Disclaimer: I don't own anything, yata, yata, yata. Nobody even reads these
things anymore. Anything you recognise belongs to the grand J.K Rowling,
who really didn't do that good a job on OOTP.
Hi! I want to thank all those who reviewed. I was so surprised when so many people reviewed with their suggestions. Anyway, in this chapter I'm hoping to introduce the new girl. For those of you who want to know my name, it's Lucy; I'm thirteen and is Chinese. I'm from New Zealand, (which is this teeny, weenie island underneath Australia.)
Key: '...'= Someone thinking
"..."= Someone talking
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Blah Blah Blah
~*= A letter or note
Summary: Harry starts his 5th year at Hogwarts. During the summer, he discovers a magical trunk that led to a lot of new powers and the truth about his heritage. There's also a mysterious new girl at Hogwarts. I didn't really like J.K Rowling's version of the 5th year so I'm writing my own. RW/HG, DM/GW, HP/YS (my own character.)
Harry Potter and the Founders' Trunk
Chapter 3
Meeting the Founders and Diagon Alley
Beep, beep, beep...
Harry's clock barely had enough time to finish beeping when a great flash of white light soared across the tiny room. As the blinding light died down, Harry made out the outline of four tall figures, which consisted of two men and two women whom looked vaguely familiar.
As his brain registered what was happening, Harry realised with a start that he was facing the prominent and famous Founders of Hogwarts, School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
The four renowned wizards were dressed in ancient, traditional dress robes. One of the two men wore an elegant, red dress robe with gold coloured fastenings. His eyes shone with courage and kindness as he grinned at Harry cheerfully. His robe bore the crest of the magnificent Lion of Gryffindor. Harry could not believe his eyes, Godric Gryffindor actually stood in front of him.
The other of the two men looked cunning and sly. His greasy, black hair (A/N: I'm making this up, I don't know what colour Salazar Slytherin's hair is supposed to be) closely resembled a certain well-known (and hated) Professor at Hogwarts. He bore the symbol of Slytherin on his chest proudly and he was wearing a dress robe that matched the green colour of the famous Slytherin Serpent. Salazar stepped forward and gave Harry a nod.
The next lady came forward with a warm smile; she wore the emblem of the Hufflepuff badger on her yellow and black robe. A warm and kind aura surrounded her as she spoke in a soft, musical voice:
"Hello, Harry. It is lovely to finally meet you. Mine, Godric was so excited he couldn't stop blabbering for days." At this Godric Gryffindor glared at her making the last of the founders laugh. She also walked forward to reveal a stunning woman in blue robes with the trademark Raven printed on. Her eyes held great intelligence and wisdom. Seeing Harry staring at her, she gave him a thin smile.
"Umm. so why are you here for? You didn't exactly say much in the trunk." Harry asked, trying not to sound rude. Noticing his uncomfortableness, the founders smiled.
"We're here to tell you about your heritage, or have you already forgotten about that." Salazar said matter-of-factly.
"So is somebody going to tell me?" came Harry's timid voice.
Rowena Ravenclaw sighed as the others looked at her expectantly, "Harry, I'm sure your parents have already told you that you're the heir of us four, correct?" Harry nodded dumbly. "Well, before we died, we made a pledge that when a time arises when we need to save the world from evil, we would call on our Heir and grant him our powers."
"Rowena was a great Seer and she made a prophecy before she died, it said:
(A/N: sorry, guys but I really, really suck at this.)
When the time of evil arises, The son of the prankster and flower Will be born. He shall be the Chosen One
Though he is powerful, He cannot do this alone, Soon a daughter of East will also be born.
She shall do great things, And help The Chosen One, When they meet in their fifth year In the institute of knowledge.
At the age of fifteen He will wield the power of Five Great Ones, And with the help of his Soul mate, They can defeat the evil once and for all.
'Wow!' Harry thought he was dumbstruck. "Umm. I'm really, really confused. I mean you were talking about me weren't you?" the others nodded. "But I thought I was the heir of you FOUR not Five."
"Ahh. You see young Harry, you're also my heir." Came another voice. Turning around he saw an old wizard which he recognised as the most powerful mage ever, Merlin.
"Harry, this is Merlin and he will also be giving you some of his power. Now then, you've already looked through the book on wandless magic and the book of spells, correct?" Harry nodded wandering what was coming "we told your parents to forbid you from trying out your animagi form because with Merlin's power, you should be a multi-animagus. And you should also have an elemental animagi form, like Merlin." Salazar said, taking his time to explain everything.
"Merlin, would you care to transform for a demonstration?" Helga Hufflepuff asked. Merlin nodded with an all too familiar twinkle in his eyes. Then there was a 'pop'. And in the place where Merlin used to stand was a stunning Fire Phoenix. The others gaped in awe as Merlin changed back.
"We don't expect you to be an Magical Elemental Animagus, but you should be able to be an elemental in animal form since you're an multi-elemental due to our and Merlin's influence."
"But we won't know unless we try, so young Harry, please drink this animagus potion." Godric said handing a nasty looking potion to Harry. Harry muttered something about being positive that Snape had been in on this and had purposely made the potion taste worse than Polyjuice. Gulping it down in one go, Harry saw a stag, followed by a fox, eagle, hawk, pigeon, panther, tiger, lion and serpent. This went on for a while until, they were sure that Harry could change into just about anything. Then they saw his Elemental form, which made everyone look as if they were going to faint.
A marvellous, bravura dragon stood in front of them, it shone like the gleaming Sun. It roared with power and strength.
"That's Elementis, the Sun Dragon. He's the protector of the Sun, Stars and all its beings. He controls the Elements and can repel almost every spell." Rowena whispered weakly.
Suddenly, Merlin smiled brightly and said to Harry: "Well done, Son. That is the most powerful of all creatures. It controls every creature of the Sun and Star. Your parents would be very proud of you."
"Now that we've told you everything. We shall each give you one of our most powerful gifts to aid you through this battle. One of us will stay with you to help you control your new powers and work with the elements. Harry James Potter, kneel and accept your destiny."
Harry did as he was told and felt a hand on his shoulder, looking up he saw Godric Gryffindor. "Harry from me you inherit the power to be a beast speaker, a superb fighter in both magical duelling and physical duelling like sword play. Of course you'll also." Godric flashed Harry a charming smile, "inherit my extremely good looks." At this, the adults cracked up and went into hysterics.
"Don't listen to him Harry, you'll be getting a great growing spurt soon because your thin and scrawny body will not be able to control so much power. Though you have been better looking ever since you started training in the duelling stadium. From me you shall inherit my brilliant calmness when under pressure. And you'll also find that you'll find studying a lot easier, don't worry though, you won't turn into your friend Hermione anytime soon." Rowena laughed at the horrified look on Harry's face.
"From me you'll learn to trust and value friendship and will have a great instinct, which will tell you who you can or cannot trust. I also grant you the power of telepathy which will help you to communicate with your loved ones and know when they are in danger." This of course came from the loyal Helga.
"I grant you leadership and a cunning brain that will help you out of sticky situations. I will also be helping you to control your elemental magic along with Merlin." This was from Salazar Slytherin.
"Lastly Harry, from me, I will be with you like an guardian and you can call me out when ever you want. I give you the wisdom and knowledge I have gathered through the years. Harry Potter you have been granted great power, use them wisely and may Light always be with you." With that everyone vanished in the light they came in.
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Harry woke up the next morning happy and refreshed. As he pulled his pants on, he noticed something very, very strange. His trousers, which had been from Dudley was now 3 inches short. Harry gazed in amazement and looked for a mirror.
Finding one, he peered inside and nearly choked. The young man that stared back at him was shocking. He was not wearing his glassed and his emerald eyes shone brighter than usual his tanned skin was now more muscular than ever and he was no longer thin but quite normal. He was much taller and was extremely handsome. 'This can't have happened overnight.' That was when he remembered what Rowena said last night. Guess it wasn't a dream after all.
"So Harry, you look shocked. What did you expect? You should know that Rowena never lies or exaggerates." Came a drawl. Turning around he half expected Snape to be there instead it was Salazar Slytherin.
Seeing his surprise, Salazar grinned lopsidedly and said, "Hello? Earth to Harry! Remember I'm supposed to train you?" Harry remembered and grinned back. "Well, let's get started then!"
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The next two weeks flew by fast. As Harry trained with Salazar he was much more skilled and hardly ever need a wand. But he kept it because Merlin and the others' thought it would be safer for Harry and his friends if Voldemort didn't know about these powers of his.
Too soon it was the 20th of August and Mrs. Figg from next-door came out of her disguise and made her way to No. 4 Privet Drive as Arabella Figg, good friend of Lily and James Potter, ex-auror.
Arriving at the door, she rang the doorbell, to find a very handsome stranger in his teens. He had smooth black hair and piercing green eyes. He looked vaguely familiar but she could not put her finger on it. Clearing her throat, she said in her clear voice,
"Hello, my name is Arabella Figg. I'm here for Harry Potter. He is leaving with me today. Who might you be young man?" she inquired and was confused when he grinned and burst out laughing. 'Maybe I ought to take him to a muggle mental institute or maybe St. Mungos.'
"Mrs. Figg, it's me Harry. I umm... got a growing spurt." The young man said between laughter. Arabella's eyes widened. "You're Harry Potter? Prove it!"
"I, Harry James Potter, am proud to be the son of Prongs the leader of the famous group Marauders, whose mottos were 'I solemnly swear that I'm up to no good.' One of my parents' close friends betrayed them when they went in hiding in Godric's Hollow fifteen years ago." The young man declared strangely calm.
"Very well, I'm satisfied that unless you're the real Harry Potter you would not have known this. Now my turn, this is the feather of Fawkes given to each member of the Order of Phoenix; it has our names on it and does not leave the real person no matter what." Harry also nodded, satisfied with this answer, as he had already known the magical properties of the feather.
"Now dear. Where is your trunk? Let me help you with that." Arabella offered.
"There is no need, Mrs. Figg. The trunk has been charmed to follow me wherever I go, by itself." Arabella nodded, clearly impressed with the skills of young Harry.
As they turned to walk to Arabella's house to get through by floo powder, Harry asked a question that surprised Arabella greatly.
"Umm. Mrs. Figg-"
"Call me Arabella, Harry."
"O.k. Arabella why don't we just apparate there? Isn't easier."
Arabella smiled sheepishly, "Actually, it's because I haven't been in the wizarding world for fifteen years and it would be dangerous for me to apparate not only myself but you and your trunk across the country."
"Would you mind terribly if I apparate you there then?" came the timid question.
Arabella halted sharply and turned to stare Harry sternly in the eyes. "Harry when did you learn how to apparate?"
"This summer." Seeing Arabella opening her mouth to say something, he quickly added. "I can do it wandlessly so the Ministry can't detect anything. As to how, let's just say I'm more than that meets the eye. And how I can trust you? Well, you just said you spent fifteen years of your valuable life in a muggle village just to look after me. That is a great sacrifice and I'm very thankful."
Arabella could only stare at him in disbelieve. This boy had knowledge and wisdom way beyond his age. She smiled softly and said, "Your parents would have been very proud." Before she stretched out her hand and Harry apparated both of them outside Leaky Cauldron.
Harry really enjoyed the time he spent with Arabella. She acted like a mother to him and told him about the times when she was at school with his parents. They went to Gringotts first and Harry got out his money to pay for the stationery he needed to buy. They went to Flourish and Botts and brought all the books they needed then headed to the robe shop for a new dress robe.
After buying all his necessities, they sat outside the ice-cream parlour chatting and laughing like old friends. From what Harry heard, he knew that Arabella was once one of the best aurors in the country and worked wonderfully well with the Potters and Sirius. She had loved Sirius and after he was framed for murdering the Potters she was heart broken and left the Wizarding world till last summer, when Dumbledore had come and explained to her that Sirius was indeed innocent and that the Order of Phoenix was being rebuilt and needed her help. And now she and Sirius was back together and getting married on Halloween.
Harry was extremely happy for them and thought that they both deserved somebody that would love them. He was also thrilled with the idea that he was going to get a new godmother.
The day flew by fast and before they realised it, it was time to go back to Hogwarts, his home.
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Albus Dumbledore sat and studied the new girl intently. He could tell that she wield great power but was hiding it from him. Dumbledore sighed. He hoped his plan would work. As if on cue, Arabella entered his office, behind him was a stranger.
Looking from the two, Dumbledore was for once in his life confused. Who was this young man, where was Harry?
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Harry and Arabella walked through the Headmasters' office. And when they entered Prof. Dumbledore looked up to see Arabella with a look of relief on his face, but when his eyes landed on Harry, the twinkle was gone and in its place was great confusion. Sensing what had happened Arabella laughed.
"Professor, may I present to you Harry Potter." At this Harry bowed mockingly, trying to suppress his laughter.
Silence.
Then, "Harry? Is that really you?" Harry nodded before turning his eyes to the other person in the room. Harry looked into a pool of silver that was filled with determination, power and sadness. The girl she saw was Asian with black hair and grey highlights. She was an inch shorter than Harry and was stunningly pretty.
"Harry, meet Yumiko Suji. She has been transferred from a Japanese magic school that was attacked by Voldemort during the summer. Her other schoolmates went to another school in Japan. But before her parents' passed away, they told her to come to Hogwarts." Prof. Dumbledore explained. "I want you to take her around Hogwarts so that she'll be familiar with the castle. As she has been chosen as a Prefect for Gryffindor by the sorting hat." Harry felt for her aura and almost knew immediately that she was hiding her real strength.
Yumiko looked up to see the handsome wizard that smiled charmingly at her; she could feel the power that radiated from him. Surprisingly, it seemed stronger than Voldemort's. She smiled softly and said in perfect English, "Hi! How do you do? It's nice to meet you Harry Potter."
Review!!!
How do you like it?
Hi! I want to thank all those who reviewed. I was so surprised when so many people reviewed with their suggestions. Anyway, in this chapter I'm hoping to introduce the new girl. For those of you who want to know my name, it's Lucy; I'm thirteen and is Chinese. I'm from New Zealand, (which is this teeny, weenie island underneath Australia.)
Key: '...'= Someone thinking
"..."= Someone talking
~*
Blah Blah Blah
~*= A letter or note
Summary: Harry starts his 5th year at Hogwarts. During the summer, he discovers a magical trunk that led to a lot of new powers and the truth about his heritage. There's also a mysterious new girl at Hogwarts. I didn't really like J.K Rowling's version of the 5th year so I'm writing my own. RW/HG, DM/GW, HP/YS (my own character.)
Harry Potter and the Founders' Trunk
Chapter 3
Meeting the Founders and Diagon Alley
Beep, beep, beep...
Harry's clock barely had enough time to finish beeping when a great flash of white light soared across the tiny room. As the blinding light died down, Harry made out the outline of four tall figures, which consisted of two men and two women whom looked vaguely familiar.
As his brain registered what was happening, Harry realised with a start that he was facing the prominent and famous Founders of Hogwarts, School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
The four renowned wizards were dressed in ancient, traditional dress robes. One of the two men wore an elegant, red dress robe with gold coloured fastenings. His eyes shone with courage and kindness as he grinned at Harry cheerfully. His robe bore the crest of the magnificent Lion of Gryffindor. Harry could not believe his eyes, Godric Gryffindor actually stood in front of him.
The other of the two men looked cunning and sly. His greasy, black hair (A/N: I'm making this up, I don't know what colour Salazar Slytherin's hair is supposed to be) closely resembled a certain well-known (and hated) Professor at Hogwarts. He bore the symbol of Slytherin on his chest proudly and he was wearing a dress robe that matched the green colour of the famous Slytherin Serpent. Salazar stepped forward and gave Harry a nod.
The next lady came forward with a warm smile; she wore the emblem of the Hufflepuff badger on her yellow and black robe. A warm and kind aura surrounded her as she spoke in a soft, musical voice:
"Hello, Harry. It is lovely to finally meet you. Mine, Godric was so excited he couldn't stop blabbering for days." At this Godric Gryffindor glared at her making the last of the founders laugh. She also walked forward to reveal a stunning woman in blue robes with the trademark Raven printed on. Her eyes held great intelligence and wisdom. Seeing Harry staring at her, she gave him a thin smile.
"Umm. so why are you here for? You didn't exactly say much in the trunk." Harry asked, trying not to sound rude. Noticing his uncomfortableness, the founders smiled.
"We're here to tell you about your heritage, or have you already forgotten about that." Salazar said matter-of-factly.
"So is somebody going to tell me?" came Harry's timid voice.
Rowena Ravenclaw sighed as the others looked at her expectantly, "Harry, I'm sure your parents have already told you that you're the heir of us four, correct?" Harry nodded dumbly. "Well, before we died, we made a pledge that when a time arises when we need to save the world from evil, we would call on our Heir and grant him our powers."
"Rowena was a great Seer and she made a prophecy before she died, it said:
(A/N: sorry, guys but I really, really suck at this.)
When the time of evil arises, The son of the prankster and flower Will be born. He shall be the Chosen One
Though he is powerful, He cannot do this alone, Soon a daughter of East will also be born.
She shall do great things, And help The Chosen One, When they meet in their fifth year In the institute of knowledge.
At the age of fifteen He will wield the power of Five Great Ones, And with the help of his Soul mate, They can defeat the evil once and for all.
'Wow!' Harry thought he was dumbstruck. "Umm. I'm really, really confused. I mean you were talking about me weren't you?" the others nodded. "But I thought I was the heir of you FOUR not Five."
"Ahh. You see young Harry, you're also my heir." Came another voice. Turning around he saw an old wizard which he recognised as the most powerful mage ever, Merlin.
"Harry, this is Merlin and he will also be giving you some of his power. Now then, you've already looked through the book on wandless magic and the book of spells, correct?" Harry nodded wandering what was coming "we told your parents to forbid you from trying out your animagi form because with Merlin's power, you should be a multi-animagus. And you should also have an elemental animagi form, like Merlin." Salazar said, taking his time to explain everything.
"Merlin, would you care to transform for a demonstration?" Helga Hufflepuff asked. Merlin nodded with an all too familiar twinkle in his eyes. Then there was a 'pop'. And in the place where Merlin used to stand was a stunning Fire Phoenix. The others gaped in awe as Merlin changed back.
"We don't expect you to be an Magical Elemental Animagus, but you should be able to be an elemental in animal form since you're an multi-elemental due to our and Merlin's influence."
"But we won't know unless we try, so young Harry, please drink this animagus potion." Godric said handing a nasty looking potion to Harry. Harry muttered something about being positive that Snape had been in on this and had purposely made the potion taste worse than Polyjuice. Gulping it down in one go, Harry saw a stag, followed by a fox, eagle, hawk, pigeon, panther, tiger, lion and serpent. This went on for a while until, they were sure that Harry could change into just about anything. Then they saw his Elemental form, which made everyone look as if they were going to faint.
A marvellous, bravura dragon stood in front of them, it shone like the gleaming Sun. It roared with power and strength.
"That's Elementis, the Sun Dragon. He's the protector of the Sun, Stars and all its beings. He controls the Elements and can repel almost every spell." Rowena whispered weakly.
Suddenly, Merlin smiled brightly and said to Harry: "Well done, Son. That is the most powerful of all creatures. It controls every creature of the Sun and Star. Your parents would be very proud of you."
"Now that we've told you everything. We shall each give you one of our most powerful gifts to aid you through this battle. One of us will stay with you to help you control your new powers and work with the elements. Harry James Potter, kneel and accept your destiny."
Harry did as he was told and felt a hand on his shoulder, looking up he saw Godric Gryffindor. "Harry from me you inherit the power to be a beast speaker, a superb fighter in both magical duelling and physical duelling like sword play. Of course you'll also." Godric flashed Harry a charming smile, "inherit my extremely good looks." At this, the adults cracked up and went into hysterics.
"Don't listen to him Harry, you'll be getting a great growing spurt soon because your thin and scrawny body will not be able to control so much power. Though you have been better looking ever since you started training in the duelling stadium. From me you shall inherit my brilliant calmness when under pressure. And you'll also find that you'll find studying a lot easier, don't worry though, you won't turn into your friend Hermione anytime soon." Rowena laughed at the horrified look on Harry's face.
"From me you'll learn to trust and value friendship and will have a great instinct, which will tell you who you can or cannot trust. I also grant you the power of telepathy which will help you to communicate with your loved ones and know when they are in danger." This of course came from the loyal Helga.
"I grant you leadership and a cunning brain that will help you out of sticky situations. I will also be helping you to control your elemental magic along with Merlin." This was from Salazar Slytherin.
"Lastly Harry, from me, I will be with you like an guardian and you can call me out when ever you want. I give you the wisdom and knowledge I have gathered through the years. Harry Potter you have been granted great power, use them wisely and may Light always be with you." With that everyone vanished in the light they came in.
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Harry woke up the next morning happy and refreshed. As he pulled his pants on, he noticed something very, very strange. His trousers, which had been from Dudley was now 3 inches short. Harry gazed in amazement and looked for a mirror.
Finding one, he peered inside and nearly choked. The young man that stared back at him was shocking. He was not wearing his glassed and his emerald eyes shone brighter than usual his tanned skin was now more muscular than ever and he was no longer thin but quite normal. He was much taller and was extremely handsome. 'This can't have happened overnight.' That was when he remembered what Rowena said last night. Guess it wasn't a dream after all.
"So Harry, you look shocked. What did you expect? You should know that Rowena never lies or exaggerates." Came a drawl. Turning around he half expected Snape to be there instead it was Salazar Slytherin.
Seeing his surprise, Salazar grinned lopsidedly and said, "Hello? Earth to Harry! Remember I'm supposed to train you?" Harry remembered and grinned back. "Well, let's get started then!"
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The next two weeks flew by fast. As Harry trained with Salazar he was much more skilled and hardly ever need a wand. But he kept it because Merlin and the others' thought it would be safer for Harry and his friends if Voldemort didn't know about these powers of his.
Too soon it was the 20th of August and Mrs. Figg from next-door came out of her disguise and made her way to No. 4 Privet Drive as Arabella Figg, good friend of Lily and James Potter, ex-auror.
Arriving at the door, she rang the doorbell, to find a very handsome stranger in his teens. He had smooth black hair and piercing green eyes. He looked vaguely familiar but she could not put her finger on it. Clearing her throat, she said in her clear voice,
"Hello, my name is Arabella Figg. I'm here for Harry Potter. He is leaving with me today. Who might you be young man?" she inquired and was confused when he grinned and burst out laughing. 'Maybe I ought to take him to a muggle mental institute or maybe St. Mungos.'
"Mrs. Figg, it's me Harry. I umm... got a growing spurt." The young man said between laughter. Arabella's eyes widened. "You're Harry Potter? Prove it!"
"I, Harry James Potter, am proud to be the son of Prongs the leader of the famous group Marauders, whose mottos were 'I solemnly swear that I'm up to no good.' One of my parents' close friends betrayed them when they went in hiding in Godric's Hollow fifteen years ago." The young man declared strangely calm.
"Very well, I'm satisfied that unless you're the real Harry Potter you would not have known this. Now my turn, this is the feather of Fawkes given to each member of the Order of Phoenix; it has our names on it and does not leave the real person no matter what." Harry also nodded, satisfied with this answer, as he had already known the magical properties of the feather.
"Now dear. Where is your trunk? Let me help you with that." Arabella offered.
"There is no need, Mrs. Figg. The trunk has been charmed to follow me wherever I go, by itself." Arabella nodded, clearly impressed with the skills of young Harry.
As they turned to walk to Arabella's house to get through by floo powder, Harry asked a question that surprised Arabella greatly.
"Umm. Mrs. Figg-"
"Call me Arabella, Harry."
"O.k. Arabella why don't we just apparate there? Isn't easier."
Arabella smiled sheepishly, "Actually, it's because I haven't been in the wizarding world for fifteen years and it would be dangerous for me to apparate not only myself but you and your trunk across the country."
"Would you mind terribly if I apparate you there then?" came the timid question.
Arabella halted sharply and turned to stare Harry sternly in the eyes. "Harry when did you learn how to apparate?"
"This summer." Seeing Arabella opening her mouth to say something, he quickly added. "I can do it wandlessly so the Ministry can't detect anything. As to how, let's just say I'm more than that meets the eye. And how I can trust you? Well, you just said you spent fifteen years of your valuable life in a muggle village just to look after me. That is a great sacrifice and I'm very thankful."
Arabella could only stare at him in disbelieve. This boy had knowledge and wisdom way beyond his age. She smiled softly and said, "Your parents would have been very proud." Before she stretched out her hand and Harry apparated both of them outside Leaky Cauldron.
Harry really enjoyed the time he spent with Arabella. She acted like a mother to him and told him about the times when she was at school with his parents. They went to Gringotts first and Harry got out his money to pay for the stationery he needed to buy. They went to Flourish and Botts and brought all the books they needed then headed to the robe shop for a new dress robe.
After buying all his necessities, they sat outside the ice-cream parlour chatting and laughing like old friends. From what Harry heard, he knew that Arabella was once one of the best aurors in the country and worked wonderfully well with the Potters and Sirius. She had loved Sirius and after he was framed for murdering the Potters she was heart broken and left the Wizarding world till last summer, when Dumbledore had come and explained to her that Sirius was indeed innocent and that the Order of Phoenix was being rebuilt and needed her help. And now she and Sirius was back together and getting married on Halloween.
Harry was extremely happy for them and thought that they both deserved somebody that would love them. He was also thrilled with the idea that he was going to get a new godmother.
The day flew by fast and before they realised it, it was time to go back to Hogwarts, his home.
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Albus Dumbledore sat and studied the new girl intently. He could tell that she wield great power but was hiding it from him. Dumbledore sighed. He hoped his plan would work. As if on cue, Arabella entered his office, behind him was a stranger.
Looking from the two, Dumbledore was for once in his life confused. Who was this young man, where was Harry?
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Harry and Arabella walked through the Headmasters' office. And when they entered Prof. Dumbledore looked up to see Arabella with a look of relief on his face, but when his eyes landed on Harry, the twinkle was gone and in its place was great confusion. Sensing what had happened Arabella laughed.
"Professor, may I present to you Harry Potter." At this Harry bowed mockingly, trying to suppress his laughter.
Silence.
Then, "Harry? Is that really you?" Harry nodded before turning his eyes to the other person in the room. Harry looked into a pool of silver that was filled with determination, power and sadness. The girl she saw was Asian with black hair and grey highlights. She was an inch shorter than Harry and was stunningly pretty.
"Harry, meet Yumiko Suji. She has been transferred from a Japanese magic school that was attacked by Voldemort during the summer. Her other schoolmates went to another school in Japan. But before her parents' passed away, they told her to come to Hogwarts." Prof. Dumbledore explained. "I want you to take her around Hogwarts so that she'll be familiar with the castle. As she has been chosen as a Prefect for Gryffindor by the sorting hat." Harry felt for her aura and almost knew immediately that she was hiding her real strength.
Yumiko looked up to see the handsome wizard that smiled charmingly at her; she could feel the power that radiated from him. Surprisingly, it seemed stronger than Voldemort's. She smiled softly and said in perfect English, "Hi! How do you do? It's nice to meet you Harry Potter."
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