Jennifer, the Goddess of Water.
School has started. Again. Not frequent updates. Siggggh.
Anyway. Oh yeah. Disclaimer.Yadda yadda, I only own plot and stuff.
Ginny was in the common room, sitting on the floor, the day after her sleeping night. She was still rather tired, but she didn't care, she was going to work. So why weren't Ayesha and Chanel starting? She looked across at Hermione whose usually calm face looked confused. She was looking at Ayesha, who was looking around the room, and then, she saw when she caught Chanel's arm and pointed. Ginny surprised, followed her gaze and gasped.
There was a pool there, deep and seemingly never ending, that had never been there before. And it was bubbling. Slowly, yet calmly, the water fountained up, then in it a shape formed. A girl, looking the same age as Hermione, had formed.
She stepped out of the water, shaking her long black hair, and looking at them, out of slantish blue eyes. She was Chinese, realized Ginny, surprised. And another thing she noticed was that her hair was not in the least bit wet.
She had to be the Goddess of Water. Behind her, another woman appeared, another Chinese woman, but with waist length brown-black hair. She looked across, at Ayesha and Chanel who greeted her with the utmost joy. Meanwhile, the strange girl came across to them. Ginny managed to find her tongue.
"Hello," she said, praying that her speech was understood. "I am Virginia Weasley, the goddess of the sun."
To her surprise, the girl spoke prefect English, with just a trace of a Canadian accent. "Hello, I'm Jennifer Chan. I'm the Goddess of Water."
Hermione also introduced herself.
For a few minutes, they all looked at each other. Ginny saw much, more than she was credited for. So it was with this girl. At first, she appeared to be an average height Chinese girl, with oddly pale blue eyes. Her hair was shoulder length, and she was slim. But when you looked closer, you saw other things: the way her mouth quirked up, as accustomed to smiling, and how as she looked at them, her face went through changes, of expression. She smiled at them.
Just then, Chanel beckoned to them.
"All right everyone," said Chanel. "This is Jennifer, as she told you. She managed to get here, because we needed extra goddesses for the last war. Only One more will come, because we cannot find the others. Jennifer is approximately where you are in training, and she will work with you."
Indeed she did. They learnt to cover each other's back, and how to block and tackle things. One simple way was that Jennifer sent water at her opponents, and ropes of light bound them. They practiced on vicious objects that their trainers conjured. They created spectacular illusions. Jennifer had a neat ploy of putting a deep catching pool of water in the ground, then illusions were made, and the people fell quickly into the deep pools. It was fatiguing. But their trainers pushed them on and on. If this the last day of training in the term, what would happen in vacation?
Meanwhile, back at the dorms, Harry and Ron woke up. Ron had a question for Hermione, and Harry was coming just to see Ginny. They checked the Marauder's Map. They were in the common room. They headed there.
In the said common room, the girls soon flopped onto the ground.
"Sara," whined Jennifer, "can we take a break? Or could you practice?"
The trainers looked at each other, and simultaneously nodded. Then they stepped into the centre of the room.
What happened next left the younger goddesses in staring awe.
It was a display like none ever seen before. First was the physical fighting, with speed and accuracy, the three sent arrows whistling to targets out of nowhere, and then they had a sword fight. For a while, all that was seen was swords flashing, and blazes of gold, white, and blue. Then simultaneously, they started karate, judo and taekwando, with an accuracy that left them gasping. Then they switched again. Now it was magic. Amazing, spectacular, displays turned up. Blazes of light filled the room, sometimes so bright that it was all they could do not to blink. A surging mass of water tore around the room, roaring loudly, in a deep, hungry, vicious whirlpool. They had to grab Jennifer, and they sensed her swaying. It drained suddenly, and then a strange thing happened. Light, pale and beautiful in Hermione's eyes, formed a lethal vortex. As they grabbed Hermione, they barely felt the stings of double-edged knives, dragging at them, ready to rip at them. Then that too, vanished. In its place was an angry surge of sunlight, that suddenly formed a high twisting pillar, as high as two storeys tall. That came surging down at their feet, spreading around them, searching angrily. Then this too, faded. Spectacular illusions now formed. Long, twisting pale snakes came by, hissing viciously, and determinedly. Wolves came loping by, with hungry red lights in their eyes, and their mouths slavering. A strange, bright creature, with wings of bright gold swerved by them, with its beak snapping furiously. Then a tall and lovely griffin. Next, in one minute, they seemed plunged underwater, with a shark in front of them. Hermione screamed, and Ginny tensed, and the shark, with its dinner knife, razor sharp teeth swam away, even as a huge angry whirlpool seemed to suck them up.
Finally the older goddesses sat on the floor. Still shaking in shock and awe, Jennifer, Hermione and Ginny sat down too.
"Now, do you see the standard set for you?" asked Sara.
Speechless, they nodded.
"This is why we ask of so much work." Now, the common room shimmered, and it was the night sky, with the Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights) dancing in the sky, like so many dancers, whirling in the cold sky, over a just as cold sea.
"Uum," they heard. The trainers were up before you could say "Flash!" and were looking at the door. Then Chanel and Ayesha relaxed.
"Um," said Harry. "Could someone please fill me in?"
Hermione, Ginny, and Jennifer, and Chanel, Ayesha and Sara exchanged glances.
"It's a looong story." Said Hermione.
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The next day, Hermione and Ginny found it hard to go to classes as normal, knowing that they had smuggled a girl into Hogwarts. Partly excited, and partly worried, each found it hard to concentrate on classes at first, but soon settled down. However the trainers constantly worried.
How on earth shall we feed her? And Sara? We aren't miracle makers! And suppose someone sees her? Of course, she could live in the lake, but a merperson would give the alarm.
These thoughts ran through the three older women's minds.
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It was end of term. School was finishing for Christmas, and many were leaving school. To the foursome's annoyance Malfoy was not one of them. "Of course not," said Chanel. "Dumbledore wants him under his nose. Frankly, it's a great idea. "
Fleur and Bill were still in the village, and Remus and Tonks were often to be seen strolling in the recently fallen snow, arm in arm, smiling happily. Moody's ungraceful clunks were heard quite frequently.
To noone's surprise, Harry, Ginny, Hermione and Ron stayed at Hogwarts. Jennifer and Sara had settled down quite well, and they loved the house elves food. Hermione had had to give up S.P.E.W. to get the food, much to her annoyance. D.A.D.A. club went well, and Sirius loved it. The students were no longer afraid of him. In fact, some, especially the D.A.D.A. club found him quite a hero, surviving Azkaban and the dementors so well. And the fact remained that his good looks were back, so wherever he went, the girls smiled. He would often smile back, with the same jaunty winning smile that won girls hearts on day One of school, years back.
Jennifer often told them about things, like her life in the tropics and finding out that she was a goddess. "D'you know," said Jennifer, "I was actually a Muggle, with a wonderful imagination. Imagine my surprise to come here!" she said to the others laughter.
The training was now almost nightmarish now, though bits were fun. They had started shapechanging, with Hermione as a werewolf, Jennifer as a mermaid, and Ginny as the strange creature they had seen in Ayesha's illusion. It was called a sunstra. It was a creature of the sun, and was a wonderful bird, with long, extended wings of angular feathers. Its beak could tear, and its eyes had a light to them. NO one was doing to well, but they had never done it before. Hermione managed to elongate her nose and her hair to change to fur, and Ginny's eyes elongated and her skin seemed strangely textured. Jennifer was the farthest of them, managing to change half her legs into a glistening, glowing blue tail.
"You're trying too hard," said Ayesha. "Take a break."
So they went to bed, with prospects bright, gleaming and shining. Shape changing was starting to work, Jennifer hadn't been found yet, Voldemort hadn't attacked, and they had months till exams. Jennifer had a break. Sara was going to home school her. For Hermione and Ginny, love was going great, and Ron and Harry greeted them happily. Malfoy wasn't giving trouble, and so far, everything was perfect.
It wouldn't last.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ Stupid school has started. No frequent updates, so sigh. You'll have to live with it. Thanks bye.
School has started. Again. Not frequent updates. Siggggh.
Anyway. Oh yeah. Disclaimer.Yadda yadda, I only own plot and stuff.
Ginny was in the common room, sitting on the floor, the day after her sleeping night. She was still rather tired, but she didn't care, she was going to work. So why weren't Ayesha and Chanel starting? She looked across at Hermione whose usually calm face looked confused. She was looking at Ayesha, who was looking around the room, and then, she saw when she caught Chanel's arm and pointed. Ginny surprised, followed her gaze and gasped.
There was a pool there, deep and seemingly never ending, that had never been there before. And it was bubbling. Slowly, yet calmly, the water fountained up, then in it a shape formed. A girl, looking the same age as Hermione, had formed.
She stepped out of the water, shaking her long black hair, and looking at them, out of slantish blue eyes. She was Chinese, realized Ginny, surprised. And another thing she noticed was that her hair was not in the least bit wet.
She had to be the Goddess of Water. Behind her, another woman appeared, another Chinese woman, but with waist length brown-black hair. She looked across, at Ayesha and Chanel who greeted her with the utmost joy. Meanwhile, the strange girl came across to them. Ginny managed to find her tongue.
"Hello," she said, praying that her speech was understood. "I am Virginia Weasley, the goddess of the sun."
To her surprise, the girl spoke prefect English, with just a trace of a Canadian accent. "Hello, I'm Jennifer Chan. I'm the Goddess of Water."
Hermione also introduced herself.
For a few minutes, they all looked at each other. Ginny saw much, more than she was credited for. So it was with this girl. At first, she appeared to be an average height Chinese girl, with oddly pale blue eyes. Her hair was shoulder length, and she was slim. But when you looked closer, you saw other things: the way her mouth quirked up, as accustomed to smiling, and how as she looked at them, her face went through changes, of expression. She smiled at them.
Just then, Chanel beckoned to them.
"All right everyone," said Chanel. "This is Jennifer, as she told you. She managed to get here, because we needed extra goddesses for the last war. Only One more will come, because we cannot find the others. Jennifer is approximately where you are in training, and she will work with you."
Indeed she did. They learnt to cover each other's back, and how to block and tackle things. One simple way was that Jennifer sent water at her opponents, and ropes of light bound them. They practiced on vicious objects that their trainers conjured. They created spectacular illusions. Jennifer had a neat ploy of putting a deep catching pool of water in the ground, then illusions were made, and the people fell quickly into the deep pools. It was fatiguing. But their trainers pushed them on and on. If this the last day of training in the term, what would happen in vacation?
Meanwhile, back at the dorms, Harry and Ron woke up. Ron had a question for Hermione, and Harry was coming just to see Ginny. They checked the Marauder's Map. They were in the common room. They headed there.
In the said common room, the girls soon flopped onto the ground.
"Sara," whined Jennifer, "can we take a break? Or could you practice?"
The trainers looked at each other, and simultaneously nodded. Then they stepped into the centre of the room.
What happened next left the younger goddesses in staring awe.
It was a display like none ever seen before. First was the physical fighting, with speed and accuracy, the three sent arrows whistling to targets out of nowhere, and then they had a sword fight. For a while, all that was seen was swords flashing, and blazes of gold, white, and blue. Then simultaneously, they started karate, judo and taekwando, with an accuracy that left them gasping. Then they switched again. Now it was magic. Amazing, spectacular, displays turned up. Blazes of light filled the room, sometimes so bright that it was all they could do not to blink. A surging mass of water tore around the room, roaring loudly, in a deep, hungry, vicious whirlpool. They had to grab Jennifer, and they sensed her swaying. It drained suddenly, and then a strange thing happened. Light, pale and beautiful in Hermione's eyes, formed a lethal vortex. As they grabbed Hermione, they barely felt the stings of double-edged knives, dragging at them, ready to rip at them. Then that too, vanished. In its place was an angry surge of sunlight, that suddenly formed a high twisting pillar, as high as two storeys tall. That came surging down at their feet, spreading around them, searching angrily. Then this too, faded. Spectacular illusions now formed. Long, twisting pale snakes came by, hissing viciously, and determinedly. Wolves came loping by, with hungry red lights in their eyes, and their mouths slavering. A strange, bright creature, with wings of bright gold swerved by them, with its beak snapping furiously. Then a tall and lovely griffin. Next, in one minute, they seemed plunged underwater, with a shark in front of them. Hermione screamed, and Ginny tensed, and the shark, with its dinner knife, razor sharp teeth swam away, even as a huge angry whirlpool seemed to suck them up.
Finally the older goddesses sat on the floor. Still shaking in shock and awe, Jennifer, Hermione and Ginny sat down too.
"Now, do you see the standard set for you?" asked Sara.
Speechless, they nodded.
"This is why we ask of so much work." Now, the common room shimmered, and it was the night sky, with the Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights) dancing in the sky, like so many dancers, whirling in the cold sky, over a just as cold sea.
"Uum," they heard. The trainers were up before you could say "Flash!" and were looking at the door. Then Chanel and Ayesha relaxed.
"Um," said Harry. "Could someone please fill me in?"
Hermione, Ginny, and Jennifer, and Chanel, Ayesha and Sara exchanged glances.
"It's a looong story." Said Hermione.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
The next day, Hermione and Ginny found it hard to go to classes as normal, knowing that they had smuggled a girl into Hogwarts. Partly excited, and partly worried, each found it hard to concentrate on classes at first, but soon settled down. However the trainers constantly worried.
How on earth shall we feed her? And Sara? We aren't miracle makers! And suppose someone sees her? Of course, she could live in the lake, but a merperson would give the alarm.
These thoughts ran through the three older women's minds.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
It was end of term. School was finishing for Christmas, and many were leaving school. To the foursome's annoyance Malfoy was not one of them. "Of course not," said Chanel. "Dumbledore wants him under his nose. Frankly, it's a great idea. "
Fleur and Bill were still in the village, and Remus and Tonks were often to be seen strolling in the recently fallen snow, arm in arm, smiling happily. Moody's ungraceful clunks were heard quite frequently.
To noone's surprise, Harry, Ginny, Hermione and Ron stayed at Hogwarts. Jennifer and Sara had settled down quite well, and they loved the house elves food. Hermione had had to give up S.P.E.W. to get the food, much to her annoyance. D.A.D.A. club went well, and Sirius loved it. The students were no longer afraid of him. In fact, some, especially the D.A.D.A. club found him quite a hero, surviving Azkaban and the dementors so well. And the fact remained that his good looks were back, so wherever he went, the girls smiled. He would often smile back, with the same jaunty winning smile that won girls hearts on day One of school, years back.
Jennifer often told them about things, like her life in the tropics and finding out that she was a goddess. "D'you know," said Jennifer, "I was actually a Muggle, with a wonderful imagination. Imagine my surprise to come here!" she said to the others laughter.
The training was now almost nightmarish now, though bits were fun. They had started shapechanging, with Hermione as a werewolf, Jennifer as a mermaid, and Ginny as the strange creature they had seen in Ayesha's illusion. It was called a sunstra. It was a creature of the sun, and was a wonderful bird, with long, extended wings of angular feathers. Its beak could tear, and its eyes had a light to them. NO one was doing to well, but they had never done it before. Hermione managed to elongate her nose and her hair to change to fur, and Ginny's eyes elongated and her skin seemed strangely textured. Jennifer was the farthest of them, managing to change half her legs into a glistening, glowing blue tail.
"You're trying too hard," said Ayesha. "Take a break."
So they went to bed, with prospects bright, gleaming and shining. Shape changing was starting to work, Jennifer hadn't been found yet, Voldemort hadn't attacked, and they had months till exams. Jennifer had a break. Sara was going to home school her. For Hermione and Ginny, love was going great, and Ron and Harry greeted them happily. Malfoy wasn't giving trouble, and so far, everything was perfect.
It wouldn't last.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ Stupid school has started. No frequent updates, so sigh. You'll have to live with it. Thanks bye.