You worry too much, people! I didn't forget about Harry's parents! But it's not in this chapter you'll see them, sorry! Maybe in the next one… *dodges things the readers throw at me, including the glares* ^_^;
Also, I'm sorry I didn't update sooner. My computer caught a virus, a nasty one at that, and I had to reboot the ENTIRE thing! When I mean everything, I mean EVERYTHING! We had to forcefully crash it so we could install Windows XP again. GRRR! Luckily, my landlord works with computers and he's the one who made a back-up of my files and 'repaired' my compu. *I fall at his feet, you are a God!* (Well, that'll boost his ego! Sorry he doesn't read my things!) But you can still thank him because without him, my computer would still be wacko!
Here are my thank yous for the last chapter:
MarsMoonStar LadyLight ME SilverWingPhoenix Claire Tenshi Henio Mademoiselle Morte
Alessandra Libby The caffiene fairy Uniprincess Dark Universe Lady Aya Liza Krazi Pandi
Jewelclaw Lady of Wind Pheniox Rose
Also, there's an important message at the end of this chapter, please read! (No, I'm not retiring, don't worry)
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The curse of the DADA teacher
Chapter 7: Raid in the ministry
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"If a Death Specter appears in front of an Irish person, it will likely mean that one of his family members will die soon. Why an Irish person? Because Death Specters are a part of the Irish folklore since the VIII century. They aren't really evil creatures, but their obsessive moaning is downright scary. Their most characteristic trait? Their eyes, a bright red due to all those years they passed by crying the loss of their loved ones.
This type of specter is often pictured as a tall emaciated woman with long white hair, sporting a green dress and covered by a grey cape with a hood. However, it can have the appearance of a small old lady or of a beautiful young woman with golden hair, clothed in red.
It is said that this specter will only serve one Irish clan all his life. It will only apparate if one of this clan's member will die. The most popular Specter of Irish history is Aibhill and haunted the O'Brien family. According to legend, the king Brian Boru, already old in 1014, went to the war of Clontarf knowing he wouldn't come back alive, because Aibhill had come to him the night before, washing the soldier's clothes until the water became as red as blood.
The death specter often stays at a distance, however, like a solitary silhouette announcing her sad news by strolling about in the surrounding hills. Sometimes one cannot see it, but the agonizing moaning is proof of its presence. In case of many specters appearing at the same time, it would mean the death of a very important or cherished family member. Only-"
Serena stopped and closed her eyes tightly with her head on the side, making the students wonder if she was alright. "Professor Moon? Are you ok?" Asked a 5th year Ravenclaw student who still had his pen in his hand.
The rabbit opened her eyes and forced a smile so they wouldn't worry. "Of course, it's just a headache developing. I want you to finish reading this chapter, meaning from page 202 to 230 by Thursday. There will be a quiz about it. Class dismissed."
She ignored the student who said with surprise; "But there's still 30 minutes left to the class!" and motioned for them to get out. She leaned on her desk with a hand when all the students were out and motioned for the door to close with the other. The door closed with a slight bang and she put her other hand on her forehead.
"Blast you Chaos!" She slumped on her chair and took a loud intake of breath. "Harry will need help. I won't be able to interfere until Chaos shows itself. What a nightmare." She took a piece of paper and her quill and started to write a quick note. She pinned it on the front of the door and disappeared with no further ado.
What was Hermione's displeasure when she saw the note on the door, while Ron whooped loudly. The Slytherins just shrugged it off and went away. Harry took the note when nobody was looking and ran to the dungeons. 'He's going to kill me! I'm voluntarily going to the dungeons when I could go outside instead!' thought Harry, biting his lower lip. 'And Sirius will surely have my head because I didn't give him the note first!'
He fidgeted when he arrived at the closed door of the potions class and heard Snape bite his instructions to the students as always. He gulped and knocked as loudly as he could, wincing when he heard the sharp "Enter!" it produced. He slowly opened the door and peeked inside. Snape narrowed his eyes considerably and he gulped again. The man may be good looking now, but he was still scary when pissed. "POTTER! You better have a damned good reason of coming here instead of being in your class! Speak up boy or detention and 20 points off Gryffindors!"
He heard groans in the class and deducted it was a double Slytherin/Gryffindor one. He gathered his courage and opened the door fully, marching up with a straight back to the narrowed eyed teacher. "I'm not in class because there's no class, professor."
Snape cut him. "Stop speaking nonsense, boy! Explain!"
Harry was starting to get pissed himself and frowned. "Jeez! Can't you be a little more comprehensive?! Here I am gathering my wits to give you, of all people, this note instead of directly going to Sirius and you're nearly biting my head off!"
Harry took a breath while the students gasped in shock and fear. A student, Harry Potter no less, had talked back to Severus Snape, scary teacher #1 in the school. Oh, he was going to get it! But before Severus could open his mouth to punish the not so little brat anymore or ask him what note, Harry thrust it in his hands forcefully, muttering; "The least you could do is thank me…"
Severus read the note, written in bold black handwriting;
CLASSES ARE DISMISSED FOR THE REST OF THE DAY
PS: DON'T WORRY.
PROF. SERENA MOON
Severus' head snapped up as he heard Harry starting to retreat. "Wait! Potter!" Harry turned around slowly and gazed at him emptily. "Thank you."
The boy's eyes got as big a saucers and he grinned widely. "You're welcome, professor!"
He was turning again when Snape called him one last time. "Oh, and Potter?"
Harry gazed at him curiously. "Yes?"
Snape smirked. "10 points off Gryffindor for talking rudely to a teacher. Enjoy your free time."
Groans were heard throughout the class from the Gryffindors and snickering from the Slytherins. However, the Slytherins stopped to stare at the 6th year boy as he rolled his eyes and smirked in return. "Good day to you too, professor." And he was out the door, leaving many gaping students.
The green eyed boy chuckled when he heard Snape starting to teach his class again with a bark and some frightened whimpers. Those kids would never understand the subtle relationship between him and Snape. Oh, surely they couldn't stay in each other's presence for too long while being alone, for sure, but they had come to an understanding, at least. Probably so they would have Albus off their backs.
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"Name and purpose, please" said the dull voice in the old phone booth.
Serena raised an eyebrow. "Serena Moon. And I want to have the keys of Godric's Hollow."
She rolled her eyes when the same voice replied; "One moment, please."
She heard a small 'clang!' and looked down to see that a pin with her name on it had fallen into her hands. "Oh, please! Can these people be even denser than this?" She put the pin on her cloak nonetheless and waited as the floor of the phone booth descended slowly in the ground.
She arrived in a big corridor and she would've been afraid about being caught if only there were people there. Fortunately, and to her big surprise, there wasn't anyone in sight except someone in a small office looking way too bored to even notice her, probably the one who directed guests in the ministry.
It would cause a small problem, though. She needed to get the plans of the building so she could get to her destination, but she doubted the person would let her pass. Duh! What was she going to say? "I want to have the keys of Godric's Hollow and I'll steal them if you don't cooperate?" Or even better! "I want to bring the dead back to life!" Jeez! That would be something to laugh at and she would be sent to Azkaban for being completely barmy!
She opted for teleportation, her speed being the main need in this right now. She would need it, because when the ministry people would find the secretary on the floor, the alarms would surely set off and she would have many aurors after her ass. She disappeared, only to reappear behind the bored woman.
Her eyes surely widened with the slight sound behind her, but Serena didn't even let her the time to turn around as she pinched the sensible nerves at the side of her neck. The secretary slumped to the floor and the rabbit made sure she was well hidden at the back of the office, before looking outside if there was anyone in sight. She breathed a sigh of relief and semi-closed the door, and then went directly to the map of the ministry she was looking for.
"It's on the 3rd floor, damn! I won't be able to teleport there! The bigger offices are in that area so there's bound to be too many people around." She let out a pissed growl, but she really had to do this. She would have to be quick. Teleporting out of there was out of question for the moment. The ministry of magic was buzzing with anti apparition wards and even thought she would have easily been able to get through them, she needed the necessary energy to do what she wanted to do with the key of the Potter's house.
She took a good look at the files of the people working near the office she was going and searched for someone who hadn't come to work today. Memorizing the picture, she took out the useful Luna pen and concentrated. In no time, she was the perfect copy of the Muggle/Wizard Relationship Diplomat; Richard Baxter. (Made that up) She searched the drawers and found the guy's pin with his name and function, and then put it on when she left the small office, making sure she closed the door before taking the stairs.
She met some people on her way, but tried to ignore them as much as she could. The guy was a Diplomat, so he must be busy a lot, so she wouldn't be faking her own hurry! It came close, though, when an auror, probably very familiar with her personage, gave her a friendly slap on the back, along with; "Hey! I thought you had a day-off today! Watcha doing here?"
She tried to pry the offending hand off subtly and tried to sound pissed at being here on a day-off, though she was already pissed, something else at her advantage. "I forgot something yesterday and I really needed to get it. A paper for a recent case. Now if you don't mind, I just want to get the darn parchment and get outta here so I can benefit of the rest of my holiday."
The auror didn't push any further and let the manly rabbit go with one last slap in the back. She gritted her teeth together; at least she also had Baxter's voice. And that auror had been lucky that she was in such a hurry, because she would have pounded him into the ground with his own slaps.
When she finally reached the 3rd floor, she had to use the same excuse for being here. When everyone said their 'hello's!' and their 'It's so good to see you again!', to which she politely had to reply, she tried to hide herself as much as possible in the shadows and let some minutes pass just so people would forget about having seen her…him. She peeked in the door's glass window, in the Department of Pureblooded Family's Heritages, and then winced. '3 persons, it's going to be a close call!' she thought, but didn't get herself discouraged.
She was about to use one of her senshi's more difficult technique when she spotted a plant on the false windowsill (since they were underground, there weren't any real windows there). She smirked when a plan, a safe one, appeared in her head. 'What total idiot would leave a soporific plant, as innocent as it seems, in a room usually full of people?' she asked herself, rolling her eyes upwards.
She called on Jupiter's power mentally and urged the plant to grow. Oh, it grew alright! Long vines sprouted forth and the 3 workers didn't have the time to yell as it cut their breath by enveloping them tightly, and spraying its soporific vapor. When she let go of Jupiter's power, the plant went back to its normal size, letting the now sleeping people go and fall on the floor. She used a little breeze of Uranus' and made the rest of the toxic gas evaporate away.
She smiled slyly, entered the silent room and locked the door behind her, making sure the little window in the door was covered. The blond began her search hurriedly throughout the numerous files and boxes; some of them were really old looking, and she found what she was looking for in the form of an old, dusty box. It was a deep wine red and covered with intricate designs. She recognized it, alright; the main design being a sword, the sword of Godric Gryffindor.
Not everybody knew that Godric's Hollow once belonged to Godric Gryffindor, who had changed his name to Potter. Duh! Godric wasn't a common name and she knew only one person who once had it; Godric Gryffindor. The fact that the Potters lived there was the proof that Harry was the descendant of Gryffindor himself, but not everyone was able to arrive to this conclusion.
She opened the box and let out a satisfied hum as she saw that nothing was missing. There was a load of what looked like dust or powder filling more than half the little box, and the silver key was on top of it. She closed the box in a hurry when she heard some shuffling outside and people trying to open the door. The rabbit let out a disgruntled growl as the alarm sounded off.
They had probably found the unconscious secretary near the entrance. She transformed and hid herself in the shadows just in time as 2 aurors finally burst in the room using a well placed Alohomora spell. They cursed when they saw the 3 sleeping people on the floor and searched around, but she was successful in getting out discretely. She reached the stairs with no problem, but getting down was another one.
She spotted Fudge giving orders to some aurors and not paying attention to his surrounding. She smirked and transformed into the stupid minister. It disgusted her, but she would have less chance at being stopped and questioned if she was the minister.
"What are you looking at? They need your help on the 3rd floor! Hurry up you slowpokes! I'm going back on the first floor to ask the secretary if she remembers anything! GO!" She spoke harshly as would Cornelius Fudge, and soon everybody was too busy to pay the slightest bit of attention to her…him.
She now had to get out fast, because once they would see the minister still on the 3rd floor…It wouldn't be pretty. Luckily, she didn't even had any problem to get back in the elevator looking phone booth and she made her escape, grinning madly from ear to ear.
So in the end, anybody with a good Polyjuice potion could be able to get in there without being detected! She hadn't even transformed and there she was, with the box safely tucked under her arm, and teleporting away to the remnants of what once was Godric's Hollow.
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AHHHHH!!! CLIFFHANGER! Yeah, I'm evil…BWUAHAHAHAHA! *cough* ^_^;
I'm still trying to work on the 1st chapter of the InuYasha/Sailor Moon crossover, and I'm having a bit of difficulty trying to piece things out together. The idea is clearing out, it's just how to start the darn story that's not easy. I'll also have some research to do about some personages because I don't know them all. Like Kagura or whatever…I think she's with Naraku…I may even not mention them and simply work with Naraku being the main evil, I'll see. I don't want to make this story complicated but easy and enjoyable to read.
Let's do a little questioning session to help me, shall we? ^_^
1-I'm not totally sure how you write; Sesshoumaru or Sesshomaru? (I think the second one is the English version, am I right?)
2-Name me some attacks or the weapon they possess, like Tetsusaiga or Tensaiga and what it does. I would like to know the name of Sango's weapon, PLEASE! O.0
3-Can you tell me some of Kouga(Japanese?) or Koga(English?) attributes? All I know is that he wants to take Kagome as his mate! ^_^;;; Does he have a family or something? I think he has sisters…And who the hell is Ayame?
ANYWAY! Thanks a lot if you include other stuff in your reviews, it'll come in handy, though I'm going to research a little myself. There must be a good website somewhere with all the descriptions. You must think I don't know the InuYasha anime but I do. It's just that we're not that far in it and the mangas are taking a really long time to get out…BUT I LOVE THIS ANIME!
I hope you guys will help me!
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