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"That’ll be fine." She moved to get her magic powered portable stereo and followed him. |
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She danced for all that Harry had lost. |
High in the sky, through clouds and rain. Every familiar field seems like an old friend. |
And she continued to dance through the whole song. Carmen was a skilled warrior. A highly trained killer. But what she loved most of all was music. She played the violin, guitar, and the piano regularly, but she loved to dance more than anything. It gave her the freedom of movement that she never had with anything else... |
Weave from your dreams the mystical dances that lead us to bind in heart and mind |
She was spent, both physically and emotionally. All she really wanted was a shower at the moment. She told her brother as much. |
"Yeah sis you really do need one." He pulled her into a hug. "Come on time for sleepy bye for my little warrior princess." |
"Shut up." She murmured as he lead her to their quarters. |
"I know I meant to give these out last night, but circumstances had changed and I want to give them to you now. Oh and sorry about the early hour, but I think you will appreciate them." Carmen started. |
She had asked the Headmaster to call the Heads into his office at six thirty so that she could hand over the gifts. Her brother was there as well...most likely to keep an eye on her. |
"Madame McGonagall. I ran into...wait. "Professor. Could you freeze the portraits? From what I’ve heard in passing they can be the worst gossips." She asked Dumbledore. |
There was a cacophony of indignant voices before they were frozen. "You may continue." |
"As I was saying Professor, I ran into Ian McCallistor and told him I was coming to Hogwarts to visit my brother for a month." She paused as the Professor looked lost in thought. |
"That windbag" Minerva snorted out. |
"I have this gift for you. Well two actually. The first is a bottle of two hundred year old scotch with erm... a note attached. This was all him I swear!" |
"It’s alright dear. I am well aware of Ian’s colorful language. We have been friends since before, I’m guessing, you were born." |
"Right. I had to promise to say this in front of witnesses in order to get the scotch." She cleared her throat and read the note. "Tell that old battle ax bitch of a tabby cat that I still say she cheated!" Even with her chocolate skin, they could see her blush. |
McGonagall burst out laughing, while everyone else chuckled. |
"Do I want to know what caused you to earn such a moniker?" Filius asked with humour in his eyes. |
"He said a woman could never beat a man at chess. I won. Every time that we played." She shrugged. |
"Idiot." Severus mumbled. |
Carmen pulled out a package wrapped in a delicate cloth. "The other gift I have for you, will require you to wear these." Carmen watched as she donned a pair of gloves. Carmen unwrapped the package, but held on to the wrappings so that she didn’t touch it. |
McGonagall looked at the title and gasped. |
It couldn’t be. |
"Minerva?" Albus asked |
"Transfiguration in Battle. By Godric Gryffindor. It’s the original copy." Minerva said in awe. |
"May this gift Madame McGonagall, be worthy of your skill." Carmen gave a slight bow. |
Minerva never forgetting the old ways, or her mother would scold her bottom, nodded as well. "And this gift shall be received in the spirit that it was given. I thank you." She stood and dropped in a short curtsy. |
Carmen bowed deep in acceptance. She then turned to Professor Sprout. "Madame Sprout. To you I gift seeds and cuttings from deep in the Amazon rain forest. I wanted to give you a few things that don’t exist in this part of the world. Along with blueprints on how to set up a green house to house the plants. Along with t... |
Severus was salivating. |
Pomona smiled so widely, that her eyes were in danger of falling out. "I also give to you...this. It’s not much, but well...here." The professor opened the package. Inside was a pair of dragon hide gloves that were arms length, as well as a regular pair of gloves that went to the middle of the forearm. A dragon hide ap... |
Instead of the usual thanks, Professor Sprout decided to hug her. |
Carmen patted her awkwardly. "You’re welcome. Although a colleague of mine is wondering if you could keep notes on how well the plants are growing in this climate. He wants to know if there are special needs and if he needs to tweak the greenhouse specs." She then moved over to Filius. |
She raised both of her arms, placed her right fist into her open left palm and bowed. She spoke in Gobleihn. |
-Greetings Battlemaster. I am honoured to be in your presence- |
Filius raised a brow. -You honour me with your greeting young one. Your grasp of my native tongue is astounding.- |
She chuckled. -In my travels whether for work or pleasure, I find that learning the language and the culture can save you a beheading. Besides. I’ve had dinner with Vorak the Supreme.- |
Filius’ eyes went wide. -Impressive. You may stand down my child, and we will switch to the common tongue. I think we are beginning to disturb the others. Although your brother appears to find this humourus.- |
Carmen dropped her arms to her side and smirked as she raised her head. -He also speaks. Not as fluent as I, but enough not to get his head chopped off- |
Filius and Morpheus burst out laughing. |
"For you Master Flitwick, I give you this." Carmen produced something wrapped in cloth and handed it over to Filius and watched as he unwrapped it. "It was forged in the fires of "Geernegh. Imbued with the blood of the Fireball and an Ice dragon. Be careful of the blade. It contains venom that is most foul, however thr... |
Filius unsheathed the sword and stared at the blade in awe and immediately put the required three drops of blood onto the steele. He watched as it glowed. It was an incredible piece of craftsmanship and he was deeply honoured. It was the perfect size for a goblin, and had some very advanced runes on it. Filius tested t... |
"The honour was mine to give." Carmen bowed back. Her second gift was three books on battle charms from around the world. "Um so. Uh Mistress Swatts from Alberta gave these to me, with a directive to tell you. To um. Well to get that stick out of your ass and ask her out. I swear! I just wanted to give you people a gif... |
Filius and Minerva chuckled. |
She went to stand in front of Severus. "Three journals from a bookstore in the back alley of the magical district in France. They’ve been translated." |
Severus raised a brow at her cool tone. "You do realize that translating from one language to another could potentially disrupt the translation." |
She smirked evily at him. §The language of the serpents are easily translated for those with the gift§ |
There was a collective gasp at the hissing coming from Carmen and she rolled her eyes. "Oh grow up! I’ve heard how you people reacted when you found out that Harry could speak Parseltongue! You allowed this school to bully him. Calling his gift evil and dark. It’s a gift from Mother Magick, and if you people weren’t so... |
Carmen turned back to Snape. "Read the title." |
Severus did not like her attitude, but he read them anyway. His eyes almost fell out of his head. "They are journals from Salazar Slytherin." |
"Translated from Parseltongue. It took forever it felt like. I have the originals of course, as well as two other books. But they’re still in Parselscript. Santiago was salivating I think when I gave him copies." |
"My next gift to you is this." She produced a large bottle of expensive brandy, that was his favourite. "It was given to me by Sal Benidicto, he said to tell you thanks." |
Severus smirked. Sal Benidicto made Severus look like a choir boy, but he was a damned good potioneer and they both had a mutual respect for each other’s work. Severus recently helped him to restock his supply of birth control potions. In Sal’s line of work, it was needed. |
Carmen hesitated but decided to go through with it. "I don’t like you Snape. I feel I should tell you up front. You are a bullying fuckwit, who plays off of his reputation for serving Voldebitch. When I said last night that I was subjected to his pain, I meant all of it. He had hoped that potions would be an amazing cl... |
"Carmen" Her brother called in a warning tone. Carmen held her hand up. |
"I’m not losing control Mo. I just want to say what I have to say. You probably didn’t know that he was writing down everything that you said that first class did you? I just want to let you know up front because I don’t beat around the damn bush. I’m not British. I say what I mean, and I do what I say. Do not push me,... |
Snape raised his brow in challenge. |
"OPHELIA CARMEN-LEANNE LAVAUNT!" |
Carmen shrugged. "Just getting my point across." She flounced over to the Headmaster. |
"Headmaster." Carmen pulled a deceptively small box from her pocket. "Your love of sweets is known far and wide." Everyone chuckled, except Severus, who was still mad at his dressing down. "So I took the pleasure of calling in some favours and well this is the result." |
Carmen sat the box down, waved her hand over it and the box expanded. Massively. The box was now six feet by six feet by six feet. "Ok. So I know you like lemon, so I got a few different kinds from many places. Be careful of the ones from India though." She shivered. "There are candies and cookies from all over the wor... |
Albus laughed at the hopeful expression on her face and put a few in her hand. Carmen sighed in contentment as she ate the treat. "Almost as good as sex." |
Morpheus face palmed. |
"Don’t worry. I won’t raid your stash. I have plenty of my own." She mock whispered. |
"I also have for you a book, by a friend of mine that deals with combining Alchemy and transfiguration in battle. It’s not as rare as Madame McGonagall’s book, but it is a good read. It’s by Ni..." |
"Nicholas Flamel." Albus finished. |
"How did you know?" |
"Because I’ve been trying to get him to give me that book for ages. How did you get it my dear?" |
"Old bastard owed me a favour. Of course now I owe him one. That sucks." |
Carmen turned her attention back to the room. "Thank you for letting me stay here. My brother means the world to me, and I’ve been so damned busy that I don’t see him as often as I want to. So thank you. Also, I am internationally certified to tutor in charms, potions and battle magic. I do own a wand, and I am qualifi... |
And Morpheus again with the face palm. |
"Your sister is quite colorful with her language." Severus whispered as he watched the woman come back out of her trunk. |
"You have no idea." Morpheus whispered back. |
"This was made by a colleague of mine that works at one of my satellite offices. This one in Thailand. She said that Hogwarts was her first true home. It was the only time she was safe from her abusive father. What I find hard to believe is that her favourite professor was Snape. She was Hufflepuff for Circe’s sake." |
Severus only widened his eyes slightly. How could that happen? |
"Brother. A little help please. Damn thing is heavy as hell." |
Morpheus went to help his sister unroll the tapestry, and magically place it on the wall. |
The professors all stared in awe. It was Hogwarts. The castle, grounds, lake everything. It had moving students, the giant squid, Hagrid’s hut. Above it in latin it read "Mother Magick Grants You Sanctuary.’ |
"Her only request is that it be placed in the main entrance hall." |
"So it shall be done. This is a true gift for the school. Thank you Miss LaVaunt." Albus bowed. |
"You’re welcome." Carmen shrunk her trunk, and placed it in her pocket. "I gotta go. Harry is going to introduce me to the twin demons before breakfast. I have so many fun spells to threaten them with. I’m excited!" She actually skipped out of the door. |
"Your little sister is..." |
"I know Minerva. Trust me. I know." |
"I wonder what former Hufflepuff thought of Severus as their favourite professor?" |
"I would like the answer to that as well to be honest." Severus questioned. |
Albus stood. "We best put our gifts away, and get ready for the day." All of the teachers filed out. |
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"This is George and this is Fred." Harry had already introduced Ron, Hermione, and Neville. Hermione was bursting with questions, but she held her tongue. |
"Let’s make this quick, because some of you have classes soon. We’ll play inquisition later. To me Harry is my little brother. I would gladly die to protect him, so there are no worries on that front." |
She turned to the twins. "I’ve invented six ways to cut off your dick and balls. Both magical and non magical. Hurt him, and I will put them in a blender and force you to drink the sludge with a straw, as your jaw will be wired shut. Are we clear?" |
"Yes" they squeaked. |
She clapped her hands in a way that reminded three of them of Natasha. "Great! You kiddos get to class. I saw the most interesting tree, and I can’t wait to try it out." And she was gone. |
"She’s..." George started. |
"Yeah. She really is." Harry agreed. They all got up and went their separate ways. Except for Fred after a significant look from his brother. |
"I’m sorry." Fred started. |
"I know. You love me and I’m going to have to get used to that. But unless I’m hurt, stop running to Siri all the time. It was obvious that I knew her. We’re fine. Ok?" Harry caressed his cheek. |
Fred snogged him senseless. |
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It was the Halloween feast, and Harry’s friends were on edge. Harry wasn’t there. He had insisted on honouring his ancestors. He had read in the family journals the importance of this day, and he had hoped to connect in some way with his family. |
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