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CapriceAnn Hedican-Kocur- I'm going to try and update as often as I can. Alas, I'm a college student (and a Biology major) so time is short some days.
Lindiel Eryn-I like the idea of crossovers too! The two settings have so much in common. You'll have to see what I do with my characters in Middle Earth. They'll get home soon.
Meinien- Thanks for the vote of encouragement!
Disclaimer- I still own nothing! The only things in this chapter I own are the extended Dolan family, Madison, and the location known as Hound's Hollow. I'm just you're run of the mill, broke college student. I own nothing but my Pointe Shoes.
If you looked directly at Number Four, Privet Drive, one would see nothing but a normal house. The lawn was neatly manicured. A sparking car parked in the driveway. The house looked, for the entire world to see, to be a normal, and run of the mill home, occupied by a normal run of the mill family. If one were to open the front door, they would see that it was not the case.
Sitting in the front hallway were too figures. Both were looking toward the door, wishing, hoping, waiting for someone to open it and release them from this ordinary house.
"You're sure someone is going to come for us eventually," said the boy, the famous Harry Potter.
"My uncle said that they would be here exactly two hours after he left me here," the girl replied.
She had long straight black hair and bright green eyes. Her name was Cora Dolan and she was Harry's cousin, first cousin to be exact. This was the first time the two wizards were meeting face to face but they had exchanged many letters, much to the chagrin of Harry's Muggle aunt and uncle.
Harry had found out about Cora through his Godfather, Sirius Black. Sirius had told Harry, in a letter that his aunt Petunia had another sister that she never talked about. This sister's name was Daisy. Daisy, like his own mother, was a Hogwarts trained witch and she married into a very old, Irish wizarding family. Getting high marks in Defense Against the Dark Arts while at school, she and her husband both became aurors and were killed just before Harry's parents were. Cora, who was born exactly a week before he was, was taken to be raised by her father's family.
"Who do you think is going to come for us?" Harry asked, placing Hedwig's cage on top of his trunk.
Cora's uncle, Patrick, had helped him bring it downstairs before he left.
"I don't know. My Grams went out and took my aunt Kathleen and my cousin Conner with her. All my other aunts and uncles are busy so I'm not 100% sure," Cora replied.
"What about your other cousin, the one you said lived with you?' Harry inquired.
"Glendon? Nope, my Grams made him stay home and watch the house. He's supposed to have cleaned up before we get there but, knowing Glendon, he's probably reading or something," Cora replied.
"By the way, you never did tell me where we are going," Harry said.
Cora had, accidentally, left out their destination in every one of her letters. She never said where she was writing from, either.
Cora laughed and explained, "I couldn't tell you in my letters because people would find out where I'm taking you but I can tell you now. We're going to Hound's Hollow. It's a small wizarding village in rural Ireland and where I was raised. We're going to my Grams house, an old wizard's mansion called Hound's Tooth."
"Oh, you come from money," Harry commented, offhandedly.
"No, nothing like that. I mean, we're not poor but we're not rich either. It's just old and mansion like because one of my great grand relatives built the house lots of years ago and we've just kept adding on to it," Cora said, "I come from a very big family."
"Just one more question, how come I couldn't tell my friends, Hermione and Ron?" Harry inquired.
"It's for there own good. You don't want someone you're friends with to try and find where we're headed. Hound's Hollow is unplottable and protected in a very special way. My uncle left these half open portals to Middle Earth in the woods surrounding the town. They change every half-hour or so and there are a lot of them. It's not like the leave you in nice places either, if you were to step through them," Cora told Harry.
"Middle Earth? Isn't that just fiction?" Harry wondered, aloud.
"No more fictional than the wizards and stuff that live there," Cora began, but she was interrupted by a knock at the front door.
The two wizards scrambled for the front door, both hoping that it would be the person or group of people that would take them away from there. Harry got there first, opening the door to reveal two people dressed in Muggle attire and a big black dog. Harry was taken completely off guard. Standing in his doorway was Remus Lupin, his third year Defense Against the Dark Arts professor, and his Godfather in dog form, Sirius Black. He didn't recognize the woman but Cora appeared to have. She waved and gave Lupin a hug.
"You know Professor Lupin?" Harry asked, incredulously.
"He's my godfather," Cora said, "I just found out about that and that's his wife, Madison. I'm sure you know who the dog is."
Harry nodded, not wanting to divulge the identity of the dog out loud.
"Come on," Madison said, we had better get going. The portal is going to close soon."
The couple picked up Harry's trunk while the dog led the two children down the street and to a large oak tree.
"Go through," called Lupin. Harry looked at Cora and then at the dog. Cora took his hand and pulled him through.
He came out in the middle of a large front yard. Turning around he saw that he was facing a large, old looking house. The house had to have been three stories high but extremely wide. There were many towers and turrets attached to the house.
"Welcome to Hound's Tooth!" Cora announced. Moments later, the dog and the two wizards exited the portal.
"Come on," Cora urged, leading the staring Harry toward the huge house.
"Glendon! We're home!" Cora called, as soon as they entered the house.
"I heard you," a sandy haired, blue eyed, freckled/pink cheeked boy said.
He, then, turned, shook his hand, and said to Harry, "Glendon Andrew McIntyre. Pleased to meet you."
Harry looked at Cora, confused.
"Glendon's just being funny," Cora explained.
Glendon smiled and said to Madison, Remus, and, the newly transformed, Sirius Black, "Gram said that Harry's stuff should go in the third bedroom from the left on the second floor."
"Come on, I'll show you around," Cora told Harry.
CapriceAnn Hedican-Kocur- I'm going to try and update as often as I can. Alas, I'm a college student (and a Biology major) so time is short some days.
Lindiel Eryn-I like the idea of crossovers too! The two settings have so much in common. You'll have to see what I do with my characters in Middle Earth. They'll get home soon.
Meinien- Thanks for the vote of encouragement!
Disclaimer- I still own nothing! The only things in this chapter I own are the extended Dolan family, Madison, and the location known as Hound's Hollow. I'm just you're run of the mill, broke college student. I own nothing but my Pointe Shoes.
If you looked directly at Number Four, Privet Drive, one would see nothing but a normal house. The lawn was neatly manicured. A sparking car parked in the driveway. The house looked, for the entire world to see, to be a normal, and run of the mill home, occupied by a normal run of the mill family. If one were to open the front door, they would see that it was not the case.
Sitting in the front hallway were too figures. Both were looking toward the door, wishing, hoping, waiting for someone to open it and release them from this ordinary house.
"You're sure someone is going to come for us eventually," said the boy, the famous Harry Potter.
"My uncle said that they would be here exactly two hours after he left me here," the girl replied.
She had long straight black hair and bright green eyes. Her name was Cora Dolan and she was Harry's cousin, first cousin to be exact. This was the first time the two wizards were meeting face to face but they had exchanged many letters, much to the chagrin of Harry's Muggle aunt and uncle.
Harry had found out about Cora through his Godfather, Sirius Black. Sirius had told Harry, in a letter that his aunt Petunia had another sister that she never talked about. This sister's name was Daisy. Daisy, like his own mother, was a Hogwarts trained witch and she married into a very old, Irish wizarding family. Getting high marks in Defense Against the Dark Arts while at school, she and her husband both became aurors and were killed just before Harry's parents were. Cora, who was born exactly a week before he was, was taken to be raised by her father's family.
"Who do you think is going to come for us?" Harry asked, placing Hedwig's cage on top of his trunk.
Cora's uncle, Patrick, had helped him bring it downstairs before he left.
"I don't know. My Grams went out and took my aunt Kathleen and my cousin Conner with her. All my other aunts and uncles are busy so I'm not 100% sure," Cora replied.
"What about your other cousin, the one you said lived with you?' Harry inquired.
"Glendon? Nope, my Grams made him stay home and watch the house. He's supposed to have cleaned up before we get there but, knowing Glendon, he's probably reading or something," Cora replied.
"By the way, you never did tell me where we are going," Harry said.
Cora had, accidentally, left out their destination in every one of her letters. She never said where she was writing from, either.
Cora laughed and explained, "I couldn't tell you in my letters because people would find out where I'm taking you but I can tell you now. We're going to Hound's Hollow. It's a small wizarding village in rural Ireland and where I was raised. We're going to my Grams house, an old wizard's mansion called Hound's Tooth."
"Oh, you come from money," Harry commented, offhandedly.
"No, nothing like that. I mean, we're not poor but we're not rich either. It's just old and mansion like because one of my great grand relatives built the house lots of years ago and we've just kept adding on to it," Cora said, "I come from a very big family."
"Just one more question, how come I couldn't tell my friends, Hermione and Ron?" Harry inquired.
"It's for there own good. You don't want someone you're friends with to try and find where we're headed. Hound's Hollow is unplottable and protected in a very special way. My uncle left these half open portals to Middle Earth in the woods surrounding the town. They change every half-hour or so and there are a lot of them. It's not like the leave you in nice places either, if you were to step through them," Cora told Harry.
"Middle Earth? Isn't that just fiction?" Harry wondered, aloud.
"No more fictional than the wizards and stuff that live there," Cora began, but she was interrupted by a knock at the front door.
The two wizards scrambled for the front door, both hoping that it would be the person or group of people that would take them away from there. Harry got there first, opening the door to reveal two people dressed in Muggle attire and a big black dog. Harry was taken completely off guard. Standing in his doorway was Remus Lupin, his third year Defense Against the Dark Arts professor, and his Godfather in dog form, Sirius Black. He didn't recognize the woman but Cora appeared to have. She waved and gave Lupin a hug.
"You know Professor Lupin?" Harry asked, incredulously.
"He's my godfather," Cora said, "I just found out about that and that's his wife, Madison. I'm sure you know who the dog is."
Harry nodded, not wanting to divulge the identity of the dog out loud.
"Come on," Madison said, we had better get going. The portal is going to close soon."
The couple picked up Harry's trunk while the dog led the two children down the street and to a large oak tree.
"Go through," called Lupin. Harry looked at Cora and then at the dog. Cora took his hand and pulled him through.
He came out in the middle of a large front yard. Turning around he saw that he was facing a large, old looking house. The house had to have been three stories high but extremely wide. There were many towers and turrets attached to the house.
"Welcome to Hound's Tooth!" Cora announced. Moments later, the dog and the two wizards exited the portal.
"Come on," Cora urged, leading the staring Harry toward the huge house.
"Glendon! We're home!" Cora called, as soon as they entered the house.
"I heard you," a sandy haired, blue eyed, freckled/pink cheeked boy said.
He, then, turned, shook his hand, and said to Harry, "Glendon Andrew McIntyre. Pleased to meet you."
Harry looked at Cora, confused.
"Glendon's just being funny," Cora explained.
Glendon smiled and said to Madison, Remus, and, the newly transformed, Sirius Black, "Gram said that Harry's stuff should go in the third bedroom from the left on the second floor."
"Come on, I'll show you around," Cora told Harry.