Chapter 9: she's back

Harry got dressed, and walked down to great hall to eat breakfast. He met up with hermione and Ron minutes after. "Man. tomorrow we start classes. And with snape first period!" Ron sighed as he slouched in a chair next to Harry. Hermione took the chair on the other side of Harry. "Yea well, we always do for some reasons." Hermione added as she grabbed a biscuit. After breakfast, they went to go talk to hagrid, the game keeper. It was a nice day, the sun was out, and there was little clouds. When they got to hagrid's little cabin, they noticed he was working on the garden. "Hey hagrid!" Harry called as they approached the semi-giant. "Hi yer guys!" hagrid chimed. "What are you doing?" Ron asked suddenly. "Plantin a garden." Hagrid replied. "Cool." Ron replied not knowing why he was planting a garden when professor sprout had one in the green house.

Seeing the expressions on Ron's face, hagrid explained. "It's not a regular garden. it's a garden for the dragons! They're really healthy and they don't eat any kind of meat. They eat meated fruit." Hagrid explained. Harry had totally forgotten about the dragons from last year. They all have received a little dragon to take care of through the school year. "We're letting them go in 3 weeks. Too bad Avalon isn't here. her dragon loved her. you alright Harry about Avalon in all?" hagrid asked. "Yea I'm fine." Harry replied. "You look disturbed." Hagrid noticed. "He's looked disturbed all morning.. How's fang?" Ron asked. "He's alright." Hagrid replied. "Cool." Ron replied.

Later, they all made their ways back to the castle and decided to lay around in the gryffindor main room and play wizard chess where Harry was getting better and beat Ron once out of 15 times in a row. Ron had been practicing as well. at around 5, it began to rain, and Fred, George, and lee made their way into the common room to sell some joke stuff and hang around with Harry, Ron, and hermione. "Boy. we're makin some money!" George smiled. "that's cool." Hermione said reading a book about spells not used in the new millennium. "so.. .what'd you do all day Harry?" lee asked. "nothing actually." Harry replied. "oh." Lee replied. At around 7, they made their way down to the great hall once more for dinner. The great hall was packed with people. They made their way to the gryffindor table and sat down.

In the middle of the dinner, the door busted open, and a person in a cloak, with it's head, and whole body covered, walked in and walked to the teacher's table and looked up. Everyone had began to be quiet and looked at the person to see who it was. Dumbledore stood up, and motioned for the person to walk into the back door where Harry had met when he was 14 for the triwizard tournament.

Dumbledore then looked at Harry and motioned for him to come as well. he got up, looked at all the starring faces, and walked to the door. Dumbledore motioned for professor McGonagal, and snape. They all walked into the door behind Harry. "professor. what's this all about?" snape asked as dumbledore shut the door. "and who is that?" he asked pointing to the person under the large, blue cloak. Dumbledore motioned for the person to show itself. The person slowly took the hood down and looked at everyone. "AVALON!" hermione squeaked. Everyone was gawking up and down at her. "Hi." Avalon finally said after a minute. "What is the meaning of this professor!" snape asked abruptly. "is this some kind of joke?" he added. "What would you think that severus?" dumbledore asked.

"Avalon died last year!" snape barked. "Yea. I did. But now I'm undead." Avalon explained. snape looked at her. Avalon only smiled. "miss Avalon has been honored by the great gods to return to protect Harry. I need you two and all the other teachers to look after her while I am gone." Dumbledore explained. "Where are you going professor?" McGonagal asked. "I have to leave for awhile to go to a meeting concerning lord voldemort." Dumbledore replied. "When do you leave?" snape asked. "tomorrow." Dumbledore replied. "I will be gone for a week. Professor McGonagal, you will be the head master while I am gone." Dumbledore added. "right." McGonagal replied. "Now. you can all go to dinner. Avalon, Harry, please stay." Dumbledore asked. They both nodded as mcgonagal and snape left.

"Now Harry. I want you to stay on the hogwarts grounds, and let someone know when you go see hagrid unless your wearing ur cloak. Plus if demonters come, hide Avalon. they want her for some reason I cannot say, but if you go to the 5th floor, look for a painting of a bear. Tickle its ear, and it will open. Stay there for awhile and look at your map. You can bring Ron and hermione with you if you must. But tell no one. The teachers will know when you must leave. Now go have some dinner before going to bed." Dumbledore explained as he opened the door. Avalon and Harry followed dumbledore out and then they made their way to the gryffindor table. They both looked around to see everyone's faces gazed on Avalon as they sat down next to hermione and Ron, who were also gawking at her. Harry glanced over at malfoy and saw he had a more thought so expression than wow she's alive kind.

"Avalon!" Ron asked. "Told you I'd be back." Avalon replied grabbing a roll. "Wow. Can I still have ur comics?" Ron asked. "idiot." Hermione muttered. "Ya. I gweuss." Avalon replied, her mouth full of food. "you act like you haven't in years." Harry noticed. "Technically I haven't." Avalon replied. "Oh." Harry replied drinking some pumpkin juice. "Avalon! so cool you're here. I'm not going to ask how either. But check this. We have our own store now!" George said as he, Fred, and lee walked over to Avalon. "Wow that's cool! How are you here then?" she asked. "Dumbledore let us come back and stuff." Fred replied. After dinner, they all went to the gryffindor common room, and on the way, bumped into malfoy along with crab and goyle.

"Hey potter. What's with imitation?" malfoy asked looking at Avalon. "malfoy. This is Avalon. the real Avalon." Harry replied. "yea. Couldn't' take the pressure huh potter. Can't live with out her? so you decided to make a spell to make a doll come real and look like her. good one." Malfoy thought. "listen bub. I am Avalon. the REAL Avalon weather you believe it or not." Avalon replied poking malfoy in the chest. "Avalon. hi." Malfoy choked. "Was that weird or what?" hermione whispered. "hi." Avalon smiled as she stopped and began to walk up the steps again. The others followed looking at malfoy looked freaked for once in his life.