The Troublemaker Before The Tyrant
Authors Note: Umkay, well disclaimer is the same as last chappie, and I promise you this fic will get better in future chapters, and this might sound little kiddish, actually I don't know, with the whole diary thing. But even 7th years need to vent somehow. So yeah, It'll get better & longer. . . =P
Chatper 2 – The Warning
Minerva woke up the next morning to see that breakfast had started 20 minutes ago. "Damnit" she said, sitting up abruptly. "Ouch!" she shouted, hitting her head on the bedpost. Why did she have to be such a klutz. As she rubbed her throbbing head she realized her diary was missing. "bloody hell" she muttered fractically checking everywhere. NOTHING! NOWHERE!
"How could I have been so IGNORANT!" she said, slapping her hand to her head. She ran down the staris forgetting about putting on her school robes…Minerva tended to get forgetful when under massive amounts of stress. She bursted into the great hall in a long lacy cotton nightgown and began to search for Poppy.
"Whoa, what do we have here, Mudblood?' said Gregor Malfoy who blocked her path and eyed her attire up and down.
Minerva's cheeks turned about as red as Christophers hair. She looked down at herself, and relized she was certainly not dressed as a proper witch should be. But it didn't compare to the fact that somebody could know about her infatuation with Albus now. She responded to Gregor only with a roll of her eyes. "What, Mudblood? You can't think up a witty enough comment to say back?"
Minera shuddered, she hated when he called her that, just because her mother had been a muggle. "Sure I can, Malfoy. I just don't want to waste my words on the likes of you." Spat Minerva, in a tone similar to his. At that she turned on her heel to find Poppy.
"That girl has an attitute problem, I'm surprised she's not in Slytherin" Gregor said quietly in an irritated voice.
"She's a MUDBLOOD, that's why not." Replied Gregor's right hand man, and stupid counterpart, Giovanni Goyle.
"Yes. Stupid Mudbloods, the wizarding world would do so much better with out that impure lot." Gregor replied crudely "Come on Goyle, lets to back to eating." He too, turned on his heel and walked confidently back to the Slytherin Table.
Minerva had been long gone and eating with the rest of the Gryffindors by then, and was currently retelling the story about loosing her diary to Christopher. "Calm down, Minnie" said Christopher laughing "You're talking so fast!"
Taking a deep breath she continued "But….i can't find it. . .all my secrets . . . someone took it, I bet!" she managed to get out.
Unphased, Chris spoke up "You have a diary?"
Minerva just looked at him blankly and said "Yes, actually I do, is that so hard to believe?" She saw Chris eye her odd outfit with a questioning glance. "Don't ask. . ."
Poppy rejoined them at the table and spotted Minerva, and her eyes bulged "What are you wear. . ."
"Don't ask . . " Minerva cut her off.
Then Chris interupted "Yeah, we're in the middle of a crisis here. Someone stole Minnie's diary." He smirked, finding the situation funny, that sadist.
Poppy looked somewhat shocked "You have a diary? Since when?"
"Since um. . ." she was going to say since she began liking Abus two years ago, but she instead replied "Since the 7th year started."
Her best friend patted her back "Min, don't worry, you just talked about your day and what teachres you hate. . .its not like you wrote about a secret love intrest" explained Poppy.
Chris piped in "Yeah, we all know that you think all the guys in this school are scum. . . including me" Minerva remained silent until she accidetnly let out a nervous giggle.
"What?" replied a hetitant Poppy. "You like somebody DON'T YOU!" Poppy moved her arms arcoss her chest "Ugh! I'm your best friend, I can't believe I didn't know."
Chris remained silent, probably because the fact he didn't give a damn about girl's love lives unless they were dating him. "Nobody needed to know. . .its just a stupid crush. . ." said Minerva shuffling her feet under the table.
"You've just GOT to tell me, Min." begged Poppy.
"No, I can't" said Minerva micheiviously "Its my little secret. . .which now unfortunatley the whole school knows."
Chris finally spoke up "but we are your best friends!"
Minerva stayed silent and did not move, nor answer until Poppy interupted her nervous thoughts "I bet its that Phillip Diggory!" she said looking at Chris, "I bet she likes Diggory"
"Eliza Diggory's younger brother?" questioned Chris, as Poppy nodded in agreement. Minerva let out a snarl. Eliza . . . Albus's ex-girlfriend. . . .that arse.
"Minerva!" poppy said surprised "Did we gess right? Is that why you growled?"
After she snapped out of it, Minerva realized what Poppy had said, and she said a little to loutly "Ah! No! That kid is such a prat!"
"And you are such a liar" Poppy presisted with a 'I am right, and you are wrong' face "I see you looking at him during Charms class." Minerva bit her lip before she gave anything else away. She never looks at Diggory, she stares at Albus who sits one seat in front of him. "You're wrong, Poppy, but think what you'd like."
"Oh, I will" replied Poppy haughtily.
Suddently a loud clinking noise was heard and Professor Devooss stood up to call attention. "Quiet. Quiet Down!" Everybody quickly de-volumized konwing that it would probably be about this contest. "First of all" the headmaster began "I would like to remind you all, that this school has a dress code, and I expect you all to follow it." At that last comment, he looked directly at Minerva causing her to blush profusely. All of a sudden Albus starting to laugh hysterically. Astounded, the headmaster spoke up "Giid Greif Mr.Dumbledore, what in Merlin's name is so funny?"
"Hah! Hah! She's in her pajamas! Headmaster. . .can we have a pajama day?" he said still laughing. Come to think of it, it wasn't even that funny in the first place.
"No. Now sit" then the students barely heard DeVoss mutter "Wizards these days. . ."
"Get to the announcement already!!" shouted Gregor from the Slytherin table.
The Headmaster cleared his throat. "As I was saying, uh. . .obey the dresscode. Now about this trip to America. . ." several students let out whoops and cheers as DeVoss attempted to speak over them. "Only five 6th and/or 7th years will be chosen. This will be decided by means of a spelling bee." He paused "Those participating will be faced with an obsticle and they must say and preform the correct spell to over come it. The last 5 remaining shall go to Blair Wizardry Academy in America."
"How will we get there?" interupted Zacharias Carpenter, one of Albus's best friends.
"By boat of course." He said delightfully "The trip will last 2 months, the boat ride will take roughly about a week's worth of travel. If you are old enough to enter, and are interested you may consult our Defense Against the Dark Arts master, Professor Montague. He will write down your name which will be given to me." Some of the kids were cheering, while others moaned because they did not meet the age requirements. Breakfast was over soon and Poppy insited tat she needed to go to the librayr to find a boook.
"But. . ." minerva stuttered "My diary. . .and my robes!"
"I don't like Madam Lowry will care about the robes, come on maybe the culprit will be in the library" said Chris honestly. Reluctantly, Minerva agreed and followed the two down the corridors to the library.
_Slytherin Common_
Gregor was sitting my the roaring fire in the dimly lit Slytherin common with his cousin Delando Malfoy. The two were in the same year and constantly strugglying for dominance among the Slytherins. "You going to try your luck at the spelling bee, Del?" drawled Gregor.
"What for?" Delano replied nonchalantly, kicking up his feet to rest them on another chair.
Gregor's eyes flashed breifly "To get out of here, find some good looking American ladies. . . work the Malfoy magic."
Rolling his eyes, Delano answered his cousin "I take it you are?"
"Imagine all the fine gals. . ." Gregor said nodding "So do you want to?"
"I am not depersate like you are, plus I have Vanessa. " said Delano referring to his girlfriend.
"Desperate" drawled Gregor "Yeah right. You are just jealous of my good looks and that all the good looking Slytherin gals want me." This however was mostly a concieted remark by the infamous Gregor Malfoy. He and his cousin looked somewhat similar, only had few distinguishable differences. . .but somehow all of the girls always fell for Gregor.
". . .Except Vanessa" snarled Delano, who clenched his fist to refrain from punching his cousin in the face.
"Del'" said Gregor, in an 'I'm all that and more" tone "Vanessa doesn't count. She's ugly." Gregor laughed snidely as he slicked back his shiny blonde hair, admiring himself in a distant mirror.
Delano snarled, but somehow remained calm. "You always think you're better then me, don't you?" Just because you are a complete jackassDelano added to himself.
"I never said that. I just implied that." Replied Gregor smugly.
"Do I smell a bet coming on?" sneered Delano, now ticked off at his cousin more then he usually was.
Gregor nodded confidently "then what should it be this time?"
"A duel" said Delano menecingly "At Hogsmeade, somewhere remote."
"You prat!" spat Gregor "We did that laxt time, and nearly got banned from Hogsmeade. I call for a Forbidden Forest adventure. Whoever makes it out first with the blood from a centuar. . ." he stopped to laugh evilly at the shocked expression plastered on his cousin's face.
"Gregor! Have you gone bloody mad? Blood from a centuar?"
Gregor smirked "Not insane, just confident. Now what are the stakes?"
Now it was Delano's turn to smirk. . ."The looser has to do anythingthe winner asks, no matter how humilitating it may be. . .no exceptions."
"Very well then" drawled Gregor "Be prepared to be humiliated" The two boys shook on it and proceded out of the common in silence.
_Gryffindor Common_
"Godric is a sexy beast" Chris muttered restentfully. He hated saying the password. He certainly did not fancy Godric as a sexy beast. Minerva laughed.
In the library she was no cloesr to finding the cultrpit then she had been before. . .and she was still in a nightgown. When she entered she saw Elizabeth Scott and her younger 4th year sister Muareeen talking to Albus. She was blushing and playfully hitting his arm. When alsizabeth spotted her she rolled her eyes and turned back to Albus, who looke dperfect as usual. Minerva watched as Elizabeth flipped back her perfectly straight black hair back, captivating all ablus's attention. She felt fooling, still standing there in Pjajamas, no makeu p and her dark brown wavy hair hung loosely at her shoulders. She could never compete. . .and if she could, she'd never win.
"HELLOOOOO! Earth to Minerva!" Expclaimed Poppy as she wove her hand in front of her best friends eyes "Will you stip thinking about phillip and listen to us?"
"I was neverthinking about Phillip to begin with! For Merlins sake, Poppy!'
Poppy just chuckled and muttered "Denial" Chris thankfully changed the subject "Maybe you didn't loose your diary, double check, maybe its still up there."
Her heart jumped at the possiblity of finding her diary, and changing the subject so she quickly hugged Chris and sprinted up the stairs "Thanks I'll go check"
"And change into your robes before History of Magic, okay?" Poppy called after her ascending form. Minerva however was already halfway up the staris and she practically ran into the girls domritories. Once there she frantically checked the floor by her bed. . .nothing. Exhausted she sat down on the bed only to realize she wasn't sitting on bedsheets. Getting up she look at where she had sat down and squealed . . .her diary! She let outa sigh of relief, glad her secret wasn't out. (Although now her friends think she likes the Diggory boy)
She opened to the last page to write about this csare and in big horribly scripted letters was written: Stay away from him. . .i'm warning you.