Chapter 1

Chapter 1

A New Start

Quiet. For the first time in years, it had been a quiet summer. No fighting, no Dursleys, no breaking the law, just quiet. The Burrow slept soundly during the early hours of the morning. It was wonderfully peaceful, Harry had thought. The entire summer had been perfect, with no distractions. Just sitting back and relaxing.

However, this does not mean that they did no work what so ever over the summer. Mr. Weasley and the boys all had put on an addition to the house at the end of June going into July. The Burrow looked pretty good. They had expanded off the kitchen, which gave the entire structure the look of a giraffe. Now it was not just a tall towering house, it also had a long end that came off the side. While adding on this addition of course the boys did get a few muscles here and there (although Harry was quite jealous of how fit Ron was already).

Carla had come to stay with Harry and the Dursley's shortly after her mother's death. Harry still could not get over the fact that Sirius had a love child, only a year younger than Harry. He called her his cousin though because she felt more like family. She took Potter as her last name, and that was all good and done with by the end of July.

Why must summers come to an end? Especially when they are like this. So calm, and easy. Being surrounded by friends. No pressure, no essays, no needed research. You could probably sleep for days and no one would care, because it was summer. But alas, the last day of summer came and went and now here they were on the first day of the last year of school.

"Wake up HARRY!" said a very loud and angry voice.

"Just five more min…"

"NO GET UP NOW! YOU ARE GOING TO BE LATE!" It was Carla talking.

His cousin stood over him, and a smirk played on her lips. Auburn hair fell around her face, and down her shoulders. It had gotten a bit long over the summer. She put her hands on her hips, and frowned. Looking annoyed she began to jump up and down on the bed.

"Okay I'm going. Just…OUCH! That was my foot!" said Harry rubbing the foot that Carla had just crushed.

"You should have gotten up."

Harry and Carla walked downstairs. Harry wasn't exactly thrilled to be going back to school. What was waiting for him there? Ah yes, essays, ridiculous assignments, research that would be left to the last minute, and of course running into people snogging around corners of the castle.

"Harry what took you so long?" asked Ron.

"He was just being lazy, and I should have dumped cold water down his pants. That would have woken you up." Carla smirked at Harry.

"Isn't she such a lady?" Harry said sarcastically to Carla. She started laughing, sat down at the table, and grabbed Hermione's Head Girl badge. Over the summer Hermione had been sent a letter about her becoming Head Girl, and once she had read it gave out a long shriek. They had also all passed their Apparation test, and Ron hadn't stopped apparating since. It could get a bit annoying too. Especially if you were in the bathroom taking a shower and Ron misjudged his destination.

Ron had even admitted to Harry that he did like Hermione, and said that if Harry ever told her that, he would personally rip out his vocal cords so that he wouldn't be able to tell anyone else. He had written Hermione so many letters while she was in France that two drawers of Ron's desk were filled with them. Harry thought that maybe she was teaching him French, or copying Hogwarts History. By the time Hermione had written to Harry, Ron had already told him every place, every activity, and every person Hermione had seen, including Sereana. Ron had also become quite good at playing Keeper, and Ginny had become a great Chaser.

"Well I hope you all like your eggs, I made them myself." said Hermione with triumph.

Also over the summer Mrs. Weasley had taught the girls a little bit of cooking. Ron looked at the eggs and smiled. The truth was that all of Hermione's food made him sick, so while Harry dug in Ron took tiny bites. This little problem, however, was kept a secret from Hermione. She could be a bit sensitive about her cooking.

"Morning all, what's burning?" asked Fred.

Fred and George had married girls over the summer, got a great joke shop going, and Fred's wife (suspiciously, as they had only been married a few months) had a little boy. There sons name was Bill (but for the sake of not confusing everyone they called him Billy). Thank goodness for the addition on the burrow or Harry would probably be sleeping in a tent out in the garden.

"I made eggs." said Hermione looking rather offended.

"No I don't think it's the eggs, they look lovely by the way," Hermione blushed, "Burnt…burnt, BURNT!" Fred ran up the stairs.

"No Billy, give daddy his wand. NO OUCH! IT'S NOT NICE TO SET DADDY ON FIRE!"

"Where is Fred? I thought I heard him yelling." asked Melissa, as she came down the hall towards the kitchen

Melissa is Fred's wife, also has an identical twin named Clarissa. Clarissa married George after only knowing him for five minutes; she is a very spur-of-the-moment type person. Melissa's son, Billy, had a tendency to take things and set them on fire. All summer Billy had been taking things, and to Harry's horror he had gotten a hold of his Firebolt and almost flown it into a tree if Harry hadn't caught him on George's broom.

"Billy set Fred on fire again." said Ron casually.

"Where is mum?" Melissa groaned "I can never get burns out of robes!"

"OUCH! NO BILLY! NOT THE SUIT CASE!! Give Daddy the wand." yelped Fred.

A blast of fire came down the stairs.

"Melissa will you come get your son." said Fred dangerously calm.

Fred came down the stairs with his brand new suit case, which used to be white, but now was black and smoking. His robes were still on fire at the ends. Melissa ran over, put out the fire, and took Billy to his highchair. Billy was giggling, and Carla went over to tickle him.

"THAT IS IT YOU GET A BIG TIME OUT MISTER!" Harry looked at Ron and Hermione, and then they all burst into laughter.

"He is just a baby Fred! You shouldn't leave your wand lying around." said Melissa in an also dangerously calm voice. When ever they both talked in very calm voices, the conversation usually ended in a shouting match.

"Cool your jets Mel." George came downstairs his arm wrapped around Clarissa's shoulders.

"Guys all he is capable of is set things on fire. Maybe you should get him an enchanted playpen." said Clarissa trying to cheer her sister up.

"Well this wouldn't worry you because you don't have kids!" Melissa said hotly.

"Mel, calm down. George, we have already had an enchanted play pen remember? What are we going to do? How can I take him to work! He will set our customers on fire!" he groaned and looked at the baby boy.

Suddenly a small black owl came soaring into the kitchen. It carried a scroll with a green ribbon wrapped around it. Hermione grabbed it off the table and pulled the ribbon of. The paper unrolled all the way to the ground. It read:

Dear Hogwarts students,

Due to recent incident outside of Hogwarts, Students not attending the school have been transferred. Here is a list of new student's attending and their years.

Albus Dumbledore.

Hermione skimmed the list for any familiar names. She finally pointed to one, Sereana Seliera. Ron and Harry were puzzled.

"Who's that?" Ron asked, and grabbed the paper.

"One of my close friends from France. She's so lovely I can't wait for you two to meet her.

"That name sounds familiar…." Ron put the paper down and thought. Then he ran upstairs and came back down with an old newspaper in hand.

"What is this?" Hermione asked, while trying to read the paper.

"It's from the beginning of the summer. Look." He pointed at an article that read;

Rita Skeeter Writes Again

Rita Skeeter, now back on the case, is here to tell you about the latest in some of our young rich and famous witches today! The recently arrested Lucius Malfoy has been released under false charge, and of course his son and wife, Draco, and Narcissa, are denying all accusations. This summer they were spotted off the coast of France with some other high society witches and wizards. Beaucoup Seliera and her niece, Sereana Seliera were also there. Sereana Seliera, heir to the Seliera fortune, was more than happy to be switching schools this year. Her former school, Puissance pours la Jeunesse, is becoming less and less active as He-Who-Must-Not-be-Named rises. But can all of this young witches and wizards act responsible all the time? Of course not! Sereana Seliera and Young Mister Malfoy were found at 2:00 in the morning (drunk) on the Sable De Beutiful, La Belle Eau beach.

In other news, young Harry Potter has returned from the muggle realm, and is looking better than ever. The once confused and unloved boy has turned into a very handsome young man. His friends Hermione Granger, and Ron Weasley, have both grown to. Hermione Granger was also seen in France with a few young boys. Most of the boys did not speak English, so of course Miss Granger had to improvise. The seventh year class at Hogwarts is quite charming, especially because they now have a new crowd from Sable De Beutiful, La Belle Eau. Half of the students there have been sent to Hogwarts, Beauxbatons, Durmstrang, Micallsha, and Faccebelle. Most foreign have sent their oldest students to Hogwarts for safety reasons, and none of the Hogwarts students seem to be complaining… at least not the boys.

Young summer love has sprouted out all over. Starting with Draco Malfoy and Sereana Seliera. It is rumor that there may be a child mixed in all this, but Miss Seliera put that to rest:

"Of course there is no child. We may be crazy but not that crazy!" she stated playfully, "I still have a little bit of a modeling career but, that will definitely will be postponed once I have started school. I have always wanted to go to Hogwarts, but it has run in my family to go to Puissance pours la Jeunesse. The Malfoys' have been very close family friends for centuries, and somewhere along the line we were bound to meet up again!" Sereana is a very charming girl, and has been featured on the cover of Teen Witches Today, and Lingerie on the Young. These two magazines have been known for their expulsion of young girls, and revealing modeling shows. But Seliera has no regrets.
"My Aunt always told me to do what I am good at, and modeling is what I am good at. Sure the magazines are a little 'revealing', but it's really not that big of a deal. Both magazines have done marvelously well in competition with Teen Witch Weekly, and has a great pay. As long as Draco is okay with it, I am going to keep modeling." she clearly stated.
Victor Krum, Quidditch star, has—

Hermione grabbed the paper, and threw it on the table. Harry looked at Ron. He was still staring at the paper, and then had a look of realization on his face. He ran over to his counter drawer, and pulled out a magazine.

"I knew I heard that name before…" he muttered to himself, while flipping threw the pages.

"Look!" he said, and turned the magazine around so they could see it. It was a picture of a girl, and a gorgeous one at that. She had long blonde hair, luscious lips, a rather large bust, and skinny waste. She was dressed in a long gown with a small dragon in her arms.

"That's Sereana?!" Harry laughed, "Way too good for Malfoy…."

"She's a wonderful girl, she finds good in everyone, and I mean everyone." Hermione said and took the magazine to look at it. Mrs. Weasley came down the stairs and yelped.

"Why are you still here? You have to go! Otherwise you'll be late!" And with that, they ran up stairs to get ready.