Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter, He belongs to JK Rowling
A/N: Thank you again for responding to my story, I hope this chapter is ok, I kind of wrote it in a hurry. Please r and r!
Chapter Three: Dumbledore's Warning
In the Great Hall the ceiling, which always resembled the sky outside, was a beautiful dark night sky. Lily felt like she was at home at last. She walked almost dreamily over to the Gryffindor table and sat down. She looked over at the nervous first years who were filing into the Great Hall. James and Sirius were walking by them whispering horrible things like what they had to do to be sorted. "I heard this year they got a mountain troll, and you have to knock it out. Oh and you have to do it in front of every one!" Sirius said to a girl with short bright orange hair.
"Mum said you'd say something like that." The girl said hitting him on the shoulder.
Lily thought this was rather brave for a first year, but when she caught a glimpse of Sirius's face she knew that he must have known her.
"Why are you pestering that first year?" Lily asked Sirius who was sitting down across from her.
"She's my oldest and favorite cousin's daughter."
James sat came and sat down next to him smiling mischievously. The other students finished filling into the Great Hall. Alice ran up with Amelia and gave her a big hug. Frank Longbottem walked up behind them with his sandy blond hair slightly messed up and he was wearing a crooked grin on his face. Alice and Amelia sat down on either side of Lily and Frank sat next to Alice. They both turned to Lily and started talking to her at the same time.
"Frank just got back from France, he said it was wonderful!" Alice said grabbing Franks hand under the table.
"You won't believe what they were doing on the train, snogging each other non stop." Amelia said rolling her eyes.
Lily nodded oblivious to what they were saying. She was looking down the table at Natalie, who had just sat down by a group of third years. They all scrabbled away from her as soon as she sat down like she had a deadly disease and they were in danger of catching it. Natalie looked their retreating backs miserably.
"Well Evans," James's voice cut in her thoughts, "Although I would like to stay here and have you bathe in my beauty but, Sirius and I have business at the end of the table."
James winked at Lily and got up with Sirius and walked to the end of the table where Lupin and Peter were sitting. On the way there Sirius put a piece of paper on Natalie's back. They both smirked at each other and sat down by Lupin.
"Why are they so mean to her?" Lily asked
Natalie now was looking around for the reason all the people around her were laughing and pointing.
"Why are they mean to any one?" Amelia shook her head as Natalie ran out of the hall crying. The sight on her back said 'I'M A FREAK'
"I dunno. someone should teach them a lesson this year" Lily glanced down the table at the four boy's who were laughing at what they just did.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Professor McGonagall pushed her way through the first years and sat a three legged stool with a old, dirty hat sitting on it. Every one stopped talking to their neighbors and laughing and turned their attention to the hat. A rip by the brim opened up and began to sing.
"Welcome back to another year Welcome here and don't you fear Soon you will be sitting down With a house that won't make you frown.
So come and put me on and see What house you are to be. There's Gryffindor, noble, brave and true, Or Huffelpuff where friendships are never new, Ravenclaw sleek and smart. Or Slytherin where they are some times tart. So come and find where you belong, I promise I won't make it long."
The whole hall burst into applause and then it died out as Professor McGonagall pulled out a list.
"You will come forward and put the hat on when I call your name."
The first years shifted nervously and exchanged fearful glances.
"Aird, Tyson" Professor McGonagall called out.
A short, skinny boy with short blond hair walked up to the stool and put the hat on. It had barley touched his head when it called out
"SLYTHERIN!"
The table to the left cheered loudly for Tyson as he walked over to the table. Lily spotted Malfoy motioning Tyson to sit next to him.
"Basabe, Andrew"
"GRYFFINDOR!"
The Gryffindors clapped as Andrew joined their table. James leaned forward and spotted Lily. Maybe it was the lighting or something, but she looked absolutely stunning. He stared at her emerald green eyes which were sparkling, but that sparkle went out when she saw him staring at her. She leaned over and whispered something to Amelia who traded her spots. He couldn't see her any more so tuned back into the sorting.
"Padilla, Ericla" "SLYTHERIN"
"Sample, Ashley" A girl with short brown hair hurried up and jammed the hat on and a moment latter the hat yelled
"HUFFLEPUFF!"
Ashley jumped off the stool with the hat still on her head. Someone pointed out to her that she still had it on and she shrieked. She ran back up to Professor McGonagall.
"Simpson, Cassie."
"RAVENCLAW!"
"Tonks, Nymphadora"
The bright orange haired girl that Sirius had tormented earlier walked up the steps tripping over the hem of her robes. She stood up straight blushing slightly and put the hat on.
"GRYIFFINDOR"
Sirius jumped to his feet and applauded her loudly. Nymphadora took the hat off and ran over to the table, tripping again, and sat down by Sirius.
"Well done Nymphadora!"
He leaned over and enveloped her in huge hug
"How have you been?"
"I've been better" she replied smothered in Sirius's chest. "Let go of me you bloody git!"
Sirius loosened his grip and sat back up. "So how's family life?"
"Great! The other day mom caught me trying to use my wand to change my cat's hair to purple and got all mad but other that that it's normal! Anyways don't call me Nymphadora, call me Tonks."
"Why? Nymphadora is a nice name." Remus said looking puzzled. "Nice, if it isn't yours" "I like what you've done with your hair." Sirius said looking at her hair. "Your mom let you do that?"
"Nah, she doesn't like orange she says 'your hair should be natural colors' ". Tonks screwed her face in a strained expression as though she were struggling to remember something. A second latter her hair grew longer and turned to brown. She was unaware that every one around her was gaping at her.
"h-how did you do that?" Peter studded
She giggled "I'm a metamorphagis. I can change my appearance at will."
Tonks then picked up her spoon and looked at her reflection in the back of it.
At the head table Dumbledore stood up and everything went quiet. "There are times for speeches, and now is not one of them, tuck in."
The food magically appeared on the table and Sirius let out a moan and quickly filled up his plate. The rest of the Students ate happily and when the last block of ice cream disappeared Dumbledore stood up again.
"Well, now that we are fed and watered, I have a few start of term notices to give out. First the Forbidden Forest is forbidden to all students." His eyes lingered on the four boys. "Argus Filtch has asked me to remind you that choking spoons have been added to the list of objects not allowed in the castle. If you have any questions to what is on the list, you can access it on the back of Mr. Fitch's door or you may ask him. Now that we have gotten to the lighter subjects I have bad news." He frowned slightly and continued.
"Lord Voldermort is coming to power"
No one moved or said anything. James looked at Sirius who shrugged.
"This wizard may not mean anything to you now, but I'm afraid to inform you that he soon will be. Lord Voldermort is a very Dark Wizard and has been seeking and getting followers. He won't hesitate to use the unforgivable curses on any one of age, size or gender. He is dangerous however you are safe here at Hogwarts. This is why I ask you again to follow the rules and stay on the school grounds. If anybody is concerned about this I'm sure you head of house will be willing to discuss this with you. Also if you want to talk to someone more your age you can look to our new Head boy and girl, James Potter and Lily Evans."
James and Lily exchanged looks and then Dumbledore cleared his throat. "Well now that has been said I want you to get a good night's rest."
And with that they were dismissed.
"What do you think of this guy, Lord Voldermort?" James said to Remus and Sirius who were getting up
"I dunno, sounds kinda weird if you ask me." Sirius answered.
A/N: Thank you again for responding to my story, I hope this chapter is ok, I kind of wrote it in a hurry. Please r and r!
Chapter Three: Dumbledore's Warning
In the Great Hall the ceiling, which always resembled the sky outside, was a beautiful dark night sky. Lily felt like she was at home at last. She walked almost dreamily over to the Gryffindor table and sat down. She looked over at the nervous first years who were filing into the Great Hall. James and Sirius were walking by them whispering horrible things like what they had to do to be sorted. "I heard this year they got a mountain troll, and you have to knock it out. Oh and you have to do it in front of every one!" Sirius said to a girl with short bright orange hair.
"Mum said you'd say something like that." The girl said hitting him on the shoulder.
Lily thought this was rather brave for a first year, but when she caught a glimpse of Sirius's face she knew that he must have known her.
"Why are you pestering that first year?" Lily asked Sirius who was sitting down across from her.
"She's my oldest and favorite cousin's daughter."
James sat came and sat down next to him smiling mischievously. The other students finished filling into the Great Hall. Alice ran up with Amelia and gave her a big hug. Frank Longbottem walked up behind them with his sandy blond hair slightly messed up and he was wearing a crooked grin on his face. Alice and Amelia sat down on either side of Lily and Frank sat next to Alice. They both turned to Lily and started talking to her at the same time.
"Frank just got back from France, he said it was wonderful!" Alice said grabbing Franks hand under the table.
"You won't believe what they were doing on the train, snogging each other non stop." Amelia said rolling her eyes.
Lily nodded oblivious to what they were saying. She was looking down the table at Natalie, who had just sat down by a group of third years. They all scrabbled away from her as soon as she sat down like she had a deadly disease and they were in danger of catching it. Natalie looked their retreating backs miserably.
"Well Evans," James's voice cut in her thoughts, "Although I would like to stay here and have you bathe in my beauty but, Sirius and I have business at the end of the table."
James winked at Lily and got up with Sirius and walked to the end of the table where Lupin and Peter were sitting. On the way there Sirius put a piece of paper on Natalie's back. They both smirked at each other and sat down by Lupin.
"Why are they so mean to her?" Lily asked
Natalie now was looking around for the reason all the people around her were laughing and pointing.
"Why are they mean to any one?" Amelia shook her head as Natalie ran out of the hall crying. The sight on her back said 'I'M A FREAK'
"I dunno. someone should teach them a lesson this year" Lily glanced down the table at the four boy's who were laughing at what they just did.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Professor McGonagall pushed her way through the first years and sat a three legged stool with a old, dirty hat sitting on it. Every one stopped talking to their neighbors and laughing and turned their attention to the hat. A rip by the brim opened up and began to sing.
"Welcome back to another year Welcome here and don't you fear Soon you will be sitting down With a house that won't make you frown.
So come and put me on and see What house you are to be. There's Gryffindor, noble, brave and true, Or Huffelpuff where friendships are never new, Ravenclaw sleek and smart. Or Slytherin where they are some times tart. So come and find where you belong, I promise I won't make it long."
The whole hall burst into applause and then it died out as Professor McGonagall pulled out a list.
"You will come forward and put the hat on when I call your name."
The first years shifted nervously and exchanged fearful glances.
"Aird, Tyson" Professor McGonagall called out.
A short, skinny boy with short blond hair walked up to the stool and put the hat on. It had barley touched his head when it called out
"SLYTHERIN!"
The table to the left cheered loudly for Tyson as he walked over to the table. Lily spotted Malfoy motioning Tyson to sit next to him.
"Basabe, Andrew"
"GRYFFINDOR!"
The Gryffindors clapped as Andrew joined their table. James leaned forward and spotted Lily. Maybe it was the lighting or something, but she looked absolutely stunning. He stared at her emerald green eyes which were sparkling, but that sparkle went out when she saw him staring at her. She leaned over and whispered something to Amelia who traded her spots. He couldn't see her any more so tuned back into the sorting.
"Padilla, Ericla" "SLYTHERIN"
"Sample, Ashley" A girl with short brown hair hurried up and jammed the hat on and a moment latter the hat yelled
"HUFFLEPUFF!"
Ashley jumped off the stool with the hat still on her head. Someone pointed out to her that she still had it on and she shrieked. She ran back up to Professor McGonagall.
"Simpson, Cassie."
"RAVENCLAW!"
"Tonks, Nymphadora"
The bright orange haired girl that Sirius had tormented earlier walked up the steps tripping over the hem of her robes. She stood up straight blushing slightly and put the hat on.
"GRYIFFINDOR"
Sirius jumped to his feet and applauded her loudly. Nymphadora took the hat off and ran over to the table, tripping again, and sat down by Sirius.
"Well done Nymphadora!"
He leaned over and enveloped her in huge hug
"How have you been?"
"I've been better" she replied smothered in Sirius's chest. "Let go of me you bloody git!"
Sirius loosened his grip and sat back up. "So how's family life?"
"Great! The other day mom caught me trying to use my wand to change my cat's hair to purple and got all mad but other that that it's normal! Anyways don't call me Nymphadora, call me Tonks."
"Why? Nymphadora is a nice name." Remus said looking puzzled. "Nice, if it isn't yours" "I like what you've done with your hair." Sirius said looking at her hair. "Your mom let you do that?"
"Nah, she doesn't like orange she says 'your hair should be natural colors' ". Tonks screwed her face in a strained expression as though she were struggling to remember something. A second latter her hair grew longer and turned to brown. She was unaware that every one around her was gaping at her.
"h-how did you do that?" Peter studded
She giggled "I'm a metamorphagis. I can change my appearance at will."
Tonks then picked up her spoon and looked at her reflection in the back of it.
At the head table Dumbledore stood up and everything went quiet. "There are times for speeches, and now is not one of them, tuck in."
The food magically appeared on the table and Sirius let out a moan and quickly filled up his plate. The rest of the Students ate happily and when the last block of ice cream disappeared Dumbledore stood up again.
"Well, now that we are fed and watered, I have a few start of term notices to give out. First the Forbidden Forest is forbidden to all students." His eyes lingered on the four boys. "Argus Filtch has asked me to remind you that choking spoons have been added to the list of objects not allowed in the castle. If you have any questions to what is on the list, you can access it on the back of Mr. Fitch's door or you may ask him. Now that we have gotten to the lighter subjects I have bad news." He frowned slightly and continued.
"Lord Voldermort is coming to power"
No one moved or said anything. James looked at Sirius who shrugged.
"This wizard may not mean anything to you now, but I'm afraid to inform you that he soon will be. Lord Voldermort is a very Dark Wizard and has been seeking and getting followers. He won't hesitate to use the unforgivable curses on any one of age, size or gender. He is dangerous however you are safe here at Hogwarts. This is why I ask you again to follow the rules and stay on the school grounds. If anybody is concerned about this I'm sure you head of house will be willing to discuss this with you. Also if you want to talk to someone more your age you can look to our new Head boy and girl, James Potter and Lily Evans."
James and Lily exchanged looks and then Dumbledore cleared his throat. "Well now that has been said I want you to get a good night's rest."
And with that they were dismissed.
"What do you think of this guy, Lord Voldermort?" James said to Remus and Sirius who were getting up
"I dunno, sounds kinda weird if you ask me." Sirius answered.