~Chapter 3~
Friend or Foe
July went by and so did august. Ron and Harry were waiting for Hermione on Platform 9 ¾. The Hogwarts express looked vicious, with long clouds of steam rising from beneath it making its appearance most like a metal ghost. When Hermione arrived they boarded the train and found a compartment to themselves.
"Harry! So, what did Snuffles tell you?" Hermione was full of excitement. When she saw the box she examined it as if though she knew exactly what she was doing.
"Well.here, let me read it." Harry pulled out the letter Sirius sent him after he informed him about the girl. Harry read it aloud:
Dear Harry, I don't know, it's a bit strange don't you think. If her brother is a wizard, he is bound to have a wand. It's getting suspicious. Don't open the box. I think it is a good idea and wait until you get to Hogwarts. Go straight to Dumbledore. She might be working for Voldemort and it could be a trap.
"See I told you Harry." Hermione had told Harry the same thing. She might be working for Voldemort.
He continued to read:
By the way Harry, you never told me what their names were. Write back to me as soon as you can and let me know. Let me know if anymore-strange things happen. P.S. Lumpin says he will be seeing you at your next quditich game. He's bringing me along. See you soon. -Snuffles
"That's all?" Hermione was expecting Sirius to say."throw it out the window," or "she's evil stay away from her." However, all Sirius said was wait until he got to Hogwarts.
Harry quickly wrote back to Sirius and told him their names. The only thing Harry knew was that her name was Sakura and her brother's name was Rugby. At least that's what Sakura called her brother. Harry used Pigwenton and sent the tiny bird out the window of the Hogwarts express. When Harry, Hermione, and Ron arrived at Hogwarts, everything seemed normal. They got into the carriages, and were on their way up to the Hogwarts castle. As Harry, Hermione, and Ron unloaded from the carriage, they noticed Malfoy talking vigorously with Crabby and Golye. Malfoy was too busy chatting about something that he didn't hear what Ron called him.
Apparently, it was something very rude that Hermione's face filled with shock. "RON!" Hermione's eyes widened as she held Ron back by the shoulder, making sure Malfoy didn't hear what he had just said. Harry, Ron and Hermione, couldn't help but laugh. They took their usual seats next to Dean Thomas, Seamus and Neville who were gossiping about the Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher.
"I heard he's a rich wizard who fights against the dark side." Dean was looking at Harry. "He was said to once been killed by a dark wizard and brought back to life!"
"WHAT!?" Ron yelled so loud that everyone in the Great Hall turned to look at him. Ron blushed and lowered his voice.
"Shh.. Ron be quiet." Dean was trying to keep it down so that no one could hear their conversation.
"I thought it was impossible to do a resurrection spell." Harry turned to Hermione with a puzzled expression running across his face.
Hermione shrugged, "yeah, that's what I thought." Hermione was the smartest, she was bound to know everything.
"So.. So.how is it possible?" Ron turned from Harry to Dean. He sighed what a way to start the beginning of a school year. Questioning the Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher.
"Well, she sure didn't do it did he. He was dead. Someone alive brought him back." Hermione had her tone of voice in as-a-matter-of-fact mode.
"NO! I never thought of that!" Ron was making fun of Hermione, they fought together so often, you'd think they liked each other. Hermione gave Ron a dirty look and Ron threw a joke sort of kiss at her.
"Did his sister bring him back?" Harry looked at Dean who shrugged his shoulders and sighed.
Dean looked toward the staff table; the Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher had not yet arrived. "Do'no. No one knows."
"Maybe he was fakin' it." Seams spoke in to the conversation trying to add to their gossip.
"I don't think so." Dean lowered his voice so that only the six of them could hear. "But from what I hear, he WAS a dark wizard himself."
"You mean that our new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher is a.. a.. Dark wizard?!" Neville was shaking, he was afraid of dark wizards.
"Yup!" Dean looked at Harry. He knew Harry would be interested with this type of information.
"So, does that mean he's an Auror?" Harry knew about Aurors. They were wizards who hunted the dark wizards and turned them in. Only the powerful and strong would dare to hunt the dark wizards.
"No, he's not an Auror." Dean turned towards the staff table, still there was no sign of the Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher.
"Then why.." Harry wasn't able to finish. Dean interrupted him before he could finish what he wanted to say.
"I don't know Harry. Maybe he just liked doing it." Dean didn't know that much about Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher, but he knew that he was going to be bad news.
Harry looked up at the staff table, next to professor Snape was the Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher's empty chair and next to tiny professor Flitwick was Ms. McGonagall's empty chair. The doors to the Great Hall opened and in poured the first years, lead by Ms. McGonagall. Each one of them looked scared and excited to attend their new school of witchcraft and wizardry. Ms. McGonagall led the students to the top where she placed the old wizards hat on the stool. After the last one was sorted. Ms. McGonagall rolled up her parchment baring the names and stood where she was. Everyone was starring at her. Everyone's thoughts running across their heads were. "Why is she still standing there?" Dumbledore sat there as if waiting for something.
"What's up?" Ron turned to Harry. Then suddenly, a light from something most resembling a tunnel, appeared out of no where just at the end of the Griffindor and Ravenclaw tables. Sparks flew and swirls of sparkling light turned it into a large portal. Harry could hear the sound of a motorcycle coming from within the portal. Then almost instantly a motorbike sped out of the portal turned and screeched to a stop, inches away from Ms. McGonagall and the stool containing the old sorting hat.
Ms. McGonagall put a hand to her chest and gasped. "Oh my." She stepped back and stared at the odd scene.
The man driving the motorbike kept his hands on the handlebars, then with one hand turned off the bike. Then with both hands unbuckled his helmet and put it on the handle. A girl was holding onto the man, he stood up swung on leg over the bike and turned to Ms. McGonagall.
"Sorry about that Minerva." The man nodded and turned to the young girl and watched her as she unbuckled her helmet.
Ms. McGonagall turned to the young girl who was disembarking the motorcycle. The young girl took off the helmet and shook her head so that all of her hair was out of the helmet.
The girl turned to the man, then instantly Harry screamed out the girls name and everyone in the Great Hall turned toward him. "SAKURA!"
The girl turned to Harry and smiled. "Hey Harry. Rugby." before she could say anything the man lifted Sakura from the bike and let her down on to the ground. She giggled. "Thank you."
"Sorry we're late Dumbledore." The man turned to Dumbledore then Sakura. He winked and she knew exactly what to do.
"Not at all.. Now then.Everyone I would like you all to meet your new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher, Professor Rue Silverfang." Everyone raised their goblets and then Dumbledore spoke again. "Also, I would like you all to meet your new transfer student." Dumbledore raised his goblet to Sakura. "Ms. Miyumi Silverfang."
Sakura smiled and walked towards the stool. She stopped in front of it and turned around. Rue walked to his seat ignoring everything that was about to happen. Sakura held out her hand and snapped her finger. In an instant, the motorcycle was gone. Sakura giggled and turned back to stool. Ms. McGonagall lifted the old sorting hat from the stool and as she did Sakura jumped backwards onto the stool. Ms. McGonagall placed the hat on Sakura's head and it began to speak.
"A bit late don't you think?" The mouth of the old sorting hat moved and it looked nothing more than a pair of stitches. Sakura smiled and turned to Ms. McGonagall who smiled back. The sorting hat went on.
"Well.'tis obvious where you go.but whether that is the best choice." The sorting hat stood there in pure silence everyone was nervous and falling asleep. Suddenly, the sorting hat screamed. "NO! Stay away from her. She's innocent. Voldemort Noooooo!" The old sorting hat stiffened and dropped to the ground like a stone brick.
Everyone in the Great Hall turned to the stiff hat lying motionless on the ground, then they turned toward Sakura. Sakura jumped off the stool and ran to the side of the sorting hat. She picked it up and turned towards Rue, who was sitting at the table.
Rue didn't seem to be very surprised, but spoke to Sakura. "You know what to do." He looked straight into her eyes never minding all the faces that were staring at them in an odd way.
"Right Ru.Professor." Sakura gave a long sigh and pulled out a key that was tied around her neck. Dumbledore watched and said nothing, while the great hall started to gossip and as soon as she stood up, silence fell over the Great Hall.
Sakura held out the key in front of her and started to chant. "Oh key of moon.power of magic.. magic of night.surrender the wand with force ignite!" A great circle appeared, swirls of golden lights circled around her and then the key, which was now floating on its own twirled with great speed. Then she spoke again. "Release!" The key swirled faster and little by little it started to expand into a large staff. Everyone in the Great Hall gasped at this. Sakura ignored them and twirled the staff like a baton while at the same time saying another spell.
"Ancient guardian of the clow, I call thee in guidance of the cards. Keroberos!" The swirl of light and magic revolved around Sakura in a large circle and from the front of where Sakura was standing. A small yellow- golden head popped out of the ground inside the circle. Then out popped a small creature with a big head, small arms, legs, and body. A long tail followed last with a small ball of fuzz at the end. The fuzzy creature looked like a small golden-yellow plush toy too small for its head. As Keroberos arose into the air, he flew closer toward Sakura.
Rue started to laugh. "Guardian.. Right." Everyone stared at professor Silverfang.
"HEY! Do I insult you!?" Kero's opened his eyes and flew into Rue's face. "Watch it buddy! I can get pretty ugly."
Author's note: Please note that these are not my characters. Except Sakura and Rugby. All other characters belong to J.K. Rowling. The story I made up, but the characters are created by J.K. Rowling and I want to acknowledge that I did not create them. Hope you liked this chapter. I really hope I get many reviews as well. I haven't done this before so I hope you like it. If you like it, I'll post the second story. Let me know what you think.
July went by and so did august. Ron and Harry were waiting for Hermione on Platform 9 ¾. The Hogwarts express looked vicious, with long clouds of steam rising from beneath it making its appearance most like a metal ghost. When Hermione arrived they boarded the train and found a compartment to themselves.
"Harry! So, what did Snuffles tell you?" Hermione was full of excitement. When she saw the box she examined it as if though she knew exactly what she was doing.
"Well.here, let me read it." Harry pulled out the letter Sirius sent him after he informed him about the girl. Harry read it aloud:
Dear Harry, I don't know, it's a bit strange don't you think. If her brother is a wizard, he is bound to have a wand. It's getting suspicious. Don't open the box. I think it is a good idea and wait until you get to Hogwarts. Go straight to Dumbledore. She might be working for Voldemort and it could be a trap.
"See I told you Harry." Hermione had told Harry the same thing. She might be working for Voldemort.
He continued to read:
By the way Harry, you never told me what their names were. Write back to me as soon as you can and let me know. Let me know if anymore-strange things happen. P.S. Lumpin says he will be seeing you at your next quditich game. He's bringing me along. See you soon. -Snuffles
"That's all?" Hermione was expecting Sirius to say."throw it out the window," or "she's evil stay away from her." However, all Sirius said was wait until he got to Hogwarts.
Harry quickly wrote back to Sirius and told him their names. The only thing Harry knew was that her name was Sakura and her brother's name was Rugby. At least that's what Sakura called her brother. Harry used Pigwenton and sent the tiny bird out the window of the Hogwarts express. When Harry, Hermione, and Ron arrived at Hogwarts, everything seemed normal. They got into the carriages, and were on their way up to the Hogwarts castle. As Harry, Hermione, and Ron unloaded from the carriage, they noticed Malfoy talking vigorously with Crabby and Golye. Malfoy was too busy chatting about something that he didn't hear what Ron called him.
Apparently, it was something very rude that Hermione's face filled with shock. "RON!" Hermione's eyes widened as she held Ron back by the shoulder, making sure Malfoy didn't hear what he had just said. Harry, Ron and Hermione, couldn't help but laugh. They took their usual seats next to Dean Thomas, Seamus and Neville who were gossiping about the Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher.
"I heard he's a rich wizard who fights against the dark side." Dean was looking at Harry. "He was said to once been killed by a dark wizard and brought back to life!"
"WHAT!?" Ron yelled so loud that everyone in the Great Hall turned to look at him. Ron blushed and lowered his voice.
"Shh.. Ron be quiet." Dean was trying to keep it down so that no one could hear their conversation.
"I thought it was impossible to do a resurrection spell." Harry turned to Hermione with a puzzled expression running across his face.
Hermione shrugged, "yeah, that's what I thought." Hermione was the smartest, she was bound to know everything.
"So.. So.how is it possible?" Ron turned from Harry to Dean. He sighed what a way to start the beginning of a school year. Questioning the Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher.
"Well, she sure didn't do it did he. He was dead. Someone alive brought him back." Hermione had her tone of voice in as-a-matter-of-fact mode.
"NO! I never thought of that!" Ron was making fun of Hermione, they fought together so often, you'd think they liked each other. Hermione gave Ron a dirty look and Ron threw a joke sort of kiss at her.
"Did his sister bring him back?" Harry looked at Dean who shrugged his shoulders and sighed.
Dean looked toward the staff table; the Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher had not yet arrived. "Do'no. No one knows."
"Maybe he was fakin' it." Seams spoke in to the conversation trying to add to their gossip.
"I don't think so." Dean lowered his voice so that only the six of them could hear. "But from what I hear, he WAS a dark wizard himself."
"You mean that our new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher is a.. a.. Dark wizard?!" Neville was shaking, he was afraid of dark wizards.
"Yup!" Dean looked at Harry. He knew Harry would be interested with this type of information.
"So, does that mean he's an Auror?" Harry knew about Aurors. They were wizards who hunted the dark wizards and turned them in. Only the powerful and strong would dare to hunt the dark wizards.
"No, he's not an Auror." Dean turned towards the staff table, still there was no sign of the Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher.
"Then why.." Harry wasn't able to finish. Dean interrupted him before he could finish what he wanted to say.
"I don't know Harry. Maybe he just liked doing it." Dean didn't know that much about Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher, but he knew that he was going to be bad news.
Harry looked up at the staff table, next to professor Snape was the Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher's empty chair and next to tiny professor Flitwick was Ms. McGonagall's empty chair. The doors to the Great Hall opened and in poured the first years, lead by Ms. McGonagall. Each one of them looked scared and excited to attend their new school of witchcraft and wizardry. Ms. McGonagall led the students to the top where she placed the old wizards hat on the stool. After the last one was sorted. Ms. McGonagall rolled up her parchment baring the names and stood where she was. Everyone was starring at her. Everyone's thoughts running across their heads were. "Why is she still standing there?" Dumbledore sat there as if waiting for something.
"What's up?" Ron turned to Harry. Then suddenly, a light from something most resembling a tunnel, appeared out of no where just at the end of the Griffindor and Ravenclaw tables. Sparks flew and swirls of sparkling light turned it into a large portal. Harry could hear the sound of a motorcycle coming from within the portal. Then almost instantly a motorbike sped out of the portal turned and screeched to a stop, inches away from Ms. McGonagall and the stool containing the old sorting hat.
Ms. McGonagall put a hand to her chest and gasped. "Oh my." She stepped back and stared at the odd scene.
The man driving the motorbike kept his hands on the handlebars, then with one hand turned off the bike. Then with both hands unbuckled his helmet and put it on the handle. A girl was holding onto the man, he stood up swung on leg over the bike and turned to Ms. McGonagall.
"Sorry about that Minerva." The man nodded and turned to the young girl and watched her as she unbuckled her helmet.
Ms. McGonagall turned to the young girl who was disembarking the motorcycle. The young girl took off the helmet and shook her head so that all of her hair was out of the helmet.
The girl turned to the man, then instantly Harry screamed out the girls name and everyone in the Great Hall turned toward him. "SAKURA!"
The girl turned to Harry and smiled. "Hey Harry. Rugby." before she could say anything the man lifted Sakura from the bike and let her down on to the ground. She giggled. "Thank you."
"Sorry we're late Dumbledore." The man turned to Dumbledore then Sakura. He winked and she knew exactly what to do.
"Not at all.. Now then.Everyone I would like you all to meet your new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher, Professor Rue Silverfang." Everyone raised their goblets and then Dumbledore spoke again. "Also, I would like you all to meet your new transfer student." Dumbledore raised his goblet to Sakura. "Ms. Miyumi Silverfang."
Sakura smiled and walked towards the stool. She stopped in front of it and turned around. Rue walked to his seat ignoring everything that was about to happen. Sakura held out her hand and snapped her finger. In an instant, the motorcycle was gone. Sakura giggled and turned back to stool. Ms. McGonagall lifted the old sorting hat from the stool and as she did Sakura jumped backwards onto the stool. Ms. McGonagall placed the hat on Sakura's head and it began to speak.
"A bit late don't you think?" The mouth of the old sorting hat moved and it looked nothing more than a pair of stitches. Sakura smiled and turned to Ms. McGonagall who smiled back. The sorting hat went on.
"Well.'tis obvious where you go.but whether that is the best choice." The sorting hat stood there in pure silence everyone was nervous and falling asleep. Suddenly, the sorting hat screamed. "NO! Stay away from her. She's innocent. Voldemort Noooooo!" The old sorting hat stiffened and dropped to the ground like a stone brick.
Everyone in the Great Hall turned to the stiff hat lying motionless on the ground, then they turned toward Sakura. Sakura jumped off the stool and ran to the side of the sorting hat. She picked it up and turned towards Rue, who was sitting at the table.
Rue didn't seem to be very surprised, but spoke to Sakura. "You know what to do." He looked straight into her eyes never minding all the faces that were staring at them in an odd way.
"Right Ru.Professor." Sakura gave a long sigh and pulled out a key that was tied around her neck. Dumbledore watched and said nothing, while the great hall started to gossip and as soon as she stood up, silence fell over the Great Hall.
Sakura held out the key in front of her and started to chant. "Oh key of moon.power of magic.. magic of night.surrender the wand with force ignite!" A great circle appeared, swirls of golden lights circled around her and then the key, which was now floating on its own twirled with great speed. Then she spoke again. "Release!" The key swirled faster and little by little it started to expand into a large staff. Everyone in the Great Hall gasped at this. Sakura ignored them and twirled the staff like a baton while at the same time saying another spell.
"Ancient guardian of the clow, I call thee in guidance of the cards. Keroberos!" The swirl of light and magic revolved around Sakura in a large circle and from the front of where Sakura was standing. A small yellow- golden head popped out of the ground inside the circle. Then out popped a small creature with a big head, small arms, legs, and body. A long tail followed last with a small ball of fuzz at the end. The fuzzy creature looked like a small golden-yellow plush toy too small for its head. As Keroberos arose into the air, he flew closer toward Sakura.
Rue started to laugh. "Guardian.. Right." Everyone stared at professor Silverfang.
"HEY! Do I insult you!?" Kero's opened his eyes and flew into Rue's face. "Watch it buddy! I can get pretty ugly."
Author's note: Please note that these are not my characters. Except Sakura and Rugby. All other characters belong to J.K. Rowling. The story I made up, but the characters are created by J.K. Rowling and I want to acknowledge that I did not create them. Hope you liked this chapter. I really hope I get many reviews as well. I haven't done this before so I hope you like it. If you like it, I'll post the second story. Let me know what you think.