WHAT THEY DIDN'T KNOW
Emily awoke in the hospital wing of Hogwarts and wondered why she was here and remembered the wind that blew into them and then nothing. She made a note to herself to ask Hermione or Dumbledore about it. As the latter was standing over her bed waiting for her to wake it shouldn't be too much of a difficulty. When Dumbledore noticed she was awake he said "Miss Potter I would like to congratulate you on your bravery in the battle of Hogsmeade and the subsequent torture and battle at the death eaters' lair. I also have a proposition for you and Mr Longbottom" Neville sat up at this and both of the two waited for the headmaster to continue. "How would you two like to become Hogwarts protectors?" he asked. Seeing the looks of confusion on the faces in front of him he continued "you would be bound to Hogwarts exactly as I am to do this however you must take your NEWTS first but there are perks as well you will be able to live in either the Gryffindor tower or in the protectors chambers if you so wish. With respect to taking and giving house points and detentions you will have the authority of a teacher but you will be expected to use these wisely. Hogwarts will provide you with a familiar which will allow you to communicate with her as you probably already know my familiar is Fawkes". "Yes headmaster we would love to" replied the two "when is the earliest time we could take our NEWTS?". "You would be able to take them any time you wish, tomorrow if you think you are ready". The two looked at each other and said tomorrow would be fine. Emily then asked what happened with the wind around them at the battle. Dumbledore smiled widely at this and explained to the two that they had formed and everlasting bond which meant that they loved each other very much and as long as they continued to love each other they would both be immortal. Both Emily and Neville were stunned at this and Dumbledore gave a chuckle and said "yes love is indeed powerful". "I believe this has probably been a rather large shock to you two and perhaps you would like to go to bed now?" "Yes please headmaster" with a twinkle in his eye Dumbledore said "now would you like to go to the Gryffindor dormitories or get settled into the protectors' chambers?". "Protectors chambers" they both said together. Dumbledore let out another chuckle and led them off to a portrait. They both groaned when they realised who was the portrait guarding the protectors chambers. "Halt you scurvy knave … oh Sir Dumbledore please forgive me" "quite forgiven sir Cadogan I would like to introduce you to our two protectors as of tomorrow". "Ah good sir and lady it is an honour to meet you" Emily and Neville were almost laughing at this as they had not long before been called scurvy knaves by the same person. Dumbledore then said "egdelwonk si rewop" and the portrait swung forwards to reveal a magnificent looking entrance room with a couple of sofas a magical fridge, which had whatever the person wanted inside it, and a television. "Here you will be able to stay when you are not asked to patrol unless you want to do it anyway. The television will play a set of channels muggles call Sky and if Hogwarts is under attack it will play a warning message rather loudly. Those doors over there are bedrooms and a bathroom along with a personal gym and spell practicing area and last but not least your own personal library and potions room. The library has copies of all the content of the school library along with the forbidden section which I trust you to use wisely. The potions room comes fully stocked with all ingredients and will automatically refill except for some of the more rare ones". The two 17 year olds were in shock at everything they now had access to but as they were tired they both went to bed after Dumbledore informed them their exams would be in the afternoon at 2PM.
They both woke up together at 7 AM and decided to take a bath together. They ran the bath which was much like the prefects on Harry/Emily had used in 4th year. After playing about and splashing each other they got out, dried and dressed. Emily in tight but comfortable jeans and a blue tank top and Neville in black jeans and a black t-shirt that said 'hands off the merchandise' which made Emily giggle and Neville said she was the only one it didn't apply to. They both went to the library and read up on the subjects they would be taking in NEWTS for Emily it was DADA, Potions, Transfiguration, Charms and COMC. For Neville it was Herbology, DADA, Charms, Transfiguration and COMC. At 1:45 they left to go to the headmaster's office to be tested. For the next 4 hours they did all the theory and practical tests required for each exam and by the end they were completely exhausted but they remained waiting for another hour and a half while the examiners graded them. Emily Lily Potter you have received straight O's in all of your exams and so have you Neville Augustus Longbottom. Both of the two's jaws dropped as they found out how well they had done and how jealous Hermione would be. "Now I believe it is time for Dinner" said Dumbledore and led the two down to the great hall. The two started to move off to the Gryffindor table but Dumbledore shook his head and said they would be sitting at the teachers table from now on. Hermione and Ron looked at the two as they walked past the Gryffindor table and gave them a wave which was returned. As Emily and Neville sat down Dumbledore announced to the students "students I have one more announcement in addition to last nights announcements. First of all Harry James Potter is no longer with us. He is now Emily Lily Potter who is right here" and he gestured to Emily and abruptly the entire population of Hogwarts was staring at her with most males thinking 'Damn she's hot'. "Emily Lily Potter and Neville Augustus Longbottom have agreed to become Hogwarts protectors" at this Hermione gave a gasp as she read about the protectors and realised how significant this position was. "Now for those of you who haven't a clue what I'm going on about protectors are magically bound to the castle the same as the headmaster and they are to be treated with the same respect as teachers as they have all privileges of being a teacher even though they do not necessarily teach a subject. Now you two do you have anything you wish to say to the school?". "Thank you headmaster. Now what the headmaster has told you is not necessarily true" said Emily. "With the headmasters permission we would like to form a duelling class which we hope will be more successful than the one of 5 years ago". Dumbledore gave them permission to do this. "Well then this class is not compulsory and it will be held on a Wednesday evening after dinner". The two received a round of applause and a few catcalls and they blushed. Professor Dumbledore said to the two "as soon as the bonding is complete tonight you will be entitled to carry a second wand which is normally only allowed to aurors". "This just keeps getting better and better" said Neville grinning.
(Dumbledore's office)
"Right you two, to become protectors you must grip this stone and do not let go until I tell you". He offered the large quartz block to the two and when they took it Dumbledore began to mutter in Latin but they were unable to catch what he was saying. All of a sudden a pleasant tickling feeling ran up the arm which was holding the stone and suffused into their entire being then all of a sudden it was over and Dumbledore said they could let go. When they did they noticed a beautiful white phoenix with a black tail and a blue phoenix with a turquoise plumage. The white phoenix flew to Emily and the blue one flew to Neville and Dumbledore said "these would be your familiars. You share another thing in common with me I was the first person to have a phoenix familiar when I was bonded and you are the first since. Also the bonding should have increased you magical strength to about double. To ascertain how much power you have I have a special version of the reader stone it tells only how much magical power someone has". He offered the stone to Neville who took it and then Dumbledore took a look at the parchment "310 well Mr Longbottom that means you are now the most powerful magical person alive" he then took a look at Emily's results and promptly fainted for 5 minutes. Emily let out a chuckle and when Dumbledore came round he said "I'm afraid I shall have to retract that statement Mr Longbottom it would appear Miss Potter has a magical power of 568 and is most definitely the most powerful magical person alive". "Always got to steal my thunder don't you?" teased Neville playfully. Emily just laughed. "With the amount of power you both have wandless magic shouldn't be too difficult but I believe you should stick with wands at the moment and keep this little fact a secret". "So Albus (he had asked them to call him this earlier) when can we go get our new wands?" asked Emily. "Right now if you wish". All three grabbed onto their phoenixes who flamed them to a little known wand crafter in the shadier end of Diagon Alley. "Hello sir these two protectors require a powerful second wand to be crafted for them" said Dumbledore. The man then started handing the two all different types of wood until Neville was chosen by a piece of cedar wood and Emily who had gone through all the wood and not found one to suit her had been chosen by ebony which is a rare semi precious stone which is magically powerful and almost indestructible. For the cores Neville selected blood of a leprechaun and ink from the Hogwarts great squid (both extremely powerful in magical terms. Emily however was slightly more difficult and finally chose a sample of the magic absorbing stone of Hogwarts, which was full of magic having been absorbing for hundreds of years, and a crushed dragons fang. "I can tell these wands will be extremely powerful but they are also relatively simple to make with magic" said the wand crafter. Half an hour later the man returned with the two wands expertly crafted and when the two touched them they felt the extreme power contained in these two objects. The wand crafter also handed them two wand holders each free of charge as this was a very expensive job. "The price comes to 1,235,000,000 galleons" at this Dumbledore look down and mumbled "I'm sorry you two I don't have that kind of money". Emily then said "that will be no problem please take the gold from vault 4 the Potters vault". Both Dumbledore and Neville looked at her incredulously and she said " what? Its not exactly like I'm poor and we need good wands". "Can you prove that you own the Potter vault I was not aware of any female Potters alive at this moment in time?" Emily casually placed her right hand on the counter and said "is that enough proof?" the man nodded and handed them the wands and they walked off.
(Back at Dumbledore's office)
"Oh headmaster I was wondering if I would be able to keep the sword of Gryffindor with me as it could prove useful". "I'm sorry Emily but it is property of the heir of Gryffindor and I am only keeping it here for them. Emily placed her left hand on the desk and revealed the two founders rings and Dumbledore started stuttering and he rushed over to hand Emily the sword. Emily hung the Sword in a scabbard on her back which she had already had made. "Well I assume you two will be tired after tonight's events and would like to get to bed so I bid you goodnight". The two headed back to their chambers and said the password to Sir Cadogan (egdelwonk si rewop) and settled down to sleep together. The next morning they were woken by a figure dressed in black sneering at them "well well well what do we have here then?"
A/n another chapter gone I hope you like I know its not very eventful but it's an essential chapter.