Dumbledore's Niece

By realixweatherfairy

Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter or Winx Club

Author's Note: Takes place during the fourth book!

Chapter 1: The Four Schools

Harry, Ron, and Hermione had only just sat down in the Great Hall when their headmaster began his yearly greeting, "Welcome to another year at Hogwarts! Before we can sink our teeth into our delicious feast, I have a few announcements to make: this castle will not only be your home this year, but to some very special guests as well. You see, Hogwarts has been chosen to host a legendary event, the Triwizard Tournament. But more on that later; for now, join me in welcoming the lovely ladies of Beauxbatons Academy of Magic and their headmistress, Madame Maxime. And let's not forget our friends from the North, the proud sons of Durmstrang, and their High Master, Igor Karkaroff." And as he spoke, a group of ten or so young girls, mostly around the age of at least 17, one of at least 10, and a very tall woman walked in and after them came a group of at least 10 or so men, and a surly looking wizard, one of the boys Ron recognized immediately.

"Harry, it's him, Viktor Krum!" Ron breathed. Many of the students gasped and murmurs began running through the Great Hall before Dumbledore held his hand up for silence and continued speaking, "And this year, we have invited a school which has preferred to remain to themselves until now. Everyone in this room knows that fairies exist, but you all imagined nothing like this; now please, grant a warm welcome to the enchanting ladies of Alfea College for Fairies, and their Headmistress, Amelia Faragonda." Everyone's eyes turned to the door of the Great Hall to see six young women, all of whom seemed to be at least 18, and an older woman. The men all gasped as they watched their progress as they made their way towards Professor Dumbledore; these young women were all extremely beautiful, but one in particular seemed to catch their eye. She was the tallest of the group, with long black hair that went to her hips and piercing light blue eyes that were just like Professor Dumbledore's; her figure was curvy and graceful and her lips full and the color of a rose, a pink rose. Once they reached Dumbledore, the young women kneeled on one knee and their Headmistress continued forward and took his hand and said, "Albus, it is good to see you."

"Yes, it is good to see you as well, Amelia," Dumbledore replied before turning to the girl with long black hair and continued, "It is good to see you as well, Estrella (Es-tray-ya). It has been a long time."

The girl looked up with a smile and said in a voice that sounded as if bells were chiming, "Yes, it has been a long time, hasn't it, Uncle?" At this the once silent Great Hall once more burst in whispers and murmurs. Looks of shock and surprise formed on everyone's faces. Harry turned to Ron and asked, "Dumbledore has a niece?" Ron shrugged and said, "I didn't know anything about it." Hermione then said, "I've heard rumors, but that's it."

"What rumors?"

"Well, supposedly, Estrella is the daughter of Dumbledore's younger brother, Aberforth. Her mother was a princess of a realm far from here and was a fairy. When Estrella was about a year old, her mother was killed and was sent by her mother's relatives to live with her father, but he couldn't bear to look at her, because she looked so much like her mother, so Professor Dumbledore took her in and raised her as if she was his own daughter. I don't know any more than that."

Harry once more looked up to the front of the Great Hall and at the young woman who claimed to be Dumbledore's niece and thought, "Her story isn't that much different from mine. She can't be that much older than me." He watched as she greeted Hagrid and asked after the creatures in the forest and greeted the other faculty and much to his surprise, gained a small smile from Snape and a hug from McGonagall before joining her fellow fairies at the Gryffindor table, right next to Harry, much to his embarrassment. It wasn't much later that the ghosts arrived and she said, "Hello, Sir Nicholas," with a huge smile on her face.

"Why, Estrella Christine Elizabeth Isabella Dumbledore," Nearly Headless Nick replied, "I never thought that I would see the day that you would roam the halls of Hogwarts Castle again," making Estrella laugh. Harry could barely keep his eyes off the beautiful young woman sitting beside him. Dumbledore's niece looked amazingly just like him. Harry sucked in a breath as she turned to look at him and smiled as she said, "You must be Harry Potter."

"Y…Y…Yes, I am," Harry stuttered, "How did you know?"

"You look just like your father," she replied, amused, "and from what I hear just as mischief proned." Harry's eyes widened at the mention of his father as Estrella and her friends giggled.

"You knew my father?"

"Harry, I'm four years older than you are," Estrella said, "Of course, I did. I was already living here with my uncle when the whole thing with Voldemort started. In fact, I was there the night you were born." Harry was beyond being surprised; here this barely a slip of an eighteen year old knew his parents and was there when he was born.

"Where have you been these last few years?" Harry asked.

"When I turned 11 my mother's family told my uncle that they wanted me to spend time with me and I've lived like to spend time with since," Estrella replied, "I was fifteen when I grew my wings and my aunt decided that I needed to learn now to control my fairy side. I had already learned everything I would need to control my witch powers."

"Really?"

She nodded and whispered, "You want to know a secret?" Harry nodded and she continued, "I've already taken the O.W.L.s and the N.E.W.T.S.s and passed them all with flying colors." Harry's eyes widened; though he would not be taking the O.W.L.s for anther year, Harry knew what they were. Suddenly a clap of thunder roared above their heads and it started to rain. Estrella looked up and narrowed her eyes and just as suddenly as it started the rain stopped and the clouds disappeared, revealing a starry sky. Estrella sighed and whispered, "Stupid ceiling," as she noticed that Alaster Moody, a friend of her uncle's, had arrived. She was distracted when she heard one of her friends say, "Thanks, Ella (A-ya), you saved my hair!" making her laugh. She turned to Harry again and said, "I'm sorry, I haven't introduced my friends, have I? Harry, these are my friends, Bloom, Flora, Stella, Musa, Layla, and Tecna. Girls, this is Harry Potter," indicating each of them as she said their names. Harry nodded at each girl and introduced Ron and Hermione.

"Estrella, what did Stella mean by saving her hair?" Hermione asked.

"Well, you know that she, the other girls, and I are fairies, right?" when they nodded their heads, she continued, "Well, each fairy has their own power, Stella is the Fairy of the Sun and the Moon, Flora is the Fairy of Nature, Tecna is the Fairy of Technology, Musa is the Fairy of Music, Layla is the Fairy of Fluids, and Bloom is the Fairy of DragonFire. I am the Fairy of the Weather Star. I can influence the weather and control it, such as, if there was a storm brewing over the lake, I would be to control whether or not that storm would actually form. And since I am half witch, any regular spell that requires a wand, I don't need one to use it. Like this, Wingardium Leviosa!" pointing towards a fork that was lying on the table, which started to float in the air with swift movements of Estrella's finger, as if her finger were a wand. Harry, Ron, and Hermione watched with wide eyes; it wasn't just them either, many of the first years who were in Gryffindor were watching as well.

That night the feast ended with much merriment. The next day, when Harry, Ron, and Hermione were in their Defense Against the Dark Arts class with Neville and the Slytherins, they were introduced to their new teacher, Alaster Moody, who introduced himself as an ex-auror. He then introduced them to the Unforgivable Curses. When he introduced the Cruciatus Curse, causing Neville to react oddly before Estrella appeared in the door, shouting, "Expelliarmus!" sending Moody's wand out of his hand and catching it nimbly in her own. Walking slowly down the aisle to where Moody was standing, looking at her strangely, almost as if he was looking for her wand, holding his in her two hands across her stomach.

Walking up to him, she said in a deadly voice, "If I find out that you used the Cruciatus Curse in front of Neville again, I will personally snap your wand in half. Comprende, Professor?" Since the first night that the other three schools had been staying at Hogwarts, the Alfea girls were staying in the Gryffindor Tower with the girls, and Estrella had not only become friends with Harry, Ron, and Hermione, but Seamus, Neville, Dean, and all the other Gryffindors; Fred and George especially since she thought that their jokes were funny. Not only that, but she had become very protective of them as well, especially Neville, who had more trouble than the others, and had helped him with his studies and his magical abilities were improving rapidly due to Estrella's tutoring.

Moody merely grunted at her before grabbing his wand from her hands and turned away from her. She turned around and placed a hand on Neville's shoulder and said, "Neville, why don't you go back and sit in your seat?" before turning to leave the room, but not before she heard Malfoy say, "Geez, Longbottom's a wimp if he has to have a girl defend him." She turned to Malfoy and glared. It was not hard to know why she was angry. Since her first day in Hogwarts Castle, the Slytherins were openly aggressive towards the Gryffindors, jealous that they had the good-looking girls staying in their tower. Malfoy especially got on her nerves; she had already had Snape speak to him about the harassment, which because of his respect for Dumbledore and Estrella, Snape had been happy to.

Suddenly Malfoy was jumping up and down in the air with the bottom is robes on fire, causing the entire class, especially the Gryffindors, to laugh as Estrella walked out of the room. At lunch that day, the Gryffindors who were in the class told the others that weren't and the entire Gryffindor table was laughing when Malfoy walked into the room. Glaring at Estrella, Malfoy walked over to Snape, intent on getting Estrella in trouble, only to be frustrated that he got detention again for insulting a guest. The rest of the day passed quietly with no incident until dinner time.

Halfway through dinner, Stella squealed. Looking to see what Stella was so excited about, Harry turned to see six boys about Estrella and the other girls age. The boys, two brunettes, a blond, two red heads, and a dark haired boy and got discouraged. Could one of those boys be Estrella's boyfriend? But the other six girls got up and gave them hugs before leading them to sit beside them and Estrella turned to him and said, "Those are the other girl's boyfriends; the blonde by Bloom is Sky, the red head by Musa is Riven, the red head with glasses by Tecna is Timmy, the brunette by Stella is Brandon, the brunette with Layla is Nabu, and the dark haired by Flora is Helia. Sky, Brandon, Helia, Timmy, Riven, Nabu, this is Harry Potter, Ron Weasley, and Hermione Granger."

Each of the boys nodded at each of them as they were introduced. It was then decided the boys would stay in Gryffindor tower with the rest of the Gryffindor boys. The next few months went by were the happiest that Harry had ever had at Hogwarts, and before he knew it, it was time for the Triwizard Champions to be chosen.