A/N: All right… that's my first fic on FF.net,
although this isn't my first fic. But it's the first in English, I think. You
see, English isn't my first language and all, so, Gomen nasai for any grammar
errors. ^-^"
This fic may sound "happy", but, trust me, this
changes in the 2nd chapter! ^-^
Shadow of Immortality
Prologue:
An Odd Year
Another year at Hogwarts. But this is going to be no ordinary year.
Definitely not. Now that The One Who Must Not Be Named is back, this could be a
good year. A very, very good year. Especially because of Harry Potter. Draco
wished that he could die this year… but if he survived this year too, it
wouldn't be a problem after all. He was seriously thinking about using Potter
as his personal slave. The thought of that pleasured him, leaving an evil smile
in his face. Crabbe and Goyle, by his side, could only think things like "Uga
Buga" or "Duh" and babble. Typical of them. Draco sometimes thought that they
weren't humans, but something lower, without brains. But, as the origins of
them never really interested him, he never came to a conclusion.
Them he opened the door to the next wagon just
to find that Harry Potter and his fool friends were there.
"Oh, Pottie, MudBlood and the
red-haired-poor-fool troupe!" He exclaimed when Hermione and Ron turned angrily
to him. But, surprisingly, Harry stayed calm. As a matter of fact, he even paid
attention to him, because he was looking outside. Harry looked very, very
tedious. Even sad. But Ron and Hermione weren't so tedious and started yelling
at Draco.
"Get out, you fucking bastard!" Yelled Ron at
him. He looked furious, about to jump at Draco if he stayed at the wagon for
longer. Draco looked at him with his I-am-not-a-bastard look and Crabbe and
Goyle were ready to jump at Ron if Draco said to them to do so.
"Come on Draco, get out!" Said Hermione,
without a lot of patience. "Why should I?" Asked Draco, defiantly. "If you
don't want to, don't go. I don't care." Said someone Draco recognized as Harry.
But his voice was very, very weak.
"What's your problem, Pottie?" Asked Draco,
sarcastly. He had to discover the cause oh Harry's sadness, so he could tease
him even more! "Get…. Out!" Yelled Hermione, instead. She was ready to take her
wand and cast an Unforgivable Spell at him, and she was looking at him with so
frightening eyes that, if Draco wasn't a Malfoy, would scare him to death.
"Do you want to fight, you foolish Mudblood?
Well, I don't think it's a good idea, because I may want to do very bad things
to you when the Dark side rises fully…" Said Draco with his evil smile that
always set the others to craziness. Hermione raised her wand, even paying
attention at his statement, but before she could spell a very nasty spell at
him, the door opened.
"Don't you dare say something like that, you
fucking bastard." Said a very calm, feminine voice. Draco turned to see who
were fool enough to talk like that to him, and paused for a moment to see the
girl. She had brown, short hair, and just in front oh her shining, beautiful
red eyes, there was a pair of glasses that gave to her a "Know-it-all" look.
She was wearing a red cloak instead of the normal black one and holding a wand
pointing directly to Draco.
"Why not? Who are you to talk to me like that?
Don't you know me? I'm Draco Malfoy!" Said Draco, giving her a
very nasty look and saying his name and surname like they were something very,
very special.
"Yeah, I've heard of you. Your father is a
Death Eater. I still don't know why Dumbledore lets you study at Hogwarts… anyway,
I think you're the one who needs some presentation. I'm Victoria Stonyll, and,
I'm not very happy to say that, your new Defense Against Dark Arts teacher."
Said the girl, examining Draco with a disgusting face.
"Our new teacher? How this could be? You look
like a 18 years old girl!" Said Draco, surprised. Victoria laughed. "Oh, I
don't know why do you think that! Well,
let me see.. ah, I remember! I think that's because I AM 18 years old!"
"You're really young for a teacher…" Murmured
Hermione, but loud enough for Victoria to hear. "Yes, I know. But I'm very
powerful, so, Malfoy, don't you challenge me again, or you'll be very, very
sorry." Said Victoria, giving Draco a murderer look. He felt frightened by her,
but he wouldn't show that. "Oh, well… I come here to speak to Harry. Alone."
She said, looking to Draco, Crabbe, Goyle, Hermione and Ron.
"Oh, ok." Said Hermione, grabbing Ron's arm and
going to the next wagon. Draco, Crabbe and Goyle went to the opposite side.
Trough her glasses, Victoria stared at Harry, who didn't seen very interested
in her. "Confused, aren't you?" Whispered her, gently. Harry slowly turned to
her, just to face her with his black face.
"Yes. I think I'm not as mature as Dumbledore
thought…" Murmured him, looking at her eyes, without any expression. Victoria
shook her head. "No. You're confused because you're too mature. Too mature for
your age. Well, this isn't surprising, anyhow, it isn't very usual that 15
years old boys have to face death so near… That have to learn in who they could
trust… Now, you're thinking that you want Hermione and Ron to be away… you know
that anyone that is your friend could be next Voldemort's victim…. And you
don't want them to suffer, do you?" She said, in a mother's tone. Harry looked
a little surprised. If it was because Victoria knew so well what he was feeling
or if it was because Victoria said –Voldemort- instead of –The One Who Must Not
Be Named-, she couldn't tell. But, somehow, he showed sympathy for Victoria.
She smiled.
"And, when do you think things couldn't go
worse, your sweetheart dies. You feel like lost, don't you?" She said, with a
caring look. Now, Harry WAS surprised. He didn't tell anyone that he liked Cho!
Even when she died, victim of a very nasty, fucking, bastard, son of a bitch
Death Eater. How could Victoria know that? "How do you…" Harry started, but
Victoria put a hand in his mouth. "I have my ways of knowing…" She murmured,
smiling. Under her glasses, her red
eyes were calm, peaceful. Harry felt very secure around her.
"Well, as your new teacher, and, I hope, your
new friend, I'm here to help you. I don't have that much to say, just… stay
calm. Try to be happy, no matter what happens. If your friends die tomorrow,
how would you feel to think that you've lost them and you've passed the last
days with them trying to be away from them? Sounds silly, doesn't it?" Victoria
says, looking deep down at Harry eyes. Seeing that he nodded, she gets up from
her seat and goes to the door. "So, see you." She says, before opening the door
and having Ron falling at her feet.
"Tee hee… Eavesdropping is a very impolite
thing, didn't you know, Ron?" She says,
giggling. After she walks away, Ron and Hermione go to talk to Harry. "I don't
like her. Who she thinks she is to tell me what's impolite? She called Draco a
fucking bastard! Not that he isn't, really…" Whispers Ron to Hermione, when
Victoria is wagons away. Maybe she's right, thought Harry, maybe I need to
relax. Anyway, what could go worse? But one thing was floating in mind: How did
she know so much things about him? "Hey, Harry, what she said to you?" Asked
Hermione, interrupting Harry's thinking. Harry looked at her like he was sleepy
and murmured something like "Nothing very important…". For some odd reason, he
didn't want to tell them about all the things Victoria knew about him. "What
about Explosive Snap?" Ron asked him. "Hmmm… I think so." Murmured Harry.
Whatever Victoria said to him, Hermione
thought, it seemed to help him. From nearly ignoring them, Harry started to
play Explosive Snap with both. Harry wasn't a lot more happier, but now he
seemed to want to be.
You see, having to deal with so much beloved's
deaths isn't that easy… Well, at last he still had Hermione and Ron. And
Sirius. And Dumbledore. It wouldn't be that bad, Harry thought. And, on the
other side, there still were Snape, Draco, and… Voldemort. It was going to be a
very, very odd year, he could tell. When they finally arrived at Hogwarts, he
looked at the impressive castle. The atmosphere seemed very dark. But the
castle seemed very secure, too. Definitely, it was going to be a VERY odd year.
For good, for bad. But, Harry realized, it wasn't like all the other 4 years at
Hogwarts were that normal…
Suddenly, it started to rain. A lot. "Let's go
inside, Harry!" Said Hermione , grabbing Harry's arm and letting them go
inside. Outside, the rain become a storm. But Peeves didn't care, he continued
to throw plates at Hermione & Co until they sat at the Gryffindors table,
waiting for the Sorting Ceremony. As usual,
Minerva McGonagall put the Sorting Hat onto a four-legged little bench
and it started singing is song:
Here I am
The Sorting Hat
Don't be afraid of me
I will look at your heart
And I will wisely choose
The House that fits you
Maybe you're a Gryffindor,
Brave of heart and
Soul
Or maybe, who knows, besides me,
You're a Hugglepuff,
The wise one
Who wants to be the happiest?
And, why not,
A Ravenclaw
The most intelligent,
The ones that want the good grades and
Good hearts
Or, for last, a Slytherin,
To find your hidden power,
Your own destiny?
Come to me
And we will see
What house meets
Your fate!
After the clapping, Harry looked around. His
new DADA teacher, Victoria, was talking with Snape, his most hated teacher.
And, to his surprise, they both looked very happy. What an odd start, he
thought, for a very odd year.
*~~~~~~~~~~~~~~*
Now, the sorting comes. It went pretty fast, as
the new students were sorted, but, as one of the last students was sorted
("Wisin, Tonahmos!"), Draco could now see that there was a student that seemed
too old to be a first year. Now that just the student was there, he could see
that it was a 'she'. She had green, long hair tied in a ponytail, and her cloak
just fits her thin skin. Dumbledore got up, and, claiming for everyone
attention, he spoke "For last, we have a transfer student this year. Her name
is Luci Hotting, and she's a fifth year. She came from Brazil, so, could we
give a good clapping to our new student?". Them, everyone clapped for the
second time and Draco could tell that the girl blushed. Minerva pointed the hat
to her and before the clapping ended, she already was with the big hat at her
head. Every eye on the hall was looking at her and a few very long seconds have
passed before the hat said "Gryffindor!". The Gryffindors clapped and the
Slytherins stayed quiet.
Before Luci went to the Gryffindor's table, she
looked to the Slytherin's table and her bright gold eyes met the gray, deadly
ones of Malfoy. She seemed very
frightened and fragile, and Draco seemed surprised by the meeting of eyes. But
it wasn't his fault to be looking to her… she was pretty beautiful! And this
rare green hair… where did she got that?
When Luci sat near Harry & Co, Draco
sighed. Another foolish person for the team… after rolling his eyes, he turned
to Pansy, that was giggling by his presence. Guy, how anyone could giggle that
much? "Drakie, dear, how was your vacation?" She asked like sugar. He looked at
for a few instants. "Fine." He said, not wanting to start a conversation. Last
year he used her as most as he could, and now, he had lack of interest at her.
Pansy, by the other side, was still giggling around him. Girls, he thought,
could anyone understand them? I used her and she still likes me… well, bad for
her…. He turned to the food, that have fulfilled his plate, as always.
In the Gryffindor's table, Hermione was trying
to be friendly to Luci. "From which school you come from?" She asked.
"Gottenensk. Who are you?" She asked, looking at Ron, Hermione and Harry. "Oh,
forgot to tell! I'm Hermione Granger, he's Harry Potter and he's Ronald
Weasley, but he prefers to be called Ron." Hermione said, hitting her head and
pointing them. "Nice to meet you. Hmmm… how are the teachers?" Said Luci,
looking at the teachers table. "Well… Dumbledore's the headmaster, he's very
cool… and crazy. The one by his side is Minerva McGonagall, our Transfiguration
and Head-teacher. She's very rigid. On the other side is Severus Snape, our
most hated teacher. Oh, he teaches Potions. The biggest one is Hagrid, our Care
of Magical Creatures teacher. He's very… different. But is a good person. The
others are pretty… normal…" Said Harry. "Yeah, as normal as they could, at
least." Said Hermione, smiling.
"Uh, I see… I like it here. Gottenensk was a little
small… you see, in the middle of the Amazon Forest there's no space for big
castles like this one… Hogwarts is pretty big.. I feel secure here… I hope this
school is better than the other one…" Luci said, smiling. "Uh… why do you
exchanged school?" Asked Hermione. Luci turned red. "Well… that's… uh… nothing,
really…" She said, running from the subject. Secure. Maybe she didn't know
about Voldemort, thought Harry. Otherwise, who would find that's secure to
study in a school that later or sooner would be attacked by him?
"Well,
everybody, you could go to bed now. Tomorrow your classes start and I don't
think you all could learn anything if you're sleepy." Said Dumbledore.
"Already?" Whispered Luci, sadly. She had so many things to talk about! Oh,
anyway… Tomorrow she wouldn't stop talking.
A/N: Well, that's it. Please, will you review?
* Puppy eyes *
Ah, I have a few questions, if anyone could be
very kind to answer me:
- What's this 'mary sue' thing? I've heard of that, but I don't who's
she!
- Could you guess where I'm from? Wait, that's not the question…
maybe… could you please review? (déjà vu?)
