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Mere Memory 8
The New Barmaid
It was the first Hogsmeade weekend of the year and Mina wanted to make sure the pub was perfect. She was excited to see some people her age, especially boys. She got up before Madame Rosmerta and put on her working outfit: a black apron with three broomsticks on the chest, a yellow short sleeved shirt and blue jeans. After applying some makeup and fastening her ribbon, Mina left her room and went down to the bar.
"Tables wiped, check," Mina murmured as she walked around the dining area, "butterbeer, check, gillywater—I don't know why anybody drinks it—but check." She went over to the bar to look at the drinks. "Firewhisky, check…what the? Firewhisky? What's this doing here?"
She chuckled and stuck the firewhisky underneath the bar. "I don't think we'll need this. All right, mulled mead—check…Red currant rum—check."
Seeing that there were plenty of drinks, Mina checked to see that the bathrooms were clean and well stocked. Madame Rosmerta finally came down around ten o'clock and Mina saw her stick a Galleon into her pocket. Mina noticed every so often Madame would stop talking abruptly and take a Galleon out her pocket and look at it. Mina had asked Madame Rosmerta if it were some kind of lucky Galleon and Rosmerta never gave a clear answer. "Good morning, Madame Rosmerta," Mina stated.
"Good morning," Rosmerta said.
"Everything's ready to go," Mina said.
"Very good," Rosmerta said, "it will get busy rather fast when the children get here."
The door swung open and Mina gasped. She turned around and smiled. "Hello and welcome to The Three Broomsticks. Shall I show you to your table?"
A group of students stopped dead. "Hey, since when did three broomsticks get a new barmaid?"
"Right this way, please," Mina said and she led a group of fifth year Hufflepuffs a table. "What can I get you all?"
"Butterbeer will be fine," said one of the boys. "How long have you been working here? We've never seen you before?"
"Oh, about a month ago," Mina answered, "all right, five butterbeers…I'll be right back."
As Mina went to the kitchen to get the butterbeers, she saw Madame Rosmerta will a small parcel.
"What's that?" Mina inquired.
"Oh, just a present for a friend," Rosmerta answered coolly. "I shouldn't be long."
With the package in hand, Rosmerta entered the girls' restroom. Mina watched her enter the bathroom curiously, shrugged and went back to work. The word of The Three Broomsticks' new barmaid traveled fast and the pub became packed right quick. At first Mina was happy to see all the new faces and she chatted with some of the students. However, with all the people, she was swamped with work to do and Madame Rosmerta had not returned from giving her present to a friend. Did Rosmerta expect Mina to hold down the fort for the whole day? Where was she?
"He was nicking Sirius' stuff!" shouted Harry Potter as he and his friends entered the pub.
Recognizing his voice, Mina turned abruptly to look at Harry. It's him! She thought. Mina quickly took some empty butterbeer bottles, shoved them onto the pockets of her apron, wiped the table clean and called out to her new customers.
"Welcome, welcome! This table is ready."
At the site of the beautiful girl, Harry forgot what he was shouting about. He looked at Mina with an unreadable expression.
"Thanks," Hermione said, leading Harry to the vacant table. Harry fell into his seat, unable to take his eyes off Mina.
"Do I know you from somewhere?" he mumbled.
"Don't think so," Mina said.
"Who're you?" Ron asked.
"My name's Mina," Mina answered, "what can I get you guys?"
"Three butterbeers," Hermione answered.
"Right," Mina said, "three butterbeers coming up!"
Harry watched Mina scamper off to get the drinks. "That girl looks familiar."
"She didn't seem to know you," Ron said, "she doesn't go to Hogwarts."
"But I'm sure I saw her sometime," Harry murmured.
Mina returned with their butterbeers. She wanted to chat with them about Hogwarts but was called by another table.
"Hey, sweetheart, can I get another butterbeer?" asked a flirtatious seventh year.
"Just a moment!" Mina cried.
"Can I get a firewhisky?" asked another boy.
"I can't serve you firewhisky!" Mina exclaimed.
"Hey, how about some red Currant rum? Do you have any black currant by chance?"
"My table is still sticky!"
"Why did I ask Granddad for this job?" Mina demanded herself as she went to get refills and dampen her cloth. "And where in the heck is Madame Rosmerta? Why did she leave me alone on a Hogwarts Weekend of all days?"
"Hey--"
"Yeah, I'm coming!" Mina barked, lifting her head up on the bar to come face to face with her grandfather. "Granddad!"
"Hello, Mina dear," her grandfather said, "busy day, I see."
"Nothing I can't handle," Mina said with a smile. "You want red currant rum, Granddad?"
"That would be splendid," Dedalus said, "thank you."
Mina poured some red currant rum into a glass with ice and a purple umbrella and gave it to her grandfather.
"Love to chat, Granddad," Mina said, "but I've got to get back to work. You sticking around? We can talk later."
"Of course, my dear," Dedalus said, "I'm going to go and grab a seat." He turned and saw Harry Potter. "Why, Harry! Lovely to see you again! I believe you met my granddaughter?" Drink in hand, Dedalus walked over to join Harry and his friends.
"Granddaughter?" Harry choked on his butterbeer.
"The new barmaid is your granddaughter?" Ron inquired as Harry wiped his mouth. Harry looked from Dedalus to Mina. Mina was busy rushing back and forth gathering old glasses and refills.
"Yes," Dedalus answered, "she lives her parents in Japan. She's here visiting me for a while. Mina is a squib and that's why she never came to Hogwarts. So I got her a job here to be close to the school."
"How long is she going to stay with you?" Harry asked.
"Perhaps for the year," Dedalus said, "it was originally supposed to be for just the summer but she wanted to stay here and work."
"What about her muggle school?" Hermione asked.
"Oh, the school sends her homework to do," Dedalus said, "so she's taking care of her studies that way."
A group of middle witches called Mina over to their table. "Excuse me, dear; you don't happen to have blackcurrant rum, do you?"
"I don't think so," Mina answered, "but I'll go check."
Mina went back to the kitchen to search for the blackcurrant rum but the closest she seemed to find was only blackcurrant juice. She stood up from the cabinet and turned around just as Madame Rosmerta entered the kitchen.
"Madame Rosmerta, you're back! Do we have any blackcurrant rum?"
"I'm afraid we don't," answered Madame Rosmerta, "use the blackcurrant juice instead."
"Okay, I'll see if they take it," Mina answered, picking up the bottle of juice and three glasses. She went to the witches' table and offered them the juice.
"Oh, I think that will be fine," said one of the witches, "wee bit early to be drinking rum, I say."
As Mina poured each of the ladies a juice and collected the fee, she noticed a girl out of the corner of her eye walking out of the pub with the same parcel that Madame Rosmerta had earlier that morning. Curious, she decided to go after her. She knew something wasn't right.
"Here, help yourselves to refills," Mina said, setting down the bottle and rushing out of the pub. She looked left and right for the girl. "Where'd she go?"
As she walked around looking for the girl and she heard voices.
"Katie, what're you doing with that thing? You didn't have that before."
"Mind your own business!"
Mina saw the parcel in the girl named Katie's hands. Mina wasn't sure whether to interrupt or not. As the girls continued to argue, Mina knew if she walked over by herself and asked to the look at the parcel, Katie wouldn't let her. Mina dashed into an empty alley to transform into Sailor V
"Moon Power Transformation!"
"It's got nothing to do with you, Leanne!" Katie yelled.
"Crescent Beam!"
As Leanne reached for the parcel in Katie's hands a beam of light shot the parcel right out of Katie's hands. Both girls looked at the parcel in surprise.
"Stay away!" Sailor V jumped down by the parcel and picked it up. The wrapping was pulling of and she saw something shiny inside. The Hogwarts students in the street stopped to stare at Sailor V.
"Hey, I need to take that to Professor Dumbledore," Katie said, "give it back!"
"I don't think Professor Dumbledore will be interested," Sailor V said, turning around and leaping into the air. Harry and his friends walked out of the Three Broomsticks just in time to see Sailor V jump onto the rooftop of the Three Broomsticks.
"Whoa," Ron gasped, "did you see that?"
"That was Sailor V!" Harry shouted.
"Sailor who?" Hermione murmured.
"Sailor V," Harry said, "I saw her in the summer. She really did a number on Dudley's gang."
"What's she doing here?" Hermione asked.
"I have no idea," Harry said.
"You don't think she's stalking you, do you Harry?" Ron asked.
"I think I'm safe with her around."
Sailor V de-transformed to Mina and went to the pub to find her grandfather. It was lucky he came to visit her today. She wouldn't have to use the two way mirror. She had to tell him what she found. She found Dedalus sitting in a corner with his drink. Mina hurried over to him.
"Granddad! We've got a problem!"
"What's wrong?" Dedalus rose to his feet.
Mina put down the box. "I think there's something cursed in here. Someone imperioused a student to take it to Professor Dumbledore."
"Who did?"
"I'm afraid it's Madame Rosmerta," Mina said sadly, "but I think someone has imperioused her too. She has been acting really weird. I saw her with this thing earlier today and she said she was going to give it to her a friend. She was gone for hours and I don't know how that girl got it."
"Mina, I think it's closing time," Dedalus said, "get everyone out here. We need to question Madame Rosmerta and this student."
Once all the customers left The Three Broomsticks, the Order of the Phoenix questioned Madame Rosmerta and Katie Bell. Rosmerta did not have time to use her Galleon to contact Draco Malfoy and warn him. He told her when he had imperioused her that when someone suspected him that she should warn him so that he could run away. If the Dark Lord found out that he failed at his quest, The Dark Lord would kill him. The interrogation was taking a long time. Mina could not be present while the Order was questioning Madame Rosmerta and Katie Bell. She was upstairs sitting Indian style with her leg shaking impatiently. Artemis was sitting next to her.
"What's going on down there?" she questioned. "Who imperioused Madame Rosmerta and why? What was in that package?"
"Be patient, Mina," Artemis advised.
Finally for what seemed like days, Dedalus came to speak with his granddaughter. Mina jumped up and asked questions so fast she hardly made any sense.
"Well, what happened? What was in that package? Katie said she had to take it to Dumbledore. Who imperioused Madame Rosmerta? Will she be okay? She won't have to go to Azkaban, is she? Am I going to lose my job? I don't want to lose my job!"
"Mina, calm down," Dedalus said firmly. "The package contained a cursed necklace. Touching it causes great pain and even death. Madame Rosmerta has told us who imperioused her. It was…a student in Hogwarts."
"A Hogwarts student?" Mina cried. "Who?"
"Lucius Malfoy's son, Draco," Dedalus explained and Mina's eyes widened. "Yes, I know. I suppose when Lucius did not return and that we are capturing more Death Eaters, He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named, decided to give mission to the new generation."
"Are you going to put Draco in prison?" Mina inquired.
"He's not of age so we can't put him in prison," Dedalus said, "but the minister has just went to Hogwarts with a couple of Aurors to question Draco Malfoy. He most likely will be expelled."
"What's going to happen to Madame Rosmerta and Katie?"
"They'll be all right. Their curses have been removed. Katie will be able to return to school but Madame Rosmerta is not in much of a condition to be running Three Broomsticks at the moment. She'll be taken to St. Mungos to be treated for being under the Imperious Curse for so long."
"Three Broomsticks will have to be closed down, won't it?" Mina asked.
"I'm afraid so," said Dedalus.
"I still want to stay in Hogsmeade though," Mina said, "there's got to be some way."
Dedalus paused to think. "Hmm, I think I can station myself here along with Dawlish and the others."
"You've got to help me get into Hogwarts," Mina said, "I can get a job there, or, I don't know, you can change me into a cat or something. I've got it! I've got a disguise pen that can change me into whatever I want. Maybe it can disguise me into a cat too!"
"The difficult part would be getting you into Hogwarts," Dedalus said, "you can't wander on grounds pretending to be a stray. Anyone can find you."
"Good point," Mina said, tapping her chin. "You can give me to Harry as a present!"
"How can we be sure that works?" Dedalus asked.
"It's worth a try, Granddad," Mina said, "please."
"Harry's birthday was in July," Dedalus said, "and it is a little early for Christmas. Even if Harry knows me, don't you think it is odd that I just give him a cat?"
Mina began pacing the room. "Let's see. Some of the students were talking about a quidditch match coming up—Slytherin versus Gryffindor. You can give me to Harry as a prize for winning. I've heard how great Harry is, there's no way he can lose!"
"Yes, I've heard too," Dedalus said, "but say Gryffindor loses."
"Give me to him anyway," Mina said, "I could still be a prize for him trying to win."
"And what about me?" Artemis inquired. "Am I supposed to just leave you at Hogwarts by yourself? It's not safe."
"I wasn't expecting to do all this alone, Artemis," Mina said, picking up her cat and looking at her grandfather. "I know, Granddad, you can give Artemis to Dumbledore. That cursed necklace Katie had to take is enough to kill someone, right? Then tat means You-Know-Who is trying to kill Dumbledore to get to Harry! I can keep an eye on Harry while Artemis keeps an eye on Dumbledore."
"Seems like our best option," Artemis said, looking up at Dedalus.
Dedalus sighed. "Very well. I'll let Dumbledore know I'm coming to watch the Quidditch match. I hope you know what you're getting yourself into, Mina. Come on, let's go home."
Draco knew it was bad news when he was called to Dumbledore's office. When he saw the Minister and the aurors standing there with Dumbledore his heart plummeted to his stomach.
"We have spoken to Rosmerta," Rufus Scrimgeour, the new minister stated. "She told us you imperioused her to do things for you, is that correct?"
Draco swallowed and decided to play dumb. "I—I don't know what you're talking about, Minister. I can't imperious anyone even if I tried."
"Please turn out your pockets, Draco," Dumbledore said.
"What?"
"Turn out your pockets."
Draco reached his hands into his pockets and pulled everything out: his wand, money purse, pocket watch and—a Galleon enchanted with a Protean Charm. Dumbledore took it and pulled out the Galleon the aurors took from Rosmerta. The Galleons matched.
"Rosmerta told us you used Galleons to communicate with each other," Dumbledore said, "this is the same method Dumbledore's Army used."
"I know," said Dumbledore, "I heard that mudblood Granger talking about it."
"Please do not use that offensive word with me," Dumbledore said sternly.
Draco looked away and then at Dumbledore, smirking. "So what are you going to do? Expel me? Put me in Azkaban? You can't do that. I'm not of age."
"We might not be able to put you in prison," said Scrimgeour said, "but we can expel you. That cursed opal necklace was supposed to go to Dumbledore, wasn't it?"
"Yes," Draco answered.
"Why are you trying to kill Professor Dumbledore?" Dawlish interrogated.
"Because it's my mission," Draco said, "The Dark Lord told me to kill Dumbledore or he'll kill me and my family. I've got no choice."
"You think Voldemort really expects you to succeed, Draco?" Dumbledore asked.
"He wouldn't have given me this quest if he didn't think I could do it," Draco said icily.
"He is probably expecting you to die doing it, Draco," said Dumbledore.
"Oh yeah?" Draco demanded.
"I have known Voldemort much longer than you have, Draco," Dumbledore said, "What else are you doing for Voldemort. You might as well tell us now."
Draco didn't say anything for a couple of minutes. He groaned and sat down. "Fine, I'll tell you but there's nothing you can do. The Dark Lord will keep trying to kill you."
"I believe he is," Dumbledore said.
Draco explained his mission about Voldemort's plans to kill Dumbledore and about smuggling Death Eaters into the school by using the vanishing closet in the Room of Requirement. Draco talked about the date Voldemort gave him this mission and how succeeding will earn his Dark Mark.
"All Death Eaters have to pass some sort of test to show their loyalty to the Dark Lord," said Draco, showing his bare left arm. "If I really wanted my Dark Mark and become a Death Eater like my father, I was to kill you."
"Well, it seems you won't be receiving your mark after all, Draco," Dumbledore said, "If Voldemort really wants me dead, he'll have to kill me himself rather than making a sixteen year old do his dirty work for him."
Draco growled in his throat. "He didn't make me do anything! I wanted to take the mission! I immediately started working on a plan when the Dark Lord gave me this mission."
"And using a barmaid to imperious a student into taking a cursed necklace was your best mission?" Scrimgeour inquired.
"I'll go ahead and kill you now!" Draco snatched up his wand and aimed it at Dumbledore's chest, his hand shaking slightly. He had the words in his mind but they couldn't form on his tongue. He's never killed anyone before, let alone someone like Dumbledore. Draco hasn't even killed a mouse.
"I do not wish anymore of my students to become killers, Draco," Dumbledore said without flinching. Dawlish and the aurors reached for their wands and Dumbledore told them to stand back.
"Dumbledore," Scrimgeour muttered.
"He's my student—I'll handle it."
"You're not a killer, Draco," said Dumbledore calmly.
"I've go to do it," Draco said, "He'll kill me if I don't."
"Not if he can't find you," Dumbledore said.
"What?" Draco murmured.
"We'll hide you," Dumbledore said, "someplace where Voldemort can't find you."
"What about my mother?" Draco asked. "He'll kill her too!"
"We'll hide your mother as well," Dumbledore said, "it seems your father is either missing or already dead. Whoever he is—I'm sure Voldemort cannot find him."
"You think you can find my father," Draco said, "if he is alive? You can hide us someplace where we can all be together?"
"Yes, Draco," Dumbledore said, "we will certainly try."
"Can you hide us tonight?" Draco inquired.
"Yes."
Draco lowered his wand. "Fine."
Dumbledore hid Draco and Narcissa at the Headquarters of the Order of the Phoenix. Narcissa found it very strange to find her old home to be used for such a place. It didn't matter just as long as she and her son were safe. The portrait of her late aunt shouted at her every time she walked by.
"Look at what my son has done to my home! Mudbloods and traitors and scum!"
"At this point, Walburga," Narcissa hissed, "I really don't care."
Dedalus and Mina came to watch the match between Slytherin and Gryffindor. Before the match started, Dedalus and Mina visited with Dumbledore to give Artemis to him. Dedalus explained that Artemis was a special cat and Dumbledore will find that Artemis will come in handy at times.
"I appreciate it, Dedalus," said Dumbledore as he scratched Artemis' chin. "I used to own a cat when I was younger. It's nice to have someone to talk to here."
Dedalus grinned. "Yes. Artemis might talk to you too."
"Yup, he'll make a great companion," Mina added.
Artemis straightened up and he almost shouted at Dedalus. Dedalus turned out of the office to watch the match with Mina. Mina looked at the two teams as their captains shook hands. Mina recognized Chaser Katie Bell.
"Granddad," Mina whispered, "that's the same girl that was imperioused!"
"Yes, it is," Dedalus said.
"I didn't know she played Quidditch," Mina said, "I guess she really recuperated from being imperioused."
"She's lucky," said Dedalus, "if she accidentally touched that necklace, she wouldn't be able to play today."
Mina absolutely loved watching the Quidditch match. She stood up on her feet and cheered whenever Gryffindor made a goal or when Ron saved a pass. She cringed when someone got hit with a Bludger or got plowed. She booed when Slytherin made wrong moves and nearly threw a fit when Harper collided into Harry.
"Boo!" Mina shouted. "Foul! Someone get him out!"
When Harry caught the Snitch, she jumped around and hugged random people in the stands. "Granddad, did you see that? Wasn't that marvelous?"
"Yes, it was, dear," Dedalus agreed, "Let's go give Harry his award."
"Right," Mina nodded she slunk under the bleachers to transform into a yellow blue eyed cat with a golden crescent moon on the forehead. The yellow cat came to Dedalus, nodded and Dedalus approached Harry.
"Harry, wonderful game, my boy!" Dedalus called. "That was some flying!"
"Oh, hello, Dedalus," Harry said, "thanks. Hey, what's with the cat?"
"This cat is for you," Dedalus replied, "a present for wining."
"Me? But Dedalus—you don't have to—I've already got a pet."
"I'm sure your owl won't get jealous," Dedalus said, "this cat's special."
"She is pretty," Harry said, "I wonder what I should call her."
"She answers to Venus," Dedalus said, "but you may all her Vee for short."
"Thank you, Dedalus," Harry said, reaching for Mina. Mina purred happily in Harry's arms and settled on his shoulder. "I'll take good care of her."
"Harry, come on!" Ron called. "Celebration in the common room!"
"It's good to see you again, Dedalus," Harry said, "hey, where's your granddaughter, Mina? Is she with you?"
"Oh, she was," Dedalus said, "but she had to leave."
"Shame, well, can you tell her hi for me?"
"I will."
Harry turned to the school with Mina on his shoulder. While the rest of the Gryffindors were celebrating in the common room, he grabbed some meat and took her to the boys' dormitories. Mina sniffed meat and nibbled on it. As Harry got undressed, Mina was thankful he shouldn't see her blush underneath her yellow fur. She kept her eyes down on the floor so she didn't feel like a pervert.
This cat thing is going to take some getting used to, she thought. When more boys came upstairs to get undressed, Mina dashed under Harry's bed.
"Venus, what's wrong?" Harry said, peeking under his bed. He reached for his new cat and put her on the bed with him. He stroked her fur and she began to relax.
Mina fell asleep curled up at Harry's feet that night. She was too shy to come any closer to him but she knew that in time she would find it easier to sleep right next to him.
Lucius recovered from his injuries he received from the kappa attack and his hair grew back out. His memory returned to him and everything was clear. He wanted to return back to England but Karkaroff would not let him. Karkaroff did not tell him where he was. Karkaroff wanted to know what the Dark Lord was up to.
"You know the Dark Lord will not let you back into the circle," Lucius growled. "You betrayed him."
"We all betrayed him," Karkaroff said coolly. "We all denounced our ways and made the ministry believe we were under the imperious curse. We were all too afraid to step away when he was at power. Some of us were glad he lost his power. We were given another chance."
Lucius opened his mouth to argue then stopped. Karkaroff was right. Though Lucius did hate muggles and muggleborns and blood traitors, he feared the dark Lord and his power. Sometimes he just wanted to be left alone with his family.
"Well you intend on keeping me here?" Lucius demanded. "Am I your prisoner?"
"No," Karkaroff said, "I will let you go when the time is right. What are you doing over here? Were you trying to escape the Dark Lord?"
"No," Lucius said, "the Dark Lord gave me a job to do. I was to take his old diary to a warlock in Japan that could probably fix it."
"Did he succeed?"
"Yes, partly," Lucius said, "the damage to the diary was too great but the warlock managed to move The Dark Lord's sixteen year old self into another book. I got it but then a woman attacked me and stole it. Everything after that is pretty much blurred."
"Why would the Dark Lord want his old diary fixed anyway? Didn't' he preserve his memory in there for a reason?"
"The Dark Lord believed absorbing his old self will make him younger and more powerful," Lucius said. "Tell me, Karkaroff, where are we? Am I still in Japan?"
"No," said Karkaroff, "India. The Dark Lord's influence has not reached here."
"I did not intend to disparate to India," Lucius said, rubbing his head.
"Where then?"
"I don't know," Lucius said, "I suppose back home. I should go back. The Dark Lord must know what happened."
"You think the Dark Lord is expecting your return?" Karkaroff said.
"He didn't send me on this mission expecting not to, Karkaroff," Lucius said coolly.
Karkaroff smiled. "You should stay here. You go back now then the Dark Lord might kill you for failing."
"I did not fail."
"You were sent to Japan to bring his sixteen year old self back to him, weren't you?" Karkaroff said, "and you failed. The Dark Lord does not condone failure. You go back home now and you'll walk into a trap."
"So what do you suppose I do?" Lucius asked.
"Wait until it is safe to return," Karkaroff answered, "the people here are peaceful and I want some peace before I die."
"I cannot wait," Lucius muttered, rising from the table. "My wife and son know I am missing. They may even think I'm dead. I have to let them know I'm alive."
"You do that and the Dark Lord will use your family to get to you," Karkaroff said, "They can't know where you are."
"It may be easy for you to say that, Karkaroff because you have no family," Lucius sneered. "I have a wife and a son. The Dark Lord may give Draco a quest knowing I have failed. Draco is not even seventeen yet and he is not capable of doing anything for the Dark Lord. If my family is in danger then I want to know. Lucius is my only son and I have to make sure nothing happens to him."
"Fine," Karkaroff said, "you can send them an owl but I've warned you, Lucius. If the Dark Lord finds us then we are all doomed."
"I won't tell them where I am," Lucius insisted, "just that I'm far away and that I'm safe. I'll tell them not to go looking for me."
Days went by and Mina really liked being a cat, following Harry everywhere he went and listening to him talk. Hermione's cat, Crookshanks, took a liking to Mina and followed her around as well. Whenever Artemis was around, Artemis growled at Crookshanks to make him leave her alone.
Mina learned all about Harry and his friends. It made it easier to protect him knowing more about him. Every so often dangerous creatures would appear at the school and Mina transformed into Sailor V at the nick of time. This caused great confusion with the staff and the students because Sailor V came and left so suddenly. No one knew what to say about it. Artemis and Mina met weekly to exchange news. Artemis listened to the conversations Dumbledore had with all the previous headmasters and headmistresses in their portraits and Artemis passed them onto Mina. Mina passed on information she learned from Harry, his friends and other Gryffindors. Yet with what they were able to come up with, neither of them knew what Voldemort was up too.
"What should we do, Artemis?" Mina asked. "I can't get anything."
"I suppose no news is good news," Artemis said.
"I guess you're right," Mina agreed. "I hope there are no new enemies back home but I suppose it's too dangers for us to try to contact them now."
"We'll contact them if this gets out of hand," said Artemis, "we found out who was trying to kill Dumbledore and we just have to keep our eyes open until You-Know-Who sends anybody else to kill him."
"Ramua, I'd like to speak with you," Jimmu said after closing shop for the day.
"What is it?" Ramua asked as she stocked the box of poisonous quills.
"I've been trying to find the identities of the sailor scouts," Jimmu explained, "and I believe that the scouts must be around sixteen."
"Teenage girls?" Ramua said skeptically. "Sailor Scouts?"
"Yes, I know," Jimmu said, "surprising. I don't know how teenage girls became sailor scouts."
"What other information do you have on the scouts?" Ramua inquired.
"They appear mostly in the Juuban area," Jimmu told her, "and there is a muggle high school there."
"You think that's where the scouts go?" Ramua said. "They could be muggles?"
"Yes, they much like muggles when they are not in the form as sailor scouts," Jimmu explained. "Now this is what I want you to do. Take on the form of a teenage girl and enroll in Juuban High School. Do whatever you have to find Sailor Moon and those sailor scouts. We have to know if Sailor Moon knows how to use the Recluse Journal yet."
"I can be as pretty as I want?" Ramua asked hopefully.
"If you think that will find them faster," Jimmu said lazily.
"I won't let you down, Grandfather," Ramua promised.
"See that you don't."
Ramua kissed her grandfather's forehead and went up to her room. She stood in the mirror and changed herself into many different teenage girls until she found the perfect look. She had the perfect plan. She was going to find Sailor Moon's identity and pretend to be her best friend. Nobody was going to stop Ramua now.
TO BE CONTINUED
Oooh, doesn't that make you want to be a metamorphamagus? Sorry this update is late. I'm going to try to finish this story before the summer is over now that summer is here.
