Chapter Five.
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Harry woke up to crookshanks's loud meows. He lay in bed, staring at the ceiling. He definitely wasn't at the Dursleys anymore. The meows at the other side of the door, grew louder and louder, and Harry eventually gave in and got up, only to step on a sleeping cat.
"Sorry!" Harry apologized, and put on his glasses.
Mina was wide-awake and was on guard, as if afraid Harry would step her again. Harry bent down and stoked Mina, who tried to avoid it at first, but enjoyed it when she discovered Harry meant no harm. The meows grew louder. Harry opened the door, and Crookshanks rushed in. Harry could hear Mina hissing and spitting at Crookshanks, and quickly carried Crookshanks out of the room.
"Where's Yasmin?" Harry asked, as he stood at the doorway of Hermione's room, carrying Crookshanks.
"She's taking a shower." Hermione replied as she looked up at Harry.
"What were you reading?" Harry asked, letting Crookshanks go.
"Ron's letter. He's coming at around three."
"By floo powder?"
"No. Ron's dad just enchanted another car. He's taking this opportunity to test it."
"Another flying car? Is it another ford angelia?" Harry asked, curiously.
"Hey, you two aren't having breakfast yet? Yasmin asked as she stood next to Harry.
"Oh, we were about to. Lets go." Hermione said as she got up and they went down to breakfast.
Yasmin had heard their conversation. Eavesdropping was a habit that she had picked up while in the orphanage, that she sometimes did it without wanting to. They had been talking about an enchanted, flying car and floo powder, or what ever it was. She had been hearing a lot of weird stuff ever since she met her brother.
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Harry, Hermione and Yasmin were in the living room watching television. Harry and Yasmin were enjoying themselves a lot, as they both had never had real access too the television. While in the orphanage, Yasmin could only watch boring shows, picked by the staff in the orphanage, and Harry could only watch what Dudley wanted when he was at the Dursleys. Although Harry was enjoying the freedom, he couldn't help thinking what he was going to tell Ron once he arrived. Harry was too caught up in his own thoughts, that he didn't hear the doorbell ring, or Arthur's excitement about the doorbell, or Ron walking into the room.
"Hi Hermione!" Ron greeted.
"Hey!" Hermione greeted cheerfully, and Harry snapped out of his thoughts.
"Ron!" Harry greeted as he got off the couch.
"Harry? What are you doing here? I thought we were supposed to pick you up from the Dursleys." Ron said, obviously surprised.
"There was a change of plan."
"Hi." Yasmin greeted.
"Hi. I'm Ron Weasley, and you?"
"Yasmin Potter." Yasmin introduced herself. Ron eyes opened wide in surprise. He became speechless.
"Ron, let me show you to the guestroom." Harry said as he went over to Ron, and was about to pull him out of the living room, when Arthur walked in.
"Hi Harry, Hermione. Wow! I have never seen one of those muggle boxes. Isn't it amazing, how they make all those pictures move with only ekeltricity?" Arthur said excitedly. "Oh, hi there, and who are you?" he asked when he spotted Yasmin.
"I'm Yasmin Potter." Yasmin said for the second time. She found him very odd.
"Is it really?" He asked in a very surprised tone, forgetting about the television. Harry needed to get either Yasmin or Ron and Arthur out of there, so that he could explain without Yasmin finding out about them.
"Hermione dear, could you give this to Mrs. Turner? (Their next door neighbour)" Mrs. Granger said as she entered the living room and handed Hermione a brown bag.
"Sure. Yasmin, you want to come with me?" Hermione asked.
"Sure." Yasmin said, and they walked out of the room.
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"Is she who I think she is?" Ron asked right after Hermione and Yasmin were out of sight.
"Yeah, she's my sister." Harry said and told them everything. It took quite long since; he had to explain not only about his sister, but also about a million other muggle things.
"So, she was the one." Arthur said.
"She was the what?" Harry asked.
"See, When Ron was five, when you were five, there was this racket created by a witch in a muggle hospital. I was sent to settle the matter. I went there, and saw many fascinating muggle things flying across the hospital, accompanied by screaming. The woman apparently was furious, because she had given birth to her son, and a muggle girl by mistake. The witch of course, distasted muggles. It took a while to calm her down, and clean up her mess. You couldn't imagine, how many memory charms I had to do. Luckily, I had a friend who knew the hospital well, and helped me." Arthur recalled.
"But how could she be Yasmin? The baby was a muggle." Harry pointed out.
"The witch assumed that the baby was a muggle. No one knew if the baby was really a muggle."
"Harry, how did you know she was your sister?" Ron asked.
"I just know."
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The days passed by as they waited for an answer from the hospital. Yasmin had grown more talkative and was more comfortable with the trio now. Crookshanks and Mina too had grown more comfortable with each other, and did not fight as much. They spent their days, by going out together to visit shopping centers, libraries, bookshops and arcades. Ron was very curious of everything, and Yasmin found it very amusing. It was a few days after Harry's birthday. They had celebrated his birthday with a huge cake. Hermione and Ron had shared money and had given Harry a new broom care kit. Harry of course had opened his present in secret, not wanting Yasmin to see. These past few days, Yasmin had been noticing weird things happening, and kept hearing conversations about some castle and witches and wizards.
"School is a few weeks away, and mum and dad have not been able to get through the hospital yet." Hermione said, worriedly. Hermione, Ron and Harry were in the guestroom. Yasmin had gone to the toilet for a while, and Hermione took this opportunity to talk.
"So?" Ron said.
"So, School is starting soon. It means we will be getting our letters, and I'm not sure if Yasmin will get one. If she does gets one, we have to tell her about the wizarding world, if she doesn't, we still have to tell her." Hermione said and Yasmin walked in soon after.
"Hey." Hermione greeted.
"Hi." Yasmin replied, but she was distracted by something at the window. "What's that?"
Hermione, Ron and Harry looked out of the window, and saw a school owl approaching. The owl flew quickly and swiftly into the room, and extended its leg to Ron. Ron realized at one glance that the letters were Hogwarts letters. Ron quickly took the letter from the owl and made an excuse and went out of the room. Hermione and Harry too, made lame excuses and went after Ron, leaving Yasmin alone in the room.
Yasmin looked around the room and noticed a book on the bed. She picked up the book, which was about Hexes and Curses.
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Harry and Ron rushed into Hermione's room. The moment they saw the Hogwarts letters, they had the same question in mind; did Yasmin get a letter?
"What took you so long?" Hermione asked hurriedly as Harry and Ron entered the room.
"Did Yasmin get a letter?" Harry asked.
"I don't know, I didn't look." Hermione replied.
"What do you mean you didn't look!" Ron snapped.
"I mean. I didn't look! I was waiting for the two of you!"
"Who asked you to wait? You could have at least counted how many letters there were."
"She didn't get a letter." Harry said, as Hermione was about to snap at Ron. Harry had apparently taken the letters from Hermione unknowingly as she was quarreling with Ron.
"What?" Ron asked forgetting about the quarrel.
"Yasmin. She didn't get a letter." Harry said louder.
"Are you sure?" Hermione had forgotten about the quarrel too.
"I'm sure." Harry said and gave Ron and Hermione each their letters to show them that there was no fourth letter. " Hermione Granger. Ron Weasley. Harry Potter, and there's no more."
"You mean. She's not a witch after all?" Ron asked.
"How can that be? Harry, you yourself saw what happens whenever she flicks a wand." Hermione pointed out.
"Yeah, and sometimes she does magic without realizing it." Ron added.
"Maybe Dumbledore doesn't know about her." Harry finally said.
"Maybe." Ron added thoughtfully.
"We've been here for too long. We'd better get back to the guestroom" Hermione suggested. The two boys nodded and the trio left the room.
"When are we going to tell her about us being wizards. We're going to be off to Hogwarts soon." Hermione said as she halted abruptly.
"We'll cross the bridge when we get there." Harry said, and Ron nudged irritably asking her to move, as she was standing right in front of him. Hermione gave him an irritated look and continued walking to guestroom.
Hermione entered the guestroom and saw Yasmin sitting cross-legged on one of the beds with her head bowed low as she was reading a book.
"Hi." Hermione said, and sat on the empty bed. Harry and Ron entered after her.
Hermione had expected cheery reply from Yasmin, but what she got was Yasmin staring at her, with eyes full of fear, curiosity and confusion. Hermione realized something was wrong and gave Harry and Ron a look. Harry and Ron looked at Yasmin and realized something was wrong too.
"Harry. I think we're at the bridge." Ron said as he signaled to Harry to look at the book. Harry was confused at first, and didn't understand what Ron was saying, but he understood Ron's signal and looked at the book. He too recognized the book. It was the book on Hexes and Curses Hermione had used to try to find out about Harry's scar.
"Yeah Ron. I think we are going to have to cross the bridge." Harry said.
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How was it?? Hope its good. Anyway. Review!! I won't update very often now. because I have other stuff to do and I'm writing three stories at one time. lol.. serves me right.
Thanks for all the reviews!!
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Harry woke up to crookshanks's loud meows. He lay in bed, staring at the ceiling. He definitely wasn't at the Dursleys anymore. The meows at the other side of the door, grew louder and louder, and Harry eventually gave in and got up, only to step on a sleeping cat.
"Sorry!" Harry apologized, and put on his glasses.
Mina was wide-awake and was on guard, as if afraid Harry would step her again. Harry bent down and stoked Mina, who tried to avoid it at first, but enjoyed it when she discovered Harry meant no harm. The meows grew louder. Harry opened the door, and Crookshanks rushed in. Harry could hear Mina hissing and spitting at Crookshanks, and quickly carried Crookshanks out of the room.
"Where's Yasmin?" Harry asked, as he stood at the doorway of Hermione's room, carrying Crookshanks.
"She's taking a shower." Hermione replied as she looked up at Harry.
"What were you reading?" Harry asked, letting Crookshanks go.
"Ron's letter. He's coming at around three."
"By floo powder?"
"No. Ron's dad just enchanted another car. He's taking this opportunity to test it."
"Another flying car? Is it another ford angelia?" Harry asked, curiously.
"Hey, you two aren't having breakfast yet? Yasmin asked as she stood next to Harry.
"Oh, we were about to. Lets go." Hermione said as she got up and they went down to breakfast.
Yasmin had heard their conversation. Eavesdropping was a habit that she had picked up while in the orphanage, that she sometimes did it without wanting to. They had been talking about an enchanted, flying car and floo powder, or what ever it was. She had been hearing a lot of weird stuff ever since she met her brother.
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Harry, Hermione and Yasmin were in the living room watching television. Harry and Yasmin were enjoying themselves a lot, as they both had never had real access too the television. While in the orphanage, Yasmin could only watch boring shows, picked by the staff in the orphanage, and Harry could only watch what Dudley wanted when he was at the Dursleys. Although Harry was enjoying the freedom, he couldn't help thinking what he was going to tell Ron once he arrived. Harry was too caught up in his own thoughts, that he didn't hear the doorbell ring, or Arthur's excitement about the doorbell, or Ron walking into the room.
"Hi Hermione!" Ron greeted.
"Hey!" Hermione greeted cheerfully, and Harry snapped out of his thoughts.
"Ron!" Harry greeted as he got off the couch.
"Harry? What are you doing here? I thought we were supposed to pick you up from the Dursleys." Ron said, obviously surprised.
"There was a change of plan."
"Hi." Yasmin greeted.
"Hi. I'm Ron Weasley, and you?"
"Yasmin Potter." Yasmin introduced herself. Ron eyes opened wide in surprise. He became speechless.
"Ron, let me show you to the guestroom." Harry said as he went over to Ron, and was about to pull him out of the living room, when Arthur walked in.
"Hi Harry, Hermione. Wow! I have never seen one of those muggle boxes. Isn't it amazing, how they make all those pictures move with only ekeltricity?" Arthur said excitedly. "Oh, hi there, and who are you?" he asked when he spotted Yasmin.
"I'm Yasmin Potter." Yasmin said for the second time. She found him very odd.
"Is it really?" He asked in a very surprised tone, forgetting about the television. Harry needed to get either Yasmin or Ron and Arthur out of there, so that he could explain without Yasmin finding out about them.
"Hermione dear, could you give this to Mrs. Turner? (Their next door neighbour)" Mrs. Granger said as she entered the living room and handed Hermione a brown bag.
"Sure. Yasmin, you want to come with me?" Hermione asked.
"Sure." Yasmin said, and they walked out of the room.
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"Is she who I think she is?" Ron asked right after Hermione and Yasmin were out of sight.
"Yeah, she's my sister." Harry said and told them everything. It took quite long since; he had to explain not only about his sister, but also about a million other muggle things.
"So, she was the one." Arthur said.
"She was the what?" Harry asked.
"See, When Ron was five, when you were five, there was this racket created by a witch in a muggle hospital. I was sent to settle the matter. I went there, and saw many fascinating muggle things flying across the hospital, accompanied by screaming. The woman apparently was furious, because she had given birth to her son, and a muggle girl by mistake. The witch of course, distasted muggles. It took a while to calm her down, and clean up her mess. You couldn't imagine, how many memory charms I had to do. Luckily, I had a friend who knew the hospital well, and helped me." Arthur recalled.
"But how could she be Yasmin? The baby was a muggle." Harry pointed out.
"The witch assumed that the baby was a muggle. No one knew if the baby was really a muggle."
"Harry, how did you know she was your sister?" Ron asked.
"I just know."
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The days passed by as they waited for an answer from the hospital. Yasmin had grown more talkative and was more comfortable with the trio now. Crookshanks and Mina too had grown more comfortable with each other, and did not fight as much. They spent their days, by going out together to visit shopping centers, libraries, bookshops and arcades. Ron was very curious of everything, and Yasmin found it very amusing. It was a few days after Harry's birthday. They had celebrated his birthday with a huge cake. Hermione and Ron had shared money and had given Harry a new broom care kit. Harry of course had opened his present in secret, not wanting Yasmin to see. These past few days, Yasmin had been noticing weird things happening, and kept hearing conversations about some castle and witches and wizards.
"School is a few weeks away, and mum and dad have not been able to get through the hospital yet." Hermione said, worriedly. Hermione, Ron and Harry were in the guestroom. Yasmin had gone to the toilet for a while, and Hermione took this opportunity to talk.
"So?" Ron said.
"So, School is starting soon. It means we will be getting our letters, and I'm not sure if Yasmin will get one. If she does gets one, we have to tell her about the wizarding world, if she doesn't, we still have to tell her." Hermione said and Yasmin walked in soon after.
"Hey." Hermione greeted.
"Hi." Yasmin replied, but she was distracted by something at the window. "What's that?"
Hermione, Ron and Harry looked out of the window, and saw a school owl approaching. The owl flew quickly and swiftly into the room, and extended its leg to Ron. Ron realized at one glance that the letters were Hogwarts letters. Ron quickly took the letter from the owl and made an excuse and went out of the room. Hermione and Harry too, made lame excuses and went after Ron, leaving Yasmin alone in the room.
Yasmin looked around the room and noticed a book on the bed. She picked up the book, which was about Hexes and Curses.
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Harry and Ron rushed into Hermione's room. The moment they saw the Hogwarts letters, they had the same question in mind; did Yasmin get a letter?
"What took you so long?" Hermione asked hurriedly as Harry and Ron entered the room.
"Did Yasmin get a letter?" Harry asked.
"I don't know, I didn't look." Hermione replied.
"What do you mean you didn't look!" Ron snapped.
"I mean. I didn't look! I was waiting for the two of you!"
"Who asked you to wait? You could have at least counted how many letters there were."
"She didn't get a letter." Harry said, as Hermione was about to snap at Ron. Harry had apparently taken the letters from Hermione unknowingly as she was quarreling with Ron.
"What?" Ron asked forgetting about the quarrel.
"Yasmin. She didn't get a letter." Harry said louder.
"Are you sure?" Hermione had forgotten about the quarrel too.
"I'm sure." Harry said and gave Ron and Hermione each their letters to show them that there was no fourth letter. " Hermione Granger. Ron Weasley. Harry Potter, and there's no more."
"You mean. She's not a witch after all?" Ron asked.
"How can that be? Harry, you yourself saw what happens whenever she flicks a wand." Hermione pointed out.
"Yeah, and sometimes she does magic without realizing it." Ron added.
"Maybe Dumbledore doesn't know about her." Harry finally said.
"Maybe." Ron added thoughtfully.
"We've been here for too long. We'd better get back to the guestroom" Hermione suggested. The two boys nodded and the trio left the room.
"When are we going to tell her about us being wizards. We're going to be off to Hogwarts soon." Hermione said as she halted abruptly.
"We'll cross the bridge when we get there." Harry said, and Ron nudged irritably asking her to move, as she was standing right in front of him. Hermione gave him an irritated look and continued walking to guestroom.
Hermione entered the guestroom and saw Yasmin sitting cross-legged on one of the beds with her head bowed low as she was reading a book.
"Hi." Hermione said, and sat on the empty bed. Harry and Ron entered after her.
Hermione had expected cheery reply from Yasmin, but what she got was Yasmin staring at her, with eyes full of fear, curiosity and confusion. Hermione realized something was wrong and gave Harry and Ron a look. Harry and Ron looked at Yasmin and realized something was wrong too.
"Harry. I think we're at the bridge." Ron said as he signaled to Harry to look at the book. Harry was confused at first, and didn't understand what Ron was saying, but he understood Ron's signal and looked at the book. He too recognized the book. It was the book on Hexes and Curses Hermione had used to try to find out about Harry's scar.
"Yeah Ron. I think we are going to have to cross the bridge." Harry said.
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How was it?? Hope its good. Anyway. Review!! I won't update very often now. because I have other stuff to do and I'm writing three stories at one time. lol.. serves me right.