Disclaimer: I own none of the Harry Potter characters. Only Ivan Valk, Kobero and Professor Rimpel are mine.

In case you were wondering, the reason it's called 'The Falcon' is because Valk means falcon in dutch. Oude Rimpel, the DA prof.'s name, means 'Old Wrinkle' in dutch. Kobero doesn't mean anything. 'De draken slapen niet' means 'the dragons do not sleep'. As in 'Dragons don't sleep', as in Shenmue 2. Just in case you where wondering.*Smile*

~~~~~Chapter 1: The Train Ride~~~~~

Harry Potter sat alone in a compartment on the Hogwarts Express. He was entering his sixth year of Hogwarts, along with his two best friends, Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger. When at the train station, he had seen neither of them. He stared out the window, silently. All of a sudden a lanky figure burst through the door and plopped down in the seat across from him. Harry looked at him for a moment before smiling and saying, "Hey Ron! I was looking for you at the train station." The red headed boy smiled at Harry before replying, "I was running up and down the train, popping my head in the compartments looking for you. I found Hermione, along the way. She said she saw you come in here and that she'd be here in a little while." As if on cue, a bushy-haired girl opened the door to the compartment and entered. "Hello you two. Have a good summer?", she said before sitting down next to Harry. The two boys nodded and said their hellos. For the rest of the train ride to Hogwarts they conversed about their summers, and homework, and, of course, about returning to Hogwarts.

~*~A few hours later~*~

"De draken slapen niet." Said Hermione to the portrait of the fat lady. It swung open and the trio walked into the common room. Ron glanced towards the fire. A boy, 16 in age, sat across from it, in a fluffy red chair. His curly, mud brown hair blew slightly and his baby blue eyes glowed mysteriously as he stared silently at the flames. He didn't seem to notice them, so they said nothing to him. Ron turned back towards Harry and asked in a whisper, "Who's that?"

"I don't know. He looks oddly familiar, though..." answered Harry.

"His name's Ivan Valk." said Hermione quietly.

"How do you know that?" Ron asked suspiciously.

"Remember when I went up to Professor McGonagall to ask her something? Well, he was there. McGonagall was talking to him about something. I don't know what, though. I couldn't hear them. Anyway, as soon as I walked up, they stopped talking and he walked off. It was rather odd, really." Hermione replied.

Harry looked back at the boy, and studied him. He had three, small, parrallel scars under his left eye and a strange necklace hung around his neck. On the chain hung a pendant in the shape of a falcon. The falcon's wings and talons were outstretched and his beak was open. Sapphires were set as the eyes of the bird and seemed to illuminate the rest of the predator. Harry blinked and shook his head slightly.

"I'm going to sleep. I'm tired.", said Harry before quickly rushing up the stairs to the boys dormitories. Ron shrugged and said, "I'm kind of tired myself. G'night, Mione." He stole another glance at Ivan before following Harry. Hermione looked at Ivan and sighed quietly before heading upstairs.

~~~~~*~~~~~ It's kinda short. I didn't have much time to do it, so.the next chapters will be longer, I promise. Please REVIEW!