Description of Audrey:
Age: 16
Hair Color: Brunette
Eye Color: Green
Height: Harry's height, however tall that is
Favorite Subjects: Transfiguration
Least Favorite Subjects: Potions, even though she is good at it
Personality: Nice person, but she can have a temper.
Area of birth: England (If I tell you more it will give away everything! Keep it in mind. He he, I love messing with people's minds!)
Born: July 31st (That is Harry's birthday, right? This is very important!)
(A/N: If anyone can think of any other areas that should have an explanation, let me know. Thanks for everyone's comments! By the way, I'll probably sound stupic, but what is a Mary Sue?)
Chapter Seven (Read above first!)A few hours later, Audrey was awake again. Madam Pomfrey gave her something to eat and then a clean bill of health. By then, Audrey was ready to look around.
First, she wanted to explore every inch of the castle. Her strategy was to walk and turn right at every corner. The one thing she didn't realize was that the staircases moved. She almost panicked when the staircase she was standing on started to move. A house elf asked what was wrong so she explained. The elf laughed and decided to show her some of the castle's other tricks. Audrey gladly accepted and the elf, Tom, and Audrey set out to explore the castle.
Audrey found the castle very intriguing now that she had an official guide to show her around properly. The elf told her about all he happenings that had occurred over the past four years. Audrey was fascinated. Nothing like that had ever happened in the U.S. She said, "I didn't even know that any of that happened."
"Are you saying," Tom exclaimed, "That you've never heard of Harry Potter?"
"Whose that?"
Tom, extremely shocked, told her the whole story. Audrey decided not to say that she really didn't believe much of what he told her. "He goes here," Tom said, "You'll get to meet him since you're in the same house."
Audrey said, "You know, I don't feel in awe of him."
"Well," Tom said slightly huffily, "You're the first." He didn't bother to stay much longer.
Over the next week, Audrey got to meet most of the teachers. They all seemed to take a kind interest in her. This was the first time in Hogwarts history that a student had enrolled as an older student. They were all very understanding and said they would help her transition be successful as much as possible. But Audrey realized that the first day would still be rough.
It was the big day. Audrey awoke bright and early to get ready. She put on her robe and started to pace around the castle. By now, she knew it like the back of her hand. After a while, she got a little bored, plus hungry, so she went down to the kitchens. The elves were bustling around getting ready for the feast. The four house tables already had the plates and silverware laid out. The wonderful aroma of smells swirled around in the air. Even though they were so busy, the elves were glad to give Audrey a snack.
Suddenly, it was five o'clock. She wandered toward the entrance hall. En route there, Professor McGonagall intercepted her and hustled her into a room off the Great Hall. She quickly explained that she was going to introduce her in front of the whole school. Audrey didn't like it but knew it had to be done.
Audrey had waited in the little room for over an hour when Professor McGonagall came in and took her out to the hall. She didn't remember much after that. Her mind had shut down.
The Gryffindors, of course, welcomed her with open arms. The Slytherins were hostile and the Ravenclaws and Hufflepuffs were indifferent. Everyone at the table wanted to know everything about her. They asked everything from when she arrived, when she was born, and where she was from. The questions had to end when Dumbledore stood up to speak.
Basically, his speech was the same as all the other years. He mentioned the rules and the Forbidden Forest as always. An addition was his emphasis on his advice to stay out of trouble. Audrey was a little disconcerted because he seemed to be looking straight at her! With a wave of his hand, the tables filled with food.
All the tables were quiet for about five minutes while people were engrossed in their food. Then, the chatter began. The girl on Audrey's right suddenly turned towards her and said, "Hi, my name's Hermione."
"Hi."
Hermione then asked, "What is it like in America? What is the school's like? Do they have the same subjects? Which subjects do you like, dislike? Wh—"
Audrey laughed and said, "One at a time. I can only answer one at a time...Well, I love Transfiguration. I don't like Potions even though I'm good at it...America...it's well...different. Not in the subjects...Just how they handle themselves."
Those statements turned a few heads including those of the two boys who were sitting beside Hermione. Just then, it was announced that it was time to go to the dormitories.
"Oh my gosh!" Hermione suddenly exclaimed. "I forgot to introduce you to my friends. This is Ron Weasley and this...is Harry Potter."
Not noticing Hermione's pause, Audrey said, "Nice to meet you." The foursome started to go to the dormitories.
When they reached the common room, they started to say their good nights when Audrey impulsively asked, "Harry, where did you get that scar?"
The whole common room got really quiet and all turned to stare at her.
"What?" Audrey exclaimed, "What have I said?"
Ron slowly asked, "Haven't you ever heard of..." Wincing, "Voldemort."
"Of course! That's a myth!"
Suddenly, everyone started talking to her all at once. They were trying to tell her something, but it sounded like mumbo jumbo. Finally, Hermione yelled, "Be QUIET!" Then, quieter, "I think Harry needs to tell her...In private. Let's go to bed."
All the Gryffindors except Audrey and Harry headed up the stairs.
Audrey asked, "What were they all talking about?"
"Well," Harry said delicately, then faster, "Have you ever heard a story about a dark wizard who was trying to take over the world and when he came to this one house there was a family and this family had a baby son and the wizard killed the parents and started to kill the son but it didn't work and he lost all his powers and vanished. The baby boy escaped only with a scar shaped like a lightning bolt."
"Yeah, but that's all it is is a story, right?"
"No," Harry said, "It happened only sixteen years ago."
It suddenly connected in Audrey's mind the stories that the house elf had told her. "Oh my gosh," Audrey whispered, "Are you saying that this dark wizard is back?"
Nodding gravely, Harry said, "Exactly."