Chapter 3
"Ohhhhhh! Where is Harry???" Ron asked looking about, Hermione and Ira scanned the crowds of frightened students in the hall, no sign of Harry anywhere. The staff entered and went up to the staff table, the new students were brought in from a side door.
"Before the sorting ceremony takes place I would like to apologize for the train accident, caused by death eaters that attacked the train. Fortunately no students were killed, though several were injured and are in the hospital wing. Your luggage has been gathered and will be in you dormitories when you go there. We are going to try to make this evening just the way it usually is, as much as we can. Fortunately Voldemort will be in no state to attack us again any time soon, he'll be recovering from injuries for some time yet.
(AN: For lack of poetic skills I am NOT writing a sorting hat song.)
Gryffindor got 8 new boys and 9 new girls. When it was finally over Dumbledore stood up for the usual speech.
"Now I know you are all very hungry so lets eat!"
"Finally!" Ira said, as the food appeared, "I thought he'd never get around to it."
"Did you notice that there were more new Gryffindors then every before? This school's getting really full, even Slytherin got a lot of new students!" Ron said between mouthfuls.
"I wonder how Harry is? And where he is." Ira said, most of the Gryffindors looked very worried.
"He'll be okay, Harry knows how to take care of himself, he got all of us out." Hermione pointed out, though she too was worried for their friend. The meal ended and Dumbledore stood again.
"Welcome everyone, to a new year at Hogwarts school of Witchcraft and Wizardry! The Forbidden Forest is of course out of bounds to Everyone. The Order of the Phoenix is no longer in residence. They have a small outpost in the castle but they won't be here very often. Now Professors Lupin and Hagrid will both be teaching Care of magical Creatures, both of them have other things they need to do so they'll be switching on and off all year. Professor Figg, who many of you may know from last year, will be teaching Defense Against the Dark Arts. Remus Lupin will be her co-teacher as Mundungus Fletcher will be your Care of Magical Creatures teacher. You should all know that the Charms and Defense classrooms decided to switch places over the summer. Because of the threat of Voldemort is not yet gone all students must be inside by five p.m. and should alert prefects and staff if they see any hooded or masked strangers near the castle. Hogsmead visits have started again, quidditch teams will need new players since many graduated last year. The first match is Hufflepuff vs. Gryffindor in three weeks, first years are reminded that they are not allowed their own brooms or to be on the quidditch team. Hopefully by tomorrow we'll have a full report for you on what exactly happened this evening with the train, the injured students, and the battle. Good night." The students slowly left the hall to their houses without the usual happy chatter, except for Malfoy who was muttering angrily.
"I'll tell my father about this, stupid Dumbledore, should have protected the train, I could have been killed. Bet Potter's off doing something 'heroic' Ha! They just make him sound so cool and powerful, their poster boy, famous Potter does it again. The little jerk, probably wet himself at the thought of the dark lord coming after him again." Ron wheeled around and punched Malfoy in the gut, Ira shot a jelly legs jinx at him, they hurried off when they saw McGonagal looking their way. However she had heard Malfoy and chose not to comment.
(AN: sorry it's such a short chapter. Thank you all who review!)
"Ohhhhhh! Where is Harry???" Ron asked looking about, Hermione and Ira scanned the crowds of frightened students in the hall, no sign of Harry anywhere. The staff entered and went up to the staff table, the new students were brought in from a side door.
"Before the sorting ceremony takes place I would like to apologize for the train accident, caused by death eaters that attacked the train. Fortunately no students were killed, though several were injured and are in the hospital wing. Your luggage has been gathered and will be in you dormitories when you go there. We are going to try to make this evening just the way it usually is, as much as we can. Fortunately Voldemort will be in no state to attack us again any time soon, he'll be recovering from injuries for some time yet.
(AN: For lack of poetic skills I am NOT writing a sorting hat song.)
Gryffindor got 8 new boys and 9 new girls. When it was finally over Dumbledore stood up for the usual speech.
"Now I know you are all very hungry so lets eat!"
"Finally!" Ira said, as the food appeared, "I thought he'd never get around to it."
"Did you notice that there were more new Gryffindors then every before? This school's getting really full, even Slytherin got a lot of new students!" Ron said between mouthfuls.
"I wonder how Harry is? And where he is." Ira said, most of the Gryffindors looked very worried.
"He'll be okay, Harry knows how to take care of himself, he got all of us out." Hermione pointed out, though she too was worried for their friend. The meal ended and Dumbledore stood again.
"Welcome everyone, to a new year at Hogwarts school of Witchcraft and Wizardry! The Forbidden Forest is of course out of bounds to Everyone. The Order of the Phoenix is no longer in residence. They have a small outpost in the castle but they won't be here very often. Now Professors Lupin and Hagrid will both be teaching Care of magical Creatures, both of them have other things they need to do so they'll be switching on and off all year. Professor Figg, who many of you may know from last year, will be teaching Defense Against the Dark Arts. Remus Lupin will be her co-teacher as Mundungus Fletcher will be your Care of Magical Creatures teacher. You should all know that the Charms and Defense classrooms decided to switch places over the summer. Because of the threat of Voldemort is not yet gone all students must be inside by five p.m. and should alert prefects and staff if they see any hooded or masked strangers near the castle. Hogsmead visits have started again, quidditch teams will need new players since many graduated last year. The first match is Hufflepuff vs. Gryffindor in three weeks, first years are reminded that they are not allowed their own brooms or to be on the quidditch team. Hopefully by tomorrow we'll have a full report for you on what exactly happened this evening with the train, the injured students, and the battle. Good night." The students slowly left the hall to their houses without the usual happy chatter, except for Malfoy who was muttering angrily.
"I'll tell my father about this, stupid Dumbledore, should have protected the train, I could have been killed. Bet Potter's off doing something 'heroic' Ha! They just make him sound so cool and powerful, their poster boy, famous Potter does it again. The little jerk, probably wet himself at the thought of the dark lord coming after him again." Ron wheeled around and punched Malfoy in the gut, Ira shot a jelly legs jinx at him, they hurried off when they saw McGonagal looking their way. However she had heard Malfoy and chose not to comment.
(AN: sorry it's such a short chapter. Thank you all who review!)