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Chapter Thirteen: The Third Head of Hogwarts and the Twins of Sight
Paige was out of hostipal in five days. She was eating breakfast with Harry when they heard a screetching voice from the Entrance Hall. There stood a woman with chestnut hair and soft blue eyes. She was wearing simple white robes and talking calmly to Umbridge who stood in the centre of the hall with her belongings. "No, I can't be sacked." stammered Umbridge. "Well, My father's will was found last week and I was instantly appointed yesterday by the Minister. I am Rosa Isabella Alexandra Dumbledore and my father, Albus Percival Winfred Brian Dumbledore asked in his will for me to replace him. And after you almost killed Miss Paige Willows, the Minister did just that. Now remove yourself please, so we may get on with our lives."
Umbridge screamed and pointed at Paige. "You ... you did this to me." She ran at Paige and grabbed her. She shook her hard and threw her into the wall. Paige, sensing this, jumped up fast before she hit and drew her wand like lightning. "If you ever touch me again, Dolores, I'll tell your sister, my mother, to make sure Father destroys you." Umbridge looked at her. "You are Keladry's child. You are my step-sister's daughter, my niece." Paige stood and said. "Yes, Aunt Dolores, and you better not touch me ever. Now please leave and find yourself another job, like keeping your bloody quill to yourself."
Paige stood close to Umbridge who suddenly whipped the quill out and plunged it into Paige's bangaged arm. Paige bit down on her lip with pain, making it crack and bleed. She screamed and kicked Umbridge. The quill scraped down her arm, leaving a long cut. Paige ripped out the quill and snapped it. Then, she summonded her Healing Gift. Raw magic surrounded her, in the form of purple flames. She engulfed it and the cut was healed. Umbridge had hit the Gryffindor hour glass, from which rubies were flying. She dragged Umbridge's trunks out and kicked them down the castle steps. Then, she stumbled back in and fell down onto the cold hard ground.
"Ow!" she said, biting down on her lip again. Tasting blood, she got up, shaking and healed her lip. Her sisters were looking at her with a look. They were amazed at her. Harry, Ron and Hermione pushed past their new Headmistress and went to help Paige into the Great Hall. She needed to eat something for energy. Ron picked up Paige's wand and Hermione and Harry brought her to Gryffindor table. She sat down, shaking and took some toast. Her bandage had disappeared when she healed her arm and now only the words. "I will not tell lies." remained.
She ate and soon had gathered enough strength to go to her class. She was walking with Harry, Ron and Hermione when Paige's 'favourite' Slytherin came along. "WildMage ... damm bitch ... you like to hurt teachers don't you?" Paige shook Harry and Hermione's arms from hers and stood, shaking. "Ron, my wand. Malfoy, if you want, we will duel fair and square right now. Who's your second?" Malfoy looked at his friends and said. "Prue, your my second." Prue stepped forward and her sisters pushed forward to watch. Prue snickered at Paige.
Paige looked at her friends. "I have no second." Suddenly a voice piped up. "Yes you do, sister." Penny Willows walked forward. Prue looked at her baby sister. "Penny, your dead. Master killed you ages ago." Paige took this infomation and said. "Is your Master, perhaps Lord Voldemort, sister?" Prue glared at her younger sister. "Your dead, WildMage. YOU ARE NOTHING!" she said, ending in a scream. Paige drew her wand and shouted. "Levicorpus!" Prue got slung up in the air by her ankle. Suddenly, Prue shouted. "AVADA KEDAVRA!" Paige barely had time to duck when Harry jumped in front of her and reflected the curse towards the Slytherin hour glass.
Emeralds spilled out and showered the floor. "Harry, how did you do that?" asked Paige. "With a sacrifice my mother made. Love, Paige." Harry glared at Prue and Malfoy and said quietly. "They are Death Eaters." Paige looked at them and they all suddenly vanished in black smoke. Harry looked around. "They are gone. Voldemort saved them." Paige shuddered and suddenly Rosa Dumbledore was seen walking towards them. "Potter, Willows, Willows, Weasley, Granger, my office. NOW!" she said, with Dumbledore's patience. Together, they trooped to Rosa's office and waited. They didn't know the new password. Rosa walked up and said. "Rachel Elizabeth Dumbledore." The office opened up and they all entered.
Rosa walked behind her father's desk and said. "So ..." Harry, Hermione and Ron looked at Paige and her sister. "Malfoy wanted to duel, he tryed to kill me and Harry saved me with his mother's sacrifice." She stopped. "What's that noise?" she asked quietly. Rosa stood, looking surprised. "She's not meant to wake up yet." Paige and the others took a seat as Rosa went into a room off the library. The noise was of a crying baby. "Rachie, stop." they heard. The baby kept crying and Rosa came back into the office carrying a pink bundle. "Sorry, just my daughter, Rachel Elizabeth Dumbledore. She's crying because of her Yamani gift." she said, saying the last sentence quietly.
Paige stood. "Yamani Gift, Professor. I might be able to detect it, as I have three Gifts and that makes me pretty powerful. But, who is her father, Professor?" Rosa sat and mumbled one name Paige knew. "Sir Nealan of Queenscove." Paige stood and took Rachel in her arms. Rachel stopped crying and Paige summonded a small Yamani baby table. She placed Rachel on it and took out a purple crystal. She swung it above Rachel who followled it with her eyes. Her daddy's eyes. Sir Nealan was like an Uncle to Paige and she'd seen those eyes alot growing up.
They shined with white flowing power. Paige vanished the crystal and held her hands above Rachel. She muttered a Yamani Goddess spell asking the Goddess to bless this baby with its power. It's Daddy's power. Rachel had magic so rare. Paige stopped. "She hasn't got just a Gift, she has power as great as the power of the Ordeal." she murmered. "Great Power, in the hands of an angel." she said. She handed Rachel to her mother and summonded a Goddess Charm to protect her from evil. She put this necklace onto Rachel who played with the little red crystal. She vanished the Yamani table and sat down. Rosa put the now sleeping Rachel into a crib next to her desk and addressed the students. "You each receive 10 points because Malfoy is an ugly git." They grinned and filed out.
At dinner that night, the new Professor Dumbledore stood. She was wearing pale blue robes which shone in the flickering candle light. She then said. "Hello Students, teachers and ghosts. I am Rosa Isabella Alexandra Dumbledore, your new Headmistress. I'm sorry that you had to suffer with Umbridge. I didn't get to London till late last week. I hope we can get along and have fun with the rest of the Triwizard to look forward to. Now, Tuck In and enjoy yourselves." said the Professor, sitting down and engaging into convestation with McGonagall. The food appeared and they indeed tucked in. After the feast, full to the brim, Ron, Hermione, Harry and Paige headed to bed.
They were walking when Paige thought she heard something. "What was that?" she muttered, looking around. Harry looked at her. "I heard it to, Ron, Hermione?" They hadnt and left. Paige turned, breaking into run, into the secret corridor. She stopped suddenly and Harry whispered. "It's gone." Paige shook her head and said. "I just heard it again, its coming from the room on the left." They entered the room to see a girl's bedroom. There was a young girl dressed in black school robes, singing softly on a rug in front of a flickering fire. Paige took a step and felt something in this girl. "I know your there, Paige Willows and Harry Potter. Why did you seek me?" she asked in a soft voice.
Paige looked at the back of this girl. She had white shining hair, which shimmered in the fire. "I heard something. I wondered." The girl stood, drawing her robes around her and turned. Paige looked into the soft blue eyes so like the Dumbledores. The girl then walked to another room, beckoning them with a lone finger. They entered and saw another girl, identical to the first. "We are Lara and Lulu. We are the girls with the gift of Sight. We can see everything, the past, future and present." they said. The first girl stood forward. "I am Lara. My sister here is Lulu, in case you couldnt tell us apart. Why do you seek us, Protector of the Flame and Boy Who Lived?" said Lara. Paige stammered and said. "I didn't seek you, I just heard your singing, Lara. But, why am I the Protector of the Flame?"
Lulu looked at her through her soft blue eyes. "You were chosen by the Goddess to save us from her. The Black Flamesmaster, Prue Willows, your sister." said Lulu. Lara strode to stand by her sister. Their robes had a symbol. Paige looked closely. "That symbol is my father's family's family crest. My family possess's it and so does my late uncle's family. What is your last name?" The twins looked at each other. Then, together they said. "Our mother is Paige Annamarie Willows, your Aunt. Our father is Fredrick Brian Dumbledore. Our mother gave us these robes. Our father is in Azkaban, he is accused of being a Death Eater. Grandfather Dumbledore hid us here, from Voldemort and our brother, Zatch Benjamin Dumbledore." ended Lara.
Paige then said. "I've heard of Zatch, he is known as Zatch Bell. He is on a mission to find Penny, my sister." Harry looked from the twins to their cousin, Paige and said. "Why do you then call your cousin, Paige, the Protector of the Flame?" Lulu looked at her sister. "Lara had a prophecy. She fortold that a girl with fire-like eyes and white shining hair would cast down the Black Flamesmaster and become the Protector of the Flame. That girl is and will always be a Paige with flaming eyes and streaming white hair. But one day that girl would change.
She would find out the truth, and everything, even her appearence, will be different." said Lulu. Suddenly, everything went black and Paige felt herself being grabbed. She heard Harry try to shout, but something was shoved into his mouth. Paige made a humming noise and felt a blast of magic fly over her shoulder. She opened her mouth to scream and got a drop of magical potion dropped into her mouth. She slumped to the floor, under a stunning spell. The last thing she saw was her sister, Prue smiling over her as her eyes closed and she was stunned cold.