AN/: Well I've churned out the third chapter for you, hope its okay. I
would really enjoy reading some reviews if anyone feels like giving a bit
of feedback perhaps? Maybe you'll feel like writing one after this
chapter...
Luv Courtney
Chapter 3: Most Impressive...
At the Gryffindor table the foursome sat cheerily pouring over their new timetables whilst munching on their breakfast. Vienna was a bit apprehensive about learning hers, just in case she was, as Draco had told her, to be changed into Slytherin.
But the more she thought about it, the less eager she was to uproot herself from the new friends she had made. As she looked up from her bowl of cereal, Vienna saw that Ron and Harry were having a heated discussion about quidditch, and Hermione was deep in concentration, looking at her new Defence Against The Dark Arts book.
'Oh would you look at that,' Hermione said sarcastically, 'we have a new DATDA teacher... Professor Argyle'
'You see, we have had a different teacher for that subject every year...' Harry said filling in the gaps, 'but lets not go into that.'
'I wonder what he'll be like?' said Ron, crunching on a piece of toast.
'How do you know it will be a man?' Hermione replied matter-of-factly.
She must have been up to being her inquisitive, nosy self, Harry thought to himself, but before he could say anything, the moving frame of Draco Malfoy became present over the heads of the students. He walked over to Vienna, obviously dismayed by the dirty looks he was getting from the Gryffindor table.
'Vienna, I need to talk to you...' He said, trying not to make his voice audible over the morning chatter.
'What is it Dray?' She had just gotten comfortable and was not keen on moving.
'Can't you just tell me here?'
'No. I can't. So come on...' Draco pulled her urgently out of her seat.
'Back in a sec guys...' Vienna said as she was led to one of the doors.
'I see you have made friends already...' he said quietly.
'Yeah. I have' she said defiantly. She was sick of her brother pushing her around now that they were back together, 'And I can't see what the problem is with them...'
'Don't get me started...' Draco's voice sounded agitated. 'Anyway, that's off the point. I went and tried to speak to Dumbledore this morning about you, but when I saw him, he said that he needed to talk to us later tonight. Especially you. It sounded as if something serious is up. Know anything about it?' It looked as if he were trying to read her mind.
'Stop looking at me like that! I haven't done anything, I swear,' Vienna replied defensively. 'But it maybe it has something to do with mum. She was acting pretty weird when she said goodbye to me. Kept telling me to be careful, and that I was safer at Hogwarts...'
'Really?'
'Yeah, really. Well if you don't mind, I might go back to my friends, see you in potions...' Vienna was sick of talking. She wanted to get back to the others. Giving Draco a wave, she returned speedily to the table.
'Great... just great...' Draco kicked the stone step as he eventually followed. He loved his sister, but she had always hung out with the wrong crowd in his opinion. Plus she was always doing better that him in school. Maybe his parents had sent her here to keep him on track, he thought glumly. At least his parents trusted him enough to know about his father's real profession. Vienna had never been told about her father's past... and she wasn't very aware of the recent events concerning the re-birth of Lord Voldemort either...
With those thoughts, Draco returned to the warmth and bustle of the Great Hall, a contented smirk dribbled on his face.
*************
'That was brilliant, Vienna. Absolutely brilliant.' Ron was still going on about their last class, Care of Magical Creatures with Hagrid.
Vienna, who although apprehensive at first, had been asked to help Hagrid, had made quite the impression.
Especially excited, after greeting the class, Hagrid had led them over to an enormous kennel in the corner of one of the fields. On the way he had spoken to Vienna, and said that any friend of Harry's was a friend of his, even if she was a Malfoy. Draco had lagged at the end of the class, not keen on getting close to either Hagrid or Harry.
When they had reached the kennel, Hagrid had tapped gently on the large side panel. A loud growl had issued from inside, making many of the students retreat many paces backwards.
'Come on Vienna, up the front 'ere... you're gonna like this,' he had said, leading the very frightened Vienna up to the fence.
At this point, Hagrid had let out a shrill whistle and a set of tall, pointed ears on the large head of a type of dog had emerged. Pansy Parkinson had squealed, but Vienna's face lit up in a mix of excitement and delight.
'A FLICKERWOLF!' she had yelled, smiling.
'A what?' Ron and Harry had said in unison.
'Oh, honestly you two. Don't you know what a flickerwolf is?' Hermione sighed. 'If you had thoroughly read The Monster Book Of Monsters, Chapter 15, you would know that a flickerwolf is a type of ancient wolf that fades and flickers from view when in full sunlight...' At this, the class looked up, and realised they were in the dappled light beneath a large tree.
'Righ' you are Hermione,' Hagrid had said beaming, 'and our Vienna 'ere would know all abou' them. They are many of them that live at Durmstrang, and would I be right in saying that you would know how to mount and ride one?' He asked Vienna.
'Sure!' she had said, letting out a high pitched, rolling whistle.
The flickerwolf had pricked up its large ears and padded heavily over to her. In full view it was the size of a racehorse. Its coat was like a thick carpet of coarse gold threads, each one catching the light and sparkling rhythmically as it moved. Vienna's face reflected in its large brown eyes, and it's lengthy curled tail swished and curled around its strong legs.
'Desendu!' Vienna had spoken loud and clearly.
Immediately the flickerwolf had strolled over to her, and dropped onto the ground, its head resting on its front legs, eyes staring intently up at her as she had waited.
The class had become completely silent as they watched Vienna grab the soft fur around its neck, and swing her leg over so she was sitting comfortably on its large back.
'Ascendo!'
Gently it had risen up, obeying her every word as Hagrid scratched it behind the ear and whispered something to Vienna.
Nodding she shouted 'accelerato' and the flickerwolf had burst into an energetic trot around the perimeter of the fence.
The class, which had been cheering, had gasped suddenly as the pair had reached the full sun in the centre of the paddock. With a dazzling flash of gold the flickerwolf and Vienna had totally disappeared, but the loud sound of it panting and the thud of its paws had still been present.
Eventually they had both reappeared, to the deafening applause of Harry, Ron, Hermione and most of the class, and the supportive voice of Hagrid, who scooped her off the flickerwolf and gave her a high-five.
Draco had just watched on, an annoyed expression on his face as he tried to stop Crabbe from clapping...
'Thankyou, thankyou!' Vienna replied, reliving the moment happily in her head.
'Are they all that obedient?' Harry asked quizzically.
'Oh no, some flickerwolves need years of training,' Vienna replied. 'I think Hagrid picked a kind one for me...'
'I think Hagrid has a new favourite student!' Ron added. 'You better watch your back Harry! And you Hermione! Hermione..?'
She was gazing back at the flickerwolf as the four walked back to the main building, a distant expression on her face. Totally ignoring Ron's comments she turned to Vienna and asked quietly, 'Did you ever talk to Viktor Krum?'
'Erm, I had a few short conversations with him. Why?' Vienna said, raising an eyebrow.
'Viktor Krum!' Ron bellowed, 'How did we get onto the subject of that stupid git!?'
'Oh no. Watch out, argument brewing Vienna!' Harry said, grabbing her hand and pulling her forward into a run. 'Let's get out of here before Ron explodes!'
When they were safely out of earshot from the blazing row Hermione and Ron were now having, Vienna stopped Harry.
'Are you going to explain?'
'About those two?'
'Yeah, and how the hell is Viktor Krum involved?' she was utterly perplexed.
'It's a long story...I promise I'll tell you later ok. But now we are late for our next class... OH NO IT'S POTIONS WITH SNAPE!!!'
Before she could get a word in, Harry and Vienna were already hurtling in the direction of the dungeons, and another eventful class in her first day at Hogwarts...
Chapter 3: Most Impressive...
At the Gryffindor table the foursome sat cheerily pouring over their new timetables whilst munching on their breakfast. Vienna was a bit apprehensive about learning hers, just in case she was, as Draco had told her, to be changed into Slytherin.
But the more she thought about it, the less eager she was to uproot herself from the new friends she had made. As she looked up from her bowl of cereal, Vienna saw that Ron and Harry were having a heated discussion about quidditch, and Hermione was deep in concentration, looking at her new Defence Against The Dark Arts book.
'Oh would you look at that,' Hermione said sarcastically, 'we have a new DATDA teacher... Professor Argyle'
'You see, we have had a different teacher for that subject every year...' Harry said filling in the gaps, 'but lets not go into that.'
'I wonder what he'll be like?' said Ron, crunching on a piece of toast.
'How do you know it will be a man?' Hermione replied matter-of-factly.
She must have been up to being her inquisitive, nosy self, Harry thought to himself, but before he could say anything, the moving frame of Draco Malfoy became present over the heads of the students. He walked over to Vienna, obviously dismayed by the dirty looks he was getting from the Gryffindor table.
'Vienna, I need to talk to you...' He said, trying not to make his voice audible over the morning chatter.
'What is it Dray?' She had just gotten comfortable and was not keen on moving.
'Can't you just tell me here?'
'No. I can't. So come on...' Draco pulled her urgently out of her seat.
'Back in a sec guys...' Vienna said as she was led to one of the doors.
'I see you have made friends already...' he said quietly.
'Yeah. I have' she said defiantly. She was sick of her brother pushing her around now that they were back together, 'And I can't see what the problem is with them...'
'Don't get me started...' Draco's voice sounded agitated. 'Anyway, that's off the point. I went and tried to speak to Dumbledore this morning about you, but when I saw him, he said that he needed to talk to us later tonight. Especially you. It sounded as if something serious is up. Know anything about it?' It looked as if he were trying to read her mind.
'Stop looking at me like that! I haven't done anything, I swear,' Vienna replied defensively. 'But it maybe it has something to do with mum. She was acting pretty weird when she said goodbye to me. Kept telling me to be careful, and that I was safer at Hogwarts...'
'Really?'
'Yeah, really. Well if you don't mind, I might go back to my friends, see you in potions...' Vienna was sick of talking. She wanted to get back to the others. Giving Draco a wave, she returned speedily to the table.
'Great... just great...' Draco kicked the stone step as he eventually followed. He loved his sister, but she had always hung out with the wrong crowd in his opinion. Plus she was always doing better that him in school. Maybe his parents had sent her here to keep him on track, he thought glumly. At least his parents trusted him enough to know about his father's real profession. Vienna had never been told about her father's past... and she wasn't very aware of the recent events concerning the re-birth of Lord Voldemort either...
With those thoughts, Draco returned to the warmth and bustle of the Great Hall, a contented smirk dribbled on his face.
*************
'That was brilliant, Vienna. Absolutely brilliant.' Ron was still going on about their last class, Care of Magical Creatures with Hagrid.
Vienna, who although apprehensive at first, had been asked to help Hagrid, had made quite the impression.
Especially excited, after greeting the class, Hagrid had led them over to an enormous kennel in the corner of one of the fields. On the way he had spoken to Vienna, and said that any friend of Harry's was a friend of his, even if she was a Malfoy. Draco had lagged at the end of the class, not keen on getting close to either Hagrid or Harry.
When they had reached the kennel, Hagrid had tapped gently on the large side panel. A loud growl had issued from inside, making many of the students retreat many paces backwards.
'Come on Vienna, up the front 'ere... you're gonna like this,' he had said, leading the very frightened Vienna up to the fence.
At this point, Hagrid had let out a shrill whistle and a set of tall, pointed ears on the large head of a type of dog had emerged. Pansy Parkinson had squealed, but Vienna's face lit up in a mix of excitement and delight.
'A FLICKERWOLF!' she had yelled, smiling.
'A what?' Ron and Harry had said in unison.
'Oh, honestly you two. Don't you know what a flickerwolf is?' Hermione sighed. 'If you had thoroughly read The Monster Book Of Monsters, Chapter 15, you would know that a flickerwolf is a type of ancient wolf that fades and flickers from view when in full sunlight...' At this, the class looked up, and realised they were in the dappled light beneath a large tree.
'Righ' you are Hermione,' Hagrid had said beaming, 'and our Vienna 'ere would know all abou' them. They are many of them that live at Durmstrang, and would I be right in saying that you would know how to mount and ride one?' He asked Vienna.
'Sure!' she had said, letting out a high pitched, rolling whistle.
The flickerwolf had pricked up its large ears and padded heavily over to her. In full view it was the size of a racehorse. Its coat was like a thick carpet of coarse gold threads, each one catching the light and sparkling rhythmically as it moved. Vienna's face reflected in its large brown eyes, and it's lengthy curled tail swished and curled around its strong legs.
'Desendu!' Vienna had spoken loud and clearly.
Immediately the flickerwolf had strolled over to her, and dropped onto the ground, its head resting on its front legs, eyes staring intently up at her as she had waited.
The class had become completely silent as they watched Vienna grab the soft fur around its neck, and swing her leg over so she was sitting comfortably on its large back.
'Ascendo!'
Gently it had risen up, obeying her every word as Hagrid scratched it behind the ear and whispered something to Vienna.
Nodding she shouted 'accelerato' and the flickerwolf had burst into an energetic trot around the perimeter of the fence.
The class, which had been cheering, had gasped suddenly as the pair had reached the full sun in the centre of the paddock. With a dazzling flash of gold the flickerwolf and Vienna had totally disappeared, but the loud sound of it panting and the thud of its paws had still been present.
Eventually they had both reappeared, to the deafening applause of Harry, Ron, Hermione and most of the class, and the supportive voice of Hagrid, who scooped her off the flickerwolf and gave her a high-five.
Draco had just watched on, an annoyed expression on his face as he tried to stop Crabbe from clapping...
'Thankyou, thankyou!' Vienna replied, reliving the moment happily in her head.
'Are they all that obedient?' Harry asked quizzically.
'Oh no, some flickerwolves need years of training,' Vienna replied. 'I think Hagrid picked a kind one for me...'
'I think Hagrid has a new favourite student!' Ron added. 'You better watch your back Harry! And you Hermione! Hermione..?'
She was gazing back at the flickerwolf as the four walked back to the main building, a distant expression on her face. Totally ignoring Ron's comments she turned to Vienna and asked quietly, 'Did you ever talk to Viktor Krum?'
'Erm, I had a few short conversations with him. Why?' Vienna said, raising an eyebrow.
'Viktor Krum!' Ron bellowed, 'How did we get onto the subject of that stupid git!?'
'Oh no. Watch out, argument brewing Vienna!' Harry said, grabbing her hand and pulling her forward into a run. 'Let's get out of here before Ron explodes!'
When they were safely out of earshot from the blazing row Hermione and Ron were now having, Vienna stopped Harry.
'Are you going to explain?'
'About those two?'
'Yeah, and how the hell is Viktor Krum involved?' she was utterly perplexed.
'It's a long story...I promise I'll tell you later ok. But now we are late for our next class... OH NO IT'S POTIONS WITH SNAPE!!!'
Before she could get a word in, Harry and Vienna were already hurtling in the direction of the dungeons, and another eventful class in her first day at Hogwarts...