Man in the Mirror
A Harry Potter UNIVERSE/ Sasporilla Bucket Fan Fiction
by Darren Kelly
Chapter 12
Kingsly Shacklebolt and a team of aurors aparated outside the Hogwarts gates. They were greeted by the Headmistress.
"Hello Head Mistress McGonagall." Kingsly smiled taking his old friends hand.
"Hello Minister." The Headmistress said turning to walk with the Minister of magic.
"Kingsly are you absolutely sure of these charges?" Minerva McGonagall asked.
"No Minerva I'm not." Kingsly said honestly. "That's why I'm doing this inquiry."
"If the charges should prove to be true?" Minerva mused at the implications.
"Then I hope six aurors will be enough." Kingsly sighed.
Professor Amari was summoned to the Headmistress' office. She arrived, carrying her things in a large bag, and wearing her best hat.
"You summoned me Headmistress?" Amari said in her smokey voice.
"Are you leaving us?" Professor McGonagall asked.
"I assumed that is why I was summoned this late in the evening." Professor Amari smiled.
"I summoned you." Kingsly Shacklebolt said. "For an inquiry."
"I have no love of niceties or patience for games minister Shacklebolt. So just get to the point you are obviously here to make."
"The criminal Death Eater Korona Portemp, after being discovered and forced into reversing the curse on one Miss Sasporilla Bucket, was to be delivered to Azkaban by yourself."
"Yes." Professor Amari smiled politely.
"She did not arrive." Kingsly Shacklebolt said.
"No because I never took her there." Professor Amari said matter of factly.
"Did she escape?" Kingsly demanded hoping the answer was yes, even if it was a lie.
"No." Professor Amari laughed. "That pathetic witch could never have escaped me! She drew her wand and tried to cast your death curse on me... as if it would have worked."
"What did you do to her?" Kingsly asked, wizards and witches readying their wands.
"I ripped her head from her neck and ate her flesh and bone. Her darkness was delicious."
Kingsly and his team pointed their wands at Professor Amari.
"Oh my, Sheliza!" Headmistress McGonagall said
"Forgive me Minerva." Professor Amari said taking her friends hands. "I know you put your faith and trust in me but you see this is all working out as I had foreseen. When I taught the curse to Frakash fifty years ago in a small cafe in Egypt I saw who it would effect, how and why. I knew the witch would draw her wand and I knew I would feed upon her evil."
"So it was self defence?" Kingsly asked.
"Not at all." Professor Amari said shifting into her creature form. "She never had a chance."
"Sheliza Amari you are under arrest for the murder of Korona Portemp." An auror said stepping forward with magical binders.
The creature shifted back into human form.
"Those won't work on me." Amari said holding out her arms. "But if they make you feel better, then put them on."
"You will be remanded in the custody of the ministry until you can be tried for your crimes." The aurer said.
"I'm guilty." Amari laughed. "Why waste money on a trial?"
They walked Amari out of Hogwarts in the wee hours of the morning. No students saw her go. No one knew she was gone until the next days classes when the Headmistress stood in for her to teach defence against the dark arts.
"Sasporilla!" Penny waved to her friend in the hall. "I've been looking for you for weeks!"
"You saw me!" Sassy said. "When I was cursed!"
"Yes but I wasn't able to talk to then." Penny cringed.
"Why?" Sasporilla asked. "Because I was a cross dressed freak that would have embarrassed you or hurt you rep?"
"No!" Penny frowned a bit offended. "Do you think I'm that kind of person? No! I joined the Seraphim, and as part of being a PROSPECT is I can't speak to any males! I'm wearing a mute stone that wouldn't let me talk to one if I wanted to! And If I try to talk to a boy it gives me an bad shock and reports me to my president. Then I get a year added to being a prospect."
"I see." Sasporilla said concerned. "I thought you didn't want that life?"
"I didn't." Penny said. "That was when I was protected from it. Now that the Angels are hunting me and my mother, I had to join the Sara's to get the protection that comes with a club. To kill us before would have incurred my grand mothers wrath. To hit me or my mother now, they start a world wide broomer club war that the Angels know they can't win. The moment I put on the cut, the Angels world president put a halt to all orders to kill us."
"I guess I understand." Sasporilla said. "I'm just sort of sad you gave up your dreams."
"Dreams change Sassy." Penny said.
"Trust me I know about the minds ability to change." Sasporilla said. "Look Penny I'm sorry I snapped at you. It's just that what I thought of you was the general response I've had this year."
"Then I understand and I forgive you." Penny said. "Are you going in to the semester school exchange?"
"Yes!" Sassy smiled. "I'm going to Droorlily."
"Oh shoot." Penny said. "I'm going to Baux Batons."
"You'll have fun." Sasporilla said.
"I'm hoping to learn a few of their secrets." Penny smiled.
The warning bell rang. The girls hugged and ran to class.
Arythmancy had become easy, imbuing was a breeze, potions was still a bit of a nightmare. Some of the interactions still didn't make sense to her. Professor Slughorn was a good enough teacher but he would leave a student behind who he felt wasn't worth his time.
Just before dinner a knock came on Sasporillas Caravan door. Sassy opened it up and saw Professor McGonagall standing on her front stoop holding a box.
"Yes Headmistress?" Sasporilla asked.
"May I come in?" Minerva McGonagall asked.
"Yes of course." Sasporilla insisted. "Please excuse my manners. Would you care for a cup of tea?"
"No thank you." The headmistress said. "I'm just making a quick stop on my way to dinner."
"I was just headed out too." Sasporilla smiled. "What's the box?"
"It was found in Professor Amaris quarters." The Headmistress said a bit concerned. "It was addressed to you."
"To me?" Sasporilla asked accepting the box.
She saw no reason to fear opening it. Inside was Amaris Thoroascope and a small card. 'You will need this in a few years, so I pass it on to you Miss Bucket.' "How would she know if I'll need this in the future?"
"Turn the card over." The Headmistress said.
On the back of the card was the Egyptian symbol of the all seeing eye with three words beneath, 'I've foreseen it.'
Karry and Zac were on a date night, having dinner out in Hogsmead. Sasporilla sat at the table eating fish and chips on her own. Melvin Lazarus walked up behind her and playfully clasped his hands over her eyes. Sasporilla was startled and almost struck out but was able to resist.
"Guess who?" Melvin asked.
"I'll hazard a guess and say it's..... Hagrid!" Sasporilla laughed.
"Oh ya guessed." Melvin said in his best Hagrid impression. "May I sit?"
"There's plenty of room." Sasporilla said. "So yes please."
Melvin sat beside the pink haired witch, reached into his robe, and pulled out a daisy. "I brought you this."
"Thank you Melvin." Sasporilla smiled taking the flower and placing it to her nose to take in its scent.
"I wanted to finally ask you out." Melvin said his voice breaking in his nervousness.
Sasporilla had promised that she would go out with the boy but he was still just that, a boy of twelve. "I was wondering when is best for you?"
"Are you going home for Christmas?" Sassy asked.
"Actually." Melvin smiled. "My parents have just informed me that they will be away during the Holidays, due to my fathers work, so I will be staying at Hogwarts for Christmas."
"Wonderful!" Sassy smiled. "Would you like to be my date for Karry and Zacs wedding?"
"Really?" Melvin said surprised. He had half expected the older girl to just blow him off. "I would be honoured to be your escort to the wedding."
"Brilliant." Sasporilla said. "Your going to need a suit, and probably should get permission slip from your parents to leave the school for Hogsmead."
Melvin took notes. He was always prepared with a quill and note book. One simply never knew when one may need to take notes. "Ok got it. Oh! I should get an inn room for after the party."
Sasporilla smirked, mildly amused. Melvin met the pink haired girls quizzical gaze.
"Oh! No!" Melvin realized what he had implied. "I didn't mean for you and me. I just meant that it will likely run late and we may not be able to get back in to Hogwarts."
"The reception is in the Hogwarts great hall Melvin." Sasporilla said taking the boys hand.
"Oh. Um. Ok." Melvin stammered.
"Don't be nervous Melvin." Sassy said. "Look to make it all very easy for you I'll lay down ground rules now. You may hold my hand before the ceremony. You may hold my hand during dinner. You may dance with me if you so choose to do so and at the end of the night you may kiss me, on the lips, respectfully."
Melvins blood drained from his face. That was so much more than he could ever have hoped for.
"I will strive to be respectful." Melvin said sweat rolling down his face.
"Melvin I want you to be comfortable and happy around me if you like me so much." Sassy smiled.
"I'm just afraid of messing things up." Melvin said.
"You could never do that in my eyes." Sasporilla smiled and gave him a quick gentle kiss. "I would appear on no one else's arm but yours."
Kingsly Shacklebolt and a team of aurors aparated outside the Hogwarts gates. They were greeted by the Headmistress.
"Hello Head Mistress McGonagall." Kingsly smiled taking his old friends hand.
"Hello Minister." The Headmistress said turning to walk with the Minister of magic.
"Kingsly are you absolutely sure of these charges?" Minerva McGonagall asked.
"No Minerva I'm not." Kingsly said honestly. "That's why I'm doing this inquiry."
"If the charges should prove to be true?" Minerva mused at the implications.
"Then I hope six aurors will be enough." Kingsly sighed.
Professor Amari was summoned to the Headmistress' office. She arrived, carrying her things in a large bag, and wearing her best hat.
"You summoned me Headmistress?" Amari said in her smokey voice.
"Are you leaving us?" Professor McGonagall asked.
"I assumed that is why I was summoned this late in the evening." Professor Amari smiled.
"I summoned you." Kingsly Shacklebolt said. "For an inquiry."
"I have no love of niceties or patience for games minister Shacklebolt. So just get to the point you are obviously here to make."
"The criminal Death Eater Korona Portemp, after being discovered and forced into reversing the curse on one Miss Sasporilla Bucket, was to be delivered to Azkaban by yourself."
"Yes." Professor Amari smiled politely.
"She did not arrive." Kingsly Shacklebolt said.
"No because I never took her there." Professor Amari said matter of factly.
"Did she escape?" Kingsly demanded hoping the answer was yes, even if it was a lie.
"No." Professor Amari laughed. "That pathetic witch could never have escaped me! She drew her wand and tried to cast your death curse on me... as if it would have worked."
"What did you do to her?" Kingsly asked, wizards and witches readying their wands.
"I ripped her head from her neck and ate her flesh and bone. Her darkness was delicious."
Kingsly and his team pointed their wands at Professor Amari.
"Oh my, Sheliza!" Headmistress McGonagall said
"Forgive me Minerva." Professor Amari said taking her friends hands. "I know you put your faith and trust in me but you see this is all working out as I had foreseen. When I taught the curse to Frakash fifty years ago in a small cafe in Egypt I saw who it would effect, how and why. I knew the witch would draw her wand and I knew I would feed upon her evil."
"So it was self defence?" Kingsly asked.
"Not at all." Professor Amari said shifting into her creature form. "She never had a chance."
"Sheliza Amari you are under arrest for the murder of Korona Portemp." An auror said stepping forward with magical binders.
The creature shifted back into human form.
"Those won't work on me." Amari said holding out her arms. "But if they make you feel better, then put them on."
"You will be remanded in the custody of the ministry until you can be tried for your crimes." The aurer said.
"I'm guilty." Amari laughed. "Why waste money on a trial?"
They walked Amari out of Hogwarts in the wee hours of the morning. No students saw her go. No one knew she was gone until the next days classes when the Headmistress stood in for her to teach defence against the dark arts.
"Sasporilla!" Penny waved to her friend in the hall. "I've been looking for you for weeks!"
"You saw me!" Sassy said. "When I was cursed!"
"Yes but I wasn't able to talk to then." Penny cringed.
"Why?" Sasporilla asked. "Because I was a cross dressed freak that would have embarrassed you or hurt you rep?"
"No!" Penny frowned a bit offended. "Do you think I'm that kind of person? No! I joined the Seraphim, and as part of being a PROSPECT is I can't speak to any males! I'm wearing a mute stone that wouldn't let me talk to one if I wanted to! And If I try to talk to a boy it gives me an bad shock and reports me to my president. Then I get a year added to being a prospect."
"I see." Sasporilla said concerned. "I thought you didn't want that life?"
"I didn't." Penny said. "That was when I was protected from it. Now that the Angels are hunting me and my mother, I had to join the Sara's to get the protection that comes with a club. To kill us before would have incurred my grand mothers wrath. To hit me or my mother now, they start a world wide broomer club war that the Angels know they can't win. The moment I put on the cut, the Angels world president put a halt to all orders to kill us."
"I guess I understand." Sasporilla said. "I'm just sort of sad you gave up your dreams."
"Dreams change Sassy." Penny said.
"Trust me I know about the minds ability to change." Sasporilla said. "Look Penny I'm sorry I snapped at you. It's just that what I thought of you was the general response I've had this year."
"Then I understand and I forgive you." Penny said. "Are you going in to the semester school exchange?"
"Yes!" Sassy smiled. "I'm going to Droorlily."
"Oh shoot." Penny said. "I'm going to Baux Batons."
"You'll have fun." Sasporilla said.
"I'm hoping to learn a few of their secrets." Penny smiled.
The warning bell rang. The girls hugged and ran to class.
Arythmancy had become easy, imbuing was a breeze, potions was still a bit of a nightmare. Some of the interactions still didn't make sense to her. Professor Slughorn was a good enough teacher but he would leave a student behind who he felt wasn't worth his time.
Just before dinner a knock came on Sasporillas Caravan door. Sassy opened it up and saw Professor McGonagall standing on her front stoop holding a box.
"Yes Headmistress?" Sasporilla asked.
"May I come in?" Minerva McGonagall asked.
"Yes of course." Sasporilla insisted. "Please excuse my manners. Would you care for a cup of tea?"
"No thank you." The headmistress said. "I'm just making a quick stop on my way to dinner."
"I was just headed out too." Sasporilla smiled. "What's the box?"
"It was found in Professor Amaris quarters." The Headmistress said a bit concerned. "It was addressed to you."
"To me?" Sasporilla asked accepting the box.
She saw no reason to fear opening it. Inside was Amaris Thoroascope and a small card. 'You will need this in a few years, so I pass it on to you Miss Bucket.' "How would she know if I'll need this in the future?"
"Turn the card over." The Headmistress said.
On the back of the card was the Egyptian symbol of the all seeing eye with three words beneath, 'I've foreseen it.'
Karry and Zac were on a date night, having dinner out in Hogsmead. Sasporilla sat at the table eating fish and chips on her own. Melvin Lazarus walked up behind her and playfully clasped his hands over her eyes. Sasporilla was startled and almost struck out but was able to resist.
"Guess who?" Melvin asked.
"I'll hazard a guess and say it's..... Hagrid!" Sasporilla laughed.
"Oh ya guessed." Melvin said in his best Hagrid impression. "May I sit?"
"There's plenty of room." Sasporilla said. "So yes please."
Melvin sat beside the pink haired witch, reached into his robe, and pulled out a daisy. "I brought you this."
"Thank you Melvin." Sasporilla smiled taking the flower and placing it to her nose to take in its scent.
"I wanted to finally ask you out." Melvin said his voice breaking in his nervousness.
Sasporilla had promised that she would go out with the boy but he was still just that, a boy of twelve. "I was wondering when is best for you?"
"Are you going home for Christmas?" Sassy asked.
"Actually." Melvin smiled. "My parents have just informed me that they will be away during the Holidays, due to my fathers work, so I will be staying at Hogwarts for Christmas."
"Wonderful!" Sassy smiled. "Would you like to be my date for Karry and Zacs wedding?"
"Really?" Melvin said surprised. He had half expected the older girl to just blow him off. "I would be honoured to be your escort to the wedding."
"Brilliant." Sasporilla said. "Your going to need a suit, and probably should get permission slip from your parents to leave the school for Hogsmead."
Melvin took notes. He was always prepared with a quill and note book. One simply never knew when one may need to take notes. "Ok got it. Oh! I should get an inn room for after the party."
Sasporilla smirked, mildly amused. Melvin met the pink haired girls quizzical gaze.
"Oh! No!" Melvin realized what he had implied. "I didn't mean for you and me. I just meant that it will likely run late and we may not be able to get back in to Hogwarts."
"The reception is in the Hogwarts great hall Melvin." Sasporilla said taking the boys hand.
"Oh. Um. Ok." Melvin stammered.
"Don't be nervous Melvin." Sassy said. "Look to make it all very easy for you I'll lay down ground rules now. You may hold my hand before the ceremony. You may hold my hand during dinner. You may dance with me if you so choose to do so and at the end of the night you may kiss me, on the lips, respectfully."
Melvins blood drained from his face. That was so much more than he could ever have hoped for.
"I will strive to be respectful." Melvin said sweat rolling down his face.
"Melvin I want you to be comfortable and happy around me if you like me so much." Sassy smiled.
"I'm just afraid of messing things up." Melvin said.
"You could never do that in my eyes." Sasporilla smiled and gave him a quick gentle kiss. "I would appear on no one else's arm but yours."
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I am in no way affiliated with Warner Bros. or with J.K.Rowling. My work is purely that of fan fiction & do not ask for, nor accept money, gifts or other compensation for my work. If you really feel you must do something, research which charities J.K.Rowling donates to, then donate to them as such.
I am in no way affiliated with Warner Bros. or with J.K.Rowling. My work is purely that of fan fiction & do not ask for, nor accept money, gifts or other compensation for my work. If you really feel you must do something, research which charities J.K.Rowling donates to, then donate to them as such.