There's No Turning Back!
Chapter Five:
A/N. The kiddie's arrive, will Jenny be put in Slytherin???!!!!:}
The next morning Harry got up early although it was a Sunday. Ron and Hermione were coming tonight along with the rest of his friends...and enemies. He hoped, because of what had happened last year, people wouldn't avoid him.
After Harry had got dressed he went over to Jenny's bed and stood over her. She was lying on her side with her long, blonde hair covering her closed eyes. She had a light spray of freckles across her face that Harry had never noticed before. With a lurch he realised that she was more attractive than he had thought and knew that half the boys would be falling head over heels for her, Ron included.
They had decided to not even tell Ron and Hermione about Jenny being an Auror. They would think she was just an ordinary girl who had been home tutored, like everyone else. Harry hated keeping things from his two best friends but he knew they would understand that it was in his best interests. He had started to get used to the idea that he was going to have a 'bodyguard' but wasn't necessarily too happy about it, especially if Malfoy and Co. found out. He could see by Ron and Hermione's letters that they would be more at ease with him being nearer Dumbledore than at Privet Drive.
Jenny moved slightly in her sleep, looking more like an angel than anything else.
'Hey Jen! Get up! Rise and shine! Wakey, wakey!' he said, shaking her gently. She swatted at him like he was a fly, turned over and sank back into sleep. One of her feet was sticking out from under the covers.
'Well, you asked for it,' Harry muttered.
He grabbed hold of her foot and pulled her out of bed onto the floor. Immediately Harry regretted it. He realised that surprising an Auror, who had been trained by Mad-Eye Moody, was not a good idea! One of those 'don't try it at home' kind of things.
Quick as a flash Jenny had leapt up off the floor and had her wand in her hand, pointing it at Harry. Her blonde hair, which a moment ago had been lying peacefully over her face, was sticking up alarmingly. Her breath was coming in short, ragged gasps and her eyes were staring madly.
All this took place in about a second, and Harry barely had time to put his hands instinctively in front of his face.
'You stupid ass!' she said slowly but somehow managed to get the anger in there, once she had woken up and seen who had 'attacked' her. 'You stupid...grrr!
She turned away from harry and started to gather up her robes.
'Uh...sorry,' said Harry, still shocked at the overreaction. She glared at him and walked into the bathroom.
She forgave him pretty quickly and they spent the rest of the day getting in the teacher's way, as they hurried around trying to get things ready for the oncoming stream of children, that would be arriving in a few short hours
'Train should be here soon,' said Lupin as the four (including Sirius in dog form) walked down the corridor. Suddenly Mrs Norris appeared, her eyes flashing. She gave a tortured yowl when she saw Sirius who, taking heed to his doggy instincts, proceeded to chase her down the corridor, barking, as the cat ran to try to find Filch. Unfortunately Sirius crashed headlong into someone's legs. That someone happened to be Snape.
'Get out of my way, you filthy mutt!,' he said, sneering at Sirius from his height of 6ft 4in. Sirius growled and raised his hackles, looking as though he was about to throw himself at Snape's throat.
Luckily Jenny got there quickly and placed her self between Sirius and Snape, who were looking daggers at each other.
'Hi Severus!' she said cheerfully, ignoring the disgruntled dog peering round her legs at Snape.
'More!' Snape hissed as he went around the pair and stalked down the corridor.
'Remember Sirius,' said Remus softly, as he came up to the dog and placed a warning hand on his back, 'Snape's on our side now.'
He got a growl for a reply.
'Harry!' cried Ron, a few hours later, as he reached the main door where Harry was standing, 'It's good to see you, mate! And you must be Jenny,' he added turning to her and, like have had expected, his jaw dropped.
'Hullo. Nice to meet you,' she said 'Harry's told me loads about you, not all bad, I promise,' she finished, smiling.
'Where's Hermione?' Harry asked 'You haven't fallen out with her again have you?'
'Huh? Sorry didn't catch that,' came the reply.
Harry wasn't surprised seeing as he had been staring, lost in thought, at Jenny.
'Hermione,' repeated Harry slowly 'Where...is...she?'
'Oh, right,' said Ron, his ears reddening, 'She's talking to Hagrid, no, here she comes!'
'Harry!' Hermione shrieked, almost running into him 'Are you alright?'
Harry laughed, 'You sounded just like Sirius then. It's good to see you too.'
Hermione smiled and turned to Jenny.
'Oh, this is Jenny Dumbledore, if you hadn't guessed,' said Harry, introducing her.
'Hello,' said Hermione smiling at the girl, but Harry could see that the smile didn't quite reach her eyes.
First impressions, Harry thought.
'Hello,' said Jenny, 'Are we going to go through the door or stand here and freeze to death until we get trampled by a load of first years?
They laughed and walked through the door, into the Entrance Hall, then into the Great Hall where they sat at the Gryffindor table.
People kept throwing curious looks at Jenny but she seemed not to notice.
As soon at the Sorting Hat had been taken out and put in pride of place at the front, Harry waited for the song, bust instead Dumbledore stood up.
'Now, before I let the hat get on with sorting the first years...' he paused to look at the group of first years standing close together, looking immensely relieved that all they had to do was try on a hat, '...I must introduce a new fifth year.'
Every person on the Gryffindor table turned to stare at Jenny. She just grinned and didn't really look as though she minded about all this attention she was getting.
'She is, as some of you may know, my granddaughter, who has currently had home tutoring. I hope you will make her feel most welcome here.'
Harry thought he saw Dumbledore's eyes flicker towards him but he could have imagined it.
'So, after I have let the hat get on with its excellent song, which no doubt it has provided, Miss Dumbledore will be sorted first.'
'Oh come on, get on with it!' Jenny hissed, looking slightly nervous.
The rim near the bottom of the hat opened, and the hat proceeded to sing;
Once upon a time I was
Just a normal hat.
I did not think, I did not speak
On Gryffindor's head I sat.
Then one day good old Gryffindor
Decided I should chose
Where students went
Which hose was right
For them to win or loose.
In Gryffindor went brave and bold
Destined for the good.
In Ravenclaw went smart and clever
Those who academically could.
In Slytherin went shrewd and skill
The ones with the ambition.
Then comes dear old Hufflerpuff
With loyalty and decision.
You see each of these houses four
Have their own god traits.
So pop me on top of your head
And I'll tell you which house relates.
Once it had finished and the students had stopped clapping, Professor McGonagall called out Jenny's name.
'Dumbledore, Jennifer'
'Jennifer, I hate being called Jennifer!' she growled as she stood up.
All eyes were turned to her now and many of the boys had gasped, probably the same ones that had admired Fleur Delacour the year before. She walked calmly over to the had and placed it on her head.
'Hmm,' said a little voice in her head, 'You have a quick temper, a very quick temper. Plenty of ambition too...'
'If you even consider putting me in Slytherin I'll...I'll...'
'Alright! Geez!' the voice continued, 'Clever. My, word exceptionally clever! Born on Halloween...'
'I know, I know, get on with it...but... er not Ravenclaw!'
'Not Ravenclaw hmm? Let me see, loyal friend. You would die for those you love...'
'Fascinating but I am NOT going in Hufflepuff!'
'Fine!' the voice said, starting to loose its temper, 'Luckily your main qualities are in GRYFFINDOR, or is that not good enough either?'
'No that's fine,' she thought, sweetly
The hat shouted the word 'Gryffindor' much to Harry's relief and she sat down in the chair next to him.
'Quick temper! I'll give that hat quick temper!' growled Jenny, flexing her fingers and staring murderously at the hat.
Harry laughed then stopped abruptly seeing Hermione's scowl.
By this time McGonagall was in the B's of her first year list.
'Berry, Natalie!'
Harry watched as she became the first Hufflepuff.
Soon the sorting was over (Yosh, Joseph) and Dumbledore had, once again, stood up.
'May I introduce our new Defence against the Dark Arts teacher, Professor Remus Lupin who, as you older pupils will know, was teaching here two years back.'
An angry buzzing seemed to be getting louder from the Slytherin end of the hall.
Harry chanced a worried glance at Lupin but he seemed undisturbed at the reaction.
Dumbledore continued.
'As you have probably heard, Professor Lupin is a werewolf.'
The angry buzzing grew louder.
'But I can assure you that everything is perfectly safe and he will not be hurting any of you. Now I will stop my waffling and let you get on with the feast.'
The plates soon filled and the food was just as good as it had always been.
Suddenly Harry heard a small bark coming from under the table and he looked down. It was, of course, Sirius, looking at Harry expectantly. Harry chuckled then took some chicken from the table to give to him, thinking that he must be the first person to ever feed their godfather from under the table.
'So, poor old Lupin eh?' said Ron, tearing his eyes from Jenny, 'He's going to get a lot of aggravation from those Slytherin's!'
'He's not stupid enough to listen to anything they say. He...'
'Well, well, well,' came a cold, sneering voice from behind Harry, cutting Hermione short, 'Dumbledore's granddaughter! You don't look like you're up to much do you, blonde?'
'What did you just say?' said Jenny, slowly rising to her feet to face Draco Malfoy.
'Uh, oh,' muttered Harry under his breath, knowing roughly what was about to happen.
Malfoy obviously hadn't expected this reaction and stood there, gaping like a fish.
'Oh, come on, say it again. Blondie was it?' Jenny continued with a furious look in her eyes Harry had never seen there before. The he saw realisation dawn on her face.
'You're a Malfoy aren't you? Silly me, I should have guessed. The great Malfoy's whom everyone unworthy has to bow down to.'
'Don't you dare insult my family name!' Malfoy hissed, snapping out of the daze he had been in.
'Well, don't you insult me then,' said Jenny, turning to sit down.
Malfoy raised his wand. Before harry could utter a warning cry, Jenny had spun round and had her wand pressed against Malfoy's throat, who was looking at her in horror.
'Don't ever pull a stunt like that again, Malfoy!' she said quietly, removing her wand from his throat and sitting down before McGonagall had reached them.
'What on earth was that all about Jenny!' said McGonagall angrily, a few seconds later.
'Well, Min...uh, Professor McGonagall,' said Jenny, turning around in her seat, 'Malfoy here tried to curse me whilst my back was turned. I don't like it when people do that, as you well know.'
'Really?' said McGonagall, her eyes narrowing.
'Sit down!' she snapped at Malfoy who looked shocked.
He walked back to the Slytherin table and sat down, not saying a word.
'Don't let it happen again. Control your temper...please!' she said, turning back to Jenny, before going back to the staff table.
The whole of the Gryffindor table were staring at her in awe. She just grinned at them and carried on eating, as though nothing had happened.
'Uh, is anyone else reminded of Moody here?' said Ron, his eyes very round.
Happy and full they went up to the Gryffindor common room, later that evening. Jenny went into the girl's dormitory with Hermione, where there was an extra bed, and Harry went up to the boy's dormitory with Ron.
'She's absolutely dynamic isn't she?' exclaimed Ron.
'Yeah, just a bit!' admitted Harry.
The next morning was a Monday and they had...
'Double Potions! yelled Ron, looking at his timetable, 'With the Slytherin's, first thing on a Monday morning! You've got to be kidding me here! Please someone tell me there's been a mistake!
'Yes!' yelled Jenny, 'Potions with Severus!'
'How's that a good thing?' Harry said, staring at her in disbelief after being shaken out of his horrified thoughts.
'Don't you see? I can make Severus' life a living Hell! He'll be having a nervous breakdown by the end of the lesson!'
'This I gotta see!' Harry laughed
Half an hour later they were walking into the class that Harry frequently called 'two hours of living Hell.'
'Hello Sev...uh, Professor Snape! Look I was right you have me and Harry now in the same two hours of tort...I mean Potions!' said Jenny cheerfully, skipping into the room with her three new friends walking warily behind her.
A/N. I know I've been trying to write this in true JKR style but I couldn't resist adding that conversation with the Sorting Hat and Jenny!!!!!
Will Jenny make Snape have a nervous breakdown??!!! Will Harry and Co. disown her for skipping???!!! Dun dun duuuuuunnnnnnnnnnnnnn!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:}
Disclaimer: I own Jenny, JKR owns everything else....yada yada...bransgorbabe and hermione 2001 smell...lalalala!!!!!:}
Chapter Five:
A/N. The kiddie's arrive, will Jenny be put in Slytherin???!!!!:}
The next morning Harry got up early although it was a Sunday. Ron and Hermione were coming tonight along with the rest of his friends...and enemies. He hoped, because of what had happened last year, people wouldn't avoid him.
After Harry had got dressed he went over to Jenny's bed and stood over her. She was lying on her side with her long, blonde hair covering her closed eyes. She had a light spray of freckles across her face that Harry had never noticed before. With a lurch he realised that she was more attractive than he had thought and knew that half the boys would be falling head over heels for her, Ron included.
They had decided to not even tell Ron and Hermione about Jenny being an Auror. They would think she was just an ordinary girl who had been home tutored, like everyone else. Harry hated keeping things from his two best friends but he knew they would understand that it was in his best interests. He had started to get used to the idea that he was going to have a 'bodyguard' but wasn't necessarily too happy about it, especially if Malfoy and Co. found out. He could see by Ron and Hermione's letters that they would be more at ease with him being nearer Dumbledore than at Privet Drive.
Jenny moved slightly in her sleep, looking more like an angel than anything else.
'Hey Jen! Get up! Rise and shine! Wakey, wakey!' he said, shaking her gently. She swatted at him like he was a fly, turned over and sank back into sleep. One of her feet was sticking out from under the covers.
'Well, you asked for it,' Harry muttered.
He grabbed hold of her foot and pulled her out of bed onto the floor. Immediately Harry regretted it. He realised that surprising an Auror, who had been trained by Mad-Eye Moody, was not a good idea! One of those 'don't try it at home' kind of things.
Quick as a flash Jenny had leapt up off the floor and had her wand in her hand, pointing it at Harry. Her blonde hair, which a moment ago had been lying peacefully over her face, was sticking up alarmingly. Her breath was coming in short, ragged gasps and her eyes were staring madly.
All this took place in about a second, and Harry barely had time to put his hands instinctively in front of his face.
'You stupid ass!' she said slowly but somehow managed to get the anger in there, once she had woken up and seen who had 'attacked' her. 'You stupid...grrr!
She turned away from harry and started to gather up her robes.
'Uh...sorry,' said Harry, still shocked at the overreaction. She glared at him and walked into the bathroom.
She forgave him pretty quickly and they spent the rest of the day getting in the teacher's way, as they hurried around trying to get things ready for the oncoming stream of children, that would be arriving in a few short hours
'Train should be here soon,' said Lupin as the four (including Sirius in dog form) walked down the corridor. Suddenly Mrs Norris appeared, her eyes flashing. She gave a tortured yowl when she saw Sirius who, taking heed to his doggy instincts, proceeded to chase her down the corridor, barking, as the cat ran to try to find Filch. Unfortunately Sirius crashed headlong into someone's legs. That someone happened to be Snape.
'Get out of my way, you filthy mutt!,' he said, sneering at Sirius from his height of 6ft 4in. Sirius growled and raised his hackles, looking as though he was about to throw himself at Snape's throat.
Luckily Jenny got there quickly and placed her self between Sirius and Snape, who were looking daggers at each other.
'Hi Severus!' she said cheerfully, ignoring the disgruntled dog peering round her legs at Snape.
'More!' Snape hissed as he went around the pair and stalked down the corridor.
'Remember Sirius,' said Remus softly, as he came up to the dog and placed a warning hand on his back, 'Snape's on our side now.'
He got a growl for a reply.
'Harry!' cried Ron, a few hours later, as he reached the main door where Harry was standing, 'It's good to see you, mate! And you must be Jenny,' he added turning to her and, like have had expected, his jaw dropped.
'Hullo. Nice to meet you,' she said 'Harry's told me loads about you, not all bad, I promise,' she finished, smiling.
'Where's Hermione?' Harry asked 'You haven't fallen out with her again have you?'
'Huh? Sorry didn't catch that,' came the reply.
Harry wasn't surprised seeing as he had been staring, lost in thought, at Jenny.
'Hermione,' repeated Harry slowly 'Where...is...she?'
'Oh, right,' said Ron, his ears reddening, 'She's talking to Hagrid, no, here she comes!'
'Harry!' Hermione shrieked, almost running into him 'Are you alright?'
Harry laughed, 'You sounded just like Sirius then. It's good to see you too.'
Hermione smiled and turned to Jenny.
'Oh, this is Jenny Dumbledore, if you hadn't guessed,' said Harry, introducing her.
'Hello,' said Hermione smiling at the girl, but Harry could see that the smile didn't quite reach her eyes.
First impressions, Harry thought.
'Hello,' said Jenny, 'Are we going to go through the door or stand here and freeze to death until we get trampled by a load of first years?
They laughed and walked through the door, into the Entrance Hall, then into the Great Hall where they sat at the Gryffindor table.
People kept throwing curious looks at Jenny but she seemed not to notice.
As soon at the Sorting Hat had been taken out and put in pride of place at the front, Harry waited for the song, bust instead Dumbledore stood up.
'Now, before I let the hat get on with sorting the first years...' he paused to look at the group of first years standing close together, looking immensely relieved that all they had to do was try on a hat, '...I must introduce a new fifth year.'
Every person on the Gryffindor table turned to stare at Jenny. She just grinned and didn't really look as though she minded about all this attention she was getting.
'She is, as some of you may know, my granddaughter, who has currently had home tutoring. I hope you will make her feel most welcome here.'
Harry thought he saw Dumbledore's eyes flicker towards him but he could have imagined it.
'So, after I have let the hat get on with its excellent song, which no doubt it has provided, Miss Dumbledore will be sorted first.'
'Oh come on, get on with it!' Jenny hissed, looking slightly nervous.
The rim near the bottom of the hat opened, and the hat proceeded to sing;
Once upon a time I was
Just a normal hat.
I did not think, I did not speak
On Gryffindor's head I sat.
Then one day good old Gryffindor
Decided I should chose
Where students went
Which hose was right
For them to win or loose.
In Gryffindor went brave and bold
Destined for the good.
In Ravenclaw went smart and clever
Those who academically could.
In Slytherin went shrewd and skill
The ones with the ambition.
Then comes dear old Hufflerpuff
With loyalty and decision.
You see each of these houses four
Have their own god traits.
So pop me on top of your head
And I'll tell you which house relates.
Once it had finished and the students had stopped clapping, Professor McGonagall called out Jenny's name.
'Dumbledore, Jennifer'
'Jennifer, I hate being called Jennifer!' she growled as she stood up.
All eyes were turned to her now and many of the boys had gasped, probably the same ones that had admired Fleur Delacour the year before. She walked calmly over to the had and placed it on her head.
'Hmm,' said a little voice in her head, 'You have a quick temper, a very quick temper. Plenty of ambition too...'
'If you even consider putting me in Slytherin I'll...I'll...'
'Alright! Geez!' the voice continued, 'Clever. My, word exceptionally clever! Born on Halloween...'
'I know, I know, get on with it...but... er not Ravenclaw!'
'Not Ravenclaw hmm? Let me see, loyal friend. You would die for those you love...'
'Fascinating but I am NOT going in Hufflepuff!'
'Fine!' the voice said, starting to loose its temper, 'Luckily your main qualities are in GRYFFINDOR, or is that not good enough either?'
'No that's fine,' she thought, sweetly
The hat shouted the word 'Gryffindor' much to Harry's relief and she sat down in the chair next to him.
'Quick temper! I'll give that hat quick temper!' growled Jenny, flexing her fingers and staring murderously at the hat.
Harry laughed then stopped abruptly seeing Hermione's scowl.
By this time McGonagall was in the B's of her first year list.
'Berry, Natalie!'
Harry watched as she became the first Hufflepuff.
Soon the sorting was over (Yosh, Joseph) and Dumbledore had, once again, stood up.
'May I introduce our new Defence against the Dark Arts teacher, Professor Remus Lupin who, as you older pupils will know, was teaching here two years back.'
An angry buzzing seemed to be getting louder from the Slytherin end of the hall.
Harry chanced a worried glance at Lupin but he seemed undisturbed at the reaction.
Dumbledore continued.
'As you have probably heard, Professor Lupin is a werewolf.'
The angry buzzing grew louder.
'But I can assure you that everything is perfectly safe and he will not be hurting any of you. Now I will stop my waffling and let you get on with the feast.'
The plates soon filled and the food was just as good as it had always been.
Suddenly Harry heard a small bark coming from under the table and he looked down. It was, of course, Sirius, looking at Harry expectantly. Harry chuckled then took some chicken from the table to give to him, thinking that he must be the first person to ever feed their godfather from under the table.
'So, poor old Lupin eh?' said Ron, tearing his eyes from Jenny, 'He's going to get a lot of aggravation from those Slytherin's!'
'He's not stupid enough to listen to anything they say. He...'
'Well, well, well,' came a cold, sneering voice from behind Harry, cutting Hermione short, 'Dumbledore's granddaughter! You don't look like you're up to much do you, blonde?'
'What did you just say?' said Jenny, slowly rising to her feet to face Draco Malfoy.
'Uh, oh,' muttered Harry under his breath, knowing roughly what was about to happen.
Malfoy obviously hadn't expected this reaction and stood there, gaping like a fish.
'Oh, come on, say it again. Blondie was it?' Jenny continued with a furious look in her eyes Harry had never seen there before. The he saw realisation dawn on her face.
'You're a Malfoy aren't you? Silly me, I should have guessed. The great Malfoy's whom everyone unworthy has to bow down to.'
'Don't you dare insult my family name!' Malfoy hissed, snapping out of the daze he had been in.
'Well, don't you insult me then,' said Jenny, turning to sit down.
Malfoy raised his wand. Before harry could utter a warning cry, Jenny had spun round and had her wand pressed against Malfoy's throat, who was looking at her in horror.
'Don't ever pull a stunt like that again, Malfoy!' she said quietly, removing her wand from his throat and sitting down before McGonagall had reached them.
'What on earth was that all about Jenny!' said McGonagall angrily, a few seconds later.
'Well, Min...uh, Professor McGonagall,' said Jenny, turning around in her seat, 'Malfoy here tried to curse me whilst my back was turned. I don't like it when people do that, as you well know.'
'Really?' said McGonagall, her eyes narrowing.
'Sit down!' she snapped at Malfoy who looked shocked.
He walked back to the Slytherin table and sat down, not saying a word.
'Don't let it happen again. Control your temper...please!' she said, turning back to Jenny, before going back to the staff table.
The whole of the Gryffindor table were staring at her in awe. She just grinned at them and carried on eating, as though nothing had happened.
'Uh, is anyone else reminded of Moody here?' said Ron, his eyes very round.
Happy and full they went up to the Gryffindor common room, later that evening. Jenny went into the girl's dormitory with Hermione, where there was an extra bed, and Harry went up to the boy's dormitory with Ron.
'She's absolutely dynamic isn't she?' exclaimed Ron.
'Yeah, just a bit!' admitted Harry.
The next morning was a Monday and they had...
'Double Potions! yelled Ron, looking at his timetable, 'With the Slytherin's, first thing on a Monday morning! You've got to be kidding me here! Please someone tell me there's been a mistake!
'Yes!' yelled Jenny, 'Potions with Severus!'
'How's that a good thing?' Harry said, staring at her in disbelief after being shaken out of his horrified thoughts.
'Don't you see? I can make Severus' life a living Hell! He'll be having a nervous breakdown by the end of the lesson!'
'This I gotta see!' Harry laughed
Half an hour later they were walking into the class that Harry frequently called 'two hours of living Hell.'
'Hello Sev...uh, Professor Snape! Look I was right you have me and Harry now in the same two hours of tort...I mean Potions!' said Jenny cheerfully, skipping into the room with her three new friends walking warily behind her.
A/N. I know I've been trying to write this in true JKR style but I couldn't resist adding that conversation with the Sorting Hat and Jenny!!!!!
Will Jenny make Snape have a nervous breakdown??!!! Will Harry and Co. disown her for skipping???!!! Dun dun duuuuuunnnnnnnnnnnnnn!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:}
Disclaimer: I own Jenny, JKR owns everything else....yada yada...bransgorbabe and hermione 2001 smell...lalalala!!!!!:}