Hello again.
This chapter is going to be a bit on the darker/adult side than previous ones, but the idea is to set part of the future tone. As for how exactly, check the chapter title.
Don't own Harry Potter
What's a free lunch?
Jasmine sighed as she slumped onto the table right before dinner was to start.
"Rough day?" Hermione asked.
"That's the least of it." Jasmine told her, suddenly wailing. "So many papers! And I wasn't able to use my powers at all on them!"
Hermione giggled as she hugged the girl. "Aw, poor baby. The terrible paperwork made you cry like everyone else."
Jasmine pouted. "I'm not a baby."
"But you are a child." Hermione reminded playfully. "And you aren't the first who hated paperwork. I think that's universal. But at least it's over now, right?"
Jasmine perked up at that. "Yep. Mommy Bella, Uncle Siri, and Uncle Lupin are taking care of the rest."
"And that's how it should be for us kids." Neville added, walking up with Draco, which reminded her of a few things pertaining to the Slytherin.
"Oh yeah, Draco. Uncle Siri made you and your mom full Blacks again. Malfoy ends with Mr. Lucy." She told him, to a spontaneous guffaw at her name for Lucius. "Although Moony thinks you might be getting a new dad soon."
Draco looked at the wolf. "Why does he say that?"
"Well we met Auntie Cissa on the way out and told her the news." Jasmine said. "Only for her to say 'I wish Remus and I could spend some private time together.' Her exact words."
"Wait. She said Remus?" Draco asked. When Jasmine nodded, he said with a blush, "Looks like I'm going to be a brother soon as well. She's actually been crushing on the man hard since their school days, particularly since she found out about his 'furry problem.'"
Jasmine and Neville looked confused, but Hermione instantly understood what he meant, having read one too many things over the years. She quickly changed the subject. "Does anyone have any idea as to who the new Potions Professor will be?"
"Moony expects either Snape or Mommy Bella's other sister, Auntie Andy." Jasmine piped up. "She's also a Black again, by the way. No idea how when she's still a Tonks."
"The Blacks had originally disowned her when she wanted to marry Ted Tonks." Draco told her, remembering what his mother told him about her side of the family. "This just means that your Uncle Siri publicly said 'Sorry my parents were idiots. Welcome back into the family.'"
Jasmine giggled while Neville and Hermione laughed at his wording.
"At any rate, I think I honestly prefer her over Professor Snape." Draco said as he walked over to the Slytherin table. "Last I heard, she actually knows how to handle children, unlike him."
The three Gryffindors agreed, although Jasmine didn't entirely know what he meant by 'handle children.'
A few minutes later, the mail arrived, alongside a package for Neville that got Jasmine to deadpan. "Really? A ball that only tells you that you've forgot something, but not what it is?"
"I can occasionally have memory problems." Neville told her. "But surprisingly, since we first met, it hasn't shown up quite as much. Probably one of my relatives idea of a joke that managed to get past my parents and grandmother."
As if on cue, a letter dropped for him that told him to get rid of it as soon as possible, this time coming from all three together.
Jasmine promptly took it and tossed through a window towards the lake. "I'll deal with it later."
Neville shrugged, not really caring what is done with it.
Professor McGonagall then walked up with a warning. "Ms. Potter, in a few days, flying lessons will start. I'm searching for an alternative for you on account of you're...issue. Hopefully I can find one in time."
Jasmine gulped nervously. "Thank you."
The woman left afterwards, leaving them to their meal.
XXXXX
As it turned out, that very next Thursday was when the flying lessons began. Unfortunately, Professor McGonagall wasn't able to do much to help except alert the teacher, Madam Hooch, about the issue. She allowed Jasmine to sit off to the side as she worked with the others.
The girl did give a narrow stare at the old brooms, particularly Hermione's and Neville's.
"Well, what are you waiting for?" Madam Hooch barked. "All of you stand by a broomstick. Come on, hurry up."
She worked her way around the class, getting all of them on their respective brooms properly. Hermione, Neville, and Malfoy each only needed a glance over, but Ron needed a full re-teaching. Jasmine giggled at that.
Jasmine wasn't quite listening in until Hannah's broom suddenly took of, with said girl screaming in panic.
"Hannah!" Susan called out as Jasmine got up and let loose a powerful scream. A few moments after she stopped, a massive surge of water arched out of the lake and at Hannah, forming a hand which caught her and the broom.
The water got Hannah down safely before it slammed down the broom, shattering it. Once it all went back to the lake, Jasmine rushed over to Hannah. "Are you okay?"
"A little shaken, but otherwise okay." Hannah responded, looking at her. "I think I know what your problem with heights is, though. I'm not likely to get on another broom any time soon."
"At the very least not until these are inspected and any like that one are replaced, if not the entire set." Madam Hooch added.
"I wish these were replaced with much more appropriate brooms for our lessons." Neville said.
"Wish granted." Jasmine said, causing the brooms to change instantly.
Madam Hooch inspected them. "Well, I'll be. These are some of the most amazing brooms I've ever come across. I'll have to inspect them for all the details, but I'm sure that we won't have to worry about problems like yours for years."
"I'll say." Professor McGonagall spoke up, coming forward. "And Ms. Potter, take 100 points for fixing the brooms. Although I wish I could give more."
"Uh, thank you?" Jasmine responded, confused at her words.
"Class dismissed." Madam Hooch told them, sending them back into the castle, unfortunately leaving Jasmine to be nearly bombarded by questions from the other students until Moony growled loud enough to get them to back off.
Word quickly pass around the castle, getting Jasmine to become more popular with the student body and staff in a good way.
However, upon passing one of the seemingly countless random students around the place, one older male had gotten Jasmine's attention long enough for Hermione to notice Jasmine gaining a bit of creepy innocent smile. "Jasmine?"
"Moony gets to play tonight." was all she said before humming her by now haunting tune again.
Hermione only learned about what she was talking about when she saw specks of blood on Moony's muzzle and claws and a missing student the next morning. Did Moony kill someone?
"Jasmine?" an older blond student from Hufflepuff asked, stopping before them. "I don't know how you knew, but thank you for sending that strange werewolf. That jerk thought I could be another one of his 'conquests.'"
"Yeah, Moony has occasionally wanted to play with people like him, using my fish story as why." Jasmine shrugged as Hermione paled.
Did she mean exactly what she meant by that?
XXMalfoy ManorXX
Narcissa lightly moaned as she woke up, naked as a baby and virtually numb from her waist down. She felt the Acromantula Silk sheets covering her body, but a lack of an extra body in the bed as she awoke to the master room at the manor she had spent years at. Ever since she married Lucius.
Sitting up, she held up the sheets as she looked around. Where's Remus?
As if on cue, said man came into the room with a tray of food and a couple of potions. "I figured you would be awake today, Cissa."
He placed it in her lap. "You honestly surprised me."
Narcissa looked at him. "With what, the fact that someone actually loved you, or the fact that someone of my stature wouldn't care about your status as a werewolf?"
"Both of those, plus the facts that not only you willing shagged a werewolf in full animal form for three days straight, but also didn't get hurt at all beyond the normal results." Remus told her. "Although you did sleep an extra two days afterwards. It really knocked you out."
Narcissa blushed as she dropped the sheets, leaving her top half exposed as she started eating. "I actually had a childhood fantasy about werewolves, thinking that they in particular were fascinating. When I discovered that you were one, it focused on you. It developed from there into full affection. But unfortunately, because of it, it was left as a dream until Jasmine, Trixie, and Sirius gave me the chance."
She then shrugged. "And as for not getting mauled, I just took a couple of potions to get ready, then played on a male mammal's base instincts when it comes to a suitable women."
Now it was Remus' turn to blush, understanding what happened now.
Narcissa gave him a smile and a kiss. "Just make sure I'm able to get myself ready before a second round. I wouldn't quite mind a second performance sometime in the future. Just make sure we're alone as well."
Remus sputtered as Narcissa giggled, neither noticing a black book on a nearby table. As they turned to more casual conversation, a small line of ink ran out of it's pages alongside a muffled trailing hiss of "Jasmine."
For the record, Moony has yet to tell Jasmine the truth about his reasoning for 'playing.' And as the title suggests, there is a darker side to Jasmine's powers. That's Moony.
In the case of Narcissa: Chamber of Secrets will have a few distinct changes to it.
Until next time. Please let me know what you think.