Chapter 2 - Hogwarts Ahead
They played many games of chess and exploding snap on the way to the school. One unpleasent thing happened was Draco Malfoy came in to the compartment with his two goons, Crabbe and Goyle.
"Well, well, well," Malfoy said in his most snobbish voice. "What do we have here. Hero-boy, poor-boy, and smart-girl."
"Go away, Malfoy," Ron persuaded while he picked which pawn to move.
"I'll beside that remark," Malfoy stated. "Have you all heard about the break-in that happened?" All of them nodded. Malfoy turned to Ron and said, "How did you hear the news, Weasley? I didn't think you could pay for a Daily Prophet." Crabbe and Goyle snickered at Malfoy's joke.
"Well, I never thought that you could ever shut your mouth. I guess I was right," Ron said. Malfoy didn't like the remark. He and the goon squad left to keep from hearing the laughter of Harry, Hermione, and Neville.
By the time they had reached the school they had, already gotten thier robes on. They said hi to Hagrid and got into a carriage. From there, the carriage took them to the school. They got out and went into the school. They went to the Great Hall to find it not very full. Some Gryffindors were at the table, but more were still coming. So, they went to their table and talked until the Sorting started.
"Wow," Ron said, "We actually get to see the sorting again."
As the sorting started, Harry began to notice someone. She was sitting 3 seats down from Seamus Finnagan, a fellow Gryffindor. The strange thing was she didn't look like a first year. She looked older, more like his age. It puzzled him because he hadn't seen her before. She hadn't been there last year nor any year before that.
"Hey, guys," Harry whispered to Ron and Hermione, "Do you know who that girl is?" He pointed to her and they looked.
"No," Hermione said, "Never seen her before. Why?"
"Because she looks our age and she is sitting at this table."
"Is there something wrong with her sitting at this table?" Ron asked.
"No, it's just...oh, nevermind." And they went back to watching the sorting.
"Goland, Rick" was one of the new Gryffindors. "Crabbe, Nancy" was the first new Slytherin. She obviously was Crabbe's little sister. The sorting went on and on until the last person called, "Yaldenson, Terry", who became a Hufflepuff. Gryffindor had gotten 5 new additions while Slytherin only got 3.
Dumbledore went up to the podium at last and said, "There is one more addition to our school. She has just transfered here from the United States school called Dalperdash. She is a 5th year student like some of you here. Her name is Andrea Ramsey. Can you stnd up Andrea." Harry suddenly noticed that that was the girl at his table. "She has already been sorted ansd will be in Gryffindor," Dumbledore concluded.
The golden plates on the tables suddenly filled with all kinds of foods and everyone started to eat once they saw it. A new girl, Harry thought and went to his eating.
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At the end of the start of year feast, evryone went to their common rooms. Hermione escorted everyone into the Gryffindor Common Room. It was pretty late by then, so everyone went to bed. Harry and Ron went to their four posters in the room with the sign on the door saying "5th years". They almost instantly went to sleep when they laid on their beds, with open minds and full bellies.
The next morning they got up early and got all of their books ready for the first day of school. Of course, Hermione beat them to having evrything ready, but it was worth a try.
Their first class, Herbology, was all for learning how to cut the leaves of a Ditrusand and mix them with each other. The second class was Divination. Harry did dislike Professor Trelawney, but for some reason her class wasn't about how Harry would die, for once. It made him actually pay attention. His third class was disliked by everyone, Potions. Snape took away 25 house points from Gryffindor and gave 15 to Slytherin, the usual for Snape. Their next class was Care of Magical Creatures.
Hagrid was the teacher for that class. Hagrid was moving some crates when they arrived.
"I see that yeh have arrived early," Hagrid said as he lugged the big crate into the back of his house."
"Yeah, we wanted to talk to you," Harry said to him.
"Bout what?" he asked. Just then, Malfoy came over with his goons and snickered at the sight of Harry and Hagrid talking. Their conversation stopped and Hagrid told them to get into the class. This class wasn't that boring. Hagrid had brang in some Ruspers. They were 5 inch high little fuzzballs that bounce around really fast. Hagrid was teaching them to care for and keep settle the Ruspers. Malfoy, Crabbe and Goyle were the first to lose their Ruspers. Everyone laughed at them.
After all the classes, they went back to the common room. Harry looked on his bed to find some letters. The first one he could tell who it was from the kind of writing. Sirius had wrote him. He wrote:
Dear Harry,
Sorry I didn't write sooner. How are you? I am still on the run so I will not conceal my name. I hope that Hedwig gets you this in time. I need to talk to you about something important. I have heard about the missing Fladmore. I will tell you more in person. Meet me at the Shrieking Shack on the first Hogsmeade weekend. I don't mind if Ron and Hermione come with you, but this information is important.
- Padfoot
The second letter he saw had the sloppy writing of Hagrid. It wrote:
Harry,
I want to hear all about your first day and what you expect of this year. Can you come over so we can talk?
- Hagrid
Another letter was there. Harry opened it to read:
Belated Happy Birthday!!! Here's a present.
Harry checked, but didn't find any signature. He checked the letter again to find that the words had changed. They now read:
PS – You'll find out who I am soon enough.
He looked at the attached parcel strangely. He carefully opened the package to find a medium-sized quill. He saw the attached note that read: "A Super-Duper Lie Detector! Use it on your friends to tell if you are getting the truth. Just touch them when they say something. The end of the quill will light up once for the truth, twice for a lie."
Harry was surprised he had gotten the present from an anonymus person. He brushed off the feeling and went downstairs to where his friends were.
When he got there, there was a lot of talking going on. It was coming from all directions. Everyone was talking. Harry finally found Hermione and Ron.
"Have you heard?" Ron asked him.
"No, heard what?" Harry asked.
"The recent news about the Forbidden Gem," Ron said in a rushed voice.
"Just slow down, Ron. What about the Forbidden Gem?"
"Someone else has been called missing on account of it!"
His name was Thomas Goddfrey. He was a simple worker in the Change of Muggle Items department of the Ministry. He was one of the rumoured five keepers of the Permandebien Star. With all of this information, Harry didn't know what to do. He wondered what Sirius wanted. There was one thing for sure.
Sirius's talk was about the Permandabien Star. Harry was ready to talk to Sirius. The first Hogsmeade weekend was coming in 2 weeks. Harry was patient for it. Oh yeah, he was ready.
But wait! What about the mysterious present-giver?