Chapter 4: Getting to know Darla.
"I understand if you want to stay away from me Harry. It's a lot to get use to." Darla said turning to Harry when they reached the end of the hall.
"I want to get to know you, I just have something I need to do right now." Harry said turing towards the library. He felt like being left alone.
"I understand. Well, when you're done you can come and find me." Darla said disappointed. She wanted to get to know her brother right away. She had hear the amazing things he had done in the past few years and couldn't wait to hear what had happened from him. She also didn't have to many friends, and was hoping Harry would introduce her to some people.
"I will, I promise." Harry started walking towards the library. Darla headed towards Snape's class. Instead of going to the library though Harry made his way to Gryffindor dormitories. Once he got there he remembered no one told him the password to get into the common room.
"Ennevrate." Ron said coming up behind him with Hermione.
"Thanks, I would have been stuck out here a while if you didn't show up." Harry said walking through the portrait hole.
"Your welcome. So what did Professor Dumbledore tell you? Are you in trouble?" Hermione said sitting down on the couch in front of the fire.
"He told me that Snape is now my guardian, since Remus and Dumbledore are going to be very busy. Oh and I have a sister named Darla but that's it." Harry said the last thing quickly.
"How come Snape gets, wait a minute you have a sister?" Ron said just realizing the last thing Harry said.
"Yeah, she was stolen by Voldemort and then given to the Malfoys to raise. When Snape found out he took Darla back and has been raising her, that's why Snape received custody of me." Harry said looking ticked off.
"Harry this is great! Now you get to be a big brother, and look out for your sister. Plus you get to share memories that you've had and stories. I bet she has a load of stories about Snape. Have you met Darla yet?" Hermione said quickly turing her attention from Ron to Harry.
"Yeah, she's really nice. Snape said that she might be able to teach me things that would help in the fight against Voldemort. Supposedly she's a really powerful witch, there are things that she can do that Dumbledore can't." Harry said looking around the room, he didn't want to talk about Darla right now.
"Harry that's great. Obviously you both are powerful wizards I mean look at your parents and mentors. So where is she?" Hermione looked around the room to see if she could spot someone who wasn't at the feast.
"I told her I had to go to the library. She probably went back to Dumbledore's office or something. I just needed some time to myself to get use to this. I mean I went from just having the Dursleys to having a sister."
"Harry, you should have brought her back here. Even if you didn't want to talk to her, we would have shown her around and such until you calmed down." Hermione said giving Harry a dirty look.
"Look Hermione, if you want to meet her go and ask Dumbledore or Snape where she went. I'm sure she's still here and that they would know where to find her." Harry said storming up to the boys dormitories.
Ron followed Harry to go and calm him down, and Hermione went to go find Professor Snape to find where Darla went. " Um, Professor. I was wondering if you knew where Darla went. I came to see if she needed someone to show her around, and be her friend." Hermione said running into Professor Snape in the hallway.
"Darla is in my classroom right now Ms. Granger. She's a little upset that Mr. Potter left her so quickly. I assure you she'll be fine, but if you want to meet her I can't stop you." Snape said continuing down the hall.
Hermione went down to the dungeons and knocked on the door to the potions class. " Darla Potter are you in here? I'm Hermione Granger, I'm friends with Harry, I thought that you might want to talk." Hermione poked her head around the door. Darla was sitting behind Snapes desk, it looked like she had just ran a mile.
"Hi, come in. Sorry I took a look in my parents Pensive." Darla said getting up and greeting Hermione at the door.
"Thanks, I was wondering if you wanted to come on a walk with me. I could tell you about Harry if you want and you could tell me about yourself." Hermione said walking into the dimly lit classroom.
"Sure, how long have you known Harry?" Darla and Hermione made their way up the stairs of the Dungeon.
"Since my first year here. He's a great friend and very loyal. I'm sure he'll come around eventually, it take him and our friend Ron a while to get use to things. I heard you lived with Professor Snape what was that like?"
"Ok I guess. I've learned a lot from him and Dumbledore, since I couldn't go to school."
"Why couldn't you go to school?" Hermione gave her an odd look.
"Well, with everyone spying on very one else, it would be risky not being caught. I couldn't go to Hogwarts because of Draco being here, and Beauxbatons because a couple of the death eaters send there kids there, and Drumstrang is pretty much all deatheaters so there was a huge chance of Voldemort knowing that I was still alive then." Darla said leading Hermione outside the doors.
"So how come you're here now? I mean with Draco being here." Hermione lead Darla to the lake.
"Well, according to Professor Dumbledore, Draco and friends aren't at Hogwarts at the moment. They missed the train and will be here in a few days time." Darla sat down the ground next to the lake.
"So what's my brother like? I heard about everything he's done and I couldn't believe it, he was really brave. That guy Ron and you must be really brave going with him. What's it like going to school here?" Darla said wide-eyed.
"Well your brother is great, he's very nice. He's also a great Quidditch player, he's the seeker on the Gryffindor Quidditch team. Going to school is great, the teachers here are really nice." Hermione said, she didn't want to tell Darla how mean Snape was to the students.
Hermione and Darla talked for a while until both girls started falling asleep. " I think it's time we got back to the dormitories. Where are you staying?" Hermione asked helping Darla up.
"I'm not positive. I guess I have to go find Snape." Darla said as they made their way back to the castle.
"Well if you want you can stay in the girls dormitory with Ginny, Lavender, Pavarti, and me, since you have no place to stay. That way when Ron wakes up you can meet him, and we can talk your brother into clearing his schedule, so you two can spend some time together before you go back to Grimmauld place for the school year." Hermione said leading her to Snapes office.
"Hey Cranky pants, I was wondering if I could stay with Hermione in the girls dormitory. If it was ok with you, so when Harry wakes up tomorrow I can get him to talk to me." Darla said giving Snape her puppy dog face.
"Darla how many times have I asked you not to call me that!? You can stay with Hermione, as long as you stay out of trouble." Snape said while getting his classroom ready for tomorrow.
"Thanks, and um let's think, about a trillion times, but that doesn't mean I'm going to stop." Darla said leaving the room.
"Cranky pants?" Hermione didn't think she wanted to know what that ment.
"It's a nickname I gave Snape, because when I first lived with him he had a whole bunch of rules and kept yelling at me for everything. I finally got him to loosen up a bit." Darla said as they faced the portrait hole. Once inside both girls headed towards the dormitories.
