HP-Hogwarts
Story So Far
Transcript
Two
Outside
the Three Broomsticks (Again!)
Elizabeth returning with Prof. McGonagall to the
Three Broomsticks witnesses the encounter between Morticia and
her father and says to her teacher:
"Oh, the Ambassador. My parents rave about the
excellent parties he gives. He is reputed to spoil his guests
with the most exquisite foods."
Whether reports of the Ambassador's culinary generosity
had reached the staff room at Hogwarts was not clear. However,
unexpected important visitors for two students on one day was
most unusual. and unlikely to be a coincidence.
If Mr. Lagrand was still there after she had deposited
Elizabeth safely back with her classmates, Prof. McGonagall's
intention was to extend an invitation to him to come to the
castle.
Elizabeth took this hesitation on the part of
the Professor to suggest that she had preferred to look around
the bookshop rather than return to the Three Broomsticks and
was given permission to do so.
Morticia and her father had been having a private
talk (this happened outside the main group though Morticia may
one day wish to discuss)
Mr Lagrand walks straight over to Professor McGonagall
after he's finished his talk with Morticia and greets her. "Splendid
to meet more of the teachers!" he beams delightedly. "You know,
besides having to talk to my little girl," here Morticia grimaces
with pain, "I had a talk with Albus about the exchange-program
that is planned between Beauxbatons and Hogwarts. I'll be happy
to hear your opinion tonight, as Albus has invited me to stay
a few days."
Another figure emerges from the Three Broomsticks:
Snape. "Well, well, if that isn't Hades Lagrand!"
Mr Lagrand turns and smiles. "Severus! Great to
meet you!"
"You still owe me two Galleons on that Quidditch
game, remember?" Snape smiles.
Mr Lagrand laughs. "Oh, you don't really want
to warm up old, cold stories, do you? But fine, we Lagrands
never keep debts." He searches his pockets and produces two
Galleons and hands them over to Snape. "I'll see you tonight
then, Severus. It's my first time ever in Hogsmeade, I'd like
to have a look about." He glares at Morticia (suddenly no longer
friendly at all). "Remember what I told you! Dignity, Greatness,
Excellence, Style! Never forget the four pillars of our family."
He kisses her on the cheek. "See you tonight, darling." He nods
at Snape and McGonagall and wanders off.
Yvette smiled to herself and walked along her
pockets stuffed with sweets from Hogsmeade. She was just rounding
the corner when she saw Mr. Lagrand, and her mouth dropped waaaayyy
open. "Eee!" She shrieked, and jumped backwards. Ever since
she'd come to Hogwarts, the stress level had become so HIGH!
This was not_what_she_needed....
What Yvette dreaded comes true: When Mr Lagrand
leaves the teachers and students to explore Hogsmeade, he happens
to see Yvette. He smiles gently, but his eyes are very cold.
"Bonjour, Mademoiselle!"
Yvette cleared her throat and quickly averted
her eyes to the ground. "Hello, Mr. Lagrand. How are you?"
"Fine, thank you! Yvette, isn't it? It seem such
an awful long time ago that I met your parents!" Mr Lagrand
smiles. "Give them my best wishes! I'll have a look around Hogsmeade,
but I'll sure see you during dinner tonight." He bows to her
in a very mocking way and walks away.
For a moment, she was surprised at the kindness
in his voice. But the bow made her clench her teeth and curl
her fingers into fists. "Just you wait, Lagrand. you have something
coming to you that'll wipe that sneer right off of your face."
Of course, she said this so he couldn't hear, and had to suppress
the urge to spit on where he'd stood. She walked away, her anger
burning, knocking over things in her fury. Presently she calmed
down, but could still hear her threat echoing in her mind.
Elizabeth, who had not yet left the Professor's
side while the exchange with Mr. Lagrand took place, sought
to make herself invisible. As was customary when wizards were
working outside of their normal territory, her parents had met
with Mr. Lagrand to discuss their research at Chenonceau, where
certain rare alchemical treatise were held . Still that was
a few years ago and she knew it was unlikely that Mr. Lagrand
would remember her unannounced intrusion into their meeting,
which provided a few moments of amusement as she displayed to
the grown-ups the results of a spontaneous spell. She had thought
Mousier Lagrand a most charming man. It was one of the reasons
she hoped over time she might become friends with Morticia despite
their houses.
Elizabeth felt that she drawn far too much attention
today. She wanted no more. Of course, all of this would have
been avoided if she'd taken the time to read her father's letter
that advised her of Marcus' visit. Still the 'damage' was done
and she knew that she would be questioned closely for details
as well as be the object of a great deal of teasing, if not
envy from some of the older girls. And the talk would only get
worse over the next few days with Marcus remaining at Hogwarts.
The bookshop beckoned and she excused herself
from the Professor and quickly entered.
Marvo was leaving the Three Broomsticks with the
other Gryffindors just as all this happens stands transfixed
from a moment..
There is Morticia, looking slightly more 'meek
and subdued' (but only slightly) than usual, Elizabeth walking
towards the books shop (he REALLY wants to talk to her!), Yvette
has turned up and needs to be told what's going on, and this
elegant Wizard, (possibly related to Morticia? he thinks) He
literally dose not know which way to turn!
Madison walked out the door, nearly running into
Marvo, who was standing there looking very confused. "Hey, sorry,"
she apologised, then caught sight of Yvette and ran up to her.
"Hi Yvette! How's it going? Where have you been all morning?"
Then she noticed the look on her face. "Hey, you look really
mad...What happened?"
Yvette unwrapped a candy, scowling. "I was even
starting to warm to Morticia, but now I realise the Lagrands
have no manners what-so-ever. ESPECIALLY Monsieur Lagrand, he's
the worst. I wonder how Mother could even stand living in the
same school as him!"
Madison looked surprised. "Mr. Lagrand? He's here?"
She got over her shock and tried to make Yvette feel better.
"Hey, just because Morticia's dad is rude, doesn't mean she
is. I'm sure she feels just as bad as you do. She was beginning
to like you too. I'll bet she's embarrassed that her dad could
be so rude." She paused. "Kinda like how you were embarrassed
with that Howler your mom sent, that insulted Morticia's family.
I heard about it from some other kids. You should go talk to
Morticia....Or you can wait until we get back to the school."
Madison paused again. *Wow, I'm really bad at this sort of thing,*
she thought. "Look," she started again, "Don't worry about it.
We're in Hogsmeade. Butterbeer, candy, bookshops...You can worry
about all that other stuff when we get back to Hogwarts."
Yvette nodded slowly, then smiled. "Thanks, Madison.
Maybe I will talk to her..." She decided to change the subject.
"How about we go to Zonko's?"
Madison smiled. "Yeah!" Her eyes twinkled mischievously.
"Do you think they sell fake wands there? The ones that explode?"
"I think so! I want to buy some of those trick chocolate frogs
that jump in your stomach!" She grinned evilly. Then they quickly
headed to Zonko's.
Madison grinned back as they entered the joke
shop. "Who are you gonna give them to? Ooh! Look! Chocolate
Turtles! I hear they really turn you into a turtle...Maybe I
should send some home to my cousin..."
Yvette laughed. "Oh, probably my neighbour's cat.
It scares my owl by trying to eat it, all the time!" She ran
over to a display of Totellthe's Truth Potions. "I'm gonna get
some of these!"
"Oh, me too!" Madison exclaimed, catching sight
of the potions. She grabbed a couple and turned back to Yvette.
"Hmm...who can we use these on?" she asked, only half joking.
Yvette studied the label on one. "There's so much
stuff going on at school...I'm not sure, who do you think?"
"Hmm...Marvo" she joked, "Maybe then we could
find out his past with Snape..." She looked around again. "Hey,
you wanna go to the bookstore after this? Maybe we could find
something cool..."
Yvette's expression was dead serious. "Or give
it to Snape to find out about his past with Marvo..."
Madison shook her head. "There is no way to get
Snape to drink this...is there? Let's buy some of this, then
we can go to the bookstore. Maybe there's a book that can help
us....Are you really serious about this? We could get in big
trouble, kick out...or worse....Maybe it'd be easier to do this
on Marvo." She gave a Yvette a small smile.
With an effort Yvette shook her head and blinked
groggily. "Yeah, let's go to the book store." She walked up
to the counter and handed over some knuts, then walked out the
door without getting change.
Madison paid for her potion, then grabbed her
change and Yvette's and ran out the door after her. "Here you
forgot this." She handed Yvette her change, then stopped. "Are
you okay? What's wrong?"
Yvette nodded slowly. "Thanks. I'm fine, don't
worry." They entered the bookshop and with a not-so-reassuring
smile at Madison, she flipped through a book entitled 'Divination:
using Fire to see the future'
A few minutes before this Ceridwyn, tired of
waiting around for Morticia to return, leaves the Three Broomsticks,
and right outside sees who she's been waiting for. After Mr.
Lagrand leaves, and Morticia's alone, Ceridwyn goes over to
her. Looking serious, she asks in a whisper so that she isn't
overheard, "What was that about?? I mean, you leave with your
father, Elizabeth gets dragged away by some very regal looking
wizard... what's all of this about?"
Morticia forces a smile. "Nothing, really. My
dad is here because he and Dumbledore try to work out an exchange-program
with Beauxbatons for the next summer holidays - you know, some
of the Beauxbatons will come to England at the beginning of
the holidays and stay with some families. And toward the end
some of the Hogwarts students will go to France and stay there
for two or three weeks. Well, and he took the opportunity to
visit Hogsmeade. That's all."
She looks around and sees Marvo standing near
the Three Broomsticks all by himself. "Excuse me for a second",
she mumbles a bit embarrassed, "I'll be right back!" She hurries
towards Marvo.
Morticia, who has just talked to Ceridwyn, suddenly
walks up to Marvo. "Hi, Marvo." She smiles awkwardly. "You know...
I never apologised for slapping you in that Divination lesson.
I... I want to do it now. I was really confused. I don't usually
go around slapping people in the face, you know? I'm really
sorry. Truce?"
Possibly for the first time Marvo is TOTALLY speechless!
Morticia waits impatiently. "Hello? Are you there?
I want an answer! Please", she adds and blushes.
Marvo stares open mouthed for a moment longer...
'Er... oh.. okay... er, thank you' He smiles, obviously very
confused. 'So...er.... No problem, really, I understand...'er,
well. I, erm, that is, erm..' He slaps his head and smiles.
'I'm sorry tish... Morticia, you just caught me
off guard a moment there. Of course, you have nothing to apologies
for. I guess I kind of asked for it. I guess I may have 'over
reacted' to some of the house rivalry stuff'
He looks again over to the bookshop, which Elizabeth
had entered: "'I er, really should go and see Elizabeth'
He smiles and starts to walk away. but stops and
turns. '... and your hair does look nice by the way' He walks
off and half way to the bookshop turns again 'Coming'
'No thanks, already been', Morticia sighs with
relief and walks back to Ceridwyn. "Okay, that was that. Now
what do we do?"
"Well, since we haven't even been to Honeydukes
yet, why don't we go there. I am in serious need of chocolate
frogs, and treacle." Ceridwyn smiles and laughs at the serious
tone in which she spoke over candy. It was sort of silly, but
it was the way she felt.
Marvo turns to the other to see if anyone is coming
to the bookshop to 'have a word' with Elizabeth. He briefly
glances at Egreen who has turned up in the village.
Egreen waves to Marvo. And Points to His throat.
It appears he has lost his voice. He Holds up a Sign. "Accident
in Potions. Will wear off in a couple of days."
Marvo Laughs kindly at Egreen's predicament: 'I
thought you just had a frog in your throat... or should I say
'Newt'?' He smiles, and there is a 'hint' of sympathy in on
his face. 'Still, at least it's not stopped you getting here.'
He continues on his way to 'have a word' with Elizabeth.
Kat comes up and joins them. " Oh, Egreen how
unfortunate. How are you able to ask for the different sweets
in Honeydukes? Ooopppss you can't tell me can you? You'll have
to get Morticia or someone to help you make yourself heard."
Egreen wanders over to Morticia ... and waves.
" ---- " he says pointing at his throat.
Ceridwyn and Morticia enter Honeydukes to find
a very small amount of people in the shop. This strikes them
odd as usually Honeydukes is overflowing with visiting Hogwarts
students. "Guess all these unexpected visits have changed the
norm quite a bit eh? Thought we'd have to fight our way around
the store. "Hey! There are the chocolate frogs." Ceridwyn rushes
over to the candies, weighs out two pounds, sacks them, and
resumes searching for treacle. "I want to go back to the bookshop,
I want to get some books on transfiguration. Also, I saw something
of great interest when we were there before, I only hope it's
still there."
Morticia has bought a whole bag filled with various
sweets. "That should help me surviving the next weeks" she grins.
"Okay, let's go to the bookshop then, it seems most of the others
are there, too." The two girls leave Honeydukes and walk to
the bookshop.
Back on the street, Kat looked at another student
and waved. "Hi!" She shouted across. "Good to see another Ravenclaw.
I'm off to the bookshop with Marvo. Catch ya later."
Kat turned to Marvo. "Come on then. I can see
you're eager to interrogate Elizabeth and I'm interested too.
I've also got a book that I really must find in that bookshop.
It's a new muggle book by a guy called Terry Pratchett. I hope
they have it."
'A Muggle book? 'I don't know if they would have
anything like that here, but you never know. I bet if they do
then Elizabeth will have read it! When she was little she always
had her noes in a book, and it doesn't look like she's changed
a bit.'
They arrive at the Bookshop and Marvo opens the
door for Kat 'After you'