Obligatory Author's Note: The characters
herein are used without permission of J. K. Rowling, author of the "Harry
Potter" series. The author of this fan fiction piece acknowledge that he
has no rights in the characters used herein and that the copyright and all
intellectual property rights to such characters and the overall fantasy fiction
world they inhabit belong solely to J. K. Rowling.
Penny Linsenmayer and Carole Estes,
authors of "A Sirius Affair", wrote this note. I have asked Carole to use this,
so I have her permission.
The magical world created in this fiction
belongs to J. K. Rowling and some characters are her property except for any
characters you do not recognize.
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Lusitania
By Sirius White
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First Chapter
The mystery of patrick
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"Okay, mum! Then I will do it"
"Do
not forget to do it. It is really important, ok?"
"Artio,
give me a kiss… I will only see you again at Christmas, girl!"
:::
Shmack :::
"Yes!
I can't believe it! I was so excited that I haven't thought of that! Oh mum! I
don't think if I can survive there without you and dad…"
"You
will!"
The platform 4 and 5/7 was where the
Lusitania Ship stopped and all members of the magical community that go to the
academy had to get it.
Artio got onto the ship saying good-bye
to her parents. She can't believe that she is going to the school, for the
first time on her entire life! She was excited when her cousin, Carldonne, told
her that he loved the school. He is one year older than she is and he thinks he
will have to protect her at school.
Artio enters a room of the ship. She has
chosen that room because of the name, written on a board, on the door: "Dolphin
Room"… All the students go to one of the seven rooms on the ship. She passed
all the others and checked the names. The first she found, at the beginning of
the corridor, near the entrance of the ship, was the "Mermaid Room". After
that, on the opposite side of the corridor, she read "Whale Room". She walked
six or seven meters and saw the "Seagull Room". Then she read "Shark Room" and
it gave her the creeps!
"Oh my god!" she thought, "That is
one room I'll never enter!"
She has gone through the corridor and
checked the "Crab Room". After was the "Octopus Room". And finally, the
"Dolphin Room", the one she has chosen to enter. She doesn't know why, but she
hated the rooms where she passed and only liked that one…
So she entered the room and there is no
one inside. She was scared… the other rooms had lots of people… why is no one
there?
She started observing the room… there
were lots of portraits on the walls. The biggest portrait is a man, an old man
sleeping… he woke up and started dancing! Artio is not scared anymore! That was
so fun! On the other wall there was a woman looking at Artio. On the opposite
wall it had a fireplace, dark and dirty. Artio walked near the fireplace and
saw that up to the fireplace there was a window. She tried to open the window
but she failed.
"What
are you doing? No, the entrance is not there!" said a voice.
Artio looked all sides of the room and
near the door was a girl.
"What?"
said Artio "Who are you?"
"Anaras,
Anaras Tisanta. And you? What is your name?"
"M…
me? Er… I… I am Artio, Artio Sperios… How do you know where the entrance is?"
"I
am a Dolphin student! Last year I learned all about my House and about our
rooms. But last year I did the same thing you did!"
"So
where is it?"
"Let's
go!"
Anaras pushed a silver dolphin, which was
on the fireplace and a door opened, on the portrait of that old man.
Anaras passed through the door and Artio
did the same. Artio finally found lots of students that other room.
That room was so cool… all singing,
dancing, talking! Anaras disappeared into that confusion and Artio was alone
again.
"Hi"
said a boy "Would you like to drink something?"
"Er…
yes… er… okay"
"I
am Patrick," said the boy "And you?"
"Artio"
"Cool
name… first year here?"
"Yes…
and you?"
"First
too. But I know many things about this school… my brother is in the second year
and he told me all he learned."
"How
much time do we spend in the Ship? My parents didn't tell me anything."
:::"Why?":::
Artio thought to herself.
"What?
They haven't told you anything about the academy? I can't believe!"
"But
is this fast? It takes only five or six hours, no?"
"Girl!
Haven't they told you this too? It takes two days! And you have to sleep here!"
"Oh!
I can't believe! How can I sleep in a ship??"
"Forget
that for a moment… I will show you our room."
Patrick walked into the confusion and
Artio followed him. They found two doors and Patrick explained that those were
the dormitories.
"Enter
and leave there your things," said Patrick "I am not allowed to enter there,
I'll enter mine".
Artio entered her dormitory. The first
room, where she was, had again lots of doors, each for each year on the
academy. On the left, she read "First Years" and entered there.
It had lots of beds: sixteen, as she counted.
She chose one of the beds and put her
things near the bed.
Then she went out again and tried to find
Patrick but he was not there anymore.
Artio was confused… it seems that in that
room all is mysterious: first, the first room without entrance to the other
room, then she found Anaras and she disappeared and finally Patrick disappeared
too.
Artio looked in front and saw lots of
girls and boys, talking. But no one seemed to be in the first year! What should
she do?
"Hey!
Have you gone to the dormitories yet?"
That voice… Anaras!
"Where
were you?" questioned Artio.
"Well, I was somewhere talking with my
friends, dancing, singing, making fun… and you?
"I
found a boy, Patrick and he was the one who told me that the dormitories were
here"
Anaras
suddenly looked scared.
"Patrick?
Oh no! He is attacking again…"
"What???"
"…What
has he told you?"
"Er…
nothing special… he only told me where the dormitories were and…"
"And
what?"
"…And
he offered me a drink and…"
"Oh
my god! Quickly! Follow me!"
Anaras entered the confusion again,
followed by Artio. They found a man, an old man that Artio seemed to know… he
was the man of the portrait!
"Captain
Dolphin!" Anaras began.
"Yes"
he replied.
"Artio
found Patrick!"
"What?
Patrick again?"
"Yes,
captain. And he offered her a drink!"
"Why
is this so dangerous? What has he done?" asked Artio, confused.
"Let's
go! Anaras, you stay here and if he appears again, you will tell me, okay?"
"No
problem, captain. Help Artio, please. I will take care of the room."
Captain
Dolphin entered other room and then went to a corridor… Artio was more and more
confused and she didn't know where she was and the last thing she saw was a
corridor of lots of doors.
She
fainted.
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Dear Readers,
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Groups, totally dedicated to it.
Please, join and talk with other
readers on the entire world! Visit:
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Regards,
Sirius White, siriuswhite1@yahoo.com.br
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