Charmed By Dragons
Chapter 1
"Another year at Hogwarts. Gosh, I heard that we are supposed to get a new student, one from America. She's supposed to be a transfer student," Hermione said to her friends. "She can't be a transfer. I heard that she was born around here and is related to one of the Professors at Hogwarts. At least, that's what Fred and George told me," Ron said. "How would they know anything about a new student?" Harry asked as he tugged his bags out from the compartment under the train. "At the end of every year, they go through the students in Hogwarts to see who is going to get their letter. They only did it the one-year that Ginny was going to get her letter. They saw this new girl's name and kept seeing when she was actually going to come. They said that Hogwarts had a picture of her and that's why they kept coming back to see her. I personally think that she's really cute," Ron said as his ears turned from an ivory color to a cherry red color. "Well, I personally think that you should get to your studies this year Ron, for all we know you could already be failing," Hermione said with a big smile upon her face. "Shut up Hermione. Everybody knows that you are seven chapters ahead of everyone," Ron said as he chewed on a jellybean. "Ewe! This one tastes like dust!" Ron shouted as he spit out the jellybean. "It looks like it's going to rain," Hermione said as she grabbed her small bags from the train and tried to hurry her friends to one of the empty carriages when she hit into something very firm. "Excuse me," she said. She looked up, only to find Hogwarts' meanest young wizard, Draco Malfoy. "Never mind that, I didn't know whom I was talking to," Hermione said with a voice filled with disgust. "Sure, mudbloods always have an excuse to knock into people," he said and pushed her out of his sight. "Potter, I hope this year you will finally come to notice who you really should hang out with," he said, as his grin turned to an evil laugh. "Draco," Ron started, with a smile sneaking across his little face. "You know, you've got a big black thing in between your two front teeth," he whispered, but loudly enough for everyone around him to hear. Draco quickly turned around and stared at his teeth in one of the carriage windows. Harry, Hermione, and Ron all shared a laugh together. "Potter!" the evil voice yelled. "I heard you talking about a new student coming to Hogwarts!" Harry turned and looked at Draco. "And? What are you going to do, try and blackmail me from talking about a new student?" Harry smiled and walked away. "You'll see Potter, this new student will regret ever coming to Hogwarts."
When all the students were inside the castle and in the Great Hall, everyone was waiting for the new students to be sorted into his or her house. "I wonder where this new student could be," Hermione voiced out loud. "She's supposed to be in our grade." Everyone jumped at the sound of thunder and the sight of lighting. "Well, if we can't see her now, she must be a very short person," Ron said. Harry and him then started to laugh. "All of the first years have finally been sorted, she might not be coming this year," Harry said. Fred and George looked around frantically. Professor McGonnagle still stood up by the sorting hat for some reason. "Maybe she knows what's going on," Ron suggested to Fred. Dumbledore stood up and announced, "Students of Hogwarts, today is a different day. First years are all here and we are waiting for another student who seems to be running a bit late," Professor Dumbledore paused after this statement and looked over at McGonnagle, who simply shrugged her shoulders. She was just about to set down the sorting hat, when a bolt of lighting struck somewhere outside on the grounds near the castle and a roaring thunder afterwards made everyone scream. The lights flickered and when they came back on, there was a figure at the door peering in. "Ah, I see she made it," Dumbledore said and pointed to the blonde figure by the doors. "Hogwarts students, I would like you to meet Shane McGonnagle." The figure shook her head and started walking towards the front of the room. Her hair was down and it was dripping wet. It was very curly, although, no one could she her face. Everybody sat in silence as she walked to the front of the room and sat down on the stool. The silence continued as she sat there waiting to have the sorting hat placed on her head so she could be sorted into her house. During the moment of silence, Dumbledore spoke. "I know everybody has heard rumors about Shane. Yes, she is Professor McGonagall's granddaughter, and she is a transfer student from America. She doesn't know anyone in this entire school, so I suggest that all of you be on your best behavior." When he finished he then gave McGonnagl a wave of his hand that signified to set the sorting hat on her head. It flopped over Shane's head and nobody could see her face. "Ah, yes, McGonnagll...oh I've seen you lost your accent from your birth land. I see many powers, and many hidden powers. These powers could possibly hurt another, but you're not quite sure how to use them, eh?" Shane bared a smile from underneath the sorting hat. Boys sat in awe as she showed her white teeth. "What's this...a child?" the hat whispered into her ear. Shane could just make out people in the hall saying things like, 'huh?' and 'What'd it say?' She was brought back to focusing on what the sorting hat was telling her when she heard it say, "Ah, very well then... your ancestors tell me to put you in ... GRYFFINDOR!" the hat shouted. People began cheering, well, at least the ones from Gryffindor. Professor McGonnagll took the hat off Shane's head and set it under the table as she sat down to eat. She noticeably looked a little on the pissed off side when she took her seat. Shane took a seat by Hermione, who she was now hoping to be her new best friend. Shane gave a friendly smile and waved to Hermione. "Peace," Draco said. He looked as if someone had put him under a spell. After the arrival dinner, Hermione agreed to show Shane around. "Uh...I don't sleep in the girls' dormitory with the other Gryffindor girls. I'm not trying to say it to be bitchy or anything, but my grandmother is making me stay in my own bedroom. Uh, it was something about keeping my studies up, and yeah, that kind of stuff." Shane laughed. Hermione stared blankly at her. " That's too cool. I wish my relative worked at the school," Ron said dreamily. Hermione and Harry rolled their eyes, and laughed as Ron tried to flirt with Shane. "I would invite you guys over, but it's a bit on the messy side. You know, with putting things away and getting settled in," Shane said, while not looking anyone in the eyes. Hermione was just about to say something when she was interrupted. "Hi, I'm Malfoy, Draco Malfoy," Draco said. "Hi Malfoy, Draco Malfoy," Shane said in a mock impersonation of Draco, which made everyone laugh, all except Draco of course. "A sense of humor, I see," he said back to her, while making his eyes wander. Shane noticed him checking her out and asked with a smile, "Ah, you have shifty eyes, is everything alright?" "From where I'm standing, everything is fine," he said while circling around her checking every inch of her body. "Obviously you've met the famous Harry Potter and his friends. Just to advise you, Harry was offered a great friendship, but went the other way. Don't let that happen to you," Draco said, winked, and walked away. "Don't mind him, he's just an asshole," Harry said. "There's something about him, I feel as if I've met him before," Shane said with a confused expression on her face. "You've been to hell before?" Hermione said. Shane turned around and started laughing. When Shane had calmed down a bit, she looked at her watch, as if it were a distraction, and said quickly, "Well guys, I will see you tomorrow. I still have to unpack a lot of stuff. Night!" She turned and walked down the long hallway and up some stairs. "Good night, my love," Ron said aloud. Hermione and Harry looked at each other and laughed. Later that evening, Hermione awoke to the sound of someone crying. She knew it wasn't Moaning Myrtle from past experiences dealing with the ghost's temperament, but it sounded like a baby crying. Within minutes she heard nothing but silence and shrugged it off without any thoughts.
The next morning at breakfast, Hermione brought up the subject of the crying baby sounds. Some heard it and others claimed it was the wind. As Potions rolled around, people started asking questions about the cries. Shrugging it off, Harry, Hermione, and Ron went about their own business. They walked into Potions class and there was a crowd of people gathered there already who were backing Shane into a corner. "HEY! GUYS! C'mon leave her alone, let her breathe!" Harry said and pulled her out of the mob. "Thank," Shane said while gasping for air. "It's all good, I know how it feels," Harry said and sat down next to Ron. Shane sat next to Hermione and was just about to go into a conversation until a tap on the shoulder interrupted her. "Is this seat taken?" Draco asked, smiling at Shane. "No," Shane replied and gave him a half smile. Draco stood there. "I think Draco just stun gunned himself..." Shane whispered to Hermione. They laughed, and then a loud noise broke the laugh. BANG! Professor Snape burst through the doors, mumbling to himself. He turned around on his pedestal chair and said to the class, "Look at the people sitting next to you and look at them straight in the eye." The class did as they were told. Hermione raised her hand. "Is this going to be on the test? Looking into each others eyes?" she asked with a stern look on her face. "This is the test." Snape shot back. "Oh..." Hermione said confusedly. "You have to choose one person sitting next to you that is preferably the opposite sex," Snape said. Shane looked at Hermione and gave her a 'Damn It' kind of look. Hermione smiled, shook her head, and partnered up with Harry and Ron. Shane turned around and looked at Draco. "Hi," she said with a weird expression on her face because Draco was staring at her again. "Hey," he said and gave her a blank smile. "Ahem," Snape said and got everyone's attention. "A potion will be started today, by all of you. I want each group to get to know each member of their team. The potion will know if you do as your told. The potion ingredients and directions will be found on page 136 in your textbooks. I do not, or for that matter, will not share the ingredients with you. All of the necessary ingredients will be found in the forest. Everyday for the next week, you will go through the forest and find ALL of the ingredients listed on the textbook page. You have one day to prepare, which is today. Get to work and no funny business," he said with a slimy smile and slipped behind his desk to take attendance. "So what potion are we making?" Draco asked. "I dunno, look up the page and read it," Shane replied looking for a cauldron to reserve. "If you insist," Draco said and started flipping though the pages. "Wow a love potion." 'Just what I want, her to go out with me...' he thought to himself. "Let me see," Shane said and looked up at Draco. Obviously she was quite a bit shorter than he was and that was what she loved about guys. She started checking him out. He had blonde hair, gray...no, blue eyes and was really hot too. She started to blush and dug her face into the book. 'Wow,' thought Draco, 'she's gorgeous.' The bell then rang, signaling the end of class. " I have to do something before I go to dinner, so I'll see you later," Shane said and started to walk away from him. He grabbed her arm and pulled her back. "Uh, I'll come with you," he said nervously. Shane could see that he was trying. 'Ah... what the hell. What was one person anyway?' "Sure, why not," Shane said and smiled. 'Thank you god!!!' Draco thought to himself. They walked up the hall in silence. Shane looked at Draco, deep into his eyes and they started laughing. What Draco didn't tell Shane about was that he had a little fan club. Pansy Parkinson was watching Draco and Shane walk closely together and laughing. Jealousy rolled through her skin and she could feel it pulsing in her. She felt that she had to follow them, just to see where her "Soon to be Husband" was going. She followed them all the way up to Shane's room, where Shane invited Draco inside. When Shane closed the door, Draco heard voices. "What's that?" Draco asked, pointing into thin air. "That's the television," Shane replied. "Why is it on? Is someone else bunking with you?" Draco asked. Shane looked at him for a minute. "Actually, yes there is someone else 'bunking' with me," Shane replied. "Hey Trenton, I'm back!" Shane called out. "You have a guy living with you?" Draco asked astonished. Shane nodded her head. "MOMMY!" a little boy's voice called through the room and into the other.
Chapter 1
"Another year at Hogwarts. Gosh, I heard that we are supposed to get a new student, one from America. She's supposed to be a transfer student," Hermione said to her friends. "She can't be a transfer. I heard that she was born around here and is related to one of the Professors at Hogwarts. At least, that's what Fred and George told me," Ron said. "How would they know anything about a new student?" Harry asked as he tugged his bags out from the compartment under the train. "At the end of every year, they go through the students in Hogwarts to see who is going to get their letter. They only did it the one-year that Ginny was going to get her letter. They saw this new girl's name and kept seeing when she was actually going to come. They said that Hogwarts had a picture of her and that's why they kept coming back to see her. I personally think that she's really cute," Ron said as his ears turned from an ivory color to a cherry red color. "Well, I personally think that you should get to your studies this year Ron, for all we know you could already be failing," Hermione said with a big smile upon her face. "Shut up Hermione. Everybody knows that you are seven chapters ahead of everyone," Ron said as he chewed on a jellybean. "Ewe! This one tastes like dust!" Ron shouted as he spit out the jellybean. "It looks like it's going to rain," Hermione said as she grabbed her small bags from the train and tried to hurry her friends to one of the empty carriages when she hit into something very firm. "Excuse me," she said. She looked up, only to find Hogwarts' meanest young wizard, Draco Malfoy. "Never mind that, I didn't know whom I was talking to," Hermione said with a voice filled with disgust. "Sure, mudbloods always have an excuse to knock into people," he said and pushed her out of his sight. "Potter, I hope this year you will finally come to notice who you really should hang out with," he said, as his grin turned to an evil laugh. "Draco," Ron started, with a smile sneaking across his little face. "You know, you've got a big black thing in between your two front teeth," he whispered, but loudly enough for everyone around him to hear. Draco quickly turned around and stared at his teeth in one of the carriage windows. Harry, Hermione, and Ron all shared a laugh together. "Potter!" the evil voice yelled. "I heard you talking about a new student coming to Hogwarts!" Harry turned and looked at Draco. "And? What are you going to do, try and blackmail me from talking about a new student?" Harry smiled and walked away. "You'll see Potter, this new student will regret ever coming to Hogwarts."
When all the students were inside the castle and in the Great Hall, everyone was waiting for the new students to be sorted into his or her house. "I wonder where this new student could be," Hermione voiced out loud. "She's supposed to be in our grade." Everyone jumped at the sound of thunder and the sight of lighting. "Well, if we can't see her now, she must be a very short person," Ron said. Harry and him then started to laugh. "All of the first years have finally been sorted, she might not be coming this year," Harry said. Fred and George looked around frantically. Professor McGonnagle still stood up by the sorting hat for some reason. "Maybe she knows what's going on," Ron suggested to Fred. Dumbledore stood up and announced, "Students of Hogwarts, today is a different day. First years are all here and we are waiting for another student who seems to be running a bit late," Professor Dumbledore paused after this statement and looked over at McGonnagle, who simply shrugged her shoulders. She was just about to set down the sorting hat, when a bolt of lighting struck somewhere outside on the grounds near the castle and a roaring thunder afterwards made everyone scream. The lights flickered and when they came back on, there was a figure at the door peering in. "Ah, I see she made it," Dumbledore said and pointed to the blonde figure by the doors. "Hogwarts students, I would like you to meet Shane McGonnagle." The figure shook her head and started walking towards the front of the room. Her hair was down and it was dripping wet. It was very curly, although, no one could she her face. Everybody sat in silence as she walked to the front of the room and sat down on the stool. The silence continued as she sat there waiting to have the sorting hat placed on her head so she could be sorted into her house. During the moment of silence, Dumbledore spoke. "I know everybody has heard rumors about Shane. Yes, she is Professor McGonagall's granddaughter, and she is a transfer student from America. She doesn't know anyone in this entire school, so I suggest that all of you be on your best behavior." When he finished he then gave McGonnagl a wave of his hand that signified to set the sorting hat on her head. It flopped over Shane's head and nobody could see her face. "Ah, yes, McGonnagll...oh I've seen you lost your accent from your birth land. I see many powers, and many hidden powers. These powers could possibly hurt another, but you're not quite sure how to use them, eh?" Shane bared a smile from underneath the sorting hat. Boys sat in awe as she showed her white teeth. "What's this...a child?" the hat whispered into her ear. Shane could just make out people in the hall saying things like, 'huh?' and 'What'd it say?' She was brought back to focusing on what the sorting hat was telling her when she heard it say, "Ah, very well then... your ancestors tell me to put you in ... GRYFFINDOR!" the hat shouted. People began cheering, well, at least the ones from Gryffindor. Professor McGonnagll took the hat off Shane's head and set it under the table as she sat down to eat. She noticeably looked a little on the pissed off side when she took her seat. Shane took a seat by Hermione, who she was now hoping to be her new best friend. Shane gave a friendly smile and waved to Hermione. "Peace," Draco said. He looked as if someone had put him under a spell. After the arrival dinner, Hermione agreed to show Shane around. "Uh...I don't sleep in the girls' dormitory with the other Gryffindor girls. I'm not trying to say it to be bitchy or anything, but my grandmother is making me stay in my own bedroom. Uh, it was something about keeping my studies up, and yeah, that kind of stuff." Shane laughed. Hermione stared blankly at her. " That's too cool. I wish my relative worked at the school," Ron said dreamily. Hermione and Harry rolled their eyes, and laughed as Ron tried to flirt with Shane. "I would invite you guys over, but it's a bit on the messy side. You know, with putting things away and getting settled in," Shane said, while not looking anyone in the eyes. Hermione was just about to say something when she was interrupted. "Hi, I'm Malfoy, Draco Malfoy," Draco said. "Hi Malfoy, Draco Malfoy," Shane said in a mock impersonation of Draco, which made everyone laugh, all except Draco of course. "A sense of humor, I see," he said back to her, while making his eyes wander. Shane noticed him checking her out and asked with a smile, "Ah, you have shifty eyes, is everything alright?" "From where I'm standing, everything is fine," he said while circling around her checking every inch of her body. "Obviously you've met the famous Harry Potter and his friends. Just to advise you, Harry was offered a great friendship, but went the other way. Don't let that happen to you," Draco said, winked, and walked away. "Don't mind him, he's just an asshole," Harry said. "There's something about him, I feel as if I've met him before," Shane said with a confused expression on her face. "You've been to hell before?" Hermione said. Shane turned around and started laughing. When Shane had calmed down a bit, she looked at her watch, as if it were a distraction, and said quickly, "Well guys, I will see you tomorrow. I still have to unpack a lot of stuff. Night!" She turned and walked down the long hallway and up some stairs. "Good night, my love," Ron said aloud. Hermione and Harry looked at each other and laughed. Later that evening, Hermione awoke to the sound of someone crying. She knew it wasn't Moaning Myrtle from past experiences dealing with the ghost's temperament, but it sounded like a baby crying. Within minutes she heard nothing but silence and shrugged it off without any thoughts.
The next morning at breakfast, Hermione brought up the subject of the crying baby sounds. Some heard it and others claimed it was the wind. As Potions rolled around, people started asking questions about the cries. Shrugging it off, Harry, Hermione, and Ron went about their own business. They walked into Potions class and there was a crowd of people gathered there already who were backing Shane into a corner. "HEY! GUYS! C'mon leave her alone, let her breathe!" Harry said and pulled her out of the mob. "Thank," Shane said while gasping for air. "It's all good, I know how it feels," Harry said and sat down next to Ron. Shane sat next to Hermione and was just about to go into a conversation until a tap on the shoulder interrupted her. "Is this seat taken?" Draco asked, smiling at Shane. "No," Shane replied and gave him a half smile. Draco stood there. "I think Draco just stun gunned himself..." Shane whispered to Hermione. They laughed, and then a loud noise broke the laugh. BANG! Professor Snape burst through the doors, mumbling to himself. He turned around on his pedestal chair and said to the class, "Look at the people sitting next to you and look at them straight in the eye." The class did as they were told. Hermione raised her hand. "Is this going to be on the test? Looking into each others eyes?" she asked with a stern look on her face. "This is the test." Snape shot back. "Oh..." Hermione said confusedly. "You have to choose one person sitting next to you that is preferably the opposite sex," Snape said. Shane looked at Hermione and gave her a 'Damn It' kind of look. Hermione smiled, shook her head, and partnered up with Harry and Ron. Shane turned around and looked at Draco. "Hi," she said with a weird expression on her face because Draco was staring at her again. "Hey," he said and gave her a blank smile. "Ahem," Snape said and got everyone's attention. "A potion will be started today, by all of you. I want each group to get to know each member of their team. The potion will know if you do as your told. The potion ingredients and directions will be found on page 136 in your textbooks. I do not, or for that matter, will not share the ingredients with you. All of the necessary ingredients will be found in the forest. Everyday for the next week, you will go through the forest and find ALL of the ingredients listed on the textbook page. You have one day to prepare, which is today. Get to work and no funny business," he said with a slimy smile and slipped behind his desk to take attendance. "So what potion are we making?" Draco asked. "I dunno, look up the page and read it," Shane replied looking for a cauldron to reserve. "If you insist," Draco said and started flipping though the pages. "Wow a love potion." 'Just what I want, her to go out with me...' he thought to himself. "Let me see," Shane said and looked up at Draco. Obviously she was quite a bit shorter than he was and that was what she loved about guys. She started checking him out. He had blonde hair, gray...no, blue eyes and was really hot too. She started to blush and dug her face into the book. 'Wow,' thought Draco, 'she's gorgeous.' The bell then rang, signaling the end of class. " I have to do something before I go to dinner, so I'll see you later," Shane said and started to walk away from him. He grabbed her arm and pulled her back. "Uh, I'll come with you," he said nervously. Shane could see that he was trying. 'Ah... what the hell. What was one person anyway?' "Sure, why not," Shane said and smiled. 'Thank you god!!!' Draco thought to himself. They walked up the hall in silence. Shane looked at Draco, deep into his eyes and they started laughing. What Draco didn't tell Shane about was that he had a little fan club. Pansy Parkinson was watching Draco and Shane walk closely together and laughing. Jealousy rolled through her skin and she could feel it pulsing in her. She felt that she had to follow them, just to see where her "Soon to be Husband" was going. She followed them all the way up to Shane's room, where Shane invited Draco inside. When Shane closed the door, Draco heard voices. "What's that?" Draco asked, pointing into thin air. "That's the television," Shane replied. "Why is it on? Is someone else bunking with you?" Draco asked. Shane looked at him for a minute. "Actually, yes there is someone else 'bunking' with me," Shane replied. "Hey Trenton, I'm back!" Shane called out. "You have a guy living with you?" Draco asked astonished. Shane nodded her head. "MOMMY!" a little boy's voice called through the room and into the other.