatures and Ancient Runes, Achilles came back with a neutral look that Athena really couldn't read. On the fifth day, which had Astronomy, Athena stayed up late for Achilles and found him coming back with a tired look. On the sixth day, Achilles had Herbology and Athena saw him came back with a grim smile, so Athena didn't know whether he had done well or not. On the seventh day, Achilles came back with a big grin after Charms.

On the last day, the school had Defence Against the Dark Arts. Achilles went off with confidence for his test and came back with a bright smile.

"So, how did it go?" Athena asked.

Achilles's smile changed into a grin. "It is so easy! I can finish it in half an hour!" He folded his arms and laughed proudly. "Now there is no way why I can't be an Auror! I will get an "Outstanding" in all my subjects!" he said.

"What about the History of Magic, Herbology, Astronomy, Care For Magical Creatures and Ancient Runes?" Athena asked.

"Those are hard but I managed to do all I know, so I will at least get an "Exceed Expectations. Except for Astronomy, I will probably get an "Outstanding"."

"Achilles! Achilles!" A 4th year boy shouted as he came in.

"What?" Achilles asked.

"Come to the lake! Potter is bullying Snape for fun again!"

"Oh man! When will that boy grow up?!" Achilles said in annoyance as he, Athena and the boy went out.

***

"Who wants to see me take off Snivelly's pants?" James yelled as he continued to hang Snape upside down in the air, his robes falling over his head to reveal skinny legs and a pair of greying underpants after Lily left. Sirius and Peter were cheering while Remus didn't say a word.

"Oh no!" Athena said when they arrived.

"Hey, stop it!" Achilles said furiously.

"Make me!" James said, clearly not going to listen to the Head Boy for the moment.

"I wonder how James ended up being the Head Boy...." Athena thought. Achilles growled and pointed his wand at James.

"Achilles, no!" Athena cried in horror. "There must be some other way to do this!"

"I will teach you a lesson to hang someone upside down!" Achilles said, ignoring Athena.

"Come on, Achilles...." Sirius started.

"Let me teach you a new spell, Potter, Venas!" He yelled.

James shrieked with pain and let go off his wand. Sirius, Peter yelled in terror and Remus finally looked up from his book.

Snape, on the other hand, started to drop from the air.

"Tardesco!" Achilles said quickly, pointing his wand at Snape this time and he slowed down until he landed safely to the ground.

"James, James! Are you all right?" Sirius said anxiously.

"Ah, my hand!" James said as he squatted down, clutching his hand.

"Why? Let me see your hand, James!" Sirius said, trying to remove James's good hand from his injured hand.

He yanked James's hand and the gang stared in shock at his hand.

James's hand was badly wounded, as if someone had slashed it. Blood was oozing out of the wound in huge amount.

"Oh no, somebody bring him to the hospital wing immediately!" A handsome Ravenclaw boy with blond hair and brown eyes cried.

Sirius grabbed hold of James's shoulder and pulled him up. "Come on, James, come on!" He cried and the foursome ran off to the castle.

"Achilles, how can you do this?" The boy demanded. "He is your fellow Gryffindor!"

"Philip, you are a Ravenclaw, surely you are smart enough to know who is right and who is wrong. According to what that boy," he pointed at the 4th year boy, "Potter was bullying Snape for fun."

"But...." The Ravenclaw boy didn't know where to start. He threw up his hands in the end. "But he is a Gryffindor!"

"So? I don't take sides." Achilles said coolly.

"But detention is more appropriate..." The Ravenclaw boy said.

"Detention never works on Potter, Philip, you don't know him." Achilles said tiredly.

Snape got up with his face red. "Thanks, McGonagall, although I think that you don't deserve it."

"Whatever." Achilles said.

***

James's hand finally recovered, but he refused to talk to Achilles for weeks. Narcissa Black had finally married to Lucius Malfoy and left Hogwarts, Sirius was so happy that he was found singing "Free At Last" in the Gryffindor Common Room so loudly and so many times that he annoyed all the Gryffindors. In the end Achilles had to threaten to hex him to shut him up.

The end of year finally arrived, and unlike the OWLs, the NEWTs results were released early. To Achilles's delight, he got "Outstanding" in all his subjects.

"Yes! Now I can be an Auror!" He said to Athena at the Great Hall.

Athena smiled uneasily, knowing that Achilles would soon quarrel with their mother and left home.

"What is that smile mean? Aren't you happy for me?" Achilles asked.

"Of course I am." Athena said quickly.

Sirius suddenly came to them and asked: "Hm, Achilles?"

"What?"

"Can I ask you a question?"

"About what?"

"Your father." Sirius said and saw Achilles raising his eyebrow.

Athena went pale. "Oh no, don't tell me that....." She thought.

"What about him?" Achilles asked calmly.

"Who exactly is he?" Sirius asked boldly. "Don't tell me that it is someone named McGonagall, I know that you are lying. You look just like...."

Achilles turned slowly and gave Sirius a look that could freeze the fires in Hades and said: "Whoever my father is really none of your business."

Sirius backed away. "Okay, okay, I won't ask again..." He said and walked away quickly.

"Do I really look like Dad?" Achilles asked Athena after Sirius had left.

"A little." Athena said.