Chapter 2:
The next morning the girls woke up to an extremely hot morning. Almost too hot. The girls all groaned while getting out of bed. They each took a turn in their bathroom before they headed down to the common room to wait for the boys.
"They take longer than we do." Ginny said as she pulled her long red hair up into a pony tail. May sighed before she walked to the door.
"Let's just leave them." She said as she opened the door and walked through.
"You can sit with is if you'd like Amelia." Hermione said as she too pulled her hair up though she put hers into a bun on top of her head. May smiled and nodded her head.
"Please call me May." She said as she walked with them to the Great Hall. When they got there she followed them to the Gryffindor table and sat to the right of Hermione while Ginny sat on the other side of the table.
"Everyone is staring at me." May whispered to the girls as she began to fill her bowl with fruit.
"That's because you're a Slytherin, who also happens to be Dumbledore's granddaughter, sitting at the Gryffindor table" Harry said as he sat down next to her. May looked at him before nodding her head.
"I see your point, but honestly is it that shocking that I'm Dumbledore's granddaughter." May said as she ate her fruit bowl. A boy she recognized as Neville Longbottom sat next to Ginny and smiled at her.
"Hello there. I'm Neville Longbottom" He said as he held out his hand for her to take, she smiled over at him.
"Amelia Dumbledore, pleasure." She said giggling as he bent his head and kissed the back of her hand.
"Alright Neville give it a rest." A short brown-haired boy said in a thick Irish accent as he and another boy with dark skin and dark short hair sat next to him.
"Shut it Seamus, you're just jealous." Neville said as he began to fill up his plate with eggs and bacon. May sat in between Harry and Hermione giggling as the two argued.
"Amelia." A voice from behind the two boys drawled out causing them to quiet their bickering and sit straight up.
"Hello Professor Snape." Snape looked down at May and down at the rest of the Gryffindor table who stared at him with apprehension. He held out a piece of parchment for her, which she took.
"That is your schedule for today. Don't lose it." He said shortly before he turned away, his black robes billowing out behind him.
"Bloody Hell, Snape is still as scary as when I was a first year." Neville said. Taking a deep breath
"Oh Neville you really need to get over that mate." A red-headed boy said from his spot next to Harry.
"Hello, I don't think I've met you yet" May said after a moment, turning to look at the boy.
"That's Ron, he's my brother." Ginny told her. May smiled at him, which he blushed at slightly before he went back to eating.
"So what's everyone's schedules look like?" Hermione said. Everyone showed each other their times tables.
"May yours is a bit weird. The first half of your day today is free." Ginny said as she stared at it.
"Grandmother wanted me to help her with her morning classes and then I have Divination, and Defense against the Dark Arts." She told them when she took her schedule back.
"Looks like you have Divination with us three." Neville said smiling over at her pointing to Dean and Seamus. She smiled right back at them.
"You have Defense with the rest of us." Ginny said grinning at her. May smiled before she excused herself and went over to Draco and Blaise asking them if they had any classes with her. They told her that they had her last class of the day, at which she smiled and sat down with them.
After breakfast May followed McGonagall into her Transfiguration lessons where she helped pass out books and was even transformed into different animals by McGonagall and the students so they could practice. May walked into Divination with a frown.
"How was helping McGonagall?" Seamus asked, May glared over at him.
"Dreadful, it took an hour for grandmother and Madam Pomfrey to get rid of the cat tail." She said shortly. Seamus coughed loudly to cover up his laugh when he saw the look of pure anger May sent in his direction.
"Did your eyes just change color?" Dean asked from his place next to Seamus.
"Spell gone wrong in Transfiguration." She said shortly, the boys nodded their heads in acceptance
"So what is this class about exactly?" Neville opened his mouth to reply but the door inside the room swung open to reveal a women of average height with crazy curly hair, glasses that made her eyes look huge, and disheveled robes. In a nutshell she looked like a nutcase.
"Hello I am Professor Trelawney. Welcome to Divination 7th and 8th years." She said she soon began rambling on about using your inner eye, to which May tuned her out, she turned her head and looked around the classroom only to see a girl with shoulder length brown hair in a Slytherin uniform sitting all by herself.
"Neville, who's that girl over there?" She said as she nodded over to the table by the window.
"Pansy Parkinson, she's in our year." He told her, May looked back over at her.
"She looks so lonely." May said softly, Neville nodded his head.
"She was really close to Malfoy and Zanbini, but I guess they had a falling out." He told her as he looked through his book of palm reading as he looked at the lines on her palm. May noticed that Pansy was talking to Professor Trelawney in hushed tones, May frowned when she saw the Professor place a shaky but comforting hand on her shoulder and raised her free hand.
"Professor it seems there is an uneven number of students, so Neville and I would be happy if Miss Parkinson joined our group." She told the Professor. Pansy looked up from her book and stared at the two shocked. May smiled and waved her over. Pansy quietly took her bag and book and moved over to their table.
"Hello, I'm Amelia Dumbledore. You can just call me May." She told her smiling. Pansy nodded her head.
"Pansy Parkinson." She said shortly and nodded at Neville who smiled back at her politely.
"So Neville what did you come up with then?" May asked as she looked over at the book in his hand.
"Well I think this line means that you'll find the person you're meant to be with soon." He told her shyly as he stared at her palm.
"Really? Can't wait" May said smiling as she looked at Pansy who gave a small smile back.
"Well Neville, it seems that you've grown into a fine young man." She said as she traced the lines on his palm. "I can tell that you've never risen a hand to anyone out of anger in your whole life. You're very brave and you also enjoy working with plants." She said as she circled a callous under his middle finger. Neville flexed his hand at the ticklish feeling her fingers gave him as she traced his hand.
"Also you're in love." She said as she ran her finger from the fingertip of his ring finger all the way down to his wrist. "You'll marry her and have two children, one boy and one girl, there is a chance for a third child as well." Neville looked down at his hand in amazement.
"There is also something that troubles you, this line here is far too dark it's weighing you down. You worry over family members who are ill, but worry not they will be fine." May told him as she traced his hand gently. She smiled up at him before she grabbed her bag and winked at Pansy before walking out of the classroom when Professor Trelawney told the class they were dismissed, leaving Neville sitting at the round table shocked before he jumped up grabbing his bag and raced after her.
"May wait, you don't know where you're going!" He shouted as he ran down the spiral staircase after her and began walking with to Defense.
When May got into the classroom she noticed that there weren't any desks, the other students looked around the room with slight confusion as well. May walked up to Draco and Blaise and bumped them with her shoulder and gave them a questioning glance they both just shrugged their shoulders, she sighed and rolled her eyes. Just a she was about to turn and ask Hermione and Ginny Snape bellowed into the classroom, May began to think that his frown was permanently etched onto his face.
"Today you will be expected to produce a Patronus Charm." Snape said as he stood in front of the class, he glanced at May and then the spot next to him. She shyly moved to stand next to him as he addressed the class. "Now." He drawled as the students all got into a line. May looked up at him with an uncertainty before he shook his head. "I'm sure you all know by now that the Patronus Charm can shield you from Dementors or a Lethifolds, as well as a way to send messages or warnings." At this point Snape had stopped and looked pointedly at Harry before he began again.
"A Patronus can only be cast when you are thinking of the happiest memory you have, there are two types, a full bodied Patronus and a shield form." He explained before he waved his hand and each student began casting the spell. Though when it got to Draco and Blaise neither of them could cast the spell, May looked on as Neville spared them a sympathetic glace before he cast his shielding Patronus. Hermione was next casting her otter, then Ginny with her Horse, Harry with his Stag, Ron with his Terrier and Seamus with his Fox. May glanced at Snape.
"Professor" she started shyly. "What's your Patronus take the shape of?" Harry glanced over at her and then up at Snape catching his eye for a brief moment before Snape glanced down at her.
"A Doe." He told her softly, she nodded her head not asking any questions about why his protector would take the shape of a female deer, sensing that he did not and would not tell her. "Do you think I could try to cast one?" she asked him gently, she looked up at him with pleading eyes and he eventually bowed to the pressure and handed her his wand.
"Why aren't you using your wand?" Ginny asked.
"I don't have one." May said nonchalantly, like talking about the weather while the other students looked at her shocked.
"Think of the happiest memory you can and say Expecto Patronum very clearly." Snape instructed her, she nodded as she stood next to him. She closed her eyes and breathed deeply before speaking the words softly, a small sliver mist came from Snape's wand then quickly fizzled out.
"Your memory isn't nearly strong enough." Snape told her. "Try to think of a happier one, you have to concentrate Amelia." May sighed before she closed her eyes once more, the whole class held their breath in anticipation at seeing Dumbledore's grandchild perform magic for the first time. A small serene smile lit up her face before she calmly and softly spoke the enchantment. A silver mist once more left the tip of Snape's wand but this time it grew larger and larger before it took shape. In front of May and Snape was the shape of a white wolf with a dark spot on its right eyewho barked happily when it looked at her.
"It's beautiful." May said quietly as the class stared up at it shocked. May smiled before it took off around the room, and then came over to nuzzle her cheek and sat at her side, before fading away. She looked up at Snape and he nodded his head in approval, he looked at the students again before the rest began casting their charms.
May blew her bangs out of her face as she looked around the room, she noticed the large black wardrobe sitting near the window, her head cocked to one side in confusion and turned towards Snape to ask him about it but saw that he was too busy scowling at the other students so she slowly made her way closer to it. She walked right up to it and slowly reached her hand to unlock the door, she peaked inside only to let out a loud scream and scrambled back away from it. The class and Snape whipped their heads toward May and saw her staring into the wardrobe looking extremely pale and slightly shaking.
"May!" Hermione, Ginny, Draco and Blaise yelled as they stood next to her. Draco shook her shoulders gently to get her to focus on him, but her eyes were glazed over and unfocused. Snape rushed over and pushed them aside to look at her, but May's eyes were still turned towards the cupboard.
"Amelia what did you see?" Snape asked he gently shook her, May's eyes focused on him for a moment before she slowly pushed past him and began walking back towards the wardrobe. May wrenched the door open to show a tall women with long black hair and deep blue eyes, May glared at her.
"You will never find it. You will fail, and when you do she will kill them all, right in front of you, and you will be powerless to stop it." To woman said as she walked closer to May. Snape and the rest of the class looked on at the scene with wide eyes. Snape glanced at May whose stare had hardened
"You are a failure, you left home years ago and you still haven't found it. You'll never break it. Nixie will come for you." The Boggart said still in the form of the woman. "And you will die." She whispered in May's ear.
"Enough!" May yelled, her eyes flashed several different colors before she spoke again. "Away with you." With those three words the Boggart changed form to a black mist before it was cast back into the wardrobe and set on fire. Snape rushed to her side and grabbed his wand from her hand and put out the burning cupboard. May looked up at him and he saw her eyes change back to their normal steel grey before she walked quickly out of the classroom.
"Well that just happened." Seamus whispered only to be elbowed by Dean when Snape sent him a withering glance before he glanced at Draco and Blaise before dismissing class and walking out. Draco and Blaise quickly gathered their bags and walked out of class following May.
At dinner the whole school was gossiping about May and what happened in DADA. Draco and Blaise were sitting next to her eating quietly, and occasionally casting small glances at her from the corner of their eyes. May gritted her teeth when she saw them cast another look at her as well as hearing two girls next to her gossiping about her. She slammed her fork down on the table and stood up from the bench. The Slytherin table collectively glanced at her, the first and second years giving her worried glanced and scooting closer to each other. May sneered at her house and left the Great Hall with her nose in the air.
Back at the Head's Common Room after dinner, Draco and Blaise sat on the floor with their parchments of paper in front of them waiting for May to come back. It was long past 9 o'clock in the evening and both boys were starting to worry silently as they completed their homework. Hermione and Ginny both walked through the portrait, both boys looked up at the girls and then turned back to their papers. When they reached the bottom the stairs Draco spoke up.
"Granger, have you seen May?" Hermione turned her around to look and Draco. They met eyes and for the millionth time since he was a fourth year, Draco felt his breath catch in his throat when he eyes landed on his.
"No I haven't, is something the matter?" She asked gently, Draco shook his head in reply. Hermione raised her eyebrow and nodded her head before walking back up the stairs. An hour later May walked through the portrait door and gave a brief glance at Draco and Blaise still in the living room.
"Where have you been?" Draco asked with a strict tone in his voice. May glanced at them both again.
"Around." She replied shortly.
"You've been gone for hours, we were worried about you." Blaise said, May stopped walking to the stairs and took a good look at them, she smirked at them both.
"You sound like my father." May said teasingly before walking up the stairs to retire to bed "Goodnight boys!" she called down the stairs, Draco and Blaise both looked at each other before shaking their heads and walking up the stairs to go to bed.
AN: finally rewrote this damned chapter, I'm happy with the way it came out, it's a lot better than what it was before… now on to rewrite chapter three. Work is killing me please be patient with me. Oh and Happy New Year!