Chapter Two

Not much happens in this chapter. I promise others will be much more interesting. Harry meets Elani for the first time. Oh, yeah, I do not own any of the Harry Potter characters.

Two days had passed since Harry had had his dream.

"Harry, did you have another dream?" Hermione asked, sounding anxious.

"No, Hermione! You don't have to ask me that every morning. I'll tell you if I do!"

"Well I am sorry Harry, but dreams like that are dangerous. I keep saying that we have to tell somebody. You can't just pretend like it was just a normal dream!"

"I am not going to tell somebody! I know I've had dreams like this before, but…." He drifted off.

"You're just scared of sounding stupid aren't you Harry! Look, everyone knows about Voldemort now and these visions could be really important."

"I'll think about it." Though Harry had no intention of doing so. Through out Harry and Hermione's discussion Ron had been stuffing himself.

"These muffins are really good!" He stuffed the rest of it into his mouth and swallowed.

"Ron, you're disgusting!" Hermione made a face.

"Anyway Harry", Ron said while ignoring Hermione, "I don't think you should tell anyone. People are scared enough by You-Know-Who without hearing about some weird dream where he tried to kill somebody."

"Yeah, I think your right."

"If you two are finished we need to get to Transfiguration." Hermione got up and picked up her bag. Harry opened up his bag to make sure he had his books.

"Damn it. I forgot my homework! It must still be in the common room. Don't wait for me!" Harry got up and ran out of the great hall. He raced up the stairs and turned a corner and stopped dead in his tracks. Professor McGonagall was striding up the hallway. A girl was accompanying her. Harry quickly hid behind the corner and watched intently. The girl was dressed very strangely. She wore robes of light green, like spring leaves. She wore a hood over her robes, which hid her face. Harry could tell she was his age. She was tall, shorter than Harry was, but still tall, and willowy and lithe with a dancer's gait.

"Right, now Elani, professor Dumbledore wishes to see you. We have to get you sorted out and find where you'll be staying."

"Yes. Will he be speaking to me about-"

"Well don't talk about it here! Someone is bound to hear." McGonagall pressed her lips into a thin line. She was worried.

When they had gone Harry ran to his dormitory and got his homework. He was back in class before McGonagall showed up though. Harry told Ron what he had seen.

"I wonder is she's a new student."

" Maybe. But she wanted to talk to McGonagall about something that seemed…like a secret."

"Well I hope that girl's hot. We sure do need some new girls in this school." Upon hearing this comment Parvati Patil and Lavender Brown glared at Ron.

It was fairly late at night when she arrived. The Gryffindors had gotten back from dinner and were sitting around doing homework or talking. Harry and Ron were playing a game of wizard's chess.

"Ha, my queen just took out your knight!" Harry declared.

"Yes well if you'd been watching my queen's about to capture your king! Check!" Ron cheered triumphantly. The portrait door suddenly swung open and Professor McGonagall stepped in. She was followed closely by the girl Harry had seen earlier. She still wore the hood.

"Everyone, I have an announcement. This is Elani Lucida. She has been enrolled in Hogwarts today and is being placed in 6th year in Gryffindor house. I trust all of you will make her comfortable. Miss Granger," Hermione leapt up, "Miss Lucida will be staying in your dormitory. Please help her get settled and show her around to her classes. Elani if you have any questions please come see me in my office and I will happy to answer them." She gave a last look over the common room, then turned and left. Elani was left with everyone in the common room staring at her. Then a loud buzz rose up as everyone began to talk at once. Elani looked at Hermione.

"Um, right," she said awkwardly "our room is this way." The girl made no movement that she had heard her. Hermione led her up to her room, and the girl followed. Everyone stopped talking and watched her. The way she moved was captivating. She seemed to glide across the room, as if she were dancing. Her arms moved gracefully as she walked and her hooded head was held high.

The next morning everyone had heard about the new student, and the Gryffindors were dying to see her. She appeared shortly after everyone had started eating. Hermione had saved a place for her and almost everyone had attempted to get a seat near the new girl. Ron saw her first. Harry heard a sharp intake in breath as Ron stared at the door with his mouth open. Everyone followed his gaze. Elani walked toward their table and sat down. No one said a word because she literally took one's breath away. She was magnificent, not pretty, not beautiful, but stunning. Radiant. But if one truly looked at her face, one would not see stunning features, they would see a glow. She gave off a light, as if everything that touched her would some how be the better for it. Long, glossy brown hair swirled around her shoulders. Her skin was smooth and unblemished and had a creamy cast to it. Her lips were full and curled pleasantly at the corners. She had a lovely nose and high cheekbones, which bore a tinge of pink. But her eyes were beyond measure. Her eyelashes curled up and were black as a raven's wing. They were almond shape and had a smoky look about them. And her eyes were gray. As if swirling mist covered them, as if there was something hidden beyond the mist and if you looked close enough you could find her secret. Her first words though did not compliment her overwhelming looks.

"It's not really my business, but where are you from?" Dean Thomas asked.

"You're right", she replied in a low, rich voice, "it is none of your business." The mouths of the Gryffindors opened even wider. The girl called Elani moved her chair away from them and began to eat.

Harry turned to Hermione still with a shocked look on his face.

"I know," she said wearily, "she was like that all night. Every time I tried to talk to her she was horrid." Ron was still staring at Elani. Harry had seen his look before, when Ron had fallen for a part veela, a stunning girl named Fleur Delacour.

"She's beautiful." He muttered, as if half-asleep. Harry stifled a laugh.

"Yes and she's a cow, Ron! You can't like girls just because they're pretty you know!" Hermione said shrilly.

"You can't?" Ron answered, plainly not listening. Hermione glared at Ron. Harry had a feeling though that Elani was going to be a lot of trouble.

Dum, dum, duuuuuum. What will happen next? Ok, ok that chapter was boring. I'm still working out where I want to take the story. I got to think about it. But don't worry I'll try to make the next chapter a little more exciting. Please review. Thanks so much!