Hi this is my first attempt at a fanfiction posting. Note this does contain slash but it is not the major pairing if you don't like it even in small doses leave now. (It will come in the next chapter)
I don't own Harry Potter and never will. Nyoka is mine however. This is alternate universe. HBP never happened.
"Ah as you can see this year we have a student joining us from Africa. She will be joining our seventh years." Dumbledore said. "Please make her welcome. Thank you." He said and the sorting began again.
"Jira, Nyoka" McGonagall said. Nyoka walked up to the hat and tried it on.
"Not Gryffindor, Not Gryffindor." She chanted.
"Why not the house of the lion you would we well there. I see bravery." The hat said.
"I hate that bloody house they're a bunch of fools they may be brave but they rush into thing to fast." She thought.
"I see then better be SLYTHERIN" the hat said shouting the last word. Nyoka stood up and walked to the table. She smirked and sat down between Draco Malfoy and Blaise Zambini. The sorting was over and Dumbledore began his speech the teacher for Defense was the newly innocent Sirius Black.
"Hello I'm Blaise and that's Draco." The boy to her right said.
'Hello I am Nyoka" she said.
"Your from Africa what part?" he asked.
"I was an orphan found in the Sahara. I have gone to Shasa school of magic in the Sahara." She said.
"So you're a mudblood?" Draco asked.
"Don't you dare call me that. I am a pure blood you brat. They did a blood test on my. My parents had ancestors stretching back to before Hogwarts was founded." She said and glared at the blood. She then turned to the food. The rest of the meal passed in silence. She followed the others to the dungeons.
"Hello I'm Pansy, you are?" a girl asked.
"Nyoka" she said.
"Come on I'll show you where your room is. Fifth years and up get their own rooms." She said and led Nyoka to a room at the end of the hall. "The bathroom is through the door in there and I'll send someone to make sure your up in time for classes." She said and left. Nyoka walked into her room and scanned it. There was a standard monitoring charm on the door to be sure no boys came in but other than that nothing. She was slightly surprised then noticed it. A monitoring charm placed only on the ceiling to monitor noise. She smirked.
"Nice try." She said and removed the charm. She then undressed and got ready for bed. She kneeled by the window and prayed to the gods of Egypt. She then went to bed. She woke up the next morning and walked to the room of requirement. It gave her a treadmill and a weight set. She set about working out then prayed to her gods. She walked back into the dungeons and was walking back to her room just as someone was knocking on the door.
"Hello" she said.
"Oh hi. I'm Ann, Pansy sent me to wake you where were you?" she asked.
"Praying to Ra." She said.
"What?" she asked.
"Praying to the gods of Egypt. I am from Africa and many wizards follow that religion." She said and walked into her room. "Thank you for coming though. You don't have to though I get up before sunrise every day." She said and walked into her room. She shut the door and went into the shower. She then dressed and walked down to the great hall. She followed Pansy.
"You really wake up at sunrise?" Pansy asked and Nyoka nodded. "Why?"
"Prayer." She said.
"Really why?" she asked.
"The gods decreased." She said and smirked. She then walked in and sat down. Her first class was ancient Runes with Sinatra.
"Ah our new student is here. Tell us what have you studied in Runes?" Sinatra asked.
"Greek, Egyptian, Roman, Chinese, Druid, and Norse." She said.
"Impressive here's some Egyptian Translate it." She said and threw her a parchment.
"Bastet protect my family, Ma'at protect the balance, Nephthys protect my ancestors, Tawaret protect my wife, Ra give me life, So says I Sahirah daughter of the living Horus, Ramesses II" she said first in Egyptian then English.
"You speak Egyptian?" she asked.
"Of course fluently. My religion demands it. I speak both Ancient Egyptian and Arabic." She said. "I am from Northern Africa." She said.
"Alright" she said and the lesson continued. The rest of the day was normal. Nyoka collapsed on a couch in the common room. She began doing runes work. Draco Malfoy walked over.
"Um can you help me with the Egyptian work?" he asked.
"نعم" she said.
"What?" he asked.
"Sorry, yes I will help you." She said.
"What were you speaking?" he asked.
"The language of my childhood." She said.
"Alright" he said and they began on the work. She mad Draco look up a great deal of stuff and just helped him on the grammar. They finished an hour later. Nyoka simply looked at the book and copied down the work like it was nothing. She was finished in five minutes.
"WHAT?" Draco asked.
"I told everyone in Ancient Runes. I speak the language fluently but I wasn't about to just give you the answers. For me this is as easy as copying a paper." She said.
"Your kidding?" he asked.
"Nope, I was tested weekly on Ancient Egyptian. Many wizards in Egypt and northern Africa speak it. I pray in it daily and you should know what you are saying." She said.
"You pray in Ancient Egyptian, when?" he asked.
"At sunrise." She said. "When Ra has overcome the underworld and is rising. I pray to thank him. It is my tradition. I pray to Tawaret also."
"Hum" he said and walked off. She shrugged and turned to other homework. She was soon finished and walked up to her room. She began to chant.
The weeks passed quietly in Slytherin but for the occasional whispers about Draco liking Nyoka. Around Christmas break he finally got up the nerve to ask her on a date to Hogsmead. She accepted.
She walked down from the girls staircase and smiled over at Draco. She took his offered arm and they walked through the castle. She smiled at the surprised looks she got. They walked down to Hogsmead and into the three broomsticks. The pair ordered butter bear and then began to talk about runes.
"I tell you they have no bearing on modern life." Draco said.
"I speak Ancient Egyptian every day." She said.
"Your religious though." He said.
"True but I agree for you you'll never use it unless you become a curse breaker." She said.
"Ha I win." He said.
"Fine you win." She said and lightly kissed his cheek. "And their's your reward." She said and smirked as he blushed. "Come on I'm dragging you shopping." She said and dragged him out onto the street. He smiled as they walked from shop to shop spending a bit of time buying candy, both of them had a rather large sweet tooth. The day was over far too soon. The pair walked back up to Hogwarts and after dumping their bags in their rooms walked into the great hall. They sat together and began to chat in Ancient Egyptian.
"Draco you need to practice more." She said.
"Hey you're my teacher." He said. She smiled.
"So I am." She said and once again began to chat in the ancient tongue. The other Slytherins just rolled their eyes at this.
They were walking back to their rooms when they were met by a Ravenclaw. "What language are you speaking?" he asked.
"Ancient Egyptian." Nyoka said and they walked off.
All to soon it was the day before Christmas break. "Nyoka?" Draco asked.
"Yes love." She said.
"Where are you going for Christmas?" he asked.
"I will be spending the first week in Africa so that I can perform some sacrifices to my gods and then I'll be coming back to Hogwarts." She said.
"Oh because I have to stay this year. Dad doesn't want me to get the mark yet." He said.
"I thought he was a spy" she said in ancient Egyptian.
"He is but shut up." Draco replied in the same tongue.
"Alright" she said and kissed his cheek. He smiled and wrapped his arm around her waist. The next day Nyoka left for Egypt by floo powder. She returned a week later and was instantly hugged by Draco. She smiled and kissed his cheek
"Did you miss me?" she asked as they entered the common room.
"Of course no one else is here." He said. "Well no other Slytherins."
"Oh you poor boy stuck with the Gryffindors." She said and kissed his cheek.
Suddenly there was a voice over the loud speakers. "Attention Students the school is under attack all students fifth through seventh are to report to the great hall younger students will remain in their dorms." A voice said over the loudspeaker. Nyoka grabbed her papyrus and phoenix feather wand and ran into the great hall. She hadn't been trained in Egyptian magic for nothing.
"Now the death eaters lead by the Voldemort are attacking from the west. You will all go up on the walls and attack." McGonagall said and students began to move.
"Professor, I need to be on the ground for my magic to work. I can help greatly but I need to be on the ground." She said.
"What magic?" she asked.
"I am calling upon Sekhmet." She said and Sinistra gasped. "Yes her. I have been trained in Egyptian magic for this day well I'm chanting will you levitate me to the ground?" she asked.
"Of course." Sinistra said.
"Thank you." She said and ran to the wall. She turned her clothing into Egyptian robes then knelt and chanted.
"As it was at Memphis so be it now!
Hear me, I beseech Thee, O Powerful One!
Lady of Rekht, Lady of Pekhet, Lady of Set
Lady of Rehesaui, Lady of Tchar and of Sehert!
Mother in the Horizon of Heaven,
In the Boat of Millions of Years.
Thou art the Great Defender!
Thou art Overthrower of Qetu!
Preserve us from the Evil chamber
of the souls of Hes-hra!
Deliver us from the Abode of Fiends!
O Thou Who Art Sekhmet, Life-Giver to the Gods.
Sekhmet, Lady of Flame, Sekhmet, Great One of Magic.
Sekhmet, Eternal Is Thy Name! O hear me now!
Sekhmet, With Lioness head,
Sekhmet, Whose color is Red.
Sekhmet,Daughter of Ra.
Sekhmet, Consort of Ptah.
Sekhmet, Mighty Is Thy Name!
O, Hear me now!
Sekhmet, Goddess of Pestilence.
Sekhmet, Goddess of Wars,
Sekhmet, Queen of the Wastelands,
Sekhmet, Terrible Is Thy Name!
O, Come to me!
Sekhmet, Destroyer of Rebellions.
Sekhmet, Scorching Eye of Ra.
Sekhmet, Protector, Ruler.
Sekhmet, Holy Is Thy Name!
O, Reveal Thyself to me!
Sekhmet, Mother of the Gods.
Sekhmet, Mistress of the Crowns.
Sekhmet, Thou art called Only One.
Sekhmet, Beloved Is Thy Name!
Possess me now, O Great One!"
She said and was covered in gold fire. A golden sword of Flame came from her hand and she began to cut down death eaters. The battle raged for hours ending when Harry Potter killed the Dark Lord and the remaining death eaters gave up.
"NYOKA" Draco shouted and ran to her side as she fainted. He caught her and rushed her to the hospital wing. "Madam Pomfrey" he said.
"Oh dear how is she?" he asked seeing the burns on her hands and he unconscious state.
"After Voldemort died she fainted." He said.
"Well step out of the way and I'll heal her." She said and Draco set Nyoka on the bed. She hissed in pain as Poppy put healing lotion on her wounds. She screeched as it started to work. "Something's wrong only vampires and phoenixes react that way." She said and began to take the potion off. Nyoka screamed in pain and burst into flame.
The invocation of Sekhmet isn't mine. I got it off vibrani .com. It is a translation of an ancient Egyptian document. Please review I really want to know if anyone likes the tale.