1 Chapter 4 An unwanted surprise

Elle woke up in the hospital wing that afternoon and freaked out. Madame Pomfrey came over to her bed to check her temperature and Elle stared at her and pushed her back a few feet every time she took a step forward. Madame Pomfrey got very confused that an unknown force was pushing her backwards so she walked off and sent an owl to Dumbledore asking him to get down here straight away.

When she turned and looked back at Elle's bed she was gone.

"What is it Madame Pomfrey?" Dumbledore asked from the doorway.

"It's that new girl, Elle. I think she's a little crazy." Madame Pomfrey explained.

"What makes you say that?" Dumbledore asked.

"Whenever I tried to get close to her, I got pushed back a few feet by this strange force."

"She probably just doesn't like hospitals." Dumbledore replied.

"But she didn't have a wand." Madame Pomfrey explained, confused.

"She doesn't need one. She is a High Witch." Madame Pomfrey eyes widened.

"I thought they didn't exist anymore."

"So did I," Dumbledore explained, "Until I meet Elle. She got expelled from her last Muggle school for making all the windows in he school break." Madame Pomfrey nodded while Dumbledore explained, "I am sorry Madame, I must dash. Goodbye."

"Goodbye." She replied and went back into her office. Neville Longbottom who was lying in a bed nearby, because of an accident in potions, heard it all and now knew how everything slotted into place.

When he got out of the hospital wing, the next day, Neville found Ron and told him everything he had heard. Ron was amazed, "Wow." He said, "A High Witch, in our dormitories." Hermione, who was close by asked, "What's this about a High Witch?"

Ron shushed her and nodded in the direction of Elle.

"Elle?" Hermione asked surprised, "are you sure?"

"Yeah," Neville explained excitedly, "I heard Dumbledore talking about her with Madame Pomfrey."

Hermione made a face and walked out of the common room.

"Hey!" shouted Ron, "where are you going?"

"Library." She replied.

"What a surprise." Ron muttered.



When Hermione got to the library she found Harry already sitting there. She sat herself next to him, "What are you doing?" she asked him.

"Nothing," he said trying to hide the fact that had indeed been doing something. He shut his book and went to put it back, trying to hide the front cover from Hermione.

"What book is that?" she stood up after him and put her hand on the top of the book to see what it was. "High Witches, the facts?" she wasn't puzzled, "You've been speaking to Neville haven't you?" Harry nodded looking ashamed.

"No need to look like that," she said, "I was just coming to read the same book."

Harry smiled and they sat at a table and opened the book between them, looking behind every now and again, just in case.

"High Witches are very rare," Hermione read, "They are born on the tenth moon of Arius, to muggle parents. They have no need for a wand, as their powers are much greater than that. Neither do they have any need for sleep as they do not need to rest. A High Witch can be identified by not only their incredible power, but also by dragons. They have excellent control and have a good communication with dragons and have a dragon shaped scar on the back of their left shoulder. "

"This all makes sense," said Harry. He turned the page and a face came out of the page.

"This information does not belong to you, boy. Never again shall you be called the boy who lived." Harry scared burned and the face gave an evil cackle before the book was slammed shut by Professor Snape.

"This book should be in the restricted zone, how did you get hold of it?" He said with an evil glare.

"But professor, I didn't get it from the restriction zone, I-" Harry begun before he was cut off by Snape grabbing his and Hermione's arm and taking him out of the library and to Dumbledore's office.