Virginia smiled as she went into her dorm and grabbed a book of complex potions from her shelf and moved into the little common room, after selecting a comfy chair she slipped into it and opened the book. Carolina, after seeing no one around had hurried to her room, retrieved her homework and was now furiously scribbling away.
"Dear god how can you stand to read the Mystical Renaissance Medical Potions and their uses in Modern Society?" Drawled a soft voice that caused both Virginia and Carolina to look up, A tall man stood there in slacks and an emerald shirt, He had bright yellow eyes that when mixed with his dark black hair that was pulled back with a satin ribbon, much like Draco's own hair, and speaking of Draco he stood next to the dark haired one. Ginny surveyed this all and smiled.
"It truly is one of the most informative and truthful books you could ever read.... And so many ailments that we all go running to Pomfry for can actually be fixed rather simply with these potions that are no longer commonly used."
"Why are they not used though?"
"Because times change... technology is updated, spells are lost, and new ones created, you all know that." Virginia said.
"Ah very true, Blaise this is Virginia, Virginia this is Blaise, Seeing as you two disappeared for at least a good 2 hours we left to go run through a few things in the library. So how did your meeting with Dumbledore go? Painful or rather easy?" Draco inquired.
"Relatively easy, I received a new wand... It's an elfish wand actually, which is rather odd isn't it?"
"An Elf wand?" Blaise asked and sat down on the floor next to Carolina. Draco gave Ginny a pointed look as she was taking up both seats of the love seat. Ginny smiled and scooted her feet in. Draco sat down and Virginia immediately dropped her legs back onto his lap.
"Yah I have to do more research on them, and don't give me that look Draco, you wanted to sit, so you're sitting, just with my legs.
"Actually Miss Weasly we wish to have a number of words with you. So Draco her legs will shortly be removed." Came the soft yet hard voice of Professor Snape. They all turned to see Snape standing with McGonagal, and other professors.
"Okay... Ever feel like you were reincarnated from the Spanish Inquisition?" She asked. "Let me go put my book up and I'll be with you-"
"I'd actually like to see that book, so why don't you bring it along." Snape said. Virginia gave a smile and stood. She gave a slight wave to Draco and Carolina. "It was a pleasure Blaise."
"The pleasure was mine Madam Weasley." He said with such elegance that Virginia raised her eyebrow just slightly... something that she didn't realize, but all the teachers did a signature Malfoy move. Virginia turned and went to the teachers
"Okay where too?"
"Potions classroom." Snape said and began leading them all away.
"Miss Weasley we've brought you down here to discuss your classes. After a long discussion we have all decided that it will be on a case by case decision on what we will do about your classes."
" Professor Dumbledore said I may have to make some changes but not so soon-"
"Miss Weasley do not act as if we're deaf dumb and blind child. We all can see it. You are smart, you turn in essays that should be put in your text rather than turned it to have a grade pressed on them. I thought- we thought that you just had weak magical standing but a supreme mind, and we could not promote you if you truly had just the mind but not the power, now today we indeed learn you have both the skills, power and knowledge to be pushed up, If not a year, then several years... We only wish to put you with your full potential Miss Weasley." McGonagal said "It's only a shame that when I find out I had one of the wisest children Hogwarts has ever to be graced with in Gryffindor you are snatched from me." She said and pursed her lips causing Snape to smile.
"Ah yes, Slytherin's newest smartest, and most amazing student. I can not wait for the next Slytherin -Gryffindor potions class. Especially as for your and my case basis you will be in sixth year potions, With Draco, Carolina... Your brother and the rest of the Gryffindors..." Snape said, an almost giddy look on his face.
"So in Potions I will be in sixth year." She said. Snape pulled out a piece of paper and a quill.
"You can write down your new classes..." He said. She smiled in Thanks and scratched out the 6th year potions.
"As for Transfiguration I recommend nothing lower than 6th year though I would like to put you into sixth year advanced... which is considered an advanced Newts class, As all sixth year classes are Newt classes. It's your choice which you would like to go into, But I do remind you Virginia, If you go Advanced 6th year In your 6th year you take advanced 7th, and then your 7th year you qualify for student teacher status.... which if I recall when reading one of your essays becoming a teacher was on your want to do list."
"6th year advanced it is." Virginia said scratching it out on her paper.
"That is my girl..."
"On the contrary Mineva, She's mine." Snape said in a prideful voice.
"On the contrary to both of you, She's just like her mother.:" came the voice of Dumbledore from the door way. He walked in and took a seat.
"They came to me after you left demanding to be allowed to switch you up and over... You don't mind do you?"
"Not at all Professor.... You know that is all Women's and men's tragedy..." Virginia said looking at the headmaster.
"What?" three separate professors asked.
"All women become like their mothers, This is their tragedy, No man does that is his." Virginia said.
"Madam Merle?" Professor Binns Inquired.
"Oscar Wilde"
"ah...." Binns said in a voice that was attempting to say he knew who he was though he didn't "Well for the last two years we both know you have been two years ahead in all your studies there fore I recommend putting you into the Studious forms of the Shaping of Civilizations and the Wizards who influenced them.
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It was 45 minutes later when Snape let Virginia go through his special cabinet, a cabinet that you stepped into and it took you to where ever you said. He gave her only the password for the Slytherin common room, but it still was so cool to step out straight next to the Staircase that lead to her floor. She hurried up it. No one new was in the room, and Draco, Blaise and Carolina all sat in the same positions.
"Virginia, how was the inquisition with the teachers." Blaise asked He started to stand up as Draco had already... true gentlemen, but she motioned both of them to sit and tossed herself down into her previous seat. She was a little shocked when she felt Draco guide her leg across his lap.. Shouldn't he be screaming or at least cringing? She filled this for closer inspection later.
"Well, it could have gone worse I imagine." She said and smiled
"Okay, well then the real question is what was it about?"
"Ahhh my classes... It seems that for the longest time my intelligence didn't meet my magical ability. Now they both exceed my own classes."
"Ouch, So what is the verdict all Advanced Classes?" Carolina asked.
"Ugh, Do you all want the full schedule?"
"That Bad... give it to us, after all we can always help, were older than you, so we've been through it...." Blaise said gaining a strangled laugh.
"Ok you asked for it Blaise, All next week I don't have classes as They have already called in an examiner to give me my Owls. Then if I pass them, as they all think I will, the schedule will be as follows, Monday sixth year double potions prep for NEWTS. Followed by double seventh year Arithmacy... Tuesdays Id Have Advanced seventh year Herbology, followed by sixth year Divination and then Care of Magical Creatures Aid advanced," Virginia paused and took a long sigh, "Wednesday I would have Advanced Sixth year Transfiguration double, and Then Advanced seventh year Charms double. Thursday would be Double Advanced Healing Seventh year, and Advanced Sixth year Defense. And the Friday I would have a one hour class one on one with Snape, McGonagal, Pomfry, Flitwick, and Hagrid." She sighed again "And on Saturday and Sunday I have half day work in the infirmary." She said and sighed again.
"Ou. Ch." Carolina said grimacing.
"Yah, sure you want to do good on your OWLs Virginia?" Blaise asked.
"You'll have a full schedule but it will pay off correct, I mean... There has to be some benefits..." Draco asked
"I get to spend my Seventh year at Hogwarts as a Student Teacher, or according to Dumbledore I can inturn as something outside of the school if I wish.." She said " and next year for a number of classes I'll have no choice but be an aid or take free period. Though Dumbledore did say he may check into a few other options." She said and flipped her hair. "I'm sort of not all that sure if I can handle all that Dumbledore and the others think that I can... It's sort of a bit weird..." She said.
Draco was the only one that heard that last bit. "What is weird?"
"Well the whole thing Draco, I mean listen to me, You a person I never in my life thought I would call a friend and by your first name am allowing me to lay my legs across your lap, and are being rather kind to me, and then Teachers who have never thought I could do anything except write fabulous essays are actually fighting and bickering of the pleasure of saying I am in their house, You should have heard McGonagal and Snape... "'She's a Slytherin, But first she was a Gryffindor Severus.'" I mean, I can understand you all being nice to me now and befriending me a bit because I mean, I did call your house the wisest and such, and I slashed my own house, though they did deserve it, but really, Had this all happened and I was a Slytherin and just tossed into Gryffindor they would literally have found a lion to feed me to it, Hell Ron bloody well wants to as is." Virginia said. She felt a light tough through her pants, Draco was lightly rubbing her leg soothingly, and Blaise and Carolina were smiling.
"I can explain the whole us befriending you." Carolina said.
"Go for it."
"Your a SLYTHERIN, and a strong one at that, I wasn't kidding when I said we were all put up here for protection Virginia, It's just for different reasons... For me I am a Strong powerful half Muggle, For Draco, a strong Powerful wizard, who won't take a certain mark on his arm, neither will Blaise Virginia, tides are changing you align yourself with the strongest, you align yourself with those who-"
"are not blinded by house rivalries"
"and is willing to stand for all they believe in."
"Are willing to publish an article that's effects will change their lives because they believe they need to be someone else, their actual self. You, Virginia, remind us all of our selves. You did what you had to, I told my Father off, Carolina was practically killed and tortured in Voldemort's attempt to purify her yet she would not give in. Blaise took down two Death Eaters that came to take him to Voldemort to get the mark. You did even more though, You punished yourself for four years for something you had no control over, You did what you thought was right when you realized that you could no longer put up with your false House, you admitted that you let prejudice and fear rule you movements, and the most powerful person is the one who can stand and state their fears, and then overcome them. We accept you Virginia because you are you, and not afraid of being you. We accept you because you let go of your prejudice when you sat under the sorting hat again, and accepted that which most hate, and before you saw switched houses you even had the ability to see the differences in the houses." Carolina finished.
"Your also smart."
"Don't forget sweet.."
"Or cute.."
"Can't forget cute."
"She's got that definite sexy look about her."
"Especially when she's angry she'll be a great addition to Slytherin."
Virginia and Carolina sharred a look and Ginny waited a second before pulling out the pillow from behind her back and slamming it into Draco's head and then Blaise's head.
"Thank you, but next time be a bit less crass." She said and pushed the pillow behind her back.
"Ugh...." Draco murmured rubbing his head.
~!~OWLS Week ~Friday~!~
Draco cast a worried look at Virginia who had graced the Great Hall today for the first time this week. The poor girl had been crazy because of her OWL s, For the 5 days of her exam people had only been able to glance her running through the halls from exam to exam to Library to professors to ask questions. Today as she sat in the Great hall at Dinner she ate nothing and had transfigured a banana into a slanted desk with pillows that she propped herself up on. She wore a sleeping blindfold and was massaging her temples with her fingers. She'd mainly came to Dinner to disprove the rumor that the Slytherins had kid napped her and were torturing her. She was worn out and it was evident in her face and body movements. They could all tell Virginia had a horrid headache as she looked to be in very literal pain, They'd also seen her poor Head ache potions down on the way to the great hall.
"Man... She's in pain." Blaise said looking as a dark grimace crossed her face. Draco frowned and stood up. He charmed a banana into a tall stool and set it behind her, he then pushed her hands away from her face and began the gentle massaging of her temples.
How sweet... The thought occurred to him as he Draco began massaging her temples for her... was that a growl from the Gryffindor table? Perhaps he had overworked her by making sure all her Owls were pushed into one week rather than two, but then he hadn't thought she would go so far out to try and get Outstanding. Suddenly the oak doors opened and who was there But Adrian Corner, The International President for OWL scoring. Blue robes that were shining, and shockingly her eyes were bright green and rather large, which only happened when something she wasn't expecting happened... Could Virginia have got all Dreadful on her OWLs ...
"Albus I have news! and a set of scores!" Her unemotional voice called out as she came hurring into the room and towards him.
Draco and everyone but Virginia watched as the lady almost went running to Dumbledore. He paused in his finger movements, but when Virginia le out a light moan/ cry in protest he continued, Who cared who the blond in blue robes was when Dumbledore had practically killed Virginia by scrunching her Owls all into one week, and just by talking once with Virginia you could tell would push her hardest, He had went down and had a word with a house elf and had been told Virginia had only came in 3 times to get food that week, and each time she had only ate a bite and then ran off, which meant that the sweet girl reclined next to him had barely ate in the last 5 days.. damn Dumbledore, and speaking of Dumbledore the man had a strange look on his face as the lady in blue rambled away at him, and then his eyes landed directly on Virginia, They were for once rather large and Serious looking. Draco gulped wondering what was happening.
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