Thanks to Rose for the wonderful idea that I happened to put into this chapter!!
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Chapter Six: Property Damage
The rest of the day went rather quickly. There was very little excitement, save for Professor Lee and the new "transfers".
Yeah. Like anyone actually believed they were transfers. They hung around with the old "transfers", they knew practically nothing about magic (save for that nerdy bookworm one…), and they were just… weird.
But there was just one question that needed to be answered: Why were they there? Why were any of them here? Wasn't it true that last year's threat had been dealt with? Did Potter really need the extra baby-sitting?
Apparently so.
"Kido, Mitsunari, Kuwabara, and Urameshi—"
"What d'you think they did this time?" Ron asked Harry, who smiled distractedly, apparently not paying a single ounce of attention to his friend.
"—there's a message for you," Hermione said, and handed Yusuke the slip of parchment.
At 8:00, I will be awaiting your presences in my office. Bring only your wands. –Albus Dumbledore
Yusuke muttered something about senile old geezers.
"Hiei?"
The fire demon bestowed a blank look on Kurama.
"It's 8:00."
"Hn."
"We've been summoned to see the headmaster."
No reply. Draco must have delivered the message safely, then.
"It would be helpful if you got out of the tree, Hiei."
"Hn."
At 8:05, Kurama and Hiei sauntered into Dumbledore's office, the last ones to arrive. The rest of the team looked at them curiously, noticing the polite smile in place on the red-head's face and the scowl on Hiei's. It did not go unnoticed, either, that Hiei had a leaf or two in his hair.
"Well, then, as we are all gathered," Dumbledore started, drawing attention to himself. The elderly man looked weary, considering the extremely faint purple smudges below his eyes, which were missing their trademark twinkle.
"Now: Seeing as how most, if not all, of the student body is aware of the situation that surrounds you, precautionary measures of secrecy are no longer needed. Therefore, your security job has been made somewhat easier. I would highly advise patrolling the corridors or something else of that nature. However, I leave the decisions up to you. As well, I would like to draw your attention to the fact that your schedules have been revised and the only classes that all eight of you have in common is your Defense Against the Dark Arts period. The change has been made possible so that the whole of the seventh year is watched over."
"Why only the seventh years?" Kaitou asked curiously. "Five years ago, didn't a first year come close to death? The possibility of a younger student being threatened and possibly killed has not been completely ruled out."
"So you heard about Miss Weasley's brush with Tom. You are quite correct, Mr. Kaitou, though I highly doubt Voldemort would utilize the same exact tactic twice. And as for the seventh years… They happen to be a rather… special, shall we say?... group."
"Do we have to do hall patrol?"
"Quit whining, Urameshi," Kuwabara said as they made their way back to the Gryffindor dorms withAsato and Yana in tow. "We're doing this because we're responsible guardian—protector—thingies."
"So?!"
"Plus, if Genkai finds out, she'll kick our—no, YOUR butt."
"So she won't find out!"
Kuwabara looked doubtful.
"She'll find out. Don'tcha think she asks Dumbledore about stuff?"
"Yeah, yeah. What's the worst she could do, anyway?"
Yusuke paused before giving a shudder.
"I see your point."
"PUU!"
"Squaaaark!"
Bang!
Hogwarts breakfast was disturbed as feathers and hair flew everywhere when Puu and an owl collided. No, make that Puu and an eagle collided.
"Hey! Urameshi! Your… er… uh… owl! Wha—"
"Shut up, Malfoy! Your MONSTER was aiming for the little guy!" Yusuke argued, swaggering over to pick up Puu by one of his long, floppy ears. Malfoy went over to his eagle and let it perch on his shoulder, all the while surveying for any wounds.
"It did not! That filthy little thing of yours could have killed—"
"Like hell!"
"I demand property damage!"
"Like hell!"
From all around, the various tables surveyed the fight with interest. Hmm, Malfoy would probably try to weasel his way out of this, using his father's Oh So Dangerous name (the way that snoot used it, he made it seem as though Lucius was the name of the Devil himself—or worse, You-Know-Who!). Urameshi, the watchers speculated, would probably resort to violence… and Merlin knew that just about everyone wanted to see that Malfoy got what he deserved.
The Gryffindors just hoped that their house member didn't get any points taken off of them…
"It's like a car accident, except... a lot weirder," Thia remarked to Kurama.
"I can see the analogy."
Wham! went Yusuke's fist into Malfoy's jaw. The Lackeys, Crabbe and Goyle, looked up from their food with eyes as wide as saucers, then went back down to the food, then back to Malfoy. It was as though they were asking, 'What's more important: My boss or my food?' Oh, the loyalty.
"Tell me who wins, okay?" Thia said, sighing as she unrolled her sheet of neglected Potions homework.
At the Gryffindor table, Hermione was unrolling a different type of paper. The Daily Prophet, to be exact. She buried her nose behind it, sighing her long-suffering into the pages of the newspaper.
Suddenly, she slammed it down onto the table, causing several precariously placed glasses to jump and fall off the table and onto the floor. Harry and Ron looked away from the fight to stare at their friend.
"Huh?"
Hermione gasped. "How can you say that?! 'Huh?' That's all you can say about this?"
The boys followed her pointed finger as it underlined the words 'Fudge?' 'to' and 'Goodbye'. Oh, 'Goodbye to Fudge?'
"Hold it—Fudge got booted?" Ron asked loudly.
"No… Worse. For him, that is."
Goodbye to Fudge?
At 5:30 this morning, at a press conference held in
the Ministry of Magic, Minister of Magic Cornelius Fudge was
explaining his newest plan of action against He-Who-Shall-
Not-Be-Named, when suddenly, a loud noise much like a
muggle "gun" being set off. Immediately following that,
Ministry officials went to investigate the source of the noise.
During the commotion, however, a mystery person found his
way to the Minister and allegedly attempted to cast the Killing
Curse on Mr. Fudge. Though it was largely unsuccessful,
Mr. Fudge was severely harmed, and currently resides in St.
Mungo's.
Mediwitches refused to comment on Mr. Fudge's exact
condition.
Speculations have been going on amongst the rest of
the wizarding community that Mr. Fudge may choose to retire
when, or even before, he recuperates. The events of the past
few years have no doubt taken their toll on our Minister, as
scandal and controversy have marred his reign. In fact, it may
be in the best interests of the Minister to give up his job as head
of the Ministry, and instead seek a peaceful country life.
Questions, too, have arisen of whether Mr. Fudge is
really capable of dealing with the recent threats to wizarding
society as a whole. It is rumoured that, rather than hiring
Ministry workers, Albus Dumbledore, headmaster of Hogwarts
School of Witchcraft and Widardry, recruited foreigners as
security for the school. This bold move made it blatantly clear
that Professor Dumbledore no longer trusts the authority
of the Ministry.And with He-Who-Shall-Remain-Nameless still
on the loose and out of Cornelius Fudge's control, who can
blame him?
Junior Assistant to the Minister Percy Weasley was
not available for comments in place of Mr. Fudge. (More—p. 3)
"They've turned on Fudge! I thought the Prophet was under his complete control, what with them always putting you down, Harry," Ron commented.
"I know. Weird. Maybe they'll start calling him crazy." Serves him right, too. Harry felt almost guilty when that thought crossed his mind.
Hermione sighed. "That isn't the point."
"Oh. Well, so, who'll get the job if Fudge decides to retire?" Ron asked curiously, pondering over the possible choices.
"I don't know," Hermione said truthfully.
"Hey, maybe your dad'll get it," Harry told his red-headed friend hopefully.
The red-head only snorted. "The day Dad gets Minister will be the day Malfoy stops being such a git."
The three of them turned around to the fight.
"URAMESHI!" Snape bellowed at the boy as he stormed over.
Professor McGonagall, they noted, had turned a blind eye on the situation and feigned innocence when Snape called her over.
"Oh, dear. Urameshi, will you kindly take your foot off of Malfoy's stomach?"
"My father will hear about this!" Malfoy screamed at the top of his lungs.
"I'm sure he will. Now, let's see… three points off a piece?"
"Fifteen," Snape bargained.
"Five and a detention for both."
The Potions Master paused, weighing the deal in his mind before pronouncing, "Done."
Malfoy looked from teacher to teacher in horror.
Yusuke saw the look on Draco's face and cackled evilly.
Author's Rants: I am SO sorry for the delay! I had a Spanish term paper, a Freshman Composition essay, a Bio test (68! YES! I didn't fail!!!), an MQ3 test (99!! ::has heart attack::), a LOT of class participation points to earn, and other stuff. So, yes, I'm sorry. I'd like to point out, however, that I update my profile fairly often. Usually, underneath my 'Bitching About School' section, I put up how far along the next chapter is. Usually. So, if you're feeling kind of antsy and feel like I should've put up the next chapter a LONG time ago, just check it out.
A question. How long has Snape been teaching for? Anyone know? More or less than eight years?
Umm… To the people who didn't understand the gag reel… maybe it's better if I didn't explain it to you… It's just… Please, don't make me explain!
To the people who asked about the Sorra-Hiei issue… Um, well, I kinda already told you my view on that. No, I'm not putting Sorra and Hiei together.
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