Chapter Sixteen: Back To Hogwarts


I sat in our compartment leaning against Mom. Luffy was on the seat opposite us bouncing up and down. I smiled at how excited he was. I sighed and shut my eyes. I was curious as to how this year would go. "Are you alright love?" Mom asked. I nodded. "Yeah, I'm good." Mom smiled gently at me and kissed the top of my head. It was a relatively slow ride, the highlight was watching Luffy try one of Fred and George's trick treats which made him turn into a bird. Serafina liked that a lot. We were laughing as we pulled up to Hogwarts. Mom and I said goodbye to Luffy as he would be going with the first years to be sorted. He was fiddling around with his robes nervously and I hugged him. "Don't worry, you'll be fine." I said, pulling away and smiling at him. He nodded and walked over to where Hagrid was. I waved to him as me and Mom got into a carriage, Serafina and Salome getting in as well. Once we got to the castle Mom kissed the top of my head and went to where the teachers sat. She elegantly sat down next to Professor McGonagall, everyone's eyes watching her as she did. This made me smile with pride. I walked in and sat at the Gryffindor table with Hermione Claire and Alec. We talked quietly about our summer but when Dumbledore stood up we all we silent. He gestured for the sorting hat to be brought in. The new students came in soon after. Once they were here the hat sang a song and everyone applauded. I patiently waited for Luffy's name to be called and when he did he walked up to the stool with a huge grin. The minute the hat touched his head it yelled. "Gryffindor!" I cheered loudly and my mom clapped. He ran over to the table and sat next to me. He hugged me. "Welcome to Gryffindor." Fred said smiling at him. George smiled as well and Ron rolled his eyes. Ginny glanced him up and down before turning back to Harry. Once everyone was sorted Dumbledore stood up and explained that they're wouldn't be any Quidditch this year which earned complaints from almost everyone. While everyone was complaining the doors to the great hall were thrown open and in limped a strange looking man. I couldn't really focus on his face since it seemed to be constantly shifting. I glanced over at Luffy who looked a little perplexed by the man as well. I looked up at Mom and she was glaring at the man. He preformed a spell that calmed the storming ceiling and limped up to the table where he sat in the seat on the end. Dumbledore stood up. "I would like to introduce our newest teachers. Professor Alastor Moody, who will be taking the position of defense against the dark arts, and Professor Hancock Peverell, who will be our new arts teacher." Mom smiled proudly and Professor Moody just glared at everyone. Once dinner was done everyone began to head upstairs. I noticed Ginny watching Luffy as we walked. This seemed to bother Harry a little. It also bothered me but I didn't say anything. Once we got upstairs I showed Luffy where to go and said goodnight to him. He hugged me and smiled. I walked upstairs to my room to see Hermione and Claire already in pajamas. I smiled at them and changed into mine. I heard them gasp when they saw my scars.

"How did you get those?" "Some were from when Ginny and Ron tortured me, but the most recent ones were from a battle I was in with Mom and Luffy. I was fighting against a pirate and he ended up burning me." I explained as I got into my pajamas.

The two were quiet as I crawled into bed, Serafina curling up besides me and Kikyo wrapping herself around my bed posts. I soon fell asleep.

~Time Skip~

It had been a couple of months since we came to Hogwarts and I was finally getting back into the swing of things. I was walking to potions, which was one of my favorite classes, and I noticed something strange. It was Ginny and she was kissing someone, but it wasn't Harry. She was kissing Dean Thomas. I was shocked at this. I walked up to them. "Ginny what the hell?" I asked. The two broke apart and she glared at me. "You're cheating on Harry?" I asked in shock. She rolled her eyes. "Please, I can do whatever I want. And besides, it's not like Harry's gonna find out." She said, shooing me off. I walked to potions and sat down next to Luna Lovegood, a friend of mine. "You seem distracted Cedrella." I waved her off. "Don't worry about it Luna." I said, I liked how Luna called me by my middle name. Professor Snape walked into the classroom and explained to us the potion we were making. Luna and I set up our potion supplies as Ginny walked into the room, her hair was messed up and so was her uniform. "Ms. Weasley, glad you could join us." Snape said with a scowl. "That's ten points from Gryffindor for being late and another ten points for being so unprepared." He said. Ginny scowled as she sat down. We were making a potion to help cure boils and Luna and I started. We were doing pretty well when I was called by a friend of mine. "H-hey Victoria, could you help me?" One of my Ravenclaw friends asked quietly. I nodded and stood up, walking over to them and helping them. Using a skill that I had developed on Amazon Lily I saw that Ginny had gotten up and walked over to mine and Luna's potions. She knocked something into our cauldron. I frowned the hair on the back of my neck stand up. "LUNA LOOK OUT!" I yelled, rushing over to her and pushing her out of the way as our cauldron exploded. I screamed out in pain as I felt our boiling potion fell on me. Snape was at my side not a second later. He waved his wand and the burning stopped. "Ms. Weasley! That is detention for a month!" Snape yelled helping me up. "Ms. Lovegood take Ms. Peverell to the hospital wing." He said. Luna helped me up and walked/carried me to the hospital wing. When we got there Madam Pomfry rushed over towards me. Luna explained what happened and they helped me onto a bed. She began treating the burns on my arms and side. After a while I felt much better and I was able to sit up. "What happened?" Madam Pomfry asked. "Luna and I were making a potion to cure boils and a friend of mine asked for some help and I went over. It was during this time that Ginny had walked over to our cauldron and knocked something into it." I explained. "How did you know that? You had your back turned." Luna said. I smiled. "It's called observation haki. I basically use my own willpower to see what is happening all around me and even into the future." I explained. "I can also use it to make others do as I say or to make my skin as hard as diamonds." "Interesting." Luna said with a smile. I nodded. "Anyway. I saw that Ginny had knocked something into our cauldron and that it was about to explode, so I pushed Luna out of the way." I explained. Madam Pomfry nodded. "That was very noble of you but very foolish." She scolded. She shooed Luna back to class and I gave her a small smile as she left. I laid in bed and fell asleep, my dreams filled with torture and abuse. I heard Molly Ginny and Ron laughing coldly as Professor Moody used the Cruciatus curse on me. Suddenly I was being shaken awake. "V! V! Victoria! Wake up!" I heard Luffy yell. I suddenly sat straight up, tears streaming down my face. Mom immediately hugged me. "I heard what happened from Severus, I'm so sorry my sweet." Mom said, running her hands through my hair. "I'm okay mom, don't worry." I said quietly. Luffy sat next to me. "You missed it, the two other schools came for the Triwizard Tournament and Professor Dumbledore set up this weird goblet thing. It's on fire." He explained. I shrugged. "It's fine." I said, although my stomach started to growl. "Stay here my sweet, I'll go get you food." Mom said, kissing the top of my head before standing up and walking out, Salome on her heels. Luffy rubbed my back. "You okay? You were crying and shaking." He said quietly. "Yeah, it was just a bad dream." I replied. He hugged me. "I'm here if you want to talk." I nodded and snuggled close to him, falling asleep again.

~Time Skip~

When I woke up I saw Mom walking in with two women and a young girl, one of the women was very large and the other that had silvery hair, like the small girl. I yawned and stretched. Luffy let out a large snore. The large woman was holding a large tray of food. Salome slithered over and curled up, allowing Mom to sit down. "Hello." I said sleepily to the three women. "'Ello." The large woman said with a thick French accent. "This is Madame Maxine, from Buxboux Academy in France." Mom explained. "And this is Fluer and Gabriela." Mom added the two girls smiled at me and I smiled back. Madame Maxine set the large tray next to my bed and I began to eat. The smell of food must have woken Luffy up because he sat up next to me. "Is that food?" He asked. I smiled and handed him some and we ate as Mom talked with Madame Maxine about the Triwizard Tournament. "Of course Fluer is going to enter." Madame Maxine said. Mom smiled. "I think that Luffy would be a good choice as well." Mom said. "Unless there's something that involves water. Then he's screwed." I said. Luffy, who had his mouth full of food, nodded. "V would be good." He said after he swallowed. "But she isn't seventeen Luffy." Mom replied. Luffy frowned. "Oh, right." Luffy said looking down. I smiled and hugged him. "Besides. I don't want a lot of trouble this year." I said. Mom smiled at me. "Well trouble seems to follow you regardless." She said. This made everyone laugh and I blushed a little. Maybe this year wouldn't be so bad.

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