Disclaimer: Arrrrgh! Why are some lawyer type peoples so docile? I do not
own these. though. owning Draco might be good..
A huge thanks to my beta reader, Bittersweet Symphony.
A/N: Remember, peoples thoughts are: /Hermione/ //Harry// (Ginny) * Ron * [Draco] _Snape_ +Dumbledore+ ^Lilian^ {Arabella} &Sirius& \Tearna\ |Pierre| ||Xena||
**************************************************************************** ** ^Life wouldn't be so difficult if I had a family.^ Lilian Ayez-Lafoy thought to herself. She was idly doodling on her notepad and feeling extremely bored.
Her mother, Veronica Ayez-Lafoy, had been a 30-year-old, blond-haired blue- eyed witch. Her Father, Jerry Ayez-Lafoy, had been a 35-year-old, brown- haired brown-eyed wizard. Lilian, however, was a 15-year-old, red-haired, red-eyed witch, who attended the Spangled School of Witchcraft in America.
^I want to go to Hogwarts. At least it's a mixed gender school.^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^
"Dumbledore! Albus!" Severus Snape yelled as he ran through the corridors of Hogwarts.
"What is it, Severus?" Dumbledore asked.
"Arabella Figg is coming," Snape said. Dumbledore frowned.
"But she is meant to be watching Harry."
"She is bringing Potter."
"And?"
"And Draco." Suddenly, they heard a loud bang up in Albus's office.
"Gerroff!"
"Bugger off, Potter, you should of moved!"
"Will you boys please settle down?" Albus and Severus grinned at each other. Draco and Harry would never change.
"ILemon Drops/I," Albus said. The Gargoyle jumped aside, and Albus and Severus made their way up stairs.
"Would you boys put down your wands?" Albus heard Arabella say. He motioned to Severus to stay behind the door, and listened, interested to hear how Arabella would handle this.
"Tell him to put his down his wand first!" Draco whined. Severus rolled his eyes.
"Hang on. Dumbledore's round here. so is Snape!" Harry exclaimed. Albus sighed. That boy's aptitude at picking up magical energy surpassed even Albus's. Albus pushed open the door.
"How the heck did you know that, Potter?!" Draco exclaimed, surprised. Harry shrugged.
"Arabella," Albus said. "What brings you here?"
"Harry and Draco, Albus," she said. "Draco turned up outside my place this morning, and when Harry came round to visit, they said that they were talking telepathically."
"Oh dear," Severus muttered. Harry, Draco, Arabella and Albus turned to face him. Albus raised a questioning eyebrow.
"The Prophecy, Albus," Severus said. "The Elemental Prophecy."
"Oh."
"Pardon me for asking," both Draco and Harry asked at the same time. Harry blushed and motioned for Draco to continue.
"What prophecy?" Draco asked, still frowning at Harry.
//Why are you looking at me like that?// Harry thought. Draco shrugged.
"Oh dear," Dumbledore said. "I think we had better write to Miss Ayez Lafoy, Miss Fortunato, Miss Bruja and Mr Magicien."
"Miss IHave faith/I, Miss ILucky/I, Miss IWitch/I and Mr. IWizard/I?" Draco asked. Albus raised a questioning brow. Draco shrugged.
"My Father taught me well in French and Spanish. I taught myself Italian." Albus nodded.
"Sir. before you contact those people, may I ask what this prophecy is?" Harry asked tentatively.
"As if I'm going to be able to stop you." Albus smiled. "This prophecy. I do not know it by heart. Severus, perhaps you have a copy of it?"
"I do indeed, Albus," Severus said, reaching into a pocket on his robes. "I have been carrying it round since the end of the Tri-Wizard tournament last year, knowing we would have need of it." He passed a sheet of paper to Albus.
"IThe children, once so young, so innocent, will have to grow up. One of them will help the Dark Lord back to power, willingly or not. Six or eight, fate will decide. All marked similarly, a lightning bolt. Earth, Fire Wind and Water, this will be the followers. Light and Dark, are the leaders, while Strength and Intelligence will help. Three or four couples, fate will decide. Four females, four males. The strongest of the lot, will win or lose, his battle with his long-time foe./I"
"That's the prophecy?" Draco asked, incredulously. Albus nodded. Then they heard female voices arguing in the corridor beside the gargoyle. Arabella, Draco, Harry, Severus and Albus all listened intently.
"Tearna! Are you sure this is Dumbledore's office?" said one voice.
"I'm a damn-sight more sure than you obviously are!" said the second voice.
"Don't give me that attitude, Miss Fortunato! You should know better than that!"
"Ha ha, Lilian. Now stop that, you look like my mother!"
Chuckling, Albus walked out of the room and soon came back up with two bickering 15-year-old girls.
"I told you so Lilian!" said the taller one. She had wispy, waist length blond hair, and cloudy blue eyes.
"You did not, Tearna! It was just a simple fluke, that's all!" her friend, Lilian said. Harry almost expected to see a reincarnation of his mother, and got the shock of his life when he saw that this girl had shoulder- length red hair and flaming red eyes. What shocked him and Draco the most was the fact that both these girls had lightening bolt scars on their heads. Seeing the boys, Lilian and Tearna stopped bickering and smiled at them.
"Hi!" they said in unison. Harry and Draco were stunned. These girls were beautiful!
//If only I wasn't gay!// Harry thought with a tone of regret. //These girls are beautiful enough to turn any gay guy straight!// Unbeknownst to him, Draco was thinking along the same lines.
"H-h-hi!" Draco stuttered. The girls smiled at them.
"I'm Lilian Ayez-Lafoy. And let me tell you, I have been wanting to come here to Hogwarts since I got my letter for that goddamn Spangled School!" Lilian said, laughing.
"The all-girls school in America?" Harry asked. Sometimes it did help to have a friend like Hermione.
"Yep!" Lilian replied, gazing round the room. When she spotted Fawkes, she gave a little squeal.
"Oh my god! Is that a Phoenix? Whose is it?"
"Never mind her," Lilian's friend said. "As she said, she's been attending the Spangled School of Witchcraft for the past four years. So have I. My name's Tearna. Tearna Fortunato."
"Lucky?" Draco asked. Tearna nodded.
"I'm Draco Malfoy. My last name means 'Bad Faith' or something like that."
"I'm Harry Potter." Harry said. He went over to Fawkes, who chirped and flew onto his arm.
"Now we have to wait for Xena and Pierre to get here." Dumbledore said.
"But sir! That's only six! The prophecy calls for eight!" Harry said. Dumbledore chuckled.
"Did I say that Xena and Pierre would be the last ones to arrive? You and Draco here know Intelligence and Strength. I think you know them very well." Dumbledore said. Harry and Draco closed their eyes.
"Hermione," Harry whispered.
"Blaise," Draco said. Unknown to everyone, Blaise was Draco's actual best friend. Not many people can claim to have best friends in Slytherin, but Draco could. His friendship with Blaise went past Lucius' money, although that's all it had been at the start.
"How interesting that you both know!" Dumbledore said, his blue eyes twinkling. Harry and Draco's eyes snapped open. Dumbledore just grinned.
"Like, what's happening?" Lillian said. Harry noticed that for the first time that she had a ring of gold circling the outside of her pupil.
"Ampèreheure, vous découvrirez," Dumbledore said, deliberilatley speaking in French.
"He said, 'Ah, you shall find out,'" Draco said to the rest of them. He could see a smile playing on the edges of Professor Severus's mouth.
"Draco très bien fait," Albus said.
"Merci," Draco said bowing. Severus started laughing. Harry looked shocked that the Potions Professor could smile, let alone laugh.
[He's not always that scary Potter] he heard Draco's thoughts interfere.
//You sure?//
[Positive. He is my mum's brother after all]
//Snape's your Uncle?!//
^I'm sure your conversation is quite amusing. Or it would be if I knew who this Snape fellow is.^ Both boys heads shot up. They spotted Lillian smiling at them, a smug look on her face.
"Svp Enfants, Svp," Dumbledore said, watching their interaction. "Please pay attention."
Everyone nodded. Dumbledore smiled. He heard four sets of footsteps treading up the stairway.
"What kind of password is that? Lemon Drops? Why can't he have normal things like the School motto?" muttered a British accent.
"He fancies muggle sweets if you must know. Now come along Pierre, Xena and Blaise, do hurry up." Came Hermiones know-it-all voice.
"Keep your shirt on Granger," came the British voice. "Although I reckon you'd look damn good with it off!" There was a sound of a resounding smack, and then Hermione bounced in the door, followed by another girl, a French looking guy and Blaise Zabini, who was holding his cheek.
[Poor Blaise. I know what it feels like to get slapped by Granger.] Harry nearly started laughing at that memory.
"Harry!" Hermione shrieked, rushing over to him. "Why are you here? No trouble with You-Know-Who I hope? Oh you have no idea how much Ron and I worried when Dumbledore sent me the letter asking me to come here. I thought you were in serious trouble! Ron said if You-Know-Who hurt you he was going to."
"Calm down Hermione! I'm fine!" Harry said. Then Hermione spotted Draco.
"What's IHE/I doing here?" she spat. Draco shrunk back.
"IHE/I is in the same situation that I am. Family dead and managing to survive with only a scar." Harry replied.
"Family dead, Harry? What about your Aunt and Uncle?" Dumbledore said.
"My aunt left my Uncle while I was at school here last year. Just before I came here I accidentally killed my Uncle." There was a collective gasp from the group gathered.
"I'd had to make my Uncle and Cousin some mud cake because they asked. no, they demanded that I get them some. When I gave it to them, my Uncle shut my hand in the oven. He thought the mud cake was burnt because it was brown," here, Harry gave a dry laugh. "I got mad, and then I was surrounded by darkness. When it cleared, there was a flash of green light and my Cousin and Uncle were gone."
"This certainly makes things more interesting Potter."
"Yes it does, Professor Snape," Harry replied.
"Please, call me Severus outside of School days," Severus said, smiling.
" Uh. ok Prof. I mean Severus."
Draco flashed him a smile.
[That means that he likes you. He only ever lets people he likes call him Severus. My father is only allowed to call him Snape.]
//He'd rather be called by his last name?//
[Yep.]
//Weird//
"Well. Draco has nowhere to go, and neither does Harry," Severus said smiling at the two boys. "I think that they should stay here at Hogwarts in the Slytherin and Gryffindor flats." Albus shook his head.
"Only a true Gryffindor and a true Slytherin can get into those. We do not even know where they are."
"Sir. the elements. which of them are ours?"
"Well. Intelligence and Strength are the most obvious."
"Uh. Excusez-moi? Xena et moi ne se sont pas présentés," Said the French looking guy.
"Oh. Pardon je. Draco... a pu vous traduire pour le reste d'eux?"
"Oui Professeur."
"Mon nom est Pierre Magicien. Elle est Xena Bruja."
Draco turned to the rest of the group.
"Ok. he is Pierre Magicien and she is Xena Bruja. De quelle école venez- vous?"
"École canadienne de Wizardry."
"They are from the Canadian School of Wizardry."
"Why does he only speak French?" Lillian asked, interested.
"I'll ask him. Pourquoi parlez-vous seulement français?"
"Ils nous encouragent à parler notre langue maternelle."
"Ok, they encourage them to speak their native language."
"What about Xena, what language does she speak?" Harry said.
"Quelle langue Xena parle-t-il?"
"Espagnol."
"She speaks Spanish."
"I also speak English," Xena said, after watching the conversation with intrigue. She turned to Pierre and said, "I do believe that it is time to stop playing this game Pierre. It is tiring."
"Au contraire, turtle dove. It is most amusing," Pierre said. Dumbledore laughed.
"We shall now settle down to business. Could everyone except for Hermione and Blaise please take out their wands? Good. good," Albus said. There was a rap on the door. Dumbledore opened the door and Sirius Black ran into the room straight at Harry.
"Harry, Harry are you okay? Nothing to do with Voldemort? I was so worried when Moony told me that you where here!"
Just then, Pierre shrieked, "Murderer!" and Sirius had to duck a well-aimed Stunning Curse.
"What the bloody hell was that for?!" Sirius roared, glaring at the boy.
"You murdered my parents," Pierre said, his wand aimed at Sirius heart.
"I did?"
"They were walking in that street when you blew it up! They were Muggles!"
Harry waved his hand and a silencing charm was placed on both of them. Albus, Severus, Hermione, Draco, Xena, Lillian and Tearna gaped at him. Sirius and Pierre didn't notice.
"What?" Harry said, an innocent look on his face.
"You just did wandless magic Harry," Hermione said.
"I did?" he said, then he spotted his wand lying on the table in front of him. "Oh."
"Okay," Albus said, still looking at Harry. "Is there anyone else that can do wandless magic that we don't know about? No? Okay, can you all pick up your wands and recite this incantation one at a time. I'Recieve mi elemento'/I."
"That's Spanish," Draco and Xena said at the same time.
"Very good," Albus said, smiling at them. "Now, ten points to Slytherin and whatever house you will be in, Xena, if you can tell me what it means."
"It means 'Receive my element'," Xena and Draco in unison. Severus grinned at his nephew.
[Well done Malfoy!] Harry said.
//Quit with the Malfoy will you Harry. I do have a first name you know.//
[It's been so long since I've used it. but okay, Draco]
"Okay, Xena would you be able to perform the incantation?" Albus's voice cut through their train of thought. "I would like you to stand in the centre of the room, and if everyone could clear the area? Thank you. Now, when you say the incantation, a creature of that element will, shall we say, leap out of your chest. This creature will be your. Animagus form."
Xena stood in the middle of the room. She raised her wand, and muttered, "IRecieve mi elemento./I" She was surrounded by a green light and a large female deer leapt from her chest. It was a ghostly sort of image. Harry winced as it brought back all sorts of painful images. When the green light had cleared, and the doe had disappeared, everyone got a look at Xena to see if she was okay. Everyone got a surprise when they saw the normally blue-eyed, blond-haired bookish girl, standing there in a VERY small green one-shoulder top, a green miniskirt and green knee-high boots with long brown hair and forest-green eyes.
"I believe we have found Earth," Albus said. "I believe I forgot to mention before about the change in personality and clothing?"
Draco and Harry shook their heads. They were used to Albus.
"Pierre? I do believe that it is your turn?" Albus said, smiling at the boy. Taking a deep breath, Pierre stepped into the centre of the room. He recited the incantation, and a blue-green light surrounded him. A ghostly shadow of a merman appeared. When the light cleared, Pierre had blonde hair that looked blue if the light hit it at a certain angle, bright blue eyes and was wearing blue camouflage pants, blue tank top and sneakers. His eyebrow was pierced with a blue sleeper.
"Lilian?" Albus said. Lilian stood forward as Pierre stood back.
"Professor Dumbledore, me and Tearna have already performed the spell," she said. Albus nodded.
"Draco?" Draco stood forward. Holding out his wand, he recited the incantation.
############################################################################ ## A/N: Heheheheh a cliffy...sort of.. I'm no good at cliffies. I'm not gonna bother translating that French, Spanish and Italian. to hard.
I will try. Here we go.
Ayez-Lafoy- Have Faith (French) Fortunato- Lucky (Italian) Bruja- Witch (Spanish) Magicien- Wizard (French) Ampèreheure, vous découvrirez- Ah, you shall find out (French) Draco très bien fait- Draco very well done (French) Merci- Thank You (French) Svp Enfants, Svp- Please, Children, please (French) Excusez-moi? Xena et moi ne se sont pas présentés- Excuse me? Xena and I were not presented. (French)
Pardon je. Draco... a pu vous traduire pour le reste d'eux- Forgive me. Draco... could translate the
rest of them? (Rough translation of French) Oui Professeur- Yes Professor (French) Mon nom est Pierre Magicien. Elle est Xena Bruja- My name is Pierre Magicien. She is Xena Bruja. (French) De quelle école venez-vous- What school do you come from? (Rough Translation of French) École canadienne de Wizardry- Canadian School of Wizardry (French) Pourquoi parlez-vous seulement français- Why do you only speak French? (duh. French) Ils nous encouragent à parler notre langue maternelle- They encourage us to speak our native language. (French) Quelle langue Xena parle-t-il- What language does Xena speak? (French) Espagnol- Spanish (French) Au contraire- On the contrary (French) Recieve mi elemento- Receive my element (Spanish)
I think that is it. I am not positive. Anyway, to my BETA, Bittersweet Symphony,
*The reason that only Draco, Pierre and Dumbledore speak French while the others have French last names, is because they haven't learnt French. They were brought up in America. ok?
* You will find out about Lilian's family later on. if I remember.
A huge thanks to my beta reader, Bittersweet Symphony.
A/N: Remember, peoples thoughts are: /Hermione/ //Harry// (Ginny) * Ron * [Draco] _Snape_ +Dumbledore+ ^Lilian^ {Arabella} &Sirius& \Tearna\ |Pierre| ||Xena||
**************************************************************************** ** ^Life wouldn't be so difficult if I had a family.^ Lilian Ayez-Lafoy thought to herself. She was idly doodling on her notepad and feeling extremely bored.
Her mother, Veronica Ayez-Lafoy, had been a 30-year-old, blond-haired blue- eyed witch. Her Father, Jerry Ayez-Lafoy, had been a 35-year-old, brown- haired brown-eyed wizard. Lilian, however, was a 15-year-old, red-haired, red-eyed witch, who attended the Spangled School of Witchcraft in America.
^I want to go to Hogwarts. At least it's a mixed gender school.^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^
"Dumbledore! Albus!" Severus Snape yelled as he ran through the corridors of Hogwarts.
"What is it, Severus?" Dumbledore asked.
"Arabella Figg is coming," Snape said. Dumbledore frowned.
"But she is meant to be watching Harry."
"She is bringing Potter."
"And?"
"And Draco." Suddenly, they heard a loud bang up in Albus's office.
"Gerroff!"
"Bugger off, Potter, you should of moved!"
"Will you boys please settle down?" Albus and Severus grinned at each other. Draco and Harry would never change.
"ILemon Drops/I," Albus said. The Gargoyle jumped aside, and Albus and Severus made their way up stairs.
"Would you boys put down your wands?" Albus heard Arabella say. He motioned to Severus to stay behind the door, and listened, interested to hear how Arabella would handle this.
"Tell him to put his down his wand first!" Draco whined. Severus rolled his eyes.
"Hang on. Dumbledore's round here. so is Snape!" Harry exclaimed. Albus sighed. That boy's aptitude at picking up magical energy surpassed even Albus's. Albus pushed open the door.
"How the heck did you know that, Potter?!" Draco exclaimed, surprised. Harry shrugged.
"Arabella," Albus said. "What brings you here?"
"Harry and Draco, Albus," she said. "Draco turned up outside my place this morning, and when Harry came round to visit, they said that they were talking telepathically."
"Oh dear," Severus muttered. Harry, Draco, Arabella and Albus turned to face him. Albus raised a questioning eyebrow.
"The Prophecy, Albus," Severus said. "The Elemental Prophecy."
"Oh."
"Pardon me for asking," both Draco and Harry asked at the same time. Harry blushed and motioned for Draco to continue.
"What prophecy?" Draco asked, still frowning at Harry.
//Why are you looking at me like that?// Harry thought. Draco shrugged.
"Oh dear," Dumbledore said. "I think we had better write to Miss Ayez Lafoy, Miss Fortunato, Miss Bruja and Mr Magicien."
"Miss IHave faith/I, Miss ILucky/I, Miss IWitch/I and Mr. IWizard/I?" Draco asked. Albus raised a questioning brow. Draco shrugged.
"My Father taught me well in French and Spanish. I taught myself Italian." Albus nodded.
"Sir. before you contact those people, may I ask what this prophecy is?" Harry asked tentatively.
"As if I'm going to be able to stop you." Albus smiled. "This prophecy. I do not know it by heart. Severus, perhaps you have a copy of it?"
"I do indeed, Albus," Severus said, reaching into a pocket on his robes. "I have been carrying it round since the end of the Tri-Wizard tournament last year, knowing we would have need of it." He passed a sheet of paper to Albus.
"IThe children, once so young, so innocent, will have to grow up. One of them will help the Dark Lord back to power, willingly or not. Six or eight, fate will decide. All marked similarly, a lightning bolt. Earth, Fire Wind and Water, this will be the followers. Light and Dark, are the leaders, while Strength and Intelligence will help. Three or four couples, fate will decide. Four females, four males. The strongest of the lot, will win or lose, his battle with his long-time foe./I"
"That's the prophecy?" Draco asked, incredulously. Albus nodded. Then they heard female voices arguing in the corridor beside the gargoyle. Arabella, Draco, Harry, Severus and Albus all listened intently.
"Tearna! Are you sure this is Dumbledore's office?" said one voice.
"I'm a damn-sight more sure than you obviously are!" said the second voice.
"Don't give me that attitude, Miss Fortunato! You should know better than that!"
"Ha ha, Lilian. Now stop that, you look like my mother!"
Chuckling, Albus walked out of the room and soon came back up with two bickering 15-year-old girls.
"I told you so Lilian!" said the taller one. She had wispy, waist length blond hair, and cloudy blue eyes.
"You did not, Tearna! It was just a simple fluke, that's all!" her friend, Lilian said. Harry almost expected to see a reincarnation of his mother, and got the shock of his life when he saw that this girl had shoulder- length red hair and flaming red eyes. What shocked him and Draco the most was the fact that both these girls had lightening bolt scars on their heads. Seeing the boys, Lilian and Tearna stopped bickering and smiled at them.
"Hi!" they said in unison. Harry and Draco were stunned. These girls were beautiful!
//If only I wasn't gay!// Harry thought with a tone of regret. //These girls are beautiful enough to turn any gay guy straight!// Unbeknownst to him, Draco was thinking along the same lines.
"H-h-hi!" Draco stuttered. The girls smiled at them.
"I'm Lilian Ayez-Lafoy. And let me tell you, I have been wanting to come here to Hogwarts since I got my letter for that goddamn Spangled School!" Lilian said, laughing.
"The all-girls school in America?" Harry asked. Sometimes it did help to have a friend like Hermione.
"Yep!" Lilian replied, gazing round the room. When she spotted Fawkes, she gave a little squeal.
"Oh my god! Is that a Phoenix? Whose is it?"
"Never mind her," Lilian's friend said. "As she said, she's been attending the Spangled School of Witchcraft for the past four years. So have I. My name's Tearna. Tearna Fortunato."
"Lucky?" Draco asked. Tearna nodded.
"I'm Draco Malfoy. My last name means 'Bad Faith' or something like that."
"I'm Harry Potter." Harry said. He went over to Fawkes, who chirped and flew onto his arm.
"Now we have to wait for Xena and Pierre to get here." Dumbledore said.
"But sir! That's only six! The prophecy calls for eight!" Harry said. Dumbledore chuckled.
"Did I say that Xena and Pierre would be the last ones to arrive? You and Draco here know Intelligence and Strength. I think you know them very well." Dumbledore said. Harry and Draco closed their eyes.
"Hermione," Harry whispered.
"Blaise," Draco said. Unknown to everyone, Blaise was Draco's actual best friend. Not many people can claim to have best friends in Slytherin, but Draco could. His friendship with Blaise went past Lucius' money, although that's all it had been at the start.
"How interesting that you both know!" Dumbledore said, his blue eyes twinkling. Harry and Draco's eyes snapped open. Dumbledore just grinned.
"Like, what's happening?" Lillian said. Harry noticed that for the first time that she had a ring of gold circling the outside of her pupil.
"Ampèreheure, vous découvrirez," Dumbledore said, deliberilatley speaking in French.
"He said, 'Ah, you shall find out,'" Draco said to the rest of them. He could see a smile playing on the edges of Professor Severus's mouth.
"Draco très bien fait," Albus said.
"Merci," Draco said bowing. Severus started laughing. Harry looked shocked that the Potions Professor could smile, let alone laugh.
[He's not always that scary Potter] he heard Draco's thoughts interfere.
//You sure?//
[Positive. He is my mum's brother after all]
//Snape's your Uncle?!//
^I'm sure your conversation is quite amusing. Or it would be if I knew who this Snape fellow is.^ Both boys heads shot up. They spotted Lillian smiling at them, a smug look on her face.
"Svp Enfants, Svp," Dumbledore said, watching their interaction. "Please pay attention."
Everyone nodded. Dumbledore smiled. He heard four sets of footsteps treading up the stairway.
"What kind of password is that? Lemon Drops? Why can't he have normal things like the School motto?" muttered a British accent.
"He fancies muggle sweets if you must know. Now come along Pierre, Xena and Blaise, do hurry up." Came Hermiones know-it-all voice.
"Keep your shirt on Granger," came the British voice. "Although I reckon you'd look damn good with it off!" There was a sound of a resounding smack, and then Hermione bounced in the door, followed by another girl, a French looking guy and Blaise Zabini, who was holding his cheek.
[Poor Blaise. I know what it feels like to get slapped by Granger.] Harry nearly started laughing at that memory.
"Harry!" Hermione shrieked, rushing over to him. "Why are you here? No trouble with You-Know-Who I hope? Oh you have no idea how much Ron and I worried when Dumbledore sent me the letter asking me to come here. I thought you were in serious trouble! Ron said if You-Know-Who hurt you he was going to."
"Calm down Hermione! I'm fine!" Harry said. Then Hermione spotted Draco.
"What's IHE/I doing here?" she spat. Draco shrunk back.
"IHE/I is in the same situation that I am. Family dead and managing to survive with only a scar." Harry replied.
"Family dead, Harry? What about your Aunt and Uncle?" Dumbledore said.
"My aunt left my Uncle while I was at school here last year. Just before I came here I accidentally killed my Uncle." There was a collective gasp from the group gathered.
"I'd had to make my Uncle and Cousin some mud cake because they asked. no, they demanded that I get them some. When I gave it to them, my Uncle shut my hand in the oven. He thought the mud cake was burnt because it was brown," here, Harry gave a dry laugh. "I got mad, and then I was surrounded by darkness. When it cleared, there was a flash of green light and my Cousin and Uncle were gone."
"This certainly makes things more interesting Potter."
"Yes it does, Professor Snape," Harry replied.
"Please, call me Severus outside of School days," Severus said, smiling.
" Uh. ok Prof. I mean Severus."
Draco flashed him a smile.
[That means that he likes you. He only ever lets people he likes call him Severus. My father is only allowed to call him Snape.]
//He'd rather be called by his last name?//
[Yep.]
//Weird//
"Well. Draco has nowhere to go, and neither does Harry," Severus said smiling at the two boys. "I think that they should stay here at Hogwarts in the Slytherin and Gryffindor flats." Albus shook his head.
"Only a true Gryffindor and a true Slytherin can get into those. We do not even know where they are."
"Sir. the elements. which of them are ours?"
"Well. Intelligence and Strength are the most obvious."
"Uh. Excusez-moi? Xena et moi ne se sont pas présentés," Said the French looking guy.
"Oh. Pardon je. Draco... a pu vous traduire pour le reste d'eux?"
"Oui Professeur."
"Mon nom est Pierre Magicien. Elle est Xena Bruja."
Draco turned to the rest of the group.
"Ok. he is Pierre Magicien and she is Xena Bruja. De quelle école venez- vous?"
"École canadienne de Wizardry."
"They are from the Canadian School of Wizardry."
"Why does he only speak French?" Lillian asked, interested.
"I'll ask him. Pourquoi parlez-vous seulement français?"
"Ils nous encouragent à parler notre langue maternelle."
"Ok, they encourage them to speak their native language."
"What about Xena, what language does she speak?" Harry said.
"Quelle langue Xena parle-t-il?"
"Espagnol."
"She speaks Spanish."
"I also speak English," Xena said, after watching the conversation with intrigue. She turned to Pierre and said, "I do believe that it is time to stop playing this game Pierre. It is tiring."
"Au contraire, turtle dove. It is most amusing," Pierre said. Dumbledore laughed.
"We shall now settle down to business. Could everyone except for Hermione and Blaise please take out their wands? Good. good," Albus said. There was a rap on the door. Dumbledore opened the door and Sirius Black ran into the room straight at Harry.
"Harry, Harry are you okay? Nothing to do with Voldemort? I was so worried when Moony told me that you where here!"
Just then, Pierre shrieked, "Murderer!" and Sirius had to duck a well-aimed Stunning Curse.
"What the bloody hell was that for?!" Sirius roared, glaring at the boy.
"You murdered my parents," Pierre said, his wand aimed at Sirius heart.
"I did?"
"They were walking in that street when you blew it up! They were Muggles!"
Harry waved his hand and a silencing charm was placed on both of them. Albus, Severus, Hermione, Draco, Xena, Lillian and Tearna gaped at him. Sirius and Pierre didn't notice.
"What?" Harry said, an innocent look on his face.
"You just did wandless magic Harry," Hermione said.
"I did?" he said, then he spotted his wand lying on the table in front of him. "Oh."
"Okay," Albus said, still looking at Harry. "Is there anyone else that can do wandless magic that we don't know about? No? Okay, can you all pick up your wands and recite this incantation one at a time. I'Recieve mi elemento'/I."
"That's Spanish," Draco and Xena said at the same time.
"Very good," Albus said, smiling at them. "Now, ten points to Slytherin and whatever house you will be in, Xena, if you can tell me what it means."
"It means 'Receive my element'," Xena and Draco in unison. Severus grinned at his nephew.
[Well done Malfoy!] Harry said.
//Quit with the Malfoy will you Harry. I do have a first name you know.//
[It's been so long since I've used it. but okay, Draco]
"Okay, Xena would you be able to perform the incantation?" Albus's voice cut through their train of thought. "I would like you to stand in the centre of the room, and if everyone could clear the area? Thank you. Now, when you say the incantation, a creature of that element will, shall we say, leap out of your chest. This creature will be your. Animagus form."
Xena stood in the middle of the room. She raised her wand, and muttered, "IRecieve mi elemento./I" She was surrounded by a green light and a large female deer leapt from her chest. It was a ghostly sort of image. Harry winced as it brought back all sorts of painful images. When the green light had cleared, and the doe had disappeared, everyone got a look at Xena to see if she was okay. Everyone got a surprise when they saw the normally blue-eyed, blond-haired bookish girl, standing there in a VERY small green one-shoulder top, a green miniskirt and green knee-high boots with long brown hair and forest-green eyes.
"I believe we have found Earth," Albus said. "I believe I forgot to mention before about the change in personality and clothing?"
Draco and Harry shook their heads. They were used to Albus.
"Pierre? I do believe that it is your turn?" Albus said, smiling at the boy. Taking a deep breath, Pierre stepped into the centre of the room. He recited the incantation, and a blue-green light surrounded him. A ghostly shadow of a merman appeared. When the light cleared, Pierre had blonde hair that looked blue if the light hit it at a certain angle, bright blue eyes and was wearing blue camouflage pants, blue tank top and sneakers. His eyebrow was pierced with a blue sleeper.
"Lilian?" Albus said. Lilian stood forward as Pierre stood back.
"Professor Dumbledore, me and Tearna have already performed the spell," she said. Albus nodded.
"Draco?" Draco stood forward. Holding out his wand, he recited the incantation.
############################################################################ ## A/N: Heheheheh a cliffy...sort of.. I'm no good at cliffies. I'm not gonna bother translating that French, Spanish and Italian. to hard.
I will try. Here we go.
Ayez-Lafoy- Have Faith (French) Fortunato- Lucky (Italian) Bruja- Witch (Spanish) Magicien- Wizard (French) Ampèreheure, vous découvrirez- Ah, you shall find out (French) Draco très bien fait- Draco very well done (French) Merci- Thank You (French) Svp Enfants, Svp- Please, Children, please (French) Excusez-moi? Xena et moi ne se sont pas présentés- Excuse me? Xena and I were not presented. (French)
Pardon je. Draco... a pu vous traduire pour le reste d'eux- Forgive me. Draco... could translate the
rest of them? (Rough translation of French) Oui Professeur- Yes Professor (French) Mon nom est Pierre Magicien. Elle est Xena Bruja- My name is Pierre Magicien. She is Xena Bruja. (French) De quelle école venez-vous- What school do you come from? (Rough Translation of French) École canadienne de Wizardry- Canadian School of Wizardry (French) Pourquoi parlez-vous seulement français- Why do you only speak French? (duh. French) Ils nous encouragent à parler notre langue maternelle- They encourage us to speak our native language. (French) Quelle langue Xena parle-t-il- What language does Xena speak? (French) Espagnol- Spanish (French) Au contraire- On the contrary (French) Recieve mi elemento- Receive my element (Spanish)
I think that is it. I am not positive. Anyway, to my BETA, Bittersweet Symphony,
*The reason that only Draco, Pierre and Dumbledore speak French while the others have French last names, is because they haven't learnt French. They were brought up in America. ok?
* You will find out about Lilian's family later on. if I remember.