Ron looked down at the book he was reading. It was supposed to be
about action, adventure, and excitement. It REALLY was about the history of
Brazil. When was he going to need THIS in life?! What a way to spend a
gorgeous sunny Saturday.
His eyes, resembling dark chocolate, scanned the page for information for a school report. Yawning, Ron scratched his brown-haired head and tossed the book a few feet away from him.
The book of Brazilian history landed right in front of someone who was standing nearby, but where Ron couldn't see her. This someone was thinking of something to say to the boy lying under the tree nearby, since her friends had dared her to talk to him.
After thinking of something to talk to the boy about, she picked herself up and walked over to him casually.
"Hi, I saw you and couldn't help but talk to you. I'm Iris. Iris Rankin."
Ron almost fell over backwards and since he was drowsy because of the sun's heat, he had to pinch himself to make sure he wasn't dreaming. In front of him a girl who definitely was more gorgeous than the Saturday was.
This Iris girl had sapphire blue eyes that burned into his own eyes and looked him up and down. Her long blonde hair touched her thin waist and it became exceedingly distracting, as it was blowing sexily in the fall breeze. Iris' clothes were what were in every man's dream (unless the girl is naked or wearing scandalous lingerie): she was wearing a pair of the shortest jean shorts you have ever seen, thin flip-flop sandals, and a seductive blue halter top that said 'The Queen of Mean' on it in silver letters.
"H-h-hi. I'm Ron," said Ron, stuttering and gulping.
"Hey, Ron. What are you reading?"
"School stuff. History."
"I am so glad I'm on vacation right now," Iris replied. "But I love history. Math is the worst subject of mine."
The two continued to talk for a while, with Ron cast under her 'spell', until Iris said that she had just lost her ring.
She described the ring as a silver band with an emerald snake carved stone in the middle. This emerald snake ring meant a lot to her, since she had found it when she was angry about her first boyfriend (who was cheating on her) and it helped her cope with the times. Even if she was scared to death of snakes...
They began to crawl around the ground looking for the ring when Iris came across her ring and an ugly pink shirt.
"Urgh. Look at that ugly pink shirt!" Iris exclaimed, putting her ring back on her finger.
As Ron leaned closer, he accidentally pushed Iris forward and they ended up sprawled on top of the shirt. But when they got up and brushed themselves off, they were no longer on the grassy hills of America, they were in a wooded forest.
Iris screamed and grabbed Ron's arm, which he did not mind the least, and pointed to a bunch of hissing snakes. Ron was scared too, and they were whipping through the trees as fast as they could, until they stopped when they came to an enormous lawn.
Not really caring what happened next, as long as it had nothing to do with snakes, the two preceded to some castle doors. Oddly, which they had not noticed before, it was dark and nighttime where they were.
They slipped in through the large doors and were amazed by the wondrous sight ahead of them. The two stepped across the white tiled floor in awe of the room. They were so busy looking around that they didn't notice the greasy-haired man behind them.
"Ahem," they heard a British voice say, and quickly whipped around to see who was there. "What are you two doing out of your rooms? You aren't allowed out this late? What house are you in? I'll need to take points away from it," he said. Ron and Iris gave each other puzzled glances, and then looked up at the man. "Didn't you hear me? I asked you what house you were in," he said nastily.
"What are you talking about?" Iris asked him.
"That's it, I'm taking you two to Professor Dumbledore immediately," he said, which caused Ron and Iris to exchange glances again, and they followed the man to a stone statue of a gargoyle.
"Chocolate Frog," he said, and the gargoyle slid aside, much to the astonishment of Ron and Iris. They followed him into the office, where an older man sat behind a desk.
"Professor Dumbledore?" the man asked.
The old man looked up. "Ah, Severus. What is it?" he asked.
"I found these two children wandering through the halls, and they won't tell me what house they're in."
Dumbledore studied them, and said to the greasy-haired man: "Professor Snape, I don't recognize them. I'm almost positive that they don't attend school here."
"Nonsense, they must. What year are you in?" Snape asked.
"You mean how old we are? I'm 16," Ron said.
"Me too," Iris said.
"See Severus, they have American accents. They aren't from here." He looked at Iris and then at Ron. "Where are you two from?" he asked.
"America," Ron confirmed.
"How did you get here?" Snape asked, his eyes becoming beady.
"We were looking for my ring, and I picked it up, and then we fell onto this shirt. When we stood up we were in a forest and then we came here from there. It may seem wickedly weird, but that's what happened, " Iris explained.
"Portkey," Dumbledore mumbled, and Snape nodded once in agreement. "But that doesn't explain the fact that they can see Hogwarts if they aren't magic," he said to Snape. Then he asked them if they were a witch and wizard. They of course said no like it was obvious, and waited for Dumbledore to speak again. "Let me see your ring, if you don't mind."
Iris removed the ring from her finger and handed it to him. He studied it, mainly the green snake. He asked her where she had gotten it.
"I found it," she said.
"Severus, can you go make me two Magic Containment potions?" Dumbledore asked. Snape nodded and hurried to get what Dumbledore asked for. Dumbledore explained that these potions would tell how much magic the two had in them. If they had at least 20%, he said, then he would allow them to stay and train at Hogwarts. "And if you do, we'll have Hagrid take you to Diagon Alley to get your supplies."
Iris and Ron nodded at the gibberish, although they didn't understand most of what he was saying. Moments later, Snape arrived with two flasks of a purplish, bubbling liquid. He handed one to each Iris and Ron. They took them, hesitantly, and drank them when Dumbledore instructed them to do so. Dumbledore made them take something that was quite like a Breathalyzer test, which was to give him their magic containment. Iris had a magic percentage of 26, while Ron was only at 20%, just making it into Hogwarts. Dumbledore told them that everything at their homes would be taken care of, explaining where they were and whatnot.
"But what about all of our stuff at home? Like our clothes and stuff?" Iris asked.
"Hagrid will bring you to get those things tomorrow when you go to purchase your school supplies. But now we must find out what house to put you in," he said.
He went to a small closet and pulled out a raggedy black hat and a stool. He motioned for one of them to sit down. Iris sat down and Dumbledore set the hat atop her head. Eyes appeared on the hat, and it looked at Ron as it started to sing:
"I am the Sorting Hat,
Aren't you glad to know?
I am the Sorting Hat,
I'll tell you where you go.
You might belong to Hufflepuff,
Where students go a lot,
Or maybe off to Ravenclaw,
Horrible, it's not.
Another house is Gryffindor,
Where students like to be,
Last but not least is Slytherin,
In which you'll be happy."
"On with the sorting please," Dumbledore said. The hat gave him a threatening look and started to think. After a minute, it yelled out Slytherin. Iris got up and handed Ron the hat. He sat down and put it on, and waited for only a few seconds before it also sorted him into Slytherin.
"Ah. Slytherin," Dumbledore said. "Severus, if you'd please bring them to the 6th year Slytherin dorms, I'd be thankful. Make sure that you tell all the students about them so they don't wake up with two strangers in their room."
Snape glided towards a dungeon, the two following behind him. When Snape was far enough ahead of them not to hear, Ron whispered, "This is weird."
"Yeah," Iris agreed, and they realized that they had reached a picture on the wall of a silvery fairytale castle. Snape said 'Guillotine' (which he explained was the password) and the picture swung open. Ron and Iris followed him into the dark dungeon, down to a living room type room, which he called a common room. He told Iris to stay put in the common room while he brought Ron to his dorm room.
Ron followed Snape to a room that was marked '6th Year Boys.' Snape knocked roughly on the door, and a tired-looking white-blonde boy peeked out the door. "Professor Snape," he said.
"Draco, this is Ron. He and his friend have become new students here and he's going to be staying with you four," he said, referring to Draco and the three other 6th year Slytherin boys.
"Okay," Draco said, and led Ron into the room while Snape went to retrieve Iris. Draco led Ron to an empty four-poster bed. "Here's your bed. I'll talk to you more tomorrow, but I'm tired, so I'm going to bed." He went back to his own bed, leaving Ron to think about the whole day.
Meanwhile, Iris was being led to the 6th year girls' room. Snape and Iris were greeted by a pug-faced girl, who Snape addressed as Pansy. She led Iris to her bed, soon falling back asleep to let Iris think about the day's events.
His eyes, resembling dark chocolate, scanned the page for information for a school report. Yawning, Ron scratched his brown-haired head and tossed the book a few feet away from him.
The book of Brazilian history landed right in front of someone who was standing nearby, but where Ron couldn't see her. This someone was thinking of something to say to the boy lying under the tree nearby, since her friends had dared her to talk to him.
After thinking of something to talk to the boy about, she picked herself up and walked over to him casually.
"Hi, I saw you and couldn't help but talk to you. I'm Iris. Iris Rankin."
Ron almost fell over backwards and since he was drowsy because of the sun's heat, he had to pinch himself to make sure he wasn't dreaming. In front of him a girl who definitely was more gorgeous than the Saturday was.
This Iris girl had sapphire blue eyes that burned into his own eyes and looked him up and down. Her long blonde hair touched her thin waist and it became exceedingly distracting, as it was blowing sexily in the fall breeze. Iris' clothes were what were in every man's dream (unless the girl is naked or wearing scandalous lingerie): she was wearing a pair of the shortest jean shorts you have ever seen, thin flip-flop sandals, and a seductive blue halter top that said 'The Queen of Mean' on it in silver letters.
"H-h-hi. I'm Ron," said Ron, stuttering and gulping.
"Hey, Ron. What are you reading?"
"School stuff. History."
"I am so glad I'm on vacation right now," Iris replied. "But I love history. Math is the worst subject of mine."
The two continued to talk for a while, with Ron cast under her 'spell', until Iris said that she had just lost her ring.
She described the ring as a silver band with an emerald snake carved stone in the middle. This emerald snake ring meant a lot to her, since she had found it when she was angry about her first boyfriend (who was cheating on her) and it helped her cope with the times. Even if she was scared to death of snakes...
They began to crawl around the ground looking for the ring when Iris came across her ring and an ugly pink shirt.
"Urgh. Look at that ugly pink shirt!" Iris exclaimed, putting her ring back on her finger.
As Ron leaned closer, he accidentally pushed Iris forward and they ended up sprawled on top of the shirt. But when they got up and brushed themselves off, they were no longer on the grassy hills of America, they were in a wooded forest.
Iris screamed and grabbed Ron's arm, which he did not mind the least, and pointed to a bunch of hissing snakes. Ron was scared too, and they were whipping through the trees as fast as they could, until they stopped when they came to an enormous lawn.
Not really caring what happened next, as long as it had nothing to do with snakes, the two preceded to some castle doors. Oddly, which they had not noticed before, it was dark and nighttime where they were.
They slipped in through the large doors and were amazed by the wondrous sight ahead of them. The two stepped across the white tiled floor in awe of the room. They were so busy looking around that they didn't notice the greasy-haired man behind them.
"Ahem," they heard a British voice say, and quickly whipped around to see who was there. "What are you two doing out of your rooms? You aren't allowed out this late? What house are you in? I'll need to take points away from it," he said. Ron and Iris gave each other puzzled glances, and then looked up at the man. "Didn't you hear me? I asked you what house you were in," he said nastily.
"What are you talking about?" Iris asked him.
"That's it, I'm taking you two to Professor Dumbledore immediately," he said, which caused Ron and Iris to exchange glances again, and they followed the man to a stone statue of a gargoyle.
"Chocolate Frog," he said, and the gargoyle slid aside, much to the astonishment of Ron and Iris. They followed him into the office, where an older man sat behind a desk.
"Professor Dumbledore?" the man asked.
The old man looked up. "Ah, Severus. What is it?" he asked.
"I found these two children wandering through the halls, and they won't tell me what house they're in."
Dumbledore studied them, and said to the greasy-haired man: "Professor Snape, I don't recognize them. I'm almost positive that they don't attend school here."
"Nonsense, they must. What year are you in?" Snape asked.
"You mean how old we are? I'm 16," Ron said.
"Me too," Iris said.
"See Severus, they have American accents. They aren't from here." He looked at Iris and then at Ron. "Where are you two from?" he asked.
"America," Ron confirmed.
"How did you get here?" Snape asked, his eyes becoming beady.
"We were looking for my ring, and I picked it up, and then we fell onto this shirt. When we stood up we were in a forest and then we came here from there. It may seem wickedly weird, but that's what happened, " Iris explained.
"Portkey," Dumbledore mumbled, and Snape nodded once in agreement. "But that doesn't explain the fact that they can see Hogwarts if they aren't magic," he said to Snape. Then he asked them if they were a witch and wizard. They of course said no like it was obvious, and waited for Dumbledore to speak again. "Let me see your ring, if you don't mind."
Iris removed the ring from her finger and handed it to him. He studied it, mainly the green snake. He asked her where she had gotten it.
"I found it," she said.
"Severus, can you go make me two Magic Containment potions?" Dumbledore asked. Snape nodded and hurried to get what Dumbledore asked for. Dumbledore explained that these potions would tell how much magic the two had in them. If they had at least 20%, he said, then he would allow them to stay and train at Hogwarts. "And if you do, we'll have Hagrid take you to Diagon Alley to get your supplies."
Iris and Ron nodded at the gibberish, although they didn't understand most of what he was saying. Moments later, Snape arrived with two flasks of a purplish, bubbling liquid. He handed one to each Iris and Ron. They took them, hesitantly, and drank them when Dumbledore instructed them to do so. Dumbledore made them take something that was quite like a Breathalyzer test, which was to give him their magic containment. Iris had a magic percentage of 26, while Ron was only at 20%, just making it into Hogwarts. Dumbledore told them that everything at their homes would be taken care of, explaining where they were and whatnot.
"But what about all of our stuff at home? Like our clothes and stuff?" Iris asked.
"Hagrid will bring you to get those things tomorrow when you go to purchase your school supplies. But now we must find out what house to put you in," he said.
He went to a small closet and pulled out a raggedy black hat and a stool. He motioned for one of them to sit down. Iris sat down and Dumbledore set the hat atop her head. Eyes appeared on the hat, and it looked at Ron as it started to sing:
"I am the Sorting Hat,
Aren't you glad to know?
I am the Sorting Hat,
I'll tell you where you go.
You might belong to Hufflepuff,
Where students go a lot,
Or maybe off to Ravenclaw,
Horrible, it's not.
Another house is Gryffindor,
Where students like to be,
Last but not least is Slytherin,
In which you'll be happy."
"On with the sorting please," Dumbledore said. The hat gave him a threatening look and started to think. After a minute, it yelled out Slytherin. Iris got up and handed Ron the hat. He sat down and put it on, and waited for only a few seconds before it also sorted him into Slytherin.
"Ah. Slytherin," Dumbledore said. "Severus, if you'd please bring them to the 6th year Slytherin dorms, I'd be thankful. Make sure that you tell all the students about them so they don't wake up with two strangers in their room."
Snape glided towards a dungeon, the two following behind him. When Snape was far enough ahead of them not to hear, Ron whispered, "This is weird."
"Yeah," Iris agreed, and they realized that they had reached a picture on the wall of a silvery fairytale castle. Snape said 'Guillotine' (which he explained was the password) and the picture swung open. Ron and Iris followed him into the dark dungeon, down to a living room type room, which he called a common room. He told Iris to stay put in the common room while he brought Ron to his dorm room.
Ron followed Snape to a room that was marked '6th Year Boys.' Snape knocked roughly on the door, and a tired-looking white-blonde boy peeked out the door. "Professor Snape," he said.
"Draco, this is Ron. He and his friend have become new students here and he's going to be staying with you four," he said, referring to Draco and the three other 6th year Slytherin boys.
"Okay," Draco said, and led Ron into the room while Snape went to retrieve Iris. Draco led Ron to an empty four-poster bed. "Here's your bed. I'll talk to you more tomorrow, but I'm tired, so I'm going to bed." He went back to his own bed, leaving Ron to think about the whole day.
Meanwhile, Iris was being led to the 6th year girls' room. Snape and Iris were greeted by a pug-faced girl, who Snape addressed as Pansy. She led Iris to her bed, soon falling back asleep to let Iris think about the day's events.