Cherished Yesterday : A Harry Potter Fanfic
By Lady Ryu
Chapter One: Past Arrival
Professor Severus Snape tossed and turned in his sleep.
"Lilly!" His eyes fluttered open and he quickly sat up. Sweat beaded on his forehead and a voice said to him.
"I took her Severus!" His eyes darted around the room for the voice's executioner but to no avail. His room was empty and his candle's flame flickered vividly. After a glass of water, he took a deep breath and went back to sleep.
The next morning, he joined the other teachers for breakfast in the staffroom. "Good Morning Severus!" Dumbledore beamed. "Good Morning Schoolmaster, McGonagal, Hooch, Flitwick." They all bid him the same and he took his place at the table. Dumbledore waved his wand and a podium appeared in front of him and he shuffled some papers.
"Now first order of business is to find a replacement for the Defense Against the Dark Arts (DADA) teacher." Severus put his fork down. He had one goal in life and that was to be the DADA teacher. Dumbledore continued.
"This year's teacher will be Charles Marquette." Snape's face sunk with his anticipation and he jumped to his feet and slammed his fist on the table.
"That's not fair! I wanna be the DADA teacher!" he cried.
"Stop whining Severus. You can't always get what you want." Dumbledore said calmly. Severus plopped down in his chair and folded his arms. He glared sinisterly at his plate while the new red-headed DADA teacher dressed in dark green robes trimmed with gold greeted them all warmly. He reminded Severus of the once famous Gilderoy Lockhart, which made him loathe the man even more. Dumbledore sighed and changed papers.
"Ah, some good news! This year Hogwarts will be housing a student from the Toadstool Academy of Magic in the United States of America. She should be here any minute now."
There was a loud blast and cloud of smoke. A girl landed in Snape's lap breaking his chair in the process. She got up and dusted the soot off of her black coat and Snape stumbled to his feet.
"Sorry 'bout that Mr.-uh?"
"Snape! Prof. Snape!" he snapped. His cheeks were beginning to turn rosy.
The girl was a lovely chocolate-caramel color with bright dark brown eyes and hair. Snape glared at her and then stormed off.
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry!" she apologized profusely," I got lost an' ended up on a hog farm in Scotland!" Dumbledore smiled and put an arm around her.
"That's alright my dear. That's just his way and we're glad to have you. Now tell me your name again. It seems all the excitement has pushed it out of my brain!"
"Savannah Johnson," she said smiling. Dumbledore turned around and announced.
"Ah ha, yes! This is Savannah Johnson. She will be staying in Gryffindor house with her cousin Angelina." The teachers smiled and introduced themselves and their subjects.
"So you like Qudditch?" Hooch asked.
"Yes'm. I was a beater at home." Hooch smiled and replied.
"That's my girl! We don't have any girl beaters, they're all chasers on Gryffindor and your cousin's one of them. Maybe we can squeeze you on the team this year." Dumbledore spoke up immediately.
"I'm sure you'll all have enough time during the year to ask her questions." He turned to Savannah.
"We don't want you to waste anymore of your summer here." He motioned for Hagrid. Savannah looked up at him.
"Whoa!" she replied astonished by his size. Hagrid smiled.
"Hagrid will give you a tour of the school if you'd like and he will also be taking you to Diagon Alley to pick up your school supplies. Then he will escort you to your cousin's house." Savannah shuffled her feet.
"Uh-Mr. Dumbledore, would you mind if I went to visit the Weasleys?" Dumbledore's eyebrows raised slightly and he shrugged.
"I don't see why not." She hugged Dumbledore.
"Thank you sir! I've had this mad cravin' for some Bertie Botts Every Flavor Beans. Bye and I'll see y'all on the firs' of September!" She waved good-bye and as soon as they were out of sight McGonagal asked.
"What part of America is she from Albus?" Dumbledore smiled.
"I believe the state is called Georgia, Minerva."
Harry was spending another summer with the Weasleys and they had just returned from another Quidditch World Cup game that Cornelius Fudge had invited them to. Fred and George had made another small fortune from a friendly bet. Hermione blushed when Ron handed her a beautiful iridescent red and purple rose.
"Oh Ron! It's beautiful!" She kissed him on the lips and he nearly lost his balance. Harry roared with laughter.
"Not in public woman!" Ron exasperated. Ginny was busy fixing her hair with what she thought was shampoo. It ended up being Fred's Porcupine Mousse that he had invented. She ended up looking like a punk rocker.
"I think it looks cool!" Bill said. Mrs. Weasley glared at her son and hit him on the shoulder.
"'Hush you!" Mrs. Weasley began, "Arthur fix your boys, I'm too tired!" Mr. Weasley looked at his wife.
"I've tried love!" He turned to the twins.
"Boys behave for Pete's Sake. You act as if we sit on a gold mine and we can bail you out of Azkaban! Well we don't!" He swallowed his last bite and drained his glass.
"I've gotta go to work." He kissed his wife gently.
"Goodbye dear and have a good day." The twins didn't say a word and looked sadly at their plates. They really did feel sorry for what they had done for their little and only sister. Mr. Weasley came back carrying Erol by his foot.
"Stupid bird! Didn't even make it to the window. How many times do I have to tell you the windshield is not the window to the house?" He took the letter from Erol who hooted loudly and fluttered off. He went back in the house.
"Forget something dear?" Mrs. Weasley asked.
"Nope just a letter here for George." She nodded and continued combing Ginny's hair. He handed the envelope to George who was taking the crust off his bread.
"Thanks dad," he said almost silently. His father left and he looked at the envelope.
"Mum, may I be excused?" he asked.
"Sure just put your dishes in the sink." He did as he was told and went outside to sit on the porch. Harry and the others wondered whom it was from. George tore open the envelope and pulled out the piece of paper inside. It was sky blue parchment paper and it read: Dear George, I just wanted to send you a little note saying that I'm in town. I just went to Hogwarts and landed in some professor's lap. He wasn't too happy though. Anyway, I'm at Angelina's right now and she's not here she's in Diagon Alley and I told her that I'd be there later this afternoon and wanted to know if you wanted to take me. I think I'll go by Floo Powder. And we also planned to go Hogsmeade this Friday and stay for the weekend. Well tell everyone I said hey and I'll see you later.
With hugs and kisses,
Savannah
He folded the letter and tucked it back in the envelope. He went back in the house and slid the envelope in his back pocket.
"Hey Mum." Mrs. Weasley looked up at her son.
"Yes George what is it dear?" He had a huge smile on his face.
"Savannah's here!" Mrs. Weasley smiled.
"That's wonderful dear. We'll have to have her over for dinner."
"I'm going to Diagon Alley to meet her." Mrs. Weasley frowned.
"George Weasley, you will not set one foot out of this house without me. C'mon kids we're going to Diagon Alley." She held up a large green coupon book.
"Fleming's is having a sale!"
By Lady Ryu
Chapter One: Past Arrival
Professor Severus Snape tossed and turned in his sleep.
"Lilly!" His eyes fluttered open and he quickly sat up. Sweat beaded on his forehead and a voice said to him.
"I took her Severus!" His eyes darted around the room for the voice's executioner but to no avail. His room was empty and his candle's flame flickered vividly. After a glass of water, he took a deep breath and went back to sleep.
The next morning, he joined the other teachers for breakfast in the staffroom. "Good Morning Severus!" Dumbledore beamed. "Good Morning Schoolmaster, McGonagal, Hooch, Flitwick." They all bid him the same and he took his place at the table. Dumbledore waved his wand and a podium appeared in front of him and he shuffled some papers.
"Now first order of business is to find a replacement for the Defense Against the Dark Arts (DADA) teacher." Severus put his fork down. He had one goal in life and that was to be the DADA teacher. Dumbledore continued.
"This year's teacher will be Charles Marquette." Snape's face sunk with his anticipation and he jumped to his feet and slammed his fist on the table.
"That's not fair! I wanna be the DADA teacher!" he cried.
"Stop whining Severus. You can't always get what you want." Dumbledore said calmly. Severus plopped down in his chair and folded his arms. He glared sinisterly at his plate while the new red-headed DADA teacher dressed in dark green robes trimmed with gold greeted them all warmly. He reminded Severus of the once famous Gilderoy Lockhart, which made him loathe the man even more. Dumbledore sighed and changed papers.
"Ah, some good news! This year Hogwarts will be housing a student from the Toadstool Academy of Magic in the United States of America. She should be here any minute now."
There was a loud blast and cloud of smoke. A girl landed in Snape's lap breaking his chair in the process. She got up and dusted the soot off of her black coat and Snape stumbled to his feet.
"Sorry 'bout that Mr.-uh?"
"Snape! Prof. Snape!" he snapped. His cheeks were beginning to turn rosy.
The girl was a lovely chocolate-caramel color with bright dark brown eyes and hair. Snape glared at her and then stormed off.
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry!" she apologized profusely," I got lost an' ended up on a hog farm in Scotland!" Dumbledore smiled and put an arm around her.
"That's alright my dear. That's just his way and we're glad to have you. Now tell me your name again. It seems all the excitement has pushed it out of my brain!"
"Savannah Johnson," she said smiling. Dumbledore turned around and announced.
"Ah ha, yes! This is Savannah Johnson. She will be staying in Gryffindor house with her cousin Angelina." The teachers smiled and introduced themselves and their subjects.
"So you like Qudditch?" Hooch asked.
"Yes'm. I was a beater at home." Hooch smiled and replied.
"That's my girl! We don't have any girl beaters, they're all chasers on Gryffindor and your cousin's one of them. Maybe we can squeeze you on the team this year." Dumbledore spoke up immediately.
"I'm sure you'll all have enough time during the year to ask her questions." He turned to Savannah.
"We don't want you to waste anymore of your summer here." He motioned for Hagrid. Savannah looked up at him.
"Whoa!" she replied astonished by his size. Hagrid smiled.
"Hagrid will give you a tour of the school if you'd like and he will also be taking you to Diagon Alley to pick up your school supplies. Then he will escort you to your cousin's house." Savannah shuffled her feet.
"Uh-Mr. Dumbledore, would you mind if I went to visit the Weasleys?" Dumbledore's eyebrows raised slightly and he shrugged.
"I don't see why not." She hugged Dumbledore.
"Thank you sir! I've had this mad cravin' for some Bertie Botts Every Flavor Beans. Bye and I'll see y'all on the firs' of September!" She waved good-bye and as soon as they were out of sight McGonagal asked.
"What part of America is she from Albus?" Dumbledore smiled.
"I believe the state is called Georgia, Minerva."
Harry was spending another summer with the Weasleys and they had just returned from another Quidditch World Cup game that Cornelius Fudge had invited them to. Fred and George had made another small fortune from a friendly bet. Hermione blushed when Ron handed her a beautiful iridescent red and purple rose.
"Oh Ron! It's beautiful!" She kissed him on the lips and he nearly lost his balance. Harry roared with laughter.
"Not in public woman!" Ron exasperated. Ginny was busy fixing her hair with what she thought was shampoo. It ended up being Fred's Porcupine Mousse that he had invented. She ended up looking like a punk rocker.
"I think it looks cool!" Bill said. Mrs. Weasley glared at her son and hit him on the shoulder.
"'Hush you!" Mrs. Weasley began, "Arthur fix your boys, I'm too tired!" Mr. Weasley looked at his wife.
"I've tried love!" He turned to the twins.
"Boys behave for Pete's Sake. You act as if we sit on a gold mine and we can bail you out of Azkaban! Well we don't!" He swallowed his last bite and drained his glass.
"I've gotta go to work." He kissed his wife gently.
"Goodbye dear and have a good day." The twins didn't say a word and looked sadly at their plates. They really did feel sorry for what they had done for their little and only sister. Mr. Weasley came back carrying Erol by his foot.
"Stupid bird! Didn't even make it to the window. How many times do I have to tell you the windshield is not the window to the house?" He took the letter from Erol who hooted loudly and fluttered off. He went back in the house.
"Forget something dear?" Mrs. Weasley asked.
"Nope just a letter here for George." She nodded and continued combing Ginny's hair. He handed the envelope to George who was taking the crust off his bread.
"Thanks dad," he said almost silently. His father left and he looked at the envelope.
"Mum, may I be excused?" he asked.
"Sure just put your dishes in the sink." He did as he was told and went outside to sit on the porch. Harry and the others wondered whom it was from. George tore open the envelope and pulled out the piece of paper inside. It was sky blue parchment paper and it read: Dear George, I just wanted to send you a little note saying that I'm in town. I just went to Hogwarts and landed in some professor's lap. He wasn't too happy though. Anyway, I'm at Angelina's right now and she's not here she's in Diagon Alley and I told her that I'd be there later this afternoon and wanted to know if you wanted to take me. I think I'll go by Floo Powder. And we also planned to go Hogsmeade this Friday and stay for the weekend. Well tell everyone I said hey and I'll see you later.
With hugs and kisses,
Savannah
He folded the letter and tucked it back in the envelope. He went back in the house and slid the envelope in his back pocket.
"Hey Mum." Mrs. Weasley looked up at her son.
"Yes George what is it dear?" He had a huge smile on his face.
"Savannah's here!" Mrs. Weasley smiled.
"That's wonderful dear. We'll have to have her over for dinner."
"I'm going to Diagon Alley to meet her." Mrs. Weasley frowned.
"George Weasley, you will not set one foot out of this house without me. C'mon kids we're going to Diagon Alley." She held up a large green coupon book.
"Fleming's is having a sale!"