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Chapter 10
Harry went up to his dormitory, and changed to his pajamas. He was thinking about Star. She wasn't the "Typical American" he thought that she would be. She was polite, she didn't like Malfoy, she spoke of the teaches with respect, she hated Malfory. He was going to have to introduce her to Ron and Hermione. Ron and Hermione. That came out of nowhere. He knew that they were friends, but did not expect to see them together. Harry rolled over on his bed and quickly fell asleep.
He was dreaming of Quidditch, of flying on his Firebolt, going after the Snitch. He heard voices in the background. A high pitched one. Harry couldn't quite hear what he was saying properly, but heard something about Wormtail, the Department of Mysteries, and a potion. Harry was still flying but stopped in mid-air and turned. He only saw a stadium full of spectators. He looked around for the owner of the voice. He didn't see who it was. Suddenly, his scar started to sear his forehead.
Harry awoke gasping for breath. He sat up in bed and tried to remember all he had heard from Voldemorts voice, but with the Quidditch pitch full of supporters howling and yelling, he couldn't hear all that was said.
Harry decided he would go back to sleep and tell Dumbledore in the morning of his dream. Harry rolled over and finally fell back to sleep.
Morning crept into the dormitory. Harry was listening to the assorted snores from his dorm mates and the birds chirping outside for a while before he decided to get up. It was still a little early to go to breakfast yet, but at least he would be doing more that laying in bed all that time. Harry would wait for Hermione and Ron to get up and go down to breakfast with them.
As Harry sat there on the couch in front of the fire, he decided to forgo waiting for Ron and Hermione and head down for breakfast.
The Great Hall showed sunshine and clouds, as always mirroring the weather outside. There were a few students in the hall eating an early breakfast. Harry looked over to the Gryffindor table and Star was sitting there eating and reading a book. Harry walked over and sat down next to her. She looked up to see who it was and smiled.
"Good morning," Harry said to her as she took a sip from a huge red mug. Star saw him gaping at her mug.
"Coffee addict. Morning to you too." she said with a grimace.
"I hope that you only need one of those a day." he said pulling toast, eggs and bacon towards his plate.
"I'm on my third cup. I should be ready for just about anything this morning." she said with another sip. "Although, if they would make the coffee properly here, I would only need two. The way this stuff tastes, I'll need four cups."
Ron and Hermione had just walked into the Great Hall and saw Harry talking to Star. They sat down opposite of Harry and Star. Ron was getting his breakfast when Hermione gave Harry one of her famous looks.
"Star, this is Ron and Hermione. They're my best friends." Harry said taking his cue from Hermione's look "Hermione, Ron this is Star. She's an exchange student from the states."
"It's nice to finally meet you. Have you seen much of England yet?" Hermione asked her.
"Oh, yes, I was lucky enough to see Abbey Road and Penny Lane and some of Liverpool." Star said with a genuine smile.
"What's in Liverpool?" Ron asked.
"You're kidding right?" she asked him as if he had two purple heads. "You mean your from Britain and you don't know why I went to Liverpool?"
"He's not Muggleborn, so he wouldn't know." Harry said to her. "What classes have you got this morning?"
Star pulled out her schedule from her bag and looked "Uh... Care of Magical Creatures and Herbology."
"Well, come on then, you can go with us, we have the same classes." Ron said.
The walk to the Care of Magical Creatures class was good. Hagrid stood near the edge of the Forbidden Forest waiting for the last of the class to arrive. Harry was happy to see the Slitherins were no longer taking the class. When finally the last few did show up, Hagrid called happily to the class
"Were workin' in here today. Follow me." he said "Now wha' were studin' today is Acromantula's. Now, who can tell me abou' these creaturs?"
Hermione's hand quickly shot in the air "Gigantic spiders that are poisonous and is capable of human speech."
Ron's face went the color of parchment at this statement.
"Righ'! 10 points to Gryffindor! Now, wha' I have here is only a baby. This un' is only bout 7 feet long. The adults can be up to 15 foo' leg span. Huge see? Now, fer your own protection, this un's in a cage. Ony' reason I'm showin ya is because it will show up on your N.E.W.T's.
Hagrid's first class of the year went extremely well. There were no injuries. Even though Ron had a hard time with the class, with the giant spider being contained, it wasn't as bad as it would have been under normal circumstances. Hagrid explained about the beasts diet, thick skin, and what have you.
*
"So, Star," Hermione commented over dinner that evening, "how does the American magical education differ from those of the Brittish?"
"Well," she said between sips of pumpkin juice "in addition to all magical classes, we have regular classes as well. Math, science and what not. So, we were in classes longer than the days you have here. It also made the leg work more on our part. We were told what had to be learned and we spent a good portion of our time in the library. I became sort of an insomniac. I sleep only about a couple of hours at most any more."
"It must be nice to have a break of sorts." said Ron looking utterly perplexed at spending so much time in the library.
"It's different. I'm not used to having a uniform. Also, I lived close to school so I didn't stay there unless I had to, which was most of the time. Well, I'm off to do some homework. I'll see you later?" she added as she was walking out of the Great Hall.
Star noticed Malfoy get up and follow her. Harry and Ron noticed too and quickly got up from the table to help if the situation should arise. Hermione saw this and followed suit
"I'll not be made a fool of" they heard Malfoys voice floating through the hall "you will not get away with what you said to me."
Malfory had Star backed up against a wall, with his hands on either side of her head. She was inexplicably smiling. She looked into his eyes and said:
"Do you know what pressure points are Malfoy? There are approximately eighty in the human body."she had moved quickly and put her index fingers just behind both of his ears. " If one presses hard enough on one of these pressure points, it can cause severe pain." Star pressed a little harder. "There even happens to be one, in the male species, that will make your dick turn green, shrivel up, and fall off. Back off!" She said with a pure look of loathing on her face.
At this he backed off. Surprised rather than fear glitterring in his eyes. Malfoy saw Harry, Ron and Hermione standing there looking over the situation and decided it was time to go. Malfoy shot Star one last vehement look and left.
"Going up to the common room?" Star asked Ron Hermione and Harry.
Hermione was the first to recover. "What was that all about?"
"He had his ego broken a little yesterday and came to see if he could get it fixed. He failed. Miserably." she said with a grin.
"It' not true is it? About those pressure points?" Ron asked her with a very disgusted look.
"No, it was just a threat to get him to back off. Though, I do know a few hexes to make it look like that happened." she said.
"Remind me to never get on your bad side then." Ron said as Harry shook his head in the affirmative.
"Honestly, I'm not a violent person. He pushed me. Self preservation you know." she told them as they reached the portrait to the common room.
Chapter 10
Harry went up to his dormitory, and changed to his pajamas. He was thinking about Star. She wasn't the "Typical American" he thought that she would be. She was polite, she didn't like Malfoy, she spoke of the teaches with respect, she hated Malfory. He was going to have to introduce her to Ron and Hermione. Ron and Hermione. That came out of nowhere. He knew that they were friends, but did not expect to see them together. Harry rolled over on his bed and quickly fell asleep.
He was dreaming of Quidditch, of flying on his Firebolt, going after the Snitch. He heard voices in the background. A high pitched one. Harry couldn't quite hear what he was saying properly, but heard something about Wormtail, the Department of Mysteries, and a potion. Harry was still flying but stopped in mid-air and turned. He only saw a stadium full of spectators. He looked around for the owner of the voice. He didn't see who it was. Suddenly, his scar started to sear his forehead.
Harry awoke gasping for breath. He sat up in bed and tried to remember all he had heard from Voldemorts voice, but with the Quidditch pitch full of supporters howling and yelling, he couldn't hear all that was said.
Harry decided he would go back to sleep and tell Dumbledore in the morning of his dream. Harry rolled over and finally fell back to sleep.
Morning crept into the dormitory. Harry was listening to the assorted snores from his dorm mates and the birds chirping outside for a while before he decided to get up. It was still a little early to go to breakfast yet, but at least he would be doing more that laying in bed all that time. Harry would wait for Hermione and Ron to get up and go down to breakfast with them.
As Harry sat there on the couch in front of the fire, he decided to forgo waiting for Ron and Hermione and head down for breakfast.
The Great Hall showed sunshine and clouds, as always mirroring the weather outside. There were a few students in the hall eating an early breakfast. Harry looked over to the Gryffindor table and Star was sitting there eating and reading a book. Harry walked over and sat down next to her. She looked up to see who it was and smiled.
"Good morning," Harry said to her as she took a sip from a huge red mug. Star saw him gaping at her mug.
"Coffee addict. Morning to you too." she said with a grimace.
"I hope that you only need one of those a day." he said pulling toast, eggs and bacon towards his plate.
"I'm on my third cup. I should be ready for just about anything this morning." she said with another sip. "Although, if they would make the coffee properly here, I would only need two. The way this stuff tastes, I'll need four cups."
Ron and Hermione had just walked into the Great Hall and saw Harry talking to Star. They sat down opposite of Harry and Star. Ron was getting his breakfast when Hermione gave Harry one of her famous looks.
"Star, this is Ron and Hermione. They're my best friends." Harry said taking his cue from Hermione's look "Hermione, Ron this is Star. She's an exchange student from the states."
"It's nice to finally meet you. Have you seen much of England yet?" Hermione asked her.
"Oh, yes, I was lucky enough to see Abbey Road and Penny Lane and some of Liverpool." Star said with a genuine smile.
"What's in Liverpool?" Ron asked.
"You're kidding right?" she asked him as if he had two purple heads. "You mean your from Britain and you don't know why I went to Liverpool?"
"He's not Muggleborn, so he wouldn't know." Harry said to her. "What classes have you got this morning?"
Star pulled out her schedule from her bag and looked "Uh... Care of Magical Creatures and Herbology."
"Well, come on then, you can go with us, we have the same classes." Ron said.
The walk to the Care of Magical Creatures class was good. Hagrid stood near the edge of the Forbidden Forest waiting for the last of the class to arrive. Harry was happy to see the Slitherins were no longer taking the class. When finally the last few did show up, Hagrid called happily to the class
"Were workin' in here today. Follow me." he said "Now wha' were studin' today is Acromantula's. Now, who can tell me abou' these creaturs?"
Hermione's hand quickly shot in the air "Gigantic spiders that are poisonous and is capable of human speech."
Ron's face went the color of parchment at this statement.
"Righ'! 10 points to Gryffindor! Now, wha' I have here is only a baby. This un' is only bout 7 feet long. The adults can be up to 15 foo' leg span. Huge see? Now, fer your own protection, this un's in a cage. Ony' reason I'm showin ya is because it will show up on your N.E.W.T's.
Hagrid's first class of the year went extremely well. There were no injuries. Even though Ron had a hard time with the class, with the giant spider being contained, it wasn't as bad as it would have been under normal circumstances. Hagrid explained about the beasts diet, thick skin, and what have you.
*
"So, Star," Hermione commented over dinner that evening, "how does the American magical education differ from those of the Brittish?"
"Well," she said between sips of pumpkin juice "in addition to all magical classes, we have regular classes as well. Math, science and what not. So, we were in classes longer than the days you have here. It also made the leg work more on our part. We were told what had to be learned and we spent a good portion of our time in the library. I became sort of an insomniac. I sleep only about a couple of hours at most any more."
"It must be nice to have a break of sorts." said Ron looking utterly perplexed at spending so much time in the library.
"It's different. I'm not used to having a uniform. Also, I lived close to school so I didn't stay there unless I had to, which was most of the time. Well, I'm off to do some homework. I'll see you later?" she added as she was walking out of the Great Hall.
Star noticed Malfoy get up and follow her. Harry and Ron noticed too and quickly got up from the table to help if the situation should arise. Hermione saw this and followed suit
"I'll not be made a fool of" they heard Malfoys voice floating through the hall "you will not get away with what you said to me."
Malfory had Star backed up against a wall, with his hands on either side of her head. She was inexplicably smiling. She looked into his eyes and said:
"Do you know what pressure points are Malfoy? There are approximately eighty in the human body."she had moved quickly and put her index fingers just behind both of his ears. " If one presses hard enough on one of these pressure points, it can cause severe pain." Star pressed a little harder. "There even happens to be one, in the male species, that will make your dick turn green, shrivel up, and fall off. Back off!" She said with a pure look of loathing on her face.
At this he backed off. Surprised rather than fear glitterring in his eyes. Malfoy saw Harry, Ron and Hermione standing there looking over the situation and decided it was time to go. Malfoy shot Star one last vehement look and left.
"Going up to the common room?" Star asked Ron Hermione and Harry.
Hermione was the first to recover. "What was that all about?"
"He had his ego broken a little yesterday and came to see if he could get it fixed. He failed. Miserably." she said with a grin.
"It' not true is it? About those pressure points?" Ron asked her with a very disgusted look.
"No, it was just a threat to get him to back off. Though, I do know a few hexes to make it look like that happened." she said.
"Remind me to never get on your bad side then." Ron said as Harry shook his head in the affirmative.
"Honestly, I'm not a violent person. He pushed me. Self preservation you know." she told them as they reached the portrait to the common room.
