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"What about classes? They don't each possess an equal knowledge of magic," Snape continued. "Or even the knowledge of students their own age."
"We'll just have to find their strengths. They could attend Defense Against the Dark Arts and Care of Magical Creatures those aren't suspicious. Have any of you taken astronomy?"
Kristi and Erik raised their hands.
"How were your scores?"
"I did okay," Erik said.
"I got a 100," Kristi said.
"Out of what?" Snape asked.
"A 100," she said quietly.
"Are you familiar with horoscopes?" Dumbledore asked.
They all nodded.
"That takes care of Divination," McGonagall said. "They should have a few classes of Herbology. I could tutor them in Transfiguration."
"They should all attend Potions classes," Snape said. "Who here hasn't taken chemistry?"
Kristi swore silently to herself and raised her hand. Snape had a triumphant glint in his eyes.
"They should also attend Charms classes," McGonagall said. "Perhaps eventually fly a broom."
"I'll make the arrangements for classes and other things," Dumbledore said. "Professor Snape can help me with this. Professor McGonagall if you'd be so kind as to show them around Hogwarts and get them settled in the Gryffindor Commons I'd be much appreciative."
McGonagall escorted the girls to one bedroom and the boys to another. The next day Professor McGonagall shook the boys awake. Erik blinked his eyes blearily. Chris was still asleep.
"LUmos soLARum!" McGonagall said wand in hand.
A bright light appeared from her wand.
Chris moaned and said, "It's too early." But changed his mind mumbling, "I'm up, I'm up."
Professor McGonagall arrived to the girls' room to find them already awake.
"Were you able to wake the guys up?" Alex asked.
McGonagall blinked in surprise. Showing her wand she said, "they eventually woke up."
The girls laughed, surprised that the professor cracked a joke. The five met up again dressed in Hogwarts attire.
Sarah twirled around, "I always liked black."
"Black is your color," Alex said.
Erik and Chris were still tired until an old man walked into a room with them and said, "My name is Mr. Ollivander. It's time for wand selection."
He circled his wand around in a big motion and yelled, "Apparate!"
They were engulfed in smoke and when it cleared they were in Ollivander's Wand Shop. They each tried out wands. Erik tried one, which caused books to fly around the room. Sarah accidentally started a small fire, which Alex extinguished after causing a rainstorm inside. A bolt of lightning narrowly missed Mr. Ollivander. Kristi blew out all the light bulbs and put the wand back mumbling, "sorry."
Chris was having little luck with the wands.
"Swish and flick," Alex said.
Chris tried it and said, "see."
Ollivander handed him a wand; Chris tried it and the light bulbs Kristi blew were fixed.
"Ah. . ." Ollivander said. "Ten inch maple with Hippogriff feather and Selkie hair."
"Selkie?" Chris asked.
"Merpeople," Ollivander replied.
Erik tried a wand saying, "winGARdium leviOsa."
To his surprise a lamp floated.
"Ten and a quarter mahogany with griffin feather and eagle talon. I had a difficult time getting that feather."
Erik smiled as he held the wand.
Kristi tried a simple spell, "LUmos."
A light lit at the end of her wand and surrounded her.
"Interesting," Ollivander said, "nine and three quarter yew with centaur hair and dragon heart string."
"How did you acquire the dragon heart string?" Kristi asked.
"Dragons, magical in their own way, will occasionally donate a string of their own heart. Not easy to acquire."
Sarah held a wand that tingled in her hand.
Ollivander smiled, "nine and a half ebony with elderberry and unicorn hair."
"Elderberry?" Sarah asked.
"A rare healing berry."
The wand Alex was holding seemed to radiate a glittering glow.
"Nine inch willow with a unique combination of phoenix feather and pixie hair."
They were each surrounded in smoke and transported back to Hogwarts.
"How are we going to pay for this?" Erik asked.
Ollivander said with a twinkle in his eye, "No worries it's on me."
He disappeared in a puff of smoke.
"I gotta learn how to do that," Erik said looking at the puff of smoke.
Professor McGonagall appeared in a puff of smoke causing Erik to jump.
Chris addressed Erik. "What? Learn how to scare people?"
The girls laughed.
"Here are your schedules for classes," she said handing them to the five. "After breakfast you'll attend them."
They walked to the Great Hall for breakfast. The Gryffindor table looked at them suspiciously when they sat down at their table. Dumbledore tapped his goblet with his wand.
"I'd like to welcome five foreign exchange students from a beginning magic school in the United States. They're here to observe and participate."
The eyes of the room turned looking for them. They shrunk down avoiding eye contact.
"Don't be shy, stand up," Dumbledore said.
Sarah forced Alex and Kristi to stand while they pulled up their boyfriends. The Hogwarts students politely clapped, with the exception of the Slytherin students. Everyone went back to their breakfast.
"So, what is the name of your school?" one student asked Alex.
"Uh. . .the. . .Arda. . ."
Sarah interrupted, "academy of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Yes, the Arda Academy."
"Arda?" Chris whispered.
"Lord of the Rings popped in my head," Alex said.
"Wetard Harry," Erik started softly chanting.
Kristi poked him in the ribs.
"Did you hear that?" Harry asked Ron.
"Hear what?" Ron asked confused.
"Never mind," Harry said.
They went first to Defense Against the Dark Arts class. Professor Moody looked at them knowingly when they walked in. His one magical eye looked at them individually, causing them to wonder what he was seeing. They learned about vampires and found that their prior knowledge served them well. Erik a loyal Buffy the Vampire Slayer fan impressed even Professor Moody.
When they walked out of the class Chris said, "now I understand your obsession."
Sarah stopped suddenly, "so. . .that means there are real vampires?"
"Always the optimist," Alex said to Sarah.
"Damn!" Kristi said.
"What?" Sarah asked.
"I knew I should have packed holy water and a wooden stake for your party!"
They all laughed.
Finding their way out of Hogwarts they proceeded to Care of Magical creatures. They saw Hermione, Ron, Harry and other Gryffindors along with Draco and other Slytherins.
"Well, if it isn't the Americans," Draco said. "I bet you think your superior."
The five gave him apathetic looks.
"Riiight," Sarah said raising an eyebrow.
"A bunch of lazy, no good Americans," Draco said.
Erik turned to Draco. "Aww. . .is Wetard Dwaco afwaid of a wittle competition."
Alex whispered to Erik, "he knows more about magic than you do right now. Please don't anger the more magical person."
"She has a point," Sarah said.
"He's three years younger than us," Chris said.
"Yeah, so a male teenager with a magic wand. . ." Kristi said trailing off.
"Okay," Erik said, "I won't make fun of Wetard Dwaco. . .for this class at least."
"G'day class yer in fer a special class 'ta day I ave 'wi me bats from the caves of oldest magic," Hagrid said.
The five slowly looked up at Hagrid noticing his height.
"Bats?" Chris said, voicing what they were all thinking.
Hagrid ushered them inside a dim lighted shed and pulled a giant black bat from a box. It hung off his arm wings closed around its body.
"Who wants to 'old it furst?" Hagrid asked.
"I'm not touching a bat," Draco said.
Alex walked up to Hagrid and held out her arm. The bat hung off her arm and unfolded its wings. The class backed up a little.
"Those aren't vampire bats right?" Erik asked warily.
"Course not," Hagrid said. "Vampire bats don' come out 'till next month."
"Well, that's reassuring," Chris said skeptically.
Since no one else walked up to Hagrid Sarah walked up to get a bat. Once on her arm it fluttered around the room; most of the girls with the exception of Alex, Sarah, Kristi, and Hermione ducked their heads and started screaming.
"It's just a bat," Hermione said to Harry and Ron.
Draco was ducked behind Crab and Goyle. The bat ended up settling on Alex's other arm.
"Nice job," Hagrid said.
"I didn't do anything," Alex said. "If I could I'd have the bats hover around Draco."
The bats flew off her arms and did just that.
"You certainly have a way with bats," Kristi said to Alex.
Erik, Chris, Harry, and Ron were laughing uncontrollably. Draco was swatting at the bats with his wand and saying spells, which everyone was ducking to avoid, even Hagrid.
"Calm down Draco!" Hagrid yelled. "Don't use yer wand, the bats won't hurt ye."
"They're trying to kill me!" Draco yelled.
"No they're not you idiot," Erik yelled.
Kristi kept repeating to herself, "duck and cover."
Chris dove to the ground after a spell narrowly missed him. Once Hagrid got the bats settled everyone gathered outside.
"Five points from Slytherin fur not listenin' to a teacher's words," Hagrid said.
Draco glared at the Gryffindors and stormed off with Crab and Goyle trailing behind.
The five walked a short distance to the greenhouse. Herbology was just beginning, but Professor Sprout had them prune some flowers he called Snapping Lilies.
Taking off the dragon skin gloves they were loaned they exited the greenhouse unscathed.
Madame Hooch was waiting for them. "Time to learn how to fly."
Author's Note: Well, I hope you all enjoyed that chapter. If you thought wand selection was interesting you ain't seen nothing yet! Anyway, the spells I've used thus far are real HP spells. Also the mention of Wetard Harry is not in insult, it's a private joke. So no offense to the die hard fans. You'd have to hear it in action to really laugh at it. Anyway, all reviews are appreciated. *bows to those who have reviewed with a mysterious glint in her eye* Next chapter won't be as long, but some more classes will be in it. Also in the comment regarding Miz Zag, you're right about no one being able to apparrate on Hogwarts grounds but I have a theory that Mr. Ollivander's wand possesses a power which can bypass that. I should've put that down sooner. Thanks for pointing it out.
"What about classes? They don't each possess an equal knowledge of magic," Snape continued. "Or even the knowledge of students their own age."
"We'll just have to find their strengths. They could attend Defense Against the Dark Arts and Care of Magical Creatures those aren't suspicious. Have any of you taken astronomy?"
Kristi and Erik raised their hands.
"How were your scores?"
"I did okay," Erik said.
"I got a 100," Kristi said.
"Out of what?" Snape asked.
"A 100," she said quietly.
"Are you familiar with horoscopes?" Dumbledore asked.
They all nodded.
"That takes care of Divination," McGonagall said. "They should have a few classes of Herbology. I could tutor them in Transfiguration."
"They should all attend Potions classes," Snape said. "Who here hasn't taken chemistry?"
Kristi swore silently to herself and raised her hand. Snape had a triumphant glint in his eyes.
"They should also attend Charms classes," McGonagall said. "Perhaps eventually fly a broom."
"I'll make the arrangements for classes and other things," Dumbledore said. "Professor Snape can help me with this. Professor McGonagall if you'd be so kind as to show them around Hogwarts and get them settled in the Gryffindor Commons I'd be much appreciative."
McGonagall escorted the girls to one bedroom and the boys to another. The next day Professor McGonagall shook the boys awake. Erik blinked his eyes blearily. Chris was still asleep.
"LUmos soLARum!" McGonagall said wand in hand.
A bright light appeared from her wand.
Chris moaned and said, "It's too early." But changed his mind mumbling, "I'm up, I'm up."
Professor McGonagall arrived to the girls' room to find them already awake.
"Were you able to wake the guys up?" Alex asked.
McGonagall blinked in surprise. Showing her wand she said, "they eventually woke up."
The girls laughed, surprised that the professor cracked a joke. The five met up again dressed in Hogwarts attire.
Sarah twirled around, "I always liked black."
"Black is your color," Alex said.
Erik and Chris were still tired until an old man walked into a room with them and said, "My name is Mr. Ollivander. It's time for wand selection."
He circled his wand around in a big motion and yelled, "Apparate!"
They were engulfed in smoke and when it cleared they were in Ollivander's Wand Shop. They each tried out wands. Erik tried one, which caused books to fly around the room. Sarah accidentally started a small fire, which Alex extinguished after causing a rainstorm inside. A bolt of lightning narrowly missed Mr. Ollivander. Kristi blew out all the light bulbs and put the wand back mumbling, "sorry."
Chris was having little luck with the wands.
"Swish and flick," Alex said.
Chris tried it and said, "see."
Ollivander handed him a wand; Chris tried it and the light bulbs Kristi blew were fixed.
"Ah. . ." Ollivander said. "Ten inch maple with Hippogriff feather and Selkie hair."
"Selkie?" Chris asked.
"Merpeople," Ollivander replied.
Erik tried a wand saying, "winGARdium leviOsa."
To his surprise a lamp floated.
"Ten and a quarter mahogany with griffin feather and eagle talon. I had a difficult time getting that feather."
Erik smiled as he held the wand.
Kristi tried a simple spell, "LUmos."
A light lit at the end of her wand and surrounded her.
"Interesting," Ollivander said, "nine and three quarter yew with centaur hair and dragon heart string."
"How did you acquire the dragon heart string?" Kristi asked.
"Dragons, magical in their own way, will occasionally donate a string of their own heart. Not easy to acquire."
Sarah held a wand that tingled in her hand.
Ollivander smiled, "nine and a half ebony with elderberry and unicorn hair."
"Elderberry?" Sarah asked.
"A rare healing berry."
The wand Alex was holding seemed to radiate a glittering glow.
"Nine inch willow with a unique combination of phoenix feather and pixie hair."
They were each surrounded in smoke and transported back to Hogwarts.
"How are we going to pay for this?" Erik asked.
Ollivander said with a twinkle in his eye, "No worries it's on me."
He disappeared in a puff of smoke.
"I gotta learn how to do that," Erik said looking at the puff of smoke.
Professor McGonagall appeared in a puff of smoke causing Erik to jump.
Chris addressed Erik. "What? Learn how to scare people?"
The girls laughed.
"Here are your schedules for classes," she said handing them to the five. "After breakfast you'll attend them."
They walked to the Great Hall for breakfast. The Gryffindor table looked at them suspiciously when they sat down at their table. Dumbledore tapped his goblet with his wand.
"I'd like to welcome five foreign exchange students from a beginning magic school in the United States. They're here to observe and participate."
The eyes of the room turned looking for them. They shrunk down avoiding eye contact.
"Don't be shy, stand up," Dumbledore said.
Sarah forced Alex and Kristi to stand while they pulled up their boyfriends. The Hogwarts students politely clapped, with the exception of the Slytherin students. Everyone went back to their breakfast.
"So, what is the name of your school?" one student asked Alex.
"Uh. . .the. . .Arda. . ."
Sarah interrupted, "academy of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Yes, the Arda Academy."
"Arda?" Chris whispered.
"Lord of the Rings popped in my head," Alex said.
"Wetard Harry," Erik started softly chanting.
Kristi poked him in the ribs.
"Did you hear that?" Harry asked Ron.
"Hear what?" Ron asked confused.
"Never mind," Harry said.
They went first to Defense Against the Dark Arts class. Professor Moody looked at them knowingly when they walked in. His one magical eye looked at them individually, causing them to wonder what he was seeing. They learned about vampires and found that their prior knowledge served them well. Erik a loyal Buffy the Vampire Slayer fan impressed even Professor Moody.
When they walked out of the class Chris said, "now I understand your obsession."
Sarah stopped suddenly, "so. . .that means there are real vampires?"
"Always the optimist," Alex said to Sarah.
"Damn!" Kristi said.
"What?" Sarah asked.
"I knew I should have packed holy water and a wooden stake for your party!"
They all laughed.
Finding their way out of Hogwarts they proceeded to Care of Magical creatures. They saw Hermione, Ron, Harry and other Gryffindors along with Draco and other Slytherins.
"Well, if it isn't the Americans," Draco said. "I bet you think your superior."
The five gave him apathetic looks.
"Riiight," Sarah said raising an eyebrow.
"A bunch of lazy, no good Americans," Draco said.
Erik turned to Draco. "Aww. . .is Wetard Dwaco afwaid of a wittle competition."
Alex whispered to Erik, "he knows more about magic than you do right now. Please don't anger the more magical person."
"She has a point," Sarah said.
"He's three years younger than us," Chris said.
"Yeah, so a male teenager with a magic wand. . ." Kristi said trailing off.
"Okay," Erik said, "I won't make fun of Wetard Dwaco. . .for this class at least."
"G'day class yer in fer a special class 'ta day I ave 'wi me bats from the caves of oldest magic," Hagrid said.
The five slowly looked up at Hagrid noticing his height.
"Bats?" Chris said, voicing what they were all thinking.
Hagrid ushered them inside a dim lighted shed and pulled a giant black bat from a box. It hung off his arm wings closed around its body.
"Who wants to 'old it furst?" Hagrid asked.
"I'm not touching a bat," Draco said.
Alex walked up to Hagrid and held out her arm. The bat hung off her arm and unfolded its wings. The class backed up a little.
"Those aren't vampire bats right?" Erik asked warily.
"Course not," Hagrid said. "Vampire bats don' come out 'till next month."
"Well, that's reassuring," Chris said skeptically.
Since no one else walked up to Hagrid Sarah walked up to get a bat. Once on her arm it fluttered around the room; most of the girls with the exception of Alex, Sarah, Kristi, and Hermione ducked their heads and started screaming.
"It's just a bat," Hermione said to Harry and Ron.
Draco was ducked behind Crab and Goyle. The bat ended up settling on Alex's other arm.
"Nice job," Hagrid said.
"I didn't do anything," Alex said. "If I could I'd have the bats hover around Draco."
The bats flew off her arms and did just that.
"You certainly have a way with bats," Kristi said to Alex.
Erik, Chris, Harry, and Ron were laughing uncontrollably. Draco was swatting at the bats with his wand and saying spells, which everyone was ducking to avoid, even Hagrid.
"Calm down Draco!" Hagrid yelled. "Don't use yer wand, the bats won't hurt ye."
"They're trying to kill me!" Draco yelled.
"No they're not you idiot," Erik yelled.
Kristi kept repeating to herself, "duck and cover."
Chris dove to the ground after a spell narrowly missed him. Once Hagrid got the bats settled everyone gathered outside.
"Five points from Slytherin fur not listenin' to a teacher's words," Hagrid said.
Draco glared at the Gryffindors and stormed off with Crab and Goyle trailing behind.
The five walked a short distance to the greenhouse. Herbology was just beginning, but Professor Sprout had them prune some flowers he called Snapping Lilies.
Taking off the dragon skin gloves they were loaned they exited the greenhouse unscathed.
Madame Hooch was waiting for them. "Time to learn how to fly."
Author's Note: Well, I hope you all enjoyed that chapter. If you thought wand selection was interesting you ain't seen nothing yet! Anyway, the spells I've used thus far are real HP spells. Also the mention of Wetard Harry is not in insult, it's a private joke. So no offense to the die hard fans. You'd have to hear it in action to really laugh at it. Anyway, all reviews are appreciated. *bows to those who have reviewed with a mysterious glint in her eye* Next chapter won't be as long, but some more classes will be in it. Also in the comment regarding Miz Zag, you're right about no one being able to apparrate on Hogwarts grounds but I have a theory that Mr. Ollivander's wand possesses a power which can bypass that. I should've put that down sooner. Thanks for pointing it out.