"Sirius are you really that against me being a female?" Helen asked, she don't know what to do if Serious don't want a goddaughter.
"Oh, Har-Helen, I was just angry that they weren't able to help you, that's all. And beside I'll have to call you Helen now, and I might forget sometime." Sirius said to Helen, not wanting to maker her cry because of the stupid thing that he had said.
"Um… Madame Pomfrey, does that mean that" Rena pause for a brief look at Helen "we'll have the monthly cycle too?" Rena asked horrified, Sirius looked even more horrified, then Helen imagined possible.
"Yes, that depend on if you get your first one this month or coming month or not, since today is the 18th so, you will have to wait and find out. If you two don't have that then report to me by the end of each months, you understand?" She asked Helen and Rena, they nodded yes.
"Good then"
"Ms. Granger, will you help them with what they need when that time come for them?" She asked nicer this time that everyone understand.
"Yes, I would like to help them, to get use to being a female and all. So they would know how it feels to be a female." She said sarcastically. They blushed remembering what they said about girls all these years.
"Thank you Ms. Granger." Madame Pomfrey said politely.
The group didn't notice that theirs' conversation was overheard, by a student, none thither then Blaise Zabini. 'So they're gonna stay as female for the rest of their life huh?' He question himself. 'Better get the news to Draco then' he decide to leave thinking that there is no more important information left, to stay.
"Dumbledore, can I talk to you?" Sirius asked. When he notice who was standing behind him.
"Yes, we can. Follow me." The two man left the room to talk in Dumbledore's in his office. When the two settle in, Dumbledore starts.
"What is it that you want to talk about Sirius?" Dumbledore asked patiently waiting for the man to speaks.
"I was wondering if you could… hire me as an extra teacher or something, so I could keep an eye on Rena and Helen." He answer
"Sirius I know that you worried a great deal of Helen, but she's and adult now, she can take care of 'herself.'"
"I understand but… I worried. She grew up in a childhood that doesn't give her happiness. She always have to depend on herself, I want to be there for her when she needs some comfort or someone she can talk to."
"Or keeps an eye on the male student here, so they won't go near Helen." Dumbledore reads Sirius's mind. He can't help but smiled at Dumbledore for reading his other thought.
"If keeping an eye on her would stop you from fidgeting then I will hire you. And she also want to spend more time with you too. You know." Dumbledore told him before shooing Serious off, to his new quarter. Sirius was so happy that he can't help but whooped and punched his hand into the air.
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Mrs. and Mr. Weasley have left Hogwart with Remus when they exit the Hospital wing. Mrs. Weasley hugged and kisses them good bye before she left.
"So, how long have you like him, Rena?" Helen asked not letting the conversation go.
"You really isn't gonna let this go are you?" Rena tries to avoid the conversation, and answers to it.
"Nope. How long?" Helen tried again.
"Fine if you must know, it have been" Rena paused counting her fingers "Four years." She answered.
"Hurry you two. It past our curfew already." Hermione demanded.
They looked at her, when they notice that she had not been smiling more then they ever have seen her with. Helen decide to asked her why she smiled so much that day, when the get to the common room.
"Hermione----" Helen didn't get to ask her when she disappeared in to her dorm room.
'She's avoiding something' she knew that for a fact, Hermione have never lie or avoided anything from them, unless she think that they would not like it, she also never try to avoided Helen before.
'Her attitude is too weird to ignore' she warned herself. Helen decided to go to bed and asked Hermione tomorrow, she isn't gonna let her get away with it, even though she don't know what it is.
Helen lay awake for a while before going to sleep, Her last thought were 'It must have something to do with the ball.'
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Draco smirked to himself that he could use something against Potter. He was glad that he had sent Blaise on that little mission of his. But he couldn't help but felt a little hurt from what he was going to do. Draco keeps on ponders on those feeling, before deciding to dismiss them, and go down for breakfast. If anyone looked at him they could tell that he's fighting a losing fight with that smirk of his. Today he doesn't have the usual morning grumpiness, thanks to the thing he had learned. He looks around the great hall to see if Potter is there. Potter was nowhere in sight, the one that he saw was Black, at the front of the main table talking to Dumbledore. Draco shifted, this gaze to Snape who look like he was about to explode soon.
"What's going on?" Draco demanded.
"Black is gonna be an extra teacher here if any teacher is sick, for the rest of the year. If you asked me, he doesn't want any boy near his precious goddaughter." Blaise replied.
Draco looks like some one have poured sour milk on him. 'Why does he have to be here now?' Draco asked himself. 'Mother was right he always ruined something someone tried to do'
A little latter Helen and her friends walk in into the Great Hall. "Hermione can you just tell us, why you're not happy? And what?" Helen demanded.
"Fine if you'll stop pestering me about it." Hermione sighed.
"I haven't gotten anything to wear to the Ball, okay." Hermione said sadly.
"Don't worried, we'll change that." Rena said proudly.
"How are we going to change it?" Helen asked confused,
"How did you come up with when I don't even know?" Helen asked.
"Yeah, sorry about that mate." Rena apologized.
"How are you going to do it?" Hermione asked confused, she have never depend on Rena much.
"You'll see." The two didn't bother to ask, he have never done them good when he smirks as a Slytherins.
"Hi, Helen, Rena, Hermione." Someone said behind her, they all turned to see who it was.
"Hi, Carol." She replied the greeting; the other two did the same thing.
"Do you know that your god father is working here?" Carol asked
"What are you talking about?" Helen questioned him.
"Over there." Carol pointed his fingers toward the front of the Hall. "What is he doing here? Didn't he went home yesterday?" Hermione asked.
"I don't remember him go with the other; I assumed that he went home ahead of them, because he was upset." Rena said.
"I might know why he's here." Helen said after thinking of all the possibility.
"Why Helen?" Hermione demanded, she don't want Sirius to interrupt their schooling.
"ME!" Helen answered.
"What!"
"I'm guessing he's here because he doesn't want any male near me." She explained.
"That might be a possibility after growling at anyone who was staring at you yesterday." Hermione nodded.
"Helen, who is that?" came a demanding voice of her godfather.
"Sirius, I would like you to meet Carol Manze, He's my date for the coming ball." Helen answered.
"Boy what's your name?" Sirius asked Looking Him through.
"Sirius I already told you." Harry said trying to stop Sirius from scaring him off.
"You did, but he didn't introduce himself to me, Helen" Sirius smiled at her.
"You're right he is here to protect you Helen. He's your knight in shinning armor." Rena joked Hermione and Helen giggled.
"Sirius if you're her to scared people off like that, you should go home instead." Hermione threaten.
"Sirius, Please." Helen pleaded, trying to use the puppy eye Ginny had shown him. Helen knew she had succeeded, when Sirius nodded, he can't push it when Helen pleaded him on anything. Helen kissed Serious and thanks him before went to the table.
"Wow, that was some puppy eye you got there." Rena complimented Helen.
"Thanks Rena."
"How'd you know that?" She ask wanting to use the same thing on her parent when she have the chance
"Now then, why don't we go and ask McGonagall if we can go to Hogsmeade." Rena suggested
"Why?" Hermione asked.
"To get you your dress of course. What do you think I was referring to earlier?" Rena asked.
"Err…something else" Helen answered truthfully.
"Why not Dumbledore, he'll let us go with less questioning?" Helen suggested.
"He's the Headmaster, but McGonagall is the head of our house." Hermione argued.
"Fine then." Helen grumped.
Draco has watched the scene since when Helen came in. He was pissed that Black was there to piss him off so much.
"Draco, you alright? Dude." Blaise asked. Draco Decided not to answer him.
"Let me guess, you're thinking about your little crush on Helen." Draco spurt his pumpkin juice at Theo who sat across from him,
"Gross, Dude!" Theo exclaimed, Blaise start, laughing. Draco cast a lips binding spell, soon the student around them, were laughing at Blaise, who start spattering, juice from the corner of his mouth.
Every student was laughing, at Blaise. Rena was the one that laughed the hardest from the Gryffindors. She was laughing at how Blaise tried to swallow the juice, while laughing at the same time.
"Oh, my…" Helen started trying to stop laughing "he really is trying to make a fool of himself, don't you think?" She asked the other two girls.
"Yeah, you're right; this is the first time I laughed this hard, since ever!" Hermione said wiping the tears that have gathered at the upper right corner of her eyes, when she was laughing.
"I…can't…seem…to…stop laughing." Rena said stiffing her laughter.
Everyone tried to stop laughing as they left the great hall to spent time alone or with some one.
The trio went up to McGonagall about their trips to Hogsmeades.
"Please professor, we promise to be back by lunch. We just need to get Hermione a Ball dress. Beside didn't Professor Dumbledore say it's require for all the student to attained the ball to show respect for the guest that will be staying here over the year? And do you want a Gryffindor to appear like he or she don't care and dress in school attired?" Helen asked.
"He did said that, but why today? Why didn't you go yesterday?" She demanded.
"Yesterday I was doing my homework Professor; I wanted to finish them before the weekend is over." Hermione explained. "And I don't want to crammed, them tonight or before class started again." Hermione said.
"You're lucky that I let some student that miss the trip in order to do their homework go, due to dedication of school work." McGonagall said with some pride.
"Thanks Professor!" The trio left for Hogsmeades. They left the Great Hall that only a few students occupied in.
"Wait!" Helen said to a halt "I need to go to the lavatory!" Helen dashed to the nearest girls' bathroom. The two fallowed.
"Helen are you alright in there?" Hermione asked.
"IF you don't count the blood then I'm alright!" Helen retorted
"I'll be back, wait here. Helen don't come out." Hermione warned
"I know that just hurry back!" Helen almost yelled, being freaked out with the blood that he had coming.
"Helen how did you get blood without hurting yourself?" Rena asked stupidly,
"Rena I guess that this is called a female PMS." Helen retorted.
"I can't believe how ignorant you are sometime." Helen said
"Sorry mate I didn't realize that." Rena apologized.
"That's fine, we were boys before now."
"So are you gonna tell Blaise that you liked him?" Helen asked
"I…I don't know honestly. I don't even know how he feels about me." Rena said sadly.
"Don't worry about that. He might have some feeling for you to asked you to the ball." Helen said sympathy in her voice.
"Thanks, Harry." Rena said
"It's Helen, Ron." Helen joked and they laughed. Hermione entered moments later.
Why are you two laughing?" Hermione asked dropping the small package on the other side of the stall door.
"What is this?" Helen question looking at the package, suspiciously.
"There's an instruction paper to tell you how to use it." Hermione said, not wanting to say too much, Helen knew Hermione don't want to go into detailed.
"Hermione, what's that?" Rena asked
"You'll know when you have to use it." Hermione said. They could hear peeling sound in the silent bathroom.
"OH! Okay I gotcha." Rena said uncomfortable.
"Hermione how would you know I will get it to?" Rena asked
"Because Helen got it, and your potion is only slightly different, in the shading." Hermione explained to her friend. There was a flush and Helen came out looking flushed.
"Is it this uncomfortable?" Helen asked
"You'll get used to it!" was Hermione's answer.
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"We'll need to buy you some of your own. I can't share you mines all the time Helen!" Hermione said, as they walk in the street of Hogsmeade, Helen nodded in agreement. She don't want Hermione to know when Her PMS is .
"Umm…. Hermione how long does it last?" Helen asked.
"At most a week." Hermione answered
"So how short is the shortest day?" Helen asked hopefully.
"I don't know. The shortest for me is Three day." Hermione said watching Helen and Rena blushed.
"Would you two stop blushing its annoying. And you two are girl now. Understand." Hermione demanded.
"We can't help it. This is our first, no my first experience, and first time talking about theses stuff." Hermione just rolls her eyes at Helen's comment.
"Come on. We don't have that much time before lunch arrives." Hermione urged them into the nearest Dress shop. A witch came to greet them and asked if she could help any of them. She then stared at Helen for a while.
"What is your name, so I could address you?" She asked, Helen knew that she want to know if Helens name is Harry Potter or not, Helen didn't give her the satisfaction by telling her to call her Helen and not giving her the last name. Hermione and Rena caught the drift and introduce themselves and not giving her their last name also.
"Okay what kind of dress do you want to look at?" The witch who said her name was Sandy said.
"Well we're looking for a dress for Hermione, She didn't came to buy her dress yesterday." Rena said.
"Well what kind of dress is it?" She asked looking at Hermione.
"I don't know, why don't you bring out some dress that has simple designs. I don't want to look like I want to show off or anything." Hermione requested.
"I think I just might know three that fit's in that category." She smiled then left.
"What kind of dress, do you think she's gonna bring?" Rena asked.
"I don't know" Hermione signed. "Just hope it's not too expensive." Sandy came back out with three dresses. To Hermione the looks simple but pretty.
The three of them looked at each one and argues on which one Hermione should buy.
They all finally agree to the light blue European Satin spaghetti strap A-line gown with modified princess seams. And low back with inverted pleats and train.
Hermione was happy with that choice too. She was also glad that they were able to pick that dress, she don't know what to do if they can't ever agree to one dress. Hermione was grateful that Helen paid for it, since it cost more then the money that she brought. Hermione thought that she'll have to put it down and come back later to buy it, and Helen said that she'll buy it for Hermione, as a late birthday present.