[ AN- To all, here is the changed and revised chapter 4. There's only a small change though. Nothing big. Hope you like. I don't own Harry Potter.]
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Harry Potter and the Song of the Mermaid
Chapter 4 - Train ride to Hogwarts
Harry stood before the barrier to platform 9¾ with the Weasley's. When he was sure no one was looking, he pushed his cart through. There was darkness for a moment and a blast of air. Harry then found himself on platform 9¾ where the red train to Hogwarts was waiting.
The last few weeks of summer at the burrow went by quickly. Harry hadn't had any dreams of his mysterious cousin since that night at the Leaky Cauldron. In fact, he had almost completely forgotten about her until he found the stolen birth certificate in his trunk.
Now, here he was loading his trunk on the train. With one last push, he hefted it onto the car and turned to see Hermione come through the barrier with her parents.
"Hey guys." she said before bidding her parents farewell and giving Ginny a big hug. Moments later her trunks was on the train.
Just then, the whistle on the train sounded. Children bid farewell to their parents.
"You lot behave yourselves this year." Mrs. Weasley called to them, particularly Fred and George. "I don't want to hear of you two getting into any trouble." Her voice faded as the train pulled away from the station and headed north.
Fred and George found their friend Lee Jordan and said good bye to the group.
Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Ginny made their way to an empty car and sat down.
"I saw Malfoy glaring at us as we went through that last car." Ginny said in a whisper.
Harry smiled sympathetically at her. "Just ignore him Ginny. Worrying about it will only give him reason to bother you."
Ginny smiled a thanks at him then turned to watch the scenery fly past out the window.
Ron, Harry, and Hermione were having their own conversation when the candy cart came.
"Anything off the trolley dears?" the old lady asked.
Each kid pulled out some pocket change and pooled together for a dozen chocolate frogs.
"Hey, they have new packaging." Ron exclaimed as he tore his box open.
"New series of cards dearie. Many new witches and wizards are starting to make themselves known." the old lady said before she continued down the train.
Shoving a chocolate frog in his mouth, Harry took out the wizard card inside. Merlin.
"Hey, look." Hermione exclaimed as she held out a card for them to see. "Oliver Wood has got a card."
Harry looked to see the familiar face of Oliver Wood smiling up at them.
"Why would Wood be on a chocolate from card?" Ron wondered.
"I liked Wood. He was really cute." Ginny said as she looked at the card. This caused Ron and Harry to shake their heads.
"You're nutty Ginny." Harry said as he opened has last chocolate from. Stuffing the frog in his mouth he grabbed the wizard card. When he saw it, he nearly choked on his chocolate frog.
"Careful Harry, don't want to get killed by an evil frog." Ron said with a smirk before he grabbed Harry's card. "Here's a cute one."
"Who is it?" Hermione asked.
"I know this girl." Harry replied after he recovered from his sudden surprise and snatched the card back. "She moved into the house across the street from the Dursley's weeks ago. I knew there was something about her. Something...non-muggleish."
"Let me see..." Hermione said. When Harry handed the card to her, she flipped it over and read the back.
`Danniella Dumbledore, daughter of the great Albus Dumbledore. She is known in the muggle world as Dannie Deauveaux, an extremely talented ballet dancer. Considered one of the most powerful witches in the known magic world, she was still very young when her magic made it's presence known and could out do some of the most skilled wizards with her awesome ability. She further proved her strength in magic after winning the adults advanced magic Olympics at the tender age of ten, beating some of the more profound witches and wizards in the world which included: April Maris, Leanne Drisdane, Jordus Krane, and Julie Seaton.
She graduated from Hogwarts early, being only in her fifth year.
She showed great promise in the world of magic and now,
six years after her early graduation, at the age of twenty-one,
she returns to Hogwarts as the newest addition to the teaching staff...'
Hermione stopped there and looked at the others. "She seems like the real deal." she said.
"Is there anything else?" Ginny asked. Ron and Harry looked at Hermione expectantly, wishing to know the same answer.
Hermione looked back down at the card. "It says that she was a Gryffindor, and that she was seeker for the Gryffindor quidditch team till she graduated in her fifth year...the year before we three came."
A look of shock and surprise came over Harry's face. She has been the Gryffindor seeker?
"I guess we know now why Gryffindor didn't have a seeker the year we came, and why Harry was able to snatch the snitch." Ron said with a grin and a poor attempt at a joke.
"Sorry Ron, but I think you should leave the jokes to Fred and George." Ginny said with a sympathetic smile when no one laughed.
Ron stuck his tongue out at Ginny before stuffing his last chocolate frog in his mouth. Ginny stuck hers back at him.
"Very mature you two." Hermione said with a raised eyebrow before she scanned the card again. Her eyes bugged out and her jaw dropped. "Holy cow."
"What is it?" Harry asked before taking his card back.
"Her, the girl in the card...she's the new ancient prophecies teacher." Hermione said.
Harry looked at the card. It was all starting to make sense to him now. How "Dannie" had heard about the house so fast and was able to pay for it in the one meeting. The owls he saw flying to her house every few nights with letters attached to their legs...and he'd bet all his galleons, sickles, and knuts that the cat he had seen her let into her house a couple times was none other than Professor McGonagall. And it was all so ironic it made a smile creep up on his face.
"What's so funny Harry?" Ron asked. "You look like you've got something up your sleeve."
Harry shook his head. "It's all so ironic. A few night after she moved in across the street, my aunt invited her over for dinner. I wasn't allowed down of course so I never met her, but she was all my aunt and uncle could talk about over the next few days. They think she's great. I think that Dudley might have a slight crush on her as well because he's gone outside to play whenever she was out. It's funny because they think she's so wonderful, but she's one of the things they despise the most."
Small smirks started to make their way across Ron and Hermione's faces. They had met Harry's aunt and uncles, they know how closed minded the Dursley's could be. The sense of Irony made them laugh as well.
The train ride rook the whole day and went by slowly. The four of them played so much eye spy, exploding snap, and wizards chess, they didn't want to hear the names of those games for at least a few months. Harry and Hermione had tired in vain to teach Ron and Ginny how to play rock, paper, scissors, but the two just didn't seem to grasp the concept.
"I still don't get how the paper can defeat the rock. It just doesn't make any sense." Ron said as he scratched his head.
"Ron, give it up. We stopped playing twenty minutes ago." Harry said with an exasperated tone.
"I'm sorry, but I just can't figure it out." Ron cried.
"Take a chill pill Ron. It doesn't matter." Hermione said as she stared at the passing scenery. "Look at the sunset guys. It's to pretty."
Harry, Ron, and Ginny looked out the window to see hues of red, orange, yellow, pink, and lavender.
"Wow...it's pretty." Ginny breathed as the sun slowly sank below the horizon.
"Girls." Ron and Harry muttered as they rolled their eyes.
"We should be arriving at Hogwarts soon then." Harry said as he started to put the stuff she had gotten out back into the little bag he had brought with him. Last, he picked up the chocolate frog card of Danniella Dumbledore. When he turned it over to look at the picture, Danniella smiles up at him and winked. Harry smiled back as he put the card away.
The four friends talked for the last of the trip. Harry was excited about quidditch, Hermione about the new class, Ron about seeing Hagrid, and Ginny about seeing her friends.
Finally, as Ginny started to doze, the train came to a stop.
"About time." she mumbles as she sleepily stood up.
"Careful there Gin." Harry said when Ginny started to teeter a little. He grabbed her arm and helped her gain her balance. "Don't want to fall."
Hermione held back a snicker as Ron looked at Harry and his sister with a raised eyebrow.
"Yeah, thanks." Ginny mumbled as she let out a yawn.
A few minutes later they were all out on the train platform. The night air was cool and refreshing and helped wake Ginny up.
After saying a quick hello to Hagrid, the four of them made their way to a carriage with two other students, and they were soon on their way to Hogwarts.
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[ Well...there's chapter 4. Finally...the truth about Dannie Deauveaux is out. Ha ha...she's Dumbledore's daughter. Well...we'll find out more secrets about Dannie(lla) in the following chapters, and some of those secrets just might surprise you. Well, RnR please.]
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Harry Potter and the Song of the Mermaid
Chapter 4 - Train ride to Hogwarts
Harry stood before the barrier to platform 9¾ with the Weasley's. When he was sure no one was looking, he pushed his cart through. There was darkness for a moment and a blast of air. Harry then found himself on platform 9¾ where the red train to Hogwarts was waiting.
The last few weeks of summer at the burrow went by quickly. Harry hadn't had any dreams of his mysterious cousin since that night at the Leaky Cauldron. In fact, he had almost completely forgotten about her until he found the stolen birth certificate in his trunk.
Now, here he was loading his trunk on the train. With one last push, he hefted it onto the car and turned to see Hermione come through the barrier with her parents.
"Hey guys." she said before bidding her parents farewell and giving Ginny a big hug. Moments later her trunks was on the train.
Just then, the whistle on the train sounded. Children bid farewell to their parents.
"You lot behave yourselves this year." Mrs. Weasley called to them, particularly Fred and George. "I don't want to hear of you two getting into any trouble." Her voice faded as the train pulled away from the station and headed north.
Fred and George found their friend Lee Jordan and said good bye to the group.
Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Ginny made their way to an empty car and sat down.
"I saw Malfoy glaring at us as we went through that last car." Ginny said in a whisper.
Harry smiled sympathetically at her. "Just ignore him Ginny. Worrying about it will only give him reason to bother you."
Ginny smiled a thanks at him then turned to watch the scenery fly past out the window.
Ron, Harry, and Hermione were having their own conversation when the candy cart came.
"Anything off the trolley dears?" the old lady asked.
Each kid pulled out some pocket change and pooled together for a dozen chocolate frogs.
"Hey, they have new packaging." Ron exclaimed as he tore his box open.
"New series of cards dearie. Many new witches and wizards are starting to make themselves known." the old lady said before she continued down the train.
Shoving a chocolate frog in his mouth, Harry took out the wizard card inside. Merlin.
"Hey, look." Hermione exclaimed as she held out a card for them to see. "Oliver Wood has got a card."
Harry looked to see the familiar face of Oliver Wood smiling up at them.
"Why would Wood be on a chocolate from card?" Ron wondered.
"I liked Wood. He was really cute." Ginny said as she looked at the card. This caused Ron and Harry to shake their heads.
"You're nutty Ginny." Harry said as he opened has last chocolate from. Stuffing the frog in his mouth he grabbed the wizard card. When he saw it, he nearly choked on his chocolate frog.
"Careful Harry, don't want to get killed by an evil frog." Ron said with a smirk before he grabbed Harry's card. "Here's a cute one."
"Who is it?" Hermione asked.
"I know this girl." Harry replied after he recovered from his sudden surprise and snatched the card back. "She moved into the house across the street from the Dursley's weeks ago. I knew there was something about her. Something...non-muggleish."
"Let me see..." Hermione said. When Harry handed the card to her, she flipped it over and read the back.
`Danniella Dumbledore, daughter of the great Albus Dumbledore. She is known in the muggle world as Dannie Deauveaux, an extremely talented ballet dancer. Considered one of the most powerful witches in the known magic world, she was still very young when her magic made it's presence known and could out do some of the most skilled wizards with her awesome ability. She further proved her strength in magic after winning the adults advanced magic Olympics at the tender age of ten, beating some of the more profound witches and wizards in the world which included: April Maris, Leanne Drisdane, Jordus Krane, and Julie Seaton.
She graduated from Hogwarts early, being only in her fifth year.
She showed great promise in the world of magic and now,
six years after her early graduation, at the age of twenty-one,
she returns to Hogwarts as the newest addition to the teaching staff...'
Hermione stopped there and looked at the others. "She seems like the real deal." she said.
"Is there anything else?" Ginny asked. Ron and Harry looked at Hermione expectantly, wishing to know the same answer.
Hermione looked back down at the card. "It says that she was a Gryffindor, and that she was seeker for the Gryffindor quidditch team till she graduated in her fifth year...the year before we three came."
A look of shock and surprise came over Harry's face. She has been the Gryffindor seeker?
"I guess we know now why Gryffindor didn't have a seeker the year we came, and why Harry was able to snatch the snitch." Ron said with a grin and a poor attempt at a joke.
"Sorry Ron, but I think you should leave the jokes to Fred and George." Ginny said with a sympathetic smile when no one laughed.
Ron stuck his tongue out at Ginny before stuffing his last chocolate frog in his mouth. Ginny stuck hers back at him.
"Very mature you two." Hermione said with a raised eyebrow before she scanned the card again. Her eyes bugged out and her jaw dropped. "Holy cow."
"What is it?" Harry asked before taking his card back.
"Her, the girl in the card...she's the new ancient prophecies teacher." Hermione said.
Harry looked at the card. It was all starting to make sense to him now. How "Dannie" had heard about the house so fast and was able to pay for it in the one meeting. The owls he saw flying to her house every few nights with letters attached to their legs...and he'd bet all his galleons, sickles, and knuts that the cat he had seen her let into her house a couple times was none other than Professor McGonagall. And it was all so ironic it made a smile creep up on his face.
"What's so funny Harry?" Ron asked. "You look like you've got something up your sleeve."
Harry shook his head. "It's all so ironic. A few night after she moved in across the street, my aunt invited her over for dinner. I wasn't allowed down of course so I never met her, but she was all my aunt and uncle could talk about over the next few days. They think she's great. I think that Dudley might have a slight crush on her as well because he's gone outside to play whenever she was out. It's funny because they think she's so wonderful, but she's one of the things they despise the most."
Small smirks started to make their way across Ron and Hermione's faces. They had met Harry's aunt and uncles, they know how closed minded the Dursley's could be. The sense of Irony made them laugh as well.
The train ride rook the whole day and went by slowly. The four of them played so much eye spy, exploding snap, and wizards chess, they didn't want to hear the names of those games for at least a few months. Harry and Hermione had tired in vain to teach Ron and Ginny how to play rock, paper, scissors, but the two just didn't seem to grasp the concept.
"I still don't get how the paper can defeat the rock. It just doesn't make any sense." Ron said as he scratched his head.
"Ron, give it up. We stopped playing twenty minutes ago." Harry said with an exasperated tone.
"I'm sorry, but I just can't figure it out." Ron cried.
"Take a chill pill Ron. It doesn't matter." Hermione said as she stared at the passing scenery. "Look at the sunset guys. It's to pretty."
Harry, Ron, and Ginny looked out the window to see hues of red, orange, yellow, pink, and lavender.
"Wow...it's pretty." Ginny breathed as the sun slowly sank below the horizon.
"Girls." Ron and Harry muttered as they rolled their eyes.
"We should be arriving at Hogwarts soon then." Harry said as he started to put the stuff she had gotten out back into the little bag he had brought with him. Last, he picked up the chocolate frog card of Danniella Dumbledore. When he turned it over to look at the picture, Danniella smiles up at him and winked. Harry smiled back as he put the card away.
The four friends talked for the last of the trip. Harry was excited about quidditch, Hermione about the new class, Ron about seeing Hagrid, and Ginny about seeing her friends.
Finally, as Ginny started to doze, the train came to a stop.
"About time." she mumbles as she sleepily stood up.
"Careful there Gin." Harry said when Ginny started to teeter a little. He grabbed her arm and helped her gain her balance. "Don't want to fall."
Hermione held back a snicker as Ron looked at Harry and his sister with a raised eyebrow.
"Yeah, thanks." Ginny mumbled as she let out a yawn.
A few minutes later they were all out on the train platform. The night air was cool and refreshing and helped wake Ginny up.
After saying a quick hello to Hagrid, the four of them made their way to a carriage with two other students, and they were soon on their way to Hogwarts.
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[ Well...there's chapter 4. Finally...the truth about Dannie Deauveaux is out. Ha ha...she's Dumbledore's daughter. Well...we'll find out more secrets about Dannie(lla) in the following chapters, and some of those secrets just might surprise you. Well, RnR please.]