Author's Note: A lot of the stuff about Animagi I made up. If any of the
information in the "textbook" is wrong, make sure you note it in your
review. Thanks! :-) Also, no, Harry and Faye do not hook up.
Chapter 3
"The Strange Platform and the Train Ride"
"Ooh! Let's try this one! It turns things yellow!" Faye said, pointing in her book. She and Hermione were looking ahead in their schoolbooks, and they were in The Standard Book of Spells, Grade 1, looking very far away.
"Not anything, only animals." Hermione said.
"Whatever." Faye said. "Anyway, it looks simple. The spell is melocius amilosum." Faye tried it on Zoë. Her poor dog was now a bright daisy yellow, more yellow than she had ever been. "Oops!" Faye said. "Does the book say what the spell is to undo it?" The picture in the book didn't make the animal look quite that yellow.
Hermione shook her head. "I guess the author didn't think you'd try it on your dog, and you wouldn't need the counter spell."
Faye bit her lip. "MOM!" she yelled. Amelia Rowess came running up the stairs, took one look at Zoë, and sat down hard on the bed. "What did you do to that poor dog? I mean, what spell?"
"This one," Faye said, showing her mom the picture in the book. "I'm sorry, I didn't think it would actually work."
"That's OK. I happen to have dealt with that spell before. Unamalmus! She said, pointing her wand at Zoë. Zoë returned to her normal color. Faye wrote that down, otherwise she wouldn't remember it among all the other spells, charms, and curses she was learning.
"You can go back to your studying." Her mom said, and went back down the stairs.
"We're almost through this book!" Hermione shouted. "We only have on more lesson to go through. Ooh, look! There are curses! The Leglocker Curse, the Curse of the Bogies! How awesome!"
"Before we try them on anybody, we should learn the counter curses," Faye said. "I've learned that lesson very well!"
"OK. The Leglocker Curse goes like this," Hermione said, raising her wand and taking a deep breath.
"Whoa, wait! What's the counter curse?" Faye asked.
"Oops!" Hermione said. Faye rolled her eyes, but then her mom called up that dinner was ready. They left their books open on the bed and ran downstairs.
"That was quick mom!" Faye said.
"I have one word for you: Magic." Her mom said, smiling.
~~~~~
"That was really good, Mrs. Rowess." Hermione said after dinner. "Come on Faye, let's look at the transfiguration book now!"
They dashed up the stairs, and Amelia Rowess stood, staring after them, shaking her head. Aaron came up behind her and laid a hand on her shoulder. "I've created a monster," Amelia said sarcastically. Aaron smiled, but his face became serious.
"You know, you're going to have to tell her the rest she doesn't know someday," he said.
Amelia Rowess turned around to face him. "No I don't!" she said, then sighed. "Do we have to talk about this now? Tomorrow is the day when she leaves for Hogwarts."
"Amee, before you were able to talk me out of telling her that she was magical because you said you'd tell her yourself. You never did. I'm not falling for that again. She's almost 11 years old, and she doesn't even know her true name or family.."
"Aaron!"
"It's true, Amee. She knows her family on my side, but not yours." He replied.
"Alright," Amelia said slowly, in defeat. "I'll tell her." She sighed. She always lost arguments about these types of things? I'm not going to tell her, she thought, Aaron isn't right this time. I'll refuse to be deterred from what I think is best for Faye!
~~~~~
"Here, I'll use this pencil. I never liked it anyway." Faye said, picking up a pencil to use for transfiguration. She wanted to turn it into a coat hanger. She concentrated, said the spell, and flicked her wand at the pencil. It stayed the same, and then the point turned to metal, extended, and curved. The rest narrowed and formed the bottom part of the coat hanger. Faye smiled. It worked!
"I can't believe you did it! It says right here that this is the hardest thing to transfigure in the first chapter!" Hermione said.
Faye shrugged. "What? That doesn't make sense. This was the first time I've ever tried to transfigure something," she said, "so it obviously can't be that hard."
Hermione just turned back in her book. "Hey! Look at this! There are people who can turn into animals!"
"Show me!" Faye said.
"It says right here on page 104." Hermione said. Faye turned to page 104. She read:
iLesson 38: Animagi There is an ability that is passed on genetically which allows one to take on the form of a creature. These people are called Animagi. They are all registered, or should be. The first sign of a potential Animagus is an outstanding ability with transfiguration. The next sign, accidental transfiguration, doesn't normally begin until their magic training begins. Below is a list of famous Animagi.. /i
The list went on, telling the names of famous Animagi and their deeds. Faye looked through it, wishing all the time that she could have the powers of an Animagus. "Wow," was all she could say. She read on:
i Animagi normally have a form that is easier for them to take. This is called their home form. It is normally a simple creature, such as a cat, dog, or rat. Other forms, such as the phoenix and hippogriff, are harder to take. Only Animagi that are very hard working achieve the ability to take these forms. /i
Hermione said, "Wouldn't that be cool, to be able to turn into any animal you want?"
"Yeah," Faye replied, "I think that it'd be cool to be able to turn into a phoenix and heal people with your tears. Phoenixes are my favorite magical creatures, I think."
"I also read that phoenixes are very beautiful." Hermione remarked.
They studied on for hours, and went through every single textbook they had. Faye's favorite was transfiguration, though. Hermione thought she had a natural talent for it, and Faye had read that excellent transfiguration abilities are normally inherited. Her mom had told her that all of the members of her dad's family were Muggles. So she had to have inherited her transfiguration ability from her mom's side. "Hmm." she said, "I wonder.."
~~~~~
"I am so excited!" Faye said. "We're going to Hogwarts now!"
"Come on, everybody get in the car!" her mom said. Aaron looked at her. Had she really told Faye? Faye didn't seem to be affected, if she did know. Amee didn't tell her, she thought, Goodness! She sure is stubborn! I'll tell her myself!
Hermione and Faye packed their trunks into the car and they set off for the train station. Faye couldn't wait to get there. She had so much to learn and do. The drive in the car seemed endless. They finally pulled up at the train station. Her mom handed them their tickets.
Faye took a look at her ticket. "OK, we have to be on Platform 9 ¾. Wait! Platform 9 ¾? Where is that?" she asked her grinning mother.
"Guess." She replied.
"Hey, isn't 9 ¾ the length of your wand?" Hermione asked.
"Yeah. Well anyway, there's Platform 9, and there's Platform 10. Platform 9 ¾ would be in between the two. Hmm. do we need to walk through the barrier or something?" Faye asked.
Her mom smiled and nodded. "Yes! Gee, you're smart! You're right. You walk, or run, through that barrier. Well, I'll see you later!" her mom said, "Have a good school year!"
Faye looked at Hermione and said, "You go first." Hermione took a running start and ran straight through the brick wall! Faye took a deep breath and ran. She closed her eyes and waited for a crash impact, but she felt none. She opened her eyes, and there was Platform 9 ¾! "Wow!" she said. There were lots of people, all going in different directions. She and Hermione stepped on the Hogwarts train. They chose a seat and put away their baggage.
"I can't believe it!" Faye said. "We're going to Hogwarts!"
~~~~~
"Have you seen my toad?" Asked a boy stopping by their compartment.
"No. I'm sorry. Would you like us to help you find him?" Hermione asked.
"Yes, thank you! By the way, my name's Neville Longbottom."
So Faye and Hermione asked around, but nobody had seen Neville's toad. Then they came to a compartment where two boys were sitting. One had black hair and green eyes, and he was thin. The other had red hair and freckles.
"Hello. Have you seen a toad around here?" Hermione asked.
"No. Who are you?" the red haired boy asked.
"I'm Faye Rowess, and this is my friend Hermione Granger. What are your names?" Faye said.
"I'm Ron Weasley." The red haired boy said. "And he," he said, pointing to the other boy, "is Harry Potter."
Faye gasped. Hermione said, "Nice to meet you." She obviously had never heard the story of Harry Potter before. Well, of course not, she was raised as a Muggle. But Faye stood there, with a dazed look on her face. That small, black haired, green-eyed boy was the only person who had survived the killing curse? Harry Potter? Couldn't be. But. "The scar?" Faye asked him.
"Oh yeah." He showed her the lightning-shaped scar on his forehead.
"My mom was your mom's best friend!" Faye said.
Now it was Harry's turn to be amazed. "My mum? I never knew her. What was your mom's name?" he asked.
"Amelia Rowess, but everyone calls her Amee," Faye said.
"Well, it was nice to meet you two," Hermione said, but Ron interrupted.
"Do you want to see me turn my rat yellow?" he asked. Faye and Hermione nodded. He mumbled some poem and pointed his wand at the rat, but it didn't work. Faye took out a piece of paper and scrawled the real spell on it. She handed it to Ron.
"This one isn't a dud," she said, and they left the car.
Neville came running up. "I found my toad!" he said, "Thank you for helping me."
"You're welcome," they said. Then, they saw Draco and two other boys in the hallway. Faye nudged Hermione with her elbow and pointed to them. They ducked back into their car, but it was too late. Draco had seen them. He knocked on their door, opened it and said, "Do you mind if I introduce my friends?"
"Well, actually." Faye began, but was interrupted by Draco.
"This is Crabbe, and this is Goyle." He continued.
"Very nice, now go away." Hermione said.
"What if we don't want to?" Draco said with a smug grin.
"We'll make you!" Faye said.
"What are you going to do? Shoot sparks at me? Oh, I'm so scared." Draco said sarcastically, Crabbe and Goyle snickering.
"You should be." Faye said. "Hermione and I know a charm so powerful it'll blast you against the wall!"
Malfoy smirked. "Well then, go right ahead."
Faye ticked off her fingers behind her back. 1. 2. 3.. "Expelliarmus plubi!" they shouted in unison. It worked! Faye had never done that charm on anything before, but it worked. Draco, Crabbe, and Goyle were blasted against the opposite wall.
"You may have won this time," Draco said, "but this won't be the last you'll see of us!"
Faye and Hermione just stood there, watching a gasping Draco lead his friends back to their car. To this day, Faye doesn't know how Draco survived it without any injuries.
Then, the train jerked and slowed down.
Chapter 3
"The Strange Platform and the Train Ride"
"Ooh! Let's try this one! It turns things yellow!" Faye said, pointing in her book. She and Hermione were looking ahead in their schoolbooks, and they were in The Standard Book of Spells, Grade 1, looking very far away.
"Not anything, only animals." Hermione said.
"Whatever." Faye said. "Anyway, it looks simple. The spell is melocius amilosum." Faye tried it on Zoë. Her poor dog was now a bright daisy yellow, more yellow than she had ever been. "Oops!" Faye said. "Does the book say what the spell is to undo it?" The picture in the book didn't make the animal look quite that yellow.
Hermione shook her head. "I guess the author didn't think you'd try it on your dog, and you wouldn't need the counter spell."
Faye bit her lip. "MOM!" she yelled. Amelia Rowess came running up the stairs, took one look at Zoë, and sat down hard on the bed. "What did you do to that poor dog? I mean, what spell?"
"This one," Faye said, showing her mom the picture in the book. "I'm sorry, I didn't think it would actually work."
"That's OK. I happen to have dealt with that spell before. Unamalmus! She said, pointing her wand at Zoë. Zoë returned to her normal color. Faye wrote that down, otherwise she wouldn't remember it among all the other spells, charms, and curses she was learning.
"You can go back to your studying." Her mom said, and went back down the stairs.
"We're almost through this book!" Hermione shouted. "We only have on more lesson to go through. Ooh, look! There are curses! The Leglocker Curse, the Curse of the Bogies! How awesome!"
"Before we try them on anybody, we should learn the counter curses," Faye said. "I've learned that lesson very well!"
"OK. The Leglocker Curse goes like this," Hermione said, raising her wand and taking a deep breath.
"Whoa, wait! What's the counter curse?" Faye asked.
"Oops!" Hermione said. Faye rolled her eyes, but then her mom called up that dinner was ready. They left their books open on the bed and ran downstairs.
"That was quick mom!" Faye said.
"I have one word for you: Magic." Her mom said, smiling.
~~~~~
"That was really good, Mrs. Rowess." Hermione said after dinner. "Come on Faye, let's look at the transfiguration book now!"
They dashed up the stairs, and Amelia Rowess stood, staring after them, shaking her head. Aaron came up behind her and laid a hand on her shoulder. "I've created a monster," Amelia said sarcastically. Aaron smiled, but his face became serious.
"You know, you're going to have to tell her the rest she doesn't know someday," he said.
Amelia Rowess turned around to face him. "No I don't!" she said, then sighed. "Do we have to talk about this now? Tomorrow is the day when she leaves for Hogwarts."
"Amee, before you were able to talk me out of telling her that she was magical because you said you'd tell her yourself. You never did. I'm not falling for that again. She's almost 11 years old, and she doesn't even know her true name or family.."
"Aaron!"
"It's true, Amee. She knows her family on my side, but not yours." He replied.
"Alright," Amelia said slowly, in defeat. "I'll tell her." She sighed. She always lost arguments about these types of things? I'm not going to tell her, she thought, Aaron isn't right this time. I'll refuse to be deterred from what I think is best for Faye!
~~~~~
"Here, I'll use this pencil. I never liked it anyway." Faye said, picking up a pencil to use for transfiguration. She wanted to turn it into a coat hanger. She concentrated, said the spell, and flicked her wand at the pencil. It stayed the same, and then the point turned to metal, extended, and curved. The rest narrowed and formed the bottom part of the coat hanger. Faye smiled. It worked!
"I can't believe you did it! It says right here that this is the hardest thing to transfigure in the first chapter!" Hermione said.
Faye shrugged. "What? That doesn't make sense. This was the first time I've ever tried to transfigure something," she said, "so it obviously can't be that hard."
Hermione just turned back in her book. "Hey! Look at this! There are people who can turn into animals!"
"Show me!" Faye said.
"It says right here on page 104." Hermione said. Faye turned to page 104. She read:
iLesson 38: Animagi There is an ability that is passed on genetically which allows one to take on the form of a creature. These people are called Animagi. They are all registered, or should be. The first sign of a potential Animagus is an outstanding ability with transfiguration. The next sign, accidental transfiguration, doesn't normally begin until their magic training begins. Below is a list of famous Animagi.. /i
The list went on, telling the names of famous Animagi and their deeds. Faye looked through it, wishing all the time that she could have the powers of an Animagus. "Wow," was all she could say. She read on:
i Animagi normally have a form that is easier for them to take. This is called their home form. It is normally a simple creature, such as a cat, dog, or rat. Other forms, such as the phoenix and hippogriff, are harder to take. Only Animagi that are very hard working achieve the ability to take these forms. /i
Hermione said, "Wouldn't that be cool, to be able to turn into any animal you want?"
"Yeah," Faye replied, "I think that it'd be cool to be able to turn into a phoenix and heal people with your tears. Phoenixes are my favorite magical creatures, I think."
"I also read that phoenixes are very beautiful." Hermione remarked.
They studied on for hours, and went through every single textbook they had. Faye's favorite was transfiguration, though. Hermione thought she had a natural talent for it, and Faye had read that excellent transfiguration abilities are normally inherited. Her mom had told her that all of the members of her dad's family were Muggles. So she had to have inherited her transfiguration ability from her mom's side. "Hmm." she said, "I wonder.."
~~~~~
"I am so excited!" Faye said. "We're going to Hogwarts now!"
"Come on, everybody get in the car!" her mom said. Aaron looked at her. Had she really told Faye? Faye didn't seem to be affected, if she did know. Amee didn't tell her, she thought, Goodness! She sure is stubborn! I'll tell her myself!
Hermione and Faye packed their trunks into the car and they set off for the train station. Faye couldn't wait to get there. She had so much to learn and do. The drive in the car seemed endless. They finally pulled up at the train station. Her mom handed them their tickets.
Faye took a look at her ticket. "OK, we have to be on Platform 9 ¾. Wait! Platform 9 ¾? Where is that?" she asked her grinning mother.
"Guess." She replied.
"Hey, isn't 9 ¾ the length of your wand?" Hermione asked.
"Yeah. Well anyway, there's Platform 9, and there's Platform 10. Platform 9 ¾ would be in between the two. Hmm. do we need to walk through the barrier or something?" Faye asked.
Her mom smiled and nodded. "Yes! Gee, you're smart! You're right. You walk, or run, through that barrier. Well, I'll see you later!" her mom said, "Have a good school year!"
Faye looked at Hermione and said, "You go first." Hermione took a running start and ran straight through the brick wall! Faye took a deep breath and ran. She closed her eyes and waited for a crash impact, but she felt none. She opened her eyes, and there was Platform 9 ¾! "Wow!" she said. There were lots of people, all going in different directions. She and Hermione stepped on the Hogwarts train. They chose a seat and put away their baggage.
"I can't believe it!" Faye said. "We're going to Hogwarts!"
~~~~~
"Have you seen my toad?" Asked a boy stopping by their compartment.
"No. I'm sorry. Would you like us to help you find him?" Hermione asked.
"Yes, thank you! By the way, my name's Neville Longbottom."
So Faye and Hermione asked around, but nobody had seen Neville's toad. Then they came to a compartment where two boys were sitting. One had black hair and green eyes, and he was thin. The other had red hair and freckles.
"Hello. Have you seen a toad around here?" Hermione asked.
"No. Who are you?" the red haired boy asked.
"I'm Faye Rowess, and this is my friend Hermione Granger. What are your names?" Faye said.
"I'm Ron Weasley." The red haired boy said. "And he," he said, pointing to the other boy, "is Harry Potter."
Faye gasped. Hermione said, "Nice to meet you." She obviously had never heard the story of Harry Potter before. Well, of course not, she was raised as a Muggle. But Faye stood there, with a dazed look on her face. That small, black haired, green-eyed boy was the only person who had survived the killing curse? Harry Potter? Couldn't be. But. "The scar?" Faye asked him.
"Oh yeah." He showed her the lightning-shaped scar on his forehead.
"My mom was your mom's best friend!" Faye said.
Now it was Harry's turn to be amazed. "My mum? I never knew her. What was your mom's name?" he asked.
"Amelia Rowess, but everyone calls her Amee," Faye said.
"Well, it was nice to meet you two," Hermione said, but Ron interrupted.
"Do you want to see me turn my rat yellow?" he asked. Faye and Hermione nodded. He mumbled some poem and pointed his wand at the rat, but it didn't work. Faye took out a piece of paper and scrawled the real spell on it. She handed it to Ron.
"This one isn't a dud," she said, and they left the car.
Neville came running up. "I found my toad!" he said, "Thank you for helping me."
"You're welcome," they said. Then, they saw Draco and two other boys in the hallway. Faye nudged Hermione with her elbow and pointed to them. They ducked back into their car, but it was too late. Draco had seen them. He knocked on their door, opened it and said, "Do you mind if I introduce my friends?"
"Well, actually." Faye began, but was interrupted by Draco.
"This is Crabbe, and this is Goyle." He continued.
"Very nice, now go away." Hermione said.
"What if we don't want to?" Draco said with a smug grin.
"We'll make you!" Faye said.
"What are you going to do? Shoot sparks at me? Oh, I'm so scared." Draco said sarcastically, Crabbe and Goyle snickering.
"You should be." Faye said. "Hermione and I know a charm so powerful it'll blast you against the wall!"
Malfoy smirked. "Well then, go right ahead."
Faye ticked off her fingers behind her back. 1. 2. 3.. "Expelliarmus plubi!" they shouted in unison. It worked! Faye had never done that charm on anything before, but it worked. Draco, Crabbe, and Goyle were blasted against the opposite wall.
"You may have won this time," Draco said, "but this won't be the last you'll see of us!"
Faye and Hermione just stood there, watching a gasping Draco lead his friends back to their car. To this day, Faye doesn't know how Draco survived it without any injuries.
Then, the train jerked and slowed down.