Title: The Girl, The Dragon, and The Wild Magic

Chapter Three

Rhianna waited and waited for what seem like forever. She wondered where her parents were, if things would work out all right, and what would happen to her now. She was only nine and wouldn't be allowed to attend Hogwarts for at least two more years. When the door at last opened, an old wizard, which Rhianna had never see before smiled at her. Her father, who stared at her, and an old witch, followed him. Wizard Brightstar appeared and gave her the thumbs up.

" Your staying in Gryffindor tower," Wizard Brightstar explained. " Dumbledore has sorted you into Gryffindor and you'll start your training in the morning."

This shocked Rhianna, butthen it hit her. They would want her to start her training at once, so that she wouldn't hurt other people.

" Dumbledore said that you will have all your things by morning," he went on. " And you go by the name of Rowena Ravenclaw. Mr. Potter and Weasley were pretty impressed that Ravenclaw's descendent was going to be in Gryffindor."

Rhianna didn't say anything, which seemed to suit the situation just fine.

The next morning Rhianna, or as she was called, Rowena, was greeted by all the members of Gryffindor house. They were all excited to meet a descendent of Ravenclaw, the woman that had founded the smartest house at Hogwarts. Even the Ravenclaws were interested in meeting her. She had had this experience before, but she still wasn't use to it.

" Are you really related to Ravenclaw?" asked a boy that was introduced as Lee Jordan.

"Yes!" Rowena said.

" Cool!" said Lee. " Really, really cool!"

There were others that weren't so pleased that she was even around. The Slytherins didn't take to her well and Severus, not knowing that the girl was his future daughter, was with them. He vowed to make her life as hard as he was making Harry's, if not, worse. Dumbledore sensed this right away, but said nothing. He would let him get shocked in his own way and leave things alone.

Meanwhile, for the Gryffindors they had History of Magic, first thing that morning. Rowena's mother had warned her, long before the Ministry had decided that she would be unfit to attend Hogwarts, that Professor Binns was a bore and caused almost everyone to fall asleep in his class.

" I don't know howI managed it," Hermione had admitted.

Of course, Rowena didn't know how she was going to manage to find her way to his class. She had never been to Hogwarts and didn't know where the classes where. She asked Nearly Headless Nick and he pointed her in the right direction. Upon her arrival, she lined up behind Ginny Weasley and a boy that Rowena didn't know. A few minutes later the door opened and the students filed in.

Professor Binns classroom was much like most classrooms that Rowena had ever seen. There were twenty chairs, with an extra one for Rowena. She settled in the back and took out book, ink, quill, and loads of parchment. She had decided that just because she had to lie about certain things, didn't mean that she had to start not caring about her work. She was the daughter of Hermione Snape and her daughter would always do her best.

When Professor Binns glided in, they all gasped. Professor Binns, however, took no notice of this and took the role. When the last person said, " here," he got started on the lesson.

" Open your books to chapter one, page five," he ordered. " Today we are covering the invention of self-stirring cauldrons."

The students opened their books and Professor Binns started at once in talking about who invented them and why they were invented. Everyone focused hard and tried not to fall asleep in his class. However, by the first ten minutes of the class, it became clear that most wouldn't make it to sixth year N.E.W.T level class with him. Out of all of them, the only head that was still down to scribble notes was Rowena.

" How do you resist him?" Ginny asked, as they left Professor Binns classroom.

" Don't know," Rowena said. " I guess I can just handle him. So what do we have next?"

" Lunch," was Ginny answer.

At once Rowena's stomach growled at the thought of food, and so she followed Ginny down the marble staircase and down to the Great Hall. Upon arriving, she got the usual looks from the Gryffindors, Hufflepuffs, and Ravenclaws, and the usual glares from the Slytherins. However, Rowena sat down and started to put food on her plate.

" Heard you had Binns?" Harry commented, when she had finished loading her plate.

" Yes, so?"

" Well I must warn you that he'll make you fall asleep," he explained. " Not a lot of people, I heard, make it to his class after their fifth year."

" And who told you that?" Rowena asked him.

" Ron!"

" Well not Rowena," Ginny cut in. " She managed to stay awake for the entire double period."

Harry stared at her, but Rowena had started eating and didn't even look at him.

When Rowena was finished eating, she joined the students that were going out into the courtyard to relax before they had to go to lessons. Rowena didn't join them, but went up to the library to check out a book that her father had mentioned Sirius, Remus, James, and Peter had used to become Animagi. Upon entering the library she walked up to Madam Pince, the librarian, and asked her if she had the book available.

" And why should I give you that book?" she asked hotly.

" Because I want to read it!" Rowena replied, just as hotly as Madam Pince had asked.

Madam Pince looked at her, but led her to where the book was located. When she handed it to her, Rowena checked the title, then went back to Madam Pince's desk, and checked it out. As Madam Pince handed it back, she gave her another glare and a warning.

" You better not try any of this stuff in this castle," she said. " Or your pretty little butt will be out of here."

" Oh don't worry!" she said heatedly. " I don't believe in breaking the rules!"

Then she stalked off, muttering to herself.