Hey guys, I know I've been gone for almost a year. Please don't kill me. It was never my intention to be away this long, but I had this little sickness called writers bock, its not deadly but it will catch you unaware and leave you in a weakened state. So anyways that wasn't the only reason I was gone. I kind of had this inner turmoil where I was doubting myself. It took a wile but I'm back and writing. I've been cured from my writes block and the doubt is gone. so expect updates , they wont be fast but I promise that I won't be gone for such a long period of time as I did with this chapter.
Oh and tnx to those who reviewed on my last chapter.
so enjoy
"Come on, run, we're late" Mrs. Weasley yelled at her children as she ran through the crowded station. It was almost eleven O'clock and they were still a long way from platform 9 ¾ . Out of all days to oversleep it had to be this day. Last night they had all gone to sleep early to ensure that they would wake up early and be at the station with time to spear. But alas things don't always go as planned. That night there were dogs barking into late hours of the night and when they ceased their ruckus it was close to four in the morning.
As they ran, through the crowded station they tried to avoid hitting people with their carts, they were mostly successful. Ron had hit three people at the same time. How he had managed that was beyond anyone.
"Honestly Ron, how you could hit so many people at the same time is beyond me, they were standing in front of you." Hermione yelled as she looked back to see the three people given them hateful glares.
"Well, it's not my fault they were standing in my way" Ron said in his self defense.
Harry and Ginny were already ahead of them with Mrs. Weasley, the clock was ticking, and they had five minutes to get to their destination.
At last the brick wall concealing the wizard's station came into view. The group of wizards didn't bother to stop they just went right through. The last call rang as the train was preparing to close its doors and depart.
"Come on hurry, get on" Mrs. Weasley ushered the group of teenagers. Ginny was the first to get on the train followed close by Harry and his luggage that had somehow sprouted legs and walked right trough. Ginny noticed this and stared at Harry.
"What?" Harry asked noticing her stare.
"Your luggage, how it did that?" she asked as she continued to struggle with her own.
"Oh, it was a spell I found in of Hermione's books, I decided to try it out and It worked" he said as he looked at his luggage walking behind him
"What were you doing reading Hermione's book?" She asked, knowing well that, like her Brother Ron, Harry did not read a book, willingly, unless it had to do with quidich.
"Oh I didn't read it, I accidentally knocked it from where it was and it opened to a page, I just happened to read the description" he said as he pulled out his wand and enchanted her luggage to do the same.
"Thanks" she said as she continued walking.
Ron and Hermione just had enough time to get on the train before the doors closed behind them. "Hey wait for us" Ron yelled, as he tried to catch up to his friends, Hermione like Harry had enchanted her luggage to and followed her friends trough the corridor trying to find an empty compartment, but everywhere they looked they were full. A compartment door opened and Luna came out smiling at them.
"Luna" Ginny yelled as she rushed to hug her blonde friend.
"Hello Ginny, Ron, Harry, Hermione, how have you been?" Luna asked in her dreamy voice.
"Good. How about you?" Harry asked.
"I've been helping my father around the house, fixing everything that the death eaters destroyed" she said as if it was the most normal thing to say.
"Hey, there wouldn't be more space in the compartment would there?" Ron asked interrupting whatever Harry was about to say
"No, we only have room for one more person" she answered
"Oh" Ron said in disappointment
"Well we should keep looking" Hermione said as she turned to leave
"Do you mind if I stay with Luna?" Ginny asked harry " I really want to catch up with her"
"Sure" he answered
"Thanks" she kissed Harry on his cheek before walking inside and closing the compartment door.
"Well we should keep looking" Ron Grumbled as they moved on.
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"Ugh, we've been searching for ages" Ron complained out loud.
"Oh don't exaggerate Ronald, it's only been a few minutes" Hermione said as she opened another door hoping to find seats available. There, sitting, were three students they had never seen before, two boys and one girl. The first boy was sitting alone one side of the compartment; he had red hair, that could rival the Weasley hair color, tied up in a pony tail at the top of his head, a band on his forehead that seemed to be covering black markings on his head . His eyebrows seemed to be tattooed and they seemed to connect to the rest of the tribal markings, and his skin color was a slight tan color, he also seems to be well built and looked old enough to be 19 and looked to be pretty tall even thou he was slouching. The second boy sat across from him. This boy had peach skin color with a slight tan to it. He had brown eyes a scold on his face, and Spiky vibrant orange hair. The Girl next to him was small in comparison to the two boys. She had raven black hair that fell to her shoulders and stuck out and a few strands in her face, her eyes were a strange violet color and she had pales skin.
"Oh hello, I'm sorry, we did not know this was occupied" Hermione said after she was finished studding them
"It's all right don't worry about it, were you looking for a place to sit?, I know its really crowded out there". The Girl said
"Yes, we were, do you mind if we sit here" Hermione asked the group.
"Go ahead, we have three empty seats." The orange haired, boy answered. Harry recognized him as, Ichigo, the boy who had dropped him with a chair, but he chose to not say anything
"I've never seen you around, are you the transfers?" Hermione asked, curiosity leaking into her voice.
"Yes we are" he answered.
"Is it true you're from Japan? Why did you choose to come here? Is magic practiced different in you land? What is your culture like? What was your school like? And-
"You know its polite to introduce yourself first"- the red head interrupted-''where we come from, and it's also good to allow time between questions so we can answer but since you didn't I'll just have to answer the best way I can, yes, we didn't, don't know, unique, and like hell."
"Sorry" Hermione said as she looked at him and blushed, trying to connect the answers to each question in her mind "I'm Hermione Granger" she said sheepishly
"Kurosaki Ichigo, or how it is customary here Ichigo Kurosaki" Ichigo said from where he was sitting.
"I'm Rukia Kuchiki and the one that interrupted you is Renji Abari" the petite girl said.
"These are my friends Ron Weasley and this is-" Hermione looked hesitant towards Harry not knowing how the new students would react to knowing they were now sharing a compartment with the Legendary Harry potter, she was about to answer when "Harry Potter" Ichigo finished her sentence.
"Yes" she said, starting to regret sitting here and putting her friend in a position where he would most likely be bombarded with questions.
"Yea we met" Ichigo said casually.
"Oh, you're that boy aren't you?" Rukia asked with excitement and recognition in her voice.
"What boy?" Renji asked confused
"You know the boy who defeated the um…um.. moldy lord guy!" Rukia said trying to remember the name, this only cause Harry to laugh which he tried to cover it with a cough. Hermione also tried not to laugh at Rukia's name for Voldemort
"What moldy lord?" Renji asked sounding more confused by the second
"Did you not read the news paper Renji?" Rukia said in disbelief.
"Rukia, he hardly reads his textbooks, what makes you think he will read a newspaper, and I think you mean Voldemort, but that name sounds about right" Ichigo said, this only caused Harry to actually laugh and Ron and Hermione to stare at Ichigo with shocked expressions, no one besides them actually said Voldemorts name, even though he was dead, people still preferred to call him he-who-must-not-be-named.
"Right" Rukia only smiled that sickly sweet smile that annoyed Ichigo.
"Now I remember, Momo told me about him" Renji said thinking back to the time he asked Momo to fill him in on what happened in the meeting since he was dozing off.
"Yea, I am that boy" Harry said as soon as he stopped laughing.
"Well it's a pleasure to meet all of you." Rukia said
"The pleasure is ours" Harry said as he stood to shake all their hands, Harry was somewhat relived, although these people knew who he was they didn't fawn all over him, all they did was point out who he was to their friend.
"So, what school are you transferring from? And are you the only students transferring? I mean we heard there was going to be at least seven students" Hermione finally asked the question she had been itching to ask ever since she heard about the transfers
"Were transferring from Shino Academy, and no were not the only ones. There a few more of us around you'll probably see them once were in school" Rukia answered
"Shino Academy, I've never heard of that school before, is it in Japan?" Hermione said in with a pensive face, all thoughts of the other transfers forgotten.
"Yes it is" Rukia answered
"But I thought that the Japanese school was closed down and that most of its students were widely distributed all over the world." Hermione said with a perplexed expression.
Dame this girl is smart. Ichigo thought, remembering the profile on Harry that they were forced to read. It hadn't been just Harry's profile that they read, when he returned to his office there were several smaller profiles with a note saying to read them if they wanted to, so he read them, one of the profiles happened to be on the girl now questioning them.
"Yeeeeaaaaa well it's a very reclusive school, it's not well known and it's kind of hard to get in" Renji said
"Really, do you have to have really good grades, be recommended or do you have to pay to get in?'' Hermione asked
"No, it's none of that, what you have to do is pass a test to prove that you are worthy of attending." Rukia said remembering how she and Renji had to take the entrance exam
"A test" Ron asked in utter disbelieve "As if a test at the end of the year isn't bad enough now you have to take one to get in?"
"Yes, the Professors' don't want to waste their time teaching us if we are not at a certain level of strength and a certain level of knowledge" Ichigo said
"So how old do you have to be to attend this school, I mean I'm asking because you look older than most students" Hermione said as she pointed at Renji
"Oh well it doesn't matter how old you are, as long as you have the skill required'' Renji said
"Skill required what kind of school is it?" Ron asked
"Well it's something like a military school?" Rukia said. The entire group, attending the mission, had decided that they were going to be as truthful as possible about their school and customs.
"Military, what kind of psychos train you to be soldiers?" Ron asked.
"It's the way our government works and it helps keep our numbers strong" Renji said through gritted teeth.
"Oh, sorry we didn't mean to insult your school" Harry said felling the need to apologies for his blabbermouth friend.
"No its fine, how about you tell us about Hogwarts I mean we don't really know anything about it. Our instructor kind of left that part out." Ichigo said which was true Urahara had porously ripped those pages out.
"Of course, we'll explain everything, Right boys?" Hermione said as she looked at her two friends.
"I think the most important thing for them to know would be the sorting" Harry said thinking back to his first year and being extremely confused as to what was going on
"Sorting, as in by categories like they sort fruits?" Renji asked.
"Well, in Hogwarts the students are divided in four houses …. ''Hermione went on explaining how the school was founded, how the houses were divided and each trait of the houses.
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"So let us get this straight, Gryffindor is for those with bravery, who are daring, have nerve and are Chivalrous. Hufflepuff, is for hard workers, those who have patience, loyalty , and are honest, Ravenclaw, is basically for people with lots of brains ,and Slytherin is for those who are ambitious, cunning and resourcefulness" Ichigo said as he counted with his fingers.
''Yes basically that's it". Hermione said excited that Ichigo remembered all that.
"Well Renji, we know you won't be placed in Ravenclaw" Ichigo said in a dead serious tone.
"Hey I'm in the advanced class back home that proves I have a lot of brain" Renji answered
"Yea you just don't use them'' Rukia mumbled under her breath everyone heard it and stared laughing
"So what house are you guys in?" Renji asked trying to divert the conversation away from him
"Oh were all in Gryffindor." Ron said proudly.
"So, now that you know what each house represents where do you think you will be placed" Hermione asked
"Well I think Rukia might get into Ravenclaw, she is smart. Renji well he'll definitely be in Gryffindor'' Ichigo said with assertiveness
"And what about you Ichigo where do you think you will be?" Hermione asked
"Well I think I'll be in-"
"Hufflepuff" Renji said
"What? No." Ichigo said
"Oh come on, I've seen the way you are with your sisters" Rukia said remembering the many occasions Ichigo had willingly gone to watch chappy movies just because Yuzu had asked him…..The rest of the train trip was spent trying to figure out where Ichigo would be placed.
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It was dark, and the temperature was slowly dropping making the air colder, by the time they arrived. The students were piling into carriages that would take them to the castle.
"FIR'S YEARS OVE HERE" Hagrid the half giant yelled from his place near the lake.
"Do you know if you will be traveling by boats or will you travel in carriages with the rest of us" Hermione asked the trio of Japanese students
"We don't know we weren't informed" Ichigo said as he craned his neck looking for the rest of his group.
"Who are you looking for?" Harry asked as Ron walked away towards the nearest carriage where his sister was sitting with Luna and Nevill. Hermione however was staring at the way the other two transfers were staring at the winged horses that pulled the carriages, Hermione couldn't believe what she was seeing the first time she saw them. She remembered regretting not believing Harry on their fifth year when he said he was seeing a strange creature pulling the carriages. And now apparently the two transfers could see them. She wondered who they saw die.
"My –" Ichigo was cut off by a feminine voice yelling his name.
"Ichi-nii" Harry turned to see a young girl running towards Ichigo. he couldn't properly make out herfeature since it was night.
''Yuzu" Ichigo yelled as the girl running towards him stumbled on a rock and fell. She would have hit the ground if Renji hadn't caught her.
"Whoa, carful there" Renji said as he straightened her up.
"Thanks Renji, Ichigo do you know where we are supposed to ride?"
"TRANSFERS OVE HERE " Hagrid voice rang before Ichigo had a chance to answer.
"I guess that answers our question" Ichigo said as he started walking towards the giant man.
"We'll see you inside" Harry said as he they started to walk away.
"Yea hopefully we end up in the same house," Ichigo said thinking it would make his job easier to keep an eye on Harry.
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"First years, four people per boat." The giant man said to the tiny first years and then turned to face the group of transfers, he was surprised to see such vibrant hair colors from a few of them. "Hello and welcome to Hogwarts of witch craft and wizardry, I'm Hagrid, the gate keeper and teacher of care of magical creatures, since this is your first year attending, the head Mistress wanted you to have the experience of being transported by boats. Now since you guys are bigger than the first years you will only sit three per boat understand."
There was a chorus of yes's coming from the transfers.
"Alright now, on with the lot of ya" Hagris said as he climbed his own boat.
Rukia climbed in the first boat with Ichigo and Renji close behind her. Karin, Yuzu, and Toshiro climbed in the second boat. Momo, Hiyory, and Shinji climbed in the third and that left Hanataro all by himself with no more boats. Hanataro looked around in slight panic.
"Hey you can sit ere wi'me" Hagrid said as he looked at the boy who looked like he had not slept in days.
"Th-thank you sir" the seventh seat said.
The boat ride was short. The view the new students got was amassing. The shinigamies couldn't believe the beauty of the castle. The castle was on an island surrounded by rocks and trees, it looked dark and ancient, and some parts of it seemed to be falling apart , a reminder of the recent battle that had occurred, but the lit up rooms made the castle seem alive and welcoming. It looked peaceful.
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The new students had gathered around outside the great hall. The first years were all crowded together, they were purposely trying to stay away from the much older and scary looking Japanese students (mostly Ichigo and Renji) .
"Alright this is what will happen the first years will go in first to be sorted once that is done ill come back for you lot got it " Hagrid said as he stared at the two groups. Hagrid was excited not only had the war ended, but the school was rapidly being rebuilt. And now they were receiving a group of transfer students.
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The great hall was filled with students. There were conversations all around and a lot of commotion. The room seemed to be very crowded and they still had not sorted the first years and the transfers.
"Do you think this hall is big enough for all of us" Ginny asked her friends as she looked around at the crowded hall.
"Yes, there will definitely be more room, I heard McGonagall say that the hall had been enchanted to make it bigger" Hermione said from across the table
"Well I hope it's true because I see a lot of returning students" Harry said as he spotted several students from his year, There were the twins, Dean, Seamus , Parvaty, Pansy ,Malfoy and more. Apparently the golden trio was not the only students asked to redo their seventh year.
"Oh, look, here come the fist years" Ginny said as she looked at the scared group of eleven year olds walking down the hallway and towards the main table were all the professors sat. The new students looked at the ceiling with bewildered eye some looked nervous and others looked exited.
"Hey, who do you think those two people sitting at the head table are?" Nevill asked looking at the two Asian looking men sitting there.
"Don't know, but I think they might be new teachers'' Hermione answered as she turned her attention towards them.
"What do you think they will be teaching?" Harry asked as he looked at them. One appeared to be a blond man who was wearing a green striped hat with a matching jacket. The other man was silvered haired. He was wearing jacket but his was white and he had a smirk plastered on his face. It looked kind of creepy to them.
"Probably transfiguration since McGonagall is now head mistress she won't be able to teach and obviously we have a new defense against the dark arts teacher"
"Which one do you think will be the DADA teacher?" Harry asked with a bit of concern. He was also wondering if the position was still cursed.
"Welcome to Hogwarts of witch craft and wizardry when I Call your name Please step forward and sit on the stool to be sorted" Their conversation was interrupted as McGonagall placed the sorting hat on the stool. Even thought McGonagall was head mistress she had insisted on sorting the students. The hall fell silent to try to hear what the hat was about to say. After all they had learned that the hat always gave good advice or warnings.
"I may be old and worn
But mark my words
The veils have torn.
Everything is not what is seems
Times are dangerous
Do not be fooled by your dreams.
Warm bodies soon turn cold
Friends turn into foes
To your spirit you must hold
For death stands outside our doors
These men will not bring worlds end
Though they are, lords of death. "
As soon as the hat finished his little song the sorting began.
"William Anderson" McGonagall called the first name.
"What do you think that meant?" Harry asked Hermione as he saw her confused expression.
"I'm not sure, but it sounded like a lot of small warnings, for example times are dangerous , he could be talking about all of you-know-who followers that are still loose, but I'm not sure what the hat meant about the veils being torn"
''It could mean anything or it could mean nothing at all" Ron said
''But usually the hat does give advice that is not taken into consideration " Hermione said thinking back to the many times that many bad things had happen, then she would remember the words of the sorting hat. "I've always wondered how is it that the hat knows when something is going to happen"
"Well it is said that the hat belong to Merlin himself and that when the founders got a hold of it they enchanted it to bring it alive" Ron said as if it were common knowledge. Hermione only looked at him as if he had grown a third eye. Meanwhile the sorting was still taking place. There were applauses and shouts as the students were sorted and greeted in to their new home for the next seven years
"What didn't you know?'' Ron asked as if it was common knowledge. Hermione and Harry only shook their head.
"Ron they are muggle raised" Ginny reminded her brother "Look it's an old tale that mum us to tell us when we were kids its nothing important, but it in the story it says that Merlin enchanted his hat in order to help him get a glimpse of the future"
"I think it's definitely talking about death eaters" Harry said in a low voice "I mean Lords of death who calls themselves that?''
Hermione didn't know what to say. The hat was never straight forward. But now it sounded like it was but she wasn't sure.
"Alright Settle down" McGonagall said as the last student sat with his fellow students. Now I know you are all exited but the sorting ceremony is still not over" she said,there were soft murmurs all around wondering what was going on.
"Silence please," she said trying to get everybody to be quiet. "Now as I was saying, this year after two centuries we are welcoming ten young students transferring all the way from Japan" Students stared talking in loud whispers. "Now I expect for you all to be on your best behavior and welcome them with open arms." She ordered her students "Now Filch could you allow the students inside." Filch nodded and open the doors to allow them in the group that was waiting outside.
The group of transfers walked in with all eyes following their every movement. Harry got a good view of all the transfers. Ichigo easily stood out, with his hair being orange. Next to him was Renji, now he stood out for being the tallest and for having red hair that rivaled the Weasley hair color. He third to stand out was Toshiro his snowy white hair turned a lot of heads. Then came the two blonds, they only turned heads because of their facial expressions. The rest of the group did not stand out.
Ichigo and his friends could not believe what they were seeing. The hall may not have been the biggest hall they had ever seen because they had seen bigger. The most amassing thing they saw was the ceiling; It was decorated with floating candles with an open ceiling so they could see the dark starry sky. They reached the main table and stood before it.
Welcome To Hogwarts of witchcraft and wizardry" McGonagall said as she looked at the ten teenager in front of her," today you will be sorted in one of the four house Slytherin , Gryfindor Ravenclaw, or Hufflepuff. When I call your name step forward and sit as I place the hat on your head." The students only nodded.
"Abari Renji" the mass of students assembled waited in silence as they stared at the tallest of the students step forward. Renji was felling a little self conscious with his hair being a dark red and his tribal tattoos that could still be seen from under his bandana that was meant to cover it. Somewhere in the hall they could here a few giggles from a few girls and a few words that sounded something like good looking.
Harry was transfixed in the event. The hat was placed on Renji. Harry and Hermione noticed how he suddenly tensed up. A few seconds passed before the hat yelled "GRYFFINDOR!" The Gryffindor table erupted into cheers and applause, excited to have a transfer be placed on the house. Renji quickly took of the hat as if it had burned his head and walked towards the table. But not before glancing at his friends and giving them a strange look. There were, yells of welcomes as Renji sat next to Harry
"Hinamory Momo" As she stepped up Harry notice Renji looking at his friends in a particular way as if trying to convey a message. Momo did the same thing as Renji and stiffened as soon as the hat was placed on her. It didnt take long before "Hufflepuff" was shouted. She quickly removed the hat and looked relived as she walked towards the cheering table.
"Hirako Shinji" Shinji walked and ignored the comments around him as he sat on the stool. The hat was places on his head the only hint of shock was his eyes that widened for a brief second the hat was on his head a few seconds longer than the two before him "Ravenclaw!" the hat shouted anr shinji made his way towards the table.
"Hitsugaya Toshiro'' McGonagall said his name perfect the first time. The students watched as the white haired boy walked towards the chair. They could not help but notice his serious expression and his confident strides. The hat was placed on his head. Again the hall was so silent they could hear comments being made many coming from the Slytherin table. Harry hoped he would not end up in his house there was an air about him he did not like or maybe it was the fact that he was with that girl he had hit. The hat didn't last long on his head before "RAVENCLAW!" The table didn't yell or cheer like the Gryffindor had for Renji or Shinji, instead they clapped politely, a little intimidated with his cod gaze . Toshiro made his way towards the blue table, looking for a place to sit until he reached the end where a blond girl was sitting alone. The girl did not speak to him only smiled warmly at him.
"Kichiki Rukia " Rukia walked up and quickly sat. Harry noticed that Rukia also stiffen with shock and a hint of fear crossed her face. Harry supposed it was because they were shocked that the hat could tall directly into their heads. "GRIFFINDOR!" She quickly took that hat off and went to sit with Renji who was clapping with the rest of her new house.
"Kurosaki Ichigo". Harry looked as Ichigo made his way towards the stool. He was really interested in where he would end up. According to Rukia he was a softy and according to Renji he was very ambitious especially when it came to power. Harry hadn't liked that part; usually people who craved power were bad news. He just hoped he was wrong about this new person. He was pulled away from his thoughts as the hat yelled "GRIFINDOR!" Ichigo quickly made his way towards the cheering table and sat next to Rukia
"Kurosaki Karin"
Harry stiffened a little bit, that was the girl he had hit with the door not ony that but apparently She was related to Ichigo. Dame it he hoped she would not end up in his table. He remembered the way she had pushed him against the wall and threatened him, it wasn't a nice feeling.
"See I told you he would end up in Gryffindor" Ruki said to Renji
"No you said he would end up in hufflepuff with Yuzu"
"I did no-"
"Shut up, Karin is being sorted" Ichigo said as he started at his sister (who was sitting with the hat on her hand.)It did not take long before "GRIFFINDOR!" was shouted and Karin was soon running to sit at the cheering table. As she sat down next to her brother she glared at harry. Harry suddenly felt guilty all over again for hitting her.
"Kurosaki Yuzu" she walked towards the stool not looking a bit nervous, she had a big smile that could brighten any room. As soon as the hat was placed on her head it yelled "Hufflepuff'' the table clapped loud and welcomed the girl with a sweet smile. Ichigo knew it was a long shot to have Yuzu sorted with him, Harry had informed him how siblings didn't always end up in the same house, but he had hoped it would happen that way he could keep an eye on both of his sisters.
"Sarugaki Hiyori" she walked in an arrogant manner with a frown on her face. Her facial expression said she did not what to be there. In fact she looked like she desperately wanted to punch something or someone. She sat and the hat was placed on her head. To an outsider, it looked like she was annoyed. SLITHERIN" the hat yelled. The table cheered at their new member as she made her way and sat next to Malfoy.
"Yamada Hanatarō . The last one walked to wards the chair and sat, to the school he looked like he had not slept in days, but his friends knew he was actually filled with energy. The hat on his head wasted no time in yelling "Hufflepuff" Hanataro got up and sluggishly walked towards the Hufflepuff table and sat next to Yuzu.
"Alright, now that everyone is sorted. I'm sure most of you are wondering who the men are sitting at the main table, well; I'm pleased to inform you that these men will be your temporary teachers until we have found permanent ones. I would like all of you to welcome Profesor Urahara and Profesor Ichimaru. They will be here for only one year. That will give us enough time to find decent and qualified instructors for the coming years. Profesor Ichimaru will be taking over DADA and professor Urahara will be taking over potion. Our very own Professor Snape will be taking over my transfigurations class for the year .Now enough of introductions and enjoy the feast" McGonagall finished and with those last words food magically appeared at every table.
Now I'm sorry if the end sounded a little rushed cuz it was
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