Chapter 3: The Meeting in the Forest
Harry's first day in Ireland had been exciting. They had visited a few of the local historic sites. They were all planning to go for a walk in the forest and maybe see the Mallon Manor. It was a nice and sunny day, perfected for a walk. When they got into the forest there was hardly any sunlight because there was so many trees. As they walked along the path they saw a clearing. There was light peering through it as there was no trees. Harry saw something move.
He looked closer and saw a young maiden collecting flowers. Her long auburn hair glittered in the sunlight and bright blue eyes shone with happiness. She was wearing a long blue dress trimmed with sliver lining, which shimmered in the light. She was the most amazing creature Harry had ever seen.
Just then Dumbledore entered into the clearing and said hello to the girl. She jumped with shock and turned around. "Oh hello Dumbledore. I didn't see you there. How are you?" asked the girl.
"Fine," answered Dumbledore, " I'd like you to meet my friends, Molly Weasley, Arthur Weasley and their children, Fred, George, Ron and Ginny. These are Ron's friends Hermione, her dog, Snuffles and Harry Potter."
" Hello everyone," she said waving, " My name is Oonagh." She went round shaking everyone's hand. As she shook Harry's hand, he noticed her eyes didn't flinch up to his scar, like everyone else did but she stared into his eyes. "You've got lovely green eyes Harry," said Oonagh.
" I believe it's yours and Kara's 16th birthday today. You're in the same year as Harry, Ron and Hermione," said Dumbledore.
" Yes. All of you can come to me and Kara's birthday party at the manor tonight," said Oonagh.
"Who's Kara?" asked Ron.
"My twin sister, though we look nothing alike," answered Oonagh.
"Of course, we'd love to come to your party Oonagh," said Mrs. Weasley.
They set of towards the manor. Oonagh was talking to Harry, Ron and Hermione about the history of the Mallon Family.
"…………There used to be an evil witch living in Ireland called Queen Meave. A bit like Voldemort, sorry, I know most of you don't like to say his name. However my grandfather brought the downfall to her. My father used to be an auror. It's a traditional in my family to become an auror. My father knew James Potter, your father. He went as a spy and pretended to be a death eater. Sadly, Voldemort found out that he wasn't a spy and killed him."
"I'm sorry," said Harry. They walked on in silence until they got to the manor.
"Well, here we are. Does anyone want to come in for a cup of tea?" asked Oonagh.
"Oh, yes please," said Dumbledore. So they all went in to the dining room. It was very big with lovely pieces of art all round the place.
"Aoife, can you fetch some tea and scones?" asked Oonagh. At once a house-elf appeared to get some tea. Hermione started to give off to Oonagh about house-elf enslavement.
" Don't worry," chuckled Oonagh, "Here at the Manor we pay our House-elves. We don't believe in house elf enslavement."
When they had all finished their tea Mr. Weasley said, " Well we must be off now. It was lovely to see you Oonagh and we can't wait for the party tonight. By the way, when is it at?"
"8o'clock, and it was lovely to meet you to." She showed them to the door and waved goodbye. Oonagh stopped Harry on the way out, "It was nice to finally meet you Harry. I'll look forward to seeing you tonight."
"I'll look forward to seeing you too," said Harry and waved her a goodbye. He ran to catch up with the others.
A/N More to come. I know it's not that exciting, but we will see more
adventure later I'm just building up the atmosphere. I would like to thank
Aislinn for her input, however if you are reading this I'm sorry I changed the
names.
