Chappie Thirteen
A handsome twenty-six year old Enlil stood behind the counter at the Weasley Wizard Wheezies explaining to a customer about a new product called the 'Fart Stopper 3000.'
He had heard Fred and George complaining about not having enough workers. George seemed to think they had enough and didn't want to hire more, but Fred seemed to think the opposite. So Enlil offered him self to work for free. The two had tried to argue and pay him but he refused saying he didn't need money. This was his fourth day on the job.
"That's right miss," He grinned holding a box filled with small red lollies. "You will never have to bear the smell of your husband's gas problems again. Just one Fart Stopper a week is enough to destroy the smelly gas from where it comes from."
"And how much is it?" The young blonde woman said, smiling seductively at him.
"Well because it is a new product," Enlil said, trying not to punch the woman's lights out. She was married and she was trying to flirt with him! "It's cheap."
"How cheap?" She said, flashing a group of white sparkles.
"Only 2 Galleon for a box of fifty-six," Enlil said, not as cheap as you. "It will last a full year. Money back guarantee."
"I'll take fifty!" the woman said cheerfully. Enlil nodded as she pulled out her purse then the gold. Minutes later the woman left the store with boxes of the new product. The twins walked out applauding Enlil who sighed.
"I thought she'd never leave," Fred said. "She's been here for an hour and fifteen minutes."
"Couldn't you tell Fred," George laughed. "She was trying to pick up Enlil. She was giving him the eye the whole time. She doesn't have a chance though."
"You're stiffer then Snape," Fred sniggered. Enlil grinned.
"No he isn't," George said, "He at least gave her some face. Snape would have cursed her out of the store."
"Then we'd face a law-suit," Fred said. "And we'd fired Snape as well."
"Dad work here?" Enlil smirked. "Why don't you just ask him to wear a rabbit suit and sing to that new muggle group the Spice Girls?"
"Eww," Fred laughed. The pair had the single 'Wannabe' playing in the background. They seemed to enjoy the poppy music. "Can you imagine that? He'd probably force-feed us poison for even mentioning rabbits!"
"Yes, probably," Enlil said. "But it'll do the world a favour, no?"
"Hey!" George said in mock warning, "We're your bosses, so we can fire you!"
"Oh that'll be terrible!" Enlil said in mock shock.
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A week finally rolled by since the day Serenity had seen them last. The trio sat in the Living room with Dennis watch Sister Act. Ron sat beside Dennis with a bowl of popcorn on his stomach. Every now and then Dennis would lean over and grab a handful. Hermione sat beside Harry with a bowl of popcorn between them too.
"Who is this woman?" Ron asked, staring at a black woman dressed in a nun's dress.
"Whoopi Goldberg," Hermione said.
"She is ugly," Ron said. Dennis laughed softly agreeing with the elder Gryffindor. Harry and Hermione however rolled their eyes and sighed. "When is McGonagoll coming?"
"I don't know," Hermione said. "Serenity never said when she'd be here."
"Why? Where are you going?" Dennis asked, his eyes suddenly watering.
"We have to go and get out apparation licence," Ron said quickly, "But we'll be back before you know it."
"And I'm not going any way," Hermione added. "I've got it already."
"Don't worry Dennis," Harry said. "Colin and Hermione are here, and no one but people we said can enter the house can come."
"Okay," Dennis said softly.
"Why don't you go and talk to Colin," Harry suggested. "He hasn't been out of his room all day."
"Okay," Dennis said, getting up as someone knocked on the door. Hermione opened it to find Minerva standing there.
"Good afternoon, professor," Hermione smiled.
"Good afternoon, Hermione," She returned walking inside. "Are you two ready. We will leave with a port key."
She pulled out a door handle, and held it up for Ron and Harry to grab. The two held onto it and felt the familiar grabbed from their bellies.
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In the middle of the Forbidden Forest Grawp sat on the ground eating at a dead cow as his new friend, the raven haired vampire who he had christened 'Wega' sat on his shoulder chewing on a piece of meat from the cow.
"The cow is nice ain't it, Grawpy," Wega smirked.
"Moooo!" Grawp screeched. The vampire rubbed his ear in annoyance.
"You need to stop screamin'," the vampire sighed. "I need to be able to hear, you know?"
"Shut mouth, Wega," Grawp growled. The vampire rolled his eyes, but fell silent.
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Dennis walked up the stair case in the Hollow. Heaving one leg up and then the other. How he hated stairs. Once he finally reached the top he walked straight down and knocked on the room he and his brother were sharing.
"Yeah," Colin's muffled voice came. Dennis opened the door and entered. His older brother was lying on the bed, on his stomach.
"You okay Col?" Dennis asked walked up to his brother. He sat on the bed and lifted one leg up onto the bed. The other swung back and forth as Dennis rubbed his brother's back.
"I'm fine Den," Colin muttered. Dennis gently turned his brother around so he could see his face. Dennis swallowed as realisation settled inside him, his brother had been crying. He wasn't sure how long but it appeared to have been a while as his eyes were red and puffy from weeping. "Sorry, I didn't want you to see me like this."
"It doesn't matter Col," Dennis said, as his brother wrapped his arms around him. "Ms Dumbledore said it okay to cry."
Colin said nothing but squeezed his younger brother gently.
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"Hey ma," Enlil said walking into his and Charlie's room. Charlie looked up from the newspaper he was reading and smiled fondly at the thirty-one year old standing in front of him. "What are you reading?"
"The Daily Prophet," Charlie answered.
"What's new?" Enlil asked. "Whose Voldie killed now?"
"You spend far too much time with Serenity," Charlie smirked, and Enlil grinned as Charlie read through the paper, "Aubrey Bertram was found killed in his home, Ollivander found alive and well, trapped under a pile of wands in his shop; unknown if he was taken and return or had been there since last year. Halle Zabini kills two death eaters after the pair tried to convert her son to you-know-who's side."
"Blaise?" Enlil said, taking the newspaper, he began to read the excerpt.
'Late last evening, Ms Halle Katma Zabini, a vampire who is in the Vampiri League with Serenity Eden, called in aurors to report the murder of two death-eaters. The two death-eaters (Identity not said.) were found with their necks snapped and their blood drain. When Ms Zabini was asked what happened she answered, 'They tried to make a death eater of my son, they asked for it.'
Her son, Blaise, 17 appeared to be amused by the situation. 'I warned them to leave before she rocked up. It's their own fault they're dead.'
The aurors who arrived at the scene agreed with both Zabini's.'
"You'd hope they would," Enlil muttered to himself. "Good thing Blaise is okay."
"You like him?" Charlie said.
"Yeah," Enlil said simply, "He, Draco, Harry and Hermione are friends. And Ronnikins is my favourite uncle."
"Ron?' Charlie repeated. Enlil nodded.
"Yeap, Ron," Enlil smirked, "Uncle Percy and Bill are cool too, but Ron's the best. The twins are irritating and Ginny is my favourite Aunty."
"He'll be happy to hear that," Charlie grinned. Enlil grinned back his eyes shining. "What do you say we go to Serenity's and see Severus?"
"Sure," Enlil smiled. "When do we go?"
"Now," Charlie said, pulling Enlil up.
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"What are you two doing here?" Severus asked getting of the bed, when Charlie and Enlil walked into his room.
"Fixing your bathroom," Enlil said, sarcastically, "What do you think?"
"Don't you take that tone with me, young man?" Severus snapped.
"I'm gonna be older then you in a few days, pop," Enlil smirked, hugging Severus. The hooked-nose man didn't push his son away but hugged him back. Charlie smiled softly at Severus, who suddenly smiled back at him. Charlie grinned stupidly and happily at the same time. Once Severus and Enlil broke their hug, Enlil pushed his father towards his mother. "I'm gonna make some hot chocolate, you two want?"
"Sure," Charlie said.
"Dad?"
"Do I look like Lupin," Severus said, referring to the werewolf's chocolate obsession. "I'll have some tea though."
"Okay," Enlil said, "Milk or sugar?"
"One sugar," Severus said.
"Okay," Enlil said, he added cheekily "You two behave."
"ENLIL!" Severus snapped throwing a white bear with big red eyes at Enlil; he caught the bear and read the tag around its neck.
"She named her bear after Voldemort?" Enlil said, his parents flinched as he tossed the bear to Severus. Enlil left the room without another word. Severus turned and stared at Charlie, who swallowed.
"So how, how have you been?" Charlie asked, nervously.
"Alright," Severus said sitting on the sofa; he inclined his head to the sofa motioning to Charlie to sit beside him. The other wizard sat beside him and stared at the bear he was holding.
"Give me that," Charlie said taking the bear of Severus. He threw it onto the bed and turned to face Severus. Severus glared at him. "What?"
"I was holding that," Severus snapped.
"It was You-know-who!" Charlie snapped back. Severus stood up and picked a black bear with red eyes.
"No this is You-know-who, that was Voldie," Severus said picking up the red bear he favoured the most and sat back down beside Charlie.
"Who's that?"
"Ziggy," Severus said. Charlie looked up and gasped.
"Please don't tell me she named all those bears," Charlie said staring at the pile of bears.
"Of course she did," Severus said. "The three brown ones are Eddy, Nero and Bob. Barbie, Nina, Ayda, Katma, Sarah and Minarinia are the bears dressed in tutus. Puzzle is the one that looks like a puzzle; America is the red, blue and white one with a star on his hair. Canada is the red and white one. The cream bear with the Union Jack is London, Brush is the hairy one, Merlin is the one with the wand, Bugs is the Grey one with big ears, Daffy is the black one with a yellow mouth, Aknee is the one that looks like it has skin problems, Missing has no eyes, Taylor, Benjamin, Gavin, Jack, Dave and Brian are the bears dress in muggle clothing. Troll and Ipind are the two big ones. Tiara has a tiara, Fishy looks like a fish, Algae looks like he is blue or green. MJ is the one with the sparkling gloves. Pencil is dress in a school uniform. Ayden is in army clothes, Angel is an angel, and Gum is the pink and purple bear. Salazar is the brown bear in silver and green clothes, Godric is in red and gold, Rowena is blue and brown, and Helga in yellow and black. Fuzz has no fur, Baldo is the one with a big stomach, Prince is the shiny silver one, and the bear formally named Prince is the other shiny silver one. Annie is the bear in the red dress, Blood Clot is the gothic looking one with the red shirt, Storm is the oldest looking and Shishigashira is the biggest of them all."
Severus said this very quickly. Charlie bit his lip, and then opened and closed his mouth a few times.
"Okay," Severus said, sounding very embarrassed, "I just made a complete fool of my self."
"More or less," Charlie smiled; he then did some thing that startled Severus straight to hell and back up again. He kissed him slowly, deeply and passionately. The two finally parted breathing heavily as Severus smiled at the red-haired. Charlie grinned back and kissed the Half-Blood Prince once more. "I love you."
"I-I-I love you, too," Severus gasped, shuddering deeply. Charlie gave Severus a concerned look. "Sorry, the last person who told me they loved me was my mother, and that was when I was fourteen. She died a few months later."
Charlie bit his lip once more. He pulled Severus into his arms and planted a kiss on the older man's forehead.
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"Hermione!" Ron said cheerfully as he and Harry walked into the house. "We got our licence!"
Hermione stood up from the couch and placed her book down, and ran to her friends, "That's great!"
"Thanks," Harry said, showing her the paper with his name and the instructor's signature. "It's like getting an award in school."
Hermione laughed.
"How are Colin and Dennis?" Harry asked, Ron looked up at the room.
"Fine I went and checked on the two a while ago," Hermione said, "They are asleep."
"Has Colin spoken to you?" Harry said. "Cause Dennis, I know has spoken to both me and Ron about what happened and how he feels. I think he'll be fine. But Colin won't speak about it to any one."
"I think maybe he spoke to Dennis," Hermione said, "but he just needs time to mourn. He knows he can talk to any of us."
"Hey," Ron suddenly said, after a minute of silence, "Are we gonna go to Hogwarts first day back?"
"I don't know, why?" Harry said.
"I want to see what Serenity and Livia will do," Ron said, "A lot of things are gonna change now."
"Hmm," Hermione thought, "Ron's right, I wouldn't mind being there to see Livia's first speech."
"So you guys wanna go?"
"Sure," Hermione said, "And we can accompany Colin and Dennis on the train."
"And we have to tell the Gryffindors about Blaise and Malfoy," Ron said. "I don't think Seamus or Dean would like to wake up next to Blaise and especially Malfoy."
"Blaise will be fine," Hermione said, "He knows when to shut up, but Malfoy is the problem."
"So we'll go then," Harry said, "Maybe the library has a few books on Horcruxes or something."
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Enlil held a plastic tray with three mugs filled with hot liquid in one hand, with perfect balance as he opened the door and entered. He smiled, seeing his parents cuddling beside each other on the sofa. The two men looked up at him.
"It took you long enough," Severus said, taking his tea from the tray. Charlie did the same as Enlil sat beside Charlie.
"I didn't want to interrupt anything," Enlil said sneakily. Severus glared at him as Charlie laughed softly. "Any way, so what do you two want to do?"
"Sit here and drink in peace," Severus said.
"So how did you two meet?" Enlil asked ignoring his father. Severus looked at Charlie with a worried look on his face. Charlie however smiled assuring him.
"I had him as a Potions Master," Charlie said. "Actually he was a jerk, your daddy didn't like Gryffindors, and so he picked on me and my friends."
"You and your friends deserved it," Severus said, softly, "You grew an attitude in your final years."
"You had an attitude to begin with," Charlie grinned. Enlil laughed and nodded his head in agreement.
"I don't have an attitude problem," Severus snapped.
"You're doing it now, dad," Enlil laughed. Severus said nothing but smirked slightly as his son and Charlie burst into laughter. "You two remember the last time the three of us were together?"
"It was when you were born," Charlie said, sadly. "I wish we could stay like this forever."
"But we can't," Severus sighed, Charlie shock miserably "In a few months this will all be over."
"I was thinking," Enlil said hugging Charlie, "Maybe we can move in together, somewhere. Or mum and I could just move in here. Tante will be leaving for Hogwarts soon."
"I could ask her," Severus said.
"I call the bed!" Enlil said quickly.
"Sorry son," Severus said, sharply "But the bed was already called by me and your mother."
"Stop calling me that," Charlie snapped.
"Fine," Enlil said, "But no dirty stuff."
Severus glared at Enlil as Charlie smirked, "At least not when you're awake."
Severus choked on his tea.
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"Colin, Dennis are you two ready?" Hermione called from the stair case. "Come on, we only have half an hour to get to the train station."
"I'm ready," Dennis said walking down with the trunk he and Colin shared. "Colin's in the bathroom."
"Okay," Hermione said, smiling at him. "So how are you?"
"I'm fine," Dennis smiled. "You?"
"I'm quite well too," Hermione said. "Harry? Ron?"
"We're comin'" Ron said, walking down the stairs.
"Hey how are we going to get Colin and Dennis to the station?" Harry asked. "I never thought about it."
"Oh no," Hermione said, "Neither did I!"
"Maybe we can call a vampire?" Ron said.
"No, Serenity and Livia are busy," Hermione said.
"There's Octavian," Ron pointed out in annoyance. "Or even Gabriella or Samuel."
"Yeah but how do we get in contact with them," Harry said.
"Well last time we thought of needing Serenity," Ron said, slowly, "She popped up."
"Ron that was just a coincidence," Hermione snapped, as some one knocked on the door.
"I wonder if this will be a coincidence," Harry smirked, opening the door. There was Gabriella and Samuel standing on the cement waiting for entrance. Gabriella was wearing a red silk kimono with a black dragon stitched onto it. Samuel however had a track suit of bright orange which was gigantic on him. His pants were falling however revealing his boxer shorts which were black with yellow faces. "Oh look Hermione its Gabriella and Samuel."
"Oh shut up," Hermione snapped. "Octavian didn't show up."
"Octavian wouldn't come here if his life depended on it," Samuel said, looking around for something. It must have been Dennis, because he said, "There's one yo, but I thought Ree said they'd be two of the kiddies. That ain't cool."
"Well, where is the other one," Gabriella said, her tiny eyes searching the area. "Which one are you?"
"Dennis," he answered.
"Yo man, Dennis ain't cool," Samuel said, in an African-American accent "but Lil' D is."
"Don't call him that," Harry said, shuddering, "Reminds me of my cousin. But he wasn't little."
"Okay Hairy," Samuel said, grinning at the Chosen One.
"He's name is Harry," Gabriella said.
"But Ree said-"
"Serenity said he had a hairy head," Gabriella said, smartly, "Maybe if you didn't have that stupid music playing."
"Leave my music alone," Samuel said. "It's better then your ching, ming, shing crap."
"That's Japanese," Gabriella said, "Any way; there aren't any words like ching, ming or shing."
"Whatever yo," Samuel said. "Come on, C-man!"
Colin, who was walking down the stairs, raised a brow at the vampire. "My name is Colin."
"Yeah it is," Samuel said, "But I'm calling you C-man, kiddie."
"Okay let's go," Gabriella sighed; she offered her hand to Dennis. He took it without any problems. But when Samuel offered his hand to Colin, his brother looked at it mistrustingly.
"Come on, C-man," Samuel said. "You gotta go to school don't ya?"
"Who are you?" Colin asked, suspiciously.
"I'm Samuel," Samuel sighed, in annoyance. "I know Serenity."
"Do you know Sanguini?" Colin asked.
"The ugly guy who don't speak," Samuel said, "Sure I know him."
"Okay," Colin said, slowly placing his hand in Samuel's hand.
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"Okay now that you two are here," Gabriella said, realising Dennis' hand. They arrived behind a bunch of trees next to the train station. "We will walk you two to the platform but then we have to go. But I want you both to wait for Harry, Ron and Hermione."
"Okay," Colin said, pulling his hand out of Samuel's grip. "Can you say hello to Sanguini?"
"Yeah, but if we see him," Samuel said, "Not like he'll say much back."
"Just because he isn't a blubber-mouth like you," Gabriella said, walking the boys to the train station. Samuel glared at her, only to have her smile back. He rolled his eyes.
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Draco followed Blaise, as the black boy walked onto the train. The blonde tried to ignore all the glares he was receiving from everyone around as he dragged his trunk into their carriage. Blaise lifted up his trunk above them and then help Draco with his own.
"Hey," Millicent Bulstrode said walking inside the carriage. Blaise turned around and grinned at her.
"Hey Millie," He smiled. "How were your holidays?"
"Good," she answered, "Yours?"
"Alright," Blaise said, "Minus the fact Draco pretty much moved into my home."
"I'm still here," Draco said, annoyed.
"I saw you were in the Prophet," Millicent said, ignoring Draco, "Are you okay?"
"Yeah, I'm fine," Blaise smirked. "It's the death eaters you should be worried about."
"Serves them right," Millicent said. Draco sat down and stared at the pair intently "Actually I was waiting for them to rock up at my house."
"Are you two, um, going out?" Draco asked, suddenly. The pair turned and shook their heads.
"No," Blaise answered, "just good friends."
"Draco!" A high pitched voice said from behind them. The three turned to see Pansy, Crabbe and Goyle standing by the door. "You're here?"
"Clearly," Draco said, sarcastically.
"We thought you-know-who killed you," Crabbe said.
"Obviously no, he didn't manage to," Draco said, he added in a very cheeky voice; "You see he isn't as powerful as people made him out to be."
"Draco!" Pansy said in surprise.
"What?" Draco sneered. Goyle glared at him with so much hatred, Draco had to swallow up he's fear before he continued, "Is there a problem Goyle?"
"Yes, you are the problem," he snarled. "You're sitting with the people you tell us are filth. A half-breed and a blood-traitor. Next you'll tell us Harry Potter is your fiancé."
"Not fiancée," Harry said pushing Goyle out of the way. He, Ron, Hermione, Ginny, the Creevey brothers, and majority of the DA walked in. "Me and Malfoy are friends. Some thing more then what he was with you."
"And what's that suppose to mean," Crabbe asked.
"It means Malfoy never was your friend, ass wipe," Dean said, sharply. "You lot were nothing but casual acquaintances."
"No one asked for your opinion, you filthy mud-blood," Pansy sneered. Dean grabbed Seamus by the robes and pulled him back.
"Don't you lot have a new insult you could insult muggle-borns with," A black haired girl asked, Harry recognized her as Mandy Brocklehurst. "I mean, mud-blood doesn't even sound that bad, it's like me calling Anthony here an idiot."
She pointed to a blonde haired boy, Anthony Goldstein. Both were in Ravenclaw robes. Pansy glared at the three Slytherins.
"You three will get what's coming to you eventually," Pansy hissed.
"Yeah, and I hope its chocolate ice-cream," Blaise said cheerfully. The group of mixed students all burst out laughing. Crabbe, Goyle and Pansy left the room huffily.
"Chocolate ice-cream?" Draco repeated.
"What was I meant to say?" Blaise said, in annoyance, "You-know-who killing us?"
"I suppose not," Draco muttered.
"I'm not even a muggle-born to begin with," Dean muttered to Seamus. Seamus nodded but still looked like he was about to kill some one.
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The train ride went without any interruptions from any more Slytherins. Draco sat quietly in a corner reading a book, Millicent was sitting with Hermione talking about muggles. Blaise walked around talking to everyone on the train. Harry watched as Draco peered over his book once or twice to check if any one was watching him, of course he caught no one as most were talking amongst one another.
"Harry," Ron said, Harry looked around and smiled at Ron. "Maybe we should tell Neville, Seamus and Dean?"
"Yeah good idea," Harry said. He looked around and spotted most of the Gryffindors were sitting with each other. He stood up and walked over. Ron followed and the pair sat with their house, "Hey guys."
"Hey Harry," Neville answered, the rest of the house waved in acknowledgement.
"What's up," Dean asked.
"I have some news for you lot," Harry said, noting who was there. Only one person missing. "Where's Parvati?"
"She's with Hermione," Dean said, pointing to where Parvati, Millicent, and Hermione were sitting.
"Hey, Parvati, Hermione," Harry called. "Get your butts over here. We're having a Gryffindor Get-Together."
"Sorry," Blaise said in mock anger. "Sorry I'm in Slytherin and not in Gryffindor."
"Yeah Potter," Draco said. "Terribly sorry."
"Its okay," Harry laughed. "We can forgive you. Actually you know what, I'll make it a Hogwarts Hang out, and I may as well tell everyone. Guys come over here and listen properly."
Everyone on the carriage moved nearer to them. Ginny moved over so she was right beside Harry.
"So what's going on Harry?" Seamus asked, in his rich Irish accent. Parvati and Hermione sat within the group.
"Okay, I don't know if anyone's told you," Harry said, "But Blaise and Draco are moving into our dormitories."
"What?" Dean asked. "I mean, I don't mind Blaise that much, but can we trust Malfoy?"
"Yeah, it's his fault the death-eaters came into Hogwarts as it is," Jimmy Peakes said. Draco sneered angrily at him, as Blaise tried to suppress a grin.
"No," Harry said, "It wasn't, it was Voldemort's fault, and his alone."
The group tried hard not to flinch or get scared at the mention of the name.
"Look, I know you don't trust him," Harry said, he smiled softly at Draco. "But he needs to make a fresh start. And I know I can count on you guys to treat him fairly. And as for Blaise, well just don't insult his mum, and it'll be cool."
"Wait, what about Millicent?" Parvati asked. The larger Slytherin girl faced her. "Will she be staying with us as well? I wouldn't mind it."
"I don't know," Harry said. "I'll ask Ms Dumbledore."
"Where will they stay though," Neville asked, "There aren't any spare beds, are there?"
"Yeah, there will be," Ron said. "Harry, Hermione and I won't be going to Hogwarts on a permanent basis. We only come once a week."
"Why?" Romilda Vane asked.
"Because we are busy," Ron said, glaring at her. He hadn't forgotten the chocolate cauldrons from the previous school year. "We can't tell you anymore then that."
"Well," Hermione said. "I think that is it, isn't it Harry?"
"No, actually I have more," Harry said. "I need you guys to find as much as you can about all four founders. See if you can find anything that belonged to them, and that may still exist."
"Why?" Seamus asked.
"Because it will help me a lot," Harry said.
"You are the chosen one, aren't you?" Dean asked. Harry breathed in deeply, but nodded.
"Yeah I am," Harry said. "But you can't tell anyone. Voldemort doesn't know if I actually truly am."
"But, he is still trying to kill you isn't he?" Neville asked.
"Yeah," Harry said.
"He must be hopeless then," Blaise laughed. "I mean if he couldn't kill you when you were one. What chance does he stand now?"
"You have no idea," Harry muttered, "Any way, I don't mean spend your entire time trying to find out about them, but whenever the urge strikes you."
"Like when your bored shitless," Blaise said. "Or when you're meant to be in History of Magic."
"Yeah, what he said," Harry said, smirking while the group laughed. He bit his lip as he remembered some thing. "I also think that maybe a DA meeting once a week would be good. I can ask Ms Dumbledore about that too."
"I'm sure she'll agree about it," Hermione said.
"What's the DA?" Blaise asked.
"Its short for Dumbledore's Army," Parvati said, proudly.
"We made it when Umbridge was around," Colin said.
"So we could practice jinxes and hexes," Ernie added.
"Why the hell wasn't I informed?" Blaise said. "I would have joined for sure."
"You're a Slytherin," Harry said. "We didn't trust you then. But the Sorting Hat will be happy to hear there is some house unity going on."
"Stupid houses," Blaise muttered. "It would have been easier if the houses didn't exist."
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Next Chapter: Hogwarts! New students, Serenity chats with the Slytherins. Livia explains to the trio about vampires and they see Dumbledore!
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