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Chapter 3: Back Home

Harry and the rest of the them had already changed into their school robes and uniforms as the train halted to a stop at Hogsmeade station. They stepped off the train and saw Hagrid signaling to the first years to follow him.

"Firs' years over here!" Hagrid said, towering above the other students.

"That's Hagrid, a friend of ours. He's half giant, half human." Harry told Jesabelle as they waved to Hagrid and headed towards the carriages that were to bring them to the castle.

"Oh I see...thestrals!" Jesabelle said, pointing at the horse that was in front of the carriage. "Wow, I don't remember reading about them in Hogwarts: A History."

"So you can see them as well then?" Ron asked as they climb in.

"Yes I can." Jesabelle said.

"So you have seen death?" Ron asked.

"Ron!" Ginny said.

"It's quite all right Ginny. Yes, I have seen death." Jesabelle said, turning to the window, a sad expression creeping across her face. She quickly hid it, but not fast enough. The others noticed, glared at Ron and decided to stay quiet as the carriage began to move towards the castle.

They walked into the huge oak front doors and into the hallway. They headed to the Great Hall, which was still the same, with its golden plates, goblets, and the ceiling which imitated the sky on the outside of the castle.

Jesabelle looked up and around in great interest at the part of the castle she was in.

"Completely amazing!" Jesabelle whispered.

Jesabelle was so preoccupied with her surroundings that she walked right into a girl about her age.

"Oh I'm terribly sorry, I-." Jesabelle began.

"Watch where you're going! Are you blind?!" rudely said a girl about Jesabelle's age, a little shorter than Jesabelle, and much more petite and feminine looking. She had blue eyes, and curly blonde hair that was cut a few inches under her shoulders.

Jesabelle looked down at her and noticed who she was. The other girl looked as Jesabelle as well, and then a smirk appeared across her face.

Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Ginny had stopped, standing behind Jesabelle.

"Ga-Ga- Gabriel Parker?" Jesabelle asked, shock in her voice.

"Jesabelle Potter. It's been so long, hasn't it?" Debrah said, still smirking. "Well, I had better be off. I want to make sure that I get a good seat at the Slytherin table." She then left, leaving Jesabelle standing there, dumbfounded.

"Let's head inside." Hermione said.

Ron nodded and went with Hermione, followed by Ginny, then by Harry and a very shocked Jesabelle.

They walked over to the Gryffindor table and sat down. Jesabelle sat on the right side, so as not to see Gabriel.

Jesabelle was so preoccupied that she didn't notice that half the guys were staring at her, and the other half were staring at Debrah.

"So, who is this Gabriel Parker?" Harry asked, who was sitting on her left side, and Ginny on her right.

"I used to go to school with her." Jesabelle said. "She turned an innocent school year, into a year of torture for me."

"I see." Harry said.

"Well, she reminds me a lot of Pansy Parkinson, you know, the one that hangs around Malfoy a lot? Yeah, her." Hermione said.

"Hmmm, I figured she'd be in Slytherin." Jesabelle said thoughtfully. "She always was a pain in the butt."

The others sniggered at this statement and stopped when Professor Mgonagal walked into the Great Hall with the first years.

The sorting took place as usual, without anything eventful happening, if you don't count that a girl named Alyssa Carlson, tripped over on her way to the Ravenclaw table.

When the Sorting had ended, Professor Mgonagal took the Sorting Hat and three legged stool to a backroom behind the staff's table. When she came back, only seconds later, Dumbledore stood up and beamed around at the students.

"A good evening to everyone." He began. "It is wonderful to see you here to yet begin another year here at Hogwarts. I have a few start of the year notices to give out. All students are not allowed in the Forbidden Forest. Mr. Filch has once again asked me to remind you that all joke items purchased from Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes are prohibited, there is a list of all other things prohibited posted at the front of Mr. Filch's door if you wish to see it."

He paused and looked around at everyone. "This year," Dumbledore continued, "we are welcoming a few foreign exchange students for the school year. I suppose it will be easy to spot them for you. Just look for the people you have not seen before. All students must be in their dormitories by 9:30 p.m., no exceptions. All students are forbidden to leave the castle after dark. We have set these rules as a safety precaution to all the students." He paused again. "And now, dig in!"

With that, food appeared on the golden plates, and soon, the students were happily chattering and eating to their heart's delight.

Hermione was eating as if she hadn't eaten in days.

"Bloody hell Hermione." Ginny said, sounding a lot like her brother, Ron.

"I think Ron kind of rubbed of on you. Look at how fast you're eating. You're eating almost as fast, and almost as much as Ron is eating!" Ginny said.

Harry and Jesabelle laughed at this, causing Hermione to choke a bit on her baked chicken.

Ginny and Harry were explaining all the teachers to Jesabelle when Professor Mgonagal tapped Jesabelle on the shoulder.

"Good evening dear." She said.

"Good evening Professor." Jesabelle said, turning around to face her.

"Yes, you and Miss Granger are to meet with Professor Dumbledore after dinner in his office, he needs to speak to you about your own start of term notices." Mgonagal said, looking at Hermione, who was sitting across from Jesabelle.

"All right Professor. Thank you very much." Jesabelle said as Hermione nodded her head to show she understood. Apparently, she had too much food in her mouth, so she couldn't exactly talk.

When everyone had finished, and the last treacle fudge disappeared form the golden plates, Dumbledore got up again saying, "Now that we have enjoyed the welcome back feast, I would like to introduce to you all our new Defenses Against the Dark Arts Teacher! Everyone please welcome Professor Nymphadora Tonks!"

Everyone clapped as Harry and the others looked up to see Tonks, her hair now dark red and in a tight ponytail, stand up to greet the students with a smile.

"All right, now everyone off to bed, for tomorrow is a new day!" Dumbledore said.

Everyone got up to leave, except for Jesabelle and Hermione, who said goodbye to Harry, Ron, and Ginny, who headed up with the other Gryffindors to the dormitories.

But before that, they walked over to speak to Tonks, who was walking out the doors into the hallway.

"It's great to see you all." Tonks said, smiling.

"What are you doing here?" Harry asked.

"Well, Dumbledore suggested I'd take a break from my present job and come to teach as the Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher, I'm quite good at teaching you know. Plus," Tonks said, lowering he voice, "he wanted me to come so as to keep an eye on the whole lot of you, considering that you can take care of yourselves."

"I see." Harry said, looking at Jesabelle. "Which reminds me, Tonks, this is Jesabelle, the cousin I was talking about." Harry continued, pulling Jesabelle over to him.

"A pure pleasure to meet you Jesabelle." Tonks said, shaking her hand.

"And the same goes to you Professor Tonks." Jesabelle said.

"Professor Tonks. That has a nice ring to it." Tonks said, laughing. "Well, I'd better be off to get a good night's rest. Good night, I will see you all tomorrow." Tonks said, walking away and waving to them.

Jesabelle and Hermione made their way to Dumbledore's office, where, as usual they found the gargoyle guarding the entrance to the headmaster's office.

"I wonder where the Headmaster is." Jesabelle said.

"Well, lets see, I guess we'll just wait for him here." Hermione said.

A few seconds later, Dumbledore appeared, followed by none other that Malfoy.

"Hello, hello girls. Well, let's get hopping then." Dumbledore said, turning to the gargoyle. "Sugar Quill." Dumbledore said. The gargoyle sprang to life, and they all stood on a step as the staircase began to rise. When they had stopped at the doors, Dumbledore opened them and stepped inside his office, holding open the door for the others to enter.

"This will only take a while, don't worry." Dumbledore said as he closed the door and walked over to hid desk, sitting behind it. He gestured to the other to have a seat in three armchairs that had been set up for them in front of the desk.

"Hermione, Draco, seeing as you are both Head Boy and Head Girl, you two will be sharing a dormitory on the fifth floor." Dumbledore said to Draco and Hermione.

"What?!" Malfoy said. "I must protest sir, I am not going to share a dormitory with.with...HER" he continued, pointing at Hermione. Jesabelle was shocked but couldn't resist herself from laughing silently at his reaction.

"I must actually agree sir." Hermione said.

"I understand your differences, but I have organized this so that you two may be able to set aside your differences and work together. You two are now prime leaders of this school, and I think the company you two will share together will help in your working relationship when you two organize events for the school year." Dumbledore continued.

"But, but." Malfoy said.

"No ifs, ands, or buts Mr. Malfoy, it is settled." Dumbledore said firmly, silencing Malfoy. "And, as for you my dear," Dumbledore said, turning to Jesabelle, "you will use Hermione's empty bed in Gryffindor Tower."

"All right Headmaster." Jesabelle said.

"Now, Draco, Hermione, please leave the room, I want to have a word with Jesabelle in private." Dumbledore said.

Draco nodded and left the room, with an irritated look on his face, followed by Hermione, who looked just as agitated.

Hermione waited outside for Jesabelle as Malfoy stalked down the stairs mumbling to himself.

Jesabelle came out a few minutes later, carrying a smoking goblet with water like liquid in it, giving off a scent that smelled like lilacs.

"What's that for?" Hermione asked, as they made their way down the staircase.

"Oh, it's just something that Professor Dumbledore gave me for my condition." Jesabelle said casually.

"What condition?" Hermione asked.

"Oh just some little potion to make sure that I don't turn sickly during the school year." Jesabelle said, looking ahead of her.

Hermione suspected something was up, but regarded the potion just as some sort of medicine to keep her immune to a disease of some sort.

Jesabelle bid Hermione good night and made her way to Gryffindor Tower. When she got there, she realized that she did not know the password. She was about to panic when the portrait swung open and Harry stepped out.

"Oh, there you are!" he said, smiling. "I thought you had gotten lost or something and I was going to come out and look for you."

"That's nice of you Harry; actually, I didn't know the password, I beginning to panic when you came out."

Harry laughed and opened the portrait for her to step in. Ginny was sitting with Ron at another table. Everyone seemed to have gone up to bed, apparently, they must have been waiting for her to come back. She stood up when she saw Jesabelle.

"Hey Jes! Where's Hermione?" Ginny said, looking around for Hermione.

"She has to share a dormitory with that Head Boy git." Jesabelle said, sighing.

"What?!" Ginny said.

"Dumbledore said it would be better for their working relationship as leaders of the school." Jesabelle said, sitting on an empty armchair near the fire, the smoking goblet in her hand.

"Is he mad?! I am going to go and have a talk with him! He can't just make my girlfriend stay with a git like that! I mean, he might do something to her!" Ron said, standing up, and closing his hands tightly into fists. "He had better not lay a hand on her!" he continued, waving a fist in the air.

"Calm down, Ron, we can talk to him tomorrow about it, and besides, Malfoy's not that stupid to do something like that under our noses, and Hermione can take care of herself." Harry said, sitting in the chair Ron was occupying.

"I suppose." Ron said, breathing heavily, calming himself down.

"Hey, what's that?" Ginny asked Jesabelle, pointing at the smoking goblet in her hand.

"It's helps controls my condition. Makes sure I'm not going to spill sick around, if you catch my drift." Jesabelle said, looking at the liquid in the goblet.

Ginny and the others gave the goblet a nervous look but dropped it.

"Well, we had better head to bed." Jesabelle said, drinking the potion in one gulp, setting it down on a table near the fireplace for the house elves to take, and headed upstairs.

"Good night everyone." Jesabelle said, not looking back at the others.

The others gave the goblet another look and shrugged it off, heading to sleep themselves.