Disclaimer: I want rights, more then I already have! The one's to Harry Potter anyway, too bad so sad… "But as the philosopher Jagger once said you can't always get what you want," (Gregory House to Lisa Cuddy in the episode Pilot of the first season. They were standing in Lisa's office, and she was trying to get him do clinic duty, he was complaining about her pulling the authorization of his MRIs. Episode written by none other then the infamous creator of the show, David Shore! But this is a HARRY POTTER fanfiction… I'm pretty sure anyway.)
September 1
"Look, I know what you guys are saying, but I just don't know why I'm here. Dumbledore is dead. I need to be looking for the Horcruxes, so if you understand what I am saying, why are you making me come to school this year?" Harry Potter said, a wizard with messy black hair, glasses, and of average height. The only thing that makes Harry different from other wizards his age is that he has been prophesized to defeat Lord Voldemort, the most evil wizard of the ages. Harry sat in a compartment with his two friends, Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger, and an unknown stranger asleep in the corner.
"Harry, you had to come, there is always something to learn, and maybe something even more important this year. Besides, Ron and I have to help you, and our parent's told us we had to go to school. You can always ask Professor McGonnagal if you can talk to Dumbledore's portrait to see if he has any hints for you about the Horcruxes. There isn't anywhere you can speak to him except Hogwarts.
Unknown to Harry and his friends, the mysterious somebody in the corner was listening to every word that they were saying. This year Harry was going to have to be extremely cautious about what goes on. As the compartment became silenced the person in the corner sat up straight. They all looked at her.
"Who are you?" Ron so rudely asked without bothering to introduce himself and ask if it was okay that they were sitting in the compartment that the girl had already picked out and fell asleep in before the train started moving, and they got on.
"Ronald, don't be so rude!" His girlfriend, Hermione, said and gave Ron a nasty glare. "I am terribly sorry for how rude Ron was. Let me introduce myself, I am Hermione Granger, pleasure meeting you."
Hermione stuck out her hand and the girl shook it. Ron then apologized for his rude behavior and introduced himself. Harry sat in the corner waiting for the girl to exclaim something along the lines of 'Oh my Merlin! It's Harry Potter!' but she didn't, she waited for him to say something.
"Oh, sorry, Harry Potter," Harry said after being elbowed by Hermione, he held out his hand and the girl shook his as well.
"Wonder when the trolley's coming, I'm starved!" Ron exclaimed as he got up and peeked his head out of the compartment looking either way for the trolley, finally he saw it. "Harry, can I borrow some money? I forgot mine and-"
"It's okay Ron, I'll get it, no problem," He smiled then turned to the girl, "Do you want anything to eat?" The girl had just realized how starved she was when she heard her stomach growl, then Harry stopped the trolley and got an enormous pile of the assorted goods that the trolley carried, including at least one hundred chocolate frogs, sixty cauldron cakes, and thirty boxes of Bertie Bott's Every flavored beans.
"So, what year are you at Hogwarts?" Ron asked through a mouthful of food. Looking at the girl who was staring at the food.
"Err, excuse me?" she asked.
"You know, seven years at Hogwarts, which one are you in?" the girl still looked confused. "How old are you?"
"Oh, seventeen," she said still staring at the food.
"So you'll be a seventh year then, what house are you, I haven't seen you around before?" Harry asked, he noticed that she was staring at the food, "Oh, help yourself!"
"Thanks," she began to eat rather ravenously as well. Though somehow, oddly composed. She would eat rather quickly, but left no mess.
"So, which house did you say you were in?" Harry asked, staring at how she was eating her food. She stopped eating suddenly.
"House?" she asked as if she was answering his question.
"How can you be a seventh year and not know what house you are in?" Ron yelled, and food splattered all over the compartment. Hermione pulled out her wand and then all of the food disappeared. Then everyone stared at her except for Hermione. Then Hermione decided to break the silence.
"Isn't it obvious? She has an American accent, she's a transfer student, are your parents friends with Professor McGonnagal?" Hermione asked.
"Yes, they are. We moved to America before I could attend Hogwarts. She said that I would be welcomed to come to Hogwarts this year, since my parents were helping her out." The girl replied. Everyone gave her a strange look, but they didn't say anything.
"So, what are your parents helping her out with, do you know?" Ron asked.
"Of course I know it's with the Order. That's this resistance group against some rising power of evil. I don't know what that is though." She told them, and everyone else's jaw dropped. She looked at them, and after a few moments of silence, she spoke again. "Do you know what the evil is?"
"Of course we know what the evil is, Lord Voldemort, don't tell me you haven't heard of him." Harry said. The girl realized that she was completely incompetent when it came to talking to these people; she decided that she should just shut up.
"I guess that isn't an trouble in America. I have only lived here for like a week. Sorry, you'll have to explain some of this to me." The girl was getting ready to grab her bag and leave when they looked at her in a weird way, she couldn't stand being looked at that way any more, especially in the silence. When the girl was getting up to leave, Hermione told her to sit down again and Hermione explained everything. "Oh, okay I get it now. Sorry you had to explain that all to me."
"That is okay, hey, I didn't catch your name." Hermione said.
"Oh, that's right, sorry, I'm Andie Riddle." Andie looked at their faces after she finished saying her name. Andie remembered that her parents and Professor Mcgonnagal told her to use a different last name, because people in the Order who had children needed to change their children's last name to be safe. That completely slipped her mind when she had said her name. She was now fed up, so she decided to make up an excuse this time. "Did I say Riddle? Sorry, I meant to say that my name is Andie Carlson. Sorry, it's just that my nickname at my school in America was Andie Riddle. I was really into riddles when I was eleven so my friends started calling me Andie Riddle and it stuck. Now I'm seventeen and I can't even remember my own last name." Andie heard a 'huh' from Ron and decided that she would explain with one of her 'riddles' that she was nicknamed after. "You know riddles, like you are in a room that is completely bricked in on all four sides, including the ceiling and floor. You have nothing but a mirror and a wooden table in the room with you. How do you get out?"
After a short silence and Andie's cheeks turning a little pink, somebody spoke out. "I don't know Andie, you've got me stumped." It was from Harry. He was being so nice to her right now, especially since she just made a complete fool out of herself.
"You look in the mirror, and see what you saw. You use the saw to cut the table in half, two halves make a whole, and you crawl out the hole." Andie replied. She was smiling at Harry, because he sort of bailed her out of a short embarrassing moment. Andie thought she just made a friend rather fast.
The compartment lightened up a little bit and everyone was talking and laughing. Then Harrry saw they were close to the castle. "Oh no, look at the time Ron! We forgot all about our duties! Let's go!" with that Hermione grabbed Ron's arm and ran out of there.
Harry and Andie started laughing then. It was really abrupt the way that Ron and Hermione left. Harry explained that they were probably going out there to make-out or something along those lines, since she and Ron were going out. Harry said he was going to go leave to change clothes and that he would leave Andie there to change and he would knock before entering the compartment again. Andie just switched clothes with a flick of her wand; it was a silent spell that she had learned at her school in America. She waited for Harry to come back. She was getting bored so Andie conjured a mirror and screwed up her face to make her straight blonde hair a bit longer, and her blue eyes into an ocean blue from the ice blue that they were earlier. She was a Metamorphmigus after all. He knocked just like he said he would and she told him to come in. When he came in they started talking.
"So yeah, I," Harry stopped talking, and he looked at Andie, "Did your hair get longer, and your eyes look more blue then they were before?"
"Oh, yeah, I changed it." Andie replied.
"Is that a spell that they taught you at that American school you went to?" Harry asked.
"Oh, no, I'm a metamorphmigus," Andie said, and Harry's eyes widened.
"That is so cool! Why didn't you say anything before?" Harry asked.
Andie had to think about this, why hadn't she told Harry, Ron, and Hermione? It's not like they would think it was strange, just like the kids at her school thought it was cool. "Oh, I really don't know why, but I'm also an animagus," Andie told him, " I turn into a phoenix."
"No way, I didn't think that was possible!" Harry exclaimed, amazed that somebody could have so many cool things.
Andie suddenly remembered why she didn't tell Harry, Ron, and Hermione that she was an animagus and a metamorphmigus, her parents had told her to keep a low profile. Though, she failed to see why. Why should she have to hide who she really was? That's why she didn't tell Harry not to tell anyone. She also thought that Harry wouldn't tell anybody except maybe Harry would tell Hermione and Ron, but nobody else.
Harry and Andie talked for a while and they didn't realize they were almost to the school. A voice came over the intercom, "Please leave all luggage on the train. First years please exit the train and find Hagrid, he will be calling for you." Harry started to stand up and the voice came back on, "Transfer students will meet Professor Mcgonagal at the castle."
"I guess that's you Andie!" Harry said. They heard the compartment door open, and Harry saw his least favorite person in the world, Draco Malfoy. "So even though you're attempted to kill Dumbledore, they let you back here how could you I will," Harry yelled as he advanced on Draco, he was about to strangle him when Malfoy cast a spell for an invisible wall around him. Harry walked right into it. "Oh real mature Malfoy!" Harry couldn't control his anger.
"Well Harry, some of us were educated over the summer with new spells, so we can defend ourselves against the other side." Malfoy glanced at Andie who was watching the argument. He pushed Harry aside, and walked over to Andie. "I'm sorry, I don't believe that I have had the privilege of meeting you before." Malfoy grabbed Andie's hand and tried to kiss it, but Andie pulled it away.
"I'm sorry, but if you want to greet me, I would like to be greeted as an equal," Andie said as she stood up. She was just a few inches shorter then him, but she obviously intimidated him, because he backed down and stuck out his hand.
"Sorry, Draco Malfoy, pleasure meeting you," Draco said, with a muffled 'I think' after that. His hand stuck out, but Andie wouldn't take it. "If you won't sake my hand, will you at least tell me your name?"
"No," Andie sounded extremely calm when she said that.
"Well, how am I supposed to talk to you later if you don't tell me your name, or send you an owl?" Malfoy asked.
"Well, that's easy, you won't," Andie grabbed her purse and Harry's hand, and started to get out of the compartment, but Malfoy blocked the doorway. Andie grabbed her wand and pointed it at Malfoy, "You are going to get out of my way and leave me alone."
Malfoy shook his long greasy hair out of his eyes. "I'll get out of your way as soon as you tell me your name, but I can't promise that I'll leave you alone." With that he started advancing toward Andie, but Andie was too fast for him, and gave him the full body bind charm. She 'accidentally' stepped on him on her way out of the compartment. Andie ran with Harry off of the train and laughed so hard as Harry helped Andie into the carriage.
"That was awesome! Malfoy did the exact same thing to me last year except, he broke my nose, covered my with my invisibility cloak, pulled down the shade, and closed the compartment door." Harry told Andie.
Harry looked at Andie, and they started to laugh and come up with stories about what was going to happen to Malfoy. Then Andie asked about what had happened to Dumbledore and what it had to do with Malfoy. Harry explained, and then they reached the castle.
Andie saw Professor Mcgonnagal and saw that there were no other transfer students. "Andie, is that you? Here, sit down, put this hat on your head." The headmistress rushed Andie into a seat and put the hat on her head. The old ragged hat started to talk to her.
"You have a strong ancestry in this school, but your bravery and intuition goes against that ancestry, I have one question for you though, success or friends?" the hat whispered into Andie's ear. Andie thought this was an interesting question, though it wasn't that hard for her to answer. She thought, it was so obviously friends, she would rather be out on the street with nothing, but a ton of friends, then have millions of galleons and nobody to talk to or share it with. "So that's it? Friends? With that you ought to be in GRYFFINDOR!"
Andie took off the hat and rushed to go catch up with Harry, who had been watching her get sorted. "Hey Andie! Heard that you got Gryffindor," Harry was so excited. But after he had said this there was a sort of awkward but not strange in the least silence that had followed. Harry and Andie caught up with Ron and Hermione who were kissing in the corner.
"Ahem," Harry coughed and both Ron and Hermione jumped and looked at Harry and Andie.
"Oh, hey guys, um… yeah… uh…" Ron stuttered at Harry who gave Ron a deviously disconcerting look.
"Head boy and girl duties eh? I wonder if kissing falls under those duties, don't you Andie?" Harry poked fun at Ron and Hermione who both started to blush. Andie laughed. "So Andie, why don't you tell them what house your in?"
"Oh, I got into Gryffindor, what house are you guys in?" Andie asked. After a muttered 'same' from everyone they took their seats in the Great Hall. They sat the farthest away from the doors, and as they were walking by, Andie caught a glimpse of the greasy blonde hair that belonged to Malfoy.
The headmistress came out and set a stool and the hat down on the stool. The hat's seam ripped open and it began sing a song.
Through many years you've come
I've chosen your house every time.
There are many of you and some
Go to different houses through this rhyme.
This time I ask you not to split,
Though in different houses you reside.
The time is now upon you not to quit,
In each other you must confide.
Forget and forgive,
You need to do.
Live and let live,
I want for you.
Old grudges should be freed,
Keep in mind what you need.
The day ended with some new students in their different houses. Harry and Andie climbed the stairs, while Ron and Hermione led the first years to the common room.
"So Andie, you need a tour of the school sometime?" Harry asked.
"Yea, that would be awesome, but when would we have time?" Andie asked. Andie saw that as a nice gesture.
"We could go later tonight, or another time," Harry said alluding to the use of his father's old invisibility cloak.
"That would be awesome, but not tonight, I just want to go to sleep tonight, but how about Thursday? If it's okay with you," Andie said trying to come up with a solution to the dilemma of her sleeping habits.
"Yes, awesome, great, oh, this way," Harry said leading Andie to the portrait of the horrible opera singer fat lady. "Likra" Harry told the fat lady who swung open.
Andie walked into the common room and gazed at it, this was so unlike her 'hang' in her old school. It was warm, but not just because of the fireplace, but because it felt like a home. Andie sat on a couch by the fire and Harry sat next to her, while some people Andie hadn't met before. They all introduced themselves as Dean, Neville, Seamus, Lavender, Pavarti, and Ginny. They talked through most of the night, but as it got later Ron, Hermione, Dean, Neville, Seamus, Lavender, Pavarti, and Ginny all left. Which left Harry and Andie.
"I thought you said that you were tired," Harry said, seeing if Andie was just trying to bail.
"I was, I don't know why I'm not anymore, if you want to give me that tour though, we can go now," Andie said.
"Nah, I can wait until Thursday," Harry said. They remained talking, about all sorts of different things. Then they reached silence, as they looked at the fire die down. Andie eyelids began to feel heavy. Harry felt Andie's head on his shoulder, Andie had drifted off into a distant sleep. Harry's heart leapt, as he smelled her lavender scented hair. Harry tucked her hair behind her ear, and fell asleep as well.
