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Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry is a seven year school where little witches and wizards from all over come to learn to do that one word muggles like to call magic. Enjoying their arrival to Hogwarts hours earlier than the younger grades are year six students Elena Potter (Harry's sister) and Lita Granger (Hermoine's sister) the eldest of course.
They head along over to the train station where the Hogwarts express is just rolling in with years one through four students. This group includes the Golden Trio: Elena's younger brother Harry Potter, Lita's younger sister Hermoine Granger and their friend Ron Weasley amongst the rest of the students here at the school. "Elena aren't you excited! Look, here comes our little rascals off the train." Lita pointed toward the trains doors seeing her sister and her friends.
Looking towards where Lita is pointing she sees her brother with his friends along with Draco and his godfather Severus Snape, sighing silently she turns back to Lita. "Yeah I am but I have a strange feeling that this year will have something dangerous just like last year."
Lita looks at Elena curiously. "Why do you feel that way?" The trio comes over, "Hey guys, are ready for your fourth year!" Lita hugs her sister and the others.
"Because every year something happens that gets myself, my family or friends hurt." Seeing Harry she gets up and wraps him in a huge hug. "How was your summer? Sorry we couldn't grab you like we had planned."
Harry smiled at his sister."It's fine Elena, I understand and my summer wasn't too bad until Ron and Hermoine got me to come over to go see the Irish and Bulgaria Quidditch Games...that didn't end so well" Harry looked at Hermoine and Ron and they look down. "What you mean it didn't go so well." Lita gets worried for her sister and her friends. "Why are you all hanging about get to your houses and unpack then head to the great hall." Severus snaps at the group but eyes Elena with a smoldering look.
Grinning slightly at Severus she decides to unpack later and heads over to the Slytherin table to get ready for the sorting. But before she does she stops Harry, "I'm sorry I didn't go to the games with you. I had training with Dumbledore and it couldn't wait. I finally finished my animagus form.
You always have training with Dumbledore, I'm use to it already sis. Just make sure to tell me what your form is tomorrow." Harry then goes and sits at his house table while Lita sits with her sister and eyes Draco.
"Welcome to another year at Hogwarts. This year we are honored by hosting and ancient and highly dangerous Tournament right here on our grounds. It is the Tri-Wizard tournament and it will be between Hogwarts and two other schools: Durmstrang Institute and Beauxbatons Academy of Magic and here they are now." As his last words run from his mouth the ladies enter with their grace and femininity ending in all boys drooling at their feet. As Dumbledore announces the all boys school they charge in showing their masculinity and toughness leaving the girls awestruck.
Elena is in awe at the way the boys look from Durmstrang but glances up at the head table to see Severus glaring at all of them, snickering she tunes back in to hear Dumbledore talk of the rules of the Tournament. Rolling her eyes she turns to Draco, "What kind of moron would volunteer for a suicide game?"
Those stupid Weasley twins look like the morons you speak of Elena" Draco sneers at them and pokes fun as Crabbe and Goyle play along like two peasants pleasing their master. Meanwhile Lita sits across listening to her sister and her friends talk and she risks a glance at Draco.
"I agree, but they do need the money so they might feel they have to get reckless for their families." Glancing over to check on her brother she sees Lita eying Draco. Snickering to herself she starts thinking of ways to get them together when the candles all go out suddenly. She jerks her head over to Severus immediately who looks concerned even though you couldn't tell unless you really knew him. Clunking could be heard at first, she whips around to see one of the most ugliest men in her life. Jerking back to Severus she could see downright fear in his eyes, she barely hears Dumbledore talk of Moody.
During the course of Dumbledore speech of welcoming the new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher Mad-Eye Moody, the trio mess around and Lita whispers to Hermoine. "Someone is checking you out sis." She nudges her and looks toward Viktor Krum who is staring at her and she blushes. Ron clears his throat, a spark of jealously brewing. "But all is well before the Tournament begins there will be a Yule Ball to celebrate the joining of our three schools for this Tournament. Good luck and welcome back." Dumbledore smiles, eying you, Lita and Harry. Dumbledore then claps his hands and a feast fit for ten kings appears upon each houses tables.
Excitement courses through as she looks at all the food, for a second though she got sad because some of her foods weren't around but then her plate filled with fried chicken, fried potatoes, peas and a small separate plate of banana bread and a goblet of Coke. As soon as she goes to eat Draco snorts in disgust and envy, "How exactly do you eat all this muggle food and why do you get special treatment."
Rolling her eyes and putting her drink down, "Draco dear, I was raised in America not England so my tastes differ from yours, also you know your old house elf Dobby can't help but want to please me."
"That traitor will pay, trust me." Draco stabs his plate muttering as Severus looks on and smiles seeing you upset Draco but he gets serious as Dumbledore passes by him to be seated and Harry starts glancing at the Ravenclaw table. "Hey, looks like Harry has eyes for Cho" Ron teases.
"Draco chill, how would you feel if someone tried to make you do everything no matter how small it was and always getting punished for the smallest issues? You'd want free too." Grabbing the last of her Coke she gets up and walks out to calm down a little.
Severus finishes up his dinner and sneaks out to see what happened to her. "And what are you doing wandering the halls at this hour?" He sneaks up on her with his serious face watching her every move with intense interest.
Sighs out loud, "I needed fresh air, Draco just can't seem to deal with his issues and it drives me so nutty that I want to end up hitting him. I just wish he'd realize that compassion is a far better weapon than hate." Twisting the ends of her dirty blonde hair she looks up at the only person who ever made her feel like an equal.
Snape kneels down in front of her and stops her from twisting her hair. "You know what that does to me and we can't out in the open right now." He whispers with a slight grin tracing his thumb along her bottom lip, the feel of it was like feathers to his skin. "But you are right Draco been having daddy issues for sometime now amongst other things Elena, but be careful around Moody and those Durmstrang boys, I don't trust them ". Snape glares around in anger and jealously
"Oh is someone jealous?" Grinning slightly she bites the tips of his thumb gently then steps back. "There is something off with Professor Moody so don't worry, I plan to be careful." She grins then sighs, "Guess it's time to head to the Common Room."
Smiling to herself she heads over to the first door on the right where her room is, unlike the other dorms the Slytherins could choose and design their own. Her room had the typical gray stone walls but with some magic and money she made it her own. Severus helped her find most of the furniture and he added a window to the lake just for her in her 4th year. Elena sat down on her wrought iron king bed and looked at all she owned, her Sabastian end tables which were hard to find along with her chandelier and her Persian rug. Yawning hard she burrows under the covers but just as she goes to fall asleep she feels someone slide in next to her, knowing Severus was with her made it feel like home again.