Authors Note:
Thanks to my reviewer! Yeah I didn't realise it was a little confuzzin at first… d'oh!
Anyway, I don't own the HP characters blah blah blah! And yea there will be some dialogue from the film in here… so that's not mine either!
Lessons and midnight strolls!
The following Monday dawned on Hogwarts. In the Ravenclaw dorm, Cho woke Falcon up early so that they wouldn't miss breakfast
"C'mon Fal we'll miss breakfast… AGAIN!" Cho replied angrily, aiming a pillow at her friend's head, Fal caught the pillow and threw it back
"You know Cho…" She said, "What lessons have you got this morning?"
"Um... Flying with the Gryffindors…. Then Potions" Cho said
"Ooh same as me then!" Fal said as she got into her robes
Down at the Gryffindor Table
"…. I don't see why you can't just go and make friends with her Harry" Hermione groaned for the fifth time in the past five minutes, Harry turned red
"B-because I would make myself a right dolt" he replied, He turned to Ron, who was piercing a sausage with his fork
"She's right Harry" Ron said, "You should go and say hi or something"
"Grrr Ron you're SUPPOSED to be on MY side" Harry grunted
"Awww. Is Hawwy-Wawwy nervous about a Ravenclaw?" An icy drawl asked from behind him
"Not that I would want you to know Malfoy" Harry replied dryly "Anyway… What in Merlin's name are you doing at the Gryffindor table?"
"Wouldn't YOU like to know..." Malfoy drawled, he stalked off. Hermione turned back to eating her toast as Falcon and Cho came walking into the Great Hall, talking amongst them selves. They sat at their table
"…he's staring at you!" Cho giggled, Falcon frowned
"Will you give it a rest!" She groaned, Cho grinned. She checked her watch
"Ooh c'mon we're gonna be late for lessons!" Cho pulled her friend from the table
Down on the field
"This should be fun!" Cho grinned at Fal, who rolled her eyes
"Yeah… fun!" She replied dryly. Madame Hooch came strolling up
"Morning class!" She beamed, Falcon inwardly groaned
Oh why me! She thought to herself
"Well what're you waiting for? Step up to the right side of the broom... and say UP!" Madame Hooch said, Fal groaned again, the broom flew up into her hand as she said a simple "UP!" She looked as Harry's broom did the same, she heard him mutter "WOW!" She grinned to herself. They all mounted their brooms and hovered... with the exception of Neville Longbottom. Who accidentally flew right up into the air
"MISTER LONGBOTTOM WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU ARE DOING!" Madame Hooch roared. His broom went out of control; Falcon stood on the tail of the broom and ascended into the bright blue sky, racing after him. Once she had hold of Neville's broom, She turned the broom handle to avoid a collision with the Gryffindors Tower. She turned to look at Neville
"Step onto my Broom Nev" She told him
"I...cant" Neville stuttered
"Well I'm not letting you hurt yourself!" Falcon told him "Now I cant get my broom closer to yours without yours bucking up again… all you need to do is sit on mine... I'll guide us down" She explained. Neville carefully got onto the back of the broom; Falcon pulled the broom up a little
"Grab hold of my waist Neville" She ordered. He did as he was told; She turned sharply and pulled the offending broom down with her. The Gryffindors were cheering on like hell as the finally got to the floor. Falcon looked at her Mum, Who was half-smiling, half glaring at her
"Well thank you Falcon... I'm sure you can take over class next lesson then! Ten points to Ravenclaw..." She said to them "Class dismissed," She added
As the two houses walked back towards the castle, Harry went over to Falcon
"hey Harry" She smiled
"Hi…um that was some ace flying up there" he stuttered
"Thanks… I don't think Madame Hooch was impressed" She replied, Madame Hooch called her over
"hey Harry... I better go… I'll see you later?"
"Sure thing" Harry smiled
She walked up to Madame Hooch, who was putting the Brooms away
"What did you think you were doing?"
"Saving that kids life?" She said innocently
"You know damn well that you're supposed to be a first year… first year's don't shoot off into the sky like that… well Neville was the exception" She yelled
"Listen Mum if you hate me that much then why did you let me come to Hogwarts in the first place?" Falcon yelled "Oh yeah I forgot…. You had no choice!" She added with sarcasm. Rolanda pointed her wand at her daughter
"Now you listen to me young lady!" She spat angrily "You will do what I say When I Say and NOT BEFORE!" She exploded; Falcon stormed off
"DON'T WALK AWAY FROM ME WHEN I'M TALKING TO YOU!" Rolanda yelled, Falcon broke into a run, not looking back.
She ran up the steps and into the entrance of the school, She stopped and rested next to the portrait of Gryffindor Tower
"You look a little put out" The Fat Lady said "Are you okay?" She enquired
"Y…yes thank you" Falcon said "Just a little lost"
"I see… well what house are you?"
"Ravenclaw...is this Gryffindor's Tower?"
"It is" The Lady said "And if you're looking for your dorm… if you follow this corridor… take the first left... then a right… you'll come to your portrait" She said kindly, Falcon thanked her and walked off in the direction of Ravenclaw Tower. She walked down towards her portrait as she bumped into a boy
"Oh… Sorry" She apologised
"its okay... erm... I'm Justin Finch-Fletchly… I have Herbology with you…" He smiled
"Hey Justin... I'm Falcon Hooch... call me Fal… you're Hufflepuff... right?" She asked
"Yeah... First of my family to be accepted here… its kinda scary isn't it? The castle"
"You go that one right!" Fal laughed as they walked down to the Great Hall for tea. Justin turned to her
"Ill see you later…." He said
"You too" Fal smiled, She walked off to her table and sat next to Cho, who had her nose in Hogwarts: A History
"Hey Cho" She nudged her friend
"Oh hey... What'd your mum want you for?"
"Oh nothin'" She shrugged "Anyway… What we doing tonight?"
"I don't know… Probably our Potions for tomorrow!" Cho grinned
"Ek! Yeah! Snape won't spare us otherwise!" Falcon grinned
Later on that night, Fal decided to go for a walk. She stumbled out of the Portrait and walked down towards the hall… it wasn't after curfew so She wasn't going to be in trouble, She walked towards the Library and pushed the door open, She hoped to find some space at the back. She walked in and set down her quills and parchment, ready to do her homework. She had just started when a familiar icy drawl scraped through her head
"Well well well… lookey what we have here" Malfoy drawled
"Ooh what?" Fal snapped "Have you seen something you don't like? Or even come across your own reflection? Oh yeah I forgot... you don't have one!" She said with acid sarcasm, Malfoy eyed her suspiciously
"You know… with an attitude like that I think the Sorting Hat put you in the wrong house" he said icily
"Oh you do, do you?" She challenged
"Feisty too" he said
"Whatever... listen Malfoy have you come here to argue or actually say something which isn't abusive?" asked Falcon, putting her quill down. She looked at him expectantly
"Well?" She asked after a few minutes of silence. She shrugged her shoulders, picked up her things and began to walk away from him
"No body walks away from a Malfoy!" he snarled, She didn't bother to look back. Malfoy grabbed her arm tightly
"Get off her Malfoy!" Harry demanded, walking towards them
"Its ok Harry…" She told him,
"Yeah Potter!" Malfoy sneered, Falcon turned round, twisted his arm back, pushed him face down into the table
"What is going on here?" Madame Pince came over
"Nothing Ma'am" Falcon replied, letting him go, Malfoy skulked out of the room, nursing his sore face
After she had left the library, Falcon went down to see her Mum, who was servicing a broom in her office
"Falcon? Its past curfew" Madame Hooch said
"I know… ive just had a run-in with that Malfoy boy" Falcon told her
"Oh?" Madame Hooch said, She looked up "What happened?"
"I'm not quite sure… he was sarcastic with me... an I was pretty peeved so he got the wrong end of my tongue… an he tried to pull me into a bookcase…. So I slammed his head onto a table"
"Is he ok?" Madame Hooch asked, Falcon sighed
"The only thing hurt is his pride" Falcon said
Once back in the dorm room. Falcon went to take a shower. She got under the hot water and sat down. She grabbed the soap from on the side of the shower, As she reached out, she felt a sharp pain in her arm, withdrawing her arm back under the water, She realised there was a dark line on her arm. Shrugging it off, she carried on washing.
When she was out of the shower, Falcon walked into her dorm room and sat on her bed; Cho was sat on her bed reading a book
"Nice shower?" Cho asked, not looking up
"Yeah thanks" Falcon replied, Sitting back on her bed, She felt another shooting pain in her arm
"Ow!" She grunted, Cho looked up
"Are you ok?" She asked her, Falcon nodded
"Yeah… just got cramp that's all" Falcon told her, She got into bed and pulled her curtains round her bed, She rolled her sleeve up to see if there was anything hurting her. She looked down at her arm to see that the dark line she had seen before stretched up her arm, She wriggled out of her PJ top and saw it went up onto her shoulder. She poked her head round the curtains
"Cho…" She said
"What?" Cho asked
"C'mere…"
"Why?"
"Just do it will you?!" Falcon snapped; Cho walked to her bed and sat on the end
"Whassup?" She asked, Fal turned to her
"Look at this… it wasn't here before... an it REALLY hurts," said Falcon…. Cho stared at her
"Maybe you should go and see Madame Pompfrey?" Cho offered
"It's past hours… if anyone catches me I'll be killed!" Falcon said to her
"better safe than sorry" Cho replied, Grudgingly, Falcon walked out of Ravenclaw towers and towards the infirmary in her black cloak draped over her shoulder
On her way there, Snape stopped her
"And what is a young Ravenclaw such as yourself doing out after hours?" He glared
"I'm going to see Madame Pompfrey sir" She told him, Snape gave her a look
"Why?" he asked, Falcon groaned
"Because of this" She sighed, She pulled her arm out of her cloak and showed him "it goes up onto my back" She said, Snape blanched and pulled her down the corridor
"Sir… where are we going?"
"To Professor Dumbledore" Was his short reply
When they got upto Dumbledore's office, Falcon was told to sit down
"Headmaster…" Snape began "This...child… is marked" He said to him, Albus looked up
"Are you sure Severus?" He asked
"Yes Headmaster" He replied "I stopped her on the way to the hospital wing… she showed me"
"I see... Severus report this to Madame Pompfrey, tell her to come here... and wake Madame Hooch" Albus told him, He looked at Falcon, who was staring at the floor
"Falcon? Are you ok?" He asked
"It hurts" She replied, Albus sighed again,
A few minutes later, Madame Pompfrey had taken a look at her. Her face was grave, Hooch came in, sleepy-eyed
"Albus what is the meaning of this?" She asked
"Rolanda…" Poppy said "Its bad news"
"What is? Falcon? Are you ok? What's going on?"
"She's got the Mark…." Albus told her….
Authors note: dun dun duuuuuuun! Ooooh don't you love cliff-hangers?
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Stay tuned for chapter three…..