The Monday morning after the first task was filled with sleepy students entering the great hall, Astoria was sitting with her big sister Daphne and Tracey her best friend, when the owls delivered the daily prophet gasping could be heard all over the great hall as students began reading the news.
When Astoria received her copy of the paper and saw the headline, 'Headmaster attempts to keep students who have duties outside of Hogwarts,'
'Dear readers it is my sad duty to bring this news to light, After a magnificent performance during the first task Hogwarts champion Marcus Pheonix was called away from the school to aid two distant family members he knew nothing about until they used goblin magic to trace for family connections found Mr. Phoenix to be the last of their family, we were not given names for their safety,
These two young women were attacked by dark magic users and forced a highly illegal potion we shall not name per request, Mr. Phoenix had to spend this last weekend caring for his newly found family and requested his lovely wife and adopted daughter to join him to aid in some aspects of their care only women can help with, they were also joined by a friend who spent the weekend helping with the care.
What is shocking is that they had informed their head of the house, Professor Philious Flitwick that they were going to be out of the school for the weekend only, but when they returned yesterday afternoon just before supper time they were met by an angry headmaster proceeded to take house points assign detentions with Snape who all know is in contention with the Pheonix couple, finally, the headmaster took away Hogsmeade visits which we all know is a time that our young heirs enjoy away from the school but is also set aside for taking care of family matters when the headmaster gave out the last punishment Mr. Phoenix promptly withdrew his family and friend from the school... '
Astoria had to stop reading because of the tears in her eyes at what she read, Daphne had wrapped the girl in her arms looking around the room at the mummering of most of the students in the hall some looking at the headmaster with disgust and others didn't know what to think.
Up at the head table, the professors and guests were looking at Dumbledore like the man had lost his mind as Flitwick had spoken to them the night before telling them what Dumbledore had tried to do.
Everyone in the great hall could see that the headmaster was growing angry at both the article and the accusing eyes of students and teachers alike.
At the Gryffindor table, Harry and Hermione are torn between their respect for the headmaster and their growing friendship with Marcus and his group.
The whispered conversations among the students were interrupted when the large doors to the great hall were thrown open banging against the walls to admit a group of men and women, in the lead was an elderly woman with a stuffed buzzard on her hat, the group marched up to the head table when they reached the table the headmaster stood to welcome the group but was cut off before he spoke a single word.
"You senile old fool not only do you embrace this school by forcing Mister Potter to compete in the tournament, but now you drive off the true champion adding to the embarrassment, you will fix this issue before we the school governors take this matter and your job upon our shoulders, Mr. Phenoix and his wife are adults and do not need your permission to leave this place to perform family business, the same applies to the young child they have adopted as well as Miss Lovegood you know as well as we do that they were made the young woman's guardians during the school year and were also given permission to take he out of the school if they wish, one more toe out of line like this and you will be called before the board of governors," the elder lady yelled at the headmaster.
"Agusta was it necessary to do this in the great hall?" the headmaster asked in a condescending tone.
"That is Regent Longbottom to you, Albus we have just finished an inquiry over the potions scoring last evening and were already scheduled to come to speak with you about it and inform you that effective immediately Severus Snape is hereby relieved of his duties and his teaching credentials are therefore revoked forever, the position of Potions professor is now to be taken up by Andromeda Tonks," the now identified Agusta Longbottom announced to the delight of most of the students who broke out cheering at the sacking of the most hated professor.
Throwing out a cannon blast the now extremely angry headmaster stood to his full height, "Now see here the hiring or dismissal of staff falls to my remit," the old man tried to bluster.
"You are wrong there we the governors hold that power it was only the fact that other than Snape your staff choices we approved of and the former head governor kept us from investigating the former potions instructor, after a vote of no confidence last week he was removed from the board, "
Augusta then turned to Snape, " you are hereby ordered to vacate the premises of the school and never return the wards have been modified to eject you before lunch today and the elves have packed only your property as well as a request to refund the payment you have received during your time here Gringotts have been informed of this and after reviewing our statements along with the proof of your failure to pass on the skills in potion brewing, they have audited your account and returned said pay," she told the man who was turning all shades of red then pasty white at hearing his account has been emptied, without the Prince accounts he was knutless.
Albus felt for the wards when he heard Augusta saying that they had been changed to remove Severus and found many of the changes he had made over his time as headmaster had been returned to their standard-setting, how it was done without his feeling the changes was a mystery that he would never know as he found a link to Augusta as well meaning that any change he tried to make she would notice and stop before they are enacted.
"Finally as of today, you Headmaster Albus Dumbledore are ordered to remain away from Mr. Phoenix and his family members as well as Miss Lovegood any discipline will be taken into their head of house hands that is if your forcing the young man to leave the school has not lost his magic to the contract of the tournament, if such a thing has happened you shall be sanctioned and possibly charged with the loss of a promising young wizard," Augusta said giving the man a scathing look.
By the time she finished speaking the old man had fallen back into his sea, this scheme to force young Mrs Phoenix to return the house of Prince to Severus had blown up in his face like a spoiled potion.
The students were all amazed by the old woman tearing into the headmaster and shocked to hear that Marcus could possibly lose his magic by the actions of the headmaster.
Astoria was now bawling her eyes out knowing that if he lost his magic she might never see her friends again, Daphne was fighting to keep her tears at bay as she heard this as well, Marcus and Emma had become good friends over the last few months.
Astoria and Daphne were pulled out of their great as Burt landed on the table in front of them followed by three creatures that looked like dragons with feathered wings all three were a deep green color with silver wings, Burt held out his leg with a note tied to it but neither girl could take their eyes off the new creatures before them.
Finally, Tracey broke out of her wonder at the beautiful little things to take the note off of the owl's leg.
'Dear Astoria
We are sorry for leaving without informing you until now but the Headmaster was trying to force us into a situation that he has been trying ever since the night of the drawing of names from the goblet.
These little ones are a new species we found on a property I somehow own from my birth family whom I shall not name, ask Hagrid for a copy of the book we gave him yesterday before the headmaster pulled his powerplay.
We hope that if we cannot return to the school, you Daphne, and Tracey enjoy your new companions.
Sincerely Marcus, Emma, and Alice.'
By the time Tracey had finished reading the letter to the two Astoria had pulled the three dragons into her arms.
After Tracey had taken the letter Burt took flight and flew to land in front of Hermione raising his other leg to show a letter for her as well.
'Hermione
I have decided that I wish to no longer have the title of head of house Prince I have thought long and hard over the last few days about whom it is I wish to give the title to, and I have chosen you over the few people I speak to from the school if you want to take the title you must recite an oath, now being a minor you will need to assign a proxy for you in legal matters I suggest speaking to Neville Longbottom his grandmother Agusta is known as a good woman and one that not many can stand against if you cannot chose Amilia Bones the aunt of Hufflepuff Susan Bones in your year is another wise choice she is also the head of the DMLE (Department of magical law enforcement ).
Sincerely. Emma Pheonix.
Attached to the letter was a short piece of parchment that had writing as well, after reading the second parchment Hermione looks up seeing the lady she now knew to be Neville's grandmother was finished with the headmaster and leaving the great hall.
Standing and pulling Harry along Hermione first went to Neville and asked him to introduce his grandmother, the slightly chubby boy gave a nervous nod as he stood to join the two and caught his gran's eye as she walked between the Gryffindor and Hufflepuff tables to leave the great hall.
When the woman joined the teens Neville spoke up to make introductions, "Grandmother I would like to introduce my year mates and friends Harry Potter and Hermione Granger, Harry, Hermione may I introduce my grandmother, Agusta Longbottom," Agusta smiled at her grandson and nodded to the two Neville wrote home about from time to time and informed her that they were muggle-born or raised so she excused the lack of pureblood etiquette.
"A pleasure to meet you,Mister Potter and Miss Granger my grandson speaks highly of the two of you in his letters i do hope you remain his friends throughout your days here at Hogwarts," her speach was stiff but they could hear the carr she held for her granson.
Hermione noticed the formal way Neville spoke gave a courtesy at her introduction, " Yes a pleasure to meet you as well Ma'am I ask Neville to introduce us as I received a letter I wish to share with you and ask for your advice."
Agusta gave a smile seeing the you muggleborn lass try and succeed in a nearly proper tone and curtesy, " Very well may I see the letter?" she ask her tone softened a bit.
Hermione handed over both parchments and waited for the older woman to finish reading, with each line of the letter the eyes of the woman seemed to grow wider and wider then she read the oath her lips grew into a wicked grin that seemed to startle and frighten Neville.
She bearly heard Neville whisper to Harry, "Uhoh someone is in trouble, last time I saw that look on Gran was when my uncle dropped me out of a window at the manor trying to frighten me into accidental magic, she turned him into a ball and threw him around the manor grounds for a friend of hers dog for a week."
Harry was looking at the woman with a little fear crossing his face after Neville spoke, after reading over the oath and not finding any harmful phrases that would harm the young witch, handing both parchments back to Hermione Agusta gave a small nod, " It would be my pleasure Miss Granger."
Hermione returned the nod before lifting the parchment with the oath and her wand then began reading the oath out loud.
" I Hermione Jean Granger hereby accept the House of Prince Bequeath to myself by the former head of the house Emma Charlotte Pheonix nee Watson, I swear to uphold the rules and traditions set to the house by my predecessor, I also reaffirm that Severus Tobias Snape is forever removed from the family in all things be it blood, magic or knowledge I also reclaim any books monies or other properties removed from my lands and family accounts returned to me, So I claim and swear so mote it be." At each word, Hermione began to glow by the time the oath was finalized she was hovering a foot from the floor.
Before the light of the oath faded Hermione spoke again, " As a minor head of house I name Agusta Longbottom my proxy and regent in legal and household matters until I reach the age of majority."
Augusta raised her wand and spoke. "I Agusta Florence Longbottom nee Croaker accept the position and swear to aid the head of the House of Prince in matters she shall need," after Agusta finished her part the glow left Hermione who now had a fancy ring on her ring finger on her right hand and Agusta gained a less fancy ring on her pinky finger on her right hand as well.
Up at the head table, Severus clutched his chest in pain as the last of his magic was torn from him, as the magic left him the silver hand that Albus had given him fell to the floor in a puddle that sank into the stone, once the pain of losing the final bit of magic faded he began to rummage through his pockets not finding the few prince family books he kept on him at all times nor the vault key he had as well.
Albus watched in horror as the Granger girl spoke the oath naming Augusta proxy as he had taken that position from Severus, also he felt the wards around his bookshelves fighting the reclaiming of the Prince books he had taken for himself he felt the wards falling and not only did he lose the reclaimed books but also many other families books returned to the places he stole them from including the Potter family Grimoire which to the old man's horror appeared to the young man glowing white then bumping into his forehead just over the scar, as soon as the book touched him the scar burst open throwing out black ichor and blood.
The bindings he painstakingly put on the boy's magic broke down causing a torrent of magic to surround the boy for a few seconds obscuring the sight of the black mist that was the false Horcrux from everyone in the room.
Hermione would have run to aid her best friend but was going through a similar unbinding to her magic that, with both torrents overlapping a cascade of magic swept through the castle with each child he had bound the magic was touched by the wave of magic the bindings broke adding to the cascade until every child now had full access to their magic.
There were only a few outside Slytherin that the waves did not affect and only two in the house of Slytherin who were.
Augusta watched as the magic flared from each child even her grandson, thinking that Snape had done this to hinder all outside his house she turned to a board member who is also an auror, "Arrest Snape he has been binding our children's magic, this must be investigated and all of the past students must be found and checked over for bindings as well, inform Amilia once that man is in a cell," the rage of the elder woman caused her magic to flare-up pushing the waves out farther.
Hogwarts herself feeling her charges in need siphoned the excess magic the children were throwing off into the leylines below her foundations this causes the waves to propagate out following the leylines each time the waves passed someone who had bound magic burst their bindings all over Scotland and Britain many people who thought that they were squibs.
Petunia and Dudley Dursley were sitting at home Dudley had been sent home after a fight with an older student when the wave passed this caused Petunia to regain the memories of her attending Hogwarts until the end of fifth year with her sister until her O.W.L scores came in and then she was constantly angry at her sister and she had no memory of having magic, there were also some physical changes for the two, Petunia filled out and her features went from her looking horse like to resembling Lilly her hair became rose red as well.
Dudley seemed to shrink in his clothes going from looking like a baby hippo to looking more like his mother his sandy blonde hair turned reddish blonde, as they sat there a pounding on their door pulled Petunia from the long lost memories both also lost the hate they felt for Harry but it would take some time to notice.
Jumping from the chair she was in she ran to the door opening it to find two red robed men with wands waiting there, looking around for a second she beckoned them in.
One of the men spoke, "Sorry to intrude ma'am but we have a few questions to ask and some of the things may seem stange, " but was stopped by Petunia.
"I finished my O.W.Ls at Hogwarts and just a few minutes ago my magic and memories returned to myself, also my son had his magic illegally bound as well as we were changed with magic to look differntly here are photos of how we looked before," Petunia said pointing at a picture of the family noticing that Dudley no longer looks like Vernon but looks more like one of Lilys friends, as she is looking at the photos flashes of Sirius ran through her mind when the magic hiding her true self failed a few times and she got away from Vernons hate.
Dudley is watching his mother confused about all that is going on as the men with sticks waved them around before cursing up a storm, " Maam you and your son need to vacate these primises the scans say whatever magics that you were under will reform and bind you again if you are within a mile of this location,"
Petunia began to panic before running around the house packing things some hidden in the attic like her wand and both her and Lilys school trunks which she shrank before returning to the living room grabbing Dudley by the arm and leading him to the car "We will be at the Cauldron, please send someone who can take readings on the house,"
The men nod and pop away as she drives away from the house spotting Mrs Figg stumbling into the road, stamping on the breaks she lept out of the car to catch the woman as she fell, "You as well?" she asks as she leads her to the car.
"Yes fifty years thinking I was a squid damn that old man, and he will get away with it," Mrs. Figg said as she was set in the back seat.
Petunia returned to the driver seat and resumed driving, "I lost my sister, nephew, and the real father of my son, I do not want to go back to the way he made us."
Dudley sat in the passenger seat trying to make sense of what was going on with himself and his mother, one minute everything was normal and the next thing he knows is he no longer hated his cousin nor looked like his dad, then his mom said they were taken from his real father.
The ride into London was quiet for the trio until they got to a new place where Dudley saw magic for the first time without feeling angry it was performed by his mom when she waved her wand 'Her wand? ' at the car and it shrank until it was no bigger than one of his toys.
When she helped the crazy cat lady from a block over from their home to cross the street and enter a dingy pub, the man behind the bar called out to her he finally realized that they were in the magical place Harry once spoke of until Dad beat him for mentioning the place.
"Petunia Evans I haven't seen you in nearly twenty years, how have you been doing, and is this strapping young man yours?"
Petunia waves to Tom, "Hello Tom yes it's been a while and yes this is my Dudley, can we get a room for Arabella she's had a shock and I'm to meet someone from DMLE here soon, something has happened lately and I am not sure what is going to be done," Petunia said letting Mrs Figg ease into a chair.
"Lotta that going on today been seeing a lot of old faces passing me door today lots of people needing the bank an such," Tom said ambling over with a key and helping Arabella stand again before leading them to a room off the pub's main floor.
Once in the room and helping to lay Arabella on the bed the still-stunned Dudley sits down to look out of the window but sees nothing on the other side.
Petunia checks him over but seeing nothing physically wrong decides that she needs a healer, rushing out of the room she finds Tom greeting another passer-through, "Tom in need the floo but I don't have magical money I've been living muggle and never kept any on me, I can get an exchange later but I need to call St.Mungos to see if someone can come to look over Arabella and my son they've both had a few more shocks than I thought,"
Tom waves her on with a smile "Sure thing Luv it's still in the same place it was last time you was here,"
Smiling in thanks Petunia ran to the floo room, grabbing a pinch of powder she called out "St.Mungos" and stuck her head in when the fire turned green.
On the other side of the fire, people could be seen running around in chaos until a face appeared in front of hers. "Sorry ma'am we've had an influx of patients coming in from all over claiming to have been mind whammed We can not take any new people at this time please try St. Argus in Ireland if this is not an emergency of life and death,"
The face seemed familiar until it slammed into Petunia, this was Anastasia Fitsgerald a dorm mate when she was in Ravenclaw, "Ana it's Petunia Evans my son and I have been under mind whammy curses as well as our neighbor Arabella Figg we are at the cauldron waiting for DMLE my son and Arabella are in shock and we can't leave till the aurors finish speaking with us."
Shock ran across the womans face then she ran from the fire calling over her shoulder, "Wait I will be right there.," as she ran and grabbed a satchel before running back to the fire and through bearly giving Petunia time to step out of the way.
"Show me where they are,"Ana said taking Petunias arm.
Leading her former friend to the room she saw Tom pointing her way to a woman who had a monocle over one eye, noding the woman steps away from the bar to follow them.
Entering the room Ana immediately went to the bed and began scanning Arabella, almost immediately she began swearing before slapping a button on the womans chest calling out, " Core breach, code blue red," before Arabella disappeared in a swirl of light, then Ana started on Dudley speaking to Petunia as she did.
"She was close to core failure a few minutes and she would have lost her magic permanently, your son is fighting whatever was done to him his magic is struggling but slowly purging the foreign magic," Ana said before turning on the woman with the moocle.
"Amelia who ever did this needs to be buried under Azkban we've been inundated with people showing the same symptoms and a fee elderly have already died from core collapse,"
Petunia sat on the bed tears running down her face, "Albus Dumbledore did it, he got to me just after my fifth year, one day Lilly and I were best friends and the next we were at each other's throats and I was acting like that Snape boy only instead of disliking no magical I hated magic and especially my sister and her son," her hand went to her mouth and the tears fell even more, "That man made me hate my nephew, we treated him like a burden even when we were being paid for his care," that was as far as she could get before breaking into sobs.
Anastasia was casting scans getting nearly the same results from Petunia as she got from Dudley until both collapsed into a coma as their magic surged fighting the spells cast upon them.
Amelia was able to catch Dudley before he fell to the floor as Anastasia did the same for Petunia, " I want all the reports that the hospital can give, I doubt we can press the issue with the political clout the man holds but eventually we will be able to do something, but first I need to know who her nephew is if he is out there somewhere and he collapses as well he may end up hurt,"
Anastasia was nodding while a medical dicta quill was scratching out the reports, " This is Lilly Potter's sister, I always assumed she went to another school after O.W.Ls because the next school year she didn't return to Hogwarts and Lilly wouldn't talk about her anymore," she said trying to smooth out her old friend's hair.
In Amelia's arms, Dudley's hair began shifting colors rapidly, gasping at seeing a well-known Black family trait in the boy Amelia set him back in the chair before using her wand to stick him to the seat before casting a patronus and speaking to it before sending it off.
After a few minutes a knock on the door pulled the two women out of their thoughts, "Come in, " Amelia called when the door opened to admit a young woman in red robes who promptly fell on her face causing the other two to have to hide their smiles.
The young woman could be heard swearing as she picked herself up from the floor, " You called boss lady,"
Amelia smiled at the young trainee who was just about finished at the academy, " Yes Tonks we have a couple of people here but it is this young man I need you to have a look at and tell me if you know him, " Amelia said pointing to Dudley whose hair was still changing color causing the trainee auror to gasp as well but shake her head.
"No ma'am never seen him before I can tell you that this is his base form, I always revert when asleep or knocked out, he does have some Black features like the nose and eye shape but I don't know who his mother or father could be, mother didn't say we had any other family other than her sisters and cousin Sirius," Tonks said moving closer to see the boy better.
"This is his mother here on the bed," Anastasia said pointing to Petunia.
Tonks looked at the woman on the bed and frowned for a few seconds before shouting, "Aunt TuTu, " causing the two women to jump.
Amelia looked at Tonks giving her the look that said 'Explain' that caused the trainee to straighten up from looking at Petunia.
"A few times Mother had Sirius babysit me for one of his pranks on Dad when I was about six or seven years old and he would take me to a zoo to see if I could change my hair to match the animals, every time aunt TuTu was with us the last time she was very pregnant and we had to take it slowly but even when we said we should leave and find something to get her off of her feet but she wouldn't listen to it was the last time I saw her 'I'm not going to miss seeing my little rainbow just because I am a little big in the belly' she would say when we said to go sit in a cinema, " by the end Tonks had tears in her eyes because not long after that her uncle James and aunt Lilly went into hiding then aunt TuTu also disappeared.
"We need to get these two to the goblins and do a test on the boy and get them both medical attention, Tonks your new detail is to stay with them and get statements when they wake up, if anything else comes to mind report directly to me and nobody else is that clear," Amelia said after giving the young woman time to pull herself together.
"Yes ma'am," Tonks said giving a salute as Anastasia caused the two unconscious people to float and follow her out of the room under a notice me not charm.
Amelia went to Tom and slipped him a few galleons, "They have been mind whammy, thank you for letting them have the room it probably saved them some embarrassment, if anyone else comes through acting similar send them to the hospital," she told the pubs owner before turning to follow the others out to the bank.
She found them on the steps of the bank arguing with a guard, "I'm sorry but I can not allow you in with the active magics we have had many witches and wizards in today that have fallen into comas, the wards went up to cancel or dispatch anyone using magic inside the bank due to the overwhelming output of magic these people are throwing off, " the guard was saying as she approached.
"Tonks take the woman Anastasia and I will take the boy, we will need your medical facilities, these two likely the rest of the people in comas have all suddenly regained their magic and or memories, any aid the nation can render I will ensure is completely compensated for," Amelia said as she joined them getting nods from the women and a hold on a moment signal from the guard.
After a minute the guard asked, " Likely account manager for either? "
Tonks answered " Black, the boy is a metamorph, his hair is rapidly changing colors it's one of the reasons for the notice me not charm, if Lucius or Narsissa find him he may end up dead in a few days to week. "
The guard nodded before motioning for them to move away from the door to wait further, it wasn't long before two new goblins approached with two hovering stretchers and waved for the patients to be laid down, once that was done they covered the two with invisibility cloaks then led the group inside and to the office of BlackBlood who immediately took a sample of Dudleys blood and placed it on a sheet of parchment, " Dudley Black son of Sirius Black and Petunia Evans," he read out before nodding, " they will be taken to our medical wards, any known family I must inform? " he asked as he signaled the two goblins to take them to have looked over.
Tonks stepped forward, " I am possibly the closest right now the boy is my cousin the woman is his mother, "
Anastasia spoke up, "Harry Potter is her nephew, but we think it may not be a good idea to inform him now these two were under curses to treat the boy harshly we will need to speak with him before we can let you know anything from that side,"
Blackblood nodded then lifted a parchment, " We have a Marcus Pheonix listed on the Black family accounts as a temporary head until Sirius comes in to claim headship, we shall inform him to keep a record of the treatment and charges even with the boy's father being Sirius we are pushing the rules with this but I do not see Mr. Phoenix refusing to allow treatment of both mother and son,"
All three women groaned hearing that Sirius could take headship as that meant he was innocent and magic did not strip him of his status, then it got worse because the one other person they needed to speak with was out of reach thanks to Dumbledore.
Anastasia and Amelia left Tonks with the two to return to work with Amelis apparating to the Dursley home and finding unspeakables swarming the house taking readings and removing the magics around the place.
One steps to her side and speaks, "It is a miracle that the people living in this house were not insane, we have a few wards to cause hate targeted to one individual and a ward to spoil another person to an extreme, it's the last ward that is what concerns us the most, there are blood wards of a sacrificial nature requiring love to charge but with the other wards we can not see how they could charge as the target of hate is also the anchor to the blood wards," the person said handing over a stack of parchment.
Amelia read the reports nodding as they spoke, " This is to remain secret for now but this is the home of Harry Potter, his aunt and cousin are now in the medical section of Gringotts suffering from magical overload and mental strain from the mood-altering they have been under,"
"Very well we will give this case a number no name, also we have an update on the waves of magic that started all of this it was centered on Hogwarts and followed the leylains we are unsure the cause but the waves share a property with the blood wards around this house, I now assume that Harry Potter may have some connection to all of this," the person said while looking over a fee diagrams on their parchments.
Amelia began cursing under her breath at hearing that, Albus would never allow the Potter boy to be questioned, "File your reports, I will be at Hogwarts even though it is useless I will try to speak with the boy," she said before disappearing with a pop.
Reappearing at the gates of Hogwarts she found one of her Aurors dragging Severus Snape through the gates "What is going on here,?" she asks as he comes to a stop upon seeing their boss.
"Madame Longbottom suspects this man to have bound the magic of her grandson and a majority of the students in the school, I witnessed the breaking of the bindings and assumed her request for arrest valid, everyone is still in the great hall most of the children fainted after a large wave of magic swept throughout the castle, I must tell you that Susan was one of the victims, I was ordered by madame Longbottom to place this man in a cell, she used the authority as the head governor not even Albus could counter the order, I will send backup and healers from Mungos once I have this man in a cell," the man said as Amelia began to walk up to the castle fury in her eyes.
Part of her fury was because her niece was a victim as well and Albus now had a scapegoat, rushing into the great hall she found chaos with the staff checking over the students, and the guest students were aiding in making each comfortable following Poppy's directions.
She found Susan in the group of Hufflepuff students laid out next to her best friend Hannah, Pamona was going from student to student as were the other heads of house for their students, and the only table without unconscious students was Slytherin, but Amelia did notice two Slytherin girls layout along with the Ravenclaw children with what looks to be a first-year between them and three little dragons curled on their chest breathing what looked to be golden flames over each girl, getting closer she found the girls to be Anastasias daughters and the eldest best friend.
She was pulled from her observation by a voice from behind her, "Make sure each of these students is touching someone on either side," she turned to find a young man floating above her with a small blonde-haired girl cradled in his arms.