Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter places or people, and I don't own
fire lizards, they come from the wonderful world of Anne Mcaffrey.
Announcement: I will be switching between the characters' point of views.
1 Living in the Shadows
By Triforce Knight
1.1 Chapter 2- The Sorting
*****
Well your back, so I guess you want to learn more about me. So far I've told you about my mother and her death, and my letter to Hogwarts. Now I'm going to tell you about my first year at Hogwarts.
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My foster parents were so excited that I was accepted into Hogwarts, so they whisked me over to Diagon Alley so that I could get some school supplies (which we could have bought in Hogsmeade) for me.
****
Mother was very insistent that I should buy dress robes, but I talked her out of it by telling her that it wasn't on my supply list.
****
When we were looking at the animals, we heard a voice call out to us.
"Emily!"
Mother turned around to see a short woman with flaming red hair and a lot of children around her. Mother said in an excited voice, "Molly!"
The short woman came over to us and said, "My, what a surprise! Emily you should have told me that you had a daughter, and what a beautiful little thing she is."
Mother replied, "We adopted her after her mother was killed by……"
"Say no more, you shouldn't remind us of that horrible time before he met his downfall. Oh dear! I almost forgot to introduce all of the little ones. This one is Bill, he's going to be in his sixth year. That one over there is Charlie, he's going to be in his fifth year. That one by the cats is Percy, he's going to be in his second year, and ……… oh dear, where is Fred and George. Oh no! You two, get away form those rats! As I was saying, those two are Fred and George, they'll be starting next year, and this is Ron and Ginny. What's this your little ones name?"
"Her name is Jennifer."
"What a lovely name!"
****
Charlie's P.O.V.
While mom and her friend were talking, I couldn't help but notice that the young girl beside Emily Jacobson looked somewhat familiar, like I've seen her before.
I heard a loud crash and I knew instantly who caused it. I ran over to the cages that held the owls only to see Fred and George shaking them, causing the owls to hoot loudly.
I grabbed both of them by their collars and dragged them out of the store. Out of the corner of my eye, I saw Jennifer picking up the fallen owl cage talking quietly to stop its loud hooting. I wanted to thank her but I had my hands full at the moment.
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Jennifer's P.O.V.
After picking up the cage the shopkeeper said, "Thank you so much for cleaning up after those two. As a thank you I'm going to give you something special." The shopkeeper ran over to the fireplace where a small black container was sitting in the still warm ashes, she grabbed it and brought it back to the counter. She opened it to reveal an egg.
"This is a Fire Lizard egg, a fire lizard is like a small dragon, only it doesn't breath fire, and is leagal as a pet. It can take messages to people that you know and it likes to hear music. I was going to sell it, but since you're so polite and courteous I'm going to give it to you for free."
When she was finishing, mom had come over to see what we were talking about. When she saw the egg she said, "I'm not going to let you buy one of those horrible little creatures. It is not allowed at Hogwarts."
I was so upset, mom had no right on what I could and couldn't have, and where did it say that I couldn't bring one to Hogwarts? I said to her, "I'm not buying it, she's going to give it to me, and why can't I bring it to Hogwarts?! Write a note to Dumbledore and ask if I can or can't bring it!" I thanked the shopkeeper and asked if I could have the small container. She handed it to me, and I took it and went to the owlpost to write a letter. I wrote:
Dear Dumbledore,
Recently, my adopted daughter purchased a fire lizard egg, and I wondered if it is allowed at Hogwarts. I would be grateful if they are allowed.
Sincerely,
Emily Jacobson
I know that I shouldn't have used my foster mother's name, but I knew that she wouldn't write to him.
A few days after we went to Diagon Alley. I got a letter from Hogwarts that read:
Dear Jennifer,
I am aware that you have a fire lizard egg, and I am aware that you wrote that letter to me, and yes, fire lizards are allowed at Hogwarts. However, since there are some people afraid of the marvelous little creatures, I want you to be sure to keep it behaved and mostly out of sight.
Albus Dumbledore
That was that, but as soon as I finished reading the letter, I heard a cracking sound and then I realized what it was. The egg was hatching! I ran to the kitchen to grab some meat to feed it and ran back to my room. When I got there the egg was almost open. Five minutes later a little golden fire lizard was in my hands screeching for food. I shoved some meat into the little thing's mouth and started talking to it. Soon it was asleep in my arms. Mom came in to see what all the noise was, and when she saw the fire lizard sleeping, she gave me an angry look and stormed out.
A few weeks before school started, my foster father told me that him and my foster mother were going on a holiday, and that he wrote to Dumbledore to ask if it was alright for me to come a few days early. Dumbledore's reply was that it was all right. I gathered up my things and prepared for my stay at Hogwarts. After placing my trunk in the fireplace, I grabbed some Floo Powder, threw it in the fireplace, stepped in, and shouted, "Hogwarts!"
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Dumbledore's P.O.V
I was sitting at my desk when my guest arrived. She was startled when she saw me until I said, "Welcome to Hogwarts Jennifer, most of the professors won't be back until the day before the semester starts. Until then Hagrid will be your guardian. The library and kitchens will be open to you at all times until the semester starts. The house elves will see that your baggage is placed in the guest rooms, ah, Hagrid come meet Jennifer, she will be placed in your care until the semester starts. I see that the sun is starting to go down, so maybe I should let you go get settled."
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Jennifer's P.O.V
Nothing much happened at Hogwarts, so on September first, I went down to meet the Hogwart's Express.
****
Percy's P.O.V.
The train was coming to a stop, so I looked out the window to see a girl with black hair tied into a braid. When she looked up I saw magnificent sapphire eyes and then I realized that it was that it was that girl who was with Emily, I motioned Bill and Charlie over to the window and went over to the door that she was closest to. When the train stopped I threw the door open. She was startled when I opened the door, but all that I did was smile.
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Jennifer's P.O.V.
Right as soon as I reached out to open the door it flew wide open and there was Percy standing on the steps with this huge grin.
At first I was startled, then I started to laugh, which caused Cami (my fire lizard) to chirp questioningly.
Now it was Percy's turn to be startled. After a few seconds, he just gawked at my tiny golden fire lizard, so I said to him, "If you don't move, then we're going to be late to school." He was shaken out of his trance when both Bill and Charlie came to help me with my trunk.
Charlie and Bill noticed that I didn't have any animal with me……yet.
"What did you bring to help you with your mail?" Charlie asked.
Percy replied, "It's sitting on her shoulder."
Both Bill and Charlie looked at Cami. I cleared my throat to let them know that there were people standing behind them, and Cami gave an impatient chirp, to tell them to move.
I slipped my black robe over my clothes and put my wand (9 and a half inches with a dragon scale) in a convenient location and I was set.
I heard Hagrid call out, "First years over here. Three to a boat." I said goodbye to Bill, Charlie, and Percy and hurried to a boat.
Two girls were in a boat and called me over to them. One of them had blond hair and green eyes, while the other one had brown hair and brown eyes. The blond girl said, " Hello, my name's Christine and this is Courtney, we're both pure bloods are you a pure blood?"
"My names Jennifer, and I'm a pure blood, but why do you want to know?"
"Courtney and I don't think mudbloods shouldn't be aloud at Hogwarts."
"But the wizard and witch population would die if they didn't marry muggles."
"Oh well, what house do you think you'll be in, I think me and Courtney will be in Slytherin."
"I don't know."
Suddenly, Hagrid called out; "We're now arriving on the Hogwarts' ground. Please leave your trunks, they will be taken up shortly."
As soon as we reached the huge doors, a witch with her hair tied into a bun and square glasses opened them and said, "Thank you Hagrid, I'll take them from here."
"You're welcome Professor."
When we came to this room she stopped and said, "I'll go in and tell them that we've arrived, and come back for you, you're to stay here."
After a few minutes later she came back and took us to the Great Hall.
When we entered, I noticed Bill, Charlie and Percy sitting at a table with others, then I looked to the Head Table to see many different teachers. One of them was an old wizard with a white beard that went all the way down to his belt. Another one was a small wizard who had to stand on books to see over the table. There were others, but the one that stood out was the wizard sitting next to the older one. He had greasy, black hair, black eyes and a black robe. I hadn't realized that the Sorting was happening until I heard my name, so I calmly walked over to the stool.
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Snape's P.O.V
The new first years had arrived. They all looked the same. All small and afraid, except for a young girl with black hair and sapphire eyes. Her eyes looked so much like Sarah's eyes. I heard her name called out, her name is Jennifer Jacobson.
****
Jennifer's P.O.V
As soon as the witch placed the old hat on my head, this quiet voice said, "You have a lot of power and knowledge, you'd be great in Slytherin, however, your courage from your mother greatly exceeds your power, so you would be great in……… Griffindoor!"
Percy stood up and made room for me to sit down. Bill and Charlie were both sitting with the Prefects, but I didn't care.
Suddenly the witch called out a name that I didn't want to hear, but I heard it. "Christine Malfoy," she called out. I looked over at the other first years, and saw that the girl with blond hair walked over to the Sorting Hat. I had heard about the Malfoy's from my father, he said that they were on the dark side up until Voldemort perished, then they came back to the good side. As soon as the hat was placed on her head, the hat called out, "Slytherin" my supposed "friend" walked over to the Slytherin table and sat down next to all those other people, with their dark eyes and dark expressions, I knew that it was a matter of time before she would become one of them. What made it worse was that the next name was called out. The witch now said, "Courtney Malfoy." So that was why they wanted to be in Slytherin, they were either fraternal twin sisters, or cousins, and they wanted to follow in their parents footsteps.
The old wizard stood up and said, "I have some important announcements. Students are not allowed in the Forbidden Forest at all unless if it is detention with Hagrid. Students under the third year will not be able to go to Hogsmeade. Any use of magic outside of class is forbidden."
Suddenly, there was food on the long tables and everyone started to eat. After a hour went by, the old wizard said, "It is eight o'clock, prefects, if you please escort the first years to the dormitory so that they can get settled in for tomorrow, first years will be getting their schedules in the morning, have a good night."
I said goodnight to Percy and quickly caught up to Bill while he was leading the group of small first years to the stairs, while doing so, I bumped into a girl with light brown hair and nearly knocked her down. As I apologized she told me that it was okay and told me that her name was Catryn, and asked if I wanted to do the assignments with her (which meant she wanted to be my friend) so I said yes.
When we got to the Griffindoor tower, I went straight to bed. It was a wonderful four poster bed. When I got into bed I realized something…
……………How will I ever confront my dad?……………..
Announcement: I will be switching between the characters' point of views.
1 Living in the Shadows
By Triforce Knight
1.1 Chapter 2- The Sorting
*****
Well your back, so I guess you want to learn more about me. So far I've told you about my mother and her death, and my letter to Hogwarts. Now I'm going to tell you about my first year at Hogwarts.
****
My foster parents were so excited that I was accepted into Hogwarts, so they whisked me over to Diagon Alley so that I could get some school supplies (which we could have bought in Hogsmeade) for me.
****
Mother was very insistent that I should buy dress robes, but I talked her out of it by telling her that it wasn't on my supply list.
****
When we were looking at the animals, we heard a voice call out to us.
"Emily!"
Mother turned around to see a short woman with flaming red hair and a lot of children around her. Mother said in an excited voice, "Molly!"
The short woman came over to us and said, "My, what a surprise! Emily you should have told me that you had a daughter, and what a beautiful little thing she is."
Mother replied, "We adopted her after her mother was killed by……"
"Say no more, you shouldn't remind us of that horrible time before he met his downfall. Oh dear! I almost forgot to introduce all of the little ones. This one is Bill, he's going to be in his sixth year. That one over there is Charlie, he's going to be in his fifth year. That one by the cats is Percy, he's going to be in his second year, and ……… oh dear, where is Fred and George. Oh no! You two, get away form those rats! As I was saying, those two are Fred and George, they'll be starting next year, and this is Ron and Ginny. What's this your little ones name?"
"Her name is Jennifer."
"What a lovely name!"
****
Charlie's P.O.V.
While mom and her friend were talking, I couldn't help but notice that the young girl beside Emily Jacobson looked somewhat familiar, like I've seen her before.
I heard a loud crash and I knew instantly who caused it. I ran over to the cages that held the owls only to see Fred and George shaking them, causing the owls to hoot loudly.
I grabbed both of them by their collars and dragged them out of the store. Out of the corner of my eye, I saw Jennifer picking up the fallen owl cage talking quietly to stop its loud hooting. I wanted to thank her but I had my hands full at the moment.
****
Jennifer's P.O.V.
After picking up the cage the shopkeeper said, "Thank you so much for cleaning up after those two. As a thank you I'm going to give you something special." The shopkeeper ran over to the fireplace where a small black container was sitting in the still warm ashes, she grabbed it and brought it back to the counter. She opened it to reveal an egg.
"This is a Fire Lizard egg, a fire lizard is like a small dragon, only it doesn't breath fire, and is leagal as a pet. It can take messages to people that you know and it likes to hear music. I was going to sell it, but since you're so polite and courteous I'm going to give it to you for free."
When she was finishing, mom had come over to see what we were talking about. When she saw the egg she said, "I'm not going to let you buy one of those horrible little creatures. It is not allowed at Hogwarts."
I was so upset, mom had no right on what I could and couldn't have, and where did it say that I couldn't bring one to Hogwarts? I said to her, "I'm not buying it, she's going to give it to me, and why can't I bring it to Hogwarts?! Write a note to Dumbledore and ask if I can or can't bring it!" I thanked the shopkeeper and asked if I could have the small container. She handed it to me, and I took it and went to the owlpost to write a letter. I wrote:
Dear Dumbledore,
Recently, my adopted daughter purchased a fire lizard egg, and I wondered if it is allowed at Hogwarts. I would be grateful if they are allowed.
Sincerely,
Emily Jacobson
I know that I shouldn't have used my foster mother's name, but I knew that she wouldn't write to him.
A few days after we went to Diagon Alley. I got a letter from Hogwarts that read:
Dear Jennifer,
I am aware that you have a fire lizard egg, and I am aware that you wrote that letter to me, and yes, fire lizards are allowed at Hogwarts. However, since there are some people afraid of the marvelous little creatures, I want you to be sure to keep it behaved and mostly out of sight.
Albus Dumbledore
That was that, but as soon as I finished reading the letter, I heard a cracking sound and then I realized what it was. The egg was hatching! I ran to the kitchen to grab some meat to feed it and ran back to my room. When I got there the egg was almost open. Five minutes later a little golden fire lizard was in my hands screeching for food. I shoved some meat into the little thing's mouth and started talking to it. Soon it was asleep in my arms. Mom came in to see what all the noise was, and when she saw the fire lizard sleeping, she gave me an angry look and stormed out.
A few weeks before school started, my foster father told me that him and my foster mother were going on a holiday, and that he wrote to Dumbledore to ask if it was alright for me to come a few days early. Dumbledore's reply was that it was all right. I gathered up my things and prepared for my stay at Hogwarts. After placing my trunk in the fireplace, I grabbed some Floo Powder, threw it in the fireplace, stepped in, and shouted, "Hogwarts!"
****
Dumbledore's P.O.V
I was sitting at my desk when my guest arrived. She was startled when she saw me until I said, "Welcome to Hogwarts Jennifer, most of the professors won't be back until the day before the semester starts. Until then Hagrid will be your guardian. The library and kitchens will be open to you at all times until the semester starts. The house elves will see that your baggage is placed in the guest rooms, ah, Hagrid come meet Jennifer, she will be placed in your care until the semester starts. I see that the sun is starting to go down, so maybe I should let you go get settled."
****
Jennifer's P.O.V
Nothing much happened at Hogwarts, so on September first, I went down to meet the Hogwart's Express.
****
Percy's P.O.V.
The train was coming to a stop, so I looked out the window to see a girl with black hair tied into a braid. When she looked up I saw magnificent sapphire eyes and then I realized that it was that it was that girl who was with Emily, I motioned Bill and Charlie over to the window and went over to the door that she was closest to. When the train stopped I threw the door open. She was startled when I opened the door, but all that I did was smile.
****
Jennifer's P.O.V.
Right as soon as I reached out to open the door it flew wide open and there was Percy standing on the steps with this huge grin.
At first I was startled, then I started to laugh, which caused Cami (my fire lizard) to chirp questioningly.
Now it was Percy's turn to be startled. After a few seconds, he just gawked at my tiny golden fire lizard, so I said to him, "If you don't move, then we're going to be late to school." He was shaken out of his trance when both Bill and Charlie came to help me with my trunk.
Charlie and Bill noticed that I didn't have any animal with me……yet.
"What did you bring to help you with your mail?" Charlie asked.
Percy replied, "It's sitting on her shoulder."
Both Bill and Charlie looked at Cami. I cleared my throat to let them know that there were people standing behind them, and Cami gave an impatient chirp, to tell them to move.
I slipped my black robe over my clothes and put my wand (9 and a half inches with a dragon scale) in a convenient location and I was set.
I heard Hagrid call out, "First years over here. Three to a boat." I said goodbye to Bill, Charlie, and Percy and hurried to a boat.
Two girls were in a boat and called me over to them. One of them had blond hair and green eyes, while the other one had brown hair and brown eyes. The blond girl said, " Hello, my name's Christine and this is Courtney, we're both pure bloods are you a pure blood?"
"My names Jennifer, and I'm a pure blood, but why do you want to know?"
"Courtney and I don't think mudbloods shouldn't be aloud at Hogwarts."
"But the wizard and witch population would die if they didn't marry muggles."
"Oh well, what house do you think you'll be in, I think me and Courtney will be in Slytherin."
"I don't know."
Suddenly, Hagrid called out; "We're now arriving on the Hogwarts' ground. Please leave your trunks, they will be taken up shortly."
As soon as we reached the huge doors, a witch with her hair tied into a bun and square glasses opened them and said, "Thank you Hagrid, I'll take them from here."
"You're welcome Professor."
When we came to this room she stopped and said, "I'll go in and tell them that we've arrived, and come back for you, you're to stay here."
After a few minutes later she came back and took us to the Great Hall.
When we entered, I noticed Bill, Charlie and Percy sitting at a table with others, then I looked to the Head Table to see many different teachers. One of them was an old wizard with a white beard that went all the way down to his belt. Another one was a small wizard who had to stand on books to see over the table. There were others, but the one that stood out was the wizard sitting next to the older one. He had greasy, black hair, black eyes and a black robe. I hadn't realized that the Sorting was happening until I heard my name, so I calmly walked over to the stool.
****
Snape's P.O.V
The new first years had arrived. They all looked the same. All small and afraid, except for a young girl with black hair and sapphire eyes. Her eyes looked so much like Sarah's eyes. I heard her name called out, her name is Jennifer Jacobson.
****
Jennifer's P.O.V
As soon as the witch placed the old hat on my head, this quiet voice said, "You have a lot of power and knowledge, you'd be great in Slytherin, however, your courage from your mother greatly exceeds your power, so you would be great in……… Griffindoor!"
Percy stood up and made room for me to sit down. Bill and Charlie were both sitting with the Prefects, but I didn't care.
Suddenly the witch called out a name that I didn't want to hear, but I heard it. "Christine Malfoy," she called out. I looked over at the other first years, and saw that the girl with blond hair walked over to the Sorting Hat. I had heard about the Malfoy's from my father, he said that they were on the dark side up until Voldemort perished, then they came back to the good side. As soon as the hat was placed on her head, the hat called out, "Slytherin" my supposed "friend" walked over to the Slytherin table and sat down next to all those other people, with their dark eyes and dark expressions, I knew that it was a matter of time before she would become one of them. What made it worse was that the next name was called out. The witch now said, "Courtney Malfoy." So that was why they wanted to be in Slytherin, they were either fraternal twin sisters, or cousins, and they wanted to follow in their parents footsteps.
The old wizard stood up and said, "I have some important announcements. Students are not allowed in the Forbidden Forest at all unless if it is detention with Hagrid. Students under the third year will not be able to go to Hogsmeade. Any use of magic outside of class is forbidden."
Suddenly, there was food on the long tables and everyone started to eat. After a hour went by, the old wizard said, "It is eight o'clock, prefects, if you please escort the first years to the dormitory so that they can get settled in for tomorrow, first years will be getting their schedules in the morning, have a good night."
I said goodnight to Percy and quickly caught up to Bill while he was leading the group of small first years to the stairs, while doing so, I bumped into a girl with light brown hair and nearly knocked her down. As I apologized she told me that it was okay and told me that her name was Catryn, and asked if I wanted to do the assignments with her (which meant she wanted to be my friend) so I said yes.
When we got to the Griffindoor tower, I went straight to bed. It was a wonderful four poster bed. When I got into bed I realized something…
……………How will I ever confront my dad?……………..