A.N. Thanks to everyone who reviewed!!!!!!! Don't worry, just because Harry's kids are going to Hogwarts, Harry won't be left out of the story line. Quite the contrary actually. * wink*
Malena
"The children are gone now, except for these two," Ivy sighed, motioning to the twins that Harry and Ivy were carrying. On the way back to their house they had fallen asleep in the car. Harry and Ivy had bought a car so they would be less conspicuous to the Muggles who lived nearby.
"Yeah, the house is going to be a lot quieter now," Harry said.
"You say that as if it's a bad thing," Ivy said, smirking. They carried the twins upstairs and put them in their beds.
"Well, now that they're asleep, what do you want to do?" Ivy asked, slinking her arm around Harry's waist.
"Let's go downstairs." The two of them walked arm in arm down to the kitchen…
"Eve. Psstt! Eve! Wake up!" Eve moaned and opened her eyes slightly. It was getting dark outside, and a single lantern lit the compartment. Reese was standing over her and shaking her shoulder.
What's the matter? Eve asked.
"We're here," Reese replied. Eve sat up and saw that Erin and Josh were looking out of the window. They had arrived at a platform that Eve had never seen before. Suddenly, there was a knock at the compartment door.
"Er… come in," Reese said. The door opened and a smiling witch came in.
"Up and at em', dears," she said. "Just leave your trunks on the train. They'll be taken up to the castle separately."
"Is someone meeting us?" Erin asked.
"Sorry dear, they weren't able to spare someone tonight. You'll be taking a carriage up to the castle." The witch pointed out the window at a single, horse-less carriage. "Come on, let's go."
Eve ran a hand through her hair and readjusted her earpiece. She reached into her bag and pulled out her sunglasses and put them on. She noticed that the others were doing the same.
"What's all this for?" Asked the witch. Eve ignored the question and walked out of the compartment.
They walked in silence to the carriage. It smelled slightly of hay, and it was cold. Erin wrapped her cloak tighter around herself and shivered. Eve looked out the window and saw a giant lake. A giant tentacle appear out of the water, and Eve's eyes widened. She tore her eyes away from the lake and looked up at the enormous castle that loomed in the distance.
There it is, she said. The other three crowded around the window and looked up. Towers jutted out from odd angles, and it seemed to sparkle strangely. Little pinpricks of light could be seen, and the hooting of owls was heard. Suddenly, Eve felt something poke her through her cloak. She looked in her pocket and found her hedgehog in there.
What are you doing in there? She wondered. The hedgehog looked up at her with sparkling black eyes before curling back into a ball.
The carriage came to a sudden halt and the door opened with a creak. The four of them slowly unloaded.
Eve looked the castle up and down before walking cautiously up the stairs and pulling open one of the doors. An enormous Entrance Hall stood before them. A few torches hung on the walls and everything was silent.
They all walked through the doors and looked around some more.
"I see you've arrived." All four of them jumped when they heard a voice. They turned and saw a tall witch standing at the top of a marble staircase. She was dressed all in black and her black hair was tied into a tight bun. She slowly started to walk down the stairs towards them.
"You are the four students that they are sending from the Order of the Phoenix, if I am not mistaken," said the witch. They nodded.
"Follow me."
She turned and walked down the hall. Eve pushed her sunglasses further up on her nose and slowly followed.
"At Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry we have no tolerance for jokes and pranks. If you are caught playing a prank you will receive detentions, the number depending on the seriousness of the joke."
She turned a corner and they found themselves in front of a large gargoyle. Eve arched an eyebrow as the witch stood in front of it and said, "Licorice wand." Erin gasped as the gargoyle jumped aside and allowed them to walk up a moving staircase.
"By the looks of it you are all 13 and above," said the witch "Students at least in the third year are allowed to visit the village of Hogsmeade on selected weekends. Your parents will be sent permission forms." They had reached the top of the stairs and found themselves standing in front of giant doors. The witch knocked twice and a voice from inside said, "Come in."
The inside of the room was warm and cozy looking. There were several pictures on the wall, and the people in the pictures started whispering excitedly to each other.
"Hello Professor McGonnagal," said an elderly man who was sitting behind a desk. He had silvery-white hair and an extremely long beard. He wore half-moon glasses and there was a hint of amusement in his bright blue eyes.
"These are the students from the Order of the Phoenix, Professor Dumbledore" Professor McGonnagal said.
"I assumed as much," Professor Dumbledore said lightly. He then turned to the four of them and said, "Please tell me your names."
"Er…" Reese said. "I'm Reese Potter and this is my sister Eve."
Erin said, "I'm Erin Potter and this is Josh."
"My, my," Professor Dumbledore. "Ivy and Harry sure have been busy."
"We're Harry and Ivy's," Resse said.
"We are their aunt and uncle," Erin said. "We're Lily and James kids."
Professor Dumbledore arched an eyebrow and said, "Very well then."
"I'll be leaving now," said a new voice. Eve jumped, for she had not noticed the man who had been sitting in a chair by the wall.
"Please stay Professor Snape," said Dumbledore nicely, but sternly. "I'm sure you would like to meet your new students." The man glared slightly, but remained silent. He had shoulder length black, greasy hair, and a pointed nose. He had black eyes and his mouth was curled into a scowl.
"Now then," Professor Dumbledore said. "I'm sure that Professor McGonnagal has told you some of the rules."
They nodded.
"We were told by the Order of the Phoenix that they want you to grow accustomed to this school, and for you that means you will have to give up some things."
Reese looked a little shocked, "Like what?"
"You will not be able to Molecularize," Professor Dumbledore said. Reese's mouth dropped open. "And you will not be able to use your earpieces." Professor Dumbledoe motioned to the earpieces. "You will wear Hogwarts robes, except for on the weekend or after your classes. You will spend your free time in your House Common Room or the library. Or if there is an activity that you are participating in. And no Unforgivable Curses."
"What house are we going to be in?" Josh blurted out.
"That is for the Sorting Hat to decide-" said Dumbledore, motioning to a tattered old hat on his desk. "-Tomorrow, at breakfast."
"Why can't we do it tonight?" Erin asked.
"It is traditional that the Sorting takes place in front of the school," Professor Dumbledore said.
"Professor McGonnagal, have you explained about Hogsmeade?"
"Yes Albus."
"Splendid," Dumbledore turned to the four of them and said, "Please put your earpieces on the table."
They all reached up and detached the earpiece and put them on his desk.
"I now need to speak with your teachers," Professor Dumbledore said to the four of them. "Excuse me for a moment."
Professor Dumbledore stood up and reached for a cane that was sitting on his desk. He slowly walked out of the office with Professor Snape and Professor McGonngagal.
"This sucks," Reese said as soon as the door had closed. "No earpieces. No Molecularizing!"
No Unforgivable curses, Eve moaned.
"And what is with that Snape guy?" Erin asked. "He seems to have an attitude problem."
Suddenly the doors opened and Professor Dumbledore walked in.
"I am going to wrap up your earpieces and then you are going to take a tour around the grounds," he said. He conjured up a white cloth and placed the earpieces on them.
"Professor Dumbledore," said Snape from the doorway. "There was one more thing I wanted to ask you about."
"Yes Severus?" Professor Dumbledore slowly walked toward the door. While his back was turned Eve reached out and took her earpiece out of the cloth and placed it in her pocket.
"Are you ready?" Snapped Professor McGonnagal from the doorway. "We don't have all night."
Eve, Erin, Josh, and Reese slowly and silently followed behind Professor McGonnagal.
Erin flopped onto her bed with exhaustion. They were staying in guestrooms for substitute teachers for the night. The next day they would be in their dormitories.
Professor McGonnagal had led them all around the castle. All over the grounds (including to Hagrid's hut. He had been rather cheerful and had invited the four of them to tea that Saturday) Erin was sure that she would get lost the next day. There were too many stairs, too many passageways, and everything seemed to move around a lot. They had been watched by the pictures, and one of them had started yelling at them. They had met several ghosts, and they were in no way like the ones that Erin had been in contact with before. Most of them had been cheerful and waved merrily, but then there was one covered in silvery eyes that seemed not to notice them.
Professor McGonnagal had shown them all of their classrooms and told them all about electives that they could take. Erin had decided to take Divination and Arithmancy, for they were two of the classes that she hadn't taken at the Order of the Phoenix.
Reese and her (if they were in the same house) were going to be in the same classes, except Reese had also taken Care of Magical Creatures.
Eve had decided on Ancient Runes and Advanced Divination. Josh had taken after Harry, and hated Divination.
"I want to go home," Erin moaned. She then pulled on her pajamas and crawled between the silky sheets.
"I want to go home," Celeste moaned. "Why did Sphinx stick us with this boring piece of shit anyway?"
"Don't ask me," Harry said, rubbing his temples. He had a headache from Celeste whining. "Why on Earth do you want to go home so much anyway?"
"I was supposed to have a date-"
"Surprise, surprise."
"-At 8:30 last night. I said I'd contact him when I got off of work so we could immediately go out, even though I have to take a shower, change, re-do my make-up, pick out an outfit-"
"All right!" Harry exclaimed. "I get the point. Let's finish this so you can go and stop bothering me!"
"Harry, Harry, Harry," Celeste said in her "sexy scolding" voice, "You're a married man, so you should know about what a woman has to go through to impress a man." She tossed her hair and leaned in close to Harry. "But if you don't…" She got closer and closer to Harry's face. "Is there anything that I could do?"
"Sure. Take this and get copies," Harry said, holding up a piece of paper in front of his face. Celeste got a sour look on her face and snatched the paper out of Harry's hands.
"Thank you," Harry said as Celeste walked away.
Harry moved some papers off of his desk and dumped them on the floor.
"Knock, knock," said someone from the doorway. Harry looked up and saw-
"Ivy," Harry said, a smile spreading on his face. He jumped out of his chair and picked Ivy up in his arms, twirling her in a circle.
"You've missed me then?" Ivy asked as Harry kissed her on the mouth.
"I miss you every moment we're away," Harry said, putting her down and kissing her again.
"Oh get a room," Celeste said.
"Hey Celeste," Ivy said. "How's Toby?"
"He is with us no longer," Celeste said, bowing her head in mock grief.
"You dumped him then?" Ivy said with a grin.
"Yep," Celeste said. "Now I have Quinn. I'm going to be seeing him today if I ever get out of here."
"Well, I'd better get going so you can finish," Ivy said. "Come home soon sweetie."
"I'll try," Harry said, kissing her again.
"Celeste, do you want to go shopping with me this weekend?" Ivy asked, turning to her friend. "Come on, girls day."
"Sure, I'll cancel any appointments," Celeste said. They made arrangements before Ivy blew one last kiss to Harry and Molecularized.
"We'd better get back to work now," Harry said, shuffling through some papers and taking the copies that Celeste had gotten.
"All right," Celeste said. "The quicker we get through this part the quicker I get to my date."
Three hours later, 4:00 a.m:
"When will we ever finish this?" Celeste said, putting her head in her hands. "I want to go."
"Go ahead," Harry said. He was getting irritated with Celeste, and he had a theory that he would be able to get through it faster if she wasn't there.
"Really? Can I?" Celeste asked.
"Yes, go."
"Thank you so much!" Celeste said, throwing her arms around Harry's neck and hugging him. She jumped out of her chair and said, "I'll see you tomorrow, er… today. Bye."
"Bye," Harry said, leaning back over his work.
As Celeste walked through the door she pulled on her velvet cloak and took out her make-up bag. She walked through the dark, almost empty parking lot. She only saw Harry's car and one that she didn't know who it belonged to. She pulled out her mirror and started to reapply her makeup.
"Ug, I look so bad in this light," she said, wiping away a dot of lipstick on her tooth. She heard a twig crack behind her, and before she could turn around she was hit with a hard metal object in the head. She fell to the ground, unconscious. A few seconds later she was dragged off into the night…
~*~
Eve, Erin, Reese, and Josh got lost on their way to breakfast that next morning. They were finally rescued by one of the ghosts, who just happened to be passing by while they climbed out of an unknown passageway.
When they walked into the Great Hall, everyone at the four tables went quiet.
"Everyone," said Professor Dumbledore, standing up at the Teacher's table. "These are the students that were sent from the Order of the Phoenix. Erin, Eve, Josh, and Reese."
They all nodded or waved when their name was called.
"After breakfast they will be Sorted," Dumbledore continued. "You may sit at any table that you want to, until you are assigned one."
"Where do you want to sit Eve?" Erin asked. Eve shrugged.
"Your…er… niece, doesn't talk much does she," sneered Snape. "What's the matter? Shy?"
"No, she doesn't talk at all," Reese said. "She's mute."
Whispers spread throughout the Hall. Even the teachers were looking shocked.
"Mute?" Exclaimed one of the teachers. "How on Earth are we supposed to teach a mute child? She might disturb the learning environment."
"She's mute, not deaf!"
"How will she cast spells? Or ask a question? How will she learn?"
I'm sure that this will be a learning experience for all of us, Eve said. There was a sudden silence as they read those words.
"I-I'm sure that Miss Potter will do an adequate job at learning," Professor Dumbledore said.
"Why don't you go sit down at that table," Professor McGonnagal said, ushering them over to the closest table.
Eve didn't eat much. She had been up half of the night because her hedgehog had been scurrying around her room. After she had fallen asleep, she had been awoken again to find that her hedgehog was lying next to her.
Her hedgehog was now in her pocket, and she slipped it a bit of food. She hadn't decided what to name it yet.
After the last crumb had disappeared from the plate, the headmaster stood up again and said, "Will the four new students please come up here."
When they reached the Teacher's table, Professor McGonnagal put them in alphabetical order. She then took out a stool and placed a tattered hat on it.
"Erin Potter," she said. "Put the hat on and then sit on the stool."
Erin followed everything that she said, and as soon as the hat touched her head it shouted, "GRYFFINDOR!"
Erin smiled and walked slowly over to the Gryffindor table, where several people were clapping.
"Eve Potter," Professor McGonnagal called. Eve stepped forward and put on the hat.
"Hello Eve," said a voice in her ear. She jumped slightly.
"Hmmm… you're a lot like your father," said the voice. "However…"
However… Eve thought.
"You have special characteristics that no one in your family has. Where should I put you?"
Er… I don't know.
"All right, I'll choose for you then."
There was a moment of silence, and then-
"SLYTHERIN!"
A.N. dun Dun DUN!!!! Okay, I also need to ask y'all what I should name the hedgehog. I have no clue what to name him, so just put your ideas in your review please!!! Thank you for reading!!!!!!
Malena
