~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
"You know the best thing about being a seventh year?" Ron asked as they rode towards Hogwarts in the horse-drawn carriges.
"What?" Hermione asked, though slightly afraid of how he might answer.
"You're the oldest in the school, and you don't have to feel intimidated, and you can slam first years into walls!" Ron shouted.
"Oh, poor Ronnie," Ginny said. "He fewlt intimidated by the big, mean seventh years!!"
Harry and Hermione surpressed a laugh.
Ron looked disgruntled and slid down in his seat. A few minutes later, they reached the castle.
*A little while later*
"Deem, Chloe," McGonagall said in a monotone.
"HUFFLEPUFF!!" the Sorting hat shouted. Chloe joined the Hufflepuffs to a large round of applause from that table.
"DeMartino, Jonathan."
".....SLYTHERIN!!!"
"Sigh," Hermione sighed as the Sorting continued. "It feels like only- -"
"Yesterday when we were being sorted," Ron finished for her. "Cut the drama, Hermione. The year's just started!"
"But before you know it," Hermione said, "it'll be the end of the year! And we'll have graduated!! And we'll have to get jobs, maybe enter another school to get better educated for those jobs in particular, get married, have kids, send them to Hogwarts, then watch them graduate and go through the whole process again!!"
Crickets chirped as Harry, Ron and Ginny stared at her blankly.
"....Why don't we pretend that didn't happen," Ron said.
"Fine with me," Ginny agreed.
"OH MY GOOD GOLLY GOSH!!" Hermione squealed.
"What?" Ginny asked.
"The sorting's already over!!!"
"Wow. Could you imagine that?" Ron asked sarcastically. "We must have missed it when you were delivering your speech of the year."
Hermione opened her mouth to say something, but Harry silenced her with a smile that said "it's-funny-so-just-leave-it-alone."
"It's wonderful to be able to have you all here at Hogwarts again," Dumbledore said to the congregation. "And for you first years, it's also magnificent to have you all here with us for the first time."
Snape frowned. There hadn't been many new Slytherins this year, and the last thing he felt about the presence of all these new kids was mangificence.
"I'm sure that you will all be very glad to know that replacing Professor Koke," Dumbledore went on, "Our dear Professor Trelawny has been able to return!" Trelawny beamed as he applauded loudly. The teachers attempted to, and a few of the students did so half-heartedly.
"That's really too bad," Hermione sighed with sarcasm. "Ol' Trelawny's back at Hogwarts again!!"
"Shut up," Ron groaned.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
"Where is he?" Gannondorf mumbled to himself. "He was supposed to meet me here twenty minutes ago!!"
"Miss me?"
"Voldemort!!" Gannondorf snarled, whipping around. "Where are you?! Show yourself, now!"
"I have no self to show, really," Voldemort whispered. "I am nothing but a spirit floating around like air. I need a body! A body I can possess!!"
"Didn't you try that a few years back?" Ganon asked. "With that man named Quirrell, and you somehow--"
"I learned the new way last year!" Voldemort hissed. "I can convince anyone that I am the person I am possessing. . .for they will no long have a will of their own. I would use the Polyjuice potion, but I can't, because I can't really drink anything."
"I see," Gannondorf said, shifting his weight from heel to toe on each foot. He heard a sound like galloping hooves, and whirled around. "What was that?!"
"Merely a unicorn or something," the Dark Lord answered matter-of- factly. "But of course, there are several other monsters here in the Forbidden Forest."
"So it's forbidden for a reason!" Gannondorf yelled.
"..........well duh."
"DON'T YOU 'WELL DUH' ME, VOLDEMORT!!! Do you want my help doing this or not?!"
"I only need your help because you killed my servant last year!" Voldemort retorted. "I could've done this without you had you not done that!"
"Fine, let's just forget about that," Gannondorf sighed. "So who's body is it you want me to get?"
"Hmm....who was that woman that was here the last time you were?"
"Who, Princess Zelda?"
"Yes....if I possessed her body, it would very easy to see myself naked."
"Ew, that's gross!" Gannondorf cried, wrinkling his nose. Then he grinned. "But of course, being a sick man myself, I have sometimes thought along the same lines. However, I'm afraid it would take much too long for me to find Zelda at this time. If my assumptions are correct (and they always are), she and her fairy boy have left Hyrule by now. Maybe they're here. I don't know."
"Well fine," Voldemort snorted. "There must be someone else there whose body I can take, though."
"Several, I'm sure," Gannondorf said.
"Then go!" Voldemort ordered. "Get me the first you can find!"
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
"It is so cool that Tonks is our new Dark Arts teacher!" Ron said. "Not only is she cool herself, but it also means that we'll never have to be afraid of Snape teaching that subject again! Phew! ....... of course, I occasionally wish that Harkinian would come back this year."
"Don't be silly," Hermione said. "She's probably off on her honeymoon with Koke, or something."
"Oh yes, I forgot you told me they were getting married," Ginny said. "I guess that makes Koke unavailable, doesn't it?"
"Um. . .yeah," Hermione said slowly.
"Hello, Harry!" said Nearly Headless Nick, floating by them. "Ron, Ginny, Hermione. So nice to see you all!"
"Good to see you too, Sir Nicholas," Harry said with a smile.
"I'm going to miss you all next year," Nick sighed. "I've grown so used to seeing you all at breakfast, lunch, and dinner and all....and coming to my deathday party too, that was so kind of you all!!" Suddenly, Nick vanished in fit of sobs.
"See, he's sad too!" Hermione griped.
"I never said that I wasn't sad!" Ron defended. "You keep acting like I am!!"
"I think I'm gonna miss Hagrid the most," Harry sighed. "He was the first wizard I ever met. . .well, the first one I really remember seeing."
"Yeah," Ron said. "But can we not talk about that right now? I'd rather think of it when the time actually comes."
"Okay," Hermione said brightly. She looked at Ron. "Ni de mama fei chang pang," she said, still smiling largely.
".......................what?"
"I was just practicing my Chinese," Hermione said.
"Oh. What'd you say?"
"Nothing," she said quickly, blushing. "It was....nothing."
Ron would've persisted, but Dumbledore stood up at that moment and told them all it was time to be getting back to their dormitories.
"C'mon, we'd better lead those first years in the right direction," Hermione said, grabbing Ron's arm and dragging him away. "First years, please follow us!! Yes, that's right, in this direction!!"
As the group of Gryffindors walked down a hallway, spit balls zoomed out of nowhere.
"Hey, did you throw a spit ball at me?!" a small girl named Dayna demanded, pulling on Hermione's sleeve.
"Why no, I didn't," Hermione answered politely.
"Well then who--"
Just then, there was a crack, and Peeves appeared out of no where. Cackling maliciously, he said, "First years!! BWA HA HA, FRESH MEAT!!!" Laughing maniacally, he darted away.
"That was Peeves," Hermione told Dayna. She rolled her eyes, sighing. "He really peeves me."
"Hey, now I get it!!" Ron shouted.
"Get what?" Hermione asked.
"Why they call him Peeves!!"
".....yeaaaaaah......"
A few minutes later, they reached the Fat Lady's portrait. "Password?"
"The hills are alive with the sound of music," Hermione answered. The portrait swung open, and Hermione showed the first years where their dormitories were.
"I think that's the longest password we've ever had," Ron sighed, sitting down on a plushy chair.
Grinning, Harry sat down next to him.
Hermione walked up to them and stretched, yawning loudly.
"Are we really boring you?" Ron asked sarcastically, twisting around in his seat to face her.
She gave him one of her looks. "Ha ha. I'm going to bed."
"Already?"
"Yes, it's been a long trip and I'm really tired. Good-night!"
"Yeah, I think I'll go to bed too," Harry decided, standing up. "You coming, Ron? Or are you going to stare into the fire?"
"Stare into the fire."
"Suit yourself. Night."
"Mm-hm."
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Later that night, Harry began to have a dream....
He was in a large castle. Surely it wasn't one in Britain, because he didn't recognize it at all. Harry stood there dumbly, wondering which way to go. Finally, he began to walk to the left.
Suddenly, a black girl flew past him, shrieking "Lawdy Miss Scawlett, we just got to get a doctor!! I don't knkow nuthin' 'bout birthin' babies!!"
Harry stared after her in confusion. That was really weird. Then he saw a stairway and decided to climb it. He stopped on the first step when he heard someone shouting his name. He looked for the source of the voice, and his feet led him into the courtyard.
There, he saw Zelda and Link sitting on a bench and shouting his name. "Oh, there you are!" Zelda said when she saw him approaching.
"What is it?" Harry asked anxiously.
"Something rather serious," Zelda answered. "The school's in danger, Harry! They've come back!!"
"Who's come ba--"
Harry was cut off by a loud scream from the castle.
"Quick, let's go!" Zelda shouted, grabbing Link's arm and running towards her palace. Harry began to follow, but suddenly woke up.
He lay there for a few moments, staring into the darkness. For some strange reason, he couldn't remeber anything that had happened in his dream. . .
'Well, it can't have been anything too important,' Harry thought to himself, turning over and going back to sleep.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
A/N: well, they tried to warn him.
did u like it? well, i have a question 4 u:
IF gannondorf were 2 find a body for voldemort to posses, whose should it be?
A. Impa
B. Malon
C. Saria
D. Someone else!!!
thanx 4 reviews!!
"You know the best thing about being a seventh year?" Ron asked as they rode towards Hogwarts in the horse-drawn carriges.
"What?" Hermione asked, though slightly afraid of how he might answer.
"You're the oldest in the school, and you don't have to feel intimidated, and you can slam first years into walls!" Ron shouted.
"Oh, poor Ronnie," Ginny said. "He fewlt intimidated by the big, mean seventh years!!"
Harry and Hermione surpressed a laugh.
Ron looked disgruntled and slid down in his seat. A few minutes later, they reached the castle.
*A little while later*
"Deem, Chloe," McGonagall said in a monotone.
"HUFFLEPUFF!!" the Sorting hat shouted. Chloe joined the Hufflepuffs to a large round of applause from that table.
"DeMartino, Jonathan."
".....SLYTHERIN!!!"
"Sigh," Hermione sighed as the Sorting continued. "It feels like only- -"
"Yesterday when we were being sorted," Ron finished for her. "Cut the drama, Hermione. The year's just started!"
"But before you know it," Hermione said, "it'll be the end of the year! And we'll have graduated!! And we'll have to get jobs, maybe enter another school to get better educated for those jobs in particular, get married, have kids, send them to Hogwarts, then watch them graduate and go through the whole process again!!"
Crickets chirped as Harry, Ron and Ginny stared at her blankly.
"....Why don't we pretend that didn't happen," Ron said.
"Fine with me," Ginny agreed.
"OH MY GOOD GOLLY GOSH!!" Hermione squealed.
"What?" Ginny asked.
"The sorting's already over!!!"
"Wow. Could you imagine that?" Ron asked sarcastically. "We must have missed it when you were delivering your speech of the year."
Hermione opened her mouth to say something, but Harry silenced her with a smile that said "it's-funny-so-just-leave-it-alone."
"It's wonderful to be able to have you all here at Hogwarts again," Dumbledore said to the congregation. "And for you first years, it's also magnificent to have you all here with us for the first time."
Snape frowned. There hadn't been many new Slytherins this year, and the last thing he felt about the presence of all these new kids was mangificence.
"I'm sure that you will all be very glad to know that replacing Professor Koke," Dumbledore went on, "Our dear Professor Trelawny has been able to return!" Trelawny beamed as he applauded loudly. The teachers attempted to, and a few of the students did so half-heartedly.
"That's really too bad," Hermione sighed with sarcasm. "Ol' Trelawny's back at Hogwarts again!!"
"Shut up," Ron groaned.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
"Where is he?" Gannondorf mumbled to himself. "He was supposed to meet me here twenty minutes ago!!"
"Miss me?"
"Voldemort!!" Gannondorf snarled, whipping around. "Where are you?! Show yourself, now!"
"I have no self to show, really," Voldemort whispered. "I am nothing but a spirit floating around like air. I need a body! A body I can possess!!"
"Didn't you try that a few years back?" Ganon asked. "With that man named Quirrell, and you somehow--"
"I learned the new way last year!" Voldemort hissed. "I can convince anyone that I am the person I am possessing. . .for they will no long have a will of their own. I would use the Polyjuice potion, but I can't, because I can't really drink anything."
"I see," Gannondorf said, shifting his weight from heel to toe on each foot. He heard a sound like galloping hooves, and whirled around. "What was that?!"
"Merely a unicorn or something," the Dark Lord answered matter-of- factly. "But of course, there are several other monsters here in the Forbidden Forest."
"So it's forbidden for a reason!" Gannondorf yelled.
"..........well duh."
"DON'T YOU 'WELL DUH' ME, VOLDEMORT!!! Do you want my help doing this or not?!"
"I only need your help because you killed my servant last year!" Voldemort retorted. "I could've done this without you had you not done that!"
"Fine, let's just forget about that," Gannondorf sighed. "So who's body is it you want me to get?"
"Hmm....who was that woman that was here the last time you were?"
"Who, Princess Zelda?"
"Yes....if I possessed her body, it would very easy to see myself naked."
"Ew, that's gross!" Gannondorf cried, wrinkling his nose. Then he grinned. "But of course, being a sick man myself, I have sometimes thought along the same lines. However, I'm afraid it would take much too long for me to find Zelda at this time. If my assumptions are correct (and they always are), she and her fairy boy have left Hyrule by now. Maybe they're here. I don't know."
"Well fine," Voldemort snorted. "There must be someone else there whose body I can take, though."
"Several, I'm sure," Gannondorf said.
"Then go!" Voldemort ordered. "Get me the first you can find!"
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
"It is so cool that Tonks is our new Dark Arts teacher!" Ron said. "Not only is she cool herself, but it also means that we'll never have to be afraid of Snape teaching that subject again! Phew! ....... of course, I occasionally wish that Harkinian would come back this year."
"Don't be silly," Hermione said. "She's probably off on her honeymoon with Koke, or something."
"Oh yes, I forgot you told me they were getting married," Ginny said. "I guess that makes Koke unavailable, doesn't it?"
"Um. . .yeah," Hermione said slowly.
"Hello, Harry!" said Nearly Headless Nick, floating by them. "Ron, Ginny, Hermione. So nice to see you all!"
"Good to see you too, Sir Nicholas," Harry said with a smile.
"I'm going to miss you all next year," Nick sighed. "I've grown so used to seeing you all at breakfast, lunch, and dinner and all....and coming to my deathday party too, that was so kind of you all!!" Suddenly, Nick vanished in fit of sobs.
"See, he's sad too!" Hermione griped.
"I never said that I wasn't sad!" Ron defended. "You keep acting like I am!!"
"I think I'm gonna miss Hagrid the most," Harry sighed. "He was the first wizard I ever met. . .well, the first one I really remember seeing."
"Yeah," Ron said. "But can we not talk about that right now? I'd rather think of it when the time actually comes."
"Okay," Hermione said brightly. She looked at Ron. "Ni de mama fei chang pang," she said, still smiling largely.
".......................what?"
"I was just practicing my Chinese," Hermione said.
"Oh. What'd you say?"
"Nothing," she said quickly, blushing. "It was....nothing."
Ron would've persisted, but Dumbledore stood up at that moment and told them all it was time to be getting back to their dormitories.
"C'mon, we'd better lead those first years in the right direction," Hermione said, grabbing Ron's arm and dragging him away. "First years, please follow us!! Yes, that's right, in this direction!!"
As the group of Gryffindors walked down a hallway, spit balls zoomed out of nowhere.
"Hey, did you throw a spit ball at me?!" a small girl named Dayna demanded, pulling on Hermione's sleeve.
"Why no, I didn't," Hermione answered politely.
"Well then who--"
Just then, there was a crack, and Peeves appeared out of no where. Cackling maliciously, he said, "First years!! BWA HA HA, FRESH MEAT!!!" Laughing maniacally, he darted away.
"That was Peeves," Hermione told Dayna. She rolled her eyes, sighing. "He really peeves me."
"Hey, now I get it!!" Ron shouted.
"Get what?" Hermione asked.
"Why they call him Peeves!!"
".....yeaaaaaah......"
A few minutes later, they reached the Fat Lady's portrait. "Password?"
"The hills are alive with the sound of music," Hermione answered. The portrait swung open, and Hermione showed the first years where their dormitories were.
"I think that's the longest password we've ever had," Ron sighed, sitting down on a plushy chair.
Grinning, Harry sat down next to him.
Hermione walked up to them and stretched, yawning loudly.
"Are we really boring you?" Ron asked sarcastically, twisting around in his seat to face her.
She gave him one of her looks. "Ha ha. I'm going to bed."
"Already?"
"Yes, it's been a long trip and I'm really tired. Good-night!"
"Yeah, I think I'll go to bed too," Harry decided, standing up. "You coming, Ron? Or are you going to stare into the fire?"
"Stare into the fire."
"Suit yourself. Night."
"Mm-hm."
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Later that night, Harry began to have a dream....
He was in a large castle. Surely it wasn't one in Britain, because he didn't recognize it at all. Harry stood there dumbly, wondering which way to go. Finally, he began to walk to the left.
Suddenly, a black girl flew past him, shrieking "Lawdy Miss Scawlett, we just got to get a doctor!! I don't knkow nuthin' 'bout birthin' babies!!"
Harry stared after her in confusion. That was really weird. Then he saw a stairway and decided to climb it. He stopped on the first step when he heard someone shouting his name. He looked for the source of the voice, and his feet led him into the courtyard.
There, he saw Zelda and Link sitting on a bench and shouting his name. "Oh, there you are!" Zelda said when she saw him approaching.
"What is it?" Harry asked anxiously.
"Something rather serious," Zelda answered. "The school's in danger, Harry! They've come back!!"
"Who's come ba--"
Harry was cut off by a loud scream from the castle.
"Quick, let's go!" Zelda shouted, grabbing Link's arm and running towards her palace. Harry began to follow, but suddenly woke up.
He lay there for a few moments, staring into the darkness. For some strange reason, he couldn't remeber anything that had happened in his dream. . .
'Well, it can't have been anything too important,' Harry thought to himself, turning over and going back to sleep.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
A/N: well, they tried to warn him.
did u like it? well, i have a question 4 u:
IF gannondorf were 2 find a body for voldemort to posses, whose should it be?
A. Impa
B. Malon
C. Saria
D. Someone else!!!
thanx 4 reviews!!
