Chapter 24
They Know
Meanwhile Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Cleo sat in the Gryffindor Common Room. Ron and Harry had been playing chess for an hour while Hermione and Cleo worked on their homework.
"What are you and your sisters planning on doing for the decorations?" Hermione asked.
"We aren't sure yet. I've got a couple cool ideas that I'm going to share with them tomorrow. But we get to get out of class right?" Cleo laughed.
"It's going to be hard work." Hermione warned.
"I know." Cleo said.
"Why were you four given this job anyway?" Harry asked.
Cleo was silent for a while trying to think of a good answer. "Well...uh...I don't really know..."
"I think I do." Hermione whispered. She looked around the common room. They were the only ones there. Everyone else had already gone up to bed. "We know, Cleo."
Cleo masked her shock with a look of confusion. "You know what?" she asked.
"About your powers. We figured it out earlier." Harry added.
"I still don't know what you are talking about." Cleo stated, trying to get them to further explain what they thought they knew. It would be disastrous if they had some idea that was nowhere near true and she actually told them the truth.
Hermione gave another look around before leaning close to Cleo. Harry and Ron did the same. "You and your sisters have different powers. Elemental powers. Just like what Professor Binns said earlier this year." Hermione whispered.
Cleo looked guilty and a little scared. "You can't tell anyone." She started.
"We won't." Ron said
"Does the fact that you have suddenly taken up this decorating project have anything to do with these new powers?" Harry asked.
"Yeah." Cleo looked around again. "My sister and I've been taking lessons from two elemental masters. Before now it was only once a week but now they want us to have lessons everyday. We really have no clue why." She paused and yawned. "I think I'm gonna go up to bed. I'll see you all tomorrow." With that she left them and went up to her dormitory. Hermione soon left for the Head Girls quarters and Ron and Harry also went up to bed.
The next few weeks flew by. Cleo, Curania, A'lira, and Mêlée had lessons with Jason and Rosalind every morning while Harry, Ron, and Hermione continued with their classes. Somehow Ron managed to keep the girls' powers a secret. Soon it was the week before Christmas and most of the students were making their way out of Hogwarts to go home. It was time for the girls to put up the decorations. They gathered in the Great Hall and began to work separately on their own decorations.
They had decided to use their powers as a basis for their decorations. Hagrid had brought in the twelve trees and the girls set to work. Cleo brought out some candles and decorated the trees with them. Curania gently dusted everything with a soft glitter. A'lira charmed the trees so that they remain green and beautiful until the end of the Christmas season. She also made them flame retardant so that the candles Cleo was working on would not catch the tree on fire. Mêlée was working on a gentle dusting of snow that would lie on the trees.
They were still working when it was time fore lunch and the few left over students filed into the Great Hall. Curania took a quick break to talk to her new boyfriend who had persuaded his parents to let him stay the Holidays.
"Curania!" Mêlée called. "We need to get back to work!"
"I'll be there in a minute." Curania answered. The lack in Mêlée's concentration was enough to send her gentle dusting into a violent blizzard. Before long the entire Great Hall was covered in snow to the point that you couldn't see the tables anymore and everyone was freezing. The snow also put out all the candles that Cleo had just spent the last four hours lighting.
"You idiot!" Cleo yelled at Mêlée. "Look what you've done!"
"How do you figure that it is my fault?" Mêlée shouted back.
"Hello! Snow! Need I say more?" Cleo yelled.
"How dare you? Don't get all upset about your stupid little candles. Just relight them." Mêlée shouted.
"At least I can control my power!" Cleo roared. By now they were in each other's faces and looking as if they were ready to kill each other. A'lira and Curania made their way to where their sisters were yelling at each other.
"Hey, Mêlée." A'lira said as she and Curania moved so that they were between Mêlée and Cleo. "Let's not get out of control."
"Get out of my face, A'lira." Mêlée warned.
"Now, Mêlée you need to calm down."
"I'm not going to have a stupid little Hufflepuff tell me what to do!" Mêlée shouted.
Now A'lira was pissed. "It's just like a Slytherin. Turning on their own." She spat. Mêlée drew back her fist and punched A'lira across the left side of her face, throwing her to the snow covered floor, which was half-way melted due to heating charms performed by the Professors.
"You don't know anything." Mêlée yelled and left the Great Hall. Curania managed to get Cleo to calm down and they helped A'lira to the Hospital wing. Luckily she only had a bruised jaw and busted lip. Unfortunately, Madam Pomfrey would not use magic to heal her because it was the result of a fight.
"Should we go try and find Mêlée?" Curania asked.
"No, she headed down to the Slytherin Common Room. We can't go there?" Cleo answered, regretting the things she had said. "I will apologize tomorrow."
They Know
Meanwhile Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Cleo sat in the Gryffindor Common Room. Ron and Harry had been playing chess for an hour while Hermione and Cleo worked on their homework.
"What are you and your sisters planning on doing for the decorations?" Hermione asked.
"We aren't sure yet. I've got a couple cool ideas that I'm going to share with them tomorrow. But we get to get out of class right?" Cleo laughed.
"It's going to be hard work." Hermione warned.
"I know." Cleo said.
"Why were you four given this job anyway?" Harry asked.
Cleo was silent for a while trying to think of a good answer. "Well...uh...I don't really know..."
"I think I do." Hermione whispered. She looked around the common room. They were the only ones there. Everyone else had already gone up to bed. "We know, Cleo."
Cleo masked her shock with a look of confusion. "You know what?" she asked.
"About your powers. We figured it out earlier." Harry added.
"I still don't know what you are talking about." Cleo stated, trying to get them to further explain what they thought they knew. It would be disastrous if they had some idea that was nowhere near true and she actually told them the truth.
Hermione gave another look around before leaning close to Cleo. Harry and Ron did the same. "You and your sisters have different powers. Elemental powers. Just like what Professor Binns said earlier this year." Hermione whispered.
Cleo looked guilty and a little scared. "You can't tell anyone." She started.
"We won't." Ron said
"Does the fact that you have suddenly taken up this decorating project have anything to do with these new powers?" Harry asked.
"Yeah." Cleo looked around again. "My sister and I've been taking lessons from two elemental masters. Before now it was only once a week but now they want us to have lessons everyday. We really have no clue why." She paused and yawned. "I think I'm gonna go up to bed. I'll see you all tomorrow." With that she left them and went up to her dormitory. Hermione soon left for the Head Girls quarters and Ron and Harry also went up to bed.
The next few weeks flew by. Cleo, Curania, A'lira, and Mêlée had lessons with Jason and Rosalind every morning while Harry, Ron, and Hermione continued with their classes. Somehow Ron managed to keep the girls' powers a secret. Soon it was the week before Christmas and most of the students were making their way out of Hogwarts to go home. It was time for the girls to put up the decorations. They gathered in the Great Hall and began to work separately on their own decorations.
They had decided to use their powers as a basis for their decorations. Hagrid had brought in the twelve trees and the girls set to work. Cleo brought out some candles and decorated the trees with them. Curania gently dusted everything with a soft glitter. A'lira charmed the trees so that they remain green and beautiful until the end of the Christmas season. She also made them flame retardant so that the candles Cleo was working on would not catch the tree on fire. Mêlée was working on a gentle dusting of snow that would lie on the trees.
They were still working when it was time fore lunch and the few left over students filed into the Great Hall. Curania took a quick break to talk to her new boyfriend who had persuaded his parents to let him stay the Holidays.
"Curania!" Mêlée called. "We need to get back to work!"
"I'll be there in a minute." Curania answered. The lack in Mêlée's concentration was enough to send her gentle dusting into a violent blizzard. Before long the entire Great Hall was covered in snow to the point that you couldn't see the tables anymore and everyone was freezing. The snow also put out all the candles that Cleo had just spent the last four hours lighting.
"You idiot!" Cleo yelled at Mêlée. "Look what you've done!"
"How do you figure that it is my fault?" Mêlée shouted back.
"Hello! Snow! Need I say more?" Cleo yelled.
"How dare you? Don't get all upset about your stupid little candles. Just relight them." Mêlée shouted.
"At least I can control my power!" Cleo roared. By now they were in each other's faces and looking as if they were ready to kill each other. A'lira and Curania made their way to where their sisters were yelling at each other.
"Hey, Mêlée." A'lira said as she and Curania moved so that they were between Mêlée and Cleo. "Let's not get out of control."
"Get out of my face, A'lira." Mêlée warned.
"Now, Mêlée you need to calm down."
"I'm not going to have a stupid little Hufflepuff tell me what to do!" Mêlée shouted.
Now A'lira was pissed. "It's just like a Slytherin. Turning on their own." She spat. Mêlée drew back her fist and punched A'lira across the left side of her face, throwing her to the snow covered floor, which was half-way melted due to heating charms performed by the Professors.
"You don't know anything." Mêlée yelled and left the Great Hall. Curania managed to get Cleo to calm down and they helped A'lira to the Hospital wing. Luckily she only had a bruised jaw and busted lip. Unfortunately, Madam Pomfrey would not use magic to heal her because it was the result of a fight.
"Should we go try and find Mêlée?" Curania asked.
"No, she headed down to the Slytherin Common Room. We can't go there?" Cleo answered, regretting the things she had said. "I will apologize tomorrow."