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Severus Snape, potion master, Death Eater, a spy for the Order of the Phoenix, creator of Wolfbane potion is now adding stalking young very beautiful women who reads everything and anything to the list of what he does. She quickly went into charms, transfiguration, herbology and then potions. She grabbed some easy books on explaining things why and the how's then she grabbed the harder books like battle transfiguration and charms for war.
Potions she grabbed Beginners potions for soon to be Potion masters and Ingredients of potions both very good at explaining things to first and second year student about what's what in potion. He never bothered to make them but it "They should be listening to my instructions and not to add things that shouldn't be added.' Defense against the Dark Arts sections was where she spent most of her time in, she would read a few pages and then decide if she was going to but it or not, her basket was filling fast and a lot of the books were in triple for all three children she spoke about, her nephews and niece.
Snape watched as she began reading one book for quite awhile then she turned around saw that no one was around her- he himself was hiding slightly away from he behind another stack in the shadows. Then a nice comfy armchair popped out of no where, in which she curled up in and began to read, Snape didn't see her waving her wand. Snape watched her for a while and then began to read from a book he got off the shelf himself to make himself feel less stalkerish.
About twenty minutes went by and Albus and Minerva found the blonde reading in a comfy chair that they had never seen before in the shop. Snape was reading a potion book while keeping an eye of her as well, they watched as every time he looked up to check on her, he would slightly blush and quickly looked down. Albus and Minerva smiled slightly as each other.
"How is it going?" Albus asked Severus when they got to him.
"Sir she hasn't done anything but read that book, Advance defense against the Dark for about ten minutes I don't know why I am here? You two could have done this instead of me.
Albus opened his mouth to reply but a loud bang from the front doors stripped him from speaking.
"Sorry about that the door seemed to get away from us, don't mind us" said a male's voice that seemed familiar to Albus but he couldn't place where he heard it before.
"It was all his fault, if you need someone to blame, " said another male voice in the same familiar voice but he couldn't place it.
"Aunt Jasmine where are you?" the first voice asked in a sing song voice that made Snape roll his eyes.
"Over in defense," the blonde woman said never lifting her eyes from the page that she was reading. All three professors looked form Ceidhli/Jasmine to the stakes of books that blocked the front doors.
Minutes ago. . .
"Ceidhli, we are finishing up at the Quidditch shop and will be coming over to the bookshop soon, the brooms are so amazing." Harry yelled into Ceidhli's mind, whom barely flinched from her reading, she was use to the loud voices that screamed into her mind.
"That's great boys, but I have three people here spying on me so no real names when you get here."
"Not a problem, we made up first names for the brooms anyway." Ron said smiling brightly, "Harry's name is Mason and mine is Br. . ."
"No its not, I named him Hamilton." Harry cried interrupting Ron and saying the real name.
"You let each other name each other." exclaimed Ceidhli, shocked that they trusted each other with something like that.
"It was a good idea at the time, who would have thought Ron would name me Mason." Harry stated in a sad voice.
"It's better than Hamilton."
"No I don't think so." Harry said smirking in his mind.
"Boys! What's my mind?"
"Daisy." Ron said.
"No Rose." Harry declared.
"Tigerlily?"
" NO!" Ceidhli cried out to all three.
"How about Jasmine?" Harry asked.
"I like it." Ron said.
" I do too Jasmine I am, it can work thanks Mason."
"You aren't going to let that name go are you?"
"Nope." Ceidhli said mentally smiling pushing through an evil cackle.
"I really don't like you both." stated Harry to both Ron and Ceidhli.
"Don't worry Ceidhli I still love you." Ron said thinking about the broom he had just received, it was a cool broom and who bought it for him deserved his love.
"I love you too Ron. You are now my favorite child." Ceidhli said smugly to Ron who mentally smiled and stuck out his tongue at Harry. Who in turned rolled his eyes at both of them acting skills.
"Fine I will get you both for this. I know when I am not wanted." Harry began racing towards Flourish and Blotts, when he reached the store he ripped open the door while Ron followed right behind him which made Ron bump into Harry when he stopped, causing Harry to let the door go and cause it to hit the wall. Both Ron and Harry began to blush at the very loud noise they had caused and then Harry said in a loud voice.
"Sorry about that the door seem to get away from us, don't mind us."
"It was all his fault if you need someone to blame." Ron said when everyone who could start to stare, stared at them as if they were loco. "DO SOMETHING!" Ron begged Harry as more and more people started to watch them. Ron was growing more uncomfortable by the second and he wasn't usually the center of attention with Harry around now they were both equal in the attention getting.
"Aunt Jasmine where are you?" Harry yelled rolling his eyes at Ron and the on lookers. "Now you know how I feel every other fucking day I am Harry Potter."
"I truly pity you right now."
"Over in defense." Ceidhli said loudly not looking up from her book but she had a smile on her face as Ron and Harry interacted with in their minds.
"Just ignore them all and lets go get Ceidhli, after a few minutes she will probably do something that shouldn't happen and everyone will be looking at her and not us that's what happened in Japan." Harry said to Ron who nodded in agreement with the plan, and they quickly ran towards the defense section of the book store where they ran right into the three professors who were waiting for the two boys to come.
Harry and Ron looked right at Albus and Minerva in shock staring at the two of them not knowing what to do or say to Harry's great grandparents. They both began to freak out then Ceidhli's voice broke through their panic.
"Mason, Hamilton, please apologize to these people and remember it is quite rude to simple attack them and then only stare without apologizing afterwards." Ceidhli said smoothly noticing that the two boys were going to blow it even before they had any real fun. Honestly and they call themselves troublemakers.
Harry shook his head clear of the cobwebs and then nudged Ron in the side who also started to wake up out of his stupor.
"I am I mean we are very sorry for running you over, Madame." Harry said to Professor McGonagall, his great grand mother. Harry took her hand and kissed it gently, Minerva blushed slightly and smiled at the tall boy, gentleman manners weren't something that was seen anymore.
"That is quite alright young man. I am sure that you didn't mean to." She said kindly.
"Thank you for being so generous in your kindness ma' me, and to you gentlemen we are very sorry that we bumped into you but we were excited about meeting with out aunt." Harry explained in a no threatening voice, that he used on Ron earlier.
Ron nodded for his apology to the three professors and inside his head asked Harry.
"Where the hell did you learn that from?"
"Ceidhli told me to say it. If you ask nicely she will teach you how to wrap people around your fingers also." Harry said. " IT is rather nice thing to be able to do. You can get away with a lot more things."
"Not a problem young man, there was no harm done." Professor Dumbledore said smiling at the boys.
"Maybe not to you." Snape mumbled brushing off invisible dust on his robes.
"Merlin he is such a drama queen." Ron said in a hushed voice.
"Tell me about it." Harry whispered back.
"Harry, why are we whispering when we are talking inside of our minds?"
"I have no idea."
"Excellent, now tell me why you two are in such a rush to see me?" Ceidhli asked Harry and Ron as if their conversation a few moments ago never happened. They both snapped out of their other conversation, and looked at Ceidhli who smiled as though she had heard it all.
"Our brooms are so cool Aunt Jasmine, perfectly designed. "Ron said excited about his broom Harry nodded also, both perfect for each others wishes.
"What did you get? A Nimbus 3000, a Firebolt?" McGonagall asked looking more excited that she did a second ago, she loved to fly so much.
Harry and Ron looked at her and then Ron said to Harry. "I guess we know what side of the family you got your Quidditch frame of mind from." Harry laughed slightly.
"Hey just remember I am not as bad as you are when it comes to Quidditch."
"I am not that bad."
"You could give Hermione a run for her money when it comes to obsessions- you with Quidditch and her with homework."
"Yeah and you saving the world."
"Everyone has his or her own faults."
"Then why do yours sound so much nicer then mine?"
"Because saving the world gets some benefits. Just like Quidditch and when you become rich and famous you will get the same."
"Let's hope. . . "
"Boys lets answer the nice professor's questions. It is rude to keep them waiting even though it is highly entertaining listening to you two." Ceidhli said interrupting the boys rant for the second time.
"Sorry." They both said.
"You go for it Harry you could always lie better to McGonagall than me."
"Alright."
"Neither Ma 'me. Jasmine let us get custom-made brooms reasoning for not failing out of school like she thought we were going to." Harry said thinking back to the story Ron and he had given at the Quidditch shop to the Owner. He smirked then he saw that Ceidhli blushed slightly, when McGonagall, Snape and Dumbledore looked at her with faces of shock, shock - amusement and amusement (guess which is which) Harry hadn't thought Ceidhli was someone who would blush easily, but he got her to which was cool.
"What their study habits are terrible. You would have thought that also if you knew them like I do." Ceidhli exclaimed defending herself to the three "supposed" strangers, " and if it weren't for their sister, they would have failed not because they weren't smart, it was because they think school is can't teach them things that really need in life."
"She is right we are terrible students. . ." Harry started looking very sad.
" . . .that seems to always get. . ." Ron continued whipping away fake tears.
" . . . into trouble . . ." Harry said consoling Ron by giving him a manly hug.
" . . . our sister doesn't know what to do . . ." They both looked at each other and shook their heads in pity.
" . . . with us, she fears for our lives sometimes . . ." Ron said in a loud stage whisper.
" . . . or she simple fears for our expulsion. " Harry said brightly, they both smiled at each other as they both did a Fred and George moment without even trying, they were both very surprised but very happy about it.
Ceidhli was laughing loudly behind the three professors who were shocked and struck literally dumb at the two who were very much like the Weasley twins, Ceidhli was enjoying the look on their faces she quickly snapped a picture from the camera that she conjured and quickly made it disappear before anyone saw it.
"As much as this is fun, boys we have other shopping to do. So one of you grab the basket so we can head out." Ceidhli said motioning towards her chair and the basket filled with books.
"Wait can't we look around first?" asked Harry with a cute pout on his lips, Ron quickly copied the look, not knowing why but quickly following Harry's lead. Ceidhli lifted an eyebrow at them both and folded her arms across her chest as if stating 'I'm not buying it' look before stating.
"You guys want to look around a book shop? For books to read for yourselves?" Snape held back a quite laugh as he heard the woman's disbelief in her voice. Albus and Minerva were both holding back a smile but their eyes were filled silent amusement and laughter.
"Well. . . We kind of wanted to check out the Quidditch books." Harry said with his face growing red. Ron also nodded while Ceidhli just looked at them and began to laugh again, now that she could believe.
"Alright but only ten minutes, we still have stuff to do today." Ceidhli said waving them away from her. " I will be waiting here for you, " Ceidhli then walked back to her chair that she had conjured before and sat down. Ron and Harry looked at each other and then ran quickly over to the Quidditch section like four year olds going over to the candy shop. Ceidhli simply opened her book and began to read again leaving the three professors to gape at the whirlwind that was the three of strangers.
Harry and Ron began looking around the Quidditch section looking around for anything interesting to read. Ron quickly focused on his favorite Chudley Cannons book that he could never really think to buy - it was pointless and very expensive. A history book of the teams and the plays that won games and lost them. Ron simply looked at it not really touching it. Harry watched Ron looking at the book not touching it, he went over to him and whispered.
"You going to get it?" motioning to the book as he spoke.
"No too expensive." Ron whispered back.
"Hey she will buy it for."
"No I feel bad enough that she just bought me that broom and all those other books. I can't let her buy me anymore especially when it has nothing to do with training. " Ron said sadly looking at the book.
"She doesn't do charity mate. She already said that she hired you, to be a warrior she will buy you stuff you need, clothes, the broom, and books. And you also are going to get a paycheck Ron, and whatever you buy that isn't needed she will take it off your paycheck."
"How do you . . ."
"I asked her while we were in Japan."
"Japan?"
"Clothing shopping and other stuff she though I would need. I felt bad spending her money so much but she told me the exact same thing." Harry said simply looking at Ron, "get the book Ron, we will need it for the Quidditch year so we can crush Malfoy.
Ron nodded and grabbed the book he had wanted for years, "let's go." Before he could change his mind Harry had grabbed a book on seekers and their plays and they both turned and walked back towards Ceidhli. Before they hit the Defense section Ron stopped Harry quietly. Harry lifted one eyebrow in question.
"Check out Snape." Ron said in a low whisper motioning towards their left side.
Harry looked farther down the row of books to the left side, Snape was standing against a row of books reading a potion's book but every few seconds he would quickly look up checking on what Ceidhli was doing and then go back to the book after a moment or two of staring at Ceidhli.
"So he is spying on her so what? That's why they are here to do." Harry stated not understanding the big deal was. Ron just rolled his eyes at the naivety of his brother.
"He keeps on blushing slightly mate, after looking at her." Ron said pointing at Snape again. Harry checked out Snape once again and watched closer as Snape looked at Ceidhli once again and then he saw a red tint began on his shallow skin. Harry was shocked, Snape was blushing.
"By Merlin," Harry whispered and Ron snickered, "Snape is crushing on her! That is wrong on so many levels." Harry said in horror, Snape cannot like his aunt. It was not allowed.
"Why? I think, he thinks she is hot which she is I mean come on Harry mate look at her, She is hot!" Ron said looking at Ceidhli curled up in the chair.
"I guess she is but she is my aunt, I can't think about her that way, its too weird for you to think of her that way to." Harry said firmly and then with a hint of longing. "I never had this problem with Aunt Petunia. Why couldn't she look like Petunia."
"Well one Petty isn't Ceidhli and second just remember she isn't my aunt Harry for real so I promise you that she is very hot." Ron whispered back to Harry smirking knowing Harry was uncomfortable with him saying that. Harry made a face at Ron.
"Aunt Jasmine you ready to go?" Harry asked shutting Ron up before someone heard them, especially the professors and Ceidhli.
"Yep!" she lifted herself from her chair and it quickly vanished when she stood. She walked over to them and handed Harry her basket of books. "So my loves did you get what you were looking for?" Both boys nodded yes when Ron was blushing slightly. "What's with him?" Ceidhli asked Harry concerned for Ron.
Harry rolled his eyes at Ron, "he wants to get a book that is kind of expensive and pointless for our training so he is worried that you would so no." Harry quickly stated hoping that Ceidhli would change Ron's mind about her buying things for them.
"Don't worry Darling, if it isn't work related I will take it out of you pay/allowance no worries. Now lets go pay and start shopping some more." Ceidhli said happily clapping slightly.
Harry and Ron looked at each other in panic they both had a feeling that Ceidhli was going to be brutal with them, it was going to much worse than Harry's earlier clothing trip.
"Do we have to go shopping now? Can't we wait for dear sister to come with us?" Harry asked sweetly, "So we don't have to do everything twice, it would be a waste of our training time."
Ceidhli thought for a moment, she knew that they didn't want to shop anymore and to be honest she was surprised they lasted this long even though they have been only to two stores teenage boys weren't good at the whole shopping thing. She smiled at Mrs. Blotts who was behind the counter dealing with the customers.
"Hello my dears, did you find everything you were looking for?" All three nodded and Harry placed the basket of books on the counter. Even with the charms on it the basket was over flowing and quite heavy.
"My word, that is a lot of books you have there . . . Why so many?" Mrs. Blotts asked wanting to get some more information for Albus and the Order, she really thought she was clever.
"Just moved and now we wanted to fill the library and the kids needs their books. Do you have a catalogue we could have?" Ceidhli asked lying very smoothly to Mrs. Blotts. Mrs. Blotts nodded and smiled and began adding up the books together and putting them in bags along with a catalogue. Ceidhli looked up from the process and saw Snape was waling over to them from behind carefully trying to listen in on their conversations they weren't have, she mentally rolled her eyes and then whispered into Ron and Harry's minds.
"Be careful Snape is coming up from behind."
"Snape has a crush on you," Ron said to Ceidhli with a smile, Ceidhli made a face at the boys who both began to laugh at the face. Ceidhli made a shield around them that gave a conversation when someone was listening so they wouldn't look weird for laughing and joking around when no one was talking.
"Sorry to disappoint him but he isn't my type," Ceidhli said smoothly. "He is too serious for my tastes I deal with serious all day and all night. I want someone to make me laugh. He has to be cute and dangerous looking. While he is dangerous looking I don't do greasy hair even if it is because of potion fumes. Oh and he has to be great in bed." Ceidhli added with a smirk as both Ron and Harry shivered at the idea before adding. "Besides I could never date anyone who didn't like you two."
"Really!?" Harry asked astonished at the thought.
"Really." Ceidhli said with a smile.
"Well my dears all your books comes up to 857 gallons, 12 sickles and 5 knuts." Mrs. Blotts said carefully not wanting to really believe that was the total, this transaction alone will cover them for the week without any help.
"Alright." Ceidhli said with a smile as she pulled out a blank check with Ceidhli Storm-Knight written on it and before Harry and Ron's eyes the name changed to simply Jasmine and quickly Ceidhli filled out the blank check for 858 gallons and signed the name Jasmine and handed the check over to Mrs. Blotts.
"Thank you and have a wonderful day." Mrs. Blotts said and the two boys grabbed a bag each and carried them out the door with Ceidhli a step behind them.
"Alright boys to Hermione next?" Ceidhli asked with a smile
"To get her for shopping?" Harry asked fearfully.
Ceidhli rolled her eyes. "No, we will wait a day or two and then we all will go shopping for the rest of the supplies you babies. But today we can simply hang out for a while. . . Is that cool?"
"YES!!!" Both Ron and Harry yelled inside Ceidhli's mind and Ceidhli simply smirked at them knowing that was going to their answer.
"Alright then hold on to me." Ceidhli said and each boy grabbed a shoulder and Ceidhli quickly popped them away from Diagon Alley. A second after they disappeared Snape came out the door and he began looking for them around the alley but couldn't see them anywhere, the only person he saw that he knew was Bill Weasley who was quickly walking over to him with a look of shock on his face.
Bill was watching the door of the book shop from the window of WWW. He watched the three people they were following walk out the door of the bookstore and then disappeared. A moment before Snape walked out, he shook his head and then quickly left his position and went to see Snape who was searching for the other three around the Alley.
"They just disappeared Snape I think that the girl apperated them away. . ." Bill said still in shock.
"All three?!"
"That's what it looked like but I was too far away to hear anything." Bill aid looking at Snape who simply groaned. "All I know is that it wasn't a portkey and they were touching the woman before disappearing."
"Perfect, just perfect, come on. The woman, Jasmine, paid for the books with a check maybe we can get some information from that." Snape said and he went back inside his cloak floating around him, Bill followed quickly after him, wanting any information on who those people were and what side they are on.
When they entered the store, Albus, Minerva and Mr. Blotts were standing close together and Mr. Blotts was holding a piece of paper- the check. When the two reached the small group Albus looked up and nodded to them while Minerva was surprised to see them both, before she could say anything Snape began talking with a sneer.
"We lost them, Weasley said that the girl apperated them away before I got out the door." Snape said, while Albus's eyebrow rose.
"She apperated two extra people?" Albus asked.
"That's what it looked like sir, the two boys placed their hands on her shoulder and then they just disappeared I wasn't close enough to hear the popping."
"Well, what's her last name?" Snape asked looking at the check wanting more information on the woman.
"It doesn't say. No address either, only Jasmine and the Gringotts name but it went through quicker than most do." Mr. Blotts said surprised.
"Important clients always use the banks address with the checks so no one can find them, " Bill said thinking about the Goblins and their banking system. "It is quite expensive but people like the Malfoys and other rich purebloods like to think they are more important and like to use that form for high purchases the rest who use it are people who pay a high price for confidentiality and their information in classified I don't think that I would be able to get to anything concerning her check." Bill said informing them of what he knew about hose security measures. Albus nodded slowly and took a deep breath before beginning to talk.
"Well, we will discuss all of this later at the meeting tonight. Mr. Blotts if you could get all the titles of the books and some kind of synoptic of each book so we can know what she is doing with them. It would be much appreciated." Mr. Blotts nodded and you could see that his mind was already started looking for summaries on each book. "Mr. Weasley if you could just try and look around see if she is a sympathizer or not. We need to know if she is dangerous or not to us and Harry." Albus said to himself before continuing louder, "if she is able to apperated three people as casually as she did she might be a powerful ally or a very deadly enemy."
Bill nodded already thing of people he could casually ask about her at Gringotts.
"All I can tell is that those two seemed to remind me of Harry and Ron," Minerva said softly with a smile.
"Yes they had similar attitudes and the way they carried themselves was a lot like the boys did before Harry's fourth year. . ." Albus said sadly hoping silently that his great-grandson may one day be that child again but his blue eyes dimmed at the thought it wouldn't happen.
"Albus? They wouldn't . . ." Minerva looked nervously at Albus who looked slightly confused at her a look that made Minerva smile slightly. She still cold confuse the old man even after all these years.
"I mean is what if those two boys were Ron and Harry? I mean they acted very similar. . ."
"No Minerva Ron is in WWW and Harry hasn't left the house Moody is watching the house today and he would have seen something if he had left." Albus said reassuring Minerva patting her hand gently.
"I suppose, but I swear Harry has James's attitude about dangerous situations and Lily's son sense of morals that we can never be to sure what to expect from those three, they could be worse than the marauders at times."
Albus's eyes were now twinkling even brighter than before, "yes they do seem to enjoy the whole getting into trouble thing but remember Jasmine, who could she be and those boys seem to know her very well . . . She is their aunt, Harry and Ron don't know any one named Jasmine."
"I suppose." Minerva said quietly before looking away and thinking of a plan to see Harry tonight in her car form just to check up on him.
Albus went back to talking with the three men before calling it quits for the day, "I will see you gentlemen later on, correct?" They all nodded and quickly went on their ways leaving Minerva and Albus by themselves.
"Well my love," Albus said softly, "we better get back to the school to finish those letters if you want to see Harry before it gets to late." Albus said with a smile as Minerva glared at her older husband while folding her arms against her chest.
"You know that being all knowing is getting highly annoying." Minerva said before walking away from the laughing Albus who followed after her as she mumbled that none of the children better be like that when they grow older.
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