Chapter 6 ~ Truly Unbelievable
"There you are!" Hermione Granger shouted from the other end of the Great Hall. She had a sour look on her face, like she had she swallowed six super sour pickle whole in one gulp. With a soft thump, she sat beside them. Crossing her arms, she glared daggers at her two best friends.
"I would like a good explanation to why the both of you were not on the train. I looked everywhere and do you even know how frightened I was? NO! Now tell me why you two found it so funny as to make me go into hysterics!"
Harry and Ron were rolling with laughter. Hermione had no idea why they were laughing at her. Her face began to turn red, making the boys laugh harder.
"I don't see what's so hilarious about this!" she snapped.
"Well. sorry to upset you your majesty, but we've been here for a week already. It's not our fault that you couldn't find us on the train because we weren't even on it" Ron quivered.
"Oh and I hope your face doesn't stick like that or we'll have to have spend the rest of our lives in the library sifting though musty dusty old books till we find the right charm to fix it" snickered Harry.
Hermione turned to look right at Harry perfectly for the first time since she got there. His hair was red! Gosh dam his hair had tuned a dark crimson with streaks of light cinnamon brown. He also looked so different. Like his mother and. someone that she knew but couldn't knew but couldn't remember the name. I seemed to hang menacingly in front of her face, just out of her reach.
".What happened to your hair." she whispered.
"That is one question I would like answered myself. But in the mean time I think we should pay attention to the sorting. We will have to keep up our wit in leading a bunch of eleven year olds to the tower you know"
The sorting was halfway through when they started to pay attention. It was almost pathetically funny to watch Collin Creevey as a pair of twins (apparently cousins of his) came over. Karlos and Karla Creevey were just a couple of Gryffindor's newest fist years. Though there were still more to come.
"Hydra Malfoy"
Another Malfoy? Could anything get worse then this. A small girl with long blond hair moved forward. She looked as if she was going to have to wrestle a troll. The was sat on to her head and it took about a minute before shouting out "Gryffindor!"
The three friends mouths dropped open. Malfoy's sister was in Gryffindor! How was this possible? Little Hydra looked so relived as she took of the hat and ran over to her new house table. But the shock was doubled as a Basil Zabini and a Marigold Parkinson came running over to the table after Hydra.
The Slytherins looked positively irate. Draco Malfoy's face looked like a squashed tomato, Pansy Parkinson had gone extremely pale and Blaise Zabini looked ready to faint. As for the rest of the Slytherins, they looked as though they had been betrayed. It was priceless. Up at the staff table, Professor Snape didn't look too happy either.
"Ami Diggory"
The Hufflepuffs had their turn to gap in shock as Cedric's cousin went forward to be sorted. They were in a sense very pleased when she turned out to be a Hufflepuff. They had her as their solace to the loss of Cedric the year before.
"Lee Chang"
* So Cho has a brother? * Harry thought as a tall Asian boy ran forward.
~ Seems so ~ Ron commented, still bewildered about the fact that three of the new housemates were the younger siblings to three of their Slytherin enemies.
The sorting ended not long after Lee Chang headed off to the Ravenclaw table to sit beside his older sister. Professor Dumbledore's start of the year speech was the same as always, just a little graver. The feast started and everyone began to dig in like they hadn't eaten in over a year. The three listened to a conversation going on between Hydra, Basil and Marigold. They weren't sitting to far away from them and could here what the three kids were talking about
"I'm so glad I got in to Gryffindor! It's bad enough that my father and mother beat me, I don't need my brother doing their dirty work while were here. For the first time in my life I'm free and I just hope our housemates will except us. We have to work hard to prove that we are not like our slimy Slytherin siblings!" Hydra said through a mouthful of fried chicken.
"Absolutely right Hydee" Basil replied whole-heartedly. "Believe me, fleeing the grasp of Blaise; Vampire Queen, I can live at least a normal life of ten whole months. The hat told me I had exceptional bravery for how I've managed to stand up to my parents all these years. I wounded what we can do to make our 'sweet' siblings live a whole lot worse?.Any ideas Goldie"
"I think so Baz. I've heard that the Weasley twins make prank products. maybe we should buy from them? I'd just love to see the Queen Bitch blow up after having her 'perfect' dyed red and gold or to raid their commons room with dugballs! It would make my day much better." Marigold snickered.
Harry, Ron and Hermione found these three very interesting. Hermione decided that they should refer to them as the Three Musketeers. When dinner was over they leaded the fist years to Gryffindor Tower.
"The new password is 'Phoenix Light'" Shamus told everyone as they followed him to their new sleeping quarters. However, three did not.
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"Now you tell me what's going on! I smell something fishy" Hermione snapped/whispered. Neither Harry nor Ron answered. "I want to know now!"
"Were Werewolves Hermione" Ron said simply
"I don't believe you"
"Don't then. its better if you stay out of this anyway. We don't want you to get hurt" Harry replied.
".You're serious." Hermione whispered wide-eyed.
"Yes we are Hermione and you can't tell anyone especially not Sirus or Remus. This is something we have to work out alone. for one thing I was never bitten" Harry said.
"But how can that be? Anybody who is a Werewolf has been bitten"
"Well someone should have explained that to me. I was bitten be a Werewolf that had never been bitten himself" Ron replied sarcastically pointing at Harry.
"What should we do?"
"Well first of all if you want to help us Hermione, you have to become an Animagus" Ron grinned. From the look on her face he laughed. "Don't worry, Harry has a book about it, so you can study from there"
"On any normal day I smack you, but this is not any normal day so I guess I'll let you off the hook" Hermione left and went up to the fifth year girl's dorm. Harry and Ron burst out laughing.
"I bet you ten galleons that she'll become an owl"
"There you are!" Hermione Granger shouted from the other end of the Great Hall. She had a sour look on her face, like she had she swallowed six super sour pickle whole in one gulp. With a soft thump, she sat beside them. Crossing her arms, she glared daggers at her two best friends.
"I would like a good explanation to why the both of you were not on the train. I looked everywhere and do you even know how frightened I was? NO! Now tell me why you two found it so funny as to make me go into hysterics!"
Harry and Ron were rolling with laughter. Hermione had no idea why they were laughing at her. Her face began to turn red, making the boys laugh harder.
"I don't see what's so hilarious about this!" she snapped.
"Well. sorry to upset you your majesty, but we've been here for a week already. It's not our fault that you couldn't find us on the train because we weren't even on it" Ron quivered.
"Oh and I hope your face doesn't stick like that or we'll have to have spend the rest of our lives in the library sifting though musty dusty old books till we find the right charm to fix it" snickered Harry.
Hermione turned to look right at Harry perfectly for the first time since she got there. His hair was red! Gosh dam his hair had tuned a dark crimson with streaks of light cinnamon brown. He also looked so different. Like his mother and. someone that she knew but couldn't knew but couldn't remember the name. I seemed to hang menacingly in front of her face, just out of her reach.
".What happened to your hair." she whispered.
"That is one question I would like answered myself. But in the mean time I think we should pay attention to the sorting. We will have to keep up our wit in leading a bunch of eleven year olds to the tower you know"
The sorting was halfway through when they started to pay attention. It was almost pathetically funny to watch Collin Creevey as a pair of twins (apparently cousins of his) came over. Karlos and Karla Creevey were just a couple of Gryffindor's newest fist years. Though there were still more to come.
"Hydra Malfoy"
Another Malfoy? Could anything get worse then this. A small girl with long blond hair moved forward. She looked as if she was going to have to wrestle a troll. The was sat on to her head and it took about a minute before shouting out "Gryffindor!"
The three friends mouths dropped open. Malfoy's sister was in Gryffindor! How was this possible? Little Hydra looked so relived as she took of the hat and ran over to her new house table. But the shock was doubled as a Basil Zabini and a Marigold Parkinson came running over to the table after Hydra.
The Slytherins looked positively irate. Draco Malfoy's face looked like a squashed tomato, Pansy Parkinson had gone extremely pale and Blaise Zabini looked ready to faint. As for the rest of the Slytherins, they looked as though they had been betrayed. It was priceless. Up at the staff table, Professor Snape didn't look too happy either.
"Ami Diggory"
The Hufflepuffs had their turn to gap in shock as Cedric's cousin went forward to be sorted. They were in a sense very pleased when she turned out to be a Hufflepuff. They had her as their solace to the loss of Cedric the year before.
"Lee Chang"
* So Cho has a brother? * Harry thought as a tall Asian boy ran forward.
~ Seems so ~ Ron commented, still bewildered about the fact that three of the new housemates were the younger siblings to three of their Slytherin enemies.
The sorting ended not long after Lee Chang headed off to the Ravenclaw table to sit beside his older sister. Professor Dumbledore's start of the year speech was the same as always, just a little graver. The feast started and everyone began to dig in like they hadn't eaten in over a year. The three listened to a conversation going on between Hydra, Basil and Marigold. They weren't sitting to far away from them and could here what the three kids were talking about
"I'm so glad I got in to Gryffindor! It's bad enough that my father and mother beat me, I don't need my brother doing their dirty work while were here. For the first time in my life I'm free and I just hope our housemates will except us. We have to work hard to prove that we are not like our slimy Slytherin siblings!" Hydra said through a mouthful of fried chicken.
"Absolutely right Hydee" Basil replied whole-heartedly. "Believe me, fleeing the grasp of Blaise; Vampire Queen, I can live at least a normal life of ten whole months. The hat told me I had exceptional bravery for how I've managed to stand up to my parents all these years. I wounded what we can do to make our 'sweet' siblings live a whole lot worse?.Any ideas Goldie"
"I think so Baz. I've heard that the Weasley twins make prank products. maybe we should buy from them? I'd just love to see the Queen Bitch blow up after having her 'perfect' dyed red and gold or to raid their commons room with dugballs! It would make my day much better." Marigold snickered.
Harry, Ron and Hermione found these three very interesting. Hermione decided that they should refer to them as the Three Musketeers. When dinner was over they leaded the fist years to Gryffindor Tower.
"The new password is 'Phoenix Light'" Shamus told everyone as they followed him to their new sleeping quarters. However, three did not.
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
"Now you tell me what's going on! I smell something fishy" Hermione snapped/whispered. Neither Harry nor Ron answered. "I want to know now!"
"Were Werewolves Hermione" Ron said simply
"I don't believe you"
"Don't then. its better if you stay out of this anyway. We don't want you to get hurt" Harry replied.
".You're serious." Hermione whispered wide-eyed.
"Yes we are Hermione and you can't tell anyone especially not Sirus or Remus. This is something we have to work out alone. for one thing I was never bitten" Harry said.
"But how can that be? Anybody who is a Werewolf has been bitten"
"Well someone should have explained that to me. I was bitten be a Werewolf that had never been bitten himself" Ron replied sarcastically pointing at Harry.
"What should we do?"
"Well first of all if you want to help us Hermione, you have to become an Animagus" Ron grinned. From the look on her face he laughed. "Don't worry, Harry has a book about it, so you can study from there"
"On any normal day I smack you, but this is not any normal day so I guess I'll let you off the hook" Hermione left and went up to the fifth year girl's dorm. Harry and Ron burst out laughing.
"I bet you ten galleons that she'll become an owl"