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J. K. Rowling
Chapter One
"I have some good news for you!" said Mrs. Tweedy, the head of the orphanage I lived in. "Professor Dumbledore, headmaster of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, has offered to take you on as a transfer student. He has reviewed the academic records of you, and was astounded at your perfect grades. There is a concern, however, about you being a werewolf. You assured me that Dumbledore would let you into Hogwarts. You were right. Would you like to go, Hannah?"
"Of course I would!" I cried, "I have been waiting for this day since I could read! When does the term start?"
"On September first, in two weeks." said Mrs. Tweedy. "We will have to get you to Diagon Alley to buy all your school things. In the letter your parents wrote me before they died, it said that you have a fortune at Gringotts, the wizard bank. We will go there next week, and then stay at the Leaky Cauldron until it is time to leave for Kings Cross station. I have a week off, and I would enjoy spending it in Diagon Alley. You should go pack anything you have into a bag, and inform your friends of this. You should also say goodbye to Lydia. You will need to make the Wolfsbane potion before we leave."
I skipped up to my room, elated. I would finally be getting out of The School and Orphanage for Sorcerers. It was a wonderful thought. The orphanage wasn't bad, and the school was really good, but I had a mission at Hogwarts. It said so in the letter that my parents wrote to me before they died. Actually I should say, before they were killed, by Voldemort.
Over the next week, I said goodbye to all my friends. They were glad that I got to go, but disappointed that it wasn't them instead. I also had to say goodbye to Lydia. She was my adopted sister. Everyone in the orphanage got one when they turned 14. It was to teach us responsibility. We didn't have to take total care of them, but we were supposed to help out a lot. Lydia had just turned one a few months ago, and was beginning to be able to say my name. I was going to miss her a lot.
Before I knew it, it was time for me to leave. I went down to Mrs. Tweedy's office. She was there waiting for me. "Can I come back on the holidays to visit Lydia?" I asked her
"Sure," she said. "You can use floo powder, which is how we are going to travel to the Leaky Cauldron. Have you ever used it before?"
"Not that I remember." I answered her.
"All right, then, all you have to do is throw some of this into the fire, step in, and say 'Diagon Alley.' You will go through the floo network, and fall out of a grate in a pub. Wait there for me."
I threw the powder in the fire, and it turned green. I stepped in nervously, and shouted "Diagon Alley" through a mouthful of ash. Suddenly, I spiraled downward out of control. One nauseous moment later, I found myself on the floor of a dark room. The next second, Mrs. Tweedy appeared next to me. We walked over to a bald man, who showed us the way to our rooms.
We put our things away, and then walked into the back of the pub. There was nothing but a brick wall and a trash can there. To my astonishment, Mrs. Tweedy pulled out her wand and tapped a brick three times. The brick disappeared leaving a small hole that swelled into a huge archway. Beyond the archway I could see a big, white building, and lots of little shops. Mrs. Tweedy laughed at the look on my face, and pushed me through the archway. As soon as she stepped through after me, it shrank back to a solid wall.
"That big building is Gringotts," Mrs. Tweedy said. "We are going to get your money there." We went to the building, and stood in front of the doors just long enough to read:
Enter, stranger, but take heed
Of what awaits the sin of greed,
For those who take, but do not earn,
Must pay most dearly in their turn.
So if you seek beneath our floors
A treasure that was never yours,
Thief, you have been warned, beware
Of finding more than treasure there.
before the doors opened, and we were bowed inside by two creatures wearing red suits that I recognized as goblins. We went up to a big counter, and Mrs. Tweedy told one of the goblins that we needed to get into my safe.
"What's her name?" the goblin asked.
"Hannah." I said.
"We have instructions to let anyone who's name is Hannah through to the family vault. If she can open the door, she is the right Hannah."
We were escorted by another goblin to a row of carts. We got in to one, and traveled at a breakneck speed through what seemed like millions of dark tunnels. When we got out of the cart, the goblin turned to me and spoke.
"You have a family handle on your vault. Only someone from your family can open it. Just turn the knob."
I did as I was told, and opened the safe door. After a lot of purple smoke cleared away, I saw a mountain of gold and silver coins. There were also a lot of strange looking items there.
"Your parents left you all this," Mrs. Tweedy said. "I have a list of the things you are supposed to take now." She read off of a piece of paper; "A sneakoscope- that'd be this. A set of diaries - these here. The Invisible Book of Invisibility - how are we supposed to find that? Oh- it says Have Hannah say Accio Book without a wand. Ok, Hannah-"
"Accio Book," I cried. Sure enough, I felt a book zoom into my hands.
"Put that in this bag. You also need-wow-an invisibility cloak!
That's right here-they're only invisible when they are on something alive. You also are supposed to get a stack of maps-these. Now money- this is the right amount. We're all set, Hannah. Let's go buy your school things now."
I was shocked. My vault looked like my parents had died in an empty house- every thing I could imagine was there. I looked at it longingly for a moment, then we got back in the cart and out of Gringotts without throwing up.
After Gringotts Mrs. Tweedy decided that we should stop at Florean Fortescu's Ice Cream shop and look over the list of subjects to see which ones I wanted to take, and which ones I had to take. I decide to take the study of ancient runes, care of magical creatures, and (of course) divination. I was severely disappointed by the fact that I had to take potions.
After I picked my subjects, Mrs. Tweedy pulled out a book list, and we went to Flourish and Blots to get my books. Next we went to Madam Malkins Robes for all Occasions, and I found out that we had to get robes. I got my plain robes and a cloak that had been spelled to keep me warm every where I went. After that we went to get an owl. I fell in love with this color-changing one I saw. I named it Rainbow.
I also got a snake. Mrs. Tweedy was shocked. "What do you want a snake for? They're poisonous!"
"Are you poisonous?" I asked my snake in parseltongue.
"No." It answered. "I only eat little animals and bugs. You don't have to feed me, I will find food in the place I live. Where will I live mistress?"
"Hogwarts." I said to it.
I looked up, and realized that Mrs. Tweedy was gazing at me open mouthed. "I'm a parselmouth" I said simply.
"No kidding." she said faintly.
We went to Ollivenders because my wand was not working properly. Mr. Ollivender scared me. As soon as I walked in, he said "Hannah O'Riley, so nice to see you. A little late, but that's ok." He measured me every way you could think of, and then started pulling wands from the shelves and telling me how long they were. Like I cared. After about ten tries, I got a mahogany wand, eleven inches with a unicorn hair in it.
The next day, I went to Quality Quidditch Supplies, and looked at broomsticks. I decided not to buy one that day, but to try and predict whether or not I would even get on the Quidditch team. I went back to The Leaky Cauldron, where Mrs. Tweedy was waiting for me. She said we still had to buy a cauldron, telescope, and anything extra I wanted. I decided on a crystal ball and tea leaves- both crucial to divination. I also got a few books on the subject. After that I went back to my room to See if I was going to make the Hogwarts Quidditch team. I Saw that I was- as Chaser. That started me thinking about brooms again. Speed was important for a Chaser, and so was controllability. I decided to ask Mrs. Tweedy how much I ought to spend on a broom.
At dinner that night I brought it up. She said "I thought of that too, Hannah. I think that if you are going to be Chaser for your house team, then you need a good broom. What house will you be in?"
"Gryffindor." I answered without hesitating.
"Gryffindor is the best House, from what I hear." Said Mrs. Tweedy. "For a going away, being in Gryffindor, making the team, and for a capturing a death eater present- I am going to chip in and help you pay for a Firebolt."
"A Firebolt!" I gasped. Those things cost a lot of money!" I can't let you help pay for that!"
"Ok," said Mrs. Tweedy patiently. "Then the school will pay for half of a Firebolt."
"Seriously?"
"Yes. My mind is made up."
"Thank you soooo much Mrs. Tweedy!!" I cried jumping in circles around her. "Thankyouthankyouthankyou!!!!!"
"Not a problem, dear. We can get it tomorrow, along with some potions ingredients that you need. You'd best go to bed now. See you in the morning.
The next morning, I woke up in a wonderful mood. I was about to get a Firebolt! I went down stairs to have breakfast, and saw Mrs. Tweedy. I rushed over and gave her a big hug. I had always liked her, but now that feeling was tripled! We went to Quality Quidditch Supplies to get my Firebolt, but when I heard the price, I almost fainted! Mrs. Tweedy's face didn't even change expression when she heard, she just calmly took half of the money out of her purse, and half out of mine. It struck me that she had probably been planing this all along.
After I rushed back to the Leaky Cauldron to put my Firebolt up, we went to the Apothecary to get the regular potions ingredients, plus some. (For the Wolfsbane potion.) Then we went to get a trunk. I got one that would stretch on the inside so that everything would fit, and it was bewitched to be feather-light. I also got a quill pen and parchment. (It seemed that Hogwarts was a little behind the times.) Then I went back to my room to start packing.
We spent the rest of the day looking around all the shops. I saw a perfect moving model of the galaxy, and bought it so that I would always know exactly when it was a full moon. (Not like I didn't any ways, but it was cool.) I remembered that the full moon would be on my first night at Hogwarts, and sighed. It didn't seem like the best way to start off the year.
Mrs. Tweedy said she had a note from Professor Dumbledore that I could go to Hogwarts in the teacher's compartment of the train, with the new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher, and then go straight to the Shrieking Shack and take the potion. I would just wait there until morning, and then go to his office to be sorted. I could act like I missed the train. It was the perfect arrangement.
I got to Kings Cross station early on September first, so that I could sneak in to the teachers compartment without being noticed. I was a little bit confused when Mrs. Tweedy told me that I was supposed to go to platform 9 and three quarters. I looked around and saw a platform nine and a platform ten, but nothing in between them.
"How am I supposed to get on the train?" I asked Mrs. Tweedy. "I don't even see the platform."
"It says in this letter that you are supposed to walk straight through the barrier between nine and ten." Mrs. Tweedy explained. "Try to do it discreetly. We don't want the muggles to freak out."
"Right." I said. "That would not be good."
I said goodbye to Mrs. Tweedy, and promised to write often. She waited until I had gotten on the train before she disapparated back to the orphanage.
I found the conductor and asked him where the teacher's compartment was. I was told that it was the first compartment on the train, so I went to it and sat down. It was quite comfortable, and looked brand new. I wondered if it had just been added. It was a while before the new D.A.D.A. teacher joined me on the train. When he did, I was shocked to see that it was Professor Lupin, my parents friend.
J. K. Rowling
Chapter One
"I have some good news for you!" said Mrs. Tweedy, the head of the orphanage I lived in. "Professor Dumbledore, headmaster of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, has offered to take you on as a transfer student. He has reviewed the academic records of you, and was astounded at your perfect grades. There is a concern, however, about you being a werewolf. You assured me that Dumbledore would let you into Hogwarts. You were right. Would you like to go, Hannah?"
"Of course I would!" I cried, "I have been waiting for this day since I could read! When does the term start?"
"On September first, in two weeks." said Mrs. Tweedy. "We will have to get you to Diagon Alley to buy all your school things. In the letter your parents wrote me before they died, it said that you have a fortune at Gringotts, the wizard bank. We will go there next week, and then stay at the Leaky Cauldron until it is time to leave for Kings Cross station. I have a week off, and I would enjoy spending it in Diagon Alley. You should go pack anything you have into a bag, and inform your friends of this. You should also say goodbye to Lydia. You will need to make the Wolfsbane potion before we leave."
I skipped up to my room, elated. I would finally be getting out of The School and Orphanage for Sorcerers. It was a wonderful thought. The orphanage wasn't bad, and the school was really good, but I had a mission at Hogwarts. It said so in the letter that my parents wrote to me before they died. Actually I should say, before they were killed, by Voldemort.
Over the next week, I said goodbye to all my friends. They were glad that I got to go, but disappointed that it wasn't them instead. I also had to say goodbye to Lydia. She was my adopted sister. Everyone in the orphanage got one when they turned 14. It was to teach us responsibility. We didn't have to take total care of them, but we were supposed to help out a lot. Lydia had just turned one a few months ago, and was beginning to be able to say my name. I was going to miss her a lot.
Before I knew it, it was time for me to leave. I went down to Mrs. Tweedy's office. She was there waiting for me. "Can I come back on the holidays to visit Lydia?" I asked her
"Sure," she said. "You can use floo powder, which is how we are going to travel to the Leaky Cauldron. Have you ever used it before?"
"Not that I remember." I answered her.
"All right, then, all you have to do is throw some of this into the fire, step in, and say 'Diagon Alley.' You will go through the floo network, and fall out of a grate in a pub. Wait there for me."
I threw the powder in the fire, and it turned green. I stepped in nervously, and shouted "Diagon Alley" through a mouthful of ash. Suddenly, I spiraled downward out of control. One nauseous moment later, I found myself on the floor of a dark room. The next second, Mrs. Tweedy appeared next to me. We walked over to a bald man, who showed us the way to our rooms.
We put our things away, and then walked into the back of the pub. There was nothing but a brick wall and a trash can there. To my astonishment, Mrs. Tweedy pulled out her wand and tapped a brick three times. The brick disappeared leaving a small hole that swelled into a huge archway. Beyond the archway I could see a big, white building, and lots of little shops. Mrs. Tweedy laughed at the look on my face, and pushed me through the archway. As soon as she stepped through after me, it shrank back to a solid wall.
"That big building is Gringotts," Mrs. Tweedy said. "We are going to get your money there." We went to the building, and stood in front of the doors just long enough to read:
Enter, stranger, but take heed
Of what awaits the sin of greed,
For those who take, but do not earn,
Must pay most dearly in their turn.
So if you seek beneath our floors
A treasure that was never yours,
Thief, you have been warned, beware
Of finding more than treasure there.
before the doors opened, and we were bowed inside by two creatures wearing red suits that I recognized as goblins. We went up to a big counter, and Mrs. Tweedy told one of the goblins that we needed to get into my safe.
"What's her name?" the goblin asked.
"Hannah." I said.
"We have instructions to let anyone who's name is Hannah through to the family vault. If she can open the door, she is the right Hannah."
We were escorted by another goblin to a row of carts. We got in to one, and traveled at a breakneck speed through what seemed like millions of dark tunnels. When we got out of the cart, the goblin turned to me and spoke.
"You have a family handle on your vault. Only someone from your family can open it. Just turn the knob."
I did as I was told, and opened the safe door. After a lot of purple smoke cleared away, I saw a mountain of gold and silver coins. There were also a lot of strange looking items there.
"Your parents left you all this," Mrs. Tweedy said. "I have a list of the things you are supposed to take now." She read off of a piece of paper; "A sneakoscope- that'd be this. A set of diaries - these here. The Invisible Book of Invisibility - how are we supposed to find that? Oh- it says Have Hannah say Accio Book without a wand. Ok, Hannah-"
"Accio Book," I cried. Sure enough, I felt a book zoom into my hands.
"Put that in this bag. You also need-wow-an invisibility cloak!
That's right here-they're only invisible when they are on something alive. You also are supposed to get a stack of maps-these. Now money- this is the right amount. We're all set, Hannah. Let's go buy your school things now."
I was shocked. My vault looked like my parents had died in an empty house- every thing I could imagine was there. I looked at it longingly for a moment, then we got back in the cart and out of Gringotts without throwing up.
After Gringotts Mrs. Tweedy decided that we should stop at Florean Fortescu's Ice Cream shop and look over the list of subjects to see which ones I wanted to take, and which ones I had to take. I decide to take the study of ancient runes, care of magical creatures, and (of course) divination. I was severely disappointed by the fact that I had to take potions.
After I picked my subjects, Mrs. Tweedy pulled out a book list, and we went to Flourish and Blots to get my books. Next we went to Madam Malkins Robes for all Occasions, and I found out that we had to get robes. I got my plain robes and a cloak that had been spelled to keep me warm every where I went. After that we went to get an owl. I fell in love with this color-changing one I saw. I named it Rainbow.
I also got a snake. Mrs. Tweedy was shocked. "What do you want a snake for? They're poisonous!"
"Are you poisonous?" I asked my snake in parseltongue.
"No." It answered. "I only eat little animals and bugs. You don't have to feed me, I will find food in the place I live. Where will I live mistress?"
"Hogwarts." I said to it.
I looked up, and realized that Mrs. Tweedy was gazing at me open mouthed. "I'm a parselmouth" I said simply.
"No kidding." she said faintly.
We went to Ollivenders because my wand was not working properly. Mr. Ollivender scared me. As soon as I walked in, he said "Hannah O'Riley, so nice to see you. A little late, but that's ok." He measured me every way you could think of, and then started pulling wands from the shelves and telling me how long they were. Like I cared. After about ten tries, I got a mahogany wand, eleven inches with a unicorn hair in it.
The next day, I went to Quality Quidditch Supplies, and looked at broomsticks. I decided not to buy one that day, but to try and predict whether or not I would even get on the Quidditch team. I went back to The Leaky Cauldron, where Mrs. Tweedy was waiting for me. She said we still had to buy a cauldron, telescope, and anything extra I wanted. I decided on a crystal ball and tea leaves- both crucial to divination. I also got a few books on the subject. After that I went back to my room to See if I was going to make the Hogwarts Quidditch team. I Saw that I was- as Chaser. That started me thinking about brooms again. Speed was important for a Chaser, and so was controllability. I decided to ask Mrs. Tweedy how much I ought to spend on a broom.
At dinner that night I brought it up. She said "I thought of that too, Hannah. I think that if you are going to be Chaser for your house team, then you need a good broom. What house will you be in?"
"Gryffindor." I answered without hesitating.
"Gryffindor is the best House, from what I hear." Said Mrs. Tweedy. "For a going away, being in Gryffindor, making the team, and for a capturing a death eater present- I am going to chip in and help you pay for a Firebolt."
"A Firebolt!" I gasped. Those things cost a lot of money!" I can't let you help pay for that!"
"Ok," said Mrs. Tweedy patiently. "Then the school will pay for half of a Firebolt."
"Seriously?"
"Yes. My mind is made up."
"Thank you soooo much Mrs. Tweedy!!" I cried jumping in circles around her. "Thankyouthankyouthankyou!!!!!"
"Not a problem, dear. We can get it tomorrow, along with some potions ingredients that you need. You'd best go to bed now. See you in the morning.
The next morning, I woke up in a wonderful mood. I was about to get a Firebolt! I went down stairs to have breakfast, and saw Mrs. Tweedy. I rushed over and gave her a big hug. I had always liked her, but now that feeling was tripled! We went to Quality Quidditch Supplies to get my Firebolt, but when I heard the price, I almost fainted! Mrs. Tweedy's face didn't even change expression when she heard, she just calmly took half of the money out of her purse, and half out of mine. It struck me that she had probably been planing this all along.
After I rushed back to the Leaky Cauldron to put my Firebolt up, we went to the Apothecary to get the regular potions ingredients, plus some. (For the Wolfsbane potion.) Then we went to get a trunk. I got one that would stretch on the inside so that everything would fit, and it was bewitched to be feather-light. I also got a quill pen and parchment. (It seemed that Hogwarts was a little behind the times.) Then I went back to my room to start packing.
We spent the rest of the day looking around all the shops. I saw a perfect moving model of the galaxy, and bought it so that I would always know exactly when it was a full moon. (Not like I didn't any ways, but it was cool.) I remembered that the full moon would be on my first night at Hogwarts, and sighed. It didn't seem like the best way to start off the year.
Mrs. Tweedy said she had a note from Professor Dumbledore that I could go to Hogwarts in the teacher's compartment of the train, with the new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher, and then go straight to the Shrieking Shack and take the potion. I would just wait there until morning, and then go to his office to be sorted. I could act like I missed the train. It was the perfect arrangement.
I got to Kings Cross station early on September first, so that I could sneak in to the teachers compartment without being noticed. I was a little bit confused when Mrs. Tweedy told me that I was supposed to go to platform 9 and three quarters. I looked around and saw a platform nine and a platform ten, but nothing in between them.
"How am I supposed to get on the train?" I asked Mrs. Tweedy. "I don't even see the platform."
"It says in this letter that you are supposed to walk straight through the barrier between nine and ten." Mrs. Tweedy explained. "Try to do it discreetly. We don't want the muggles to freak out."
"Right." I said. "That would not be good."
I said goodbye to Mrs. Tweedy, and promised to write often. She waited until I had gotten on the train before she disapparated back to the orphanage.
I found the conductor and asked him where the teacher's compartment was. I was told that it was the first compartment on the train, so I went to it and sat down. It was quite comfortable, and looked brand new. I wondered if it had just been added. It was a while before the new D.A.D.A. teacher joined me on the train. When he did, I was shocked to see that it was Professor Lupin, my parents friend.