[AN- I am REALLY hating my computer right now peeps. For the past week my Microsoft works won't let me open files. So that means I wasn't able to edit my stuff for a while. Don't worry though...I've found a way around it. ^_^
Anywho...here is the edited chapter 5. There's a lot of changes in this one. Kaelli Karali...if you're still reading...let's see if you can point them out...lol. Anywho...read on.]
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Harry Potter and the Song of the Mermaid.
Chapter 5- Dinner and Introductions
As all the students filed into the great hall, Harry scanned the teachers table. At the very centre was Dumbledore.
"What are you doing?" Hermione whispered from behind Harry.
"I'm looking for her..." Harry trailed off as he noticed something strange about the seating arrangement. The spot to Dumbledore's right, where McGonagall sat, was set up differently. The spot to his left, where professor Flitwick sat was empty, and Flitwick was down one seat.
`That's odd.' Harry thought as he sat down with Ron and Hermione.
"Where is she?" Ron asked as he too scanned the teachers table.
Harry shrugged. "I don't know. But I have a feeling..."
As Harry said that he hearts soft click as a door off to the side opened and shut. He then saw her. Danniella Dumbledore, also known to him as Dannie Deauveaux. She looked different from the last time Harry had seen her though.
As she walked, her long, blonde braid swung loosely behind her. She wore a short, black, one piece skirt that came down to a few inches above her knee. Over her shoulders hung a deep purple cloak with a silver clasp at her throat. It was hooded, and fur trimmed, and billowed out behind her as she walked. She smiled and waved to some of the students who were excited at the thought of a new teacher that wasn't teaching the "cursed" DADA class. Harry noticed that, like Dumbledore, she wore half moon spectacles in front of her happily sparkling green eyes.
"There she is." Ron whispered as he watched Danniella walk up to the teachers table.
Hermione rolled her eyes at the two boys. 'Obviously thinking with the wrong heads.' she thought as she also watched Danniella. `There's something strange about her.'
Hermione saw a movement out of the corner of her eyes, a waving, as if someone were trying to catch her attention. She scanned down the table, and a sudden smile spread across her face.
Harry and Ron watched as Danniella went up the platform to the teachers table. As she neared, Dumbledore stood up. Smiling, he hugged her and gave her a kiss on the cheek. They whispered a few words before Danniella sat down in the chair to his right.
`So that's why the seating is different,' Harry thought, `since Danniella is Dumbledore's daughter, she gets to sit next to him.'
"Harry..." Hermione said as she tugged at Harry's sleeve, "Harry, look over there, at the end of the teachers table. Look who's sitting there."
"What are you talking about..." Harry started as his eyes left Danniella and scanned down to the end of the teachers table. His jaw dropped. "Is that...?"
"It's Wood. Look guys...Wood's up at the teachers table." Harry heard Fred Weasley shout.
"Hey Wood, what are you doing up there?" George Weasley yelled up to Wood.
Oliver just smiled and shook his head, signalling them to wait and see.
"What's he doing here?" Ginny whispered, "He graduated three years ago, didn't he?"
"Yeah, he did." Ron answered, "But obviously he's back as a teacher or something if he's up at the teachers table."
At that moment Professor McGonagall walked in with the new first years. The whole room watched as, one by one, the scared children were sorted into their houses. The first, a young girl named Raven with hair as black as ebony, was placed into Gryffindor. The Gryffindor table burst into cheer as Raven blushed and sat next to Harry.
"Welcome to Gryffindor." he said with a smile.
Raven blushed and smiled a little. "Thank you." she whispered.
Once all the first years were sorted, Dumbledore stood. The room fell into silence as all eyes were cast to him.
"Firstly, I would like to welcome the new students to their first year at Hogwarts, and the second to seventh years to you another year. Second, before we start our feast, I would like to make a few announcements.
As the students in fourth year and up have noticed, a new subject has automatically been added to your time tables for the second have of the school year, while muggle studies will only be taken for the first have of the year. This was, indeed, a last minute decision made by the school council. As well as a new class, you will be getting a new teacher."
There was a soft murmur in the room before Dumbledore held his hand up for silence.
"It is with great pride and pleasure that I introduce to you my daughter, Danniella Dumbledore."
An eruption of hoots, hollers, whistles, and applause came from the excited students. Harry saw that even Wood was slapping extra hard, a huge smile plastered on his face.
Danniella smiled and blushed as red as a tomato. She shook her head when Dumbledore tried to get her to stand up and say something. After a few moments of prodding, she finally gave in and stood up. The moment she did, the room fell silent.
"Hello everyone. As you were told, my name is Danniella Dumbledore. Though I ask with the utmost distress that you do not call me Professor Dumbledore, because if you do there will only a mass of confusion as to which one of us you are talking about."
Laughter filled the room at that statement. When Danniella raised her hand the room fell silent.
"In fact, I would prefer if you didn't call me professor anything. Just call me Danniella or Dannie, whatever you feel comfortable with.
As my father has stated, fourth to seventh years are receiving a new class in the second have of the year, which I will be teaching. For the first have of the year, though, I'll be going around visiting classes and seeing how things work. After all, the way I see things now as a teacher will probably be very different from when I was a student here."
There was a little more laughter from the room.
"Anyway," Danniella continued, "I am very happy to be back. I've missed this school and it's teachers very much."
There was another eruption of applause as Danniella sat down, her face immensely red.
Dumbledore smiled and stood up again to speak.
"As well as receiving Danniella as a new teacher, I have the pleasure of announcing that another of Hogwarts past students has joined our teaching staff. Oliver Wood, who was the Gryffindor quidditch captain, has come back to Hogwarts as the new quidditch coach."
The whole room once again broke out into cheers.
"Yeah, Wood's back." one of the Gryffindor called.
Oliver smiled as he stood up, the whole Gryffindor table chanting his name.
"All I can say is that it's great to be back."
As Oliver talked, Harry looked back at Danniella. She had just finished whispering something to Dumbledore and was looking down the table at Oliver. A look of surprise mixed with something that looked like a cross of sadness and longing was upon her face. She smiled a little, as if she were remembering something. A moment later her eyebrows furrowed and she looked out over the crowd. For a brief second her eyes met Harry's, then went back to Oliver.
Harry felt his scar tingle again. It was the second time it had happened while he was watching Danniella.
"I'm sure that this years quidditch tournaments will be the best we've had yet." Oliver finished, and once again there was clapping and cheering. Oliver smiled and sat down as Dumbledore stood up again.
"Welcome back Oliver and Danniella. I have two last announcements to make.
"As you all know, the school has once again lost it's Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher from last year."
Everyone let out a cheer before Dumbledore continued.
"So I would like to introduce you to your, yet again, new Dark Arts teacher, Professor Grey." he said, indicating for Professor Grey, who was a young witch. She had jet black hair that had a single, solitary strand of pure white. Her face was angled, yet graceful. She wore robes much like Danniella's.
"As for the last announcement," Dumbledore continued, "my dear daughter should be making this one, but as you can see she is not good with making speeches. You may not know, and some may not, but my dear Danniella loves to sing. For those who are interested, Hogwarts first choir will be starting, which Danniella will be running."
There was a murmur among the tables. It was mainly among the girls, but there were also a few boys who seemed interested. When the murmur ceased, attention turned back to Dumbledore.
"You will find notices on the bulletin boards in your common rooms as to when the choir shall start."
With his speech done, Dumbledore announced the start of the feast, and with a clap of his hands, each table was laden with food.
"Wow," Raven breathed as she stared wide eyed at the table. "I've never seen so much food in my whole life."
Harry laughed when he heard her say that. "That was my reaction my first year as well. What was your name again?"
Raven blushed a little. "My name is Raven. Raven Greer." she said as she shook Harry's out stretched hand.
"I'm Harry Potter."
Raven's eyes went wide. "You're Harry Potter?" she asked. She let out a little squeak when he nodded. "My grandmother and uncle told me all about you."
"Really now. What exactly did they say?"
A sad look came over Raven's face. "They said your parents were killed by you-know-who. He had tried to kill my parents the same night. They got away, but my older brother died while trying to distract him. This was before I was born, so I never got to meet him."
"That's so sad." Harry said. "At least your parents are ok."
Raven shook her head. "They were killed by Death eaters when I was still a baby. My grandmother had taken me for a visit when it happened."
"So you don't remember your parents either." Harry said sadly.
"My parents were both muggles, so I have no idea why you-know-who wanted them. There was some magic on my dads side though." Raven said, then looked at Harry and smiled. "I can't wait to tell Sahara that I got to meet you, Harry Potter. She'll be so jealous."
"Who's Sahara?" Harry asked.
"Sahara's my older cousin." Raven said as she buttered a bun. "My uncles daughter. My aunt died in child birth. She was a muggle, but my uncle has magic in him. It never went to Sahara though. She grew up in the magic world and knows all the stories, but she never got to come to Hogwarts. I'd say she's a year younger than you, and boy is she obsessed. I'm going to have to send her an owl telling her about this. She'll go completely green. Hey, how about I get a shot taken with you. Would you mind? I'm always trying to find ways to bug Sahara. We're really close...almost like sisters. I would love to see the look on her face when she finds out I got to meet you. This is absolutely amazing."
Harry watched in awe as Raven continued to talk. She rambled on for almost ten minutes before Hermione cut in saying she needed to talk to Harry for a minute.
"Yeah, sure. Ok." Raven said, then turned to the nearest person, who just happened to be Neville Longbottom, and continued chatting.
"Thanks for the save `Mione." Harry said with a sigh. "She probably would have gone on all night."
Hermione laughed a little when he said that. "I was thinking the same thing." she said, then turned serious. "I don't know why, but I think there's something strange about Dumbledore's daughter. I don't like her."
Harry raised an eyebrow at her statement. "Why? She looks like a nice person. Everyone seems to like her."
"That's what I told her." came Ron's voice from the other side of Hermione. "But she won't listen to me."
Hermione rolled her eyes. "I told both of you already, I don't know why. It's just a feeling I've got."
Harry just shook his head and looked up at the teachers table. He had no idea what Hermione was talking about. As far as he was concerned, Danniella looked really nice. He was certainly looking forward to her class.
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[Well, there's chapter 5. I hope you all liked. We seem to be learning more about Danniella with each chapter ^^. We also have an appearance of another of my characters, Raven. I'm going to make her a permanent character in the fic. She's even gonna be in the sequel. In a way I sort of see her looking up to Harry sort of like a brother...I dunno. Review and tell me what you think.]
Anywho...here is the edited chapter 5. There's a lot of changes in this one. Kaelli Karali...if you're still reading...let's see if you can point them out...lol. Anywho...read on.]
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Harry Potter and the Song of the Mermaid.
Chapter 5- Dinner and Introductions
As all the students filed into the great hall, Harry scanned the teachers table. At the very centre was Dumbledore.
"What are you doing?" Hermione whispered from behind Harry.
"I'm looking for her..." Harry trailed off as he noticed something strange about the seating arrangement. The spot to Dumbledore's right, where McGonagall sat, was set up differently. The spot to his left, where professor Flitwick sat was empty, and Flitwick was down one seat.
`That's odd.' Harry thought as he sat down with Ron and Hermione.
"Where is she?" Ron asked as he too scanned the teachers table.
Harry shrugged. "I don't know. But I have a feeling..."
As Harry said that he hearts soft click as a door off to the side opened and shut. He then saw her. Danniella Dumbledore, also known to him as Dannie Deauveaux. She looked different from the last time Harry had seen her though.
As she walked, her long, blonde braid swung loosely behind her. She wore a short, black, one piece skirt that came down to a few inches above her knee. Over her shoulders hung a deep purple cloak with a silver clasp at her throat. It was hooded, and fur trimmed, and billowed out behind her as she walked. She smiled and waved to some of the students who were excited at the thought of a new teacher that wasn't teaching the "cursed" DADA class. Harry noticed that, like Dumbledore, she wore half moon spectacles in front of her happily sparkling green eyes.
"There she is." Ron whispered as he watched Danniella walk up to the teachers table.
Hermione rolled her eyes at the two boys. 'Obviously thinking with the wrong heads.' she thought as she also watched Danniella. `There's something strange about her.'
Hermione saw a movement out of the corner of her eyes, a waving, as if someone were trying to catch her attention. She scanned down the table, and a sudden smile spread across her face.
Harry and Ron watched as Danniella went up the platform to the teachers table. As she neared, Dumbledore stood up. Smiling, he hugged her and gave her a kiss on the cheek. They whispered a few words before Danniella sat down in the chair to his right.
`So that's why the seating is different,' Harry thought, `since Danniella is Dumbledore's daughter, she gets to sit next to him.'
"Harry..." Hermione said as she tugged at Harry's sleeve, "Harry, look over there, at the end of the teachers table. Look who's sitting there."
"What are you talking about..." Harry started as his eyes left Danniella and scanned down to the end of the teachers table. His jaw dropped. "Is that...?"
"It's Wood. Look guys...Wood's up at the teachers table." Harry heard Fred Weasley shout.
"Hey Wood, what are you doing up there?" George Weasley yelled up to Wood.
Oliver just smiled and shook his head, signalling them to wait and see.
"What's he doing here?" Ginny whispered, "He graduated three years ago, didn't he?"
"Yeah, he did." Ron answered, "But obviously he's back as a teacher or something if he's up at the teachers table."
At that moment Professor McGonagall walked in with the new first years. The whole room watched as, one by one, the scared children were sorted into their houses. The first, a young girl named Raven with hair as black as ebony, was placed into Gryffindor. The Gryffindor table burst into cheer as Raven blushed and sat next to Harry.
"Welcome to Gryffindor." he said with a smile.
Raven blushed and smiled a little. "Thank you." she whispered.
Once all the first years were sorted, Dumbledore stood. The room fell into silence as all eyes were cast to him.
"Firstly, I would like to welcome the new students to their first year at Hogwarts, and the second to seventh years to you another year. Second, before we start our feast, I would like to make a few announcements.
As the students in fourth year and up have noticed, a new subject has automatically been added to your time tables for the second have of the school year, while muggle studies will only be taken for the first have of the year. This was, indeed, a last minute decision made by the school council. As well as a new class, you will be getting a new teacher."
There was a soft murmur in the room before Dumbledore held his hand up for silence.
"It is with great pride and pleasure that I introduce to you my daughter, Danniella Dumbledore."
An eruption of hoots, hollers, whistles, and applause came from the excited students. Harry saw that even Wood was slapping extra hard, a huge smile plastered on his face.
Danniella smiled and blushed as red as a tomato. She shook her head when Dumbledore tried to get her to stand up and say something. After a few moments of prodding, she finally gave in and stood up. The moment she did, the room fell silent.
"Hello everyone. As you were told, my name is Danniella Dumbledore. Though I ask with the utmost distress that you do not call me Professor Dumbledore, because if you do there will only a mass of confusion as to which one of us you are talking about."
Laughter filled the room at that statement. When Danniella raised her hand the room fell silent.
"In fact, I would prefer if you didn't call me professor anything. Just call me Danniella or Dannie, whatever you feel comfortable with.
As my father has stated, fourth to seventh years are receiving a new class in the second have of the year, which I will be teaching. For the first have of the year, though, I'll be going around visiting classes and seeing how things work. After all, the way I see things now as a teacher will probably be very different from when I was a student here."
There was a little more laughter from the room.
"Anyway," Danniella continued, "I am very happy to be back. I've missed this school and it's teachers very much."
There was another eruption of applause as Danniella sat down, her face immensely red.
Dumbledore smiled and stood up again to speak.
"As well as receiving Danniella as a new teacher, I have the pleasure of announcing that another of Hogwarts past students has joined our teaching staff. Oliver Wood, who was the Gryffindor quidditch captain, has come back to Hogwarts as the new quidditch coach."
The whole room once again broke out into cheers.
"Yeah, Wood's back." one of the Gryffindor called.
Oliver smiled as he stood up, the whole Gryffindor table chanting his name.
"All I can say is that it's great to be back."
As Oliver talked, Harry looked back at Danniella. She had just finished whispering something to Dumbledore and was looking down the table at Oliver. A look of surprise mixed with something that looked like a cross of sadness and longing was upon her face. She smiled a little, as if she were remembering something. A moment later her eyebrows furrowed and she looked out over the crowd. For a brief second her eyes met Harry's, then went back to Oliver.
Harry felt his scar tingle again. It was the second time it had happened while he was watching Danniella.
"I'm sure that this years quidditch tournaments will be the best we've had yet." Oliver finished, and once again there was clapping and cheering. Oliver smiled and sat down as Dumbledore stood up again.
"Welcome back Oliver and Danniella. I have two last announcements to make.
"As you all know, the school has once again lost it's Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher from last year."
Everyone let out a cheer before Dumbledore continued.
"So I would like to introduce you to your, yet again, new Dark Arts teacher, Professor Grey." he said, indicating for Professor Grey, who was a young witch. She had jet black hair that had a single, solitary strand of pure white. Her face was angled, yet graceful. She wore robes much like Danniella's.
"As for the last announcement," Dumbledore continued, "my dear daughter should be making this one, but as you can see she is not good with making speeches. You may not know, and some may not, but my dear Danniella loves to sing. For those who are interested, Hogwarts first choir will be starting, which Danniella will be running."
There was a murmur among the tables. It was mainly among the girls, but there were also a few boys who seemed interested. When the murmur ceased, attention turned back to Dumbledore.
"You will find notices on the bulletin boards in your common rooms as to when the choir shall start."
With his speech done, Dumbledore announced the start of the feast, and with a clap of his hands, each table was laden with food.
"Wow," Raven breathed as she stared wide eyed at the table. "I've never seen so much food in my whole life."
Harry laughed when he heard her say that. "That was my reaction my first year as well. What was your name again?"
Raven blushed a little. "My name is Raven. Raven Greer." she said as she shook Harry's out stretched hand.
"I'm Harry Potter."
Raven's eyes went wide. "You're Harry Potter?" she asked. She let out a little squeak when he nodded. "My grandmother and uncle told me all about you."
"Really now. What exactly did they say?"
A sad look came over Raven's face. "They said your parents were killed by you-know-who. He had tried to kill my parents the same night. They got away, but my older brother died while trying to distract him. This was before I was born, so I never got to meet him."
"That's so sad." Harry said. "At least your parents are ok."
Raven shook her head. "They were killed by Death eaters when I was still a baby. My grandmother had taken me for a visit when it happened."
"So you don't remember your parents either." Harry said sadly.
"My parents were both muggles, so I have no idea why you-know-who wanted them. There was some magic on my dads side though." Raven said, then looked at Harry and smiled. "I can't wait to tell Sahara that I got to meet you, Harry Potter. She'll be so jealous."
"Who's Sahara?" Harry asked.
"Sahara's my older cousin." Raven said as she buttered a bun. "My uncles daughter. My aunt died in child birth. She was a muggle, but my uncle has magic in him. It never went to Sahara though. She grew up in the magic world and knows all the stories, but she never got to come to Hogwarts. I'd say she's a year younger than you, and boy is she obsessed. I'm going to have to send her an owl telling her about this. She'll go completely green. Hey, how about I get a shot taken with you. Would you mind? I'm always trying to find ways to bug Sahara. We're really close...almost like sisters. I would love to see the look on her face when she finds out I got to meet you. This is absolutely amazing."
Harry watched in awe as Raven continued to talk. She rambled on for almost ten minutes before Hermione cut in saying she needed to talk to Harry for a minute.
"Yeah, sure. Ok." Raven said, then turned to the nearest person, who just happened to be Neville Longbottom, and continued chatting.
"Thanks for the save `Mione." Harry said with a sigh. "She probably would have gone on all night."
Hermione laughed a little when he said that. "I was thinking the same thing." she said, then turned serious. "I don't know why, but I think there's something strange about Dumbledore's daughter. I don't like her."
Harry raised an eyebrow at her statement. "Why? She looks like a nice person. Everyone seems to like her."
"That's what I told her." came Ron's voice from the other side of Hermione. "But she won't listen to me."
Hermione rolled her eyes. "I told both of you already, I don't know why. It's just a feeling I've got."
Harry just shook his head and looked up at the teachers table. He had no idea what Hermione was talking about. As far as he was concerned, Danniella looked really nice. He was certainly looking forward to her class.
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[Well, there's chapter 5. I hope you all liked. We seem to be learning more about Danniella with each chapter ^^. We also have an appearance of another of my characters, Raven. I'm going to make her a permanent character in the fic. She's even gonna be in the sequel. In a way I sort of see her looking up to Harry sort of like a brother...I dunno. Review and tell me what you think.]