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"Oh Harry!" Carmen sing songed. As she gave a hard glare to Madame Bones.
"Already on it. Neville is getting ahold of Ted Tonks and his firm."
"You would interfere?" Amelia asked with a curious look on her face.
"All that I said was "OH HARRY’" Carmen smirked back.
"They broke the law and they must face punishment." Amelia said firmly.
"Which is why they are speaking with an attorney. Your own laws allow for it. It also states that any minor accused of a crime shall not only be permitted an attorney, but any questioning must be done in the presence of said minor’s magical guardian and or parents. In fact..."
"Lil Lu, is your father in the country?" She already knew the answer since Harry had given him an interview, but they didn’t know that.
"Yes, he has been since yesterday." Luna replied.
"Excellent. Red one send a patronus to your parents and tell them the situation. Harry contact Lord Black. Lil Lu I’ll contact your father. It should make for an excellent article don’t you think?"
"Wait!" Dumbledore called out. This could get really bad really fast. "Cornelius and Amelia could you come up here for a moment." Everyone watched as the Minister and the head of the DMLE walked up to the Head Table and a privacy bubble was raised. "It would be unwise to press charges against the students." He raised a...
Cornelius and Amelia weighed their options and knew that there was only one route to go. They both looked at each other and nodded and the privacy bubble was dismissed.
"All charges dropped." Amelia said crisply. "Although I am curious how a student has the ability to cast a patronus. I am aware of Mr. Potter’s ability, but I did not know of any other students that could cast the charm. There are fully trained wizards that can’t do it."
"Ooh ooh wanna see? Wanna see?" Carmen asked in a giddy childish fashion.
"Very well." Amelia was starting to truly wonder if this woman was all there.
"Oh Draco Malfoy. Pansy Parkinson dearest. Please cast the spell." Carmen smiled sweetly.
Draco and Pansy had no idea how to cast the spell and she knew it. "I will not participate in the farce." Draco replied in a tight voice. "Obviously Weasley was cheating." But he cringed at the look on his father’s face.
"You know. I remember a conversation that the two of you were having about Granger oh so openly in the hallway, how she would never amount to anything. That she was a filthy jumped up Mudblood. Hermione. Go."
"Expecto Patronum!" Everyone watched in awe as a fully formed otter came from her wand.
"How..." The minister was at a loss for words. This should not be possible.
"Or Miss Parkinson how you complained that the Weasleys were the worst form of Purebloods. How they were weak and pathetic Blood Traitors and would never amount to anything. Although one of them is a curse breaker and another one wrestles dragons for a living. Kind of need a brain and a strong core for that. Baby red. ...
"Expecto Patronum!" Ginny cast. Some sort of feline came from her wand. They were all still researching it.
"How Ron would never amount to anything but will forever be known only as the best friend to Harry Potter. Lil Red. Go."
"Expecto Patronum!" A lion shot out of his wand.
"How the Weasley twins won’t amount to anything. Even though as it stands right now that George Weasley will be receiving an apprenticeship from one of the premier Potions Mistresses on the planet. And that Fred is being head hunted by five premier Masters in charms including the elusive Australian Magical Service, whi...
George’s hawk flew from his wand, while Fred’s fox shot out from his.
"Justin Finch Fletchley. Bring it!" She smiled at Draco Malfoy. Justin was able to produce a strong mist. You could see it almost take shape. He would get there in time.
Carmen came up and slapped him on the back. "Hey! That’s getting better all the time. Well done kiddo!" She watched as he grinned at the praise.
"Bonesie." Susan stood and cast her patronus. Hers was a strong mist like Justin’s. Either would work against a Dementor.
"Suze?" Madame Bones asked incredulously.
"I’m still working on it, but the shield has gotten stronger since the last time that I tried." Susan was still wary of her aunt after the verbal tongue lashing, she had received.
"We’ll discuss it later." Madame Bones had informed her.
Carmen continued to call out various names and the students were thoroughly shocked at some of them. There was an audible gasp as the eldest Creevey produced a terrier.
Carmen came to stand in front of Marietta Edgecombe. "Can you cast one?"
Edgecombe shook her head no in embarrassment. "No." She gritted out.
"Ah. Well it will please you to no end that the lovely girl that you said should have been drowned at birth right before you pushed her down three stairs causing her to sustain a broken ankle and two broken fingers, can."
Marietta chanced a glance at the Head table. All of the teachers looked at her like she was a monster. She chanced a glance at her Head of House and the Headmaster. The Headmaster’s eyes appeared to be glowing in anger, and professor Flitwick looked as if he wanted to challenge her in a duel.
"Luna! Bring it!"
"Expecto Patronum! Everyone looked in amazement as a rabbit came from her wand.
"But wait. I’m saving my favorite for last." She clapped her hands in excitement. "Do you remember young Mr. Malfoy, when you were speaking with Mr. Goyle and Crabbe in the hallway near the Charms classroom saying that Longbottom should have been tortured along with his parents, as he was a waste of space at Hogwarts?"
All the professors were looking at him in anger. Severus looked thunderous. He was in fact mad at himself as well. How he could have said such a horrible thing that was beyond even his evil persona. He could feel Albus practically boring holes into the side of his head.
Lucius Malfoy looked angry for a whole other reason. Mostly because the boy was fool enough to get caught.
She leaned over to Neville and whispered. "Do it."
Up until this point, Neville had been struggling to get a fully formed Patronus due to his confidence issues from his disastrous childhood. Neville thought of the love he had for his friends and brought it to the front of his mind and his core. How they laughed together at some lude joke George had told. His sweet but ...
"EXPECTO PATRONUM!"
What emerged shocked even Carmen. The hugest fucking bear she had ever seen came from his wand...and it was solid. You could hear its claws as it made its way at a slow and menacing pace towards Draco Malfoy who looked like he would wet himself at any moment and roared.
"Call the spell back Nevs." Carmen instructed.
It took a moment, but Neville was able to call back the patronus.
"Damn kiddo! Good job. Ginny, get him..."
Ginny Weasley was already on it and gave her boyfriend some juice with a pepper up potion in it that George had given her.
"That was...that was..." Amelia Bones had no words.
"Awesome!" Tonks chimed in and earned a glare from Madame Bones for her troubles.
Dolores was fuming. How dare these students embarrass the Minister.
Lucius Malfoy was befuddled. How had a simple snatch and grab turned into this fiasco?
"I do not think it wise to teach young children such strong magic. It is completely unethical." Madame Pomfrey came bustling up to Neville with her wand in motion. "Mr. Longbottom’s core is depleted to..." She stopped waving her wand around and looked to Mr. Longbottom then to Carmen in pure shock.
"Yes? You were saying Madame Pomfrey?" Carmen smirked at her.
"Poppy. What is it?" Minerva asked in concern for her cub.
"His core has only lost ten percent of it’s magic." She breathed out lowly. "He should be at near core depletion." She went around to the other students who had cast the spell and found the most interesting results. Some of them had lost about thirty percent, but Harry’s closest friends had barely lost anything. She tu...
Carmen placed her hands behind her back. "HD! Attention! Eyes front!"
Fred, George, Harry, Lee, Hermione, Ron, Ginny, Neville, Luna and Collin Creevey all stood at attention with perfect military posture. Amelia was so shocked she dropped her monocle.
"Magic." Carmen stated calmly and smiled at the shocked looks on the other student’s and adult’s faces.
"Magic is a gift. One given to us by the creators. One must always respect their magic." They said as one.
"Magic is a part of the body." Carmen said quietly as she walked around the front of the Hall.
"The body must be nourished and maintained to peak efficiency to control and strengthen our cores. A strong body is a strong core."
"After doing powerful spells in practice, what do you do next?"
"Rest. Continued use will effect our magic."
"Harry Potter and Neville Longbottom. Their cores are stronger."
"Overuse of Potions can damage the system and will not allow you to properly recover."
"Pain is a sign that you are alive. It is also a sign that something is wrong. You are never to work past your tolerance level unless your life is in danger."
Carmen smirked at her next question. "And when do we take a potion from the Weasley twins?"
"Only if our life is in danger. Otherwise, we may end up as squirrels."
"Hey!" Both twins shouted. That wasn’t in the script.
Amelia and Dumbledore had given sighs of relief that she had not tried to turn the children into soldiers. They also had seen that most of the hall had chuckled after that statement. Everyone knew the habit of the Weasley twins to prank someone. They watched as Carmen took control once again.
"At ease! Alright listen up!" Carmen went up and down the tables that had cast the spell. "Get some food in you for some energy. Get an early bedtime especially you Longbottom and creepy Creevey 1." Neville went to protest, but with a glare from Carmen he shut his mouth quickly.
"It’s Saturday. You know what to do. Oh and Fred and George. Drop for twenty five." Carmen smiled sweetly.
"What..."Did..."We do?" They tried to ask innocently.
"You switched a spell into the pumpkin juice in front of Finnegan. You got caught."
Seamus quickly thrust the goblet away from him.
The two boys sighed. They took off their robes and laid them on the bench and began their press ups.
"I want to give you food for thought. Rowena Ravenclaw was a talented witch. She devised an arithmatic and runic scheme that baffles the hell out of me. Anyway, as you know Hogwarts is not only magical, but she is also sentient. She measures everyone’s magical power and makes a determination of how much excess of their...
"What? Why?" The minister and Madame Bones asked at the same time.
Carmen looked to The Headmaster gobsmacked. "You didn’t tell them?"
"Tell us what?" the director demanded.
"Um. I don’t think I’m the best one to divulge that information. If you can’t tell I’m a rather blunt individual."
"I like blunt. It’s refreshing after dealing with pompous arses all day."
Carmen chuckled remembering one of the first conversations she had had with the woman. "Very well. It’s the reason why I’m here. Caille."
"Sup?" The elf popped in wearing an outfit similar to Carmen’s. Camouflage pants, combat boots, and a turtleneck sweater. Only hers was dark grey instead of black.
"Projection pensieve sweet cheeks."
Caille snapped her fingers, and it appeared on a conjured table at the front of the hall. "Anything else? I need to make a supply run to Hong Kong for Runes and Arithmancy supplies before we sort out the lattice surrounding the lake."
"What happened to the ones you bought last week in London?" Carmen frowned.
Caille snorted. "They were crap at best and pathetic at worst. The ones they sent were not the ones that I showed you in the catalogue. I’ll just stick to what you know works best. Oh and just so you know you may be receiving a complaint."
Carmen sighed and ran a hand down her face, but then glared at a chuckling Morpheus. "What did you do?"
Caille shrugged. "He tried to punch me when I demanded a refund, I ducked, kicked his legs out from under him and stepped on his balls."
All the males in the room cringed.
"Good. Did you get the refund?"
"Nope. Figured I would let you do the heavy lifting on that one." She pulled a piece of paper from her pocket. "Here’s the name. Have fun."
"Give Ty my love."
Caille smiled, snapped her fingers and vanished.
The minister sputtered. "It can’t do that! House elves are not to assault humans."
The warden raised a brow. "Even in self defence?"
Cornelius gave her a haughty look. "They are merely house elves bred to do their master’s bidding.