The Merging: Hackles Academy Of Witchcraft And Wizardry.

Chapter 14

It was the 14th of February 2020 at Hackles Academy of Witchcraft and Wizardry. The merge had happened over a month ago, now, and everyone had settled into their new lives extremely well. There had been no disasters since the diary incident and the sextet, who now included Draco and Ethel; so was now actually an Octet, had only managed to get three detentions between them.

Mildred had been the first to gain one, when Fred and George had thought that it would be an excellent idea to teach her, Enid, Maud and Ethel how to play Quidditch. They were all up in the air on their broomsticks when Millie batted the bludger so hard that it hit Hecate; who had come to ask the children, 'What in the Great Wizard's name they thought they were doing,' right in the forehead and had knocked her clean out.

Harry had sent a quick Patronus message to Professor Dumbledore, who arrived immediately with a worried Ada Cackle and Julie Hubble right behind him.

Julie, upon seeing Hecate; whom she still hadn't spoken to apart from some civil dinner conversation, proceeded to go into a fit of hysterics, which in turn prompted Albus to call to Dobby for assistance.

Once Dobby had seen the injured Potions Mistress, he immediately apparated to Hogwarts and returned a second later with a very confused Madame Pomfrey. She had Hecate fixed up in no time. It was surprisingly, Julie, that gave Mildred the detention for that.

The other two detentions were gained by Enid and Ron. They'd been caught sneaking around the Dungeons in the middle of the night, as they had wanted to prank Draco but couldn't figure out the Slytherin password. Unsurprisingly, it was Professor Snape who had found them and he wasted no time in deducting thirty points from each of them and had also gave them a detention apiece.

But today was Friday, and as there was going to be a Valentine's Day ball that night, all the children were busy working up the courage to ask someone to accompany them as a date.

Albus, who was in charge of the whole thing, since it had been his idea, had demanded that the staff also bring a date. He was already planning on asking Minerva and Ada to accompany him. Albus had been busy decorating the castle all morning, starting at 4am and finishing just before breakfast. The only room he hadn't managed to decorate was the Potions classroom, as Severus, knowing exactly what he was like, had warded it heavily against both Albus and anything even slightly Valentines related. Severus Snape did not do love, or stupid paper hearts.

After breakfast, the third-year students made their way to their first lesson, and since it was Friday it meant that their first lesson was Muggle Studies.

The children all filed into the classroom with excitement. Miss Hubble had announced in their last lesson that they would be studying Greek Mythology, and tracing back their family trees to see if they were ancestors of the magnificent Zeus.

Even though the Mythology stated that Zeus was a God, they'd actually learned that he was just an extremely powerful wizard. The first-ever wizard, in fact. He was where magic had originated from in the very beginning. It all started with Zeus and his sister Hera, who had gained magic not long after her brother.

They were all looking forward to seeing where they fit in ancestor-wise. All except Hermione and Mildred, who as muggle-borns, weren't expecting to be related to him at all, no matter how distant that relationship was.

They all sat down in their assigned seats. Mildred and Hermione had decided to work together on this project, so they could offer each other some moral support.

'Right class,' Miss Hubble said. 'As you all should be aware by now, today we will be tracing our family trees back as far as we can. Now, I know that not all of you are from magical backgrounds, but I would still like you to put your best effort into this. I have all the magical family trees on the desk and as you discover more ancestors, you can come and grab the ones you need, in order to trace back even further. Please begin.'