Disclaimer: You know the basic; the girls belong to themselves, and Selene
is myself, Singapore and its places belong to themselves, of course.
To flamers: I don't take kindly to flames so get out of here, if you know what's good for you.
Note: My fic, my rules. So there is no SARS in Singapore in this fic. (Anyway, the situation has improved greatly in Singapore)
Pairings: Albus/Minerva, Snape/Maria
Chapter 1: I need a vacation!
"Albus!"
"Professor Dumbledore!"
"Headmaster!"
Dumbledore looked up from the papers on his desk to the three people who just banged into his office: Professor Minerva McGonagall, Professor Severus Snape and Madam Madeline Hooch. The three of them marched up to his desk and started to talk at the same time.
"Mr. Longbottom is giving me the headaches-."
"The Weasely twins have painted my broomstick into bright yellow with pink hearts! Not that I hate yellow but-."
"Mr. Crabbe and Goyle are not paying attention in my class and Mr. Malfoy has been wandering around with his brand new broomstick, showing off and disrupting the lessons in my class-.."
Dumbledore held up his hands. "One at the time, please." He said calmly.
"WE NEED A VACATION!" The teachers cried in unison.
"Ah, a vacation. That will be nice." Dumbledore smiled. "I have to agree that I need a vacation too. Fudge has been sending me ten letters a day instead of the usual three and it is getting a little annoying."
The three teachers looked at each other.
"You mean we will all go? Together?" Minerva asked uncertainly.
Dumbledore nodded. The teachers smiled but then he said: "But I afraid that this vacation will not be taken place until summer. I know that summer is still a month away but although we are tired, we must continue teaching."
Madam Hooch groaned. "Oops, sorry."
"Now, where shall we go?" Dumbledore asked, putting his hands together and rested his chin on his fingers.
"Anywhere as long as I can get away from the Gryffindors." Snape said and received a glare from Minerva.
"Anywhere as long as there's no Slytherins." Minerva snapped.
"I don't mind as long as I can get a vacation." Madam Hooch said.
Dumbledore looked at them for a while. "How about somewhere uncommon?"
"Uncommon?" The teachers asked.
"Not USA, not France, not Italy, not Australia, but Asia."
"Asia?"
"Right."
"Which part of Asia?" Madam Hooch asked.
"South-east Asia."
"Where? Malaysia?" Snape asked.
"No. Singapore."
"Singapore? I have never heard of it." Madam Hooch said.
"Oh come on, Mandy, didn't you pay attention in your Care For Magical Creatures lessons? That's where the Merlion from." Minerva said, rolling her eyes. "So that's where we are going in summer?"
Dumbledore nodded. "And no magic is to be use while we are on vacation, I don't want to risk the exposure of our world."
"Whatever, the further away from Potter, the better." Snape said.
***
"Why, Severus, I don't know that you like to wear accessories." Madam Hooch grinned when they arrived at Singapore's Changi International Airport a month later.
"Funny that you didn't notice until now." Snape snapped and tugged on his pendant, which is a sliver snake with green emeralds as eyes.
"Calm down, Severus. Come on, Gate 1 ½ is this way." Dumbledore said, pushing his trolley towards a wall between Arrival Gate 1 and 2. Snape rolled his eyes and followed.
Like Platform 9 ¾, Gate 1 ½ at Changi Airport is invisible to Muggle eye. What witches and wizards have to do is to walk through the wall between Gate 1 and Gate 2.
After they had walked through the wall, Dumbledore grinned and said: "All right, now all we have to do is to get a taxi and..."
"W-wait a sec, Headmaster....(Dumbledore raised his eyebrow at Snape) I mean, Albus. Where is the taxi-stand?"
Silence.
Madam Hooch threw up her hands. "Great, we are struck even before we start our vacation."
"Looks like we have to ask.." Dumbledore started when a Muggle teenage girl with black hair (which she had tied back into a ponytail), glasses, white shirt and blue shorts walked past them. "Maybe she knows. Excuse me, Miss."
The girl turned around. Her dark brown eyes widened and her mouth dropped open when she saw them.
Snape frowned as she stared. "What are you staring at?" He demanded.
"Severus, don't scared her." Minerva scolded, rolling her eyes.
The girl pushed her glasses up. "Sorry, Professor Snape." She said quickly.
Now it's Snape's turn to have his mouth dropped open. "How do you know my name?"
"I know all of you." The girl said slowly. "You are Professor Dumbledore, Professor McGonagall, Madam Hooch and Professor Snape, right?"
The group looked at each other and nodded.
"Are you a witch?" Madam Hooch asked.
The girl shook her head. "I'm just a Muggle."
"Then how do you know about us?" Snape asked.
"It's not just me, a lot of Muggles know you." She paused. "And your world. But I have no idea that you people really exist...."
"What do you mean?" Minerva asked.
"All right, back to business. ("Phew." The girl mumbled.) Miss, do you know where the taxi-stand is?" Dumbledore asked politely.
"Sure. In fact, I am taking my friends to the taxi stand too. Why don't you follow me?" The girl asked kindly.
"All right, thank you." Dumbledore said and started to follow the girl.
"Can we trust that Muggle?" Snape asked as he swung his bag over his shoulder and used his hand as a hook.
"It is the only way I guess." Minerva said and the rest of the group followed Dumbledore and the girl.
The girl walked towards a group of girls and called: "Hey girls!"
The girls turned around and their expressions were the same as the girl's when she first saw Dumbledore and the others.
"Oh my God." A girl with curly auburn hair and blue eyes managed to say.
"Let me introduce you to the girls." The black-haired girl said. "This is Inca, Lindsey, Sue, Carly, Sandie, Maria, and I am Selene."
Dumbledore and Minerva nodded politely and smiled. Madam Hooch waved cheerfully. Snape didn't say anything until Madam Hooch elbowed him on the ribs. "Ouch, I mean, hello."
"And girls, I believe that you already know them." Selene said and the girls nodded. "So, let's go to the taxi stand. Follow me."
As the group walked towards the exit, a woman with straight medium length brown hair, red highlights and brown eyes whispered to herself excitedly: "I can't believe that it is Severus Snape, I can't believe it!"
She grabbed Selene's arm. "How did you manage to find them?"
"I didn't, Maria, Dumbledore wants to know where is the taxi-stand so I decide to show them the way. I can't believe that they will be here, this must be fate."
***
"So, what are you doing here? I mean, aren't you supposed to be in Hogwarts?" Selene asked while waiting for the taxis.
"No, it is summer now, so we decided to go on a vacation." Madam Hooch said cheerfully.
"Where will you be staying?" Lindsey (the girl with curly auburn hair and blue eyes) asked politely.
"Raffles The Plaza, Raffles The Plaza..." Maria prayed in her head.
"Some hotel called..." Madam Hooch tried to remember but she couldn't. "What's the name again, Albus?"
"Raffles The Plaza Singapore." Dumbledore said, as if he had memorized the name.
"Yes!" Maria cheered silently.
"Really? We are staying in that hotel too!" A girl with neck-long wavy dark blond hair (which she tied into a strict ponytail) but platinum streaks around the face and dark grey eyes (Sue) said in delight. "Which floor are you staying on?"
"20th." Minerva said politely.
"So are we!" A girl with straight blonde hair past her shoulders and crystal blue eyes (Carly) said in surprise.
"Except for me, I rather stay at home." Selene said. "I live in this country. I don't see a reason why I should stay in a hotel when I have my own house here." She added when the teachers gave her a confused look. "Ah, here come the taxis!"
***
20 minutes later, the group arrived at Raffles The Plaza, which is a very luxurious hotel. "Whoa, look at this place!" Madam Hooch exclaimed when she entered her hotel room. She looked in awe at the colour television, mini bar and posh writing table. She rushed straight to the private balcony and looked out. "Wow, I can see almost whole view of Singapore here!"
"Oh please, Madeline, it is not like the first time you have seen something like this." Snape said as he took off his black leather jacket and tossed it carelessly on an armchair.
"You are so unenthusiastic." Madam Hooch said and rolled her eyes as Snape flopped down on one of the beds. (There are two king-size beds in the room)
"I'm a Slytherin, what do you expect?" Snape said with his eyes closed.
***
In Dumbledore and Minerva's bedroom (which is next door), it is almost the same as Snape and Madam Hooch's, just that the room has a double bed.
"I can't believe that we are here, this is great." Minerva said, untying her hair and let it down.
"So where do you think we should go tomorrow?" Dumbledore asked, sitting down on the soft bed.
"Somewhere where we can shop, I don't think I have enough Muggle things for the whole vacation."
"You know, Minerva? If it is all right with her, maybe we should get Selene to be our tour guide." Dumbledore said, lying down on the bed. "I mean, she lives in this country, surely she knows where to go."
Minerva brushed her hair and put down the brush. "Good idea, I will go and ask Mandy and Severus for their opinions."
***
Madam Hooch was checking out the walk-in closet when the doorbell rang softly. She closed the closet's door and went to open the main door. "Hi Minerva, what's up?"
"Is Severus asleep?" Minerva asked.
Madam Hooch looked at Snape, who was sleeping on the bed without even changing his clothes. "Yep, sleeping like a log."
Minerva giggled. "Oh no, I am about to ask his opinion....anyway, Mandy, what do you think the idea of Selene as our tour-guide?"
"Who?"
"Selene, you know, the girl with black hair." Minerva said impatiently.
"Oh! I don't mind." Madam Hooch said airily. "As for Severus, oh well, he is outvoted anyway. He has no choice but to go along with us."
"All right then, I will ask her. Where is her room?"
"I think she has gone home, she lives here, remember? Why don't you ask the girls for her number? They are in these two rooms." Madam Hooch pointed at two doors across her.
"All right." Minerva said and rang the doorbell of one of the rooms.
"Coming!" A voice called and Lindsey opened the door. "Oh hi, Professor McGonagall, hi, Madam Hooch."
Minerva smiled. "Please, call us Minerva and Mandy." She looked into the room; two of the girls were sitting on one of the three beds, chatting. "Mind if we come in?"
"Sure, come in." Lindsey said cheerfully as the teachers came in. "Girls, look who's here!"
Carly and Sandie waved and greeted them politely.
"Call us Mandy and Minerva." Mandy said kindly. She looked around. "Cool, this room is as dark as Severus' dungeon." She commented as she admired the chandelier.
"Is Selene here?" Minerva asked.
"No, she has left a few minutes ago." Carly said. "But she will come back tomorrow morning."
"Does any one of you know a way to contact her?" Minerva asked politely.
"I think we have her number here somewhere..." Sandie took her personal organizer out of her bag and started flipping. "Aeryn Alexander, Inca, Freelancer, Carly, Lindsey, Maria, Sue, Kat...Ah! Here it is." She showed Selene's number. "Go ahead and call her, she doesn't mind."
Lindsey handed Minerva her handphone. Minerva smiled at her but then frowned. "How do you use this?"
"Oops." Lindsey took the handphone and switched it on. "Press the numbers, then this." She said, pointing at the call button. "Then held it to your ear."
"Thank you. Miss Lindsey." Minerva said and started dialing. "Hello? Are you Miss Selene? Right, this is Minerva speaking. Am I bothering you? Well, Albus suggest that we should get you to be our tour-guide, is it okay with you if you can show us around? Oh, you are showing your friends around Singapore too. Where will you be going? Shopping? Really? Thanks. All right. Good night." Minerva handed Lindsey the handphone. "Well, I hope you girls don't mind us joining you for the whole vacation."
"Oh no, not that all!" The girls said.
"Right, good night." Minerva said and she and Mandy went out of the door.
"Good night!" The girls called and when Mandy closed the door, the girls cheered for joy.
"Imagine! We, the members of the Albus and Minerva group, are going shopping with Albus and Minerva themselves! How exciting!" Lindsey said excitedly.
"Don't forget Snape and Madam Hooch." Carly reminded.
"I am going to tell the others..." Sandie said and rushed out of the door.
***
"Really?!" The girls in the other room exclaimed.
"Really." Sandie said.
"This is going to be great!" Sue said happily.
"Going on a vacation with Severus Snape....Selene is right, this must be fate." Maria thought to herself dreamily.
To flamers: I don't take kindly to flames so get out of here, if you know what's good for you.
Note: My fic, my rules. So there is no SARS in Singapore in this fic. (Anyway, the situation has improved greatly in Singapore)
Pairings: Albus/Minerva, Snape/Maria
Chapter 1: I need a vacation!
"Albus!"
"Professor Dumbledore!"
"Headmaster!"
Dumbledore looked up from the papers on his desk to the three people who just banged into his office: Professor Minerva McGonagall, Professor Severus Snape and Madam Madeline Hooch. The three of them marched up to his desk and started to talk at the same time.
"Mr. Longbottom is giving me the headaches-."
"The Weasely twins have painted my broomstick into bright yellow with pink hearts! Not that I hate yellow but-."
"Mr. Crabbe and Goyle are not paying attention in my class and Mr. Malfoy has been wandering around with his brand new broomstick, showing off and disrupting the lessons in my class-.."
Dumbledore held up his hands. "One at the time, please." He said calmly.
"WE NEED A VACATION!" The teachers cried in unison.
"Ah, a vacation. That will be nice." Dumbledore smiled. "I have to agree that I need a vacation too. Fudge has been sending me ten letters a day instead of the usual three and it is getting a little annoying."
The three teachers looked at each other.
"You mean we will all go? Together?" Minerva asked uncertainly.
Dumbledore nodded. The teachers smiled but then he said: "But I afraid that this vacation will not be taken place until summer. I know that summer is still a month away but although we are tired, we must continue teaching."
Madam Hooch groaned. "Oops, sorry."
"Now, where shall we go?" Dumbledore asked, putting his hands together and rested his chin on his fingers.
"Anywhere as long as I can get away from the Gryffindors." Snape said and received a glare from Minerva.
"Anywhere as long as there's no Slytherins." Minerva snapped.
"I don't mind as long as I can get a vacation." Madam Hooch said.
Dumbledore looked at them for a while. "How about somewhere uncommon?"
"Uncommon?" The teachers asked.
"Not USA, not France, not Italy, not Australia, but Asia."
"Asia?"
"Right."
"Which part of Asia?" Madam Hooch asked.
"South-east Asia."
"Where? Malaysia?" Snape asked.
"No. Singapore."
"Singapore? I have never heard of it." Madam Hooch said.
"Oh come on, Mandy, didn't you pay attention in your Care For Magical Creatures lessons? That's where the Merlion from." Minerva said, rolling her eyes. "So that's where we are going in summer?"
Dumbledore nodded. "And no magic is to be use while we are on vacation, I don't want to risk the exposure of our world."
"Whatever, the further away from Potter, the better." Snape said.
***
"Why, Severus, I don't know that you like to wear accessories." Madam Hooch grinned when they arrived at Singapore's Changi International Airport a month later.
"Funny that you didn't notice until now." Snape snapped and tugged on his pendant, which is a sliver snake with green emeralds as eyes.
"Calm down, Severus. Come on, Gate 1 ½ is this way." Dumbledore said, pushing his trolley towards a wall between Arrival Gate 1 and 2. Snape rolled his eyes and followed.
Like Platform 9 ¾, Gate 1 ½ at Changi Airport is invisible to Muggle eye. What witches and wizards have to do is to walk through the wall between Gate 1 and Gate 2.
After they had walked through the wall, Dumbledore grinned and said: "All right, now all we have to do is to get a taxi and..."
"W-wait a sec, Headmaster....(Dumbledore raised his eyebrow at Snape) I mean, Albus. Where is the taxi-stand?"
Silence.
Madam Hooch threw up her hands. "Great, we are struck even before we start our vacation."
"Looks like we have to ask.." Dumbledore started when a Muggle teenage girl with black hair (which she had tied back into a ponytail), glasses, white shirt and blue shorts walked past them. "Maybe she knows. Excuse me, Miss."
The girl turned around. Her dark brown eyes widened and her mouth dropped open when she saw them.
Snape frowned as she stared. "What are you staring at?" He demanded.
"Severus, don't scared her." Minerva scolded, rolling her eyes.
The girl pushed her glasses up. "Sorry, Professor Snape." She said quickly.
Now it's Snape's turn to have his mouth dropped open. "How do you know my name?"
"I know all of you." The girl said slowly. "You are Professor Dumbledore, Professor McGonagall, Madam Hooch and Professor Snape, right?"
The group looked at each other and nodded.
"Are you a witch?" Madam Hooch asked.
The girl shook her head. "I'm just a Muggle."
"Then how do you know about us?" Snape asked.
"It's not just me, a lot of Muggles know you." She paused. "And your world. But I have no idea that you people really exist...."
"What do you mean?" Minerva asked.
"All right, back to business. ("Phew." The girl mumbled.) Miss, do you know where the taxi-stand is?" Dumbledore asked politely.
"Sure. In fact, I am taking my friends to the taxi stand too. Why don't you follow me?" The girl asked kindly.
"All right, thank you." Dumbledore said and started to follow the girl.
"Can we trust that Muggle?" Snape asked as he swung his bag over his shoulder and used his hand as a hook.
"It is the only way I guess." Minerva said and the rest of the group followed Dumbledore and the girl.
The girl walked towards a group of girls and called: "Hey girls!"
The girls turned around and their expressions were the same as the girl's when she first saw Dumbledore and the others.
"Oh my God." A girl with curly auburn hair and blue eyes managed to say.
"Let me introduce you to the girls." The black-haired girl said. "This is Inca, Lindsey, Sue, Carly, Sandie, Maria, and I am Selene."
Dumbledore and Minerva nodded politely and smiled. Madam Hooch waved cheerfully. Snape didn't say anything until Madam Hooch elbowed him on the ribs. "Ouch, I mean, hello."
"And girls, I believe that you already know them." Selene said and the girls nodded. "So, let's go to the taxi stand. Follow me."
As the group walked towards the exit, a woman with straight medium length brown hair, red highlights and brown eyes whispered to herself excitedly: "I can't believe that it is Severus Snape, I can't believe it!"
She grabbed Selene's arm. "How did you manage to find them?"
"I didn't, Maria, Dumbledore wants to know where is the taxi-stand so I decide to show them the way. I can't believe that they will be here, this must be fate."
***
"So, what are you doing here? I mean, aren't you supposed to be in Hogwarts?" Selene asked while waiting for the taxis.
"No, it is summer now, so we decided to go on a vacation." Madam Hooch said cheerfully.
"Where will you be staying?" Lindsey (the girl with curly auburn hair and blue eyes) asked politely.
"Raffles The Plaza, Raffles The Plaza..." Maria prayed in her head.
"Some hotel called..." Madam Hooch tried to remember but she couldn't. "What's the name again, Albus?"
"Raffles The Plaza Singapore." Dumbledore said, as if he had memorized the name.
"Yes!" Maria cheered silently.
"Really? We are staying in that hotel too!" A girl with neck-long wavy dark blond hair (which she tied into a strict ponytail) but platinum streaks around the face and dark grey eyes (Sue) said in delight. "Which floor are you staying on?"
"20th." Minerva said politely.
"So are we!" A girl with straight blonde hair past her shoulders and crystal blue eyes (Carly) said in surprise.
"Except for me, I rather stay at home." Selene said. "I live in this country. I don't see a reason why I should stay in a hotel when I have my own house here." She added when the teachers gave her a confused look. "Ah, here come the taxis!"
***
20 minutes later, the group arrived at Raffles The Plaza, which is a very luxurious hotel. "Whoa, look at this place!" Madam Hooch exclaimed when she entered her hotel room. She looked in awe at the colour television, mini bar and posh writing table. She rushed straight to the private balcony and looked out. "Wow, I can see almost whole view of Singapore here!"
"Oh please, Madeline, it is not like the first time you have seen something like this." Snape said as he took off his black leather jacket and tossed it carelessly on an armchair.
"You are so unenthusiastic." Madam Hooch said and rolled her eyes as Snape flopped down on one of the beds. (There are two king-size beds in the room)
"I'm a Slytherin, what do you expect?" Snape said with his eyes closed.
***
In Dumbledore and Minerva's bedroom (which is next door), it is almost the same as Snape and Madam Hooch's, just that the room has a double bed.
"I can't believe that we are here, this is great." Minerva said, untying her hair and let it down.
"So where do you think we should go tomorrow?" Dumbledore asked, sitting down on the soft bed.
"Somewhere where we can shop, I don't think I have enough Muggle things for the whole vacation."
"You know, Minerva? If it is all right with her, maybe we should get Selene to be our tour guide." Dumbledore said, lying down on the bed. "I mean, she lives in this country, surely she knows where to go."
Minerva brushed her hair and put down the brush. "Good idea, I will go and ask Mandy and Severus for their opinions."
***
Madam Hooch was checking out the walk-in closet when the doorbell rang softly. She closed the closet's door and went to open the main door. "Hi Minerva, what's up?"
"Is Severus asleep?" Minerva asked.
Madam Hooch looked at Snape, who was sleeping on the bed without even changing his clothes. "Yep, sleeping like a log."
Minerva giggled. "Oh no, I am about to ask his opinion....anyway, Mandy, what do you think the idea of Selene as our tour-guide?"
"Who?"
"Selene, you know, the girl with black hair." Minerva said impatiently.
"Oh! I don't mind." Madam Hooch said airily. "As for Severus, oh well, he is outvoted anyway. He has no choice but to go along with us."
"All right then, I will ask her. Where is her room?"
"I think she has gone home, she lives here, remember? Why don't you ask the girls for her number? They are in these two rooms." Madam Hooch pointed at two doors across her.
"All right." Minerva said and rang the doorbell of one of the rooms.
"Coming!" A voice called and Lindsey opened the door. "Oh hi, Professor McGonagall, hi, Madam Hooch."
Minerva smiled. "Please, call us Minerva and Mandy." She looked into the room; two of the girls were sitting on one of the three beds, chatting. "Mind if we come in?"
"Sure, come in." Lindsey said cheerfully as the teachers came in. "Girls, look who's here!"
Carly and Sandie waved and greeted them politely.
"Call us Mandy and Minerva." Mandy said kindly. She looked around. "Cool, this room is as dark as Severus' dungeon." She commented as she admired the chandelier.
"Is Selene here?" Minerva asked.
"No, she has left a few minutes ago." Carly said. "But she will come back tomorrow morning."
"Does any one of you know a way to contact her?" Minerva asked politely.
"I think we have her number here somewhere..." Sandie took her personal organizer out of her bag and started flipping. "Aeryn Alexander, Inca, Freelancer, Carly, Lindsey, Maria, Sue, Kat...Ah! Here it is." She showed Selene's number. "Go ahead and call her, she doesn't mind."
Lindsey handed Minerva her handphone. Minerva smiled at her but then frowned. "How do you use this?"
"Oops." Lindsey took the handphone and switched it on. "Press the numbers, then this." She said, pointing at the call button. "Then held it to your ear."
"Thank you. Miss Lindsey." Minerva said and started dialing. "Hello? Are you Miss Selene? Right, this is Minerva speaking. Am I bothering you? Well, Albus suggest that we should get you to be our tour-guide, is it okay with you if you can show us around? Oh, you are showing your friends around Singapore too. Where will you be going? Shopping? Really? Thanks. All right. Good night." Minerva handed Lindsey the handphone. "Well, I hope you girls don't mind us joining you for the whole vacation."
"Oh no, not that all!" The girls said.
"Right, good night." Minerva said and she and Mandy went out of the door.
"Good night!" The girls called and when Mandy closed the door, the girls cheered for joy.
"Imagine! We, the members of the Albus and Minerva group, are going shopping with Albus and Minerva themselves! How exciting!" Lindsey said excitedly.
"Don't forget Snape and Madam Hooch." Carly reminded.
"I am going to tell the others..." Sandie said and rushed out of the door.
***
"Really?!" The girls in the other room exclaimed.
"Really." Sandie said.
"This is going to be great!" Sue said happily.
"Going on a vacation with Severus Snape....Selene is right, this must be fate." Maria thought to herself dreamily.