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Chapter Thirteen:
Ben's Proclamation and Bad first day of school
August came very fast for Vanessa and Harry. On the last week of the summer Harry had stayed over at the Weasleys place so he was gonna get a ride to the train station from them. With Vanessa she had just finished up packing her things before heading towards Ben's room. She chuckled a little when she saw that he was getting himself tailored for a new suit, for the Coronation. In a month he was gonna be crowned King of Auradon.
"Nervous?" She asked as she walked in the room.
"A little. But I know it's the right decision." He said
Vanessa nodded with a smile.
"No matter what, I'm on your side about it." She smiled
Since he was going to be King he was going to make his first proclamation and they knew that their parents weren't gonna be happy about it.
Speaking of their parents, they came in the room.
"How is it that you're going to be crowned King next month?" Adam asked "You're just a baby."
"He's turning 15, dear." Bell stated with a smile.
"Hey, dad." Ben and Vanessa greeted
"15? That's far too young to be crowned King." Adam joked. "I didn't make a good decision until I was at least 42."
Vanessa held in a laugh when Bell gave him a look.
"You decided to marry me at 28. And adopted Vanessa at 30." Bell said
"Well, it was either you or a teapot." Adam joked again.
Ben and Vanessa both laughed at the looked their mom gave him as she wasn't amused.
"Kidding, you know that I love you. And Vanessa is my special baby girl." Adam saved himself.
Vanessa giggled for a bit before looking at Ben. She gave him a look that told him that now was the time to tell them. He hesitant at first, but he stood up straight and cleared his throat.
"Mom, Dad…" Ben said and was about to step forward, only for the tailor to tell him to step back for the fitting. "I've chosen my first official proclamation. I've decided that the children on the Isle of the Lost to be given a chance...to live here in Auradon."
Their parents and the tailor were stun shock at Ben's words, but that didn't stop Ben from continuing on.
"Every time I look out to the island, I feel like they've been abandoned." He said
Vanessa nodded in agreement.
"The children of our sworn enemies? Living among us?" Adam asked in anger
"We'll start out with a few at first." Vanessa explained
"Only the ones who need our help the most." Ben added "And Vanessa and I have already chosen them."
"Have you?" Adam glared
Vanessa and Ben frown at this. They knew that their father was going to have a hard time about this but luckily their mom seem to be on their side.
"I gave you a second chance." Bell said, placing a hand on his arm.
This seemed to calm him down.
"Who are their parents?" Bell asked
"Cruella De Vil." Vanessa said
"Jafar." Ben said
"Evil Queen." Vanessa added
Each name almost made their parents flich a little but they knew the last one was going to make them explode.
"And Maleficent." They both said
The tailor let out screamed before leaving the room.
"Maleficent!" Adam roared "She is the worst villain in the land!"
"Daddy, just hear us out here…" Vanessa pleaded
"No, I won't hear of it." Adam said anger "They are guilty of unspeakable crimes."
"Yes, dad, their parents did, not their children." Vanessa glared "Why should they be blamed for what their parents did in the past?"
"Their children are innocent dad. Don't you think they deserve a shot at a normal life?" Ben said
Their words seemed to have stunned both their parents and calmed Adam down once again.
"I suppose their children are innocent." Adam said
With that said, he walked towards the door while Bell looked at her children with pride.
"Well...well done." She smiled "Now let's hurry children or else we'll miss the train."
Vanessa couldn't help but smile and hugged her brother.
"You did great." Vanessa said
"Couldn't have done it without you, sis." Ben smiled, until he saw what time it was. "Mom's right we should hurry before you miss the train."
"Damn it." Vanessa muttered before running out of the room.
Luckily for her they were able to get to London and the train station in time. She hasn't seen Harry or the Weasley's yet but there was still some time left. The whistle blew, telling everyone that they have 30 minutes left to board the train.
"Ben, have you seen Harry yet?" Vanessa asked
"No, not yet but they shouldn't be long though." Ben said
"Come on, dear, you should get broaded." Bell said as she guester her to the train.
"Why do I have a feeling that something bad is gonna happen to him?" She muttered to herself.
Oh how right she was. Unknown to her passageway to the station closed on Ron and Harry. So this lead them to take Mr. Weasley's magic car and flew there. Half way during their travel it was Malcom that spotted them in the air.
"Dads' gonna kill them." She said dryly
When they reach Hogwarts Harry and Ron still haven't arrived yet. Then at the Great Hall for the grand feast Dumbledore had introduced them all to their new Defends Against the Dark Arts professor, Gildeory Lockhart. Almost all the girls clapped and smiled at him in awe, Vanessa and some of the boys in school rolled their eyes and clapped mockingly. Then the sorting started with the new first years and the Weasley's only daughter Ginny got sorted into Gryffindor and Rain's little sister Luna got sorted into Ravenclaw. Vanessa was very happy for them.
"Do you think Harry and Ron made it?" Vanessa asked Malcom.
"Well, Professor Snape had left a few minutes ago and now McGonaglle and Dumbledore are heading off somewhere." He said before taking a bite of his chicken. "That can't be good if Professor Snape found them first."
"If they were in his House than yeah, but that's McGonaglle's job." She said
"That's still not a good thing." He muttered as he knew how strict the Gryffindor Head House was.
"She's strict, yes, but fair." She agreed.
When dinner was over everyone headed back to their common rooms. Everyone in Gryffindor stayed up to wait up for Harry and Ron as everyone in school knew what they did. Ten minutes later the two entered the room with Hermione with them. Everyone hurried up and congratulate them.
"Brilliant!" Lee Jordan yelled
"Good for you." A fifth year said
"Why couldn't we've come in the car, eh?" Fred and George asked
Vanessa rolled her eyes at that.
Before the boys could get any more compliments they quickly head to their room when they saw a very angry Precy.
"Well this is gonna be another interesting year, isn't it boy." Vanessa smiled to Dude, as she scratched his head.
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After the weekend had ended the first day of school ended up on a cloudy day. The first morning didn't begin well as Ron got a Howler mail from his mom and Harry got an angry written letter from Adam. He should be lucky that it wasn't a Howler, Fairy Godmother would be able to help him with that. After Ron's Howler destroyed itself Professor McGonaglle came by and handed everyone their schedule. Vanessa looked over at hers' and saw that she had DADA first. Now normally she would have been happy but not this time. Then she had Charm next, Herbology, History of Magic, Divination, Potions, Transfiguration, Magical Creatures, and Astronomy was last.
'Maybe I could ask Professor Snape to teach me in DADA.' She thought
"Hey, who knows he may actually be good." Malcom shrugged
Both her and the twins gave him a look that said 'You're kidding right?'
Oh how wrong he was.
"Aloud me to introduce your new Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher. Me." Lockhart smiled down at them.
Vanessa and Aramis looked at each other with a dry annoyed look.
"Gilderoy Lockhart, Order of Merlin, Third Class, Honorary Member of the Dark Force Defense League and five-time winner of Witch Weekly's Most-Charming-Smile Award-but I don't talk about that. I didn't get rid of the Bandon Banshee by smiling at her." He said before letting out a laugh.
Some kids laughed but that was most of the girls (minus Vanessa and Rain).
"I see you've all bought a complete set of my books-well done. I thought we'd start today with a little quiz. Nothing to worry about-just to check how well you've read them, how much you've taken in…" He said as he handed out the test papers. "You have thirty minutes...start..now!"
Vanessa looked down at her paper and read the questions. Each question was just about him.
'Yep, I'm gonna ask Snape to help me. At least with that two-faced Quarille he actually taught them things.' She thought
After the test, he went over his so called lesson but again it just about himself and his so called adventures. It was the most dreadful time ever that when the chimes rang Vanessa ran out of there.
"Vanessa wait for us." Rain called
The princess witch slowed down her steps as she waited for her friends.
"How could you just leave us there with that glory hog?" Malcom whined with a huff.
He and the others pretty much had to run to catch up to her.
"Sorry. I just couldn't stand that man any longer. Even Pickett fell asleep during his so called "Adventures"." She said
She looked into one of her robe pockets that the little Bowtruckle was in and saw that he was still sleeping.
"Lucky, I think we all would have slept through that." Aramis said
All seven of them could only nod and agreement. The rest of their classes went better than their first class. After a few classes it was time for Lunch. When Vanessa saw her cousin and his friends it seemed that he and Ron weren't having a great day either. From what they told her Lockhart went to talk to Harry before his first class and believed that they did all that stunt because of him. For Ron it was because of his broken wand and couldn't find a way to fix it. Hermione on the other hand seem fine but sadly like half of the girls in Hogwarts she fell for the fake Lockhart. Vanessa tried to tell her that the man was a fraud but she wouldn't listen. Then suddenly a flash appeared. The princess looked up and saw a first year Gryffindor holding a camera. She remembered his name was Colin Creevey from Sorting Hat ceremony.
"Hi Vanessa. Hi Harry. I'm Colin Creevey." He smiled "I'm in Gryffindor too. D'you think...would it be all right if...can I have a picture of you two."
"What?" They asked
"So I can prove I've met you two." Colin smiled "I know all about you guys. Everyone told me. About how you two survived when You-Know-Who tried to kill you guys and how he disappeared and everything and how Harry still has a lightning scar on his forehead and how no hex or dangerous spell can harm Vanessa." He tried looking for the scar before continuing. "And a boy in my dormitory said if I develop the film in the right potion, the pictures'll move. It's amazing here, isn't it? I never knew all the odd stuff I could do was magic till I got the letter from Hogwarts. My dad's a milkman, he couldn't believe it either. So I'm taking loads of pictures to send home to him. And it'd be really good if I had one of you two. Maybe your friends could take it and I could stand next to you guys? And then, could you sign it?"
Before Vanessa and Harry could kindly declined Draco Malfoy had to overhear everything and but in.
"Signed photos? You're giving out signed photos, Potter?" Draco sneered
"Oh for Merlin's sake." Vanessa muttered and looked for Lucas.
He was the only one that could shut his little brother up.
"Everyone line up!" Draco roared in the Great Hall. "Vanessa and Harry Potter are giving out signed photos!"
"No, we're not. Shut it, Malfoy." Harry glared
Just then Lucas came in the Great Hall with his goons behind him. To her surprise he had cut his long blonde hair. It was still neatly combed and groomed; not gelled like Draco is now. He saw the commotion that his bratty brother was causing and rolled his eyes.
"Draco, stop being a brat, this is getting embarrassing for our house." Lucas glared
"Just helping Weasley on how to get some money since his family has none." Draco smirked
Some of the Slytherin laughed loudly at this. Ron had enough of this and took out his taped up wand. A little battle would have happened until Lockhart came striding in.
"What's all this, what's all this?" He asked "Who's giving out signed photos?"
"And that's what he got from this." Vanessa muttered with an annoyed look.
Lucas was right beside her and couldn't help but agree. Then Lockhart saw the Potter's and flogged his arms around their shoulders.
"Shouldn't have asked! We meet again, Potter's." He said
Both Harry and Vanessa were both annoyed and embarrassed by this.
"Come on then, Mr. Creevey." Lockhart smiled "A double portrait, can't do better than that, and we'll all sign if for you."
Lucas saw that pleading looking Vanessa was sending everyone to save them from this clown. So he took out his wand and muttered a spell that made Creevey's camera explode. Before anyone could ask what happened the bell rang and Lucas took this chance to save Vanessa before her friends could.
"Sorry Professor, but we have Potion next." He said before taking her arm and dragged her out of the place. "Looks like I saved your behind once again."
"Um thanks. Again." She said before getting him to let her arm go.
She started to get that feeling again when he helped her out in Knockturn Alley. That strange aura appeared in him again. She turned her head to glance at him and notice that he was staring at her. Yes, he normally stares at her but it was mostly with lust. This time his eyes held amiring, love and for some reason yearning in them.
"Why are you staring at me like that?" She asked
"I like your new look. You look beautiful in braids." He said
"Oh um...thank you." She said
During her second trip to the Isle Dizzy had given her a tips of different styles of braids.
"I see that you got a haircut." She said
"Yeah, I thought I'd tried something new. I was starting to look too much like my father." He smirked as he combed his hair with his fingers.
They reached down to the dungeon and Lucas quickly opened the door for her. Instead of giving her his usual flirty smirk he only gave her a boyish charm smile. She wanted asked what was wrong with him but other students came in and they were to sit in their normal seats. Aramis came in and sat down next to her.
"What happened back there? He didn't do anything to you did he?" He asked
"No, I'm find, Aramis." She said "I don't know why...but for some reason Lucas is kind of...off."
The two looked over where Lucas was sitting with his partner and saw that he was already writing things down. Yes, he was a good student but not that type of nerdy goody.