Confronting Royal Sovereign
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Harry Leferts
Glancing to the side, Hermione nodded at Harry and then raised one hand to knock on the wooden door in front of her. Almost a minute passed before the door opened to reveal Gilderoy standing there. "Well, hello there, Harry! And Miss Granger as well! Now how can I help you? Come for some advice, Harry my boy? I'm more then willing to give you some in regards to fame."
Hands in her pocket, Hermione just frowned and shook her head. "I'm afraid that we're not here for that."
Expression falling, Gilderoy's smile seemed to become slightly brittle. "Ah, I see. Are you sure of that? Unless you have some questions about class? Though I could talk to you about fame, Harry. Us famous people need to stick together."
Spotting how Hermione was becoming slightly annoyed, Harry coughed. "Uh, maybe later. We're here to talk with Royal Sovereign."
If anything, the teacher's expression became guarded some. "Royal Sovereign you say? I'm afraid that I don't know any royalty. Not for trying mind you, but still... Unless you mean that one German witch I helped out who the great-great-great-granddaughter to..."
At seeing their expressions, he was about to say more when a female voice behind him caused him to pause. "Let them in, Gilderoy."
Turning, he frowned at Royal Sovereign who was at a desk. "Are you sure about that? They are just students after all."
Only shaking her head, she gave him a thin smile. "Might as well get it over with. And I am not about to run from a fight." Just nodding, the teacher opened the door and quickly got the two into the room before closing it. In front of them, Royal Sovereign got up and stared down Hermione who was staring back. "As you guessed, I am Royal Sovereign and judging by what I can see, you are a Dido Light Cruiser, correct?"
Hermione nodded some as she stared right back at Royal Sovereign. "And you would be. I'm HMS Hermione of the Royal Navy, Royal Sovereign. You probably already guessed why I am here?"
Raising an eyebrow, she snorted some as she crossed the room and opened a bottle of some form of alcohol and poured it out. "Odd, I would have guessed that they would send something a bit heavier then a Light Cruiser to drag me in. But then, considering how the Royal Navy has treated me, I can't quite say I am surprised."
From the corner of his eye, Harry could see Gilderoy pull out his wand. 'Shit...'
Before he could say anything, Royal Sovereign barked. "Put that away this moment, Gilderoy!" Seeing him jump, she let out a sigh of frustration before downing her drink. "I''m not about to have you get in trouble over me." As he put away his wand, Royal Sovereign poured herself another measure. "So then, how are we to do this then?"
Much to her confusion, Hermione snorted a bit. "While I am sure that I can bring you in, Miss Sovereign, that is not what I am here for." Lips turning down into a frown, the witch looked at the larger shipgirl. "What I am here for is to ask you why you've been hiding yourself away. The Admiralty would at least like to know your side of things first."
Several moments passed as Royal Sovereign stared at her and then at her glass before looking back at the highly amused Hermione. "They wish to... hear my side? Rather strange from my experience..."
All Hermione did was shrug unconcerned. "The Royal Navy has changed after all. For example, we no longer run on rum, sodomy, and the lash." That got her a snort from the Battleship, a boggled look from Gilderoy, and a confused expression from Harry. "Now then, why haven't you at least let the Royal Navy know that you were alive?"
Frowning, Royal Sovereign leaned back against the wall before sipping her drink. "There's many reasons for what I have done. There is the obvious treatment given to my sisters and myself. We were newer then the Queen Elizabeths, and yet they got the better treatment. They were the ones given modernizations while we were left with almost none. At best, we were seen as burdens during the War. At worst? Liabilities." Expression turning stormy, she took a deep breath as she trembled. "Do you know how that feels? To know that the nation that you were born to serve, in it's darkest hour, saw you as nothing more then a problem? As something that they cannot even use!?"
There was an expression of sympathy on Hermione's face as she slowly shook her head. "While I, myself, don't know that feeling, I can imagine it."
With a deep breath, Royal Sovereign set down her glass onto a nearby table perhaps a bit harder then she should have. "No, I think that you cannot. I was so useless to the Royal Navy that I was just given away to the Soviets! Given away like so much worthless scrap! At least when it was floated around for Yorkie to be given away, it was in exchange for ships, I did not even get that! And it did not end there..." Growling, there seemed to be a glow deep in her eyes. "In the Soviet service, my treatment was abysmal! They did not know the first thing about handling me."
Slowly, Hermione gave a nod. "Yes, I'd heard about that. Such as how your turrets had seized and your condition was so poor that they had to..."
Just snarling, Royal Sovereign glared at nothing in particular. "Scrap me, putting me down like an old dog that one does not want anymore. Yes, exactly that. What makes it worse is that they only took be back so that the Soviets could not use me. And the Soviets tried to keep me claiming that I was too damaged... Damn both sides!"
Glancing between Hermione and Royal Sovereign, Harry frowned a bit. "So why not come back to the Royal Navy? They've changed after all."
A bark of dark laughter escaped from Royal Sovereign as she shook her head. "Like the bloody Hell they have! No, they have not changed at all." There was a look of anger and hate on the Battleship's face and even Gilderoy backed up some. "One day, on a trip to a non-magical community, I came across a newspaper. It was talking about another attempt to summon me which failed and do you know what was part of the article? Hmm?"
Eyes narrowed, Hermione frowned deeply. "No, I don't. Mind telling me though?"
If Hermione expected anything though, it was not what she got as Royal Sovereign shot her a venomous look. "Right there, printed on the paper was that the Royal Navy despite not even summoning me were talking with the Russians about me working with them! The bloody fucking Russian bastards! They didn't learn a fucking thing and can go bugger themselves!"
While Royal Sovereign grabbed her drink and slammed it back, Hermione blinked. Turning to Gilderoy, she got a nod from him. "She was quite angry that day and showed me the article. Like she says, in it there was a statement from a Russian official that the Royal Navy would have her serve in Russia as part of an agreement being discussed."
Frowning, Hermione furrowed her eyebrows deep in thought. After all, this was not something that she had heard about after all. Suddenly, something occurred to her and she looked up. "May I ask what was the name of the newspaper?"
Confused as to why she was asking, Royal Sovereign finally shrugged a bit. "You want to know what newspaper it was?" When Hermione nodded, she shrugged. "Why, it was the Daily Mail."
Moments later, Hermione facepalmed hard enough that everyone besides her jumped a bit at how loud the sound of steel hitting steel was. "The Daily Mail... Because of bloody course it would be The Daily Mail."
Before Royal Sovereign could say anything, Harry snorted some "You mean The Daily Fail, right?" At Hermione's raised eyebrow, Harry rolled his eyes. "Even on Japanese websites they've talked about it. And I've seen that video of the song about it far too many times on Shipgirls Online."
Needless to say, both Royal Sovereign and Gilderoy were extremely confused and frowned. Hermione though turned back to the Battleship. "Right, that explains a lot. At least now I can send a report, but... I would ask just one thing."
Her eyes narrowing, Royal Sovereign frowned. "Yes...?"
Taking a deep breath, the Light Cruiser let it out. "I have a message from your sisters, they would like your permission to meet you. Royal Oak especially asked me to pass that on as they miss you, as does Renown and Repulse."
It went without saying that knocked some of the winds out of Royal Sovereign's sails. "Uh, of course and... wait, they returned? And Renown and Repulse want to see me? B-but they're Battlecruisers..."
Simply rolling her eyes, Hermione sighed. "Yes, they've returned and as far as the Renowns are concerned, you're at worst a half-sister. Just let me know when and where you wish to meet them."
Not quite sure how she felt about that, Royal Sovereign only nodded silently.
Glancing to the side, Hermione nodded at Harry and then raised one hand to knock on the wooden door in front of her. Almost a minute passed before the door opened to reveal Gilderoy standing there. "Well, hello there, Harry! And Miss Granger as well! Now how can I help you? Come for some advice, Harry my boy? I'm more then willing to give you some in regards to fame."
Hands in her pocket, Hermione just frowned and shook her head. "I'm afraid that we're not here for that."
Expression falling, Gilderoy's smile seemed to become slightly brittle. "Ah, I see. Are you sure of that? Unless you have some questions about class? Though I could talk to you about fame, Harry. Us famous people need to stick together."
Spotting how Hermione was becoming slightly annoyed, Harry coughed. "Uh, maybe later. We're here to talk with Royal Sovereign."
If anything, the teacher's expression became guarded some. "Royal Sovereign you say? I'm afraid that I don't know any royalty. Not for trying mind you, but still... Unless you mean that one German witch I helped out who the great-great-great-granddaughter to..."
At seeing their expressions, he was about to say more when a female voice behind him caused him to pause. "Let them in, Gilderoy."
Turning, he frowned at Royal Sovereign who was at a desk. "Are you sure about that? They are just students after all."
Only shaking her head, she gave him a thin smile. "Might as well get it over with. And I am not about to run from a fight." Just nodding, the teacher opened the door and quickly got the two into the room before closing it. In front of them, Royal Sovereign got up and stared down Hermione who was staring back. "As you guessed, I am Royal Sovereign and judging by what I can see, you are a Dido Light Cruiser, correct?"
Hermione nodded some as she stared right back at Royal Sovereign. "And you would be. I'm HMS Hermione of the Royal Navy, Royal Sovereign. You probably already guessed why I am here?"
Raising an eyebrow, she snorted some as she crossed the room and opened a bottle of some form of alcohol and poured it out. "Odd, I would have guessed that they would send something a bit heavier then a Light Cruiser to drag me in. But then, considering how the Royal Navy has treated me, I can't quite say I am surprised."
From the corner of his eye, Harry could see Gilderoy pull out his wand. 'Shit...'
Before he could say anything, Royal Sovereign barked. "Put that away this moment, Gilderoy!" Seeing him jump, she let out a sigh of frustration before downing her drink. "I''m not about to have you get in trouble over me." As he put away his wand, Royal Sovereign poured herself another measure. "So then, how are we to do this then?"
Much to her confusion, Hermione snorted a bit. "While I am sure that I can bring you in, Miss Sovereign, that is not what I am here for." Lips turning down into a frown, the witch looked at the larger shipgirl. "What I am here for is to ask you why you've been hiding yourself away. The Admiralty would at least like to know your side of things first."
Several moments passed as Royal Sovereign stared at her and then at her glass before looking back at the highly amused Hermione. "They wish to... hear my side? Rather strange from my experience..."
All Hermione did was shrug unconcerned. "The Royal Navy has changed after all. For example, we no longer run on rum, sodomy, and the lash." That got her a snort from the Battleship, a boggled look from Gilderoy, and a confused expression from Harry. "Now then, why haven't you at least let the Royal Navy know that you were alive?"
Frowning, Royal Sovereign leaned back against the wall before sipping her drink. "There's many reasons for what I have done. There is the obvious treatment given to my sisters and myself. We were newer then the Queen Elizabeths, and yet they got the better treatment. They were the ones given modernizations while we were left with almost none. At best, we were seen as burdens during the War. At worst? Liabilities." Expression turning stormy, she took a deep breath as she trembled. "Do you know how that feels? To know that the nation that you were born to serve, in it's darkest hour, saw you as nothing more then a problem? As something that they cannot even use!?"
There was an expression of sympathy on Hermione's face as she slowly shook her head. "While I, myself, don't know that feeling, I can imagine it."
With a deep breath, Royal Sovereign set down her glass onto a nearby table perhaps a bit harder then she should have. "No, I think that you cannot. I was so useless to the Royal Navy that I was just given away to the Soviets! Given away like so much worthless scrap! At least when it was floated around for Yorkie to be given away, it was in exchange for ships, I did not even get that! And it did not end there..." Growling, there seemed to be a glow deep in her eyes. "In the Soviet service, my treatment was abysmal! They did not know the first thing about handling me."
Slowly, Hermione gave a nod. "Yes, I'd heard about that. Such as how your turrets had seized and your condition was so poor that they had to..."
Just snarling, Royal Sovereign glared at nothing in particular. "Scrap me, putting me down like an old dog that one does not want anymore. Yes, exactly that. What makes it worse is that they only took be back so that the Soviets could not use me. And the Soviets tried to keep me claiming that I was too damaged... Damn both sides!"
Glancing between Hermione and Royal Sovereign, Harry frowned a bit. "So why not come back to the Royal Navy? They've changed after all."
A bark of dark laughter escaped from Royal Sovereign as she shook her head. "Like the bloody Hell they have! No, they have not changed at all." There was a look of anger and hate on the Battleship's face and even Gilderoy backed up some. "One day, on a trip to a non-magical community, I came across a newspaper. It was talking about another attempt to summon me which failed and do you know what was part of the article? Hmm?"
Eyes narrowed, Hermione frowned deeply. "No, I don't. Mind telling me though?"
If Hermione expected anything though, it was not what she got as Royal Sovereign shot her a venomous look. "Right there, printed on the paper was that the Royal Navy despite not even summoning me were talking with the Russians about me working with them! The bloody fucking Russian bastards! They didn't learn a fucking thing and can go bugger themselves!"
While Royal Sovereign grabbed her drink and slammed it back, Hermione blinked. Turning to Gilderoy, she got a nod from him. "She was quite angry that day and showed me the article. Like she says, in it there was a statement from a Russian official that the Royal Navy would have her serve in Russia as part of an agreement being discussed."
Frowning, Hermione furrowed her eyebrows deep in thought. After all, this was not something that she had heard about after all. Suddenly, something occurred to her and she looked up. "May I ask what was the name of the newspaper?"
Confused as to why she was asking, Royal Sovereign finally shrugged a bit. "You want to know what newspaper it was?" When Hermione nodded, she shrugged. "Why, it was the Daily Mail."
Moments later, Hermione facepalmed hard enough that everyone besides her jumped a bit at how loud the sound of steel hitting steel was. "The Daily Mail... Because of bloody course it would be The Daily Mail."
Before Royal Sovereign could say anything, Harry snorted some "You mean The Daily Fail, right?" At Hermione's raised eyebrow, Harry rolled his eyes. "Even on Japanese websites they've talked about it. And I've seen that video of the song about it far too many times on Shipgirls Online."
Needless to say, both Royal Sovereign and Gilderoy were extremely confused and frowned. Hermione though turned back to the Battleship. "Right, that explains a lot. At least now I can send a report, but... I would ask just one thing."
Her eyes narrowing, Royal Sovereign frowned. "Yes...?"
Taking a deep breath, the Light Cruiser let it out. "I have a message from your sisters, they would like your permission to meet you. Royal Oak especially asked me to pass that on as they miss you, as does Renown and Repulse."
It went without saying that knocked some of the winds out of Royal Sovereign's sails. "Uh, of course and... wait, they returned? And Renown and Repulse want to see me? B-but they're Battlecruisers..."
Simply rolling her eyes, Hermione sighed. "Yes, they've returned and as far as the Renowns are concerned, you're at worst a half-sister. Just let me know when and where you wish to meet them."
Not quite sure how she felt about that, Royal Sovereign only nodded silently.