AN: Mention of suicide in this chapter, not much though and not too many details are given. Thanx for reviewing!
Harrie: How'd you guess? Lol Her year isn't so interesting, well, compared to the intial plan i have of the sequel, the initial plan being the paragraph long plan.... Blame it on writers block
Chapter 11 – First day of classes
Paisley woke to the sound of people shuffling around her room. 'Probably Mum.' She thought, rolling back over in the comfortable giant bed. She smiled slightly when she felt Sakura wiggle around by her feet.
"Should we wake them up?" A girls voice came to Paisley, who sharply opened her eyes.
"Crud!" She exclaimed, rolling out of her warm and comfortable bed and onto the floor. The bed curtains and sheets came down with her and two very worried faces appeared just above her.
"You alright P?" Chenyce asked, Paisley grumbled an "I'm OK." and slowly tried to disentangle herself, Shira and Chenyce helped her whilst Kaci's even messier-than-usual red haired head came between the curtains, she laughed when she saw her cousin on the floor.
"Way to go P. What a great start to a new day." Kaci stated, jumping out of her bed and grabbing her shower things, the girls had unpacked their shower things the night before as to avoid the annoyance of finding it half-asleep in the morning.
"Shut up." Paisley grumbled, she grabbed her shower things and headed for the door to their bathroom. The girls followed and each went into their own cubicle.
"So what lesson are you all looking forward too?" Chenyce called from her cubicle.
"DADA." "Transfiguration." "Flying." Came the other three girls replies.
They lapped into a silence until Paisley started humming. Soon enough, all four of the girls were humming the same tune.
"Giuchie, Giuchie, ya ya dada
Giuchie, Giuchie, ya ya here
Mocha Choca lata ya ya
Creole lady Marmalade
Voulez vous coucher avec moi ce soir
Voulez vous coucher avec moi." The girls all sung, they all carried on the song until the end, when they got out of the showers giggling madly.
By the time the girls had navigated their way down to the Great Hall, they were still giggling insanely.
"Are you alright?" Jared asked as the girls sat down, giggling still.
"Fine." Paisley replied with another giggle, which set off a chain reaction with the girls.
"Now this is weird." Joss stated, the other boys nodded in agreement.
"Definitely." Drew muttered.
"Have our timetables been handed out yet?" Shira asked the boys, who shook their heads.
"Nope." Doyle replied. "She started down the seventh years end."
"Cool, then she can't complain about us being late to breakfast." Kaci stated with a grin. Hermione was approaching them with the new timetables.
"Morning girls." She greeted, "And boys. How did you lot sleep?"
"It was very nice." Shira said with a nod to affirm it.
"Yeah, very comfy beds." Chenyce added as Hermione passed the timetables to them.
"I'm sorry boys, I don't know your names." Hermione stated, looking at the last four timetables she held in her hand.
"Don't worry Professor." Joss said in an accentuated kind tone.
"We know your name." Doyle added.
"Professor Hermione Weasley, formerly Granger." Joss said.
"Author of Harry Potter's biography." Doyle said.
"And author of many, many good books."
"So good that half of our school book list is authored by you." Watching the two boys was like watching a tennis rally.
"Your also the founder of S.P.E.W."
"And one of the prime workers for Magical Creatures rights."
"How do you know all this?" Hermione interceded. "And I thought you two were from two different parts of the UK?" The two boys shrugged and looked to each other before turning back to Hermione.
"Mum's are in the same book club." They replied simultaneously. "And the rest was common knowledge." Doyle added. Hermione smiled and shook her head.
"I officially grant you the 'worse than my twin-brothers-in-law' award." She stated, Kaci and Paisley laughed.
"Thanks." The two boys replied, Hermione laughed.
"Oh Nuts, we haven't got you until tomorrow Mum." Kaci said a little downheartedly.
"Cheer up, we have flying today instead of transfiguration." Paisley stated, Kaci smirked.
"Wicked. I'll be on the team in no time." She stated.
"No you won't." Hermione instantly told her daughter, "You can't until your second year."
"But Uncle Harry did." Kaci complained with puppy dog eyes at her Mum.
"But that was his first time flying and he was better than all of your other Uncle's, and that's saying something when Charlie was offered seeker positions on many teams." Hermione replied.
"So was Uncle Harry." Kaci debated.
"But Harry has always wanted to be an auror, like he is now." Hermione said.
"But that doesn't mean he wasn't offered the position of seeker on lots of teams." Kaci argued, Hermione smiled.
"I have to have some breakfast Kaci. See you later." Hermione said before walking away. Kaci sighed.
"I love a good debate at breakfast." She said with a grin before piling her plate with food.
"You eat a hell of a damned lot." Paisley stated in awe, Kaci shrugged.
"Get it from Dad, that's what Mum always says." She replied before stuffing some food into her mouth.
They finished breakfast and rushed back up to their dorms for their books for charms and potions. They eight met in the common room and made their way to charms, they had already gotten lost, though Nearly Headless Nick, the Gryffindor ghost turned up and took them to their class, and was even kind enough to explain to the professor, Professor Morresy, why they were late, the tall woman just nodded with a smile at Nick, who then left through one of the walls.
"Settle down class." Morresy said with a firm, but kind voice. "Now, charms is an important branch of magic that interlinks with most other branches, so it is important that you do well in this class. Now, as I know this is your first class, I'd like to inform you of a 'Star' system me and a few other teachers have come up with. You receive stars with good work, and the more stars you get, the better the award that you can 'buy' with these stars is." The woman explained, "The other teachers who participate in this are Professors Weasley, Chang, Lyguin, Lupin, Longbottom and Sinastra. The other professors are too annoying to have been informed of this great thing." She added with a kind smile, causing some of the class to laugh and giggle.
The rest of the hours lesson went well after that, and they were soon making their way down to double potions.
"I heard Snape's evil." Kaci stated, "I think he was the guy who brought us in last night."
"The greasy haired guy?" Shira asked, Kaci nodded. "I hope not." Shira said as they found their way into the class, the group of Gryffindor's split up and sat between two of the four columns. Kaci and Paisley sat next to each other, the two other girls sat next to each other also whilst the boys all sat on the row behind said girls.
Minutes later, all chatting in the room ceased when the greasy haired, hook nosed professor from the night before strode in with a huge bang of his door. Black robes billowed out after him and he strode to the middle of the room where he stopped. He called the register and he stopped on "Granger-Weasley, Kaci."
"My my, if it isn't another Weasley." Snape sneered, smirking evilly at Kaci, who glared. The Slytherin's snickered.
"Well if it is." Kaci replied with a glare.
"Even Potter refused to speak back young lady. Ten points from Gryffindor." Snape stated, Kaci glared even more whilst the Slytherin's snickered behind their hands. Paisley glared also, but on the sole purpose that he had said something about her father. "If your anything like your mother or father, you'd like to keep your mouth shut. Your mother was and still is an irritating know-it-all." Snape stated, "Your father was ridiculously stupid and Potter.. well… he was just Potter." Snape sneered, "The Gryffindor Trio. You had better not become anything like them. We are just lucky that the Weasley girl ran off, so that we wouldn't be polluted with even more Weasley spawn." He sneered.
"Leave my Mother out of this!" Paisley shouted, standing up, Snape looked to her.
"If I'm correct, you'd be a muggle-born child, what rubbish are you speaking?" Snape asked curtly in an icy tone.
"Your wrong Snape." Kaci replied, standing beside her cousin. "Paisley is as pure as pureblooded as one could go, however much I hate that saying."
"Sit down Weasley." Snape sneered, "Stop talking nonsense. Potter didn't have any children and the world is better off for it."
"Your wrong again Snape." Paisley stated, "My Dad told me about you. Told me you were an imbecile, and by the looks of it you still are." Snape fumed.
"Twenty points from Gryffindor!" He shouted. "Sit down and stop talking rubbish!"
"It's not rubbish! Ask my Dad!" Paisley exclaimed, "I may be a Summer's, but my Mum changed her name! She was Ginny Weasley, my Dad's Harry Potter and you won't dare speak of them or Hermione and Ron like that whilst me or Kaci are around!" She shouted.
"ANOTHER TWENTY!" Snape roared.
"Like I care!" Paisley shouted, storming out of the classroom. Kaci looked worriedly at the door.
"She is so gonna be expelled." She heard Joss mutter.
Paisley stormed around the castle, not knowing where she was going until she rounded a corner and came face to face with a ghost. She screamed.
"Shh!" The ghost exclaimed, "Filch will come after you." It was a pretty young woman barely out of her teens in what looked like a flowing gown worn to dances.
"Sorry. Got a little scared. Not used to ghosts and things." Paisley apologised, the girl smiled sympathetically.
"Don't worry." She said with another smile. "What's your name?" She asked.
"Paisley." Paisley told her, "What's yours?" She asked, the ghost smiled.
"Lavender." The ghost replied. "Why aren't you in class Paisley?" She asked, Paisley sighed.
"Snape was saying things about my parents and my cousins parents." She told Lavender, who had started floating along down the corridor, Paisley walked along with her.
"Oh. He's really mean Snape is." Lavender stated with a glare at the wall.
"Did he teach you?" Paisley asked, Lavender nodded.
"Yeah, not so long ago either." Lavender told Paisley.
"How long ago did you… well…" Paisley broke off.
"Die?" Lavender asked, Paisley nodded, "About thirteen years ago. I was fighting in the final battle."
"Against Voldemort?" Paisley asked, Lavender nodded. "My Dad told me a lot about him."
"He would've done. He was defeated a little while before you were born I'd guess." Lavender told Paisley, who nodded.
"Yeah, that's what my Dad said, he fought too, along with my Mum and Aunts and Uncles." Paisley said.
"Oh?" Lavender muttered, "Who are they?"
"The Weasley's. My Dad's a man called Harry Potter, you know him?" Paisley asked, Lavender stopped and stared at Paisley, looking her up and down.
"Harry? He doesn't have a child!" Lavender exclaimed, "Though you look a lot like Ginny. You have Harry's eyes. Though last I heard, Ginny left due to her being cast out by Ron, never liked him anyway." Paisley giggled.
"I shouted at him for that." She told Lavender, "I lived with my Mum, who's now a fashion designer."
"Really? Cool." Lavender stated, Paisley nodded.
"Yep, cool." She said, then looked around. "Where are we going?" She asked, Lavender shrugged.
"Hermione's classroom." She stated, Paisley nodded slightly.
"She won't tell me off will she?" She asked.
"No, she knows what Snape is like, he gave her hell in school, nearly drove her to suicide during her last few years here." Lavender said, Paisley looked shocked.
"Really?" She asked, Lavender nodded.
"Me and Parvati found her in the girls bathroom, blood everywhere, it was really horrible. She was so upset." Lavender said, Paisley paled.
"That must be horrible." She muttered.
"It was." Lavender replied quietly, they carried on walking to the classroom in silence, when they got there, Lavender knocked on the door.
"Come in." Came Hermione's voice, Lavender opened the door slightly and peered in before entering. "Hi Lavender."
"Hey Mione." Lavender replied, "Found this little one in the corridors." She stated, motioning Paisley, who looked down in guilt.
"Paisley?" Hermione asked, Paisley looked up.
"Sorry Aunt Hermione but he was being really horrible and-"
"Snape?" Hermione asked with a hint of maliciousness in her voice, shocking each of her seventh years, and Paisley.
"Bingo." Lavender replied for the girl. "He insulted you, Ron, Harry and Ginny from what I've heard."
"Is this true?" Hermione asked Paisley in a stern tone, Paisley nodded, not looking Hermione in the eyes. "Well, I think I'll just have to have a word with him then. Class dismissed." The seventh years filed out after Hermione stormed down to the dungeons, Paisley and Lavender trying their hardest to catch up. The first year Gryffindor's and Slytherin's were leaving the classroom hurriedly when the two got there.
"What's going on?" Jared asked Paisley.
"Lavender!" Kaci exclaimed, "How are you?" She asked.
"I'm fine." Lavender stated with a small smile at the red head. "You okay tod-" She was cut off by shouting from the next room.
"How dare you belittle me and my family to the students!" Hermione's voice raged, "If it wasn't for Harry, you'd be DEAD!"
"Look Granger I don't care! This is how I teach and you won't stop it!" Snape shouted right back.
"One of those students was my daughter! Another was Harry's!" Hermione screamed, it was silent for a moment before soft mumbling could be heard, the next minute, Hermione stormed out of the classroom and bumped into the first years, tears streaming down her face.
"Mum? Are you alright?" Kaci asked, Hermione wiped away her tears.
"I'm fine." She replied before walking away without a second glance.
"Mum?" Kaci called after her, Hermione walked without glancing back and left the corridor.
"Don't worry about her Honey, she just doesn't like Snape." Lavender told Kaci, she glanced at Paisley as if to warn the other red-head not to tell Kaci anything. Paisley nodded.
"C'mon, lets go outside or something." Doyle suggested, the group of Gryffindors and Lavender went outside to talk in the sun.
Hermione stormed back to her quarters and wiped away her tears angrily. He still treated her like a student, and he also attempted to do things he shouldn't do with her.
She knew it had to stop, but avoiding him seemed to work well enough for the time being. She grabbed a jar of floo powder off of the mantel piece and took off the lid. She threw the glittery powder into the fireplace and stepped in.
"Godric's Mansion!" She exclaimed, she was soon whisked away to her best friends house.
Hermione stumbled out of the fireplace in Harry's living room and was caught in strong arms.
"Mione?" Someone asked, she looked up and through her tears, she saw the red-headed face of her husband. Looking around, she also noted that Sirius, Remus, Harry and Virginia were lounging on the sofas, Heather was sitting on the floor with her dolls.
"Don't you have class Hermione?" Remus asked, she knew that on Mondays Remus had a free day, and usually spent it with his friends.
Hermione broke down. She just cried her heart out whilst Ron held her confusedly. The others all looked confused.
"Hermione? What's wrong?" Ron asked, Hermione just buried herself deeper into his shoulder.
"Mione?" Virginia asked, coming up to her. Hermione ignored all the attempts the others made to talk to her until she had finished crying, when she was sniffling, she came out of Ron's embrace.
"Sorry." She whispered meekly, tear stains down her cheeks, Ron looked confused, as did the other three men.
"Mummy?" A little voice asked, Hermione glanced down at her two year old daughter, who looked as confused as everybody else and also a little upset, she fell onto her knees and pulled Heather to her.
"Sorry Baby." She whispered to Heather, who hugged Hermione back.
"Are you okay Hermione?" Harry asked concernedly, Hermione just stared at Heather's face, stroking the red hair from her cute sky blue eyes.
"I don't know." Hermione replied confusedly.
"What's that supposed to mean?" Ron asked, Hermione never turned from Heather's face, the little girl had now slumped onto the floor and was playing with her doll again.
"If I had finished what I started, he wouldn't still be terrorising us." Hermione stated, realisation flashed in Virginia's eyes and the other woman knelt down next to Hermione. "Kaci and Paisley had him today."
"What did he do?" Virginia asked quietly, but demandingly.
"Exactly what he did when I was seventeen." Hermione replied softly, she slowly turned to Virginia. "Why me? What did I do?" Hermione started crying again and Virginia pulled the older woman into her arms, soothing her.
"Hey, it's not your fault." Virginia stated, "It's him, he's a sick prat." They sat in silence for a while. "Has he done it recently?" Virginia asked. Hermione shook her head and sat up and now just stared to the floor. "Has he ever tried…" Virginia broke off and Hermione shook her head again. "That's good then."
"I can't do this anymore. I thought avoiding him would be enough." Hermione said pleadingly to Virginia. "I'm going to leave, I'll tell McGonnagal that I've been offered a great job elsewhere."
"Hogwarts was your dream." Virginia stated. "Don't give up." Hermione shook her head.
"I'd love to work in another high school, a muggle one where no-one knows my name." Hermione stated. "It'd be great." Virginia sighed.
"How about you skip the rest of lessons today? Maybe Remus could take over for you and then you can go home and spend time with Ron for a while. I'll look after Heather and you can explain to Ron everything and then spend a great romantic night in." Virginia said with a soft smile, "Tomorrow, we'll find you the perfect job nearby in another school and you'll talk to McGonnagal. But tell Ron."
"V, I can't tell anybody. Only you and Lavvie know this-"
"Tell him. Spend the night in." Virginia ordered. "Rent a movie, order some takeaway or another and then have a nice long bath."
"What about Heather?" Hermione asked, glancing at the tiny girl who looked up.
"Want to spend a night with Auntie Ginny, Heather?" Virginia asked the little girl, who smiled shyly and nodded. "See, she's fine." Hermione bit her lip nervously and glanced at Ron, who looked a little concerned. "He'll agree, you need to tell him this Mione."
"I have lessons V." Hermione stated.
"I'll take care of them." Remus quickly put in.
"All sorted. Now go." Virginia ordered again, Hermione stood and reluctantly apparated, Ron followed her lead.
"Now what was all that about?" Sirius asked, Virginia sighed again and picked up Heather before standing.
"Remember when she hurt herself?" Virginia asked, "In seventh year when she nearly died?" The men nodded. "It was Snape's fault."
"WHAT?" Harry and Sirius shouted, Remus looked furious.
"He harassed her and touched her up. He tried it on with her in detentions, she had enough. He stopped after that, but he's probably just done something like that again now." Virginia explained hurriedly, "Please don't do anything." She added.
"How are we not meant to do anything?" Harry asked incredulously, "She's my best friend Virginia!"
"I know!" Virginia explained, "Mine too, but going to him will make it worse."
"Your lucky that I'm not visiting the school anytime soon." Sirius stated, cracking his knuckles.
"Remus, her class plans should be on the desk." Virginia told the werewolf, in a bid of changing the subject. Remus nodded and flooed to Hermione's quarters at the school.
"When Mummy home?" Heather asked sweetly.
"You'll see her tomorrow Heather, how about you watch some TV for a while." Harry suggested, Heather nodded excitedly.
"She's so sweet." Virginia said with a smile, setting the nearly three year old onto the carpet in front of the TV, "Like Paisley when she was her age."
"What was Paisley like?" Sirius asked, Virginia smiled and started telling stories of Paisley's childhood to the two men in a bid to calm them down completely.
After classes that day, Kaci was worried when she noticed her Mum wasn't there. She noticed that Remus or Snape weren't there either.
She tried to pay attention to her new friends conversations, but couldn't. Though she glared when Snape enter the Hall, Remus came in shortly after.
"Severus." Remus called, Snape stopped half-way to the Head Table and turned around. Kaci watched intently as Remus walked calmly up to Snape, she was about to go ask Remus where her Mum was when the werewolf's fist collided heavily with Snape's right cheek. The whole school were shocked at the display.
"Remus!" McGonnagal screeched, Remus glared acidly at Snape, who was clutching his right cheek and looking in shock at the normally calm man.
"Your lucky that neither Sirius, Ron or Harry aren't here Snape," Remus spat out the name like poison, "Or you'd be much worse off than that you pervert." Remus spun to leave the Hall.
"What's the know-it-all told you Lupin? I'm right, she's wrong." Snape stated, glaring at Remus, who spun angrily.
"Did you get satisfaction out of the fact that she nearly killed herself because of you? You really are sick Snape, leave her, Kaci, Paisley and every other Weasley alone or you'll have to deal with more than just me next time." Remus spat, he stormed out of the Hall. McGonnagal came down from the Head Table.
"My office Severus." She ordered, leaving the room with Snape in tow. The minute they left, the Hall went into immediate chatter.
"What was that about?" Jared asked, Kaci shrugged and glanced to Paisley, who avoided her eyes.
"What do you know P?" Chenyce asked.
"I think it was because of my fight earlier." Paisley lied.
"Who was Remus talking about though? Who nearly killed themselves?" Doyle asked, they all pondered on what had happened throughout the rest of dinner.