Harry Potter and the Wars of Heaven by Princess Silverstar
Disclaimer: I own nothing of HP & SM
Chapter 2: Let the Feast begin…
"Welcome to Hogwarts all of you…" As usual Dumbledore stood up to give his speech. "…and welcome back all of you to another year of Hogwarts," Dumbledore said fondly and swept his twinkling eyes around the hall and lingered a while longer at the Gryffindor table.
"I believe that after the long journey, you are all hungry and sore, therefore, I will not take anymore of your time, but do let me warn you, and to remind some of you, that the Forbidden Forest is strictly off limits," he gave a few Gryffindors a meaningful stare, "and our caretaker, Mr. Filch, would like to remind you that magic must not be performed along the corridors, or you will be subjected to punishment," he said specifically to the Slytherins and Gryffindors.
"We would also like to welcome two new professors in our midst, as you may have already notice is that we have a new professor to replace your last year's professor, Gilderoy Lockhart, for the Defence Against the Dark Arts subject. Let us welcome our new professor, Professor Remus Lupin," he said.
The shabby looking man stood up briefly and acknowledging everybody with meek nod as everyone clapped to welcome him. The loudest clap was from Gryffindor from Harry, Ron, Hermione and the Kensington twins and follow suit by the Weasley twins. If Harry trusts him, so would they.
"Is that…a blush?" Kimberly added among them when she spotted Lupin's cheeks with a tinge of pink and he was smiling.
Harry and Ron smiled widen and Hermione stifled a laughed and Serenity couldn't help but giggled at her sister's teasing nature.
"Of course, we also have another professor for the Studies of Magical Creatures, Professor Rubeus Hagrid," he introduced the other professor. The students from Gryffindor applauded loudest of course.
"Let the feast begin," Dumbledore announced after the applauded and cheers had subside.
There were gasps and cheers of awe as the food appeared magically on the tables. Everyone filled their plates with food and start eating happily while chatting and catching up with each another.
"Hey, does anybody know who those girls with Potter are?" Malfoy asked generally.
"Ei…Don't you know the Kensington twins?" one of his housemates said.
"If I knew about them, I wouldn't be asking now, would I?" he sneered coldly at him.
"They're one of the top ten beauties of Hogwarts," Goyle said casually as he stuffed his fat face and Crabbe grunted, making Malfoy sick.
'Why did I get stuck with these idiots?' he thought. He glared at Harry Potter.
"Why am I not aware of these top ten thingies…?" Malfoy asked.
"Because there is no such thing as a top ten beauty of Hogwarts, Draco darling…" Pansy Parkinson said with sickly sweet voice. Draco Malfoy raised a brow at this.
"It's not official, it's only because they are one of the most talked about girls here," the boy, his housemate said with a shrug.
While they were eating and chatting away, Kimberly suddenly felt a glare, even though it's not for her. She glanced around and caught sight of a pair of cold steel glaring at Harry. She shrugged and looked away; even so she can still feel his eyes staring at her. She frowned slightly.
"Anything wrong?" Serenity asked when she sensed her sister's change of mood, making Harry who heard her look up from his plate.
"Are you not feeling well?" Harry asked.
"Just tired from the ride," she lied.
"Since when have you gotten close to the Kensington twin, Harry?" one of the Weasley twin asked.
"On the train," he said with a shrug.
"Oh…" the twins nodded and grinned mischievously, wagging their brows.
"Don't get the wrong idea, Fred…" Kimberly said tiredly.
"…and don't start any rumours, please," Serenity said sweetly.
"You wouldn't want to lose a friend now, would you?" Andrew grabbed Fred who was next to him and threatened with a grinned that somehow gave Harry the creeps, he gulped.
"Aww…a protective brother…" George teased "How cute…" he cooed.
"You've missed an 'over', George…" Serenity said giggling.
"Cut it out, Andrew," Kimberly said without looking at him in a serious tone but acted as if nothing happened.
"Yes, princess," Andrew said knowing better than to cross his sister and earning a death glare from her for calling her princess.
Harry looked from one sibling to the other. They are definitely different, probably because they grew up in a different environment. But Harry's hunches are telling him that that was not the reason.
The way Kim had told her brother off and him for calling her princess has earned him a fierce glare from her and wide eye shock from Serenity. Something was definitely different about them. In fact, he finds the Great Hall brighter with them around, then why is it that he never noticed them before.
'It seems that Kimberly is their leader,' he looked at them judgementally, 'Nah… Could it?'
"You're really 'loud', Harry." Kimberly said stifling a laugh.
"Huh?" Harry snapped out of his thoughts. "What?"
She had caught him looking at them and thinking hard. She cast him and amused smile, "What's bothering you?" she smiled with a slight grin.
"Nothing," he blushed sheepishly.
She smiled wider, she can't help but squealed, "Kawaii…!" causing anyone who heard her stared at her. She clasped her mouth shut, turning red.
"Hahahaha…!" Andrew laughed.
At his outburst, everyone, even the teachers, to turn to Gryffindor table in curiosity, and wanting to know what was so funny.
"MOTOKI!" Kimberly slammed her fist on the table causing the utensils to jump slightly. She was still blushing madly. Immediately, Andrew struggled to put on a straight face, though he was still struggling to stop.
"Gomen," he muttered. He ducked his head as another wave of laughter threatened to surface again.
"Excuse me," he stood up and walked towards the exit, his shoulder shook slightly as he was still struggling to keep his laughter. The moment Andrew was out of the Great Hall, another hearty laughter was heard. It took everyone by surprise to see that it was Dumbledore.
"Mou Ojii-chan…!" Kimberly said with a pout but she too could not keep a straight face.
Even Professor Lupin could not contain himself any further and followed his employer's example. This was the best he'd felt in years! Then, they were followed by the other professors, then those who found it ticklish, laughed as well.
"Now, now, shall we continue with our feast?" Dumbledore settled everyone down. Then, everyone started eating again.
"What was that about?" Ron asked.
"Ka-chan finds Harry-kun adorable," Serenity said with a giggle. Kimberly blushed deeper and fiddled her utensils for distraction.
Harry blushed, 'Adorable?!'
"Adorable?" Ron repeated as he nudged a blushing Harry. "Looks like someone's got an admirer…" he teased.
"I don't mean it that way, Ron." Kimberly said. "Harry seems to have something on his mind, so I asked him about it."
"Then, why did you squealed 'Kawaii' all of a sudden," Serenity asked. Kimberly grinned and then whispered something into Serenity's ears. Serenity glanced at him and grinned as well. "Kawaii…" she laughed and it sounded like bells, "Demo na, you're just thinking too much, Harry-kun." Serenity said.
"Really?" Harry said.
Serenity nodded, "Figuring us out does not take a few hours. You don't have to torture your mind like that."
"And I assume that you would just tell me about it?" Harry said curiously.
"We wouldn't be talking to you in the first place if we don't trust you," Kimberly said with a smile.
Harry smiled, "Another question. Why are the both of you squealing 'Hawaii' for?"
They both giggled.
"It's Kawaii," Kimberly said it slowly, syllable by syllable.
"It means cute, adorable or something close to its meaning." Serenity explained.