Hey everyone,
So I decided that, now that I've covered Jillian, Sirius, Lady Hogwarts, the attackers and Lupin, I am going to focus on the last group that plays a semi-important role in this story: the students that had been held captive while the attackers went wild on Harry. After that, I will move forward another day and go back to Jillian.
Merry Christmas,

Venquine1990

Chapter 09
A New Head Of House

3rd of November 1994
Gryffindor Common Room
Angelina's POV

The girls and I just shared our dinner with Jillian at the Hospital Wing and had to feed her as her arms are still in casts, but Madam Pomfrey had told us that tomorrow she would scan her and see if they could be replaced with bandages. This had made Jillian feel much better and we had all felt excited over what this could mean.
"You might be able to start practicing with putting your own clothes on tomorrow. You know, what we taught you about the bra and how to slide into a dress." Katie had happily squealed and while Madam Pomfrey had reminded her to inform her first and to keep Jillian's weakened state in mind, had she not fully forbidden us.

But after we pass through the Fat Lady, which is now one of the two entrances we can use to get into Gryffindor as there is also a secondary portrait that leads straight to the girls dorm and the same counts for the boys' dorm, does Katie's dorm mate rush over and ask: "How's Jillian? Is she feeling better? How is her healing process?"
And she has to raise her voice a little as Ronald snaps: "Harry!" But we ignore the boy and Katie says: "I'll tell you later, I promise." And the girl nods before the four of us take a seat at one of the comfier chairs and couches, the others having left these for us because we were chosen by Lady Hogwarts to help Jillian adjust.
Fred and George also got this treatment and have gotten the comfiest chairs near the fire, switching their stares between the attackers and the Map to which Granger snaps: "What are you even looking at that thing for? We're right here, you know!" To which Fred says: "We're looking.""Because we don't trust you." George ends.
The girl glares at the two for this and Fred says: "We know you've been able to make Polyjuice since your Second, Granger. Ronald bragged about it in the summer after." And George says: "And because the Death Eater fooled even Dumbledore, we're not taking any risks, not with you, not with anyone who hurt or wants to hurt Jillian."

"IT'S HARRY!" Ron shouts, but Fred just turns back to the Map and ignores the steaming boy. But when Ron actually draws his wand, does a growling voice snarl: "You're in enough trouble as it is, Mr. Weasley. Stop trying to make your own situation worse." And we see Lupin standing in the Fat Lady portrait hole.
"What are you doing here, you filthy traitor?" Ronald snarls and Lupin crosses his arms as he says: "I am here to have my first House meeting with my new House. Gryffindors, to this side please." And he motions us away from where the Hyenas are all huddled together. And when we're all seated, does Lupin wave his wand.
This causes for a transparent wall to be folded around us all and I see Granger jumping up at this, yet while she has her wand in her hand and while she is screaming curses, do the spells just rocket off the wall and can none of us hear what she is saying. Yet then the girl stops and turns to the portrait hole again with shocked eyes.
I look there myself and spot Professor McGonagall, who has a look of raging fury on her face, making Granger cringe before she gives the girl a clear order. But with the knowledge that Granger and the other Hyenas are being handled, do I turn back to my own House and my Head of House, who smiles at us all as he says:

"Alright, let me explain a few things. Mss. Bell didn't tell her year mate what Jillian is going through, because Madam Pomfrey doesn't want that kind of information to be overheard by the Hyenas. So from now on until she is healed, if you want to know about Jillian, wait or make sure that you are out of hearing range of the Hyenas."
At this everyone nods and Lupin pulls out today's newspaper as he says: "I first want to address a few issues that I'm sure you all got when you read this article this morning. One of the questions I'm sure you're all wondering is; if the attack was called an attempt of murder, why haven't any of the attackers been arrested yet?"
At this many of the more curious Lions nod to show that they did indeed wonder this and Lupin says: "The answer is simple; Harry's former fame. His title as the Boy-Who-Lived. If Granger, Ronald and Ginerva had been arrested, they would have made a sob-story out of it and Harry's title would have given Jillian all the wrong attention.
The same reason is behind why the attempt at oral rape wasn't mentioned, though this was more with the eye on the rest of House Weasley than on Jillian. So you see, giving these attackers a severe punishment, while keeping them out of prison, takes them the chance to use Harry's former title to discredit her or the attack.
Is it something the teachers, Lady Hogwarts and I are proud of or happy with? No. Do we consider it the lesser of the two evils? Yes. Will this lighter punishment for the sake of Jillian's protection last until after their graduation? No. If, by the time they graduate, they are still Hyenas for the same reason, they will be arrested."

This seems to really appease the curiosity and concern of quite a few students and then Lupin turns to Lavender Brown and asks: "Now Mss. Brown, I personally am of the belief that you got punished for crimes you didn't commit. Your dorm mates turned into Hyenas and now you have been sleeping in a dorm all by yourself.
Because of this would I like to ask if you wouldn't rather move a dorm up and start sharing with Katie, Jillian and Katie's friend or if you'd rather go a dorm down to Ginerva's former dorm mates. And no, neither Jillian nor Katie blame you for what Mss. Patil and Mss. Granger did. And I doubt Ginerva's do either."
At this both my fellow Chaser and the few girls that Ginerva shared a dorm with all shake their heads to prove they don't blame Lavender for her dorm mates' actions and the girl sighs relieved before she says: "I'd like to go a dorm up, Professor. Thank you." At which Lupin nods and Katie happily motions her to come over.

"Speaking of dorms, I would like you all to know that Sirius, Minerva and I all changed the location of our offices and our private chambers. Sirius and I are now sharing a private chamber set, with two bedrooms I'd like to add, as well as an office on either side of the private chambers. They are on the other side of the Fat Lady.
Minerva has her office one staircase down on your right when you leave the Fat Lady's portrait. She told me to tell you that you can visit her office if you still feel more comfortable with her than me, but wanted me to remind you that she is no longer your Head of House. If she believes I can help you better, she will send you to me."
This seems to amaze the Lions around me and Lupin says: "She also wanted me to convey upon you an apology. Lily and James' deaths hit her quite hard all those years ago and she was really out of it for a while. So much so that she temporarily cancelled one of her duties. Only that duty became one she forgot about later on.
She wants me to reinstate it and I am very happy to do so. I just want your honest opinion before I make a permanent decision. Would you rather I come here every Monday to go over potential hazards each year experiences in class or out of class the previous week or every other Monday?" The man shocks me as he asks.

"McGonagall used to come here every week to check on how students were doing in and outside of class? Well, I – I can't really blame her for doing so. It was war, after all, and that must have really affected some of the students, especially if they lost family members to the fights." I think to myself before I look around.
All students seem to be muttering, but from what I can overhear, most of them seem more comfortable with every week to which I agree. The man then raises his hand to indicate that we've had enough time to discuss this between ourselves and asks: "Your conclusion?" To which Alicia answers: "Every Monday please, professor."

The man nods and says: "Very well, there will be meetings every Monday after dinner. Please make sure you discuss your in and out of class problems with your year during dinner that day so we can get started as soon as possible each meeting. And now for two final topics before I leave you all to the rest of your evenings."
The man then pulls a bit of parchment from his robe and says: "I questioned Minerva and Albus quite thoroughly on the attack that took place a few days ago and Minerva mentioned that some of you were looking scared, but not because you were afraid you would be next. She wrote your names down here and I have one question.
Would you rather make an appointment in my office so we can discuss this privately, perhaps alongside your parents or guardians, or would you rather talk about it now? Each of you can answer me when I call your name." And the man gently starts to call on the few students who had indeed looked like this on Monday.
Most of them tell him they'd rather discuss it with their parents at his office, but one of them, the third year, Abby Jayden, says: "Mss. Supers told me if I tried to stop Ginerva from doing what she did, she would enforce the debt my family owes hers to ruin my dad's business. And the Quidditch World Cup already made things harder for him."

At this the man nods and he quickly makes appointments with the others over the rest of the year as well as the weekend and tells them to write their parents, telling them that they can borrow the school owl staying in his office before he turns back to Abby and tells her to come over. The girl does and Lupin sits her down next to him.
"Tell me something, Mss. Jayden. What is your best subject?" And the girl answers: "Herbology, Professor." To which Lupin smiles and says: "Then you can help Professor Sprout take care of the herbs and plants that Hogwarts sells to Hogsmeade. It will help your dad earn extra money and pay up the debt he owes the Supers."
This amazes the girl and Lupin asks: "We'll discuss this with Pomona tomorrow morning at breakfast, okay?" And the girl happily nods, giving the man a grateful hug before she retakes her former seat. The man smiles at her and I think: "He's even better as Head of House than he was as teacher for Defense Against the Dark Arts."

The man then turns to my fellow Chasers and me and asks: "And now onto the last topic of the night. How is Jillian doing, girls?" And I happily say: "Dumbledore did mess up her eyesight when he transformed her, but she's now wearing sunglasses that will help her as they will darken the room enough for her to see.
She needs to wear them for three months for her eyes to heal and would have needed a year if she had gotten regular glasses. Madam Pomfrey also waited with starting the real healing process until today, because she was afraid that any really extreme potions could mess with the transformation and cause even more damage.
She's mostly in casts now, but Madam Pomfrey told her she could, possibly, get her arm casts replaced for bandages. She's also really taking well to what we teach her about the differences between boys and girls and she's really accepting of the changes that she will be experiencing from now on as well.
Though her reaction when she wore her first dress was quite hilarious as she didn't understand how we could walk without feeling any fabric between our legs, other than our underwear." At this all of the girls giggle and snicker, while some of the boys look as if they can get why Jillian had such a hilarious reaction as they would too.

"Mr. Aeros, I can assure you, thoughts such as the ones that are causing the expression currently on your face are better left off for girls who can actually defend themselves against thoughts like that." Lupin then tells one of the boys that had been smirking in disgusting delight and the boy shrinks back before Lupin says:
"Mss. Potter may be a very stunning looking girl right now, but when it comes to her health, she is also a damsel in distress – even if she will probably curse me for that one later. She has already been told that people with indecent thoughts and desires are in the school and they are not people she can handle, not in her current state.
Not to mention, remember this morning's article. Sirius is willing to risk his chance at probation for the sake of keeping his goddaughter safe. So keep in mind what he could potentially do if he believes that your intentions for his child are, in any way or form, perilous to her health." Lupin tells us and we all nod in understanding.

"Just out of curiosity – ahem, queer curiosity – but how stunning is she?" Dean Thomas then asks and while I am amazed that he likes men, does Lupin smile and say: "Let me put it this way. Omar Saph, the famous fashionable optician, is just dying to take Jillian shopping, just so he can dress her as pretty as possible. His words, not mine."
This makes a lot of those around me laugh and then Katie says: "To be honest, do the girls and I agree with Mr. Saph. We really, really want to dress Jillian in cloths that prove just how gorgeous, hot and stunning she really is, but – with bastards like Weasley, McLaggen and others in the school, we just don't dare do so.
Weasley was already willing to orally rape Jillian when she was still Harry – and still in a growing stage to being a handsome young lad – so we're just too cautious and don't want to give bastards like him any incentive." At this the Lions nod and Lupin seems to look at the Hyena side worriedly before he turns to us and asks:
"Fourth to Seventh years and especially those that have had experience with bastards like that or who were able to prevent friends of them to experience something like that, can I count on you to keep creeps like that away from Jillian until she is fully used to being a girl and starts to dress to her looks by her own volition?"

And to my great delight does at least three quarter of those between Neville's year and my own nod in solemn pledge and Lupin smiles as he says: "Good, then I am glad to know that my goddaughter will be safe." Yet this confuses us and I ask: "I thought Sirius was Jillian's godfather." And Lupin shines like a Christmas tree as he says:
"He is, but he plans to adopt her once his probation is over and has already convinced Omar and me to share the godfather duty between us. Me to be the protective uncle and Omar to be the sweet uncle that spoils his niece. Sirius' words, not mine." The man ends, shaking his head and causing us all to burst out laughing.

That was indeed funny.
Did I plan to have Lupin and McGonagall become direct and indirect part of this chapter? Not really, but I didn't feel like causing a fight between the Chasers and the attackers – at least not yet. There is a high chance that the fight will take place in the story, but it will probably be delayed until Jillian is out of the Hospital Wing.
This is because I don't want to just give the Lions a chance to prove how angry they feel at the Hyenas for dishonoring them the way they did, I also think such a chance will be given more meaning if it also means that Jillian will be given the chance to end things with her former friends and get closure as well.
Merry Christmas,

Venquine1990