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**************************************************************************** **************** It was early morning on Monday and Harry was already up and rushing around his room. He was leaving for the burrow at noon and wanted to get everything ready before the Dursleys woke up and ruined his mood. Mr. Weasley had gotten a new car from the Ministry and he and Ron were going to pick him up. In the next room he could hear Dudley snoring and groaning in hi sleep. Just as the morning light reached his window he finished packing all his things in his trunk and listened for his aunt and uncle to be waking up.
Minuets later he could hear Uncle Vernon and Aunt Petunia heading for the kitchen followed closely by the loud thundering of Dudley walking down the stairs. Harry left his room and followed his cousin down to breakfast. Once in the kitchen his uncle Vernon rounded on him and glared at him.
Harry looked right back at his uncle, he had given up trying to be nice to the man. "Yes" Harry said as he sat at the table.
"Those Weasley's are coming again today aren't they?" Vernon said, his mustache twitching as he talked.
"Yes they are coming at noon," as his uncle looked like he was going to ask something Harry continued. "And they have a car, Mr.Weasley got a new one from the Ministry."
His uncle snorted and went back to eating the small breakfast he had. Harry ate his quickly and hurriedly went up to his room on the second floor. He spent the morning checking that he had all of his things and feeding Hedwig. As a quarter till noon rolled around Harry got more excited and hurried down to the living room to wait for his friend to arrive.
Noon came and at 12:02 there was a knock at the door. Harry managed to beat Dudley to the door and pulled it open. He was greeted the smiling face of Mr. Weasley and his best friend Ron.
"Hello Harry, hope those extra two minuets haven't caused you much trouble." Ron said smiling a Harry let the two in the house. Vernon and Petunia were in the living room when Harry and company entered the room. Harry and Ron quickly went upstairs to get Harry's trunk and Hedwig's cage.
When they returned Harry's uncle and Mr. Weasley were having a polite, thought strained, conversation about nothing in particular. When they spotted both looked relived that the boys had returned. Vernon because he could finally get the weirdoes out of his house and Mr. Weasley because he could finally get away from the Dursley's, whom he did not hold in high opinion.
Harry and Ron took the trunk outside to the new car, it was hunter green and large enough to hold the entire Weasley family. They put the trunk in the back along with Hedwig and leaned against the car to wait for Ron's dad.
"So Harry are you looking forward to the school year?" Ron asked. Harry looked over at his friend. Ron had finally filled out and liked his age. He was still lanky but everything now seemed to fit right. Harry had also finally grown into his body. He was muscular from all the Quidditch but still a little boyish. He looked more like his dad everyday, with his messed up black hair and big green eyes.
"Yea, we finally made it to the end, the last time we will have to deal with Snape." Both boys laughed at that, they both bet that Snape would be glad to get rid of them.
Ron's dad appeared a moment later and the three climbed into the car. Harry and Ron spent the entire ride to the Burrow talking about the upcoming year, with random commentary from Mr. Weasley.
They made it to the Burrow just as the sun set and Fred and Gorge rushed out of the house to meet them. "Harry, you must see what we have come up with." They shouted just as Ginny and Mrs. Weasley appeared in the doorway. As soon as Harry was out of the car Mrs. Weasley told the twins to take Harry trunk up to Ron's room and took Harry and Ron inside to help with dinner. Ginny, now in her sixth year, was already back in the kitchen stirring something in a pot on the stove.
"Harry you must be tired after having to deal with those horrid people." Molly said as she sat him down at the table.
"No I'm fine, they finally shut up after I sent a letter to Sirius, or at least told them that I did." Harry and Ron laughed at that, both of them knew that Sirius was no threat but no one had told the Dursley's that.
Just as Ginny said dinner was ready the twins came running back downstairs. "Harry you have to seen this" Fred said as he tossed a glass ball at Harry. Harry knew it to be a Remember-all, almost the second he thought of that it filled with red smoke, as if he had forgotten something. Harry looked at the ball confused not knowing what he could have forgotten.
Fred and George began laughing instantly. "Don't worry Harry, we made ones that are backwards, they turn read when you remember something, it does it most of the time when you remember what it is. Harry and Ron laughed and Harry tossed the ball back.
At dinner they talked about the new things the twins had made and ideas they had for things. One thing was Bovine Bon-Bons, they would make anyone who ate then moo for the next week. Harry like the idea but Mrs. Weasley glared at the twins the entire time, she had not wanted them to open a joke shop but they had anyway. Even though they were making quite a bit of money their mother still wanted them doing something more productive. The twins argued that what they did was productive, but Molly said it was a different kind of production.
Once Fred and George had stopped talking about their business Mrs. Weasley spoke up. "So Harry are you looking forward to the year?" She smiled at him as she spoke.
"Very much, I can't wait to get back to Quidditch practice. I am hoping that the representatives from the League Teams will pick me out at one of the games." Harry looked wistful as he spoke. He had grown to love Quidditch, almost as much as his friend Oliver Wood, and was hoping to play on a League Team.
"Well that will be wonderful, then maybe Ron will support a winning team." George laughed as Ron glared at him. Ron loved the Chudley Cannons who had not one the League since 1892, and still was not the best team.
The group spent the rest of dinner talking about what had been going on aver the summer and what Harry and Ron were planning on doing after they graduated. When everyone had finished eating Harry and Ron went up to Ron's room to get away from the fussing of Ron's mother
Harry watched as the people in the posters of the Cannon's zoomed in and out of sight. Some of the players waved as they passed and others had looks of dogged determination on their faces. Harry had never seen what Ron saw in the team but knew better than to say anything to him about it.
Harry and Ron spent the rest of the night talking, and finishing the last of their summer homework. They slept well into the next day and were woken up by the sound of an explosion downstairs followed by much yelling from Mrs. Weasley.
When they reached the living room they saw that the whole room had been covered in a fine layer of ash. Fred and George were still laughing as Molly continued yelling. "What have I told you about leaving those things around the house." She screamed once the twins had calmed down.
"Sorry mum one must have slipped." Fred choked on his words "Won't happen again." He said sitting down hard on the couch.
"Yea sorry mum." George said as he too sat down.
Mrs. Weasley continued yelling and Harry and Ron snuck outside quickly as not to get caught in the crossfire. Once outside both started laughing. "They have been doing that all summer." Ron managed through the laughs. When both had calmed Ron challenged Harry to a race and both boy's hurried inside to get their brooms.
The summer passed much like that, with three more incidents of Fred and George's inventions going off in the house. On the day they were to return to Hogwarts Harry and Ron got up and ate a huge breakfast. Mr.Weasley took them to the station and saw them and Ginny onto the train. He waved good- bye until he could no longer see the train them made his way to the Ministry to start work for the day.
Harry and Ron walked through the train until they found Hermonie in a compartment a little past the middle. "Hello Hermonie still doing homework?" Rom teased as they entered.
Hermonie looked up from over the edge of the seventh volume of Care of Magical Creatures. "No actually I was reading up on Nightmares. Besides we didn't have any homework in that class." She said as she closed the book and set it down.
Harry and Ron finished putting up their trunks and sat down across from their friend. "You really should lighten up on the reading." Harry said as Hermonie looked back to them.
"I was just curious and had nothing better to do." She said as she leaned back against the seat. She had had changed over the summer also. Her body had finally grown into a woman and her hair seemed to finally be under her control. The three friends caught up along the train ride, amazingly without the usual interruption of Draco Malfoy and his cronies Crabbe and Goyle.
The feast was as amazing as usual and the sorting of the new first years was uneventful. The only surprise was a new teacher at the staff table. Oliver wood had taken a break from playing Quidditch, most of his team had been severely injured, to coach it at the school. He waved to Harry when he saw him enter the Great Hall. The students went to their towers after the feast full and ready for a good nights sleep. Harry crawled into his four- poster and fell asleep almost instantly dreaming of what was going to happen this year. **************************************************************************** ****************
The next day started out with Numerology. Harry and Ron delta with the class while Hermonie loved it. She thought it was the most wonderful class given at the school. As they left the class Harry and Ron told their friend they were going to get a book Ron had left in the common room and said they would meet her in their next class.
As they made their way down the hall they saw someone who seemed to be looking for something. As they got closer they noticed she was in odd robed. Harry reached her and decided to ask them if they needed his help. "Excuse me can we help you?"
AS the person turned they noticed it was a girl about their age. The reason her robes were so odd was that they were robes from the Quidditch League team the Holyhead Harpies. Ron sputtered as they looked at her and Harry just stared.
"Oh hello, I bet you can since you seem to be students." She paused as she noticed the way they were looking as her.
"Where did you get those robes?" Ron finally said in awe.
"Oh these, they are my practice robes." She said as she looked at them in the same way Hermonie looked at them when they gave her a stupid answer to a question.
"Practice robes?" Harry said looking at her curiously.
"Yes, I will explain on the way if you can take me to Dumbledore's office." She said.
"Sure, we can take you there." Harry said as he began to lead her down the halls.
"Thank you, now the robes. I play for the Holyhead Harpies, I just got finished with practice and told Dumbledore I would see him as soon as I could." Just s he finished Professor McGonagall appeared in front if them.
"Are you here to speak to Dumbledore?" She asked of the girl.
"Yes, you must be McGonagall?" She said smiling as the woman
"Yes, I am sorry I could not meet you as planed but I had something to deal with." Harry and Ron guessed that the 'something' had to do with the loud explosion that had come from the dungeon half way through class.
She nodded and waved goodbye to Harry and Ron as she was pulled off by McGonagall. They looked at each other and shrugged. They continued on toward the Gryffindor tower. They then hurried on to class, which to their bane was Double Potions with Slytherin.
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McGonagall lead the girl through the dusty halls until they reached the stairs to the Headmasters office. She led the girl up and knocked lightly on the door. From inside Dumbledore called that they should come in. McGonagall opened the door and let the girl in and followed her inside.
"Good morning Dumbledore." The girl said as she hugged the Headmaster, as if she had known him for years.
"I hope I did not pull you away from anything?" He said taking in her state of dress.
"No we were just finishing. Did you get everything in order?" she followed Dumbledore to a couch and sat down as he sat in a chair and bade McGonagall to do the same.
"Yes I did all that is left is for you to be sorted." He said then turned to McGonagall as he heard her gasp.
"Albus what is going on here, what about a sorting?" McGonagall glared at the Headmaster, knowing he was famous at the school for doing strange things.
"Let me explain." Dumbledore handed the girl a pair of class robes as he told McGonagall the story, telling her to change into the robes. "She, oh her name is Aubrie , is the ward of an old friend of mine and I told her that I would take up her care since she needed a new school to attend, she is seventeen and will be joining our seventh years. I need you to be here for the sorting Minerva." Albus said as McGonagall looked at him like he was crazy.
She finally sighed and consented. She knew he had a soft heart and also suspected there was something he was not telling her. She got up and got the old hat off the Shelf. Aubrie looked at the hat with curiosity. It was dusty and patched and looked like it should have been trashed decades ago, but She knew better than to take magical items at face value.
McGonagall walked over and placed the hat on her head. The hat jerked and Aubrie heard it gasp as it landed on her head. "My, my I never thought I would see the day. But not even you know.child you shall be a special case. I think I have no other choice but to put you in SLYTHERIN."
McGonagall took the hat off her head and placed it back on a large bookshelf. Albus smiled and nodded. "McGonagall will you please take Aubrie down to her class, oh and Aubrie take this," He said as he handed the girl a black bag. "It had all the books you will need and a key to the Slytherin girl prefects room. You may stay there since we do not have one." As he finished he hurried both the girl and the teacher out of the room with the excuse that he had work to do.
"You first class will be Double Potions." McGonagall said as she led Aubrie down to the dugongs.
Snape was just finishing a lecture when they two reached the classroom. "Snape may I please speak to you." McGonagall said beckoning to Snape. He paused and sighed but walked out of the room giving the class a glare just daring them to misbehave.
"What is it, I am in the middle of class." He said as he ran a hand through his hair.
"Do not be so rude. You have a new student, this is Aubrie." McGonagall paused and turned to Aubrie. "He never did tell me your last name."
"Silverblade." Aubrie said as she looked from Snape to McGonagall. '
"Yes, this is Aubrie Silverblade. She will be joining your house as a seventh years." The stern woman said looking at Snape.
Snape looked at the girl, who returned his look with out trepidation. "Fine you follow me and I will seat you with someone." Snape turned and strode back into the room with Aubrie following. As they went through the class Aubrie waved to Harry and Ron then looked back to Snape as he began speaking.
"Class this is Aubrie Silverblade. She will be joining us from now on. She will be joining the Slytherin's, Draco, you will help her since you are working alone." Snape pointed Draco out to Aubrie and told her to go sit.
She smiled at Harry and Ron as she passed them and sat down across from Draco at his table. Snape called out to her just as she was seated. "You will find the potion we are making on page 357 of your book."
Aubrie pulled the book out and turned to the said page. When she got to it she frowned down at the page and sighed. Snape who was again making the rounds of the tables noticed and came over to her. "Is something wrong?" He said as he looked over her shoulder. Draco grinned to him-self thinking that she was going to be in trouble this quickly.
"No I just am a little depressed that you are only working on this potion. I learned this in my fifth year." She said looking up at Snape, who towered over her. His eyes widened as he looked at her.
"How could you have?" He said in mild shock
"Oh I was at Fernlin." She said. Snape managed not to sputter at that. Fernlin was the best school in the world.
"Then why are you not still there?" He said wondering why anyone would want to leave there.
Aubrie looked down at that. "I would rather not say sir." She said and looked back up to him. "I am here because Dumbledore was kind enough to take me in, before you ask."
Snape decided he did not want to know and turned from her "Then I expect your and Draco's to be perfect." He said and stalked to where Nevil Longbottom was, knowing he could yell at him.
Draco glared at Aubrie, he had seen the look Snape had given her, it was one normally only he got, one Snape reserved for his favorite student. Aubrie looked right back at Draco. "What are you looking at me like that for?" She said as she checked on the potion Draco had started.
"I will warn you that he can be a very.hard teacher at times." Draco said sneering at her.
She just shrugged and began messing with the potion. "What are you doing to my potion?" Draco almost yelled as she began putting something he did not recognize in the cauldron.
"Simple you put in to much crushed violet and this will neutralize it." She said as if Draco should have known exactly what she was doing. "Snape said that it had to be perfect so it will be."
"Well if you know what you are doing then make it your-self." Draco snapped and went about going over his noted carefully.
Aubrie nodded did so. Draco growled to himself, he hated not being the best and this was not a good way to start the year. He glared up at Aubrie as she stood to work on the mixture. He had to admit that she was pretty. Her hair was jet black and hung just past her waist in a braid. Her skin was pale, almost the color of fresh cream, and her eyes the deepest violet. Her features were those those of the lovely Elves in muggle books.
He growled at himself again, he should not be thinking that she was pretty, he should be plotting ways to make her life miserable. She tapped him a moment later and told him the potion was done.
"It is done incase you were wondering." She said as she sat back down and put her book away. Seconds later Snape came over to check on their progress.
"So you think you have gotten it right?" He said as he looked down at his favorite student and the new one.
"Yes." She said and shrugged. "It should be right."
Shape made Draco drink the potion, though he did it with trepidation. For a moment his hair turned black, his eyes to green, and his skin tanned, then returned to their rightful color. Snape nodded as he changed back.
"Perfect." Was all he said before moving on to the next pair of students.
"Told you I could do it." She said to Draco who was looking her in amazement. He was a genius when it came to potions, and he knew how hard that one was to get right, he had really doubted she would get it tight.
"How did you do that?" He said as she went about bottling the rest if the potion.
"I told you, I have been making it for two years. It is one of my favorites." She said once she had finished and was corking the bottles.
Maybe I underestimated you." Was all he said before Snape was finished checking everyone else. Most of the class now had some part of them that was not the right color. Snape made some comments as to the intelligence of the class and was interrupted as the bell for the class change rang through the halls.
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**************************************************************************** **************** It was early morning on Monday and Harry was already up and rushing around his room. He was leaving for the burrow at noon and wanted to get everything ready before the Dursleys woke up and ruined his mood. Mr. Weasley had gotten a new car from the Ministry and he and Ron were going to pick him up. In the next room he could hear Dudley snoring and groaning in hi sleep. Just as the morning light reached his window he finished packing all his things in his trunk and listened for his aunt and uncle to be waking up.
Minuets later he could hear Uncle Vernon and Aunt Petunia heading for the kitchen followed closely by the loud thundering of Dudley walking down the stairs. Harry left his room and followed his cousin down to breakfast. Once in the kitchen his uncle Vernon rounded on him and glared at him.
Harry looked right back at his uncle, he had given up trying to be nice to the man. "Yes" Harry said as he sat at the table.
"Those Weasley's are coming again today aren't they?" Vernon said, his mustache twitching as he talked.
"Yes they are coming at noon," as his uncle looked like he was going to ask something Harry continued. "And they have a car, Mr.Weasley got a new one from the Ministry."
His uncle snorted and went back to eating the small breakfast he had. Harry ate his quickly and hurriedly went up to his room on the second floor. He spent the morning checking that he had all of his things and feeding Hedwig. As a quarter till noon rolled around Harry got more excited and hurried down to the living room to wait for his friend to arrive.
Noon came and at 12:02 there was a knock at the door. Harry managed to beat Dudley to the door and pulled it open. He was greeted the smiling face of Mr. Weasley and his best friend Ron.
"Hello Harry, hope those extra two minuets haven't caused you much trouble." Ron said smiling a Harry let the two in the house. Vernon and Petunia were in the living room when Harry and company entered the room. Harry and Ron quickly went upstairs to get Harry's trunk and Hedwig's cage.
When they returned Harry's uncle and Mr. Weasley were having a polite, thought strained, conversation about nothing in particular. When they spotted both looked relived that the boys had returned. Vernon because he could finally get the weirdoes out of his house and Mr. Weasley because he could finally get away from the Dursley's, whom he did not hold in high opinion.
Harry and Ron took the trunk outside to the new car, it was hunter green and large enough to hold the entire Weasley family. They put the trunk in the back along with Hedwig and leaned against the car to wait for Ron's dad.
"So Harry are you looking forward to the school year?" Ron asked. Harry looked over at his friend. Ron had finally filled out and liked his age. He was still lanky but everything now seemed to fit right. Harry had also finally grown into his body. He was muscular from all the Quidditch but still a little boyish. He looked more like his dad everyday, with his messed up black hair and big green eyes.
"Yea, we finally made it to the end, the last time we will have to deal with Snape." Both boys laughed at that, they both bet that Snape would be glad to get rid of them.
Ron's dad appeared a moment later and the three climbed into the car. Harry and Ron spent the entire ride to the Burrow talking about the upcoming year, with random commentary from Mr. Weasley.
They made it to the Burrow just as the sun set and Fred and Gorge rushed out of the house to meet them. "Harry, you must see what we have come up with." They shouted just as Ginny and Mrs. Weasley appeared in the doorway. As soon as Harry was out of the car Mrs. Weasley told the twins to take Harry trunk up to Ron's room and took Harry and Ron inside to help with dinner. Ginny, now in her sixth year, was already back in the kitchen stirring something in a pot on the stove.
"Harry you must be tired after having to deal with those horrid people." Molly said as she sat him down at the table.
"No I'm fine, they finally shut up after I sent a letter to Sirius, or at least told them that I did." Harry and Ron laughed at that, both of them knew that Sirius was no threat but no one had told the Dursley's that.
Just as Ginny said dinner was ready the twins came running back downstairs. "Harry you have to seen this" Fred said as he tossed a glass ball at Harry. Harry knew it to be a Remember-all, almost the second he thought of that it filled with red smoke, as if he had forgotten something. Harry looked at the ball confused not knowing what he could have forgotten.
Fred and George began laughing instantly. "Don't worry Harry, we made ones that are backwards, they turn read when you remember something, it does it most of the time when you remember what it is. Harry and Ron laughed and Harry tossed the ball back.
At dinner they talked about the new things the twins had made and ideas they had for things. One thing was Bovine Bon-Bons, they would make anyone who ate then moo for the next week. Harry like the idea but Mrs. Weasley glared at the twins the entire time, she had not wanted them to open a joke shop but they had anyway. Even though they were making quite a bit of money their mother still wanted them doing something more productive. The twins argued that what they did was productive, but Molly said it was a different kind of production.
Once Fred and George had stopped talking about their business Mrs. Weasley spoke up. "So Harry are you looking forward to the year?" She smiled at him as she spoke.
"Very much, I can't wait to get back to Quidditch practice. I am hoping that the representatives from the League Teams will pick me out at one of the games." Harry looked wistful as he spoke. He had grown to love Quidditch, almost as much as his friend Oliver Wood, and was hoping to play on a League Team.
"Well that will be wonderful, then maybe Ron will support a winning team." George laughed as Ron glared at him. Ron loved the Chudley Cannons who had not one the League since 1892, and still was not the best team.
The group spent the rest of dinner talking about what had been going on aver the summer and what Harry and Ron were planning on doing after they graduated. When everyone had finished eating Harry and Ron went up to Ron's room to get away from the fussing of Ron's mother
Harry watched as the people in the posters of the Cannon's zoomed in and out of sight. Some of the players waved as they passed and others had looks of dogged determination on their faces. Harry had never seen what Ron saw in the team but knew better than to say anything to him about it.
Harry and Ron spent the rest of the night talking, and finishing the last of their summer homework. They slept well into the next day and were woken up by the sound of an explosion downstairs followed by much yelling from Mrs. Weasley.
When they reached the living room they saw that the whole room had been covered in a fine layer of ash. Fred and George were still laughing as Molly continued yelling. "What have I told you about leaving those things around the house." She screamed once the twins had calmed down.
"Sorry mum one must have slipped." Fred choked on his words "Won't happen again." He said sitting down hard on the couch.
"Yea sorry mum." George said as he too sat down.
Mrs. Weasley continued yelling and Harry and Ron snuck outside quickly as not to get caught in the crossfire. Once outside both started laughing. "They have been doing that all summer." Ron managed through the laughs. When both had calmed Ron challenged Harry to a race and both boy's hurried inside to get their brooms.
The summer passed much like that, with three more incidents of Fred and George's inventions going off in the house. On the day they were to return to Hogwarts Harry and Ron got up and ate a huge breakfast. Mr.Weasley took them to the station and saw them and Ginny onto the train. He waved good- bye until he could no longer see the train them made his way to the Ministry to start work for the day.
Harry and Ron walked through the train until they found Hermonie in a compartment a little past the middle. "Hello Hermonie still doing homework?" Rom teased as they entered.
Hermonie looked up from over the edge of the seventh volume of Care of Magical Creatures. "No actually I was reading up on Nightmares. Besides we didn't have any homework in that class." She said as she closed the book and set it down.
Harry and Ron finished putting up their trunks and sat down across from their friend. "You really should lighten up on the reading." Harry said as Hermonie looked back to them.
"I was just curious and had nothing better to do." She said as she leaned back against the seat. She had had changed over the summer also. Her body had finally grown into a woman and her hair seemed to finally be under her control. The three friends caught up along the train ride, amazingly without the usual interruption of Draco Malfoy and his cronies Crabbe and Goyle.
The feast was as amazing as usual and the sorting of the new first years was uneventful. The only surprise was a new teacher at the staff table. Oliver wood had taken a break from playing Quidditch, most of his team had been severely injured, to coach it at the school. He waved to Harry when he saw him enter the Great Hall. The students went to their towers after the feast full and ready for a good nights sleep. Harry crawled into his four- poster and fell asleep almost instantly dreaming of what was going to happen this year. **************************************************************************** ****************
The next day started out with Numerology. Harry and Ron delta with the class while Hermonie loved it. She thought it was the most wonderful class given at the school. As they left the class Harry and Ron told their friend they were going to get a book Ron had left in the common room and said they would meet her in their next class.
As they made their way down the hall they saw someone who seemed to be looking for something. As they got closer they noticed she was in odd robed. Harry reached her and decided to ask them if they needed his help. "Excuse me can we help you?"
AS the person turned they noticed it was a girl about their age. The reason her robes were so odd was that they were robes from the Quidditch League team the Holyhead Harpies. Ron sputtered as they looked at her and Harry just stared.
"Oh hello, I bet you can since you seem to be students." She paused as she noticed the way they were looking as her.
"Where did you get those robes?" Ron finally said in awe.
"Oh these, they are my practice robes." She said as she looked at them in the same way Hermonie looked at them when they gave her a stupid answer to a question.
"Practice robes?" Harry said looking at her curiously.
"Yes, I will explain on the way if you can take me to Dumbledore's office." She said.
"Sure, we can take you there." Harry said as he began to lead her down the halls.
"Thank you, now the robes. I play for the Holyhead Harpies, I just got finished with practice and told Dumbledore I would see him as soon as I could." Just s he finished Professor McGonagall appeared in front if them.
"Are you here to speak to Dumbledore?" She asked of the girl.
"Yes, you must be McGonagall?" She said smiling as the woman
"Yes, I am sorry I could not meet you as planed but I had something to deal with." Harry and Ron guessed that the 'something' had to do with the loud explosion that had come from the dungeon half way through class.
She nodded and waved goodbye to Harry and Ron as she was pulled off by McGonagall. They looked at each other and shrugged. They continued on toward the Gryffindor tower. They then hurried on to class, which to their bane was Double Potions with Slytherin.
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McGonagall lead the girl through the dusty halls until they reached the stairs to the Headmasters office. She led the girl up and knocked lightly on the door. From inside Dumbledore called that they should come in. McGonagall opened the door and let the girl in and followed her inside.
"Good morning Dumbledore." The girl said as she hugged the Headmaster, as if she had known him for years.
"I hope I did not pull you away from anything?" He said taking in her state of dress.
"No we were just finishing. Did you get everything in order?" she followed Dumbledore to a couch and sat down as he sat in a chair and bade McGonagall to do the same.
"Yes I did all that is left is for you to be sorted." He said then turned to McGonagall as he heard her gasp.
"Albus what is going on here, what about a sorting?" McGonagall glared at the Headmaster, knowing he was famous at the school for doing strange things.
"Let me explain." Dumbledore handed the girl a pair of class robes as he told McGonagall the story, telling her to change into the robes. "She, oh her name is Aubrie , is the ward of an old friend of mine and I told her that I would take up her care since she needed a new school to attend, she is seventeen and will be joining our seventh years. I need you to be here for the sorting Minerva." Albus said as McGonagall looked at him like he was crazy.
She finally sighed and consented. She knew he had a soft heart and also suspected there was something he was not telling her. She got up and got the old hat off the Shelf. Aubrie looked at the hat with curiosity. It was dusty and patched and looked like it should have been trashed decades ago, but She knew better than to take magical items at face value.
McGonagall walked over and placed the hat on her head. The hat jerked and Aubrie heard it gasp as it landed on her head. "My, my I never thought I would see the day. But not even you know.child you shall be a special case. I think I have no other choice but to put you in SLYTHERIN."
McGonagall took the hat off her head and placed it back on a large bookshelf. Albus smiled and nodded. "McGonagall will you please take Aubrie down to her class, oh and Aubrie take this," He said as he handed the girl a black bag. "It had all the books you will need and a key to the Slytherin girl prefects room. You may stay there since we do not have one." As he finished he hurried both the girl and the teacher out of the room with the excuse that he had work to do.
"You first class will be Double Potions." McGonagall said as she led Aubrie down to the dugongs.
Snape was just finishing a lecture when they two reached the classroom. "Snape may I please speak to you." McGonagall said beckoning to Snape. He paused and sighed but walked out of the room giving the class a glare just daring them to misbehave.
"What is it, I am in the middle of class." He said as he ran a hand through his hair.
"Do not be so rude. You have a new student, this is Aubrie." McGonagall paused and turned to Aubrie. "He never did tell me your last name."
"Silverblade." Aubrie said as she looked from Snape to McGonagall. '
"Yes, this is Aubrie Silverblade. She will be joining your house as a seventh years." The stern woman said looking at Snape.
Snape looked at the girl, who returned his look with out trepidation. "Fine you follow me and I will seat you with someone." Snape turned and strode back into the room with Aubrie following. As they went through the class Aubrie waved to Harry and Ron then looked back to Snape as he began speaking.
"Class this is Aubrie Silverblade. She will be joining us from now on. She will be joining the Slytherin's, Draco, you will help her since you are working alone." Snape pointed Draco out to Aubrie and told her to go sit.
She smiled at Harry and Ron as she passed them and sat down across from Draco at his table. Snape called out to her just as she was seated. "You will find the potion we are making on page 357 of your book."
Aubrie pulled the book out and turned to the said page. When she got to it she frowned down at the page and sighed. Snape who was again making the rounds of the tables noticed and came over to her. "Is something wrong?" He said as he looked over her shoulder. Draco grinned to him-self thinking that she was going to be in trouble this quickly.
"No I just am a little depressed that you are only working on this potion. I learned this in my fifth year." She said looking up at Snape, who towered over her. His eyes widened as he looked at her.
"How could you have?" He said in mild shock
"Oh I was at Fernlin." She said. Snape managed not to sputter at that. Fernlin was the best school in the world.
"Then why are you not still there?" He said wondering why anyone would want to leave there.
Aubrie looked down at that. "I would rather not say sir." She said and looked back up to him. "I am here because Dumbledore was kind enough to take me in, before you ask."
Snape decided he did not want to know and turned from her "Then I expect your and Draco's to be perfect." He said and stalked to where Nevil Longbottom was, knowing he could yell at him.
Draco glared at Aubrie, he had seen the look Snape had given her, it was one normally only he got, one Snape reserved for his favorite student. Aubrie looked right back at Draco. "What are you looking at me like that for?" She said as she checked on the potion Draco had started.
"I will warn you that he can be a very.hard teacher at times." Draco said sneering at her.
She just shrugged and began messing with the potion. "What are you doing to my potion?" Draco almost yelled as she began putting something he did not recognize in the cauldron.
"Simple you put in to much crushed violet and this will neutralize it." She said as if Draco should have known exactly what she was doing. "Snape said that it had to be perfect so it will be."
"Well if you know what you are doing then make it your-self." Draco snapped and went about going over his noted carefully.
Aubrie nodded did so. Draco growled to himself, he hated not being the best and this was not a good way to start the year. He glared up at Aubrie as she stood to work on the mixture. He had to admit that she was pretty. Her hair was jet black and hung just past her waist in a braid. Her skin was pale, almost the color of fresh cream, and her eyes the deepest violet. Her features were those those of the lovely Elves in muggle books.
He growled at himself again, he should not be thinking that she was pretty, he should be plotting ways to make her life miserable. She tapped him a moment later and told him the potion was done.
"It is done incase you were wondering." She said as she sat back down and put her book away. Seconds later Snape came over to check on their progress.
"So you think you have gotten it right?" He said as he looked down at his favorite student and the new one.
"Yes." She said and shrugged. "It should be right."
Shape made Draco drink the potion, though he did it with trepidation. For a moment his hair turned black, his eyes to green, and his skin tanned, then returned to their rightful color. Snape nodded as he changed back.
"Perfect." Was all he said before moving on to the next pair of students.
"Told you I could do it." She said to Draco who was looking her in amazement. He was a genius when it came to potions, and he knew how hard that one was to get right, he had really doubted she would get it tight.
"How did you do that?" He said as she went about bottling the rest if the potion.
"I told you, I have been making it for two years. It is one of my favorites." She said once she had finished and was corking the bottles.
Maybe I underestimated you." Was all he said before Snape was finished checking everyone else. Most of the class now had some part of them that was not the right color. Snape made some comments as to the intelligence of the class and was interrupted as the bell for the class change rang through the halls.
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