Hey everyone,
I am happy to say that I am truly excited about this one, mostly because it is not a challenge; it is a bit of a preview to one of the stories I hope to bring to my list of monthly updates. It is one of three stories that I have come up with over the course of the last few years and other than other plots, I feel these have potential.
One of them is a HP story that actually has McGonagall and Flitwick bashing instead of Snape and Dumbles and has quite a few of important OC's in it, another is a time-travel story that takes Harry from the DH era to the Halloween '81 era, the next happens as the DA gets betrayed and the last one – is a HP-Pokémon crossover.
I will give a few hinters to the other previews. First is that the time-travel story has been inspired by a story written by Fairywm and will have others come to Harry in due time, the next will have Fudge, Dumbles and Riddle working together and the other one will have a sassy Harry that cares more for his journey than his magic.
Hope you enjoy,

Venquine1990

Preview #01
The Intervention

24th of February 1994
Hogwarts' Great Hall
Harry's POV

Earlier this day did I ask my Head of House, Minerva McGonagall, if I could have one of my Christmas presents – a Firebolt given to me by someone unknown – back, yet she had snapped at me, which isn't surprising as I have been more or less stalking her and told me about a spell she and another teacher were testing it on.
Yet the more I think about what she told me about this so-called Hurling hex, the more I feel like thinking back on the inactivity she and the other teachers engaged in when it came to the Chamber of Secrets last year or even the way she took way too many points from me and my friends for being out after curfew the year before that.
Yes, I will admit, I have reasons for not trusting the woman one bit and her behavior and actions for it are the most prominent reasons, yet I can't really entrust my friends with my distrust. One because my best friend is a Gryffindor at heart and the other because she believes teachers to be saints, thus both of them would be offended.

Yet while I silently wonder over these simple things that, in the grand scheme of things that have been happening over the last year, will probably be considered truly unimportant and will just be waved to the side by either most of the teachers and probably even three quarter of the students, does it seem that others plan to disagree.
And this gets proven to me by Professor Dumbledore, the headmaster, looking up from his discussion with Professor Lupin to suddenly look at where I remember his own office to be and the Defense Professor picks up on it as well as several of the students sitting near the Head Table as he turns his head himself before asking:
"Is something wrong, Albus?" And the elder man answers: "There seem to be eight very powerful individuals that have just been fully accepted by the magic of Hogwarts herself just by stepping out of my fireplace. Which is intriguing in itself as I know only a small group of people who actually know the password to my floo."

And while I am sitting a little further down the Gryffindor Table, can I still hear what the man has to say and this makes the many students next to me who are closer to Dumbledore as well as my friend Ron and me turn our own heads to where we either saw Dumbledore look at or – in my case – where we know the office is.
And from it, do indeed eight people step out, walking into the Great Hall in pairs of one male and one female and all of them wearing very formal looking robes that are made of such fine, exquisite quality that it's quite obvious that they have a job that makes them travel worldwide, but also allows them to do so in true style.

The first couple is a woman with long brown hair that reaches just above her cleavage line and which curls to the sides over her forehead and a man who has hair that is just a few shades darker and which looks like a right mess at the front of his head and curl over his ears, yet it is slicked back and smooth at the back of his head.
The second couple is two people who, just by looking at them, are obviously either in love, married or both and that is mostly by how close they walk to each other, yet it is also quite humorous as they look like total opposites of each other. The woman is almost ethereally beautiful with long honey blonde hair and strong blue eyes.
She has a very slender figure and wears a gorgeously simple blue dress that clings to her entire form and which ends just an inch above her knees. Yet her husband/partner has salt and pepper colored hair that looks like a neat mess – like a library that has its books stacked out of order – and who has a pair of very playful green eyes.

The third pair is consistent of a man who is almost as slender as I am now that I have a few years of Quidditch training under my belt, yet with the way that he dresses, he would not stand out in a public or local library, while at the same time he actually has turquoise colored eyes that look hard, yet have a hint of compassion in them.
His female partner, however, is a woman who is as tall as Professor McGonagall, yet also as plumb as Mrs. Molly Weasley and who has long straight hair that is a very dark red color and who has a sense of strict warmth practically radiating off of her, which only reminds me all the more of the two aforementioned women.

The final group, however, confuses me as it seems as if the woman who walks at the end of the line seems completely out of this world as she has hair that is spiked and just barely touches her shoulders, yet it is dyed to be a mix of silver, gold, bronze and black, while her eyes are so brightly blue, they almost look white.
The man, however, looks like your average Joe as he has simple brown hair that is combed to the back, wears a simple suit with a cloak draped over his shoulders and who has a pair of square-shaped glasses with a single diamond in the upper right corner covering his simple green colored eyes with a few stripes of blue in the iris.

Yet it seems that while I wonder what the connection between these eight could be, do some of the teachers actually seem to recognize the group as their sense of importance seems to reach the Headmaster, who stands up with his hands on the table and his half-moon glasses covered eyes looking a little wider.
"Lady Gracelore, Lord Everhart, Lord and Lady Grenden, Lord Gilden, Lord Rensfield, Lady Edgerdolt, Lady – ehm – Dolly. What brings all of you – the highest members of the Board of Voters for the Top 20 Finest Global Schools – to our fine school in the middle of our school year and your period of testing and gazing?"
And while many eyes widen as they hear who these people are and while part of me can't help but wonder what the other schools on the list are, do I also wonder the same thing as the Professor just voiced as well as what position Hogwarts has currently and if it is so low the people feel the need to come over and intervene.

And to my shock do I get proven right at the last of my plausible theories as the man that looks like a librarian steps forward as he says: "Albus, we are really sorry, but, as you know, we get most of our info in regards to the testing and gazing from the sentient magic that is part of your school due to being on the list."
Dumbledore nods, while this alone makes soft muttering go through the hall, the other students speculating amongst each other, yet trying to keep their voices low enough to be able to continue listening and then the man sighs in a slightly desperate manner, which instantly draws everyone's attention as he says:
"Albus, you're a good man and your reputation definitely fits you, but – ever since the end of the war have things been happening which – I am sad to say – has made Hogwarts drop lower and lower on the list and – the message that Lady Hogwarts has send us just an hour ago makes us feel like we are on the edge of a knife.
We want to keep Hogwarts on the list – heck, Hogwarts' reputation was one of the reasons our ancestors actually made the list – yet the actions of several of your teachers – at first only one, but we started believing him just unworthy of remaining a noticeable factor – are more and more often pushing our hands."

This shocks the entire Hall and then Percy Weasley stands up and asks: "Surely Hogwarts isn't that low on the list, is it?" To which the woman with the ethereal beauty responds: "Depends. When was the last time you have felt the ambient magic of Hogwarts wash over you?" To which the boy sits back down, looking devastated.
The woman nods, her eyes proving she understands why Percy is so hurt by this revelation, but then the man who I believe to be her husband speaks up and says: "It's not too late, Albus. If you're willing to give us full control and authority, we will have the right to properly you and the other teachers into retaining your former position."
The headmaster looks contemplative over this and then the woman with the chubby, tall body speaks up and says: "Albus, Hogwarts managed to keep the 9th position on the list all throughout the last war. You could have risen a spot through better Defense education, yet your incredible defence of the school and village kept you stable.
And now – it's time to reclaim that position. The problem, you need help." And those words seem to be what is needed to convince the ancient man sitting at the middle of the Head Table as he looks up from where he was staring at his plate in thought, his blue eyes filled with power and determination as he nods at the eight of them.

The whole group smiles back, proving they didn't believe that Dumbledore wouldn't accept their help in the long run and then something happens that is both unexpected and slightly predictable as the woman with the multi-colored hair asks: "Albus, can I see your pendant?" Confusing us all and shocking the Headmaster.
Yet the shock of the Headmaster isn't really what draws my attention or the way that some students now look at the extraordinary woman in clear confusion. No, my eye is drawn to my Head of House who suddenly looks the same way she did when she heard that Ginny had been taken to the Chamber of Secrets; absolutely horrified.

And that's it!
The first preview and the question is: what does McGonagall have to hide? Well, those of you who read my A Divine Hogwarts story last month will probably already know it, yet her disgusting actions won't be the only ones that will be addressed as I will change quite a few things I think wrong with Hogwarts.
Okay, next month will again have a preview and for this one I decided to – just in case – ask permission to use a certain storyline idea from the fanfiction writer named Fairywm. I wrote this writer what my story plans were and the person instantly responded with the confirmation that I could do as I wanted.
Thank you, Fairywm,

Venquine1990