Disclaimer: See "Stories of the Hogwarts Sisterhood"
Disclaimer 2: Wellard comes from "Hornblower".
Disclaimer 3: Some of the scenes and lines come from "Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood" (both book, written by Rebecca Wells, and movie) , so you may find them familiar and I certainly don't own them.
Disclaimer 4: The text of Professor Binns' lecture on Pearl Harbour comes from the book "The 20th Century: As It Was Lived, A History of the Modern World" by Nigel Kelly and Paul Shuter
To flamers: I don't take kindly to flames so get out of here, if you know what's good for you.
Note 1: 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 language, content and characters' death.
Thank you for your reviews!
Kemenran, chicken13, Jestana, Margo Wulfric-Thank You!
Isabelle3- Yep, Achilles finally realizes his mistake and he will reconcile with Minerva, after a very sad event.
LinZE- Suits her, doesn't it? *grins*
Chapter 19: There's Something About Malfoy
Monday
"Oh great, holidays are over and it will be study, study, study again." Ron Weasley complained in the Great Hall during breakfast.
"Don't forget Quidditch." Harry Potter reminded.
The two boys looked at each other and sighed loudly.
"Oh stop complaining," Hermione Granger said in annoyance. "Hm, I think they should stop Quidditch during exam periods..."
"And take away our only leisure time?" Ron asked in horror. "Are you mad? We will go crazy if there's no Quidditch during exam periods!"
"Well, you survive without it during our Fourth year." Hermione said.
"That's different, I was not the Keeper of the team yet and the World Cup made up for it that time..."
"Mail's here!" Harry called, trying to stop the small argument and getting Ron and Hermione's attention to the owls.
"You can have a look at the newspaper first if you want, Harry." Hermione said when an owl arrived with the paper. She turned back to Ron. "Look, a lot of people managed to survive without Quidditch, take me for example...."
"You are an exception."
"No I am not, look at Athena, she survives without Quidditch for years.."
Harry took the Daily Prophet from the owl and unfolded it. He frowned at an article in the paper that said:
YOU-KNOW-WHO GOES QUIET
Everyone knows that now is the second Voldemort war. However, ever since a murder of a Muggleborn in a Muggle bookshop in Helga Road last month, You- Know-Who seem to have disappeared. He didn't do anything else since last month.
"There is something up. You-Know-Who can't just disappeared like that. He must be planning something," said Mr Edward Pellew, Head of the Auror Headquarters.
You-Know-Who, has been everyone's most feared wizard ever since Grindelwald. Up to the date ever since You-Know-Who returns two years ago, the Aurors managed to catch 50 of his supporters.
"There are still a lot of You-Know-Who's supporters out there, but we are trying, someday, we will catch all of them," said Mr Philip Edrington, one of the Aurors of the higher rank.
"Ron, Hermione! Take a look at this." Harry said and the two of them stopped arguing immediately.
"Well, that Pellew fellow is right, You-Know-Who can't just disappeared like that." Ron said after reading the article.
"Maybe the Order knows something." Hermione whispered.
"But who could we ask for information about the Order? Dumbledore is too busy, McGonagall will keep quiet and I am definitely not asking Snape..." Harry said.
"We can't contact Sirius now and we don't have Professor Lupin's lessons until after lunch...." Ron said quietly.
Suddenly a thought struck the three of them.
"Hermione, are you thinking what I am thinking?" Harry asked.
Hermione smiled.
"Ron?"
"I think so."
The three of them turned their heads slowly towards Athena's direction.
"She is Professor McGonagall's daughter, she must know something." Ron said excitedly.
***
Athena stroked her owl, Bubo; as she shook her letter unfolded with her another hand. Bubo flew off and Athena read her letter:
Dearest Thena,
All right in the Auror Headquarters, I am getting busy now. Your brother is still not back yet. Mr Edrington and Mr Pellew have been asking me about his whereabouts. Thena, if you see your brother, you better tell him to forgive your mother soon, so that he could come back to the Headquarters, go back to his work and spare me from Mr Edrington and Mr Pellew.
Mr Kennedy and Mr Hornblower, on the hand, are not so anxious about your brother. They think that he have gone for a vacation. They have been singing "Terence and Athena, sitting on the tree.." um, you know the rest of the song. *blushes* I wonder how they find out about us.
Your NEWTs is coming, study hard okay? Ask questions if you don't understand your homework. I will be glad to help too if you want.
Yours lovingly,
Terry
Athena blushed at the letter and just wanted to open her bag for her quill and parchment when she heard: "Athena."
She turned around and saw the trio looking at her. "Yes?" she asked as she quickly stuffed her letter into her bag.
"Athena, does your mother bring you to the meetings of the Order?" Hermione asked.
"No, I am too young to go."
"Does she mention anything about the content of the meetings to you?" Harry asked anxiously.
"No."
"Look, you are her daughter, you must at least know something about the Order!" Ron exclaimed impatiently.
Athena widened her eyes and gasped while Hermione clapped her hand over Ron's mouth. "Shut up, Ron! Do you want everyone to know about the Order?!" she hissed.
"Yeah, look, Malfoy is already looking at us." Harry said.
Athena turned around and saw Draco Malfoy looking at them. Then she saw him standing up and coming towards their direction.
"Darn! Malfoy is coming towards us!" Harry said.
Malfoy stopped at their table and called: "Hey, Mudbloods."
"Don't call them that!" Ron snapped.
"Stay out of this, Weasel." Malfoy sneered. "Look, you two. Which one of you takes Muggle Studies?" he asked Athena and Hermione.
"I do." Athena said slowly.
"Okay, McGonagall, tell me exactly where can I find books on Muggle war weapons in the library."
"Huh?"
" Don't "huh", just tell me."
"Go and find out yourself."
"Fine." Malfoy said and turned back to the Slytherin table.
"Why is Malfoy asking about Muggle war weapons?" Ron asked.
***
At the Dumbledores' summer house, Achilles frowned at the Daily Prophet.
"You-Know-Who is up to something, all right." he muttered, folded the newspaper and tossed it onto a table. "But what? And the Headquarters seem to be very busy.."
He wanted to go back to the Auror Headquarters and asked Pellew for full details, but he knew that if he didn't get his things done with his mother, he couldn't go anywhere.
Now how was he going to tell his mother that he had understood everything? Just went to her and apologized? That would work..
But would she forgive him for being such a jerk?
"Whatever, just try to get out of here first." he thought.
But how?
***
"Mandy?" Georgia asked when breakfast time was over and Minerva had left for her lessons.
"What?"
"Did you tell Achilles about the transportation at the summer house? That we had lied about them and he could use them anytime if he wants to get out?"
"Oops."
***
During Transfiguration, the class was trying to change their hair colour when Malfoy raised his hand.
"Yes, Mr Malfoy?"
"Professor, I was wondering whether if there is any way you can transfigure ordinary things into Muggle weapons?"
Athena, who had just turned her hair colour into black, raised her eyebrows at Malfoy's sudden interest for Muggle weapons. Harry, on the other hand, only managed to get some of his hair colour into brown. But he didn't care, he heard Malfoy's question and whispered something to Hermione, whose hair was now blond.
"Yes, But I won't teach you that. You won't need that unless you are taking the Auror tests. Now carry on transfigure your hair colour, I notice that your silvery blond hair remains the same since just now."
"Ha!" Ron said, a little too loudly.
"Don't "ha", Mr Weasley, now what is this hair colour of yours? I want a complete, normal transformation, not this odd hair colour that Muggles found wearing these days." she said sternly and stared disapprovingly at Ron's red and green hair.
"Sorry, Professor, I was trying to transfiguration my hair colour into black..." Ron said quickly.
Minerva turned to the Slytherins and commented on Goyle's hair for being blue, then she came back to Harry and Hermione, who were still whispering.
"Potter, your hair..." she started.
"Oops, sorry, Professor!" Harry said and concentrated on his mirror, continued to try to change the rest of his hair into brown.
Minerva leaned forward to look at Hermione's hair closely. "Excellent, Miss Granger."
Hermione blushed. "Thank you, Professor."
Minerva walked forward and stopped at Athena's table. "Athena, let me have a full look at your hair."
"Okay, how do I look?" she asked and grinned.
"Just like me." Minerva said and smiled.
"Think the Hogwarts Sisters and Dad will be fooled if I tell them that I am you?" Athena asked as her mother ran her fingers through her hair to see if she had done her transfiguration well.
"Hogwarts Sisters, yes. Your father, I don't think so. He will recognize your eyes...." Minerva said and removed her hand. "Well done, I can't find any traces of your old hair colour."
"Great, can I continue to wear this colour for the rest of the day?"
"No way."
***
During the History of Magic, Athena was about to fell asleep due Professor Binns' boring lecture on Grindelwald in 1945 (even though it did involve her father) when Malfoy raised his hand.
"What's with Malfoy today?" Harry asked Ron sleepily.
"Yes, Moby?"
"It's Malfoy, Professor. I was wondering whether you can tell us about the attack of Pearl Harbour in the Muggle war World War Two."
The class groaned.
"Well, the attack...let's see... it happened during December 7, 1941..."
The Gryffindors stared as Malfoy nudged Crabbe and Goyle awake while rest of the Slytherins took out their notebooks and started scribbling.
"Since January 1941, the Muggle Japanese had been making plans for a war against America. There were rumours of a possible attack on the American Pacific fleet at Pearl Harbour, but Muggle American military experts did not believe that such an attack would happen and ignored the rumours."
Athena, who was now fully awaked, looked in amusement at the Slytherins, who were still writing.
"Just before 8am on Sunday, 7 December 1941, Japanese aircraft swept down on the United States naval base in Hawaii. Muggle historians have long argued whether Japanese intended to declare war before the attack, and whether the Americans knew that the attack was coming. What is not in doubt, however, is the effect of the Japanese action. The attack caused 2,400 American deaths, the sinking of 8 battleships and the damage or destruction of more than 350 planes."
"Okay, thank you, Professor." Malfoy said.
***
During Defence Against the Dark Arts, Malfoy behaved in the strangest way by kept on asking Lupin about harmful hexes. Usually he just kept quiet during Lupin's lessons.
"What is Malfoy playing at?" Ron hissed to Harry.
After lessons, Malfoy and the Slytherins ran off while Harry, Ron and Hermione stayed to ask Lupin about the Order.
"Not much, just that Dumbledore suspects that Voldemort is planning something." Lupin said as he put back the 7th years' Defence Against the Dark Arts textbook back into his suitcase.
"I don't think he is telling us the whole thing." Ron said dryly after they left the classroom.
***
After school, Harry and a few of the Gryffindors arrived at the library to study when they saw the Slytherins sitting at a table with a few pile of books on it. They were whispering and taking notes.
"Will you take a look at that? Even the Slytherins are studying!" Seamus Finnigan whispered to Dean Thomas.
"Wait a minute, Malfoy is coming out of the Muggle Studies section!" Ron said as they sat down.
"Yeah, with 5 books in his hands," Harry said. "Hm, something fishy is going on..."
"Stop bothering yourself about the Slytherins and get to work!" Hermione ordered.
***
An hour later, the Slytherins left, each with a book or two in their hands.
"Let's see what they are reading on!" Ron said and walked to the table where the Slytherins used to sit.
He gaped and the Gryffindors had to ask him what they were reading. He grabbed a few of them, came back and put them on the table where the Gryffindors were. "Look at this!"
"Oh my, all of them are books on war..." Athena said.
"Muggle War Weapons Through the Ages, The Attack of Pearl Harbour, Muggle Military War Goods in the 21st century, Muggle War Techniques..." Harry read the book titles. "There's something wrong with Malfoy. He is a proud pureblood, why does he suddenly have this interest on Muggle war?"
Disclaimer 2: Wellard comes from "Hornblower".
Disclaimer 3: Some of the scenes and lines come from "Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood" (both book, written by Rebecca Wells, and movie) , so you may find them familiar and I certainly don't own them.
Disclaimer 4: The text of Professor Binns' lecture on Pearl Harbour comes from the book "The 20th Century: As It Was Lived, A History of the Modern World" by Nigel Kelly and Paul Shuter
To flamers: I don't take kindly to flames so get out of here, if you know what's good for you.
Note 1: 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 language, content and characters' death.
Thank you for your reviews!
Kemenran, chicken13, Jestana, Margo Wulfric-Thank You!
Isabelle3- Yep, Achilles finally realizes his mistake and he will reconcile with Minerva, after a very sad event.
LinZE- Suits her, doesn't it? *grins*
Chapter 19: There's Something About Malfoy
Monday
"Oh great, holidays are over and it will be study, study, study again." Ron Weasley complained in the Great Hall during breakfast.
"Don't forget Quidditch." Harry Potter reminded.
The two boys looked at each other and sighed loudly.
"Oh stop complaining," Hermione Granger said in annoyance. "Hm, I think they should stop Quidditch during exam periods..."
"And take away our only leisure time?" Ron asked in horror. "Are you mad? We will go crazy if there's no Quidditch during exam periods!"
"Well, you survive without it during our Fourth year." Hermione said.
"That's different, I was not the Keeper of the team yet and the World Cup made up for it that time..."
"Mail's here!" Harry called, trying to stop the small argument and getting Ron and Hermione's attention to the owls.
"You can have a look at the newspaper first if you want, Harry." Hermione said when an owl arrived with the paper. She turned back to Ron. "Look, a lot of people managed to survive without Quidditch, take me for example...."
"You are an exception."
"No I am not, look at Athena, she survives without Quidditch for years.."
Harry took the Daily Prophet from the owl and unfolded it. He frowned at an article in the paper that said:
YOU-KNOW-WHO GOES QUIET
Everyone knows that now is the second Voldemort war. However, ever since a murder of a Muggleborn in a Muggle bookshop in Helga Road last month, You- Know-Who seem to have disappeared. He didn't do anything else since last month.
"There is something up. You-Know-Who can't just disappeared like that. He must be planning something," said Mr Edward Pellew, Head of the Auror Headquarters.
You-Know-Who, has been everyone's most feared wizard ever since Grindelwald. Up to the date ever since You-Know-Who returns two years ago, the Aurors managed to catch 50 of his supporters.
"There are still a lot of You-Know-Who's supporters out there, but we are trying, someday, we will catch all of them," said Mr Philip Edrington, one of the Aurors of the higher rank.
"Ron, Hermione! Take a look at this." Harry said and the two of them stopped arguing immediately.
"Well, that Pellew fellow is right, You-Know-Who can't just disappeared like that." Ron said after reading the article.
"Maybe the Order knows something." Hermione whispered.
"But who could we ask for information about the Order? Dumbledore is too busy, McGonagall will keep quiet and I am definitely not asking Snape..." Harry said.
"We can't contact Sirius now and we don't have Professor Lupin's lessons until after lunch...." Ron said quietly.
Suddenly a thought struck the three of them.
"Hermione, are you thinking what I am thinking?" Harry asked.
Hermione smiled.
"Ron?"
"I think so."
The three of them turned their heads slowly towards Athena's direction.
"She is Professor McGonagall's daughter, she must know something." Ron said excitedly.
***
Athena stroked her owl, Bubo; as she shook her letter unfolded with her another hand. Bubo flew off and Athena read her letter:
Dearest Thena,
All right in the Auror Headquarters, I am getting busy now. Your brother is still not back yet. Mr Edrington and Mr Pellew have been asking me about his whereabouts. Thena, if you see your brother, you better tell him to forgive your mother soon, so that he could come back to the Headquarters, go back to his work and spare me from Mr Edrington and Mr Pellew.
Mr Kennedy and Mr Hornblower, on the hand, are not so anxious about your brother. They think that he have gone for a vacation. They have been singing "Terence and Athena, sitting on the tree.." um, you know the rest of the song. *blushes* I wonder how they find out about us.
Your NEWTs is coming, study hard okay? Ask questions if you don't understand your homework. I will be glad to help too if you want.
Yours lovingly,
Terry
Athena blushed at the letter and just wanted to open her bag for her quill and parchment when she heard: "Athena."
She turned around and saw the trio looking at her. "Yes?" she asked as she quickly stuffed her letter into her bag.
"Athena, does your mother bring you to the meetings of the Order?" Hermione asked.
"No, I am too young to go."
"Does she mention anything about the content of the meetings to you?" Harry asked anxiously.
"No."
"Look, you are her daughter, you must at least know something about the Order!" Ron exclaimed impatiently.
Athena widened her eyes and gasped while Hermione clapped her hand over Ron's mouth. "Shut up, Ron! Do you want everyone to know about the Order?!" she hissed.
"Yeah, look, Malfoy is already looking at us." Harry said.
Athena turned around and saw Draco Malfoy looking at them. Then she saw him standing up and coming towards their direction.
"Darn! Malfoy is coming towards us!" Harry said.
Malfoy stopped at their table and called: "Hey, Mudbloods."
"Don't call them that!" Ron snapped.
"Stay out of this, Weasel." Malfoy sneered. "Look, you two. Which one of you takes Muggle Studies?" he asked Athena and Hermione.
"I do." Athena said slowly.
"Okay, McGonagall, tell me exactly where can I find books on Muggle war weapons in the library."
"Huh?"
" Don't "huh", just tell me."
"Go and find out yourself."
"Fine." Malfoy said and turned back to the Slytherin table.
"Why is Malfoy asking about Muggle war weapons?" Ron asked.
***
At the Dumbledores' summer house, Achilles frowned at the Daily Prophet.
"You-Know-Who is up to something, all right." he muttered, folded the newspaper and tossed it onto a table. "But what? And the Headquarters seem to be very busy.."
He wanted to go back to the Auror Headquarters and asked Pellew for full details, but he knew that if he didn't get his things done with his mother, he couldn't go anywhere.
Now how was he going to tell his mother that he had understood everything? Just went to her and apologized? That would work..
But would she forgive him for being such a jerk?
"Whatever, just try to get out of here first." he thought.
But how?
***
"Mandy?" Georgia asked when breakfast time was over and Minerva had left for her lessons.
"What?"
"Did you tell Achilles about the transportation at the summer house? That we had lied about them and he could use them anytime if he wants to get out?"
"Oops."
***
During Transfiguration, the class was trying to change their hair colour when Malfoy raised his hand.
"Yes, Mr Malfoy?"
"Professor, I was wondering whether if there is any way you can transfigure ordinary things into Muggle weapons?"
Athena, who had just turned her hair colour into black, raised her eyebrows at Malfoy's sudden interest for Muggle weapons. Harry, on the other hand, only managed to get some of his hair colour into brown. But he didn't care, he heard Malfoy's question and whispered something to Hermione, whose hair was now blond.
"Yes, But I won't teach you that. You won't need that unless you are taking the Auror tests. Now carry on transfigure your hair colour, I notice that your silvery blond hair remains the same since just now."
"Ha!" Ron said, a little too loudly.
"Don't "ha", Mr Weasley, now what is this hair colour of yours? I want a complete, normal transformation, not this odd hair colour that Muggles found wearing these days." she said sternly and stared disapprovingly at Ron's red and green hair.
"Sorry, Professor, I was trying to transfiguration my hair colour into black..." Ron said quickly.
Minerva turned to the Slytherins and commented on Goyle's hair for being blue, then she came back to Harry and Hermione, who were still whispering.
"Potter, your hair..." she started.
"Oops, sorry, Professor!" Harry said and concentrated on his mirror, continued to try to change the rest of his hair into brown.
Minerva leaned forward to look at Hermione's hair closely. "Excellent, Miss Granger."
Hermione blushed. "Thank you, Professor."
Minerva walked forward and stopped at Athena's table. "Athena, let me have a full look at your hair."
"Okay, how do I look?" she asked and grinned.
"Just like me." Minerva said and smiled.
"Think the Hogwarts Sisters and Dad will be fooled if I tell them that I am you?" Athena asked as her mother ran her fingers through her hair to see if she had done her transfiguration well.
"Hogwarts Sisters, yes. Your father, I don't think so. He will recognize your eyes...." Minerva said and removed her hand. "Well done, I can't find any traces of your old hair colour."
"Great, can I continue to wear this colour for the rest of the day?"
"No way."
***
During the History of Magic, Athena was about to fell asleep due Professor Binns' boring lecture on Grindelwald in 1945 (even though it did involve her father) when Malfoy raised his hand.
"What's with Malfoy today?" Harry asked Ron sleepily.
"Yes, Moby?"
"It's Malfoy, Professor. I was wondering whether you can tell us about the attack of Pearl Harbour in the Muggle war World War Two."
The class groaned.
"Well, the attack...let's see... it happened during December 7, 1941..."
The Gryffindors stared as Malfoy nudged Crabbe and Goyle awake while rest of the Slytherins took out their notebooks and started scribbling.
"Since January 1941, the Muggle Japanese had been making plans for a war against America. There were rumours of a possible attack on the American Pacific fleet at Pearl Harbour, but Muggle American military experts did not believe that such an attack would happen and ignored the rumours."
Athena, who was now fully awaked, looked in amusement at the Slytherins, who were still writing.
"Just before 8am on Sunday, 7 December 1941, Japanese aircraft swept down on the United States naval base in Hawaii. Muggle historians have long argued whether Japanese intended to declare war before the attack, and whether the Americans knew that the attack was coming. What is not in doubt, however, is the effect of the Japanese action. The attack caused 2,400 American deaths, the sinking of 8 battleships and the damage or destruction of more than 350 planes."
"Okay, thank you, Professor." Malfoy said.
***
During Defence Against the Dark Arts, Malfoy behaved in the strangest way by kept on asking Lupin about harmful hexes. Usually he just kept quiet during Lupin's lessons.
"What is Malfoy playing at?" Ron hissed to Harry.
After lessons, Malfoy and the Slytherins ran off while Harry, Ron and Hermione stayed to ask Lupin about the Order.
"Not much, just that Dumbledore suspects that Voldemort is planning something." Lupin said as he put back the 7th years' Defence Against the Dark Arts textbook back into his suitcase.
"I don't think he is telling us the whole thing." Ron said dryly after they left the classroom.
***
After school, Harry and a few of the Gryffindors arrived at the library to study when they saw the Slytherins sitting at a table with a few pile of books on it. They were whispering and taking notes.
"Will you take a look at that? Even the Slytherins are studying!" Seamus Finnigan whispered to Dean Thomas.
"Wait a minute, Malfoy is coming out of the Muggle Studies section!" Ron said as they sat down.
"Yeah, with 5 books in his hands," Harry said. "Hm, something fishy is going on..."
"Stop bothering yourself about the Slytherins and get to work!" Hermione ordered.
***
An hour later, the Slytherins left, each with a book or two in their hands.
"Let's see what they are reading on!" Ron said and walked to the table where the Slytherins used to sit.
He gaped and the Gryffindors had to ask him what they were reading. He grabbed a few of them, came back and put them on the table where the Gryffindors were. "Look at this!"
"Oh my, all of them are books on war..." Athena said.
"Muggle War Weapons Through the Ages, The Attack of Pearl Harbour, Muggle Military War Goods in the 21st century, Muggle War Techniques..." Harry read the book titles. "There's something wrong with Malfoy. He is a proud pureblood, why does he suddenly have this interest on Muggle war?"
