Chapter Two: *~Moving In~*
After Hermione left the compartment, she travelled back down the train to meet Harry and Ron. She pulled back the door and smiled to find them sitting under a large pile of sweets off the trolly and arguing over none other than: quidditch. They offered her a Chocolate frog which she glady accepted. Sitting down, Hermione pulled out her copy of 'Advanced Potions: Brewing Magic' by Marty Simmer and left off where she had it bookmarked. It was the only book she not managed to complete over the summer and the idea of stepping onto Hogwarts grounds without reading the last 10 pages was driving her nuts. She read,
The time spell is works much better than a time turner but is also much more complicated. It takes over a year to brew and some of the ingrediants take longer to find. The advantage of this potion over the Time Altering device is that it can transport the drinker forward as well as backward, and can go by years, not just hours...
The passage went on to talk about all kinds of stuff Hermione had known for years, but it fasinated her all the same. As she snapped the finished book shut, Hermione thought back to her third year when she and Harry had used the time turner to save Sirius and Buckbeak. She made sure not to bring this up in front of Harry; she knew how sensitive he was about the subject of Godfather. When the two boys saw she had closed her book, they stopped debating whether The Cannons were better than the Montrose Magpies, a team who Harry had taken to following himself. They had become quite good in the last few years and this had created a miniscule rivalry between Harry and Ron; only in quidditch though (of course)!
"So, Hermione, how'd it go?" Harry asked her.
"Oh, it was fine. I had to curse Malfoy, you know the usual." she said, as offhandedly as possible while trying to suppress a huge grin along with a large fit of the giggles.
"What?! Thas' gweat Hermny" Ron congratulated her through a mouthful of Cauldron Cakes.
"Thanks Ron," she said back.
Soon the Train began to slow and finally it came to a halt at Hogsmeade station. Hermione said good-bye to Crookshanks while Harry and Ron bid their Owls ado, and the trio stepped off onto the station, linked arms, and made their way to a carriage. They managed to get one to themselves and once the door was closed, it began to rumble forward. The winged horses gave Hermione the creeps and it was all she could do to supress a bout of the shivers as best she could. When the carriage trundled to a stop, she got out and followed the boys into the entrance Hall. She breathed deep the smell of Hogwarts and smiled broadly. Somewhere to her left she heard Harry mumble (as though he thought no one heard)
"It's good to be home"
This made Hermione smile brighter as the trio stepped into the great hall and took their seats at the Gryffindor Table.
All around the Gryffindor table people were congratulating Hermione on her badge. She just smiled and said thanks but inside she was glowing. She had never been more proud of herself. Just as she was starting to wonder when Dumbledore would stand up, he did.
"Welcome back Students! Another year at Hogwarts is beginning, but before it can start, we need to sort our new students into their houses. The sorting Ceremony will begin momentarily. Until then I ask you to be patient and chitchat amongst yourselves." he sat back down and began talking with the blonde woman next to him.
"Who's that?" asked Harry and Ron simultameously. They appeared to be transfixed by the woman's laugh.
"Well, I assume she's our new Defense Against the Dark Arts Teacher. Rob, I mean Proffessor Wechter, had to leave at the end of last year to go help the ministry with something. Remember?" she said as though speaking to someone a few fries short of a Happy Meal. Professor Wechter had been their coolest teacher (Besides Lupin of course); he had even let them call him by his first name, but only during class when other teachers weren't around.
Just then, the double doors opened and Professor McGonagal walked in followed by a stream of nervous looking first year students. One at the back seemed to be physically trembling with fright. Hermione smiled at him as he walked by in an attempt to calm him down but he just squeaked and latched on to the girl in front of him who seemed to be his twin sister. She pushed him off of her and gave him a cruel look.
As they reached the front of the hall, a stool and a frayed wizard's hat were placed in front of the top table. Harry recognized it as the hat he had begged not to put him in Slytherin 6 years before while Hermione remembered it comtemplating whether she was smarter or braver. She had insisted she was smarter but the hat had been defiant and put her in Gryffindor. She thanked it for that now.
Just then, the hat cleared its' throat, opened the rip at its' rim and began to sing.
A/N: Sorr for not having any notes before now, I am currently writing the story on another website and this is being transferred from it so it doesn't have my notes with it. The first 9 or so chapters are already written so updates should be quick. This chapter is being split because the next post is the sorting son.
R/R! ~Jes
After Hermione left the compartment, she travelled back down the train to meet Harry and Ron. She pulled back the door and smiled to find them sitting under a large pile of sweets off the trolly and arguing over none other than: quidditch. They offered her a Chocolate frog which she glady accepted. Sitting down, Hermione pulled out her copy of 'Advanced Potions: Brewing Magic' by Marty Simmer and left off where she had it bookmarked. It was the only book she not managed to complete over the summer and the idea of stepping onto Hogwarts grounds without reading the last 10 pages was driving her nuts. She read,
The time spell is works much better than a time turner but is also much more complicated. It takes over a year to brew and some of the ingrediants take longer to find. The advantage of this potion over the Time Altering device is that it can transport the drinker forward as well as backward, and can go by years, not just hours...
The passage went on to talk about all kinds of stuff Hermione had known for years, but it fasinated her all the same. As she snapped the finished book shut, Hermione thought back to her third year when she and Harry had used the time turner to save Sirius and Buckbeak. She made sure not to bring this up in front of Harry; she knew how sensitive he was about the subject of Godfather. When the two boys saw she had closed her book, they stopped debating whether The Cannons were better than the Montrose Magpies, a team who Harry had taken to following himself. They had become quite good in the last few years and this had created a miniscule rivalry between Harry and Ron; only in quidditch though (of course)!
"So, Hermione, how'd it go?" Harry asked her.
"Oh, it was fine. I had to curse Malfoy, you know the usual." she said, as offhandedly as possible while trying to suppress a huge grin along with a large fit of the giggles.
"What?! Thas' gweat Hermny" Ron congratulated her through a mouthful of Cauldron Cakes.
"Thanks Ron," she said back.
Soon the Train began to slow and finally it came to a halt at Hogsmeade station. Hermione said good-bye to Crookshanks while Harry and Ron bid their Owls ado, and the trio stepped off onto the station, linked arms, and made their way to a carriage. They managed to get one to themselves and once the door was closed, it began to rumble forward. The winged horses gave Hermione the creeps and it was all she could do to supress a bout of the shivers as best she could. When the carriage trundled to a stop, she got out and followed the boys into the entrance Hall. She breathed deep the smell of Hogwarts and smiled broadly. Somewhere to her left she heard Harry mumble (as though he thought no one heard)
"It's good to be home"
This made Hermione smile brighter as the trio stepped into the great hall and took their seats at the Gryffindor Table.
All around the Gryffindor table people were congratulating Hermione on her badge. She just smiled and said thanks but inside she was glowing. She had never been more proud of herself. Just as she was starting to wonder when Dumbledore would stand up, he did.
"Welcome back Students! Another year at Hogwarts is beginning, but before it can start, we need to sort our new students into their houses. The sorting Ceremony will begin momentarily. Until then I ask you to be patient and chitchat amongst yourselves." he sat back down and began talking with the blonde woman next to him.
"Who's that?" asked Harry and Ron simultameously. They appeared to be transfixed by the woman's laugh.
"Well, I assume she's our new Defense Against the Dark Arts Teacher. Rob, I mean Proffessor Wechter, had to leave at the end of last year to go help the ministry with something. Remember?" she said as though speaking to someone a few fries short of a Happy Meal. Professor Wechter had been their coolest teacher (Besides Lupin of course); he had even let them call him by his first name, but only during class when other teachers weren't around.
Just then, the double doors opened and Professor McGonagal walked in followed by a stream of nervous looking first year students. One at the back seemed to be physically trembling with fright. Hermione smiled at him as he walked by in an attempt to calm him down but he just squeaked and latched on to the girl in front of him who seemed to be his twin sister. She pushed him off of her and gave him a cruel look.
As they reached the front of the hall, a stool and a frayed wizard's hat were placed in front of the top table. Harry recognized it as the hat he had begged not to put him in Slytherin 6 years before while Hermione remembered it comtemplating whether she was smarter or braver. She had insisted she was smarter but the hat had been defiant and put her in Gryffindor. She thanked it for that now.
Just then, the hat cleared its' throat, opened the rip at its' rim and began to sing.
A/N: Sorr for not having any notes before now, I am currently writing the story on another website and this is being transferred from it so it doesn't have my notes with it. The first 9 or so chapters are already written so updates should be quick. This chapter is being split because the next post is the sorting son.
R/R! ~Jes