Down Under, Down Under
Prologue
Harry, Ron and Hermione sat in Albus Dumbledore's Office, with the wizard they trusted. The Wizarding World was at war and the trio were in more danger than even they could comprehend.
"I suppose you three are wondering why you are here," Albus Dumbledore said gravely, and then looked at the three. Harry was laid back in his chair; Ron had become intensely interested in his fingernails. Hermione however was giving Dumbledore her full attention.
"Yeah I wondered that," Harry said loudly, the portraits all began watching in case Harry started shouting.
"The war rages on, in England, things are not safe now. In turn, the Order of the Phoenix and myself have decided it is best for you to be sent to another school, known as Rimutaka Academy for Witches and Wizards," Dumbledore told the three, looking directly into their eyes.
"I've heard of that! It's a school in New Zealand isn't it?" Hermione exclaimed loudly.
"Yes, down under Australia in fact. You will be arriving at the ferry where most of the students will be gathering to board the train to the school. They too have recently had a invasion at their school, but theirs is such that the Dark Wizard they all fear isn't after you Harry," Dumbledore explained calmly, Ron's head snapped up immediately.
"Where is the school?" Ron asked curiously.
"The schools never divulge information on where their locations are. All I know is that the school is floating above the Southern Alps—a bunch of mountains in the South Island of the country. I also know that it is winter all year round there. Certainly other parts of the country have all four season as we do, but because they are in mountains of that altitude the snow is almost impossible to miss," Albus Dumbledore explained calmly, "So I'm going to give you some background information on the school before I send you to it through the Floo Network, where you will arrive in the Ferry section where students are preparing to take the train."
"I hear they've got two races, Maori and Pakeha right?" Hermione asked, "and two main languages."
"Yes, but they're going to be really laid back and I want you to blend in as well as you possibly can," Albus Dumbledore told them, then led them to the fireplace, "so now you've got to behave yourselves and try not to attract to much attention."
The trio all gathered their Floo Powder for the trip, holding onto their trunks as they each stepped through the fireplace and prepared to go to the Ferry, where they would have to follow some students so they could board the train to Rimutaka Academy for Witches and Wizards.
Yah! The First Chapter is complete, imagine that it only took me five minutes to write!