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AN: If you have not read the 6th Harry Potter do not read this fic! I repeat do not read this fic! If you do and you ruin the surprise do not flame me because I warned you. This fic pretty much takes place after the 6th book ends and it is what I would like to happen in the 7th book though I know most probably won't. Please review this is my first time writing a Harry Potter fanfiction and I could use any helpful hints you guys have.
Harry Potter and The Heir of Ravenclaw
Chapter Four: The Bookworm and the Ferret
The next morning the Gryfindor girls woke up to the sound of the boys yelling from their dormitory. Dahlia groaned as she woke up burying her head in her pillow trying to block out the sound, till someone took the pillow from her. Dahlia sat up and glared at Hermione who only shrugged and put the pillow down on Dahlia's bed.
"You might as well get up, we have thirty minutes before breakfast." said Hermione in a cheerful voice
"Are all of you Hogwarts students morning people?" asked Dahlia as she slowly got up from bed, turning around to make it.
"What do you two have first?" asked Hermione as she went behind a screen to dress
"We have Transfiguration with Professor White." said Ginny "What about you Hermione?"
"I have Potions with Harry's Aunt Professor Potter." Hermione replied as the girls headed down to the common room, all having changed into their uniforms
"Oh give it a break Ron, it's getting a little old!" yelled Harry over Ron's complaining
"What's going on?" asked Hermione over Ron's yelling
"This!" yelled Ron throwing a package at Hermione, who barely caught it. "Bloody git, what is he up to?"
"Oh my." said Hermione as she blushed slightly looking at the contents of the package
"Wow." said Dahlia as she looked over Hermione's shoulder "Is this Draco boy your boyfriend?"
"NO!" shouted Hermione and Ron at the same time
"All right then why is he giving you such an expensive dress?" asked Dahlia "Where I come from you only get gifts like that from family and boyfriends."
"He said that there was a ball coming up to celebrate the start of term, he added the usual insult by saying that I can't afford proper clothing and well...he asked me to go with him?" said Hermione blushing
"I think we should head to breakfast before heading to class." said Ginny stopping a fight before it even starts
They all walked to the Great Hall but Hermione was pulled into a hallway by Draco before she could walk in.
"Yes?" asked Hermione as she signaled the others to go on, causing Ron to curse indignantly
"My answer Granger." said Draco impatiently
"Yes, anything else Malfoy?" she asked impatiently
"Draco, anyway McGonagall said for me to tell you that she finally chose the Head Boy and Head Girl. Congratulations Hermione you made it. House-elves are taking our things to the Head's dormitories." said Draco saying the congrats with slight disgust as some Slytherin's walked by
"So I take it she put you as Head Boy then, Draco." said Hermione nodding to some passing Hufflepuff first-years
"Are you daft? Would I be bloody telling you this if I wasn't? Honestly Hermione for someone with a reputation of being the smartest at Hogwarts you have no common sense." said Draco as he walked to the Great Hall
"Draco Malfoy!" Hermione yelled drawing her wand
"Relax 'Mione it was a joke, I'll see you tonight then out here at seven." said Draco before he went into the Great Hall leaving Hermione to huff and follow after him
When they reached their respected tables they glared at each other before talking to their friends. Hermione was busy telling the group about her being chosen as Head Girl and her encounter with Draco in the hall. Meanwhile, Draco was gloating about being Head Boy and telling them all the mean "Mudblood" remarks he had made to Hermione. When breakfast was over they all made their way to their classes.
"Good Morning class, My name is Sarah Potter but you will refer to me as Professor Potter. For your first assignment you will be making Amortentia, can anyone tell me what this potion is?" asked Sarah as she started class
"Amortentia is the most powerful love potion in the world." replied Hermione
"Very good Miss Granger, ten points for Gryfindor. Since this is a powerful love potion I have made a note as to how much will be made, before you are allowed to leave the classroom I will check and see if all of it is there. Any person who takes some will have points taken away from his or her house and will have detention with Hagrid for a week. I hear he is going into the Forbidden Forest this week." said Sarah as she looked pointedly at the Slytherins
'Well it doesn't matter if Harry Potter messes up his potion or steals some because he has a free ride with his aunt being teacher and all." sneered Madilne White
"If Harry should fail in making his potion I would give him a failing grade just like I would give the rest of you and should he take any potion I will deduct points from Gryfindor and give him detention. Just because he's my nephew does not mean he gets a free ride. Does that satisfy you Miss White?" asked Sarah as she glared at the Slytherin girl who looked full of herself "Now, I suggest that all of you get to work before the whole class gets failing grades."
The class immediately started working on their potions and chatted idly, already liking that their new Potions Professor allowed them to talk, with just a warning not to mess up. Around halfway through class though there was a knock on the door causing everyone to look up from what they were doing.
"Come in." said Sarah as she got up from her desk
Lupin walked in and went straight to her handing her a note and whispering something to her before quickly leaving to return to his class. The students went back to work only after being instructed to do so and all were wondering about what Professor Lupin had given Professor Potter. When class ended Sarah checked to make sure no one took any potion and told them to pack up after making the potions disappear.
"Mr. Malfoy, Mr. Weasley, Miss. Granger, and Harry please stay after and the rest of you go on to your next class." said Sarah as she watched the group walk up to her desk and the others leave.
"What is it you need to talk to us about Professor?" asked Draco in a bored tone
"Nothing to you except to tell you that I have the papers with the password to both your Heads Common Room and your bedroom, take it and you may go to class. Oh and be careful Mr. Malfoy not many Slytherins will be happy about your betrayal to the Dark Lord." said Sarah as she handed him a paper and sent him on his way
"What did you need to talk to us about Sarah?" asked Harry
"Remus just came to tell me that some of the Order has located a Horcrux. Harry I'm not going to tell you the location or what it is until the weekend that way, Remus, Miss, Granger, the Weasley's, and myself can accompany you. No buts, Harry, we need you alive to defeat Voldemort and you wouldn't want to pay James and Lily back by putting yourself in unnecessary danger do you? Friday after classes come back to this classroom and once all of us are here we will leave, and I'm afraid that we must take Mr. Malfoy with us." said Sarah with a concerned look towards Harry
"What! Why!" asked/yelled both Harry and Ron
"The exact same reason I told Mr. Malfoy to be careful, if the Death Eaters can get into Hogwarts not once but twice, they can do it again. Do you disagree that Voldemort wants Mr. Malfoy dead after his betrayal? Do you not think that the children of Death Eaters in his house would want to kill him to gain the favor of Voldemort? Don't be daft Harry you know it is the right thing to do, he can easily help us, should we need a scapegoat to get past curses we can use him." said Sarah with a hint of mischievousness in her eyes, a look Harry had only seen in his father's eyes in Snape's memories
"So, can't you tell us which Horcrux it is at least?" asked Hermione
"I'm afraid not Miss Granger, we both know you will most likely figure out where it is, then tell Harry and you three will go off on your own and it might not be the right place and you might just get yourselves killed or worse." said Sarah
"What's worse then death?" asked Ron confused
"Being stuck with Lockhart in the loony bin, or showing your parents that they died for no reason at all and that you don't care that they loved you." said Sarah as she eyed Harry
"Fine, I'll wait till the weekend." said Harry as he sighed in defeat
"Good, now Miss Granger this is your passwords, and please tell me what class you three have next so I can write an excuse for why you are tardy." said Sarah as she handed the note to Hermione
"We have Transfiguration next Professor." said Hermione
"All right give me a moment to write the note, and dear please call me Sarah, you're my nephews best friend, all three of you can call me such outside of class." said Sarah as she wrote the note before handing it to Harry "Now hurry along you three."
The three ran down the halls and up several flights of stairs to the Transfiguration classroom. When they opened the door they were slightly reminded of Umbrige's change in the Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom, but they rather liked the girly touch to the room and they were grateful that the room wasn't filled with frilly doyleys and things around the room. They then walked up to their teacher who was sitting at her desk looking at papers from the sixth years. She was wearing a robe that had a pearl-like color to it in the fact that it changed color with the different angles the light hit it. It currently was the color of a spring rose, a light shade of pink with a hint of deep red.
"Yes?" said the teacher as she looked up at them
"Sorry we're late Professor but Professor Potter held us after class, she gave us this note." said Hermione as Harry handed the Professor the note
"Ah yes, Sarah Potter, splendid Potions Mistress, very skilled just like your father Harry." said the Professor after reading the note which told her who the students were "I'm Professor White, I was a friend of your mother Harry, a very skilled witch. Now we are writing essays about what you would like to do with you life after Hogwarts, that way I know what things will be helpful to teach all of you for your certain fields, they will be due at the end of the period but since you three were fifteen minutes late I will let you complete this essay outside of class. Now please take a seat and begin."
The three began all writing about what they wanted to be after leaving Hogwarts but all the while thinking about the Horcrux they could destroy this weekend and be one step closer to ending Voldemort once and for all. They gathered their things at the end of the period and made their way to what is now one of their favorite classes, Defense Against the Dark Arts. They walked in and were greeted warmly by Lupin as he was setting up for class.
"Hello, did Sarah tell you three the news?" asked Lupin as he put a box down on the ground
"Yes, um Professor Lupin are we studying boggarts again?" asked Hermione as she looked warily at the trembling box
"Why, yes, I wanted to test your skills and well I thought we should start the year off with a bit off fun. I also wanted to know what dark creatures you fear that way we can learn spells to defeat them, don't you agree." Lupin replied as the rest of the class began filing in
"Yes, I find it most humorous." said Hermione with a slight giggle remembering her third year at Hogwarts
"Alright class I hope you remember the spell used to repel a boggart, because today we will be facing our fears against a boggart and I will be writing down what everyone fears that way I can hopefully teach all of you spells to repel the thing you fear." said Lupin as he went to stand next to the box with his wand out "Line up please, switching between genders please."
"Excuse me Remus." said a voice from the door
"Yes Minerva, what is it?" asked Lupin as he looked at the two women standing at the doorway to his classroom
The young girl next to Minerva was wearing the typical uniform for a Gryfindor student but what caught Lupin's eye was the fact that she had dark brown hair that was down to her mid-back and her face was rather pale and her eyes were blue. Minerva was wearing her usual green robes and had an expression of utter amusement when she glanced at the trembling box.
"I'm here to bring you a new student, though she is a sixth year she has been advanced to seventh year Defense Against the Dark Arts, a request made by her mother. She has passed the test to get her into the class with flying colors. I will leave you now to teach your class Remus." and with that said Minerva left the room closing the door behind her
"What is your name?" asked Lupin as he motioned the girl to come forward
"Dahlia Lily Lupin, Professor." she replied as she glanced over at Harry, Hermione, and Ron and smiled at them
"What is your mother's name?" asked Lupin as he wondered why they shared the same last name
"I'm sorry Professor but I cannot tell you, my mother instructed me not to tell such things since it is dangerous at this time." said Dahlia as she looked at the ground
"All right then, fair enough, why don't you get between Mr. Weasley and Mr. Malfoy." said Lupin as he motioned to the boys. "Harry your first, wand at the ready."
Harry walked up and held his wand in his hand as he watched Lupin open the box with his own wand. A mist spread through out the room and instead of a dementor as had been in his third year, the boggart changed into the form of Lord Voldemort. Harry gasped and tried to think of the spell that defeated the boggart.
"R...R..Riddikulus!" shouted Harry as he pointed his wand at his enemy, the boggart promptly turned into a kite before Lupin put it back in the box
"Very good Harry, I am not surprised that the Dark Lord is your greatest fear, let's see Miss Granger, your turn." said Lupin as he waited for Harry to move
Harry moved to the back of the room and Hermione stepped forward a little nervously her wand held before her.
"All right now Hermione, wand at the ready." said Lupin before he opened the box again
Hermione watched as the black mist spread through the room and the image of a basilisk, like the one unleashed on the students in her second year. Hermione let out a barely stifled scream as she held her wand up, her knuckles turning white from her tight grip.
"Riddikulus!" shouted Hermione and the boggart turned into Ron in a pink frilly tutu which caused everyone except Ron to laugh as Lupin closed it back into the box
Soon Ron had come up and like in his third year the boggart turned into a huge spider, which, after the spell again had rolling skates on. Lupin then motioned Dahlia up who looked slightly paler then when she had first come in. She gulped and nodded to Lupin that she was ready as she grasped her wand like a lifeline. When the boggart came out it took the shape of a full moon slightly hidden by shadows, causing a whimper to escape from Dahlia's lips. Lupin looked at Dahlia wide eyed before he noticed her slightly swaying and whimpering louder as her wand dropped from her hands. Soon she fell to the ground crying and Lupin came forward in front of the boggart, it's form not changing and said the spell turning it into a deflating balloon and everyone laughed and he quickly put the boggart back in the box before turning to his class.
"All of you are dismissed to your next class early, Harry would you mind getting Minerva and Hermione could you get your Head of House Professor White." said Lupin as he dropped down next to Dahlia
"You're a were-wolf too?" she asked as she gasped for breath
"What happened?" asked Minerva as she ran into the room followed by Magdalena and Sarah along with Harry and Hermione
"Dahlia!" Sarah gasped as she noticed the girl on the ground
"Boggart, she saw a full moon and collapsed in tears." said Lupin as he looked at the girl
"I will take her to my classroom and give her some Draught of Peace, that should calm her down. Can you move dear?" Sarah asked as she knelt down in front of Dahlia
"No, madre yo no puedo andar." said Dahlia in Spanish as she looked nervously at Lupin and the others in the room
"Lo siento hija, que usted tiene que vivir con esta maldición. Hable en inglés y dígalos yo soy su madre." spoke Sarah in Spanish while the others looked on confused. (AN: translations at bottom of fic for those who don't know Spanish)
"I can't move Mother." said Dahlia as she shook and continued to cry on the floor
"Mother!" shouted Harry/Lupin/Ron/Hermione
"Yes, Harry, she is your cousin. I had to give her away to Magdalena to look after shortly after you turned eleven, she was ten at the time and I was needed to be by your side under Dumbledore's orders. And, no she isn't Remus' child, I don't know who the father is I just chose Remus' last name for her because she would be in less danger than if she had the last name Potter." said Sarah as she summoned her cauldron and supplies for the Draught of Peace
"How can you not know who the father is?" asked Harry bewildered
"She was under the Imperius curse when it happened, isn't that right Professor." said Hermione
"As brilliant as ever Hermione." said Sarah as she continued to brew to potion
"I think you three should go to class." said Lupin as he rose from the ground able to tell that Sarah wasn't telling the whole truth
"Hermione, Ron go on ahead, I'd rather stay here with my aunt and cousin." said Harry as he gave them a look that told them not to disagree
"I think that we should leave the little family alone, come on Remus you can have your next class in the Room of Requirement." said Minerva before Magdalena, Remus, and herself left the Potter's alone
"Mother is the potion done?" asked Dahlia shakily, still crying before Harry knelt down and held her
"Yes, Harry can you help her drink every drop of this?" asked Sarah as she held out a goblet filled with the Potion to Harry
"Why didn't one of you tell us that the two of you were mother and daughter?" asked Harry
"Because you barely excepted mother as your aunt, why would you except me as your cousin?" asked Dahlia as she finally felt relaxed
"Was she bitten by a were-wolf?" asked Harry
"No, her father was a were-wolf." said Sarah
"Oh, are you sure you don't know who her father is?" asked Harry
"Yes, now I think you should head to your divination class Harry, I'll help Dahlia to her next class." said Sarah as she rose and sent her supplies back to her room
"All right. Are we taking Dahlia with us this weekend?" asked Harry as he reached the door
"Do you want her to come?" asked Sarah
"I'd like a chance to know her and you better." Harry said before leaving to head towards the divination classroom
When the class was over everyone headed to lunch only to see a shocking sight in front of the doors to the Great Hall. Hermione and Madaline White were arguing with Draco standing in the side lines not knowing what to do. Madaline then sent a curse at Hermione only to have Draco push Hermione out of the way and get hit by the curse, which promptly turned him into a snowy white ferret. Hermione picked up Draco and put him on her shoulder before she glared at Madaline and left to the Hospital Wing.
Classes went by quickly and everyone had gone to their dorm rooms to get ready to go to the ball that the teachers were holding for the start of term. Hermione was already dressed in the beautiful dress that Draco had bought for her, her hair was styled the same way it had been during the Yule ball. She sighed as she looked at her reflection in the mirror before walking out of her room into her common room. She noticed that Draco was still in his room getting ready and checked herself again in the mirror in the common room.
"Mirror Mirror on the wall whose the fairest one of all?" Hermione asked playfully as she looked in the mirror
"My Lady Queen is fair to see." said a masculine voice behind her
"What did you say?" asked Hermione as she blushed
"I said that you were the fairest of them all or are you deaf, Mud-blood." said Draco with a glint in his eyes
"I think we should head down to the ball." said Hermione as she walked to the door of their common room
"Hermione." said Draco as he grabbed her arm
"Yes?"
"I meant what I said."
TBC...
Translations:
1. No, madre yo no puedo andar. No, mother I can't walk.
2. Lo siento hija, que usted tiene que vivir con esta maldición. Hable en inglés y dígalos yo soy su madre I'm sorry daughter, that you have to live with this curse. Speak English and tell them I'm your mother.
AN: Well that's this chapter...what will happen at the ball? Please Review!