"What else did they say?" Harry asked Nikki the next morning as they laid
on the couch together.
"Well," She said before she paused. "All I saw was Snape saying that he found me. But it would be too risky to take me seeing as how I'm under Dumbledore's watch. But I only saw that because I forgot to clear my mind before I drifted back off to sleep. After that I cleared my mind and I didn't see anymore; but I could still hear them I just couldn't make them out. It's harder to do it when you're already asleep."
"Try not to fall out of bed again." Harry advised as she closed her eyes. Harry looked down at her and smiled. "Did you tell Dumbledore?"
"Yes; and why are you looking at me?" Nikki asked taking Harry by surprise.
"I forgot that you could see with your eyes closed." Harry breathed "Kind of scary."
"Oh you think that I don't know that?" She asked sarcastically, "How much longer until we have to be downstairs?"
"Another ten minutes" he said as he checked the grandfather clock.
"Oh, and I told Dumbledore that I'm going to be going as Bella instead of Black since that was my last name on TV. I mean, if someone who comes here watched and is a fan, they'd expect me to be Bella." Nikki explained as she tried to stifle a yawn.
Harry and Nikki found themselves downstairs not too later with the bustling crowd walking around the hall talking with their friends from other houses. Ron, Ginny, and Hermione made their way over to the Gryffindor table and sat down with the two.
"How was the ride?" Nikki asked, seeing as how she didn't get the chance to go on the ride before, she seemed excited.
"Um, well...." Ron stammered as the other two girls looked lost for words. "It's was... Well, it's like..... " He continued to stammer as Nikki nodded dubiously. "I can't put it into words."
"So I've noticed." Nikki smirked. "I'm sure it's no different from a car drive."
"Pretty much," Hermione confirmed as two Ravenclaws walked up.
"Ask her Shanna," the smaller one ordered as she pushed the bigger one ahead of her.
"Now really," Shanna snapped. "Excuse me but are you Nikki Bella?"
"Yes I am," Nikki said as she gave Harry a quick sideways glance.
"There; I asked," Shanna said to the smaller Ravenclaw who whispered something to her. "Fine but you owe me. My sister wants to know if she could have your autograph," she said seeming to think that it was stupid to be the dictator of a twelve year old.
"Sure," Nikki said taken slightly aback as she took the parchment the little Raven claw handed her. "What's your name?"
"Mara; you and Mike visited my figure skating class once. You said you liked my camel jump." Mara said shyly.
"Well, there you go Mara, maybe this winter me and you could go skating on the pond." She said as she handed it back. Shanna escorted an ecstatic looking Mara back to their table as the first years were being ushered in. "I am so glad I told Dumbledore that I'm sticking with Bella."
The first years got sorted and found their places at the tables; much like everyone before them did. Dumbledore rose to begin the start of term feast; Harry found himself not listening to the aged wizard, he was just saying what was forbidden, when tryouts were and if they needed any help to ask their house prefect.
"Now, I am pleased to introduce our new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher; who traveled here from Canada just to be with us; Professor C. Soleil."
Harry saw Hermione's jaw drop in disbelief as a charming woman, who looked no older then twenty five, walked up the center isle and sat down at the end of the table with the other teachers. She pushed her blond hair behind her ears and smiled at the crowd of students before her. The food appeared on the tables from the kitchens below and everyone started to eat merrily.
"I can't believe her!" Hermione mumbled to herself as she began to dish herself some soup.
"What's wrong?" Nikki asked as she surveyed the variety of food.
"Celine; she's my cousin and she never told me that she was a witch, and then she comes waltzing in here as our new teacher." She explained as she began to butter her roll. "Why didn't she ever tell me that she was a witch?"
"Did you ever tell her you were a witch?" Nikki asked as she stabbed a potato and placed it on her plate.
"Well, no but that's because I thought that she was a Muggle, after all my parents are both Muggles. So I just figured that there was no magic in my family; beside me of course."
"Maybe she thought that you weren't a witch either" Harry told her. "It's logical"
"I suppose..." Hermione trailed before she stuffed her mouth full of food like Ron.
"I never knew you had family in Canada, Hermione" Ginny brought up as she began to cut up her steak.
"Yeah, I usually don't see them very often. It's just Celine's family that lives there, everybody else is over here." She said as she swallowed her food. "But still you'd think that the subject would have come up last time I was there."
"You would think," Ron said in the rare moment that there wasn't food in his mouth.
They finished consuming their supper and dessert as their feast ended. Dumbledore stood and gave his closing announcements before everyone left to their dorms. Hermione tried to reach her cousin but it was in vain. They reached the portrait and Hermione read out the password as Harry, Nikki, and a few other Gryffindors laughed.
"What is so funny?" Hermione asked as the smaller people went in first.
"Nothing Prefect Hermione," Nikki assured as Ron snorted. The five were the last ones to get inside and found it deserted. They parted and went upstairs to their own dorms but not before Nikki gave Harry a quick kiss on the cheek good night.
A/N: There we go. Sorry that it's short and that it took so long to post. I was gone this weekend and Monday visiting family; so – no computer. I promise to have the next one longer but I can't promise that it will be up sooner. So please just bear with me. I'm going to be working on my bed room next week – paint, floors, moving the furniture down 2 ½ flights of stairs and what not – so thanks for understanding (if you will).
Heero's Girl – I'm a fan of the part where Harry woke up too, that's just my personalitly. I re-read this one a few times so I don't think that I have any major mistakes. As for the part where Nikki was talking with Harry on the couch, she basically saying that before she was in an orphanage where Mike was the only one who cared about her and he was adopted. But she now living with Remus, the Weasleys, ect and it just seems odd that everyone seems to care about her.
Poet – I'm glad you updated. Bravo my little friend. And I'll have Shanna's description in the next chappie.
"Well," She said before she paused. "All I saw was Snape saying that he found me. But it would be too risky to take me seeing as how I'm under Dumbledore's watch. But I only saw that because I forgot to clear my mind before I drifted back off to sleep. After that I cleared my mind and I didn't see anymore; but I could still hear them I just couldn't make them out. It's harder to do it when you're already asleep."
"Try not to fall out of bed again." Harry advised as she closed her eyes. Harry looked down at her and smiled. "Did you tell Dumbledore?"
"Yes; and why are you looking at me?" Nikki asked taking Harry by surprise.
"I forgot that you could see with your eyes closed." Harry breathed "Kind of scary."
"Oh you think that I don't know that?" She asked sarcastically, "How much longer until we have to be downstairs?"
"Another ten minutes" he said as he checked the grandfather clock.
"Oh, and I told Dumbledore that I'm going to be going as Bella instead of Black since that was my last name on TV. I mean, if someone who comes here watched and is a fan, they'd expect me to be Bella." Nikki explained as she tried to stifle a yawn.
Harry and Nikki found themselves downstairs not too later with the bustling crowd walking around the hall talking with their friends from other houses. Ron, Ginny, and Hermione made their way over to the Gryffindor table and sat down with the two.
"How was the ride?" Nikki asked, seeing as how she didn't get the chance to go on the ride before, she seemed excited.
"Um, well...." Ron stammered as the other two girls looked lost for words. "It's was... Well, it's like..... " He continued to stammer as Nikki nodded dubiously. "I can't put it into words."
"So I've noticed." Nikki smirked. "I'm sure it's no different from a car drive."
"Pretty much," Hermione confirmed as two Ravenclaws walked up.
"Ask her Shanna," the smaller one ordered as she pushed the bigger one ahead of her.
"Now really," Shanna snapped. "Excuse me but are you Nikki Bella?"
"Yes I am," Nikki said as she gave Harry a quick sideways glance.
"There; I asked," Shanna said to the smaller Ravenclaw who whispered something to her. "Fine but you owe me. My sister wants to know if she could have your autograph," she said seeming to think that it was stupid to be the dictator of a twelve year old.
"Sure," Nikki said taken slightly aback as she took the parchment the little Raven claw handed her. "What's your name?"
"Mara; you and Mike visited my figure skating class once. You said you liked my camel jump." Mara said shyly.
"Well, there you go Mara, maybe this winter me and you could go skating on the pond." She said as she handed it back. Shanna escorted an ecstatic looking Mara back to their table as the first years were being ushered in. "I am so glad I told Dumbledore that I'm sticking with Bella."
The first years got sorted and found their places at the tables; much like everyone before them did. Dumbledore rose to begin the start of term feast; Harry found himself not listening to the aged wizard, he was just saying what was forbidden, when tryouts were and if they needed any help to ask their house prefect.
"Now, I am pleased to introduce our new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher; who traveled here from Canada just to be with us; Professor C. Soleil."
Harry saw Hermione's jaw drop in disbelief as a charming woman, who looked no older then twenty five, walked up the center isle and sat down at the end of the table with the other teachers. She pushed her blond hair behind her ears and smiled at the crowd of students before her. The food appeared on the tables from the kitchens below and everyone started to eat merrily.
"I can't believe her!" Hermione mumbled to herself as she began to dish herself some soup.
"What's wrong?" Nikki asked as she surveyed the variety of food.
"Celine; she's my cousin and she never told me that she was a witch, and then she comes waltzing in here as our new teacher." She explained as she began to butter her roll. "Why didn't she ever tell me that she was a witch?"
"Did you ever tell her you were a witch?" Nikki asked as she stabbed a potato and placed it on her plate.
"Well, no but that's because I thought that she was a Muggle, after all my parents are both Muggles. So I just figured that there was no magic in my family; beside me of course."
"Maybe she thought that you weren't a witch either" Harry told her. "It's logical"
"I suppose..." Hermione trailed before she stuffed her mouth full of food like Ron.
"I never knew you had family in Canada, Hermione" Ginny brought up as she began to cut up her steak.
"Yeah, I usually don't see them very often. It's just Celine's family that lives there, everybody else is over here." She said as she swallowed her food. "But still you'd think that the subject would have come up last time I was there."
"You would think," Ron said in the rare moment that there wasn't food in his mouth.
They finished consuming their supper and dessert as their feast ended. Dumbledore stood and gave his closing announcements before everyone left to their dorms. Hermione tried to reach her cousin but it was in vain. They reached the portrait and Hermione read out the password as Harry, Nikki, and a few other Gryffindors laughed.
"What is so funny?" Hermione asked as the smaller people went in first.
"Nothing Prefect Hermione," Nikki assured as Ron snorted. The five were the last ones to get inside and found it deserted. They parted and went upstairs to their own dorms but not before Nikki gave Harry a quick kiss on the cheek good night.
A/N: There we go. Sorry that it's short and that it took so long to post. I was gone this weekend and Monday visiting family; so – no computer. I promise to have the next one longer but I can't promise that it will be up sooner. So please just bear with me. I'm going to be working on my bed room next week – paint, floors, moving the furniture down 2 ½ flights of stairs and what not – so thanks for understanding (if you will).
Heero's Girl – I'm a fan of the part where Harry woke up too, that's just my personalitly. I re-read this one a few times so I don't think that I have any major mistakes. As for the part where Nikki was talking with Harry on the couch, she basically saying that before she was in an orphanage where Mike was the only one who cared about her and he was adopted. But she now living with Remus, the Weasleys, ect and it just seems odd that everyone seems to care about her.
Poet – I'm glad you updated. Bravo my little friend. And I'll have Shanna's description in the next chappie.