Chapter 1
Draco's P.O.V.
It was the first dinner of the school year. I sat in between Crab and Goyal at the Slytherin table. I ate slowly and let my eyes wander. There was a new teacher at the Head Table. She was dressed in a frilly hot pink outfit (that was the only color on her) her hair was a curly brown and I could tell from where I sat at the far end of the room that she had bright blue eyes (scary blue actually).
My eyes came down from the Head Table and the scanned the crowd of kids till they found Potter. He was sitting with that Weasley kid and the Mud-Blood. I laughed in anticipation for the new school year as I plotted new ways to bully Harry and make his life Hell when, all of a sudden, the doors to the dinning hall opened loudly with a bang!
Two people in black coats entered followed by a boy and a girl dressed in the Hogwarts uniform and two more people in black coats. The way that the people in black coats surrounded the two kids made me think that they were bodyguards, witch they were I suddenly realized. The boy was tall and handsome with light (almost white) blonde hair, high cheek bones and forest green eyes. The girl walking next to him was shorter by a few inches and she looked like the boy but with long wavy hair and more girlish features. Their hands were linked and they were smiling hugely.
I looked around and saw that everyone else's gazes were on the two mystery people. My eyes darted back to the Head Table and saw that now my father was standing among ten or so other people from the Ministry of Magic. He was talking urgently to Professor Dumbledore over something. (I would ask him later). Dumbledore nodded and turned his gaze to the kids.
They reached the end of the Hall and climbed the few steps to Professor Dumbledore's podium. He said a few things to the boy and girl before addressing the crowd.
"Firstly, Welcome to a new year at Hogwarts!" the hall filled with thunderous applause, "Secondly I would like to introduce our new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher, Professor Dolores Umbridge!" the clapping was now half-hearted as Professor Umbridge stood up and smiled a fake smile.
"Now as everyone has seen, these two students," he gestured to the boy and girl standing off to his left, "are Alison and Jason Summers. They transfered from a wizerding school over the Atlantic." no one knew wether to clap or to stay quite, so naturally some clapped and others didn't. Dumbledore smiled, "They have been assigned to Gryffindor and are looking forward to the school year," the clapping from the table shook the whole room. Stupid Gryffindors, the boys were just happy to have a hot, sexy new girl in their dormitory, I thought. And then the boy, Jason, looked over and glared at me as though he could hear my thoughts and my intentions behind them. "Please help them feel at home here at Hogwarts." And with that he gestured the Summers twins to the Gryffindor table while the air filled with more applause.
Dumbledore was leading the twins over to the table, when the Dinning Hall doors banged open (again) and Fudge (purple with anger) practically ran over to Dumbledore.
"Dumbledore, you can not keep these kids here, they are dangerous!" he said loud enough so the whole room could here. I glanced over at the twins. The girl, Alison, had put her head on his shoulder, and Jason looked furious as he comforted her.
"What do you mean? You haven't been listening to silly old rumors, have you?" Dumbledore asked in a mocking tone.
"Yes, I have, but what if they are real? What if they know where You-Know-Who is? I want to make sure that the silly old things that you are saying are false. That HE is not back and people can keep on living without fear! So I'm looking into every rumor, everything!" He practically yelled.
"Could we talk about this somewhere more private?" Dumbledore asked, trying to soothe him. I noticed that Alison was shaking and that Jason was getting more and more pissed off by the second and would not take his eyes off of Fudge; his arms were around Alison protectively.
"Fine," Fudge snapped, "We would discuss their fate later." when he said 'their' it sounded like he meant they were 'its' rather than people.
Alison hear it too, she broke free of her brothers arms and ran out of the dinning hall. It was obvious that she was crying. Jason watched her go before turning to Fudge, and faster than the speed of light, he whipped out his wand, flicked his wrists and suddenly brooms appeared out of nowhere around Fudge. I didn't hear what spell he used, then again I didn't see him speak either.
He flicked his wrist again but nothing appeared, he smirked and said in a dark voice, "For all the tears you made my sister cry." Then the brooms started hitting Fudge relentlessly as Jason hurried after his sister.
Alison's P.O.V.
Everything had gone perfect. Until that stupid ass-hole, Fudge, showed up and ruined it all. Jason and I were going to start this new school year without rumors going around about us, and actually get some real friends, but now that plan had gone right down the drain. Now everyone is going to think of us as dangerous and they'll avoid us like the plague has infected us. I don't think I can go another year without friends to gossip with. And Jason. What if they don't let him play Quidditch? Oh, Why us?! We never have done anything more than pulling pranks and ditching class.
But I knew why. They thought that we were Voldemort's kids. But as Dumbledore said before we arrived they couldn't prove it.
But that known fact hadn't made me feel any better. I ran out of the Dinning Hall at full speed, not knowing where I was going but at the same time I didn't care. I just needed to get away from that crazy man. I ran down, who knows how many flights of stairs, and out into the night. I headed for what looked like a river and sat down near the base of a nearby tree. Suddenly, I began to cry, thats when I realized that I had been holding them back. Now I let them go freely, curling up into a ball and crying my heart out. I just couldn't believe that this was happening to us again.
I was so deep in my mind that I didn't hear or notice when my brother found me. He put his arm around me and pulled me close. 'Its going to be okay' he sent me and put me on his lap, 'I promise.'
'But what if it isn't?' I sent back fear and worry laced around the thought, 'What if you can't try out for Quidditch? What if we can't make friends now?' I turned to him and wrapped my arms around his broad, strong chest and stared to cry harder.
He avoided both questions and changed the subject, 'Wanna see what I did to Fudge?' he asked. I knew that he wanted to distract me. So, I nodded and he showed me that he conjured up five brooms and put up a shield around the brooms and Fudge. The brooms were whacking him hard. I laughed 'He totally deserved that.' And just like that I felt much better.
We stared at the pond that seamed black in the darkness for a long time before Professor Dumbledore came and sat beside them.
"That was a dangerous thing you pulled, Jason." he said although he was smiling at us, "Very dangerous. But I think everyone enjoyed it except for Fudge and the Ministry people." I felt Jason shrug. "I have also convinced Fudge to not punish you and to let you stay here at Hogwarts." I raised my head from my brothers chest to look at him in amazement.
"Really?" I asked sniffling slightly.
"Yes, really." he said softly getting up, "Come now, I'll show you to your dormitory. Try not to get into trouble." he smiled as Jason and I scrambled up to our feet to follow him.
Jason's P.O.V.
Saying that I disliked Fudge is an understatement. And a major one at that. I absolutely hate him. Especially now when he made my sister cry. I never liked seeing her cry, it made me feel helpless on a ton of different levels. I could barley hold back when I conjured up those brooms (I also wanted to add pans and chairs to turn him black and blue) but I also didn't want to get into major trouble. I was so relieved when Dumbledore said we weren't in major-ass trouble that I nearly started to cry and skip with joy as we made our way towards the dormitory. Nearly, but I didn't.
The dormitory was almost empty (there was still a few students around the fire) as Professor Dumbledore told us that girls were to the right and boys to the left. He turned and walked over to the group of kids.
"Harry, Ron, Hermione, could you guys show Alison and Jason to their rooms?" he asked the group of kids, "Oh, and I also I would like it, if you would help them get from class to class and anything else that they might need." he added.
"Sure, Professor Dumbledore." they said in unison.
As Professor Dumbledore left one the kids came over and guided us over toward toward the fire. "I'm Ron by the way," he said, "Ron Weasley." He had red hair, blue-green eyes, and a ton of freckles on his face.
As we sat down on one of the open couches, the girl on one of the big chairs nearest to the fire said, "I'm Hermione Granger." She smiled at me but quickly looked down, and I swear I saw her blush.
"I'm Harry Potter." I turned my gaze over to the boy sitting opposite Hermione. Harry was a skinny boy with shaggy black hair and green eyes a few shades lighter than my own.
"We are the Weasley Twins." I looked down at the table and saw two boys that were just older versions of Ron. They were playing a game of Wizards Chess. "I'm Fred." said the boy playing with the white pieces, "And I'm George." said the boy playing the with the red pieces. Fred looked at my sister for a moment before looking down, blushing. I looked over at my sister and saw that she too was blushing and looking down.
'Someone's got a crush.' I sent her.
'Is it that obvious?" she sent back.
'Only because I know you so well.' I sent. But I was angry. I didn't want her to get hurt again. My thoughts went, without my saying so, to the last boy she dated. She was so happy with him, she actually thought that he was the boy she was going to stay with till, at least, the end of the sixth year of school. Then that stupid rumor started going around about us being the Dark Lord's kids. I couldn't believe it! What a load of shit! But he believed it and left her just like that for her really good friend, Melinda. Soon, we were pushed out of the social scene and no one would come near us because they were afraid we would curse them if they did. It drove my sister to tears having no one besides me to talk to. She couldn't hang out with anyone, and I was kicked of the Quidditch team. Even the teachers were scared of us. For crying out loud!
'We are going to be okay and it's not going to turn out like last time. I can feel it.' I didn't even know she was listening in until she sent the thought.
'I know. I can feel it too. But can you blame you older brother for being protective?' I asked.
'No I can't.' she said back.
"So, Jason," Fred said to me, "What was the weirdest Jelly Bean flavor that you have ever tasted?" he asked.
What a weird topic, "Uh, well, I had a fungus flavored one once." I shivered. Everyone laughed and I felt my sisters excitement as we laughed and talked. 'Friends.' she thought and I was happy for her, finally after a long time we would have friends again. What seemed like after no time at all, the Head Boy shooed us off to bed saying it was after curfew. My sister left with Hermione and I left with Harry and Ron. I could see the friendship forming. Yeah this was going to be a good year.