Chapter Six: Discussing Alex and introducing Mione's new best (girl)friend.
During breakfast Hermione was the centre of attention as word has spread quickly that she was the new DADA teacher's cousin. A huge crowd had formed around her and people asked her to tell them about Alex.
"Well, she just graduated first of her year from Hellmouth Auror Academy in Sunnydale California, before that she went to Culturefusion School for Mystical magic which is located in the Grand Canyon," Hermione started her explanation.
"Culturefusion?" Ginny asked confused, "Does that have a special meaning?"
"Actually yes. The school was founded by three Indian shamans and two English wizards who had arrived with the Mayflower in order to organise the start of a wizarding community there. When they found out about the shamans they thought it would be good the children learn the best out of the two ways of magic and so the two cultures fusioned providing both Indian and English children with the best education they could get."
"So they have five houses instead of fore?" Dennis Creevey asked eagerly.
Hermione nodded: "The houses are Bearpaw, Snakemind, Hawkspirit, Wellington and Sheridan. Alex and her fiancé were in Hawkspirit which is somewhat like a mix between Ravenclaw and Gryffindor if we go by our stereotypes."
"And Snakemind would be Slytherin?" someone asked.
"No, not at all. Snakemind was one of the Indian founders. Indians have far too much respect for life and nature to be in a house which is always seen in relation to the Dark Arts. The equivalent would probably be Wellington. History says he did discriminate muggleborns and that's why he got sent to America although he didn't want to, it was either that or loosing his high position in the Ministry. Sheridan on the other hand was a great adventurer who wanted to discover the new world, so he signed in on his own free will. The Ministry gladly accepted as he was the perfect counterpart to Wellington, he would take care that both pure blooded wizards and the children of muggles where treated with the same respect. But, much like here there are some exceptions and not all Wellingtons are evil, in fact, one of Alex' best friends was a member of Wellington, his name is Ling and he is the son of the Chinese representative at the WWO, the World Wizarding Organisation which is located in new York like the muggle UNO."
"O.K., O.K., enough now of history, lets move to more interesting matters," Lavender said.
"Exactly!" Parvati chimed in, "Is it true that your cousin is getting married to Snape's nephew?"
Hermione laughed, this was typical for Parvati and Lavender, they were as boy crazy as ever (even though Lav was with Ron)
"Yes it is!"
"And?" Parvati asked," is he as ugly as Snape?"
Mione shook her head smiling: "Not at all, he is really good looking. He has dark black hair which he washes regularly, deep blue eyes and.. Most important, white teeth. He's also a rally nice guy who'll always help you and cheer you up!"
"Hmmm, sounds great... Do you know if he has a brother our age?" Ginny asked dreamily.
"Hey!" Harry exclaimed.
Ginny smiled at him: "I was only kidding Harry!"
"Well, he doesn't have a brother, but he has a sister who is our age. Her name is Jeanne. I think you'd like her Ron, she a terrific chess player! Although.. She has a pet spider.."
Ron made a disgusted face while everyone laughed partly remembering his frightened _expression when faced with spiders, partly thinking of how he treated his boggart back in third year.
Soon it was time to walk to care of Magical Creatures, this year again with the Slytherins.
Hermione groaned mentally thinking about what beast Hagrid would confront them with this year.
She was walking down the path towards class when she heard someone call out her name, turning around she saw her best friend, Pansy Parkinson running towards her.
(A/N: "You weren't expecting that, were you?").
Hermione stopped and waited for her to catch up thinking about how their odd friendship had developed. It had all started before their sixth year, with an affair which had hanged Pansy's life forever. It had been all over the newspapers.
Ministry member sent to Azkaban for nearly beating his wife to death
Last Friday Mathew Parkinson, a high ranked member of the Ministry of Magic was sent into Azkaban for nearly beating his wife to death. Apparently Parkison was a Death Eater and had long since been passing information to the dark Lord. Reliable sources say his wife, a faithful member of the light side found out and didn't want to put up with it. She his cover to the Ministry handing in some evidence and later asked for the divorce when she was at home again. Outraged and wanting to get revenge he cast the stunning spell on her and started beating her up, leaving her then behind to bleed to death, as they were in her private chambers and the house elves didn't go in there if she didn't ask them to, he disapparated and was later found hiding in Knockturn Alley. It was pure luck that her daughter, Pansy Parkinson returned a day earlier from her visit to a friend and found her mother soon enough so that her life could be saved. Hermione clearly remembered that article, she had been shocked! When Pansy had completely changed in their sixth year it didn't surprise her much, such events could change everybody. The blond girl was now friendly to everybody, especially muggleborns. While the Slytherins started avoiding her and the others were weary of the change, thinking it might be some trick at the beginning (not everybody read the Daily Prophet) Hermione accepted the change and was friendly to Pansy, soon becoming her friend and confident. From the second half of sixth year everybody had accepted the change and Pansy had been incorporated in the group which was Harry, Ron, Ginny, Lavender, Parvati and Luna, becoming Hermione's best (girl)friend.
As soon as Pansy had reached Hermione's side the two linked arms.
"Hey Mione! Sorry that I didn't come to see you at breakfast, but everything around you as so crowded." she greeted her friend smiling.
"No problem Pans! Say, how's living in Hogsmeade and not having to catch the Hogwarts Express?"
"Great! An additional day in which to sleep in!"
After her father had been jailed Pansy and her mother had decided to break all tides connecting them to their former life and move from their old house into a new one. After much searching which forced Pansy to stay in school during winter and Easter break (at least she had Harry, Ron and Hermione with her) her mother found a nice house in Hogsmeade shortly before the summer vacation. Hermione had spent some of her time before flying to America over at their place, helping them get settled
"By the way," Pansy said, "Mom wants us to come over during our next Hogsmeade visit. She's grown quite fond of you on your visit this summer!"
"Of course we will go! Your mother is a great person, I'd like to see her again, too."
Chatting amiably the two girls continued their way till they reached Hagrid's hut. The friendly half giant was already waiting, a huge box from which strange, scratching noises emerged, standing beside him.
A/N: O.K., that was a purely informative chapter, no action. In the next chapter we'll have care of magical creatures and solve the box mystery. What do you think about the whole Pansy thing, did you expect that?
Pansy: "It is about time that people saw I'm not the bitch they think I am"
Mione: "Honestly, you people shouldn't have so much prejudices!"
Me: "Well, in this fic you are a perfectly nice person Pansy."
Pansy: "Thank you very much! And also thank you Mione for being such a good friend"
Mione: "Awwwww" *hugs Pansy*
Me: "O.K., now I'll answer the reviews"
Pansy: "And then write the new chapter of Albus Angels!"
Mione: "Yeah, remember you got an Avada Kedavra threat!"
Me *shudders* : "Yeah.. I'm lucky I already started the new chapter, But I pretty much suffer of lack of inspiration now. At least I already wrote how Ginny kicked that guys ass for groping her."
Pansy: "Hehehe, I can't wait till that chapter is on the net!"
Mione: "Gooooo Ginny!"
Me: "Rather go Voldi, as in go away, that guy is my (self invited) guest in the other fic. He doesn't seem to want to leave. Oh well *sighs* at least he's afraid of me *grins evilly* and, in that fic, only a ghost *overly evil grin*
Answers to your reviews:
Dracosgurl_chrissy: Found anything interesting on my favourites list? I hope you did (I especially like Sympathy for the Slytherin although it hasn't been updated for qiute a while now). I hope you enjoyed this (rather informative) chapter. The next one will have more action. What are those creatures in the box...????? You'll find out soon (I hope!)
Rebecca89: Well, I already reviewed your fanfic a few times now (you're updating much faster than I am with my inspiration problems.). It's really good stuff, just keep it coming (I put you on my author's alert list so I always know when you put a new chapter in the net!).
Cat-chan: Visiting me wouldn't help you much (wetterlich gesehen (wetterlich, meine alte Deutschlehrerin hätte mich gekillt, zum Glück hab ich das Abi schon hinter mir)) It's been gray and rainy for weeks. You are right, it's somehow funny (and ironic) that Mione will be related to Snape in a way once Zack and Alex are married (I think you'll really like Zack he's one nice guy). Zu den Reviews.. Du kannst sie in der Sprache schreiben nach der dir gerade ist (ausser so was wie Chinesisch oder Russisch oder so, dann versteh ich nämlich kein Wort). So, an dieser Antwort macht sich mal wieder mein Klammertick bemerkbar (ich schreib manchmal sogar drei oder mehr in einer.). Jedenfalls, review weiter, ich freue mich immer darauf.
Rainy autumn greetings from Barcelona,
Winterbreath ^_^
During breakfast Hermione was the centre of attention as word has spread quickly that she was the new DADA teacher's cousin. A huge crowd had formed around her and people asked her to tell them about Alex.
"Well, she just graduated first of her year from Hellmouth Auror Academy in Sunnydale California, before that she went to Culturefusion School for Mystical magic which is located in the Grand Canyon," Hermione started her explanation.
"Culturefusion?" Ginny asked confused, "Does that have a special meaning?"
"Actually yes. The school was founded by three Indian shamans and two English wizards who had arrived with the Mayflower in order to organise the start of a wizarding community there. When they found out about the shamans they thought it would be good the children learn the best out of the two ways of magic and so the two cultures fusioned providing both Indian and English children with the best education they could get."
"So they have five houses instead of fore?" Dennis Creevey asked eagerly.
Hermione nodded: "The houses are Bearpaw, Snakemind, Hawkspirit, Wellington and Sheridan. Alex and her fiancé were in Hawkspirit which is somewhat like a mix between Ravenclaw and Gryffindor if we go by our stereotypes."
"And Snakemind would be Slytherin?" someone asked.
"No, not at all. Snakemind was one of the Indian founders. Indians have far too much respect for life and nature to be in a house which is always seen in relation to the Dark Arts. The equivalent would probably be Wellington. History says he did discriminate muggleborns and that's why he got sent to America although he didn't want to, it was either that or loosing his high position in the Ministry. Sheridan on the other hand was a great adventurer who wanted to discover the new world, so he signed in on his own free will. The Ministry gladly accepted as he was the perfect counterpart to Wellington, he would take care that both pure blooded wizards and the children of muggles where treated with the same respect. But, much like here there are some exceptions and not all Wellingtons are evil, in fact, one of Alex' best friends was a member of Wellington, his name is Ling and he is the son of the Chinese representative at the WWO, the World Wizarding Organisation which is located in new York like the muggle UNO."
"O.K., O.K., enough now of history, lets move to more interesting matters," Lavender said.
"Exactly!" Parvati chimed in, "Is it true that your cousin is getting married to Snape's nephew?"
Hermione laughed, this was typical for Parvati and Lavender, they were as boy crazy as ever (even though Lav was with Ron)
"Yes it is!"
"And?" Parvati asked," is he as ugly as Snape?"
Mione shook her head smiling: "Not at all, he is really good looking. He has dark black hair which he washes regularly, deep blue eyes and.. Most important, white teeth. He's also a rally nice guy who'll always help you and cheer you up!"
"Hmmm, sounds great... Do you know if he has a brother our age?" Ginny asked dreamily.
"Hey!" Harry exclaimed.
Ginny smiled at him: "I was only kidding Harry!"
"Well, he doesn't have a brother, but he has a sister who is our age. Her name is Jeanne. I think you'd like her Ron, she a terrific chess player! Although.. She has a pet spider.."
Ron made a disgusted face while everyone laughed partly remembering his frightened _expression when faced with spiders, partly thinking of how he treated his boggart back in third year.
Soon it was time to walk to care of Magical Creatures, this year again with the Slytherins.
Hermione groaned mentally thinking about what beast Hagrid would confront them with this year.
She was walking down the path towards class when she heard someone call out her name, turning around she saw her best friend, Pansy Parkinson running towards her.
(A/N: "You weren't expecting that, were you?").
Hermione stopped and waited for her to catch up thinking about how their odd friendship had developed. It had all started before their sixth year, with an affair which had hanged Pansy's life forever. It had been all over the newspapers.
Ministry member sent to Azkaban for nearly beating his wife to death
Last Friday Mathew Parkinson, a high ranked member of the Ministry of Magic was sent into Azkaban for nearly beating his wife to death. Apparently Parkison was a Death Eater and had long since been passing information to the dark Lord. Reliable sources say his wife, a faithful member of the light side found out and didn't want to put up with it. She his cover to the Ministry handing in some evidence and later asked for the divorce when she was at home again. Outraged and wanting to get revenge he cast the stunning spell on her and started beating her up, leaving her then behind to bleed to death, as they were in her private chambers and the house elves didn't go in there if she didn't ask them to, he disapparated and was later found hiding in Knockturn Alley. It was pure luck that her daughter, Pansy Parkinson returned a day earlier from her visit to a friend and found her mother soon enough so that her life could be saved. Hermione clearly remembered that article, she had been shocked! When Pansy had completely changed in their sixth year it didn't surprise her much, such events could change everybody. The blond girl was now friendly to everybody, especially muggleborns. While the Slytherins started avoiding her and the others were weary of the change, thinking it might be some trick at the beginning (not everybody read the Daily Prophet) Hermione accepted the change and was friendly to Pansy, soon becoming her friend and confident. From the second half of sixth year everybody had accepted the change and Pansy had been incorporated in the group which was Harry, Ron, Ginny, Lavender, Parvati and Luna, becoming Hermione's best (girl)friend.
As soon as Pansy had reached Hermione's side the two linked arms.
"Hey Mione! Sorry that I didn't come to see you at breakfast, but everything around you as so crowded." she greeted her friend smiling.
"No problem Pans! Say, how's living in Hogsmeade and not having to catch the Hogwarts Express?"
"Great! An additional day in which to sleep in!"
After her father had been jailed Pansy and her mother had decided to break all tides connecting them to their former life and move from their old house into a new one. After much searching which forced Pansy to stay in school during winter and Easter break (at least she had Harry, Ron and Hermione with her) her mother found a nice house in Hogsmeade shortly before the summer vacation. Hermione had spent some of her time before flying to America over at their place, helping them get settled
"By the way," Pansy said, "Mom wants us to come over during our next Hogsmeade visit. She's grown quite fond of you on your visit this summer!"
"Of course we will go! Your mother is a great person, I'd like to see her again, too."
Chatting amiably the two girls continued their way till they reached Hagrid's hut. The friendly half giant was already waiting, a huge box from which strange, scratching noises emerged, standing beside him.
A/N: O.K., that was a purely informative chapter, no action. In the next chapter we'll have care of magical creatures and solve the box mystery. What do you think about the whole Pansy thing, did you expect that?
Pansy: "It is about time that people saw I'm not the bitch they think I am"
Mione: "Honestly, you people shouldn't have so much prejudices!"
Me: "Well, in this fic you are a perfectly nice person Pansy."
Pansy: "Thank you very much! And also thank you Mione for being such a good friend"
Mione: "Awwwww" *hugs Pansy*
Me: "O.K., now I'll answer the reviews"
Pansy: "And then write the new chapter of Albus Angels!"
Mione: "Yeah, remember you got an Avada Kedavra threat!"
Me *shudders* : "Yeah.. I'm lucky I already started the new chapter, But I pretty much suffer of lack of inspiration now. At least I already wrote how Ginny kicked that guys ass for groping her."
Pansy: "Hehehe, I can't wait till that chapter is on the net!"
Mione: "Gooooo Ginny!"
Me: "Rather go Voldi, as in go away, that guy is my (self invited) guest in the other fic. He doesn't seem to want to leave. Oh well *sighs* at least he's afraid of me *grins evilly* and, in that fic, only a ghost *overly evil grin*
Answers to your reviews:
Dracosgurl_chrissy: Found anything interesting on my favourites list? I hope you did (I especially like Sympathy for the Slytherin although it hasn't been updated for qiute a while now). I hope you enjoyed this (rather informative) chapter. The next one will have more action. What are those creatures in the box...????? You'll find out soon (I hope!)
Rebecca89: Well, I already reviewed your fanfic a few times now (you're updating much faster than I am with my inspiration problems.). It's really good stuff, just keep it coming (I put you on my author's alert list so I always know when you put a new chapter in the net!).
Cat-chan: Visiting me wouldn't help you much (wetterlich gesehen (wetterlich, meine alte Deutschlehrerin hätte mich gekillt, zum Glück hab ich das Abi schon hinter mir)) It's been gray and rainy for weeks. You are right, it's somehow funny (and ironic) that Mione will be related to Snape in a way once Zack and Alex are married (I think you'll really like Zack he's one nice guy). Zu den Reviews.. Du kannst sie in der Sprache schreiben nach der dir gerade ist (ausser so was wie Chinesisch oder Russisch oder so, dann versteh ich nämlich kein Wort). So, an dieser Antwort macht sich mal wieder mein Klammertick bemerkbar (ich schreib manchmal sogar drei oder mehr in einer.). Jedenfalls, review weiter, ich freue mich immer darauf.
Rainy autumn greetings from Barcelona,
Winterbreath ^_^