Headstrong

Chapter 59

"Goodbye, Olympe." Amanda bumped cheeks with the woman. "Thank you for everything. I hope I see you again."

Olympe smiled. "And I, you."

Olympe then left. Amanda turned to Hagrid. "Well, that was a bust."

Hagrid nodded gravely. "You need to tell Dumbledore about the giants."

"And about Grawp?" Amanda said, slightly amused.

Hagrid blushed. "Ask him for permission to bring Grawp to Hogwarts."

"I will." Amanda said. "See you soon Hagrid."

"Goodbye, Amanda."

Amanda turned into Flame, and was soon flying over the countryside, toward England. When she was far enough away from Hagrid to avoid detection by the Ministry, she flew down to the ground and disapparated.

She arrived at her apartment, where Leo was just finishing unpacking his belongings. He greeted her with a kiss.

"How did the mission go?" He asked.

She shook her head. "The mission failed. Death Eaters got there just after us, and let's just say that the giants preferred them."

"That's terrible." Leo frowned.

"It's the Ministry's fault, really." Amanda thought out loud. "They've spent so many years treating giants terribly, no wonder they didn't join forces with them."

There was a knock at the door. Amanda beckoned for Leo to hide. As he disappeared into one of the rooms, she noticed he still had his hair dyed.

"Who is it?" She called out.

"Fred and George." Two voices answered.

"What did Dumbledore say the first time we were taken to his office?"

"Huh?" A voice answered.

Amanda smiled. "Just answer the question."

She heard muttering, before they said in unison. "Why am I not surprised?"

Amanda laughed and opened the door. "Did you really forget that?"

"Well we don't have as good a memory as you." George grumbled, as Fred just shrugged and flicked his eyes side to side.

"Hang on, you know Rigel, don't you?" They nodded and Amanda called for him to join them. He did so, going into the kitchen to fix everybody a cup of coffee.

"How did you know I was back?" Amanda said, as Leo handed out the coffees.

"We didn't-"

"We've just been knocking on the door of your apartment every day to see if you would answer." The twins answered.

"That's who it was." Leo muttered, and Amanda grinned.

"Well, I can see that it eventually worked for you. How much time did you end up wasting?"

"We wasted like over a day with all the times we came to check on you." George grumbled.

Amanda smiled and raised her coffee to them.

Once the twins had left, Leo turned to Amanda. "Did you get the message from Death while you were away?"

"About the meeting with us and two others?"

Leo nodded. Amanda continued, "Yep. I got it. I wonder what Death wants?"

"I was thinking more about who the other two people are." He replied.