Chapter 4- Hogwarts
The train ride to Hogwarts had been quite a facetious experience for Aletta. She had chosen a compartment that was occupied by two other professors. One was a stern-looking lady that had her hair tied back tightly and the other was a man that looked like a mini Santa Claus. She supposed he was a dwarf, but he was extremely kind while the other was unrelenting and hard shelled. When Aletta told them who she was, the couple introduced themselves as well. The authoritarian was Minerva Mcgonagall, Headmistress of Hogwarts, Head of Gryfinndor, and Transfiguration professor. The compassionate, little man was Filius Flitwick, the Charms professor. Both were surprised to find that Aletta was Professor Dumbledore's great niece, but also very gratified. Aletta had conversed with the two professors during the whole voyage. She had warmed up to Professor Flitwick instantly while Professor Mcgonagall took awhile to get used to. Aletta wasn't very used to polite, cold people. At her other jobs, the people were just arrantly rude to her and never had manners. She was sure that Professor Mcgonagall was not the only implacable one at Hogwarts. Presently, Aletta was conversing with Flitwick about music and the kind she admired. He had never heard of the bands she had brought up, but said he would be delighted to listen to them sometime. The train abruptly came to a halt, and Aletta glanced out the window to see an unpopulated train station. She wanted to look ahead for the castle and foolishly pressed her face hard against the window to see if she could spot it. Failing to do so, she brought her head from the window and turned to look at the others. Professor Mcgonagall was giving her a look of pure wonderment while the other one stifled a giggle. Aletta yelled at herself inwardly for acting so . . . like herself. This is going to be one hell of a year, she thought as she watched the once deserted train station fill with students. Her eye was suddenly drawn to a yellow-haired, pointy nosed boy with two other obese, dense-looking boys that seemed to be snickering at a threesome. Aletta strained her eyes to see the three kids and noticed that they were Hermione, Harry, and Ron. And the two boys were glaring at the flaxen-haired boy with what looked like hatred.
"Excuse me?" Aletta's attention was suddenly brought back to her compartment and she looked at the one who had called her. The called turned out to be someone other than the professors that were with her moments ago. At the doorway to her compartment stood an attractive, dusky-haired man. He gave her a smile that gleamed, "I have a dentist appointment every twenty minutes."
Aletta smiled kindly at him. "The train will be leaving soon so if you don't mind-," he said.
"Oh, of course!" she exclaimed embarrassed. The man continued to check the other compartments while Aletta exited the train into a throng of students. She glanced to her left and failed to see the castle so she reversed the direction of her gaze to find an enchanting castle sitting in the midst. Her mouth gaped as she studied its beautiful features.
"Hi!" someone said from beside her. "Would you like to ride in a carriage with me, Harry, and Ron?" Aletta turned to see Hermione.
"I'd love too," she answered. Aletta then followed Hermione into a carriage to be taken off to the most wonderful castle she had ever seen.
The train ride to Hogwarts had been quite a facetious experience for Aletta. She had chosen a compartment that was occupied by two other professors. One was a stern-looking lady that had her hair tied back tightly and the other was a man that looked like a mini Santa Claus. She supposed he was a dwarf, but he was extremely kind while the other was unrelenting and hard shelled. When Aletta told them who she was, the couple introduced themselves as well. The authoritarian was Minerva Mcgonagall, Headmistress of Hogwarts, Head of Gryfinndor, and Transfiguration professor. The compassionate, little man was Filius Flitwick, the Charms professor. Both were surprised to find that Aletta was Professor Dumbledore's great niece, but also very gratified. Aletta had conversed with the two professors during the whole voyage. She had warmed up to Professor Flitwick instantly while Professor Mcgonagall took awhile to get used to. Aletta wasn't very used to polite, cold people. At her other jobs, the people were just arrantly rude to her and never had manners. She was sure that Professor Mcgonagall was not the only implacable one at Hogwarts. Presently, Aletta was conversing with Flitwick about music and the kind she admired. He had never heard of the bands she had brought up, but said he would be delighted to listen to them sometime. The train abruptly came to a halt, and Aletta glanced out the window to see an unpopulated train station. She wanted to look ahead for the castle and foolishly pressed her face hard against the window to see if she could spot it. Failing to do so, she brought her head from the window and turned to look at the others. Professor Mcgonagall was giving her a look of pure wonderment while the other one stifled a giggle. Aletta yelled at herself inwardly for acting so . . . like herself. This is going to be one hell of a year, she thought as she watched the once deserted train station fill with students. Her eye was suddenly drawn to a yellow-haired, pointy nosed boy with two other obese, dense-looking boys that seemed to be snickering at a threesome. Aletta strained her eyes to see the three kids and noticed that they were Hermione, Harry, and Ron. And the two boys were glaring at the flaxen-haired boy with what looked like hatred.
"Excuse me?" Aletta's attention was suddenly brought back to her compartment and she looked at the one who had called her. The called turned out to be someone other than the professors that were with her moments ago. At the doorway to her compartment stood an attractive, dusky-haired man. He gave her a smile that gleamed, "I have a dentist appointment every twenty minutes."
Aletta smiled kindly at him. "The train will be leaving soon so if you don't mind-," he said.
"Oh, of course!" she exclaimed embarrassed. The man continued to check the other compartments while Aletta exited the train into a throng of students. She glanced to her left and failed to see the castle so she reversed the direction of her gaze to find an enchanting castle sitting in the midst. Her mouth gaped as she studied its beautiful features.
"Hi!" someone said from beside her. "Would you like to ride in a carriage with me, Harry, and Ron?" Aletta turned to see Hermione.
"I'd love too," she answered. Aletta then followed Hermione into a carriage to be taken off to the most wonderful castle she had ever seen.
