Harry Potter and untitled for now!
Chapter One: Arrival and Detention
School. The most beloved word in the English language, to me at least. I love everything about school. The homework, hanging out with my two best friends Harry and Ron, and of course doing magic, that is the most important thing after all. I guess you could say I'm not your normal teenager.
The Hogwarts express blew its whistle signaling boarding time. I grabbed my books and got onto the train. Since I had been made a Gryffondor Prefect I had other duties to attend to. I had been delighted when I'd gotten the news but I never realized just how much work and energy went into being a Prefect.
After putting my stuff down a compartment I walked around the train making sure everyone was getting settled. I searched for Harry and Ron but didn't find them. Late again. I thought to myself. This wasn't the first time they'd been late. I glanced down at my watch. It was ten forty five and the train was leaving at eleven o'clock on the dot.
"Harry and Ron better get a move on," I muttered to myself. I walked back to my compartment and sat down, opening Hogwarts: A History. This book is one of my all time favorites. While I was reading I heard a knock at the door. "Come in," I called.
The door opened and a girl about my age appeared in the doorway. She was wearing a skirt that was yellow plaid and a shirt that was dark red, complete with a black jacket. She was tall and slender with dark hair and very dark eyes. Her long hair was pulled back into a ponytail.
"Is this seat taken?" the girl asked, pointing to the seat across from where I was sitting.
"No," I answered not looking up from my book. I peered over the top of the book. Who was this girl? Where had she come from? I'd never seen her before. What house was she in? She wasn't in Gryffondor or I would have known it. Going back to my book I tried to ignore her. She was listening to music on headphones. Sighing I put down my book. I had to know who this girl was and why I'd never seen her at school before. "What's your name?" I asked her. The girl took off her headphones and looked at me. "I'm Hermione Granger," I said.
"Maria Anderson," Maria replied.
"I've never seen you around school before," I told her. I closed the book and put it down beside me.
"I've been around," Maria answered. She put back on her earphones.
I sighed, rolling my eyes. I wasn't going to get anywhere with her listening to her music.
Suddenly the door opened and Harry and Ron appeared in the doorway. I leaped to my feet. "Where have you two been?" I demanded. I rolled my eyes, glowering at them. "Sometimes I don't know about you two."
"Well.well," Harry began. His eyes shifted toward Maria and I saw his whole expression change. "We.we."
I rolled my eyes. Boys can be such idiots. "Well?" I demanded. I looked over at Maria. She was still listening to her music and had no clue that two boys were staring at her. Rolling my eyes I sat down. Finally I couldn't take it anymore. I stood up and slapped Ron on the face.
"Hey! What did you do that for?" Ron moaned rubbing his right cheek.
"You deserved it," I said sticking my nose in the air.
Ron sat down where I had been sitting and picked up my book. I looked at him and then looked back at Harry who was still staring at Maria a look of wonder on his face. "Cut it out," I hissed.
"Uh.what?" Harry asked. He looked like he was coming out of a deep sleep.
"Never mind," I mumbled. I looked back at Maria. "Maria I'd like to introduce you to my two best friends Ron Weasley and Harry Potter."
Maria took off her earphones and looked at Harry, shaking his hand. "Pleasure to meet you."
"Likewise," Harry replied. His voice seemed higher than normal. "So, are you a new student?"
"I've been around," Maria replied. She smiled.
I sighed. I could already tell this was going to be a long train ride and it had barely begun.
It was dark when we finally arrived at Hogwarts. The castle lights sparkled over the water, making everything glow. Ron, Harry and I got into the carriage and started for the castle. I wondered where Maria had gone but figured she'd gone in another carriage. Deciding not to worry about it I settled back into the carriage for the ride. I looked over at Harry. He had a strange look on his face.
"Do you see that?" he asked, pointing to the front of the carriage.
I glanced over to where he was pointing. "See what?" I asked.
"The black skeletal horses."
"I don't see any black horses," I replied. "You need some sleep Harry."
Finally we reached the castle and went directly into the Great Hall. The Great Hall was lit with candles upon a night sky. I followed Harry (who still looked shaken up about the "horses" he had claimed he'd seen) and Ron directly to the Gryffondor table. We sat down and waited for the usual speech from Dumbledore. After a few minutes the food appeared on the table. Ron went straight for the fried chicken. I glanced over at Harry. He seemed back to normal.
"Are you OK now?" I asked.
"Fine," Harry muttered. He looked at me. "So, how did Maria end up sitting next to you?"
I rolled my eyes. "I don't know she just asked if she could. I'd never seen her before in my life."
Harry looked thoughtful. "Hmm."
I filled my plate with food. I was starving. The journey on the train had been long and I was exhausted.
Suddenly I saw Maria come over and sit down a few seats down from Harry. She glanced over at me. "Keep your hands, arms, feet and small children away from Hermione's mouth."
Anger boiled up inside me. How dare she say such a thing? I stood up, furious. I stomped over to her. "What did you say?" I demanded looking her straight in the eye.
"It's just a joke," Maria said with a shrug.
"It's not funny," I hissed.
"Hermione calm down," Harry said.
I sat back down still fuming. "Stay out of this," I snapped.
"Ok you need to get to bed," Ron jumped in. "You're being way to defensive."
I sighed. Boys. They can certainly be annoying.
After dinner I headed up to the Gryffondor tower. Since I am a Prefect I was assigned a special room above the common room. There was one other room beside mine that wasn't occupied or so I thought.
After putting my stuff away I headed out to explore a little bit. I'd never been this high in the castle before and didn't know what was up here. Suddenly I noticed the other door that I assumed led to the other tower room. I opened it and stepped into the room. The room was decorated with dark purple wallpaper, looked a little like eyes staring at you. Shivering I walked further into the room and stopped dead in my tracks. There on the chair was Maria quietly reading a book.
"Oh, it's you," I said hastily.
Maria looked up from her book. "Hi," she said as if s he didn't have a care in the world. She must have forgotten the horrible display in the Great Hall at dinner. Well I sure hadn't. I was going to show her who was boss.
I folded my arms across my chest. "What do you think you're doing?" I demanded.
"What does it look like?" Maria shot back. "I'm doing what you do best.reading."
"Hmm," I hissed angrily.
"If you're just going to stand there then I suggest you leave," Maria said after a few minutes of awkward silence.
I looked at her. "I am a Prefect you can't tell me what to do." I walked out of the room slamming the door behind me.
The next day I as I sat in all of my classes I noticed one thing. Maria had all of my classes at the same time. It wasn't fair. I had thought after last night I could escape her during the day but no, she had to have my classes too. By the time Professor Umbridge had started class I was furious inside. I hadn't told Ron and Harry about the scene the night before, figuring it was none of their business. As I sat reading our assigned pages I noticed Maria mumbling something to herself.
"We don't even get to do magic," I heard her mumble. This went on for a few minutes and finally I just had to say something.
"Will you cut it out?" I hissed.
Maria looked at me. "We'll you don't have to listen," she hissed back.
"Is there a problem Miss Granger?" Professor Umbridge said, looking straight at me.
"No, Professor," I said. I sat up straighter. I shot Maria another look and returned to my reading.
"This is insane," Harry whispered to me. "I'm not in this class to read books I'm in this to learn how to fight off Voldemort."
"Harry Voldemort is gone," I told him. I looked over at Professor Umbridge making sure she had her back turned. "He's not going to hurt you."
"He's back, I know it," Harry said, a bit too loudly.
Professor Umbridge turned around. She looked straight at Harry. "Mr. Potter what have I told you time and time again? No talking."
"But Professor." Harry began.
"THAT'S IT POTTER!" Professor yelled. "Detention for you. Tonight five o'clock right here in this room."
"THAT'S NOT FAIR!" Maria said, jumping to her feet. "He didn't do anything wrong!"
"Well Miss. Anderson if you feel so strongly about that perhaps you should join him. Five o'clock tonight."
Maria gave Harry a look that seemed to say, "Well I tried." She sat back in her seat with a sigh.
I looked over at Harry. He had a small smile on his face that hadn't been there moments before. Was there something going on? Why was Harry smiling after just been given detention. It didn't make since. I leaned back in my seat, a thoughtful expression on my face. I was going to get to the bottom of this and I was going to do it tonight.
After my class I went back up to the Gryffondor tower and went into the common room. The common room was empty, which, I was grateful for. I crept up the stairs and into the boy's dormitory. Making sure no one was in sight I went over to Harry's trunk. Trying to be as quiet as possible I opened the trunk. Sitting on top was his invisibility cloak. Grabbing it I put it over my head and quietly closed the trunk. Checking my watch I realized it was four-forty five. Quietly exiting the room I walked out of the tower and down the stairs. I walked to Umbridge's office and made myself comfortable in one of the seats. I kept low and tried to cover my whole body with the cloak. At five till five Harry and Maria came into the room, obviously talking about something important. Professor Umbridge was sitting at her desk and looked up when they entered.
"Sit down," she ordered.
Harry and Maria sat down beside each other.
"Now, I want you two to each take these quills," she said. "And Harry you write I must not tell lies one hundred times. And Maria I want you to write I must not protest."
I sighed quietly. Poor Harry. I thought. I watched as he started writing. I couldn't tell how far he was but by six o'clock he looked tired. Waiting a few minutes after Harry and Maria left the room I walked out of Umbridge's classroom. I made a dash for the common room, hiding the cloak under my robes. Quickly giving the password to the fat lady I dashed into the common room, collapsing into my favorite chair by the fire. Suddenly I heard the voices of Ron and Harry.
"It was awful," Harry was saying to Ron. Their voices came closer. "Hi, Hermione," Harry said.
"Hi," I said, trying to act casual. I hoped he didn't sense I was hiding something. I then looked at his hands. His hands were all bloody. "Harry, what happened? You're bleeding."
Harry looked down at his bloodied up hands. "Oh, well.."
"It's from detention isn't it?" I asked. I didn't want to give my secret away, that I had seen the whole thing.
Harry nodded. "Yes," he mumbled. His eyes grew wide with anger. "She's horrible and Maria had to write I must not protest a hundred times."
I shook my head in disgust. "Awful," I said.
Harry sank down into the chair beside me. "Well at least I didn't miss Quidditch practice."
Chapter One: Arrival and Detention
School. The most beloved word in the English language, to me at least. I love everything about school. The homework, hanging out with my two best friends Harry and Ron, and of course doing magic, that is the most important thing after all. I guess you could say I'm not your normal teenager.
The Hogwarts express blew its whistle signaling boarding time. I grabbed my books and got onto the train. Since I had been made a Gryffondor Prefect I had other duties to attend to. I had been delighted when I'd gotten the news but I never realized just how much work and energy went into being a Prefect.
After putting my stuff down a compartment I walked around the train making sure everyone was getting settled. I searched for Harry and Ron but didn't find them. Late again. I thought to myself. This wasn't the first time they'd been late. I glanced down at my watch. It was ten forty five and the train was leaving at eleven o'clock on the dot.
"Harry and Ron better get a move on," I muttered to myself. I walked back to my compartment and sat down, opening Hogwarts: A History. This book is one of my all time favorites. While I was reading I heard a knock at the door. "Come in," I called.
The door opened and a girl about my age appeared in the doorway. She was wearing a skirt that was yellow plaid and a shirt that was dark red, complete with a black jacket. She was tall and slender with dark hair and very dark eyes. Her long hair was pulled back into a ponytail.
"Is this seat taken?" the girl asked, pointing to the seat across from where I was sitting.
"No," I answered not looking up from my book. I peered over the top of the book. Who was this girl? Where had she come from? I'd never seen her before. What house was she in? She wasn't in Gryffondor or I would have known it. Going back to my book I tried to ignore her. She was listening to music on headphones. Sighing I put down my book. I had to know who this girl was and why I'd never seen her at school before. "What's your name?" I asked her. The girl took off her headphones and looked at me. "I'm Hermione Granger," I said.
"Maria Anderson," Maria replied.
"I've never seen you around school before," I told her. I closed the book and put it down beside me.
"I've been around," Maria answered. She put back on her earphones.
I sighed, rolling my eyes. I wasn't going to get anywhere with her listening to her music.
Suddenly the door opened and Harry and Ron appeared in the doorway. I leaped to my feet. "Where have you two been?" I demanded. I rolled my eyes, glowering at them. "Sometimes I don't know about you two."
"Well.well," Harry began. His eyes shifted toward Maria and I saw his whole expression change. "We.we."
I rolled my eyes. Boys can be such idiots. "Well?" I demanded. I looked over at Maria. She was still listening to her music and had no clue that two boys were staring at her. Rolling my eyes I sat down. Finally I couldn't take it anymore. I stood up and slapped Ron on the face.
"Hey! What did you do that for?" Ron moaned rubbing his right cheek.
"You deserved it," I said sticking my nose in the air.
Ron sat down where I had been sitting and picked up my book. I looked at him and then looked back at Harry who was still staring at Maria a look of wonder on his face. "Cut it out," I hissed.
"Uh.what?" Harry asked. He looked like he was coming out of a deep sleep.
"Never mind," I mumbled. I looked back at Maria. "Maria I'd like to introduce you to my two best friends Ron Weasley and Harry Potter."
Maria took off her earphones and looked at Harry, shaking his hand. "Pleasure to meet you."
"Likewise," Harry replied. His voice seemed higher than normal. "So, are you a new student?"
"I've been around," Maria replied. She smiled.
I sighed. I could already tell this was going to be a long train ride and it had barely begun.
It was dark when we finally arrived at Hogwarts. The castle lights sparkled over the water, making everything glow. Ron, Harry and I got into the carriage and started for the castle. I wondered where Maria had gone but figured she'd gone in another carriage. Deciding not to worry about it I settled back into the carriage for the ride. I looked over at Harry. He had a strange look on his face.
"Do you see that?" he asked, pointing to the front of the carriage.
I glanced over to where he was pointing. "See what?" I asked.
"The black skeletal horses."
"I don't see any black horses," I replied. "You need some sleep Harry."
Finally we reached the castle and went directly into the Great Hall. The Great Hall was lit with candles upon a night sky. I followed Harry (who still looked shaken up about the "horses" he had claimed he'd seen) and Ron directly to the Gryffondor table. We sat down and waited for the usual speech from Dumbledore. After a few minutes the food appeared on the table. Ron went straight for the fried chicken. I glanced over at Harry. He seemed back to normal.
"Are you OK now?" I asked.
"Fine," Harry muttered. He looked at me. "So, how did Maria end up sitting next to you?"
I rolled my eyes. "I don't know she just asked if she could. I'd never seen her before in my life."
Harry looked thoughtful. "Hmm."
I filled my plate with food. I was starving. The journey on the train had been long and I was exhausted.
Suddenly I saw Maria come over and sit down a few seats down from Harry. She glanced over at me. "Keep your hands, arms, feet and small children away from Hermione's mouth."
Anger boiled up inside me. How dare she say such a thing? I stood up, furious. I stomped over to her. "What did you say?" I demanded looking her straight in the eye.
"It's just a joke," Maria said with a shrug.
"It's not funny," I hissed.
"Hermione calm down," Harry said.
I sat back down still fuming. "Stay out of this," I snapped.
"Ok you need to get to bed," Ron jumped in. "You're being way to defensive."
I sighed. Boys. They can certainly be annoying.
After dinner I headed up to the Gryffondor tower. Since I am a Prefect I was assigned a special room above the common room. There was one other room beside mine that wasn't occupied or so I thought.
After putting my stuff away I headed out to explore a little bit. I'd never been this high in the castle before and didn't know what was up here. Suddenly I noticed the other door that I assumed led to the other tower room. I opened it and stepped into the room. The room was decorated with dark purple wallpaper, looked a little like eyes staring at you. Shivering I walked further into the room and stopped dead in my tracks. There on the chair was Maria quietly reading a book.
"Oh, it's you," I said hastily.
Maria looked up from her book. "Hi," she said as if s he didn't have a care in the world. She must have forgotten the horrible display in the Great Hall at dinner. Well I sure hadn't. I was going to show her who was boss.
I folded my arms across my chest. "What do you think you're doing?" I demanded.
"What does it look like?" Maria shot back. "I'm doing what you do best.reading."
"Hmm," I hissed angrily.
"If you're just going to stand there then I suggest you leave," Maria said after a few minutes of awkward silence.
I looked at her. "I am a Prefect you can't tell me what to do." I walked out of the room slamming the door behind me.
The next day I as I sat in all of my classes I noticed one thing. Maria had all of my classes at the same time. It wasn't fair. I had thought after last night I could escape her during the day but no, she had to have my classes too. By the time Professor Umbridge had started class I was furious inside. I hadn't told Ron and Harry about the scene the night before, figuring it was none of their business. As I sat reading our assigned pages I noticed Maria mumbling something to herself.
"We don't even get to do magic," I heard her mumble. This went on for a few minutes and finally I just had to say something.
"Will you cut it out?" I hissed.
Maria looked at me. "We'll you don't have to listen," she hissed back.
"Is there a problem Miss Granger?" Professor Umbridge said, looking straight at me.
"No, Professor," I said. I sat up straighter. I shot Maria another look and returned to my reading.
"This is insane," Harry whispered to me. "I'm not in this class to read books I'm in this to learn how to fight off Voldemort."
"Harry Voldemort is gone," I told him. I looked over at Professor Umbridge making sure she had her back turned. "He's not going to hurt you."
"He's back, I know it," Harry said, a bit too loudly.
Professor Umbridge turned around. She looked straight at Harry. "Mr. Potter what have I told you time and time again? No talking."
"But Professor." Harry began.
"THAT'S IT POTTER!" Professor yelled. "Detention for you. Tonight five o'clock right here in this room."
"THAT'S NOT FAIR!" Maria said, jumping to her feet. "He didn't do anything wrong!"
"Well Miss. Anderson if you feel so strongly about that perhaps you should join him. Five o'clock tonight."
Maria gave Harry a look that seemed to say, "Well I tried." She sat back in her seat with a sigh.
I looked over at Harry. He had a small smile on his face that hadn't been there moments before. Was there something going on? Why was Harry smiling after just been given detention. It didn't make since. I leaned back in my seat, a thoughtful expression on my face. I was going to get to the bottom of this and I was going to do it tonight.
After my class I went back up to the Gryffondor tower and went into the common room. The common room was empty, which, I was grateful for. I crept up the stairs and into the boy's dormitory. Making sure no one was in sight I went over to Harry's trunk. Trying to be as quiet as possible I opened the trunk. Sitting on top was his invisibility cloak. Grabbing it I put it over my head and quietly closed the trunk. Checking my watch I realized it was four-forty five. Quietly exiting the room I walked out of the tower and down the stairs. I walked to Umbridge's office and made myself comfortable in one of the seats. I kept low and tried to cover my whole body with the cloak. At five till five Harry and Maria came into the room, obviously talking about something important. Professor Umbridge was sitting at her desk and looked up when they entered.
"Sit down," she ordered.
Harry and Maria sat down beside each other.
"Now, I want you two to each take these quills," she said. "And Harry you write I must not tell lies one hundred times. And Maria I want you to write I must not protest."
I sighed quietly. Poor Harry. I thought. I watched as he started writing. I couldn't tell how far he was but by six o'clock he looked tired. Waiting a few minutes after Harry and Maria left the room I walked out of Umbridge's classroom. I made a dash for the common room, hiding the cloak under my robes. Quickly giving the password to the fat lady I dashed into the common room, collapsing into my favorite chair by the fire. Suddenly I heard the voices of Ron and Harry.
"It was awful," Harry was saying to Ron. Their voices came closer. "Hi, Hermione," Harry said.
"Hi," I said, trying to act casual. I hoped he didn't sense I was hiding something. I then looked at his hands. His hands were all bloody. "Harry, what happened? You're bleeding."
Harry looked down at his bloodied up hands. "Oh, well.."
"It's from detention isn't it?" I asked. I didn't want to give my secret away, that I had seen the whole thing.
Harry nodded. "Yes," he mumbled. His eyes grew wide with anger. "She's horrible and Maria had to write I must not protest a hundred times."
I shook my head in disgust. "Awful," I said.
Harry sank down into the chair beside me. "Well at least I didn't miss Quidditch practice."
