~*Harry Potter and Practical Magic*~
Chatper 2 – The History of Samantha and Isabella Owens
Harry, Hermione and Ron made their way to the carriages after a breift 'Hello' with Hagrid. Being the gentlemen Harry is, he got to the door first, and opened it for Hermione, and held out his hand. Hermione smiled, and took it.
"Thank-you, Harry." She said, stepping into the carriage. Harry looked after her with a smile, then Ron took his hand, and Harry turned to him. Ron batted his eye lashes, and said in a girlish voice.
"Thank-you ever so much, Harry!" he said, then too stepped into the carriage, and sat down across from Hermione, and started laughing. Hermione followed along with him. Harry rolled his eyes and climbed in next to Hermione. The carriages then began to take them to the school.
"This year is going to be very hard, you too. We have our O.W.L.S to worry about, so I expect you both to come with me to the library and study with me." Hermione said. Ron groaned.
"We have all year to worry about them, Hermione!" he exlcaimed. Hermione shook her head.
"I don't want to hear it, Ron! You will come with me and Harry." She said. Ron sighed, and rested his elbow on the window ledge.
"You sound just like my mum." He said. Hermione frowned, and Harry noticed this.
"Ron, they only want you to get good marks." He said. Ron just ignored him.
"Let's not talk about this, okay?" he said. Hermione and Harry exchanged glances, then looked back at Ron.
"Okay, Ron." Hermione said, then rested against the seat. Harry felt the awakwardness in the carriage, so he cleared his throat, getting Hermione and Ron's attentions.
"So…Erm…How about this weather we've been having?" Harry said, scratching his head. Hermione raised an eye brow.
"What about it?" she asked. Harry shrugged.
"It's been pretty crazy, eh?"
"Um, Harry, are you feeling alright?" Ron asked. Harry frowned.
"Oh bloody hell! I start a conversation about the weather, and I get asked if I'm sick…" Harry said, crossing his arms. He then noticed that Hermione was staring at him.
"What?" he asked.
"Well, are you?" she smiled playfully. Harry felt his stomach do flip flops. 'I won't be if you keep smiling at me like that' he thought to himself.
"ha ha, Hermione. I'm fine." Harry said, smiling back.
About 15 minutes later, they reached Hogwarts. The trio got out of the carriage, and headed to the Great Hall with the rest of their peers. But, before they got in, someone called out for Harry.
"Hey Potter!" Harry heard the familiar voice of Draco Malfoy shouting at him. Harry, Hermione, and Ron stopped in their tracks, and turned to face him. Crabbe and Goyle were there with him as usual.
"What do you want, Malfoy?" Harry asked. Draco smirked at him.
"Nothing really, just wanted to annoy you a bit." He said. Harry rolled his eyes.
"Well it worked." He said, but Draco seemed to loose interest in Harry, and more in Hermione.
"Looking good, Granger." He said. Hermione scrunched her face.
"Since when do you take interest in…what was that you called me…oh, yes, MUDBLOOD'S?" Hermione asked. Draco smiled in a sly manner, which made Hermione want to vomit, and Harry and Ron want to kill him.
"I'm sure we can forget all of that." He said, running his index finger down her cheek and to her jaw line. Hermione smacked his hand away.
"If you touch me again, I will hex you with every curse I know!" she exclaimed. Draco laughed, the moved closer to her and whispered in her ear, she felt his hot breath on her neck.
"I'll be seeing you, Hermione." He said, but Harry pulled him back by his Robes.
"Get away from her." He said, Draco put his hands up, and back away.
"I'm away." He said, then walked passed Hermione, brushing his arm with her shoulder. He snapped his fingers, and Goyle and Crabbe glared once more at the trio, and followed Draco into the Great Hall. Hermione shuddered.
"I hate him, oh how much I hate him." Ron said, making fists with his hands. Harry nodded in agreement.
"Remind me to scrub extra hard on my cheek." She said, before walking into the Great Hall. Harry and Ron laughed, and followed her into the Great Hall, and to the Gryiffindor table.
Harry looked around at all the familiar faces. But his attention was drawn away when the door's opened, and the new set of 1st years entered.
Harry watched Dumbledore then stood up and gave his speech to the them, and watched as they got 14 new Gryiffindor's in their house. When Professer Mcgonagall sat down next to Dumbledore, he rose.
"I know all of you are very hungrery, but we have 2 more sortings to do." He said, and with a wave of his hand, the door's opened once more, and In stepped two girls, the one Harry brushed up against at the train station, and the girl who came into their compartment on accident. The continued walking down the length of the Hall until they reached the stairs that lead to the Professer's Table.
"I would like to introduce Miss Samantha Owens, and Miss Isabella Owens. They come to us from the American Insitiute of Magic for Witches, they will be starting their 6th year here. Samantha, if you please." Dumbledore said.
Harry watched as Samantha, with such grace, walked up to the stool, picked up the hat, and placed it on her head. A few moments later the hat shouted "Gryiffindor!", and the table errupted with applause and cheering. Samantha took of the hat, and got off the stool. She then stood aside, as Isabella took the hat from her, and placed it on her head, and sat down. The hat shouted "Gryiffindor!" withen a matter of seconds, and the table cheered once more. The girls turned to Dumbledore, who then told them to have a seat with the rest of their house. The girls then walked down to the table, and sat at the free spaces at the end.
"Let us eat!" Dumbledore shouted, and with the clap of his hands, the food and drinks appeard.
"I read about them." Hermione said, taking a bit of her potato's.
"Who?" Ron asked, then bit into his chicken.
"The girls, the Owen's girls." She said. Harry took a swig of his pumpkin juice, and frowned.
"Why are they in books?" Harry asked with curiousity. Hermione swallowed her chicken.
"Well, back in 1690, it all began with their ancestor, Maria Owens. She was a witch, and the first in their family. Samantha and Isabella are the most recent. But, anyways, they wanted to hang her because she was a witch, and because she was a…scarlett woman, as you put it Ron." Hermione said, and giggled lightly. Ron rolled his eyes.
"Just get on with it." He said. Hermione nodded.
"Anyways, her being a heartbreaker didn't help, and also most of her lovers had wives on the hanging committee. But it really wasn't any of those reasons…You see, most witches need wands to use magic now, but, they are the only line of witches who can use magic without wands. And what happened was, when Maria jumped off the platform, the rope broke, and she lived.
"She was then banished to a island in New England, with her unborn baby. She waited for her 'true-love' to rescue her, but no one came. Then, she casted a spell upon herself, that she would never again feel the agony of love. But, as the bitterness grew, the spell turned into a curse. And from then on, whoever dared love an Owen's Woman, would die withen weeks, months, or just a few years." Hermione said, with an eeireness to her voice. Ron gulped.
"So much for me and Isabella having a chance." He said. Hermione smiled.
"Aw, but do not despair Ron. You see, those girl's mum and her sister broke the curse." She said. Harry raised an eye-brow.
"How?" he asked.
"Samantha and Isabella's mum and aunt, lost their father to the curse, and their mum died of a broken heart. Sally Owens, the aunt, didn't like the idea of that, so she casted a true love spell that she wouldn't find her true love unless he had all these qualities that most men don't have. Gillian, the girl's mother, on the other hand, wanted to fall in love as soon as possible. While Gillian was out frollicking with men in Florida, Sally stayed at home with her Aunts, and the Aunts casted a spell on her to make her fall in love with this guy who caught Sally's eye, and vice-a-versa. So, they fell in love, had a couple of childeren, and then a few years later, her husband was killed.
Gillian started dating this guy, Jimmy Angeluv and he loved her so much, he was obessed with her. She had to drug him with bella donna so she could get some sleep. Then, one night with there was blood on the moon, Jimmy punched Gillian because she made a joke with him, and he didn't like it. So Sally came and got her at a hotel, but Gillian left something in her car, and Jimmy was hiding in it, and when Sally came to see where Gillian was, Jimmy had her in the backseat, and made Sally drive them back home.
Gillian came up with an idea to drug Jimmy with the belladonna in her bag, so, Sally poured some into Jimmy's alcohal bottle he had with him.
When Jimmy had to…use the restroom…he came back to the car, and began to strangle Gillian. He then stopped, and he was dead. So, Sally and Gillian took them back to the Aunt's house, and bring him back from the dead. When he came back, he tried to kill Gillian again, and Sally banged his head with a pot, and they burried him outside." Hermione was then inturupted with Ron and Harry's laughter. Dumbledore then stood up.
"Now that you are feed, it's time for bed. Prefects, please show your new house member's to the dorms." Hermione and Harry then stood up.
"That's us. We'll see you in the common room, Ron." Harry said. Ron nodded, and to got up, and walked off with Dean and Seamus. Hermione then shouted over the crowd.
"1st years, this way please!"
And a 14 new Gryiffindor's came srambling over. Samantha and Isabella stood behind them all.
"You mean us too, right?" Samantha asked. Hermione nodded.
"Of course." She said. Harry cleared his throat.
"Please follow us, and try to keep up." He said, and they made there way to the Gryiffindor Tower. When they stopped in front of the portrait with a fat lady in a pink ball gown, the 1st years and the twins wondered why, then they were all surprised to see it ask for a password.
"Paranesium Trapizieum." Hermione said, and the portrait swung open, and they stepped inside. The 1st year's and the twins walked in in amazement. Hermione and Harry then stopped in the common room, where the other Gryiffindor house member's greeted them all with cheery faces and waves.
"That password we gave to the portrait is what you'll need to remember to get inside. The password changes every quartar, and you will be notified by one of us," Hermione waving her finger from herself to Harry. "It's against regulations to give out the password, so don't." she said.
"This," Harry said. "Is the common room where you can do homework, play games, or just hang out with your friends. Now, will the males follow me, and I will show you to the boys dormitory."
"And, I, will take the girls." Hermione said. And the boys followed Harry up the left side of stairs, and the girls followed Hermione to the right.
About 30 minutes later, Hermione and Harry walked down the stairs, and plopped themselve's on the couch next to Ron.
"That was so tiring." Hermione said. Harry nodded in agreement.
"But, at least you didn't have 8 11 year old males asking you if you were 'Harry Potter' and then asking if they could touch your scar." Harry said, running a hand through his hair." Hermione laughed.
"I suppose your right." She said.
"Hey, will you tell us the rest of the story?" Ron asked. Hermione nodded.
"Where was I?" She asked.
"Sally and Gillian had just burried Jimmy." Ron replied. Hermione nodded.
"Oh yes…Well, the next couple of days went fine, until a rose bush started growing where they had burried him. So, one day when Sally was out cutting the bushes, a police officer arrived, Gary Hallet from Arazonia, and asked about Jimmy, because he found out that Gillian was his latest girlfriend, and because his car was right outside of the house. So, Sally said that Jimmy was abusing Gillian, and they stole the car because they had no way to get home.
On another day, Gary came over to the house to ask Sally some questions, and Gillian came up with an idea to 'erase' the memorey of the case. But, Sally's daughters found an old diaray of Sally's, and it had the spell her mom casted apon herself to never fall in love. And, well, they soon found out that Gary held all the qualities of Sally's true love.
So they were about to eat pancakes, when Gillian poored the 'memorey' juice into the syuryp, and the girls took it away and threw it into the ocean that was next to the house. But, something else happened.
A toad that was next near Gillian, Sally, and Gary croaked, and Jimmy's ring poped out of it's mouth! Then Gary took it and went back to his motel room which was in town.
Sally and Gillian then got into a fight, and Sally left to tell the truth to Gary. She ended up telling him only half of it, because they started to snog. And then Sally realized that Gary was her true-love. She got scared, and ran home. And when she got there, her daughters said that something was wrong with Gillian. So Sally went to Gillian's room, and Gillian was on her bed, asking for help. Then Gary arrived, and saw Jimmy rise out of Gillian's body. Jimmy then rounded Gary, but was able to stop him with his police star. So Jimmy was banished back into Gillian's body.
After that, Sally said that she would tell him everything. Then, he confessed that he thinks the only reason he came to her, was because he felt something. She then told him about the spell, and they decided that they wouldn't know if he was staying because of the curse, or because he wanted to. So he left, and when Sally went back into the house after saying goodbye, Gillian was completely taken over by Jimmy's soul. So, the Aunts decided that they would have to do the banishing spell, and send his soul back to the underworld.
So, Sally gathered up 12 of her 'new' friends, and they tried to do the spell, but nothing was working. So, Sally remembered the pack they made, and Sally cut open her hand, and Gillians, and they pushed them together, and did the chanting and the Jimmy was sent back to the underworld, and the curse on the Owen's women was broken." Hermione finished. Harry and Ron looked at her with amazment.
"What happened with Gary and Sally?" Harry asked.
"Gary sent a letter to Sally saying Jimmy's death was accidental. Then, he came back a few days later, and him and Sally got together, eventully getting married." She replied. Harry nodded in understandment.
"So, Gillian eventually got married, and had Samantha and Isabella?" Ron asked. Hermione nodded.
"Then our dad divorced our mom, a few months back, and we moved here." A voice said behind them. Harry, Hermione, and Ron all turned around and saw that Samantha and Isabella were standing at the end of the girl dormitory stairs.
"How long have you been there?" Hermione asked. Isabella shrugged.
"When you got to the part about our mom being posessed by Jimmy." She replied. Hermione blushed.
"I'm sorry for talking about all of this, but the boys wanted to know." She said. Samantha and Isabella smiled.
"Oh, it's alright. We're used ot it. I mean, were about as popular over back in America, as Harry is over here." Samantha said. Harry blushed.
"So, you know about all of that?" He asked. Samantha laughed.
"Just because we were in America, doesn't mean we don't know about Voldemort." She said. Ron, Hermione, and Isabella flinched. She quickly corrected her mistake.
"Sorry, You-Know-Who." She said. Hermione then stood up.
"Well, be had better all get to bed. Classes start at 9:00am." She said, walking over to the stairs, she then turned to face the boys who were about to go up the boys stairs.
"Night Harry, " she said. "Ron." Ron yawned.
"Night, Herm." He said, then walked up the stairs.
"Night Mione." Harry said, following.
Harry lay in bed, thinking the Owen's girls, and their history. He then began to think of Hermione and how much she's grown, and how much he wanted to be with her. He then rolled over, and smiled into his pillow. Soon after, he fell into a deep sleep, dreaming of Hermione. Not knowing, Hermione was having the same thoughts about Harry.
Well, that's Chapter 2, I hope you liked it. It's probably the longest chapter I've ever written! And, it was hard to summerize the Practical Magic Movie. Anyways, sorry if I mispelled anything, I'm a horrible speller. So, please review and the next chapter will be up sooner then later! Till next time!
Thanks to…
Emili Potter (my first reviewer! And such a nice one too!), Springy, and Rachel!