Chapter 1
A New Friend
It's the last week of August; the three amigos, Harry Ron and Hermione, are at the burrow. School starts on September first, and they will finally be at the top of the school 7th years. The gang is going to get they're school supplies in Diagon Alley today.
"Come on boys wake up it's eight thirty and we have to get a move on if we want to get all your books today" Mrs. Weasley called up to Ron and Harry.
Hermione and Ginny were already dressed and down stairs. Everyone new why Hermione was so eager to leave because Over the summer she had become sort of obsessive compulsive about the muggle TV show Buffy the Vampire Slayer, well more like Spike actually. She didn't know why she was obsessed with Spike because he sort of reminded her of Malfoy after a haircut, but she hated Malfoy didn't she. No matter she wanted to get back in time for Buffy at five o'clock. Why was Ginny in such a hurry though? She must have been excited about Harry seeing her in prefect badge.
They ate breakfast as unseal which was fast. Suddenly Harry looked up and was staring at Hermione. Hermione a little ruffled by this looked back at him and simply said "what?"
"I just realized how very much you've changed over the summer," said Harry.
"Why should it matter so much to you now?" she inquired.
"Well" he said, "maybe you could go back to the bushy hair and freckles look in case we run into anyone."
"Why should that matter?" Hermione said confused
"You said you wanted your new look to be a surprise and we always run into someone in Diagon Alley." Harry pointed out.
"I'll go change," Hermione said quickly.
20 minutes later Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Ginny were ready to go and get their school supplies for the new year. When the day was winding down to an end, around 3:30 they ran into Seamus in the Apothecary. He waved to them and beamed with pride as he showed them that he had been made Head Boy. After Seamus had bought a new owl and Ginny got a small black cat they all headed off to get ice cream and talk about the summer. They left around 4:15 and were back at the burrow around 4:45. Hermione rushed up stairs turned on her portable TV and enlarged the screen. Ginny, Harry, and Ron weren't far behind her. She was especially excited because Spike was supposed to return any day now. The boys spent the next two hours staring at the TV oddly and listening to Hermione and Ginny obsess about Spike. The night wore on and they talked and laughed until it was 10:00 and time to go to bed. Harry and Ron stayed up and talked about what they would be able to do now that they were 7th years. Hermione listened to Ginny explain her plans for the coming year. Soon everyone in the house had drifted into a peaceful sleep.
Hermione woke up at 2:00 am. She was scared at first but calmed down soon and decided to get a glass of water before going back to sleep. When she went down stairs she heard a small pop come from the direction of the living room and went to see what it was. Then she saw Sirius' head sort of bouncing around in the fireplace. He was leaving a message but stopped and apparently decided to pop over when he saw Hermione because he was in the living room with her the very next second and seizing her up in a warm tight embrace. Serious had been cleared of all charges last year when they finally found and caught Peter Pettigrew.
Serious was going to invite the entire gang over until the end of the week. He had a nice little (magically of course) house on the beach and he thought they might enjoy spending the end of the vacation on the beach. Since he now had someone to talk to and Hermione was no longer tiered he just decided to stay there and wait for the rest of the house to wake up.
Harry was the first one to get up which was a little surprising because he was working on an internal clock a little behind everyone else. He had spent most of his vacation with Serious in Florida he wasn't used to the time change yet. Harry groggily and slowly descended from the top floor, but when he heard that familiar voice of his godfather Harry rushed down and tackled him in a huge bear hug. Hermione knew the sound of running feet far to well to get pulled down with Sirius.
Soon everyone was up and ready for a last few days of "fun in the sun" quite literally. They traveled to Sirius' house by floo and spent the rest of the week like any other week of vacation spent on the beach.
Hermione and Ginny sun bathed, and shared gossip. Harry and Ron tried to surf, but quickly gave up and decided to play volleyball instead. They made a new friend while playing volleyball. He was wind surfing and wiped out. When he got to shore, the ball came flying toward him. This was not surprising since Harry and Ron weren't very good at volleyball either. The ball hit him strait on and almost knocked him out.
"Are you all right?" asked Harry.
"I'll have a bump tomorrow but I'll be ok," said the boy.
"Good" said Ron who had just walked up.
The boy, Collin, because that was his name looked up and saw the scar and said in amazement "Your Harry Potter aren't you."
"Ahhh... yeah I guess I am" said Harry in the way of a reply.
"I'm Collin Palvolo from Italy," he said.
"Italy?" said Hermione who had rushed over when Collin was hit by the volleyball.
"Yes mademoiselle" he said and kissed her hand I a very suave sort of way. Hermione blushed scarlet and Ginny started giggling uncontrollably.
"But mademoiselle is French." Ginny said inquisitively.
"Yes it is, but my dad is French so I speak both French and Italian."
"Multi lingual very impressive. Where do you go to school?" Hermione asked.
"Well I'm spending the first semester at Durmstrang and the other at Hogwarts on an exchange program." said Collin.
"Really that is where we go to school." Hermione replied.
"Well, I don't believe I got your name or the names of your friends" Collin pointed out.
"Well, I'm Hermione Granger, the boy over there is Ron Weasley, and this is his sister Ginny." she said motioning to the red headed girl next to her.
"Well I hope to see you, both of you, when I go to Hogwarts second semester. Until then I shall say an chanté." he said as he left.
"Well, if he isn't the cutest boy ever." commented Ginny while looking at Hermione. The girls talked of little else besides Collin (and Spike) till the end of vacation. Which wasn't long.
It was only a few days later when the whole gang got on the Hogwarts express and was on their way to school. Hermione wasn't there however; a family crisis had called for her to make an emergency trip home the day before they left for Hogwarts.
It's the last week of August; the three amigos, Harry Ron and Hermione, are at the burrow. School starts on September first, and they will finally be at the top of the school 7th years. The gang is going to get they're school supplies in Diagon Alley today.
"Come on boys wake up it's eight thirty and we have to get a move on if we want to get all your books today" Mrs. Weasley called up to Ron and Harry.
Hermione and Ginny were already dressed and down stairs. Everyone new why Hermione was so eager to leave because Over the summer she had become sort of obsessive compulsive about the muggle TV show Buffy the Vampire Slayer, well more like Spike actually. She didn't know why she was obsessed with Spike because he sort of reminded her of Malfoy after a haircut, but she hated Malfoy didn't she. No matter she wanted to get back in time for Buffy at five o'clock. Why was Ginny in such a hurry though? She must have been excited about Harry seeing her in prefect badge.
They ate breakfast as unseal which was fast. Suddenly Harry looked up and was staring at Hermione. Hermione a little ruffled by this looked back at him and simply said "what?"
"I just realized how very much you've changed over the summer," said Harry.
"Why should it matter so much to you now?" she inquired.
"Well" he said, "maybe you could go back to the bushy hair and freckles look in case we run into anyone."
"Why should that matter?" Hermione said confused
"You said you wanted your new look to be a surprise and we always run into someone in Diagon Alley." Harry pointed out.
"I'll go change," Hermione said quickly.
20 minutes later Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Ginny were ready to go and get their school supplies for the new year. When the day was winding down to an end, around 3:30 they ran into Seamus in the Apothecary. He waved to them and beamed with pride as he showed them that he had been made Head Boy. After Seamus had bought a new owl and Ginny got a small black cat they all headed off to get ice cream and talk about the summer. They left around 4:15 and were back at the burrow around 4:45. Hermione rushed up stairs turned on her portable TV and enlarged the screen. Ginny, Harry, and Ron weren't far behind her. She was especially excited because Spike was supposed to return any day now. The boys spent the next two hours staring at the TV oddly and listening to Hermione and Ginny obsess about Spike. The night wore on and they talked and laughed until it was 10:00 and time to go to bed. Harry and Ron stayed up and talked about what they would be able to do now that they were 7th years. Hermione listened to Ginny explain her plans for the coming year. Soon everyone in the house had drifted into a peaceful sleep.
Hermione woke up at 2:00 am. She was scared at first but calmed down soon and decided to get a glass of water before going back to sleep. When she went down stairs she heard a small pop come from the direction of the living room and went to see what it was. Then she saw Sirius' head sort of bouncing around in the fireplace. He was leaving a message but stopped and apparently decided to pop over when he saw Hermione because he was in the living room with her the very next second and seizing her up in a warm tight embrace. Serious had been cleared of all charges last year when they finally found and caught Peter Pettigrew.
Serious was going to invite the entire gang over until the end of the week. He had a nice little (magically of course) house on the beach and he thought they might enjoy spending the end of the vacation on the beach. Since he now had someone to talk to and Hermione was no longer tiered he just decided to stay there and wait for the rest of the house to wake up.
Harry was the first one to get up which was a little surprising because he was working on an internal clock a little behind everyone else. He had spent most of his vacation with Serious in Florida he wasn't used to the time change yet. Harry groggily and slowly descended from the top floor, but when he heard that familiar voice of his godfather Harry rushed down and tackled him in a huge bear hug. Hermione knew the sound of running feet far to well to get pulled down with Sirius.
Soon everyone was up and ready for a last few days of "fun in the sun" quite literally. They traveled to Sirius' house by floo and spent the rest of the week like any other week of vacation spent on the beach.
Hermione and Ginny sun bathed, and shared gossip. Harry and Ron tried to surf, but quickly gave up and decided to play volleyball instead. They made a new friend while playing volleyball. He was wind surfing and wiped out. When he got to shore, the ball came flying toward him. This was not surprising since Harry and Ron weren't very good at volleyball either. The ball hit him strait on and almost knocked him out.
"Are you all right?" asked Harry.
"I'll have a bump tomorrow but I'll be ok," said the boy.
"Good" said Ron who had just walked up.
The boy, Collin, because that was his name looked up and saw the scar and said in amazement "Your Harry Potter aren't you."
"Ahhh... yeah I guess I am" said Harry in the way of a reply.
"I'm Collin Palvolo from Italy," he said.
"Italy?" said Hermione who had rushed over when Collin was hit by the volleyball.
"Yes mademoiselle" he said and kissed her hand I a very suave sort of way. Hermione blushed scarlet and Ginny started giggling uncontrollably.
"But mademoiselle is French." Ginny said inquisitively.
"Yes it is, but my dad is French so I speak both French and Italian."
"Multi lingual very impressive. Where do you go to school?" Hermione asked.
"Well I'm spending the first semester at Durmstrang and the other at Hogwarts on an exchange program." said Collin.
"Really that is where we go to school." Hermione replied.
"Well, I don't believe I got your name or the names of your friends" Collin pointed out.
"Well, I'm Hermione Granger, the boy over there is Ron Weasley, and this is his sister Ginny." she said motioning to the red headed girl next to her.
"Well I hope to see you, both of you, when I go to Hogwarts second semester. Until then I shall say an chanté." he said as he left.
"Well, if he isn't the cutest boy ever." commented Ginny while looking at Hermione. The girls talked of little else besides Collin (and Spike) till the end of vacation. Which wasn't long.
It was only a few days later when the whole gang got on the Hogwarts express and was on their way to school. Hermione wasn't there however; a family crisis had called for her to make an emergency trip home the day before they left for Hogwarts.