Orchids, Quidditch And A Basilisk (A Harry Potter New Generation Fanfiction)

SEVEN

The Room of Requirements was set for the council. Chairs were set up in a circle, around a table for all the members to take place. They used to hold it in an empty classroom but now that they had found out that they all knew about this secret room, they agreed to hold it there. When Padme was in her third year at Hogwarts Scorpius, Albus, Rose, Jen, James and her had decided to make a group so they could hold a council when important business was to be discussed. Anakin, Lily and Hugo had later on been allowed to participate in the councils in the beginning of their second year.

"Is everyone here?" asked Rose

"Anakin's missing," answered Padme, "we should start without him."

"I'm here! No worries!" cried Anakin as he entered the room

"Do you always have to be late?" asked Scorpius

"No, but I truly enjoy making others wait," replied Anakin with a smirk

"Let's start the council," suggested Jennifer

"We are here to discuss the odd behaviour of Professor McGonagall and what there is to do about it. Al, please share your observations," asked Rose

"Lately, I noticed Professor McGonagall walking around school smiling, that woman never smiles," said Al

"She started calling us children too," added Hugo

"And she smells weird!" added Lily

"Lily? What does that have to do with anything?" asked Rose

"Maybe she changed perfumes?" suggested Scorpius

"Did she even wear perfume before? I don't think so!" said Lily

"Anything else that changed about McGonagall's behaviour?" asked Rose

Padme and James glanced at each other. They weren't sure if they should be sharing that information. Padme finally nodded and James spoke:

"When...er...Padme and I were...well...kissing in the hallway after curfew, McGonagall let us go with just a warning. It's not like her to do that."

"It's true," nodded Scorpius, "she would have at least taken off points from your houses and given you detention. She's usually really hard on you Potters for some reason."

"Yeah, well we don't need your sympathy, Malfoy," sneered James

"It's just a fact," Scorpius said, "please let us move on now, Rose."

Rose had been picked to lead the discussions since she wasn't incline to yelling and was friend with everyone on the council. Padme thought it was foolish however to do this in a weird civilized manner. She thought it was a true waste of time, yet for some reason everyone else called it "harmony".

"Ok, now that we've established that she's definitely acting different..."

"And smelling different," cried Lily

"Yes, acting and smelling different we have to figure out what we're going to do about her. Any suggestions?"

"We kidnap her and interrogate her!" suggested Anakin

"We can't kidnap the Headmistress! Are you crazy?" yelled Scorpius

"Yeah, that's definitely a no," added Al

"Where does your brother even get his ideas?" James whispered to Padme

"You'd be surprised," she answered

"We could always spy on her," suggested Jennifer

"I like that!" said Hugo

"Me too!" agreed Padme