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Denise G., and ME (excluding any Hogwarts student only mentioned once in
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Chapter Four
Stepping on a Lump
Wednesday afternoon, Brenna stealthily ran into the Great Hall. Now that she could easily distinguish the Ravenclaw table from all the others, Brenna easily made her way to her house's table as people stared momentarily at her now pure white hair. She slipped quietly into the seat next to Padma.
"Hey!" said Padma, "What's up?"
"Nothing," said Brenna nervously as she leaned over the table to grab some food, "Listen, I'm just gonna grab something to eat and head back to the common room to . . ."
"Oh no you don't!" exclaimed Terry, grabbing Brenna's robes and pulling her back into the seat, "You're eating with us today!"
"No one notices your hair anymore," said Mandy. Suddenly, an explosion of laughter came from the Slytherin table. Terry, Mandy, Cho, and Brenna turned to see a certain Slytherin with white blonde hair doing dramatic impressions of an exploding cauldron and an imitation of the expression on Brenna's face when Snape gave her and Nyx detention.
"Yes they do," said Brenna sulkily as another wave of laughter fell over the Slytherin table, and Malfoy gave her a look of triumph. Brenna looked away.
"Well, at least it stopped changing colours," said Cho.
"At least!"
Padma shook her head. "Well, too bad! You're eating here from now on!" she said. Brenna pouted as she began to fill up her plate.
"Who did you say it was sitting next to you in your Potions class?" asked Mandy.
"I never actually said," replied Brenna, "but it was Nyx Black."
"Oh, I know who that is!" exclaimed Terry, "She came to Hogwarts our second year. She was real quiet, and then there was this incident with the Weasley twins and she suddenly, broke out of her shell!"
"What incident?" asked Brenna, her head swimming with names she didn't recognize.
Brenna, Mandy, and Cho leaned in closer, although Cho wasn't usually into gossip. "Well, from what I know, one day they were talking to her and something George said to Nyx made her sock him right in the stomach!" replied Terry.
"I wonder what he said to her?" wondered Cho aloud.
"I don't know the answer to that," said Terry, "but she's definitely not all human. She's told anything that will stand still long enough that she's part demon, but what the other part is, it's still a mystery. And her father, is none other than the outlaw Sirius Black!" The girls all gasped with fear as Terry crossed her arms over her chest and puffed up proudly.
"Can Nyx really hurt anyone?" asked Mandy fearfully.
"Only if you cross her path," replied Padma.
Brenna sighed. "Nothing good happens to me!" she whined.
"What else could have possibly gone wrong?"
"My schedule has just been upturned!"
"You must be the new addition that Professor McGonagall was talking to me about!" said Cho, "She told me that she had added a new student to her class list for Advanced Transfiguration."
"Yeah, I now have an extra Transfiguration class. Professor McGonagall had to send for my new Transfiguration textbook from Flourish and Blotts."
Suddenly, Padma chimed in. "Don't you guys get that extra break after class for homework?" she asked.
Cho nodded. "Yes, its purpose is mostly for us to complete our assignments, but unfortunately, most of us don't use it for that."
"Well, that could be the perfect time to show Brenna around the school," said Padma, "You know, make her feel more at home."
"Brilliant idea!" replied Mandy, "You guys could go to the library. . ."
". . .or the owlery!" replied Terry, "I bet you'd like to know where your owl sleeps!"
"Yes," said Brenna uncertainly, munching on a cheese sandwich.
"It's settled then," said Cho.
Brenna cracked a shadow of a smile. She swallowed the last of her sandwich and started to take another one. But she suddenly felt several pairs of eyes on her, even though it was all in her imagination. She dropped the sandwich hurriedly.
"I'm sorry, I have to go!" squeaked Brenna. She scooped up her things and ran out of the Great Hall, leaving behind three very bewildered friends.
Brenna ran all the way down the corridor to the Defense Against the Darks Arts classroom. Gasping for air, she leaned against the wall. She brushed a waist length strand of pure white hair out of her face, and was suddenly reminded of her conversation with Snape that occurred right before lunch:
She was walking cautiously down the corridor down to the Great Hall. Finally, she felt like no one was looking just at her abnormality. She was only a few meters away from the door when a thin hand on her shoulder stopped her. Fear leapt into Brenna's as she turned to face Professor Snape. He pulled her closer to the wall and once again he could easily make a determination of her fear, and he smiled a very sarcastic smile.
"The potion is ready," he said. Brenna, almost forgetting her fear, began to smile.
"That's great!" she replied, "Let's go get it now. I'd hate to bother you during the middle of class. . ."
"Just one minute, Miss Ollivander," said Snape vindictively, "I distinctly remember telling you would receive the potion when I felt you deserved it." Brenna's fear returned as she sputtered, trying to come up with the perfect disagreement for that. "You shall get the potion after class, along with Miss Black. I don't really think you've had the punishment long enough already, but Professor Dumbledore insists I give it to you."
Snape turned and left for the Great Hall, and Brenna was about to do the same when the white blonde haired boy stepped in front of her path of travel.
"I definitely haven't gotten enough of this," drawled Malfoy, "If fact," - he took a hold of a stray stand of Brenna's hair and tugged it slightly, making Brenna wince - "I have definitely enjoyed watching you suffer."
"Please, leave me alone," Brenna whispered softly as a single tear fell down her cheek.
Malfoy leaned in closer, pinning Brenna to the wall. "On the contrary," he whispered huskily, wiping away Brenna's tear, "I plan on being with you for a while." With that, he walked into the Great Hall. It took Brenna a moment or two to regain her composure before she ran into the Great Hall.
Brenna felt like crying again when she entered the empty Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom. She scanned the room looking of the perfect seat and chose one in the very back. On her way to the seat, Brenna tripped over a lump in the floor.
A body to be precise.
"Ow!" exclaimed the lump.
Brenna gasped and jumped back in surprise. The body stood up and dusted of its robes. "I am very sorry!" said Brenna apologetically, "I didn't mean to. . ."
"Nah, it's my fault. I guess when I decided to take a nap during lunch, I should have done it in my dormitory," said the figure. Judging by the sound of its voice Brenna could tell that it was a boy. He ran his fingers through his jet-black hair and looked up at Brenna as he adjusted his round glasses. When she spotted the lightning bolt scar on his forehead, she immediately recognized him to be Harry Potter and cast her eyes to the floor. "Hey," he said, "Aren't you that new girl? You're in Ravenclaw right?"
Brenna blushed deeply before looking up again. He was looking curiously at her. "Yes," she replied, "My name is Brenna Ollivander. I transferred here from Beauxbatons."
"I'm Harry Potter and I'm in Gryffindor House," said Harry, sticking out his hand. Brenna gladly shook it. "Um, I hate to ask, but what happened to your hair? I'm pretty sure it wasn't like that at the start-of-term feast."
Brenna blushed even harder. "Potions accident," she said quietly. Harry smiled, but it was abruptly wiped from his face. Like he felt guilty for smiling
"I understand," said Harry, "A girl in our year was talking about it, well, complaining about it anyway. Except her hair turned pink. She's quite revolted." - Brenna giggled at this - "Hey, Cho Chang is in your House right?"
"Yes, why?" asked Brenna.
"Just curious," he replied quickly, "Well, I'd better get to my next class. It was nice meeting you, Brenna."
"Nice meeting you too," replied Brenna. He turned to leave but then stopped in his tracks and turned back around.
"Um, could you tell Cho I said hi?" asked Harry shyly.
Brenna nodded. "Thanks!" he said. And with that, he slipped out of the classroom.
Brenna was completely boggled. This chance meeting was completely strange but at least she'd met Harry Potter.
"Excuse me?" said a fairly young male voice. Brenna turned around and spied her teacher. He wore robes of a beautiful blue and green and he wasn't very tall - but he was definitely taller than Nyx - and his ears came to a soft point. He was new to the staff at Hogwarts. "Is this your next class?"
"Oh, yes it is," said Brenna.
The professor smiled. "Excellent, er, what is your name?"
"Brenna."
"Well, nice to meet you, Brenna. I'm Professor Leonhart." Suddenly, the bell was heard ringing in the corridor. "Well, looks like class is about to begin."
"Yup," said Brenna, finally sitting down. Professor Leonhart walked to his desk to set up for class when students slowly began trickling into the room.
Well, here's chapter three. I promise that Ron will be coming up in the next chapter so come back to read it. Don't forget to review.
Chapter Four
Stepping on a Lump
Wednesday afternoon, Brenna stealthily ran into the Great Hall. Now that she could easily distinguish the Ravenclaw table from all the others, Brenna easily made her way to her house's table as people stared momentarily at her now pure white hair. She slipped quietly into the seat next to Padma.
"Hey!" said Padma, "What's up?"
"Nothing," said Brenna nervously as she leaned over the table to grab some food, "Listen, I'm just gonna grab something to eat and head back to the common room to . . ."
"Oh no you don't!" exclaimed Terry, grabbing Brenna's robes and pulling her back into the seat, "You're eating with us today!"
"No one notices your hair anymore," said Mandy. Suddenly, an explosion of laughter came from the Slytherin table. Terry, Mandy, Cho, and Brenna turned to see a certain Slytherin with white blonde hair doing dramatic impressions of an exploding cauldron and an imitation of the expression on Brenna's face when Snape gave her and Nyx detention.
"Yes they do," said Brenna sulkily as another wave of laughter fell over the Slytherin table, and Malfoy gave her a look of triumph. Brenna looked away.
"Well, at least it stopped changing colours," said Cho.
"At least!"
Padma shook her head. "Well, too bad! You're eating here from now on!" she said. Brenna pouted as she began to fill up her plate.
"Who did you say it was sitting next to you in your Potions class?" asked Mandy.
"I never actually said," replied Brenna, "but it was Nyx Black."
"Oh, I know who that is!" exclaimed Terry, "She came to Hogwarts our second year. She was real quiet, and then there was this incident with the Weasley twins and she suddenly, broke out of her shell!"
"What incident?" asked Brenna, her head swimming with names she didn't recognize.
Brenna, Mandy, and Cho leaned in closer, although Cho wasn't usually into gossip. "Well, from what I know, one day they were talking to her and something George said to Nyx made her sock him right in the stomach!" replied Terry.
"I wonder what he said to her?" wondered Cho aloud.
"I don't know the answer to that," said Terry, "but she's definitely not all human. She's told anything that will stand still long enough that she's part demon, but what the other part is, it's still a mystery. And her father, is none other than the outlaw Sirius Black!" The girls all gasped with fear as Terry crossed her arms over her chest and puffed up proudly.
"Can Nyx really hurt anyone?" asked Mandy fearfully.
"Only if you cross her path," replied Padma.
Brenna sighed. "Nothing good happens to me!" she whined.
"What else could have possibly gone wrong?"
"My schedule has just been upturned!"
"You must be the new addition that Professor McGonagall was talking to me about!" said Cho, "She told me that she had added a new student to her class list for Advanced Transfiguration."
"Yeah, I now have an extra Transfiguration class. Professor McGonagall had to send for my new Transfiguration textbook from Flourish and Blotts."
Suddenly, Padma chimed in. "Don't you guys get that extra break after class for homework?" she asked.
Cho nodded. "Yes, its purpose is mostly for us to complete our assignments, but unfortunately, most of us don't use it for that."
"Well, that could be the perfect time to show Brenna around the school," said Padma, "You know, make her feel more at home."
"Brilliant idea!" replied Mandy, "You guys could go to the library. . ."
". . .or the owlery!" replied Terry, "I bet you'd like to know where your owl sleeps!"
"Yes," said Brenna uncertainly, munching on a cheese sandwich.
"It's settled then," said Cho.
Brenna cracked a shadow of a smile. She swallowed the last of her sandwich and started to take another one. But she suddenly felt several pairs of eyes on her, even though it was all in her imagination. She dropped the sandwich hurriedly.
"I'm sorry, I have to go!" squeaked Brenna. She scooped up her things and ran out of the Great Hall, leaving behind three very bewildered friends.
Brenna ran all the way down the corridor to the Defense Against the Darks Arts classroom. Gasping for air, she leaned against the wall. She brushed a waist length strand of pure white hair out of her face, and was suddenly reminded of her conversation with Snape that occurred right before lunch:
She was walking cautiously down the corridor down to the Great Hall. Finally, she felt like no one was looking just at her abnormality. She was only a few meters away from the door when a thin hand on her shoulder stopped her. Fear leapt into Brenna's as she turned to face Professor Snape. He pulled her closer to the wall and once again he could easily make a determination of her fear, and he smiled a very sarcastic smile.
"The potion is ready," he said. Brenna, almost forgetting her fear, began to smile.
"That's great!" she replied, "Let's go get it now. I'd hate to bother you during the middle of class. . ."
"Just one minute, Miss Ollivander," said Snape vindictively, "I distinctly remember telling you would receive the potion when I felt you deserved it." Brenna's fear returned as she sputtered, trying to come up with the perfect disagreement for that. "You shall get the potion after class, along with Miss Black. I don't really think you've had the punishment long enough already, but Professor Dumbledore insists I give it to you."
Snape turned and left for the Great Hall, and Brenna was about to do the same when the white blonde haired boy stepped in front of her path of travel.
"I definitely haven't gotten enough of this," drawled Malfoy, "If fact," - he took a hold of a stray stand of Brenna's hair and tugged it slightly, making Brenna wince - "I have definitely enjoyed watching you suffer."
"Please, leave me alone," Brenna whispered softly as a single tear fell down her cheek.
Malfoy leaned in closer, pinning Brenna to the wall. "On the contrary," he whispered huskily, wiping away Brenna's tear, "I plan on being with you for a while." With that, he walked into the Great Hall. It took Brenna a moment or two to regain her composure before she ran into the Great Hall.
Brenna felt like crying again when she entered the empty Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom. She scanned the room looking of the perfect seat and chose one in the very back. On her way to the seat, Brenna tripped over a lump in the floor.
A body to be precise.
"Ow!" exclaimed the lump.
Brenna gasped and jumped back in surprise. The body stood up and dusted of its robes. "I am very sorry!" said Brenna apologetically, "I didn't mean to. . ."
"Nah, it's my fault. I guess when I decided to take a nap during lunch, I should have done it in my dormitory," said the figure. Judging by the sound of its voice Brenna could tell that it was a boy. He ran his fingers through his jet-black hair and looked up at Brenna as he adjusted his round glasses. When she spotted the lightning bolt scar on his forehead, she immediately recognized him to be Harry Potter and cast her eyes to the floor. "Hey," he said, "Aren't you that new girl? You're in Ravenclaw right?"
Brenna blushed deeply before looking up again. He was looking curiously at her. "Yes," she replied, "My name is Brenna Ollivander. I transferred here from Beauxbatons."
"I'm Harry Potter and I'm in Gryffindor House," said Harry, sticking out his hand. Brenna gladly shook it. "Um, I hate to ask, but what happened to your hair? I'm pretty sure it wasn't like that at the start-of-term feast."
Brenna blushed even harder. "Potions accident," she said quietly. Harry smiled, but it was abruptly wiped from his face. Like he felt guilty for smiling
"I understand," said Harry, "A girl in our year was talking about it, well, complaining about it anyway. Except her hair turned pink. She's quite revolted." - Brenna giggled at this - "Hey, Cho Chang is in your House right?"
"Yes, why?" asked Brenna.
"Just curious," he replied quickly, "Well, I'd better get to my next class. It was nice meeting you, Brenna."
"Nice meeting you too," replied Brenna. He turned to leave but then stopped in his tracks and turned back around.
"Um, could you tell Cho I said hi?" asked Harry shyly.
Brenna nodded. "Thanks!" he said. And with that, he slipped out of the classroom.
Brenna was completely boggled. This chance meeting was completely strange but at least she'd met Harry Potter.
"Excuse me?" said a fairly young male voice. Brenna turned around and spied her teacher. He wore robes of a beautiful blue and green and he wasn't very tall - but he was definitely taller than Nyx - and his ears came to a soft point. He was new to the staff at Hogwarts. "Is this your next class?"
"Oh, yes it is," said Brenna.
The professor smiled. "Excellent, er, what is your name?"
"Brenna."
"Well, nice to meet you, Brenna. I'm Professor Leonhart." Suddenly, the bell was heard ringing in the corridor. "Well, looks like class is about to begin."
"Yup," said Brenna, finally sitting down. Professor Leonhart walked to his desk to set up for class when students slowly began trickling into the room.
Well, here's chapter three. I promise that Ron will be coming up in the next chapter so come back to read it. Don't forget to review.