Hello again.
To reiterate, if you guys really want it, I'll bash some of the characters. It might not be the exact characters you want if I do, but I'll start early on bashing. Otherwise, it'll be occasionally just foot-in-mouth type, but if some end up being bashed in future chapters, it's just how the story ends up going.
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XXPreviously, on 'Wish Granted'XX
"Works for me." Jasmine smiled.
A blink later, and she was back in Hogwarts as the hat called out "Gryffindor!"
Hermione, Neville, Susan, and Hannah started the clapping, clearer sounding than the rest except for a polite Draco. Jasmine jumped over to where Hermione was sitting, taking the spot right beside her as she idly heard "We've got Potter! We've got Potter!" from further down the table. She giggled absentmindedly as that and a few others stared at her in disgust.
"Hello." Jasmine turned to the older red head who addressed her. "I'm Percy Weasley, Prefect. Welcome to Gryffindor."
"Jasmine Potter, Wish Maker. Hello." Jasmine responded. "Do you know why this place feels a bit like death?"
"Death?" Percy was confused. "Do you mean the ghosts?"
"Ghosts?" Jasmine's question was explained when a transparent figure floated into view. "Like him?"
"My apologies." the ghost said, head bowed. "But when we felt your presence, it startled us. It...well...It doesn't matter. I'm Sir Nicholas, but you can call me Nick. I'm the ghost of Gryffindor House."
Jasmine tilted her head to Moony, then was about to say something before the teacher with the biggest beard she had ever seen said "Let the feast begin."
"That's a lot of food." Jasmine remarked about the food that had just shown up all over the tables. "And Nick, I can finish chopping your head if you wish for it."
"She can grant good wishes, hence the moniker 'Wish Maker.'" Hermione clarified.
"Ah." Nick said, understanding. "Well then, I wish to be fully beheaded."
"Wish granted." Jasmine said.
Next thing Nick knew, his head fell to the floor thanks to the angle he was leaning his neck.
"Whoops." Jasmine said.
Nick chuckled. "No, no, it's alright. It'll just be something I need to get used to."
It took a bit of work, but he managed to pick his head up and flew off. "Take care, Jasmine."
"You too!" She replied, then switched her attention to the food. "Now let's eat."
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Jasmine put Moony on her head and started eating. The other students were surprised when it didn't slip off of her head at all. Even more so when Hermione reached up to keep it safe, only to back off as a light warning growl was heard by those close enough to hear. Thankfully, her table manners weren't something to note beyond being good for a kid her age, so they didn't have to worry about her possibly eating like an animal.
None of that matter to Jasmine, though, especially when she started on some fish while offering a piece of chicken to Moony, which disappeared into the toy as though it was just swallowed whole by a real animal.
Hermione and Neville were the first to remember that they needed to eat as well, which chained to the others. But it wasn't something they were going to forget any time soon, that's for sure.
Eventually, more normal conversations got underway, and Jasmine was oblivious to most until she overheard Neville speak about the one time he almost drowned.
"Uh, Neville." She said, getting his attention. "What are you talking about?"
Neville hesitantly responded. "My family was rather...adamant, I guess in trying to get magic out of me. And I one time nearly drowned because of it."
"Then why are you still with them?" Jasmine asked. "If they tried to put you underwater, then they can't be a good family to be around. I just never came across the ones who made me fall, so I can't play with them into a prison."
"She does have a point, Neville." Hermione admitted. "Even if they are actually a good family, something still needs to be done to make sure they understand that they could've killed you."
"Girls, it's alright." Neville tried to placate, but Hermione continued.
"Neville, it isn't alright. No responsible person would allow a child of all people to drown. First chance we get, we'll be contacting Susan's aunt and get something done, even if it's just a warning that they must follow. This can not be allowed to be swept aside."
Neville backed off, accepting that at least they weren't going to let it go.
In seemingly no time to Jasmine afterwards, the meal was done and she heard, "Now that we're all fed and watered, Prefects, please escort your houses to your dormitories."
"Gryffindor House, this way please." Percy called out, but Jasmine tilted to Moony who was now back in her arms.
"Uh, Percy." Jasmine called out. "Where are the other Prefects? Or are you the only one for our house?"
Percy was about to answer, but then realized that he didn't have one. "I'm...not sure, to be honest. I'll have to speak with Professor McGonagall about who the other Prefects are supposed to be. At the very least, there should be a female Prefect with me, but normally there are a set of Prefects for Years 5-7 and a Head Boy and Head Girl to help mitigate problems among the student populace."
As they talked, they walked down a hallway to a room that was incredibly tall and had stairways all around. However, when she noticed them moving, Jasmine whimpered and clung to Hermione.
"I'd suggest you keep an eye on the staircases. They do like to change from time to time." Percy said, then noticed Jasmine. "Is everything alright?"
"She had a similar reaction to the stairs before the boats." Hermione explained.
"That's going to be a problem, then." Percy said, pointing up. "The Gryffindor House is up there."
"Eep!" Jasmine dug her face into Hermione, or at least tried to until she found herself on Hermione's back.
"Just close your eyes until I tell you, OK?" Hermione told the girl, who nodded while doing so. "Ack! Not so tight!"
"Sorry." Jasmine whispered.
For the girl's sake, Percy quickly made his way up to their destination, stopping them momentarily before a portrait that he said "Caput Draconis." to. He turned to Hermione. "Inside, Ms. Granger. We're here."
Hermione was straining from the walk, having never done it with another person on her back, but actually stumbled when she felt a sudden weight loss. Looking in, they saw Jasmine roughly on the exact other side of the room behind the portrait, curled up.
Hermione quickly went over as Percy led the others inside, Neville joining the two right after they were all in.
Percy then started speaking. "Welcome to the Gryffindor Common Room. Now, as you can see, there are two sets of stairs on either side of Ms. Potter, and coincidentally Ms. Granger and Mr. Longbottom are nearer to the stairs that will lead to that gender's dorm room. You'll find your belongings already in the rooms marked '1st Year.'"
"I wish there was a way for me to sleep at my place while here." Jasmine called out at that, resulting in a door to appear on the far side of the fireplace that Jasmine quickly opened and went through, accidentally bringing Hermione along with her somehow.
Percy sighed. "Just...get to your rooms and get some sleep. I have a few issues to discuss with Professor McGonagall. At the very least, I'll try and be here to help you get situated with at least getting to the Great Hall for breakfast in the morning."
It was looking to be a pretty long night for him.
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The next morning, he was waiting as he had said, going over his conversation with Professor McGonagall.
As it had turned out, during the summer, the sixth and seventh year Prefects had somehow forgotten about said status, while the fifth year female never received hers.
Something is wrong, but I'm in no real position to do anything about it. He surmised as he noticed Jasmine and Hermione walk back through the door that had stayed the entire night. "Ms. Potter, Ms. Granger."
"Yes, Percy?" Hermione asked, somewhat nervous from the previous night's latest incident.
"Professor McGonagall would like to speak to you two once we're down in the Great Hall." Percy told them. "She'll need to authorize you sleeping anywhere other than the dorm."
"We understand." Hermione spoke for the both of them.
"As for the items you brought forward, Ms. Potter." Percy continued, focusing on Jasmine. "I've spoken with Professor McGonagall, and you're correct in me not being the only Prefect. However, something happened to make it seem that way, so it'll take some time before you can see them as well."
"Okay." Jasmine said. "And I guess you're here to guide us back to the Great Hall."
Percy nodded. "I don't know why I didn't think of this earlier, but one of my responsibilities as a Prefect is helping the younger students. The Great Hall is also easier to use as a marker to find your upcoming classes than the Common Room."
"Can I just wish go ahead and wish another door that led straight to the Great Hall instead of the big drop outside?" Jasmine whined. She really did not want to go over the stairs again.
"Honestly, I'm surprised that the door you made last night is holding." Percy told her. "But I wouldn't recommend making another. Otherwise you'd probably have to make one to get everywhere in here. Not all classes are on the same floor after all. However, I will admit that those stairs outside are some of the easiest routes to actually get to your respective destination. There are others, but they tend to be a bit more out of the way for some people."
Jasmine was suddenly up in his face as she demanded. "Where are they?"
Percy may not have thought much of it on account of the height difference, if it wasn't for the pale green filled eye sockets that he could swear were subtly glowing. He eventually stammered out, "I'm afraid I'm not the person to speak to about that. I don't know all of them to be of effective service. But once we're down in the Great Hall, I'll talk either Professor McGonagall or my brothers, Fred and George. They know more than I do about other passages."
"They better." Jasmine pouted before remembering that it didn't help with her problem. Hermione found herself holding Jasmine in her arms again as the other first years finally showed up, except for one.
Percy sighed as he noticed that. "Could one of you go and get my brother?"
Neville went back up, and a few minutes later, practically dragged Ron down to join them.
"Now that we're all here," Percy started, staring pointedly at Ron for holding them up even remotely. "follow me down to the Great Hall. I may not be able to fully help each of you find your classes, but one thing to keep in mind is that the Great Hall is a good place to start learning where your classes are from. Although, not all teachers really appreciate it when you take too long in trying to find their classes, even on the first day."
"Have you thought of a few maps around the place?" Jasmine asked, getting Percy to stop moving. After a moment of thought, he spoke.
"Unfortunately, no known map of Hogwarts exists, and most are not exactly keen on making one. Let alone enough for the entire school to use."
Jasmine raised an eyebrow, but said nothing, allowing the trip to lapse into silence. Or at least, as silent as a whimpering and shivering Jasmine could allow as they went down the stairs. She calmed down again when they were finally on 'not moving high ground' as she saw it. Her attention was quickly diverted upon arrival, when Professor McGonagall came up to speak with her. "Hello, Professor Miggy."
Hermione, Neville, and even Percy guffawed once before stopping in surprise, but it took a glare from the woman to silence the others.
"While I'd very much appreciate not hearing that again, at least in public," Professor McGonagall said, clearly not happy. "That isn't why I'm here now, Ms. Potter."
"What can I help with?" Jasmine asked, immediately knowing what the woman was there for. It wasn't the first time someone spoke like that before actually making the request.
"First, I wish for all the Gryffindor Prefects to appear before me, ready for the day." Professor McGonagall said.
"Wish granted." Jasmine said, getting five other students to appear, confused.
"Thank you." Professor McGonagall continued. "And second-"
"Sorry, Professor McGonagall." Amelia called out from the door. "But I got here a bit earlier than expected."
"Hello, Ms. Bones/Auntie!" Jasmine and a just arrived Susan called out, coming over to the woman.
"Hello, you two." She greeted, then went into her reason for being there. "Ms. Potter, I first want to thank you for helping ensure justice was done. However, it wasn't just Mr. Black that was helped by you."
She then moved aside and allowed them all to see Sirius, Frank, Alice, and a hooded woman, prompting Neville to run and hug his parents. Tears of joy ran down there faces at the reunion.
"I got Neville his parents back?" Jasmine asked.
"And not just them." Amelia said, smiling. "As it turns out, by the time your parents died, you actually had two mothers. The still living one is here with me now."
Jasmine tilted her head in confusion. "How?"
"Yeah, how?" The hooded woman demanded. "You didn't say anything when we left St. Mungo's for this little trip."
"Thanks to an ancient law, you had accidentally married James when he and Lily approved of your request and you submitted to them." Amelia explained.
The hooded woman dropped her hood to stare Amelia in the eye, revealing herself to be Bellatrix. "So your saying that because Jame and Lily allowed me to give my virginity to them before the Lestranges got to me, I'm actually Mrs. Beta Potter or something?"
Amelia nodded. "That, and you can completely destroy the Lestranges for what their offenses to both the Potters and the Longbottoms because of it."
A few minutes of silence later, Bellatrix started laughing maniacally in glee, not noticing/caring about Neville's scared reaction nor Professor McGonagall's terrified reaction at her presence. "Yes! Take that you arseholes!"
Thankfully, Amelia stepped in to explain things.
What did stop her, though, was when Jasmine hugged her while saying. "Welcome back, Mommy."
The other half of the implications then set in, eliciting a slow but meaningful hug in return. "I'll see it that I don't go anywhere anytime soon, Jasmine. I promise."
Unfortunately, Amelia had to stop the moment short. "I'm sorry, but we can't stay for too long. Mr. and Mrs. Longbottom need to go back to St. Mungo's to finish rehab from their previous states, and Mrs. Potter still needs to finishing burying her past. But expect to meet us again this Saturday to go to the Goblins about the Potter inheirtance."
"Will do." Jasmine replied, albeit a bit reluctant. She wasn't wanting to let go, now that she had a mom.
"Don't worry, little one. I'll be back." Bellatrix assured. "Just a few idiots to deal with beforehand."
Jasmine smiled at the woman, then let go.
Sirius then cut in with an exaggerated pout. "What? No love for your long lost 'Unca Pafoo'?'"
"Like you need a bigger ego, Sirius." Bellatrix retorted. "And if her toy wolf is any indicator..."
Jasmine giggled as Bellatrix trailed off in implication, getting an indignant growl from Sirius back at the woman.
Professor McGonagall didn't know what to think after hearing Amelia's explanation as to Bellatrix's presence. For years, the woman was supposed to be insane, cruel, and a loyal Death Eater. To the point of fanaticism. But she's sane, nice, and restored the Longbottoms, like during her school years when she was friends with Lily. Just what happened all those years ago?
"For the record, Professor McGonagall, I've also checked her arm." Amelia added later on. "No Mark."
Professor McGonagall leaned back in shock at that news, switching to embarrassment when Dumbledore showed up and cleared the whole meeting up. A much more content Neville and Jasmine returned to the group to get their schedules and breakfast.
The rest of the school quickly flowed in afterwards, with Draco and Hannah greeting Jasmine, Hermione, and Neville before heading to their own tables. One of the biggest topics that came up later on was Bellatrix's presence. Very few, if any, believed it when Jasmine and the others that were there explained what happened. The doubts died off once the mail came, dropping off a newspaper that said 'BLACK AND LESTRANGE TO AWAIT HEARING!'
No one really had any solid thoughts about what the future may hold at that point.
I've been thinking about the law and situation with Bellatrix for a while actually. To summarize, if a woman finds her current 'betrothed' lacking, they may seek the approval of another (normally on a higher level than the original) and if necessary, his own 'betrothed.' If all parties approve, then said woman must submit to the subjected couple in full. Once that is done, the first woman becomes married to the man's family. However, absolutely no outside influence can be allowed to interfere with the process at any moment.
Before the Lestranges got to her, she willingly submitted to James and Lily (after getting a 'yes' from both) in bed, and became Bellatrix Potter. But because it was such a ancient law, no one would automatically think to check.
As for stopping it here, I don't quite recall the first year schedule of canon. Don't want to do Snape if he isn't her first class.
Until next time. Please let me know what you think.