Candidate Rebirth
AN: somebody says I should stop with the dark lord cliffy attacks, since they seem obvious, but I like em -_-.
AN2 Some people think that Harry's death should've changed ALOT in the magical world, despite the fact that the magical world rarely pays attention to muggles, and the paper reporting on the nameless boy killed by his guardians would most likely go unnoticed by the vast majority, and thus making events from the first two books not happen at all.
I disagree, yes butterfly effect can do a lot, but on the other hand it could do squat to change stuff.
Chapter 11: Insults and Apologies.
"You expect me to stay here?"
"Is there a problem with that?" Vert asked with narrowed eyes. "After all me and my sister live here as well, as well as any diplomats from the other nations, and any visiting goddesses or candidates. So what exactly is the problem with you staying here?"
Umbridge snorted, and loudly relied, "It's an insult. I deserve to be placed in a better location."
Chloe sneered at the toad-like woman and said as she headed inside, "You are not better, or more important than us, no matter what you think."
CC snorted in agreement as she went to her room as well, a room that was given to her after it looked like the partnership was stable.
Vert took a deep breath and said, "I will take you to your room and show you how to contact the various services you have access to, and how to use the expense account I set up for you."
Umbridge snorted and replied, "Just show me the room, I can figure out how your inferior sociology works myself.
Vert was now getting seriously annoyed, she will be sending a letter with her sister to ask for a different representative ASAP, as this one seems to be trying to piss her off... quite successfully in fact.
"Very well, follow me, I have a welcome packet with the instructions, as well as some laws you need to know about, and some tourist information. Just so you know, we don't have diplomatic immunity here, so it would be in your best interest to read the laws."
Deloris snorted, after all, the laws couldn't be too different, and she would push to have anything different changed. After all she was the senor undersecretary to the minister of magic, and the so called goddesses' elder to boot, so her word should be enough.
She was moderately surprised that the room, with its attached bathroom was much better that she expected, but still, in her opinion, inferior as it lacked the magical accommodations she was used to, as well as a lack of house elves.
In actuality the suit was the equivalent of a four star hotel, with the only better rooms in the place belonging to the goddess and her candidate, as well as the goddess guest rooms.
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An hour later had Chloe and CC in a field as she practiced her sacred lance spell. She wanted to get it to the point where she didn't need the chant. It also allowed her to blow off steam at the insufferable Representative of the ministry.
Three hours later she had the spell to the point that not only does she not need the chant, but quartered the cost of it and can cast it nearly at a thought.
The monsters had started fleeing as well.
CC was following a fair distance behind her partner. She had seen this before. It was a side effect of Chloe being in a body midway through puberty, her hormones are perpetually unbalanced, and when they hit her when she's angry, nobody is safe.
The massive amount of monsters destroyed in the three hours was proof of that. As well as the creators left by Chloe's new spell that she gained after she leveled up.
Saracco, a chain of mixed fire and wind explosions over a large area.
CC was grateful that Chloe had a wide range attack finally. Something she herself lacked.
Another chain explosion happened, killing a dozen bunny-vaders.
CC sighed, and hoped that her partner would get it out of her system before dark.
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She did, and hour before dark, or more precisely, she collapsed right about then. With a fond smile CC picked her up in a bridal carry and headed back home.
She met the cause of the cute bundle in her arms anger on her way into the building.
"And what do we have here? I'm sure that the so called goddess will be thrilled when I report somebody attacked her sister, or perhaps I should just do something to you both," the pink wearing witch said in a false sweet tone of voice.
"Oh really?" a voice sounded from behind Unbridge.
Turning the representative saw a green haired beauty that was, unknown to her, the oracle of Leanbox. The oracle continued with, "Tired herself out again Cyberconnect2? Please take her to her room please. And as for you, allow me to introduce myself, I am Chika, Oracle of Leanbox, and unofficial middle sister of the goddess and her sister, and let me give you a warning, try anything against our sister, and you will regret it."
Umbridge stood there shaking in fury at the woman whom had turned her back on her. In a deep dark corner of her mind she could admit that part of her problem with all three of the sisters was the fact that they were all three much prettier than she had any hope of being, as well as, in their own circles at least, more politically, and personally powerful than she could even dream of.
Another issue was that she hadn't eaten since she had arrived, since she didn't know how to get to the kitchens, how to use the intercom, or how to access the funds that she was given.
She refused to even touch the welcome packet, or eat with those she sees as her inferiors.
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That refusal lasted until the next morning, when she was too hungry to care. So she joined the three woman and girl at to the table. All three of the government workers working on Leanbox business using holographic screens, and Chloe had a second one open, performing a search for a low level holy element spell she could both use and fork over to Dumbledore.
She found a couple before she finished her paperwork, and ordered hard copies delivered to her room, so that she could pick them up before returning to school that night.
She finished reading, and approving the development log for an upgrade for the current VR counsel, and turned to Umbridge whom was eating like a starving animal.
Putting aside her anger at the woman, an anger that she had pretty much burnt out the day before, Chloe asked, "Madem, did you not eat yesterday?"
Deloris paused and replied angrily, "Nobody told me where the kitchens were, and I didn't have any money."
Chloe raised an eyebrow, and replied, "Why didn't you use the intercom? Or the expense account my sister set up for the representative that would be sent from your world? I also, with Dumbledore's help made the welcome packet so that it could be understood from the point of someone with no technological knowledge, did you at least look at it?"
Umbridge went red in fury, that this little... slip of a girl was seemingly mocking her. She had no idea of what this... intercom was, or how it could've helped her, another point in the inferiority of the culture she supposed, but the fact that she could've had money if she just red the little ten page booklet, it was embarrassing, and the goddess should have told her about it.
Of course she ignored the fact that Vert had offered to do so.
Even so, she planned on adding all of these 'injustices', ' insults', and 'inferiorities' to her report, and using those reasons as a justification of why the wizarding world should take over.
She was up to six pages so far.
Unknown to her, Vert was writing a letter of her own, detailing the reasons why they need to replace the current representative. Mainly the fact that she can't have a single conversation without insulting the listeners at least twice, and to all appearances deliberately.
Which is the reason why the people she tried asking where the kitchens were refused to help her.
Kinda hard to want to help a person whom insults you.
Vert's letter was three pages of typed font, and growing.
Today was Sunday, and Chloe was due to get back to her new school today, and Vert wanted to spend some time with her before her practice.
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Soon after Chloe and Cyberconnect2 left a figure approached Vert and asked, "Vert, I was wondering... would you object to me pursuing a relationship with your sister?
Vert literally looked down at the shorter girl, and smiled as she responded, "Well, this is a surprise that it's you asking. I have no real objection, but you realize that it won't be easy... right?"
The figure gave a radiant smile and replied as she left, "Thank you, and you know... nothing that is easy is worth having."
? Starts Romance Sidequest!
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When Chloe returned to Hogwarts, it was curfew, and she was thankful about it, because she wouldn't be bombarded by questions.
Well at least she would get less questions than by the Ravenclaws.
She remembered the incident with the claws vividly.
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Chloe and CC were cornered by the students with blue and bronze highlighted uniforms shortly after the incident with Ron, and then they struck.
The students, numbering twenty, started babbling questions at a rate so fast that neither could answer them, even if they could understand them, due to the fact that there were at least three talking at once.
After fifteen minutes both of the Gameindustry girls lost their temper.
"ENOUGH!" Cyberconnect2 yelled. "Who gave you permission to crowd us and babble questions at us?"
One brave Chinese girl said, "But we just wanted some questions answered..."
"And that gave you the right to track us down, corner us, then babble at us?" Chloe asked.
"If you would just..." another students started.
"What? Answer questions we can't hear due to the fact you are all speaking at one, and at a rate we can't answer? Questions that are probably personal enough to not answer?" Cyberconnect2 scornfully said.
"CC, enough," Chloe said, then turned to the students, "I will make a compromise, send me a parchment with five questions from your house, and only five. If the question is too personal, you will have wasted the question, so choose wisely, now out of our way, unless you want me to report to the professors that you mobbed us?"
the Ravenclaws moved out of the way grumpily, all of them thinking of what five questions they think are most important.
A blonde girl looked on, and made her own plans, after all, Chloe was nice to her, and the people had harassed her. Besides most of those questions were short sighted and pointless, and would only give a few basic ideas of Chloe's world.
She had a better idea.
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The next morning saw over half of the Ravenclaws in the hospital wing, a blonde girl handing a piece of parchment to a candidate, and a redheaded man being let in the great hall.
Dumbledore stood up before the food was served to make a speech, "Students, due to a couple of incidents last week, Mr. Weasley here wants to speak to Chloe in front of the great hall."
Chloe stood up, and walked to the man, when she was five feet from him she stopped, and he spoke, "Miss Chloe, I wish to apologize for the actions of my wife and son, both of them were out of line last week, and I believed I had taught my son better than that. I also forbid any of my children from retaliating. I also have an apology letter from my wife."
Taking the letter Chloe broke it's seal and started reading. Her hands started clenching it in anger as she started reading it, and after she finished, she took a minute to calm herself, and asked, "Did you read this sir?" at his negative reply she silently handed the letter to him while commenting, "Your wife either had no intention of apologizing, or she thinks yelling at me and lecturing me is an apology."
His face went red in anger as he finished the letter.
"My apologies, I ordered her to apologize, and didn't think she would disobey me," he said, bowing to Chloe, his children were upset that their father was airing their dirty laundry though, and Ron was upset that their father forbid his brothers from 'avenging him'.
The twin pranksters were confused, as their father had both apologized and forbid them from retaliating when their brother was attacked, according to him, for no reason.
Chloe nodded her head politely, and replied, "You yourself have nothing to apologize for, as your son's and your wife's actions are their own. And neither are welcome in Leanbox."
Arthur smiled at the reasonableness of the girl in front of him. The pureblood families would have made a blood feud in this situation, and she just blamed the two who did the deed, and simply banned them from her nation.
As he left he smiled. She wasn't likely to do anything to his family, then his smile fell, unless the two problematic members did something else. He would have to try and prevent them from doing so.
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Turning from the man whom was leaving Chloe walked up to the headmaster, and held out her hands, in one was Umbridge's preliminary report, and in the other was a thick paper envelope, with Vert's letter.
"Professor, I was asked to hand these to you, one is from my sister, and the other is from the Ambassador that was sent to us, as I was heading back they gave it to me."
Taking the two proffered items, Dumbledore frowned, to have a letter after only a couple of days, that indicated that he was right to be concerned about their choice of representative.
He watched as Chloe walked off to get some breakfast before classed, and hoped that the goddess would manage to hold her temper together, and that Deloris wouldn't get herself killed by monster, law, or just pissing the wrong person off.
He gave her a 10 percent chance of survival honestly.
He was being very generous.
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Chloe's first class of the day was herbology.
She was kicked out ten minutes in, as the plants seemed to just die whenever she tends to them.
She was still responsible for the homework, but there was no pint in her being in the greenhouses with how quickly plants die around her.
Chloe had already known that, but her head of house didn't believe her until it was proven.
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In Astronomy, Chloe just put in the minimal effort as it seemed pointless to her, since it had different starts from her world.
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In the Ravenclaw tower a massive shriek of rage came from the house of the nosy, as they found out that five questions from someone in their house were already delivered to Chloe, making the entire fight they had the week before pointless.
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Dumbledore sighed, Chloe wasn't making any progress in making friends with other students, but then again, she had only had a few days.
He started plotting, and an idea hit him if Chloe made little progress in forming attachments here, perhaps sending some children, and their families to visit her world could be used as an excuse to build up relations.
He would have to see, and make contingency plans, as he knew that Tom would be back, it was only a matter of time as evidenced by the fact that a possessed professor made an attempt on the fake stone he left behind some harmless traps, well besides the Cerberus, Hagrid would never understand the danger of many of his pets. It was unfortunate about the troll attacking a student, and crippling her for life before she was saved. The school was simply not meant for a paraplegic student, last he heard she was in a new American school that had amenities for her.
The next year he had petrifications to deal with, and a diary that killed a student. He had managed to bust through the doors leading to the chamber of secrets in time to see the life leave the redheaded first year.
It was unfortunate, for the soul in the notebook, that he didn't understand that his method of 'immortality' was NOT to be used to create copies of himself, and the book self destructed when it took a full witches life into itself.
He later researched what it could be, and was pissed, he had forbidden knowledge of them in the school for a reason. He had some memories from when he was researching Tom during the first war, and he kicked himself for not putting the pieces together sooner.
He managed to find a ring, that thanks to bringing along his transfiguration professor, he was prevented from wearing. He gave her the stone to hold onto, and to keep from him. He already planned to send the cloak to Chloe since she is Harry's 'heir'.
He was almost looking forward to see Tom try and take out Chloe, it would be worth a few laughs at least.
Something he had a feeling he would need later.
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End chapter.